Episode 127: Emma Peel Era
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Production completed: 31 August 1967
UK Premiere (London, Season 6): 3 November 1967
US Premiere (New York, Season 3): 17 January 1968
People are found embedded in walls,
documents inside sealed safes are found burned—such are the events that draw Steed and
Emma into the picture. They discover that an ordinary man, using some high-voltage technology
left over from an abandoned science project, has acquired extraordinary powers for the purpose
of murder and mayhem.
IMHO |
A nifty episode with some nice special effects,
as well as a generous helping of wonderful Steed/Emma exchanges. A tad of
unevenness is compensated by plenty of wit—to wit: "My ultimate
ambition," explains Miss Wentworth-Howe, "is to achieve the special category of
button-lip."
Trivia |
Bill McCutcheon wonders if the Positive Negative Man's finger electrode might originally
have been one of Willy Frant's fingers in "A Touch of
Brimstone."
On Location |
Once again the BR Centre in Watford is pressed into service, this time as Risley
Dale.
Best Scene |
Steed's reaction to Emma's line, "I don't usually fall for strangers," which she uses as an excuse to collect a sample of the titular character's makeup, is a riot. "And to plumb the depths of utter banality...!"
A strong contender is the great little sequence when Emma notices where Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
keeps her keys, and alerts Steed.
Best Line |
Miss Wentworth-Howe hands Steed the key to a safe and he smiles, commenting to himself, "Still warm." Or perhaps you prefer Emma's as she departs: "Don't forget to return the key."
And then there is Steed's somewhat bittersweet line in the
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Steed is magnetically attached to his Bentley. When Emma tries to help, she becomes stuck to Steed, who advises, "Don't fight it, Mrs. Peel—we're inseparable." (Would that it were true.)
