This
episode Mister X being given the instruction of going to the Magnum Record
Shop, the chief will speak to him there.
At the Magnum Record Shop, Mister X gives
the shop assistant a signal with his tie, and is handed a record. Mister X then
goes to a booth, where he places the record on a turntable, and we hear the
voice of the chief giving Mister X his briefing, and instructions of how to act
next.
This might seem a bit comical, especially
when Mister X makes the comment 'Thank you very much' to which the voice on the
record replies 'What was that?' 'Nothing' Mister X replies. Yet getting instructions
from a record is nothing new. Dan Briggs, of the first season of Mission
Impossible on occasion, would go to a record store, and gain instructions for
his next mission via a voice on a record.
This for me is an enjoyable break between
the mind change No.6 went through during ‘Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’ and
what was to come, the ultimate test sealed in that Embryo Room of ‘Once Upon A
Time.’ A fairytale, all be it a dangerous fairytale, which takes us back to the
days of John Drake and Danger Man. Something to be taken for nothing more than
what it is, pure escapism to be enjoyed between two torturous episodes. The one
not knowing if he would be restored to the man he was, and the other having to
be the one or the other, which could result in the death of either one of them.
And believe you me, there won't be much fun in that!
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