8.6/101,963 votes#1 - A Lie Agreed Upon (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2005
Bullock and Swearengen settle their most recent score with a bloody brawl, and Joanie welcomes her new business partner---with or without Cy's blessing. Also: a stagecoach brings important passengers; and Utter and Bullock investigate a shooting at Tom Nuttall's.
Director: Ed Bianchi
Writer: David Milch
8.2/101,791 votes#2 - A Lie Agreed Upon (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2005
Calamity Jane returns to camp; Swearengen nurses his wounds while Dan and Johnny await Bullock's next move; Joanie and Maddie prepare their new place of business; Alma is asked to make a decision about her future. Maddie: Alice Krige. Adams: Titus Welliver.
Director: Ed Bianchi
Writer: Jody Worth
7.9/101,734 votes#3 - New Money
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2005
Swearengen's deteriorating health worries his employees. Alma ponders a real-estate move after surveying her operation. A mining-company agent makes his presence known. Maddie lets Joanie in on a secret about their first client.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
8.2/101,720 votes#4 - Requiem for a Gleet
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2005
Alma fires Miss Isringhausen as her ward's tutor. Bullock struggles with domestic life. Cochran suggests a risky surgical procedure for an ailing Swearengen. Dority deals with a former associate's robbery proposal.
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer: Ted Mann
8.1/101,672 votes#5 - Complications
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/2005
Doc Cochran advises Dan and Johnny how to help Swearengen's recovery. Thriving business at a new brothel leads to a startling discovery by Tolliver. Merrick gets a scoop from Yankton about gold claims. Bullock's badge comes in handy for Commissioner Jarry.
Director: Gregg Fienberg
Writer: Victoria Morrow
8.5/101,687 votes#6 - Something Very Expensive
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2005
Merrick gives a schoolteacher a tour of the camp. An influx of Chinese labor enters the workforce. Swearengen is finally able to honor appointments. Alma suggests the idea of a bank; and Bullock insults the owner of a gold claim.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Steve Shill
8.3/101,628 votes#7 - E.B. Was Left Out
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2005
Alma and Bullock discuss the camp's financial future. Swearengen shares news about an important visitor. Wolcott seeks to make a deal with Utter involving Wild Bill Hickok's last letter. Tolliver relies on Lee's expertise.
Director: Michael Almereyda
Writer: Jody Worth
8.1/101,593 votes#8 - Childish Things
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/24/2005
Wolcott reports his gold-claim acquisitions to his employer, George Hearst, and Nuttall shows off his new bicycle. Meanwhile, Miss Isringhausen reaches an agreement with Swearengen, who also meets with Bullock to discuss alternatives to annexation.
Director: Tim Van Patten
Writer: Regina Corrado
8.6/101,655 votes#9 - Amalgamation and Capital
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/1/2005
Wolcott draws Utter's ire during the questioning of a suspect. Merrick is overzealous in re-establishing his newspaper. Fields and Hostetler have little luck with a wild horse. Swearengen alters his agreement with Miss Isringhausen.
Director: Ed Bianchi
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
8.2/101,591 votes#10 - Advances, None Miraculous
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/8/2005
Cochran's ominous prognosis puts the camp on alert. Smallpox survivor Andy Cramed returns as a minister. Swearengen asks an unlikely pair to pull a scam on Commissioner Jarry. Martha Bullock has second thoughts about staying in Deadwood.
Director: Daniel Minahan, Gregg Fienberg
Writer: Sara Hess
8.3/101,588 votes#11 - The Whores Can Come
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/15/2005
Jarry worries that Bullock and George Hearst will side with Montana on the annexation issue and a showdown looms between Wu and Lee. Andy Cramed holds his first religious service, though he doesn't count on Tolliver's participation.
Director: Ed Bianchi, Gregg Fienberg
Writer: David Milch, Bryan McDonald
8.9/101,805 votes#12 - Boy the Earth Talks To
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/22/2005
Mining magnate George Hearst arrives while the camp is preparing for a celebration. Yankton officials react to a Swearengen power play. Violence erupts among the town's Chinese population.
Director: Ed Bianchi
Writer: Ted Mann, David Milch
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The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people....
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Network:HBO
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"A Lie Agreed Upon (1)" is the best rated episode of "Deadwood" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1963 votes. Directed by Ed Bianchi and written by David Milch, it aired on 3/6/2005. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Lie Agreed Upon (2)".