Episode 12 - The Superlative Seven

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction		Music		Humour		Intro & tag
Mastermind		Plot		Emma		Set Design
Overall (0-10)	Joseph	I am sorry, but I cannot give this episode more than eight for two reasons. First is the poor set design, second is that it's a rewrite of Dressed to Kill, Clemens is short of ideas. But it does have a superb guest cast (Charlotte Rampling, James Maxwell, Brian Blessed, John Hollis) and great fights.
	Piers	A good earthy Agatha Christie story as a vehicle for Steed. Not what you'd normally expect from The Avengers, but it works nonetheless.

Mrs Peel summons Steed with a rubber duck; he is needed to attend a fancy dress party - somewhere above the south of England!
Stranded on an unknown island, Steed and the other guests are told that one of their number is a killer. The scenario has been staged by Jessel to convince Kanwitch that his agent is unbeatable. Charlotte Rampling shines in the rôle of Hana Wild, despite unfortunately knocking out Steed, whom she suspects to be the killer. Mrs Peel drops in to expose that the agent is actually a pair of identical twins and Jessel loses a shoot-out with Mrs Wild.
Steed drops in on a Mrs Peel's duck shoot, just as she bags a brace of teddy bears - but she missed the bottle of Bollinger!

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Toy Sung V*	Stewardess V*	Sword
Freddy Richards	Wade V*	Broken back
Joe Smith	Wade V*	Pitchfork
Max Hardy	Wade V*	Sword
Mark Dayton	Wade V*	Garotte
Jason Wade V*	Steed	Spear
Wade's twin V*	Emma	Thrown off balcony
Kanwitch V*	Jessel V*	Pistol
* Wade is in fact two characters, Jason Wade and his unnamed twin. Working out which is which is left as an exercise to the reader.