This episode, later remade as 'The Correct Way to Kill' opens with two men fencing; one runs the other through with an unguarded foil. The dead man is enemy agent George Vinkel. It is assumed that he is a victim of a purge but shortly afterwards another enemy agent, Martin, turns up to kill Steed; they think Steed or one of his colleagues killed Vinkel. It is clear that a third party must responsible so Steed agrees a truce with Keller, the man in charge of the other side locally. He has a condition though; Steed will work with one of their agents while Mrs Gale will work with Martin
of course Keller isn't to be trusted; the 'agent' he sends to work with Steed is actually an actress who believes that Steed is a writer working on a spy story. Soon after they start investigating Martin disappears and is later found, dead, in a crate of bowler hats and umbrellas destined for a 'school for gentlemen'.
This episode is a lot of fun; the 'school for gentlemen' is classic Avengers as are Steed's conversations in the gentleman's outfitters. The story is intriguing with some decent twists. The cast do a fine job; I particularly liked Fenella Fielding's performance as actress Kim Lawrence; the conversations between her and Patrick Macnee's Steed where they are at cross purposes were a lot of fun. Warren Mitchell is also entertaining as Keller. As stated earlier this was remade as 'The Correct Way to Kill'; the episodes are very similar but there are also significantly differences mostly concerning the 'agent' who works with Steed; these make it worth watching both versions although one might want to leave some time between them. Overall this was an enjoyable episode.
This episode is a lot of fun; the 'school for gentlemen' is classic Avengers as are Steed's conversations in the gentleman's outfitters. The story is intriguing with some decent twists. The cast do a fine job; I particularly liked Fenella Fielding's performance as actress Kim Lawrence; the conversations between her and Patrick Macnee's Steed where they are at cross purposes were a lot of fun. Warren Mitchell is also entertaining as Keller. As stated earlier this was remade as 'The Correct Way to Kill'; the episodes are very similar but there are also significantly differences mostly concerning the 'agent' who works with Steed; these make it worth watching both versions although one might want to leave some time between them. Overall this was an enjoyable episode.