399: We Endured It, You Adored It

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Fifty years ago Patrick McGoohan fascinated and confused us with “The Prisoner”, a 17-episode TV series about a man stripped of his name, given a number, and held captive in an idyllic village that doubles as a bizarre surveillance state. It’s allegorical and metaphorical and downright mind-bending, with a baffling conclusion that we’re still scratching our heads about today. What makes this show so great? How does it hold up so well to this day? And have you ever really looked at your hand? We want information, and by hook or by crook, we’ll get it.

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0:31.1	The incomparable.
0:34.7	Number 399, March 2018.
0:39.3	Welcome back everybody to The Incomparable in this episode.
0:44.1	I'm your host Jason Snell, by the way. That's my name. I don't know what my number is. I think we'll find out.
0:48.5	We are talking about the classic 50-year-old. That means it's a classic, because otherwise we would have forgotten about it by now.
0:55.1	Television series, the prisoner, joining me to talk about the prisoner are four wonderful guests.
1:03.6	They're not prisoners.
1:04.9	They're just guests.
1:06.3	Isn't everybody?
1:08.6	Steven Shepansky is here.
1:10.7	Stephen Shepansky, where am I?
1:12.1	You are in the village.
1:13.9	Eric Anzine, what do you want?
1:16.4	Information.
1:17.2	David J. Lorr, whose side are you on?
1:20.4	Oh, that would be telling.
1:21.9	Kathleen Shalter, by hook or by crook.
1:25.4	We will.
1:26.4	Hello.
1:27.1	We should start by mentioning that Stephen and Erica did a podcast series where they talked
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