A Few Notes On Jess And Roany In "glory Road" :

a few notes on jess and roany in "glory road" :

when i first watched this episode i was impressed by the rather intense and kind of strange storyline for jess, especially considering it was only the second episode of the series! andy calls it like he sees it - and he's right - jess is very afraid of roany, so much so that he is willing to leave Sherman ranch peaceably (rather than say, physically fight roany to get him to leave) i think its quite interesting that the show allows jess to be "afraid" so early on (or at all, honestly) considering that he is, ostensibly, a fairly macho gunslinger-figure, and this is a western tv show made in the fifties (there is a bit of the 1950s "sad-boy" type à la james dean about jess, so perhaps the writers were tapping into that style of on-screen masculinity?)

anyway, we quickly learn exactly why jess is so afraid of roany - he is a reckless tyrant, extremely emotionally unstable, and prone to brutally violent outbursts - the show literally compares him to a rabid animal, seemingly docile one moment and vicious the next

but it's the tone of roany's interactions with jess that really get under my skin...there's a layer of uncomfortableness there that suggests jess is afraid of more than plain old physical violence from roany...

for instance, the bar scene - why have the writers phrased roany's threat in such a way? "almost anything" what, exactly, would jess be willing to do for roany to repay his debt? perform violent acts for him? fight or kill a man? or perhaps something else entirely, as the writers (and jess' stricken expression) seems to be insinuating here - something completely unmentionable

but just in case all that subtext wasn't unsettling enough, later in the episode roany even goes into jess' hotel room in the middle of the night to threaten him some more! jess is literally in bed, vulnerable, being coerced into doing something he doesn't want to do - going beyond the textual reasons for roany's late-night visit, the sexual overtones of this scene are pretty obvious (and again, placing jess in such a vulnerable position so early in the show is such a wildly interesting choice, i would love to know what influenced the writers to go this direction with his character)

+bonus for @harper-sherman, jess looking longingly at slim (and his lips) in the first pic :)

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ericius

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LAWMAN WHUMP LIST

DESCRIPTION: This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing - IMBD / WIKIPEDIA

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~ MARSHAL DAN TROOP portrayed by JOHN RUSSELL ~

1x04: Hit in the face with a branch, knocked down.

1x16: Mauled by a bear, bloody, unconscious, bandaged up, weak, cared for, collapse, arm in sling.

1x19: Shot in the shoulder with an arrow, bleeding, struggle, kicked in the shoulder, manhandled, collapse, unconscious, arm in sling.

1x24: Punched in the face, brief fight.

1x26: Shot in the arm.

1x30: Manhandled, punched in the stomach, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.

1x35: Falls off horse, sick, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported, cared for.

2x02: Punched in the face, fight.

2x11: Hand bandaged.

2x12: Tied up, slapped, fight.

2x16: Falls off horse, steps in a wolf trap, pain, limping, knocked down, beaten.

2x20: Bit on the leg by a child.

2x30: Shot in the shoulder, knocked down, passed out, unconscious, medical care, bandaged.

2x32: Shot in shoulder, knocked off horse, unconscious, medical care, bandaged.

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up.

3x07: Shot in the hand, bloody, hand bandaged.

3x08: Punched in the face, exhausted, knocked unconscious, manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, collared/chained up.

3x10: Fight, bloody, supported.

3x15: Shot in the shoulder, passed out, unconscious, bandaged.

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled.

3x19: Knocked unconscious.

3x21: Shot in the hand, hand bandaged.

3x30: Shot in the arm, arm in sling.

4x02: Shot in the arm.

4x03: Shot in the arm.

4x07: Falls into a hole.

4x08: Knocked unconscious.

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.

~ DEPUTY JOHNNY MCKAY portrayed by PETER BROWN ~

1x06: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, stumbling around, supported, headache.

1x07: Knocked unconscious, bloody, head bandaged, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported.

1x15: Smoke inhalation, coughing.

1x27: Manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.

1x38: Manhandled, held hostage, tied up.

2x03: Wagon crash, shackled to a prisoner, rough fight, held at gunpoint, slapped repeatedly.

2x06: Shot in the arm, arm bandaged.

2x08: Punched in the face, fight.

2x12: Manhandled, held at gunpoint, tied up, kicked, fight.

2x20: Shot in the arm, knocked unconscious, arm in sling.

2x22: Thrown from horse, sore, weak, passed out, unconscious.

2x24: Shot, bullet grazes head, unconscious, bloody head wound, weak/fading in and out of consciousness, cared for.

2x26: Knocked unconscious.

2x37: Shot in the shoulder, weak, supported, passed out, unconscious, carried, medical care, arm in a sling.

3x02: Knocked unconscious, manhandled, kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, head bandaged, weak, dizzy, passed out, carried, unsteady.

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up.

3x10: Beaten.

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up, gagged, dizzy, unsteady.

3x21: Manhandled.

3x29: Knocked unconscious, manhandled.

4x05: Knocked off horse, briefly unconscious.

4x11: Punched in the face.

4x16: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, tied up, manhandled.

4x20: Briefly knocked unconscious, held at gunpoint, handcuffed.

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.

4x28: Brief fight, thrown into Troop.

4x36: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.

4x39: Knocked unconscious, falls off horse, manhandled, handcuffed to a tree.

4x40: Kidnapped, tied up, gagged.

~ HONOURABLE MENTIONS & WHAT-THE-WHUMP COMMENTARY ~

1x27: Johnny pretends his head still hurts to get the doctor out of the saloon and the doc drunkly checks out his head.

1x37: Prisoner smacks a cup of coffee out of Johnny's hand, he looks real upset about it and Troop grabs Johnny's arm to check him out real quick. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 1.

2x24: Johnny gets shot in the head, only a little don't even worry about it. When Troop goes to check on him he holds him and checks out his head while Johnny's lowkey passing out every few seconds.

3x02: Johnny x Concussions OTP. Johnny is kidnapped along with Lily, he spends majority of the episode majorly concussed.

3x13: Johnny falls asleep in a chair and falls out of it. Johnny also gets spooked and spills his coffee on his hand. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee part 2.

3x39: Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 3

4x16: On the Lawman Wikipedia page there's a picture of Johnny being manhandled and held at gunpoint that comes from this episode.

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ericius

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