Jack of All Trades

*Jack of All Trades* is a half-hour long syndicated action-comedy television series that aired for two seasons in 2000. Alongside *Cleopatra 2525*, it formed the *Back2Back Action Hour* and was notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season. Set at the turn of the 19th century on the fictional French-controlled island of Pulau-Pulau in the East Indies, the program follows Jack Stiles, an American secret agent sent to the island by President Jefferson. There, he meets his British contact and love interest, English spy Emilia Rothschild. Together, they work to stop Napoleon and various other threats to the United States. To the public, Jack is portrayed as Emilia's attaché, but when necessary, he transforms into a masked hero: The Daring Dragoon. The show featured many recurring gags, including deliberate historical inaccuracies, Jack being responsible for numerous important historical events without receiving credit, Emilia inventing a miraculous device in a clear deus ex machina, sexual puns and innuendos, and the ongoing romantic tension between Jack and Emilia.

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