The Prisoner (2009): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode 3: Anvil - full transcript

You okay there?

Do i look
okay to you?

What do
they call ya?

They call me "six."

Well, six, it's not
wise to hang around here.

Well, i wouldn't wanna
be not wise, would i?

(gunfire)

You could
always walk.

(lucy)
this may take
some explaining.

Can i-can i
get another drink?

A man finds
himself senseless
in some back alley.



I'd say he has a
problem with the drink

Or trouble
with a lover.

my guess
it's a lover.

Oh!

You have a
knack i've noticed.

You talk a lot,

And the more you talk,
the less you say.

Is that something
they teach you?

It's-it's nerves.

You make me--
you make me nervous.

We're here and
we're staying here,

So you can
talk all you want

But we're not leaving until
you tell me two things.

Who are you and
what do you want?



Come on--
why me?

That's three
things.

(six)
where is
this place?

you've had
an invitation.

Oh, thank you,
for coming, six.

Nine-o-nine here,

He's 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've announced 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

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.

(chuckling)

I wondered if you
would be clever enough

To turn this opportunity
to your own advantage.

Still--

Everything you
say is a trap.

All right.

Let's do it.

*

(woman)
hello?

*

*

Undercover's work in cells--
twos, threes, fours.

You and i are a cell.

First rule, you tell
no one about your cell.

We don't know
the other cells.

They don't know us.

That means everyone
could be an undercover...

Every single person
in the village.

So, someone could
be investigating you,

Right now, another
undercover cell.

It's a possibility.

Yeah, i suppose.

There's our
suspect.

His number
is 1955.

And what makes
him a suspect?

We had a report.

how do i find out
if he's a dreamer?

Get close.

You have
a position here.

Teacher.

You start today.

(bell ringing)

Be careful-- 1955 might
be an undercover himself.

He may be compiling
a dossier on you.

(bell ringing)
come on-- come
on-- come on.

Uh-uh, they're with me
for history first session.

Sixteen thirty-four has
them for math after that.

Then, it's sports.

I don't see the
point myself, really.

And then,
they're with you,

Uh, for surveillance
techniques all afternoon.

Doesn't that
seem a bit odd,

Teaching
surveillance to kids?

Why should it?

It's your subject.

No reason.

And who can tell
me which number two

Oversaw
the reformation.

Sir, it was
two the 14th.

It was, indeed.

And who can tell me
the first woman number two?

Put your hand
down, 1,100.

Sir, was it lady
number two the great?

(children giggling)

Who was number one?

Ah, the oldest question
in village history.

Go on, 1,100,
you tell them.

There is no
number one.

There never has been,
and there never will be.

the concept of the number
two is an act of humility.

The title
reminds us all

That we are all
public servants,

Even number two.

No one is number one.

Very, very good.

(violin music playing)

*

*

None of my friends
have a relationship

With their
father like ours.

That's good, isn't it?

I'm certainly
glad of it.

Perfect.

It is as it is...

As it should be.

(bell ringing)

Nineteen fifty-five,
can you keep a secret?

You're an
oddity, six.

I have these
crazy thoughts.

What if there was
some other place,

You know, outside
the village?

How mad
is that?

I'm one of those
lucky people

Who doesn't
need distraction.

Uh, no wife,
no family.

I'm not interested
in alcohol or gambling.

Sports, cigarettes,
no.

No-- everything
i need is right here.

(children singing)
* when i was six,
i picked up sticks *

Is everybody here
living in fear?

Yes.

No-no-no.

It doesn't - it doesn't
have to be like that.

Good and bad--
right and wrong.

The people here,
they get on with it.

They have jobs.

They clean the streets--
they-they wait on tables.

They work
in hospitals.

They look out for
their neighbors.

They're decent,
ordinary people.

They-they
fall in love...

Have kids...

rmal lives

What's wrong
with that?

What if they speak out,
think differently?

