Oswald, Gwen and others in “The Gathering”

Oswald

One man's name keeps reoccurring. Kitzinger was employed to send him information. And his name's Harry Bosco.

Gwen

Harry Bosco.

Oswald

His name, over and over again.

Gwen

Esther? Harry Bosco.

Esther

Sorry.

Gwen

What, can't you search him?

Esther

You think you're clever, Oswald? Is that really all you had?

Oswald

It's a name.

Esther

Harry Bosco isn't a man. Harry Bosco's a process. It goes back to Vietnam. It was the first war to be televised and the government didn't want US networks taking feed directly from the Vietnamese, because for the first time information was beyond their control. So they put agents into every newsroom, every major TV network, filtering the output for the public. Cleverest of them all was a man called Harry Bosco.

Jack

What did he do?

Esther

He'd alter information. It was subtle. He did it by mistranslation. He couldn't censor or change, but he could manipulate the English translation. Change one word, change the entire meaning. If you say victims instead of bodies, you influence public opinion. All the channels Harry Bosco these days.

Rhys

So that's it? Dead end? Done? You finished with him? Can I have him now?

Oswald

Could you keep your dog on his leash?

Rhys

Watch it, pal.

Oswald

My point still stands. The name's still important because Kitzinger works in PR. Why would she be handling this Harry Bosco process?

Esther

To be fair, it's a good question. Why would the families hire Jilly to do all this in the first place?

Jack

What's she translating?

Esther

What's she mistranslating? Because the three families changed their name, now Jilly's changing words? Maybe they're connected.