David Milch

""I feel like I'm on a boat sailing to some island where I don't know anybody. I'm on a boat someone is operating and we aren't in touch." So begins David Milch's urgent accounting of his increasingly strange present and often painful past. From the start, Milch's life seems destined to echo that of his father, a successful if drug-addicted surgeon. Almost every achievement is accompanied by an act of self-immolation, but the deepest sadnesses also...

For better or worse, times are changing in Deadwood, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. In an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders, they learn the hard way that fortune comes with a price.

New York City's 15th Precinct is as hectic as ever. While Lieutenant Fancy continues as precinct commander, Detective Andy Sipowicz, although still a bit rough around the edges, has mellowed with the birth of his son. Detectives Bobby Simone and Diane Russell take the next step in their relationship, James Martinez becomes the Squad Delegate, and Greg Medavoy considers becoming a surrogate father. But one thing that hasn't changed is the squad's determination...

The detectives cope with some of their most intense cases yet. But their biggest challenges might come from inside the precinct itself, as an increasingly frustrated Detective Danny Sorenson begins to exhibit signs of unraveling. New arrivals to the squad room are met with suspicion, while some old friends make their exit--including their beloved leader, Lieutenant Fancy.

Set in 1876 in the Black Hills of South Dakota after the richest gold strike in American history has drawn a throng of misfits to an outlaw settlement where everyone has a price. Tells the story of the settlers, who range from an ex-lawman to a scheming saloon owner to the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

The gritty reality of life in the New York City 15th Precinct as the police detectives go about their work with grim determination. This season, Andy Sipowicz gets new partner Bobby Simone.

Sipowitz and Simone deal with the aftermath of the Joey Salvo homicide, set up a rape sting, trail a stripper killer and investigate a murderous home invasion. Meanwhile Medavoy, Martinez, and Russell uncover a body snatching ring, investigate the murder of a rock manager and look for a man suspected of robbing taxis.

Danny Sorenson transfers from narcotics to join Sipowitz and Simone in the fifteeth precinct. Meanwhile Medavoy and Martinez try to unravel mis-matching information and family murders that leave the officers dumbfounded.