Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)

Dead of Winter (1988)

Roy Dotrice: Jacob 'Father' Wells

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Quotes 

• Jacob 'Father' Wells : [getting bested in chess by one of the young children]  I'm looking forward to Winterfest. There are a few helpers I can still beat.

  Vincent : Don't think of yourself as a bad player, Father. Only a very good teacher.

• Jacob 'Father' Wells : Peter, those, uh, journals you gave me are quite fascinating. Some of the results they're getting with laser surgery these days is incredible.

  Dr. Peter Alcott : Makes you wish you had a laser down here, doesn't it?

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : Oh, I'd give anything.

  Mouse : Build you one!

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : Uh... no. No, thank you, Mouse.

• Sebastian : Ah, chess. The game of kings! Not to mention rooks and pawns.

  [he laughs] 

  Sebastian : Come on, set them up, set them up. Time for your annual humiliation.

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : Never again. Last year, he took my king.

  Sebastian : Well, isn't that the whole idea?

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : No, the whole idea is that you capture the pieces. You do not make them disappear. Peter, would you care for a game?

  Dr. Peter Alcott : Oh, Jacob, have you ever considered consulting a psychologist about this streak of masochism?