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I'm enjoying this recent development in this thread. Zerbe is top dog as far as I'm concerned.
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Sep 1, 2020 - 11:20 AM
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Last Child
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Watched S5's "Homecoming", in which Phelps is in his old hometown taking care of some family business. Before Phelps' arrival the town is rocked by a series of murders involving Phelps' childhood friends.
The episode doesn't feel much like M:I at all. In fact, everything about this episode feels like Joe Mannix would show up at any time. "Homecoming" is still enjoyable as an M:I story, especially with its game cast: Joe Maross, Fred Beir, Loretta Swit, and Sharon Acker. I'm pretty sure every one of those actors had appeared on Mannix by this time (1970-71 TV season).
Regardless of what series it belongs in, it's not a particularly well-executed episode. But it is remarkable for showing a MI character's childhood home with topical commentary on returning Vietnam vets, and an introspective moment from Phelps. How he chooses to remember his hometown, from his carefree youth rather than its tortured present, is a very touching moment.
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Leonard Nimoy's James Coburn-ish Paris is way cooler than Mr. Sprock.
(I guess this could go in the Nerd War thread too!)
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Leonard Nimoy's James Coburn-ish Paris is way cooler than Mr. Sprock.
Agreed all the way.
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...or perhaps Nimoy personally embraced those counterculture elements. He could have been on "The Persuaders!"
How about Nimoy instead of Kaz Garas co-starring with Anthony Quayle on the great, but forgotten 1969 series Strange Report before becoming M:I's Paris? Imagine Nimoy's legacy as a spy dude instead of a space guy with, what was it?, pointed teeth?
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