Embassy, September 29, 1998

By Shirley

I settled down to watch this episode with a great deal of anticipation and I was not disappointed. What a great second ep!

Good script, good story. It was a nice touch having the pacifist Professor. At the end, it was he who was able to shut down the threat of war by talking to his people of ideals, yet he was enough of a realist to know that Harm needed more than ideals and talk to rescue Mac and bring down the bad guy. So force majeure won the battle, but words won the war.

Of course we all know by now that when Webb is involved, it's not straightforward. Warning, warning! There is a hidden agenda. In this case, it's the dreaded Ebola virus. And there we have our hero, carefully clutching it in his hand, bug-eyed.
 

And what d'you know? Do you think TPTB were trying to snag viewers? Harm in his dashing mess dress for most of one episode! And Mac in a to-die-for designer gown, with a slit up to there! Both items of apparel provided by the US government. Bodies not included.

And we fans all went to bed with a silly satisfied smile on our collective faces because of the final little scene: Harm and Mac walking out together, trading neat one liners. A fitting end to an excellent episode.

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