Episode 78: Cathy Gale Era
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Production completed: 20 March 1964
UK Premiere (London, Season 3): 21 March 1964
US Premiere (A&E cable): ca. 6 April 1991
When an agent dies in a suspicious fire, Steed
and Cathy discover connections between a lobster business, an importer of
ornate chess sets, heroin smuggling, and a man who supposedly died in
France.
IMHO |
Competently produced, if just a bit thin on plot. A mix of
decent (Burt Kwouk) and so-so (Leslie Sands) guest actors. Interesting set for the
restaurant, which features giant cut-out cartoon characters.
Trivia |
Notable as Cathy's farewell episode, with Honor leaving for Goldfinger. The last scene was kept secret until it aired, and there were a couple different possible endings, including one in which Cathy died in the burning houseboat. They chose to keep it upbeat, and Cathy bids Steed farewell as she leaves for holidays. Steed buys Cathy a bathing suit (!), and one of his last lines is a sly reference to her future role as Pussy Galore: "...pussyfooting along those sun-soaked shores..."
Mark H. Stevens notes some interesting plot and actor coincidences: In 1968 Burt Kwouk guest starred in an episode of The Saint called "The Master Plan." He played a rather kooky (what else) Chinese Agent who was masterminding a plan to take over Britain by slowly addicting the country to heroin. It was smuggled by way of Hong Kong in small statuettes which were sold in an antique store run by none other than Christopher Benjamin ("How To Succeed....At Murder," "Never, Never Say Die" and "Split!").
Brian Clemens wrote this teleplay under the pseudonym Richard Lucas.
