The Avengers (TV Series)

Man-Eater of Surrey Green (1965)

Patrick Macnee: John Steed

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Quotes 

• Emma Peel : What nasty situation have you got in store for me this time, hm? You have your own built in early warning system, you know. A certain look in the eye, roses...

  [thinks] 

  Emma Peel : Roses...

  John Steed : Roses?

  Emma Peel : Roses. Ah!

  [hits him on the nose with a rose] 

  Emma Peel : The missing horticulturists. Bullseye.

• John Steed : [after equiping Mrs. Peel with a deaf aid]  Yeah, well, don't lose it, will you?

  Emma Peel : Why not? The plant's only man-eating.

• Sir Lyle Petersen : Do you, eh, drink brandy, Mr. Steed?

  John Steed : If you mean 'am I accustomed to drinking brandy', Sir Lyle, the answer is yes. if you mean 'would I like one now', the answer is also yes.

  Sir Lyle Petersen : Good.

• John Steed : What on Earth's that?

  Wing Commander Davies : Looks like some sort of mad octopus.

  John Steed : Well, what was it doing up in the cosmos?

• John Steed : [after killing an alien plant]  I'm a herbicidal maniac, didn't you know?