The Originals (TV Series)

Girl in New Orleans (2013)

Leah Pipes: Camille O'Connell

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• Camille O'Connell : I know what you are. It's crazy to me but at least it makes sense. But this... massacre.

  [about her brother] 

  Camille O'Connell : It's just a pointless, brutal thing. In your life, have you ever heard of anything like that? A good man, an aspiring priest, just goes on a killing spree out of nowhere.

  Klaus Mikaelson : I've seen quite a lot in my time. The world is a rather awful place. Best to meet it on it's own terms.

  Camille O'Connell : No. The word isn't awful. People are not awful. They want to be good. Something makes them bad, makes them snap. There are always signs. Symptoms before someone has a psychotic break.

• Camille O'Connell : No offense, but I'm not sure I follow why you've invited me here.

  Klaus Mikaelson : Because I enjoy your company and I sense you have the capacity for understanding someone of my... complexity. You see, I returned to New Orleans to investigate a threat posed against me. What I found was a young woman, pregnant, in need of protection. My brother, always the do-gooder, tried to manipulate me into helping her. He thought it might redeem me.

  Camille O'Connell : [analyzing him]  I don't believe in evil as a diagnosis. I think you have unstable personal relationships, stress-related paranoia, chronic anger issues, and fear of abandonment. I think you could benefit from talking to someone professionally.

  Klaus Mikaelson : I think I prefer to talk to you. So, I'm going to offer you a job as my stenographer.

  Camille O'Connell : Okay. What am I writing?

  Klaus Mikaelson : My memoirs, of course. Someone should know my story. And it will give us time to discuss other riveting subjects, like your handsome suitor: Marcel.

  Camille O'Connell : [affronted]  Excuse me? My private life is...

  Klaus Mikaelson : Your private life is, as it turns out, essential to my plans. You see, Marcel wants you. and because of that, he will trust you, which serves me. The thing is the French Quarter is on the verge of war. On the one side there's me and on the other, Marcel; along with a very powerful witch and an army of vampires.

  Camille O'Connell : [suddenly scared]  What?

  Klaus Mikaelson : [compelling her]  You're frightened... Don't be.

  Camille O'Connell : [calmly]  I'm not cared anymore. That's amazing. How did you?

  Klaus Mikaelson : It's called compulsion. It's a neat bit of vampire trickery. I'll tell you all about it. But first, let's talk a little more about Marcel.

• Camille O'Connell : [pleading to Klaus]  What about my brother, my twin brother? We were bonded our whole lives and I know, I know he didn't just snap. And I need to know who did this and I need to make this right. Don't take this away from me.