This is a clip of David Strathairn's monologue in the US TV series "The Equalizer", from 1988, with Edward Woodward.The clip is taken from episode 2 of Season 4; "Sea of Fire", first broadcast on 2 November 1988.McCall (Woodward) is trying to educate some high school kids that have drifted into a gang, and takes them to visit Srathairn's character who used to be an assassin (good education).Of interest, and according to Wikipedia, this monologue from Strathairn spawned a Canadian series called "Matrix".