The Prisoner Page #2

They're falling back on their old ideas

outside the regime.

He's got to be discredited, and soon.

- We shall be late for the meeting.

- I warned the Ministry of Justice.

God, they know he's not guilty

of anything. Well, you know he isn't.

Well, that's not for me to say.

My husband was right. There's no

freedom here even to think.

So he got out, and you heard

the last of him.

You love me, or you wouldn't

have come here.

I shouldn't have come.

I tried not to come.

Surely it's a confession you're after,

not the truth.

Confession.

He's got another eight-hour session

in half an hour, sir.

Surely it's a confession you're after,

not the truth.

You getting anything you can use

from these recordings?

Just a word here and there

at the moment, sir.

Confession, the truth.

Well, that won't take us very far.

The general is asking for results.

It's bound to be a slow process, sir.

He's looking for a weak spot

in his defences.

He'll find it.

If the church isn't deliberately

obstructing the state...

...are you prepared to say

it supports it?

It renders to the state the things

that are the state's...

...and to God, the things

that are God's.

You know you'll tire yourself out

with this eternal being on your guard.

- On my guard?

- Stop thinking of me as the inquisitor.

How do you wish me

to think of you?

As your doctor.

To me, you're on a couch

in my consulting room.

You're an enemy of society...

...like the schizophrenic

or the paranoiac.

You're dangerous because

you mislead the poor...

...the uneducated and the silly.

But only because

you're wrong-headed.

In time, we'll get to the root of

the trouble, and you can be cured.

- You believe it?

- Yes, I do believe it.

God give me cunning...

...against your skill.

God keep my watch.

Medical examination.

- Good morning.

- And no talking to the doctor.

The pulse, fairly regular.

A little flutter, there's nothing

to be alarmed about.

It's caused by the natural

human impulse of fear.

You often find it among cases

under threat of torture...

...physical or mental...

...and, of course, death.

Lungs quite all right.

Nothing to worry about there.

Continuous confinement is not usually

recommended, of course.

The heart's very sound.

Yes, very sound indeed.

I hope.

You're not supposed to talk

to the doctor.

But I know him. He used to work

in the free orthopaedic clinic.

You were doing fine work there,

doctor.

I know.

Things happen to us.

Doctor?

Tell me, have you examined

the interrogator?

Because if I'm in for a long session,

so is he.

Come in.

- Good morning, general.

- Good morning.

- Well?

- Well.

I was in an interrogation

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