True Blood (TV Series)

Hitting the Ground (2010)

Denis O'Hare: Russell Edgington

Quotes 

• Russell Edgington : [to Eric about Fangtaisa]  Love the place, love the vibe. We must talk franchising later.

• Russell Edgington : This could be so much less painful if you just said the fucking words!

  Magister : [Chain]  I am bound by duty to uphold the sacred laws of...

  Russell Edgington : [Pulls a stake on him]  Ah, ah, ah. Your call.

  Magister : I hereby pronounce you... husband and wife.

  Russell Edgington : Thank you.

  Queen Sophie Anne : Yes, thanks. I'm so happy I could bleed.

• Magister : I'm afraid I'm going to have to arrest you. By the powers vested in me by The Authority...

  Russell Edgington : The Authority? Are you serious?

  [laughs wickedly] 

  Russell Edgington : Who are the authority? What gave them the authority? Nothing. No one. They took it, as I am taking it today. I no longer recognize The Authority.

• Russell Edgington : In exchange for the money she owes the IRS, Queen Sophie Anne has kindly accepted my marriage proposal.

  Queen Sophie Anne : I had no choice.

  Magister : Your Majesty...

  Russell Edgington : Yes, my loyal subject? Oh, we would be delighted if you would officiate the wedding for us.

  Magister : I am forbidden to conduct any rights of alignment unless specifically-...

  Russell Edgington : Unless specifically authorized to do so by the Authority. Yes, well, perhaps you have not quite grasped the subtext of our earlier exchange, but there's a new fucking authority in town!

• Magister : You realize, of course, the Authority will never recognize-...

  Russell Edgington : Its own irrelevancy? That's where you and I differ, Magister. I truly believe they will, and soon.

  [Smells his blood] 

  Russell Edgington : Andalusia, the Iberian Peninsula. Mm. Later 9th century, no? Well, whatever. It's a long enough time for you to have outgrown your blind allegiance to the Authority and their rule of law. There is only one law: The law of nature, the survival of the fittest. And we need to take this world back from the humans, not placate them with billboards and PR campaigns while they destroy it. That is not authority. That is abdicating authority!