Cast
- Sparks Nevada
- Coach the Tracker
- The Red Plains Rider - Annie Savage
- Chicky Sullivan - Brendan Hines
- Cactoid Jim
Detailed Summary
Sparks and Croach return from their tour through Sparks' soul. Felton has decided to stay and hang out for awhile, despite Sparks' objections.
Croach is still unsure that Sparks will assassinate Cactoid Jim because of the cataclysmic future and not because of Sparks' feelings. Sparks admits it's some of both. Sparks then says it's all for the future, and eventually V'stalu agrees to let Sparks assassinate Jim.
They return to Earth, at the end of Jim's final speech, just behind the curtain. The Red Plains Rider enters, and is so shocked and happy to see Croach, she hugs him, twice. She admonishes him to never die again. Sparks describes what's happened to Croach, and she asks if the universe has anything to say to her, and he calls her beautiful and where she should be.
Red says she's here on a mission of love, to reunite her marriage with Jim as she still loves him. She asks what they're doing there, and Sparks tries to explain, but she draws on them. Croach touches her face, showing her the future, and she agrees to let Sparks kill Jim.
Jim and Chicky arrive, and Chicky is sure Jim is going to win with a complete landslide. Jim is happy to see Red, Sparks and Croach. Red draws on Jim, but Croach touches Jim and Chicky's faces, and they see the future too. Jim agrees to allow Red to kill him, but she can't because she loves him, and Jim admits to still loving her, too. He then agrees to allow Sparks to kill him, and admits that he thinks of Sparks as his best friend, throwing Sparks for a loop.
Just before Sparks shoots Jim, Chicky wonders why Jim can't just step down. Croach says that Jim is too popular and would still in with write-in ballots. Sparks then suggests that Jim convince the people to vote for someone else, and Jim suggests Chicky.
The plan works, Croach says the universe is safe.
Notes
- This is one of only two episodes where Busy Phillips was unavailable to play The Red Plains Rider, so Annie Savage fills in. The other is the first episode the Red Plains Rider appears in, Blast from the Past