2020 Rewatch – S01E04: "Free for All"
Welcome to r/ThePrisoner's fourth discussion thread for our 2020 rewatch of The Prisoner. Over the next seven weeks, we will be watching all 17 episodes of the original 1967–68 series in the original broadcast order.
Today, we will continue with the fourth episode ("Free for All"), which was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom on 22 October 1967. This is the first of several episodes written and directed by the series co-creator and lead actor Patrick McGoohan.
Feel free to openly discuss the episode – post your thoughts, questions, analysis, reviews and comments.
#Spoilers
Remember to tag spoilers by using spoiler syntax (>!!<) if/when discussing future episodes.
#Reminder
The next discussion thread will be for "The Schizoid Man" on Thursday, 16 April.
#Synopsis
Number Six runs for the office of Number Two.
#Credits
- Directed by Patrick McGoohan
- Written by Patrick McGoohan
- Guest starring Eric Portman and Rachel Herbert
#Links
- IMDb
- Wikipedia
- PDF of the original script at Archive.org
- Episode study and analysis at PopApostle (includes spoilers for several future episodes)
- Discussion/review by Chatz: A Television Podcast
#Previously
Posted Apr 13, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC