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

Arrival

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

The Chimes of Big Ben

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.

A., B. and C.

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

Free for All

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 Schizoid Man

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.

The General

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Many Happy Returns

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.

Dance of the Dead

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.

Checkmate

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

Hammer into Anvil

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.

It's Your Funeral

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

A Change of Mind

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.

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

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

Living in Harmony

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

The Girl Who Was Death

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.

Once Upon a Time

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.

Fall Out

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 demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

The Best Seasons of The Prisoner

The Best Seasons of The Prisoner

Season 1