Two quotes from The Prisoner (2009)

What is it you're suggesting? A hole in the sky? Aliens landing secretly in the night? Mysterious roads that lead beyond, beyond, beyond? A magic gateway, perhaps. Some portal leading into Never Never Land!

Oh, 11-12. None of us can choose our family.

Impersonating Two is an act of treason. In the event of a Two impersonator arising, you must seek him out and apprehend him. This man will look like Two, but you will know he is not Two because he is not Two. He may appear in the Village in a disheveled state, which has elements of resemblance to Two. He may claim to be Two, but he is not, and he must be treated as who he is, which someone who is not Two. He is a danger to the Village.

Rest assured, you will not go quietly. Horse-drawn carriage, the Village choir serenading you to your final resting place. No excuse for dry eyes. I'll see to that. Oh, it hurts, doesn't it? That once the lid closes on that fine glass coffin, the dance ends. There'll be no escape, Six. Not for you.

I know Six better than Six knows Six. He's in love with his own humanity. He adores the sweet smell of his own bright, shining conscious. Noble Six. He only wants to do the right thing. And that is what will give him to me.

I'd like to speak to the American consulate, please.

Look. See how the sun makes it all glow? Kind of day that makes you glad to be alive.

Why are you keeping me here?

I see no locked doors.

They were after me.

Oh, sounds terribly ominous.

Why am I here? It has nothing to do with me, any of this. I've seen you before.

Really?

I want to get back to New York.

That's not possible. There is no New York. There is only the Village.

Perhaps therapy might work, yes? What do you say, Six? Give the talking cure a try.

Oh, you would like that, wouldn't you. Meddling with my mind.

What are you afraid of, Six? A glimpse into your psyche, discovering you were the problem after all?

I'm not afraid.

Good. The sessions are booked. A man with nothing to hide is a man with nothing to find.

You were right, of course. He is resistant to the possibility of revealing the Six inside.

And why is that?

He feels... alone.

Oh, yes.

He dreams of escape. He feels rootless.

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

He described... (straining to say the words)... a fishing trip.

Fishing? We like Six's fishing stories. Don't we, 70?

Some kind of fantasy.

Perhaps you'd do better trying to find the Two inside? Well, why not, since I'm here. I'd like to poke around. See what makes Two tick. (sits at the table across from 70)

The inside Two?

I'm curious. (makes whirling motion with his fingers) I want to know what's going on inside me. Let's start. My wife. I'm the reason she's the way she is.

Perhaps we should stay with the matter of Six.

I know I can trust you. I love my son. (fiddles with something in his hands) But I have thoughts... if he knew me, he'd truly know his father. He might not like me.

Do you like me, 70?

You are two.

We all love you.

But... (holds out a grenade)... do you like me?

(nervously) I don't really know you. What I do know is that you are a wonderful man.

Do you think I believe in all this psychology babble? "My mother sat me sideways on the potty when I was toddler so now I want to sleep with her?" Oh, grow up, man! Have you had sex with your mother, 70?

(nervously) No. Never!

Well, don't!

Two... if I might ask... if you don't believe in the value of the talking cure--

It's not necessary for me to believe. It is necessary for Six to believe.

(on a gurney, in a straight jacket) He swam in the ocean! He tasted the salt water in his mouth. Felt the power of the waves. There is a way out of this place, no matter how loud you shout that there isn't!

You're the one who is shouting, Six. The louder a man shouts, the more profoundly he's wrong.

I'm not wrong. I'm telling you the truth. My brother is dead.

Can you hear the things he says about his brother... it hurts. Yes, only family can hurt us.

No. I didn't mean that. I didn't mean my brother.

Oh, Six.

I'm not a number. I am not a number. I am... I am...

Yes, Six?

My name is... Dammit. My name is... I am Six.

(nods to the two doctors, who pull the gurney towards the end of the hallway; looks to 11-12) He's Six.

I am Six!

(leaving) That's right.

I am Six! I am Six, you bastard! SIX!

Ah, thank you for coming, Six. 9-0-9 here is an undercover, one of our best. I thought you might've noticed that. I want you to work with 909, Six.

You think I'd work for you?

Oh, no, no, no, not for me. For them, for the people you would be watching. You pronounced so loudly your opposition to me, your disbelief of everything we stand for, they might trust you. We already have our suspects. And I know you want to make contact with Dreamers. I offer you the apparatus and expertise of our highly trained and well-financed undercover operations to do just that.

Why would you give me all that if it wasn't a trap?

Oh, my dear Six. It is a trap. You have such a high opinion of yourself, I wondered if you would be clever enough to turn this opportunity to your advantage. But still...

Everything you say is a trap. All right. Let's do it.

(looking into a roach cam hole) It must be an undercover... someone with a roach cam. There's so many undercovers it could be anyone. Could be you.

Six. He's different. He's not like the other suspects. He has...

Yes, say it.

Conviction.

No harm has come to Six. He must survive. But he can suffer. Because work as an undercover must make him feel compromised. Has Six ever met up with my son?

11-12? Why would he be meeting with Six.

Youth is susceptible to wild ideas. Young blood craves rebellion as much as it craves sex.

11-12's spying on you? No.

No. No, of course not. Still, let's keep an eye on him. For his own protection.

I have a new mission for you.

Shouldn't we wait for 909 to get here?

He wasn't invited.

909's my new mission?

909 has made himself suspect. I have every faith in him as a conscientious undercover.

I know he's been spying on me.

Well, of course he has. But you've known that before, surely. It'd be a sorry state of affairs if he weren't.

Why has he become a suspect?

Something's changed. 909 is different. Don't tell me you haven't seen the fear in his eyes.

Fear's not guilt.

Yes it is. Fear is always guilt in disguise. I thought you were a man who understood human behavior. 909's fear must be investigated. Analyzed thoroughly.

What is it I'd be looking for?

Well, you'll know when you find it. Perhaps he's a Dreamer.

Why should I do it?

Because you need to keep up, Six. Give yourself a chance. He's watching you. Now you watch him. Do it, Six, because you want to. Because you must.

313. I didn't think you were coming.

Six. Okay, um... There are two kinds of viruses used in gene symmetry therapy. What it gave you, Six. It won't last.

313. I want you to be my friend.

Celebrate with me.

What? What is it? What's happening?

Did he just kiss her? Is that what happened here?

(to 313) You really are rather smitten, aren't you 313? What you will never know, of course, is whether your feelings are genuine, or... (walks away)

Do you have cigarettes?

No. But would you like a map of the Village?

(beat) You sure you don't have cigarettes? Would you look?

We haven't had cigarettes here in eight years and five months.

If you don't look, how can you be really sure that you're right?

Guilty pleasures.

I didn't supply you with these cigarettes.

No.

I don't have them. I don't even know what they are. I'd forgotten they even existed. You came in here to buy a map.

I used to smoke in order to think.

You did? And are you thinking now?

I am. Sometimes...

Yes?

I think...

Yes, go on.

If I could choose a place I wanted to spend the rest of my life... a warm place, with no memory.

Just be careful what you say around here. People will report you as soon as look at you. Don't be different.

I wonder if we smoke to feed the guilt.

Speaking only for myself, I smoke for that fine, oaky flavor, with just a hint of lavender.

These things kill you, you know. The main health risks in tobacco relate to diseases of the cardiovascular system, in particular, myocardial infarction. Diseases of the respiratory tract, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. And asthma, and emphysema, and cancer - in particular lung cancer, and cancers of the larynx and tongue.

(beat) So I've heard.

Smoking is a kind of... suicide.

That's a bit philosophical... for a Thursday.