Kings (TV Series)

The New King: Part Two (2009)

Eamonn Walker: Reverend Ephram Samuels

Quotes 

• Rev. Ephram Samuels : [seeing Jack in his empty church]  ... A man with much to consider.

  Jack Benjamin : My whole life, I've waited for this moment - my chance to lead, to impress my personality on a country and make it better... Tomorrow it happens. But I - I don't feel anything... It's not there.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : You mean *He*... is not there.

  Jack Benjamin : Shouldn't He give me something? Words... of wisdom, or... a warning, an image for a new standard? My father had signs, butterflies, whole conversations, whatever, to give him the confidence to speak in His name... What's my blessing?

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : God... does not take counsel with sinners. Recently, you and I - we've been made unforgiveable.

  Jack Benjamin : We both knew my father needed to go.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : And all the others? All the innocents shot dead - your declaration of war...

  Jack Benjamin : That's William.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : We allowed it... Silas was right; I cannot accuse him and let myself go unscrutinized.

  Jack Benjamin : I can make good of our mistakes. Once you put the crown on my head, you will see how well it fits.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : The crown will never touch your head. That is the hollowness that you feel - and you know it; *He* knows it... and He will never speak to you.

  Jack Benjamin : Why not?

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : You are not the one He wants.

• Chancellor Hanson : [Jack's coronation begins]  I read from the benediction of the Reverend Ephram Samuels: Our cause is just; our union is perfect. As we unified our lands, unify our purpose.

  [cut to Rev. Samuels praying at the altar of his church] 

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Forgive my eyes, for what they have overlooked. Forgive my mouth, for its pride. Forgive these hands... for works done and works unfinished. If I die today, I die knowing my offense.

  Chancellor Hanson : Guide his eyes, mouth, hands - that they see Your goals, speak Your words, build monuments to Your gifts.

  William Cross : [whispering to Queen Rose at the coronation, about Silas]  Still think he's coming?

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Only let me live long enough to see my wrongs righted. I have walked before You, from the time of my youth... here I am.

  [Rev. Samuels is shot in the back by William's assassin] 

• [Rev. Samuels appears to David and Michelle; they do not realize he is dead] 

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Silas did this to you.

  David Shepherd : He thinks I've stolen God's favor.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : You haven't, David; God gave it freely.

  David Shepherd : I don't want it!

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : David Shepherd, son of Jessie, son of Judah, know this: You *were* chosen... to be the new king.

  Michelle Benjamin : ...It's true, isn't it?... Where can I take him?

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : His only place of refuge... you cannot follow - Gath. Silas would never look for you there.

  David Shepherd : Gath?... I'll be alone; I'll have nothing.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : You need fear no evil; you, David, are never alone.

  David Shepherd : [to Michelle]  As long as we're together, you'll be in danger; I can't risk you. You have to stay here.

  Michelle Benjamin : [removing her ring]  Take this; wear it... and know that I will always love you, no matter what. Always know that.

  David Shepherd : I will never stop loving you - ever... I'll be back for you.

  Michelle Benjamin : I'll be waiting.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Husband and wife, if you like; vows of love, exchanged before God. You two were married long ago, and you will be married forevermore.

• [last lines] 

  Queen Rose Benjamin : An issuance of the king: For her acts of treason in support of her brother, Michelle Benjamin is ordered exiled from Gilboa - stripped of any rights as citizen or noble, removed from all our lands, and kept from any company but her own for a period of no less than one year.

  Michelle Benjamin : What are you talking about?

  Queen Rose Benjamin : [whispering]  I told you I would take care of everything.

  [Michelle is removed by two soldiers] 

  King Silas Benjamin : All our plans...

  Queen Rose Benjamin : We'll make new ones... We'll be young again; everything there is to fight for began with you. You're the stone center; you're Silas.

  King Silas Benjamin : Yes...

  Queen Rose Benjamin : And nothing can take the future from this family.

  King Silas Benjamin : Nothing?

  [Rose exits] 

  King Silas Benjamin : ...Least of all David Shepherd.

  [Rev. Samuels' ghost appears behind Silas] 

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Let him go, Silas.

  King Silas Benjamin : I will find David; I will hunt him down, and when his dead body lays at my feet I'll come for you for your part in this.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Killing David will not keep you king.

  King Silas Benjamin : At least God will know I'm angry.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : He's gone, Silas - where you can not find him. His family is safe, too. Nothing can stop God's plan.

  King Silas Benjamin : I travel that path no more; I'm a sinner now. He wants peace, I want war - God and I are now constant enemies.

  Rev. Ephram Samuels : Then I bring a message from the enemy: Do not search too hard for my servant, for the day you lay a hand on him... will be the day that you die.

  King Silas Benjamin : Oh, is that what He says? Well, take a message back to Him: We are at war.