Frontiersman Birch Kendall (William Marshall) has allegedly put the settlements at risk by killing a prominent tribesman, and is arrested by General Josiah Harmar at Fort Washington (now Cincinnati) Ohio. After dodging a guard and making an artful offscreen leap over a sharp stockade wall, he goes on the run, but Boone has joined the hunt.
Season 3 vaults back into frontier action and intrigue with a rousing chase episode set in the post-Revolutionary period. Marshall lends the episode a distinct flavor as a free African-American former Continental soldier and figure of note in the Ohio country. A noted Shakespearean and stage actor, he likely found this venue a bit limited. But, he happily throws himself into character the same way he did as computer scientist Dr. Richard Daystrom in "Star Trek: TOS." The Kendall character also holds nuanced racial views, adding to the episode's depth. Joel Ashley seems a bit gruff and hard-bitten for an upper-level Continental officer, but he came by that honestly - he was a Marine Corps veteran of the WW II Battle of Guadalcanal. Another "ST:TOS" alumni, Lawrence Montaigne (Spock's Vulcan rival Stonn) also shows up as a frontiersman. Rounding out the visiting Enterprise trio is Richard Webb, "Captain Midnight" in the 1950's and in "ST: TOS's" 1967 episode "Court Martial" the grudge-holding crewman Finney.
The episode is firmly set in a narrow timeframe. - Fort Washington, Oh. Was established in 1789 and Harmar was relieved of his frontier command by 1790. Harmar was essentially the first post-Revolutionary commanding general of the U. S. Army. A Continental Army veteran of actions in New York and the South, he was personally praised by George Washington and appointed by the Confederation Congress as commander of the First American Regiment in 1784. He was charged with opening up the Northwest Territory for settlement. The FAR was notoriously undermanned, and Harmar was set up for failure - a loss to the Shawnee along the Maumee River in 1790 culminated in his relief. The Shawnee would remain a substantial force opposed to U. S. incursions until their defeat by Gen. Anthony Wayne at the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, Oh.
Reference is made to Boone and Kendall last seeing each other at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, the seminal clash during the pre-Revolutionary Dunmore's War between the Virginia colony and the Shawnee. The real Boone served as a militia captain during the war, but was not apparently at Point Pleasant.
Continental soldier count: about 10, and again they are wearing the blue coats with gold facings of the Revolution-period 13th Va. Regiment, disbanded about eight years prior to this story; the FAR wore blue coats with red facings with white small clothes.
No flintlock action worth mentioning, but that is compensated for by the production values and a couple of well-staged brawls. And, probably the only film production to date that utilizes Harmar as a period character.
Season 3 vaults back into frontier action and intrigue with a rousing chase episode set in the post-Revolutionary period. Marshall lends the episode a distinct flavor as a free African-American former Continental soldier and figure of note in the Ohio country. A noted Shakespearean and stage actor, he likely found this venue a bit limited. But, he happily throws himself into character the same way he did as computer scientist Dr. Richard Daystrom in "Star Trek: TOS." The Kendall character also holds nuanced racial views, adding to the episode's depth. Joel Ashley seems a bit gruff and hard-bitten for an upper-level Continental officer, but he came by that honestly - he was a Marine Corps veteran of the WW II Battle of Guadalcanal. Another "ST:TOS" alumni, Lawrence Montaigne (Spock's Vulcan rival Stonn) also shows up as a frontiersman. Rounding out the visiting Enterprise trio is Richard Webb, "Captain Midnight" in the 1950's and in "ST: TOS's" 1967 episode "Court Martial" the grudge-holding crewman Finney.
The episode is firmly set in a narrow timeframe. - Fort Washington, Oh. Was established in 1789 and Harmar was relieved of his frontier command by 1790. Harmar was essentially the first post-Revolutionary commanding general of the U. S. Army. A Continental Army veteran of actions in New York and the South, he was personally praised by George Washington and appointed by the Confederation Congress as commander of the First American Regiment in 1784. He was charged with opening up the Northwest Territory for settlement. The FAR was notoriously undermanned, and Harmar was set up for failure - a loss to the Shawnee along the Maumee River in 1790 culminated in his relief. The Shawnee would remain a substantial force opposed to U. S. incursions until their defeat by Gen. Anthony Wayne at the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, Oh.
Reference is made to Boone and Kendall last seeing each other at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, the seminal clash during the pre-Revolutionary Dunmore's War between the Virginia colony and the Shawnee. The real Boone served as a militia captain during the war, but was not apparently at Point Pleasant.
Continental soldier count: about 10, and again they are wearing the blue coats with gold facings of the Revolution-period 13th Va. Regiment, disbanded about eight years prior to this story; the FAR wore blue coats with red facings with white small clothes.
No flintlock action worth mentioning, but that is compensated for by the production values and a couple of well-staged brawls. And, probably the only film production to date that utilizes Harmar as a period character.
