Comments on: The Prisoner – Dance of the Dead https://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead Archive television thoughts Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ystafell Gynghori https://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-27481 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:42:56 +0000 http://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-27481 Shame about the weak ending. Why does No.6 destroy the ticker-tape machine? Does he thinks its some sort of hot line to No.1? We aren’t told. Compared to the strong endings of other endings, its a real let down. Mary Morris and Norma West are amazing, though.

]]> By: Anonymous https://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-97 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 09:04:10 +0000 http://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-97 Okay. I've watched this one and it still isn't sticking in my mind.

I will say that the repetitions of things like not breaking Number 6 because they want him whole is okay for me, since most people were watching it weekly, rather than quickly together with enough focus to write reviews.

This episode certainly had a more upfront Orwellian tone than the background noise of conformity the show usually has.

I agree that this feels like an episode that should be shown VERY early in sequence. They even repeat the dictum from the first episode, "Questions are a burden, and answers a prison for oneself." He also interacts with maids quite frequently, and they drop out of sight in later episodes.

There is some good banter in this episode:

Number 2: Everything you want is here.
Number 6: "Everything's" elsewhere.

As for guest actors, it was good to see Aubrey Morris in this one (town crier and Caesar).

This *was* a very strange episode for "The Prisoner." I'm not sure I'd call it a filler episode, although it might have been. It was almost a second pilot … for those who missed the premiere (which is why it fits much earlier in the timeline).

As always, a very good review.
Be seeing you.
Jas. Marshall

]]> By: Anonymous https://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-98 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:37:07 +0000 http://visualmutterings.com/the-prisoner-dance-of-the-dead#comment-98 Preliminary response: Aside from the striking figure of Mary Morris, I don't actually recall this episode's details. This is in contrast to the many episodes I recall with great detail. Before commenting, I'm going to have to rewatch it sometime in the next few days.

Be seeing you.
JM of the Triskele Road

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