Plot: Brisco is called to a town by an old college friend of his, Matt. Matt performs the role of town doctor, but now he's under suspicion of the murder of Potter Crow, the richest and most powerful man in town. Matt's not looking for Brisco to blast the bad guys, though. No, he wants County to put that Harvard law school training to use and defend Matt. Too bad Judge Gatt (Tony Jay) went to Yale. . .
In addition to dusting off his rusty legal skills (with some help from Socrates), Brisco will have to contend with Sheriff Bumper (Felton Perry) who isn't terribly concerned with rights, laws, or "innocent until proven guilty". He is interested in selling his cattle and wrapping up this murder trial, and doing both those things quickly. Then there's Cassie Crow, Potter's widow, who Matt is unfortunately protective of, and the inevitable lynch mob bearing torches.
Does Brisco use his gun? He's draws it once as a bluff.
Things Comet does: Pulls the steel bars out of a jail cell window. Must be eating his Wheaties. Perhaps 'feeling his oats' is more appropriate.
Kiss Count: 0 (still at 9. Up your game Brisco).
John Bly Spreads His Arms Dramatically: N/A (5 for the season).
Is Pete Hutter in this Episode? No
Pete Hutter Quote: N/A
Non-Pete Hutter Quote: 'These fingerprints leave oily traces on objects touched, Your Honor. Oh yeah? Says who? Mark Train in Puddin'head Wilson!' - Brisco, the Judge Gatt, and the last sentence is Socrates.
Brisco's Coming Things: fingerprinting
Bly Gang Count: 0 (4 overall). I've been debatong whether I should be counting Pete in this. It wouldn't really matter since he escaped the last 2 times we've seen him, but I'm debating it. It would bring the gang count for Pilot up to 2, since Pete was presumed dead at the end.
Stuff the Orb Can Do: N/A
Other: Prior to this, Brisco hadn't handled a case in 5 years. Socrates puts his pants under the mattress so they'll be pressed for the morning. Unfortunately for Brisco, Soc snores fit to wake the dead.
About the case. Is it standard procedure to leave a shell casing in the murder weapon? Potter was killed with a derringer, and the bullet was still in it. Also, hold did Brisco know that the print on the shell was the right thumbprint? I guess it was because he already knew who did it, and knew which hand they'd load with, but it was a little strange. His hunch was correct, so maybe it doesn't matter much.
The DVD collection has this guide with epsiode summaries by Bruce Campbell. He says after this episode he asked the writers to not give him so much dialogue to memorize. It is an unusual episode because Brisco does very little physical action. Even though he rarely uses his gun, he still tends to punch several people each episode. Here though, that doesn't really happen. He tries to fight his way through the mob, and he saves Matt's assistant from cattle running through town, but other than that it's up to quick thinking. The sheriff's a bully, but not so obviously corrupt Brisco can punch him out and throw him in jail, as he did his old buddy in "The Orb Scholar". The judge is gruff, but fair, and the prosecutor is mostly on the level (he springs a key witness late in the proceedings without first informing the defense). It has to be that way, and so it's nice to see Brisco use his wits, not only without backing them up with his fists, but also in a way that doesn't involve dirty dealing, as was the case in "Riverboat".
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