12 Things You Learn Rewatching On Her Majesty's Secret Service

6. The Second Act Is Absolutely Insane

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OHMSS is further distinguished for having arguably the weirdest second act of any Bond movie ever. Bond heads to Blofeld's compound in the Swiss Alps, touting a ridiculous, Sherlock Holmes-esque get-up in order to impersonate genealogist Hilary Bray.

From here, poor George Lazenby's forced to change into a kilt for dinner, before banging several of the institute's patients - resulting in a cringe-inducing drop of the kilt - and discovering that Blofeld has hypnotised the 12 women at the institute into dispersing crop-destroying agents across the world.

Even for the standards of the Bond franchise, it's an especially nutty plan, and though this mid-section of the film arguably overdoes it a bit with the goofy eccentricities, it's certainly nothing if not unforgettable.

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