This is the opening scene of The Eagle's Nest, being the first ever episode of the British spy tv-series The New Avengers from 1976. I was 10 years old when this episode had its premiere on TV. And I was hooked immediately. As of then, Steed, Purdey and Gambit were my heroes.
There is something rather unnerving about the first few seconds of this episode that made it hard to watch for me to some extend. We see a man being chased by two other men. And these two other men attack him by swaying fishing hooks into his clothing and potentially into his skin.
When I was 10 year old, I thought that was a pretty scary idea. And even today, at age 55, I am still on my guard, whenever I walk past a fisherman who is about to cast his fishing rod. Funny though, how 30 seconds of TV can still have their impact 40 years later...
