Zorro - Season 2 - 7.5/10 - Ye Gods, what happened here? It's ironic, but the strength of season 1 was that despite it having 2-3 distinct 13 arc storylines (the last 2 arcs are really one big 26-episode arc with a big subplot), the show was very tightly scripted and flowed well. Season 2 drops the whole idea of set story arcs and just plays everything by ear with 1-4 episode stories of random interest, often having Zorro appear in an episode for no logical reason. It often felt like half the episodes this season were about Zorro playing match-maker or match-breaker, and I'm sorry but I don't want my romantic cavalier swashbuckler wasting his time playing Cupid (I know that's ironic, but I'd rather have him taking down thieves and corrupt politicians). Don Diego is more than capable of doing that. What's worse, though, is that...she...appears in a 3-episode arc. I am, of course, referring to that shrill harpy of the Disney family known as Annette Funnicello. Now, maybe this is a skill she acquired later in life but the poor girl is just an abysmal actress in these episodes. She shows up in one of the rare Season 3 episodes as well to stink up another 48 minutes of quality Zorro action. Still a good season, and even the "Mountain Man" episodes (by far the lowest point of the season) are at worst average.
Zorro - "Season 3" - 8.5/10 - Well that's more like it. Even though this final "season" of the show only consists of 4 hour-long episodes (which are really 8 half-hour episodes spliced together), 3/4 are excellent and classic Zorro action with opponents and situations worthy of the vigilante. Even that last 1/4 is only bad when...she...is on-screen. The stories flow well, the action is excellent, and the series goes out on a high note. It even features Ricardo Montebahn in a rather suitable role foreshadowing his most famous one not too many years later.
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