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[Avengers] "Pandora". S06-E27
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Ubiquitous
Sep 16, 2018, 11:10:38 AM9/16/18
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Teleplay by Brian Clemens
Directed by Robert Fuest
In an Art Nouveau drawing room, Rupert and Henry Lasindall (Julian
Glover and James Cossins) discuss the new rage of ragtime - Henry finds
it vulgar and decadent. Miss Faversham (Kathleen Byron) enters and
breathlessly hands Rupert the paper - the Kaiser has ordered a new
offensive on The Somme and Rupert is sure to be summoned to the Front.
He turns and assures Pandora he won't miss her wedding, but Pandora is
a stuffed dummy.
Steed rings Tara and tells him he has a picnic hamper waiting to be
shared but she has a hot lead - not on a case, but on a 17th Century
French bracket clock. She goes to the shop of Xavier Smith but is
chloroformed by Henry, and he and Rupert carry her away. Some time
later, Steed comes looking for her but Xavier Smith (Reginald Barratt)
tells him he hasn't had any such clock for months. He has only just
returned from lunch and notices a vase broken in Tara's struggle; Steed
picks a piece of paper from the debris which reads "The Fierce Rabbit".
He reports Tara's disappearance to Mother (Patrick Newell), who is
irate at being removed from his hot air balloon HQ by Rhonda (Rhonda
Parker). Mother pricks up his ears at mention of the Fierce Rabbit and
asks is she were on a mission; that was the codename of an operative in
Armentières in the First World War. Steed visits Carter (Geoffrey
Whitehead), a junior official in the records department, who flounders
about but manages to turn up the file - The Fierce Rabbit was Simon
Henry Juniper.
Meanwhile, Tara is roused by Miss Faversham, who calls her Pandora and
she descends to the drawing room in a dazed state, dressed in Edwardian
garb and hairstyle. When she enters, Rupert calls her Pandora and hands
her a glass of sherry - she protests her name is Tara King then swoons
as she takes a sip. Henry is concerned their rushing thing but his
brother reminds him it was he who found Tara's photograph and sowed the
seed of the plan. there is a thumping on the floor above their heads.
Steed visits Juniper (John Laurie), now a clock repairer, who is bitter
about being dismissed from the service. There's a flicker of
recognition when he's shown Tara's photograph, which he puts down to
"not having young fellers like that in his day". He sneers that all
their modern methods can't locate Tara and tells him he could find her
- he then reveals he wasn't the only agent to use the codename "The
Fierce Rabbit", there were two before him.
Tara wakes when Miss Faversham brings her a breakfast tray. She
protests she's not Pandora when Miss Faversham tells her they're only
trying to make her well again. She glances at the morning paper and
sees it's from 1915 then hears whistling outside the house and tries
the windows, but they won't open - she grabs a dressing gown and
descends the stairs in time to collect the post which has just arrived.
To her dismay, the first envelope is postmarked London, 2.30PM Nov 17
1915.
Steed rings Carter but he confesses his ineptitude, saying he'll have
to wait until the controller returns to find the other two Fierce
Rabbits.
After Tara has returned to bed, Juniper arrives and demands to see the
elder Mr Lasindall, announcing himself as The Fierce Rabbit and saying
it concerns Pandora. Rupert is edgy but agrees to show him up to see
Uncle Gregory. Tara is awakened by Juniper's scream and emerges onto
the landing, where Juniper staggers against her. She recoils in shock
and a hoarse voice calls, "Pandora" from the shadows. Rupert quickly
covers her with a blanket and whisks her away - it's not yet time. Miss
Faversham mixes a sedative for Tara and makes her drink it.
Carter's boss returns to the office and gives him the details, which
Carter relates - the second is Hubert Prestige, but Steed is told the
third Fierce Rabbit died five years ago and his file was destroyed.
Carter hangs up and we see the controller - it's Henry! Henry returns
home and argues with Rupert, saying they must stop. Rupert concedes
they hadn't anticipated Juniper or Steed but they must continue -
they're doing it for Gregory and mustn't forget what's at stake. He
promises Steed will find Tara - far from the house and dead of course.
