Secrets have been leaking from a government ministry so Steed and Tara are called into investigate. They speculate who might be responsible and why; Tara suggests the motive might be love but Mother is unimpressed. For some reason the men there have fallen for Martha Roberts, the less than glamorous cleaner whose requests for secrets they just can't refuse. She initially deflects suspicion onto one of the men but Tara recognises her perfume. One clue leads to another and Steed is soon at the doors of Casanova Ink; a publishing company that specialises in romantic fiction penned by a computer! It turns out these are no ordinary books; a select few contain microdots which bear a subliminal message causing the reader to fall in love with the next person they set their eyes on.
This episode is fairly silly even by the standards of The Avengers and that is what makes it such fun! It was interesting to see the men had fallen in love with a dowdy cleaner rather than some glamorous beauty especially when we see that this was just a disguise and she really is beautiful! Veronica Strong did a fine job in the role. Terence Alexander also puts in a solid performance Nigel Bromfield; the charmer behind the plot. Despite the enjoyable silliness there are moments of danger; most notably when a thug attacks Tara in her apartment and later when the evil Bromfield forces an infatuated Tara to climb onto a high ledge after she fell victim to his microdots. The finale is as delightfully silly as the rest of the episode as Steed learns that being loved is frightening when too many people love you!
This episode is fairly silly even by the standards of The Avengers and that is what makes it such fun! It was interesting to see the men had fallen in love with a dowdy cleaner rather than some glamorous beauty especially when we see that this was just a disguise and she really is beautiful! Veronica Strong did a fine job in the role. Terence Alexander also puts in a solid performance Nigel Bromfield; the charmer behind the plot. Despite the enjoyable silliness there are moments of danger; most notably when a thug attacks Tara in her apartment and later when the evil Bromfield forces an infatuated Tara to climb onto a high ledge after she fell victim to his microdots. The finale is as delightfully silly as the rest of the episode as Steed learns that being loved is frightening when too many people love you!