Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) is given bodyguard duty when he’s assigned to protect an Arabian Prince (Walker Edmiston). He and 99 (Barbara Feldon), who goes undercover in the harem, pair up with Agent 498 (Alan Oppenheimer), from the YENTA agency (a little jab at the Man From UNCLE, which aired on a competing network.)

Of course there is oil at stake. If KAOS can assassinate the Prince on United States territory, the Saudi government will cancel the oil treaty.

Written by Arne Sultan, The Man From Yenta was first broadcast on 28 January, 1967.

The Chief (Edward Platt) is convinced there’s a KAOS agent among one of the wives, and Smart and the rest, are determined to stop KAOS (again).

There’s some silly stereotypes played up for comedy that may not fly today, but the majority of the episode is pretty harmless, though not nearly half as clever as it thinks it is. There are disguises, and silly bits, but overall, I didn’t care for this one. It just seemed dull.

And you would think that a story involving assassins, oil, and a jab at a competing spy programme, would have been a little stronger.

KAOS is up to its usual tricks in The Mummy, they are using sarcophagi to sneak enemy agents into the United States. Written by Budd Grossman, this episode first debuted on 4 February, 1967.

Not only is KAOS using the coffins to sneak their agents in, they are also using them to ship out captured CONTROL agents who have ‘disappeared’.

Smart dons a mustache to go undercover at the museum, but KAOS knows who he is, and he may be the next one who gets all wrapped up and shipped out.

He has to deal with an enemy female agent, Miss Smith (Lisa Gaye). And they have a great sequence, featuring truth pills, knock out pills, and a truthful phonecall to the Chief. And, honestly, the climax is fun as a wrapped Max gets constantly dropped on the floor as agents pop out of every hiding spot in the museum.

And then fisticuffs ensue until the Chief and 13 (David Ketchum) are able to save Max and bust the KAOS circle wide open.

In fact, Max doesn’t get to do anything at the climax, and it gives the Chief a couple of great moments to shine. 99, however, doesn’t show up at all, and it would have been great if it had been her saving the day.

The Girl From KAOS sees Smart on another protection detail. This time he’s protecting Miss U.S.A. (Tisha Sterling) in a beauty pageant. She’s the daughter of a prominent scientist, and that makes her a target for KAOS. And you’d better believe that KAOS has an agent amongst the contestants.

Written by Joseph C. Cavella and Carol Cavella, the episode was first aired on 11 February, 1967.

It’s a fun episode, and has some nice moments. It’s also cool to see Smart getting outfitted with some gadgets for a change.

Smart is definitely going to have his hands full trying to find out which one of the beautiful women in the contest is a KAOS agent.

Of course, that means there’s some sexism (with a dash of racism) at work here, and that definitely doesn’t stand the test of time. Still, Miss U.S.A. is portrayed as smart and capable, and that’s good to see. Unfortunately, this is another story that 99 seems to be missing from.

Still, it’s a fairly fun episode, as it’s revealed that there are more than one KAOS agent at work. That being said as smart and capable as Miss U.S.A. is, Sterling isn’t as strong an actor as the role required.

And that puts us two-thirds of the way through season two. Would you believe it’s another thirty episode season?