Deadwood

Ian McShane stars in this brutal US drama, set in a lawless town where everyone's a gold-digger, from hopeful prospectors to the saloon hookers. (S1, ep 1)

Gun-slinging action. Calamity Jane takes a special interest in the girl who survived the massacre, and Tom Mason is on a mission to exact revenge. (S1, ep 2)

Pioneering television. Deadwood's fragile peace is shattered when Mr Cy Tolliver sets up a rival brothel, leaving Swearengen livid. (S1, ep 3)

Plunder and greed have left Brom dead and Alma a widow. Desperate to get to the truth, she asks Hickok for help. (S1, ep 4)

Villainously entertaining drama. As the jury retires to the tarts' rooms to chew over evidence, outlaw Wild Bill is laid to rest. (S1, ep 5)

Deadwood's sick with fear. Smallpox threatens to engulf the town but no one is well enough to get medicine. Swearengen's after Alma's gold claim. (S1, ep 6)

Bullock Returns to Camp: Teenagers Miles and Flora try to play a town of goldminers, gunslingers and goodtime gals. Plus, Jack McCall gets his comeuppance. (S1, ep 7)

Tricksters Miles and Flora come to the end of the line in the lawless frontier town. Meanwhile, the smallpox vaccine arrives. (S1, ep 8)

The crime-riddled stinkhole needs an ad hoc government: enter Farnum as Mayor and Utter as Fire Commissioner. (S1, ep 9)

Swearengen's opium supplier demands blood when his shipment is stolen by two of the town's addicts. Deadpan humour punctuates a brutal episode. (S1, ep 10)

While Jewel visits Doc Cochran, Trixie has a different kind of rendezvous with Sol. A potent brew of shootin' and swearin'. (S1, ep 11)

The first season ends on a brutal note with Otis Russell and Magistrate Clagett among those who get what's coming to them. (S1, ep 12)