Episode 24, The Reformation Of Harry Briscoe

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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

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This episode was pretty average, I thought, the boys' third outing with (former) Bannerman detective Harry Briscoe.

The biggest notable here is that this is where canon changed about Kid's and Heyes' childhoods and background. Up until now (through the first 23 episodes of the series), they didn't say much about the boys' histories (although they did say more about Heyes than about the Kid). But it was very clearly indicated that they did not know each other as children, that they became outlaws separately, then met up as young adults, and had been partners for about 5 years as of when the series started.

In this episode, the new canon was revealed to be the following:

- They are both from Kansas.

- Neither one is Catholic.

- They both lost their folks in the Border Wars, making them orphans.

- After they were orphaned, they were sent to the Valparaiso School for Waywards (some kind of juvie/reform school?).

- They ran away from this "home for orphans" at 15 years old (note that it was indicated they were both 15 at this point, i.e. the same age, even though their wanted posters indicated that Heyes is 2 years older than Kid).

- Kid is Irish (did everybody know that? is "Curry" a standard Irish name?)

- Still no mention of them being cousins yet, though. They mentioned that the Kid's grandparents came from Londonderry and Heyes said his came from England.