Deadwood

'Deadwood' is a series aired by the cable channel HBO from 2004 to 2006. It lasted a total of two years, during which three seasons were made with a total duration of 36 episodes. 

Of historical and Western themes, it is set in South Dakota, specifically in Deadwood, in the 1870s, a location around which the plots of the fiction revolve. 

The events take place before and after it was annexed to the territory that included Dakota. Many of the characters have a historical basis behind them, although not all.

The combination of real and fictional people provides a line of authenticity in the series that does not draw a clear boundary between what is real and what is not.

The arrival of Seth Bullock in the town to establish a gold extraction business marks the beginning of the fiction. 

It portrays a struggle for power among settlers of all kinds. From the chaos that makes up an anarchic settlement, the construction of civilization can be observed.

The community is based on very marked principles such as power, greed, and human conflicts. The individual ceases to have intrinsic value, but the concept of the benefit they generate and with which they can climb within the fabric of society emerges. In this town, everything has a price.

The cast includes names like Timothy Olyphant (Seth Bullock), Ian McShane (Al Swearengen), Molly Parker (Alma Garret), and John Hawkes (Sol Star).