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Riding through the desert of Nevada, bounty hunter Brisco County jr (Bruce Campbell) stumbles upon a trio of homesteaders - Clayton (John Walcutt), Mary (Janel Moloney) and their sick son Charlie (Adam Wylie) - who had just been robbed by the gang of pirates led by Blackbeard LaCutte (Andrew Divoff), an actual pirate from the Caribbean, who, having lost his boat, had to leave the sea behind temporarily and has applied his business model to the plains of Nevada. What's the most worrying for Clayton and Mary now is that the pirates have also stolen Charlie's medicine, and there isn't any in the next town either because of the pirate raids. So Brisco, soon supported by his friend/rival Lord Bowler (Julius Carry) decide to track down the pirates to steal some medicine back - an expedition that eventually lands them in quicksand until Blackbeard figures he might get a nice ransom out of the bounty hunters' employer Socrates Poole (Christian Clemenson). Of course, Brisco and Bowler manage to free themselves, but Socrates hasn't taken that into account as he goes on a rescue mission for them - to walk right into a trap. And after much to and fro it's up to Brisco, with a little help from Clayton, to free Socrates and Bowler. And ultimately, Blackbeard LaCutte ends in quicksand and the boy gets his medicine.

The idea of desert pirates is about as childish as it is fun, and the fun part is only helped by Blackbeard's pirate outfit and attitude, coupled with his cannon boat stagecoach. But what really makes this episode so entertaining is that while everybody plays it straight and the script is adventure rather than comedy, it also doesn't take itself very seriously at all and the cast seem to be in on the joke - and the result is just really good fun.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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