(Thunder)
(Six) Where am I?
(Two) In the village.
(Six) What do you want?
(Two) Information.
(Six) Whose side are you on?
(Two) That would be telling.
(Two) We want information...
(Two) Information...
(Two) Information.
(Six) You won't get it.
(Two) By hook or by crook... ...we will.
(Six) Who are you?
(Two) The new Number Two.
(Six) Who is Number One?
(Two) You are Number Six.
(Six) I am not a number. I am a free man!
(Number Two laughs)
Training for the big break?
Why not use the village gymnasium?
Perhaps I prefer privacy.
Now that could be taken as being anti-social.
Some setup.
Keeping it all to yourself, Number Six?
Not at all the action of a public-minded citizen.
The committee wouldn't like that.
The committee certainly wouldn't.
You'll face the committee for this.
(PA) The council chamber has considered your case, Number 93,
and already there are signs of disharmony in your behaviour.
You appear to be a reasonable man, but there is plenty of evidence
showing your unwillingness to work for the community.
The court has a busy morning,
and there are several cases waiting to be dealt with.
Number Six is seriously in need of help,
and we want to do something for 42.
She appears to be in a permanent state of depression, always in tears.
It is your clear duty Number 93,
to prove that you are once again, a suitable member of our society.
The only way for you now to regain the respect of your fellows
is to publicly acknowledge your shortcomings.
Go to the rostrum and confess.
We will tell you what to say.
- They're right, of course. - They're right, of course.
- Quite right. - Quite right.
- I'm inadequate. - I'm inadequate.
- Inadequate. - Inadequate.
- Disharmonious. - Disharmonious.
- I'm truly grateful. - I'm truly grateful.
- Believe me. - Believe me.
Believe me... Believe me.
- Believe me! - Believe me... Believe me.
BELIEVE ME!
(Applause)
Number Six, enter.
(Applause)
I take it you have completed the written questionnaire of confession?
Of course... Naturally.
(PA) Please do not be hostile to the committee.
We are here to help you.
Do please sit down. Tell us about yourself.
I take it you've checked my file... regarding hostility.
Your files are no concern of ours.
Any information about you is with Number Two.
Really?
It is the duty of this committee to deals with complaints.
- Complaints? - Your complaints.
Well now, I have several.
You realise a serious charge has been level against you
particularly regarding your attitude to your fellow citizens.
We deplore your spirit of disharmony.
That's a common complaint around here, isn't it?
I would council discretion, Number Six.
You do appreciate that everything you say is being recorded.
And may be used as evidence against me!
This is a strictly impartial committee.
Number Six, you're not called before this committee to defend yourself.
All we ask is for your complete confession.
I'm sure you will cooperate, Number Six.
Gentlemen, it's time.
I think we are all more than ready for a tea break.
The Group and medical reports will be considered in full
at the resumed hearing of this committee.
(Man on PA) They're right, of course.
Of course, they're right.
They're right, they're right. Quite right!
Quite... right.
I'm inadequate. Inadequate.
I'm inadequate, disharmonious.
I am grateful, truly, truly grateful, truly, truly grateful.
Believe me, believe me, believe me...
Beautiful day, Number 61 .
I might have guessed.
Did you enjoy the show?
There is a saying.
The slowest mule is nearest to the whip.
Yes, I have another.
He who digs a pit will one day lie in it.
Or is Number Two above investigation?
Nobody is above investigation.
Failure to cooperate makes one an outcast.
No more taxis, no more credit.
Believe me, it could be only a beginning.
You should know.
I hope that you do not think that I am a member of this committee?
But of course not. Never.
I assure you, no matter what significance you may hold for me,
to The Village and its committee,
you are merely Citizen Number Six,
who has to be tolerated and if necessary, shaped to fit.
Public enemy Number Six?
If you insist. But public enemies cannot be tolerated indefinitely.
Be careful. Do not defy this committee.
If the hearings go against you, I am powerless to help you.
Ah, my dear.
Number 86 has had valuable experience with the committee.
- As a member? - I suffered the shame of being posted.
- Disharmonious. - How terrible for you.
The hearings were fair and just. I was at fault.
Oh, but this is irrelevant.
With your permission sir, Number Six has a busy schedule.
First the Social Group, then the medical.
Of course. Do carry on.
- No time for tea? - No. Only your future.
First, your frivolous attitude towards the committee. Most dangerous.
The hearings are televised.
That is why your behaviour is so important.
You stand before the entire committee.
The Social Group is your one hope.
