I did hear a story of Hickok being called “Duck Bill” when he was younger due to protruding lips. He grew the mustache to hide the fact. That was later shortened to “Bill” and when he stopped a riot in one of the towns he was marshaling, someone in the crowd yelled out, “Yay, for Wild Bill”. The nickname stuck.
The aces and eights was supposed to be a two of a kind with the other card unknown. Legend has it he was being dealt the last card when he was murdered. I miss watching HBO's Deadwood but I hated the solution to the town's problems at the end of the series. It was terrible.
You are correct about the ending.
I was thinking they were going to end it with the great fire that leveled the town. Instead they just buggered out.
Maybe soon a movie will come along to do a just ending.
“He wanted me to tell him something pretty”
Pretty the ending wasn’t at all. But fitting.
In other news, the rumored two “special” Deadwood movies are still DOA or MIA depending on who you read.
“I miss watching HBO’s Deadwood but I hated the solution to the town’s problems at the end of the series. It was terrible.”
What happened, did they all stop using the F-word?