Épisode L'attentat S02E08 - Timeless Saison 2

Washington DC, 30 mars 1981

Un homme écrit une lettre à Jodie Foster disant qu’il va probablement être tué en essayant de tuer le Président Reagan mais qu’il va le faire par amour pour elle, pour l’impressionner. On voit cet homme dans la rue. On voit qu’il a posé la lettre près d’une arme qu’il a emportée avec lui. L’homme tire sur le Président devant l’hôtel Hilton et est aussitôt arrêté.

Chez elle, avec sa femme et ses enfants, l’agent Christopher refuse de prendre un appel de sa mère parce ce que celle-ci ne sait pas que sa fille est mariée et à des enfants.

Au bunker Jiya rejoint Rufus qui travaille sur la capsule et qui s’est levé très tôt. Dès qu’elle arrive il part se faire un thé et Jiya lui dit qu’elle sait qu’il cherche à la repousser. Son père a agi ainsi quand il a su qu’il allait mourir et elle déplore cette attitude.

Dans la cuisine Lucy et Wyatt lui font remarquer qu’il boude depuis une semaine. Rufus leur annonce qu’il va mourir. Que Jiya l’a vu mourir dans une de ses visions. Wyatt ne savait pas que Jiya voyait l’avenir depuis qu’elle a pris la capsule. Lucy et Wyatt disent qu’ils l’en empêcheront mais Rufus rétorque que Jiya ne s’est jamais trompée.

Une alerte les informe que le vaisseau principal est arrivé le 30 mars 1981 à Washington. Lucy dit que c’est le jour de l’attentat contre Reagan mais qu’il s’en est sorti. Wyatt dit que Rittenhouse veut peut-être ajuster le tir. Rufus constate l’absence de l’agent Christopher. Mason a essayé de l’appeler mais sans succès. Flynn ne peut pas se joindre à eux car il était à l’école primaire en 1981. Mason sans vouloir dire son âge dit qu’il ne peut pas y aller non plus. Jiya veut les accompagner. Mason ne pense pas que ce soit une bonne idée à cause des effets de son premier voyage. Rufus est pour car elle a besoin d’expérience pour pouvoir le remplacer lorsqu’il ne sera plus là. Cela jette un froid dans l’équipe.

En 1981, l’équipe laisse passer une femme en roller sur le trottoir. Jiya adore les années 1980 et voudrait s’arrêter à une piste de roller sur le retour. Jiya est très douée pour voler des fringues et des accessoires. En marchant vers le Hilton Lucy rappellent à ses camarades les circonstances de l’attentat et qui était John Hinckley, le tireur. L’attaché de presse du Président a été paralysé à vie suite à l’attentat mais personne n’est mort.

Au bunker l’agent Christopher arrive enfin. Contrairement à Mason et Flynn qui lui ont annoncé la destination de la capsule elle ne pense pas qu’empêcher l’assassinat de Reagan soit la mission de l’équipe.

Arrivée sur les lieux de l’attentat l’équipe a repéré Hinckley qu’elle laisse agir et ses sépare pour trouver l’agent dormant de Rittenhouse. Wyatt repère sur le boulon d’une policière le viseur laser rouge d’une arme et intervient pour la sauver. Grâce à lui l’officier D. Christopher n’est que blessée. Wyatt se présente sous son vrai nom et dit qu’il est des forces spéciales.

Denise Christopher est conduite à l’hôpital. Rufus, Lucy et Jiya rejoignent Wyatt pour lui annoncer qu’Hinckley a pu se sauver. Wyatt leur explique que la cible de Rittenhouse n’est pas Jodie Foster mais l’agent Christopher. Il a vu que l’agent dormant était du Secret service et qu’il allait surement réessayer de la tuer.

Au bunker Flynn demande à l’agent Christopher pourquoi, alors que Carol aurait pu l’abattre il y a trois semaines, Rittenhouse se serait donné la peine d’aller en 1981 pour la tuer. Mason fait valoir que sans Denise il n’y aurait pas d’équipe, qu’elle a recruté Wyatt, les a protégés de ses supérieurs corrompus et envoyé 200 membres de Rittenhouse en prison. Sans elle Rittenhouse aurait pris le contrôle de la capsule. Flynn remarque surtout que sans elle il n’aurait pas été arrêté.

