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dissolute · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject: 1.01 - Hot Snow

Tell us what you think of "Hot Snow"
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anti-clockwise · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:25 pm Post subject:

Good question. Given it's the first it is exciting to watch. But alas there is no ending. So one is left in suspense longing to see what happens next. THe worst part was that as soon as the action began, Dr. Keel's fiance is shot, it ends! Whoever found only half an episode at UCLA must be some kind of sadist. Yet it is so wonderful to see any of it.

I thought that although they are introducing us to these new characters, that it dragged a little for the beginning of a show. But from a historical perspective on the show after only having seen the Emma/ Tara years it was truly fascinating and not what I expected at all. It did not look even remotely like the show I was familiar with. I was confused that it all started in a doctor's office. No Steed. The only common thread I could find is that they were English. Seriously it was night and day from what it eventually developed into. It was strange to see that as my first non Emma/Tara episode.
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Rhonda · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:36 am Post subject:

It's quite a dramatic one with Dr. Keel's colleague congratulating him one minute on their engagement and then the shooting; I felt sad for his fiance and Dr. Keel and anger at the criminals. It's great that we have a bit of the very first one to watch, so I'm giving it an 8 for it's dramatic effect.
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darren · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:51 am Post subject:

It's a surreal experience to watch this one, almost like one of those dreams where you know that you're experiencing something but it bares absolutely no resemblance to reality. We have the opening act of The Avengers yet there's virtually nothing that we're familiar with bar Keel and the Theme music.

It's such a miracle that we have this speck of the start.

7/10

Operation E.N.G.L.A.N.D. · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:07 pm Post subject:

Sadly incomplete, of course, and therefore difficult to reach a meaningful judgment about, but Hendry and Catherine Woodville do portray a young couple madly in love very convincingly, and the shooting scene is suitably suspenseful. The entire scene with Spicer trying to retrieve the package and constantly being interrupted is almost comic, which rather increases the poignancy when you realize that his failure to get it has sealed Peggy’s fate.

Frankymole · Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 1:57 am Post subject:

Anyone know why IMDB is listing the broadcast date for Hot Snow as March, 2 months after the other early episodes of season 1?

I've submitted a correction, but sheesh.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054518/episodes?season=1
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dissolute · Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 2:47 am Post subject:

IMDB I think have listed the London TX instead of the Midlands TX.
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dissolute · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:45 am Post subject:

I've just updated my episode pages for this and its part two, Brought to Book and after reading the scripts it seems clear - especially from Spicer's confession - that the Big Man in Hot Snow was the Nick Mason character (played by the hulking Charles Morgan) rather than skinny little Robert James.

https://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-1/101-hot-snow.html
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Rhonda · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:23 am Post subject:

Yes TV film making was still learning a few things. That the the gun couldn't be heard (even a silencer makes some noise) did reduce the drama outside the jeweller's.
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dissolute · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:18 pm Post subject:

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Frankymole · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:32 pm Post subject:

It's covered in the McGinley/Hayes book. There's a script or storyline that specifies the gun was silenced - or it might be a prop list with the script, not sure but some contemporary documentation. It was specified Dr Keel hears no shot.
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