Favourite Scene from "The town of no return"

Rodney · Post by **Rodney** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:37 pm

the 'tache burning and the fight with the fake blacksmith. For disturbing imagery, the 'badger hunting' on the sand dunes.

Jiggly · Post by **Jiggly** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:37 pm

The completely unexpected opening scene - a shapeless black plastic 'apparition' emerging from the sea, out of which blithely steps an archetypal english gentleman, who then casually makes a throwaway remark about the weather before strolling away amongst the dunes - no explanation, completely understated and not a shot wasted.

So redolent of the dry eccentricity that characterises the best of the series for me

DiVicenzo · Post by **DiVicenzo** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:42 pm

All of the above but one I quote often is 'The cream is in the kitchen' in that precise Diana Rigg diction and I love Steed's response 'I could take it black'

hal anderson · Post by **hal anderson** » Fri May 15, 2009 7:46 pm

Steed rturning to Emmas room with a bottle of Brandy

"Isn't it time you were in bed, you have to be up early for school tomorrow"

Confirms the answer to did they or didn't they as far I'm concerned....

Polymath · Post by **Polymath** » Fri May 15, 2009 8:10 pm

hal anderson wrote:Steed rturning to Emmas room with a bottle of Brandy

"Isn't it time you were in bed, you have to be up early for school tomorrow"

Confirms the answer to did they or didn't they as far I'm concerned....

I agree with Hal on this.

This is my favourite scene.

Of course, I enjoy the fencing segment, as well as when Steed is about to burn Piggy Warren's moustache.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Fri May 15, 2009 9:24 pm

hal anderson wrote:Steed rturning to Emmas room with a bottle of Brandy

"Isn't it time you were in bed, you have to be up early for school tomorrow"

Confirms the answer to did they or didn't they as far I'm concerned....

Does it! My mother used to say the exact same thing to me when I was a nipper...

hal anderson · Post by **hal anderson** » Fri May 15, 2009 9:54 pm

blimey Dandy

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:23 am

Just so long as she didn't bring along a "nip" of brandy!

DiVicenzo · Post by **DiVicenzo** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:59 am

Because of this thread I had to watch it last night! Loved it! And, remembered it wasn't that far-fetched as I saw on TV the other day that the Nazis had indeed built an underground 'town' on the island of Jersey.

DiVicenzo · Post by **DiVicenzo** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:01 am

PS: And, i thought for the first time last night - when Emma is fingering the parish records could the close-up of the hand without the glove (in long-shot she's wearing her Emma Peel gloves - I still want some!) be Elizabeth Shepherd's hand as it somehow doesn't look like la Rigg's hand with the long painted nails???? Just a thought.