Plot: Brisco and Bowler are enjoying a little downtime, watching Dixie sing at a club, when in rushes Pete Hutter, carrying a baby (in the same manner a waiter would carry a tray, which hardly seems safe). Pete dumps the baby in Dixie's arms and flees, but not from Brisco or Bowler, but from a group of mysterious ninjas who trounce our heroes and abduct Hutter.
The ninjas are part of the Black Lotus, a group that has history with both Brisco Sr., and with Li Pao (James Hong). Li Pao used to be their leader, but Senior helped him get out, and now a Mr. Chan (Tzi Ma) is in charge. And he wants that baby, because it's a very special baby. So while Dixie (with an assist from Whip Morgan, who's just glad to be out of jail) try to take care of "Jesse", Brisco and Bowler try to find and defeat Chan and his forces. Or that was the plan. They spend most of their time either rescuing the baby, or trying to get the baby someplace safe. The heroes are mostly on the defensive in this one.
Does Brisco use his gun? No.
Stuff Comet does: Well, he's come when Brisco whistles, and he's willing to serve as a rocking horse for Jesse, but it never gets put into action.
Kiss Count: 3, Dixie (22 overall). This episode marks the point where both parties are finally open about their feelings, right as circumstances move them apart from each other. Isn't that how it always goes?
Is Pete Hutter in this episode? Yes.
Pete Hutter quote: 'Hand over the papoose or prepare to spend a little quality time with the reaper.'
Non-Pete Hutter Quote: Dixie - 'Look, I want no part of this. I believe in parenthood as an institution, but I'm not ready to be institutionalized.'
Coming Things: Would an "air screw" count? Get your mind out of the gutter! I'm talking about a flying machine.
Other: Li Pao returned for the first time since "Fountain of Youth". We also get to see Todd again, this time as a caterer. We last saw Todd at registry desk in "Bounty Hunters Convention", and before that as a waiter in "The Orb Scholar".
Li Pao's suggestion for fortune cookies (add "between the sheets" to enhance it greatly) is not as useful when your fortune cookie doesn't actually have a fortune, instead opting for some description of you as a person. Sigh, I'm still waiting for my "You will find love on Flag Day".
We learned a couple of things about Pete. One, his mamma used to slap him. No surprise there. Two, he may be a dope, but he thinks big. He demands in return for the baby were a grant of immunity, a million dollars, the return of Pete's Piece, and the aforementioned air screw, designed by "Le-a-nare-do Dar-Vinchee".
In addition to be the Lady of Liberty for her work in Jalisco, Dixie is now revered as a golden angel who saved the future Emperor in China. She'll be the first global music icon if this keeps up. I noticed this last week while I was watching The Big Sleep, but there's a particular way Lauren Bacall says certain words that Kelly Rutherford seems to be using as well. It's not a drawl, exactly, but they roll certain letters as they say them. I doubt it's an homage or anything, but if you're going to be the female lead and banter playfully with the male lead, you could do a lot worse than to follow Bacall's lead.
Bowler likes pistachios. Unfortunately for his private stocks, so does Whip. Fortunately for Bowler, his fortune cookie said "Things are looking up" Remember, add "between the sheets".
With an embassy involved, and the revelation Chan killed Brisco's mother with a carriage accident (in retaliation for Senior helping Li Pao), this started to feel like Lethal Weapon 2, since Brisco gets to fight Chan at the end. But Bowler doesn't shoot any diplomats, so I it doesn't hold. Pete Hutter's tomfoolery, and Dixie's uncertainty when it comes to babies aside, it's kind of a dark episode. Pete gets Chinese water torture, then he gets killed. We learn what happened to Brisco's mother, and he's presented with a chance for revenge, as he was with Bly.
It's interesting that in "Hard Rock", Brisco told Whip that he got justice, not revenge. Which is true, to a point. He didn't arrest Bly or bring him to trial, he had (at that time) imprisoned him in the Orb, which is poetic justice, at least. Since then, though, Brisco's had another confrontation with Bly, and that time, he did kill him. I guess it wouldn't count as revenge, though he was doing it in part because Bly killed Bowler (even though Brisco had already traveled back in time and averted that).
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