The Review Show

The Prisoner


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Episode 299. We are not numbers! We are free podcasters!! Our topic this episode is the 1967 British sci-fi mystery show The Prisoner. After suddenly resigning from his intelligence bureau, a spy known only as Number 6 is kidnapped and imprisoned in the eerily idyllic Village, where he's challenged with bizarre mind games until he gives up whatever terrible secret made him resign. We discuss the rotating cast of actors playing the Village's leader Number 2, the killer bubble, the mod coastal fashion aesthetic, a truly strange series finale for the ages, the show's place in TV history and its continuing influence, and who we would want to see in the oft-rumored Christopher Nolan adaptation.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:04) - Welcome and banter
  • (05:22) - Non-spoiler thoughts on The Prisoner
  • (17:51) - Housekeeping
  • (23:38) - Spoilers!! The Prisoner
  • (01:42:06) - Review Show Bingo
  • (01:48:10) - Recommendations
  • (01:55:16) - What we are discussing next episode
  • (01:59:57) - Outro

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