The Prisoner #002: Who are the No.2's?
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· 1 year ago
... Kern); we know of at least one attempt to dispose of a #2 (It's Your Funeral). I am intrigued by the idea that there might be different levels of #2s. Certainly the #2's seem at different levels of competence, sophistication, and (in?)security. At one end of the spectrum there are the #2's such as Leo McKern and the #2 in Schizoid Man, at the other end, the weaker vessels plagued by the Dread Red Phone such as the #2 in A, B, and C or the #2 in Hammer Into Anvil. I seem to recall a link between the competence of a #2, and whether he or she has in possession the Umbrella of Office. Only the competent #2's seem to have the umbrellas ...
