I've Had a Tough F****** Day

[@Blueswailer]

Simultaneously, the character of Dan managed to be one of the scariest and one of the most sympathetic in the show. He's not made for mid-level management, that's for sure.

[@Henry.58]

🤣

[@johnproctor6438]

Psychopathic tendencies always seem to float in between two spheres. The crazy completely unable to even try fitting in with society. They just cannot do that. Or, they try their best to make it seem as if they’re normal everyday people, and not the monster that has preyed upon our species since the dawn of man.

[@volumeturneddown9600]

No one ever confused him for Miss Moneypenny.

[@Blueswailer]

@@volumeturneddown9600 "I don't have the patience for this bullshit...... NOW I HAVE HAD A TOUGH FUCKIN' DAY!!"

[@matthewriley7826]

Just needs direction that’s all.

[@__N7]

Everytime Dan and Johnny were on the scene, they killed it

[@jimmykray9583]

Tbh anytime ANY character in this show was on the scene they killed it, every scene was great.

[@bobcostas5094]

Literally

[@mjbachman3027]

​@@jimmykray9583Especially Ellsworth and Trixie. Charlie Utter and Jane. Doc and Jewel.

[@sartainja]

Johnny's sled never got rusty and the pigs never went hungry.

[@Henry.58]

Let's just hope Dan never has a terrible fucken Day !

[@SalernoOfficial]

Yep, both pigs and sled were livin high on the hog 😅

[@sartainja]

@@SalernoOfficial If you visited Deadwood in the early days - Do not eat any pork ~ stay kosher.

[@downhomesunset]

Johnny was a great character. He just rolled with the punches....

[@JagerLange]

'cept the one time when Jen... yeah, Johnny did good for what it was worth.

[@mooknick242]

And they killed his girlfriend.

[@steed3902]

Shot, i am!

[@Henry.58]

@Belarion A.D. But never got Employee of the Month ,no matter how well he fed Woo's Pigs !

[@Met-Tech]

Dan: “Crop ears is dyin’ up there. You take him over to the Chinaman’s and you throw him away.” Johnny: “Sure, Dan.” Such a powerful summary of the world that they inhabit.

[@vance___8093]

I can really empathize with Dan in this scene, when senior leadership above you is absent and everything suddenly is your responsibility that you never wanted or sought

[@alswearengine4867]

Adolescence is thinking you’re Bullock. Maturity is realizing you’re Dan.

[@__N7]

Johnny*

[@louisdefoort]

Farnum

[@alswearengine4867]

@@louisdefoort Richardson

[@louisdefoort]

😂​@@alswearengine4867

[@Gratios]

You’re a great man, Dan! It’s YOU that is the great one!

[@johansmallberries9874]

Some folk just don't know when to shut up. And to be fair, Dan cut him a LOT of slack.

[@Losrandir]

Yes. I'm not huge on politesse, but the attitude towards Dan seemed so unbelievably uncalled for and ungrateful and whatnot. Which made this oddly satisfying.

[@NewsRedial]

Don't be a fucking moron. Not cutting someone's throat until the third insult is not giving someone 'a lot' of slack. Dan was a murderer plain and simple.

[@johansmallberries9874]

Haha you make my point for me. Dans a murderer, and he insulted him three times. Shit, it's more like five. When idiots climb into tiger enclosures at the zoo, do blame the idiot or the tiger?

[@NewsRedial]

@@johansmallberries9874 In this case, both. Dan is a simpleton baby in a grown man's body.

[@David-sl6xf]

@@NewsRedial Wasn't the guy he killed likely a murderer too? People in that line of business should know the kind of people they will be dealing with.

[@Chrisiamtheluciddream]

Dan gave him several chances.

[@kevinb44]

I love at the end how Dan looks back up at the dying crop ear and yells "I've had a tough fuckin day" almost like he's trying to explain to him

[@Meme-zc4cw]

Is it weird that I will watch all 3 seasons, then immediatley start over? Am I obsessed, or just a fan?

