Squeeze Play (aka Sicily)

what happens

Albert Zembra, head of the Mediterranean branch of the Syndicate, is dying of cancer and plans on passing his list of opium farms to his chosen successor. He plans on turning power over to Carlos Empori, engaged to his granddaughter. Paris poses as a mobster and old friend of Eve's and "renews" his friendship with her, while Phelps, as Zembra's rival, warns Carlos that Paris plans to take over. Barney stages a fake assassination on Zembra, thwarting Carlos' security and making him look incompetent, then Paris and Paris-as-Zembra stage a conversation to make Carlos believe Zembra will give power to Paris. Carlos helps Jim kidnap Eve, but the plan goes awry when Eve reveals she knows Paris is a fake. Paris puts his life on the line by counting on her silence to complete the plot. Eve stays silent, Carlos is set up as a traitor to Zembra, and the dying mobster turns the information over to Paris.

who made it

directed

Virgil W. Vogel

written

Walter Brough, David Moessinger

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Victoria Vetri as Eve Zembra
• Nico Minardos as Carlos Empori
• Albert Paulsen as Albert Zembra
• Nicholas Georgiade as Vito Nicola
• Albert Carrier as Morat
• PPeter Kilman as Corrigan