I must have picked this episode because Lindsay Wagner is in it for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it opening scene as Jaime Sommers, and also because hero-of-the-blog Walker Edmiston plays one of the Russian baddies. Had I known what a bore this story about a Russian gymnast, caught between two rival factions of Soviets, would be, I’d probably have skipped it. Honestly, this was like watching paint dry, except for one delightful insert:
I love it when the people who make props like this inject a little comedy. There’s a great one in an episode of Lois & Clark which includes the line “And if you can read this, we definitely held this shot too long.” I think I like this one even better.