[@LKaramazov]

There’s really no show that portrays the west in a realistic way. If there was anything as good, you’d probably move on. For history buffs, there’s nothing that Ben approaches the quality of Deadwood, the tudors, or Rome. If there is, someone please let me know.

[@ma5839]

@@LKaramazov the Cohen Brothers' True Grit was an exceptional depiction of the old West.

[@christophmatthews4313]

Yes.

[@daviswiggin4425]

you're just a person of culture

[@Janon48]

When keeping it real goes wrong

[@robrick9361]

1876 edition

[@MrRasnowman]

Dan is ... one of the best characters.

[@William_Sk]

Perfectly played by W. Earl Brown. It's insane how great every actor on this show is.

[@arthurr739]

Poor Dan. All he wanted was to do the guy a favor.

[@CGJUGO80]

I'LL HAVE NO FAVORS FROM *YOU!*

[@turniorarroyo1405]

Low key Dan was my favorite character!!!! He did All the dirty wotk!!!!

[@saturn580]

Poor Dan. He’s just not cut out for management. XD

[@brianmac3903]

He ended up running his own Saloon IRL!

[@illegalewahrheiten2911]

@Frank Castle Well said.

[@vernonhedge4530]

LoL

[@chewcacachewpipi8879]

@@brianmac3903 Yeah but he wasn't the brainless brute he was as portrayed in the show.

[@ALD56]

I'd say he handled the situation well. Saved his boss from having to deal with a belligerent asshole when he's trying to recover.

[@vernonhedge4530]

Great drama. Just simply a great drama. I can't think that it has been topped.

[@orionion]

Crop Ear knows Al didn't take a day's trip to Gayville, as discussed earlier, because it's 450 miles away from Deadwood, and would take considerably longer with the transportation available at the time.

[@johnproctor6438]

First time I saw this scene, all I could think of was “why the fuck would anyone go into a lion’s den, and kick it for no fucking reason”

[@alcohol-freebeer3642]

Because they're literally too stupid to live 😆

[@kaj7135]

Because some fools think they’re lions as well.

[@mooknick242]

crop ears is dying up there...lol like it happens every night

[@kaj7135]

It kinda did. lol

[@thiswasts]

Dan represents my philosophy in Red Dead 2

[@Apemopo]

Reed Deed

[@thiswasts]

@@Apemopo well plaid :)

[@leetucker6016]

That’s funny 😂

[@kaj7135]

Same. I never kill random innocent NPCs unless I greet them nicely and they pull a Crop Ear on me.

[@peaceindarkness.darknessis3494]

Cropears dyin up there...hahahaha. dan is great

[@willd6515]

The gratuitous violence in this series was off the wall......I loved it.

[@oceandark3044]

That's sort of the thing here. Dan's sitting there, trying to be in a position of authority, he tried to be patient, he tried to be reasonable, he tried to be helpful, and he ate a lot of shit on the way up those stairs. But, sooner or later, if someone keeps fucking around, he's going to find out. And Dan did what, in his position, he had to do.

[@akneegrow6152]

Not really...? He couldve just gave him an audience with Al like he was promised.

[@lumburgapalooza]

No, he didn't. He did what he wanted to do in the moment.

[@henryrodgers1752]

Dan appreciates the sanctity of the saloon’s grim gaiety, so he cuts his throat. Shooting the “cocksucker” would be disruptive.

[@hopoff9968]

​@@lumburgapalooza That's the point, everybody wants to be the shot caller until they realize how heavy it is on the mind to wear the crown.

[@alswearengine4867]

Dan is my favorite Deadwood character.

[@chicopeebles3706]

I hear you, Dan...I hear you.

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

A lot of imprudent people in this series. You don't always have to speak your mind.

[@carlrs15]

that's probably why they're all concentrated in a lawless mining town on the edge of the frontier

[@cshubs]

The movie is coming!!!

