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Originally Posted by Baltimore Jones
I watched the show as it aired in 9th grade and loved it. When I later watched The Prisoner, a lot of the themes and even certain plotlines were already familiar to me because of Nowhere Man.
At that age I didn't notice all the flaws you mention (or if I did I've forgotten), so it would be interesting to see it now.
The DVDs seem to have a lot of special features, pretty unlikely for a rare TV series release.
Lawrence Hetzog created/produced it, and he does many interviews on the DVD, along with a bunch of other people involved in the making of the show. He's pretty honest, which is refreshing - he plainly says some episodes worked better than others, the production schedule was brutal, and I got the sense that they were making up the plotlines as they went along.
He said in the interviews that the main character basically was him, which is sort of funny because he looks like the opposite of the actor. But it was obviously a project he felt passionate about.
Hertzog died last year, I think. Cancer.
As for the flaws, what can I say. These days, television shows are so smooth, streamlined and well done, it just doesn't compare. Even Fringe is better by miles (in some ways), and that's a show I watch(ed) that I think has plenty of flaws.
Still, Nowhere Man had its moments.