The Gilded Age (TV Series)

Heads Have Rolled for Less (2022)

Cynthia Nixon: Ada Brook

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• Ada Brook : She says the opera war is really heating up.

  Marian Brook : Why does there have to be a war? Why can't the Academy create more boxes for the new people to rent?

  Agnes Van Rhijn : Because the Academy of Music is one of the last bastions of decency and standards in this city. We will not patronize any jumped-up opera house, however loud and gaudy it may be.

• Agnes Van Rhijn : What would we say if a surgeon suddenly flung down his scalpel and went off to see a fasting lawyer?

  Ada Brook : I'm sure he has a reason.

  Agnes Van Rhijn : Hmm. Benedict Arnold had a reason when he tried to sell West Point to the British.

• Marian Brook : I wish I could see what he's done wrong.

  Agnes Van Rhijn : I've told you. He's an adventurer. I suppose he's worming his way into every ballroom in the city?

  Marian Brook : It's true people invite him, but that's because he's pleasant and popular. Everyone likes him.

  Agnes Van Rhijn : Everyone except me. Be warned, my dear. He won't need you much longer if he keeps this up. Any minute now, he'll see his chance and move on to more glittering prizes.

  Ada Brook : Agnes. What a horrid thing to say.

  Marian Brook : You don't know him, Aunt Agnes.

  Agnes Van Rhijn : I know his type. And I am never wrong.

  Marian Brook : You're wrong this time.

• Ada Brook : Agnes has had a run-in with Bannister, and I'd rather keep the evening smooth.

  Marian Brook : I won't bring it up. What's Bannister done?

  Ada Brook : I'm not certain. He seems to have got involved with some sort of religious lawyer who thinks we're wrong to eat luncheon. But I may be a bit muddled.