Episode
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Cap and Gown Affair
Overview
Solo and Illya are responsible for the security during Waverly's upcoming address to his alma mater, but the campus is seething with protest. Illya joins the demonstrators, and meets Minerva Swight, the daughter of the dean. The head of the board of regents, Jonathan Trumble, is a THRUSH agent, and he hires campus agitator Gregory Haymish to try and kill Solo and Illya, while Trumbull's THRUSH superior, Number 24, undergoes plastic surgery so he can impersonate the dean during the ceremony and kill Waverly himself.
Details
- Series
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 1967-04-14
Episode context
The Cap and Gown Affair is Episode 30 in Season 3 of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. It aired on 1967-04-14.
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Episode 27: The Apple A Day Affair
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