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39. That was the beauty of Deadwood

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:11 PM

Mar 2012

You ended up loving all these terribly flawed people. Al was tough and pragmatic and we were told what a difficult childhood he had, so we understood his cruelty. But Cy was weak and cruel and, at least in my mind, he wasn't very likable.

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