The Avengers
Square Root of Evil
1962–3
legend:
| Rescues | Mastermind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male lead | Female lead | Both leads | killed | arrested |
| Episode | Rescues | Diabolical Mastermind | Body count (S/C/M/V) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Teddy Bear | Cathy is trapped by Mr. Teddy Bear and rescued by Steed | Mr. Teddy Bear dies after taking his own death pill | 3 (-/1/-/-) |
| Propellant 23 | Steed and Cathy are held at gunpoint by Manning but manage to overcome the villains | Manning and Siebel are presumably arrested | 1 |
| The Decapod | Venus is rescued from the clutches of Ito | President Borb is killed by his own ambassador | 4 |
| Bullseye | - | Miss Ellis and her conspirators are arrested | 3 |
| Mission to Montreal | - | Brand kills Nicholson, Carla, Sheila & Brand are arrested | 3 |
| The Removal Men | Steed and Venus are held at gunpoint in Les Centaurs until Steed managed to overpower Siegel | Siegel is killed, the Dragnas are presumably arrested | 4 (f/-/-/-) |
| The Mauritius Penny | Cathy manages to escape from the stamp shop, and she and Steed are later held up at the conference, but managed to overpower their captors | The fascist leaders are arrested | 2 |
| Death of a Great Dane | Cathy arrives to rescue Steed but is recognised, they combine their forces to turn the tables on the villains | The crooked financiers are rounded up | 2 |
| The Sell-Out | Martin saves Steed from being shot in the back | Harvey is killed in a struggle with Steed and the gunman is arrested | 3 (1/-/-/-) |
| Death on the Rocks | Cathy is cornered by Daniels and Liza but overpowers them when Daniels runs out of ammunition | Daniels, Fenton and the gang are arrested; Daniels is shot by Cathy | 3 |
| Traitor in Zebra | - | Franks is arrested after being forced to defuse his own bomb, he had previously killed his co-conspirator, Rankin | 3 |
| The Big Thinker | Cathy and Dr. Kearns are trapped inside Plato and subjected to sub-zero temperatures, they’re rescued when Steed raises the alarm | Dr. Farrow is electrocuted when he tries to destroy Plato | 3 |
| Death Dispatch | Cathy is captured by Rosas and Steed is recognised when he comes to rescue her, they escape by threatening to kill Rosas’ daughter | Rosas and Monroe are arrested | 2 |
| Dead on Course | Dr. King is captured and later freed by the good nun, Isobel | The ‘mother superior’ is killed and the rest of the gang are rounded up | 4 (-/-/1/-) |
| Intercrime | Cathy is revealed to be an impostor and locked in the storeroom from which she is recused by Steed | The London office of Intercrime is closed. | 3 |
| Immortal Clay | Cathy is held at gunpoint by the villains and rescued by Steed | de Groot and Blomberg are arrested | 2 |
| Box of Tricks | Steed and Kathy are locked in Gery’s dressing room but he manages to break the lock | Gerry and Dr. Gallam are arrested | 2 |
| Warlock | Steed is captured and locked in a cell while Cathy becomes the focus of a rite; Steed escapes his confinement and rescues her | Cosmo Gallion suffers a heart attack and dies… or does he??? | 4 |
| The Golden Eggs | Cathy saves herself from Redfern by threatening to throw the virus-bearing eggs at him | Redfern and his gang are arrested | 4 |
| School For Traitors | Steed pretends to be under the power of Ted so that he and Ted can capture the villains | Dr. shanklin, Higby and Claire are arrested | 3 |
| The White Dwarf | Cathy is briefly held at gunpoint by Max | Max kills Cartright when he confesses, and is then run to earth by Steed | 3 |
| Man in the Mirror | Steed and Venus are locked in the control room with a bomb operated by an auto-returning turntable | The Trevelyans are arrested and the conspirators rounded up | 2 |
| Conspiracy Of Silence | Cathy and Rickie are held at gunpoint by sica while Carlo and Terry are disposing of Steed, but Carlo turns the gun on Terry | Terry is killed by Carlo and Sica is arrested | 1 |
| A Chorus of Frogs | Venus is captured by Anna when she tries to send Steed’s telegram and rescued when Helena and Steed storm the lab | Anna is captured but one member of her gang is killed | 3 |
| Six Hands Across a Table | Cathy is implicitly under the guard of Waldner and Stanley, but they never force the issue | Waldner and Stanley are arrested | 1 |
| Killer Whale | Cathy is captured when she tries to rescue Joey, and they’re locked in the perfume lab; she frees them by breaking a bottle to cut their ropes and contrives to outwit the lab assistant | Pancho and Fernand are arrested at the studio, then the rest of the gang are overpowered at the gym | 2 |
| Total (Steed/Cathy/Martin/Venus) |
69 (1/1/1/-) |
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