![]() ![]() The catch here is that, thanks to an ongoing war, a Photonic bomb is set to blow Graceland to smithereens in a matter of days, so the clock is ticking and they need to get to the payload before the very ground it’s buried in is nothing but space dust. Madame Marciano of the Criminal Guild murdered Franca’s father, Pirate King Bruce, but not before he could leave a treasure for his daughter: a crap-ton of money buried deep in a high-tech vault under the surface of the planet Graceland. The three prongs in question are The Criminal Guild, The Milkyway Federation, and the crew lead by a tough old man named Mister and the young girl he’s taken under his wing, Franca. While it’s certainly over the top, this introduction successfully corrals the entire cast of the series into one location, showing almost every major player at once and establishing the three-pronged style of storytelling that gives Coyote Ragtime Show a somewhat unique edge. Don’t let this come off as indicative of the show’s overall quality, though. ![]() Aside from purposely obscuring who the real protagonist of the show is in episode one, it really pulls out all the stops that should send off warning flares heralding a series that’s trying too hard to be “cool.” The name alone sounds like something that was cobbled together via random word association tables, and just like the title, there’s a lot of style over substance in the opening act. Coyote Ragtime Show goes out of its way to make a bizarre first impression on the viewer. ![]()
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