Ian McShane, who plays hard-living Gem Saloon proprietor Al Swearengen ... Using the hook of South Dakota’s 1889 statehood as a way to bring the show’s characters back into town couldn ...

Like the train, she is heading for Deadwood, that South Dakota town where so many fascinating ... The aptly named master of the expletive, saloon owner Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), would have ...