History Recap / TheWildWildWestS2E20TheNightOfTheViciousValentine

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODAwNTAyMA==/?ref=1 Jewish Tailor]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: At the end, Emma escapes Jim and Artie, but in the epilogue we learn that she was captured.

* CasusalDangerDialog: Artie [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] his way through the scene where he and Jim escape from Emma's DeathTrap.

* {{Blackmail}}: How Emma keeps her brides under her control. One of them, Michele (Sherry Jackson), admits that she was jailed for committing one theft in her native UsefulNotes/{{France}} "[[SympatheticVillain because I had to]]", and Emma could put her back in prison if she gets out of hand.

* OffWithHisHead: During the print shop fight, an unconscious Artie is placed in a guillotine-like paper cutter, as shown in the page image. Jim saves him just in time.

Rich industrialists are being systematically murdered. President Grant is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine (Creator/AgnesMoorehead), a hostess and matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

Guest star Agnes Moorehead's performance as the week's BigBad resulted in the show's only Emmy (Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series).

* EvilRedhead: Emma is the episode's BigBad and has red hair.

* GigglingVillain: There's a redheaded henchman who apparently finds everything hilariously funny.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Valentine plans to kill her last target by dropping West and Gordon on top of him.

Rich industrialists are being systematically murdered. President Grant is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine ([[Series/{{Bewitched}} Agnes Moorehead]]), a hostess and matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

Rich industrialists are being systematically murdered. President Grant is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine, a hostess and matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

* StrawFeminist: Emma Valentine, who wants to avenge every slight ever made against women by men. Also she wants to be Empress of the U. S. in order to bring about equality for women - her version of equality, anyway.

* ThemeSerialKiller: Valentine decides to eliminate her victims in alphabetical order and on holidays only. She hopes to misdirect the authorities into protecting the wrong men when she comes to her last victim, but it nearly trips her up on her next-to-last-victim when the agents arrive ''almost'' in the nick of time.

Rich industrialists are being systematically murdered. President Grant is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine, a matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

* ThemeSerialKiller: For some reason, Valentine decides to eliminate her victims in alphabetical order and on holidays only. This ends up working to her disadvantage as it allows the agents to reliably predict whom she'll go after next and when.

Rich industrialists are being murdered in alphabetical order and all on holidays. President Grant is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine, a matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

Jim and Artie investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists. They find that all the victims are linked to a matchmaker named Emma Valentine.

* ArrangedMarriage: Emma Valentine's planned first act as Queen of America is to outlaw all marriages that she has not personally arranged.
* GigglingVillain: The redheaded henchman.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Emma Valentine plans to kill her last target by dropping West and Gordon on top of him.
* StrawFeminist: Emma Valentine.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Emma Valentine comes on to Jim. He slaps her down pretty hard.