The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV Series)

The Man Who Sold the World (2022)

Chiwetel Ejiofor: Faraday

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• Thomas Newton : I have to get home and back before this planet is too far gone in eight fucking years. A million things could fuck it up. And you have to fully ascend.

  Faraday : To what?

  Thomas Newton : You're about to become legend. I thought you were paying attention. Your little video started it. They're buzzing with the mystery. Like that computer guy in black turtlenecks. You'll be worshipped. You're the next him, you have to be.

  Faraday : Why do I have to be?

  Thomas Newton : Because when we make it back, if we make it back, someone has to stop them from slaughtering us when we land. Someone with actual power. Someone who is everything they wanna be.

  Faraday : Jesus Christ.

  Thomas Newton : Exactly. Look what they did to him.

  [sigh] 

  Thomas Newton : Do you still not understand who they are?

• Thomas Newton : Anyway... no drones.

  Faraday : Except me.

  Thomas Newton : You don't count as a drone anymore.

  Faraday : Is that why you brought me? You knew I'd end up...

  Thomas Newton : Best of both.

  Faraday : How?

  Thomas Newton : I knew the moment you were assigned to me. Do you remember the seeds?

  Faraday : Yeah. It was your last day.

  Thomas Newton : What did you do?

  Faraday : I asked questions.

  Thomas Newton : The only drone ever...

  [protracted pause] 

  Thomas Newton : and then we said goodbye.

• Thomas Newton : [monks chanting]  You led them here.

  [sighs] 

  Thomas Newton : I thought it would be... someone else. Anybody else, really.

  Faraday : I know.

  Thomas Newton : If you try to bring us all back, you're going to die. Every piece of our science says you'll all die.

  Faraday : I'll find a way.

  [Newton laughs] 

  Faraday : What?

  [chuckles] 

  Thomas Newton : You'll... you'll find a way.

  [laughs] 

  Thomas Newton : You'll find a way.

  [chuckles] 

  Thomas Newton : I'm actually proud. You must have known I wouldn't let you abandon us. I might have, but...

  [sighs] 

  Faraday : Love is blind. You couldn't see me coming because you loved me.

  Thomas Newton : From thousands of light-years away... I still do.

  [monks chanting] 

  Thomas Newton : Maybe it's time I quit.

  [looks at a cigarette, tosses it to the ground, doffs his fedora, takes his walking stick, rises, stumbles, sighs and exits through the monks] 

• Faraday : I had a right.

  Thomas Newton : Rights? You had a "right to the truth," did you?

  Faraday : You told me I was going home. I want to go home.

  Thomas Newton : So do I.

  [gong sounds] 

  Thomas Newton : You know, they allow me to practice praying here. It's the only thing I've been curious about for ages. They allow me to be present, so as you can see, I gave them our seeds. I couldn't just be a shitlord, take their water and breathe their air and not give, something. And they opened themselves. Most humans can't open themselves to us without losing their fucking minds, but these guys are divine. Anyway, they're not a bundle of laughs, but they're not bent on the destruction of all living things, either.

  [gong sounds] 

  Thomas Newton : [shushes, whispering]  Vow of silence.

  Faraday : Don't pretend you're a child of God.

  Thomas Newton : Maybe I am. And listen to you. I've created a monster. All worked up over a lie. I knew you'd tell her. She wouldn't have done her bit if she knew.

  Justin Falls : You don't know anything...

  [interrupted] 

  Faraday : Anything about her.

  [Justin glares at Faraday for interrupting] 

  Justin Falls : Just show us why we're here.

• Josiah Falls : I may be gone by the time you come back.

  Faraday : Then may I thank you?

  Josiah Falls : What for?

  Faraday : I've never... met a father... like you.

  Josiah Falls : Go now. You have less time than you think.

  [sighs] 

  Josiah Falls : We all do.

• Thomas Newton : Are you sure? You want the wife and kids? You might find them a bit of a drag now. They might not find you at all, given that you're fucking unrecognizable.

  [chuckles] 

  Thomas Newton : Why not stick with that girl until you wanna kill yourself with alcohol? Love brings out our latent alcoholic tendencies.

  Faraday : Sister Mary Lou blamed herself, but the weakness was yours, not hers.

• Faraday : That won't happen. I promise you. I will protect everyone from him. I will protect Molly.

  Justin Falls : How? Why should I believe you?

  Faraday : Because I... because I love her.

  Justin Falls : You don't know anything about love.

  Faraday : I learned.

  Justin Falls : You learned?

  Faraday : I didn't have a choice. You... you picked me up from the side of the road when you had every reason not to. When I gave you every reason not to, but you did it. And every day, when you braid Molly's hair. Her beautiful hair. And when your father's skin is cracked and dry from the medication, you help him. And the way you forgive me. Do you even realize what an act of love that is? And you do it without thinking. So how could I possibly stay blind to love around you? It's in me.

  Justin Falls : I almost believe you.

  Faraday : Almost has to be enough. Otherwise, everyone is gone.

• Faraday : Let's go back, to the beginning. I came here because my choice was simple. Live or die. They called me a tyrant. A king. A tech-god Willy Wonka, up to my Gobstoppers in secrets. And it's all true. Well... the secrets part, anyway. So, don't say I didn't warn you.

  [MI5 enters multiple points in close quarter entry formation] 

  Faraday : The immediate problem is, my friends at the CIA, MI5, think that they are the only ones who are entitled to secrets. They are desperate to discover how I built what I am here to give you, so they can keep you where you are. Mercy exists when we are able to truly see each other, and ourselves. So does power.

  [audience shouting] 

  Faraday : Well, if they say my words are weapon, then let this be a declaration of war.

  [audience shouting] 

  Faraday : Are you ready to get your hands bloody?

  [audience: Yeah!] 

  Faraday : When people talk about my work, I hear words like "revolution." Well, today, this one drops the "R." In this box, I hold the next step on the great timeline. The power they've ripped away will be returned to us. No restrictions, no conditions. We will finally be free. Are you ready?

  [audience: Yeah!] 

  Faraday : [continues to gin-up the audience]  Are you ready? Mm, yeah. Are you ready to choose the next step in human... evolution?

  [reveals, audience cheering]