Deadwood
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InBullock Returns to the Camp,Al Swearengen mocked Seth Bullock twice as your Holiness.
The last time we heard gunfire like that was inthe third episodewhen Cy opened the Bella Union.
The whooping and blasting means the money will keep flowing through camp.
Al could, in fact, just murder her in her sleep and take it (E.B.
Farnums suggestion; credit where due).
But that would cause more problems than it would solve.
Best to let it go for now, anyway.
By the end of the episode, she has decided to stay.
Theres another subtle assertion of male privilege in this subplot.
(Not that Alma actually wants him to.)
Flora is focused in this episode, icily assured in her actions, a hollowed-out human.
Shes an emotional vampire.
That retroactively explains why Cy immediately sees Flora as an ideal new recruit.
Flora slices into Joanies subconscious after inviting Joanie to mother her as a setup for seduction and thievery.
she snarls at Joanie.
You geek-looking fuck, she tells a pathetically clingy client.
Get away from me before I cut your fucking heart out.
The toll that frontier capitalism takes on working girls is another central subject of this episode.
Trixies dire predicament drives her to have a go at end her own life.
You bring warmth into my life, Cy tells Joanie, sounding like he truly means it.
But does he feel anything but negative emotions?
Cy at his warmest is a hammer made of ice.
Only his self-loathing and neediness give Joanie permission to speak frankly to him every once in a while.
Might the camp be happier as a wilderness putting on airs?
The viciousness of the place is overwhelming and erupts in unnerving ways.
He doesnt care what the boy did; he just wants to stomp somebody.
