The New Avengers (1976–1977): Season 2, Episode 2 - The New Avengers - full transcript

Awfully good.

It's got your chin too thin.

Would you scramble the phone please?

Pelbright?
- No. He's not here.

He's right beside you?

No.

Speaking Manderson, isn't it?

Now, listen.
Martin's coming over the border ...

... at 07:30 hours in a truck.

We'll collect him.
- Understood.

- Right?
- Right.



First, we have to persuade
our Russian friend down there.

But we're still in Paris.

Ready?
- Ready.

Now, it's Germany all the way.

Loves me ...

... loves me not.

Loves me ...

... loves me not.

Purdey?

Loves me.

Hear it?

He's made it.

Just angels of death.

I can't.



I can't.

Oh, come on Mr. Pelbright.
You are still young. Come on.

Come on.
You can do it.

Hello darling.

Oh, Charles.
You do look well.

So I should, my dear.

I've done nothing,
but rest the whole week.

Steed and Purdey were there
when Martin crashed across the border.

He came with vital information.

But he was shot
before he could tell us everything.

Or did he tell you?

Well, there is a plan to eliminate
key personnel ...

... in vital areas
in government and secrity.

- But how?
- Well, he didn't tell us that.

But apparently the plan is %100 effective.

And untraceable.

Martin was delarius most of time.

But this is what he ...

The angels of death.

He said that over and over.

The angels of death ...

... a killer within.

The plan ...

The plan ...

The plan is already ...

... in operation.

Don't move him.

Get a doctor up to third floor.

What happened?

Pelbright?

- He's dead.
- Dead?

Must've been heart.

Well, that puts you in charge now, Manderson.

Stress. Physical and mental.
The killer of modern civilization.

He can smell food and water,
but he cannot find his way to it.

Eventually, he'll go mad or die.

Die from sheer stress.

- Like Pelbright?
- Like Pelbright.

Well, how about Colonel Tomson?

At this very moment
he is being conditioned.

The first stress in physically
and then impose the psychological stress.

It's got to be the way out.

It's got to be.

No.

Start from the beginning ...

... again.

- Natural causes, hmm?
- No doubt about it.

Pelbright died a natural death.

And I'm wearing dead man's shoes.

Well, I warned you about
coming in from the cold.

Yes, when it comes to
all these paperwork ...

... no wonder Pelbright fell down.

Natural causes, hmm?

And then ...

... leave it there do we, Steed?
- Of course not.

I suppose in my new elevated position
I should be pursuing that one, but ...

I'll carry the burden, Mandy.
- Thanks.

I'll do the same for you one day.

Oh, no.
You won't.

You won't catch me
then I wanna those.

Good morning, Steed.

Coldstrem.

How are things?

Hectic.

Pelbright gone the worst time.

Well, I'd only just finish that German thing.

I promised myself holiday
and now all this.

Would you like a drink?

Oh, no.

I did.

Well, I suppose you're right.

If you're not careful,
you'll go the same way as Pelbright.

You're every doing things Manderson.

Well, we all work hard.

You as hard as anybody.

Look at you. Calm, cool.
Fighting fit than I did.

Well, I get a little help.

Paul Reresby.
Relaxation threpist.

- Oh. no.
- No, it works.

It works for me.
Why don't you at least give it a try?

Tell him I sent you.

Portrait of a man's back.

Portrait of an unsociable man's back.

Come on have a look.

Dead men.
Fourty seven of them.

Last one, Pelbright.

Now, they all had three things in common.

They were all key men in government service.

Ministers, mps, the civil service.
Our people.

And they all died in the last two years.

That's two things they had in common.
You said three.

The third is they all died suddenly
of natural causes.

Pelbrite's angel of death.

Has been a busy boy.

- But natural causes?
- I know.

That means there must be something else.

A fourth factor they all had in common.

Which doesn't show up here.

Like to try and find it?

Yes.

Something else.

If this operation is the one that
Pelbrite was talking about ...

... there must be somebody dug in.
Somebody they're saving up just for this.

A sleeper in the government machine.
Maybe even in this department.

