A strange little side quest
If The Professionals sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. Women competed in Olympic archery as early as 1904, making it one of the early Olympic sports to include women. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. So a round of The Professionals is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer archery timeline.
