Kings (TV Series)

The Sabbath Queen (2009)

Susanna Thompson: Queen Rose Benjamin

Quotes 

• Queen Rose Benjamin : Have you reconsidered inviting Andrew? William was hoping...

  King Silas Benjamin : My birthday, my list. I will endure a party in the company of my choosing, but with none that sour the wine in my cup.

• Jack Benjamin : You remember Lucinda Wolfson; she's making an honest man of me.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : Well, with a face like that, how could she not? How long have you two been seeing each other?

  Lucinda Wolfson : [unsure of how to answer, she reverts to Jack's coached small talk]  ... Thank you. Happy birthday, sir.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : Oh.

  Jack Benjamin : [to Lucinda]  Find us some drinks, would you?

  Queen Rose Benjamin : Usefully quiet... and a Wolfson. She's a little out of her depth, but we can fix that. Well chosen, Jack.

• Queen Rose Benjamin : Say something.

  King Silas Benjamin : Oh, I hate public speaking.

  [the guests laugh encouragingly] 

  King Silas Benjamin : To get old is a terrible thing. We should do it in reverse, so that we can appreciate the strength; the only consolation in the creaks and the limited range of vision is that we don't endure it alone. So I see - well, well, *almost* see - friends, family, blessings. Oh, there have been days - and this, this is one of those days I feel that strength. My heart is filled with richly oxygenated blood from experience, and my mind is clear.

  [fireworks go off in the distance] 

  King Silas Benjamin : [to his wife]  Good timing...

  King Silas Benjamin : To our city... to our people; may we all grow old together.

• Queen Rose Benjamin : We ask the world to watch our skies, and offered them a display of our humiliation. Cause?

  Energy Minister : Cause, not source - eight power plants were ordered serviced simultaneously, creating a demand spike.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : And how did you manage to have eight power plants serviced simultaneously?

  Energy Minister : Uhh, clerical error?

  King Silas Benjamin : Mmm... I'd like to meet this cleric. Every minute the lights stay down powers rumors of our impotence and tempts opportunists; just get the lights on.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : There's a switch, somewhere; flip it.

• William Cross : Rose! Look - a party *everyone's* invited to.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : [incredulously]  Because he was left off a guest list?

  William Cross : Beluga - you want some of this? It'll only spoil.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : [laughing]  Shutting down a city for want of an invitation. It's a party!

  William Cross : He's my son... You've done worse for yours. You insist on keeping Andrew in the cold, you'd better learn to live in the dark.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : You have no idea what you're dealing with; turn the lights back on, William.

  William Cross : No; he needs to learn... and so do you.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : You're my brother - but I swear I will have your head.

• Queen Rose Benjamin : The king remains in meditation; on the question of war or not war, I bring you his answer - and I pray with you on his wisdom.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : [reading]  "Our hearts armor-heavy, our grief hot as the fire we must bring... and we must. To war, and not lightly."

• [the city lights come back on, and Rose's cell phone rings] 

  Andrew Cross : Hello, Aunt Rose.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : You brought the lights back on.

  Andrew Cross : I reversed his order in his name. He'll be furious with me, but... not for long. Thought you could use the help.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : I'd rather live in the dark than owe you a thing.

  [she hangs up]