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[Avengers] "Split!". S06-E04
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Ubiquitous
Jul 31, 2018, 9:00:54 PM7/31/18
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Directed by Roy Baker
Frank Compton (Iain Anders) returns from assignment to the heavily-
guarded Ministry of Top Secret Intelligence, declaring that all is
right with world and they can rest easy. He offers Harry Mercer
(Maurice Good) a drink, but Mercer declines, wanting to finish some
reports. While Compton mixes a drink, the 'phone rings and Mercer hears
the caller ask for Boris. He hangs up but his left hand starts to curl
and his handwriting changes - when Compton returns, Mercer shoots him
and casually wipes the gun, then resumes his report. A moment later, he
notices Frank's body under the table and calls security, alarmed that
Frank has been murdered.
Tara escorts Lord Barnes (Nigel Davenport) to the Ministry where Major
Rooke (Julian Glover) is supervising the investigation - Steed is
already questioning Mercer. Mercer declares that Compton must have been
lying on the floor, unnoticed, the whole time he was writing his
report, shot by his own revolver. Tara slips Mercer's reports inside
her coat while they discuss the case, and Steed answers the 'phone -
another call for Boris, and Mercer's hand curls again; he dismisses it
as a legacy of Berlin, October '63 when Steed notices it. Later, Steed
realises Mercer was mistaken - or lying - about the date, as Steed had
been in Berlin at that time. Tara says it's not all he'd mistaken, and
shows him the changed handwriting at the end of the report. They call
in a graphologist, Swindin (Christopher Benjamin), to examine the
report and he declares them written by two different personalities, the
first trustworthy and loyal, but the second is a cunning, brutal,
ruthless extrovert - yet they are by the same hand.
Steed calls Rooke, asking if he has a sample of the handwriting of
Boris Kartovski, an enemy agent he encountered in Berlin, October 1963.
Later, Mercer tries to fight when his hand starts curling again, and he
rings the Nullington Private Hospital, where the nurse, Petra (Jayne
Sofiano), puts him through to Dr Constantine (Bernard Archard) when she
realises who she is. Constantine and Hinnell (John G. Heller) are
disturbed to hear the personalities warring inside Mercer's head and
tell him to come to the hospital for treatment. Constantine tells
Hinnell there was always a risk of failure; Hinnell insists they can't
stop when they are so close to destroying the Ministry from within.
Some time later, Lord Barnes receives a 'phone call for Boris - he
heads straight to the Ministry and guns down Mercer, who leaves a note
reading "Help me". Mercer's death is investigated, Rooke handing Steed
Mercer's file and some of Kartovski's writing; Barnes experiencing the
same amnesia as Mercer had. Steed notices Mercer had been admitted to
the hospital after a minor car accident, which Barnes discounts, saying
he had one a while back too. Nonetheless, Steed goes there and is told
that Mercer was a simple concussion case who was admitted for no longer
than an hour or two. He departs then pulls to the side of the road and
calls Barnes, asking him about his hospital visit and arranges to visit
Barnes - Barnes' left hand curls up. Barnes dismisses the butler for a
few hours and lays a trap for Steed - knocking him down then limping
from the room. Barnes returns moments later, walking normally, and
rushes to his aide.
Tara visits Swindin with the sample of writing and is informed it's the
work of the same dangerous personality. Meanwhile, Barnes claims not to
recall which hospital he was admitted to. Barnes notices his sinister
side taking over and writes a warning. He calls Steed, asking him to
return immediately, then handcuffs himself to a chair. Minutes later,
Rooke arrives at Steed's apartment with a letter written by Barnes that
also exhibits Kartovski's handwriting and they set off in pursuit.
Steed discovers the handcuff opened - Barnes has driven to Nullington
but, confused, leaves again without entering the hospital. Rooke is
convinced Barnes is a dangerous traitor and shoots him when he returns
home, just as he was about to tell Steed something. Rooke declares
Barnes was Kartovski but Steed says that's impossible, he shot
Kartovski through the heart in 1963.
At the hospital, they prepare for an operation, Kartovski (Steven
Scott) lying immobilised on a special gurney layered with ice.
