Tonia

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <CENTER> <script type='text/javascript'></script><noscript><a href='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=ae8331e9&cb=20091202t' target='_blank'><img src='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/avw.php?campaignid=1&cb=20091202t&n=ae8331e9' border='0' alt='' /></a></noscript></CENTER> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=3 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="790" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 ><NOBR><div> Bob Mitch and Dave Cole present</div> <div> <B>THE DEFINITIVE SITE</B></div> <div> The original internet guide to I Spy</div> <div> Season Two Episodes</div> <bR> <div> Tonia</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> And don't miss <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.l23.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.l23.org">The Illustrated Guide to I Spy</A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="010405f0.gif" border=0 width="320" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Spy Definitive Site Home"><IMG SRC="00650280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="Definitive Site Home" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="season1definitive.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitive Season One Episodes"><IMG SRC="00750280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Season 1 " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="season2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitive Season Two Episodes"><IMG SRC="00850280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Season 2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="season3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitive Season Three Episodes"><IMG SRC="00950280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Season 3 " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="returnsleonard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sheldon Leonard on I Spy Returns"><IMG SRC="00a50280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Returns" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="features.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Spy Behind The scenes"><IMG SRC="00b50280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Features" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitive I Spy Links"><IMG SRC="00d50280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Links" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/172251" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/1722"><IMG SRC="00c50280.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="40" ALT="I Spy Forum" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="653" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF3366" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FF6699" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 61 WIDTH="639"><bR> <div>  <A NAME="story_45____tonia_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Story 45: "Tonia"</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 81 WIDTH="211"><div> Written by:</div> <div> Morton Fine & David Friedkin </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="211"><bR> <div> Directed by:</div> <div> Alf Kjellin </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="211"><div> First Airdate:</div> <div> 04 Jan. 1967</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 183 WIDTH="639"><bR> <div> Guest stars:</div> <bR> <div> Leslie Uggams (as Tonia), David Opatashu (as Zugman), Ronald Feinberg (as Cesare), Michael Gualon (as Mortoni), Larry Anthony (as Leon), Bob Lowell (as Tourist), Jan Lowell (as Tourist), Leopold Trieste (as Creep), G.D. Spradlin (as Blair), Frank Mechera (as Speaker), Paris Pavrich (as Waiter), Daniella Musulardi (as Tourist)</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="641" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#990099" BORDERCOLORDARK="#9900CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 736 WIDTH="308"><bR> <div> Plot:</div> <bR> <div> Has Kelly gone off the edge? He and Scotty have been investigating Tonia, a disgruntled American who emigrated to Rome because of racial injustice. Scotty starts to get romantically involved with her. Kelly isn't fond of this (remembering her file) and, not having met the woman, makes a slur about Scotty and Tonia (not in itself racial) when Scotty openly desires to resign. Worse, Tonia is involved with an anti-American Communist group in Rome. When she tells Mr. Zugman about Scott and Kelly, he is overjoyed. As the leader, he can use the agents to gain more dissidents and cause a civil uprising by getting Scotty and Kelly at each others' throats. With Tonia's romance and the race issue, Zugman intends to destroy the worldly image that the duo presents while settling an old score against Kelly... As Kelly does his own investigating, Tonia ends up murdered. Every clue as to the murderer lies directly in one direction: Kelly. And Scotty, knowing the rules of their game, is convinced that Kelly has murdered in cold blood...