Candice T. Cain

Former Montana marshal Seth Bullock relocates to a gold-mining camp where he and partner Sol Star look to start a hardware business.

Competition arrives for Swearengen in the form of Bella Union, a new gambling outfit from Chicago operated by savvy Cy Tolliver, Madame Joanie Stubbs and gambling guru Eddie Sawyer.

Swearengen directs Farnum to buy back the Garret claim; Alma prevails on Calamity Jane and Hickok for help; Hickok commissions Bullock in his stead.

Swearengen transforms the Gem to a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try a murderer. With Jane on a bender, Swearengen enlists Trixie to help Alma with the Metz child.

Bullock encounters native resistance in his quest to bring a murderer to justice; Swearengen presses a resentful Farnum to keep tabs on Alma and Trixie; the camp fathers pool resources to dispatch riders after a precious vaccine and build a sick tent.