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

Episode 12 - The Superlative Seven

Episode Rating

Subject 0-5 Subject 0-5 Subject 0-5 Subject 0-5
Direction
4½ stars
Music 3 stars Humour 3 stars Intro & tag
4½ stars
Mastermind
4½ stars
Plot
3½ stars
Emma 3 stars Set Design 2 stars
Overall
(0-10)
A good earthy Agatha Christie story as a vehicle for Steed. Not what you'd normally expect from The Avengers, but it works nonetheless.
7½ stars

Mrs Peel summons Steed with a rubber duck; he is needed to attend a fancy dress party - somewhere above the south of England!
Stranded on an unknown island, Steed and the other guests are told that one of their number is a killer. The scenario has been staged by Jessel to convince Kanwitch that his agent is unbeatable. Charlotte Rampling shines in the rôle of Hana Wild, despite unfortunately knocking out Steed, whom she suspects to be the killer. Mrs Peel drops in to expose that the agent is actually a pair of identical twins and Jessel loses a shoot-out with Mrs Wild.
Steed drops in on a Mrs Peel's duck shoot, just as she bags a brace of teddy bears - but she missed the bottle of Bollinger!

The Cars

Marque/Model Colour Number Plate
Lotus Elan S3 glacier blue SJH 499D
Handley-Page Herald blue and white -

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim Killer Method

click a name to see the face
Toy Sung V* Stewardess V* Sword
Freddy Richards Wade V* Broken back
Joe Smith Wade V* Pitchfork
Max Hardy Wade V* Sword
Mark Dayton Wade V* Garotte
Jason Wade V* Steed Spear
Wade's twin V* Emma Thrown off balcony
Kanwitch V* Jessel V* Pistol
* Wade is in fact two characters, Jason Wade and his unnamed twin. Working out which is which is left as an exercise to the reader.

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions Steed's Fashions
  1. plaid jacket & white woolen skivvy
  2. yellow collared jacket with diagonal rib & matching skirt
  3. orange catsuit with black trim, black boots
  4. (1) with tan shorts & boots, white gloves
  1. brown tie & jacket, waistcoat, beige shirt & trousers
  2. fancy dress (one of Wellington's generals from the Waterloo campaign)
  3. (1)
© Piers Johnson 1993-2011