Major Henry West Secondary to protection, our real job is to rebuild. Start again.
3rd most-quoted character in 28 Days Later (2002): in 14 of its 66 quotes
Most scenes with: Jim (4)
...and lastly, meet Mailer. Mailer, Jim. Jim, Mailer. Got infected two days ago. Mitchell managed to knock him out cold and get a chain around his neck.
More lines from Major Henry West
9 quotes Major Henry West Major Henry West This is what I've seen in the four weeks since infection: people killing people. Which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, as far back as I care to remember- people killing people. Which, to my mind, puts us in a state of normality right now.
Major Henry West Since it began, who have you killed? You wouldn't be alive now if you hadn't killed somebody.
Major Henry West [Just before shooting Jim]
You killed all my boys.
Major Henry West The answer to infection. Well, as I said before, it's here- though it may not be quite what you imagined.
Major Henry West Eight days ago, I found Jones with his gun in his mouth. He said he was going to kill himself because there was no future. What could I say to him? We fight off the infected or we wait until they starve to death... and then what? What do nine men do except wait to die themselves? I moved us from the blockade, and I set the radio broadcasting, and I promised them women. Because women mean a future.
Major Henry West [About Private Mailer]
The idea was to learn something about infection. Have him teach me. (Jim asks, "Has he?") In a way. He's telling me he'll never bake bread, plant crops, raise livestock. He's telling me he's futureless. And eventually, he'll tell me how long the infected take to starve to death.
Major Henry West Have you met our 'new age' sergeant? Our 'spiritual guru'? Tell me, Farrell, why exactly did you join the Army in the first place?
Major Henry West Flat terrain all around the house. Floodlights, which we've rigged up to a generator. High perimeter wall, which helps. And we've been lacing the ground with trip wires and land mines. You wouldn't want to mow the lawn, but if they get in, we hear them.
Scenes with Major Henry West
4 scenes Major Henry West [The group has been taken in by the soldiers responsible for the radio transmission.]
So, you heard our broadcast.
Yeah, we did.
West We must be a disappointment. You were hoping for a full brigade. An army base, with helicopters and a field hospital.
I was just, uh, hoping for —
West "The answer to infection."
Yeah.
West Well, as I said before, it's here... though it may not be quite what you imagined.
Just feel very lucky to have found you.
West You were lucky. The fire drove hundreds of infected out of Manchester. The surrounding area is teeming with them. But don't worry- you're quite safe here.
West [West brings Jim to the infected soldier Mailer, kept chained in the yard.]
Got infected two days ago. Mitchell managed to knock him out cold, and we got a chain around his neck.
You're keeping him alive?
West The idea was to learn more about infection. Have him teach me.
And... has he?
West In a way. [he kneels near Mailer, inducing a fit of groaning and thrashing] He's telling me he'll never bake bread, plant crops, raise livestock. He's telling me he's futureless. And eventually, he'll tell me how long the infected take to starve to death.
West I promised them women.
What?
West Eight days ago, I found Jones with his gun in his mouth. He said he was going to kill himself because there was no future. What could I say to him? We fight off the infected or we wait until they starve to death... and then what? What do nine men do except wait to die themselves? I moved us from the blockade, and I set the radio broadcasting, and I promised them women. Because women mean a future.
Major West Who have you killed?
What?
Major West Since it began, who have you killed? You wouldn't be alive right now if you hadn't killed somebody.
I killed... I killed a boy.
Major West A child?
Yeah.
Major West But you had to kill him. Otherwise he'd have killed you. Survival. I understand. I promised them women.
What?
Major West Eight days ago, I found Jones with his gun in his mouth. He said he was going to kill himself because there was no future. What could I say to him? We fight off the infected or we wait until they starve to death, and then what? What do nine men do except wait to die themselves? I moved us from the blockade, I set the radio broadcasting and I promised them women. Because women mean a future.