Fortunately, I too have been attached to the group.
- Most fortunate. - Oh please, you must try to cooperate.
- I will. - Join in with the Group's spirit.
Naturally.
Only they can help you with the committee.
Naturally.
Come, we are already overdue.
- Females! - No time for tea?
If that woman makes one mistake, we could lose Number Six.
Did you hear that?
Lose him.
There can be no mitigation.
We all have a social obligation to stand together.
I don't contest the validity of the complaint.
- My point is... - No exceptions!
All right. You say you're a poet.
You were composing, when you fail to hear Number 10's greeting.
Neglect of social principle.
Poetry has a social value.
He's trying to divide us.
His intentions are obvious.
To stop us from helping this unfortunate girl.
You're trying to undermine my rehabilitation.
Disrupt my social progress.
Strange talk for a poet.
- Reactionary! - Rebel!
Disharmonious!
(All) Rebel! Reactionary! Rebel! Disharmonious!
Just in time for your medical, Number Six.
Yes, of course.
My medical. Splendid, let's go.
First rate, Number Six.
Life here suits you.
- Are you finished? - No, just the patella reflexes.
Excellent. Fit for any contingency.
Anything specific in mind?
My dear chap, how suspicious you are of us all.
Be seeing you.
(Doctor) Next!
Relax, fellow. Relax.
Are you his keeper?
So excited, all of you. Rushing and shouting.
You ever been in there?
- Not in there. - That's odd.
Not odd, please.
- Different, maybe. - Different?
I'm one of the lucky ones. The happy ones. I was...
Yes?
I was unmutual.
The fellow analysis report submitted by the Social Group
leaves us no choice.
We are bound to classify you as unmutual.
We must warn you, that if any further complaint is lodged against you,
it will be necessary to propose you for the treatment...
known as instant social conversion.
(PA) Your attention, please.
Here is an important announcement.
Number Six has been declared unmutual until further notice.
Any unsocial incident involving Number Six
should be reported immediately to the Appeals Sub-committee.
Thank you for your attention.
Hello?
Hello?!
Hello!
We represent the Appeals Sub-committee.
Quick off the mark. Number 42?
Appeals Sub-committee already? You certainly get around.
Do not sneer at Number 42.
To volunteer for social work of this nature
requires considerable moral courage.
Risk of infection from the untouchables?
Bitterness will not help you, Number Six.
You've brought your misfortune on yourself.
Nevertheless, you ladies, I'm sure...
out of the goodness of your hearts, will help me.
It is clearly premature to look for contrition in the poor creature.
Now, let's see how our loner withstands real loneliness.
And for his own sake, I hope it will not be for long.
Did you hear that? For his own sake. (Sniggers)
(PA) Your attention, please.
Weather. The day will continue warm and sunny,
but with a danger of sudden storms. A reminder.
Coffee, please.
Incidents regarding Unmutuals
should be reported to the Appeals Sub-committee.
Thank you for your attention.
Unmutualism, Number Six. More, you must now agree, than just a game.
They are socially conscious citizens
and are provoked by the loathsome presence of an Unmutual.
They are sheep.
Enough. He insists on rejecting our offer of help, so be it.
There remains but one course open to us.
(Phone bleeps)
- Yes? - I warned you.
The community will not tolerate you indefinitely.
You need a scapegoat .
"Citizens unite, to denounce this menace in our presence".
A scapegoat? Is that what you think it is?
Allow me to assure you that after conversion,
you won't care what it is.
- You just won't care. - Ah, yes.
The ordeal of social conversion.
You'll soon have lasting peace of mind, adjustment to the social system.
- Drugs? - Would drugs be lasting?
What would be lasting
is isolation of the aggressive
frontal lobes of the brain.
(PA) Your attention, please.
Here is an announcement for all staff psychologists and psychiatrists.
Those wishing to study the conversion of Number Six
on the hospital's closed-circuit television,
please report immediately to the hospital common room.
Thank you for your attention.
Splendid, Number Six. Just in time for the procession.
We are using standard equipment.
Unit containing quartz crystal
is activated by a variable electromagnetic field
from these high-voltage condensers... here.
The crystal emits ultrasonic sound waves,
which are bounced off the parabolic reflector... here.
The focal point of the reflector can be seen... here
by use of light waves.
I will now demonstrate the molecular turbulence at the focal point.
The ultrasonic beam is capable of penetrating, whereas the light is not.
Now...
The prime concern is to locate the link point of the frontal lobes.
