When Socrates is kidnapped on his birthday, Brisco, Bowler, and Whip track his trail to the odd town of Midnightville where the town sheriff is in a full body cast and the deputy, Bad Luck Betty, is a superstitious and jinxed woman. One by one, residents of Midnightville are abducted and tried before a mock court where Socrates is forced to defend them and sentenced to death.