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Regarding the suggestion that our lives are being made worse year on year - do you believe any of our ancestors stretching all the way back to antiquity would refuse to trade places with us now? I vividly recall the squalor and abject poverty of the residents of Wigan in George Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier" just eighty years ago (when lives were "Nasty, Brutish and Short") and I find it hard to believe they wouldn't beg to exchange their grimy, soot-stained town with the Wigan of today.

Her father just kept on being arrested by Columbo.

At 1:41 I always wondered what the two darker buildings with the white crowns were? These buildings have since been torn down.

P M was very fussy and had a single minded idea of what he wanted...this episode is a real head trip ...but I love it when #6 turns the tables on #2...this is why the Prisoner is so rewatchable..

The scene with Number 6 and Number 2 (Mary Morris) standing on the beach together (Dance of the Dead) must be the most iconic in the entire series. An apparent stalemate, with the wonderful background sounds of Portmerion. A magical moment.

I thought it was cool how Number 6 was the main focus of the entire series Kinda a common place idea now but in 1967, especially since in America that the Prisoner was the summer replacement for The Jackie Gleason Show, 60s audiences must have been blown away, at least those who understood the non conventional

Yeah good point on everything food and drink possibly being laced Scary stuff

I always thought 2 was on the phone with Number One

In the episode you mentioned 'slubberdegullion'...I haven't heard this word for ages, thanks for refreshing my memory!😊

There's an irony in that MK-ULTRA and the "counter-cultural exploitation of LSD" turned out to be one and the same thing...Timothy Leary,as it transpired,was working for the government...

Chimes should NEVER have aired second in the rotation. For one thing, Number 6 knows far too much about the Village and the methods of its masters. For another, he easily falls into bantering with this Number 2, and when Leo McKern returns in Once Upon A Time, there is the suggestion that Number 6 may be more familiar with him than we know. A&E puts this episode in 8th position, which gives Number 6 sufficient time to understand how the Village works before Chimes airs. Admittedly, Number 6 does want to believe that Nadia (Number 8) can be trusted, so it can't be too late in the rotation, but when "Big Ben" chimes out at the end, Number 6 quickly figures out THAT he's been tricked and quietly walks down the corridor to note what he expected: He is back in the Village. Also, this very likely demonstrates that the British government MAY be well aware of The Village and Number 6's placement IN the Village - which is strongly confirmed in Do Not Forsake Me when he is used to find Dr Seltzman to reverse the mind switch.

I have always maintained that AB&C and The General aired in the wrong order, whether we are talking the BBC order or the A&E order. AB&C is always aired BEFORE The General, and I never thought that was the logical order for one specific reason: AB&C was an unmitigated failure for this Number 2, and it does not make sense that he would THEN be assigned to The General project. As the Leo McKern Number 2 noted to Number 6 in Chimes of Big Ben, the Village was intended to serve as a microcosm of broken former agents that the Village's masters would perform certain experiments on that, if successful, would then be expanded to the outside world. The General is the one episode that does NOT focus on indoctrinating or breaking Number 6, and presumably is the sole example of the Village's original purpose. The General project is an obvious MK Ultra-type experiment in mind control that was being tested in the Village -- fully in character with what we know of the Village -- which means it almost certainly was on the table long before Number 6 was brought in. Airing AB&C first makes no sense because it WAS such a complete failure. It didn't take long for Number 6 to not only figure out the plot but also figure out a way to turn it against Number 2. Throughout AB&C, we see Number 2's fear of his masters, knowing one failure will mean his removal or worse. Why would Number 2 THEN be assigned to the General? Reversing the order works so much better. Number 2 would have been brought in originally to monitor the General project, and it's unlikely that the Village's masters would blame Number 2 for its inevitable failure. Number 6 simply employed common sense, and anyone realistically could have pointed out the same flaw. That it WAS Number 6 very likely would not be held against Number 2, and so it follows that he would afterwards be assigned to one of the many attempts to break Number 6. It also makes sense that both The General and AB&C focus on mental manipulation - first of the Villagers themselves, and then directly on Number 6. These are the first real attempts of the series to use mental manipulation, so it would be a logical shift in focus between episodes. And the failure of The General and Number 2's reassignment would come with a very strong caveat: Number 2 HAS to make AB&C work, or the punishment would be extreme. So, it makes sense that Number 2 would be very nervous during AB&C - if he fails again, he knows what will come next. Of course, the primary focus of the Village would quickly shift solely to breaking Number 6 following this double failure. The Village's masters know the value of Number 6, and if they can convert him, it would make all the failures worthwhile. We naturally know the ultimate conclusion of THAT. Or do we? What do you think?

Jan 2025 - Thank you for this video. May we all retain and appreciate our own independence and personality. I respect this series tremendously. “Be Seeing You.”

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We're all on parole in someway, another......

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Beautiful analysis.

Looked like Eric Clapton in the audience when Mike Smith was interviewing Patrick McGoohan at 18.35.

Thank you again, did any of the "Prisoner" series ever be filmed at Pinewood ? personel interest, family worked there !

Colin Gordon was No2 twice and was a very interesting one, In someway's the most human, Though ruthless as he threatens No 14 with mind altering drugs.

Fantastic - thank you!

Don’t include any American shit to associate with this brilliant British work of art 😊

So far ahead of its time and still is 60s is my era

Another superb analysis Luke. Thankyou so much. They truly don't make anything of this quality anymore. The depth of this episode is still stunning. I don't think I've ever seen anything as intelligent as The Prisoner. Every aspect of it was the best it could've been: conception; production; acting; direction; editing; set design; the wonderful prologue...the whole thing. You've just reminded us. I'm looking forward to your next one.

Absolutely fantastic presentation, throughly enjoyed it. Thank you !

Brilliant, looking forwards to the next one😊

Nice one lads, another great video. Ta 😊

I think it was established years ago that the reason Number 2 drank milk was because he had stomach ulcers, indicative of the stress he was under to deliver.

The Blu Ray boxed set is very high quality and worth a look - upgraded from DVD and glad I did.

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"The Prisoner" is the only time television became art.

If the constitution, Magna Carta, we're nothing, then why do the worldwide Kabal, spend, or have spent so much time, trying g to pervert it, With even committing Treason, by amending and repealing it, It's preety obvious they need the constitution gone, to bring in the NWO.

Can't wait for more. I've been binging the Prisoner because of your channel, I forgot how awesome Many Happy Returns was