The Prisoner - Season 1

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Arrival

1 - Arrival

Air Date: September 29, 1967

After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

The Chimes of Big Ben

2 - The Chimes of Big Ben

Air Date: October 6, 1967

A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.

A., B. and C.

3 - A., B. and C.

Air Date: October 13, 1967

Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.

Free for All

4 - Free for All

Air Date: October 20, 1967

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

The Schizoid Man

5 - The Schizoid Man

Air Date: October 27, 1967

Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.

The General

6 - The General

Air Date: November 3, 1967

An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.

Many Happy Returns

7 - Many Happy Returns

Air Date: November 10, 1967

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Dance of the Dead

8 - Dance of the Dead

Air Date: November 17, 1967

Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.

Checkmate

9 - Checkmate

Air Date: November 24, 1967

Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

Hammer into Anvil

10 - Hammer into Anvil

Air Date: December 1, 1967

Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.

It's Your Funeral

11 - It's Your Funeral

Air Date: December 8, 1967

Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.

A Change of Mind

12 - A Change of Mind

Air Date: December 15, 1967

After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

13 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

Air Date: December 22, 1967

With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.

Living in Harmony

14 - Living in Harmony

Air Date: December 29, 1967

Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.

The Girl Who Was Death

15 - The Girl Who Was Death

Air Date: January 19, 1968

Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.

Once Upon a Time

16 - Once Upon a Time

Air Date: January 26, 1968

Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

Fall Out

17 - Fall Out

Air Date: February 2, 1968

After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.