Count Draja (Mark Lenard), a war criminal formerly of Bosnia, is being extradited. Jim takes him secretly overland through Arizona territory while Artie, disguised as Draja and acting as a decoy, travels west on the Wanderer. They are due to meet up in Buffalo Springs, but trouble develops for both agents due to those who are after either the reward on Draja's head or the $500,000 in stolen gold which he is rumored to have hidden.
Disguises used by Artie: Count Draja, Bosnian Criminal
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Tropes present in this episode:
- Artificial Limbs: Draja has a hand-shaped chunk of iron in place of his right hand. ("I gave an arm for my country. I do not intend to let it have my head too.") It's very useful as a club - and for cracking nuts - but not much else. However, it comes in handy when the Count escapes from his handcuffs by simply removing his metal hand so he can slip them off, then re-attaching it.
- BFG: At one point, Countess Zorana wields a shotgun that seems to be about half as tall as she is.
- Deadpan Snarker: His regime may have slaughtered thousands, but at least Draja has a sense of humor.One of the Garrisons: Hey, what did you do to get the law down on you? You shoot somebody?
Draja: Worse. They caught me cheating at tiddlywinks. - Enemy Mine: Two of them: Jim and Count Draja vs. the Garrisons, who want Draja for their own purposes, and Artie and Countess Zorana vs. her backstabbing underlings.
- Escort Mission: Jim's assignment is to bring Count Draja back to his own government for punishment. Artie's task is to fake this trope by posing as Draja in an effort to learn who's trying to rescue him.
- Everybody Lives: Even the gang members who Artie causes to fall out of the train while in motion are heard to have been rounded up alive.
- Failed a Spot Check: Artie tosses four of the outlaws out of the train, then assumes he got them all: "And that, as we say, is that." Unfortunately, the normally astute Artie somehow misses that there are five outlaws, and the remaining one takes him and Countess Zorana hostage. Becomes a Brick Joke at the end, when Artie remembers that the same outlaw is stuffed in one of the Wanderer's closets, Bound and Gagged.
- Faking the Dead:
- The disguised Artie lets the outlaws think that "Draja" killed the lawmen guarding him, All According to Plan—they're actually still alive.
- Jim and the real Draja play possum when the Garrisons find them after a sandstorm, only to attack when the criminal family gets within striking range.
- For Want Of A Nail: Draja's horse goes lame while Jim is transporting him through the desert, which forces them to make a detour to buy a new horse that leads to their fateful meeting with the Garrisons.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: This is part of Count Draja's overall unpleasantness. It's most prominently shown when Draja assaults a photographer just for trying to take his picture; he relents only because Jim draws his gun and threatens to kill him right then and there.
- Living MacGuffin: Count Draja, who, for one reason or another, everyone in the episode wants to get their hands on.
- Stupid Crooks: The Garrisons. They're well-armed and determined, which is the only reason they're even remotely a threat; otherwise they're completely incompetent.
- Talking Your Way Out: How Artie deals with the men holding him captive aboard the Wanderer, working on their greed and egos to bring about mutual distrust. The leader does catch on, but too late.
- Unholy Matrimony: Count Draja and Countess Zorana. They seem to be about equal parts devoted to each other and mortal enemies.
- Would Hit a Girl: When Artie tips Jim off that an armed Zorana is hiding behind the entrance to the Wanderer's caboose, Jim doesn't hesitate to hit the Countess with the heavy door, knocking her to the floor.