L’équipe est arrivée à l’hôpital mais la description que Wyatt fait du tireur n’est pas assez spécifique pour aider les autres à le reconnaitre mais Wyatt le repère. Wyatt demande à Lucy d’aller voir l’agent Christopher et de lui parler d’Hinckley dès qu’elle sera en état de s’en occuper. Rufus dit à Wyatt qu’il va l’accompagner et part sans un regard à Jiya.

Lucy et Jiya se présentent à l’agent Christopher comme étant Cagney et Lacey, des détectives privées et qu’elles veulent lui parler du tireur. Elles ne peuvent pas révéler qui les a engagées. La mère fait alors irruption dans la chambre. Sa mère a été prévenue grâce à des connaissances de la famille qui ont prévenu la sœur de Denise. Sa mère a eu du mal à la retrouver à l’hôpital car Denise n’utilise pas son vrai nom (Dhriti Sirivastava). Sa mère aurait préféré que Denise choisisse une autre voie moins dangereuse que la police. Lucy et Jiya sont un peu gênées d’assister à la scène. La mère de Denise est venue avec les Devatis. Elle dit à sa fille qu’il est temps qu’elle arrête ce métier dangereux pour se marier. Lucy et Jiya profitent de l’arrivée des Devatis pour quitter la chambre de Denise.

Wyatt et Rufus suivent l’agent dormant de Rittenhouse qui de demander à une infirmière quelle était la chambre de Denise. Ils entrent avec lui dans un ascenseur où se trouve une dame âgée. L’agent dormant et Wyatt mettent la main sur leur arme pour dégainer dès que la patiente sera sortie de l’ascenseur. Mais dès que la dame est sortie Wyatt frappe l’agent dormant qui perd son arme et un combat s’engage dans le cadre étroit de la cabine. Wyatt a le dessus et l’agent dormant braqué par Wyatt et Rufus leur demande de ne pas tirer, il est prêt à parler.

Dans une salle d’attente, Lucy et Jiya voient la mère de Denise et M. et Mme Devatis sortir de la chambre de Denise qui reste seule avec le fils des Devatis.

Dans les sous-sols de l’hôpital Wyatt attache l’agent dormant. Il a été déposé par Emma il y a 12 ans et activé le matin même. Il ne connait que sa mission. Rittenhouse ne lui a pas laissé le choix.

Denise et le jeune homme sortent de la chambre d’hôpital et le jeune homme annonce que Denise a accepté de l’épouser. Denise n’a pas l’aire ravi. Lucy dit à Jiya qu’elle sait que Denise est mariée à une femme et ne parle pratiquement plus à sa mère, mais Lucy ignore si Denise avait rompu des fiançailles avec un homme par le passé ou si Rittenhouse a réussi à changer les choses.

Lucy et Jiya demande à parler en privé à Denise. Elles lui disent qui a tiré sur le Président, pourquoi et où le trouver. Denise hésite à intervenir car sa mère va préparer une fête pour elle le soit même, mais l’occasion d’arrêter Hinckley est trop belle.

A l’hôtel où est descendu Hinckley, Denise discute avec l’employé de l’accueil. Dans un coin Jiya suggère à Lucy de dire toute la vérité à Denise. Lucy lui dit que ça peut aggraver les choses et qu’elle ne veut pas mettre une telle pression sur ses épaules. En attendant le responsable de l’Hôtel Lucy engage lance la conversation sur les fiançailles de Denise et Sunil. Denise reconnait ne pas en être amoureuse mais les mariages arrangés sont fréquents dans sa culture et l’amour viendra après le mariage. Lucy et Jiya lui disent que si ce système à surement ses avantages, elles se demandent si cela fonctionne aussi pour les femmes qui préfèrent les femmes. Denise pense que Lucy la drague, elle se dit flattée mais pas intéressée. Lucy dit qu’elle ne la draguait pas car elle est en couple avec Jiya. Denise dit avoir déjà eu une relation homosexuelle mais que cela était exclu pour elle à présent. Jiya lui confie qu’elle comprend. Sa famille avait de grands espoirs pour elle aussi et elle passait son temps à étudier pendant que ses amis s’amusaient jusqu’à ce que son père décède et que sa mère reparte au Liban. Elle regrette de ne pas avoir fait ses propres choix plus tôt.

