Series Three of 'The Avengers' gets underway at a treason trial at the Old Bailey; Cathy is convinced that the accused is guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt but a well briefed defence barrister gets the accused acquitted. She is rather surprised afterwards when she sees the man celebrating his freedom with Steed; and referring to him as 'Johnno' the nickname of the mysterious foreign agent the man had allegedly been working with. Somewhat outraged she confronts Steed and he threatens her. The next day Steed goes to see the Lakin Brothers, the two defence solicitors who had helped his friend go free. He has a strange request
he wants them to get him off a murder charge, a murder he has yet to commit; the murder of Cathy Gale!
This was a fine opening to the third series; the story is intriguing from the start. While I'm sure nobody will believe that Steed is really a traitor it is far from obvious where the story will be going; I certainly assumed he was working to unmask who was really behind the traitor rather than trying to expose a couple of old solicitors at least till he approached them for help getting away with murder. The way the 'murder' is set up is enjoyable to watch and once he has 'killed' Cathy it was fun to see how Steed was going to get away with it. The cast does a fine job; it was fun watching Patrick Macnee play a 'bad' Steed and John Laurie and Harold Scott were impressive as Jasper and Miles Lakin. Overall this was a high quality episode which featured a solid central story with just the right amount of humour.
This was a fine opening to the third series; the story is intriguing from the start. While I'm sure nobody will believe that Steed is really a traitor it is far from obvious where the story will be going; I certainly assumed he was working to unmask who was really behind the traitor rather than trying to expose a couple of old solicitors at least till he approached them for help getting away with murder. The way the 'murder' is set up is enjoyable to watch and once he has 'killed' Cathy it was fun to see how Steed was going to get away with it. The cast does a fine job; it was fun watching Patrick Macnee play a 'bad' Steed and John Laurie and Harold Scott were impressive as Jasper and Miles Lakin. Overall this was a high quality episode which featured a solid central story with just the right amount of humour.