After witnessing the trials of Number Two and Number Forty-Eight and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number Six escapes during the chaos that follows.After witnessing the trials of Number Two and Number Forty-Eight and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number Six escapes during the chaos that follows.After witnessing the trials of Number Two and Number Forty-Eight and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number Six escapes during the chaos that follows.
- Jury Member
- (uncredited)
- Undertaker in opening sequence
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- Number Six
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- Villager
- (uncredited)
- Jury Member
- (uncredited)
- Bentley Driver
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- Patrick McGoohan
- Kenneth Griffith(uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to Dhani Harrison, son of Beatle George Harrison, the Beatles were to be in a movie similar to "The Prisoner", written and directed by Patrick McGoohan, but the project fell through. McGoohan was able to convince them to allow their song "All You Need is Love" to be used in the final episode; one of the only times the band permitted their music to be licensed for television.
- GoofsNumber Six walks past the same jukebox twice. It is easily identifiable by the Lesley Gore record in it.
- Quotes
[last lines]
The President: Contact! Control! Confirm contact priority! Contact priority! Emergency! Contact control! Contact control! Emergency! Contact! Contact control! Emergency! All personnel! Takeover! Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate, evacuate! Evacuate!
[over the loudspeaker, again and again]
The President: Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate!
- Crazy creditsIn all preceding episodes, the final shot of the closing credits consisted of a view of Rover (the balloon) skimming across the water. For this final episode this was replaced by a still image of the completed bicycle that forms during the credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997)
- SoundtracksDrumdramatics No. 1: Section 1 - Rolling Tympani With Beat
(uncredited)
Written by Robert Farnon
Chappell Recorded Music Library
Legendary final episode is a shocking, surprising, audacious, courageous, infuriating and overall brilliant (and yes), satisfying conclusion, though much misunderstood by some not used to the bold and original approach taken by star, writer, and director Patrick McGoohan, who didn't end the series in a familiar "James Bond" style villain and approach, but instead created an inspired masterwork that challenges the expectations and provokes the intelligence of the audience to not be a passive viewer, but actually think about what they are seeing. Describing the on-screen doings is not enough; this demands to be seen as the most unpredictable, innovative episode of television ever aired, though of course some don't understand it, so instinctively dismiss it, yet to do so is an injustice.
Intensely fascinating and ultimately liberating, both incredibly serious yet defiantly inexplicable and comedic("All You Need Is Love" is most ironically used here.) Nothing like it has ever aired again, and it will never be forgotten, even if appreciation of it varies throughout the years. A breathtaking achievement that deeply moved and surprised me like nothing else ever broadcast. It is a sublime masterpiece, and I love it to pieces!
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- Jun 9, 2015
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