The Prisoner

The Best Episodes of The Prisoner

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Every episode of The Prisoner ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Prisoner!

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders...
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  1. 8.6/10(996 votes)

    #1 - Many Happy Returns

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    S1:E7

    Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

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  2. 8.6/10(950 votes)

    #2 - Hammer into Anvil

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Pat Jackson
  3. 8.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #3 - The Chimes of Big Ben

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    S1:E2

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

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  4. 8.5/10(988 votes)

    #4 - The Schizoid Man

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    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Pat Jackson
  5. 8.4/10(1.3k votes)

    #5 - Arrival

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    S1:E1

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

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  6. 8.2/10(1.0k votes)

    #6 - A., B. and C.

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    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Pat Jackson
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  8. 8.2/10(887 votes)

    #7 - Checkmate

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    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  9. 7.8/10(826 votes)

    #8 - A Change of Mind

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    S1:E12

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

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  10. 7.7/10(999 votes)

    #9 - Free for All

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    S1:E4

    Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

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  11. 7.7/10(874 votes)

    #10 - Once Upon a Time

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    S1:E16

    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.

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  12. 7.6/10(833 votes)

    #11 - It's Your Funeral

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    S1:E11

    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.

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  13. 7.6/10(977 votes)

    #12 - Fall Out

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    S1:E17

    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.

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  14. 7.5/10(904 votes)

    #13 - The General

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  15. 7.5/10(874 votes)

    #14 - Dance of the Dead

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  16. 7.3/10(849 votes)

    #15 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

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    S1:E13

    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.

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  17. 7.2/10(890 votes)

    #16 - The Girl Who Was Death

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    S1:E15

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

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  18. 7.0/10(879 votes)

    #17 - Living in Harmony

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    S1:E14

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Many Happy Returns" is the best rated episode of "The Prisoner". It scored 8.6/10 based on 996 votes. Directed by Patrick McGoohan and written by Anthony Skene, it aired on 11/10/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hammer into Anvil".