Post by vwhassenfeffer on Jun 16, 2019 20:43:53 GMT -5
I wish there were more of the episode summaries and reviews I've come to love on this board, rather than those which - like this one - stand sorely neglected with nary a comment!
It's a doggone shame, that's what it is!
I will at least make a remark or two in hopes of exciting the pack of you!
I'll be honest, this isn't one of my top favorites, because of Jim's abuse/neglect of one of his co-stars right from the very beginning. I speak, of course, of that most noble of steeds, Blackjack. Blackjack shows far more alertness and sense to the danger present at the mysterious little goods store/in in the middle of nowhere than does his Secret Service rider! Horses have a far keener sense of hearing than humans, so Blackjack is perhaps better attuned to the ominous background music as well as wolf howls than Jim is. One can only imagine the stallion's frustration with his constantly trouble prone owner who so willingly or blindly leads them into trap after trap and dangerous situation after dangerous situation. Blackjack is trying with all his might to indicate THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY BAD HERE! CAN WE LEAVE NOW? OR CAN YOU AT LEAST DRAW YOUR GUN AND BE READY, TARGET BOY? Jim ignores this, ties the horse and leaves him at the post all alone in the dark so he can enter the seemingly abandoned inn where a black cat almost gets shot trying to indicate the exact same message to our thick-skulled (thankfully, considering the sheer number of concussions he routinely suffers) hero. Jim, now properly jittery for the situation, nevertheless gets taken by complete surprise when he steps outside and sees the wolf and is attacked by it . . . . Y'know, the wolf he told Blackjack wasn't a problem at all? The one that they've been hearing howl for half an hour? The one that had the animals so upset? Yeah. That wolf. And its bark is definitely NOT worse than its bite, as it gets a taste of more than just Jim's fighting prowess before he manages to throw it off and get in a couple of shots, which miraculously not only do not kill it right away - in the magic of WWW physics, the two slugs don't even knock it a bit sideways or create a spurt of gore or anything before it disappears into the woods. It's a good thing that it wasn't a real werewolf, or Jim would be howling mad with that full moon that we get to see at several points. Blackjack, unable to protect Jim - or get him to listen to good, solid horse sense - runs off in the opposite direction. That's the last of him we'll see for a bit too, since Jim doesn't attempt to whistle him back or even go look for him, as the local sheriff arrives with a stagecoach following close behind and the requisite ominous figure perched on a nearby height that NO ONE WILL SEE.
Welcome to the episode, folks!
Anyone care to take the next bit, or will you all be wolfing down my puns for the rest of the plot?
It's a doggone shame, that's what it is!
I will at least make a remark or two in hopes of exciting the pack of you!
I'll be honest, this isn't one of my top favorites, because of Jim's abuse/neglect of one of his co-stars right from the very beginning. I speak, of course, of that most noble of steeds, Blackjack. Blackjack shows far more alertness and sense to the danger present at the mysterious little goods store/in in the middle of nowhere than does his Secret Service rider! Horses have a far keener sense of hearing than humans, so Blackjack is perhaps better attuned to the ominous background music as well as wolf howls than Jim is. One can only imagine the stallion's frustration with his constantly trouble prone owner who so willingly or blindly leads them into trap after trap and dangerous situation after dangerous situation. Blackjack is trying with all his might to indicate THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY BAD HERE! CAN WE LEAVE NOW? OR CAN YOU AT LEAST DRAW YOUR GUN AND BE READY, TARGET BOY? Jim ignores this, ties the horse and leaves him at the post all alone in the dark so he can enter the seemingly abandoned inn where a black cat almost gets shot trying to indicate the exact same message to our thick-skulled (thankfully, considering the sheer number of concussions he routinely suffers) hero. Jim, now properly jittery for the situation, nevertheless gets taken by complete surprise when he steps outside and sees the wolf and is attacked by it . . . . Y'know, the wolf he told Blackjack wasn't a problem at all? The one that they've been hearing howl for half an hour? The one that had the animals so upset? Yeah. That wolf. And its bark is definitely NOT worse than its bite, as it gets a taste of more than just Jim's fighting prowess before he manages to throw it off and get in a couple of shots, which miraculously not only do not kill it right away - in the magic of WWW physics, the two slugs don't even knock it a bit sideways or create a spurt of gore or anything before it disappears into the woods. It's a good thing that it wasn't a real werewolf, or Jim would be howling mad with that full moon that we get to see at several points. Blackjack, unable to protect Jim - or get him to listen to good, solid horse sense - runs off in the opposite direction. That's the last of him we'll see for a bit too, since Jim doesn't attempt to whistle him back or even go look for him, as the local sheriff arrives with a stagecoach following close behind and the requisite ominous figure perched on a nearby height that NO ONE WILL SEE.
Welcome to the episode, folks!
Anyone care to take the next bit, or will you all be wolfing down my puns for the rest of the plot?