When economist James Broom is slain by an arrow it is suspected that somebody at St. Bode's College, a small university, is behind it. Mrs Peel and Steed go undercover at the university and discover students behaving in a fairly anarchic manner and the staff rather ineffectual. Their main lead in an unsigned thesis so they must find the original in the university's disorganised archives. Those who help the search also end up dead and suspicion falls on the thoroughly nasty student Eric Duboys although it is believed that he is working for somebody older and more intelligent; one of the staff.
This is an enjoyable but flawed episode; Patrick Mower is a delightfully unpleasant as Eric Duboys and the other characters are fun in their own way; however it is hard to believe in the university which appears to consist of about three staff and a dozen or so unruly pupils! If one can overlook this there are plenty of great scenes to enjoy including one where Steed gets a flaming arrow shot through his bowler hat and the rag ball where Mrs Peel dresses as a very sexy Robin Hood! When we learn the identity of the mastermind it provides a nice twist that I wasn't expecting.
This is an enjoyable but flawed episode; Patrick Mower is a delightfully unpleasant as Eric Duboys and the other characters are fun in their own way; however it is hard to believe in the university which appears to consist of about three staff and a dozen or so unruly pupils! If one can overlook this there are plenty of great scenes to enjoy including one where Steed gets a flaming arrow shot through his bowler hat and the rag ball where Mrs Peel dresses as a very sexy Robin Hood! When we learn the identity of the mastermind it provides a nice twist that I wasn't expecting.