Guide to the PAX television series Young Blades, which was based on Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers and stars Tobias Mehler and Karen Cliche.
Young Blades was a television series which ran for a single thirteen-episode season on PAX in 2005. Its premise was that Jacqueline Roget, a woman and skilled swordfighter, disguised herself as a man and joined the Musketeers while on the run from the law for killing her father's murderer. Her companions include d'Artagnan, the son of the famous Musketeer in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. D'Artagnan is the only one who knows Jacqueline's identity. Together with the other Musketeers, they fight the corrupt Cardinal Mazarin in order to protect France. The show combines elements of fantasy and comedy along with historical fiction.
Characters in Young Blades
- Jacqueline Roget (Karen Cliche) - Known to most as the Musketeer Jacque LePonte, Jacqueline is a passionate and skilled fighter who is willing to give up her own happiness in order to fight for justice and France.
- d'Artagnan (Tobias Mehler) - The son of "the the" d'Artagnan, d'Artagnan is a notorious womanizer and show-off who longs to emerge from his father's shadow. However, he is as skilled and passionate about justice as Jacqueline.
- Siroc (Mark Hildreth) - More scientist than fighter, Siroc creates inventions which are well ahead of his time, including an airplane and a submarine. According to the show's official website, Siroc is a former slave, although this is never directly addressed in the show itself.
- Ramon (Zak Santiago) - A poet and food afficionado, Ramon is more often than not the show's comic relief, although he gets his chance at romance and can fight as hard as the rest of them. The uncut episodes of Young Blades all end with Ramon's poetic interpretation of the story's events.
- Captain Duval (Bruce Boxleitner) - Although left with a permanent limp by one of Mazarin's men, Duval is a strong leader and fighter, supporting his Musketeers even in some of their more unusual exploits.
- Cardinal Mazarin (Michael Ironside) - The villain of Young Blades, Mazarin is content to be the power behind the throne rather than taking control directly. One of his goals is to eliminate the Musketeers.
- King Louis XIV (Robert Michael Sheehan) - Merely a teenager, King Louis XIV is immature and unfocused, which makes him easy for Cardinal Mazarin to manipulate. The Musketeers' main goal is to protect the king.
- Queen Anne (Sheena Easton) - Although the Queen often seems detached and uninterested in royal politics, she is very protective of her son and has an interesting give-and-take relationship with Cardinal Mazarin.
Episodes of Young Blades
- "Wanted" - When Jacqueline joins the Musketeers and attempts to rescue her brother, and she and her new companions discover a dark secret about Cardinal Mazarin.
- "Rub-a-Dub Sub" - When Jacqueline and d'Artagnan go undercover to expose a gang threatening local shopkeepers, Cardinal Mazarin attempts to frame the Musketeers as the real criminals.
- "Enchanted" - The Musketeers investigate a series of child kidnappings, and Ramon's new love interest (Carly Pope) may be more than just a poet.
- "The Exile" - While Oliver Cromwell attempts to negotiate a peace treaty with France, Jacqueline romances the escaped English king.
- "Da Vinci's Notebook" - While Jacqueline fends off another woman's advances, Siroc's scientific curiosity may put his friends in danger when he builds an invention outlined in Da Vinci's lost notebook.
- "Secrets of the Father" - D'Artagnan struggles with his father when the senior d'Artagnan takes charge of an investigation into a missing list of French undercover agents.
- "Four Musketeers and a Baby" - The Musketeers try to catch a highwayman, and a baby is left on the Musketeers' doorstep with a note claiming that d'Artagnan is the father.
- "Coat of Arms" - Siroc examines the nature of life while a long-dead knight seeks to recover a powerful talisman stolen by a member of Mazarin's secret society.
- "The Girl from Upper Gaborski" - A newly-rich country hopes for a marital alliance with France, but the Musketeers uncover the secret of their diamond mines.
- "The Invincible Sword" - Jacqueline is rewarded with a powerful sword for saving the king's life, but the sword's magic begins to change her.
- "To Heir is Human" - Cardinal Mazarin frames the Musketeers for the murder of a man believed to be Louis XIII's illegitimate son.
- "Chameleon" - When the French ambassador to India is framed for theft, the Musketeers investigate and discover a man who can change his appearance.
- "Secrets" - Jacqueline and d'Artagnan encounter the story's writer, Alexandre Dumas; Jacqueline's brother returns with a message from the Americas.
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