I am not sure if you are looking for an actual episode, or hoping to find one that fits your description. If you are looking for an actual episode, do you have any further information to help narrow the search -- for example, do you know which of Steed's partners were in the episode - Cathy, Emma, Tara, Purdey?
Most of the time the format of the show began with an usual murder teaser, followed by a title card overlap. The Rigg episodes then went to a "Mrs Peel, we're needed!" scene, then had Steed and his partner start with an initial investigation , followed by the two of them engaging in parallel investigations, and then a return to either his or her flat in between (during the Thorson episodes, it was often a return to Mother's headquarters, which was chosen to be an amusing location and changed weekly). At the end of the show, there would be a resolution with both of them and and fight sequence the would end the show, followed by a tag scene (often back at either of their apartments, or particularly during the Rigg/monochrome episodes departing by an unusual means of transportation).
The vast majority of locations were either London or small countryside villages and manors outside of London. The aristocracy and their functionaries are usually the only people who exist in this world. By design, there is little display of the suburban middle class in these episodes, except for reasonably wealthy eccentric shopkeeps and ex-military.
It's an intentionally unreal world that often acknowledges the existence of only the upper class and those who attend to them.
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tennissandgirl
11 years ago
Yes, I am looking for an actual episode. It doesn't matter which of his fellow female agents he was with during the episode. My professor would like me to find the very first show to use a spy couple going undercover in the suburbs.
If you are familiar with Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Alias, or Chuck. They each have an episode dedicated to the two lead characters going undercover as a married couple in the suburbs.
In Scarecrow, Amanda is needed to assist Lee because she is a real suburban housewife and they would fit in. In Chuck, the feel of a real couple is needed, so Chuck and Sarah go undercover. In Alias, a couple of Russian operatives were kill and Sydney and Vaughan were needed to take their place.
I believe that Scarecrow might have been the original, but I want to be thorough. A friend of mine recommended I look into The Avengers. I was also thinking that Get Smart might have been the first to have the "go undercover as a married couple in the suburbs" episode, but I haven't found anything yet.
Thank you for the brief overview of how each episode goes. That seems to be how the others are as well. Very formulaic.
Sandy
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GeorgeObliqueStrokeXR40
11 years ago
In the episode "Who's Who" Steed and Emma swap bodies with the villains of the week who a M/F couple. Back at Steed's apartment, the new evil Steed and Emma carry on like an amorously inclined couple and kill off a series of agents in the organization. Eventually Steed and Emma swap back into their old bodies and they get everything straightened out.
In "Escape in Time", Steed and Peel follow a person following a convoluted escape route and for a brief moment embrace each other like a couple kissing in an alley before they follow separate leads.
In "Murdersville", a captive Mrs Peel calls Steed and pretends he is her "husband" so she can communicate that she is in trouble and where she is being held. (They do not go together posing as a couple, however.) The setting is a small town, but I don't know if one could rightly consider that the suburbs.
In "Invasion of the Earthmen", Steed and Tara pose as a married couple to enroll their "son" and infiltrate a military academy.
In "Get Smart", Max and Agent 99 eventually get married during the series and become a married couple on the show.
Hope that helps...
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tennissandgirl
11 years ago
This is helpful, but unfortunately not what I'm looking for. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions!
Sandy
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