The Avengers : The Fear Merchants

Episode Rating

Subject	0-5	Subject	Subject	Subject
Direction		Music	Humour	Intro & tag
Mastermind		Plot	Emma	Set Design
Overall (0-10)	Joseph	Oh dear. Despite Patrick Cargill and Andrew Keir's brilliant performances, the story is horrific and witless. But this is made up for by some great direction and that fight. An average effort for this season. But did you see Emma's catsuit at the end!
Overall (0-10)	Piers	Psychological thrillers are right up my alley, so I give this episode the thumbs up. I don't know if you could exactly call it a likeable episode, but one may appreciate its darkness. Great acting and a strong plot make this a most memorable episode.

A man awakes in the middle of Wembley stadium and goes mad, but he's not the only one.
Emma receives a box of chocolates - but it's empty except for a card from Steed declaring they're needed.
All of Jeremy Raven's business rivals are going mad or dying, through one fear or another. The Business Efficiency Bureau have a motto: "our merchandise is fear" - they discover people's fears and frighten them to death. Steed, determined to get to the bottom of their plot, enrols as a client and Mrs Peel becomes his business rival. The Avengers close down the B.E.B. by discovering the evildoers are afraid of the dark.
Mrs Peel discovers that Steed is afraid she may have run out of champagne.

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III standard steel saloon (external shots) Rolls Royce Phantom V 7-passenger limousine (H J Mulliner Park-Ward coachwork)	porcelain white	CKP 500C
Morris Mini	green & white	843 XKK
Ford Thames 800 Estate Car	red & white	-
Bentley 1928	British racing green	YK 6871
NSU Prinz IV	red	-
Humber Super Snipe Series V (1965)	blue/grey, red upholstery	DLA 714C
Lotus Elan S3	glacier blue	SJH 499D
Humber Super Snipe Series V (1965)	blue/grey	FUB 363C
Fowler Bulldozer	yellow	LYV 100

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Williams??	Gilbert ^V*	?
Gordon White	Gilbert ^V*	Scared out a window
Gilbert ^V*	Steed & himself ^V*	Crushed by bulldozer during fight
Shocked!
Richard Meadows	Gilbert ^V*	Left in the middle of Wembley Stadium in his pyjamas
John Tyler	Gilbert? ^V*	Left on a mountain top in his pyjamas
David Wallace	Gilbert? ^V*	Left on raft in English Channel in a dinner suit and cummerbund
Fox	Gilbert? ^V*	Mouse put into his shirt
Crawley	Gilbert ^V*	Passenger of speeding car
Jeremy Raven ^V*	Gilbert ^V*	Large spider

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
lilac sundress with wide shoulder straps khaki coat with white trim over ivory dress and khaki scarf above without the coat mid blue catsuit, pale blue trim, with jacket and fob watch & blue boots above without jacket, showing high collar - like a rollneck -, circles cut on hips (3) (4) (3) ivory sundress with khaki scarf at middle of breast (2) dark green suede catsuit with large holes on sides of waist, long sleeves & matching gloves and boots	black bowler, pale blue shirt, navy tie, grey 3 piece suit, umbrella navy frock coat - large left lapel reaching almost to right armpit, single-breasted, buttons a long way to the right, cream shirt, green tie, black bowler navy pinstripe suit, pale blue tie, white shirt , black bowler & umbrella black dinner suit & bow tie, pale grey shirt pale grey suit, single-breasted 2 vents, 3 piece, 1 button, velvet on upper collar & burgundy tie & grey shirt brown overcoat, velvet collar, mid green? bowler, black umbrella, dark green tie, white shirt , taupe? trousers (match bowler) above without overcoat, revealing forest green jacket, yellow tie, maybe grey trousers (grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons?) (6) with burgundy tie navy 3 piece suit, tight at waist, 3 button? single-breasted, navy tie, black bowler, white shirt grey pinstripe suit, velvet on collar (dark green?), dark grey bowler & tie, black umbrella pale grey suit, single-breasted 2 vents, 3 piece, 3 buttons, velvet on upper collar & blue tie & white shirt

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

black bowler, pale blue shirt, navy tie, grey 3 piece suit, umbrella
navy frock coat - large left lapel reaching almost to right armpit, single-breasted, buttons a long way to the right, cream shirt, green tie, black bowler
navy pinstripe suit, pale blue tie, white shirt , black bowler & umbrella
black dinner suit & bow tie, pale grey shirt
pale grey suit, single-breasted 2 vents, 3 piece, 1 button, velvet on upper collar & burgundy tie & grey shirt
brown overcoat, velvet collar, mid green? bowler, black umbrella, dark green tie, white shirt , taupe? trousers (match bowler)
above without overcoat, revealing forest green jacket, yellow tie, maybe grey trousers (grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons?)
(6) with burgundy tie
navy 3 piece suit, tight at waist, 3 button? single-breasted, navy tie, black bowler, white shirt
grey pinstripe suit, velvet on collar (dark green?), dark grey bowler & tie, black umbrella
pale grey suit, single-breasted 2 vents, 3 piece, 3 buttons, velvet on upper collar & blue tie & white shirt

The Episode Guide to Season 5 (1967) of The Avengers

Episode 2 - The Fear Merchants