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Avengerholic · The Big Thinker Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 1355

...Not episodes that you don't like, but the ones you didn't really take too and hardly ever watch.

The £50,000 Breakfast
The Bird Who Knew Too Much
What The Butler Saw
Two's A Crowd
The Girl From Auntie
Whose Who?
Have Guns Will Haggle
Wish You Were Here

denis · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:26 am Post subject:

Whenever I watch season 4, I don't skip any of them.
season 5 : I skip some : The see-through man, the $ 50,000 Breakfast..
season 6 : I only watch 10/ 12 episodes.
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darren · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:23 am Post subject:

Cathy Gale:

The Gilded Cage. Despite the writer, the director, the design, the setting, the interesting characters - it just doesn't really draw me in.

Emma Peel:

Honey for the Prince. One of the last EP episodes I got to see on TV and it felt like tidying up. There are moments I like, the scenes at the Prince Ali's Harem are quite good but the QQF scenario disappoints - waste of Ron Moody.

Something Nasty in the Nursery. An episode that I love the idea of. Reading of it, it sounded like the kind of episode I would love but it was rather disappointing ultimately. Visually it's rather tatty, in fact there's some bad direction at points. I was gutted that Penelope Keith was edited out.

Tara King:

Requiem. An idea that Clemens recycled from Adam Adamant Lives but this isn't as good and just feels tired. But I love the idea. The fake wrecked Steed's apartment is a wonderful image. I think this was the episode that gave me a nightmare as a kid. I caught a repeat the other week but didn't stick with it.

The Rotters. It seems to have a lot going for. An inventive script in the series 5 style, a good director, good cast but it never really takes off.

J.Mac3 · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:25 am Post subject:

Of the Emma Peel B&W episodes, I rarely watch:

Room Without A View
Two's a Crowd
Girl from Auntie
What The Butler Saw

And of the Emma Peel color episodes:

The Living Dead
The See Through Man

I don't watch the Tara episodes often enough to say but there are some gems and some yawners among them.

mousemeat · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:40 am Post subject:

dissolute · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:32 pm Post subject:

Hmmmm, well yes there are some:

series 1: I would dearly love to see them all.
series 2: The White Dwarf - it has promise but never delivers
series 3: Trojan Horse - I think it's the horse racing angle which I'm completely disinterested in
series 4: Dial a Deadly Number - despite some great scenes, it's never grabbed me
series 5: The See-Through Man - strangely unsatisfying but that's probably because all the others are so OTT
series 6: Invasion of the Earthmen - for poor special effects, bad direction and a lacklustre script
-- and -- Wish You Were Here - for not making enough of the concept and being a bit hohum.
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cyberrich · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:14 pm Post subject:

Cathy- not so keen on Killerwhale, Six hands across a table, Trojan horse and death a la carte. All a bit slow compared to the others.
Emma- there are no bad ones here Exclamation

Two's a crowd is my least fave season 4, and £50,000 breakfast weakest season 5,but neither are too bad.
Tara- I like 29 of them. There are 4 stinkers. Earthmen, Have guns will haggle and Legacy of death, none of which even feel like The Avengers. The less said about Homicide and old lace the better!

Frankymole · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:59 am Post subject:

The Grandeur That Was Rome. I don't skip it, but it always sends me to sleep...
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paulh · Thingumajig Joined: 09 Oct 2016 Posts: 68

The Emma Peel colour series for me. It's not bad, but just doesn't appeal as much as the other seasons. I find it too formulaic and a hard slog to get through so rarely watch it.
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cyberrich · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:11 am Post subject:

Over the years quite a few people on here have considered season 5 to be the weakest Avengers season. Not me! While I agree there isn't as much variety in season 5 as the seasons either side of it, I still find it great fun and hugely entertaining. I'd put it 2nd after season 4. I actually think season 4 is the best season of any TV series. Even the weaker ones in season 4 are minor classics! Smile

Lee · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:48 am Post subject:

Series 2 - Immortal Clay, Killer Whale (Both a bit slow)

Series 3 - The Grandeur That was Rome

Series 4 - The Girl From Auntie

Series 5 - The Fear Merchants, The Superlative 7, Epic,

Series 6 - Invasion of the Earthmen, Have guns ... Will Haggle, Homicide and Old Lace,

I'm sure there are others - those are the ones which spring to mind.
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mousemeat · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:09 pm Post subject:

Brugeoise · Nutshell Joined: 29 Oct 2016 Posts: 47

My selection:

Season 2: the Venus Smith ones
Season 3: Death of a Batman, The Grandeur that was Rome
Season 4: Too Many Christmas Trees, The Thirteenth Hole, Silent Dust, Quick-Quick Slow Death (I used to really like this one, perhaps I just grew a bit tired after watching it over so many times)
Season 5: The Living Dead, Mission...Highly Improbable
Season 6: Noon Doomsday, Legacy of Death, Pandora, Bizarre