The Therapy Zone



Pinta Man Is Strong!

    Such is the logo upon the milkman's milk float seen at the aerodrome in the episode ‘Many Happy Returns.’ The question has been asked, what is the theory behind the milkman and the episode itself! Well quite obviously the milkman is an external agent of the village. Despatched to being the Prisoner back to a happy return! As for the plot behind the episode, it is simply to show that no matter what the Prisoner does, wherever the Prisoner goes, he is always within the grasp of the Village and its agents. Hence the title of the episode ‘Many Happy Returns.’

   I wonder how No.6 going to that nursery in ‘The Girl Who Was Death,’ and telling the three children his fairytale in the first place, actually came about. And was this in fact the first time, after all he did say he would come tomorrow as he didn't think he had any other important appointments. There could have been a series of fairytales, through which No.2 hoped to gain information from No.6.

   The name Scheherazade suddenly springs to mind. You know Scheherazade and the tales of 1001 nights. Or is that carrying things just a bit too far? Well in all probability, yes. But reading between the lines, and putting two and two together, I can see a possible parallel.

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   No.2 in ‘Arrival’ said that all they really want to know, is why the Prisoner suddenly left. After all he had a brilliant career. His record is impeccable.

  Yet as No.2 of ‘The Chimes of Big Ben’ puts it, "It only needs one small thing. If he will answer one simple question, the rest will follow." So it wasn't just a question of why the Prisoner suddenly left, they want to know everything!

This Week I Am Mostly Watching

   Billy the Kid and Doc Holiday are fleeing justice at the hands of the law when they encounter a ravishing half-breed named Rio, a sensually potent performance from Jane Russell. Rio becomes Billy's girlfriend and joins them as they are relentlessly hunted down by an old pal the the Kid's, Sheriff Pat Garrett. In the heat of the pursuit passions flare and Billy is unavoidably drawn to the luscious Rio.

   Yet this is not the complete reason for watching this film. For there is a scene which takes place in the Saloon where Doc Holiday tries to goad Billy the Kid into a gun fight. This scene is very reminiscent of the scene in ‘Living In Harmony’ where in the Silver Dollar Saloon the Kid tries to goad the stranger into a gun fight. Except The Outlaw is a film long produced before the Prisoner. Both scenes are so alike, that you could easily displace the one for the other with no difficulty at all.

I'll be seeing you Doc!