The Avengers
Square Root of Evil
1968–9
legend:
| Rescues | Mastermind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male lead | Female lead | Both leads | killed | arrested |
| Episode | Rescues | Diabolical Mastermind | Body count (S/T) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Steed has to save Tara’s life as part of his “game” | Bristow is killed by his razorblade card, deflected by Steed | 6 (1/-) |
| Super Secret Cypher Snatch | - | Charles Lather and the Classy Glass cleaners are all washed up | 3 |
| You’ll Catch Your Death | Tara is captured but escapes by making a bomb, recornered, she’s saved by Steed | Dr. Glover is killed by Steed exposing him to his concentrated virus | 5 (1/-) |
| Split! | Tara is destined to become Kartovski but Steed prevents the brain-transfer from happening | Kartovski dies when his life support system is destroyed, his medical team are presumably arrested | 3 (1/-) |
| Whoever Shot Poor George oblique Stroke XR40? | Tara is locked in the cellar of a burning house | The conspirators are arrested — except Jacobs, who is killed by Steed | 2 (1/-) |
| False Witness | Tara is trapped in a butter churn | The villains are arrested | 1 |
| All Done with Mirrors | Tara is thrown off a cliff but manages to save herself and climb back out of the sea | The impostors and their band of thugs (except the two Tara killed) are arrested | 7 (-/2) |
| Legacy of Death | - | What does happen? | 6 (1/1) |
| Noon Doomsday | Tara is pivotal in saving Steed from Kafka’s retribution | Kafka and his henchmen are all killed by Steed and Tara | 5 (1/3) |
| Look… (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers | Steed saves Tara from becoming the first woman to be saw in half — with a blow torch! | Seagrave and his music hall entertainers are arrested | 5 |
| Have Guns — Will Haggle | Tara is tied up in a munitions shed which catches fire and saved in the nick of time by Steed | Colonel Nsonga and Conrad are killed by Steed | 8 (4/-) |
| They Keep Killing Steed | Tara helps Steed escape the clutches of Arcos | Arcos is killed by Steed, and most of his doppelgangers are killed by each other | 8 (2/-) |
| The Interrogators | Tara stops the trainees from shooting Steed | Colonel Mannering is arrested and his troops presumably surrender | 4 |
| The Rotters | - | The surviving rotters are arrested | 6 |
| Invasion of the Earthmen | Tara is trapped in “The Tunnel” but escapes with a bit of help from Steed | Brett and mis young fascists are arrested | 3 |
| Killer | - | Steed destroys REMAK and Meridon dies in the conflagration | 8 (2/-) |
| The Morning After | - | Brigadier Hansing and his troops are knocked out with gas | 1 |
| The Curious Case of the Countless Clues | Tara is destined to be the victim in the plot to frame Steed for murder, but he manages call her to warn her | Tara defeats the villains when they try to kill her, Steed having already subdued Stanley | 2 |
| Wish You Were Here | Tara, her uncle and Basil are held captive in the hotel grounds | The hotelier and his staff are arrested | 2 |
| Stay Tuned | Steed is framed for murder (again) but Tara uncovers the truth | The mesmeric Kreer is killed by Tara and the other conspirators are arrested | 2 (-/1) |
| Take Me to Your Leader | - | Colonel Stonehouse is arrested, two of his gang are killed along the way by Steed and Captain Andrews | 4 (1/1) |
| Fog | - | Travers is arrested after Steed defeats him in a fencing match | 4 |
| Homicide and Old Lace | - | Dunbar and his goons are captured, but Steed and Tara kill several gang members each | 9 (3/2) |
| Love All | Tara tries to kill herself but is saved by Steed | Bromfield and Martha are arrested, but Tara kills one of the gang in a fight | 3 (-/1) |
| Get-A-Way! | - | Steed presumably arrests Ezdorf and Lubin may have been killed by Tara, but it’s a bit hard to tell | 4 (-/1) |
| Thingumajig | Professor Truman saves Tara from the thingumajig by telling her how to decharge it | Kruger is killed by his own thingumajig | 6 (1/-) |
| Pandora | Tara is drugged and forced to assume the personality of Pandora, Steed breaks the spell of the brainwashing when he rescues her | Rupert dies when he tries to stop Steed from rescuing Tara, his brother and housekeeper are arrested | 3 (1/-) |
| Requiem | Tara is kidnapped and tricked into thinking Mother has been assassinated, but she discovers the ruse and escapes | can’t remember this one at all… | 2 |
| Take-over | - | Grenville and his gang are rounded up, except Sexton who is killed by Steed | 3 (1/-) |
| Who Was That Man I Saw You With? | Tara is framed for treason but cleared by Steed (and Miss Culpepper) | ummm- | 2 |
| My Wildest Dream | - | Dr. Jaeger is arrested, but Tara kills Dyson | 6 (-/1) |
| Bizarre | Steed is uncovered in the Master’s lair but Tara arrives just in time to prevent his death | Morton is killed by Tara, but the Master and his other cohorts are arrested | 2 (-/1) |
| Total (Steed/Tara) |
135 (21/14) |
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