Up until the final minutes in the show, "That's Two of Us Sorry" was a very good episode of "Secret Agent". However, the ending was extremely unsatisfying and dumb. On balance it's worth seeing if you like the series but nothing more.
The episode begins with the loss of some important secret papers from a briefcase. John Drake is sent to investigate and talks with a very stupid agent (Graham Crowden) who swears he has no idea what's happened to the papers. The trail leads next to an isolated fishing village on the Scottish coast. It seems that a wanted man who is assumed dead MIGHT be living there, as his fingerprints were found on the briefcase. So, it's up to Drake to investigate this somewhat unfriendly town to find clues. Oddly, in addition to locals, he finds a bunch of Russian fishermen!* As I mentioned above, the ending was a mess. Think about it--after Drake nearly gets himself killed, incurs the anger of an entire town and finds the supposedly dead man, the dumb British agent discovers he's had the papers all along!!!! Huh?! Pretty lame.
*During the Soviet era, Russian fishing trawlers were routinely used as spy vessels. So, the Russian fishermen wandering about took on a lot more significance in the show than folks today might think. Happily, these Russians turned out to be pretty decent folk, however,
The episode begins with the loss of some important secret papers from a briefcase. John Drake is sent to investigate and talks with a very stupid agent (Graham Crowden) who swears he has no idea what's happened to the papers. The trail leads next to an isolated fishing village on the Scottish coast. It seems that a wanted man who is assumed dead MIGHT be living there, as his fingerprints were found on the briefcase. So, it's up to Drake to investigate this somewhat unfriendly town to find clues. Oddly, in addition to locals, he finds a bunch of Russian fishermen!* As I mentioned above, the ending was a mess. Think about it--after Drake nearly gets himself killed, incurs the anger of an entire town and finds the supposedly dead man, the dumb British agent discovers he's had the papers all along!!!! Huh?! Pretty lame.
*During the Soviet era, Russian fishing trawlers were routinely used as spy vessels. So, the Russian fishermen wandering about took on a lot more significance in the show than folks today might think. Happily, these Russians turned out to be pretty decent folk, however,