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A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series'

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    The Avengers Season 2 Episode 3 - The Decapod
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Decapod

    S2:E3

    Borb, the president of the Balkan Republic, is visiting London to sign a military deal. His private secretary is killed by a masked wrestler, the Decapod. Steed is assigned to augment the president's bodyguards, but the wrestler continues to kill those close to Borb.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Eric Paice

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  2. The Avengers Season 2 Episode 19 - The Golden Eggs
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Golden Eggs

    S2:E19

    A burglar steals two gold-plated eggs from Dr Ashe, not knowing that they contain a deadly virus. The man quickly falls ill, but refuses to indicate where the case containing the eggs is buried.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Martin Woodhouse

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  3. The Avengers Season 2 Episode 26 - Killer Whale
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Killer Whale

    S2:E26

    Cathy is managing the boxer Joey Frazer, but Pancho Driver's gym, where the man is training, is, Steed suspects, the centre for shipments of illegal ambergris.

    Director:Kim Mills
    Writer:John Lucarotti

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  4. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 1 - Brief for Murder
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Brief for Murder

    S3:E1

    Thanks to the clever briefing of the Lakin brothers a man charged with treason is found not guilty. Mrs Gale believes that Steed is implicated, and contacts the newspapers. Steed threatens her: either withdraw her allegations or pay the consequences. Soon Steed is on trial for Gale's murder.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  5. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 2 - The Undertakers
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Undertakers

    S3:E2

    All the occupants of a rest home, Adelphi Park, are multi-millionaires. And most of them are refusing to see anyone, including Professor Renter who was due to fly to America with Steed to show off his latest invention. His wife is unable or unwilling to help and, curiously, the neighbour, Madden, another millionaire, is missing.

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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  6. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 7 - The Gilded Cage
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Gilded Cage

    S3:E7

    Steed's trap for criminal mastermind J.P. Spaggs involves a brilliant plan to steal a million pounds in gold bullion. But when two detectives arrive at Steed's flat and arrest Cathy for Spagge's murder things don't seem to be going to plan.

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  7. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 9 - The Medicine Men
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Medicine Men

    S3:E9

    Willis-Sopwoth, a top pharmaceutical firm, is being drained by cheap imitations of its products in foreign markets. The death of a member of staff while investigating the fraud brings Steed and Cathy face to face with a deadly artist and a plot to poison children.

    Director:Kim Mills
    Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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  8. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 10 - The Grandeur That Was Rome
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Grandeur That Was Rome

    S3:E10

    Strange diseases are being reported in various parts of the world, and Steed's suspicion is that somebody has been tampering with the insecticides and fertilisers of United Foods and Dressings. Cathy Gale is captured whilst investigating, and will be the 'guinea pig' for a test on the new strain of bubonic plague.

    Director:Kim Mills
    Writer:Rex Edwards

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  9. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 12 - Don't Look Behind You
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Don't Look Behind You

    S3:E12

    Invited to spend the weekend at the home of medievel costume expert Sir Cavalier Resagne, Cathy finds herself alone in the house, pestered by a young man who claims to be a film director, and haunted by her past. And where is Steed?

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  10. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 16 - The Little Wonders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Little Wonders

    S3:E16

    Bibliotek are a criminal organisation who are fronted as a church. A coming 'Bible Class' will decide who runs Bibliotek. It could be Steed...

    Director:Laurence Bourne
    Writer:Eric Paice

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  11. The Avengers Season 3 Episode 19 - The Secrets Broker
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Secrets Broker

    S3:E19

    One of Steed's colleagues has been murdered, and the subsequent investigation takes Cathy to a top-secret research establishment and Steed to a wine merchants.

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:Ludovic Peters

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  12. The Avengers Season 4 Episode 2 - The Gravediggers
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Gravediggers

    S4:E2

    Has the late Dr Marlow's proposed radar-jamming system been tested against British defences? If so, the dead scientist seems to be doing it from his grave. And what's the connection with the local hospital's bizarre operations and a train-crazy philanthropist?

