The Prisoner Episode 1 “Arrival” Trailer

The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. “Arrival” is the frist episode of The Prisoner Episodes. It originally aired in the UK on ITV on 29 September 1967 and was first broadcast in the United States on CBS on 1 June 1968.

The Prisoner Episode 1 “Arrival” Plot:

The introduction (which, with some edits, is used subsequently as the show’s introduction) shows an angry, unnamed man, driving his Lotus Seven in London. He parks his car, storms down a corridor, and bursts into an office, accosting another man (though no dialogue is heard, only claps of thunder). The first man throws an envelope on the desk and leaves, returning to his home; meanwhile, his photo identification is marked with “X”s and the word “RESIGNED”. At the man’s home, he quickly packs a small bag, apparently leaving on a trip, from his study, unaware that an undertaker from a hearse that has followed him from the city has injected a gas through his door’s keyhole. The man collapses onto a couch.

When the man awakes, he finds himself in a room that looks like his study, but realizes he has been abducted into a small town. Meeting the people that live in the town, he discovers the place is called “The Village” but that there are no apparent routes to leave it – it is surrounded by mountains on all sides save for where it meets the sea. He returns to where he awoke to find that the mockup of his study adjoins more contemporary living quarters. His phone rings, and learns that “Number Two” wishes to meet him in the Green Dome. Inside, Number Two informs the man that The Village does not use names and that he will be known as “Number Six”. Number Two further explains that he only seeks to understand Number Six’s motives for resigning, and that cooperation is preferable to other methods that he has at his disposal. Two takes Six on a tour of The Village, noting that other former agents all come through it to be debriefed. Two points out the security system employed by The Village to prevent escape—a mysterious floating sphere known as Rover that attacks those that try to flee. Six attempts to escape later that evening, but is caught by Rover.

Six awakes in the hospital the next day, and discovers a former colleague, Cobb, who is also incarcerated in The Village. Before Six can get any answers from the man, Cobb throws himself out the window, appearing to commit suicide. Six leaves the hospital and approaches Two, discovering that a new person has taken his position. The new Two explains that his position may be changed from time to time for unexplained reasons.

At Cobb’s funeral, Six meets a woman that claims to be Cobb’s lover; she tells Six she and Cobb were working on an escape plan and will now help Six to escape. Though Six remains suspicious of her motives after seeing her visit Two, she gives him a electropass that will keep Rover at bay and allow him to use The Village’s helicopter, however, she chooses not to accompany him. That night, Six attempts his escape with the electropass, and though he is able to start away on the helicopter, one of The Village’s technicians gains remote control of it and returns it to The Village. As Six is taken to meet Two, he encounters Cobb, alive but now “converted” into a new man by Two.

The Prisoner Episode 1 “Arrival” Trailer

The Prisoner Episode 1 “Arrival” Trailer

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