Kings (TV Series)

Brotherhood (2009)

Christopher Egan: David Shepherd

Quotes 

• David Shepherd : We're supposed to be on a diplomatic tour.

  Jack Benjamin : *We* are ordered to head deep into Gath and eliminate an insurgent known as Belial - covertly on the order of our king and at the request of the premier of Gath... Wake up, Shepherd; this is diplomacy.

• Jack Benjamin : You thought you saved my life, when I was taken hostage, but... you destroyed it. Had I died at Gath's hand, I would have been a hero... You should have left me to die. Then the kingdom would never know you existed.

  David Shepherd : ...I'm not your enemy.

  Jack Benjamin : Enemies, I understand. You - I don't know what you are.

• [Silas becomes aware of Jack and David standing behind him as he prays in the empty church] 

  King Silas Benjamin : [putting his hand on Jack's shoulder]  I'm proud of you... both of you. You truly are the King's Own.

  Jack Benjamin : I never would have thought Abner; I'm sorry, father - I know he was your friend.

  King Silas Benjamin : A king has no friends; he has, if he's lucky, his family. Trust each other with your lives as I now entrust you with mine... Brotherhood...

  King Silas Benjamin : [leaning toward Jack, quietly touching his forehead to his son's]  Pray for your sister... then go home, rest.

  Jack Benjamin : [after his father has left, he stands beside David]  You've made your first true kill; no easy thing. It changes the color of your blood; it paints your conscience. You do that for me?

  David Shepherd : ...I tell myself... I had no choice.

  Jack Benjamin : There's always a choice.

  David Shepherd : You don't owe me anything.

  Jack Benjamin : Words... don't settle debt.