It's a promise this will be my final Deadwood post for tonight.
I simply could not resist the beauty of it.



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Morgan Earp, the younger and more hotheaded brother of Wyatt, tries to capitalize on the goodwill that the Earp brothers acquire when they ride into town as heroes, having apparently saved the stage coach from road agents. He spends his goodwill scamming a whore at the Gem for free services, claiming her sister owes him $11, while his brother Wyatt attempts to keep him in line. They are in Deadwood to work a newly acquired timber claim, vowing a simpler life than previous — as law men in Dodge City and Witchita.

HBO’s Morgan Earp

Summary for episode 32 – Leviathan Smiles at HBO

Title:  Leviathan Smiles
Also Known As:  Leviatan hymyilee (  Finland)
Episode Number:  32
Season:  3
Season Episode #.:  8
Original Airdate:  Sunday July 30th, 2006

A good review for Austin from Liberty Ave – a Queer as folk fansite

Johnny got to stare down a nettlesome pair of troublemakers this week -- Wyatt Earp ("Queer as Folk" star Gale Harold, affable enough, but sorely missing the hint of lethal temper the role requires) and his brother Morgan (a much more credible Austin Nichols). The Earps -- who came to Deadwood to work a timber claim, and got a hero's welcome thanks to a made-up story of rescuing a stagecoach besieged by bandits -- are being positioned as possible successors, or perhaps alternatives, to Bullock as sheriff, or at least as chief muscle for Hearst. There was even an unsettling conversation between Tolliver and Hearst about provoking a confrontation between Bullock and Wyatt Earp -- presumably in hopes that Bullock would get killed, leaving Hearst to install Earp, a former sheriff turned free-riding gunslinger, as a puppet lawman.

Complete review



Typical Deadwood dialogue - between the Earp brothers

(Cut to the Gem. Morgan is at the bar as Wyatt descends the stairs)
 
Morgan: Wyatt.  (Wyatt joins his brother at the bar, talking to Jen.) Wyatt, this here’s Jen, whose sister turns out the both of us have knowed.  Mary Bess from the Yellow Bird in Gunnison.
Wyatt: Even prettier.

Morgan: I was speaking to Jen of that $11…
Wyatt: We got to go acquire them tools.

Morgan: That I loaned her sister. We was working out the forgiveness of the debt. (Johnny steps closer to them. Wyatt leans into Morgan.) 
Wyatt: Well you can work out her forgiveness later.  (He puts Morgan’s hat on top of Morgan’s head and guides him away from the bar towards the door.) 

Morgan: I thought we was gonna capitalize on the good will we created.  
Wyatt: Seeing to our fucking capitalizing means more than getting your end wet.  (Jen smiles at Johnny as they Earp brothers step out onto the boardwalk.  Wyatt takes out a wad of cash and counts some out for Morgan.)  Here. This will buy the tools to cut our lumber.

Morgan: What are you going to do?  
Wyatt: The next fucking step of my plan.

Morgan: To capitalize?
Wyatt: You go ahead down to that hardware place.

Morgan: I can see to the tree cutting and more. 
Wyatt: Well only start with seeing to the trees.  

Morgan: Or don’t you think I’m able?
Wyatt: Jesus Christ, Morgan. Now probably I’ll be in this place. (Points to the Bella Union) 

Morgan: Well, what did he want upstairs?
Wyatt: We ain’t got time for me to get into that.

(thanks to Calamity Dan for the transcript)