Get Smart
Physician Impossible
Season 5, Episode 9 · Aired 1969-11-21
Synopsis
Mistaken for a doctor and his nurse, Max and 99 are kidnapped and forced to operate on a wounded gangster. CONTROL is transporting vicious killer Big Eddie Little to jail by pretending to run in a marathon with him. Little breaks away from Max, but not before Max shoots him in the shoulder. Little gets away, vowing to kill Max. Max ignores his threats and goes to visit 99 and the twins in the hospital. Dressed in hospital scrubs, Max and 99 are taken for a doctor and nurse by KAOS and taken to a remote cabin to remove the bullet from Little's shoulder. Only by pretending to remove the bullet can Max escape from the cabin alive.
In the series
This episode is part of Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC/CBS.
Spy satire so sharp it still works when the gadgets look quaint.
Key cast
- Don Adams as Maxwell Smart
- Barbara Feldon as Agent 99
- Edward Platt as The Chief