Le responsable de l’hôtel arrive. Dans la chambre d’Hinckley Denise trouve la lettre d’aveu et du sang. Denise dresse le profile psychologique d’Hinckley et en conclu que sa quête de notoriété va le pousser à savoir s’il a réussi à tuer le Président et le seul moyen d’entrer dans l’hôpital bouclé par les Services secrets est de se faire admettre aux urgences.

A l’hôpital Hinckley est en train de se faire soigner quand sa description est donnée aux agents des services secrets.

Au sous-sol l’agent dormant explique que son père était un escroc qui s’est fait prendre et s’est suicidé. Sa famille avait tout perdu et Rittenhouse est arrivé. Son frère a immédiatement adhéré à leur idéologie mais par lui. Carol Preston leur a promis qu’elle prendrait soin d’eux tous mais en échange elle voulait qu’il voyage dans le temps. Il n’a su pour l’assassinat que le matin même. Wyatt lui demande pourquoi ils ont ramené sa femme dans le présent. L’agent ne sait pas. Wyatt le frappe. L’agent lui dit qu’il a femme et des enfants au XXIème siècle et qu’il est prêt à mourir pour qu’il ne leur arrive rien.

Devant l’hôpital, Hinckley est emmené au poste de police pour interrogatoire. Denise dit à Lucy et Jiya qu’elle va parler d’elle à son supérieur mais elles préfèrent rester dans l’ombre. Elles lui disent qu’elles travaillent souvent sous couverture, et veulent préserver l’anonymat de leurs clients. Elles demandent à Denise si elles pensent rester dans la police une fois mariée. Denise pense que non car Sunil est d’une famille très traditionnelle. Elle leur raconte également pourquoi elle est entrée dans la police. Quand elle avait quatre ans, son père a acheté une grosse voiture, c’était son rêve américain. Il s’est arrêté pour prendre de l’essence et il est tombé sur un homme armé. Il a essayé de l’arrêter parce que Denise était sur le siège arrière mais il a été tué. Un policier en civil a vu ce qui s’est passé et a arrêté le criminel. Un agent est venu s’occuper d’elle, c’était l’agent Christopher. C’est la première fois qu’elle voyait une femme policière. Elle s’est promise de faire comme elle, qu’un jour elle arrêterai les méchants. Mais elle a aussi promis à sa mère qu’il ne lui arriverait pas ce que son père a vécu, c’est pour ça qu’elle est prête à renoncer à sa carrière dans la police.

L’agent Christopher est appelé par un collègue. Lucy dit qu’elle a peut-être une idée pour empêcher le mariage mais qu’elle doit aller chercher quelque chose dans la capsule.

Au bunker Flynn s’étonne que Denise fasse de la paperasse étant donné les circonstances. Elle lui demande comment selon lui on se prépare à ne pas avoir vécu les 37 dernières années ? Flynn lui dit qu’il serait prêt à tout pour avoir ne serait-ce qu’une seconde de plus avec sa fille et que Denise devrait aller rejoindre sa famille.

Au sous-sol Wyatt a bien amoché l’agent dormant. Rufus lui demande s’il a l’intention de le tuer. Rufus suggère de la ramené au bunker comme un prisonnier de guerre. L’agent dormant préfère être tué ou rester en 1981. Il leur dit qu’il a voler le dossier de l’agent Christopher et communiqué son adresse à son frère Zac qui est venu l’activer pour Rittenhouse. Il dénonce son frère pour ne pas être dénoncé par son frère car alors c’est sa famille qui en pairait le prix. Wyatt lui dit qu’il a intérêt à ce qu’ils arrivent à sauver Denise.

Un homme avec une arme entre dans une voiture et démarre.

Chez Denise la fête est en cours quand on sonne à la porte. Denise va ouvrir. C’est Lucy et Jiya. Lucy la trouve magnifique dans son sari rouge. Elles ont trouvé son adresse dans les pages blanches sa mère est la seule Ananya Sirivastava du coin. Elles demandent à lui parler en privé. Seules elles lui racontent les voyages dans le temps et Denise les traite de folle et leur demande de partir. Lucy et Jiya veulent lui montrer une preuve. Elles sortent un ordinateur du XXIème siècle. Lucy lui explique que chaque jour on prend des décisions, petites ou grandes, mais qu’elles ont toutes un impact. Et que dans son cas c’est particulièrement important car elle va être recrutée par le FBI et travailler pour la Sécurité intérieure et qu’elle va sauver des vies et fonder une famille. Lucy lui montre des photos de sa famille au XXIème siècle. Denise lui demande pourquoi elle fait ça. Lucy lui répond que c’est parce qu’elle lui a demandé de le faire, en 2017, si sa famille devait disparaitre. Lucy lui dit d’annuler le mariage et de dire à sa mère qui elle est vraiment avant que quelqu’un n’en souffre.

