How Deadwood Almost Died.

'Deadwood' Gets a New Lease on Life: "Mr. Milch, the creator and executive producer of 'Deadwood,' recalled that his reaction to the decision was cordial, but very disappointed. 'It seemed to me that some sort of partial order for the show would make it impossible to do anything but superimpose all sort of interpretations that would deprive it of its own emotion,' he said, in typical Milch fashion. 'The viewer would come to it with all sorts of second agendas, and I didn't want to do that.'"

I still don't understand how both Milch and HBO could so quickly give up on their best show. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Well, at least we get the 4 hours to wrap things up.