Bass Reeves has been exposed to the legends and musical selections surrounding Mr Sundown from the Western series ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ on Paramount+ ever since he was appointed deputy marshal. A criminal by the name of Ramsey claims that Mr. Sundown stalks Black people at night, ensuring sure his victims are asleep before the sun comes up. Bass must have believed that the same was only a fictional construct, but his meeting with Edwin Jones causes him to reconsider. Bass discovers the mysterious fact that Mr. Sundown is a Cinco peso during his research of him in the sixth episode of the historical drama! Warning: This contains spoilers.
The Predator With a Cinco Peso Badge
Bass Reeves first encounters Mr Sundown through Ramsey, a murderous madman who attempts to kill the constable by imitating the legendary character. Given that Ramsey portrays himself as a psychopath, Bass has to have thought that Mr. Sundown—a murderer of African Americans—was the product of the former’s deranged imagination. But after Edwin Jones informs the constable about the nationwide disappearances of Black individuals, his perspective is altered. Bass is informed by the businessman that although he risks his life to uphold white people’s laws, guys from their community are going missing and being slain.
Bass rejects Edwin’s plan to work together to stop the crimes committed against their community, but in the end the constable makes the connection between what he hears from the businessman and Ramsey’s tales, coming to the conclusion that Mr Sundown and his heinous deeds are genuine. Ramsey tells the officer that he is a Cinco peso when Bass urges him to identify Mr. Sundown. Bass finds out from Esau Pierce, a former Confederate soldier who joined the Texas Rangers following the end of the Civil War, that it is the substance used to create the badges of the Texas Rangers.
After that, Bass makes the connection and realises that Pierce is actually Mr. Sundown. Pierce and Mr. Sundown are quite similar in that Pierce is a Confederate who has been viewing Black people as members of a lower social class and wears a Cinco Peso insignia. Bass makes it plain that Jackson Cole will only get what he thinks fit for the prisoner when he turns him over to Pierce so the murderer can face a fair trial in Texas. Pierce demonstrates Mr. Sundown’s lawlessness in kidnapping and murdering Black people. For this reason, only Jackson’s boots make it to the court where his trial was scheduled to take place.
The disappearance of Jackson following Bass’s live, in-person transfer of him to Pierce is comparable to the victims of Mr. Sundown going missing. It is safe to say, then, that Pierce is the enigmatic murderer.
The Murderous Lawmen
However, Pierce might not be Mr. Sundown alone. In the state of Texas, there may be a number of bigoted Texas Rangers that hunt down Black people and wear Cinco Peso badges. The surprising number of victims of the enigmatic killer can be explained by the possibility that Pierce is merely a representation of the same. In response to their defeat in the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, these kidnappers/killers may target the black population singly or collectively.
Furthermore, Mr. Sundowns needs to be present in a number of places around the nation, especially in light of Edwin’s disclosures regarding the widespread disappearance of Black individuals. The majority of them must be law enforcement officials, similar to Pierce, who are abusing their power to injure the African-American community. Edwin may be asking Bass to give up the law since it harms them more than it protects their community. Bass is deeply disturbed to learn that the same people who are meant to protect everyone, regardless of colour, are pursuing members of his community.
