A few years back I picked up the complete series on DVD for a preposterously low price—around $40, I think. Every now and again I sit down to an episode (have I made it out of the first season yet? maybe not), and these have proved entertaining and nostalgia-inducing in roughly equal measure. They're a bit more formulaic than I remembered—in the average episode some average Joe or Jane is reliably roped into helping thwart some vile machination of thrush, the cunning yeast infection that was UNCLE's chief adversary—but written and played with a wink that makes the formula easier to swallow (see what I did there?).

cordially,