Steed and Emma are called in when a man wearing tropical clothing is found in a deep paralysing coma caused by a poisonous native arrow - in London! Their investigations lead them to a strange house outside London where they go native to fight the curse of 'Shirenzai'.
Flurry and Sally return from their honeymoon in Paris, and Flurry is up to his old tricks again. He convinces Major Yeates to go on a hunting trip, and Flurry's deceitfulness causes the Major to have an unfortunate accident while Flurry gets just what he wants. Philippa, meanwhile, has her own problems.