I finished watching The Adventures of Brisco County Junior today. Thanks to my policy of limiting myself to an episode a week I actually managed to stretch the 27 ep series out from late March until today. I very easily could have watched it in a few weeks but in the long run I'm glad I watched at a much more leisurely pace as it helped make the series more memorable.

The show actually did a surprisingly good job of building a universe in just one season. They not only managed to create a great dynamic with the 3 main cast members (esp Brisco and Bowler) but they also worked in quite a few memorable recurring characters (villanous and otherwise). With the format of the show it could have been easy to have very few recurring characters, esp in a season but they added a lot to the series (i.e. they weren't just reusing villians because they had no new ideas).

They actually changed gears about with the show near the end of the season. Around episode 20 they wrapped up what looked like it was going to be a series long storyline. That meant the end of the main villian (who had killed Brisco's dad) as well as most of the sci-fi elements that were a part of the show. They kinda mapped out a new general direction in the last half-dozen episodes but they didn't have time to introduce a more specific direction.

The last episode (well two as it was a two parter) proved to be a pretty good cap on the show. I don't think they knew they were going to be cancelled or else they probably would have tied up some more stuff (particularly with Dixe (Brisco's chief love interest who doesn't appear in the last few eps). They included a good number of the supporting characters and the stakes were quite a bit higher than they usually are. The end with Brisco and Bowler riding off was quite good at capturing the spirit of the show.

I don't know any details about why they cancelled the show or anything like that but I suspect it was the usual low ratings. I also suspect that this was one of the few times where a show got cancelled because of the main character's name. I remember hearing about the show when it was actually on but because the name brought up images of shows like Dr. Quinn so I never watched it. I'm willing to bet that I'm that if Brisco County had been named differently the show would have gotten at least a second season. Once you watch the show the name is fine (in fact I'd probably find it weird now if his name were changed) but until you see the show it just doesn't have the kind of mental association they would have wanted.

Quote of the YesterDay: "Okay, little fella, how about some hot chocolate, huh?"
- Ash

I was pretty surprised when nobody got this rather easy quote from AoD.

Quote of the Day: "Hey, let's all go swimming in my pooool, and by pool I mean bathtub, and by swimming, I mean SEX."
- ?