Dave's half:
i will likely beat Angelica to this point: another woman introduced who reinforces the pattern: women cannot be trusted. well, no one in the Village can be, but always there is the plot devise of the hopeful consort who in the end betrays Number 6.
the series continues to foray into territory that requires an open mind. this time, telepathy. i wonder how far they may ask us to move out on that limb.
i saw a few possible endings to this one, at least in terms of who was who and how they switched. was it all in his head? was Number 6 actually Number 12 after all?? my imagination was well engaged by this episode. in the end, a simpler answer was true. and unfortunately so was the answer to the question: how will Number 6 fail to escape this time? i dare say that the answer was overly simple, and overall i thought that the characterization of Number 6 as being overly verbose was out of line with previous episodes. still, it was a notably emotional ride for that last 5 minutes - i really wanted Number 6 to get a little farther from the Village!
i was happy with this episode. and the title on the VHS cover might be the only one with a special (fractured) font. that gets points in my book.
vvvvv^^^^^
Angelica's half:
There's just no way to go wrong with double the Patrick McGoohan...a fantastic unfolding of who is pretending to be who and who is actually who (bonus points for the reverse jacket!). I like that over the past few episodes there has been a shifting focus slightly more towards character than action and information than escape (all though all elements continue to be there). The prisoner is settling in for a much lengthier stay than anticipated and we may as well learn something more about him the meantime - in this episode, learning what he isn't at first to reveal what he is.
I haven't entirely given up on hoping Number 6 will actually get out of the village in an upcoming episode, but for now I am happy to be curious as to how he isn't going to get away this time.
As for the female characters...it's not that they can't be trusted that frustrates me somewhat (it's true, no one, really, can be trusted in the village), it's that we we haven't seen one yet stand up to the village ways. Sure, some are clearly fully committed to being deceptive, but a few do express reservation about what they are being forced to do and/or regret what they have been convinced to...but it stops there with these characters and that's what's frustrating. Maybe I'm asking too much, but I am still hoping that a strong and trustworthy female will appear who will speak her mind.
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