Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: Look Into My Eyes (2016)

Richard Kind: Aubrey James

Quotes 

• [the Penguin tells Mayor James that he has himself to when the candidacy] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : The public sees me as a man of action, of change. You... You are yesterday's sad joke. While Galavan humiliated this city, where were you? In a warehouse with a box on your head.

  Mayor Aubrey James : You're an unstable lunatic, Penguin, and people are gonna see right through you. I've got the judges, the unions, the GCPD, and a whole team of legal experts behind me. What do you got?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  I have me.

  Mayor Aubrey James : [Mayor James laughs]  You're psychotic!

• [the Penguin challenges Mayor James's appointment to office] 

  Mayor Aubrey James : Since the death of Galavan, the office of mayor has been governed by the elected officials you see behind me. This city desperately needs experienced, seasoned leadership. And so, in their wisdom, they have persuaded me... much against my will... to resume the office of mayor until elections can be organized in the new year.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Stop! This proceeding is a sham.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Security, remove this criminal!

  Oswald Cobblepot : Criminal? I was jailed illegally by a corrupt system. A corrupt system that was put into place by this man, who has the audacity to put himself back into the position that he brought so much shame and dishonor to.

  Mayor Aubrey James : How dare you!

  Oswald Cobblepot : No, how dare you waltz up there and announce yourself mayor? The people demand to have a say into who will represent them, who will protect them.

• [the Penguin meets Mayor James at a public restaurant] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : A public place. Smart.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Knowing your flare for the dramatic, I felt it necessary.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin laughs]  How flattering.

• [Mayor James has men and women in the restaurant pull out their guns on the Penguin] 

  Mayor Aubrey James : Not this time, Penguin. My head will not be put in a box again.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Oh, you. So smart. Always one step ahead.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin snaps his finger as the remaining men and women in the restaurant pull out their guns, when Penguin chuckles]  Never three.