#TNOT Big Blackmail

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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“The Night at the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Tough Guys™ saying Tough Things™.

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Jim and Artie discussing the conundrum of a dumbwaiter in the kitchen.

“The Night of the Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Raise your hand if you want Jim West to knock on your door. 

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Do you know what order s4 of TWWW was filmed in?

Hi Anon!

According to Wikipedia, here's the order they should have gone in based on the Production Codes of each episode. I listed them by Production Code number and the title. The Wiki will show you what order they aired in.)

The asterisk marks the episodes that don't have Ross. So the first episode he actually came back was "The Night of the Diva," so their big reunion makes a lot more sense and is more impactful when you know he's been gone for a few episodes in the filming process. 081 TNOT Fugitives Jim travels to the town of Epitaph to arrest Norbert Plank, the chief bookkeeper for the corrupt and powerful syndicate that owns the town's mining company. Through Plank, the agents stand to get hold of valuable records about the syndicate's illegal activities.

082 TNOT Doomsday Formula West and Gordon are assigned to rescue Dr. Crane and his daughter. The doctor has invented a new "doomsday formula" which could spell the end of the United States if it falls into the wrong hands.

083 TNOT Egyptian Queen Jim and Artie are on the trail of a priceless ruby has been stolen from the eye of the statue of Sun God, Ra, at the San Francisco museum. Their trail leads them to Rosie, a beautiful young dancer, who is wearing the ruby on her toe.

084 TNOT Pistoleros West and Gordon head to a lonely outpost where they battle a terrorist gang.

085 TNOT Spanish Curse West and Gordon investigate a group of bandits who are attacking and terrorizing border towns. They track the bandits to a Mexican village where the thieves are hiding under the guise of an old Mexican legend about Cortez. Jim and Artie, not believing in the return of the god Cortez, are determined to find their way into the dormant volcano where the thugs are hiding.

086 TNOT Big Blackmail In Washington, D.C. the German Consul, Baron Hinterstoisser, announces that he has something very interesting for President Grant to see. West and Gordon find that it is a kinetoscope showing Grant (actually a double) signing a secret agreement with the representative of an enemy nation. Hinterstoisser shows the kinetescope before an attentive crowd.

087 TNOT Gruesome Games West and Gordon are after an evil scientist who has stolen a vial filled with deadly germs, which they must recover before the vial bursts and causes a devastating plague. However, they are sidetracked in the home of Rufus Kraus and are pulled into a night of deadly parlor games.

088 TNOT Avaricious Actuary West and Gordon investigate a series of explosions that have destroyed several palatial homes. They discover that the destruction is being caused by a giant tuning fork radiating powerful sound waves.

089 TNOT Juggernaut Someone is trying to run settlers off their land, buying some of them out, scaring others away, and even murdering those who refuse to leave.

090 TNOT Kraken In San Francisco, Jim and Artie's friend, Lt. Bartlett, is killed, apparently the victim of a strange tentacled sea creature. It soon becomes apparent to them that an insidious threat is behind Bartlett's killing.

091 TNOT Sedgewick Curse West and Gordon come upon the Sedgewick family, whose members have experienced rapid aging. In an attempt to cure this disorder, their family physician has been kidnapping people afflicted with the same disorder and using them to test a serum he has prepared.

092 TNO Fire and Brimstone West and Gordon come to the deserted mining town of Brimstone to meet Professor Colecrest, who has made a very important discovery. Their adventures lead them into the underground mines where strange things occur, including an encounter with an aged Confederate soldier who is unaware that the war ended many years before.

*093 TNO Miguelito’s Revenge West is joined by Jeremy Pike in this tenth encounter with Dr. Loveless. This time around the doctor is behind a series of kidnappings. His victims are all people he felt had wronged him in the past and now he is plotting his revenge.

*094 TNOT Camera Agents West and Pike are on the trail of an opium gang. They receive some dubious help from Bosley Cranston, a meek and seemingly incompetent agent on his first field assignment. However, Cranston has some special talents that will prove invaluable.

*095 TNOT Pelican West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang.

*096 TNOT Janus A melody holds the clue that agents West and Pike need to trap a departmental traitor.

*097 TNOT Winged Terror — Part I Agents West and Harper investigate a series of disturbing incidents involving a raven that hypnotizes high-ranking officials into committing crimes. The incidents lead the two agents to "The Raven", group led by Thaddeus Toombs and a man called Tycho.

*098 TNOT Winged Terror — Part II Still battling "The Raven", Frank Harper rescues the hypnotized Jim West from assassinating the Mexican Ambassador. West and Harper then continue to infiltrate, undermine, and bring the group to justice.

*099 TNOT Sabatini Death After meeting with the dying crime czar Sabatini, Jim and fellow agent Ned Brown travel to Calliope, Missouri, where an Army finance officer died after stealing $500,000.

*100 TNOT Bleak Island To get a diamond for the National Museum, West travels to an eerie island supposedly haunted by a mad dog. While there he becomes reacquainted with an old friend, British detective Sir Nigel Scott.

*101 TNOT Tycoons West discovers that several members of the Jupiter Corporation have recently died. All were involved in a scheme to dump stock, cause a panic, and make tons of money off of the cheap stock.

102 TNOT Diva West and Gordon investigate the recent disappearance of several opera divas in New Orleans. While there they unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and also reveal who among their new acquaintances is playing a role on and off the stage.

103 TNOT Plague West deals with the kidnapping of the Governor's daughter while Gordon rushes to find Jim to inoculate him from the disease one of the criminals was carrying.

104 TNOT Cossacks West and Gordon become involved in the affairs of the royal family of Karovnia who have traveled to the United States after fleeing from assassins in their homeland. The agents find themselves pursued by the evil Count Balkovitch, who is looking for an icon he needs to possess in order to hold power in Karovnia.

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James “Surprise, bitch! I fit in a cabinet!” West

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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The Curl.™

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Artie's Latest History-Making Demonstration

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Artie picking up strays.

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Movie night with the president.

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1

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Just another day of scrolling through tumblr dot com

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“By the way, where is Mr. West?”

Yeah, I bet he’s showing someone the Big Dipper. The double take from President Grant says it all.

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“The Night of the Big Blackmail” Season 4, Episode 1