What kind of lives
do they have then?

They go for treatment.

What treatment?

I don't ask.

So, that's what's
wrong with your cozy,

Little village life,
313, and you know it.

The old man, 554, hell,
she was killed right here.

They had dreams--
they knew the truth.

No-no-no--
look, i can't.

Well, there's
gotta be others,

And i'm gonna
find them.

Yeah, i have to
stop seeing you, six.

The people who
get close to you,

They don't tend
to live very long.

(nine-o-nine)
question-- why does he
go swimming after work?

Answer-- because
he likes swimming.

We're looking at a man
who doesn't wanna go home.

and that makes
him suspicious?

he knows he's
being watched.

everything is suspicious,
if you look at it properly.

Everyone has secrets.

No one is
without guilt.

You just have to
work out what it is

They're guilty of.

Why don't you
arrest him

And ask him if
he's a dreamer?

Well, that would produce
nothing, but confusion.

He would lie.

if i catch him
out in his lying,

Then he tells new lies,
and then more new lies.

It's better
to watch him.

wait 'til his
guilt emerges.

*

Who reported him?

One of his students.

we don't
know which one.

reports come
in anonymously

For the safety and
protection of the informant.

That's nice.

Joggers.

good place to go
lookin' for dreamers.

Usually one
of the newcomers.

Someone a
bit too eager,

Pushing themselves too
hard, right at the front.

Runnin' like they wanna
get away from somethin'.

(crickets chirping)

(cell phone vibrating)

So, tell me the
kind of work you've
been doin', so far.

What do you
got there, 6616?

My mother goes to
yoga on tuesdays.

She hasn't missed one
in the last 23 weeks.

Then, she missed one.

That's suspicious.

Maybe it's just she
wasn't feeling well.

What do you
have there, 1,100?

My birthday presents.

Long distance speech
recording device.

Uh-huh.

And a mobile
person tracker.

Very nice.

Sir, have you
worked with the latest
roach cam technology?

Uh, no, i have not.

You drill a hole or
plant it on a suspect,

On their clothes
or in their skin,

So you can
observe them 24/7.

Well, you certainly
all have skills.

You're smart.

So, here's
your new task.

Find out who
we're working for.

What do they want?

What are they up to?

What's their secret?

That'll be
all tonight.

Thank you.

(crickets chirping)

(nine-o-nine)
the towel is
probably a coded signal.

Maybe he's just
hanging it out to dry.

A signal to who?

the others.

What, like a
group of them?

Organized?

They meet?

Did one of the
suspects tell you this?

No one's
admitted it, yet.

Once you're a
suspect, you're guilty.

Hello, you.

Am i home?

Yeah.

You're in
the village.

Well, so i am.

Good.

How long have
i been sleeping?

Too long
for my liking.

Hmm.

Well, oh...

Feels like moments.

(chuckling)

Oh, dear.

You having
dreams a bit?

No-no-no.

That's what i
was afraid of.

Why this time?

Can a man not
converse with his wife,

Now and then?

I just needed to know
that it was still possible.

Are you hungry?

Like you
wouldn't believe.

We haven't
much time.

I know that.

Mmm.

Hmm?

(crickets chirping)

You okay
with heights?

There's a flask of
coffee in my trunk.

Will you
fetch it for me?

Tell me about
him, our boy.

How is he?

Our boy grew up.

He's curious
about everything.

Of course, he is.

And?

Six.

What is it?

Hmm.

(glasses clinking)
drink up.

Got any family, 909?

Family?

No.

I was never much
good at relationships.

I guess undercover's
don't like

To get too
close to people.

Something too human
about that, huh?

(cell phone vibrating)

Knock-knock--
who's there?

We have to get
him to the hospital.

No.

Six!

Kinda makes
you wonder.

If he'd do
that to himself,

Maybe he is guilty.

You're
catching up fast.

(engine revving)

Is that
how it works?

Is that how
dreamers are caught?