    Director:Quentin Lawrence
    Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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  13. The Avengers Season 4 Episode 22 - What the Butler Saw
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - What the Butler Saw

    S4:E22

    According to Steed's double-agent barber, one of three military men is a traitor. But which one? To find out, Steed becomes a butler, and Emma starts Operation Fascination to trap the woman-hungry Group Captain Miles.

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  14. The Avengers Season 4 Episode 23 - The House That Jack Built
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The House That Jack Built

    S4:E23

    Emma inherits some property from her deceased Uncle Jack. The property is a very bizaarre house, and when Emma goes to inspect it, she finds herself trapped in a labyrinth of psychological torture.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  15. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 6 - The Winged Avenger
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Winged Avenger

    S5:E6

    Is a creature that can walk up walls clawing to death ruthless and powerful men? Does it have anything to do with Professor Poole's invention of boots that let you walk on the ceiling, or with cartoon superhero the Winged Avenger?

    Director:Gordon Flemyng
    Writer:Richard Harris

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  16. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 7 - The Living Dead
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Living Dead

    S5:E7

    When representatives of the two organizations head to a country church to investigate the sudden reappearance of a man long thought dead, Steed and Emma are called in to help. It isn't long, of course, before murder rears its ugly head.

    Director:John Krish
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  17. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 10 - Never, Never Say Die
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Never, Never Say Die

    S5:E10

    An unfortunate motorist keeps knocking down and killing the same man: a man who's rampaging through the countryside, bulletproof and intent on destruction. A man who just happens to be identical to the urbane Professor Frank N. Stone.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 11 - Epic
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Epic

    S5:E11

    Three Hollywood veterans, led by an insane director, decide that Emma would be perfect for their latest movie, so they kidnap her and film some surreal and deadly footage.

    Director:James Hill
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  19. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 16 - Who's Who???
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Who's Who???

    S5:E16

    When one of the Floral Network of agents is found dead atop a pair of stilts, Steed and Emma's interest is piqued. That's the idea, because foreign agents Basil and Lola have a trap prepared for them: a machine that swaps their minds into the pair's bodies.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 20 - Dead Man's Treasure
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Dead Man's Treasure

    S5:E20

    A missing briefcase full of secrets propels Steed and Emma into a treasure hunt by car.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 22 - The Positive Negative Man
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Positive Negative Man

    S5:E22

    When a scientist is found embedded in a wall, Steed and Emma pursue a man in make-up and wellies, whose appearance is terribly shocking.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Tony Williamson

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  22. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 23 - Murdersville
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Murdersville

    S5:E23

    Emma's old friend, Paul Croft, returns from abroad to retire to Little Storping-in-the Swurf. Unfortunately, the village seems to be run along very strange lines. Threatened by yokels, Emma finds herself outnumbered.

    Director:Robert Asher
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  23. The Avengers Season 5 Episode 24 - Mission... Highly Improbable
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Mission... Highly Improbable

    S5:E24

    When Sir Gerald Bancroft and his Rolls-Royce vanish whilst being escorted at a military base, Steed is called upon to solve the puzzle. But before he can he experiences that old shrinking feeling.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Philip Levene

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  24. The Avengers Season 6 Episode 2 - Game
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Game

    S6:E2

    The sudden deaths of several of Steed's former army colleagues are revealed to be part of an elaborate engine of destruction, devised by a man court-martialled by them all. And now he is playing a deadly game.

    Director:Robert Fuest
    Writer:Richard Harris

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  25. The Avengers Season 6 Episode 8 - All Done With Mirrors
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - All Done With Mirrors

    S6:E8

    The leaking of secrets at Carmadoc Research Establishment throws suspicion on to Steed, who must suffer the torment of house arrest while Tara goes in with a new partner.

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Leigh Vance

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Decapod" is the best rated episode of "The Avengers". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Don Leaver and written by Eric Paice, it aired on 10/13/1962. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Golden Eggs".