No Continuity

darren · Post by **darren** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:54 am

For such a long running series, the show had little to no continuity to speak of.

Things that come to mind are like in Escape in Time where Emma does some sowing and Steed comments that he'd known her all that time and didn't know she could sow (there relationship hadn't been domestic) yet prior to that he'd seen her sowing (I forget the episode).

Benson/Cybernauts in Return of the Cybernauts and Brodny in See-Through Man are rare occasions of a non-regular returning.

Much of the time the episodes existed in their own universe that had no connection other than the characters to what had gone before.

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:05 am

At the time British and for that fact American film series were made so TV stations could show them in any order, thus any long term continuity elements would end up out of order and confusing to viewers.

Lhbizness · Post by **Lhbizness** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:19 pm

I think there is a continuity of character, however - and you can certainly see a relationship arc between Steed and Mrs. Peel, and Steed and Cathy. Also little things, like Emma repainting her apartment in The Hidden Tiger - I think it remains the same color through the rest of the season.

The characters and their relationships developed, even if the series didn't explicitly reference what came before.

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:57 pm

Lhbizness wrote:I think there is a continuity of character, however - and you can certainly see a relationship arc between Steed and Mrs. Peel, and Steed and Cathy. Also little things, like Emma repainting her apartment in The Hidden Tiger - I think it remains the same color through the rest of the season.

The characters and their relationships developed, even if the series didn't explicitly reference what came before.

maybe the series was broadcasted from an alternative Earth ?

Charlie Parker · Post by **Charlie Parker** » Sat May 10, 2014 11:35 am

There is a bit of a continuity in season 3 as over a few episodes Steed is trying to purchase so Polo Ponies and later on admits the ponies lost interest in the game and got more interested in each other.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Sat May 10, 2014 12:18 pm

I wonder if Emma's "modern art" sculpture (drilling and chiselling bits out of a concrete block) is coming along more in some episodes, or if it always had the same bits finished.

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Sat May 10, 2014 12:57 pm

Frankymole wrote:I wonder if Emma's "modern art" sculpture (drilling and chiselling bits out of a concrete block) is coming along more in some episodes, or if it always had the same bits finished.

That's a good question! I've never tracked it by episode, but surely it must look a bit different in-between, if only because Emma does chip away at it during the course of the scene.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Sat May 10, 2014 3:50 pm

I guess I should watch them in production order! She always seemed very gentle with it, when a block that size must've need some walloping great chunks removed to get as far as it had. Maybe it was a project she wanted to spin out for a long time. I wouldn't have been surprised to see it - still no more complete - in K is for Kill's "flashback"!

Lhbizness · Post by **Lhbizness** » Sat May 10, 2014 4:10 pm

I love Emma's little art projects and Steed's constant confusion with them - one of those nice touches that carries through her two seasons.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Sat May 10, 2014 4:34 pm

And I did wonder if her "exploded molecular" construction was art or science - or both!