Daniel leaves Josh (Jimmy Dean) and Gabe (Rosey Grier) to retrieve a fur cache at the episode's opening, but they are waylaid by Spanish pirate Admiral Alejandro Buenaventura (Cesar Romero) who warns them that a fort commanded by Captain Torres (Armando Silvestre) is a jumping-off point for an invasion of the U. S. He wants revenge against the Spanish crown for sinking his fleet, and wants Josh and Gabe to join his force of Osage braves to attack Torres.
Fess Parker has returned to his usual Season 6 offscreen pursuits, but Dean and Grier turn in a decent adventure and make a manful audition for a never-to-be-realized spinoff series. The courtly Romero, in his third DB role, shows he could do much more than clown around as a relatively harmless Joker on "Batman." Silvestre, San Diego-born but with a long career in Spanish-language film, is in his 3rd DB role a good foil for Romero, and Grier is clearly enjoying himself by throwing in his imposing physical presence. I thought Dean had departed the series previously, but he will hold on to the near-end.
The series deserves some credit for looking at the Spanish presence in the South between the Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase, but overstates the machinations of the Spanish crown - it was more concerned with warding off American designs on Florida and New Orleans (here correctly designated as Spanish, rather than French-ruled!) rather than taking the offensive. Also, not sure why the Osage have left their western Missouri homeland for this Deep South excursion. Buenaventura offer the interesting theory that he is helping the Haiti rebellion by messing with Charles III's machinations in Mississippi.
Spanish soldato supplement: about 17, and correctly uniformed as in the white coats and blue-green facings of the Spanish Louisiana Regiment. The officers look more like Napoleonic French dragoons, however.
Some action interspersed with Dean and Grier hamming it up in a buddy-comedy act, but if DB has to fall back on a "Tales of Boonesborough" anthology format, this is the way to go.
Fess Parker has returned to his usual Season 6 offscreen pursuits, but Dean and Grier turn in a decent adventure and make a manful audition for a never-to-be-realized spinoff series. The courtly Romero, in his third DB role, shows he could do much more than clown around as a relatively harmless Joker on "Batman." Silvestre, San Diego-born but with a long career in Spanish-language film, is in his 3rd DB role a good foil for Romero, and Grier is clearly enjoying himself by throwing in his imposing physical presence. I thought Dean had departed the series previously, but he will hold on to the near-end.
The series deserves some credit for looking at the Spanish presence in the South between the Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase, but overstates the machinations of the Spanish crown - it was more concerned with warding off American designs on Florida and New Orleans (here correctly designated as Spanish, rather than French-ruled!) rather than taking the offensive. Also, not sure why the Osage have left their western Missouri homeland for this Deep South excursion. Buenaventura offer the interesting theory that he is helping the Haiti rebellion by messing with Charles III's machinations in Mississippi.
Spanish soldato supplement: about 17, and correctly uniformed as in the white coats and blue-green facings of the Spanish Louisiana Regiment. The officers look more like Napoleonic French dragoons, however.
Some action interspersed with Dean and Grier hamming it up in a buddy-comedy act, but if DB has to fall back on a "Tales of Boonesborough" anthology format, this is the way to go.
