The Prisoner (TV Mini Series)

Episode 2: Harmony (2009)

James Cunningham: 70, Shadow 70

Quotes 

• 6 : I saw a seagull this morning.

  70 : Some kind of bird?

  6 : Yeah, that's right, some kind of bird. And I got to thinking, either you're a long way from home... or we're closer to the beach than I realized.

  70 : And what is the beach?

  6 : Oh, it's where you go on vacation.

  70 : Tell us about your vacation.

  6 : Not much to tell. Me and my brother, we take the train to the sea. We called it the edge of the world. A giant saltwater rod for him, a little fishing net for me. Wait a minute. Did you just say "us"? Who's "us"?

  Shadow 70 : [appearing from the shadows]  He is me. We are a me.

  70 : I find it conducive to work in this way. I can engage.

  Shadow 70 : And I can reflect.

  6 : I think we're done here.

  70 : 6, wait. There is no requirement that you share your thoughts here with me. Us. Simply to have them.

• 6 : Why is it so dark in here?

  70 : Why does it feel so dark to you?

  6 : Well, my home is not my home. My brother is not my brother. Nothing's real.

  70 : Then what feels real to you, 6?

  6 : Why should I tell you?

  70 : Because it bothers you. Doesn't it? You can't cure your thinking with your thinking, 6. You have to hand it over. There is something in you which you feel the need to find. You feel the need to resolve it. Am I right?

• 2 : My wife. I'm the reason she is the way she is.

  70 : Perhaps we should stay with the matter of 6.

  2 : I know I can trust you. I love my son. But I have thoughts... if he knew me, if he truly knew his father... he might not like me. Do you like me, 70?

  70 : You are 2. We all love you.

  2 : [taking out a grenade]  But do you like me?

  70 : I don't really know you. What I... what I do know is that you are a wonderful man. Of course.

  2 : [throwing the grenade to him]  You think I believe all this therapy babble, do you? My mother sat me sideways on the potty when I was a toddler, so now I want to sleep with her? Oh, grow up, man. Have you had sex with your mother, 70?

  70 : No. Never.

  2 : Well, don't.

  70 : 2... if I might ask... if you don't believe in the value of the talking cure...

  2 : It is not necessary for me to believe. It is necessary for 6 to believe.

• 70 : Something happened in you. A memory. Your fishing trip, perhaps?

  Shadow 70 : Your brother?

  6 : Do you think it would help me to tell you?

  70 : I know it would.

  6 : 765 is in love with 23-30. 23-56 is pregnant to 46-5. Now, 913 had an affair with 23-30, so 765 is jealous of 23-30.

  Shadow 70 : He's running rings around us.

  6 : I see your fear, 70. I've been watching you. You know you're a prisoner here just like me. But you don't wanna know. Well, I refuse to become you.

• 70 : You were right, of course. He is resistant to the possibility of revealing the 6 inside.

  2 : And why is that?

  70 : He feels alone.

  2 : Oh. Very good.

  70 : He dreams of escape. He feels rootless.

  2 : And yet his roots are right here under our feet. What ails the man?

  70 : He described a fishing trip.

  2 : Fishing? We like 6's fishing stories. Don't we, 70?

  70 : Some kind of fantasy.

  2 : Perhaps you'd do better trying to find the 2 inside.

  [sharing a chuckle] 

  2 : Well, why not? Since I'm here, we can have a poke around. See what makes 2 tick.

  70 : The inside 2?

  2 : I'm curious. I want to know what's going on inside of me.