‘No One Gets Out Alive’: The Collected Wisdom Of ‘Deadwood’ Pimp Philosopher Al Swearengen 

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‘No One Gets Out Alive’: The Collected Wisdom Of ‘Deadwood’ Pimp Philosopher Al Swearengen

A huge part of the reason that people are very excited about the possibility of a

reunion movie is that it would allow them to spend some more time with Ian McShane’s Al Swearengen character — one of the most fascinating and multi-layered figures in TV history. In real-life, Swearengen was a brothel owner/entrepreneur/thug who was equally feared for his brutality and respected for his business savvy. But while he was ostensibly the villain of the HBO series (which you can stream on HBO NOW), the show’s writing staff portrayed him as being much more complicated than just a mustache-twirling antagonist. McShane infused the character with almost a quiet nobility, making Swearengen someone who committed deplorable acts at times, but who was also capable of surprising kindness. He also got the series’ best lines. So, join us as we travel back in time to the South Dakota frontier as we take a look back at the best Al Swearengen quotes from

"‘No One Gets Out Alive’: The Collected Wisdom Of ‘Deadwood’ Pimp Philosopher Al Swearengen"

They want me to tell ’em something pretty

“There better be a paying dwarf underneath there!”

“You can’t cut the throat of every cocksucker whose character it would improve.”

Al saunters up next to Dan Dority, doesn’t look at him.

After that little scene I vowed to follow Deadwood to the ends of the earth and to hell’s gates if need be.

My favorite part? We have an article that is clearly nothing but quotes from Al Swearengen, but we went ahead and attributed each individual one to him anyway.

It just occurred to me that Al and Trixie just got back together on Ray Donovan. Also, it’s my firm belief that Ian McShane says fuck like it should be said and rarely is.

“No one gets out alive, Doc.” – Except, you know, EVERYONE apparently.

I recently binge watched Deadwood, having no idea that the show abruptly ended without a finale. There should be some kind of disclaimer for that.

I can’t describe my confusion when it seemed there was 10 minutes left in the series and war hadn’t happened yet.

Was kind of like Rome. They went into the offseason and it seemed like they were gonna continue until HBO cut them because they cost too much.

Truthfully always thought Swearengen was supposed to be the bad guy. But somewhere he became the anti-hero, alongside Bullock. So they had George Hearst be the big bad at the middle/end.

So much love for Al. And I never thought of him as the villain–Bullock was much more of a violence-prone hot-head than Al ever was! Al pretty much only killed folks that needed it, or entitled rubes that could prove dangerous to him by sending out the Pinkertons. He was all for democracy, multi-cultural alliances, and even though he had had a brutal life and the trust beaten out of him, he took good care of his people and was absolutely hilarious (and knew it). Loved how Al would cut anyone with some wit and wisdom a lot of slack, and the man recognized and nurtured talent! Sure hope we get more time with Al–Ian McShane is a global treasure.

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