A Great Story Elevates "Deaths Door" from Mediocrity

This is one of my favorite episodes and is featured in many top ten lists besides mine. It's one of the few tense episodes that really has a sense of mystery and suspense. It features a great plotline about these high level officials having death premonitions. These "dreams" are very creepy and feature these cool "faceless men" which are very dreamlike and make the episode very surreal in places. I always think that the Avengers do there best with innovation (sometimes) and this is a good example. Its not completely original, but it is one of the more unique Avengers episodes. It also features really good performances by the side cast unlike most episodes. There is also a very badass sequence with an archery range where Steed kills a guy with a fence and a bullet (one of the best scenes in the series).

The main problem that I have with this episode is that there aren't enough, what I lovingly call, "John/Emma moments." There aren't too many cute interactions between John and Emma that give the Avengers its beautiful heart (what sentimental writing). The villains of the episode are also really lame with no charm, distinguishing features, or witty dialogue. Its almost like they focused too much on the story and not enough on the important characters. But there are some really great moments in this episode that make me happy inside. This is not a must see episode, but if you want some cool dream sequences in your Avengers, check it out.