KAOS steals a water evaporation formula (DRY-UP) and blackmails the country by threatening to dry up all its water. Max's informant, character actor Russell Bediyoskin, is shot and Max pretends to be him to fool KAOS. This leads to one of the greatest physical bits in the series, as the ambulance crew attempts to take Max's stretcher through a revolving door. In the meantime, Admiral Hardgrade, CONTROL's first chief, is appointed by the president to take charge of CONTROL during this crisis. He sends the Chief, Max and 99 into the field to interview Bediyoskin, who gives the clue "TBO." Though the Chief gets wounded in a shootout, Max and 99 follow-up on the TBO clue to discover it leads to a T.B.Orlando, a Hollywood executive. When Orlando turns up dead, Max and 99 must find the real TBO before it's too late.

These episodes really showcase Leonard Stern's outstanding talent for writing physical comedy pieces, in addition to the hilarious phone message scene. I used to not like these episodes that much, but after rewatching them, they've become one of my top five episodes.

Leonard Stern originally wrote these episodes as one Get Smart movie, which was planned after the success of the Batman movie. However, the failure of Munster Go Home led to the plans for a Get Smart movie to be abandoned.