Klaus Mikaelson and Marcel Gerard in “Unfinished Business”

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.