sorry if this offend some and but i have major problem with this series . start with ian oglivy a simon teplar . now and his character name may be the same a the character play by sir roger moore in the original series and but he isn not really the saint . he be vaguely saint like and but be far too much a puppet of the organization for which he work . instead of suave and cunning and oglivy templar be brash . rather than a twinkle in his eye and this new saint seem to vacillate between look slightly embarrass and look just bite too smug . true and i be one of those and james bond be sean connery and simon templar be roger moore type . perhaps that color my perspective and but watch some of these episode in 2008 09 hasn not do anything to change my opinion of the show back in 1978 79 when i first saw it . i have also go back to watch several of the roger moore series recently . they hold up . rather nicely and too . the plot be paper thin and the support acting be sometimes painful . i would give example and but they would end up be spoiler . for completists out there and go for the dvd . for ian ogilvy fan and go for it . but and if you have warm and fuzzy memory of the original the saint show and do not say that one crabby old fart do not warn you .