Episode 7 - 'Running Wild'
- A pretty nice episode overall. Calm, and at times funny. Nothing heavy here.
- I'm going to start counting the times characters utter the phrase, "Dios mio" (my God). The Colonel began this fad in episode one when he met Señorita Alvarado for the first time. Marta says it; the gang members say it…
- I like the masks the gang wears.
- 'Johnny Brock's Dungeon' costumes store?
- Oh, I know! Left over from the Day of the Dead celebrations, right?
- How DID these people get a hold of animal masks without bringing attention to themselves unless they are very old, stolen, or made with paper maché by the gang members themselves?
- I enjoy the talk of Tessa's past.
- Her family, her parents' love story.
- This is why Tessa came back to California in the first place.
- And now even more of her past is gone forever.
- Her godfather is dead.
- Ramon is banished.
- Isabel and Teodoro Selvera remind me of present day rich kids.
- No interest in their parents' plans for their future, and bored.
- They turn rebellious looking for attention and a way out.
- They turn to a life of crime because it is a rush, and running away to Monterey is a temporary answer to their problems, not because the family actually needs money.
- It's good to see Ramon again.
- Full of bad choices still, but at least he has a forbidden girlfriend.
- He lost his father in Vengeance and hates running his own hacienda.
- Of course he latches on to the Bad Kids.
- Why isn't Isabel married already to this ancient don her father has picked out? She is old! Just like Tessa is pretty old to still be single.
- Grisham's answer to every problem is "I'll kill him or her!" That, or "I'll sleep with her!"
- Montoya's position is finally in real danger. But these dons underestimate the Colonel's will to remain their military governor (until such time as he promotes himself to the Emperor of California)
- The whole Tessa and her money as bait trap is precious.
- Tessa wants justice for her godfather's murder.
- Montoya wants the murderers/thieves imprisoned and executed to save his job and social position.
- But Montoya also wants Tessa's hacienda. And (I believe he knows her secret identity) Montoya wants the Queen of Swords killed. So of course Montoya will wait to give the order to go after the gang, hoping they will kill Tessa. He would then acquire the thieves, the Queen, Tessa's hacienda, the godfather's hacienda, and the dons' respect and support all in one day.
- It's funny to see Montoya talked down to and threatened. He's gonna open up a can of early nineteenth century whoop-ass. He sics Grisham on Ramon to get the other two gang members. And bad cop/good cop with Vera helping is brilliant. And Ramon gives up at least the hideout local. Perhaps his partners as well.
- The Queen to Captain Grisham: "The rubies in that necklace really bring out the red in your eyes."
- Tactics and Politics:
- Montoya wants the dons' petition dropped.
- He'll execute Ramon and never tell the identity of the sibling masterminds.
- The cover is Montoya gets money and land from Don Selvera. But that is the bonus.
- Ramon has no family. Only Isabel and Tessa care about him. He is expendable and his death is needed to please the public.
- At any rate, Montoya's gods do not mock him any longer.
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