The final episode of a television series is a dramatic thing. Do we get a resolution to the stories that we’ve become so invested in? Do we finally learn the answers to the questions we’ve been asking over the years? Do we look back on the series as having been a satisfying trip from beginning to end?

… Or do we get a weird underground lair, the yourself-as-your-enemy allegory and a surprising over-use of Dem Bones ?

It’s funny how true to the pattern things can be – a good episode of the series and a bad episode of the series, and somehow they always end up next to each other, paired up for us to cover simultaneously.

Show notes and links:

* “The Prisoner” The Girl Who Was Death (TV Episode 1968) (imdb.com)

* “The Prisoner” Once Upon a Time (TV Episode 1968) (imdb.com)

* The Prisoner – behind the scenes (youtube.com)

The documentary we will be watching together with _Fall Out_ for our next, and final, episode.

In words more befitting a review of Doctor Who than The Prisoner, this week we go back to the Wild West and take part in an adventure that eventually turns out to have scientifically advanced machinations behind it. Then – paranoia upon paranoia – as paranoid people do paranoid things to make the paranoid even paranoider.

Looks like I forgot to publish this one. Yeah, that’s what happens when you’re in crunch mode and every living minute goes to the code on the screen in front of you. You pass in and out of consciousness, the days begin to melt into each other and eventually you find out that you’ve forgotten to publish a podcast.

Don’t start developing, my children. Being a developer means never being happy with your code.

It’s funny how one of the worst episodes and one of the best episodes of The Prisoner arrive the same week. But that’s what they did.

Still; it’s not all bad. We learned a new phrase this week; “Don do rodo-roi.”

A month can seem like such a short time when you’re having fun – but when you’re waiting for another podcast episode of Petter and Breki talking about The Prisoner – an entire month is just way too long to wait. But wait no more! The episode. It is here.

Show notes and links:

* The Prisoner (TV Series 1967–1968) – Full Cast & Crew (imdb.com)

* Peter Brace – IMDb (imdb.com)

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* John Castle – IMDb (imdb.com)

* The Prisoner – The General (youtube.com)

* Peter Bowles – IMDb (imdb.com)

* Annette Carell – IMDb (imdb.com)

* Katherine Kath – IMDb (imdb.com)

* Colin Gordon – IMDb (imdb.com)

Another Wednesday, another deep dive into The Prisoner. This week, we’re looking at Checkmate and The Schizoid Man, two episodes where Number Six gets closer than ever to winning..

Show notes and links:

* Prisoner Convention Portmeirion Six of One McGoohan Home Page (portmeiricon.com)

In our second week of this mid-season extra mini-series, we tackle the next two episodes of The Prisoner, namely Dance of the Dead and Chimes of Big Ben. Deep philosophical discussions ensue.

On this very special episode of Who’s Who, we’re launching our mini-mini series, Who Is Number One?, a look at the good old television series The Prisoner. We’ll be back to Doctor Who in just a few weeks, don’t worry.

Here’s the episode order we’ll be doing them in (Our current plan, at least):

* (This Episode) Arrival + Free For All

* Dance of the Dead + Chimes of Big Ben

* Checkmate + The Schizoid Man

* The General + A. B. and C.

* Many Happy Returns + It’s Your Funeral.

* A Change of Mind + Do Not Forsake Me Oh My My Darling

* Living In Harmony + Hammer into Anvil

* The Girl Who was Death + Once Upon a Time

* Fall Out

It’s been a wild journey, but we’re finally done with the classic Doctor Who stories. Let’s take a look back at what got us from there to here – and let’s talk about what comes next.