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B movie villain Steve McNally is a cocaine dealer that knows the location of "every gram" of coke in the city and he is waiting for a big shipment from ubiquitous character actor Gregory Sierra. (And the IMF takes a break from saving the world from disaster to stop this shipment from happening.) The most interesting character is McNally's right hand man, a ladies man played by no other than the Shat himself. Shat is operating behind his boss's back and is unwittingly being played by the IMF. We are treated to some prime ham here. Good stuff!
This one has a lot of moving parts and the IMF is on top of things for most of the time. Double crosses within double crosses.
The "who is using who?" flirtation between Shatner and Barbara Anderson reminded me naturally of "Conscience of the King."
Milton Seltzer makes an appearance as a lower ranking (and very doomed) henchman. He made a living in the seventies playing this loser role.
The only nit, which I have been beating like a dead horse this seventh season, is that the entire team showed themselves to the bad guys at the end. I much prefer it when they sneak away and the villains don't even realize they've been tricked.
Overall, though, this one get a thumbs up from me.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on October 12, 2019 at 9:24 AM
I love that episode
Reply by Savage918
on October 12, 2019 at 2:39 PM
I kind of liked it when the team made sure that the bad guys saw them at the end of the episode.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on October 13, 2019 at 12:21 AM
To me that has always been important the the ending. I want the bad guys to see that they were duped and exactly who did it
Reply by Savage918
on October 13, 2019 at 9:30 PM
Sukhisoo has an important point, though. In the early seasons, the team doing their job then getting the hell out of Dodge before the bad guys had known what happened was the high point of the episode. In the fourth season episode The Submarine, I have to admit I really liked the bad guy's response when he finds the mock submarine, and that the IMF got the Nazi to give them the location of the money in only about 2-3 hours when he tried without success for 25 years. The guy just stood there and started laughing. That was the only time I saw that reaction in the whole series.
Reply by sukhisoo
on October 13, 2019 at 10:53 PM
While there is indeed a certain amount of pleasure in seeing the bad guy's reaction when he realizes he has been scammed, my objection to it is of a practical nature.
One of the IMF's most important assets is their secrecy. Almost no one even knows they even exist. This allows them to easily infiltrate installations throughout the world with just a few fake IDs and manipulations of personnel files.
But criminals talk. The very last thing the IMF wants is for Joe Henchman to start blabbing to his cellmates about a youthful middle aged man with white hair, a muscular Italian, a soft spoken black man, and an attractive femme fatale with strawberry blonde hair. It could set off some red flags in future missions.
In earlier episodes, they could make it look like rival villains or blind dumb luck caused the havoc that ruined the plans.
It's not enough of an issue to make me strongly dislike the episodes. It's just a nit that bugs me in the back of my head.
Reply by Savage918
on October 13, 2019 at 11:21 PM
No, that is a very good point. In fact, there's an episode in season seven that addresses this issue.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on October 14, 2019 at 1:39 AM
Yeah those are very good points. I guess it wouldn’t work for all episodes
Reply by Savage918
on October 24, 2019 at 7:59 PM
Speaking of the IMF showing themselves to the bad guy at the end, one of the coolest scenes in Rogue Nation is at the end, when the villian was trapped in a huge plastic cube, with Ethan and the rest of the current IMF team members surrounding him and Ethan saying to the bad guy, "Solomon Lane, this is the IMF," then the team lets the British authorities know where to pick up the cube but don't identify themselves and they leave. Reminded me of the ending of some of the Classic Mission Impossible episodes.
Reply by Jetfire59
on October 27, 2019 at 5:14 AM
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Reply by LansingFan
on February 9, 2020 at 12:04 AM
@Jetfire59 : I am talking to you. This time I couldn't because I got a new phone and a new username.
Reply by Jetfire59
on February 9, 2020 at 3:02 AM
Maria, I made that plea several months ago before you rejoined us on the Trek board. One of the first things you did upon returning was to tell me I was not to blame for you leaving which I appreciated very much. Glad you're back with us.
BTW, you likely already know this, but the Heroes & Icons channel is now showing "12 O'Clock High" on Saturday nights.
Reply by LansingFan
on February 9, 2020 at 1:15 PM
No I didn't (I don't watch TV, just my dvd' s and CBS All Access on my phone).
Reply by Jetfire59
on February 9, 2020 at 3:02 PM
Sorry. Just trying to be helpful. Do you have 12 O'Clock High on DVD?
Reply by LansingFan
on February 9, 2020 at 8:50 PM
Yes I do. I also have a dvd of the first and only season of another show he starred in called 87th Precient. And I have a copy of the movie The 4D Man.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on February 28, 2020 at 7:31 PM
How are you doing and feeling?