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b'Fifty years ago Patrick McGoohan fascinated and confused us with \\u201cThe Prisoner\\u201d, 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\\u2019s allegorical and metaphorical and downright mind-bending, with a baffling conclusion that we\\u2019re 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\\u2019ll get it.'