Hubert Prestige (Anthony Roye) visits Steed and starts to reminisce
about his time in the service while Tara is overhearing another
argument - which quickly changes to a discussion on the merits of the
war when they see her coming. Rupert tells her Henry is opposed to the
conflict and asks her opinion. Henry scoffs, saying she's just a woman
and is aghast when Rupert suggests women may one day have the vote or
even be in government. Tara puts her hands to her ears and begs them to
stop, saying she's Tara King. Henry fetches a glass of water - which he
dissolves a powder in - while Rupert comforts her, and she swoons after
drinking it. Prestige meanwhile has finished off Steed's whisky and can
barely slur that he doesn't know Tara's name.
Rupert is overjoyed when Tara seems more compliant during dinner, but
she quails when Henry hands her a glass of port; she's induced to drink
it by Henry and Rupert both taking a glass and toasting her health. A
wild thumping from upstairs brings Miss Faversham to the door - she
tells Rupert "he just sits staring at the portrait of Pandora
upstairs", a phrase overheard by Tara. Tara excuses herself and goes to
her room, leaving Henry and Rupert to dispose of Juniper and plan her
death. She re-emerges from her room and creeps down the hallway into
Gregory's room , where she finds a sepia cameo of Pandora - it's her
face. She runs from the room when Gregory tries turning the door handle
and hears laugher from downstairs - she descends and screams when she
sees her clothes draped around a skeleton, and she's chloroformed
again...
When she reawakes, the chair is empty, leaving her more confused than
ever. Henry sets a tableau with the skeleton in her car, Juniper dead
nearby having a revolver placed in his hand and the Lotus set alight.
Rupert meanwhile convinces Tara to take more drugs and reinforces her
new identity. He tells Miss Faversham when Henry returns they'll play
out their scene as rehearsed.
Ragtime fills the air, and the conversation is repeated, Miss Faversham
bringing in the paper - but this time Tara is Pandora. Steed meanwhile
has a visit from Mother - Juniper and the car have been found, and Tara
is believed dead. Prestige arrives to apologise for his behaviour the
previous night and tells Steed all three Fierce Rabbits are very much
alive. Mother refutes this, saying he's never known Lasindall to be
wrong and Prestige blusters, "But that's him! the name of the other
rabbit - Gregory Lasindall". Steed smells a rat and visits Carter with
Prestige; Carter confirms Lasindall's country residence, and tells them
Tara had been in a week ago and had a long chat with Henry about
antiques - he put her onto a source for a French bracket clock.
Rupert carried a drugged glass of champagne up to Tara, dressed in and
Edwardian bridal gown. He shows her a photograph of Gregory when she
becomes hazy about who she is to marry, then escorts her out to the
landing. they arrive at Gregory's cobweb-strewn rooms and Henry say as
it never work - Rupert snarls she's the living image of Pandora, and
leads her into the light. Tara greets Gregory, a younger image of whom
(Raymond Burke) dances before her drugged eyes. Reality intrudes as the
real Gregory (Peter Madden) grazes her cheek with his withered hand.
Tara moans she's not Pandora and Rupert thrusts her aside. He tells
Gregory Pandora has returned and he must reveal the location of her
dowry, the vast fortune he's hidden away. Gregory smiles malevolently
and says it's in the house. Rupert cajoles him into saying "behind the
portrait" - Henry fetches a knife and Rupert slits the back off. He
becomes irate when he finds nothing and starts slashing at the
portrait. Gregory drops to his knees and says, "there it is, a
Rembrandt", revealing the painting underneath the photo, now ruined.
Gregory slumps to the floor as the brothers fight. They continue their
struggle out to the landing where it's interrupted by Steed hurling
Miss Faversham backwards up the stairs. Steed then deals with Henry but
knocks Rupert over the bannister onto the hard tiles below.
Tara gives Steed a present of an Edwardian clock in thanks for her
rescue but it's given him a headache - the chimes are as loud as Big
Ben.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Directed by Robert Fuest
In an Art Nouveau drawing room, Rupert and Henry Lasindall (Julian
Glover and James Cossins) discuss the new rage of ragtime - Henry finds
it vulgar and decadent. Miss Faversham (Kathleen Byron) enters and
breathlessly hands Rupert the paper - the Kaiser has ordered a new
offensive on The Somme and Rupert is sure to be summoned to the Front.
