One strange thing about The Prisoner is that the exact episode order is unclear. Free For All aired as number 4, while it’s number 2 on the DVD set. This series of blog posts follows the DVD order.

The individual known as Number 2 changes in almost every episode. The new Number 2 (Eric Portman) pays Number 6 a visit, introduces himself, and a young foreign woman, Number 58 (Rachel Herbert), who is cheerful and seemingly a bit dumb. There’s an election for a new Number 2, and Number 6 is more or less drafted into running, with Number 58 as his assistant.

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The Prisoner is a 1967 British television series, starring Patrick McGoohan as “Number 6,” a top-level government agent who resigns his post. As a result, he’s kidnapped and imprisoned in “The Village”, where his captors hope to interrogate him for “information.” The series documents Number 6’s repeated escape attempts and the progressively more extreme methods employed by his captors to break his will.

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