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What?

Why are they after you?

Has something happened to me?

- How... - Listen to me.

Tell them all I got out.

Something happened to me. I was in New York.

Go to 554.

554 what?

- Tell her... - Tell me, where am I?

You're...

You're not from here?

I don't even know how I got to this place.

You... are... a bloody... miracle.

Be seeing you.

Hello.

Taxi.

Where to?

I need to get to a rail road station.

A rail what?

A train. Take me to the nearest town if you have to.

Hey, man, I just do local destinations, OK?

What's the matter? I need to get out of here.

Hey, man, I don't know what you're talking about. Trains and rail roads.

I'm sorry. I'm just trying to get my bearings here, all right?

Hey, it's OK.

- Where is this place? - This? This is the Village.

Yeah, but what village?

What gives with you? This is the Village and I do local destinations.

Hey, hey, hey! You crazy?

Hey, can you help me?

I need you to help me.

Let's dance first.

I don't know how I got here.

You've never been to Club More? Are you OK?

What's going on?

Hey, hey, hey.

Why am I in this place?

You're in the Village. Where else would you be?

Are you sick or something?

I must be.

I can't seem to get a hold of any of this.

They're after me.

Hey, where to now, my friend?

- Drive. Just drive. - OK.

You know, I thought I'd lost you.

You know, this job is crazy.

The hours I do... Man, I never see my wife, never see my kid.

I have got to get out of this. You understand?

Yeah.

Is that your little girl?

Oh, yeah.

That's my 832.

Here, let me tell you. I got her this little bike, right?

I have never seen anything like it.

What did you say her name was?

Name? It's 8... 3... 2.

If I asked you to take me to 554...?

Well, I'd say now you're talking.

She's over there.

Specials tonight are beef noodle wrap and warm feta salad wrap.

And for dessert we have my own favourite - cinnamon, fig and honey wrap.

Do you have anything that's not a wrap?

Why would we?

- I'll stick with a coffee for now, thank you. - OK.

Can I have one coffee, please?

Actually, I've a message for you.

From an old man.

- 93? - Mm.

- Is he OK? - He wanted me to tell you he got away.

He said I had to find you.

- No, please, don't involve me in this. - Involve you in what?

Who was this guy and why was...

Why was he being chased by those...

I don't know what they are but they're after me now.

He was just a drunk who used to come in here and talk lots of crazy talk.

If he's got himself in trouble, that's got nothing to do with me.

I have to go. I can't let them see me with you.

Why did he want me to find you? He must have had a reason.

He got away?

Yes.

I didn't believe him. I didn't believe...

Go out through the back.

Please. Help me get out of here.

Get up and walk.

How can I get up? How can I walk?

How long have I been here?

You know you are 6.

Please, I'm nobody.

I don't know anything. Please.

But you do. You are 6.

You are Village.

The truth is right inside you, 6.

Knock-knock.

It's you.

And I thought you just wanted to dance with me.

How long have I been here?

Well, you've been sleeping awhile.

I thought I was... dying.

Help... me.

What's happening to me?

I wish you wouldn't fight it.

Fight what?

Please, let me help you.

I don't want your help, lady. I want to get the hell out of here.

Look, here's what's going to happen.

I'm going to fetch you a cold drink

and then someone is going to take you home.

You're a free man.

I'd like to speak to the American Consul, please.

Look. See how the sun makes it all glow.

The kind of day that makes you glad to be alive.

Why are you keeping me here?

I see no locked doors.

They were after me.

Ooh, that sounds terribly ominous.

Why am I here? It has nothing to do with me, any of this.

- I've seen you before. - Really?

What were you doing in the mountains, 6?

I was... I was... er... lost.

I mean, I have no idea how I got here.

What did you call me?

Look, something's wrong here.

Yes, you are wrong, 6.

Do not call me that. I am not 6.

- Show me your ID papers. - I don't have any papers.

You just put them there.

You were seen in the mountains. What have you done with 93?

I don't know anything about 93.

Where is the old man?

You can't do this to me.

I don't care who you are. Do you hear me?

Now, I want to get back to New York.

That's not possible.

There is no New York.

There is only the Village.

We've been here before.

It all feels familiar, I know that.

- This is my home? - You must be doing something right.

No, I mean...

You can't escape it.

My apartment in...

Oh, it's Wonkers.

This is where you belong.

We interrupt this programming for the following...

Can you just sign this to say that everything's in order?

I'm signing nothing, pal.

The Palais today identified the missing villager as 93, a man in his late 70s,

last seen heading north into the desert two nights ago.

93 is well known to hospital stafffollowing a history of Stage 7 mental unwellness.

He also suffers from shortness of breath, dizzy spells and a weak heart.

But we wish him well and hope to report his discovery imminently,

if not sooner.

Hey.

- What can I do you for? - I'd like to buy a map.

- Street or topographic? - Biggest one you've got.

