History Recap / TheWildWildWestS2E11TheNightOfTheReadyMadeCorpse

* LargeHam: Karen Sharpe as the Irish GirlOfTheWeek Rose Murphy, especially in her "Terrible! TERRIBLE!" scene. (In fairness to the actress, if her performance in "The Night of the Flaming Ghost" is any indication this isn't her default setting a la Patsy Kelly.)

* DeathFakedForYou: Lavendor has managed to create a very tidy little business for himself carrying out this trope. [[spoiler: His last customer Antille returns the favour - only he ignores the "faked" part, due to Jim telling him about Lavendor's blackmail sideline.]]

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/ThomasLinkReadyMadeCorpse.jpg.html?sort=6&o=118&ref=1 Thomas Link, Wanted Murderer]]

* DeathFakedForYou: Lavendor has managed to create a very tidy little business for himself carrying out this trope.
* FakeNationality / LargeHam: Karen Sharpe as the Irish GirlOfTheWeek Rose Murphy, especially in her "Terrible! TERRIBLE!" scene. (In fairness to the actress, if her performance in "The Night of the Flaming Ghost" is any indication this isn't her default setting a la Patsy Kelly.)

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Artie goes undercover as a potential customer of Lavendor's. At first he's not surprised to find himself on an operating table, since the procedure involves plastic surgery, but he soon realizes that he's being strapped down and his cover has been blown.

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Artie goes undercover as a potential customer of Lavendor's. At first he's not surprised to find himself waking up on an operating table, since the procedure involves plastic surgery, but he soon realizes that he's strapped down and his cover has been blown.

West and Gordon are assigned to protect Col. Pellargo; unfortunately, they fail - he is assassinated. A man who appears to be the killer, Claudio Antille, turns up dead not long afterwards. West is suspicious and the agents begin investigating the recent disappearance of a man named Toby Murphy, as reported by his daughter, Rose. This eventually puts them on the trail of mortician Fabian Lavendor. He has started up a sideline which involves helping wanted criminals escape from justice by faking their deaths.

West and Gordon are assigned to protect Col. Pellargo; unfortunately, they fail - he is assassinated. The killer, Claudio Antille, turns up dead not long afterwards. West is suspicious and the agents begin investigating the recent disappearance of a man named Toby Murphy, as reported by his daughter, Rose. This eventually puts them on the trail of mortician Fabian Lavendor. He has started up a little sideline which involves helping wanted criminals escape from justice by faking their deaths.

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Artie goes undercover as a potential customer for Lavendor. At first he's not surprised to find himself waking up on an operating table, since Lavendor's procedure involves plastic surgery, but he soon realizes that he's strapped down and his cover has been blown.

* SurgicalImpersonation: Lavendor gives his customers new faces and finds unwilling victims to give the customers' old ones to.

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Artie finds himself in this situation.

Jim and Artie are assigned to investigate one Fabian Lavendor, a mortician who runs a peculiar side-line business: faking the deaths of wanted criminals.