The Professionals...

[fajrdrako]

Watching The Professionals again yesterday - it's been a while since I watched a full episode - reminded me of what a good show that is. How well written and acted. How much character and life Bodie and Doyle have.

Thinking this, I then read what Wikipedia had to say about the show, which included this:

The early years of the show featured varied plots, good scripts and ongoing character development of Bodie and Doyle and to a lesser extent Cowley, but later seasons featured increasingly overused ideas and script devices.

What ideas and devices are they thinking about? I really loved the fifth series; it has some of my favourite episodes, like "Discovered in a Graveyard", "The Untouchables", "Spy Probe", "The Ojuka Situation", "No Stone".

So... do fans generally agree with the Wikipedia article, or with me?

I think the show kept up its high level of quality till the very end, and though there are a few episodes I don't like, they're not the later ones.