</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="736" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="736" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> Clip:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06000c00.png" border=0 width="256" height="192" ALT="Paint Shop Pro Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 ><NOBR><bR> <div> R. B. Mitsch's most memorable</div> <div> scene and/or quote: </div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="81" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="81" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> R. B. Mitsch's review and rating:</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1507 WIDTH="308"><bR> <div> D. P. Cole's most memorable</div> <div> scene and/or quote: </div> <div> Quote: What Zugman says is meant for an entirely different and malignant reason (he is the type who'd love to cause disorder in America). But before he states that reason, the description of our guys is quite commendable. </div> <div> Tonia:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > (having just been told our guys are agents.) "No, it's not true!"</FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Zugman:</FONT> "True. Very successful agents. Doubly effective. Not only are they engaged in espionage, but their mere presence is always a source of constant propaganda. Come here, look at this." </div> <div> [He shows her newspaper headlines of Kelly and Scott side-by-side. And he states names several country names pertaining to the pictures.] </div> <div> Zugman: "...all the same. The very picture of harmony. Equality. Racial equality. They destroyed one of our most important propaganda points. Now do you understand?"<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Tonia:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > "Not really. What do I have to do with this?"</FONT> </div> <div> Zugman:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > "Tonia, despite his assignment, I believe that Mr. Scott has rapidly drawn to you, eh? Almost infatuated?"</FONT> </div> <div> Tonia:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > "No. You -- you are wrong. [meekly] With all of this."</FONT> </div> <div> Zugman:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > "Oh? Well, listen." [plays a bugged recording of Tonia and Scott talking.] and then starts on about how his plan on causing unrest by destroying Scott and Kelly's relationship and re-enforcing antiquated ideas of racial disharmony.</FONT> </div> <div> Scene: </div> <div> The scene where Scotty talks about leaving the business for Tonia and Kelly's objections-turned-insulting joke combined with the scene where Kelly is arrested for murder, complete with Scotty's reaction. It's not a great scene as one would call it, but it is possibly the most important scene in the story. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1507" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1507" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><bR> <div> D. P. Cole's review and rating: </div> <div> Any great story must meet certain criteria if it is to entertain several times over, or entertain even though you know everything's gonna be cool next week:</div> <div> 1. Strong characters with identities.</div> <div> 2. A very strong plot.</div> <div> 3. Strong acting and production.</div> <div> 4. Intense dialogue without resorting to primitive swearing and other immature dialogue. Swearing is okay, I guess, but is all too common these days. :-(</div> <div> Tonia <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >has all of these elements in abundance. The story itself is fairly dark, considering this was made in 1966. It involves communists, revenge from an old enemy, a hate-group, and racial issues. Best of all, they are presented in a very unpredictable and surprising manner. The scope of the elements is much broader than reading this review could lead you to believe.</FONT></div> <div> This story had so many twists and turns, I gave up trying to predict it early on. Even if I correctly guess where a twist is heading, a new one promptly appears. I suppose the biggest revelation is at the end where the revenge factor comes in...</div> <div> Acting on the part of all is dead-serious and perfectly done. This adds immensely to the weight of the production. The entire cast puts in an incredible performance.</div> <div> This episode is another reason why "I Spy" deserves to be re-ran, at a prime time hour, without cuts, on every station so nobody can miss it! :-) It is engaging, intelligent, and mature. If there is a fault in the story, then it is because there is little banter between Scott and Kelly, but given the weight of the concepts in the episode, it was left best untouched by the I Spy brand of humor.</div> <div> In a contrast to the rest of the episode, the epilogue provides a very sweet moment which compensates for the dark themes presented previously. </div> <div> It's interesting to note that, in this episode, while Tonia is criticizing Scotty for (in her opinion) being a total kiss-up slave to Kelly, she is not realizing she is doing exactly that for Mr. Zugman! Could this be an attempt at introducing "The Prisoner" style concepts surreptitiously into this episode (we define our own realities upon our surroundings hence our own opinions as well and can be manipulated into doing things we would normally be appalled at given enough 'indoctrination' by an external influence.)?</div> <div> All in all, this story would have made a much better two-part story than "To Florence With Love".</div> <div> Rating: 10/10</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table> <CENTER> <script type='text/javascript'></script><noscript><a href='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=ae8331e9&cb=20091202b' target='_blank'><img src='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/avw.php?campaignid=1&cb=20091202b&n=ae8331e9' border='0' alt='' /></a></noscript> </CENTER>  <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript> </body>