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Emil Muz's avatar

I always know when you've done an Avengers piece there are going to be too many great lines for me to add adequate commentary to.

Merry Christmas to you and yours

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vorpal's avatar

A couple years back one of our Canadian networks did a free streaming of all the Avengers episodes so of course I binged them all... and yes, 'Too Many Christmas Trees' was memorable as one of the oddest offerings from an admittedly odd series... I loved it.

Festive Cheers, Stephen!

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Don't know why I've never watched "The Avengers," as it seems like a TV show that I would like, and with delightful leads. Thanks for this post!

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babaganusz's avatar

💯% this

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Sherry's avatar

Having never seen The Avengers I thought that their relationship was strictly professional. Guess not.

Happy Christmas SER. Enjoy the break and the family.

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Pope Buck I's avatar

Rigg said afterwards that she always played her scenes with MacNee as if they had just made love.

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Stephen Robinson's avatar

Their relationship is one of the original “will they or won’t they” but actually more “are they or aren’t they.” There is often so much casual intimacy you could think they were an old married couple and then there would be a moment that suggests otherwise

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Same. And do they ever explain what happened to Mr. Peel?

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vorpal's avatar

first episode of the sixth season Diana Rigg leaves the series for Linda Thorson's Tara King with the explanation that the mysterious Mr Peel has returned and she's going to join him... but no, they never explain why he was missing.

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Stephen Robinson's avatar

He was a test pilot who went missing, I think

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Thanks!

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Dina's avatar

"Christmas is considered a family holiday, so a house party on Christmas Eve seems a little odd, though my younger self relished the thought. It’s even a costume party..."

One of the first things I learned after moving here to Merry Ol' England is that Christmas Eve is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. It seemed a little sacreligious to me—despite me being a lifelong atheist, probably because Christmas Eve is seen as major "family time" in the U.S.—but in the subsequent 13 1/2 years I've come to accept the fact that a lot of people here are hung over af on Christmas Day. Jesus, being with kids playing with their new loud toys is bad enough when one DOESN'T have an alcohol-induced headache, I don't know how these people do it.

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Stephen Robinson's avatar

Great point. I think Dickens himself plays up the party atmosphere on Christmas. Fred’s party always feels like fun

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Dina's avatar

Oops, noticed I just spelled "sacrilegious" wrong. Sorry 'bout that...

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