Gotham (TV Series)

Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock (2015)

Richard Kind: Aubrey James

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Theo Galavan : Mr. Mayor, you want to know what I really am?

  Mayor Aubrey James : [with a box on his head]  Yes, sir.

  Theo Galavan : Shall I tell you?

  Mayor Aubrey James : Please, please.

  Theo Galavan : At heart... I'm an ardent student of human nature. Fascinating paradox, we are. So wise, and yes so foolish. So brave, and yet so fearful. For instance, this is a glass jar. Inside of it is a hairy spider. A tarantula, I guess, but I'm no expert. In a minute, I'm gonna open that little hatch in the front of your box. I'm gonna drop the spider inside, and I'm gonna close it. That's Choice A.

  [the Mayor cries from inside of the box] 

  Theo Galavan : Choice B: I open the hatch, you speak to your lovely secretary Maggie on the telephone, you tell her you've run away with some woman and you'll be sending written instructions shortly. So which is it, Choice A or Choice B?

  Mayor Aubrey James : Choice B, please. Please, Choice B.

  Theo Galavan : The telephone. Of course. It's human nature.

  Theo Galavan : [Theo opens the box hatch]  See? There is no spider. But if you don't do what I ask, you'll wish there was one.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Why are you doing this to me?

  Theo Galavan : Don't fret so. You're part of a great endeavor. A great cleansing. Monsters are coming, Mr. Mayor. Monsters. Who will cleanse this city in blood and fire.