Seth Bullock Hangs a Man in Montana

[@silversnail1413]

"Tell him his daddy loved him. Tell him he has God's forgiveness." The way the actor delivered that line is absolutely perfect. What a way to open a series.

[@jamiestewart48]

That FUCK YOU and stepping off. The balls on a man to walk willingly to his own death, might have been a cocksucker, but he had balls.

[@deventazz8018]

"You help me with my fuckin fall!" the fear in his voice was so authentic. I love when an actor has a small role but absolutely nails it.

[@lennarthagen3638]

"Fuck... you!"

[@danielsalisbury245]

The character ended his life with two different words, however.

[@Bubbagunooch2]

One of the greatest series EVER

[@RepublicConstitution]

Nothing compares to this power

[@joeblondiemanco8918]

I was hooked from this point on. Phenomenal start to a phenomenal show.

[@alannakendallmorgs783]

and that was within like 10 minutes of the whole series.

[@colinmacvicar2507]

I remember this episode first aired after an episode of The Sopranos. I was going to turn off the tv and go to bed but I sat there for a few minutes and that’s all it took to hook me in. Glad I did. It turned out to be my favourite show ever.

[@mat7083]

I never knew this existed

[@bcmom5]

Thank you so much for taking the time to give us the biography. I really appreciate it.

[@rickrose5377]

bcmom5 I agree. Thank you for the historical background.

[@tritchie6272]

That's the part I found most interesting. The Biography/History.

[@JagerLange]

This. Thanks muchly.

[@darthjar9117]

I remember watching this by accident after an episode of the sopranos. Man am I glad I didn’t change the channel.

[@x-wingking439]

Same! I watched it by complete fucking accident. One of the best series ever.

[@AllThePiecesMatter_]

Fantastic scene to open a fantastic series. No show has ever done tension like Deadwood.

[@RenegadeRanga]

The history at the end of the video is quite fascinating.

[@jeanmartox3570]

super chaine de western, hello to France,, merci pour le travail et les résumés!!!

[@jackwalter5030]

"I don't swim in that shit." One of the best Deadwood lines ever!

[@comfortablynumblbg]

Never knew anything about Bullock except what the tv show had. That info at the end of the scene is amazing.

[@daschwah]

Fun fact: Byron Sampson is played by Christopher Darga, who-among many other notable career achievements-was one of the main minds behind Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC), also voicing Kenny Blankenship.

[@kevy_metal]

This is one of the better fun facts I've ever read 😂 I LOVED MXZ as a kid

[@MrChokenspit]

"Sir, WOULD YOU PLEASE get the fuck out of here until we have finished our previous conversation?" God, I wish they had kept that guy in the show or had a character like him in a different capacity.

[@paulz.257]

watch tv justified:)

[@Darthyoof]

The real bullock had one fucking badass moustache

[@memphismafia5167]

I liked that biography at the end. Thank you

[@brentkelly9864]

Really wish the opening dialogue was included in this. Essential. Establishes Seth as 100% justified in the spur-of-the-moment execution.

[@markjohnson2126]

I see what you did there

[@Nystariii]

Me, literally trying to get someone who hasn't seen Deadwood to watch Deadwood based on the spectacular opening scene...and the first 3 minutes are missing -.-

[@hibbidyjibbidyy]

he will shoot, the next person that stops seths from doing....whatever he is...doing

[@hibbidyjibbidyy]

famous words, fromhis old man in his deathbed

[@brentkelly9864]

@@hibbidyjibbidyy I gotta put a book together of your old man's deathbed sayings.

[@Willysmb44]

The very idea that he'd WILLING go with a short drop hanging speaks to the alternative

[@revmotor]

That’s cold, Raylan.

[@MisterSmith00]

When Bullock calls for the man to tell the sister her brother's final wishes, you can feel the sincere gratitude as Bullock passes his badge to him. That man was the only man to do the right thing in a mob of unruly drunkards. In that small moment, he encompassed a small measure of justice, and I believe Bullock was relieved to see he was leaving some of that behind before leaving Montana for good.

[@chewcacachewpipi8879]

Too bad he throws his principles away in Dakota lol.

[@jamiestewart48]

@@chewcacachewpipi8879 In real life he didn't. In real life he was a fucking incredible man.

[@JimChap]

@@jamiestewart48 yep totally agree - a decent man with a real sense of community, who protected the vulnerable. So important to have his type of man in a frontier town, especially with no law...He was ok on the show too I thought.......Just had a bit of a temper.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Montana was a dream compared to Deadwood !

[@KlooKloo]

HBO certainly knew how to sum up the thesis statement of entire series in Season 1, Episode 1, Scene 1. Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood. Perfection.

[@austinboylan5476]

Too true. Westworld and Game of Thrones too. Those who’ve seen those pilots would agree.

[@HEEEEELLLOOOOOOOOOOO]

The Leftovers

[@Bertiesghost]

HBO is simply the best. The Wire, GoT and True Detective, superb television.

