![]() ![]() Just a week after I wondered why the Village authorities never tortured Six by mentioning his fiancee, we see Two antagonizing Seventy-three with just this device. Number Seventy-three (Hilary Dwyer) is in the hospital, where Two is tormenting her. For that reason, and because of how Two is scripted, the confrontation doesn't seem evenly matched. On the other hand.we've seen so many Number Twos come and go that this very lack of surprise hinders the drama. On the one hand, we've seen so many Number Twos come and go that the fragility of his position comes as no surprise. This is an episode that both benefits and suffers from a late placement in the viewing order. In Six's eyes, Two may not be familiar, but he is fleeting, wryly observing Two's discomfort with his own superiors, and noting that other Twos have tried - and failed - to break him. I don't suppose these are intended as the same characters although given The Prisoner's playful ambiguity, who knows ("Many Happy Returns" also features another repeat actor, the woman who plays Number Two - so in both cases repeat guests are cast as Two). As it turns out, he was already in The Prisoner! Apparently he was "a colleague from Number Six's pre-Village days" in "Many Happy Returns." I checked up and sure enough, that's him although oddly enough he looks somewhat older and more sedate (if still with a touch of the saucy sneer). I thought Cargill looked familiar - presumably as the heavy in some British film from the sixties or seventies - but scrolling through his Wikipedia page I didn't recognize any of his other roles.at first. In one corner is Number Six, of course, and in the other is Number Two (Patrick Cargill), who has never seemed more sniveling yet sinister. But I will be watching the series in this order so if you are watching along with me, keep that in mind.Īfter a ridiculously elaborate set-up last week, we're back to simplicity with "Hammer into Anvil." In fact, this is one of the cleanest, most straightforward scenarios of any Prisoner episode, a battle of wills and wits. Of the 1967 British cult TV show so there will be NO spoilers for Welcome to my viewing diary for The Prisoner. ![]()
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