I’m a big fan of the HBO show Deadwood. I know lots of people who stopped watching after Wild Bill Hickok got shot, but if you did, you’ve been missing out.
I can’t find the reference now (damn Google-bombing fools), but there was one that referred to the show’s curses per lines of dialogue (or, CPLOD) as being the highest ever on television. You can see some statistics about the curse level.
But that’s not what bothers me. Rather, it’s the density of the flowery language that surrounds all the cursing. I mean, you’ve really got to concentrate to some of the exposition in order to follow what the characters are saying.
But last night’s episode (Episode 34) had the best line of the year so far, from Johnny: “I’m surprised the rug lasted this long.” (Or something close to that; forgive me if I misquoted.) This is from when Johnny and Dan were wrapping that fellow up (I’m trying to avoid a spoiler).