Plot: Presented as a father reading a dime novel to his son, we find Brisco on the trail of Bly Gang member Ned Zed (Casey Siemaszko), the 'most notorious and best bank robber' around. This leads Brisco to the town of Lumberville, where he makes two less than welcome discoveries. One is the presence of Bowler, working as payroll transport. The other is one Francis McCabe (Brenda Bakke), Brisco's one-time fiance?! Brisco has to deal with the attraction he still feels for Francis, put a stop to Ned's latest bank robbery, while contending with Ned's new upgrades. And looming in the background is shadowy, furious figure of Frenchie Bearpaux (Ray Bumatai), and his sidekick, Jacque!
OK, "sidekick" is a little strong. Jacque is a stuffed bear Frenchie talks to. He's not entirely right in the head, you see.
Does Brisco use his gun? He tries some target practice with bottles. He shoots repeatedly at payroll bandits, and he took some shots at Ned.
Stuff Comet Does: Avoid bear traps. Open safes.
Kiss Count: 0 (19 overall). There might have been something happening off-screen, but I can't be sure.
Is Pete Hutter in this Episode? No.
Pete Hutter Quote: N/A
Non-Pete Hutter Quote: Frankie - 'Dad, I don't mind if you skip the mushy stuff.'
Brisco's Coming Things: Ned's "machinery gun". Hand replacement surgery, sort of.
Gang Count: 1, Ned Zed, arrested (11 or 15). This concludes the Gang Count.
Stuff the Orb Can Do: N/A. I'm going to drop this section, because the Orbs have shuffled off stage.
Other: I'm not certain entirely when the story the father and son are reading takes place. The beginning of the story starts with where Brisco was initially in the pilot episode: About to be lynched in Mexico because they thought he was cheating at cards.. Given that he's sending sarcastic telegrams back to the tycoons, I think he'd been after Bly's gang for awhile, at least. He and Bowler aren't working together yet, but they are at least somewhat friendly, so my guess is this is somewhere between "Pirates!" and "Deep in the Heart of Dixie".
This episode is a bit more light-hearted than the previous one, so perhaps it serves to let the audience decompress a bit after the recent showdowns with Bly. We get a deathtrap involving a saw mill, and I don't believe I've ever seen Brisco that unnerved by a brush with death. This time around, it's Briscos who gets left behind by the girl, instead of the other way around. Bowler plays the comic foil a bit, as he learns how difficult payroll transport really is, and he has an unpleasant run-in with Ned. Ned himself is clever, and certainly despicable, but he's presented in such a way that's he's still funny.
I'm highly amused by Frenchie, but I can't decide whether he would have worked as a recurring comic villain. They kind of have Pete Hutter to fill that role (as we'll see in subsequent episodes), but there's no reason we couldn't have had another silly, kind of crazy villain.
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