The Town Of No Return - The Avengers

Todorov's Narrative theory:
Equilibrium: Starts with Mrs Peele is having a normal morning exercising and sword fighting.
Disruption: Mr Steed arrives and tells Mrs Peele that they are going to investigate in a town where agents are going missing.
They are locked in the pubs so they cannot carry on investigating.
A man dies in the school.
Mrs Peele get tied up in the blacksmiths.
Resolution: Peele finds the photo finding they are imposters. Steve rescues Peele, they figure out the mystery and that they are hiding in the bunkers. They go into the bunkers and fight the bad people.
New equilibrium: Driving away from the town on a scooter whilst flirting.

Mrs Peele:


Female
Unofficial undercover operative
Aged 28-30.
Dresses in latex.

Mr Steed:

Male
Unofficial undercover operative
Aged 37-45.
Dresses in a suit and tie.


Links to social cultural context:
Gender: Uses gender stereotypes to interest men by sexualising the woman. But it break gender stereotypes because she has a job and has fights.
Sexuality
War paranoid: The whole narrative is that the town is being taken over by Germans/Russian.
Britishness
Nationality