That's what the new No.2 wants to know of No.6, where his sympathies lie. But what of No.2, where does No.2's sympathies for No.6 lie? As far as I can calculate, No.2's sympathies fall into three categories; For, Indifferent to, or Against.
FOR No.6
Mary Morris Dance of the Dead, because No.6 isn't like the others, he has a future with them.
Leo McKern Once Upon A Time I was a good man, I am a good man. But if you get him he will be better.
Peter Wyngarde Checkmate who sees No.6 as being too valuable to allow the doctor to carry out a Leucotomy to knock out the aggressive frontal lobes.
INDIFFERENT
Guy Doleman Arrival because he was due to leave the village.
Leo McKern The Chimes of Big Ben because he told them it wouldn't work!
Eric Portman Free For All, because he is leaving the village!
Colin Gordon The General because this time he has not been brought back directly because of No.6. His task is to over see the success of the experiment Speedlearn. To him, No.6's self-involvement is but an irritation which he can well do without.
Kenneth Griffiths The Girl Who Was Death because as far as we see he has no direct contact with No.6.
David Bauer Living In harmony he'd do it to anyone. It just happened to be No.6!
Clifford Evans Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling again because it could have been anyone. But in this case it happened to be No.6, because he knew where Seltzman was.
Derren Nesbitt Its Your Funeral because of his use of No.6 to help him achieve his own ends!
AGAINST
George Baker Arrival because if the Prisoner doesn't give them what they want, he'll take it!
Anton Roger The Schizoid Man who uses a cunning stratagem of setting No.6 against himself!
Patrick Cargill Hammer Into Anvil a sadist who bullies everyone, who intends to hammer No.6!
Colin Gordon A B & C who is set against No.6, and has but three days to achieve the information of why No.6 resigned.
Rachal Herbert Free For All for her this is but the beginning. A beating from the two mechanics is good enough. But if No.6 still refuses to talk, there are other ways and means! Even though she is malicious, she doesn't want to see No.6 damaged permanently!
Georgina Cookson Many Happy Returns heartless and calculating!
John Sharpe A Change of Mind a thoroughly nasty piece of work, whose only desire is to get the reason behind No.6's resignation!
Others who have no sympathy for No.6 are; Nadia, the Colonel, Fotheringay, Thorpe, and Cobb. also No.8 of Living In Harmony.
Its a hard life in the village, especially when sympathy is difficult to find. Not that I think for one moment that No.6 was looking for anyone's sympathy, only a way to escape the village!
I'll be seeing you.
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