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Rich industrialists are being systematically murdered. [[UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant President Grant]] is concerned that their holdings may end up concentrated in the wrong hands, endangering the U. S. economy, so he assigns West and Gordon to investigate. They find a clue which leads them eventually to Miss Emma Valentine (Creator/AgnesMoorehead), a hostess and matchmaker who specializes in finding young, beautiful wives for wealthy older men - including the four men who recently ended up dead. She is in town to arrange yet another marriage; West and Gordon work to save the life of her victim and to discover, then foil, her even more grandiose schemes.

Guest star Agnes Moorehead's performance as the week's BigBad resulted in the show's only UsefulNotes/EmmyAward (Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series).

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODAwNTAyMA==/?ref=1 Jewish Tailor]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3iujpc (35:30)]]

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Artie's FunnyForeigner disguise as a fussy tailor who attempts to disrupt Lambert and Michele's upcoming wedding.
* ArrangedMarriage: Valentine specializes in these. Also, her planned first act as Queen of America is to outlaw all marriages that she has not personally arranged.
* {{Blackmail}}: How Emma keeps her brides under her control. One of them, Michele (Sherry Jackson), admits that she was jailed for committing one theft in her native UsefulNotes/{{France}} "[[JustifiedCriminal because I had to]]", and Emma could put her back in prison if she gets out of hand.
* CasualDangerDialog: Artie [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] his way through the scene where he and Jim escape from Emma's DeathTrap.
* EvilRedhead: Emma is the episode's BigBad and has red hair. Her GigglingVillain henchman also qualifies.
* GigglingVillain: Emma has a redheaded henchman who apparently finds everything hilariously funny.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Valentine plans to kill Paul Lambert, her last target, by dropping West and Gordon on top of him.
* HeelFaceTurn: Michele, a MinionWithAnFInEvil throughout the story, confirms her essential goodness by preventing Emma from shooting Jim.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: At the climax, Emma escapes Jim and Artie, but in the epilogue we learn that she was captured.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Michele's supposed to be French, but you'd never know that from hearing her.
* OffWithHisHead: During the print shop fight, an unconscious Artie is placed in a guillotine-like paper cutter, as shown in the lower left hand corner of the page image. Jim saves him just in time.
* StrawFeminist: Emma Valentine, who wants to avenge every slight ever made against women by men. Also she wants to be Queen in order to bring about equality for women - her version of equality, anyway.
* ThemeSerialKiller: Valentine decides to eliminate her victims in alphabetical order and on holidays only. She hopes to misdirect the authorities into protecting the wrong men when she comes to her last victim, but it nearly trips her up on her next-to-last victim when the agents arrive ''almost'' in the nick of time.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Valentine comes on to Jim. He slaps her down pretty hard.
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