The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Murderous Spring
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8.5
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The Night of the Murderous Spring
- 27.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 27
- First Aired: 4/15/1966
- Prod Code: 6527
West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his nemesis, Dr. Loveless. After he leaves off the Doctor, he begins to act strangely, and ends up shooting Artie dead. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- John Kneubuhl
- Director:
- Richard Donner
- Stars:
- Robert Conrad (James T. West)
- Ross Martin (Artemus Gordon)
- Recurring Role:
- Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless)
- Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette)
- Guest Star:
- Jenie Jackson (Kitten Twitty)
- Leonard Falk (Attendant)
- Bill McLean (Hotel Clerk)
- William Fawcett (Man)
- Todd Garrett (Child (uncredited))
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- Commerical breaks: Dr. Loveless (ll), Jim unconscious (ur), Artie (lr), the lake (ul) edit »
- Michael Dunn was almost killed during the boat-sinking incident: he insisted on doing the scene himself, and caught his clothing on the boat as it began to sink. edit »
- Series creator Michael Garrison sent Jenie Jackson a letter stating that her performance as Kitten "is one of the finest in this or any other season." edit »
- Does that little lagoon look familiar? It should. It was the cement, man-made lake used for "Gilligan's Island." edit »
- Michael Dunn appears in a wheelchair in the opening scene due to a leg injury that occurred during filming. Dunn injured his leg in a fall during the climactic chicken-coop scene, which was actually the first sequence filmed. edit »
- Loveless: Do you know what tomorrow is?
Jim: No.
Loveless: The end of winter. Tomorrow everywhere except in the breast of man, the chill will begin to thaw. Small things, so fragile, will be born again. So much promise, and by the end of spring the promise will have flower. Mr. West, you cannot know the deep hurt one can feel when the seed cannot reach its full flowering. For in the summer Man comes, Man comes to… crush and maim and kill all that spring has given birth to. So summer must not come, nor Man. Man must be destroyed. edit » - Loveless: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon, all the great conquests of history mere child’s play compared to what I’ve done in that room with a shaving brush. edit »
- Loveless: I imagine you’re bursting with question
Jim: You’ll tell me.
Loveless: How can you be so sure?
Jim: You’re always talking. About yourself. Bragging.
Loveless: That’s preposterous. I’m not a petty man, I’m a scientist. I’ve trained, disciplined myself to be serenely dispassionate. To accuse me of bragging, you might as well accuse the sun of being egocentric because it shines.
Jim: Um-hum.
Loveless: Really, you can be most exasperating. “Um-hum.” I’m not quite sure why I put up with you.
Jim: Because you need me.
Loveless: Because I need you? Now who’s being egocentric. I don’t need anyone, I have myself. edit » - Artie: You wouldn’t have any giblet gravy in your pocket, would you?
Jim: Have you ever killed a man with giblet gravy? edit » - Jim: I’ll miss him. That little man with a giant rage against the whole universe.
Artie: As Kitty said, who can blame the poor little one? edit »
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