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The Worst Episodes of The Prisoner

Every episode of The Prisoner ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"Living in Harmony" is the worst rated episode of "The Prisoner". It scored 7/10 based on 845 votes. Directed by David Tomblin and written by David Tomblin, Ian Rakoff, it aired on 12/29/1967. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Girl Who Was Death".

  • Living in Harmony
    7.0/10845 votes
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    #1 - Living in Harmony

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1967

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

    Director: David Tomblin

    Writer: David Tomblin, Ian Rakoff

  • The Girl Who Was Death
    7.2/10856 votes
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    #2 - The Girl Who Was Death

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1968

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

    Director: David Tomblin

    Writer: Terence Feely

  • Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
    7.3/10818 votes
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    #3 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1967

    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.

    Director: Pat Jackson

    Writer: Vincent Tilsley

  • Dance of the Dead
    7.5/10842 votes
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    #4 - Dance of the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1967

    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.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Anthony Skene

  • The General
    7.6/10869 votes
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    #5 - The General

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1967

    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.

    Director: Peter Graham Scott

    Writer: Lewis Greifer

  • It's Your Funeral
    7.6/10804 votes
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    #6 - It's Your Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1967

    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.

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Michael Cramoy

  • Fall Out
    7.6/10944 votes
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    #7 - Fall Out

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1968

    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.

    Director: Patrick McGoohan

    Writer: Patrick McGoohan

  • Free for All
    7.7/10959 votes
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    #8 - Free for All

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1967

    Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

    Director: Patrick McGoohan

    Writer: Patrick McGoohan

  • Once Upon a Time
    7.7/10845 votes
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    #9 - Once Upon a Time

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1968

    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.

    Director: Patrick McGoohan

    Writer: Patrick McGoohan

  • A Change of Mind
    7.8/10795 votes
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    #10 - A Change of Mind

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1967

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

    Director: Patrick McGoohan

    Writer: Roger Parkes

  • A., B. and C.
    8.2/10984 votes
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    #11 - A., B. and C.

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1967

    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.

    Director: Pat Jackson

    Writer: Anthony Skene

  • Checkmate
    8.2/10855 votes
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    #12 - Checkmate

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1967

    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.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Gerald Kelsey

  • Arrival
    8.4/101,220 votes
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    #13 - Arrival

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1967

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

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: David Tomblin, George Markstein

  • The Chimes of Big Ben
    8.5/101,094 votes
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    #14 - The Chimes of Big Ben

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1967

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

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Vincent Tilsley

  • The Schizoid Man
    8.5/10947 votes
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    #15 - The Schizoid Man

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1967

    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.

    Director: Pat Jackson

    Writer: Terence Feely

  • Many Happy Returns
    8.6/10958 votes
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    #16 - Many Happy Returns

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1967

    Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

    Director: Patrick McGoohan

    Writer: Anthony Skene

  • Hammer into Anvil
    8.6/10916 votes
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    #17 - Hammer into Anvil

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1967

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

    Director: Pat Jackson

    Writer: Roger Woddis