Sun, Jan 6, 1991
Zorro chases and captures the LA bank robbery suspect Enrique Vargas. Wondering why the alcalde seemed uninterested, Diego decides to defend Enrique in the alcalde's court against prosecutor Mendoza, who is absolutely confident he will avoid the noose by escape- indeed a giant literally breaks the jail: Nestor Vargas comes for his kid brother 'Ricky', but they are persuaded to stay for a fair trial rather then remain fugitives for life, trusting on Nestor's iron bars-bending fists' persuading power to overrule any objection from Mendoza against Diego's intelligent plea based on hard facts. When the alcalde, exposed as the real gold thief, bases his hanging sentence purely on lancers firepower, Nestor and Zorro first fight, then team up against his (in)justice ...
Sun, Jan 13, 1991
Judge Bernardo de la Paz is threatened because he is about to condemn violent criminal Vincente Torres's brother to death, so he sends his teenage son Carlos de la Paz for safekeeping to the De la Vega hacienda, where Felipe finds his 'playmate' is a reckless rascal. Diego was testing a glue for false beards for a boys Easter play, so the two adolescents test it. The brat ruins a vase and runs to the pueblo, disguised as a strange 'man', riding one of the hacienda's best horses and wearing don Alejandro's ceremonial sword, just when "the governor's son" enlists the naive alcalde's help to collect -actually kidnap- the kid. Zorro and Felipe find Carlos at Victoria's tavern, challenging a criminal gang, which they discretely help him put out of order, only to be openly attacked when daddy arrives...
Fri, Jan 25, 1991
When Zorro deals with stage coach-robbers, Lopez admits he was released from jail by the alcalde just to prevent the arrival of his fat, extremely rude, bitchy cousin, famous seamstress Hermelinda. She now has to walk the last part with her fellow passengers, botanist Andres Bolanos and concert pianist Honorio Aragon, who is eagerly awaited in the humble pueblo. Aragon stays with Victoria but will play the De la Vega piano. At night, the hacienda is robbed and don Alejandro knocked down by a masked, Beethoven whistling art connoisseur, whose next victims are Victoria and the alcalde himself. Diego and Felipe set a musical trap which Zorro closes at Aragon's concert in the tavern...
Sun, Jan 27, 1991
Deputy Governor Frasquez is a day early, while the alcalde isn't back yet, carrying the order to capture Zorro. He decides Mendoza is unfit as acting alcalde, and appoints don Alejandro, demanding Zorro's capture by Saturday or he'll be carried in chains himself and the De la Vega hacienda taxed to bankruptcy. Tailor Miguel Martinez finds his brother was falsely accused of cattle theft and shot, so he heads for L.A. to take terminal revenge on 'the alcalde', ignoring the interim; Victoria allows him poor man's rate, free 'left over' soup and tells Alejandro is in office. Diego and Felipe hope capturing the cattle thieves may allow Frasquez to save face and return to Monterrey. Bragging about a prize bull allows Zorro to deliver thief Sanchez to jail. Alejandro revives the water supply project Luis Ramon 'transformed' into a French bath. After Diego frustrates Miguel's shooting don Alejandro, Zorro deliberately gets himself arrested- actually Miguel was planted in his costume, the real Zorro frees him during transport to Monterrey, then makes sure Ramon doesn't rescind the irrigation.
Sun, Feb 10, 1991
When protestant Daniel Nielson, fleeing religious persecution with his wife Esther and son Aaron, is the first-ever client of alcalde Ramon's land office in years actually to claim a piece of Los Angeles, he accepts, despite Diego and Victoria's warning it's a barren wilderness, 40 acres in the rocky Mesa de las Piedras. Helped by the De la Vegas, they get a self-sufficient farm going thanks to nitrates fertilizer. When don Alejandro has another malaria attack in Dr. Hernandez' absence, Esther helps him. Diego sends Felipe for Zorro's costume, seeing the superstitious villagers believe the industrious Nielsens practice witchcraft and put them in stocks to be lynched by stoning; the alcalde would be all too happy to get their now valuable land back...
