The Avengers : Series 5 : The Correct Way To Kill :summary

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction	3 stars	Music	3 stars	Humour	4 stars	Intro & tag	4 stars
Mastermind	3½ stars	Plot	3½ stars	Emma	3½ stars	Set Design	1½ stars
Overall (0-10)	A worthy effort which doesn't quite make it to the top. Great dialogue and performances, but the story isn't quite daft enough to make a truly great Avengers episode.					7 stars

A couple of dapper city gents meet a foreign agent and dispatch him coldly, if politely.
Mrs Peel's is summoned by a doctored newspaper headline - Steed needs her to help him discover who's killing enemy agents.
When Ivan, the enemy's top man tries to kill Steed, thinking he was behind it, they team up to discover the third party. Steed pairs up with Olga and Emma goes with Ivan to investigate who is the real killer of the agents. Both sides are being double-crossed by Nutski, Olga's employer, who has set up a private army masquerading as a school for gentlemen. Following crates of umbrella and bowlers, Olga and Steed catch up to the gang, but are discovered. Emma to the rescue with her trusty foil, and a fencing bout finds Emma and Olga the victors, Nutski impaled on a sword.
Emma finds Steed wearing a Cossack hat the next morning at breakfast, the souvenir of a date with Olga.

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
Citroën ID 19 ('57-61 model) {left hand drive}	yellow	70 BLX
Austin A60 van	dark blue	197 GLK
Mini	dark blue	KLM 820C?

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Boris Groski	Algy & Percy ^V*	pistols
Stanislaus Arkadi	Algy & Percy ^V*	?
Zoric	Algy & Percy ^V*	dagger
Ivan Peppitoperoff	Algy & Percy ^V*	?
Dr Merryweather	Algy & Percy? ^V*	Stabbed with umbrella
J.Nathan Winters	Algy & Percy? ^V*	Stabbed with umbrella
Algernon Wynche (Algy) ^V*	Emma	Sword
Mr Percival (Percy) ^V*	Olga	Sword
Nutski ^V*	Emma	Sword thrown at him.

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
plaid jacket and white skivvy with yellow hat (in style of the pink hat in The Winged Avenger) pale grey shoes, orange dress, navy jacket, black gloves, orange/brown scarf lavender pant suit & dark plum skivvy, white boots orange catsuit with black trim, orange boots white fencing gear red coat with white trim, white skirt	tan trousers, brown bowler & jacket (single-breasted) copper tie & hanky, white shirt grey pinstripe single-breasted 3 piece suit, bowler & umbrella, black shoes, dark grey cravat, stud tie pin dark grey pinstripe single-breasted 2 vents suit, brown cravat with gold specks, black bowler, grey umbrella .. & grey double-breasted overcoat & bowler & umbrella & gloves navy single-breasted suit, 3 piece 3 button, & cravat as above above & black bowler, cravat replaced with a blue tie with white dots grey double-breasted suit, velvet collar, pale grey cravat, white shirt , Russian fur hat

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

tan trousers, brown bowler & jacket (single-breasted) copper tie & hanky, white shirt
grey pinstripe single-breasted 3 piece suit, bowler & umbrella, black shoes, dark grey cravat, stud tie pin
dark grey pinstripe single-breasted 2 vents suit, brown cravat with gold specks, black bowler, grey umbrella
.. & grey double-breasted overcoat & bowler & umbrella & gloves
navy single-breasted suit, 3 piece 3 button, & cravat as above
above & black bowler, cravat replaced with a blue tie with white dots
grey double-breasted suit, velvet collar, pale grey cravat, white shirt , Russian fur hat

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The Cars

Who's Killing Whom?

The Fashions