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The Adventures of Brisco County jr - Socrates' Sister
episode 5
USA 1993
produced by Paul Marks, Jeffrey Boam (executive), Carlton Cuse (executive) for Boam/Cuse Productions, Warner Brothers/Fox Network
directed by Greg Beeman
starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, John Astin, Judith Hoag, John Pyper-Ferguson, William Russ, Yvette Nipar, Ashby Adams, Al Pugliese, Christopher Wynne, Owen Bush, George 'Buck' Flower
screenplay by Chris Ruppenthal, created by Jeffrey Boam, Carlton Cuse, music by Stephen Graziano
TV series The Adventures of Brisco County jr
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Bounty hunter Brisco (Bruce Campbell) has brought in Jack Randolph
(William Russ) for money forgery, but Randolph insists he's innocent,
claiming it's a case of mistaken identity. And before long, he brings in a
top lawyer to take his case, none other than Brisco's contractee Socrates
Poole's (Christian Clemenson) sister Iphigenia (Judith Hoag). Randolph
soon persuades Iphigenia to break him free from prison, allegedly to find
a witness for his innocence, but he soon ditches her in the middle of
nowhere to meet up with his partner (and one of Brisco's regular
nemesises) Hutter (John Pyper-Ferguson) to retrieve a printing plate to
properly forge money. Thing is, the printing plate's hidden in a town that
has since been flooded due to the construction of a nearby dam. So
Randolph and Hutter fetch Brisco's friend Professor Wickwire, who has just
invented a diving suit, and thus Randolph goes down to fetch the plate
while Wickwire handles the suite's breathing apparatus under the watchful
eye of Hutter. However, Brisco has caught up with the villains, and picked
up Iphigenia along the way, even Socrates has caught up, and so has bounty
hunter Lord Bowler (Julius Carry), whom Brisco has tried to throw off
course several times. And after a shoot-out on land, on water and even
under water, Randolph can be apprehended and brought to justice, but
Hutter escapes to live another day (and another episode of course) ... It's
fun in a somewhat irreverent way, harking back to B westerns of the 1930s
in attitude if not style, that often had an anything-goes vibe to them and
weren't too bogged down by formula yet. And what makes this episode, like
many of the series, is that it moves along quickly, doesn't take itself
too seriously without falling prey to broad parody, and tries to just
entertain throughout - successfully so in this case.
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