Roy left Frank and stole all the money. They seemed to have a special father-son relationship

stay with Alice?

deputy was so stupid..What was he thinking coming out like that?

walk to the gang in the open instead of starting firing their guns when no one saw them? Stupid..

they managed to kill quite a few of the experienced men when the shootout started. They did choose a great vantage point but still..

The dusty winds covering everything helped him. He's already used to his nearsight.

That last episode had a lot of daft moments though. Dem fierce buffalo soldiers had no point... didn't even lessen the numbers on the Griffin gang. And whitey's death was beyond moronic. at least make him show-boat a bit before getting shot in the face in the battle.

I thought the worst performance went to Fletcher, she had this perpetual face of: wondering if it was a fart or a poo. Seeing her IMDB media, seems she has the problem her entire career

This is from another poster. It explains pretty good why it happened like this.

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A totally WTF moment.. The death of the deputy was so stupid..What was he thinking coming out like that? You don't understand the character of the deputy. He is a good soul, a young guy with talent and a promising type of person. He deeply cares about others. But he has no life experience and is still just a teenager. He knows he is skilled and damn good at what he does. But he kinda sees this all like a game and has the need to show off his skills. A good scene where they show his character is when the black father beats his daughter for making out with Whitey. Whitey sees this and obviously wants to stop it while being all emotional instead of thinking straight. He pulls out his gun and aims from a long ass distance at the father. Completely stupid, because he could've easily killed the father or even hit that girl. He was lucky that Roy stopped him and Whitey realized that Roy barely prevented his downfall. He just overestimates himself - a very big character flaw that defines his personality. Some people try to tell him that throughout the show, but he never really learns the lesson. The final scene is another good example. He is the best shot, yes. But instead of being smart and staying with the others in the house, he goes all by himself. Thinking he is the hero, the guy who will step out the door, make a huge ass show and fucking save everybody, especially his girl. He swings his fucking pistols around (showoff as usual) instead of actually shooting somebody. He contributed absolutely nothing and just died in an instant. Having a surprised look on his face while he dies in the dirt. He died alone and nobody even saw how it happened. Well, life ain't about showing off - just like Roy always told the little kid when they were training and he kept asking about tricks. You don't need to do your goddamn tricks, just fucking shoot and aim well. But it wouldn't have been as heroic as he thought it had to be. A lesson Whitey never wanted to learn. He paid with his life for this teenage recklessness.

I thought my comment showed I understood the character... so the explanation doesn't make it much different to me. In my opinion they took it just a bit too far/simplistic with how they handled it. Granted the show had more of those moments and it doesn't help that the finale was extra guilty on that part.