History Series / TheMagnificentSeven1998

* EvenEvilHasStandards: O'Shea in "Wagon Train Pt 1." tells Powder Man not to kill anyone, and is upset when one of the homesteaders is anyway. O'Shea claims in front of his men that he's trying to avoid a murder charge, but he would know there's no way the law could connect him to Powder Man's attack on the camp. In Pt. 2, with different writers, O'Shea is much more vicious, telling Powder Man to kill the homesteaders if that's faster than scaring them.

* KavorkaMan: Buck borders this. He is the womanizer of the group, but comes across as a sleaze. This is particularly apparent in "Love and Honor", where he initially acts like a stalker toward Inez. Inez and other women throughout the series come around to Buck eventually: in Inez's case, after Buck [[spoiler: almost dies defending her honor. However, he seems to view the challenge as much to his pride as to Inez.]]

** TheSheriff: Sheriff Quince in "Inmate 78" is corrupt, picking out men who look like they can pay his $500 "bail", sending them to the local prison, and telling the families of the prisoners to send him "bail".

* TheSheriff: Sheriff Quince in "Inmate 78" is corrupt, picking out men who look like they can pay his $500 "bail", sending them to the local prison, and telling the families of the prisoners to send him "bail".

* RemakeCameo: Creator/RobertVaughn, who played Lee in the film, has a small role as Judge Oren Travis.

-->'''Ezra''': (after an admirer declares his love for Maude) My, my, I don't know how you manage to resist such a display of ardor.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In "The Trial", Oren agrees to have some of the men that tried to lynch Obediah, serve on Obediah's jury when the venue is moved from Eagle Bend to Four Corners. The men would be automatically disqualified for having bias.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Nathan's mother. In order to prevent the slave master from selling 7-year old Nathan away from his family, she allowed the man to repeatedly rape her. When she discovered that she might be pregnant with his baby, she went insane and drowned herself.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: O'Shea in "Wagon Train Pt 1." tells Powderman not to kill anyone, and is upset when one of the homesteaders is anyway. O'Shea claims in front of his men that he's trying to avoid a murder charge, but he would know there's no way the law could connect him to Powderman's attack on the camp. In Pt. 2, O'Shea with different writers, O'Shea is much more vicious, telling Powderman to kill the homesteaders if that's faster than scaring them.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Despite the fact he abuses his wife, Will Richmond in "Wagon Train" is jealous of Vin when he thinks the bounty hunter is having an affair with Charlotte. [[spoiler:Kater, Vin and Charlotte do have an affair. It's implied that Will's jealousy drove them into the affair.]]

* CrazyJealousGuy: Despite the fact he abuses his wife, Will Richmond in "Wagon Train" is jealous of Vin when he thinks the bounty hunter is having an affair with Charlotte. [[spoiler:later, Vin and Charlotte do have an affair.]]

* Confessional: In "Vendetta", Ma Nichols confesses to Josiah that she plans to kill Hank Conley. Although Josiah isn't a priest, he sits Ma at a table, strings up a flag between them, and hears her confession anyway. [[spoiler: Since she hasn't committed a sin yet, Josiah tells her that he can't absolve her.]]

* NeverMessWithGranny: In "The Collector", Nettie Wells is one, wielding a carbine and cheerfully threatening to shoot anyone who attacks her.

** In "Wagon Train 2", Ezra keeps trying to convince Nathan to partner with him after Nathan inherits some valuable line. Nathan calls him out on his greed, Ezra, admits that it sometimes shames him... and goes right back to trying to convince Nathan.

** In "Wagon Train 2", Ezra admits that its greed shames him. [[spoiler: It's part of a con to get Nathan to make him partners in valuable inherited land.]]

* PreacherMan: Owen Mosely in "Manhunt" is originally presented as this. [[spoiler: At the end, it is revealed he is a SinisterMinister, having murdered his own daughter when he found out she was pregnant with an Indian's child and claiming it was God's will.]]

* BratsWithSlingshots: In "Wagon Train", the Boy that Buck and Ezra both try to get close to, to get to his mother, has one.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Ezra.