Marcel Gerard quotes from The Originals

Marcel

They're putting eyes and ears out everywhere, daywalkers are working every contact we got, cops, dockworkers, guys in the Treme, the word is out, anyone trying to earn favor with me gets a lifetime levity if they find them.

Elijah

Good, I need a pen and paper.

Marcel

Hey, am I taking orders from you now or are we in this together?

Elijah

Pen and paper Marcel, now.

Marcel

Look, I want her back just as much as you do you know, both of them.

Mikael

You're a lucky man. Men search the world over for a woman like her.

Marcel

Well, she's taken, friend.

Mikael

Oh, I can see that. It's just that she reminds me so much of my departed wife as a girl. See, I've been traveling for such a long time that it's a blessing to see a familiar soul so far from home.

Marcel

I'm sorry for your loss.

Mikael

Here's to old faces in new places. I've been in New Orleans for a day, and I find it to be quite surprising. Had I known of its charm and fascinating denizens, I would have come ages ago. Don't supposed I have to thank you for extending this invitation.

Marcel

Who are you ?

Mikael

Oh, you're a smart man. I think you know. I'm an intelligent man myself, so have a seat. Let me tell you what I learned about you this afternoon, Marcel Gerard. You chafe under the control of my son Niklaus and would do just about anything to get rid if him, even call the one man on this earth who hates him more than you do, but I couldn't understand what you hoped to gain. Rule of this city? Well, as I said, New Orleans has its charms, but to call me? The one they call 'The Destroyer', the one who's burnt cities far more charming to the ground in pursuit of his children? But now I see. You did it for love, the love of my daughter.

Marcel

Don't you dare touch her.

Mikael

Mm, so I'm going to make you a promise. I won't hurt Rebekah. Truth be told, she was always my favorite. And this city, you can have it, but first...you must tell me where to find my son.

Cami

Not that that wasn't totally worth it, but it can never happen again.

Marcel

What if one of us craves another julep?

Marcel

I want you and all the guys who walked out on Klaus to join me.

Rounding up an army?

Marcel

Can't take back the city without one.

Marcel

See, I have this thing about kids...

Hayley

So I've heard.

Marcel

You've done more than hear about it, Andrea Lebonair. You're living proof.

Klaus

Think very carefully before you speak. The sound of your voice is likely to make me regret what mercy I've shown thus far.

Marcel

Yeah, yeah, I'm on your who's been naughty list.

Cami

Tell me about the key.

Marcel

I thought you said you didn't want to know.

Cami

I'd like to say I slept on it, but I didn't sleep. I stayed awake all night next to the body of a hexed priest only to attend a funeral filled with vampires so I'm thinking you should tell me about the key.

Marcel Gerard

I'm not looking for tough guys, Josh. I'm looking for warriors.

What's the difference?

Klaus Mikaelson

[entering] A warrior fights for what they believe in. A warrior fights for his family.

Marcel Gerard

[entering the room] I bet you want a new adviser right about now.

Cami O'Connell

(about Vincent) Who is he, Marcel? I mean, really?

Marcel Gerard

Long story shot is... impossible.

Cami O'Connell

I checked the school website. Vincent Griffith has no other academic credentials. And, according to my Uncle Kieran's big book of New Orlean's bloodlines, Griffith is a family of witches.

Marcel Gerard

Oh, it's worse than that. Your therapist has a thousand-year-old dead vampire inside of him named...Finn Mikaelson.

Cami O'Connell

(in complete shock) My advisor is Klaus' brother? Oh God, Marcel! He came into Rousseau's today asking questions about Klaus, and ordered my favorite drink like he's been watching me. Why?

Marcel Gerard

Probably to get the scoop on Klaus. Or, maybe to use you as bait for a trap. I don't know. It doesn't matter. Either way, you're done with that guy.

Cami O'Connell

I'm just getting started.

Davina

I screwed up, you guys. I was with Kaleb last night, and he took the white oak stake when I was asleep... I--I'm sorry, I never should have trusted him.

Marcel

Kol doesn't have the stake. Klaus does... Matter of fact, Klaus has Kol, too.

Marcel

What are you really up to? Hmm? What's it got to do with Davina?

Kol

Heh, you think I'm gonna break her little heart? That's downright paternal of you, Marcel.

Klaus Mikaelson

You are not leaving this bloody house, Marcel!

Marcel Gerard

My enlistment papers say otherwise. They call them the Harlem Hellfighters. Boat leaves tomorrow.

Klaus Mikaelson

Is this lunacy because I forbid you to be with Rebekah? So now you're going off to fight the Germans. Fine. Go, but remember, Marcel, this is your home. I am your family, and if you haven't learned that in the century since I took you in, then learn it now! Family are not just people who coddle you, who grant you your every whim. They are people who fight for you, who you fight for, and if this family endeavors to stop you from making a tragic error of the heart, then, by all means, express your discontent, but what you do not do is abandon us! [beat] Fine. Go. You'll be back. The prodigal son always returns home.

Marcel Gerard

A little early, isn't it?

Vincent Griffith

You know why I'm sitting here day drinking in the corner all by lonesome? No? Because I'm pretty much done and through with the vamps, wolves, and witches of this town, and from some of the looks I've been getting, they're through with me, too, so if I sit in here, they don't see me, and if I drink...after a while, I don't see them either.