- That's the biggest? - Pull her out.

That's it.

Buy one, get one free.

Why the hell would I want two maps?

Makes a perfect gift.

Big enough for you?

Here we are.

You are here.

That's the Palais 2.

Wow, being the appropriate word.

- That's the clinic and... - Where's the road out of here?

Oh, you crack me up, 6!

You've not seen me before.

No, sir. You, I would remember.

But you know my...

Welcome to the Village. Everybody knows everybody.

Be seeing you.

6!

6, wait.

Why are you calling me that?

Well, I think that it suits you. 6.

I like it.

- 6, where do you think you're going? - Home.

You won't get far.

Is there nothing I can say that'll make you wait?

You can tell me the truth.

What the hell is this place?

You're one of us.

That's the truth.

Whoa! Hey!

No, man, not my car! Come on!

Do you think I could use your phone? Mine's been stolen.

Yeah.

Go ahead.

Actually, I lied. I lost it.

I'm always losing my phone.

I hate leaving messages, don't you?

I noticed you cos you look like you're waiting for someone.

- Maybe I am. - Who are you waiting for?

Don't answer that.

I'm late again.

Traffic is the same on the GW as the Jersey Turnpike.

It's hell on four wheels out there.

If you want my advice, get off your butt and walk. It's total gridlock

after some kind of gas explosion in the heart of Brooklyn.

Hey. You got my phone.

Oh.

I'd say sorry but I promised myself I'd stop apologising to men.

Having a party?

Yeah, you wanna come?

Can't make it tonight.

Oh.

There's no party, anyway.

That's what I thought. Drinking alone.

I'm celebrating.

Oh, yeah? What?

Uh...

...escape.

You were talking to someone.

You shouldn't listen to other people's conversations.

It's rude.

How come you were interested in my life back there if it doesn't exist?

Of course I'm interested.

I want to help you with these delusions.

I can't leave here, can I?

Why would you want to leave?

Why would you even think such a thing?

All right, Doctor.

My delusion is... I met a woman the other night.

And I invited her back to my apartment.

Did she come back...

to your apartment?

I don't know.

What's that?

I haven't opened it yet.

It's from the clinic.

What's it say?

We've been summonsed...

to the clinic.

What for?

An appointment with 2.

Oh, dear.

It says something else here at the bottom.

So this guy at the hospital, he wants to know where 93's body is.

Why?

That's not a delusion.

That's happening here right now.

If you did see 93.

Is that why they set me free?

To let you loose on me?

The caring, sharing doctor with the big beautiful eyes and the nice drolly smile.

Soften me up, get me to talk?

Of course you doubt me. You doubt everything.

But that's not you speaking, 6.

That's your condition.

My condition... is that I'm being held here against my will.

Pink district.

Cabins 29 to 63.

Yellow district.

Cabins 309 to 357.

Green district. Apartments 51 to 299.

Can you see, 6, how I might wonder why you are here,

if, as you claim, you know nothing about 93?

I came here to find out who this man 93 is.

And now that you're here...

...do you see what he was?

A drunk.

A fool.

Maybe he drank because he found the lie of this place unbearable.

He knew what I know.

- The Village is not all that there is. - What is it you're suggesting?

A hole in the sky, aliens landing secretly in the night?

A mysterious road that leads beyond, beyond, beyond?

A magic gateway, perhaps?

Some portal leading into never-never land?

Take a look outside, 6.

People going about their lives, strolling in the sun, sitting together in the park,

or anywhere where they might choose to sit together.

They take a scooter ride, go dancing,

enjoy a beer in the café while they gaze about the Village.

Contented.

Hopeful.

Every day above ground is a good day.

The problem is in your mind.

Well...

I want out.

You've tried that. There is no "out".

There is only "in".

Now, you can go on tormenting yourself if that's what you want.

Or you can stop.

If 93 were no more than a drunk,

a fool, as you say,

then why were they chasing after him,

shooting at him?

Because 93 found something.

And if he can do it, I can.

I pity you, 6.

You refuse to open your mind to the possibility that you're wrong.

If I open my mind...

you'll take it away from me.

We might.

But we will always give it back.

Did 93 show you this? I need to know.

Did he talk to you about this?

Are there other drawings?

554, please. 93 must have trusted you.

There has to be a reason he told me to come to you.

What is this? What does this do?

I'm going to meet my boyfriend.

I'm sorry.

Please help me.

Please.

93 said the drawings were from his other life.

Before the Village.

That's all I know.

You have to leave me alone now.

And you are here to receive a medal for services to the Village.

And you should keep the medal with you at all times.

And when you met No.6,

what did you make of him?

He was a little strange.

W-Well, I...

He was loop the loop.

No.6 has been dealt with, so he is no longer a worry to us.

And there was another thing in the summons?

Er... yeah.

It said er... to bring cake.

With cherries in it.

Ooh, did you?

