The Prisoner (TV Series)

The Chimes of Big Ben (1967)

Leo McKern: Number Two

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• Number Two : [they are having tea in Number Two's office]  I can never remember... one lump or two?

  Number Six : It's in the file.

  Number Two : Yes, as a matter of fact yes! But it would save time if you would just answer the question!

  Number Six : Why, are you running out of time?

• [last lines] 

  Nadia : You were right about him.

  Number Two : I told you.

  Nadia : Don't worry. It was a good idea, and you did your best. I'll stress it in my report.

• Number Two : Do you still think you can escape, Number Six?

  Number Six : Oh, I'll do even better than that.

  Number Two : Oh?

  Number Six : Going to escape and come back.

  Number Two : Come back?

  Number Six : Escape, come back, wipe this place off the face of the Earth, obliterate it, and you with it.

• Number Two : If I turn her over to you, you'll do some woodwork for me, is that your deal?

  Number Six : The best you'll get.

  Number Two : Ha ha! You really are the limit, Number Six!

• [Number 2 is describing the Village] 

  Number Two : What in fact has been created? An international community. A perfect blueprint for world order. When the sides facing each other suddenly realize that they're looking into a mirror, they'll see that this is the pattern for the future.

  Number 6 : The whole world as the Village?

  Number Two : That is my dream. What's yours?

  Number 6 : To be the first man on the moon.

• Number Two : Don't worry, Number Six... you'll be cured. I'll see to it. No more nightmares. If you have so much as a bad dream, you will come whimpering to tell it to me. *Whimpering!*

• Number Two's Assistant : He'll crack.

  Number Two : Perhaps. One tiny piece at a time. I don't want a man of fragments!

• Number Two's Assistant : He doesn't even bend a little.

  Number Two : That's why he'll break. It only needs one small thing. If he will answer one simple question, the rest will follow: Why did he resign?