Andrew Warner is the newly elected Sheriff of Deadwood in 1878. With his deputy, John Douglas, Warner vows to bring security to the young town. Having already been through a smallpox epidemic and the Black Hills Gold Rush, Deadwood turns to coal mining in its struggle for stability. Meanwhile, a wagon of gold was robbed at Canyon Springs and in the hopes of acquiring the reward money to invest in the businesses of Deadwood, Warner sends Douglas to retrieve the gold. When rich boy, Jack McCarthy is killed and there are only two deceitful witnesses, Warner must uncover the truth through a tangle of lies. Throughout the whole story, men are being challenged with doing the right thing. They either decided the path of honor or they sold their honor for wealth. But the story points out that this doesnt pay off in the long run. Every man decided the price of their honor whether they kept it or lost it.