The Prisoner

You okay there?

Do I look okay to you?

What do they call ya?

They call me "six."

Well, six, it's not wise to hang around here.

Well, I wouldn't wanna be not wise, would I?

You could always walk.

This may take some explaining.

Can I - can I get another drink?

A man finds himself senseless in some back alley.

I'd say he has a problem with the drink

Or trouble with a lover.

My guess it's a lover.

Oh!

You have a knack I've noticed.

You talk a lot,

And the more you talk, the less you say.

Is that something they teach you?

It's- it's nerves.

You make me-- you make me nervous.

We're here and we're staying here,

So you can talk all you want

But we're not leaving until you tell me two things.

Who are you and what do you want?

Come on-- why me?

That's three things.

where is this place?

you've had an invitation.

Oh, thank you, for coming, six.

Nine-o-nine here,

He's an undercover, one of our best.

I thought you might've noticed that.

I want you to work with 909, six.

You think I'd work for you?

Oh, no-no-no, not for me, for them,

For the people you would be watching.

You've announced so loudly your opposition to me,

Your disbelief of everything we stand for.

They might trust you.

We already have our suspects.

And I know you want to make contact with dreamers.

I offer you the apparatus and expertise

Of our highly

Undercover operations to do just that.

Why would you give me all that, if it wasn't a trap?

Oh, my dear six, it is a trap.

You have such a high opinion of yourself.

I wondered if you would be clever enough

To turn this opportunity to your own advantage.

Still--

Everything you say is a trap.

All right.

Let's do it.

hello?

Undercover's work in cells-- twos, threes, fours.

You and I are a cell.

First rule, you tell no one about your cell.

We don't know the other cells.

They don't know us.

That means everyone could be an undercover...

Every single person in the village.

So, someone could be investigating you,

Right now, another undercover cell.

It's a possibility.

Yeah, I suppose.

There's our suspect.

His number is 1955.

And what makes him a suspect?

We had a report.

how do I find out if he's a dreamer?

Get close.

You have a position here.

Teacher.

You start today.

Be careful-- 1955 might be an undercover himself.

He may be compiling a dossier on you.

come on-- come on-- come on.

Uh-uh, they're with me for history first session.

Sixteen thirty-four has them for math after that.

Then, it's sports.

I don't see the point myself, really.

And then, they're with you,

Uh, for surveillance techniques all afternoon.

Doesn't that seem a bit odd,

Teaching surveillance to kids?

Why should it?

It's your subject.

No reason.

And who can tell me which number two

Oversaw the reformation.

Sir, it was two the 14th.

It was, indeed.

And who can tell me the first woman number two?

Put your hand down, 1,100.

Sir, was it lady number two the great?

Who was number one?

Ah, the oldest question in village history.

Go on, 1,100, you tell them.

There is no number one.

There never has been, and there never will be.

the concept of the number two is an act of humility.

The title reminds us all

That we are all public servants,

Even number two.

No one is number one.

Very, very good.

None of my friends have a relationship

With their father like ours.

That's good, isn't it?

I'm certainly glad of it.

Perfect.

It is as it is...

As it should be.

Nineteen fifty-five, can you keep a secret?

You're an oddity, six.

I have these crazy thoughts.

What if there was some other place,

You know, outside the village?

How mad is that?

I'm one of those lucky people

Who doesn't need distraction.

Uh, no wife, no family.

I'm not interested in alcohol or gambling.

Sports, cigarettes, no.

No-- everything I need is right here.

Yes.

No-no-no.

It doesn't - it doesn't have to be like that.

Good and bad-- right and wrong.

The people here, they get on with it.

They have jobs.

They clean the streets-- they-they wait on tables.

They work in hospitals.

They look out for their neighbors.

They're decent, ordinary people.

They-they fall in love...

Have kids...

Normal lives

What's wrong with that?

What if they speak out, think differently?

What kind of lives do they have then?

They go for treatment.

What treatment?

I don't ask.

So, that's what's wrong with your cozy,

Little village life, 313, and you know it.

The old man, 554, hell, she was killed right here.

They had dreams-- they knew the truth.

No-no-no-- look, I can't.

Well, there's gotta be others,

And I'm gonna find them.

Yeah, I have to stop seeing you, six.

The people who get close to you,

They don't tend to live very long.

Question-- why does he go swimming after work?

Answer-- because he likes swimming.

We're looking at a man who doesn't wanna go home.

and that makes him suspicious?

he knows he's being watched.

everything is suspicious, if you look at it properly.

Everyone has secrets.

No one is without guilt.

You just have to work out what it is

They're guilty of.

Why don't you arrest him

And ask him if he's a dreamer?

Well, that would produce nothing, but confusion.

He would lie.

if I catch him out in his lying,

Then he tells new lies, and then more new lies.

It's better to watch him.

wait 'til his guilt emerges.

Who reported him?

One of his students.

we don't know which one.

reports come in anonymously

For the safety and protection of the informant.

That's nice.

Joggers.

good place to go lookin' for dreamers.

Usually one of the newcomers.

Someone a bit too eager,

Pushing themselves too hard, right at the front.

Runnin' like they wanna get away from somethin'.

So, tell me the kind of work you've been doin', so far.

What do you got there, 6616?

My mother goes to yoga on tuesdays.

She hasn't missed one in the last 23 weeks.

Then, she missed one.

That's suspicious.

Maybe it's just she wasn't feeling well.

What do you have there, 1,100?

My birthday presents.

Long distance speech recording device.

Uh-huh.

And a mobile person tracker.

Very nice.

Sir, have you worked with the latest roach cam technology?

Uh, no, I have not.

You drill a hole or plant it on a suspect,