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Subject: Re: The Prisoner
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Date: Fri, 2-Sep-83 04:23:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  2 04:23:49 1983
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 I guess I posted my quiz before I saw yours....

    ....anyway, the answers to your questions are:

    (1) I don't remember any change in the theme music, but then again it's
	been a while since I saw the show;

    (2) That was one of my questions. Its name was "Rover" and it was used
	to catch fleeing Village dwellers (particularly #6) and to generally
	keep the peace;

    (3) Come on now! They wanted to know why he resigned. As to why this was
	so important, I dunno.

    (4) The reason why there was a new #2 every week was that as each #2 tried
	and failed to crack #6's resistance, he would be dismissed, and those
	in power (#1?) would try someone else.

   You say "anyone who knows anything about the show" knows that #6 = #1.
I thought then (and think now) that that's sort of open to interpretation.
As I remember, #6 is fighting with a man in a gorilla suit, then somehow
the ape's mask comes off and Patrick McGoohan's face is underneath. I was
rather disappointed that the makers of the show fell back on such a trite
and obvious solution to #1's identity, so I tend to interpret it in various
pseudo-Freudian bullshit ways that I won't waste screen space on. In any case,
the last few episodes were very bizarre and dreamlike, so I guess you can
see it any way you like.
   So you won't have to waste time searching for my quiz, here are the quest-
ions:
	   (1) What is the customary parting phrase used between "citizens"
	       in the Village?

	   (2) How many times did #6 actually manage to escape from the
	       island?

There were others, but I can't remember 'em.....
						    Cheers!  -Jon B.