This eposide heralded slight changes in the series. Gone were Murphy and Bernice (I really missed Bernice), in came Mildred (funny but lacked some of the qualities of Bernice).
What really was kicked into high gear was "Steele as Bond." This episode plays out like a Roger Moore Bond movie with a soundtrack that is very close to Sean Connery's 1963 Bond From Russia With Love.
Pierce Brosnan would spend the next four years playing a mini Bond (or more accurately a Simon Templar - aka The Saint - Moore's 1960s reformed jewel thief adventurer) in in the guise of Remington Steele before ... not being Bond due to contract disputes and production delays until 1995.
This episode sets the madcap, international location tone that the series would take on for the next four years.
Good that it was out of the overused cop show locations of LA, but, still, Bernice was missed.
What really was kicked into high gear was "Steele as Bond." This episode plays out like a Roger Moore Bond movie with a soundtrack that is very close to Sean Connery's 1963 Bond From Russia With Love.
Pierce Brosnan would spend the next four years playing a mini Bond (or more accurately a Simon Templar - aka The Saint - Moore's 1960s reformed jewel thief adventurer) in in the guise of Remington Steele before ... not being Bond due to contract disputes and production delays until 1995.
This episode sets the madcap, international location tone that the series would take on for the next four years.
Good that it was out of the overused cop show locations of LA, but, still, Bernice was missed.