Going small screen, no villain was greater than Al Swearengen. It's tough to single out a single moment that makes this character so simultaneously identifiable and repulsive. Really, it's an experience gained over the all too short 3 seasons of Deadwood.
In the same breath, George Hearst (Gerald McRaney) absolutely makes the case for greatest (if not favorite) screen villain. He comes into the Deadwood camp wielding his capital and influence around as if he owns the entire territory. This face-off between two of the greater villains in TV history is like porn to a media buff:
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"It's a great day for hockey."
-'Badger' Bob Johnson (1931-1991)
"I see as much misery out of them moving to justify theirselves as them that set out to do harm."
-Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran
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