Re:Rock The Foundation!
Haven’t forgotten, just ignoring it! 😆 (j/k) But anyway, it seemed clear that he wanted the viewer to draw their own conclusions — no doubt, however, not this thread’s conclusions! 😉
“Happiness is a warm gun” (the Beatles)
“No sex please, we’re British”
He did want the sex and violence played down. There were plenty of Batmanesque “pow, phwunk, wham” fight scenes, but those were included at other’s insistence — like The Prisoner, he was selective in choosing his fights. In fact, I seem to remember that McGoohan has pascifistic leanings. You’ll notice the lack of guns, and people getting killed by guns in the series. There are exceptions, especially in [i]Fall Out[/i] which was written by McGoohan. I loved the inclusion of [i]All You Need is Love[/i] in that scene (I thought it a tad ironic ;)). I just thought of something tangential, perhaps all No. 6 needed was some good lovin’.