Episode 82: Emma Peel Era |
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Produced: ca. 25 January to 17 February 1965 An ordinary department store receipt found on a dead agent is a clue in the case of a missing scientist. With Emma posing as a store clerk and Steed as an efficiency expert, they uncover an extraordinary plot to erase London from the map with an atom bomb hidden in the store.
This episode is a winner in all departments, especially that of diabolical mastermind. The fight sequence gets off to a classically goofy start in the toy department with a pop gun, mutates briefly into a cricket match played with knives, and concludes with the premiere of Emma's trademark ballet-like "feinting." The race to stop the elevator from tripping the bomb is a real nail-biter. And Steed has one of the very best lines of all time. Outstanding direction courtesy of none other than Charles Crichton.
This episode is a favorite of Patrick Macnee's.
Steed and Emma visit the maternity department, where the clerk mistakes them for proud parents. (Emma: "I think baby's too big.")
Steed finds Emma in the lingerie department and remarks, "I asked the chief predator where to find you and he said, 'Our Mrs. Peel is in ladies' underwear.' I rattled up the stairs three at a time." (Quite possibly the best line of the entire series.)
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DEATH AT BARGAIN PRICES |
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Teleplay by |
Brian Clemens |
CAST |
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John Steed |
Patrick Macnee 007 |
UNBILLED/STUNTS |
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Moran |
Arthur Gross |
Harvey Ashby |
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John Cater |
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Allan Cuthbertson |
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T.P. McKenna |
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Andre Morrell |
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