As far as the historical characters depicted in the show are concerned, the writers naturally had to take some liberties (after all, nobody knows exactly who said or did what at the time), but the depiction of the era and the historical background are very accurate. And the world they inhabit is a rough, dirty, violent place where only the fiercest – and the most cunning – survive. You'll find no romanticised view of pioneers who lived and died by "the code of honour", but real people whose moral standards are – in most cases – murky at best. In the show, this "cesspool of vice" is brought back to life with great attention to historical detail. A magnet for all kind of fortune seekers (gold diggers, whores, outlaws – but also settlers who were just hoping to build a better life), the town of Deadwood was notorious even by the standards of the time. There has never been a show or a film that came as close to showing what life must have been like in those lawless young towns that got built nearly over night wherever gold was found. If you want to experience the – real – old west first hand, look no further you'll find it in 'Deadwood'.
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