History Recap / TheWildWildWestS4E20TheNightOfTheDiva

* KarmaHoudini: Rosa Montebello, an unrepentant snob who treats Artie like dirt for no reason at all and is generally so unpleasant that the episode's '''actual''' villain (an {{Expy}} of ThePhantomOfTheOpera intent on kidnapping her to go with two other opera singers (s)he's abducted) is far more sympathetic (which may well have been the intention of writers Ken Pettus and Alf Harris, given the climax). She never gets her comeuppance. Or, for that matter, kidnapped.

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODAwMzg1Mw==/?ref=1 Count Vladislav deRaja, Russian Duke]]

* TheCastShowoff: Patrice Munsel (Rosa Montebello) isn't just playing at being a coloratura soprano - for many years, she ''was'' one. At 18 she became the youngest singer who ever starred at the Metropolitan Opera and went on to perform there 225 times.
* DesignatedGirlFight: [[spoiler:Collingwood and Karl Crenshaw are paired up during the climactic fight scene. At first it doesn't appear to be this trope, but then the mask comes off...]]
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:At the end, to reveal that "Karl Crenshaw" is actually Caroline Mason, whose voice was irreparably damaged in the fire that supposedly killed her.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Caroline Mason. The body identified as hers was actually her maid's.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Rosa Montebello, an unrepentant snob who treats Artie like dirt for no reason at all and is generally so unpleasant that the episode's '''actual''' villain [[spoiler: (an {{Expy}} of ThePhantomOfTheOpera intent on kidnapping her to go with two other opera singers (s)he's abducted)]] is far more sympathetic (which may well have been the intention of writers Ken Pettus and Alf Harris, given the climax). She never gets her comeuppance. [[spoiler: Or, for that matter, kidnapped.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:The reason behind Caroline Mason's abduction and imprisonment of other coloraturas. Without her voice, she knew she was only "half a woman" to the man she loved; for his sake she was trying to recreate that voice in another.]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: A young, beautiful secretary, Miss Ellen Collingwood, is introduced early on in the episode. She's very friendly, very helpful, Jim and Artie both seem to like her - pretty much your typical GirlOfTheWeek.... except that she apparently doesn't end up romantically involved with either of the agents. On a show which makes a point of at least briefly pairing up every attractive female, attached or otherwise, with one of the leads, this is an earth-shattering (non-)event.

Gordon returns from his assignment in Washington, D. C., accompanied by Rosa Montebello, an Italian opera singer. That evening she is attacked while appearing on-stage in ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. The culprits appear to be a mysterious society known as the Order of Lucia. What is behind this attack? What happened to the three other divas who, over the last five years, have disappeared after singing the role of Lucia - women whose ghosts are now said to haunt the opera house? And what's the connection to Karl Crenshaw, the reclusive brother of Max Crenshaw, wealthy opera aficionado?

* KarmaHoudini: Rosa Montebello, an unrepentant snob who treats Artie like dirt for no reason at all and is generally so unpleasant that the episode's '''actual''' villain [[spoiler: (an {{Expy}} of ThePhantomOfTheOpera intent on kidnapping her to go with two other opera singers (s)he's abducted)]] is far more sympathetic (which may well have been the intention of writers Ken Pettus and Alf Harris, given the climax). She never gets her comeuppance.

* KarmaHoudini: Rosa Montebello, an unrepentant snob who treats Artie like dirt for no reason at all and is generally so unpleasant that the episode's '''actual''' villain [[spoiler: (an {{Expy}} of ThePhantomOfTheOpera intent on kidnapping her to go with two other opera singers (s)he's abducted)]] is far more sympathetic. She never gets her comeuppance.

'''Artie''': "Thank you, Miss Collingwood. ''Thank'' you for volunteering."

* TheCastShowoff: Patrice Munsel (Rosa Montebello) didn't just play at being a coloratura soprano - she ''was'' one, albeit retired. At 18 she became the youngest singer who ever starred at the Metropolitan Opera and went on to perform there 225 times.

Gordon returns from his assignment in Washington, D. C., accompanied by Rosa Montebello, an Italian opera singer. That evening she is attacked while appearing on-stage in ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. The culprits appear to be a mysterious society known as the Order of Lucia. What is behind this attack? What happened to the three other divas who, over the last five years, have disappeared after singing the role of Lucia in the same opera house - women whose ghosts are now said to haunt the place? And what's the connection to Karl Crenshaw, the reclusive brother of Max Crenshaw, wealthy opera aficionado?

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: At the end, to reveal that "Karl Crenshaw" is actually Caroline Mason, whose voice was irreparably damaged in the fire that supposedly killed her.]]

West and Gordon investigate the recent disappearance of several opera divas in New Orleans. While there they unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and also reveal who among their new acquaintances is playing a role on and off the stage.