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The Prisoner: Many Happy Returns
Number 6 wakes up to find the Village abandoned. He makes a boat and escapes to freedom, only to fall victim to gunrunners. Upon reaching London, he must convince his superiors that the Village exists and that he can lead them back to destroy it once and for all.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x7 Airdate: Sunday November 12th, 1967 |
Uncredited
Recap
Number Six wakes up and prepares his morning toiletry, but notices that there's no water in the pipes. There's no music from the speakers and when he goes outside, there's no one to be seen. Going back inside, he finds the phone dead. Number Six dresses and goes around the Village. Furniture is overturned and buildings are locked up, but there's no sign of any inhabitants. He climbs to the top of the bell tower but spots no one as far as he can see. He rings the bell but gets no response. Descending, he finds a taxi in working order and takes the key. He then goes to the Green Dome and finds the door unlocked. Going inside, he pries open the doors to Number Two's inner sanctum but finds it empty...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
The first 22 minutes of this episode contain no dialogue.
George Markstein appears in this episodes at the desk whom Number Six confronts after leaving Mrs. Butterworth's.
Patrick Cargill (Thorpe) later played Number Two in "Hammer into Anvil". It is possible that they were intended to be the same character.
Besides "Arrival", this is the first episode in which the actor playing Number Two is not shown in the opening credits.
Patrick McGoohan (Number Six) did an uncredited rewrite for this episode.
Patrick McGoohan directed the episode under the pseudonym "Joseph Serf."
Episode Quotes
Thorpe: And they're all... numbers? No names. No names at all?
Number Six: Just numbers.
The Colonel: I see.
Number Six: Numbers in a village that is a complete unit of our own society. A place to put people who can't be kept around. People who know too much or too little. A place with many means of breaking a man.
Number Six: Just numbers.
The Colonel: I see.
Number Six: Numbers in a village that is a complete unit of our own society. A place to put people who can't be kept around. People who know too much or too little. A place with many means of breaking a man.
Thorpe: You resign. You disappear. You return. You spin a yarn that Hans Christian Andersen would reject for a fairy tale.
The Colonel: You're a stubborn fellow, Number Six.
Number Six: James, you call me that once again and you're liable for a bout in hospital.
Number Six: James, you call me that once again and you're liable for a bout in hospital.
Thorpe: Interesting fellow.
The Colonel: He's an old, old, old friend. Who never gives up.
The Colonel: He's an old, old, old friend. Who never gives up.
Mrs. Butterworth/: (to Number Six) Many happy returns.
Analysis
Escape... or is it?
This episode isn't easily categorized because Number Six has no real trouble escaping. And there doesn't seem to be any real attempt to torture him, despite the denouement at the end. Presumably the point of the entire exercise is to give Number Six hope and then crush it. However, given the episode ends with the revelation, there's no indication here that Number Six has been weakened, and nothing in future episodes to relate back to this one.
This episode isn't easily categorized because Number Six has no real trouble escaping. And there doesn't seem to be any real attempt to torture him, despite the denouement at the end. Presumably the point of the entire exercise is to give Number Six hope and then crush it. However, given the episode ends with the revelation, there's no indication here that Number Six has been weakened, and nothing in future episodes to relate back to this one.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | George Markstein | Patrick McGoohan |
| • Executive Producer | Patrick McGoohan |
| • Producer | David Tomblin |
| • Casting | Rose Tobias Shaw |
| • Music | Ron Grainer |
| • Music Editor | Eric Mival | Albert Elms |
| • Costume Designer | Masada Wilmot |
| • Make-up | Eddie Knight (1) |
| • Set Decorator | Kenneth Bridgeman |
| • Other | Josie Fulford (Continuity) |
| • Director of Photography | Brendan J. Stafford |
| • Story Editor | George Markstein |
| • Art Director | Jack Shampan |
| • Production Manager | Bernard Williams |
| • Sound Editor | Wilfred Thompson |
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