lost_spook's (mostly) Non-Spoilery Guide to Manhunt (1970)

[lost_spook]

I decided that since I really like doing Fandom Overviews (or Manifestos, but that implies "everyone should watch" and really, they shouldn't), I should do one for everything I like that I haven't already done one for and it would be fun for me and maybe even useful for other people.

We'll see how that goes, but here's one of my latest in new

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[lost_spook]

It's very 70s at times, but it's also very intense and psychological with a side order of a few 100% location action episodes & the result, after a slowish start is pretty gripping - or at least, I found it so!

Episode 2 was very off-putting indeed, but someone I trusted had recommended it & once you've bought the DVD, you kind of have to give it a few eps to redeem itself - after all, even B7 has Ben Steed, and the adorable AAL! its terrible ep3 and 5. (To be fair to the show, you can see what they were aiming for with it, but it was 100% location and so there wasn't the same opportunity for the actors and directors to pull it together and cover the script deficiencies, which just left a very nasty taste in the mouth. It's not so bad you might not want to look at it when you've finished, if you liked the rest, but as ep2 it's very unfortunate placing and it would have been better for the world if it could have been burninated instead of something else!)

Why is there a suspicion that Jimmy ditched his plane to avoid the war?

It's covered in the series, but initially, because his Spitfire came down somewhere it shouldn't have been and he hangs onto his dog tags against orders; but it's an issue that keeps coming back in different ways.