This episode is different than most in the series because it begins and ends with the agents in a hotel room reflecting on a previous mission.
These hotel room scenes (over a typewriter), with a flashback to what happened during the mission, were added after the NBC censors objected to scenes that had already filmed. Once those scenes were removed from the story, the required run time of the episode was much shorter than the time expected for broadcasting. The hotel scenes were added after the original screenplay was filmed to add extra time to the episode.
The hotel room scenes are enjoyable, and also the original mission, but there is a disconnect between the two settings and it's an unusual format that I Spy fans might notice.
Both settings won't detract from the original mission, but the viewer is missing out on a portion of what was originally intended for this episode.
The episode would have likely been better if it had been presented without the censorship the network demanded. But the hotel room scenes offer some endearing elements that allow the viewer to understand the characters we'll see develop in future episodes.
These hotel room scenes (over a typewriter), with a flashback to what happened during the mission, were added after the NBC censors objected to scenes that had already filmed. Once those scenes were removed from the story, the required run time of the episode was much shorter than the time expected for broadcasting. The hotel scenes were added after the original screenplay was filmed to add extra time to the episode.
The hotel room scenes are enjoyable, and also the original mission, but there is a disconnect between the two settings and it's an unusual format that I Spy fans might notice.
Both settings won't detract from the original mission, but the viewer is missing out on a portion of what was originally intended for this episode.
The episode would have likely been better if it had been presented without the censorship the network demanded. But the hotel room scenes offer some endearing elements that allow the viewer to understand the characters we'll see develop in future episodes.
