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Season 1

Season 1

1967
17 Episodes

Episodes

Arrival
1

1. Arrival

Sep 29, 1967
50 min
7.7

After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

The Chimes of Big Ben
2

2. The Chimes of Big Ben

Oct 6, 1967
50 min
8.2

A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.

A., B. and C.
3

3. A., B. and C.

Oct 13, 1967
50 min
7.7

Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.

Free for All
4

4. Free for All

Oct 20, 1967
50 min
7.8

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

The Schizoid Man
5

5. The Schizoid Man

Oct 27, 1967
50 min
8.7

Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.

The General
6

6. The General

Nov 3, 1967
50 min
7.3

An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.

Many Happy Returns
7

7. Many Happy Returns

Nov 10, 1967
50 min
6.8

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Dance of the Dead
8

8. Dance of the Dead

Nov 17, 1967
50 min
7.5

Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.

Checkmate
9

9. Checkmate

Nov 24, 1967
50 min
7.8

Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

Hammer into Anvil
10

10. Hammer into Anvil

Dec 1, 1967
50 min
8.5

Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.

It's Your Funeral
11

11. It's Your Funeral

Dec 8, 1967
50 min
7.3

Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.

A Change of Mind
12

12. A Change of Mind

Dec 15, 1967
50 min
8.0

After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
13

13. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

Dec 22, 1967
50 min
6.2

With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.

Living in Harmony
14

14. Living in Harmony

Dec 29, 1967
50 min
6.2

Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.

The Girl Who Was Death
15

15. The Girl Who Was Death

Jan 19, 1968
50 min
6.8

Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.

Once Upon a Time
16

16. Once Upon a Time

Jan 26, 1968
50 min
8.0

Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

Fall Out
17

17. Fall Out

Feb 2, 1968
51 min
7.3

After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.