Dead. Rued.

Last night, in preparation for the 8PM and 11Pm running of Deadwood (GT12 has like a 100 HBO channels) we revisited the last days of Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell. A man with an American Dream, Stringer was done in by his own ambitions (and passions) in a way we doubt our beloved Al Swearengen will experience (of course, the historical Al, penniless at the time of his death, was shot and killed hundreds of miles away from Deadwood in Colorado by somebody that he probably pissed off). As Deadwood winds down to it’s abortive ending, we take comfort that ‘The Wire’ will return. We are happy also that ‘Deadwood’s complex characters have helped us prepare for ‘The Wire’s complex characters, plot and morality. Stringer is dead, Long live Stringer.