One of my all time favourite tv shows. Probably because I empathise with the hero so much. (Like I say at work :"YOU are number 8407....") Over the years I've enjoyed lending out my set, to see what other folks make of the ending.
If you haven't seen it; the last episode is freaky-surreal and doesn't directly explain anything. If you have seen it, you've probably wondered just what happened. I think I've figured it out:
....should I put spoiler warnings on this? If you HAVEN'T seen the show none of this will make sense. So maybe you should stop reading just in case.....
Anyhoo: I have NO idea who runs the villaige. But I think at some point after capturing number six they WON. I don't think they wanted number six because they wanted to know why he quit; that was just the premise for testing the techniques they used on him. They wanted him because he was such a hardcase and they knew if they could get to him they could get to anyone. He was their guinea pig, and while he was in the villaige THEY used what they'd learned to take over the rest of the world. Hence the ape scene at the end: they'd made a monkey out of him. Why did he appear as the ape/ number one? 'Cos in a way he WAS number one, the person resopnsibe for their victory. So by trying to stop them he enabled their victory.
The REAL number one? A computer. In the rocket that takes off at the end; probably moving to an orbital position to better survey the network that now runs the world. I suspect launching that rocket was the final part of the plan. The villaige blows up at the end because it's no longer needed, and to hide the experiments done there. Numbr six is allowed to escape 'cos it doesn't matter any more. The bad guys have won.
So.... anyone else have an opinion?
Don C.
If you haven't seen it; the last episode is freaky-surreal and doesn't directly explain anything. If you have seen it, you've probably wondered just what happened. I think I've figured it out:
....should I put spoiler warnings on this? If you HAVEN'T seen the show none of this will make sense. So maybe you should stop reading just in case.....
Anyhoo: I have NO idea who runs the villaige. But I think at some point after capturing number six they WON. I don't think they wanted number six because they wanted to know why he quit; that was just the premise for testing the techniques they used on him. They wanted him because he was such a hardcase and they knew if they could get to him they could get to anyone. He was their guinea pig, and while he was in the villaige THEY used what they'd learned to take over the rest of the world. Hence the ape scene at the end: they'd made a monkey out of him. Why did he appear as the ape/ number one? 'Cos in a way he WAS number one, the person resopnsibe for their victory. So by trying to stop them he enabled their victory.
The REAL number one? A computer. In the rocket that takes off at the end; probably moving to an orbital position to better survey the network that now runs the world. I suspect launching that rocket was the final part of the plan. The villaige blows up at the end because it's no longer needed, and to hide the experiments done there. Numbr six is allowed to escape 'cos it doesn't matter any more. The bad guys have won.
So.... anyone else have an opinion?
Don C.
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