The Old Man (TV Series)

III (2022)

Leem Lubany: Young Abbey Chase

Quotes 

• Young Dan Chase : [escorts four Afghan women to the village laundry wash]  Mind if we join you? Your English is good.

  Young Abbey Chase : Thank you.

  Young Dan Chase : University abroad? Or Kabul?

  [no response] 

  Young Dan Chase : I'm not who you think I am. Want to help your husband win this war. That's it. There's no other agenda here. Do you believe me?

  Young Abbey Chase : When I was seven years old, my parents told me we were moving to Ohio. They were professors, and they secured positions at the university there. I was weeks away from being a little girl from Columbus. I remember the pamphlets on my father's desk. The pictures of young people, so full of hope. I would stare at them for hours. I wanted to be them. Then came the coup here. And plans changed. And things got dark. Next Americans I knew... were from the CIA, working so very hard to bend our war to their purpose. That's when I realized there's two kinds of Americans. The kind so determined to be better, there's no progress they believe to be out of their reach. And the other kind, the monsters so determined to be right, there is no violence they believe to be unjustified to secure their ends. Until I know which kind you are, I will assume the worst and protect my husband from it.

  [villages observe a cargo plane drop] 

  Young Dan Chase : [Dari]  Four cases of M21 sniper rifles. With scopes.

  [English subtitles] 

  Young Dan Chase : [returns to English]  I'm not who you think I am. I'm no monster.