The eighth episode of Lawmen: Bass Reeves showed us the final confrontation between Esau Pierce and Bass Reeves, and I will add that it was a hell of a showdown. The series tried to capture what Bass had gone through over the years and how he had been impacted by his circumstances, which changed him drastically. Jennie could no longer recognize what Bass had become, and Bass needed to deal with Esau to be able to understand that himself. Before Bass had become a Deputy U.S. Marshall or a free man for that matter, he was a slave, but destiny had something else planned for him. He went through some harrowing situations but ultimately became a free man and started his family. Now that the miniseries has come to an end, it’s clear that dealing with Esau Pierce was the most challenging task of Bass’ life, which is...
- 12/17/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
The seventh episode of Lawmen: Bass Reeves finally reached the cusp of where it was always intended to reach. This was never a simple tale that was going to show us the conquests of the legendary figure of Bass Reeves, the first colored Deputy U.S. Marshall, but a story of how the resolve of upholding your duties inevitably collides with the responsibility to question the status quo as a citizen. Bass had done his duty diligently over the years, catching criminals in Indian Territory, Arkansas. But was the ‘law’ that he was working forever cognizant of why there were people like Esau Pierce who were pure evil as far as Bass was concerned? In a country at the time when slavery had just been declared illegal, Bass really had to think about what it would take to make some people understand that it shouldn’t matter if it’s illegal; it’s inhuman,...
- 12/11/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
You know that saying about something living in one’s head, rent-free? It applies to Esau Pierce in Bass’ mind in Lawmen: Bass Reeves Episode 7 — and the costs of that residence prove deadly.
Which is why we see Bass himself on trial in the episode’s cold open… though we don’t find out exactly why for a while. Read on for the highlights of “Part VII.”
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Which is why we see Bass himself on trial in the episode’s cold open… though we don’t find out exactly why for a while. Read on for the highlights of “Part VII.”
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- 12/11/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The fifth episode of Lawmen: Bass Reeves didn’t jump years ahead to show us Bass as an aging fellow. This was expected as each episode had been fast-forwarding to a new period in Bass’ life, but the fifth episode picks up from where the previous episode had ended. Bass was given the duty of getting his prisoners to Fort Worth for their trial, and he successfully managed to do so. The episode focused on Bass missing out on family life due to his job and his kids not getting to spend enough time with their father. Jennie was worried that Bass might be getting too obsessed with the job. Bass knew it but couldn’t overlook the responsibility. The stressed Bass learned something at the end of the episode that just might make him break his ethical code for the first time.
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Why Did Bass Have To Leave His Family Again?...
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Why Did Bass Have To Leave His Family Again?...
- 11/27/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Forrest Goodluck as Billy Crow and David Oyelewo as Bass Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ episode 5 (Photo Credit: Lauren Smith/Paramount+)
Paramount+’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves episode five opens with the disturbing sight of a dead man hanging from a tree. Attached to his chest is a note that reads, “Bass Reeves will swing here.”
Bass (David Oyelowo) stakes out an area, sending Billy (Forrest Goodluck) into Bywater’s General Store while watching what goes down from afar. Billy returns to report that five armed men are hanging out inside, including the outlaw, Jim Webb. Bass and Billy move in closer, and Bass immediately comes under fire as he approaches the building.
Bass manages to make it to the building and exchanges Bible passages with Webb and his men. Billy and Bass bust into the store through different doors, and the ensuing shootout results in a few of Webb’s...
Paramount+’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves episode five opens with the disturbing sight of a dead man hanging from a tree. Attached to his chest is a note that reads, “Bass Reeves will swing here.”
Bass (David Oyelowo) stakes out an area, sending Billy (Forrest Goodluck) into Bywater’s General Store while watching what goes down from afar. Billy returns to report that five armed men are hanging out inside, including the outlaw, Jim Webb. Bass and Billy move in closer, and Bass immediately comes under fire as he approaches the building.
Bass manages to make it to the building and exchanges Bible passages with Webb and his men. Billy and Bass bust into the store through different doors, and the ensuing shootout results in a few of Webb’s...
- 11/26/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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