Sun, Feb 24, 1991
A grandfather shows his girl Laura the hide-out cave, and finds there Diego De la Vega's diary about the Devil's fortress, which was used as a feared political prison. Victoria showed a letter, allegedly from her father Alfonso's cell mate, if true he didn't die in the Mexican revolution but is seriously ill. Diego volunteers to go there to speak to the commandant, actually Zorro comes in his saddle bag after promising Victoria his help. The alcalde orders Mendoza to accompany him on a week's trip to the fortress, he wanted an excuse since years, so they go plead señorita Escalante's case; mistrusting she follows them, alone. On the way Zorro saves a runaway stagecoach, the passenger Rosalinda de la Fuente is ungrateful enough to try to deliver the masked savior to the fortress's patrol when she recognizes the Parsian perfume from the handkerchief she gave him on Diego's unmasked person... [see Part 2]
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Sun, Feb 24, 1991
Don Diego, who uses the alias Salvador Gilarranz, is arrested but escapes before Rosalinda's coach reaches the fortress. Zorro rides on and finds Victoria's youngest brother Ramon lurking around, together they climb in. Inside the alcalde and Victoria plead in vain for her father, so she goes to liberate the prisoners herself, overpowering Rosalinda, is helped by Mendoza, Zorro deals with the troops. Meanwhile the alcalde has his own secret agenda, which turns out crucial for the grandfather in the present too...
Sun, Apr 28, 1991
[This double-length episode is often aired in two parts] [PART 1] Now the alcalde is away for three months, Diego makes a journey to Beaumartin, near Bordeaux (France) and tells Felipe there's no need to pack his Zorro costume but finds it in his luggage anyway. Diego hoped for a quiet country vacation, but lands immediately in an inn brawl, then in the feud between vicomte (viscount) Jussac, the aristocratic royalist garrison commander who behaves rather too much like a certain Californian alcalde, and Porthos, great-great-grandson of one of the original Three Musketeers (Aramis was a clergyman, so childless) who were granted the castle by Louis XIII, which was seized during the French Revolution, Jussac stole the signet ring which serves as property title. Actually Porthos is a drunk, so his valet Picotin has a hard job minding the hot-head, who gets them all arrested at once. After his turn of torturous interrogation, Diego is released and nursed by Amélie, countess of Pérignon. Zorro decides to free Porthos and Picotin at night, as 'Le renard' (French for 'the Fox', i.e. Zorro). Then arrive the other musketeer heirs, convened by Picotin to reclaim the castle: gallant Athos and ... [PART 2] D'Artagnan's heir is there too, only he was careful enough to send a declining letter to stake the place first. Diego joins the 'three musketeers', Picotin has uniforms ready for each. Jussac-supporters overrun he musketeers, but 'le renard' is ready to throw them out. Diego tricks the countess, and trough her the viscount to ride the wrong way, then has the fox brought in so they can overtake the remaining guards and look for the ring of Beaumartin. Viscount and countess are chased in disgrace. Diego is welcomed home by Felipe and Victoria.
Sun, Sep 1, 1991
Sergeant Mendoza was becoming very unpopular, being found inept as interim alcalde after Luis Ramon's death in the devil's fortress. The ambitious 'new broom' Ignacio de Soto secured his nomination by the Spanish king dueling the silver spoon nominee Caroga in Madrid. At arrival in Los Angeles, he finds himself welcomed by everyone, including a younger Madrid university study mate, Diego de la Vega. Ignacio accepts don Alejandro's invitation to the de la Vega hacienda, but shows his true colors there: he promises to break the pueblo to his will within three months, has concluded from Ramon's files that the entire elite was Zorro's accomplice and orders them locked in there till the 'bandit' is caught. At night, the fox escapes to give him his first lessons in fencing and humility...
Sun, Sep 8, 1991
A stagecoach robber kills don Sebastian Valverdes and wounds his wife, but the alcalde arrests Valverdes' protégé, farmer José Rivas, who passed by and tried to help, but benefits from the generous testament. Even Zorro fails to make the alcalde postpone the trial and presumed hanging next Friday, but Diego decides to make him believe, helped by Felipe, sergeant Mendoza, who would have to hang his friend José personally, and ever justice-devoted Victoria, that Friday has passed as he had fever for a week; meanwhile they spring José from jail and build 'safe' gallows, but de Soto isn't easily duped ...
