Round Table - UNCLE IQ

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

What is Illya thinking?  The look on his face is somewhere between amusement and sympathy for his partner, who has a smile on his face that just might be covering up for the fact he has no idea what George Dennell is talking about.
I know Napoleon is smart, but this  photo seems to tell a story of some sort.
There also seems to be a lot of static electricity in the air ;)

The screencaps are from Lisa's

Who: George Dennell, Illya Kuryakin, Napoleon Solo Where: U.N.C.L.E. HQ When: Dennell: "...but has the advantage of being able to cover a 175-degree arc on the earth's surface without having to go through a relay station."

And then there's the Virtue Affair, in which the brainiac Russian who we are later told has a Doctorate degree in Quantum Mechanics, cannot explain the workings of this missle aparatus.  Outside of a lack of continuity, is there another way to explain this lapse?

Who: Illya Kuryakin Where: Robespierre's lab complex When: Illya: "Now, if this piece does not work as it is designed to do, every single piece of the mechanism will not work."

 In contrast to Illya's struggles, Napoleon rigs up an ingenious method of electrocution in order to escape?  Now's who's clever?

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

The first photo, Illya does seem amused, perhaps enjoying seeing Napoleon difficulty. I agree with Janto, you don't get to be CEA without being smart...though Solo's smarts are different from Illya's, which is why they compliment each other as partners. What one lacks the other makes up for.

Virtue affair was really poor writing on the part of the script writers. Granted just because IK has a degree in quantum physics doesn't mean he knows 'everything' but they could have had him bluff much better than he did. He could have drawn on his knowledge of physics, no doubt spouting enough of the theoretical to sound more impressive than he did.

Illya sometimes reminds me of a bull in a china shop where, ( but not always) whereas Napoleon figures out a way to get past the china without breaking anything ( but not always as well)

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

The expression is captivating, completely bemused at what Napoleon probably isn't getting from George's lecture.
As for Virtue, he could have done better but it wouldn't have had the same effect in telling the story. I suppose our objection to it is on behalf of the Russian.
Bull in a china shop… well, he does walk into the occasional wall ;)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

When I used bull in a china shop I meant not literally that he crashes into things but for some reason I see him charging into a situation, where as Napoleon is more often the one with the plan.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right. For being fond of plans he is sometimes quite impetuous, taking opportunities at face value for the sake of expediency.
He does walk into things though, a result of his impaired eyesight no doubt. Poor baby.