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[ivyfic]

I am watching through my Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. DVDs. Many of these episodes seem familiar to me, and I can't tell if that's because I'm remembering them from when they aired, fifteen years ago, or if it's because they are just that predictable. I think it's the second. (And I mean predictable in the kindest way--you do not watch a Bruce Campbell anything for the plot.)

I just rewatched an episode that I distinctly remember from the initial run, "Bye Bly." It was the episode that I thought jumped the shark--I always blamed this ep for the cancellation of the series (which I now realize was doomed regardless). Naked time-travelers, futuristic technobabble, the fate of humanity, finding out our black-hat villain is actually from two thousand years in the future, getting the second terrible special effect comic book non-death of a character... Little wonder I thought this ep didn't belong in my anachrotastic Western show.

Now, of course, I watch it and see the slashiest episode of the entire series. By the time you've had two characters both dying in each other's arms, and one of them jeopardizes the timeline to save the other, how can you not expect me to slash them?

Comments

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

I love that show. I have it on DVD as well. We started watching it again a while back but got sidetracked and haven't finished. But yes, that ep seriously jumps the shark. And second season, while fun, doesn't have the same focus as the first.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Um...second season? There is no second season.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Oh fine, second half. Hell, it was twenty-seven episodes long--these days that *is* two seasons. Happy? :)

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

In rewatching, it becomes clear to me that what I took as a sudden confounding turn into sci fi the first time I watched it has actually always been the mythology of the series. Of course, with all this sci fi stuff running through it, it would be ridiculously easy to crossover with Doctor Who. That is how I am justifying the more perplexing parts of the show. It's a Who crossover that just hasn't had the Doctor show up in it yet.