Let's try and find him?

Okay.

It's really quite urgent.

You wouldn't believe
how many permutations there are ...

... of possible links between 47 people.

Roughly 47 multiplying by
known variables to the power of six.

Gambit, I didn't know you'd read mathematics.

I haven't.
I do the football pools.

Still, I'd read have my job than yours.

How do you find one sleeper
in a government establishment of?

Well, how many?

Four million give or take.
Two or more possibilities in each office.

Gambit, what are you gonna do?

Short circuited.
Not the machine the problem.

A little ..systems thinking.
Stick by me closely.

Consider me a body stocking.

Well, given that the other side.
Really do have a way of killing herself ...

... by natural causes.
- Yes.

And given that the operation is
run by a sleeper.

Still with me?
- Like paper on a wall.

Then the operation must be so sweep.

That only the best sleeper will do.
The very very best.

And who would that be?

Someone who couldn't possibly
be a sleeper.

Purdey, you've got a very nasty mind.

I've just asked the machine for a
list of people totally above suspicion.

Okay sweatherat ...

... sort them out.

Oh, I think, mine's laying its eggs.

Pull.

Pull.

Well done.

Still haven't told me
the purpose of your visit Steed.

Pull.

I've made a little mental list ...

... of the highest people in security.

Pull.

And I'm in there.

Very high on the list.

So why the interests?
Pull.

Because somebody may be trying to kill you.

It's possible rather than probable.

That's why I want you to have
a complete medical checkup.

- What?
- Pull.

In case you suddenly die of natural causes.

No fear of that.

Never felt fitter.

Just come back from the health ...

Colonel?

Colonel!

Colonel.

Anything?

Seven of them liked nettle tea,
two of them were mahjong experts,

... nineteen of them grew roses,
four of them took snuff,

... fifteen of them played the cello,
twenty five of them went to Oxford.

- Ah?
- Twenty two of them went to Cambridge.

- Ah!
- One of them went to both.

And there's not a single factor
common to them all.

Early days yet.

I know, I know.

Just means, I have to start breaking them
down to subsections.

Here we are.

The incorruptibles.
All totally above suspicion.

Yes.
Well, sir of course.

And him naturally.

The director of S.I.S,
The deputy director,

... the prime minister, Coldstream,
Steed and me, Manderson, McCay ...

Hey just a minute!

Shouldn't I be on there?

- Afraid not pretty girl.
- But I should be. Why aren't I?

Well, there was. That one month you went
missing in the Brazilian jungle.

But I was living with that tribe of Indians.

They saved my life.
You know all about that.

Well, I know that and Steed knows that.

But the computer doesn't.

All I can see is a one month gap in your file.

And the computer doesn't like gaps.

As far as it knows
you could have been in Moscow.

But Moscow couldn't have cured me
of tarantula poisoning?

But the computer doesn't even know
you were bitten by a tarantula.

Therefore, it cannot include you and its
list of the irreproachable virtuous.

Mechanical prig.

Maybe if you showed it the bite.

Maybe.

I think ...

... I'll start with Manderson.

You came to me not before time Mr. Manderson.

Your muscles are knotted by tensions.

I've been under the gun recently.

Soon you could be under six feet of earth.

If people treated their cars
like they treat their bodies,

... there'll be nothing left on the road.

I had a complete checkup
only a few months ago.

Your doctor can measure your heart
and your blood pressure.

But he cannot measure the inner tensions.

The stresses.

You've been smoking and drinking too much.
Hmm?

Sleeping badly?

I suppose, yes.

Can we get dressed now?

I can help you.

But first you must prepare the way.

A 24 hour stay at a health farm.

I can't afford 24 hours.

24 hours against
the rest of your life, Mr. Manderson.

An intensive 24 hours just to help
get rid of all the toxic poisons.

Helpful?
My wife will never ever forget it.

Then don't tell her.
You can think of another excuse surely.

Manderson?

The trouble with you Gambit is that
you're a student of modern physics.

The least likely hypothesis
is usually the right one.

You play at all?

I agree with The Bishop of Litchfield.

