Al Swearengen
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Oct 28, 2026
Drew NixonPANELIST
running,
Cody TappHOST
if you think about Deadwood gold, there's a more than not chance that maybe my job is just like henchmen to the real boss, you know, like, like the Al Swearingen type.
Cody TappHOST
I'm more just the guy like, you know, having to take someone to the pigs or whatever.
Cody TappHOST
Like I'm not the real, I'm not the actual guy who has to make the difficult decisions.
Geoff FienbergHOST
But, um-
Pat MayoHOST
And Rodriguez is pulling up the move that Swearengen had last year.
Pat MayoHOST
Swearengen's the guy from Deadwood.
Pat MayoHOST
Who am I thinking?
Tim AndersonPANELIST
Swesingen.
Mike SheaHOST
They have certain behaviors.
Mike SheaHOST
They have certain things they're gonna do, and there are circumstances that come up, and those circumstances guide what happens in the show, right? And there's these great scenes where, like, Al Swearengen looks over at Seth Bullock and says, "Has there ever been a time where you didn't just go straight at a thing?" And Seth's like, "Nope." [laughs] Right? And that was the thing.
Mike SheaHOST
Like, when a problem presented itself, Seth Bullock would lock his spine and walk straight at it where s- where Al Swearengen would have, like, 12 dudes around him, and he'd be manipulating them like a spider in order to get what he wanted.
Mike SheaHOST
And the w- the, the pair of those two characters was so great because of their behaviors and because of their approaches, not because of some unwritten promise that we expected.
Mike SheaHOST
And let's be straight r- r, uh, Deadwood did not end particularly well.
Mike SheaHOST
They have certain behaviors.
Mike SheaHOST
They have certain things they're gonna do, and there are circumstances that come up, and those circumstances guide what happens in the show, right? And there's these great scenes where, like, Al Swearengen looks over at Seth Bullock and says, "Has there ever been a time where you didn't just go straight at a thing?" And Seth's like, "Nope." [laughs] Right? And that was the thing, like, when a problem presented itself, Seth Bullock would lock his spine and walk straight at it, where s- where Al Swearengen would have, like, 12 dudes around him, and he'd be manipulating them like a spider in order to get what he wanted.
Mike SheaHOST
And the w- the, the pair of those two characters was so great because of their behaviors and because of their approaches, not because of some unwritten promise that we expected.
Mike SheaHOST
And let's be straight r- r- uh, Deadwood did not end particularly well.
JimmyHOST
He was in his late fifties, his health was reportedly failing, and the political winds had shifted hard against him.
JimmyHOST
Deadwood had cleaned itself up, at least on the surface, and there wasn't really a place anymore for somebody like Al Swearengen, even if he returned.
JimmyHOST
He was last reportedly seen alive in Denver during the first half of November nineteen oh four, where he was apparently looking for work and possibly trying to reconnect with old contacts.
JimmyHOST
Whether he found any of those contacts and what they wanted with him is the heart of this unsolved mystery.
JimmyHOST
The coroner's full report, if one was ever filed in any detail, is now missing, only known from contemporary reporting.
JimmyHOST
What we know about his final months comes mostly from a handful of brief newspaper articles in the Denver and Black Hills press.
JimmyHOST
What's more, the people back in Deadwood and around the country had reason to remember Al Swearengen.
JimmyHOST
Swearengen had spent close to thirty years cultivating grievances among miners he'd cheated, women he'd trafficked, and business partners he'd betrayed.
Bill MeckGUEST
Oh, good morning there, Jack.
Bill MeckGUEST
No, I'd rather go as a scary vampire like Al Swearengen.
Jack PattieHOST
Oh.
Jack PattieHOST
Oh, oh, oh.
Game Preview GuyHOST
Wow, is he going to call the Commanders Redskins next? I get it, Dog Pound.
Game Preview GuyHOST
Anybody who ever watched Deadwood gets it, or Breaking Bad, Walter White, Al Swearengen.
Game Preview GuyHOST
You're not supposed to root for them, but there's this moment where you're like, well, Deshaun Watson last Thursday looked like Deshaun Watson, Texan style.
Game Preview GuyHOST
finding the right guy on the move, coming through in the clutch, Neil Fallon style, over eight yards per attempt, over 260 yards in a primetime matchup versus a hated rival.
Nick ShookGUEST
Wow, is he going to call the Commanders Redskins next? I get it, Dog Pound.
Nick ShookGUEST
Anybody who ever watched Deadwood gets it, or Breaking Bad, Walter White, Al Swearengen.
Nick ShookGUEST
You're not supposed to root for them.
Nick ShookGUEST
But there's this moment where you're like, well, Deshaun Watson last Thursday looked like Deshaun Watson, Texan style, escapability, finding the right guy on the move, coming through in the clutch, Neil Fallon style, over eight yards per attempt, over 260 yards in a primetime matchup versus a hated rival.
speaker_6HOST
Wow, is he gonna call the Commanders Redskins next? I get it, Dog Pound.
speaker_6HOST
Anybody who ever watched Deadwood gets it, or Breaking Bad, Walter White, Al Swearengen.
speaker_6HOST
You're not supposed to root for them, but there's this moment where you're like, "Well..." Deshaun Watson last Thursday looked like Deshaun Watson Texan-style, escapability, finding the right guy on the move, coming through in the clutch Neil Fallin style, over eight yards per attempt, over 260 yards in a primetime matchup versus a hated rival.
speaker_6HOST
What are Cleveland fans supposed to do?
Game Preview GuyHOST
Anybody who ever watched Deadwood gets it, or Breaking Bad.
Game Preview GuyHOST
Walter White, Al Swearengen, you're not supposed to root for them, but there's this moment where you're like, well...
Game Preview GuyHOST
Deshaun Watson last Thursday looked like Deshaun Watson, Texan-style.
Game Preview GuyHOST
Escapability, finding the right guy on the move, coming through in the clutch, Neil Fallon-style.