The story is this: An English swordsman comes to the pueblo and bullies everyone. He bullies Sgt. Mendoza and challenges him to a duel (and is stopped by the Alcade). He bullies the Alcade into submission, treats Victoria badly, insults merchants selling wares, and interferes with an auction. The Alcade, desperate to shut this guy down, has to take fencing lessons from, you guessed it, Zorro! The reason the episode is so bad is not the acting (which is decent in spite of the poor story) but how badly conceived it is. Had he been leading a gang terrorizing the populace, the story would be better. Instead you have one arrogant sword wielder walking around causing everyone to cower. A reverse Zorro! Sgt.Mendoza and his men seem unable to deal with him (he is no Zorro after all). So it takes the real Zorro to send him packing (since no one else can).
Normally I like most Zorro episodes but this one was poorly written and ill conceived.
Normally I like most Zorro episodes but this one was poorly written and ill conceived.