

The Elixir
Riva Santel is the recent widow of the President of San Cordova. Deputy Premier Avilla plans to announce free elections but Riva will declare herself dictator in a coup. The IMF must stop her. Pretending to be a film crew, the IMF team gets in. Hostess Cinnamon fakes a collapse and the guys comment on her age. Rollin as a plastic surgeon comes in and Riva finds out Cinnamon is actually seventy years old. She insists on surgery for herself. Since the surgery can only be done on the night of the speech, she has herself taped by her own camera crew. Barney and Willy get hold of the tape footage, reedit it, and switch the IMF tape for Riva's. Riva is sedated during the speech and so her men use the tape. When she awakens, her face in bandages, she is shocked to hear ""herself"" announcing her retirement. While Cinnamon disguised as old-Riva conspicuously leaves the country, Riva takes off the bandages to find she has her wish: she is now a younger woman...with a totally different face.
Aired: Nov 24, 1968 Genre: Action & Adventure Crime DramaCasts: Peter Graves Greg Morris Barbara Bain Peter Lupus Martin Landau Bob JohnsonCreated By: Bruce GellerProducers: Max Hodge John FloreaRating: 5 Country: United States of America Production: Desilu Productions, Paramount Television
Episodes
01: The Heir Apparent02: The Contender (1)03: The Contender (2)04: The Mercenaries05: The Execution06: The Cardinal07: The Elixir08: The Diplomat09: The Play10: The Bargain11: The Freeze12: The Exchange13: The Mind of Stefan Miklos14: The Test Case15: The System16: The Glass Cage17: Doomsday18: Live Bait19: The Bunker (1)20: The Bunker (2)21: Nitro22: Nicole23: The Vault24: Illusion25: The Interrogator





















