The Old Man (TV Series)

VII (2022)

Leem Lubany: Belour Daadfar

Quotes 

• [door opens, closes, Hamzad enters room where Belor and Chase are present] 

  Young Faraz Hamzad : [Dari with English subtitles] 

  [literally with hat in hand] 

  Young Faraz Hamzad : I want to be careful... about what I know... about what I suspect... but I hope you'll be honest with me in resolving the two.

  Young Abbey Chase : [interrupts, intently]  What do you know?

  Young Faraz Hamzad : You say that as if there are things you wish I didn't.

  Young Abbey Chase : You ask for honesty. Start with your own.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : I know that my wife... and my friend... aided the escape of a Russian prisoner. And I know... no one will leave this room... until I know the reason why.

  Young Abbey Chase : Don't do this.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Don't? Don't do what? Don't ask for the truth?

  Young Abbey Chase : I'm committed to you. I'm loyal to you. I'm your wife. I'm asking you to trust me. There are things... it's better for you not to know. Once they're exposed they can't be unseen.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : [interrupts]  *Enough!* I want the truth. All of it!

  Young Abbey Chase : [protracted pause, indignantly]  I have for some time... been feeding information about our adversaries to the Soviets. It's weakened them and strengthened us. It's contributing significantly to our success. I didn't want it revealed by a Russian under investigation.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : [pinches the bridge of his nose an closes his eyes]  I know. Though it was never said, I think you know I have known. There is something you're concealing... that you know I don't know.

  Young Dan Chase : [interjects]  She's covering for me. He's got a lot of value to Langley. I figured I could repair my relationship with them... if I arranged to have him handed over.

  Young Abbey Chase : [interrupts]  Stop.

  [begins slowly walking to Hamzad as she speaks] 

  Young Abbey Chase : The Russians came because they're looking for an ore deposit in the Panjshir. It's believed to be of untold strategic value.

  [Chase sits and sighs] 

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Why is this something you'd keep from me?

  Young Abbey Chase : Because I know where it is.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Why is that something you'd keep from me?

  Young Abbey Chase : I worried that if you heard of it... you'd be consumed by a desire to search for it and possess it.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Untold strategic value. What does that mean? Huh? Enough to change the course of the war? Enough to win the war?

  Young Abbey Chase : One day it will bring prosperity. When there's already stability. But today... so much influence and power all at once... the ability to refuse compromise is what makes tyrants. I love you too much... to see you made a monster. The path we're on... leads exactly where we hoped to go. You'll be trusted and bring rivals together.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : You'll not be the final arbiter of what I can know and not know. It can't work this way.

  Young Abbey Chase : [walks toward Hamzad, wide-eyed and emphatic]  It's working that way and has been for some time. You're an impossibility. A man that can be everything... to everyone at any time. I make you possible. When you're cruel... I'm kind. When you're generous... I'm ruthless. When you're short-sighted... I imagine futures. This is a future that must be avoided.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : [turns away, rubbing his eyes and forehead, turns back]  This is already slipping out of my control. Tell me where this mine is. Tell me... so I can tell our people... and repair the damage from today.

  [Belour obstinately remains silent] 

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Tell me... because you trust me... to wield the power better than other men. Tell me... because if you don't...

  Young Abbey Chase : [Belour stands toe-to-toe with Hamzad, and gently under her breath]  You could get us through this... if you wanted to. Trust me.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : Take some time. Take the night. Come morning...

  [Belour turns and exits] 

  Young Faraz Hamzad : maybe you'll feel differently.

  Young Faraz Hamzad : [facing away from Chase]  Come morning... don't be here.

  [Hamzad dons his hat and exits]