Steed is brought in to investigate when Marten Halvarssen, a reclusive, blind millionaire, and his doctors request permission to bring corneas harvested from a patient in Switzerland into the UK to help restore Halvarssen's sight. There are plenty of questions to be asked; notably why they must come from Switzerland and why doesn't Halvarssen go to there for the treatment? It is explained that they are to be taken from a living donor, who is about to die but there is no real explanation why he can't go there; he just states that he can't. His Doctor's, Eve Hawn and Neil Anstice are just as secretive and soon get irritated with Steed's, and later Cathy's, questions. Cathy and another doctor accompany Drs Hawn and Anstice to the Swiss clinic and again Cathy is convinced that things aren't what they seem. Something that seems more obvious after the other doctors 'accidentally' falls off a balcony! It isn't until they return with the 'corneas' that we discover what was really going on.
This was a pretty solid episode; the plot was intriguing and even slightly disturbing the possibility that corneas were being taken from unwilling live patients wasn't explicitly raised but one couldn't help thinking it was a possibility. The ultimate explanation was somewhat more mundane but not disappointing enough to spoil what went before. The cast does a solid job; notably 'Avengers' regular Peter Bowles who does a fine job as Anstice, the most obvious villain, and John Carson who excels as the Halvarssen, a far more ambiguous character. There is some decent action towards the end. Overall I rather enjoyed this episode.
This was a pretty solid episode; the plot was intriguing and even slightly disturbing the possibility that corneas were being taken from unwilling live patients wasn't explicitly raised but one couldn't help thinking it was a possibility. The ultimate explanation was somewhat more mundane but not disappointing enough to spoil what went before. The cast does a solid job; notably 'Avengers' regular Peter Bowles who does a fine job as Anstice, the most obvious villain, and John Carson who excels as the Halvarssen, a far more ambiguous character. There is some decent action towards the end. Overall I rather enjoyed this episode.