Constantine is proud of his skill in keeping their greatest agent alive
and his development of a device for infusing Kartovski's ego and
personality into the body of other men. Hinnell enters and informs them
Barnes is dead - they'll need a replacement. Constantine decides this
time they try putting him in a woman's body - Tara's! She's captured by
another faked road accident and delivered to the hospital, then wheeled
in to the operating room, bound and gagged. Miller, meanwhile, tells
Steed that Barnes was distraught and he thought an accident had
occurred as Barnes mentioned "having to get to the hospital". Steed
sets off to where Tara is being told to relax, she will feel not pain.
Boris is ordered to "think" nice thoughts"; Constantine & Hinnell
decide to celebrate with a bottle of wine and leave the transfer to
take place.
Steed enters the hospital and makes short work of Petra and Morrell,
then enters the operating room. He frees Tara from her binds and turns
off the machine, then marvels at Kartovski lying before him. Tara shows
him the mind transfer device and is ordered back to the Ministry to
alert Rooke. She fights her way out past Morrell and an orderly who had
come to his aide, while Steed goes through the files, finding records
of experiments on Mercer, Barnes and..interrupted by Hinnell &
Constantine. He disarms them and they fight, Hinnell managing to break
the life support machine and shoot Constantine and himself during the
struggle. Steed returns to the files and find the last experiment was
on Rooke. Rooke meanwhile has pulled a gun on Tara at mention of
Nullington and stammers that he is Boris. Rooke fights for ascendancy
in his own mind and Steed bursts in, calling him by his full name;
Rooke puts down his gun and orders him to pick it up and kill him but
Steed knocks him out instead.
Tara arrives at Steed's, dressed in a tulle evening gown and is invited
to make herself a drink while he gets ready. She lists a string of
improbable ingredients and Steed replies, "Third drawer down" - which
contains champagne on ice. Tara is startled when he mentions 'changing'
and sees his left hand curl as he struggles to put on his jacket. Steed
smiles and says he was just changing his suit to which Tara quips she
was worried 'who had got into you'.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Frank Compton (Iain Anders) returns from assignment to the heavily-
guarded Ministry of Top Secret Intelligence, declaring that all is
right with world and they can rest easy. He offers Harry Mercer
(Maurice Good) a drink, but Mercer declines, wanting to finish some
reports. While Compton mixes a drink, the 'phone rings and Mercer hears
the caller ask for Boris. He hangs up but his left hand starts to curl
and his handwriting changes - when Compton returns, Mercer shoots him
and casually wipes the gun, then resumes his report. A moment later, he
notices Frank's body under the table and calls security, alarmed that
Frank has been murdered.
Tara escorts Lord Barnes (Nigel Davenport) to the Ministry where Major
Rooke (Julian Glover) is supervising the investigation - Steed is
already questioning Mercer. Mercer declares that Compton must have been
lying on the floor, unnoticed, the whole time he was writing his
report, shot by his own revolver. Tara slips Mercer's reports inside
her coat while they discuss the case, and Steed answers the 'phone -
another call for Boris, and Mercer's hand curls again; he dismisses it
as a legacy of Berlin, October '63 when Steed notices it. Later, Steed
realises Mercer was mistaken - or lying - about the date, as Steed had
been in Berlin at that time. Tara says it's not all he'd mistaken, and
shows him the changed handwriting at the end of the report. They call
in a graphologist, Swindin (Christopher Benjamin), to examine the
report and he declares them written by two different personalities, the
first trustworthy and loyal, but the second is a cunning, brutal,
ruthless extrovert - yet they are by the same hand.
Steed calls Rooke, asking if he has a sample of the handwriting of
Boris Kartovski, an enemy agent he encountered in Berlin, October 1963.
Later, Mercer tries to fight when his hand starts curling again, and he
rings the Nullington Private Hospital, where the nurse, Petra (Jayne
Sofiano), puts him through to Dr Constantine (Bernard Archard) when she
realises who she is. Constantine and Hinnell (John G. Heller) are
disturbed to hear the personalities warring inside Mercer's head and
tell him to come to the hospital for treatment. Constantine tells
Hinnell there was always a risk of failure; Hinnell insists they can't
stop when they are so close to destroying the Ministry from within.
