Deadly Force
"Deadly Force" is the eighth televised episode of the series Gargoyles, and the eighth episode of Season 1.
- Written by Michael Reaves.
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Summary
Continuity
Bruno, the leader of Xanatos's commandoes in "Awakening", has a brief cameo as the head of Xanatos's security team in the opening scene.
Tony Dracon and his gang are introduced in this episode.
Matt Bluestone is introduced in a non-speaking role, serving as Captain Chavez's driver during her pursuit of Tony Dracon.
Jay Sato first appears in this episode, although we do not find out his first name until his next appearance, in "Bash".
Elisa's family background is first revealed, as part Native American, part African-American - a background that was inspired by that of her voice actress, Salli Richardson. (Salli's physical appearance also strongly influenced Elisa's character design.)
In the next episode, "Enter Macbeth", Elisa is still recovering from the gunshot wound received in this episode. In later episodes, it is also revealed that Elisa has started locking her gun away safely following the events of this episode.
Tidbits
Showdown is described as "a new western", but appears in black and white on the movie screen. This can be explained, however, in one of two ways: in the modern world, anything made since 994 would seem new to the gargoyles (in "Enter Macbeth", Lexington would refer to Shakespeare as "some new writer"), or Showdown may have been deliberately shot in black-and-white for artistic effect.
Owen, when reporting that the stolen particle beam accelerators were produced in various "power ranges" pronounces the latter word in such a way as to sound strongly evocative of a certain competitor to Gargoyles (and one which unfortunately helped kill it in the ratings wars), in a negative way.
Peter and Diane Maza, Elisa's parents, were named after Peter Morwood and Diane Duane, two of the writers on the Gargoyles production team.
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