In nineteenth century Spanish California, heroic masked swordsman Zorro, who's actually a local nobleman, must protect his friends and small town (or pueblo) of Los Angeles from its corrupt magistrate (or alcalde) and other menaces.

Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro. Hiding behind the mannerisms of a bookish fop, Diego keeps his second identity hidden from everyone but his servant, Felipe. Zorro's greatest enemy is always the Alcalde, who personifies the distant Spanish government in Los Angeles. Cantina-owner (and independent woman far ahead of her time) Victoria Escalante provides the love interest.—Marg Baskin <[email protected]>

When the commandant of Los Angeles, Alcalde Luis Ramone, corrupts the good people of the pueblo and oppresses them, Don Alejandro de la Vega summons home his son Diego to fight the alcalde and his men. When Diego arrives, he finds his town in a sorry state, and while pretending to have little interest in anything but books and his experiments, he secretly creates the secret identity of El Zorro: The Fox. He and his mute servant, Felipe, then battle the alcalde's tyranny, until the final showdown at the Devil's Fortress. Starting with the third season, however, another evil alalde is introduced, Ignacio de Soto, and the fight for justice begins once again.—David Nesbitt <[email protected]>