Deadwood's first true elections approach; one of Hearst's workers is killed at the Gem; Alms has complications with her pregnancy.
A cryptic note tips off Swearengen; Hearst makes his intentions known; Alma's health raises the issue of Sofia's stewardship.
A stage promoter and old friend of Swearengen arrives in town; Alma offers Hearst a claim deal; Bullock discovers the truth about the Gem killings.
Alma opens Deadwood's first bank; Hearst meets with Swearengen and Tolliver; Bullock brokers a deal.
Bullock and Swearengen contemplate a pre-emptive strike against Hearst; Aunt Lou reunites with her son.
Camp elders meet to discuss the situation with Hearst; Bullock offers a solution to the standoff.
Wyatt Earp and his brother arrive in Deadwood; the town awaits Hearst's next move.
Hearst's men overrun Deadwood; Wu delivers a cryptic message to Swearengen; Langrishe mines Deadwood's talent.
Hearst's henchmen target Alma; those at the Gem treat Barrett rudely; Langrishe recruits a new actress.
Bullock delivers campaign pitches in Sturgis; Trixie decides to take matters into her own hands; Langrishe has a falling-out with Hearst.
Deadwood turns out to vote; Langrishe delays the theater opening; Alma works out a deal for her claim; Utter Freight receives a delivery for Hearst.
Swearengen and Bullock have a violent confrontation; Bullock and Utter discover that mistaken identity led to a fatal shooting at Nuttall's.
Alma and Bullock face an abrupt decision about their future; Swearengen prepares for another showdown with Bullock; Calamity Jane returns to camp.
Doc Cochran contemplates a procedure that could cure Swearengen; Bullock attempts to settle into domesticity; rumors about the camp's future begin to spread.
Alma feels unwell; Tolliver makes a discovery about Wolcott; Bullock protects Commissioner Jarry; Samuel Fields finds a kindred spirit in Jane.
Alma proposes forming a bank; Bullock humiliates a claim owner; a teacher tours the camp; Wolcott tests his alliance with Tolliver.
Tolliver enlists Lee to clean up Wolcott's mess; Stubbs confides in Utter; Alma and Bullock confer about her bank.
Nuttall unveils his new bicycle; Swearengen and Bullock discuss alternatives to annexing the Hills to South Dakota; Stubbs gets some unexpected visitors.
Wolcott interrupts the interrogation of Mose; Swearengen amends his deal with Miss Isringhausen; Martha uses the bank's opening to communicate with Alma.
Cochran delivers a dire prognosis; Andy Cramed offers himself as the camp's new minister; Trixie pressures Alma to accept Ellsworth's proposal.
Jarry fears Bullock and Hearst have thrown their support behind Montana; Swearengen uses a camp tragedy to delay an altercation between Wu and Lee.
George Hearst arrives in camp; Swearengen's manipulations extract a counteroffer from Yankton; Tolliver seeks to improve his position with Hearst; tensions in Chinaman's Alley boil over.
Swearengen takes a special interest in the survivor of the massacre; Bullock and Star try to buy property; Brom Garret rethinks his recent investment, while his wife treats her anxieties.
Competition arrives for Swearengen; Hickok puts up precious collateral in a poker game; Bullock and Star strike a deal on land for their store; Brom threatens Swearengen.
Swearengen directs Farnum to buy back the Garret claim; Alma asks Calamity Jane and Hickok for help; Charlie Utter leaves the camp; Hickok's luck at poker yields an unexpected return.
Deadwood must make its own laws to try a murderer; Swearengen enlists Trixie to help Alma with the Metz child; Doc Cochran fears an illness might threaten the camp.
Bullock encounters resistance in his quest to bring a murderer to justice; the camp fathers dispatch riders to get a precious vaccine; Cochran enlists Jane as a nurse.
After tracking down a murderer, Bullock returns to camp as a changed man; Swearengen sees through Trixie's latest subterfuge; Alma remains cold on Farnum's bid on her claim.
Riders arrive with a vaccine and word of a possible treaty with the Dakota; Alma rethinks her plans; Tolliver teaches Stubbs a deadly lesson at the expense of a couple of con artists.
Swearengen calls a meeting to set up an informal government; Bullock and Alma compare notes on Ellsworth; Farnum gets a letter from Hickok; Utter offers Jane a job.
Silas Adams arrives with bad news for Swearengen; Bullock regrets having raised his hand at the government meeting; the Rev. Smith gravitates to the Gem Saloon.
Alma's father arrives from New York; Swearengen strikes a bargain with Adams; Jewel travels for help with her leg.
The U.S. Army rolls into Deadwood; Bullock reacts to Russell's intentions regarding Alma; Adams displays his loyalties.