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JL82 · 12-28-2019, 03:35 PM

In case the title doesn't immediately ring a bell - this is the episode where a Kaos agent, last name of Krispin, played by Cesar Romero, has papers identifying people who owe allegiance to Kaos, and Krispin wants to be reunited with his wife (Amanda) who left him, so Max and the Chief train a rather shy and awkward (seemingly) children's book author(!) (Mimsi) who resembles the wife to play the wife.

Now, for those of you who have seen it - do I understand correctly that it turned out that Mimsi was, and always had been, the real Amanda - that was the alias under which Amanda had been living? We are told early on that 1) Amanda cannot be located, and 2) CONTROL has been able to find out very little about Mimsi. And apparently, Amanda wanted the power over KAOS that her husband's papers would have given her.

(Not unlike the plot of the movie Anastasia, except that Anastasia may have genuinely forgotten her real identity.)

Mimsi acts really afraid of violence, and Max promises her she won't be exposed to any while impersonating Amanda; but the Chief tells Max is virtually certain that Kinsey, once he discovers the impersonation, will kill Mimsi! And while the comedy of Get Smart often succeeds in hiding the darker undertones...that would actually have been a pretty terrible thing for CONTROL to do to a, well, non-spy. So in a way, it may have been a good thing that Mimsi wasn't the innocent civilian she seemed?

(This episode also has Max working with another agent at the beginning, and it's implied the other agent won't make it out alive, and even though he offers to let Max run away instead of him, it's all kind of...cavalier. Other CONTROL agents - others than Max and 99 - were often killed, but more often it was before Max and 99 got involved in the case. There's something about the fact that Max was with him and couldn't save him that makes it worse.)

12-28-2019, 03:35 PM	#1
JL82 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 14, 2009 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 189	"Reluctant Redhead" episode with Cesar Romero In case the title doesn't immediately ring a bell - this is the episode where a Kaos agent, last name of Krispin, played by Cesar Romero, has papers identifying people who owe allegiance to Kaos, and Krispin wants to be reunited with his wife (Amanda) who left him, so Max and the Chief train a rather shy and awkward (seemingly) children's book author(!) (Mimsi) who resembles the wife to play the wife. Now, for those of you who have seen it - do I understand correctly that it turned out that Mimsi was, and always had been, the real Amanda - that was the alias under which Amanda had been living? We are told early on that 1) Amanda cannot be located, and 2) CONTROL has been able to find out very little about Mimsi. And apparently, Amanda wanted the power over KAOS that her husband's papers would have given her. (Not unlike the plot of the movie Anastasia, except that Anastasia may have genuinely forgotten her real identity.) Mimsi acts really afraid of violence, and Max promises her she won't be exposed to any while impersonating Amanda; but the Chief tells Max is virtually certain that Kinsey, once he discovers the impersonation, will kill Mimsi! And while the comedy of Get Smart often succeeds in hiding the darker undertones...that would actually have been a pretty terrible thing for CONTROL to do to a, well, non-spy. So in a way, it may have been a good thing that Mimsi wasn't the innocent civilian she seemed? (This episode also has Max working with another agent at the beginning, and it's implied the other agent won't make it out alive, and even though he offers to let Max run away instead of him, it's all kind of...cavalier. Other CONTROL agents - others than Max and 99 - were often killed, but more often it was before Max and 99 got involved in the case. There's something about the fact that Max was with him and couldn't save him that makes it worse.)