the forget me knot

I feel absolutely pathetic saying this, but I'm feeling kind of down because I just watched the last Emma Peel the Avengers episode, "The Forget Me Knot." It's not a bad episode by all means-the premise is pretty good, though the whole "Hey, I have amnesia! Wait a minute, I remember who I am just ten seconds later!" bit was a little sketchy even if Diana Rigg and company are fabulous actors. And Tara King isn't a horrible replacement, but Linda Thornson, though far from being a terrible actress, is no match for Emma Peel. The whole brick in the purse concept was laughable. And the ending scene with Steed and Emma was wonderfully done, though I hate how they made it so nice and cheery with Tara King making Steed a cup of tea. Rather tasteless on the part of the filmmakers; it would have been so much better if they closed off with Emma waving goodbye to Steed. The Tara King orange end titles are just as bad. It rather bugged me that they didn't credit Patrick Macnee as being Peter Peel in the end credits-it's really, really obvious. The SEDDI elements are rather obvious in the last six or seven episodes or so, and this one is no exception. But the thought of no more Mrs. Peel for me to watch--as pathetic as this sounds, I am rather disappointed.

I will now start on the Danger Man series as compensation. Patrick McGoohan goodness-yay!

I still haven't finished my Counterpoint article. Ehehehehehe.