Season Three of the 7-time Emmy®-winning drama series focuses on the evolution of an American frontier town, and the ruthless power struggle between its inhabitants. Set in the Black Hills during the latter part of the 1800s, the series combines fictional and real-life characters in a richly textured, epic morality tale. The settlers introduced in Season One and Two – including now-sheriff Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) and saloon owner Al Swearengen (Golden Globe Award-winner Ian McShane) – continue to share a restlessness of spirit, heightened by the influx of ambitious new residents, in particular George Hearst (Gerald McRaney), the real-life tycoon with a lust for gold… and absolute power. At its core, Deadwood remains a western with modern-day sensibilities, encapsulating the birth of capitalism, democracy, justice, and Good vs. Evil.