The Prisoner
The Prisoner is about a man who is kidnapped from his London home, and wakes up in a strange village, where he is known only by the name Number Six. Various village officers-in-charge, always referred to as Number Two, set about trying to find out why Number Six resigned his job as a secret agent. Number Six is interrogated, brainwashed and manipulated by the strange powers behind the mysterious village.
Genre: Action and Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction
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Episode 17
Fall Out
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Having triumphed against the Village and those set to defeat him, Number Six is brought into the presence of the Assembly and its President. Before meeting Number One, the Prisoner must first watch as rebels Number Two and Number Forty Eight are put on trial for their acts of rebellion, then engineer one final escape.
Episode 16
Once Upon A Time
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
it's a battle of wills when Number Two decides the only way to break Number Six is to enter into "Degree Absolute" with him. If Number Six triumphs, he will meet Number One. If he fails, he will die.
Episode 15
The Girl Who Was Death
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
In what may be a flashback, or an imaginary story, or a new ploy by the Village superiors, Number 6 is working as a secret agent to thwart Professor Schnipps and his lethal daughter Sonia.
Episode 14
Living in Harmony
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Number 6 finds himself in a town from the American Old West. Unable to leave town, he has to take on the position of sheriff to protect a young woman, but refuses to take up a gun or explain his reasons why not.
Episode 12
A Change of Mind
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Number Six is stripped of his protective status when the Village committee declares him "unmutual." When he refuses to cooperate, he undergoes mental treatment to fit in socially... but he soon realizes the entire thing is a ploy to break him.
Episode 11
It's Your Funeral
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Number Six uncovers a plot to assassinate Number Two. In the interest of avoiding reprisals against the community, he warns the Village administrator about it. However, Number Six is unaware that he being used as a pawn. The plot thickens further when the incumbent Number Two is replaced by a much older man due to retire within days.
Episode 10
Hammer into Anvil
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
When a young woman, Number Seventy-Three, takes her own life due to Number Two's efforts to break her, Number Six swears his revenge. He sets out on a campaign of misinformation in the hopes of pushing the already unstable Number Two over the edge. He plans to make the Village administrator think that he is an agent called D6 and that he is in the Village to spy on him.
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Episode 9
Checkmate
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Number Six becomes involved in a living game of chess and discovers that the Queen has been programmed to fall in love with him and follow him while carrying a tracking device. The Prisoner allies with the Rook to use the Queen's tracking device to plan an escape.
Episode 7
Many Happy Returns
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Episode 6
The General
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
The Village superiors are developing an electronic speedlearning process that allows them to place whatever information they wish in the human brain. The unwilling Professor developing the process is working with the mysterious "General," and Number 6 must thwart the scheme before the process is perfected.
Episode 5
The Schizoid Man
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Number 2 comes up with a scheme to break Number 6, by programming him with different likes and dislikes then convincing him that he is Number 12, brought to the Village to break the "real" Number 6.
Episode 4
Free for All
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
It's Election Time in the Village, and Number 6 is encouraged to run for the office. Number 6 is skeptical that anyone can honestly rise to power, but soon finds himself swept into the election campaign.
Episode 3
A. B. and C.
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
Not even Number 6's dreams are safe when Number 2 uses a drug to enter the Prisoner's mind and try to determine which of three individuals, designated A, B, and C, that Number 6 planned to sell secrets to.
Episode 1
Arrival
aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008
After an unnamed British secret agent retires from his position, he returns to his home in London to pack for a holiday. However, he is soon gassed and loses consciousness. When he awakes hours later, he finds himself in a strange community by the sea known only as the Village. In this place, no names are used and all phones, maps, taxis and other services are "only local." Number Six, as he soon becomes known as, is shown around the Village by its chairman Number Two, who explains that the information in his head is priceless and that he and his superiors want to know why he resigned.
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