He said golf is a game of propelling
a small ball into a hole.

With the aid of instruments singularly
ill fitted for the purpose.

Oh, you know the bishop?

No, I read it on the back of
the cornflakes packet.

Look.

Manderson has a very fine record in the field.

I agree, it couldn't possibly be Manderson.

Which is exactly why it might be.

We go and visit Manderson.

Together.

- Hello, I'm Tammy.
- Oh, really?

Welcome to Briantern Healt Farm.

- Thank you.
- This way.

I'm sorry.
Peter's not here.

He's away for weekends.
- Any idea where he went, Mrs. Manderson?

No, sorry. He doesn't always tell me
when it's official business .

I thought you'd have known that John.

Of course, it was fixed up weeks ago.
That's why it slipped my mind.

It's not important.
I'll get him on monday.

He's all right, isn't he?

I mean there's nothing wrong.
- Nothing in the world, Sally.

Sorry to have disturbed you.

Goodbye, Mrs. Manderson

Manderson hasn't got
any official business this weekend.

At last.

That's exactly what you need.
You're looking better already.

Now, you're just going to have
a little injection.

What kind of injection?

- Just to help you relax completely.
- There you are.

Would you like another drink?

Drink.

I could have another drink.

This will be his fault.
So far.

Nothing like a bit of salt
for working at the first.

Here you are.
It's full of vitamins as an orange grove.

Ah, best.

Come on, Mr. Manderson.
You haven't finished dancing yet.

Come on.

I ...
I shouldn't have drank so much.

Water!

You can have all the water you want
in a moment.

But first, he must earn it.

Earn it, Manderson.

You're in maze.
A very simple maze.

And to make it even simpler,
we have provided you with a diagram.

The X marks the spot
where the water is.

Cool clear, ice cold sparkling water.

That's the prize, Manderson.

Find your way to the water
and you can quench your thirst.

Find your way to the water
and you can quench your thirst.

It's so beautifully simple, Tammy.

Change the maze.

Keep changing it.

Offer him hope
and then take the hope away.

Disorientate him.

Take him to the threshold of ultimate stress.

Soon he will doubt himself.

But then he will doubt the diagram.

Soon he will hate the diagram.

And then he will fear it.

It will remain in his subconscious
the ultimate stress symbol.

All we have to do is trigger it.

Run him for two hours ...

... then find him.
Give him water and put him to bed.

After all, we want him more nice
and relaxed for the morning, don't we?

Goodbye Tammy and thanks.
I feel marvelous ...

... absolutely marvelous.
- Goodbye.

He'll drive straight to the ministry building.

Check it.
And then he'll drive home.

And ...
- And?

He's important.

A linchpin.

I want him dead.

And I want him dead today.

Steed?
- Drive.

- Yes, but ...
- I said drive!

Okay. So what's it all about?
- You.

I tried to contact you yesterday.
Your wife ...

Sally said you're on official business.

- I can explain.
- I insist on it.

Steed.

Where do you think, I go to Asia?
- Perhaps.

- Come on.
- An explanation Manderson.

Time, places, people?

- You really mean it, dont you?
- I really mean it.

Right, it wasn't official business.

Tell me something new.

Peter!

Dead.

- Dead.
- Natural causes.

Natural causes.

Well, then it goes my number one suspect
for sleeper of the century.

There goes one of the best friends
I've ever had.

Sorry.

No, no. I should be sorry.
You're just doing your job.

Your theory could be wrong, you know.

Our man could be very suspicious
and very obvious.

I know he could be.
But I don't think so.

- Instinct?
- You're always telling me to cultivate it.

Here's something more tangible.

That's the connection between the two deaths ...

... that even the computer doesn't know about.

Who's your next candidate?
- Coldstream.

How are you going to tackle him?

Well, there's only one way, isn't it?

Treat him as they were the enemy.

Interrogation, surveillance,
break into his home.

Hideous the work we do.

What?

That's not the cause, but the effect.
The side effect.

One's friends.

Cut down, decimated.

Make you feel like Adam, lonely.

