The British are seeking to unite the trans-tribes against the Americans as the Revolution proceeds, and Colonel Merivale (Charles Macaulay) persuades Chief Raccuwan (Michael Pate) to form a Shawnee-Huron-Cherokee coalition. Mingo is held by Cherokee Chief Quonab (Paul Fix) to prevent him from warning Daniel.
Back to frontier politics and war in what is Season 3's real opener after last week's Boonesborough shenanigans. Real-life Kentuckian Macaulay (malevolent computer Landru in "Star Trek: The Original Series") and Australian Pate are fitting double-dealing antagonists, and the workmanlike Fix ("The Rifleman") is a solid chieftain. In and out early is Patrick Horgan (neo-Third Reich official Eneg on "ST:TOS") as a British assassin. 1950's supporting actress Angela Clark is a tribeswoman attempting to help Daniel.
Developing plot lines at differing locations compels Dan to puzzle things out, and things get intriguing when at one point Mingo seems to shift loyalties to the tribal coalition, and his ultimate allegiances for the hour seem to be up in the air. The hour is diminished a bit by overuse of Rebecca and Israel, who could have been sidelined with little difficulty.
As with more than a few DB Revolution-centered episodes, the date is left vague; no mention of ongoing action in the East, but Dan mentions contacting the Continental Congress. In keeping with the ongoing pattern of the color episode era, each week the costumers seem determined to make mid-South tribesmen to look progressively more like Great Plains residents.
Redcoat report: about fifteen, uniformed as usual as the blue-on-red Royal American Regiment. (For some reason, in the color episodes the redcoat scenes seem more realistic in nighttime.) Dubious use of a British infantry bugler, however.
The setup is a little slow, but the denouement is worth it, and Season 3 is off to a proper start.
Back to frontier politics and war in what is Season 3's real opener after last week's Boonesborough shenanigans. Real-life Kentuckian Macaulay (malevolent computer Landru in "Star Trek: The Original Series") and Australian Pate are fitting double-dealing antagonists, and the workmanlike Fix ("The Rifleman") is a solid chieftain. In and out early is Patrick Horgan (neo-Third Reich official Eneg on "ST:TOS") as a British assassin. 1950's supporting actress Angela Clark is a tribeswoman attempting to help Daniel.
Developing plot lines at differing locations compels Dan to puzzle things out, and things get intriguing when at one point Mingo seems to shift loyalties to the tribal coalition, and his ultimate allegiances for the hour seem to be up in the air. The hour is diminished a bit by overuse of Rebecca and Israel, who could have been sidelined with little difficulty.
As with more than a few DB Revolution-centered episodes, the date is left vague; no mention of ongoing action in the East, but Dan mentions contacting the Continental Congress. In keeping with the ongoing pattern of the color episode era, each week the costumers seem determined to make mid-South tribesmen to look progressively more like Great Plains residents.
Redcoat report: about fifteen, uniformed as usual as the blue-on-red Royal American Regiment. (For some reason, in the color episodes the redcoat scenes seem more realistic in nighttime.) Dubious use of a British infantry bugler, however.
The setup is a little slow, but the denouement is worth it, and Season 3 is off to a proper start.