He turns and assures Pandora he won't miss her wedding, but Pandora is
a stuffed dummy.
Steed rings Tara and tells him he has a picnic hamper waiting to be
shared but she has a hot lead - not on a case, but on a 17th Century
French bracket clock. She goes to the shop of Xavier Smith but is
chloroformed by Henry, and he and Rupert carry her away. Some time
later, Steed comes looking for her but Xavier Smith (Reginald Barratt)
tells him he hasn't had any such clock for months. He has only just
returned from lunch and notices a vase broken in Tara's struggle; Steed
picks a piece of paper from the debris which reads "The Fierce Rabbit".
He reports Tara's disappearance to Mother (Patrick Newell), who is
irate at being removed from his hot air balloon HQ by Rhonda (Rhonda
Parker). Mother pricks up his ears at mention of the Fierce Rabbit and
asks is she were on a mission; that was the codename of an operative in
Armentières in the First World War. Steed visits Carter (Geoffrey
Whitehead), a junior official in the records department, who flounders
about but manages to turn up the file - The Fierce Rabbit was Simon
Henry Juniper.
Meanwhile, Tara is roused by Miss Faversham, who calls her Pandora and
she descends to the drawing room in a dazed state, dressed in Edwardian
garb and hairstyle. When she enters, Rupert calls her Pandora and hands
her a glass of sherry - she protests her name is Tara King then swoons
as she takes a sip. Henry is concerned their rushing thing but his
brother reminds him it was he who found Tara's photograph and sowed the
seed of the plan. there is a thumping on the floor above their heads.
Steed visits Juniper (John Laurie), now a clock repairer, who is bitter
about being dismissed from the service. There's a flicker of
recognition when he's shown Tara's photograph, which he puts down to
"not having young fellers like that in his day". He sneers that all
their modern methods can't locate Tara and tells him he could find her
- he then reveals he wasn't the only agent to use the codename "The
Fierce Rabbit", there were two before him.
Tara wakes when Miss Faversham brings her a breakfast tray. She
protests she's not Pandora when Miss Faversham tells her they're only
trying to make her well again. She glances at the morning paper and
sees it's from 1915 then hears whistling outside the house and tries
the windows, but they won't open - she grabs a dressing gown and
descends the stairs in time to collect the post which has just arrived.
To her dismay, the first envelope is postmarked London, 2.30PM Nov 17
1915.
Steed rings Carter but he confesses his ineptitude, saying he'll have
to wait until the controller returns to find the other two Fierce
Rabbits.
After Tara has returned to bed, Juniper arrives and demands to see the
elder Mr Lasindall, announcing himself as The Fierce Rabbit and saying
it concerns Pandora. Rupert is edgy but agrees to show him up to see
Uncle Gregory. Tara is awakened by Juniper's scream and emerges onto
the landing, where Juniper staggers against her. She recoils in shock
and a hoarse voice calls, "Pandora" from the shadows. Rupert quickly
covers her with a blanket and whisks her away - it's not yet time. Miss
Faversham mixes a sedative for Tara and makes her drink it.
Carter's boss returns to the office and gives him the details, which
Carter relates - the second is Hubert Prestige, but Steed is told the
third Fierce Rabbit died five years ago and his file was destroyed.
Carter hangs up and we see the controller - it's Henry! Henry returns
home and argues with Rupert, saying they must stop. Rupert concedes
they hadn't anticipated Juniper or Steed but they must continue -
they're doing it for Gregory and mustn't forget what's at stake. He
promises Steed will find Tara - far from the house and dead of course.
