The I:M Force must keep a Rasputin-like figure from taking over a Duchy and allying it with the Commies.
What they do best. Enter a Ruritanian east European country that somehow survived two World Wars and use their tricks to keep thugs and despots from seizing control.
It does make them a bit of a cabal, but it's only fiction and hard to take seriously. Great fun. Usually.
Naturally (and it was the same with Rollin) the bad guy they want to replace bears an eerie resemblance to Paris. That's the hinge and it's always very convenient. No wonder Rollin/Paris always get chosen for these missions. Everyone looks like them. And there are enough twists to excite and enjoy the proceedings.
One caveat. I am personally against the death penalty, if not for reasons usually cited. But a frontloaded exhibition with an electric chair is just too preachy. I don't like entertainment littered with social commentary or partisan views, transforming fun entertainment into polemics, even when I agree with it. Shame.
What they do best. Enter a Ruritanian east European country that somehow survived two World Wars and use their tricks to keep thugs and despots from seizing control.
It does make them a bit of a cabal, but it's only fiction and hard to take seriously. Great fun. Usually.
Naturally (and it was the same with Rollin) the bad guy they want to replace bears an eerie resemblance to Paris. That's the hinge and it's always very convenient. No wonder Rollin/Paris always get chosen for these missions. Everyone looks like them. And there are enough twists to excite and enjoy the proceedings.
One caveat. I am personally against the death penalty, if not for reasons usually cited. But a frontloaded exhibition with an electric chair is just too preachy. I don't like entertainment littered with social commentary or partisan views, transforming fun entertainment into polemics, even when I agree with it. Shame.