Kings (TV Series)

The New King: Part Two (2009)

Michael Crane: Chancellor Hanson

Quotes 

• Chancellor Hanson : [nervously]  Sir - Reverend Samuels... he won't come... coronation...

  William Cross : He knows I'll kill him for this.

  Chancellor Hanson : He said he expects it.

  William Cross : Fine; send a team - meet his expectation.

  William Cross : [bewildered]  ... Sir, what about the benediction?

  William Cross : *You* do it.

• 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] 

• King Silas Benjamin : [finding the substitute crown on his throne]  You were gonna put this on Jack?

  Chancellor Hanson : [terrified]  Sir...

  King Silas Benjamin : Say there was a gun to your head, and I won't have to put one there.

  King Silas Benjamin : [to the coronation guests]  So - where are they? William Cross, Jack Benjamin... where are they?... I ask once more with words, and then with blood.

  Jack Benjamin : [entering the room]  I'm here... I'm not gonna run - not anymore... You said I couldn't be what I was; God said I couldn't be what I wanted. There's nothing left for me... but to die... Do it. Go on; finish it - I'm ready.

  King Silas Benjamin : We can think of worse things for you than death... You could have had *everything*.