by bvonahsen » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:20 pm
I just thought of something, this occured to me last night as I was trying to get to sleep. <br><br>In the begining the big question in the show was "Why did you resign?" That is also the question in this episode. Later though, the question changed to "Who is number one?" and the ending answers that question. <br><br>So that interests me, why the shift? (or maybe I am wrong, I could be mistaken in this too, won't be the first time for sure.) It's such a subtle one too and it seems unimportant at first blush. <br><br>The more I think about it the more important it seems to me. The first question, why did number six resign, hints at bigger questions. What did he know or find out? Clearly, he reacted to some information that disturbed him enough that he felt he had to resign. And in this episode the phrase gets repeated:<br><br>"What do you want?"<br><br>"Information" <br><br>That's pretty sinister and probably disturbed more than just a few people in the public but in the information services too. <br><br>So suppose the word came down, "We want to improve our image, get the focus of the show off of us." Because really, who number one was wasn't a very important question and in the long run it didn't matter much. Number one it turned out was number six and he could have left anytime he wanted. And as soon as the prisoner realized that he was number one that's what he did. He was restored to his former life and everything was hunky dory. He got his flat back and even his sports car back.<br><br>But the question, "why did you resign, what did you know?" never got answered. Someone somewhere didn't want that answered. Not even in fiction. <p></p><i></i>