Honor Blackman was Catherine Gale before Diana Rigg was Emma Peel.
When I think about the trances McCarthy's narrator in Remainder* experiences, I think about the chills of nostalgia I feel watching black and white episodes of The Avengers.
*Finished with first reading. It is exceptional. Will take a few months before second reading, and won't say anything more than I love novels that love the uncanny. Recommendations?