Get Smart, Again! (1989) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A retired intelligence operative rebuilds his team to stop KAOS from weaponizing weather and controlling public life.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Sleeping Agency

Maxwell Smart has spent years as a protocol officer after CONTROL was disbanded. The return of KAOS creates a new national security crisis.

Key Events

• CONTROL Disbanded — CONTROL has been inactive since the early 1970s, leaving Smart in protocol work. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: Former CONTROL headquarters
• Smart Remains in Service — Smart works as a protocol officer after CONTROL's dissolution. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: United States Intelligence Agency
• KAOS Returns — KAOS is revealed to have been revitalized through a corporate takeover. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: United States Intelligence Agency
• Weather Extortion Plan — KAOS plans to extort the government using a weather-control device. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: United States Intelligence Agency

A Mission Reawakened

Smart is reactivated and given authority to rebuild a former CONTROL team. He begins recruiting experienced agents and his robotic companion.

Key Events

• Smart Reactivated — Commander Drury reactivates Smart as a counterintelligence agent. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: United States Intelligence Agency
• Mission Authority Granted — Smart receives permission to reactivate former CONTROL agents. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: United States Intelligence Agency
• Larrabee Recruited — Smart finds Larrabee living in the old headquarters and recruits him. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Larrabee Location: Abandoned CONTROL headquarters
• Agent 13 Rejoins — Agent 13 joins the reactivated team assembled by Smart. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Agent 13 Location: Former CONTROL headquarters
• Hymie Recruited — Smart recruits Hymie, who is working as a crash-test dummy. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie Location: Crash-test facility

The Leak Behind KAOS

The team investigates how the scientist defected, but a KAOS mole repeatedly anticipates Smart's decisions. The investigation exposes a deeper command structure.

Key Events

• Team Investigates Leak — The reactivated team investigates the security leak that enabled the scientist's defection. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: Former CONTROL headquarters
• Moves Predicted — A KAOS mole predicts Smart's actions using stolen memoir copies. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: Various investigation sites
• KAOS Leadership Exposed — The visible head of the KAOS scheme is revealed as Smart's old nemesis. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: KAOS operation site
• Hidden Executive Revealed — The visible leader is revealed to serve an even higher executive. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: KAOS operation site

Inside the Weather Plot

The hidden executive's broader plan is uncovered: manipulate weather and television reception to force the public indoors. Smart's team infiltrates the KAOS operation.

Key Events

• Indoor World Scheme — The hidden plan would trap people indoors and drive demand for publications. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: KAOS operation site
• KAOS Infiltration — Smart's team infiltrates the KAOS operation to reach the weather machine. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: KAOS headquarters
• Henchmen Attack — The CONTROL agents fight KAOS henchmen with medieval weaponry. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: KAOS headquarters

Snowfall Over KAOS

The agents fight through the operation and reach the weather-control machine. The device is turned against its operator, and the threat ends with a snowy celebration.

Key Events

• Machine Reached — The team reaches the device at the center of the extortion scheme. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: Weather-machine chamber
• Device Turns Against Owner — The machine is used against its own operator during the final confrontation. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie Location: Weather-machine chamber
• KAOS Plot Defeated — The CONTROL team defeats the extortion plan and neutralizes the threat. Characters: Maxwell Smart, Hymie, Agent 13, Larrabee Location: Weather-machine chamber
• Snowy Celebration — Smart and his partner celebrate by causing it to snow. Characters: Maxwell Smart Location: Final celebration site

Story Breakdown

• Dormant CONTROL — The former agency has been inactive, leaving Smart in a civilian-facing intelligence role.
  • Agency Disbandment — CONTROL has been inactive since the early 1970s.
  • Protocol Officer — Smart continues working as a protocol officer.
• KAOS Resurgence — KAOS returns through a corporate takeover and launches a weather-based extortion scheme.
  • Corporate Takeover — A corporate takeover revitalizes the supposedly defunct organization.
  • Weather Extortion — A weather machine is used to demand money from the government.
• Smart Reactivated — Smart is selected because of his experience and receives broad authority to rebuild the agency's field capacity.
  • Counterintelligence Order — Smart is reactivated as a counterintelligence agent.
  • Recruitment Authority — He receives permission to reactivate former CONTROL agents.
• The Old Team Returns — Smart gathers former personnel and a robotic ally for the renewed operation.
  • Larrabee Found — Larrabee is discovered still living in the abandoned headquarters.
  • Hymie Recruited — Hymie leaves crash-test work to join Smart's mission.
• The Security Leak — The team traces the scientist's defection while an internal KAOS source anticipates Smart's moves.
  • Defection Investigation — The agents search for the leak that enabled the scientist to leave.
  • Memoir Intelligence — Stolen memoir copies allow the mole to predict the investigation.
• Hidden KAOS Command — The visible enemy leadership proves to be only one layer of a larger scheme.
  • Visible Nemesis — The apparent head of the operation is identified as Smart's old nemesis.
  • Higher Executive — A previously unknown executive is revealed above the visible leader.
• Weather Machine Assault — Smart's team penetrates the enemy operation and fights toward the device controlling the crisis.
  • KAOS Infiltration — The agents enter the KAOS operation to reach the machine.
  • Medieval Weapons — The agents defeat henchmen using medieval weaponry.
• Snowy Resolution — The weather machine is turned against its operator, ending the scheme and allowing a playful celebration.
  • Machine Reversal — The machine causes the defeat of the person operating the scheme.
  • Final Snowfall — Smart and his partner celebrate by making it snow.

Directed by

Gary Nelson

Key Cast

• Don Adams — Maxwell Smart
• Barbara Feldon — Agent 99
• Bernie Kopell — Conrad Siegfried / Prof. Helmut Schmelding
• Richard Gautier — Hymie
• Robert Karvelas — Larrabee