This episode opens with a group of bikers, including Cathy Gale, stopping off at a remote watermill to ask directions to a nearby site where they say they have permission to ride. The two elderly women tell them they will curse them; the bikers go off laughing but soon their bikes suddenly stop functioning. It turns out it isn't just their bikes; all mechanical devices in the area fail. The bikers stay in the barn at a local pub where Steed is meeting a man from the local atomic research facility. This man tells Steed that the facility is getting the blame for what is going on but assures him it isn't involved. After hearing what happened at the mill Steed pays a visit, claiming to be from the 'National Distrust'
like the National Trust but less trusting! He doesn't find anything but is sure they are involved so arranges a race for the bikers so he can plot where they are breaking down to locate the source of the event. While all this is going on a local woman starts trying to get Steed to go riding with her and one of the girls in the biker gang is upset because she thinks Cathy is getting to close to her boyfriend.
I rather enjoyed this episode despite some flaws. It was fun seeing Cathy in a biker gang but once they got to the pub and started relaxing it seemed too much like a middle aged man's idea of how hip young things enjoyed themselves within seconds of arriving the music was on and half of them were dancing. The two old women in the mill were pretty funny; I especially liked the fun twist at the end regarding the device we had repeatedly been shown. Interestingly the real villains aren't too obvious; in fact it isn't entirely obvious that there are any real villains until a body turns up. The cast do a solid job; I especially enjoyed Athene Seyler and Nora Nicholson's performances as the two elderly woman. Overall I found this to be another enjoyable episode.
I rather enjoyed this episode despite some flaws. It was fun seeing Cathy in a biker gang but once they got to the pub and started relaxing it seemed too much like a middle aged man's idea of how hip young things enjoyed themselves within seconds of arriving the music was on and half of them were dancing. The two old women in the mill were pretty funny; I especially liked the fun twist at the end regarding the device we had repeatedly been shown. Interestingly the real villains aren't too obvious; in fact it isn't entirely obvious that there are any real villains until a body turns up. The cast do a solid job; I especially enjoyed Athene Seyler and Nora Nicholson's performances as the two elderly woman. Overall I found this to be another enjoyable episode.