Some time later, Lord Barnes receives a 'phone call for Boris - he
heads straight to the Ministry and guns down Mercer, who leaves a note
reading "Help me". Mercer's death is investigated, Rooke handing Steed
Mercer's file and some of Kartovski's writing; Barnes experiencing the
same amnesia as Mercer had. Steed notices Mercer had been admitted to
the hospital after a minor car accident, which Barnes discounts, saying
he had one a while back too. Nonetheless, Steed goes there and is told
that Mercer was a simple concussion case who was admitted for no longer
than an hour or two. He departs then pulls to the side of the road and
calls Barnes, asking him about his hospital visit and arranges to visit
Barnes - Barnes' left hand curls up. Barnes dismisses the butler for a
few hours and lays a trap for Steed - knocking him down then limping
from the room. Barnes returns moments later, walking normally, and
rushes to his aide.
Tara visits Swindin with the sample of writing and is informed it's the
work of the same dangerous personality. Meanwhile, Barnes claims not to
recall which hospital he was admitted to. Barnes notices his sinister
side taking over and writes a warning. He calls Steed, asking him to
return immediately, then handcuffs himself to a chair. Minutes later,
Rooke arrives at Steed's apartment with a letter written by Barnes that
also exhibits Kartovski's handwriting and they set off in pursuit.
Steed discovers the handcuff opened - Barnes has driven to Nullington
but, confused, leaves again without entering the hospital. Rooke is
convinced Barnes is a dangerous traitor and shoots him when he returns
home, just as he was about to tell Steed something. Rooke declares
Barnes was Kartovski but Steed says that's impossible, he shot
Kartovski through the heart in 1963.
At the hospital, they prepare for an operation, Kartovski (Steven
Scott) lying immobilised on a special gurney layered with ice.
Constantine is proud of his skill in keeping their greatest agent alive
and his development of a device for infusing Kartovski's ego and
personality into the body of other men. Hinnell enters and informs them
Barnes is dead - they'll need a replacement. Constantine decides this
time they try putting him in a woman's body - Tara's! She's captured by
another faked road accident and delivered to the hospital, then wheeled
in to the operating room, bound and gagged. Miller, meanwhile, tells
Steed that Barnes was distraught and he thought an accident had
occurred as Barnes mentioned "having to get to the hospital". Steed
sets off to where Tara is being told to relax, she will feel not pain.
Boris is ordered to "think" nice thoughts"; Constantine & Hinnell
decide to celebrate with a bottle of wine and leave the transfer to
take place.
Steed enters the hospital and makes short work of Petra and Morrell,
then enters the operating room. He frees Tara from her binds and turns
off the machine, then marvels at Kartovski lying before him. Tara shows
him the mind transfer device and is ordered back to the Ministry to
alert Rooke. She fights her way out past Morrell and an orderly who had
come to his aide, while Steed goes through the files, finding records
of experiments on Mercer, Barnes and..interrupted by Hinnell &
Constantine. He disarms them and they fight, Hinnell managing to break
the life support machine and shoot Constantine and himself during the
struggle. Steed returns to the files and find the last experiment was
on Rooke. Rooke meanwhile has pulled a gun on Tara at mention of
Nullington and stammers that he is Boris. Rooke fights for ascendancy
in his own mind and Steed bursts in, calling him by his full name;
Rooke puts down his gun and orders him to pick it up and kill him but
Steed knocks him out instead.
Tara arrives at Steed's, dressed in a tulle evening gown and is invited
to make herself a drink while he gets ready. She lists a string of
improbable ingredients and Steed replies, "Third drawer down" - which
contains champagne on ice. Tara is startled when he mentions 'changing'
and sees his left hand curl as he struggles to put on his jacket. Steed
smiles and says he was just changing his suit to which Tara quips she
was worried 'who had got into you'.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
anim8rfsk
Aug 1, 2018, 12:01:37 AM8/1/18
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Seriously, a simple "another episode ruined by Tara" is sufficient.
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Ubiquitous
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