one of TV's greats

jefferyq

Brisco County Jr...ah, we some great times, didn't we? This show is on my "top 10" shows of all time list...it had a great hero, who would shoot a tree branch, causing it to fall onto someone's head, rather than shoot the villain - violence was not really his bag. He would ALWAYS try helping his foe if they were falling off a cliff or other high place...even though he knew (as did we) that it was some kind of trick. Can you imagine that during the year that Brisco County did it's TV run, it was called "the most violent show on television" by one of those groups that have nothing better to do but protect the world from entertainment? For the record, the show that was viewed for 'most violent' status involved a boxing match and every punch was called "an act of violence"! Those crazy kids!

Still airing every so often on cable, I would say find it, watch it! The series was one of many at that time to have a structure of ongoing story with stand alone tales between. I lived in fear that this would get canceled before we found out what happened to Brisco and his goal of serving justice to the outlaws that killed his father...BUT...can you believe it? Somehow the story was actually finished! I don't know if it was intended to continue from the point where we were left but as it stands, the story concludes and the final few episodes found Brisco and friends working for the president!

Amazing show with great writing and superb acting (WHY isn't Bruce Campbell a huge star?. One question here: with such great fun to be from this one and a story that concluded...WHY NO DVDs??? I'd buy!

Now, find Brisco and watch it already!

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jefferyq 23 March 2002

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0315488/