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As a fan of the genre I expect this to some degree and I liked the little ways that would pull it off in the series. The cipher in Kelly`s door in "Kindness", the speed-voice phone in "So Coldy Sweet", the various codes and contacts (my favorite will always be the drunk in "Carry Me Back..." </div> <bR> <div> These bits remind me of the cool, and cleverly realistic gadgets from the early Danger Man episodes (very fitting I think with the I Spy tone). </div> <bR> <div> Anyway those are my thoughts. </div> <bR> <div> BTW before we press on to next week- would people prefer to tackle episodes in Broadcast order? (a little tricky til the Culp Collection comes out though ) DVD order? or skip and do one per location or one per season for variety and comparative reasons? </div> <bR> <div> more soon,  -Scotty </div> <bR> <div> Author:  Colonel Boris Benkovski</div> <div> Date:  6/21/01 2:20:46 PM</div> <bR> <div> `ll add just a couple more thoughts before we close the book on Affair in T`Sien Cha. First about the narration. While I am glad they didn`t use that format in every episode, I thought Culp`s voiceover added a little something to the mood. Later on in the series, they did experiment with a kind of narration, in "No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise", "This Guy Smith" and "Return to Glory" there was a twist to the narration in that it was in the form of a written report or a verbal report to superiors and Culp and Cosby took both provided the narration, in turns. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1785902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Also I wanted to bring up a point that I wonder about. Throughout the series, there are many scenes in the guys` various hotel rooms. Some of them looked like genuine location hotel rooms such as in Bridge of Spies, the room with the snakes in Honorable Assassins, and a few other episodes come to mind. But for the most part, the hotel room scenes look like they were shot on a set, possibly at a later or earlier date than the on location scenes. I especially suspect this to be true, because those twin beds with the red with black stripe cover sheets and the square pillows turn up in a lot of different places, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Las Vegas. These beds make their first appearance in Affair in T`Sien Cha. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1786902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Finally, the episode title. Affair in T`Sien Cha. Usually they came up with more imaginative names for episodes, or else they names the episode after one of the guest characters, especially a woman (eg such epsidoes were names Lisa, Lori, Tatia, Tonia, Sophia, Laya and Shana). But they also used quotes, or slightly varied quotes and titles from classic literature, pop songs and movie titles as in A Room with a Rack (taken from the novel entitled A Room with a View) Get Thee to a Nunnery was from Shakespeare`s Hamlet, There Was a Little Girl from an old nursery rhyme, etc. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17875e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> But the title "Affair in T`Sien Cha" sounds a lot like it was influenced by The Man from UNCLE, in which every episode was entitled "The _____ Affair". I wonder if this was deliberate, or if in the case of a pilot title, they just didn`t put alot of time into coming up with an episode title. </div> <bR> <div> Anyway. Scotty, I`m up for any order that you all decide to watch episodes, though my personal preference is to maintain some kind of chronological sequence. Which should be easy, since it will be another few months before we can get the final season on dvd. I do intend, however, when dvd`s #12 and #13 come in the mail this weekend, to watch a couple of them that I haven`t seen in years. Let`s Kill Karlovassi and Casanova from Canarsie are two episodes that I haven`t seen since the mid 1980`s when Nick at Nite was airing the show, and to my knowledge, I have never once seen the episode "Laya".</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="_i_spy__episode_affair_in_t_sien_cha.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Affair in Tsien Cha">1</A>   -  <A HREF="affair2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Affair in Tsien Cha 2">2</A>  -  <A HREF="affair3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Affair in Tsien Cha 3">3</A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Illustrated Guide to I Spy with Robe">HOME</A>      <A HREF="_i_spy__episodes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Spy Episodes">EPISODES</A>      <A HREF="history_of__i_spy_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of I Spy">history</A>      <A HREF="personnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Spy Team">I SPY TEAM</A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="_i_spy__stars_culp_and_cosby.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Spy Stars Robert Culp Bill Cosby">STARS</A> 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