Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel play 2 and 6, the men who have lost their names and been given numbers along with their homes in the village. But while 6 is desperate to escape, 2 is his warden, constantly reminding him of the impossibility of escape and punishing him when he tries. Luckily, the reinterpreted Village looks a lot less like Disney World and a lot more like a David Lynch movie, and the giant white ball that is sent to retrieve escapees is even bigger than it was before. Whether Caviezel's version of the classic line -- "I am not a number, I am a person!" -- will carry the same heft remains to be seen.

The Prisoner airs tonight, Monday and Tuesday at 8/7C on AMC.