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The Prisoner

Series 1 · 17 episodes · Sep 29, 1967

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    Episode 1

    Arrival

    Sep 29, 1967

    After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

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    Episode 2

    The Chimes of Big Ben

    Oct 6, 1967

    A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.

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    Episode 3

    A., B. and C.

    Oct 13, 1967

    Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.

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    Episode 4

    Free for All

    Oct 20, 1967

    Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

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    Episode 5

    The Schizoid Man

    Oct 27, 1967

    Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.

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    Episode 6

    The General

    Nov 3, 1967

    An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.

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    Episode 7

    Many Happy Returns

    Nov 10, 1967

    Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

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    Episode 8

    Dance of the Dead

    Nov 17, 1967

    Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.

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    Episode 9

    Checkmate

    Nov 24, 1967

    Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

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    Episode 10

    Hammer into Anvil

    Dec 1, 1967

    Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.

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    Episode 11

    It's Your Funeral

    Dec 8, 1967

    Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.

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    Episode 12

    A Change of Mind

    Dec 15, 1967

    After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."

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    Episode 13

    Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

    Dec 22, 1967

    With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.

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    Episode 14

    Living in Harmony

    Dec 29, 1967

    Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.

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    Episode 15

    The Girl Who Was Death

    Jan 19, 1968

    Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.

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    Episode 16

    Once Upon a Time

    Jan 26, 1968

    Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

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    Episode 17

    Fall Out

    Feb 2, 1968

    After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.