Zac est arrivé devant chez Denise. Il prépare son arme.

De nos jours, Denise est rentrée chez elle voir sa famille.

Zac repère les lieux.

Denise profite de sa femme et de ses enfants.

En 1981 Denise a une conversation avec sa mère. Jiya se demande si elles n’auraient pas dû lui parler aussi de Rittenhouse. Lucy dit qu’elles ne peuvent pas savoir qu’elle effet papillon cela aurait et qu’elle ne souhaite à personne de connaitre l’avenir, c’est un poids trop lourd à porter. Elle s’excuse immédiatement de sa maladresse auprès de Jiya. Jiya lui demande à quoi lui sert son don, à faire son deuil à l’avance ? Rufus a peut-être raison et elle devrait s’éloigner de lui. Lucy lui dit que s’ils peuvent changer le passer ils peuvent forcément changer l’avenir.

Zac a un visuel sur Denise mais elle bouge et il est obligé de sortir de sa voiture. La mère de Denise la gifle et s’en va. Zac est sur le point de tirer quand une voiture le renverse. Sortis de la voiture Wyatt et Rufus constatent son décès.

De retour dans les sous-sols de l’hôpital ils retrouvent l’agent de Rittenhouse pendu.

Denise éprouvée par la dispute avec sa mère demande ce qu’elle doit faire maintenant. Lucy lui dit d’aller travailler au FBI et que le reste suivra naturellement. Elle lui laisse la clé USB même si elle ne pourra pas l’utiliser avant 20 ans pour qu’elle se souvienne pour quelles raisons elle fait tout ça. Avant de partir Lucy la prend dans ses bras et lui dit que ça va bien se passer.

Au retour de la capsule dans le bunker, seuls Flynn et Mason sont dans l’air d’arrivée. Puis l’agent Christopher apparait. 37 ans après elle peut enfin leur dire merci. Lucy lui demande pardon pour la pression qu’elle lui a mise. Denise lui rend la clef USB au cas où. Denise dit qu’elle va rentrer tôt pour voir sa famille et gouter la bonne cuisine de sa mère. Sa mère a fini par se faire une raison et adore ses petits-enfants. Dans les moments difficiles, connaitre le futur a aidé Denise à garder espoir.

De leur côté Jiya essaye de réconforter Rufus en disant qu’il avait tout essayé pour sauver l’agent de Rittenhouse. Rufus dit que ça aurait pu être lui cet homme qui travaille pour Rittenhouse pour sauver sa famille, que ça pourrait être lui un homme du XXIème siècle qui meurt seul à une autre époque. Jiya lui dit qu’il n’est pas seul. Rufus dit qu’il ne sait pas combien de temps il lui reste mais qu’il veut le passer avec elle. Jiya lui dit qu’elle n’est pas d’accord. Qu’ils vont trouver ensemble une solution pour le sauver ou au moins gagner du temps. Rufus l’embrasse et lui dit qu’il l’aime.

Lucy entre dans la chambre de Flynn et lui demande ce qu’il a voulu dire en lui racontant qu’elle lui avait confié le journal. Flynn pose son livre et lui dit qu’après le décès de sa famille il s’est enfui loin, avec comme seule raison de vivre la vengeance mais sans plan. Et alors qu’il buvait dans un bar au Brésil, elle est entrée avec l’air d’avoir 5 ans de plus qu’aujourd’hui. Elle savait pour sa famille, lui a dit que le commanditaire était Rittenhouse et qu’il aurait besoin de son aide pour les arrêter, c’est là qu’elle lui a donné le journal. Conclusion c’est elle qui a tout déclenché. Lucy lui dit que c’est impossible qu’elle ait pu voyager dans sa propre temporalité. Flynn lui dit que ce qui n’est pas possible aujourd’hui le sera peut-être plus tard. Pour connaitre la suite ils devront attendre qu’elle se produise.