[@MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp]

@John Doe true. i fucking hate all this bullshit nowadays where some politcal agenda is just shoved in your face constantly. fuckin liberal hollywood bs

[@JasonAlredge]

Don't forget Boardwalk Empire.

[@memphismafia5167]

Doesent mention the Bullock Hotel he owned and operated in later years. His ghost is said to appear only to children. In a very kind way the ghost gives the child a flower and tells them to be good. He appears not as a ghost but children who have seen him say he looked like a regular man but in funny clothes. One child, a little girl as she was leaving with her family looked at the picture of Bullock over the Front Desk and said " Mom, that's the man who gave me the flower!"

[@matthewdunham1689]

Coooool

[@RobertKaydoo]

"How many backin' his play?" "A dozen shitfaced..." LOL...

[@rockyreynolds4027]

Ole Dewey Crow has no luck

[@matthewdunham1689]

Also a awesome historical account, thank you very much.

[@BacalaoBrad]

Best opening scene in the history of any series

[@jakedoc4610]

dunno about that

[@jakedoc4610]

The LeftOvers comes to mind

[@jakedoc4610]

Mr Robot

[@jakedoc4610]

and how could i forget- bout breaking bad- the crashing RV scene is iconic- but i agree its up there.

[@Flexicor]

Justified should be up there, also with olyphant.

[@JWilliamsLangley]

The mustache asked me for a shot of whiskey there at the end.

[@Stefanthenautilus]

I saw that moustache drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's

[@reviewsbyraf]

I really liked it when bill called seth.. Montana

[@celticwinter09]

Appreciate the biography at the end - very interesting!

[@Zoofactory]

Thanks for the bio at the end.🇺🇸

[@bh20pal]

Excellent, thank you.

[@meltz87]

This was the sceen that sucked me into this show, man I miss it.

[@MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp]

"anymore gun play gets answered' thats just such a cool way of saying im gonna kill the next person who shoots

[@lennarthagen3638]

Deadwood opening scene...btw the actor beeing hanged is James Parks son of Michael Parks... great performance.

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

Isn't he also in The Hateful Eight?

[@lennarthagen3638]

@@Sheriff_GrimLaw Yes

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

@@lennarthagen3638 Thank you your prompt and succinct reply, brother.🤙🏻

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

"Anymore gunplay gets answered! You called the law in, Samson. You don't get to call it off now that you're liquored up and popular on payday!"

[@diskgrind3410]

Cool history lesson, I really liked reading it.

[@seanflynn7840]

Great info at the end. What it left out however is that the grave, being 750 feet away, is all up hill and a semi slope trail. The view from the grave however is breathtaking and there was recently discovered another grave of a Asian-American up there with him. No one could tell me why that was when I was there to see it. Great scene and one of the best all time shows.

[@masterwrench4252]

Thank you for the information. The things you learn when ya think you know it all...yeah, that's the best.

[@jamesdesomma3639]

Cool info at the end

[@strattuner]

when that guy stepped forward for the news for the sister,i knew there was justice in that town,that guy that stepped forward would've backed the marshall also,any time,any where,damn good series

[@neilpuckett359]

Now that is a man's mustache.

[@furbabydaddy5604]

Bullocks mustache could have had its own show.

[@jonothandoeser]

Well, in California we prefer a thin french style mustache and a little pencil goatee.

[@UnleashthePhury]

A TV show's first scene should tell you everything you need to know about it. See above.

[@jamesdesomma3639]

Is that "Dewey Krow" from justified?

[@Bertiesghost]

That's what I thought but I couldn't find anything on IMDb?

[@ToomasKiisk]

The guy hanged? No. He's played by James Parks. But you can see Damon Herriman (Dewey Crowe) soon enough playing Charles Manson in the latest Tarantino film.

[@Bertiesghost]

@@ToomasKiisk yes mate looking forward to it, it's had great reviews.

[@grigorirasputin2276]

When I heard his voice while he was in the jail cell, that was exactly who I thought he was!

[@jondemus1312]

That’s OB from Hateful 8

[@drewengel2601]

this is our only way forward as a species. embrace this gift.

[@Dr3amtime]

Wish Teddy Roosevelt could have made an appearance in the show.

[@StanvilleBrown]

Yes if only!

[@nivekian]

They can always make another Deadwood movie.

[@brt1strrbb110]

@@nivekian it's lucky they made the one movie, and David Milch has a brain disorder so his writing anything at all is a miracle

[@robbynines2445]

is that the same guy who played bull hurley in over the top?

[@chriscraven9335]

@Robby Nines nah, that guy died before this was made, like 2002, around there he died

[@rustyshackleford3371]

Clell Watson is basically America at this point.

[@samifolio950]

The hanged guy reminds me of Jimmy Connors

[@lowbridgehit]

I never knew that cowboys dropped so many F bombs in the old wild F’n west!

