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The Prisoner

A New Yorker awakens to find himself in a place called "The Village" run by a man known as "Two". As everyone in The Village is referred to only by a number, everyone in The Village refers to him as Six, but he knows he has another name and seems to have some idea who he is. He is told he lives in The Village, and that The Village is the only reality there is. Six's mission becomes to find out where The Village is, who Two is, and why he is seemingly keeping him prisoner in The Village despite Two telling him that he is a free man, and how he can escape to his life back in New York City. Six must learn who among the Villagers he can trust (among Villagers such as a doctor named 313, a cab driver named 147, and Two's own son, 11-12) in his quest to escape from The Village. Six also has recurring memories of his life in New York City, including an encounter with a woman named Lucy, which could be part of the key to discovering why he's in The Village.

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Cast & Crew See All

Jim Caviezel
6
Ian McKellen
2
Ruth Wilson
313

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode 1: Arrival

Sun, Nov 15, 200945 mins

A New Yorker who recently resigned from his job, awakens in a desert mountain location. He doesn't know where he is. He sees an elderly man being shot at, the elderly man who eventually dies of his gunshot wounds. The New Yorker thinks he will befall the same fate as the elderly man. The New Yorker makes his way into a nearby city - a desert oasis - and learns that everyone there is called by a number, and that this city is called "The Village". Although knowing it is not his name or his home, everyone is calling him Six, and he lives in an apartment in the The Village. The face of the authorities of The Village is Two, who tells Six that The Village is the only reality there is. Six is told he's a free man, but he feels like he's a prisoner in The Village. He believes the elderly man, who Six learns was named 93, knew that there was an alternate reality outside of The Village and found a way to escape, which is the reason he was killed. With the help of a waitress named 554, Six also learns that there are a few in The Village who also believe there is a world outside of The Village. As Six tries to figure out what's going on, he has a recurring memory of a situation in New York involving a woman named Lucy.

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Awards

  • 2010 - PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television - nominated
  • 2010 - Excellence in Production Design Award - Television Movie or Mini-Series - nominated
  • 2010 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie - nominated
  • 2010 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - nominated

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