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The Prisoner rewatch 8. Dance Of The Dead
OneSparePart
Fair thee well, folks. Be seeing you!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
trevor travis

OneSparePart wrote:

trevor travis wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

As Vic Reeves used to say..."very poor"


5/10 is fair, then!

I'd go along with that. I follow the rules of the village...conform...conform...


I'm sure you're stop conforming at some point - especially when I give one of the most unusual episodes a 10 Wink
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AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Mwah ha ha ha.

I think that's all that needs to be said. I wonder if this storyline (if that's what it is) will continue next time. Or should we look back at ep 3?


I don't think there is a storyline, is there? Every week a new attempt to break him, and every week another bizarre feature of life in the village.
 
M1795537OCVirn
And to think I could have been scoffing haggis and neaps...thanks for being there, peeps, and hope to see you next time.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
trevor travis

AnneArthur wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Mwah ha ha ha.

I think that's all that needs to be said. I wonder if this storyline (if that's what it is) will continue next time. Or should we look back at ep 3?


I don't think there is a storyline, is there? Every week a new attempt to break him, and every week another bizarre feature of life in the village.


Yeah, the only time there's a direct follow-on is the last 2 episodes - and even that was an accident, which I will actually explain later when we get there!
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AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

There's a plan???
AnnA has gone very quiet. Do we think she's involved?


I was trying to work out what was happening! Which is futile, I know.
 
AnneArthur
I think I would have enjoyed that more if it had been the second episode. Number 6 felt a bit too naive in places, for someone with the experience of the village that he now has.

Anyway, see you next week!
 
trevor travis
Found a website discussing episode orders. I won't post the link, because it contains some spoilers, which are know we're keen to avoid (I averted my eyes, once they started to talk about the content of episodes).

Firstly, this is the production order (which clearly isn't the way to watch the episodes - Once Upon A Time should defintely be 16th!):

Arrival
Free for All
Checkmate
Dance of the Dead
The Chimes of Big Ben
Once Upon a Time
The Schizoid Man
It's Your Funeral
A Change of Mind
A. B. and C.
The General
Hammer into Anvil
Many Happy Returns
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Living In Harmony
The Girl Who Was Death
Fall Out

This is the UK broadcast order, which we're folllowing:

Arrival (29/9/67)
The Chimes of Big Ben (6/10/67)
A.B. and C. (13/10/67)
Free For All (20/10/67)
The Schizoid Man (27/10/67)
The General (3/11/67)
Many Happy Returns (10/11/67)
Dance of the Dead (17/11/67)
Checkmate (24/11/67)
Hammer Into Anvil (1/12/67)
It's Your Funeral (8/12/67)
A Change of Mind (15/12/67)
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (22/12/67)
Living In Harmony (29/12/67)
The Girl Who Was Death (18/1/68)
Once Upon A Time (25/1/68)
Fall Out (1/2/68)

USA broadcast order:

Arrival (1/6/68)
The Chimes of Big Ben (15/6/68)
A.B. and C. (22/6/68)
Free For All (29/6/68)
The Schizoid Man (6/7/68)
The General (13/7/68)
Many Happy Returns (20/7/68)
Dance of the Dead (27/7/68)
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (3/8/68)
It's Your Funeral (10/8/68)
Checkmate (17/8/68)
A Change of Mind (24/8/68)
Hammer Into Anvil (31/8/68)
The Girl Who Was Death (7/9/68)
Once Upon A Time (14/9/68)
Fall Out (21/9/68)

CHANNEL 4 (1983/84 REPEATS):

Arrival
Many Happy Returns
A. B. & C.
Free For All
The Schizoid Man
Checkmate
The Chimes Of Big Ben
The General
It's Your Funeral
Hammer Into Anvil
A Change Of Mind
Dance Of The Dead
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
The Girl Who Was Death
Living In Harmony
Once Upon A Time
Fall Out

The Unmutual Website order (utilising the ideas/theories set out on their website):

1. Arrival
2. Dance of the Dead
3. Free for All
4. Checkmate
5. The Chimes of Big Ben
6. Schizoid Man
7. The General
8. A. B. and C
9. Many Happy Returns
10. A Change of Mind
11. Hammer into Anvil
12. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
13. Living in Harmony
14. The Girl Who Was Death
15. It's Your Funeral
16. Once Upon a Time
17. Fall Out
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Lorna
Thanks TT. That is interesting.
I look behind me, what do I see? A pair of golden wings seem to be attached to me.
 
trevor travis

Lorna wrote:

Thanks TT. That is interesting.


It is, isn't it? I believe Dance Of The Dead - as the fourth episode filmed - was planned to be second in transmission order, but then moved. It does strike me that it should come very early, No 6 is still very unsettled and there's also the whole faking of his death, which makes sense to happen just after his abduction.

Next time, we've got Checkmate, filmed third.

Will post the full article, including spoilers, once we've watched all 17 episodes.
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OneSparePart
I am looking forward to reading that. Especially if it has anything to say about the last 2 eps...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
trevor travis

OneSparePart wrote:

I am looking forward to reading that. Especially if it has anything to say about the last 2 eps...


It'll be speedway on Thursday nights by the time we reach the final 3 episodes... but we watch them and join in with the already started discussions on these on the final 2 episodes Wink
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