[@deannagarcia36]

may 31

[@maniyan_wanagi]

Hell, it ain't even breathin' hard.

[@ryanclaridge8395]

Dan was a kind hearted, loyal and a ruthless motherfucker rolled into one

[@anneominous7172]

There's a lesson here: being polite costs nothing but might save you everything.

[@Henry.58]

Dan would never make a good greeter at Walmart ! That's for certain.

[@jonkline709]

Dan is the character I Think most of us relate to

[@williambowen1771]

Loved johnny when he played neil bonnett in the dale movie.

[@JavMacHer]

Is Crop Ear going to be okay?

[@in_vas_por8810]

He just needs some milk, he'll be alright.

[@tylerchambers6246]

@@in_vas_por8810 glass a milk and a little hit of dope. get the doc to bring em some laudanum he's fine

[@kaj7135]

@@in_vas_por8810WE DON’T WANT YOUR MILK, McPOYLE!

[@BlotRorschach]

If by "okay" you mean "pig food," yes.

[@randomuser6175]

We all had those days man I feel you

[@rutrose2000]

When you are only middle management and your boss takes the week off.............

[@jordanhicks5131]

Some people dont know how to read the room and shut the hell up when it benefits them lol

[@tomashize]

We've all been there

[@ianmangham4570]

Great lad Dan 👍,trying to do crop ears a favour,poor guys had a rough fkn day

[@BUILDSforDRIVING]

So that's the solution to a tuff fuckin day...i was on the right track

[@tonyreyes3780]

As an ill equipped middle-management guy who’s boss just took a week off, I feel Dans angst

[@anabolic_red]

Never guess what I saw on my way to the bathroom!

[@oldguardboy]

Mine, too!

[@Squidiot]

Dan has had a tough fuckin’ day, but not as tough as crop ear’s.

[@slowbro173]

Johnny always with the sled

[@Voltaire7]

Do you think that’s bad, you ought to see what Tom Cruise did to the guys who didn’t socially distance on set.

[@raimundotorres44]

Imagine if Alec Baldwin would have been on this show.

[@klaasklapsigaar1081]

Give Dan a beer, he's had a tough day.

[@carlrs15]

what's with his ear? burned in a fire? i could never figure it out

[@Mellowcanuck33]

frostbite?

[@wayneblackburn5858]

it is i think 1 of those things left 2 theory being the old west and primitive as it was million ways 2 lose parts get hurt die

[@src4526]

there was some background earlier in the episode. Dan and Crop Ear/ Eamonn were apparently running buddies from back in the day. i think he got his ears cut off for a robbery they were both involved in as kids.

[@bobnunnemin1273]

My guess is he got his ears cut off because he talked when he should've listened

[@patrickwingard1927]

Daaaaaaaaaamn Daniel

[@jimmaculate5]

Insult old Dan and he'll take your life. Just like that.

[@ninobrown5538]

Ok Cropped ears!

[@CamelClutchComics]

what an asshole for being so rude to Dority like that. Unbelievable.

[@dionruffin3996]

Dan is the enforcer not the brains so he actually does his job well

[@deathstate1]

i was only trying to do you a favor good one.

[@f.demascio1857]

I have no idea what movie this is from.

[@tanveerhasan2382]

Deadwood, its a tv show

[@billlawrence8520]

Clean up at top of stairs.

[@samiam7342]

Dan is NOT to be played with.....that guy was begging for it.

[@tomservo5347]

Is 'Crop-ears' the same actor that played Wolcott and Jack McCall?

[@fascinatingtome]

Nope...he's the same actor who played JT, the duwop singing snitch in NYPD Blue (and another snitch in Big Apple). Milch world.

[@mrmusickhimself]

Don't fuck with Dan Dority, just DON'T. Especially after he asks politely.

[@joni--bologna]

If Dan Doherty was a real man then and there, and i was there, he would be mine.

