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Subject: Re: Re: The Prisoner
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 11:49:00 EDT
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I seem to remember that the last episode of "the Prisoner" is the one
in which "the Prisoner" is finally taken to see his Jailer (Number 1,
I believe) and finds that Number 1 is himself (the Prisoner.)
Patrick McGoohan, who created "the Prisoner" gave an interview in the
last 6? years (magazine? newspaper? TV Guide?) in which he explained
"the Prisoner".  I believe he said that the last episode (in fact the
entire series), was written to be as interpretable as possible so that
each individual viewer could derive his own interpretation from the
story.  His own interpretation was that "the Prisoner" was in fact, a
mentally deranged (former? secret agent) who made himself a prison in
his own mind.  He was, in fact, medically his own jailer.
Speaking of "prisoners," I much prefer "Prisoner: Cellblock H," an
Australian import about "women in prison."  It's been available in
syndication for the last 6-7 years.  It's certainly much funnier than
"the Prisoner."

Denise 
University of Illinois
The Super-Computing Illini