To do this, we turn to a low voltage rating
and so to speak, "feel" our focal point into place.
We have now located the medial aspect of the left motor area.
Three centimetres in...
1 .5 centimetres up...
0.45 centimetres right...
0.023 centimetres down...
0.0015 up...
Hold the horizontal.
Precise.
The ultrasonic beam is now focused on the exact link point of the frontal lobes.
Lanolin barrier to minimise external cell breakdown and subsequent scar tissue.
Relaxant to preclude muscular reaction.
Now, to step up the voltage until the ultrasonic bombardment
causes permanent dislocation.
You went to sleep, Number Six.
Just at the most interesting point, you went to sleep.
Ah, yes.
Now then, just remember, my boy.
No exertion, no over-excitement, that's not for you any more.
Don't worry, Doctor. I'll keep an eye on him myself.
This?
Largely superfluous,
but I should keep it on, if I were you, for a couple of days.
Just to remind you to take it easy, hm?
Now then, some of us have to get on, huh?
Go home at your leisure, and by the way, congratulations.
Wonderful!
Here he is. Welcome, Number Six.
(Band strikes up)
Welcome, Number Six. Welcome home.
The lamb returns to the fold, eh?
That's right, my dear, the kettle.
To make Number Six a nice, soothing cup of tea.
Celebration drink, eh?
Yes, we can have our little chat later on.
I'll be seeing you both.
You're tired.
Lie down.
Relax.
- Cold. - Cold?
Rug...
Bedroom...
Rug.
Rug?
RUG!
Wardrobe.
Rest well.
(Six) Be seeing you.
Time for our talk, Number Six.
Our talk?
Ah yes. Now that all your aggressive anxieties have been
expunged, let us say "forever",
I know that you will feel free to speak.
- Feel free to... - Particularly about that
little incident which has been causing you such absurd distress.
- (Six Mumbles) - The trivia.
The trivia of your resignation!
Yes, you resigned.
Why? Why prematurely?
Why did you resign?
It's difficult. Need time to think.
- Oh time, that was it was it? - No, it wasn't time!
You couldn't stand your job. You needed time to think.
I'M ASKING YOU, NOT TELLING YOU!
Please don't be angry.
I'm not angry, my dear friend.
That is just the way things seem to be to you.
Because your new world...
...is so quiet by contrast. - Is it?
For you, agitation is a thing of the past.
Lay back and rest, lay back and rest.
We can have our little chat later on.
When you've had time to collect your thoughts.
Strange, very strange.
- What is? - Already he suspects.
The scar, at any rate, is genuine. He'll learn nothing from that.
No, but he suspects already. I gave him eight grains of Mytol.
Suspicion, doubt, these are factors of aggression.
The drug should preclude all such reactions.
- He's still very confused. - He's shocked, as I've anticipated.
Well, he's seen what he thought was the operation.
He should be convinced.
Well, there's certainly no reason for him to suspect that it never really occurred.
Therefore, he must feel that he has undergone the full personality change.
- How long before his next dose? - At least four hours.
Go to him now. Repeat the dose.
Now?!
But sixteen grains of Mytol is quite impossible.
Look!
Already aggressions, suspicions. We cannot afford to have a relapse.
- Yes, but this drug... - Bah, the man is as strong as a bull.
We must simply step up the injections.
(Number Six drumming fingers)
You still have some impatience, impulsiveness.
- Don't you like my dress? - More feminine than slacks.
One thing, though.
I cannot stand girls who don't know how to make a decent cup of tea.
A lesson.
Empty pot, rinse out...
Warm the pot, always.
Rinse out. Now...
One for me, one for thee,
one for the pot...
...one for luck.
Boiling water, switch off, let stand for one moment.
Oh, pour the milk for me, would you please?
Cup, saucer...
...spoon...
Oh, the sugar, please, end cupboard.
Pour. Should be just about nice.
All charmingly domestic.
I think I'd like some tea.
- Sugar? - Thank you.
Excellent, my dear.
Just leave him.
Just leave him to me.
(Dum-da-dum... Drrum!)
Stupid woman!
Number 86, report to Number Two immediately.
Do you hear that? Immediately.
Number 86 report to Number Two immediately.
Repeat, immediately!
Stupid woman! She'll ruin everything!
Be seeing you.
Well, why not? Let him go out.
Feel free. He's safely drugged.
If he has doubts, suspicions even,
a little outside contact will soon reassure him.
- Lovely day. - You were an Unmutual.
Yes, but I was saved by social conversion.