Wyatt rejoint Jessica dans leur chambre. Sur son téléphone elle regarde des nouvelles de sa famille à qui elle a dit qu’elle était barmaid sur un bateau de croisière en Alaska. Wyatt ne reconnait pas l’homme sur la photo. Jessica lui dit que c’est son frère, Kevin, avec qui il a l’habitude de jouer au billard. Dans la temporalité de Wyatt Kevin est mort d’une leucémie avant d’avoir eu 3 ans. Wyatt lui demande comment il a été soigné et où les parents de Jessica ont trouvé l’argent. Jessica préfère changer de sujet. Wyatt lui dit qu’il a l’impression qu’elle ne lui dit pas tout. Elle reconnait qu’il a raison, elle ne lui a pas dit qu’elle est enceinte.

Previously, on "Timeless"

Lucy : Your family is lovely.
Denise Christopher : My worst fear is that I could lose them and not know they were ever here. Do me a favor. Keep this in the Lifeboat for me.

Flynn : When you gave me that book, you wanted me to read it, and I did. Sometimes, I feel like I know you better than you know yourself.

Wyatt : Lucy, I still care about you.
Lucy : Getting a second chance with Jessica That is the closest thing to a miracle that I have ever seen, and there is no way that I am getting in the middle of that.

Mason : Let's see what Rittenhouse has been hiding. That's Jessica.
Denise Christopher : This stays between us.

***

30 mars 1981, Washington.
Un homme écrit une lettre : Dear Jodie, there is a definite possibility that I will be killed in my attempt to get Reagan. It is for this very reason that I am writing you this letter now. I would abandon this idea of getting Reagan in a second if I could only win your heart and live out the rest of my life with you, whether it be in total obscurity, or whatever. I will admit to you that the reason I am going ahead with this attempt now is because I just cannot wait any longer to impress you. I've got to do something now to make you understand in no uncertain terms that I am doing all of this for your sake. By sacrificing my freedom, possibly my life, I hope to change your mind about me.
This letter is being written an hour before I leave for the Hilton Hotel.
Jodie, I'm asking you to please look into your heart and at least give me the chance with this historical deed to gain your respect and love.
I love you forever.

Chez Denise Christopher
Olivia : Hey, that was educational.
Denise Christopher : So is school, and you're gonna be late. Eat your breakfast, please, sweetie.
Michelle : Thought we were gonna buy the organic kind.
Denise Christopher : Sugar is sugar.
[cell phone vibrates.]
Midchelle : Your mother.
Denise Christopher :  No.
Olivia : So why don't you answer?
Mark : 'Cause our Grandma Ananya doesn't know we exist.
Olivia : Why not?
Denise Christopher : I'll explain it to you another time. I gotta get to work.
Olivia : Are you going to the office, or the place that's kind of far away?
Denise Christopher : I will get back as soon as I can, baby girl.
Michelle : Mark, I've got a meeting across town at 4:00, so I need you to pick up your sister.
Mark : No, I was gonna hang with Max.
Michelle : You can order a pizza.
Denise Christopher : Save me a slice, stinker.

Bunker
Jiya : Hey. I didn't even hear you wake up.
Rufus : Uh, yeah, I got up early. The navigation interface was running slowly. Thought I'd reboot the drive.
Jiya : You need some help?
Rufus : Uh, actually, I am done. I'm just gonna get some tea.
Jiya : I'll make you a cup.
Rufus : Uh, it's all good. I got it, thanks.
Jiya : I know what you're doing.
Rufus : What am I doing?
Jiya : You're pushing me away.
Rufus : Pfft. No, I'm not.
Jiya : My dad did the same thing when he thought he was gonna die. Thought it would make it easier. It doesn't, you know. It just makes you look like a douche bag.

