I'm awfully fond this episode. It was the first episode with Linda Thorson, which I recorded on videotape. It was 28 February 1995 - the first transmission of the episode in Russia.anti-clockwise wrote:great episode. I love the humour on this one. The opening scene with the warm British welcome,"Visit Sunny Britain" and the tag scene where Steed and Tara can't see each other due to fog says it all. FOG is a must see for any first time tourist to England. My closest experience was with smog when I moved to LA in the summer. I never realized I had a nice view of mountains out of my apt window until the winter.
Loved the Russian character actor. He had me convinced he is Russian.
I during this first viewing remembered of Russian film "The Hound of the Baskervilles" with Livanov as Sherlock Holmes.
Throughout the episode I have a sense of continuous suspense. Very few filmmakers can do it. London is transformed into a parallel world of dark lanes, mysterious characters (blind man, organ grinder, a saleswoman, grinder blades), which seem to be linked a mystery. The director draws attention to them. It's almost Twilight Zone, which delayed a everybody and the environment - seems to be no way out of it. Well, I 'm glad they kept the fog to the end (how else, it's the title of the episode
).The actor, who played a Russian, played great. He spoke on good Russian, and he had a great sense of humor.
When one of the scenes with him seen my mother (back in 1995), she is thought that the episode filmed in Russia.
She was pleasantly amazed. 
This is my favorite character in the episode (not surprisingly).When there was no fan club Steedumbrella, I showed this episode at home. I think many recall the impressions of Linda Thorson on the basis of this episode.
Always 10 of 10.
