Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, DeForest Kelley guest stars in "No Amnesty for Death," episode 25 of the third season of Bat Masterson (original air date March 30, 1961).
Kelley plays one of three men who are about to be hanged for their participation in the Lincoln County War when Bat Masterson arrives with a last-minute pardon, to the horror of the local sheriff, whose sons were killed in the conflict. As soon as the prisoners are released, they immediately rob a stagecoach and Kelley kills the driver. Masterson helps track them down, but instead of arresting them the sheriff starts a gunfight in which he and Kelley are both killed. Another perfectly good saloon floor ruined.
geeky kid gets super powers from his parents' weird inventions! now he has to fight a rogue gallery of ghosts... but uh-oh! he still has to keep his grades up, deal with his embarrassing parents, and navigate girl troubles! rap theme song!
Danny Phantom, the Fandom, After 19 Years of Fermentation:
a child dies. but not quite. the inherent tension between life and death. the obsession of the dead for faded remnants of the living. warped green shadows on the walls of a dark laboratory. having to hide your true nature from those who should be your greatest allies. the fear of the monster you could become if you let yourself. being a ghost as a metaphor for the trans experience. a cold breath on the back of your neck in the dead of the night. rap theme song!
this one goes out to all the Walton Goggins enjoyers out there, be they age old or newly converted: promotional stills for season four of Justified (2010-2015).
Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, DeForest Kelley guest stars in "The Honor of Cochise," episode 3 of the third season of Bonanza (original air date Oct 8, 1961).
Kelley plays Captain Moss Johnson, an Army officer who stumbles into the Cartwrights' camp claiming to be the sole survivor of a battle with the Apache. The Apache catch up with him, take Adam Cartwright prisoner, and demand Johnson be turned over in exchange for his release. When Ben Cartwright goes to parley with Cochise, the Apache leader, he is told that Johnson killed an entire Apache settlement - including women and children - with a "peace offering" of poisoned food.
Johnson claims he was following orders, but when his commanding officer arrives he is placed under arrest, which satisfies Cochise. The Army will neither confirm nor deny Johnson's claim, and we're left to wonder what the whole truth is.