The Wild Wild West is one of those shows that just defies description, and trying to explain the premise causes many to dismiss it, thinking that the show is too silly and not worth their time. But those that haven’t seen this crazy show starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as U.S. Secret Service agents during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant are really missing out. However, as good as the actors who played James West and Artemus Gordon were, Michael Dunn — who played their arch-nemesis, a crazy and utterly insane genius named Dr. Miguelito Loveless — was even better
As with any really good bad guy, he had a great backstory. His family had been taken advantage of by the U.S. government … or so he felt. Land that was destined to belong to the Loveless family was lost when California was granted statehood. Over the course of 10 episodes across four seasons, Dr. Loveless did his very best to exact sweet revenge — and of course, these efforts were always thwarted by Jim and Artie.
