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Fifteenth broadcast episode of The Prisoner, where Number Six becomes his former self

"The Girl Who Was Death" is a comic episode of the English science fiction-allegorical series, The Prisoner which originally aired in the UK on ITV 18 January 1968. According to several sources, including The Prisoner by Robert Fairclough, this episode was adapted from an unused, two-part script originally commissioned for Danger Man.

Memorable Scenes

The Number 6 (poison antidote) Cocktail
(Number 6 drinks a beer and learns he has been poisoned)
Barmaid: Same again, sir?
Number 6: No thank you. One of those is quite enough. Brandy.
Barmaid: (serves the brandy)
Number 6: Whiskey, vodka, Drambuie.
(Number 6 drinks the brandy and barmaid serves the other drinks)
Number 6: Tia Maria, Cointreau, Grand Marnier.
(the barmaid continues serving drinks and Number 6 continues drinking them)
Barmaid: Sir, you'll make yourself sick.

The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Girl Who Was Death" as of 3 Feb 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.