# The Prisoner (2009)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-2009/520281>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 7, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-2009/520281 "2009-12-07T03:28:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![YPOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e99b99/32.png) [@YPOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YPOD)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-2009/520281/1 "2009-12-07T03:28:16Z")

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No thread on this? Visually, stunning. But can anyone explain the ending to me? I thought the original Prisoner’s ending was a liiiittttttllllle bit opaque, shall we say, but I can’t quite follow the 2009’s ending.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-2009/520281/2 "2009-12-07T04:09:31Z")

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There was a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540103&highlight=Prisoner).