In New York City, a local Thrush office has developed a series of "mobile" agent units to disrupt UNCLE activity. Mark Slate infiltrates one of them and gets a tape with info that made lead to the location of their hideout, but loses it and is wounded in a shoot-out. Taking over, April finds that a downtrodden accountant has found the tape and hopes to sell it to the highest bidder. Instead, she and the man, Sydney Moorhouse, are captured and taken to the HQ, which is set up below a used car lot run by an ex-army Sergeant with a bad temper (shades of "The Sarge" from the SAD SACK comic-books!). Meanwhile, completely against orders, Mark figures out where the HQ is on his own, and infiltrates again-- this time posing as a German Thrush Central inspector.
There are 2 things that really make this episode stand out from most this season. One is Edward Asner, as ex-arms Sarge George Kramer. Asner raised the level of just about every show or film he ever appeared in, and this is definitely on the list. But many terrific actors have crashed and burned on this series, due to questionable writing. NOT this time! This has to rank as one of the most level-headed, sensible scripts in the entire run of GIRL FROM UNCLE, and when the end credits came up, I wasn't surprised to see a familiar name listed-- Dean Hargrove! As one of the most-successful writers & producers ever on television, he's worked in one capacity or another on MY THREE SONS, THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE NAME OF THE GAME, COLUMBO, McCLOUD, MADIGAN, McCOY, the 80s PERRY MASON revival, FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES, MATLOCK, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, and countless others.
Meanwhile, Sydney was played by Sorrell Booke. I didn't recognize him here, but, but he's probably most known for playing "Boss Hogg" in 146 episodes of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD.
If more episodes of this show had been this good, it might have lasted more than one season!
There are 2 things that really make this episode stand out from most this season. One is Edward Asner, as ex-arms Sarge George Kramer. Asner raised the level of just about every show or film he ever appeared in, and this is definitely on the list. But many terrific actors have crashed and burned on this series, due to questionable writing. NOT this time! This has to rank as one of the most level-headed, sensible scripts in the entire run of GIRL FROM UNCLE, and when the end credits came up, I wasn't surprised to see a familiar name listed-- Dean Hargrove! As one of the most-successful writers & producers ever on television, he's worked in one capacity or another on MY THREE SONS, THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE NAME OF THE GAME, COLUMBO, McCLOUD, MADIGAN, McCOY, the 80s PERRY MASON revival, FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES, MATLOCK, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, and countless others.
Meanwhile, Sydney was played by Sorrell Booke. I didn't recognize him here, but, but he's probably most known for playing "Boss Hogg" in 146 episodes of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD.
If more episodes of this show had been this good, it might have lasted more than one season!
