The Prisoner: Fall Out

January 1st, 2008

The Prisoner: Fall Out

The final episode begins immediately after the previous one, Once Upon A Time. Number 2 (Leo Kern) is dead and Number 6 is about to meet Number 1.

Number 6, the bald operations manager, and the butler descend by elevator to a lower level of The Village. Someone says, “We thought you would be happier as yourself,” as an unseen individual fondles a dummy resembling Number 6. The trio walks through a tunnel lined with jukeboxes playing the Beatles’ All You Need Is Love. They come to a doorway bearing the words “Well Come”.

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The Prisoner: Once Upon A Time

December 30th, 2007

The Prisoner: Once Upon A Time

This episode brings back a previous Number 2 (Leo Kern, from Chimes Of Big Ben) in a last-ditch effort to extract the precious information from Number 6. This Number 2 is belligerent from the get-go, ordering the diminutive butler around, informing a superior that he’ll do things his way, and asking Number 6 via video screen: “Why do you care?”

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The Prisoner: The Girl Who Was Death

December 23rd, 2007

The Prisoner: The Girl Who Was Death

A book is opened to a drawing of a cricket game. We then cut to an actual match, with a woman (Justine Lord) dressed in white as a spectator. She replaces the ball with an explosive device, and on the next pitch, the player is killed by the ball’s explosion.

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The Prisoner: Living In Harmony

December 11th, 2007

The Prisoner: Living In Harmony

This episode of The Prisoner has a western theme — beginning with the opening credits. Number 6 resigns by tossing his “Marshall” star on the desk of his boss. He tries to get away, carrying his saddle, but is captured by a group of cowboys, who carry him away on horses and dump him off in the town of Harmony.

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The Prisoner: Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

December 8th, 2007

The Prisoner: Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

This episode is unique as Patrick McGoohan barely appears. We begin during a slide show presentation to the Colonel, a blond, nondescript man. They’re looking in vain through a series of slide show images for a secret message pointing to the location of “Seltzman”.

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