The marriage of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) is only days away at this point, but duty constantly calls.

The Return of the Ancient Mariner first aired on 9 November, 1968 and was written by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern.

An enemy agent known as The Chameleon is at large, and he has his eyes on set on Admiral Hargrade (a welcome return of William Schallert). To keep him safe, Max has to keep up the facade of the accident-prone elderly admiral as his new best man, and keep him safely tucked away in his apartment.

Can the spy team keep Hargrade safe? or will the Chameleon be able to pull off the kidnapping and infiltrate an important conference?

There’s also some fun discussion about redecorating Max’s apartment after 99 moves in. And Max has a nice bar addition to the room which I hadn’t noticed before.

This one was pretty goofy, and these four writers seem to be guiding the ship now. And they definitely have their style down, silliness abounds, there’s lots of physical comedy, and the occasional nod to actual spycraft.

It is very much leaning towards the silly at this point. Which is not a bad thing, and some of it is brilliant as Adams and Feldon are wonderful together.

With Love and Twitches… this is it! The wedding episode. First broadcast on 16 November, 1968, it was written by Burns, Sultan, Hayward and Stern. It was directed by Gary Nelson, who has done a number of the episodes at this point.

The day before the wedding, Max is on a case and inadvertently drinks something that makes him break out in a rash. A rash that comes up as a map, which will show the way to a uranium mine.

Max will have to stay on his feet for 48 hours for the map to properly appear. Of course, things go sideways, as the map begins to appear Max has to elude attacks, and try to get to the wedding ceremony.

During the wedding, Don Adams’ actual wife, plays 99’s maid of honor.

Happily Smart makes it to the ceremony, eventually, and he and 99 are finally able to tie the knot. And the ceremony itself has some really humorous bits, like the ring, but it also lets the episode have a well-earned emotional payoff.

Four seasons in, and the pair are finally married. But they can’t do anything until the map finishes coming in. It’s a fun ending.

The Laser Blazer features Julie Newmar as a KAOS agent. Written by Mike Marmer, this episode debuted on 20 November, 1968.

The Chief (Edward Platt) and Max are in Hong Kong. The Chief is on his way to Manila, but Max is there to pick up a new weapon for CONTROL. It’s a blazer, outfitted with a laser. Max doesn’t believe it’s supposed to be the blazer, he’s looking for something bigger.

So Max takes the blazer, not believing he has the weapon, but Ingrid (Newmar) is after it. She gets into the Smart’s apartment as their new maid.

And speaking of the apartment why is 99 just hanging out in their now? She says she’s still working so that’s good. Hopefully, the series doesn’t ruin 99’s character.

Ingrid is, of course, very beguiling, and things escalate quickly to possible marital problems, already. But once the truth is revealed, Max won’t be in so much trouble.

The Chief reminds the couple that they shouldn’t have a maid anyway, security clearance and all. And that is what leads Smart to at least partially suspect Ingrid. Not before she gets into KAOS hands and Max and the Chief are chasing it down before the city is destroyed!

It’s funny, but they’re playing the sexy seductress one episode after the marriage. That seems questionable. That being said, Newmar is delightful, and the whole thing is fairly entertaining.