Do you feel different?
(Laughs)
- You should know. - I should?
- Who better? See you soon. - See you.
Back here again?
But not so full of himself now.
Not so much punch in him this time.
We have some unfinished business.
Yeah. Remember, Number Six?
Or perhaps he doesn't feel up to it.
Too much of a social convert this time.
- Planning a funeral? - I have to report.
- On plant life? - To Number Two.
- I want to make him happy. - Really?
I want to make him happy.
The ecstasy of illusion.
- I'm higher. - Really?
- I'm higher than Number Two. - Are you?
I have to report.
Go on, then, report.
She could ruin the whole thing.
Maybe she's watching over Number Six.
Physically? Put out a general call for her.
Number Six as well?
No, he's safe enough here for the time being.
Just the girl.
(PA) Calling Number 86.
Number 86, report immediately to Number Two.
- I have to report. - Of course you do.
86, report to Number Two!
I have to report.
Yes, but first, first, there's something I have to show you.
Very important.
Number Two's orders.
- See? - Watch!
Yes, watch. See?
See the little green light?
When I look at that, I always feel sleepy.
It makes me want to sleep. See?
I am your superior.
Here are my instructions.
Listen carefully. Here is what I want you to do.
I'm going to count from four down to one,
and then you're going to make a full report
on the social conversion of Number Six.
Four...
Three...
Two...
One!
Everything went as planned, sir.
We created the illusion of a full ultrasonic dislocation
of the frontal lobes of the brain.
How was this done?
By using just sound. No ray, no focal point.
The patient lost consciousness?
The result of an intra-dermal injection of Mytol I gave him.
I see. How was the illusion maintained?
The patient is being kept heavily tranquillised.
Well done, 86.
Thank you, sir. Was there anything further?
Yes. Here are your final instructions.
Listen carefully.
This is what I want you to do.
When The Village clock strikes four...
- He's safe, I tell you. - And if the drug wears off?
The drug is good for several hours yet.
If we put out a search for him, it might revive his suspicions, ruin everything.
(Phone)
Yes?
Right.
Out.
My dear man, how kind of you to drop in.
I hope we might continue that little chat we were having...
Why, yes. Clearer in your mind now?
Much clearer and am happier. I want you to know that.
- Such peace of mind. - Only to be expected.
And I resisted. To think I resisted for so long.
Understandable, a man of your training. But now you er...
Everything is clear-cut now. It's quite simple.
Quite so. No more problems, eh?
At long last, we can have our little chat.
- Yes, I hope so. But... - But?
I feel that I ought to tell everyone.
Ah...
You need only tell me. Just me.
Oh yes, yes, of course, but there must be people who
got things, secrets that you want to know.
And if I was to speak out publicly, I might...
Ah yes, inspire the others to speak out also?
- Yes, exactly. - What a good idea, Number Six.
Highly commendable.
And be assured that I shall record all this in my report.
I'll be able to thank everyone.
The committee, the ladies' appeal, for their help.
For bringing to me total social conversion?
Now, what could be more natural?
Your attention, please. Here is an exciting announcement.
Following his successful social conversion,
Number Six has expressed the touching desire
to address you all in person.
All of you who are not otherwise occupied,
should come immediately to the Village Square.
Thank you for your attention.
There is a proverb.
"That he who ploughs a straight furrow needs owe for nothing."
They come. And just remember... no over-excitement, please, huh.
Fellow citizens...
(Cheering)
You're cheering me, you're cheering me,
that is a mistake.
It is Number Two you should applaud.
(Cheering)
Until he brought about my social conversion,
and believe me, it was him, and not your committee,
until then, I was a rebel, an Unmutual,
senselessly resisting this, our fine community.
(Applause)
To borrow one of Number Two's sayings...
"the butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart."
Some of you have resisted in the past,
have withheld knowledge which is important to Number Two.
Now, thanks to social conversion, I want to tell you all something.
And I trust that my example
will inspire you all to tell... to tell...
(Clock strikes four)
Number Two is unmutual... unmutual!
Social conversion for Number Two! The Unmutual!
Number 86 has a confession that Number Two is unmutual.
- Unmutual! - Look at him!
An Unmutual, who desires to deceive you all.
Your welfare committee
is the tool of those who wish to possess your minds!
(All) Unmutual! Unmutual!
You still have a choice.
You can still salvage your rights to be individuals.
Your right to truth and free thought.
Reject this false world of Number Two.
Reject it now!
(All) Unmutual! Unmutual!
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