Hubert Prestige (Anthony Roye) visits Steed and starts to reminisce
about his time in the service while Tara is overhearing another
argument - which quickly changes to a discussion on the merits of the
war when they see her coming. Rupert tells her Henry is opposed to the
conflict and asks her opinion. Henry scoffs, saying she's just a woman
and is aghast when Rupert suggests women may one day have the vote or
even be in government. Tara puts her hands to her ears and begs them to
stop, saying she's Tara King. Henry fetches a glass of water - which he
dissolves a powder in - while Rupert comforts her, and she swoons after
drinking it. Prestige meanwhile has finished off Steed's whisky and can
barely slur that he doesn't know Tara's name.
Rupert is overjoyed when Tara seems more compliant during dinner, but
she quails when Henry hands her a glass of port; she's induced to drink
it by Henry and Rupert both taking a glass and toasting her health. A
wild thumping from upstairs brings Miss Faversham to the door - she
tells Rupert "he just sits staring at the portrait of Pandora
upstairs", a phrase overheard by Tara. Tara excuses herself and goes to
her room, leaving Henry and Rupert to dispose of Juniper and plan her
death. She re-emerges from her room and creeps down the hallway into
Gregory's room , where she finds a sepia cameo of Pandora - it's her
face. She runs from the room when Gregory tries turning the door handle
and hears laugher from downstairs - she descends and screams when she
sees her clothes draped around a skeleton, and she's chloroformed
again...
When she reawakes, the chair is empty, leaving her more confused than
ever. Henry sets a tableau with the skeleton in her car, Juniper dead
nearby having a revolver placed in his hand and the Lotus set alight.
Rupert meanwhile convinces Tara to take more drugs and reinforces her
new identity. He tells Miss Faversham when Henry returns they'll play
out their scene as rehearsed.
Ragtime fills the air, and the conversation is repeated, Miss Faversham
bringing in the paper - but this time Tara is Pandora. Steed meanwhile
has a visit from Mother - Juniper and the car have been found, and Tara
is believed dead. Prestige arrives to apologise for his behaviour the
previous night and tells Steed all three Fierce Rabbits are very much
alive. Mother refutes this, saying he's never known Lasindall to be
wrong and Prestige blusters, "But that's him! the name of the other
rabbit - Gregory Lasindall". Steed smells a rat and visits Carter with
Prestige; Carter confirms Lasindall's country residence, and tells them
Tara had been in a week ago and had a long chat with Henry about
antiques - he put her onto a source for a French bracket clock.
Rupert carried a drugged glass of champagne up to Tara, dressed in and
Edwardian bridal gown. He shows her a photograph of Gregory when she
becomes hazy about who she is to marry, then escorts her out to the
landing. they arrive at Gregory's cobweb-strewn rooms and Henry say as
it never work - Rupert snarls she's the living image of Pandora, and
leads her into the light. Tara greets Gregory, a younger image of whom
(Raymond Burke) dances before her drugged eyes. Reality intrudes as the
real Gregory (Peter Madden) grazes her cheek with his withered hand.
Tara moans she's not Pandora and Rupert thrusts her aside. He tells
Gregory Pandora has returned and he must reveal the location of her
dowry, the vast fortune he's hidden away. Gregory smiles malevolently
and says it's in the house. Rupert cajoles him into saying "behind the
portrait" - Henry fetches a knife and Rupert slits the back off. He
becomes irate when he finds nothing and starts slashing at the
portrait. Gregory drops to his knees and says, "there it is, a
Rembrandt", revealing the painting underneath the photo, now ruined.
Gregory slumps to the floor as the brothers fight. They continue their
struggle out to the landing where it's interrupted by Steed hurling
Miss Faversham backwards up the stairs. Steed then deals with Henry but
knocks Rupert over the bannister onto the hard tiles below.
Tara gives Steed a present of an Edwardian clock in thanks for her
rescue but it's given him a headache - the chimes are as loud as Big
Ben.
--
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have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
anim8rfsk
Sep 16, 2018, 11:25:13 AM9/16/18
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job, and the end result?
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Ubiquitous
Sep 17, 2018, 11:09:06 AM9/17/18
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I read that this was her fav ep, which is funny considering it has her worst
acting.
To be fair, maybe she thought being drugged and brainwashed made one go
blind...
Ok, I did find it amusing when they showed the clerk passing over Emma Peel
and the woman before her's files during the search for "Fierce Rabbit".
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