Episode 15: The New Avengers
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Other Viewpoints |
Le piège
Die Falle
La trappola
De Val
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"Chinese take-away!" Together with a CIA agent, the Avengers intercept a drug drop that had been arranged by a Chinese overlord with visions of joining the ranks of world-class drug dealers. Embarrassed by the bungled drop, the overlord exacts his revenge on the Avengers by kidnapping them in a plane and bringing them to his home turf, where he has prepared three chopping blocks for the purpose of executing them in front of his drug dealing chums!
IMHO |
Bad enough that the script is about three pages long and thoroughly perforated—the bulk of the hour is spent in some "Eastern" forest, with our trio trying to evade capture—but it is further crippled by an otherwise decent guest actor (Terry Wood) who is about as Chinese as Gambit and affecting a dreadful voice effect, plus another guest actor (Stuart Damon) playing a CIA agent with an American accent about as convincing as Gambit's Irish burr—which is really odd, since Stuart is American! Here's an example of one of the many plot deficiencies: Steed dons the uniform of the enemy—a (real) oriental who stands a good foot shorter—yet it fits perfectly. One of the three worst episodes (along with "The Gladiators" and "Gnaws"), this one at least has the benefit of being laughably bad on occasion.
Trivia |
Director Ray Austin, by the way, was the stunt arranger for the Emma Peel era, and made a credited appearance in "The Gravediggers."
Best Line |
Steed: "My arm is broken." Purdey: "Are you sure?" Steed: "It is my arm."
Essential Reading |
- Mrs. Peel... We're Needed by Piers Johnson