A double-helical metal complex of an oligopyridine analog (i.e. with heterocycles other than pyridinyl rings) has been fully structurally characterized. This complex is the first example of a trinuclear double-helical complex containing quinquedentate and monodentate ligands and is of a type that has not been observed with the oligopyridines. In the rhetoric of metallosupramolecular chemistry much is said about the "design" of complexes of specific structure. Our work invites molecular engineers to consider pyrazolyl ligands as useful additions to their "tool kit".