History Recap / TheWildWildWestS3E7TheNightOfTheHangman

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Jim is unsure of Lucius Brand's guilt and Artie tries to explain to him why it's an open and shut case... only to end up convincing ''himself'' that ''Jim'' is right.

* MorallyBankruptBanker: Roger Creed. Not only did he foreclose Brand's farm, but he was part of the conspiracy to kill Rawlins and frame Brand for the murder. (For bonus points, he's played by Charles Lane, who was Mr. Potter's sidekick in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.)

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODY5OTkxMw==/?ref=1 Reverand]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDE2OA==/?ref=1; Henrick William Van de Velde, Gemstone Expert]]

* CasualDangerDialogue: When Jim and Artie are lured into a hotel room that gets set on fire.

During a short stopover in Kirby Gap, Kansas, West and Gordon decide to take part in a town-wide celebration sponsored by Amos and Eugenia Rawlins, local ranchers. In the midst of the festivities a shot rings out and, though the culprit seemed to be aiming for local banker Roger Creed, it's Mr. Rawlins who falls dead. The agents pursue the killer and lay hands upon Lucius Brand ([[Creator/HarryDeanStanton Dean Stanton]]), a farmer whose land was foreclosed by Creed; he insists he's not guilty, but all the evidence points toward him, so he's convicted of the crime and sentenced to hang. However, Brand's pregnant wife is so convinced of her husband's innocence that the agents find themselves uncertain of the truth and decide to do a little investigating of their own.

* MisplacedRetribution: Mrs. Brand decides to kill Jim and Artie for testifying against him at his trial. Luckily, Artie talks her out of it by telling her that he and jim are going to save her husband's life.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Jim is unsure of the supposed murderer's guilt and Artie tries to explain to him why it's an open and shut case... only to end up convincing ''himself'' that ''Jim'' is right.

During a short stopover in Kirby Gap, Kansas, West and Gordon decide to take part in a town-wide celebration sponsored by Amos and Eugenia Rawlins, local ranchers. In the midst of the festivities a shot rings out and, though the culprit seemed to be aiming for local banker Roger Creed, it's Mr. Rawlins who falls dead. The agents pursue the killer and lay hands upon Lucius Brand, who is subsequently convicted of the crime. Mrs. Brand, however, is convinced of her husband's innocence; the agents find themselves uncertain of the truth and decide to do a little investigating of their own.

* AloneWithThePsycho: Artie finally gets the evidence he needs to clear Brand's name and takes it to the local prosecutor, Franklin Poore. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the prosecutor is one of the conspirators against Brand.]]
* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:Franklin Poore. He helps frame Brand in exchange for money and political favors.]]

* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Eugenia Rawlins. She's from a rich family which went bankrupt and married Rawlins solely for his money.]]
* MisplacedRetribution: The wife of the condemned man whom Jim and Artie are [[ClearTheirName trying to free]] decides to kill them for testifying against him at his trial. Luckily, Artie talks her out of it.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: Roger Creed. Not only did he foreclose Brand's farm [[spoiler:but he was part of the conspiracy to kill Rawlins and frame Brand for the murder.]] (For bonus points, he's played by Charles Lane, who was Mr. Potter's sidekick in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.)

* AloneWithThePsycho: Artie.
* AmoralAttorney: Franklin Poore.

* CordonBleughChef: Mrs. Brand, who forces Artie to suffer through two courses of inedible glop before she'll answer his questions.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Jim is unsure of the supposed murderer's guilt and Artie tries to explain to him why it was an open and shut case... only to end up convincing ''himself'' that ''Jim'' is right.
* GoldDigger: Eugenia Rawlins.

* MorallyBankruptBanker: Roger Creed. (For bonus points, he's played by Charles Lane, who was Mr. Potter's sidekick in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.)

During a stopover in a small town in Kansas, Jim and Artie become involved in a murder investigation. After a man is found guilty and sentenced to hang, the agents uncover information that points to a frame-up.