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

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

I just watched that scene in TMWCH, and they just say "the war" and not which war. So if we are to assume they are referring to the war that they've already talked about (the border war), then that means that the boys were 10 in 1854, born in 1844, and if they are in their late 20's now, then the show takes place in the early 1870's. I didn't think it was that early.

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Timeline is problematic. There are many other things that keep coming up as well. Like the Brown Palace Hotel is mentioned by Heyes in The Posse that wouldn't quit. That hotel did not open until 1892. Also, that payroll in Root of it All, wasn't that supposed to have been buried for 20 years? That would place the series in the mid to late 1880s. I think my general preference is that the show takes place during the late 1880s to early 1890s. It is based on nothing but my preference. It is like the cousins thing, just pick what you like because TPTB were obviously ambivalent.

TMWCH?

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

Apparent the ASJ PTB can't read a map, or a history book...

TMWCH?

The Men Who Corrupted Hadleyburg, of course :-)

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

LOL. It is really sad too since most of the episodes were supervised by the same guy. It is definitely not a situation of too many cooks in the kitchen. I don't think shows had the same ideas about continuity they do today.

TMWCH. ::thunk:: I figured it out after I sent the post this morning. I think I always assumed they were talking about the civil war in that bit by the lake. I think when someone from this country talks about "the" war in the late 1800s, it is pretty much assumed they are talking about the big one. Kinda like someone in the 40s talking about the war meaning WWII.

BTW, TMWCH is a really painful episode for me to watch for a number of reasons. I promise you will not see it on my favorites list.

[tigerlily0.livejournal.com]

Every show that I've watched closely at all, the continuity totally sucks (The O.C., The Fugitive, Prison Break, etc.), so I don't think it has gotten any better.

I had assumed that "the war" was the Civil War, too, but when they were talking, they indicated that the parents being killed happened after "the war" started, and they earlier said that the folks were killed in the border war, so either TPTB are being contradictory, or "the war" H&C are talking about is the border war.

Heh, I haven't rewatched TMWCH yet, but from what I remember, it is in my top 3 favorite eps. par for the course, huh? :-)

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

I will wait until the episode discussion to really let loose on TMWCH. Yes exactly par LOL. I tell you that I get such joy seeing your email in my box. I don't know what I will do with myself when these discussions are over. ::hugs::

I know what you mean about the continuity thing. I do think they try a bit harder these days though. So many shows are seeing the point of long storylines that develop over a season. Joss Whedon was the master. The only time I had a problem with his continuity was the movie Serenity with the tv series Firefly. I think in ASJ days, it was very much single episode tv. Everything was supposed to stand alone and all plots resolve in one episode.