The Avengers
Square Root of Evil
1976–7
legend:
| Rescues | Mastermind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male lead | Female lead | Multiple leads | killed | arrested |
| Episode | Rescues | Diabolical Mastermind | Body count (S/P/G) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eagle’s Nest | Purdey is threatened with a fate worse than death | The monks are rounded up after Hitler’s death | 2 |
| House of Cards | Purdey saves Steed from being poisoned | Perov is presumably captured after Purdey knocks him out | 2 |
| The Last of the Cybernauts…?? | Purdey is attacked by Kane, and saved by Steed and Gambit | Felix Kane is incapacitated and captured | 6 |
| The Midas Touch | Midas threatens to have his way with Purdey, but she is saved by Gamibt and Steed before he returns | Turner is killed by Midas by accident | 20+ |
| Cat Amongst the Pigeons | Purdey is rescued from the aviary by baskets of cats | Zarcardi is presumably arrested | 2 |
| Target! | Purdey is poisoned with curare and revived after Steed and Gambit retrieve the antidote | Draker is the only villain to survive, all the others are killed by curare darts | 9 (-/-/2) |
| To Catch a Rat | Purdey is held at gunpoint by Cromwell until the wounded Gunner shoots him | Cromwell is presumably arrested, unless Gunner’s shot was fatal | 3 |
| The Tale of the Big Why | Roach and Poole abduct Purdey when they find the box is empty, she’s rescued by Gambit and Steed | Harmer is arrested for treason; Roach, Poole are arrested for getting in the way | 1 |
| Faces | - | Prator and Craig/Terrison are arrested, but Mullins is accidentally killed by Purdey | 5 (-/1/-) |
| Gnaws | Thornton plans to make Purdey the rat’s dinner, but Steed saves her by throwing his lure over Thornton | Thornton and Carter are killed by the rat | 9 (-/-/1) |
| Dirtier by the Dozen | Purdey is locked up by Miller and freed by Gambit, only to run into a minefield from which she is rescued by Steed | Mad Jack Miller and his troops are arrested | 5 |
| Sleeper | - | Brady and his gang are presumably arrested | 1 |
| Three Handed Game | - | Juventor/Ranson is captured | 2 |
| Dead Men are Dangerous | Purdey is facing execution by Crayford when Steed arrives to stop him | Mark Crayford is killed by Steed’s bullet from ten years beforehand | 1 (1/-/-) |
| Angels of Death | Steed and Purdey are trapped in the maze as the walls close in… | Coldstream and his bevy of beauties are arrested, Reresby is accidentally killed by Coldstream | 5 |
| Medium Rare | Steed is framed for murder and treason | Wallace and Richards are arrested | 4 |
| The Lion and the Unicorn | - | The Unicorn is accidentally killed by one of his own men, but his deputies are eventually arrested | 1 |
| Obsession | Purdey duels Larry and is saved from death when he tricks her into dropping her gun | Larry is killed by Gambit, but his hired muscle is presumably arrested | 3 (-/-/1) |
| Trap | Gambit is rescued from being beheaded by Steed and Purdey | Soo Choy, all his men, and the American gangsters are arrested | 7 (1/1/3) |
| K is for Kill — The Tiger Awakes | - | - | 9+* (-/-/4) |
| * Toy reports 250 soldiers as having died in Part 2, so the total across both episodes is 261, plus any French troops who might have died. | |||
| K is for Kill — Tiger by the Tail | Gambit deflects a bullet with his revolver, but Purdey saves him from certain death by knocking out their stunned opponent | All the Russian soldiers die | 8* (-/1/1) |
| Complex | Purdey is trapped in the killer building, Steed saves her by throwing matches down the mail chute | Scapina is destroyed, and several Soviet agents die | 6 (-/-/1) |
| Hostage | Purdey is kidnapped to force Steed to steal secret documents, Steed helps her escape | Spelman and his henchmen are arrested | 1 |
| Forward Base | Purdey is captured and freed when the Russians surrender | The Russians surrender rather than face a naval strike | 2 |
| Emily | - | Collings is arrested | 1 |
| Gladiators | - | Sminksy and his supermen are defeated and captured | 4 |
| Total (Steed/Purdey/Gambit) |
119–364 (2/3/13) |
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