Episode 24, The Reformation Of Harry Briscoe

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

Episode: 24 (S2E9)

Title: The Reformation of Harry Briscoe

Notes: This episode marks the beginning of a new era in terms of the canon about Heyes' and Curry's backgrounds.

Summary: A simple act of kindness to two nuns with a broken-down wagon leads to trouble for Heyes and Curry.

Notable guest stars: J.D. Cannon (Harry Briscoe), Jane Wyatt (Sister Julia), Jane Merrow (Sister Isabel/Molly Cusack), Dub Taylor (Jim)

Quote:
Molly: "Smith and Jones... And you were saying how you tried and it didn't work. I think I'm beginning to understand. You were thieves yourselves. [...] That'd be just my luck to fall in with a couple of reformed thieves. They're the worst kind."

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Comments

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

If we go by the posters and what Kid says in Everything Else You Can Steal, then I figure their ages like this. 1879 is when they pulled their last big job where Heyes blew the P&H '78 at the Merchant's Bank in Denver. The ages on the wanted posters are 27 and 29. That would make Curry born around 1852ish and Heyes around 1850ish (plus or minus a year or two). The Civil War began in 1861; Curry would be around 10 years old. The Denver job happened a year and a half ago according to Harry Waggoner. That puts the timeline for the series into the early 1880s.

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

I guess the Pierce & Hamilton 1878 does give us a stake in the sand, assuming that the "1878" in the name indicates that's when it was first sold. So I guess if we ignore what they said to the nun that their folks were killed in the Border War, and re-phrase that as the Civil War, then I think most things fit better together.

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

Hey, if we can ignore what was said about the Border war, let's ignore what they said about Kansas and the orphanage too. *g*

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

That's certainly your prerogative :-)

But seriously, they've been so contradictory in what they've said throughout the series about the guys' backgrounds, you pretty much have to choose which things you want to believe and which things you're going to ignore. It is certainly legitimate to believe the canon that was in effect for about the first 23 episodes of the series and ignore the rest.