Favourite episodes and why?

Hi everyone,
I am new to the SHADO group and have just today received my full set
of UFO on DVD (but haven't watched it yet!). I was born in 1964 and
can therefore remember the show from my childhood with very fond
memories.

I am looking forward to the shows and will probably just view them
sequentially - but would be interested to know what other people
consider their favourite/least favourite episodes and why. I tend to
prefer episodes in all my 1960s/early 70s favourites (The Champions,
R&H deceased, Avengers, Persuaders, Dept S) which are not so studio
bound but have some location shooting. Which of the UFO episodes
best meet this criterion please?
Regards.
Tanner.

BEST - Timelash & Mindbender (Timelash maybe nudges
out Mindbender only because I remembered so distinctly
Straker shooting the UFO with the rocket launcher
after 30 years)

WORST - Confetti Check A-OK



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"tanner_hayes2000" wrote:

>
> I am looking forward to the shows and will probably just view them
> sequentially - but would be interested to know what other people
> consider their favourite/least favourite episodes and why. I tend to
> prefer episodes in all my 1960s/early 70s favourites (The Champions,
> R&H deceased, Avengers, Persuaders, Dept S) which are not so studio
> bound but have some location shooting. Which of the UFO episodes
> best meet this criterion please?

Hi Tanner (and many thanks for the off-list mail re: Where
Eagles Dare by the way), the episode which springs to mind is
The Long Sleep, one you won't be seeing for a while if you
intend to view the episodes in sequence. There's some lovely
sepia-toned 'backflash' footage of Piccadilly Circus in 1970,
but much of the episode is set on a farmhouse and in the English
countryside.

Having said that, it's not one of the better episodes, but it's
certainly one of the more interesting.

Cheers
James

My favorite "outside located" episode is "The Long Sleep",where Catherine
Ross awakes after 10 years in a coma,seeing images of a bomb ,burning on a
slow fuse,and a friend falling to his death,and being knocked over by Ed
Strakers car. It is quite an entertaining episode,with lots of action in it!
you'll have to watch it for yourself - enough said!!
Regards..
Terry..

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Date: 01 September 2003 15:57:18
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Subject: [SHADO] Favourite episodes and why?

Hi everyone,
I am new to the SHADO group and have just today received my full set
of UFO on DVD (but haven't watched it yet!). I was born in 1964 and
can therefore remember the show from my childhood with very fond
memories.

I am looking forward to the shows and will probably just view them
sequentially - but would be interested to know what other people
consider their favourite/least favourite episodes and why. I tend to
prefer episodes in all my 1960s/early 70s favourites (The Champions,
R&H deceased, Avengers, Persuaders, Dept S) which are not so studio
bound but have some location shooting. Which of the UFO episodes
best meet this criterion please?
Regards.
Tanner.





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Best episode by far.......Question of
Priorities....where john straker, ed strakers young
son, dies because it was more important to use Shado
resources to save the world, than to get medicine to
his son in time.

Amazing episode. You basically never see a sad
completely non happy ending to any series episode,
this was amazing.

I was stunned.

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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Favourite episodes and why?


> My favorite "outside located" episode is "The Long Sleep",where Catherine
> Ross awakes after 10 years in a coma,seeing images of a bomb ,burning on a
> slow fuse,and a friend falling to his death,and being knocked over by Ed
> Strakers car. It is quite an entertaining episode,with lots of action in
it!
> you'll have to watch it for yourself - enough said!!
> Regards..
> Terry..
>

Quite difficult to believe that that little boat will still be tied up
there below the bridge, undisturbed, with that gun still laying in it where
it fell, after 10 years!
I found this to be the worst episode, for many reasons, not the least of
which, it seems to be a last desperate attempt to squeeze an episode
together before the cast and crew breaks up at the end of series
production.
Of all the eps, it has the least "feel" of UFO.

IMHO, of course
Dave H.

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Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Favourite episodes and why?


>
> Amazing episode. You basically never see a sad
> completely non happy ending to any series episode,
> this was amazing.
>
> I was stunned.
>

Have you *watched* any of the episodes?
That's one of the things I like about UFO, is that it frequently has
tragic and unhappy endings...

Dave H.

> I found this to be the worst episode

Yes, giving recommendations for favorite episodes is a bit difficult,
as everyone here has (sometimes radically) different opinions. For
example, I liked A CAT WITH TEN LIVES, but it seems that several people
on this list hate it. Meanwhile, I thought ORDEAL was pretty awful,
many on this list like it.

That said, my favorites episodes are CONFLICT, A QUESTION OF
PRIORITIES, KILL STRAKER, SUB-SMASH, A CAT WITH TEN LIVES, DESTRUCTION,
TIMELASH, MINDBENDER, and THE LONG SLEEP. I've given letter grades to
all the episodes on my UFO Series Guide
(http://ufoseries.com/guide/episode.html), but that's just my personal
opinion, and I've seen many who disagree with it.

Marc

Your comment is lacking in couth. CLEARLY I have
watched the episodes or I wouldnt and couldnt have
commented. The answer to your question is self
evident.
If you read what I stated, I said ". You basically
never see a sad completely non happy ending to any
series episode, this was amazing." Perhaps I should
point out the keywords,ANY SERIES. Which implies NON
Gerry Anderson related shows as well.
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My favorite episodes would be "Timelash," "Reflections in the Water,"
and "Mindbender," probably because Straker gets to spend a lot of time
away from his desk!

"Sub Smash" is my least favorite, because of some plausibility
problems with the plot.

"Sound of Silence" has a lot of location shooting. Most of "Timelash"
takes place on the studio backlot.

Ed



--- In [hidden email], "tanner_hayes2000" <kostiraudive@h...>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I am new to the SHADO group and have just today received my full
set
> of UFO on DVD (but haven't watched it yet!). I was born in 1964
and
> can therefore remember the show from my childhood with very fond
> memories.
>
> I am looking forward to the shows and will probably just view them
> sequentially - but would be interested to know what other people
> consider their favourite/least favourite episodes and why. I tend
to
> prefer episodes in all my 1960s/early 70s favourites (The
Champions,
> R&H deceased, Avengers, Persuaders, Dept S) which are not so studio
> bound but have some location shooting. Which of the UFO episodes
> best meet this criterion please?
> Regards.
> Tanner.