Arne Sultan wrote And Only Two Ninety-Nine, which was first broadcast on 20 February, 1970. 99 (Barbara Feldon) is replaced with a duplicate who is slowly poisoning Max (Don Adams).

The Chief (Edward Platt) contacts Max about it, and despite having escaped, he orders 99 back to where she was being held by KAOS, so they can figure out how to deal with the duplicate. But does Max believe the 99 in their apartment is a duplicate? Eventually.

So Max stays with the duplicate to figure out the KAOS plan. But 99 already knows what it is, her duplicate is poisoning Max, for which she’ll be sent to prison! A tough blow to CONTROL. Can they stop this fiendish, if rather banal plan?

As mentioned before, I like it when Sultan or Chris Hayward writes the episode; I find their work on the series a little funnier than some of the other scriptwriters. It’s also directed by Don Adams.

There’s also a new phone for 99, a fingernail phone, which allows her to stay in touch with CONTROL. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new gadget that actually makes some kind of sense, and this one works.

And wow, even at the beginning of the 70s, they were still keeping married couples in separate beds.

Smartacus was written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell. It debuted on 27 February, 1970.

KAOS is using steam baths to get classified information from senators and military personnel. They are dosing the steam with a truth serum, and are acting on information gathered. Is there a way to stop them?

Sure is! Max and the Chief go to the local Roman baths to investigate. It also means that as things progress, they are going to be incredibly truthful about everything.

And what happens when KAOS learns who they are? The pair are going to have to sort through their problems and find away to escape KAOS’ clutches with their lives, and maybe some of their dignity. But first it’s going to be a gladiatorial showdown between Max and a towering KAOS agent!

99 is relegated to a housewife and mother role in this episode, looking after the twins and doing housekeeping. I’m not always keen on how they treat her character. And while I don’t like the way her character is treated I do like when Max and the Chief have adventures together. They make for a solid comedic pairing.

What’s It All About, Algie? first aired on 24 April, 1970. Don Adams once again directs, and the script is by Sultan and Hayward.

A plant nursery, run by Algie (John van Dreelen) is using their plants to spy on people in Washington! To find out what is going on, Smart goes undercover at the nursery.

There is a lot of goofy pratfalls, but it also has a bit of a spy story. There’s also a very dangerous plant! And of course, the dinner scene in the chief’s office is pretty funny, lots is going on, and it seems Adams really likes to highlight the comedic moments and the banter.

It’s pretty entertaining and van Dreelen is just appropriately evil and funny and consequently fits right in.

All around this is a fun episode, but I knew that as soon as I saw Hayward and Sultan in the creditts I would enjoy it. Overall, I’ve enjoyed my time with the series, so let’s see how it finishes up, when next week, I dig into the final three episodes of the series.