Fall Out (The Prisoner)
| "Fall Out" | |
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| The Prisoner episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Patrick McGoohan |
| Written by | Patrick McGoohan |
| Production code | vcil |
| Original air date | 1 February 1968 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Leo McKern as Number Two |
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Leo McKern as Number Two
Alexis Kanner as Number Forty-Eight
Kenneth Griffith as President
Peter Swanwick as Supervisor
Michael Miller as Delegate
Angelo Muscat as The Butler
"Fall Out" is the 17th and final episode of the allegorical British science fiction series The Prisoner, which starred Patrick McGoohan as the incarcerated Number Six. The episode originally aired in the UK on ITV on 1 February 1968, and was first broadcast in the United States on CBS on 21 September 1968.
"Fall Out" generated controversy when it was originally aired owing to the obscurity and ambiguity of the installment's last 20 minutes. This reaction forced McGoohan, who wrote and directed the episode, to go into hiding for a period of time because he was hounded at his own home by baffled viewers demanding explanations.
The episode omits the usual long opening sequence in favour of a recap of the penultimate episode, "Once Upon a Time". It is the only episode in the series in which the show's main outdoors location, Portmeirion, is given a specific credit in the opening titles. This resulted from an agreement with Portmeirion's architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, that the location would not be revealed until the series finale.
After besting Number Two at a battle of wills in "Once Upon a Time" at the apparent cost of Number Two's life, Number Six requests he be taken to see Number One. He is taken by The Supervisor to a large cavernous chamber that includes a British assembly hall with a number of masked delegates, of which the Supervisor joins, and a large metallic cylinder with a mechanical eye, labeled "1". Six is shown to his seat, a large ornate throne, to watch the proceedings.
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