[@-Zakhiel-]

They didn't, those were not insults in that period. But the creator of the show decided that characters should use swears that spectators could better understand. If the show was more accurate, they would have dropped a lot of "damn", "god damn it", "curse you", because that was considered fowl language. They decided to use more modern cusses to represent more effectively the vibe of the time for modern audiences.

[@lowbridgehit]

@@-Zakhiel- yes I realize. Just joking. I don’t like when producers modernize the language. One this that I really hate is modern “westerns” electric guitar riffs during the scenes. I’m a traditionalist.

[@-Zakhiel-]

@@lowbridgehit "I’m a traditionalist" Aaaaaaaand I don't believe you...

[@michaelhall2709]

@@lowbridgehit Then you don’t understand what Milch was going for. Using the foul language of our time was necessary to re-create the vibe of 1880s Deadwood - a crude place filled with violent, lawless people - for modern audiences. Using the authentic language that would make them sound to us like Yosemite Sam would have been equally inaccurate, just in a different way.

[@two-facedclown2994]

@@lowbridgehit Milch doesn't care what you like or don't like.

[@ubomninomen7765]

Knowing what's going to happen, I still cringe when Bullock yanks his legs down and I hear the snap.

[@chrisrobison6469]

Ice cold water in that man's vain right there

[@gingeroverseer9302]

And the one man with a shred of decency. Also got the badge. The state of that city a portrayed in the show. And they weren't even in deadwood where things were truly uncivilised. What would Obi Wan say

[@SLOTHSRIDEUNICORNS]

If Raylan Givens had met this man.

[@brianchapman8531]

I just started this series. Is that Dewey Crowe in the cell? *Never mind. Now I see Drew goddamn Thompson in a bar. I see how this is going to go. 😄

[@johnholliday5874]

Seth shoulda explained to that loud mouth about head canoes.

[@notcthulhu2650]

Well jeeze Bullock, way to sour the mood of the lynch mob.

[@deathtoraiden2080]

That man was 30% mustache

[@jakeb8856]

You’re pulling my leg.

[@Fos3tex]

That's where the phrase originated. Well, in Britain anyway.

[@mbdulka]

David Milch is a BAMF!

[@gavinscott8903]

Loved deadwood Seth Sol & Al great characters bouncing of each other kept it more than lively & the term C**ksuckers never sounded better or more appropriate

[@billyb6001]

I hope his boy turned up.

[@ariadneschild8460]

Oh my what an incredible moustache, it says a lot about the man under it. I wonder if the real Seth Bullock had a temper problem or if it was just used for dramatic effect.

[@theozlander4629]

The mustache was to hide his temper

[@Stefanthenautilus]

@@theozlander4629 He actually stores his anger in his moustache, like a camel.

[@redpapa859]

What's truly horrifying about this he was innocent

[@danilorainone406]

bullock carroed a strain of capn woodrow call bloodline in him

[@Bertiesghost]

Don't make em like they used to.

[@ericbloodaxe88]

He didnt even have to gang the guy. He could have ket him go. No ine would know bizzare why he did. Or why ppl who wanna be n are cops think what other ppl do is their business. He littery had no big connected central data base. He could have taken that guy out back n let him run long before that gang got there n no one would know

[@newcomer3674]

Come ahead.

[@simonphoenix3789]

kind of feel bad for the poor guy.

[@WalkMrJ]

Probably should have tightened that rope properly before bringing him down. Would have been so much easier.

[@davidhull1481]

I don’t know as I’d want those boots- probably full of shit.

[@tkell31]

Imagine living at a time when stealing a horse resulted in a pretty instantaneous death sentence. Now you can steal with impunity in almost every major liberal city in the country. Crazy how much we've "progressed."

[@ciarancassidy7566]

Based and Hammurabi pilled

[@CerealBox64]

Man, people used to be hung for stealing horses, now we just have people whining away in little KZbin comments. The Wild West this ain't!

[@michaelhall2709]

You’re full of shit, and I won’t allow you to lie with impunity.

[@BlackDalhia7]

hahaha

[@milesterwillegar9973]

Suppoesd to be old west, but constantly uses vulgar modern day language. ? Is anybody really beieving this B.S.?

[@silversnail1413]

The constant swearing on the show is to convey the lawlessness and anarchic spirit of the period the characters are living in. They were going to use actual vulgarities and profanities from the 1800's at first, but the creator reconsidered when he realized that it would make all of the characters sound way too silly. They used modern profanity instead to convey the same message without diluting the impact.

[@kentgrady9226]

@@silversnail1413 Wonderfully and accurately put. There has always been vulgarity, especially in the absence of "civilized company". But for the writers to have had Al Swerengen call Seth Bullock a "motherless catamite" rather than a "fucking cocksucker" would have missed the point. Both are equally impactful to the contemporary ear, but period-correct profanity loses its steam with a modern audience.