Wanted it much simpler and with the guys exhausted partway through the fight. They showed it to Milch and, as Tinker explains, “He hated it. He said that the stunt team mapped out a really elaborate sequence for W.
I asked Mark Tinker, the producing director for season 3 (though Daniel Minahan directed this specific episode), what he recalled about the filming of the fight scene. It is a raw, gut-wrenching installment, obviously highlighted by the deadly wrestling match between Dan and Captain Turner – one of the very best fight scenes ever put on film – but one that’s powerful and intense throughout for the same reason the fight is so great: simplicity.
AV CLUB DEADWOOD SEASON 3 TV
“A Two-Headed Beast” is on the short list of the very best episodes “Deadwood” ever produced, which in turn puts it absurdly high on the list of the best hours of TV drama ever produced. “Going wrong is not the end of fuckin’ things, Johnny! Fuck, no! I have come back from plenty of shit that looked like it was going wrong!” -Dan Thoughts on episode 5, “A Two-Headed Beast,” coming up just as soon as I put that down to drunkenness or a high estimate of athleticism… If you haven’t finished the series, just avoid the comments of this review and you’ll be fine.
AV CLUB DEADWOOD SEASON 3 SERIES
While I once upon a time posted two separate reviews so people who hadn’t watched the whole series would have a safe place to comment, almost no one bothered commenting on the newbie reviews last year, and they’ve been ditched. For the third summer in a row, we’re revisiting David Milch’s classic revisionist HBO Western “Deadwood,” this time discussing the third season.
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