01-18-2021, 11:27 AM
I'm nearing the end of the series. It's not many episodes as I'm sure you'll remember.
The last few eps feel like the add ons. McGoohan originally planned less episodes but the studio insisted on more. I suspect it's these last ones that were the additions because they change the tone. They aren't set in the Village.
'Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling' is the Face-Off brain switch episode where another actor plays #6 for almost the entire ep. It's full of logic holes but it does reveal #6's fiancee, Janet. Apparently McGoohan was away filming Ice Station Zebra for this ep, and this was a workaround.
'Living in Harmony' is the western ep. It reminds me of Star Trek TOS 'Spectre of the Gun' (The Prisoner was first). Again, it is riddled with logic holes (like how is it that #6 missed this huge western town adjacent to the Village? And if someone is strangled, they won't have last words just before they die...) But it does introduce The Kid who is amazingly psycho.
Still loving watching this again. It's so good.
I'm also reading The Prisoner: A Day in the Life, a paperback novelization that I found in my pile of crap at my mom's house. It's not very good.
Since we discontinued our Netflix DVD service, I won't get to that redux anytime soon, which is just as well because I gather it sux and I'm sure I'll be offended. But someday.
Be seeing you.
The last few eps feel like the add ons. McGoohan originally planned less episodes but the studio insisted on more. I suspect it's these last ones that were the additions because they change the tone. They aren't set in the Village.
'Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling' is the Face-Off brain switch episode where another actor plays #6 for almost the entire ep. It's full of logic holes but it does reveal #6's fiancee, Janet. Apparently McGoohan was away filming Ice Station Zebra for this ep, and this was a workaround.
'Living in Harmony' is the western ep. It reminds me of Star Trek TOS 'Spectre of the Gun' (The Prisoner was first). Again, it is riddled with logic holes (like how is it that #6 missed this huge western town adjacent to the Village? And if someone is strangled, they won't have last words just before they die...) But it does introduce The Kid who is amazingly psycho.
Still loving watching this again. It's so good.
I'm also reading The Prisoner: A Day in the Life, a paperback novelization that I found in my pile of crap at my mom's house. It's not very good.
Since we discontinued our Netflix DVD service, I won't get to that redux anytime soon, which is just as well because I gather it sux and I'm sure I'll be offended. But someday.
Be seeing you.
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