History Recap / ThePrisoner1967

#"[[Recap/ThePrisonerE4FreeForAll Free For All]]"

#"[[Recap/ThePrisonerE10HammerIntoAnvil Hammer Into Anvil]]"

#"[[Recap/ThePrisonerE13DoNotForsakeMeOhMyDarling Do Not Forsake Me Oh my Darling]]"

#"[[Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime Once Upon A Time]]"

#"[[Recap/ThePrisonerE3ABAndC A, B and C]]"

->One of the many fascinating things about ''The Prisoner'' is that no-one knows what order the episodes should be watched in. There is, however, a consensus on two things. Firstly, they should not be watched in the order they were made, and secondly, they should not be watched in the order they were broadcast.
-->'''Jonathan Morris''', introducing the [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/prisoner/episodeguide/intro.shtml BBC's episode guide]].

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Contrary to popular belief, Creator/PatrickMcGoohan never endorsed a particular order. He once said there were seven episodes that "really count", but did not say what they were. (A fan wrote an essay for 6 of 1 laying out his speculation of what they might be, and this somehow caught on as "[=McGoohan's=] seven", but [=McGoohan=] never endorsed that list.)

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE1Arrival Arrival]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE2TheChimesOfBigBen The Chimes of Big Ben]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE3ABAndC A, B and C]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE4FreeForAll Free For All]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE5TheSchizoidMan The Schizoid Man]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE6TheGeneral The General]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE7ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE8DanceOfTheDead Dance of the Dead]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE9Checkmate Checkmate]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE10HammerIntoAnvil Hammer Into Anvil]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE11ItsYourFuneral It's Your Funeral]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE12AChangeOfMind A Change of Mind]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE13DoNotForsakeMeOhMyDarling Do Not Forsake Me Oh my Darling]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE14LivingInHarmony Living In Harmony]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE15TheGirlWhoWasDeath The Girl Who Was Death]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime Once Upon A Time]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut Fall Out]]

Contrary to popular belief, [=McGoohan=] never endorsed a particular order. He once said there were seven episodes that “really count,” but did not say what they were. (A fan wrote an essay for 6 of 1 laying out his speculation of what they might be, and this somehow caught on as “[=McGoohan’s=] seven,” but [=McGoohan=] never endorsed that list.)

Contrary to popular belief, [=McGoohan=] never endorsed a particular order. He once said there were seven episodes that “really count,” but did not say what they were. A fan wrote an essay for 6 of 1 laying out his speculation of what they might be, and this somehow caught on as “[=McGoohan’s=] seven,” but [=McGoohan=] never endorsed that list.

Contrary to popular belief, McGoohan never endorsed a particular order. He once said there were seven episodes that “really count,” but did not say what they were. A fan wrote an essay for 6 of 1 laying out his speculation of what they might be, and this somehow caught on as “McGoohan’s seven,” but McGoohan never endorsed that list.

The order used for this list of ''The Prisoner'' episodes is the order of initial UK broadcast, also used on most DVD issues. This order [[AnachronicOrder causes some characterisation and thematic inconsistencies]] and there are [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/the-prisoner/part1/ other potential episode orders]] suggested by fans and by Creator/PatrickMcGoohan's WordOfGod. [=McGoohan=] also said there were just seven episodes that "really count" to the underlying story and theme of the series - an "alternate cut" of the series as a seven-episode miniseries, if you like. These have been numbered below.

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE1Arrival Arrival]][[superscript:1]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE2TheChimesOfBigBen The Chimes of Big Ben]][[superscript:4]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE4FreeForAll Free For All]][[superscript:3]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE8DanceOfTheDead Dance of the Dead]][[superscript:2]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE9Checkmate Checkmate]][[superscript:5]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime Once Upon A Time]][[superscript:6]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut Fall Out]][[superscript:7]]

The order used for this list of ''The Prisoner'' episodes is the order of initial UK broadcast, also used on most DVD issues. This order [[AnachronicOrder causes some characterisation and thematic inconsistencies]] and there are [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/the-prisoner/part1/ other potential episode orders]] suggested by fans and by Patrick [=McGoohan=]'s WordOfGod. [=McGoohan=] also said there were just seven episodes that "really count" to the underlying story and theme of the series - an "alternate cut" of the series as a seven-episode miniseries, if you like. These have been numbered below.

The order used for this list of ''The Prisoner'' episodes is the order of initial UK broadcast, also used on most DVD issues. This order [[AnachronicOrder causes some characterisation and thematic inconsistencies]] and there are [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/the-prisoner/part1/ other potential episode orders]] suggested by fans and by Patrick [=McGoohan=]'s WordOfGod. McGoohan also said there were just seven episodes that "really count" to the overall story of the series - an "alternate cut" of the series as a seven-episode miniseries, if you will. These have been numbered below.

The order used for this list of ''The Prisoner'' episodes is the order of initial UK broadcast, also used on most DVD issues. This order [[AnachronicOrder causes some characterisation and thematic inconsistencies]] and there are [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/the-prisoner/part1/ other potential episode orders]] suggested by fans and by Patrick [=McGoohan=]'s WordOfGod.

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE1Arrival Arrival]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE2TheChimesOfBigBen The Chimes of Big Ben]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE4FreeForAll Free For All]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE8DanceOfTheDead Dance of the Dead]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE9Checkmate Checkmate]]

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime Once Upon A Time]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut Fall Out]]

The order used for this list of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' episodes is the order of initial UK broadcast, also used on most DVD issues. This order [[AnachronicOrder causes some characterisation and thematic inconsistencies]] and there are [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/the-prisoner/part1/ other potential episode orders]] suggested by fans and by Patrick [=McGoohan=]'s WordOfGod.

#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE1Arrival1967 Arrival]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE2TheChimesOfBigBen1967 The Chimes of Big Ben]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE3ABAndC1967 A, B and C]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE4FreeForAll1967 Free For All]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE5TheSchizoidMan1967 The Schizoid Man]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE6TheGeneral1967 The General]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE7ManyHappyReturns1967 Many Happy Returns]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE8DanceOfTheDead1967 Dance of the Dead]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE9Checkmate1967 Checkmate]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE10HammerIntoAnvil1967 Hammer Into Anvil]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE11ItsYourFuneral1967 It's Your Funeral]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE12AChangeOfMind1967 A Change of Mind]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE13DoNotForsakeMeOhMyDarling1967 Do Not Forsake Me Oh my Darling]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE14LivingInHarmony1967 Living In Harmony]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE15TheGirlWhoWasDeath1967 The Girl Who Was Death]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime1967 Once Upon A Time]]
#[[Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut1967 Fall Out]]