You don't have to be.
I'm still here.

Amen to that.

So is Eve.

Eve?

He hasn't been telling you that awful joke
about plastic fig leaf, has he?

No.

As a matter of fact he was showing me
the value of friendship.

You heard about Maderson.
- Yes.

Steed, I'm awfully sorry.

The show must go on.
Uh, what have you got?

Well, across reference on everything
except birthmarks and ingrown toenails.

And?

Very little.

All of them played cricket at some time.

A small proportion of them were under stress.

Some of them actually visited a health farm.

Steed, are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Why must the show go on, hmm?

Why can't it cancel just once in a while
owing to loss or bereavement?

Because ..because it must.

Everything's worth checking.

Well, I certainly intend giving it a well note.

Thanks for the recommendation.

That's the best one.

Oh, I'm sorry Carter.

My minds's miles away.

Oh, Carter?

Health farm.

Coldstream's idea.
Thinks I'm overdoing it.

A health farm.
I'm going there tonight.

No, you're not.

You're not going.

But you are.

But you're not.

Mr. Carter. May I welcome you
to The Briantern Healt Farm.

Hello.
It's Purdey.

I've tried calling Gambit and Steed,
but they're not in.

I want to leave a message.

Can you tell them that I've checked?

And I've come up the name of the health farm.

Briantern Healt Farm.

I'm leaving now it over.

I see, they'll get the message.
Alright, Purdey.

Hello?

Reresby.

Just listen.

We may have trouble.

Purdey.

She's on her way to the farm.

Anticipate that, will you?

I presume you want her interrogated.

And then?
- Give them the full and final treatment.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

Trouble?

Dull business trouble.

The farm.

Well, I am your secretary.
Any business of yours is ...

This is something I will handle personally.

Thanks anyway.

Yes.
Yes, Reresby.

A girl?

Yes.
Let her in and detain her.

I understand.

Yes. We'll have her waiting for you,
when you arrive.

Don't worry.

What about Carter?

Carter.
He's ready to be processed.

We're expecting an intruder.
You attend to Carter.

Don't you still be enjoying the sun?

It's not hot enough.

- What?
- Unlike California.

One of their less good summers.

What happens next?
- Well.

We're here to take care of you.

You're quite right.

I do need care.

Special.
Personal care.

Just a teeny injection.

To help you relax.

I need relaxation.

Excatly.

Why not have a real light to work by?

A decisively real light.

I'm not a thief.

Well, you're giving a very good impersonation.

I'm with ...

Oh, you're good.

Very good.

I'm Jane.

I've got a terrible feeling,
I should say me Tarzan ...

... but I don't think this is the moment.

I'm Jane.
Mr. Coldstream's secretary.

- Lucky Mr. Coldstream.
- Unlucky you.

- I really am not a burglar.
- You said that.

Do I look like a burglar?

No. You look rather ...
Don't move, stay where you are,

... put your hands over your head
lean against the wall.

Nor am I a contortionist.

Which do you want?
No movement, hands up, lean ...

Stay still.
Absolutely still.

Nor am I flamingo.

Do you mind?

Now, what ...

... Jane?

Do you mind if I make a suggestion?

Go ahead.

Why not have dinner with me tomorrow night?

All right, all right. If you really
want to be professional about this,

... I should face the wall arms spread.

Oh, come on, come on.

Now, you move in and frisk me.

Now, keep the gun in the right hand.

Keep your eyes on me all the time.

The slightest movement.

Oh, yes. And take the safety catch off
the gun first?

Now, what a real burglar have been so helpful.

What a real burglar
heva given you a gun back.

And furthermore ...

Would real burglar have done that?

What do you want?

Dinner tomorrow night?

- You broke in here.
- No.

I got in here.

Didn't even bruise the lock.

I'm a pro, like your boss.
- You know him?

Do put that down.
It puts me at a disadvantage.

- If I put it down, you might ...
- How might?

Where is Coldstream?
- He went out. Got an urgent call.

Out where?
Where did he go to?

The farm.
He has an interest in a farm.

Coldstream?

