The Gilded Age (TV Series)

Let the Tournament Begin (2022)

Morgan Spector: George Russell

Quotes 

• George Russell : His wife has tracked him down.

  Bertha Russell : And she wants money?

  George Russell : Worse. She wanted a reconciliation.

• George Russell : He left the ship in France, found a job washing dishes at a restaurant in Cannes. He trained there. But when he got back to New York, he discovered that nobody wanted a cook from Wichita. They were all looking for a chef from gay Paris.

• George Russell : Let the tournament begin.

• George Russell : I'm a man of simple principles. I reward loyalty. I punish traitors.

• George Russell : There is one more thing... an invitation to a ball my wife is giving this evening... For you and Mrs. Cuyper. I look forward to seeing you there.

  Julius Cuyper : Alas, with no warning, I'm not sure our diaries will allow it.

  George Russell : I've not made myself clear. I will see you there if you want the loan.

  Julius Cuyper : You can't be serious.

  George Russell : Don't think you can go elsewhere. I have a list of reasons why not to invest in your bank, and I will send it to anyone you approach.

  Julius Cuyper : Isn't that against the law?

  George Russell : Let's find out.

  Julius Cuyper : You are not a gentleman, sir.

  George Russell : That's a subject for another time.

  Julius Cuyper : Very well. I will attend. But I cannot promise that my wife will.

  George Russell : The loan hinges on her presence.

  Julius Cuyper : But suppose she is engaged tonight?

  George Russell : I am sure, when you explain the situation, she will find that she can join us after all.

• Bertha Russell : Well, I'm sorry, George, but we cannot have a chef from Kansas. We'd be a laughingstock.

  George Russell : But if the food's the same...

  Bertha Russell : You don't know the women of New York. They're all looking for something about us to ridicule. And when they hear that we were taken in, we'd be providing it on a plate, literally.