Cuisine
Lucy : Okay, enough.  You've been brooding like a "Real Housewife" all week.
Rufus : No, I have You watch the "Real Housewives"?
Lucy : Yes, Rufus, many people watch truly awful-for-them, yet delicious, television. My point is, quit sulking. Tell us what's going on.
Rufus : I don't sulk.
Wyatt : You sulk. You've been sulking up the joint all week.
Rufus : I'm going to die.
Lucy : What?
Rufus : On one of our next trips. Jiya saw it in a vision of hers.
Wyatt : Hold on, time out. What vision?
Lucy : Jiya has been seeing visions of the future ever since she got out of the Lifeboat.
Wyatt : What?
Rufus :  Look, don't worry about it.  Okay?
Wyatt :  What exactly did she see?
Rufus : Some guys. Uh, dirty yellow teeth, grubby clothes, tattoos. All of them had knives, spurs on their boots.
Wyatt : You know what? Doesn't matter, because we're not gonna let that happen.
Lucy : Yeah, and think of all the times - that we could've died.
Wyatt :  Right.
Lucy : Al Capone.
Wyatt : Nazi Germany.
ensemble : The Alamo.
Rufus : I appreciate the sentiment, but Jiya's been right before. Needless to say, I am going through some things. Either way, we just need to plan for
[alarm sounds.]
The future.
[dramatic synth music.]
Jiya : Hey, Mothership jumped to March 30th, 1981, Washington, D.C.
Lucy : That's the day that Reagan was shot.
Wyatt : Reagan survived. Maybe Rittenhouse wants to change it.
Rufus : Where's Agent Christopher?
Mason : Oh, she's probably on her way. I've tried her cell several times. She must be in a dead zone.
Wyatt : Guess we go. You coming?
Flynn : Much as I enjoy our trips together, I think I'll stay. I was in first grade, 1981.
Mason : Yes, I also missed it by a month or two. Yes, all right. Those of us with life experience will probably have to sit this one out.
Jiya :  I'll go.
Mason :  I-I-I'm sorry. Do you really think that's a good idea?
Jiya :  That's why we so brilliantly put in the fourth seat.
Mason : You've already had What shall we say issues with time travel.
Rufus : Connor, she's right. Jiya should come with us. She needs the experience, plus, you guys are gonna need another pilot when I'm gone.
[foreboding music.]

1981 Washigton D.C.
["KISS ON MY LIST" by HALL AND OATES playing.]
Jiya :  I love the '80s. On our way home, we have to stop at a roller rink.
Lucy : For your first time, you did a nice job stealing clothes.
Jiya : Ah, never met a security tag I couldn't deactivate.
Wyatt : Yeah? What else you take?
Jiya : Uh, vintage Ray-Bans, pair of leg warmers Oh, and this amazing blue eye shadow.
Lucy : Guys, focus. Reagan is finishing a luncheon address at the Hilton. It's supposed to happen on his way out at 2:27 p.m.
Rufus : Shooter was some nut job obsessed with Jodie Foster, right?
Lucy : John Hinckley, the son of a well-connected Texas oil family, but a nut job, nonetheless. He was going to stalk Jodie Foster at Yale when he heard that Reagan was speaking and thought killing him would impress her.
Jiya : As you do. Nobody died?
Lucy : Press secretary James Brady was paralyzed until he ultimately died in 2014 from his injuries. Brady Bill's named after him, but no, nobody's supposed to die, not today.
Wyatt : My guess is Rittenhouse wants to change that somehow.

Bunker
Mason : Where have you been?
Denise Christopher :  I do have a home and a family I like to see on occasion. Where'd they go?
Flynn :  '81, D. C.
Denise Christopher : What?
Flynn : Yeah. Off to save Reagan. No, that's not it.
Denise Christopher : That's not the reason they're there.

1981 Washigton D.C.
Lucy : There's Hinckley.
Jiya : So we just let it happen?
Wyatt : It's not Hinckley I'm worried about. There's a sleeper around here somewhere.
Lucy : It's time.
police ; Stay behind the line! Step back!
Wyatt : Get down!
 [gunshots.]
Wyatt : We need an ambulance over here! Ma'am, you all right?
Denise Christopher : Just a graze, thanks to you.
Wyatt : Just doing a my job, Officer Christopher.  Denise Christopher.
Denise Christopher : Yeah.
Wyatt : Wyatt Logan, US Army Special Forces.
Denise Christopher : Thank you, sir. I owe you one.
Lucy : Guys? Guys, Hinckley got away. That's not supposed to happen. He's supposed to be caught.
Jiya : Wait, Rittenhouse came here to save Hinckley? What, they hate Jodie Foster or something?
Wyatt : Well, not quite. They're here to kill Agent Christopher before she becomes Agent Christopher.
Rufus : Wait, that's her in 1981?
Wyatt : I saw a sleeper. He's a Secret Service agent. He's going to be out there looking to finish the job.
Rufus : Finish the job? Without Agent Christopher
Lucy : We never would've met.
Wyatt : Yeah.
[siren wailing.]
Lucy : We've got to get to that hospital.

