The Prisoner

The Prisoner (1967)

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Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When Seltzman is talking to Number 2, there's a chair beside the tea cart with a foot rest, visible in the shots from behind Number 2. But when the camera angle changes to Seltzman's POV, the same chair appears in the shot - without its foot rest.

Jean G

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: There are many shots of The Colonel (whose mind has been switched with Number 6's mind) driving KAR 120C all around London. The footage is stock, shown in other episodes, and features either Number 6 or his stand in, but definitely not the Colonel.

Living in Harmony - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: Number 6 is sitting in jail rolling a cigarette. In the long shot, you can see that he's just exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke. But, in the next shot, he has just finished rolling the cigarette and has yet to light it. (00:11:10)

Living in Harmony - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: Twice in this episode (once in the saloon and once in the sheriff's office), Number 6's coat is unbuttoned when he's inside, but has instantly buttoned itself up when he runs outside.

Jean G

Living in Harmony - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: The drink Kathy brings the Kid changes positions on the table between takes. She places it on top of the small book, but it moves itself to the larger book, then back to the small one again, and so on.

Jean G

Living in Harmony - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: At the final shoot-out, the Kid's hat lands and settles right next to his head after he falls. When Number 6 walks past him a few moments later, however, the hat has somehow moved itself more than a foot away.

Jean G

Number 6: Be seeing you.

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Living in Harmony - S1-E14

Trivia: This episode was not shown in the initial U.S. airing of "The Prisoner" on CBS. There was speculation that its pacifist, anti-violence moral might have been construed as a Vietnam War protest, but the network's reason for censoring the episode has never been disclosed.

Jean G

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Chosen answer: We're led to believe Rover is some kind of robot in the series. According to books on the show, Patrick McGoohan was looking for an unusual guardian for the Village, looked up at the sky, and saw a weather balloon, which was what Rover was.

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