The Old Man (TV Series)

VI (2022)

Joel Grey: Morgan Bote

Quotes 

• Morgan Bote : [Cheryl hands off phone]  Harold, I came as soon as I heard. Are you all right? Cheryl mentioned it was a rough flight between you and Angela.

  Harold Harper : Is my wife in the room with you?

  Morgan Bote : No, she's just gone to put Henry to bed.

  Harold Harper : Good. What the fuck do you think happened?

  Morgan Bote : I see.

  Harold Harper : You planted a mole in my office. You made me an accessory to I don't know how many crimes.

  Morgan Bote : I gave you a daughter.

  Harold Harper : That was the result. I want to know the intent.

  Morgan Bote : What difference does the intent make with that result?

  Harold Harper : It makes some difference to me.

  Morgan Bote : Because he asked. Despite all he'd done, I s... I still loved him. And he asked me to help him protect his only child, so I did as he asked. The same as I would have done for you. The same as I can do for you... now.

  Harold Harper : You're gonna help me now?

  Morgan Bote : Ask me to fix this, Harold, and I will.

  Harold Harper : How?

  Morgan Bote : I have always felt some connection to those surgeons on the battlefields of the Civil war. In the middle of all that suffering, armed only with a saw for the bone and dope for the pain, and asked to do the unthinkable... sever the parts to save the whole. I've always felt that is my profession too. To ignore the blood and the wailing and decide what allows for the greatest possible good. It's what I taught you to do, so I imagine you can see where this is going. If Angela Adams is never heard from again, this can all be laid at her feet. And you can be free of it.

  Harold Harper : No.

  Morgan Bote : That identity may have been born out of love, but it has become malignant. A danger to the things it's connected to. Even the girl herself might be saved, if she can separate from the name. Out in the wild, maybe she can find a way to recover.

  [door closes] 

  Morgan Bote : I hear Cheryl returning. Tell me where you are. Ask me for my help... and you will get it.