The Girl in Pink Pajamas

This is a convoluted, dreary storyline is saved only (as usual) by McGoohan's authoritative manner and ingenuity, bluffing his way into foiling the villain in Malvania, during an assassination on the country's president. They're out to kill him in a hospital, with local securtiyin on the scheme.

Angela Browne plays the title role as a girl with amnesia, thrown off a train, carrying the secret to uncovering the plot. She ends up in nothing role, looking either blank or scared. Angela had many appearances on British TV, including McGoohan's "The Prisoner" and "The Avengers", but none significant.

A young lady ( Angela Browne) is found wandering the countryside in her pyjamas, incoherent, but she seems to know something of a planned surgery on President Varnold, the leader of a friendly country, even though it's been kept secret. The president has been is in critical condition since an assassination attempt, so security is very tight, John Drake suspects the assassin's will try again, and are planning to do something during the surgery, but what?

The clue lies in the young woman with amnesia, and slowly, her memory returns, and the details of a deadly plot become clear.

Will Drake be able to find out what he needs to in order to stop the must from taking place?

Top notch episode with a killer finale - ends, of course, with a hectic fight scene that is well-staged. Patrick McGoohan as John Drake is asked to decipher what a young amnesiac is saying and he slowly pieces things together. She keeps seeing a face ... who is he?

While in the field, Drake (Patrick McGoohan) receives a message informing him that he's on a new case. An amnesia victim has been discovered nearby who cannot remember much BUT she keeps talking about a hospital which is also nearby--and where a world leader is about to undergo surgery. Drake's job is to interview the woman, determine if a real threat exists AND uncover the conspiracy if there is one.

While I hate stories that rely on amnesia (an overused concept since it is relatively rare), this one went very well. Once again, the acting and writing are very nice and the program works in the half-hour format. What I particularly liked was the ending. While Drake rarely uses a gun and often solves problems without violence, here he is a real he-stud--taking on three evil doers at a time and bluffing in order to solve the case. An action-packed and interesting episode. Plus, I kind of liked the 'Good Samaritan' character, as she was simply awful--and rather funny.