2020 Rewatch – S01E17: "Fall Out" (Finale)

Welcome to r/ThePrisoner's seventeenth and final discussion thread for our 2020 rewatch of The Prisoner. Over last eight weeks, we will be watching have watched all 17 episodes of the original 1967–68 series in the original broadcast order.

Today, we will finish with the seventeenth and final episode ("Fall Out"), which was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom on 1 February 1968. This is the fifth and final episode in the series to be directed by lead actor and co-creator Patrick McGoohan.

Feel free to openly discuss the episode – post your thoughts, questions, analysis, reviews and comments.

#Spoilers

There is no need to tag spoilers.

#Synopsis

After witnessing the trials of Number Two and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number Six endures the chaos that follows.

#Credits

• Directed by Patrick McGoohan
• Written by Patrick McGoohan
• Guest starring Alexis Kanner, Leo McKern and Kenneth Griffin

#Links

• IMDb
• Wikipedia
• PDF of the original script (via Archive.org)
• Episode study and analysis at PopApostle
• Discussion/review by Chatz: A Television Podcast

#Previously

• S01E16: "Once Upon a Time"
• S01E15: "The Girl Who Was Death"
• 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"