History Recap / TheWildWildWestS3E11TheNightOfTheCutthroats

Citizens are leaving the town of New Athens in droves due to a group of ex-cons who have set up camp outside the city limits. West and Gordon are sent in to investigate after the Secret Service receives a plea for help. It soon becomes apparent that the trouble centers around a convicted murderer named Mike Trayne (Bradford Dillman) who has recently returned to the town, revenge on his mind.

* BadassMustache: Part of Artie's disguise as Joe the piano player. He doesn't get rid of it until the final two scenes.

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDE0MQ==/?ref=1 Joe, Piano Player]]

* DistressedDude: After the ItWorksBetterWithBullets incident with Sally below, Artie is nonetheless captured (Trayne had been following them all along) and tied up at the villains' camp. This leads to a prolonged AwesomeMoment when he cuts through the ropes binding his arms, kicks a guard unconscious, unties his legs, and blows up a wagon full of the gang's munitions with their own gunpowder as he rides away.

* {{Revenge}}: One of Trayne's goals is to not only burn New Athens to the ground, but destroy all its paper records (births and deaths, marriages, etc.) so there will be no trace that the town ever existed.

Citizens are leaving the town of New Athens in droves due to a group of ex-cons who have set up camp outside the city limits. West and Gordon are sent in to investigate after the Secret Service receives a plea for help. It soon becomes apparent that the trouble centers around a convicted murderer named Mike Trayne who has recently returned to the town, revenge on his mind.

* MissKitty: Sally is a villainous example.
* TheMole: Sally Yarnell and Mayor Cassidy are portrayed as just two more of Trayne's victims at first. Actually they're all in cahoots.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler:Sally]] pulls a gun on Artie but he quickly states that it's empty. Sure enough, he'd managed - somehow - to secretly unload it beforehand.
-->'''Artie''': "Cardinal rule of mine: never travel next to a loaded gun unless you're sure it belongs to a very dear friend."

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sally Yarnell]] and [[spoiler:Mayor Cassidy]] are portrayed as just two more of Trayne's victims at first. Actually they're all in cahoots.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Jaim fights Trayne's thugs in the saloon while Artie plays "Beautiful Dreamer" on the piano.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Jaim fights Traybne's thugs in the saloon while Artie plays "Beautiful Dreamer" on the piano.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler:Sally]] manages to steal Artie's gun but he had enough foresight to unload it beforehand.

* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Jim and Artie are forced to pull this off once the gang finally attacks, albeit with considerably fewer than seven defenders.

Citizens are leaving the town of New Athens in droves due to a group of ex-cons who have set up camp outside the city limits. Sheriff Koster doesn't intend to do anything about it but West and Gordon are sent in to investigate after the Secret Service receives a plea for help. It soon becomes apparent that the trouble centers around a convicted murderer named Mike Trayne who has recently returned to the town, revenge on his mind.

A band of seedy cut-throats are gathering just outside the small town of New Athens and forcing the residents to leave in droves. Their leader is Michael Trayne, back in town after three years in jail. It's up to Jim and Artie to put a stop to Trayne's activities.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mike Trayne.
* TheHeavy: Mike Trayne.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Artie pulls this.
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Albeit with considerably fewer than seven defenders.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sally Yarnell]] and [[spoiler:Mayor Cassidy]].
* ThePianoPlayer: Artie disguises himself as one of these.
* TheSoCalledCoward: Sheriff Koster.