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This week I’m going to feature (SHOCKER!) Bass Reeves. When it comes to the inspiration for the Lone Ranger, he seems to be the leading candidate (John R. Hughes being the other named possibility).
Before he even gave a passing thought to making law a career, he married and took up farming. He was, however, a practiced pistol shooter, so when James F. Fagan was directed to appoint 200 U.S. Marshalls that had the qualifications for the job, he thought of Reeves. Bass was fluent in several Indian languages as well as being a sharp-shooter, and it made him a perfect hire.
By the time he retired in 1907, he had arrested over 3,000 felons (including one of his five sons), he shot and killed only 14 men in self-defense, and was never wounded himself. It’s said that even though he was never wounded, his hat and belt couldn’t say the same. They were shot off on separate occasions.
One of the most interesting people featured to date on Timeless in my opinion, and one with a strong moral compass – if you want to learn more, please follow the link above (in his name) to learn more. Also, Google is your friend – there are a lot of sites devoted to him out there, seek and ye shall find!
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Lone on the Range
Our main story this week involved our Time-Travelling Team going back to 1882 in order to stop Flynn from whatever hijinx were about to ensue there. They involved Jesse James and a hunt for the original timepod pilot. Since we’re in on the exposition now, we’re not getting a detailed explanation in the hows and whys of their location/mission determination, so it’s sketchy at best this week.
But hey, I’m not complaining. We get Bass Reeves – played by Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead, Lucifer) – who was pretty amazing, and it put a huge smile on my face to see him play this character perfectly. Doug and I couldn’t have been happier with his portrayal.
The actor playing Jesse James – Daniel Lissing (When Calls the Heart, Last Resort) – was also great, so I want to give him props as well.
The Old Girl Ain’t What She Used to Be
The other major guest star – Annie Wersching (Bosch, TVD, Castle, 24) – played the first pilot of the time-pod. Turns out, she didn’t die after all. She and Anthony Bruhl faked her death and stashed her in the 1800s to keep her away from Rittenhouse (ostensibly). Since both she and Matt Frewer (Bruhl) appear in the next episode, I’m assuming we’re going to learn more. I’m also hoping that this explains the conflict over the ability to be in your own time-period “rule.”
Jail-Baiting
Another story that will continue into the next episode (see what I did there? #FLAWLESSSEGUE!), will be Wyatt’s quest to get his wife back. In this episode he visits his wife’s alleged killer, who recognizes him, but is rather cagey in his responses. We suspect something bigger may be going on – and again, we’ll see more about this in next week’s episode.
Running on Autopilot
Yes, it was awesome that Rufus made his stand last week, but it had some unfortunate side-effects. Mason heeded his advice and picked a side – and he’s not on team “good-guy.” Rittenhouse has come up with an alternate plan to train Jiya to be another time-pod pilot. This will have two really awful outcomes at the very least. Jiya will be under Rittenhouse’s thumb, and Rufus now has an ‘expiration date’.
It was a little heartbreaking to see Rufus playing the part of a supportive boyfriend, all the while knowing what this truly means for the both of them.
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On April 3
1042 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England
1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins
1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford
1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality
1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
1948 – United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech
1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs
1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default
1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco
1996 – Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States
Notable Births:
1593 – George Herbert, English poet
1783 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian
1837 – John Burroughs, American botanist and author
1893 – Leslie Howard, English actor
1920 – Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor
1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor and director
1926 – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1934 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress
1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer
1944 – Tony Orlando, American singer
1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor, producer and television host
1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
1967 – Cat Cora, American chef and author
1971 – Picabo Street, American skier
1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress and director
1975 – Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress
Notable Deaths:
1882 – Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw
1950 – Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist
1981 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways
1990 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer
1991 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic
1993 – Pinky Lee, American television host
2015 – Sarah Brady, American activist and author
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