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posted by lima-2STAFFMOD on February 15, 2017 at 8:39 AM
Which ONE episode would you call the best, or your favorite, and maybe why?
SPOLERS! Mine would be THE GLASS CAGE. It was a great double-reverse con. When Zilenko (LLoyd Bochner) realized he'd been conned, it was too late. The team had also leveraged Zilenko's second in command, Gulka (Larry Linville Frank Burns lol), into the con. Also, this is the first time I remember surveillance cameras being defeated by looping a replay of routine activities, while the escape was being executed.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on February 15, 2017 at 7:28 PM
That's a tough one lima. I'll probably have to come back to this thread multiple times to update my opinion, but for now I think I may go with "Operation Rogosh". Being i'm up to the end of season 2 right now, so far that may be the one. Ofcourse I'll probably change my mind multiple times about that. What I enjoy the most is when people are made to believe they're some place they're not. In this case he was not only made to believe he was some place he wasn't, but also in a different time period. That's what stood out for me the most. There were many other episodes that did this as well that I will be revisiting in the future. So I"m looking forward to that. I really liked Fritz Weaver in this role. What season is the glass cage in?
Reply by lima-2
on February 16, 2017 at 4:50 PM
The Glass Cage was season 3, which was home to three other superlative episodes, one of which guest-starred Fritz Weaver. That episode was Illusion. Others were The Interrogator, and The Mind of Stefan Miklos. IMHO, this was the peak season of the entire series. But I digress
I broke my own thread rule of listing more than one. Like you Jayhn1111, I may come back and change my mind several times.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on February 16, 2017 at 5:13 PM
oh that's great then. I'm almost up to season 3. The mind of Steflan milkos is of course the one I remember the best. I'm sure it'll all come back to me in rediscovering the greatness of the episodes you mentioned. I believe season 3 was my favorite that last time I viewed the entire series.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 8, 2017 at 10:29 PM
Howdy, Jahyn1111! How are you doing? My favorite episode is The Short Tailed Spy.
I like it because Cinnamon got the most screen time. And all of those different beautiful clothes(I lost count after 12). And the relationship she formed with Andre was very interesting. It's never been made clear whether if they slept together, but the best thing about it is that 51 years later, fans are still having conversations about whether they did or did not do it.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on March 8, 2017 at 11:47 PM
Hey Maria doing pretty good thanks
I enjoyed the short tailed spy this time around much more than previous viewings. I think they had to have slept together.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 9, 2017 at 4:39 AM
Yes, I'm also convinced they slept together. This is not a criticism of Cinnamon. If James Bond can do it, why not a IMF agent? This was a very interesting episode.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on March 15, 2017 at 8:59 PM
Just part of the job I guess. If she didn't then the guy would suspect something was up
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 15, 2017 at 10:24 PM
Besides, even if our agent target is an enemy, sometimes attraction rears it's ugly head.
Did you ever see the season four episode Lovers Knot? It had Paris developing feelings for the enemy agent Cora. What did you think of that one?
Reply by Jayhn1111
on March 15, 2017 at 11:47 PM
That is true. We're all human. I have seen every episode but it's been a lot of years so I don't really remember it well. Right now I'm up to the beginning of season 3 so I'll get to that by the end of the year probably.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM
Well, please let me know when you do. I'd like to hear your opinion of it.
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