Has a TV show ever been more badass?
I say no.
Very, very good. I'd say The Shield is on par.
I've seen reruns, thought about picking it up on Netflix. They don't really seem as badass as Al Swearangen, though (the baddest mother &*$@!er ever on TV.)
I'll probably finish up The Wire and Arrested Development first.
cept for the stone he had, drooling like a baby.
No, that just made him seem like a more "real (human)" badass - not some glossed over version of badassedness.
I'm going to disagree with your opinion of swearengen being a badass. I see him merely as the first guy in town that took control and hired a bunch of lackies to do what he wanted to keep his control. So, if you'd like to call that badass, OK then.
However, I'm going to stick with Bullock being the badass. When he walks, people clear the way and he doesn't take @#%$ from anyone, not even swearengen. My preception is obviously from bullock going upstairs and kicking swearengen's ass in the mud.
It's all bout the stache.
edit:damn that was an awful post. I went back and made some spelling and grammar changes.