Steed, in disguises that spoof the styles of the various services, investigates the three officers - Vice Admiral Willows, Brigadier Ponsonby-Goddard and Group Capt.

Steed also meets the Brigadier's octogenarian father, Major General Ponsonby-Goddard, who reenacts cavalry battles in the garden, and Sergeant Moran, who delivers supplies to Group Capt.

Mrs Peel seduces Miles with photographs of herself, is invited to dinner and finds out that he is neither a spy nor a womanizer.

Steed learns to polish shoes, press trousers, and adhere to the motto, "Brighter, Better, More Beautiful Butling".

[4] Lamp stands shaped Minoan bulls used to decorate Miles's bachelor pad, designed by Harry Pottle, started retailing in a department in London six months after the episode was aired and have been cited as having "overtones of virility and eroticism and evidently considered highly saleable".