It seems hard to believe that David Milch's HBO Western "Deadwood" premiered ten years ago this month. Even though the show was cancelled in 2006 after just three seasons, it lingers at the forefront of fans' minds. Any devotee of Milch's drama will tell you that once you've responded to its magic, it'll sink roots into your imagination and flower there.

If you're read my work here, at New York Magazine (where I'm the TV critic) or in other venues, you know I never miss an opportunity to work "Deadwood" into the conversation, as a legitimate point of comparison with other shows or films or because I just love talking about it. For a while now I'd been thinking of commemorating the 10th anniversary with a set of video essays that stitched together bits from my "Deadwood" writing at New York, Salon, my original blog The House Next Door, and The Star-Ledger, where I shared the TV critic beat with my friend Alan Sepinwall (now the TV critic of HitFix) from 1997 to 2006.