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Sun, Sep 15, 1991
Everybody considers Diego a hopeless bachelor, but Victoria a good catch who should stop waiting for Zorro and marry. The local matchmaker fails a few times until she agrees to go to the altar with Spanish Navy Lieutenant Juan Ortiz, or will she be loyal to her true love? The alcalde meanwhile practices true hate, planning to destroy Zorro by means of a shrapnel canon he has brought in as a royal statue under suspiciously heavy guard, first as a trap for Zorro, who just climbs out of it, then pointed at the crowd at Victoria's wedding, which nobody would give a miss, least of all Zorro...
Sun, Sep 29, 1991
The alcalde's jail is full, but holds less real criminals -Zorro just delivered the two robbers of the garrison's pay- then poor farmers, who simply can't pay their taxes. Don Alejandro and Don Diego decide to pay the pittance 5 peso bail per man and stand guarantor, even convince other fine citizens to do the same, but Victoria's bailee frees the other robbers, she's taken hostage. Although Diego helps them steal the absent alcalde's safe, they take Victoria with them. Now Zorro must ride after them...
Sun, Oct 13, 1991
After reuniting with his son, Big Jim Jarrett plans on leaving his pirate life behind and settling down in Los Angeles. However, the alcalde still has his mind on the treasure that Jarrett claims to know about, and he comes up with a plot to force Jarrett into giving up the treasure's location.
Sun, Oct 20, 1991
Juacinto Santana's fire-squad, according to Los Angeles's alcalde Ignacio de Soto for the murder on San Diego's alcalde Santana, his beloved father, is stopped by Zorro, who promises to find the real murderer. The same day arrived senora Alberta Sinestra; next deputy provost Jorge Ventura of the Santa Fé garrison turns up, showing a warrant to arrest her for her husband Julio's murder. Zorro believes her declaration of innocence and helps her escape, but when he refuses to run off with her, she promises he'll pay for choosing Victoria and heads for the tavern, where she stabs Ventura and attacks Victoria...
Sun, Oct 27, 1991
Traveling hypnotist Dr. Lorenzo Lozano's show has little success in Los Angeles, except by accident on Don Diego - Lozano orders him to rob for him at night 'cunning like a fox'. Still mesmerized, he does so in Zorro outfit, openly, and is very rude, even to Felipe. The alcalde arrests Lozana as a fraud, who only now realizes Diego must be Zorro. Felipe sets a trap to knock out 'wicked Zorro' in the secret cave...
Sun, Nov 24, 1991
Don Alejandro gets a surprise visit from three mates of his fifth Spanish cavalry days 30 years ago, captain Carlos Frontera, sergeant Pablo Escobar and private Juan Reyes, who tell him their old enemy Cordoba, a traitor who shot Alejandro's brother in the back, is still alive, the trio followed him throughout California to Canyon de las Piedras, a 'natural fortress' near Los Angeles. Alas neither of the veterans quartet is physically still up to the job, yet all are blinded by pride and hate, so Diego's warnings are ignored. Zorro rides to babysit them discretely and sees to it that the yellow fiend finally gets what he deserves...
Sun, Dec 1, 1991
The wanted independence fighter Joaquin Correna's revolutionary gang attacks a munition convoy guarded by Mendoza's lancers detail and blows it up. The next day the Rodriguez circus arrives in the pueblo. Their trampoline artist can't perform because of a suspicious pain in his side. However all eyes are on the gorgeous female magician Zephira. Diego recognizes her as his first love, who stood him up at the altar during his days at Madrid university, now they finally learn how her brother's participation in a rebellion and his father's request to return to California prevented their marriage...
Sun, Dec 8, 1991
The whole pueblo is preparing for Christmas, when señor Jones and his wife arrive in Los Angeles, looking for 'little Jaime' on account of a letter Mendoza wrote at age twelve. Alcalde De Soto has Jones arrested for stealing firewood in the wild. In jail, the sergeant believes Jones is Father Christmas, Diego convinces the friends to try to help him without Zorro, but when he realizes how badly they plan, accepts Felipe's discrete suggestion to keep the fox's equipment ready to help out when they go wrong...
Sun, Dec 15, 1991
Don Alejandro gets two surprises: the alcalde is riding a horse stolen from him, then his youth love Mercedes Henche, now the widow Villero, has returned to Los Angeles, telling she came to sell her family's rancho after her late husband Antonio, who was a brute, squandered all they had. The horse-thief is arrested, and Felipe overhears him and the alcalde scheming to rob Alejandro, who hears from Mercedes Antonio is alive but a criminal. It's time for Zorro to ride to the rescue...