Bunker
Flynn : Wait, Carol Preston could've killed you three weeks ago. Why get fancy and go to '81 to do it?
Mason : Because it's much bigger than that. Look, at any given moment, she could disappear, which would effectively mean the very reality we're inhabiting would also disappear. She's that important?
Flynn : She created the team. She recruited Wyatt. When she learned that her superiors were working with Rittenhouse, she took us off the grid. She put over 200 of their rank behind bars.
So without her
Denise Christopher : Rittenhouse would almost certainly have control of the Lifeboat by now, which is what they want.
Flynn : Well, on the plus side, I, uh, wouldn't have been arrested. I mean, plus for me, anyway. Popcorn, anyone?
Mason :  dWhat about your children?
Denise Christopher : I trust the team. You should do the same. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some work to do.

1981 à l’hôpital
Wyatt : Sleeper's gotta be around here somewhere.
Lucy : Well, if he's Secret Service, he's definitely with Reagan.
Rufus : Well, you saw him. What's he look like?
Wyatt : Coat and tie. "Magnum, P.I." 'stache.
Rufus : Great. A moustache in a haystack.
Lucy : We still have to do something about Hinckley.
Wyatt : Can't exactly make a citizen's arrest, based on the fact that we're time travelers.
Rufus : But Agent Christopher's a cop, right?
Wyatt : Wait. Think that's him. Lucy, go with Christopher. Soon as she's patched up, tell her about Hinckley. She'll know what to do.
Lucy : Okay.
Rufus : I'll stay with you.
Wyatt : You sure?
Rufus : Look, I'm not gonna die today, but Agent Christopher might, if we don't find that sleeper, so let's get a move on.
Jiya : B Okay, bye.
Lucy : Come on.
Jiya : I'm Cagney. This is Lacey.
Lucy :  dWe're private investigators.
Denise Christopher : I'm Denise.
Lucy : I kn It's just really great to meet you.
Denise Christopher : Okay. Wait, who are you working for, exactly?
Jiya : Uh, we're not at liberty to say.
Lucy : But it is about the man who shot the president.
Denise Christopher : They said the president wasn't hurt.
Jiya : Oh, he's gonna be okay.
[Lucy clears throat.]
Jiya : I mean, that's what the doctors were saying.
Denise Christopher : Have they caught the shooter?
Lucy : No, but that's why we need your help.
mère de Denise Christopher : Thank God you're all right.
Denise Christopher : I'm fine, Maan. Who told you?
mère de Denise Christopher : Sachin Kumar saw you on the news. He told Priya Kapoor, who works in the hospital with Meera, and Meera called me.
Denise Christopher : Well, who needs a phone when every Indian in D. C. knows each other?
mère de Denise : I almost didn't find you. I had to ask for "Denise Christopher." You told me that name was only for the police.
Denise Christopher : It was just easier. I could've bled out before they managed to spell Dhriti Sirivastava.
mère de Denise Christopher :  dYou didn't want me to know?
Denise Christopher : I didn't want you to worry.
mère de Denise Christopher : When you took this job, you promised me you wouldn't get hurt.
Denise Christopher : I barely got grazed.
mère de Denise Christopher : It's been less than six months! What if next time is worse? Denise Christopher : Here's the part where she tells me that I have to be a doctor like my sister.
mère de Denise Christopher : Doctors don't get shot.
Lucy : There's nothing wrong with a career in law enforcement. Great benefits.
mère de Denise Christopher :  And who are you?
Lucy : Oh, uh
Denise Christopher : Cagney and Lacey are investigators.
mère de Denise Christopher : Dhriti, fix your hair. The Devatis are here.
Denise Christopher : What?
mère de Denise Christopher : Yeah.
Denise Christopher : Why did you call them?
mère de Denise Christopher :  They were worried. We all were.
Denise Christopher : Tell them I'm fine. I'll be out of here any minute.
mère de Denise Christopher : It's time for you to stop risking your life for this job and settle down and get married, Dhriti.
[somber music.]
Lucy :  Oh, hello. We'll just be outside.
Mme Devatis : Oh, what happened? We were all worried about you.

