By far, the best Griceian bit in "Imitation Game"

Speranza

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EXT. SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOR BOYS - DAY - 1927

Young Alan and Christopher sit under a tree, the school in the distance.

Alan is going through a crossword puzzle, Christopher is reading a book.

 

Their legs are touching affectionately without either even knowing, like two people who are effortlessly comfortable with one another.

YOUNG ALAN: What’s that you’re reading?

Christopher shows him: “A Guide to Codes and Cyphers.”

CHRISTOPHER: It’s about cryptography.

YOUNG ALAN: What’s cryptography?

CHRISTOPHER: It’s complicated. You wouldn’t understand.

YOUNG ALAN: I’m only fourteen months younger than you. Don’t treat me like a child.

CHRISTOPHER: Cryptography is the science of codes.

YOUNG ALAN: Like secret messages?

CHRISTOPHER

Not secret. That’s the brilliant

part. Messages that anyone can see, but no one knows what they mean, unless you have the key.

YOUNG ALAN (confused): How is that different from talking?

CHRISTOPHER: Talking?

YOUNG ALAN: When people talk to each other they never say what they mean. They say

something else. And you’re supposed to just know what they mean. Only, I never do. So how is that
different?

CHRISTOPHER (handing him the book): Alan, I have a funny feeling that you’re going to be very good at this.

CUT TO EXT. SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOR BOYS - DORMITORY - EVENING.