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Brisco's (Bruce Campbell) employer Socrates Poole (Christian Clemenson) has decided to try his hands at poker - something that has landed him directly in jail, and now he has telegraphed Brisco to get him out. Brisco's happy to comply, and dressing up as a gentleman gambler he is quick to win enough money for Socrates' bail in a game of poker (if partly by cheating) from the very man who has got him in jail, Brett Bones (Xander Berkeley), one of the man responsible for the death of Brisco's father. And thus, Brisco would love to have justice served to him, so he makes up an elaborate scheme: Since Bones is also a boxing promoter, Brisco brings in his friend and colleague Lord Bowler (Julius Carry) to challenge Bones' championship boxer Dynamite Sullivan (John Shumski). Now sure, despite his imposing figure, Bowler's not much of a boxer, but Brisco pays Sullivan to take a dive - and Bowler wins pretty much unscathed. So far so good, but enter Dixie Cousins (Kelly Rutherford), bar singer and acquaintance of Brisco, who wants to make a deal with Bones, and to stay on his good side she spills the beans about Brisco to him. So before you know it, Bowler has a rematch against Sullivan on his hands, and this time Sullivan is not to be bribed, and it's not on neutral territory but on Bones' riverboat. So the cards seem to be stacked against Brisco and company - only Dixie isn't one to let her old friend/love interest Brisco down, and ultimately she steers Bones' riverboats right into the arms of the law, as there's quite a few crimes Bones has committed along the way ...

Basically, this one's good fun. Sure, the scheme Brisco has made up (and there's more to it that I've written about) comes across as over-complicated, far-fetched, convoluted, and basically asks for quite a bit suspension of disbelief, but it's fun to see it unfold all the same. And even if the twist that Dixie is actually on Brisco's side after all doesn't come as much of a surprise, it's at least set up well. And a very solid ensemble cast in on the joke but never giving in to flat-out parody see to it that this is - well, maybe not a milestone in western television, but good genre entertainment all the same.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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