Episode Rating
| Subject |
0-5 |
Subject |
0-5 |
Subject |
0-5 |
Subject |
0-5 |
| Direction |
5 stars |
Music |
5 stars |
Humour |
3 stars |
Intro & tag |
3½ stars |
| Mastermind |
5 stars |
Plot |
4 stars |
Emma |
5 stars |
Set Design |
2½ stars |
Overall
(0-10) |
Excellent from top to bottom. Diana Rigg and Peter Jeffrey shine in this homage to the Hitchcockian psychological thriller. I must enjoy the dark side because I rate this as one of the five best episodes ever. |
8½ stars |
After a fall down the stairs in his apartment, Steed barely
has the strength to tell Mrs Peel she's needed - to care for
him!
She has already arranged to spend a weekend in Devon with a
bastion of the Bridge world - Sir Cavalier Rusicana. Steed is
told an old nemesis of the Avengers, Max Prendergast, has
escape gaol in Germany and heading their way. Realising that
his injury was no accident, Steed sets out for Devon, sure
that Max is trying to kill them. Alone in a country manor,
Emma is terrorised by the strange housekeeper and a disturbed
young man, then nearly murdered by Prendergast, but Steed
plays the joker - finishing the criminal's plans.
A relaxing game of solitaire interrupted by Mrs Peel, the
Avengers trade card tricks - Mrs Peel not wanting to ruin the
trick that produces a bottle of Bollinger.
