Plot: Brisco and Bowler are trying to track down Professor Coles, who sent them an urgent telegram. Instead they find Lil Coles, a relative of the professor's who suffers from arthritis (for which she has some "special medicine"), under attack from a gang of Fabios. After driving those buffoons off, our heroes agree to bring Lil along while they search for Coles. Only, surprise!, Coles didn't send any telegram. The situation is made worse by the arrival on scene of John Bly, who still wants one of those Orbs. This leads to many double-crosses on all sides, along with more than a couple surprise reveals. And into all this rides Socrates Poole, on a special mission from Li Pao to deliver a key to Brisco.
It all leads up to a final confrontation between Brisco and Bly. Until their next final confrontation, anyway.
Does Brisco use his gun? He uses it to shoot Bly with a magic bullet. Don't laugh, I'm serious!
Stuff Comet does: He can tell when someone is following them, and he knows the difference between genuine and false apologies.
Kiss Count: 0 (19 overall).
John Bly Spreads His Arms Dramatically: 4.5 (11.5 overall). I guess he dramatically spread 1 arm at some point.
Is Pete Hutter In This Episode? No.
Pete Hutter Quote: N/A
Non-Pete Hutter Quote: 'Well, am I the only one who don't got a destiny with this stupid Orb thing?' - Bowler.
Brisco's Coming Things: N/A
Gang Count: 1 Bly (imprisoned), 8 or 12 overall, depending on the Swills.
Stuff the Orb Can Do: Make medicine, restore youth. I'm not sure whether Bly demonstrated telekinesis, or if that wind represented elemental manipulation. Probably the former. We know people can use its power for stuff like that.
Other: Li Pao is back for the first time since the pilot, and we hadn't seen Professor Coles since "The Orb Scholar". Bowler's able to track Coles because he got a look at the professor's wagon in that episode, so he recognizes its tracks. Bowler makes mention of the dime novels being written about Brisco, when he says he hopes their punching out guys using aloe liniment doesn't make it into the stories.
There were actually a lot of quotes I wanted to use from this episode. Bly had at least 3 good ones, but I was trying to find one that sort of summed up the episode, without revealing too much. I do laugh at him describing Brisco as a cretin from an antediluvian world. More people need to use "antediluvian". Or the line about Orb hating evil.
I find the limits on the Orb's awareness interesting. It's established it hates evil, and will destroy those who use it if possible. Which is why Bly's been so leery about messing with it himself. Yet, it can't do anything if a good person uses its power in a way that helps an evil one. Coles touched an Orb rod to water to make Lil's medicine. The Orb doesn't harm him because he reads as good. Yet Bly can drink the medicine to give him superpowers, and suffers no ill effects. I'm still left confused as to how Big Smith was able to receive power from it without being destroyed, which is why I wonder if the Orb produced some sort of change in his, soul, or psyche, or something when it gave him power.
And how is Bly able to use it to return to his time? Shouldn't it be destroying him for trying that, or had the power he received from drinking the "medicine" made him strong enough to resist it? And how the heck was anyone able to make a bullet out of Orb metal?
All those questions aside, I did enjoy this episode. Billy Drago as John Bly is always fun, even when he's playing at being unnerved by one of the Fabio wannabes complimenting him on how good he looks in black.
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