Episode 113: Emma Peel Era
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We're Needed
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A.K.A.
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Other Viewpoints |
Meurtres distingués
Kennen Sie Snob?
Un modo corretto di uccidere
Matar con correción
Ajuu Paraplu or
Hoe wordt ik een 'snob'? or
Kent u snob? (depending on the source)
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Produced: January 1967
UK Premiere (London, Season 5): 10 March 1967
US Premiere (New York, Season 2): 17 March 1967
Enemy
agents are being picked off in rapid succession, and Steed is implicated. Convincing the
other side that a third party is responsible, Steed calls a truce and teams up with them,
invoking an impromptu agent exchange program so as to keep an eye on one another. While
Emma and partner hot-foot it to a chiropodist, Steed and Comrade Olga take the
"subtle approach" to sniff for clues at an umbrella shop. All
roads lead to
SNOB, a gentlemen's training school, where "we must always remember the motto of our
organization: Seek, hate, kill!"
IMHO |
This is actually a remake, with a few minor adjustments, of the Cathy Gale episode "The Charmers." This version goes the extra mile to poke fun at ultra-Anglicism, particularly when Steed and Co. arrive at SNOB. Would be a four-bowler hit if not for Michael Gough's painfully lame foreign accent and Olga's occasional tendency to come off as a female counterpart of Brodny. Olga does, however, provide some outstanding wide-eyed reactions to the goofy Brits.
Trivia |
The teaser looks as though it was shot on the village square set of "Escape in Time."
Acronym Alert: SNOB stands for Sociability, Nobility, Omnipotence, Breeding, Inc.
Best Scene |
The umbrella salesman proudly demonstrates the quality of his goods in a shower stall. "Each and every one of these umbrellas has been rained on from a great height."
Best Line |
Grotski: "What's the matter with him—is he dumb or something?" Percy: "No, he's British."
Essential Reading |
- The Avengers Declassified by Alan Hayes
- Mrs. Peel... We're Needed by Piers Johnson