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“Well! You had yourself a gay old time at the cantina I see…”

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from "The Night that Terror Stalked the Town"

Featuring a lovely musical interlude with Loveless and Antoinette, Jim punching Voltaire "in the tummy" and Loveless seeming to show genuine concern for Jim (even though he has his ulterior motives).

tbt when Artie used to worry about Jim

look at them arguing, such children

The Wild Wild West: S01x01, The Night of The Inferno

Composer: Richard Markowitz

James West Hates Windows

Jim’s going headfirst through a pane of glass? Must be a day ending in Y.

Bonus:

Some things never change – like the relationship Jim has with panes of glass.

Jim and Artie’s reunion from “The Night of the Diva.” Artie is 120% in big brother mode here: “Let me look at you, will you?” Like maybe Jim hasn’t remembered to feed himself while his partner was away. It’s nice to see such open affection; these two idiots don’t hug nearly often enough.

I wish CBS hadn’t messed around with the broadcast order, because this scene was intended to be Ross Martin’s return to the series after his hospitalization – hence the explanation that Jim had sent the train to Washington to pick up Artemus (whose absence had been explained away as a long-term assignment there). Knowing it’s the first time Ross was back after his heart attack lends the teaser reveal and the “you look great” lines extra significance, just as the “to absent friends” toast did in an earlier episode.

fave episodes 2/?: “The Night Terror Stalked the Town”

Loveless plans to destroy the Secret Service from within, by creating an exact duplicate of Jim West to do his evil bidding. 

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