Interesting. Personally, I loved Firefly but felt that something was missing in Deadwood. Seth and Sol were cute and slashy, and Calamity Jane and the doctor were interesting, but the Garretts left me cold, and Swearingen, though a fun, mustache-twirling melodrama villain for an episode or two, just seemed too over-the-top evil to be sustainable for an entire season.

Of course, if I watched beyond the first four episodes, it might grow on me. The costumes and sets were certainly gorgeous, and I liked the grittiness, but the entire show took itself so seriously--there was none of the fun campiness you occasionally got in series like The Magnificent Seven or Lonesome Dove.