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peabody · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:11 pm Post subject: 4.04 - Death at Bargain Prices

Discuss, review and rate Death at Bargain Prices, produced c. Monday 25th January 1965 to Wednesday 17th February 1965.

Teleplay by Brian Clemens
Directed by Charles Crichton

stevec · Nutshell Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 16

has one of the best lines in the series,

I asked the chief predator where to find you and he said, "Our Mrs. Peel is in ladies' underwear." I rattled up the stairs three at a time.
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Rhonda · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 2:43 am Post subject:

I gave 7
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cyberrich · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:02 am Post subject:

Death at bargain prices is the latest episode under review. I'd love to read your reviews here once you've found time to watch this classic. Rich.

Rodders · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:04 am Post subject:

I love the claustrophobic atmosphere, the sending up of a snobby department store, the gloriously Avengerish idea of the Department of Discontinued Lines and Emma's belief that Steed belongs there! There is something wonderfully creepy about the store when it is closed. Clemens at his best, or almost. (I enjoyed Margo's Freudian interpretation of it as well.)
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Mona · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:58 am Post subject:

I really enjoyed Death at Bargain Prices. Steed is young and super gorgeous. He has that red-blooded dynamo that all Steed fans already knew about.

When this episode was played at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, during The Avengers weekend, the entire audience burst into laughter when Emma hunched over and snapped her fingers in her fight-dance with her opponent. It did set the form for her stylized fighting.

The most important thing for me during this episode was seeing the first time in the Emma series that Steed was super strong, especially when focused. We saw his fighting abilities against the attackers in "Town of No Return". Now we see his strength. Ripping open the locked elevator door saved the city and the day.
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dissolute · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:57 am Post subject:

Trying to catch up after real life kept me away...

Death at Bargain Prices is a worthy recipient of fan favourite status with great guest actors and some really fine sets. The direction and pacing are all meticulous although I find myself alone in thinking the West Side Story inspired fight near the end is a bit too much.
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dissolute · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:15 pm Post subject:

Oh yes, James, the script is absolutely scintillating. Superb one liners and repartee throughout. The chemsistry between Macnee and Rigg is truly something to behold.
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mrs_emma_peel · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:44 am Post subject:

Thanks Piers - I absolutely agree Smile

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cyberrich · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:55 pm Post subject:

It's easy to see why this was Patrick Macnee's favourite Avengers episode. This one has everything. If we start with the script, it has to be one of the wittiest scripts in the Avengers history. There are so many wonderful lines such as "I asked the chief predator where to find you and he said, 'Our Mrs. Peel is in ladies' underwear.' I rattled up the stairs three at a time."
The Avengers always had underlying themes of the old values attempting to adjust to the advancement of the swinging 60s. You only have to look at the two leads. Also episodes such as Look stop me and this one, even sees the past fighting for it's very survival with deadly consequences.
The set is wonderful in this episode, surpassed only by Too many Xmas trees. The department store is an even better set than The House that Jack built. It is so authentic, that I'm not even convinced it is just a set.
This episode is safely inside the best 5 Avengers episodes of all time. Cool

10/10. Rich.

Ian Wegg · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 419

One of my favourite episodes. 9/10

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Allard · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:14 am Post subject:

I watched this as my this years Christmas episode. (I'd seen Too Many... last year.) Because I'd seen the film Cash on Demand recently.

A thing I noticed: When Steed and Emma start searching for the bomb there's a large vat or oversized bucket Steed looks in. Pretty sure this is the very same prop as the Christmas container bucket used in Too Many Christmas Trees.

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So good that America stole its villain's name for an entire series of CSI (Horatio Kane).
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