Swearengen

At the center of it all, as always, is the suave and cunning Hong Chao (Hoon Lee), ’s Al Swearengen and one of modern TV’s most fascinating characters.

Deadwood centers around the relationship between Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

Al Swearengen was Deadwood's beating heart, a character whose dealings are so murky it's a wonder you actually found yourself to catch up with him in every new episode.

District Four (Central City Area): Though she remains favored, incumbent Jamita Swearengen may have a fight on her hands with challenger Britney Thornton, the Ivy League-educated founder of JUICE Orange Mound, a community development organization.

MCSHANE: (As Al Swearengen) That planted her husband this morning?

Meanwhile, the show’s hero — or, to be accurate, charismatic villain — Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) is unwell, and largely an observer of these shifting sands.

City Council Member Jamita Swearengen told us her unpaid 2017 taxes were an oversight.

Swearengen says routine repairs and upgrades are critical, but she continues to hear complaints from constituents.