That's the way
i was shown.

You decide.

I got it.

Whoa.

(birds chirping)

You must be
an undercover,

Someone with
a roach cam.

We know so
many undercover's.

It could be anyone.

It could be you.

Huh?

Six.

He's different.

He's not like
the other suspects.

He has--

Yes-- say it.

Conviction.

No harm must
come to six.

He must survive.

But he can suffer.

His work as
an undercover

Must make him
feel compromised.

Hmm?

Has six ever met
up with my son?

Eleven-twelve?

Why would he be
meeting with six?

Youth is susceptible
to wild ideas.

Young blood
craves rebellion

As much as
it craves sex.

Eleven-twelve
spying on you?

No.

No.

No, of course not.

Still, let's
keep an eye on him

For his own
protection.

Thank you.

(indistinct chatter)

(people whistling
and cheering)

(heavy metal music playing)

Your father
is watching you.

He knows you
go out at night.

You'll lose
your guards.

Have i been followed?

He wants me
to follow you.

It's a good
thing it's you.

He suspects you might
be meeting with six.

Why would
he think that?

I don't know.

How'd we get
to this place?

It's a good place
still, isn't it?

A safe place.

Safe?

Hey, no one's
gonna touch you.

It's good.

What?

This, i mean.

You choosing me.

I seem to recall
it was you chose me.

When i asked
for your phone,

You already knew i'd
been sent after you.

It's summakor.

Everyone has
a monitor.

perk of the job.

And you
brought me here.

Well, you're
free to go.

But if you
stay, we talk.

You know i'll stay.

Let's not waste
any more time.

I liked you--
that wasn't a lie.

But if that was all,
then i would've had

The courage to
approach you.

So, what did give
you the courage?

Your reports.

You asked questions.

You were different.

you said things
that i was feeling

About what was
going on at summakor.

You must know
than you realize.

They wanted
you stopped.

(thunder rumbling)

Nineteen-fifty-five,
what happened to you,

We have to stop this from
happening to other dreamers.

What?

I'm a teacher.

No, you're not.

I'm the mistake.

Please, i have a friend.

She's in danger.

I need to get her out,
get her to safety.

Who are the dreamers,
and how do i make contact?

Why did you do
this to yourself?

We could've
found a way out.

why?

(drilling)

You're two and a half
minutes late, six.

I hear you've been
doing outstanding work.

Everything and
anything i might do

Is for one reason.

that's to work
against you.

I have a new mission
for you.

Shouldn't we wait
for 909 to get here?

Wasn't invited.

Nine-o-nine's
my new mission.

Nine-o-nine 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?

Well, something's
changed.

Nine-o-nine, he's different.

Don't tell me you haven't
seen the fear in his eyes.

Fear is not guilt.
yes, it is.

Fear is always guilt
in disguise.

I thought you were the man who
understood human behavior.

Nine-o-nine'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.

Three-one-three,
you have to be careful.

(sighs)
what do you mean?

I mean, whatever you dream,
don't draw anything,

Put anything on paper,
or talk to anyone.

Why are you
doing this?

'cause i don't want
anything to happen to you.

So, we found him--
he was hurt.

Where did you
get these?

They were sent to me
anonymously.

That's you...

That's you on the roof
of my building.

It's you!

Let me tell you
why i did this.

I know why.

You're the undercover.

I let myself
believe you.

I can't even bear
to look at you.

(wooden wind chime clunking)

(engaging brake)

We should stop
for a while.

A few weeks,
that's all.

(sighs)
i don't think your
father suspects us,

But we should
be careful--
my father suspects
everyone.

Yeah...

But not us...

Not if
we're careful.

Come here.

You sent those
photographs to 313.

why?

I-i didn't send
any photographs.

Three-one-three
is not my mission.

i want all surveillance
taken off 313.

I want her
left alone.

I can't
give you that.

But you can.

I want 313
to be safe.

