Marco Polo (TV Series)

Prisoners (2014)

Lorenzo Richelmy: Marco Polo

Quotes 

• Marco Polo : [in chains]  Respectfully, Lord Khan we reap what we sow.

  Kublai Khan : You speak recklessly.

  Marco Polo : I speak honestly. You deserve honesty. You believe I should not conquer the West? On the contrary, Lord Khan. The most common law of nature and of man is to take what has been mandated by God or by the swords and arrows you command. You claim both. But you must be prepared for the resistance of the lionhearted. And the West is not weak.

• Prince Jingim : In our culture, your first hunt, as in many things in life, is a very lonely enterprise. You're cast into the wilderness with nothing more than a bow and an arrow, and instructed not to return without meat. For the kingdom. It can take a day, a week. Some never return. What do you think is the most vital trait for the hunter to possess?

  Marco Polo : Please, Jingim, do not mar my final hours.

  Prince Jingim : Patience. I saw its horns first. Grand, stretching to the heavens and catching the morning light. A mighty trophy. I set my arrow, took aim. He was gone. But I had a feeling about him and so I waited another night. It was so cold, I wanted to run home. A handful of kills passed me by. I could have slain them all, returned triumphant, dipped my finger in the fat of the kill, been deemed a man and slept in my own bed. But I waited. As I felt the sun warm me the next morning there it was, passing between the trees. My father was so proud. Patience. Patience to ensure that true aim finds the true target.

  Marco Polo : An innocent target, whose offense was crossing paths at the wrong time, with the wrong person.

  Prince Jingim : Death. Another lonely enterprise. May your God accompany you, Master Polo. You will need it more than I.

• Yusuf : Altruism still? Even in the face of your execution?

  Marco Polo : Not purely. I'm not afraid to die, but I'm terrified to do so while branded a traitor.

  Yusuf : What is the entirety you spoke of earlier? What else made you stay?

  Marco Polo : The moment the Khan gave me the choice to deliver my father from death. He is a good man.

• [last lines] 

  Marco Polo : I thought I had until dawn.

  Yusuf : The final battle looms. Be decisive in your victory. You are released from this prison. But *I* am truly free.

  [steps inside the cell]