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mynightingalecomplex · 1 year

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Man in a Suitcase - Whump List

1x01 Sweet Sue Hit on head, unconscious. Rough fight, sore and wincing

1x03 Blind Spot Fist fight (not hurt), held at gunpoint. Shot at, sprained ankle, limping briefly.

1x04 Jigsaw Man Beaten, raspy voice. Sore, holding his ribs, wincing

1x05 The Boston Square Fight, knocked out and thrown in water. Wakes up coughing, sore, swollen lip.

1x07 Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins? Hit with chair

1x10 Dead Man's Shoes Gilson: shot in the arm, weak, hunted. McGill: Beaten up, bleeding from head wound, holding side

1x11 Castle in the Clouds Hit in the head, punched. Rubbing head.

1x12 Night Flight to Andorra Punched in the stomach.

1x13 The Revolutionaries Wakes up, holding head. Punched in the stomach, slapped

1x14 Man From the Dead Beaten, dizzy, bloody face

1x15 All That Glitters Punched in the stomach, fight. Shot in the shoulder, recovering in hospital.

1x16 The Bridge Jumps in water, cold, shivering. Fight, knocked out. Holding head, moving stiffly.

1x17 Find the Lady Exhausted, fist fight

1x18 Brainwash knocked out, kidnapped, drugged. Shot left shoulder

1x19 Web with Four Spiders Hit on head, knocked out, thrown out of moving car

1x20 Essay in Evil Knocked out, tied up, thrown around

1x21 The Whisper Knocked out, difficulty standing, dizzy, holding head

1x22 Why They Killed Nolan Knocked out

1x23 Burden of Proof Captured, tied to chair, beaten repeatedly

1x24 Who's Mad Now? fistfight

1x25 Which Way Did He Go, McGill? hit on head, knocked out

1x26 Three Blinks of the Eyes Arrested, escape. Slapped, fist fight

1x27 No Friend of Mine Ambushed, hit on head with gun. Staggering, dizzy, holding head

1x29 Variation on a Million Bucks Part 1 beaten, knocked out

1x30 Variation on a Million Bucks Part 2 (best whump I’ve seen in this genre) Stabbed in the shoulder, weak, hit on head. Staggering. Bleeds through sweater, collapses. Delirious, fever. Weak and dizzy for rest of episode. Shot at, collapses. Tackled, in hospital

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mariocki · 1 year

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Man in a Suitcase: Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins? (1.19, ITC, 1968)

"Mr. McGill, I was told that you do dangerous work for money. I offer you dangerous work - and I offer you money in proportion."

"What proportion?"

"Name your price."

"Ok. I get a legitimate visa. I travel under my own name, using my own passport. I'll obey every law in the book. And if I smell the slightest aroma of trouble, baby, I'm heading home. And if I locate your brother, it's gonna cost you twenty thousand dollars, plus expenses. And if I don't locate your brother... it'll cost you twenty thousand dollars, plus expenses."

"Those are difficult terms."

"Do me a favour, turn me down."

#man in a suitcase #somebody loses‚ somebody... wins?#itc #1968 #jan read #john glen #richard bradford #jacqueline pearce #godfrey quigley #carl duering #philip madoc #gordon sterne #paul hansard #carl bernard #peter hager #derek prentice #wendy hall #david scheuer #bettina jonic #maria warburg #gerda koeppler #for me‚ not just the pinnacle of MiaS‚ but one of the best individual episodes of tv that ITC ever produced. and an unlikely success too:#this was the final episode of the first production block‚ with Bradford and crew growing tired and in need of a break. it was also John #Glen's directorial debut (having worked as an editor and a.d.) and went over schedule‚ to his horror (he thought he'd blown his chance)#plus on set accidents and bts arguments.. but no‚ the final product is absolutely wonderful (ymmv ig). Jan Read had ended up writing for #show through pure coincidence (his Spanish wife did some language work on 1.16 The Man Who Stood Still) but his script is the show at its #sharpest‚ wittiest‚ darkest and most cutting. Jac Pearce‚ having forged a genuine friendship with Bradford on 1.7‚ returned in a bigger #role as a former love of McGill's who may or may not have defected. cue a bitterly nihilistic study of the collateral victims of the cold #war‚ as a job in East Berlin gets murkier and more complicated. it's beautifully written‚ but wonderfully played too; the pair have genuine #chemistry‚ and you really feel like in another world they could have made it work together. sobs. maybe next time round.

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theoscarsproject · 23 days

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The Milagro Beanfield War (1988). The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.

This is a weird little one. A David vs Goliath story with the residents of a small town in New Mexico left fighting off developers who'd turn the land into a golf resort. It's part Western, part class drama, part borderline-slapstick comedy, which makes it feel a little all over the place. It has its moments though, and there's some nice cinematography at points. 5/10.