The Originals (TV Series)

Always and Forever (2013)

Charles Michael Davis: Marcel Gerard

Quotes 

• Marcel Gerard : You know I owe you everything I got, but I'm afraid I have to draw the line on this one. This is my business. I control the witches in my town. Let's just leave it at that.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Your town?

  Marcel Gerard : Damn straight.

  Klaus Mikaelson : That's funny, because when I left 100 years ago, you were just a pathetic little scrapper still trembling from the lashes of the whips of those who would keep you down, and now look at you. Master of your domain. Prince of the city. I'd like to know how.

  Marcel Gerard : Why? Jealous? Hey, man, I get it. Three hundred years ago, you helped build a backwater penal colony into something. You started it, but then you left. Actually, you ran from it. I saw it through. Look around. Vampires rule this city now. We don't have to live in the shadows like rats. The locals know their place. They look the other way. I got rid of the werewolves. I even found a way to shut down the witches. The blood never stops flowing and the party never ends. You wanna pass on through? You wanna stay a while? Great. What's mine is yours, but it is mine. My home, my family, my rules.

  Klaus Mikaelson : And if someone breaks those rules?

  Marcel Gerard : They die. Mercy is for the weak. You taught me that, too. And I'm not the prince of the Quarter, friend. I'm the king. Show my some respect!

• Marcel Gerard : It's good to see you.

  Klaus Mikaelson : It's good to be home. Although please tell me the current state of Bourbon Street is not your doing.

  Marcel Gerard : Something's gotta draw in the out-of-towners. Otherwise we'd all go hungry.

  Klaus Mikaelson : I see your friends are daywalkers.

  Marcel Gerard : Yeah, yeah, I shared the secret of your daylight ring with a few buddies. Just the inner circle, though. The family.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Tell me. How did you find a witch will to make daylight rings?

  Marcel Gerard : I got the witches around here wrapped around my finger.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Is that so? I'm looking for a witch by the name of Jane-Anne Deveraux. Has some business with me.

• Marcel Gerard : [seeing him]  Niklaus Mikaelson! My mentor, my savior, my sire. Let's get you a drink.

• Marcel Gerard : [as he drinks]  Oh, how's your family?

  Klaus Mikaelson : Those who live hate me more then ever.

  Marcel Gerard : Ah, forget 'em. If your blood relations let you down, you make your own, eh? You taught me that. And what's mine is yours, as always. Even my nightwalkers and the riff-raff.

• Klaus Mikaelson : [upset, after watching Marcel execute Jane-Anne]  What was that?

  Marcel Gerard : Hey, come walk with me. The witches aren't allowed to do magic her. She broke the rules.

  Klaus Mikaelson : I told you I wanted to talk to her!

  Marcel Gerard : Hey, I'm sorry. I got caught up in the show. Those witches, they think that they still have power in this town. I have to show them that they don't. I never waste an opportunity for a show of force. Another lesson that I learned from you. And besides, anything that you could've gotten outta her, I can find out for you, and I will. I promise.

• Marcel Gerard : [as they greet each other]  Klaus.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Marcel.

  Marcel Gerard : Must be a hundred years since that nasty business with your papa.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Has it been that long?

  Marcel Gerard : The way I recall it, he ran you outta town. Left a trail of dead vampires in his wake.

  Klaus Mikaelson : And yet how fortunate you managed to survive. My father, I'm afraid, I recently incinerated to dust.

  Marcel Gerard : Well, if I'd known you were coming back to town, if I had a heads-up...

  Klaus Mikaelson : What, Marcel? What would you have done?

  Marcel Gerard : [happily]  I'd have thrown you a damn parade!

• Marcel Gerard : I get it. A show of force. You made your point. Let it go, friend, ah? For me?

  Klaus Mikaelson : Fine. Why don't you show me what you've done with the place, while you explain exactly what it is you've been up to in my town.

• Marcel Gerard : [looking out over the city]  Look at that skyline, huh? That there, that's progress. More hotels, more tourists, more fresh blood. And the humans? I taught them to look the other way.

  Klaus Mikaelson : And what of the witches? In my time, they were a force to be reckoned with, and now they live in fear. How do you know when they're using magic?

  Marcel Gerard : Maybe I got a secret weapon, an ace up my sleeve; something that gives me complete control over all the magic in this town.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Hmm? Is that a fact?

  Marcel Gerard : Might be. Maybe I'm just bluffing.

• Marcel Gerard : Hey, man. Where'd you run off to?

  Klaus Mikaelson : You mean your minions aren't still documenting my every move?

  Marcel Gerard : Someone put you in a mood. What can I do?

  Klaus Mikaelson : What you can do is you can tell me what this thing is you have with the witches.

  Marcel Gerard : Oh, we're back to that?

• Marcel Gerard : [to Klaus]  What's mine is yours but it is mine!

• Marcel Gerard : I assume it's all quiet out there?

  Davina Claire : The witches know better than to use magic. They know I can sense it when they do. What about the Old Ones?

  [shakes her head] 

  Davina Claire : They're dangerous, and I don't want them to hurt you.

  Marcel Gerard : The Originals? Davina, as powerful as you are?

  [shakes his head] 

  Marcel Gerard : They don't stand a chance.