N.A. Season 2 03 Medium rare Writer: Dennis Spooner 23 September 1977 US transmission 26 January 1979 The New Avengers are investigating the sudden death of Steed's friend and colleague, Freddy mason, a man who has been acting as a paymaster to a team of informers. Wallace, Mason's boss, had set up the informers' team  and then, by a series of clever and elaborate disguises, had used the operation to line his own pockets. With the knowledge Steed will dig without stopping until he has discovered who killed Mason, he hires a professional killer, named Richards to eliminate Steed.

CASTING	ACTOR/ACTRESS	ALSO PLAYED IN
Wallace	Jon Fitch	XXX
Elderly man	Mervyn Johns	Too many Christmas trees
Richards	Jeremy Wilkin	House of cards
Victoria Stanton	Sue Holderness	XXX
Roberts	Neil Hallett	Faces The winged avenger Get-a-way! Dead of Winter
McBain	Maurice O'Connor	XXX
Dowager Lady	Diane Churchill	XXX
Model girl	Celia Foxe	XXX
Young man at seance	Steve Ubels	XXX
Mason	Allen Weston	XXX

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