[@howardboyd6326]

i wish i could just throw away some people

[@drhur1793]

I almost forgot that Dan is a Sociopath sometimes.

[@BrianMusic12]

Untrue. Hes full of emotions constantly and they get the better of him sometimes. Do you not remember in season 1 when al sends him to go kill the little girl he is sitting by himself beforehand and shaking and crying because he cant imagine doing that. And in the end, as we all know, he helps create a strategy to get al to stop trying to make her disappear and does not kill her. If he were in fact a sociopath, devoid of connection or empathy, he wouldve killed that child without a second thought.

[@raskolnikov7049]

@@BrianMusic12 Sociopaths often feel empathy towards little children and animals. Take Tony Soprano, for example. By the way, most sociopathic criminals are criminals *because* they're so emotional, so I don't know where you got that from.

[@crankycthulhu9637]

@@raskolnikov7049 right, and I wouldn't consider Dan a sociopath either, he certainly has sociopathic tendencies, and Al's syndicate as a whole is sociopathic in nature, but I see Dan more as a man with extreme anger issues, very similar to Seth Bullock but sent down a different path.

[@Emp6ft10in]

What was he doing back in Deadwood after killing Wild Bill? I forget.

[@MultiReda13]

it's not the same guy

[@Emp6ft10in]

Is it the same actor though?

[@MultiReda13]

Emp6ft10in no, but Dillahunt did return in season 2 as Wolcott, a completely different character!

[@cmcproductions26]

@@MultiReda13 which is crazy, because I'm pretty sure when he played as McCall, he didn't have any special make-up on his face or anything. McCall had a droopy eye, and his mouth was odd looking. Dillahunt did all that himself, without any help from special facial prosthetics or make-up. A lot of viewers didn't even know he played both McCall, and Wolcott. I could tell, but mainly because I've seen him in other stuff. Especially in Raising Hope. Weird to think that the guy who played Burt from Raising hope, who was basically an idiot, also played in Deadwood, as two separate characters. Dillahunt is a very underrated actor. He actually grew up, in a small town that sits right next to my hometown. It's literally about a 5 minute drive from my house, maybe less. His brother was actually killed in a car accident in my hometown, back in the 80s, before I was even born.

[@in_vas_por8810]

It's hilarious you bring that up because I was just thinking that he looked a lot like Jack McCall, and that actor played Wolcott/McCall, but no, not the same guy.

[@godspeedelijah]

He kind of asked for that

[@stevenkimber4735]

Tough way to get fired

[@ronniebishop2496]

Some people you just can’t be nice to. How much more aggressive men are than women, it’s astounding.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Get the sled

[@Easy-Eight]

Deadwood... when you think of all these characters then why were we so much against Hurst? At best this was like watching 1940s Germany fighting 1940s Russia. In a way it didn't matter who won.

[@HankMcGurk]

Great character, stupid made-up AI scene. The complexity of the character is found in restraint. He's not some cold blooded murderer doing anything. He's a cold blooded murderer that follows orders. This is not a hierarchy of command. You don't shit where you sleep.

[@johnchambers2996]

The gross obscene language used in this series is not authentic and the violence is way overblown; the west was actually pretty boring.

[@Odin029]

Real live is usually pretty boring, but who wants to be entertained by real life

[@jjacksonjr51]

Deadwood was pretty violent back then though. Men were shooting eachother everyday over gold ,card games, and women. And there was no law

[@logancox6548]

As for the language, the writers apparently tried using dialogue that was more true to the era but thought every character ended up sounding like Yosemite Sam. I guess they felt modern cursing had more of an impact.

[@keithlapere7650]

Don't forget this is DEADWOOD and it's not boring! :P

[@pchamberlain1984]

Life is never boring unless you're sitting on the internet. If you want some wild west excitement in your life I suggest you sit in a movie theatre and watch a batman movie or perhaps go to a Jason Aldean concert...