THEPRIS6NER

    11-12 went out into the desert, and in his desperation threw away the key to Two's pill cabinet.....I wonder how it was that 11-12 was able to recall where it was, in the desert, that he threw the key away? And as 11-12 scrambled about in the sand desperately searching for the key, it was the desert itself which gave up the key! Or was it that even in her awakened state of mind, that 11-12's mother still retained some power over the Village, and it was her that made the desert give up the key!

    The resignation sequence is a reinterpretation of the original, as the accompanying images demonstrate. We also know why Michael resigned, because he found out what Summakor was doing and was very uncomfortable with that.

    Six wants to physically escape the Village, and this he attempts to do by crossing the desert. I'm not sure how Six was expecting to be successful in this endeavour, because he did so without food or water, without knowing where he was escaping to, because he didn't know where he was escaping from. But somehow I guess Six felt that anywhere is more preferable to the Village. So why are other people interested in escaping, the "dreamers," and why don't they? Why can't they, or have they? Well obviously escape from the Village is difficult, I won't say impossible, forget that it's all in the mind for a moment. But the Village is in the middle of a desert, with nothing but miles and miles of sand in all directions, and the mountains beyond to contend with. We witness how Six attempted to escape. More than that, 93 tried to escape across the desert, and got as far as the mountains before he died. So the question is, if one is to try and escape the Village, in which direction into the desert does one go, and for how far? Or have people actually escaped to the Village? I mean all you have to do is look at 313's other self - Sarah, who when she was a young girl was abused by her father and mother, who doesn't want to leave the Village to go back to what Sarah had become.

    People are nervous around Six, they have every right to be. People who get close to Six are put in harms way, or worse, they die. All you have to do is look at 455 and 4-15-Lucy. 93 died in the company of Six, but what of? I mean I don't think the old man had been shot at all, perhaps his heart gave out, and if so, he suffered what we are later to understand, as being a "Village death," which is a happy release from the Village, returning the citizen to his former life in the "other place." But what "other place" might that be in the case of 93? London, or the former Village of the original series, seeing as how 93 is the former No.6!

    I can imagine how 93 would be curious about the Village. How he would have many questions to ask, like where am I? Where is this place? What do you want? In the original series No.6 found out about Jammers, so in this reinterpretation 93 found out about "dreamers," and found out that he himself is a dreamer, as he remembers his former life. 93 is a crossover from the original series, being the former No.6. No.6 was always tormented about his resignation, had a persecution complex even. So is that why the former No.6 was brought to The Village in M2's mind, so that No.6 could be fixed and then returned to his former life, but then which former life would that be exactly?

    So THEPRIS6NER came and went with the minimum of fuss. No controversy, no claims to have been attacked in the street, having to run off to Wales, Switzerland, and then America...........I wonder what scriptwriter Bill Gallagher thinks about the reception his series received by long seasoned fans of the Prisoner. Somehow I think he didn't mind upsetting them, perhaps even he might have set out to do just that............Because in my opinion many fans of the Prisoner, yet not all, have become complacent, in need of having their cage rattled. Because just what is it that life time fans of the Prisoner still get out of a 47 year old television series? I myself still get immense enjoyment out of watching the series, and perhaps that is all, these days. Well I arrived at an understanding of the series, which suits me, a good while ago. So you see I no longer sit here wondering who Number One is, because it's patently obvious who Number One is. In fact we are told who Number One is, not at the end of the series, but within the final few minutes of the opening sequence of ‘Arrival.’

    And writing about clues as to who One is, Six is the One!..........But according to Village history, there never was a number One, there has never been a number One, and there never will be..................but then how can Six be the One?............You see Bill Gallagher didn't answer all the questions in the final episode........I wonder if with Six being the One, that he can be transferred to the Prisoner, with No.6 not being the Number One, but the One? If No.6 had accepted the offer of ultimate power, I wonder what kind of Village he would have made it? I often think that in episodes like ‘It's Your Funeral’ No.6 knew exactly what his other self would do, in instigating mass reprisals against the innocent citizens of the Village, So that No.6 was protecting the citizens against himself. But you see you need both sides of one nature, the good and bad, but dispensed in equal quantities. The One is weaker without the other you see, it's just a question of maintaining an equal balance of the Two...................

Breathe in….breathe out….more Village!