"The Professionals" is the second episode of the rebooted "Danger Man" series, now called "Secret Agent". It's interesting because unlike many of the episodes with fictional Eastern Bloc nations, this one is set in a real nation--Czechoslovakia.
A British embassy employee, Desmond, has disappeared and his wife is worried. Drake is brought in to investigate and poses as an embassy employee with a history of alcoholism. A 'nice guy', Milos Kaldor, instantly befriends Drake and gets him connected with the local social scene. It's obvious that they are trying to set up Drake and they hook him up with a hot woman and begin plying him with drinks. He seems to have wandered into the same ring who set up Desmond. Where Desmond is and how to get him out of this country are two big problems.
While it looks like the outdoor scenes were shot somewhere around the Lake District of England, the setting is a nice substitute for the Czech countryside. This outdoor setting gives this episode a less claustrophobic feel than you find in some episodes of the series. This combined with a very good script make this one worth seeing.
A British embassy employee, Desmond, has disappeared and his wife is worried. Drake is brought in to investigate and poses as an embassy employee with a history of alcoholism. A 'nice guy', Milos Kaldor, instantly befriends Drake and gets him connected with the local social scene. It's obvious that they are trying to set up Drake and they hook him up with a hot woman and begin plying him with drinks. He seems to have wandered into the same ring who set up Desmond. Where Desmond is and how to get him out of this country are two big problems.
While it looks like the outdoor scenes were shot somewhere around the Lake District of England, the setting is a nice substitute for the Czech countryside. This outdoor setting gives this episode a less claustrophobic feel than you find in some episodes of the series. This combined with a very good script make this one worth seeing.