The Man from U.N.C.L.E./The Birds and the Bees Affair

The Birds and the Bees Affair
Season 2, Episode 18
Airdate	January 21, 1966
Production Number	8411
Written by	Mark Weingart
Directed by	Alvin Ganzer
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Season Two

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The Birds and the Bees Affair is the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the forty-seventh episode overall.

Guest Stars: Ahna Capri (Tavia Sandor), John McGiver (Mr. Mozart), John Abbott (Dr. Ellias Swan)

"Co-Starring": Vincent Beck (Maples), Lorri Scott (Dance Instructor)

"Featuring": Will J. White (Simon), Jason Wingreen (Loser), Tom Curtis (Croupier), Judy Cannon (Cigarette Girl)

Plot Overview

UNCLE Headquarters in Geneva is wiped out by an attack of killer bees. In order to prevent a similar attack on the New York office, Solo poses as a high roller to get close to a gambling-addicted etymologist who's being used by THRUSH, while Illya enlists the aid of a health food store owner to pose as a dance instructor in a THRUSH-owned dance studio.

Trivia

The Show

Ahna Capri is credited here as Anna Capri.

Act I: "16, Red and Easy"

Act II: "Mr. Kuryakin Does a Bossa-Nova"

Act III: "Mr. Solo Does a Bee's-a-Nova"

Act IV: "Honey'll do it every time..."

Memorable Moments

Under the orders of THRUSH, a cigarette girl at their casino gives Napoleon a flower 'on the house'. The guy next to him, who's been marveling at Solo's luck, asks him if he can have the flower, to which Solo complies. Unbeknownst to either man, the flower is a trick flower that emits a deadly gas. The man with the flower places all his chips on 23, feeling very lucky, but collapses and dies from the gas, just as his number finally comes up on the wheel!

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