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When in Paris with his girlfriend Gayle (Kathryn Leigh Scott), Simon Templar (Ian Ogilvy) hears a scream from the hotel room across his, and when he storms in, he witnesses an Italian woman (Moira Redmond) akakening from a nightmare, telling him she just dreamed of her husbands assassination, and has quite a few details in regards to this - details that weirdly stick with Templar, especially after his return to London. He has also found out that the woman is actually Mrs. di Vallesi, wife of the Italian ambassador, and his ride in the Queen's coach would fulfill all the conditions of his wife's "premonition". But then, Templar meets di Vallesi's actual wife (Juliette James) and finds her looking nothing like the woman he's met in Paris - which only makes the case, if it is one, all the more intriguing. Templar learns of a hitman, Gunther (Joss Ackland), that fits the description of the fake Mrs. di Valessi's story, and he tries to intercept him, but to no avail. So he asks Gayle to check all the actor directories looking for the ambassador's fake wife while he tries to personally grant the ambassador's safety. Gayle finds the fake, tracks her down, and ultimately is made captive by an old enemy of Templar's, Colonel Perrez (John Bennett). Thing is, Perrez never intended for Gunther to kill the ambassador but Templar himself, and Gunther, positioned at the top of Big Ben with a sniper rifle, is about to do just that when Gayle manages to warn Templar. Templar storms up the clock tower, and he and Gunther have a shoot-out - but ultimately Gunther is quite literally killed by the chimes of Big Ben.

Sure, this episode (like the whole series) has a certain late-1970s charm to it and sure is a fun piece of nostalgia - but that said, storywise this entry is just terribly far-fetched and full of trappings that rely way too much on coincidence, right from the point where Templar chooses to trust a nightmare (which it must have seemed to him at the time) over common sense. Basically not only the resolution but the whole plot seems to be pulled out of a hat rather than worked towars, and put together haphazardly. So fun nostalgia for sure, but little more than that.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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