Day: May 30, 2010

I only had the opportunity to meet Linda a few times, but she was always very sweet and ebullient.  My deepest sympathies go to Mike and his family as they deal with this tragic loss.

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My favorite moment in the original “Avengers” TV series involved a climactic battle wherein Steed and Peel are faced with about nine karate guys who are prepared to beat the crap out of them.  And Steed and Peel get separated by a big sliding iron door, leaving Steed trapped with eight of the guys and Peel gets one.  And it takes Emma, who normally can dispatch this kind of bad guy with alacrity, about five bruising minutes to take the guy out.  It was probably the longest sustained battle against one opponent she ever had, which gives you an idea of just how formidable he was.  And finally, exhausted, she runs to the closed door, punches a button, the door slides open…and Steed (whom we haven’t seen since the door closed) is standing there, leaning on his brolly, his hat firmly in place, calm as anything, and all eight guys are unconscious on the floor.  And her jaw just drops as she realizes that Steed took out, with no effort, eight guys in the time it required her to take down one.  It was one of THE great Steed moments, and I’d love to know which episode it was.

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