Brisco County, Jr. (character)
| Brisco County, Jr. | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "High Treason Part II" |
| Created by | Carlton Cuse & Jeffrey Boam |
| Portrayed by | Bruce Campbell |
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| Aliases | Roscoe Merriweather |
| Gender | male |
| Occupation | bounty hunter |
| Family | Brisco County, Sr. (father, deceased) |
| Significant other(s) | Dixie Cousins |
Brisco County, Jr. is a fictional character played by Bruce Campbell in the American science fiction/western television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., which aired for a single season on the Fox Network in 1993 and 1994.
The character of Brisco County, Jr. exists in a fictional Old West of 1893. It is partly a traditional Hollywood depiction of the frontier, with settlers, gunfighters, outlaws, and cowboys. In the world of Brisco County, Jr., however, there is also steampunk technology, such as zeppelins and rockets, and Weird West elements, such as time travel and supernatural powers.Robber barons direct the financial and industrial workings of this west from the boardrooms of the Westerfield Club in San Francisco, California. An outlaw named John Bly is disrupting the industrialist's businesses and they are desperate to capture Bly and his gang. Bly himself is intently searching for a supernatural object called The Orb, a bronze-colored device unearthed in a California mine. It is into this setting that Brisco County, Jr., a Harvard-educated lawyer-turned-bounty hunter, enters the search for John Bly.
When the story of the television show begins, famous U.S. Marshall Brisco County, Senior has captured notorious outlaw John Bly and his gang. Bly and his gang manage to escape, murdering Brisco County, Sr. in the process. His son is Brisco County, Jr., who vows to avenge his father's death and bring John Bly to justice. Brisco is hired by the robber barons of the Westerfield Club to track and capture Bly and his gang. Brisco is assigned a liaison to the industrialists, a lawyer named Socrates Poole. Socrates relays financial support and information to Brisco, and the two men often work together. A rival bounty hunter, Lord Bowler, tries to beat Brisco to the Bly gang. Although the two bounty hunters begin their relationship as archrivals, they often find themselves helping each other, and as the series develops, they become partners.
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