2020 Rewatch – S01E15: "The Girl Who Was Death"

Welcome to r/ThePrisoner's fifteenth discussion thread for our 2020 rewatch of The Prisoner. Over the next two 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 fifteenth episode ("The Girl Who Was Death"), which was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom on 18 January 1968.

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 "Once Upon a Time" on Monday, 25 May.

#Synopsis

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

#Credits

• Directed by David Tomblin
• Written by Terence Feely and David Tomblin
• Guest starring Kenneth Griffin and Justine Lord

#Links

• IMDb
• Wikipedia
• PDF of the original script (via Archive.org)
• Episode study and analysis at PopApostle (includes spoilers for several future episodes)
• Discussion/review by Chatz: A Television Podcast (includes spoilers for "Once Upon a Time")

#Previously

• S01E14: "Living in Harmony"
• S01E13: "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling"
• S01E12: "A Change of Mind"
• S01E11: "It's Your Funeral"
• S01E10: "Hammer into Anvil"
• S01E09: "Checkmate"
• S01E08: "Dance of the Dead"
• S01E07: "Many Happy Returns"
• S01E06: "The General"
• S01E05: "The Schizoid Man"
• S01E04: "Free for All"
• S01E03: "A. B. and C."
• S01E02: "The Chimes of Big Ben"
• S01E01: "Arrival"