Serious Questions

[going_boldly]

It's been a while since I've seen the episode, and I don't own it, so: which country is "The Dove Affair" set in? Is it supposed to be Terbuf, a real country, or just generic Eastern-bloc nation #8?

Also, is there any mention of what Illya is doing, or is it just a regular old solo-Solo mission?

Comments

[bluemeanybeany]

There is a county called Terbuf in Albania so perhaps it is supposed to be Albania, or they looked at a map of eastern bloc countries and randomly chose that place name. One of the few things I know about Albania is that its the country the US decides to declare war on in Wag the Dog so perhaps its a good generic fictional stand in.

I like your Hatter icon by the way.

[spikesgirl58]

Napoleon went on several *ahem* solo missions in the first season - part of the singular 'man' in the title. I don't know that they ever mentioned what Illya was doing in this episode. Probably just messing around in the labs or typing up Napoleon's reports back at HQ.

[rosywonder]

Or choosing furniture for his new flat.... Or improving his Serbo-Croat..... Or um, trying out a new recipe his mama sent him .. Just the sort of mindless activity I like. I could write a whole short story on this.

[elmey]

The Dove Affair doesn't take place in Terbuf, the country is called Sernia (though I have no clue if that's the right spelling) and I've always assumed it doesn't exist--just generic somewhere in the Balkans.

There's a nicely detailed review here:
http://benzadmiral-uncle.blogspot.com/2010/01/dove-affair-ep-112-or-spy-vs-spy.html