Up to his boots and on his soil.
Reaping the fat of the land.

Fat is right.

That's what it is.
A fat farm.

It's a very very healthy place to be.

Now, go on.
Tell me you've got a weight problem.

Well, I suffered agonist at school.
Everybody used to call me skinny.

I was wondering, if you could help me
put on a few pounds ...

... in the right places of course.

How about inches in height?

Rereby will want to question her
as soon as he arrives.

We'll make sure
she's in the right mood, shall we?

What about Carter?
- Processed.

Just about to put him in the maze.
- Good.

In the course of your work,
you will fall into the enemy's hands.

Let us accept that as inevitable.

You will be subjected to physical brutality.

And worse, you will be subjected to
modern hypnotic drugs.

There are ways of fighting such drugs.

The first most basic way is to take
advantage of their own nervous system.

Pain makes the adrenaline flow.

Adrenaline fights the drug.

So you must inflict pain upon yourself.

Pain!

Pain!

Pain!

Carter's being processed.
We hope that he'll be in ...

The girl!
Let's deal with the girl first.

I must know how she got onto this place.

She's upstairs in traction.

Switch it off!
Gambit.

Switch it off or I'll be playing
the harlem globetrotters.

Are you okay?

Part of the job.

Please add this to your list.
- What's going on here?

I broke into Coldstream's place and ...

Purdey?

I am standing on a box.

Anyway, what's wrong with tall women?

Nothing.

Except you never know
what you're getting up to.

Someone's coming.

Send alarm.
Search around.

Right.
Now, creep away and get help.

No.
Steed's still inside here somewhere.

Don't boy.

That's my style.

Gambit, you such a way with women.

Sorry.

We must find Steed.
- Yeah. You go that way.

I'll get this.

The unexpected.
Always the unexpected.

If they expect you to move right,
move left.

The first law of survival
of this jungle that you will ahead ...

... the unexpected move.

This way.

Sir! Sir ...

... Sir!
- Later.

- Carter's behaving very strange.
- I know that. This is emergency.

Coldstream.

Coldstream!

That isn't Carter.

That is Steed!

Damn!

It's crazy.

I mean, they're supposed to get lost,
not us lose them.

Steed's fighting the drug.

- This is impossible.
- With Steed nothing is impossible.

The fact that he's here
means he's onto us.

You have to go in.

- Me?
- Go in and get him.

Kill him.
I'll cover you.

Why look for the way out
when I knew the way in?

Sir?

The girl too.

Steed?

Steed?

Over here.

Keep talking.

What about?

Anything.
Idle cocktail party chat.

Poetry.

Anything so I can get a fix on you.

Here!

Perfect.

They're moving into the center section.

Into the valley of death road to 600.

Alpha link.

Alpha link!

Alpha link!

Alpha link ...

Purdey.

You don't have never found a beer, you do?
I'm awfully thirsty.

There's lots of beer in the pubs.

Ah?

And there are lots of pubs outside.

Oh!

Steed, we have to get out of here.

Lock all doors.

Move in Section D5

What's wrong?

- I could have sworn, when I came here ...
- Sworn too ladies present.

Steed ...

... we're boxed in.

Close the trap.

Steed that wall's moving.

- Hallucination effects of the drug.
- I haven't been drugged.

Excellent.

Crush them.

We can start again.

Rebuild.

With those two out of the way ...

Count again.

Now, turn and face the wall.

Very slowly.

With pleasure.

But I'm afraid, you're too late.

Purdey and Steed ...

... are dead.

Nicest hallucination, isn't it?

If they are dead,
so you.

In cold blood.

Oh, come on.

In hot blood Coldstream.

There's Irish on my granny's side.

And I promise you.

No!

If you wanna go, one way to go.

You're good company.

Close company.

Steed, I want to tell you something.

Now, turn this thing off.

Turn it off!

Purdey!

Steed!

Steed!

Purdey!

Steed!

Thanks goodness
you're both all right.

You say lots of pubs?

Amazing.

Left, isn't it?
- No, it's right.

Follow me.
I know the way out.

I think.

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