This line, by Josiah, cemented my fondness for Ron Perlman over the decades. It's just such a goofy yet Josiah-like thing to say. One couldn't imagine J.D. or Nathan saying it, or even Vin or Ezra.
In fact, although the episode itself is about Chris' quest for vengeance against the man who killed his family, about a third of it is involves Josiah being... Josiah. The rest of it is about Jock Steele, as the annoying Eastern writer who tags along with the Seven to get material for his new dime store novels. And credit to actor Jeff Asch: he manages to walk the fine line between annoying prat, and someone enough that none of the Seven shoots him down as soon as he opens his mouth.
In fact, writer Jock's talent provided Chris with a break in the case. His photography is an informed talent, since we never actually take a photo of even take out his camera. And it seems kind of stupid that Cletus just stands around and poses for a photo. But as Chris says in the final shoot out, Cletus is kinda stupid despite all the big words he uses. And I suppose people in the 19th century weren't that familiar with photo taking.
And kudos to Stephen McHattie, who plays Cletus. He makes the best impression of any villain on the show so far, with his withered hand, dapper manners, and high-faltuin' way of talking. Not to mention that Cletus is willing to kill himself just to spite Chris, and rather than give away who hired him to kill Chris. Granted, that kills off a decent supporting character. But I suppose there's no other way it could have ended.
Kudos also to Robert Vaughn, who shows up briefly as Judge Oren and makes a decent impression with his disdain for Jock. Oren doesn't do much, and disappears after a few minutes of screen time. But Vaughn is veteran and makes the most of his character's screen time.
"Nemesis" really isn't much beyond the performance. Biehn does a revenge-driven man pretty well. We get a little bit on Buck's friendship with Chris, and Josiah gets a few semi-religious. The other four members of the Seven don't do much, but given it's a "Chris episode", that isn't very surprising
Overall, "Nemesis" is an okay episode elevated by the performances by Biehn, McHattie, Perlman, Vaugh and even Jimmie Skaggs as Blackfox. Skaggs gets to play a character with a usual more depth than his usual bad guy role. It's not much, but it's better than nothing.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
In fact, although the episode itself is about Chris' quest for vengeance against the man who killed his family, about a third of it is involves Josiah being... Josiah. The rest of it is about Jock Steele, as the annoying Eastern writer who tags along with the Seven to get material for his new dime store novels. And credit to actor Jeff Asch: he manages to walk the fine line between annoying prat, and someone enough that none of the Seven shoots him down as soon as he opens his mouth.
In fact, writer Jock's talent provided Chris with a break in the case. His photography is an informed talent, since we never actually take a photo of even take out his camera. And it seems kind of stupid that Cletus just stands around and poses for a photo. But as Chris says in the final shoot out, Cletus is kinda stupid despite all the big words he uses. And I suppose people in the 19th century weren't that familiar with photo taking.
And kudos to Stephen McHattie, who plays Cletus. He makes the best impression of any villain on the show so far, with his withered hand, dapper manners, and high-faltuin' way of talking. Not to mention that Cletus is willing to kill himself just to spite Chris, and rather than give away who hired him to kill Chris. Granted, that kills off a decent supporting character. But I suppose there's no other way it could have ended.
Kudos also to Robert Vaughn, who shows up briefly as Judge Oren and makes a decent impression with his disdain for Jock. Oren doesn't do much, and disappears after a few minutes of screen time. But Vaughn is veteran and makes the most of his character's screen time.
"Nemesis" really isn't much beyond the performance. Biehn does a revenge-driven man pretty well. We get a little bit on Buck's friendship with Chris, and Josiah gets a few semi-religious. The other four members of the Seven don't do much, but given it's a "Chris episode", that isn't very surprising
Overall, "Nemesis" is an okay episode elevated by the performances by Biehn, McHattie, Perlman, Vaugh and even Jimmie Skaggs as Blackfox. Skaggs gets to play a character with a usual more depth than his usual bad guy role. It's not much, but it's better than nothing.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
