Lost, Season Six

Sawyer:
Do you read?

The Man in Black:
Doesn't everybody?

Sawyer:
You ever read Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck, it's my favorite.

The Man in Black:
No, a little after my time.

Sawyer:
It's about these two guys, George and Lenny. Lenny's kinda slow... causin' George problems... so George walks him into the woods and tells him to look out yonder and picture the pretty little house they're gonna live in some day. Then he shoots Lenny in the back of the head.

The Man in Black:
That doesn't sound like a very happy ending.

Sawyer:
[Sawyer puts a gun to the back of MIB's head] It ain't.

The Man in Black:
Something on your mind, James?

Sawyer:
I'm wondering what would happen if I was to put a bullet in your head?

The Man in Black:
Let's find out?

Sawyer:
[Sawyer hesitates and lowers the gun] What are you?

The Man in Black:
What I am is trapped. And I've been trapped for so long that I don't even remember what it feels like to be free. Maybe you can understand that. But before I was trapped, I was a man, James. Just like you.

Sawyer:
I'm havin' a hard time believin' that...

The Man in Black:
You can believe whatever you want, that's the truth. I know what it's like to feel joy... to feel pain, anger, fear... to experience betrayal. I know what it's like to lose someone you love. So if you wanna shoot me, shoot me. But you're so close, James. It would be such a shame to turn back now.