Timeless (TV Series)

The Kennedy Curse (2018)

Sakina Jaffrey: Denise Christopher

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• Garcia Flynn : The day I've had. Someone needs to figure out how to put more seats into this damn Lifeboat.

  Jiya : We're working on it.

  Garcia Flynn : Well, work faster, 'cause next time, it won't be me who's left behind.

  Denise Christopher : Did you take care of the sleeper?

  Garcia Flynn : [with a sarcastic salute]  Yes, ma'am. All three of them.

• Jiya : Wait, where's Flynn?

  Wyatt Logan : We had to split up.

  Denise Christopher : You left him there?

  Wyatt Logan : We're gonna go back and pick him up. After we deal with our, uh, situation.

• Denise Christopher : Our secret bunker's getting kind of crowded.

• Denise Christopher : What happened?

  Wyatt Logan : Things got messy. Without Lucy, we were scrambling 'till we figured out who they were after.

  Rufus Carlin : We were almost too late. Sleeper agent started shooting at us.

  Wyatt Logan : Yeah, and we couldn't shoot back 'cause there was kids.

  Denise Christopher : Kids?

  Rufus Carlin : We barely made it out alive.

• Denise Christopher : John F. Kennedy? You brought President Kennedy? Are you out of your minds?

  Rufus Carlin : Well, he was knocked out, okay? He doesn't know where or when he is.

  Wyatt Logan : They were gonna kill him. They chased us all the way to the Lifeboat. This was our best option.

  Rufus Carlin : It was our only option.

  Wyatt Logan : Besides, we-we have a plan. Flynn's gonna take care of Rittenhouse in '34. We're gonna recharge the Lifeboat and take JFK back.

  Lucy Preston : And pick up Flynn.

  Rufus Carlin : Yeah, sure, that, too.

• Denise Christopher : It's been a tough week for you.

  Lucy Preston : I'm on the mend.

  Denise Christopher : That's not what I meant. You've been quiet since you got back from Salem, and I have a feeling I know why.

  Lucy Preston : You do?

  Denise Christopher : Your mother tried to have you hanged as a witch. I imagine that'd be just a little bit upsetting. Do you want to talk about it?

  Lucy Preston : Not really, but thanks for asking.

• Wyatt Logan : All right, look. Nothing is gonna happen to JFK. We're gonna find him. Rufus.

  Rufus Carlin : Jiya and I will check traffic and security cams.

  Wyatt Logan : Okay, great. I'm gonna need a car.

  Denise Christopher : No, not a chance. Rittenhouse could come after you.

  Wyatt Logan : Rittenhouse will come after him. So unless we're okay with finding out what a world looks like after a few dozen mushroom clouds...

  Denise Christopher : All right. I'll run point from my office. I need all of you to stay in touch with me, okay?

• Carol Preston : We haven't formally met. I'm Carol Preston.

  Denise Christopher : I know who you are.

  Carol Preston : I wanted to talk to you, one mother to another.

  Denise Christopher : You couldn't just text, Carol?

• Carol Preston : You know, despite what you must think, I do care about my daughter very much. I was young when I got pregnant with Lucy. I naively thought that I could give her up for adoption without my family knowing.

  Denise Christopher : So you didn't want your child to be Rittenhouse?

  Carol Preston : Unlike Lucy, I've known about my place in Rittenhouse since I was fifteen years old. It was a burden. So I convinced myself that not keeping my child was the right thing to do.

  Denise Christopher : That must have been tough.

  Carol Preston : It wasn't. Not at first. Then the weeks went by, and I felt her growing inside me. Then I started to wonder what she might be like. And by the time she came into this world, I knew there was no way I was gonna let her go.

  Denise Christopher : Why are you telling me this?

  Carol Preston : Because I can't protect my daughter anymore. Rittenhouse will kill Lucy if she continues to interfere with their plans. So I need you to keep my daughter off of these missions. It's the only way to keep her safe.

  Denise Christopher : What do you expect me to do? Tie Lucy up...

  Carol Preston : Yes!

  Denise Christopher : ...until all this is over?

  Carol Preston : Yes. If that's what it takes.

  Denise Christopher : If you think that's gonna work, then you don't know your daughter at all.

  Carol Preston : Oh, I was hoping that you of all people would understand. You know, I would think long and hard about this, Agent Christopher. It'd be a shame if your children grow up without a mother.

• Carol Preston : I hope you've had sufficient time to reconsider.

  Denise Christopher : I have. In my line of work, we all have that one case we can't shake. Mine was a school shooting in 2011. After it happened, I yanked my kids out of their classrooms and decided that they were going to be homeschooled. There was no discussion. I needed them to be safe.

  Carol Preston : You did what was best for your family.

  Denise Christopher : I did what was best for me. My son... he was so angry. It created such a rift between us that finally I had to give in and let go. We all have to do that at some point.

  Carol Preston : What are you talking...

  [realization dawns on her] 

  Carol Preston : You're stalling.

  [checking her restraints first, she then notices a small mark on Christopher's neck] 

  Carol Preston : She's chipped.

  Denise Christopher : Your tax dollars at work. Thanks for giving me that time to reconsider. Someone should be here any minute now.

• Rufus Carlin : So, what do we know about JFK? Uh, does he serve a second term? Does he have, like, ten more kids?

  Denise Christopher : What second term? JFK was assassinated two years into office.

  Rufus Carlin : That's not right. I-I told him. I told him not to go to Dallas.

  Denise Christopher : Dallas? It happened in Austin.

  Jiya : [his face falls as Christopher leaves]  Guess it was just meant to be.