Rectify (TV Series)

Sexual Peeling (2013)

Aden Young: Daniel Holden

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• Daniel Holden : Now that I'm here in this world where everything's marked by hours or dates or events, I find myself in a state of constant anticipation. What it is I'm anticipating, I'm not always sure, nor is it necessarily a pleasant feeling. But in the case of the inevitable rain and thunder which I am sure to experience, thanks to you Tawney, I am very much looking forward to that.

  Tawney Talbot : It will be glorious, Daniel. You won't be disappointed.

• Daniel Holden : The place where I was had no windows, just these thick walls surrounded by more thick walls. So I never knew if it was raining or even heard the loudest thunder.

  Tawney Talbot : That's so sad.

  Daniel Holden : It's not as bad as it sounds because I didn't sense things in a normal way, I didn't miss them. If I couldn't sense them, they weren't real to me.

  Tawney Talbot : What was real to you, Daniel?

  Daniel Holden : The time in between the seconds. And my books. And my friend.

• Daniel Holden : [referring to a bottle of Smart Water]  Does this work?

  Mr. Patel : Not miracles, I would think.

• Daniel Holden : Word gets back before you do. Decent guys on the row won't look at you now, they're too embarrassed for you. Then there are the ones who when you pass by their cells they look at you with the basest form of curiosity, Ted, like you are some freak show and they want to get all their money's worth because more than anything, they're aroused by another's shame. You know? And there is a very special group on the row, who look at you with this look like... how can I describe it for you Ted so you can really understand it. It's like they pull you into their cell and not just do things to you, but literally consume you. Take your breath. Eat your heart. And shit you out like you were nothing.

  [pause] 

  Daniel Holden : I'm sorry. I'm sure that was more than you were... But it is difficult to gauge things in this world. Like you, I suppose, hard to know where the lines are.

• Tawney Talbot : Personally, I like the fall a lot, but I also... I love it when it rains on a hot summer day, even though that's technically not a season.

  Daniel Holden : What is it that you love about rain on a hot summer's day?

  Tawney Talbot : Hum. Calms me down... makes the plants happy. And the thunder, I love the thunder. It makes me think of God, but not in a bad way.

• Daniel Holden : I'm just so aware that most of what I draw on from inside my head are things I've read about. My real life experiences are actually rather narrow. I don't think about the seasons, not for the longest time, anyway.

  Tawney Talbot : I'm sorry.

  Daniel Holden : I don't mean to sound pitiful.

  Tawney Talbot : Oh no, you don't, not really.

  Daniel Holden : I don't feel that way, sorry for myself. I do feel I am being received sometimes that way, by others. And I know I have a part in that somehow, I just don't have it figured out yet.

  Tawney Talbot : That will probably take some time, figuring things out.

• Ted Jr. : So my buddies said you could have conjugal visits on death row. I told them it was all BS, more like an urban legend.

  Daniel Holden : There are no conjugal visits.

  Ted Jr. : I knew it! You couldn't even touch another person, right?

  Daniel Holden : No touching.

• Daniel Holden : Maybe it was when they first saw something akin to optimism on your face, or a bit of peace, or just that moment when you begin to believe that you could survive it in some paradoxical way. I don't know why they did it. Justification is a slippery slope, Ted.