The town of Deadwood, South Dakota in the weeks following the Custer massacre is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine-NASHVILLE, THE DUELLISTS), and Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant-LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, HITMAN), a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen (Ian McShane-SEXY BEAST), saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others, the high-minded and the low-lifes who populate Deadwood in 1876.