The Avengers : Series 5 : You Have Just Been Murdered :summary

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction	4½ stars	Music	3½ stars	Humour	3 stars	Intro & tag	3½ stars
Mastermind	5 stars	Plot	3½ stars	Emma	4½ stars	Set Design	4 stars
Overall (0-10)	I like characters and suspension of disbelief, so this episode appeals to me on many levels. A well structured and excellently performed piece with a strong, consistent plot. Nice use of televisions.					8½ stars

Millionaires are being intimidated by blackmailers staging mock murder-attempts - each time receiving a card that reads "You have just been murdered"
One is actually killed, then Unwin pretends to agree terms and sends a bomb instead, not knowing that Steed and Emma are on the case - and Mrs Peel has now gained possession of the suitcase. She is kidnapped by Needle and his gang, whose hideout is, naturally enough, in a hay stack. Emma is rescued from destruction by the timely arrival of Steed, but Needle escapes with the briefcase, only to end up at the top of a tree.
Steed is distraught to discover he is one short of a million, saying no-one has ever heard of a nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety- niner-aire, but Mrs Peel offers to supply the missing money, making him a millionaire - in halfpennies!

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
AC Greyhound (1930s)	burgundy/black	TE 7855
Lotus Elan S3	glacier blue	SJH 499D
Jaguar Mk II 3.8	silver	933 HYL
Reliant Scimitar SE4a coupé	white	ARF 956D
Bentley Speed Six 1926	British racing green	RX 6180
Gypsy Caravan	green and brown	-
Landrover	blue/white	695 EAC

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Gilbert Jarvis	Skelton ^V*	Pistol
Nicholls ^V*	Emma	Impaled on a sickle
Needle?? ^V*	(Unwin)	Bomb in suitcase
Unwin??	Skelton ^V*	?
Skelton?? ^V*	Steed	?

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
white feathered crepe jacket, mid thigh length, belted ... over white crocheted (or embroidered?) dress, mini a-line, shoulder shoe straps, silver shoes yellow belted dress with pale lemon patches on shoulders & cuffs. PVC catsuit with 2 silver chains across breast & stomach, pale silvery blue trim at collar, cuff & waist (belt), silver boots white low-cut waistcoat and matching skirt with a bright blue blouse blue catsuit with pink trim (collar, belt sleeve inlay), zippered, ring at collar, blue boots blue catsuit with white trim, zippered, ring at neck, white boots	grey 3 piece single-breasted 3 button flaps-hip/breast suit, white shirt , white-spotted grey tie grey pinstripe 3 piece 3 button single-breasted 2 vents flaps on the hip pockets suit, blue/grey metallic tie, white shirt ... above with grey bowler & umbrella, ... white handkerchief in breast grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons (white shirt , brown tie) navy pinstripe single-breasted 3 piece 3 button 1 vent suit, white shirt , dark blue patterned tie, black bowler & umbrella grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

grey 3 piece single-breasted 3 button flaps-hip/breast suit, white shirt , white-spotted grey tie
grey pinstripe 3 piece 3 button single-breasted 2 vents flaps on the hip pockets suit, blue/grey metallic tie, white shirt
... above with grey bowler & umbrella, ... white handkerchief in breast
grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons (white shirt , brown tie)
navy pinstripe single-breasted 3 piece 3 button 1 vent suit, white shirt , dark blue patterned tie, black bowler & umbrella
grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons

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