Yeah. Um...

No, leave it there.

My dear Villagers, perhaps 2 could interrupt your day in the sun,

to relate the grave news that we have discovered No.93's body in the mountains.

Sadly, the old man had succumbed to a weak heart.

He spoke briefly to emergency staff,

before dying en route to the hospital.

His last words were to honourthe Village

and request the Anthem be sung in his name.

If you tell me what you know,

I promise you, I won't come back.

Breathe in, breathe out.

Village life goes on.

Do you want something to drink?

93 was convinced that his dreams meant that he had another life before this one.

He started saying things.

That we're prisoners here.

Prisoners?

I've said too much. I don't even know who you are.

It's OK. You can trust me.

I am not one of them.

I dream this all the time. What is it?

This is more real than anything out there.

This is the first bit of hope since I got here.

There are others like us, who dream, and they got to thinking that 93 escaped.

You think there are others?

- Do you? - Are you for real?

I promise you...

you're safe with me.

I'll see you at the café tomorrow.

What is it, 11-12?

Why is 6 so convinced there is another place?

Hm.

Because for people like 6, life is not enough.

The simple life.

They want to escape it.

What are you doing here?

Oh... well, I was just trying to find out what you're doing here.

Do something for me, will you?

Lie down beside me.

Er... you're supposed to be trying to convince me you're sane.

Come on.

OK.

Right.

100 billion stars.

Over and over, billions of galaxies.

And that is just what we can see.

Can you honestly tell me that the Village is all that there is?

Of course not.

There has to be life out there somewhere.

Perhaps another Village.

Oh, it's um... 400 billion, by the way.

Look at me.

Isaac Newton,

Galileo,

Plato, Socrates.

Karl Marx, Groucho Marx.

Darwin. Surely Darwin?

Kennedy, Bob Dylan, David Beckham...

Who invented the telephone?

Oh, uh...

Alexander Graham Bell. The light bulb?

512.

Everyone says it was Edison. It was Joseph Swan.

Where do these names come from, these memories?

I was taught this stuff by a lady named Mrs Radcliffe, my teacher.

Where does that come from?

Tell me about Mrs Radcliffe.

You're humouring me.

Tell me anyway.

OK, she had a big blue nose, skin like a crocodile.

She actually looked more like a man in a dress.

Notjust a man, but a boxer.

I like her already.

Do you know what a crocodile is?

Are you trying to trap me?

Yes.

No.

Yes.

Are you trying to trap me?

Yes.

No.

Tell me about the woman.

I resigned today.

- That's why you're celebrating? - Alone.

Too bad.

Um... I go this way.

Oh.

Really?

Really.

Uh... what's your name?

Lucy.

Lucy?

Well, I'd like to get to know you, Lucy.

Maybe you can.

I'd like to get to know you tonight.

Well, maybe you can.

Maybe you can.

♪ Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there

♪ If you trust and never doubt

♪ He will surely bring you out

♪ Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there

What's going on?

You know what it is, 6.

93 deserves a decent burial.

You didn't find his body.

93 is gone.

He escaped.

He found the way out.

If 93 found the way out,

6 can convince himself that there is an out.

6 must try to escape because 6 knows there is nothing to escape from.

In his mind, in his soul,

6 knows that 6 is 6.

Hey, man. Need a cab?

Why would I need a cab if I'm going into a café?

People who go into cafés come out of cafés.

And sometimes they might need a cab.

Well, I don't know if I'll need a cab.

- Why are you hassling me, anyway? - Hey, 6, I like you.

You're a likeable man.

And I like giving rides in my cab to people I like.

Sometimes being nice is uh...

Well, it's just being nice.

Hey.

I'll always be here if you need me.

Thanks.

If you're crawling through traffic hoping to escape for the weekend, think hard.

Did you hear that?

...It's hell on four wheels.

Total gridlock after some kind of gas explosion in the heart of Brooklyn.

They put glue on his face, snuffed him out like a...

...snuffed him out like a candle. Now he's dead.

We need some help here.

Hey.

I'm glad I met you, 6.

I'm glad I told you.

Perhaps we can escape together.

When you're better.

93 said...

He said...

...follow the towers.

Please back away, sir. Please back away.

Keep calm now.

Was there a bomb?

What is it, terrorists, some kind of resistance? Tell me.

You should have stayed away from her.

You're saying this is my fault? You tell me, damn it!

- What's the matter with you? - Can't you see?

It's coming out of every pore of my body. I'm scared.

Look, um...

Sometimes, not very often, something like this happens.

And everything goes back to normal. Things... settle down.

They do it for us.

Just, please, don't... make things worse, 6.

I promise you...

you're safe with me.

2!

Do you hear me?

She's gone! You did that!

She knew there was a way out of here!

I'm gonna find it!

I will find a way to escape!

...escape!

Hear me!

I am not a number!

I'm a free man!

Aaargh!