Martin Landau was such a great part of MI that's it's hard to have a favorite episode, but will that stop me from trying to answer my own question? Of course it won't!
My favorite ML MI episode is from the first season, called Elena (or as I like to call it, James Bond: The Martin Landau version).
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Reply by Jayhn1111
on July 20, 2017 at 11:05 PM
Wow that is very tough. I don't think I can pick one. Which is the episode where he pretends to be in a neo nazi group?
Reply by klondike6
on July 23, 2017 at 9:31 AM
I believe that episode was called The Legacy. Until I think of a better one, that was a pretty good episode. Done without the mask gimmick. It allowed his Rollin Hand personality to come through at the end, when he punched out the guy who slapped him around. Did he do a mask in Elena? I can't remember right off.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on July 23, 2017 at 1:43 PM
Oh right the Legacy. Thanks Klondike. He's just so great in so many episodes it'd be hard to narrow it down to one.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 23, 2017 at 6:22 PM
But what did you guys think about Elena? Barbara Luna was so gorgeous, and it was a bit more hardcore on answering the "What would happen if an agent was to get disavowed" question.
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Reply by lima-2
on July 23, 2017 at 8:10 PM
I know I saw Elena when it was first broadcast during season one. It must not have made a big impression on me at the time. When I re-watched it after buying the DVD set, I didn't remember it at all. Only when Elena zoned out and hallucinated and saw the fading artifact, did I remember that small snippet of the episode. Guess I'll have to go back and re-watch it, to give an honest assessment.
The Interrogator, though, ranks right up there as one of my favorite Martin Landau episodes.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on July 24, 2017 at 12:28 AM
I'm not gonna lie. I am in love with Barbara Luna. She is a goddess.
Honestly I'm a bit lukewarm on that particular episode. I'm not saying it was bad by any means, but just not quite on the level of all the other awesome episodes of that season.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on July 24, 2017 at 12:33 AM
Now you really have me looking forward to the Interrogator lima. I'm about 4 or 5 episodes away from revisiting that episode.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 24, 2017 at 9:00 PM
I liked The Glass Cage, when Rollin was playing that slimy torturer who was hitting on Barbara Bain's character.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on August 7, 2017 at 10:09 PM
@Jayhn1111
Another one of my favorite Martin Landau episodes was The Council. My favorite scene in Part One was when Rollin and Jim were asking Jimmy (Frank Wayne's childhood friend) questions about Frank's mannerisms. Rollin asks Jimmy about Frank's girlfriend Ginny. Jimmy says that Rollin won't be able to fool her, then out of nowhere complains that Frank is always bragging about what a good lover he is. The camera shows Jim's face (no reaction), then cuts to Rollin's face. Rollin tried to keep a straight face, but he ends up smiling. I laugh everytime I see that.
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Reply by Jayhn1111
on August 7, 2017 at 11:14 PM
That is a great 2 part episode. I thought for sure I posted a review up here of that. I never picked up on the scene you mentioned where Rollin couldn't keep a straight face though.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on August 8, 2017 at 12:55 AM
@Jayhn1111 : It happens after they retrieve Jimmy from being buried alive and take him to Jim's apartment to ask him about Frank Wayne. BTW, the actor who played Jimmy was the same actor who played Coach on Cheers!
Reply by klondike6
on August 9, 2017 at 7:00 AM
I think Illusion ranks right up there among my favorite Martin Landau episodes. I always wondered if Joel Grey patterned his Academy-award-winning performance in Cabaret after Martin Landau's here.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on August 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM
@klondike6
Now that I think about it, I have to agree with you! That was an awesome episode! I loved Cinnamon's songs. They were sexy but classy at the same time. And of course Rollin was awesome as well!
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Reply by Jayhn1111
on August 15, 2017 at 4:53 PM
Yep that I remember well
Reply by Maria Kelly
on August 15, 2017 at 10:49 PM
@klondike6 : Did you like like it? The reason I found it was hilarious was because let's face it, you very rarely heard any remarks about sex on MI.
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