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Patrick McGoohanb. : 03/19/28
d. : 01/13/09
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I remember Patrick McGoohan, first from the spy series, Secret Agent; then from the enormously popular and short-lived The Prisoner.
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The latter, a scant 17 episodes long, quickly garmered a major cult following (is that an oxymoron?) when it aired in the US. In the summer, IIRC. McGoohan played a British secret agent who quits one day for no specified reason. He is quickly gassed and transported to "The Village", a pleasant seaside resort-but-prison for ex-agents of all sorts of countries. He is simply labeled "Number 6" and spends the rest of the series trying to escape and being a rebellious PITA for whoever it was that was running The Village.
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We were all bummed when it was learned that there would be no second season. I suppose in retrospect, there are only so many plots that can be written about thinking you escaped The Village, only to wake up the next day, back in your cottage/cell. If you've nevcr seen this 1984-esque series, I can only say that I highly recommend finding it.
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The thing about "The Prisoner" is that either it's:
a) The story of a spy stopped from going AWOL.
b) The story of a man imprisoned by his own paranoia (i.e. Number 6 is actually his own captor, Number 1).
c) A cheaply made, nonsensical bit of whimsy which became a cult due to it's opacity and novelty value of changing Number 2 every episode.
d) Simply a load of old toss not worth watching.
I rather suspect it's actually a blend of all of the above, the mix of constituents determined by the viewers psychological state or substance intake.
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okay, the Truth now. when The Prisoner originally aired in the UK, what did you think of it?
FWIW, i think you're right - the "thing" about the show is a combination of all four factors you mention. i'm a bit reluctant to watch it again. it is possible that it didn't "age" well at all.
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