Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Macnee | ... | John Steed | |
Diana Rigg | ... | Emma Peel | |
Sarah Lawson | ... | Mary Merryweather | |
Angela Browne | ... | Sara / Miss Penny | |
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Anne Cunningham | ... | Gladys |
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Zeph Gladstone | ... | Liz |
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Artro Morris | ... | Henry |
Jerome Willis | ... | Joshua Rudge | |
Christopher Benjamin | ... | J. J. Hooter | |
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Kevin Brennan | ... | Sir George Morton |
David Garth | ... | Barton | |
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Robert Dean | ... | Finlay |
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Sidonie Bond | ... | Annie |
Eleven businessmen and counting have been mysteriously murdered, their affairs taken over by their able secretaries. The smell of perfume lingering over one of the dead bodies leads Mrs Peel to J.J. Hooter, who quickly becomes the next man to die. With secretaries as their only clue, Steed decides to hire one, and Emma to take up the profession. Written by The TV Archaeologist
There is actually nothing exceptional in this episode, except the ending when the villain is revealed and the empathy that the audience can feel for him. After all, he had his reasons to do this. That changes from all other stories of lunatics of all kinds or even spies. I thought this villain would kill people for the count of a criminal organization; but not at all. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS And the fact that this so "sympathetic" villain is killed by Steed simply by a gun shot, that's very unusual too. So far I don't remember Steed killing a villain with a gun. But I have not seen the first seasons with Honor Blackman.