After 50 years of ‘the
Prisoner’ there are still a number of uncertainties. For example, I cannot make
up my mind whether or not ZM73 actually recognized the face staring back at him
out of the hall mirror, the Colonel’s. Certainly the Colonel’s rank was only
mentioned by Number 2, once at the outset of the episode, and again at the end
when he realized he had been outmanoeuvred. So at this point of the episode
there is no way for ZM73 could know who the man is staring back at him, unless
he knows the Colonel through his previous employment. Is that why ZM73 put his
fist in the mirror, symbolically punching the Colonel in the face. Because he
realized he had been betrayed by his own side once again? Or perhaps it was
simply through anger, due to the current situation he finds himself in.
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