WE'RE ALL PAWNS, M'DEAR.

[nerwende]

Behind the cut, a tl;dr post about the similarities between LOST and The Prisoner and what it all means. (Yeah, right. :P) Includes spoilers for the LOST finale, but I'm trying not to spoil the Prisoner for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, and I hope no one else does that in the comments either.

"'The Prisoner' was a huge influence on 'Lost' and is

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[tamburlaine]

My icon commands you!

[axhospitalxe]

Just here for that sexy mofo, Desmond.
♥

[navras_rheya]

The Prisoner is insane. INSANE.

[snowystingray]

I LOVE THIS POST.

I actually did get into The Prisoner as a direct result of Lost, and watched the whole thing during the hiatus last year after S5. The connection definitely jumped out at me during the finale, and I do think that the Number One/Number Two bit between Hurley and Ben was an intentional reference. I wish I had thought to write down more connections while I was watching The Prisoner, though... you point out so many awesome things here (SMOKEY/ROVER YES YES), and I'm sure there are more (certainly from the period of S3 when Jack was a captive of the Others, if nothing else). Also, ha:

If nothing else, I guarantee that watching the Prisoner will make LOST seem really not confusing at all. ;)

TRUE. I am eternally confounded by that finale. WHUT.

[love_alice]

I was so confused the first time I watched the finale. Like the entire way through. The problem was, I think, that I marathoned the last couple of episodes and my brain was completely broken.

My boyfriend accidentally called right in the middle and I was like "WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A ROCKET I AM SO ALONE AND CONFUSED HELP THERE'S A FUCKING GORILLA"

[nerwende]

No, it's confusing any way you watch it. :D

[nerwende]

Thank you. :)

The episodes where Jack first meets with Juliet and doesn't know whether to trust her was actually the first point where I thought "hey wait a sec, there's *definitely* some The Prisoner kind of thing going on here right now". And then I really started to see the smoke monster=rover stuff etc.

[tamburlaine]

Hey I feel like I should be commenting in this post. Because, y'know, of my icon.

HI I'M A PRISONER STAN WHAT'S UP I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS POST THANK YOU NERWENDE FOR MAKING IT. :D

[skaryma]

Icon solidarity! Though I am not, in fact, scowling. But yes, EVERYONE WATCH THE PRISONER. RIGHT AWAY.

[tamburlaine]

OMG YOU'RE IN THIS COMMUNITY?

WORLDS COLLIDE!

Welcome to what has in effect been my internet home for the last ten months or so.

[skaryma]

You know, I cannot remember if I found this community from you or not, which is kind of ridiculous, but HI. If it was you, thank you, because it makes my friends list so much better in so many ways.