Nostalgic momentos from the Cold War era of Control have all been encased in a museum set in the scenic political arena of Washington, DC. Maxwell Smart’s red convertible is the center focus of the display along with his shoe phone and sharp looking suit. As he enters the building, he looks to both sides and then quietly slips behind the wall to follow through a series of heavy metal sliding doors with massive creative locks to keep the curious outsiders out.
He finds his secret escape to this new underworld through an old red telephone booth. After sliding a quarter in the slot, he suddenly deeply drops to hidden floors below.
Eager to become a real agent he has studied and prepared well for an executive gathering of top agents. He enters the board room confidently. He is respected by the most qualified Agent 23 even though the other agents may be less than enthusiastic to hear his 101 page report. His top secret news is that he has kept two Russian agents under satellite radio surveillance at a Russian Bakery in Moscow. He lets them listen to a clip of their mindless discussion in regards to the tastiness of coffee and muffins at the shop.
The agents are quite bored with his seemingly trivial information of an everyday dialog between two friends. After being interrupted by an agent making a cell phone text, he continues that the point for this illustration was to remind the agents that although Chaos is evil, the counter agents are still human. He reminds them that who they are - is not evil, but what they do is evil.
Soon Agent 99 is arranged as his partner after a series of mishaps and loss of agents. They find themselves in Moscow in a life threatening situation at a bakery in the middle of the city. Fire breaks out and they rush to the roof to save themselves, but are quickly trapped by the bodyguard of Chaos’ leader, Siegfried.
Both Agent 99 and Max (now Agent 83) are thrown about in very painful interludes and interruptions. On hearing the voice of the bodyguard, he remembers him from ease dropping session many miles away. He shares with him that he likes Ryan Seacrest too and other events, but it isn’t until just at the moment of death’s door that Max with a twist of kindness offers to help him repair his relationship with his wife. Offering courageous and courteous advice to go home during lunch and to take his wife along on killing sprees, she will appreciate him more. This act of kindness and empathy saves both his life and Agent 99. The bodyguard gives Max a gentle and thoughtful hug of thanks.
Sometimes it is easy to label a person and reject them for what they have done rather than looking within the person. Each of us have been designed and created by God. God’s arms are continually open to hold and embrace us.
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