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From: iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP (iannucci)
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Subject: Re: The Prisoner (& discussions thereof)
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 14:40:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 14:40:55 1985
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\\  From: David J. Iannucci (iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP)

In article <1636@gondor.UUCP> weiss@gondor.UUCP writes:
>> How about the shower going on when he got back to his pad? There certainly
>> couldn't be an explanation of that (could there? :-))
>
>There certainly was a reason for the shower going on!  If you remember,
>at the beginning of the episode 6 tried to take a shower, but there
>was no water.  [when it came on at the end ...]
>this was a signal that everything was "back to normal."

          Maybe I once again didn't make myself clear. I agree with what 
you say about it being a sign that everything's back to normal, but there
was no *physical* reason for the water going back on.  It would have had to
have been some sort of supernatural force!

>Also, I think every plot was carefully thought out and there was
>a method to every madness, no matter how strange.

       Well, it's a matter of opinion, but I just don't agree with you here.
That's why I don't look past a certain "depth".

>As for your other comments/questions I don't think 6's old bosses were
>in on it, it would have been too easy to get him back without all that
>searching.  And the milkman was way too obvious (what the hell would a 
>normal milkman be doing in an airplane hangar?).

         Granted re: the milkman.  BUT...(o ye who find meaning everywhere :-))
...how would the enemy have known (in the opening titles) that he HAD resigned
when apparently the only person he told was one of his bosses?  Was the boss a
double agent? Who knows. I also find it hard to believe that enemy intelligence
could mobilize their "hearse" on such short notice. If you remember, it was    
waiting for him as soon as he pulled out of the parking lot. The only way I
can explain the milkman is that there are different levels in the British
agency. Maybe the people he dealt with on his return ("Many HR") were too
low in the heirarchy to know about the Villiage.

>I only recently saw "A, B, & C".  Neat one!  What did you think?

      It was good, but not one of my VERY favorites. It's been so long now
that I forget the intricacies of the dream business. But it was definitely 
bizarre. I think "our man VI" just has THAT much control over his mind.

     I thought Living in Harmony was great. Keep an open mind while watching.
At first you'll say, "what the F**K is going on here!?", but when the end
comes, you should be satisfied.

>Ok, let's keep this up!  Surely there must be other fans than 1 
>guy from Penn State and 1 from St. Joe's!

          Yeah, like what is this?  If it weren't that I was worried we 
would be leaving others out of a good discussion, I would suggest we conduct 
this by mail. Hey, that's an idea. We could simply set up a mailing list for
those who are interested (is there really anybody?). Let me know.
-- 
Dave Iannucci
St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia
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"A witty saying proves nothing. "      --Voltaire