# Name this TV episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006 "2015-08-16T18:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/1 "2015-08-16T18:36:57Z")
Been thinking of the old TV shows I used to watch, and I remember one in particular, but I’ll be damned if I can remember what show it was. There’s an underground vault with a bunch of gold stored inside. Someone breaks in and steals the lot. However, the secret is the gold wasn’t really stolen The crooks built a second room along the elevator’s path and rewired it so it would stop at the fake empty vault, which was made up to look like the gold had been stolen. Then, when things died down, they could get access to the actual vault and take out the gold at their leisure. I remember a screen shot looking into the elevator shaft, and how if the elevator had gone down to the real vault floor there would be less cable on the cable spool, but there was a bunch still on it. Therefore, the elevator wasn’t really at the vault. Anyone remember this one? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/2 "2015-08-16T18:41:52Z")
Sounds like it might be out of the Banacek plotbook. Do you have an era for this. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/3 "2015-08-16T18:44:19Z")
Ninjaed on Banacek. NCIS had a very similar epi a while back. Not gold but a weapon (?). **madsircool** , give us a Polish proverb! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/4 "2015-08-16T18:46:27Z")
While it does sound Banacek-like, it isn’t one. That’s similar to the one with two hotel rooms and a room safe. Though it does sound familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/5 "2015-08-16T18:49:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > While it does sound Banacek-like, it isn’t one. That’s similar to the one with two hotel rooms and a room safe. > > Though it does sound familiar. Yeah, I just watched that episode which got me thinking about it. I have the Banacek series, and I don’t recall seeing it when I rewatched it, and it’s not in the episode guide. Tried google searching the plot, but came up empty. Era is likely the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/6 "2015-08-16T18:53:41Z")
Yea, I’m sure I’ve seen the one you are asking about. What could it have been? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/7 "2015-08-16T19:06:34Z")
Mission Impossible? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/8 "2015-08-16T19:10:18Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Mission Impossible? Don’t think so. This was a whodunnit, not how can our heroes get the gold. Hmm… what about that one with the cowboy in NYC? Anyone recall episodes from that show? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/9 "2015-08-16T19:18:34Z")
McCloud? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/10 "2015-08-16T19:34:56Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > McCloud? Yeah, wondering if that may be it? It had to be one of those 70’s detective shows, but I was never a McCloud fan so I have a hard time believing that’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/11 "2015-08-16T19:57:26Z")
Columbo, McMillan and Wife, Streets of San Francisco, Vegas, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen, Scooby Doo, Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys, Hec Ramsey, etc… . ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/12 "2015-08-16T20:00:24Z")
I’m Starsky, HE’S Hutch. Who loves ya, baby? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/13 "2015-08-16T20:07:21Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Columbo, McMillan and Wife, Streets of San Francisco, Vegas, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen, Scooby Doo, Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys, Hec Ramsey, etc… > . I kinda don’t think it’s Hec Ramsey. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/14 "2015-08-16T20:18:12Z")
I’m searching each show mentioned at [tv.com](http://tv.com)’s episode guides looking for the keyword ‘gold’. So far, nothing. What the hell can it be? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/15 "2015-08-16T20:21:06Z")
Not TV, but a movie… Sherlock Holmes in New York, with Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/16 "2015-08-16T20:50:41Z")
Damn. Too late. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/17 "2015-08-16T20:51:11Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Not TV, but a movie… > > Sherlock Holmes in New York, with Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee. Woo-hoo! [That’s it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_New_York)! Now I have a Sherlock Holmes film to track down and watch again! Sadly I know how it ends… ☹ Thanks to everyone for suggestions, and to **Trinopus** for solving the mystery. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/18 "2015-08-16T22:45:44Z")
I’m going to have to get that movie, too. Because of this thread, I re-watched a Mission Impossible episode from the fourth season called “The Double Circle” which uses a similar duplicated floor trick. It’s pretty good, and shows that there are no new ideas in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/19 "2015-08-17T00:57:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’m going to have to get that movie, too. > > Because of this thread, I re-watched a Mission Impossible episode from the fourth season called “The Double Circle” which uses a similar duplicated floor trick. It’s pretty good, and shows that there are no new ideas in Hollywood. Never been an M:I fan, but I’ll give that one a look. I’m curious to see what they did with it. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tv-episode/728006/20 "2015-08-17T03:57:58Z")
OK, I’m glad I found it, but holy crap, who the hell told Patrick Macnee to talk like that?