Deadwood defines a western-like genre of its own. Events take place in the West of the usual time frame, but the degree of realism and authenticity, and the lack of political correctness set the show into a completely different category.

The promise of gold in South Dakota of 1876 has brought settlers into the area officially belonging to the Sioux, and resulted in formation of the small settlement of Deadwood, a town with no laws, but plenty of whiskey, guns and whores.

Bree has a small, yet permanent role as Sofia, a Norwegian girl whose family has been slaughtered. Some of the more moral inhabitants of Deadwood take her under their wing, initially in part to protect her from those who might want to harm her in order to protect her from revealing the identity of the murderers of her family.

Sofia appears in every episode of the show, but she has almost no lines, remaining merely the child to be taken care of. Even then she's remarkably endearing, especially in the first season (from which the screenshots are). This could be in part because of the extreme contrast between her vulnerable sweetness and the harsh brutality of everything surrounding her. She is one more little reason to see this outstanding show.