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Is there enlightenment on television beyond C-SPAN? There is in "The Prisoner," which features Patrick McGoohan as a recently retired agent of the British Secret Service. Over the course of 17 exquisitely crafted episodes, we see the character played by McGoohan tested, tricked, manipulated, and psychologically tortured in an effort to break his sense of self so that certain information might subsequently be extracted from him. In this crucible of will, many facets of the trials we all face are clearly analyzed and presented. This is Primacy TV. How does it end? Find out.

There is an active almost cult-like following of The Prisoner. If you want to learn and understand Patrick McGoohan's work you must see it and think about it for yourself. Having done so, however, you may want to learn what others have seen in it as well. An excellent place to begin that quest is with the Prisoner Appreciation Society.