I understand why this would have been appealing at the time of release. It's a bizarre and imaginative world filled with mystery, but this was impenetrable for me. It was very creative and many of the shows unanswered questions showed promise, but I don't think it did a good job on paying off on any of them. It's possible that I'm completely dense and missed much of what the show was trying to say, but the bigger issue here is that the show never convinced me to care. It setup a very interesting premise, and then kind of slogged through 17 episodes. To me it felt like a precursor to a show like "Lost", but it just never sank it hooks into me the way that show did. I appreciate what it was trying to do, but it was a joyless watch.
I'm pretty torn on this series. While the setting and atmosphere of both the village and the 60s sci-fi interiors are intriguing, and Patrick McGoohan's performance as No. 6 is charming, with some clever dialogue peppered throughout, there was a feeling of repetition in many of the episodes. There was always a new No. 2, there was always either some type of escape plan, or some type of test being performed on No. 6... The repetition made the series a bit of a slog to get through despite the series' having some good moments here and there.
The plot was at times also confusing, and the final episode left a lot of plot points unanswered, instead offering up a lot of seemingly random imagery and characters that made the events somewhat difficult to follow.
The theme of individuality is certainly present throughout, which is good, but the show kind of fumbles when it tries to explore these themes... not having much more to say than simply "Individuality is good, conforming to society is bad", which may or may not have rung more true in the 1960s, but nowadays just feels like an extremely obvious thing to say.
I was obsessed with this show when I was younger. But, despite its originality, it is extremely flawed, especially throughout the second season.
I was 50/50 on this. I think I might have been more into it if More of the episodes made sense to me. Some just felt like...why?
The opening started to do my brain in after the 5th episode.
The last 2 episodes pissed me off with some of the actors. Their voices really (like really) started to grate on me.
Got to love The use of The Beatles - All You Need Is Love song while a massacre is going on in the last episode
I've rarely seen someone acting as bad as Patrick McGoohan does here. Also, the montage is awful.
I couldn't understand any of this. I am stopping halfway through the first episode
you can see the influence of this show all over the place. whether it was consumed by modern creators in their youth, or was simply the first to do certain things in the realm of television, to me this show was decades ahead of its time and stands the test of time. be seeing you.
Shout by Dan GigernesBlockedParent2019-10-20T12:08:17Z
A fantastic limited surreal series where creator/writer/producer and star Patrick McGoohan had almost full creative control of everything except that he had to create some additional episodes in order to sell it to the States. This show is filled with iconic imagery, great intelligent writing and excellent direction. McGoohan is magnetic, charismatic and intense as No.6, his most famous role helped with several excellent guest actors as No. 2. Excellent location shot on a unique-looking holiday resort. One of the best credit sequences ever made too. A masterpiece.