Rating: 
Summary: A must watch!
Review: Patrick McGoohan, was a genius in putting this show together. I have viewed the entire series several times now, and I am still mystified by the writting and the acting. For me the last several shows are the most difficult to watch. Ideas are nebulous, and resolution isn't fully sought. Its amazing that over thirty years later this classic remains timeless, and a bar set for other adventure shows to attain.
Rating:
Summary: A must watch!
Review: Patrick McGoohan, was a genius in putting this show together. I have viewed the entire series several times now, and I am still mystified by the writting and the acting. For me the last several shows are the most difficult to watch. Ideas are nebulous, and resolution isn't fully sought. Its amazing that over thirty years later this classic remains timeless, and a bar set for other adventure shows to attain.
Rating:
Summary: THE LAST EPISODES OF A GREAT SHOW
Review: This review is based on the "Channel 5" VHS video release of the 3 epidodes. The DVD version will provide additional material.For those of you who don't know what The Prisoner is then I suggest you buy the first 4 sets and watch them in order - you won't be disappointed. Basically, the storyline involves a kidnapped British secret agent who wakes up to find himself prisoner in a village populated by captured agents, scientists and politicians from both sides of the iron curtain. The authorities want to know why he resigned from his job, but as he doesn't know which side is running "The Village" he resists and they are forced to invent new and original ways to extract the information from him... These are the last three episodes from the series and all three rank in my top 5 favourite episodes list, but are very "non-typical" when compared to the rest of the series. The first episode, The Girl Who Was Death, is almost a comedy episode and, if this is the first time you've seen it, may confuse the viewers into thinking they're watching a different show. In this story, Number 6 is back in England working as a secret agent and trying to track down an arch criminal who has already killed another agent. As McGoohan picks up the trail he faces multiple attemps on his life by a female assassin until he eventually tracks her back to her lair and untimately to the master villian himself. As the story progresses you start to wonder what the script writer was smoking! The assassin's assualt on McGoohan during the car chase is absurd... until the ending clears it all up. The second time you watch it you can then relax and enjoy it for the classic it is... without having to worry about some of the weird situations. 10 out of 10. The last two episodes, Once Upon a Time and Fall Out, are really a single, double length epidode. Leo McKern returns as everybodys favourite Number 2 and engages in the ultimate high-stakes battle to break Number Six from which there can be only one winner. Here, Number 2 regresses Number 6 back to his childhood and then guides him through major points in his life in order to win his trust and extract the reason for his resignation. ... As endings go, this one is about as final as you can get, but a lot of questions go unanswered and are left to the viewers to decide for themselves. Years later, the meaning of Fall Out is still being hotly debated by the legion of Prisoner fans. I have my own personal opinion of what happened, but I'll keep it to myself. Does anyone else find it interesting that when Number 6 gets back to London and enters his old home that the number above the door is "1"? Hmmmm
Rating:
Summary: THE LAST EPISODES OF A GREAT SHOW
Review: This review is based on the "Channel 5" VHS video release of the 3 epidodes. The DVD version will provide additional material. For those of you who don't know what The Prisoner is then I suggest you buy the first 4 sets and watch them in order - you won't be disappointed. Basically, the storyline involves a kidnapped British secret agent who wakes up to find himself prisoner in a village populated by captured agents, scientists and politicians from both sides of the iron curtain. The authorities want to know why he resigned from his job, but as he doesn't know which side is running "The Village" he resists and they are forced to invent new and original ways to extract the information from him... These are the last three episodes from the series and all three rank in my top 5 favourite episodes list, but are very "non-typical" when compared to the rest of the series. The first episode, The Girl Who Was Death, is almost a comedy episode and, if this is the first time you've seen it, may confuse the viewers into thinking they're watching a different show. In this story, Number 6 is back in England working as a secret agent and trying to track down an arch criminal who has already killed another agent. As McGoohan picks up the trail he faces multiple attemps on his life by a female assassin until he eventually tracks her back to her lair and untimately to the master villian himself. As the story progresses you start to wonder what the script writer was smoking! The assassin's assualt on McGoohan during the car chase is absurd... until the ending clears it all up. The second time you watch it you can then relax and enjoy it for the classic it is... without having to worry about some of the weird situations. 10 out of 10. The last two episodes, Once Upon a Time and Fall Out, are really a single, double length epidode. Leo McKern returns as everybodys favourite Number 2 and engages in the ultimate high-stakes battle to break Number Six from which there can be only one winner. Here, Number 2 regresses Number 6 back to his childhood and then guides him through major points in his life in order to win his trust and extract the reason for his resignation. ... As endings go, this one is about as final as you can get, but a lot of questions go unanswered and are left to the viewers to decide for themselves. Years later, the meaning of Fall Out is still being hotly debated by the legion of Prisoner fans. I have my own personal opinion of what happened, but I'll keep it to myself. Does anyone else find it interesting that when Number 6 gets back to London and enters his old home that the number above the door is "1"? Hmmmm
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