I just had a hunch. Sometimes you have to take a chance, right? Otherwise, how do you know?
All S1
Characters
Danny HoltBen Whishaw · 12 quotes
ScottieJim Broadbent · 7 quotes
Alex TurnerEdward Holcroft · 6 quotes
FrancesCharlotte Rampling · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Danny Holt & Alex Turner (4), Danny Holt & Frances (2)
S1 E15Unfinished Business
You love falling in love. The moment when it's all possibilities and dreams.
You think he's out of my league?
The thought never crossed my mind.
Where are we going to drink tonight?
Somewhere dimly lit and terribly old-fashioned.
So we're on the doorstep, saying goodbye. And I'm trying to give him Pavel's number, because I don't have a phone except he doesn't write it down. And I'm like... "If you don't want to... if you don't want see me again..." And then he says, "Numbers, Danny, I have no problem with." Like he could remember every phone number in the world. And then... we shook hands! If you'd have told me a week ago I'd be this happy with a handshake at the end of a date... I'm sorry. I'll stop talking about him.
It's all right, I understand.
It's just the feeling, you know? Not being able to think about anyone else.
Scottie:Yeah. I know the feeling.
So you turn up, on my doorstep... Which is wonderful! Except I never told you where I live. And I was wondering, and I should say in advance that I don't mind, but... did you carry out some kind of background check on me?
The way we met was unusual.
Right. So... you thought "Stranger! Seduction!" Not that, erm, I'm presuming you're seduced by me. That's, erm... process ongoing. Erm, what was I saying? Erm, yeah, so you thought, our meeting was part of... a set-up? It's fine. It's fun. I just... I thought you said I was easy to read?
That would've been the reason you were selected. The appearance of innocence.
I'm not innocent.
You might be the only innocent person I know.
Can you tell me what your real name is now?
My name is Alex.
Did you imagine you'd spend the rest of your life alone?
Yes.
I can't begin to understand what that must feel like.
You always knew you'd find someone?
Always.
I can't imagine what that must feel like.
You saw me.What I mean is, you saw me. And you asked if I was OK. And not like most people ask it. Like they've asked it a hundred times that day already, you asked it as if nothing else mattered to you. And I thought, how is it that this person, who I've never seen before... How are they the only person in the whole world who knows? That I'm not OK. And I was sure if I could just find out your name, if I could just find out who you were... then everything would be OK.
What if everything isn't OK?
Then we tell each other. And we deal with it. Whatever it is, we deal with it. Together. Is there something you want to tell me?
No.
JJournalist
You don't use his name. Is it true you didn't even know it? Did he ever tell you he was in danger?
No.
JJournalist
OK, I get it. He's a spy, he needed to be careful. You met by chance. First day, he lied. But eight months later you want to spend the rest of your lives together and you're still using the wrong name to say how much you love him?
He told me his name was Alex.
JJournalist
People lie, Danny. And they lie well.
This is his room.
How did you know?
Because it's the loneliest room I've ever been in.
Amongst all the lies you've heard here this weekend, recognise one truth: "no fuss" is the best piece of advice you will ever be given.
[Flashback]
I want to tell you a story about a man. While everyone was laughing and drinking, he would just walk until he reached the exact same spot, where he'd sit with his back to all those people. And while he did everything he possibly could to signal to the world that he wanted to be left alone more than anything, he hoped that someone passing would understand that what he really wanted was the exact opposite. And that this someone would sit next to him and strike up a conversation. I was that man... and you were that someone.
One way or another, I've been afraid for much of my life, and it's a privilege to spend time with a man who's never afraid of anything. And that's not because you were born in a different time — you're fearless. I've always wondered how that must feel. But, Danny, occasionally, it's right to be afraid. Leave this alone. Promise me.
Rich [To Danny]:You're not a man who usually says no.
Rich [To Danny]: I'm gonna die in this tub. Heart attack or a stroke. They'll find me here, tounge hanging out. My little dick bobbing about in the bubble bath. Four strong men will lead me out. My flesh, slosh and slob on the marble floor.
I believe you. I knew you were a young man who'd make a lot of mistakes. But never the same one twice.
Scottie[Speaking about an old friend of his who died from AIDS]:I told him that he'd given up. He must fight. He refused. He said that I'd never faced the inevitability of defeat. He was going to die. He was going to suffer, suffer terribly. There was nothing he could do. There was nothing anyone could do. He was right. On both counts. He did suffer terribly. And I have never faced the inevitability of defeat. It is impossible. We will lose. But we will fight.
There's no art in trusting nobody. The craft of a spy has always been to choose the right people to trust.
Danny[In a gentlemen's club]:There are more women in a gay club.
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