That's my price for
keeping what i know

To myself.

Hello.

i was sitting out in
the garden a few days ago.

I was being watched.
watched?

Well, who would
do such a thing?

Nine-o-nine is different.

Something's
happened to him.

My long-serving
lieutenant has secrets

In his past
weeks and months.

We're going to have to dig
those secrets out of him.

and then, we will know
what we're dealing with.

* then after all is
said and done *

* i've seen i'm not
the lucky one *

* but i'm so disappointed
baby in you *

He knows.
it's okay.

don't be afraid.

* you said
you would be true *

* but i found it
just a boo *

* for you're doing just
as others want you to *

* then after all of
my love is keen *

* it's still blank
to me it seems *

* but i'm so disappointed
baby in you *

* play that thing

Three-one-three!

Where are you
taking her?

hey!

No.

No-- it's done.

Don't blame him.

Tell me the dreams
are true.

They're true...

They're all true.

There are
dreamers...

They meet...

I'm sure of it.

Find them.

Nine-o-nine?

Don't drink anymore.

Please?

Tell me.

Why did you resign?

To drink beer.

Up on the purpose floor,
something is wrong.

That is why i came
looking for you.

i thought
it bothered you.

i thought
you wanted to know.

And now, you just
want to drink beer.

Maybe i don't know what
to think or who to trust.

Maybe i'm just
trying to hold on

To my own mind here.

Maybe drinking
beer is easier.

You wanted to know.

You stopped.

Why?

Because you're
already there.

What do you mean
i'm "already there?"

The people
that you saw.

The ones
you said changed.

The same thing has
happened to you.

(whistling)

I need you
to help me.

where have
they taken 313?

What makes you think
i would help you, six?

Help me, or
i go to your father

With what
you did to 909.

They went to the clinic.

You'll never find her.

She's have been sent down
to the tunnels.

Tunnels?

What will they
do to her?

You don't wanna know.

How do i get in?

Don't.

Only people going for
treatment ever get in.

Send me for treatment.

This one is 909.

* i've been in this town so
long that back in the city *

* i've been taken
for lost and gone *

* and unknown for
a long-long time *

* fell in love years ago
with an innocent girl *

* from the spanish
and indian home *

* of the heroes
and villains *

(snarling, growling)

(dogs barking)

Are you okay?

One thousand, one hundred...
we've gotta get to 313

And find a way
out of here.

Come, this way.

Three-one-three!

Three-one-three!

(dogs snarling)
shut up-- shut up!

Three-one-three!

Three-one-three!

(gasping)

It's okay-- it's me.

There is a way out--
come on!

* i've been
in this town so long *

* so long to the city

* i'm fit with the stuff
and sunny down snuff *

* i'm all right

(bass pumping)

I had a thought.

The mountains.

We could walk, huh?

Escape for a week, huh?

Just us.

Yeah, it sounds good.

The man is dead.

What?

Forget him.

Someone your
own age, hmm?

Could go to
the other place.

Well, you've got this...
the village.

Oh, that's enough,
isn't it?

(313)
curtis--
that's the name

that i hear whispered
all the time-- curtis.

We have to
go in there now.

I-i--
no-- i'm trying
to help you here.

I'm not going
back there.

why-why should
i trust you?

Because--
get out.

We don't have
time for this.
get out of
my apartment!

You know, if you, um,
change your mind,

You can call me, okay?

(two)
i will allow six
to be in the tunnels

for a while longer.

thank you.

You did
extremely well.

You wouldn't go
against your parents

Like my son
disobeyed me,

Would you,
one thousand-one hundred?

No, sir.

Now, was this you?

No, don't-don't
turn away.

This hole is exactly
at your head height.

It could've been
one of the other kids.

But it was you,
wasn't it?

We're going to have to
send you for treatment,

Aren't we?

(chuckling)
it's all right.

You can finish
your ice cream first.

(car door slamming shut)