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The Best Episodes of The Avengers

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The Best Episodes of The Avengers

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  1. 8.6/10(480 votes)

    #1 - The House That Jack Built

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
  2. 8.4/10(573 votes)

    #2 - The Cybernauts

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    S4:E3

    A vastly strong, bullet-proof killer homes in on and destroys several electronics executives. Could it have something to do with Dr. Armstrong's automated work place? Or with the activities of a nearby karate school...

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  3. 8.4/10(487 votes)

    #3 - Too Many Christmas Trees

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    S4:E13

    Christmas. Steed is having bad, seemingly prophetic, dreams, involving festive themes and a dead agent. Can he find solace at a fancy-dress party in the country home of a Dickens enthusiast?

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  4. 8.4/10(462 votes)

    #4 - A Touch of Brimstone

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    S4:E21

    When a group of hoaxsters called the Hellfire Club mix murder with their mischief, Steed and Emma demonstrate a few tricks of their own. The whalebone corset, high laced boots and spiked dog-collar Emma wears as the "Queen of Sin" were designed by Diana Rigg herself, and resulted in A Touch of Brimstone being banned from American TV.

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    Director:N/A
  5. 8.3/10(455 votes)

    #5 - The Hour that Never Was

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    S4:E9

    Following a motor crash, Steed and Emma explore the seemingly deserted RAF Hamelin, where they were heading for a party to celebrate the base's closure. Is this surreal landscape all a dream, or is it something worse?

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    Director:Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.1/10(474 votes)

    #6 - Death at Bargain Prices

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    S4:E4

    When an agent is killed in the lift of Pinter's Department store, Steed and Emma get involved with King Kane, a tycoon who lives in a penthouse above the store. Why is Professor Popple, a missing atomic scientist, being held in the bargain basement?

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  8. 8.1/10(408 votes)

    #7 - The Girl From Auntie

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    S4:E17

    Steed returns from holiday to find that a quite different Mrs. Peel is inhabiting his old friend's flat. With the aid of actress Georgie Price-Jones, he discovers that Art Incorporated and the Arkwright Knitting Circle are doing more together than just sharing needles.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.1/10(357 votes)

    #8 - Honey For the Prince

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    S4:E26

    Steed and Emma return from a party to find a dying agent in Steed's flat. What is the connection between honey, a firm which makes fantasies to order and the oil deal promised by a visiting Bavarian Prince?

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    Director:James Hill
  10. 8.0/10(650 votes)

    #9 - The Town of No Return

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    S4:E1

    Four agents have vanished, looking for each other, in Little Bazeley-by-the-Sea. Steed and Emma go in for the man who went in for the man who.... and meet the odd local landlord, blacksmith and vicar. Are they more than they seem?

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  11. 8.0/10(431 votes)

    #10 - The Murder Market

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    S4:E7

    What could an outbreak of motiveless murders have to do with the activities of a marriage bureau called Togetherness Inc.? Well, think of Hitchcock's 'Strangers On A Train' and you'll be close. Steed and Emma seek their ideal partners....

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Winged Avenger

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    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?

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Living Dead

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    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.

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    Director:John Krish
  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Never, Never Say Die

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Epic

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    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.

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    Director:James Hill
  16. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Who's Who???

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Dead Man's Treasure

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    S5:E20

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

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Positive Negative Man

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    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.

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  19. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Murdersville

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    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.

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  20. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Mission... Highly Improbable

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:N/A
  21. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Game

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    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.

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  22. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - All Done With Mirrors

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    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.

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    Director:Ray Austin
  23. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Morning After

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    S6:E18

    Steed, attempting to capture super-spy Merlin, is knocked out by a sleeping capsule, and wakes to find London deserted and under martial law. Firing squads are at large, and a nuclear bomb is holding the government to ransom.

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    Director:John Hough
  24. 7.9/10(412 votes)

    #23 - The Master Minds

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    S4:E6

    A government official, dresssed as one of the Horse-guards, helps in a raid on secret files and is wounded. Recovering, he remembers nothing. Is his crime anything to do with his membership of Ransack, a club for those with high IQs? Emma can join, but Steed may have to cheat....

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  25. 7.9/10(343 votes)

    #24 - How to Succeed... at Murder

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    S4:E25

    When several top executives die, their secretaries take over their firms. Is it mere chance, or are women trying to take over the world? Steed employs a deadly secretary, and Emma finds sorority down at the gym.

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    Director:N/A
  26. 7.8/10(501 votes)

    #25 - The Gravediggers

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    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?

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Best Episodes Summary

"The House That Jack Built" is the best rated episode of "The Avengers". It scored 8.6/10 based on 480 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 3/5/1966. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Cybernauts".