This episode opens with a couple of robbers taking jewellery from a safe; they are interrupted by a man they know; he tells them that they know the consequences of committing unauthorised crimes and shoots them
one is killed the other is injured. The Injured man is taken to Steed's flat and when he wakes up he starts talking about needed to pick up a woman called Hilda Stern from the airport. It turns out that she has been arrested for travelling on a false passport and is currently in Holloway Prison. Cathy goes undercover there and learns that a breakout has been arranged; she drugs Stern and takes her place. It turns out she is part of Intercrime
a criminal organisation with branches across Britain and Europe. The second in command of the London branch, Felder, wants Stern to kill his boss's girlfriend, as she has learnt too much, he also intends to take over ultimately. Steed tries to warn the woman but she doesn't believe him. Things get tense later on when the real Hilda Stern escapes from custody.
This is an impressively solid episode; I liked the idea of Intercrime as a group of villains. The fact that it is international nicely justifies how Cathy was able to replace Stern. Kenneth J. Warren does an impressive job as Felder; it was interesting that this character was a scheming second in command rather than the organisation's boss. Julia Arnall stands out as Stern; a dangerous character who presents are real threat, especially to Cathy. There are plenty of moments of peril as well as an interesting scene where Cathy, in the guise of Stern, is asked to lead the defence of an Intercrime member accused of keeping stolen funds for himself. Overall I really enjoyed this episode; I'm also rather surprised that Intercrime only appears in one other episode.
This is an impressively solid episode; I liked the idea of Intercrime as a group of villains. The fact that it is international nicely justifies how Cathy was able to replace Stern. Kenneth J. Warren does an impressive job as Felder; it was interesting that this character was a scheming second in command rather than the organisation's boss. Julia Arnall stands out as Stern; a dangerous character who presents are real threat, especially to Cathy. There are plenty of moments of peril as well as an interesting scene where Cathy, in the guise of Stern, is asked to lead the defence of an Intercrime member accused of keeping stolen funds for himself. Overall I really enjoyed this episode; I'm also rather surprised that Intercrime only appears in one other episode.