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Written
by: Roger Parkes
Directed by: Joseph Serf (= Patrick McGoohan)
CONTENTS
OF THIS EPISODE:
Difficult times: Number Six is pursued by the local "Commitee"
and branded as a social paria for his secluded way of living and
being too unmutual. He receives a lobotomy treatment which is performed
publicly on television. Back in the community he uncovers the plot
and forces Number Two to hastily get out of the Village.
Appreciative examination
of this episode...
RANKED
15th:
The central idea of a "formed society" put aside, there
is just one scene that remains: Number Six telling his doctor how
to make a decent cup of tea.
The
expression "formed society" (German: "formierte Gesellschaft")
describes the era of post-WW II Germany under Chancellor Adenauer.
It implies a political system of non-criticism declared by the ruling
party, i.e. the German Christ Democratic Party, and postulates almost
unanimous consensus on governmental and economical decisions.
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