[overlapping chatter.]
Wyatt : That's him.
tireur : Excuse me, ma'am. I'm looking for a Denise Christopher.
infirmière : On two.
tireur : Thank you.
[elevator music.]
Wyatt : Going up?
patiente : Is the President okay?  I heard the news.
Wyatt : They're doing everything they can, ma'am.
patiente : I voted for Carter.
[dramatic music.]
[indistinct.]
tireur : Please don't kill me.
Wyatt : Give me one good reason why not.
tireur : Because I'll tell you everything. Everything!

Jiya : What do you think's going on? -
Lucy : I don't know.
"Cagney & Lacey" premieres later this year, by the way.
Jiya : I like to live on the edge.

Dans les sous-sol de l’Hôpital
Wyatt : How long have you been here?
tireur ; Since Emma dropped me off in 1969.
Rufus : 12 years. Must have been lonely, just you and that moustache.
Wyatt : When were you activated?
tireur : This morning.
Wyatt : Who are the other targets Rittenhouse is after?  The time periods.
tireur :I only know about my mission.
Wyatt : What'd they offer you? Why'd you give up your smartphone and your Tinder matches for all this?
tireur : I didn't have a choice.

fils Devatis : Dhriti agreed. We're getting married!
famille Devatis : Oh, beta, congratulations!
Lucy : What? No, no, no, no, no, no. Come here.
famille : Congrats.
Lucy : This is all wrong. She's gay. She has a wife, Michelle, and two kids. I have met them.
Jiya : Okay, wait. This guy existed before we got here, so she must have changed her mind the first time around, right?
Lucy : She told me that her mother tried to arrange a few marriages for her, but she made up excuses, dodged them all until she went to Quantico.
Jiya : Okay, so when'd she come out to her mom?
Lucy : She still hasn't. They only talk a couple times a year.
Jiya : Okay, so then she'll change her mind, right? Sh-she'll call it off.
Lucy :  Not necessarily. I mean, the first time around, she'd never brushed with death. She wasn't shot in the arm. She wasn't in this hospital. What if he makes her give up police work?
Jiya : She doesn't end up in the FBI, she doesn't join Homeland Security, Rittenhouse wins. We're toast.
Lucy : Agent Chris I'm sorry, Denise. So sorry to interrupt, but can we please just talk to you for one minute? It won't take long.
Denise Christopher : I'll meet you downstairs.
Lucy :  dThank you.
Denise Christopher : Look, if this is about the shooting, you probably should call the hotline.
Jiya : They probably won't believe us.
Denise Christopher : Why not?
Lucy : We believe that a disturbed young man named John Hinckley shot the President.
Jiya : He's obsessed with Jodie Foster, so he imitated the plot in the movie "Taxi Driver" - to impress her.
Denise Christopher :  You're right. They won't believe you.
Lucy : He's staying in room 312 at the Park Central Hotel. We can prove it.
Denise Christopher : How do you know all this?
Lucy : Because
Jiya : Jodie Foster hired us.
Lucy : Yes, yes, she did. Hinckley he made these threats. We tracked him here.
Jiya : But we were too late to stop him. You need to come with us.
Denise Christopher : My mother, the family They're waiting. Apparently, she's throwing a party tonight, and
Lucy :  Denise. You have an opportunity to catch the man who shot the President. I know you can't walk away from that.

Hotel d’Hinckley
Denise Christopher : Yeah, hi. I'm officer Denise Christopher.
Jiya : Can you answer some questions? Hey, uh, crazy idea. We could, you know, just tell her the truth. Who we are, why she can't get married, why she has to join the Feds. Okay, I know, but look, if anyone would believe us, she would, plus, there's the whole "fate of the world depends on it" thing.
Lucy : For all we know, it could make things worse, not better. Besides, we can't let her live the next 30 years of her life under that kind of pressure.
Denise Christopher :  The manager's on break.
Lucy : Okay. We'll wait.
Denise Christopher : I radioed my lieutenant. He says it sound bogus.
Jiya : We promise, it's totally not bogus.
Lucy : So, you're engaged. Exciting.
Denise Christopher : It is.
Lucy : You're so young. How do you know that Sunil is the one?
Denise Christopher : We've known his family for a long time.
Jiya : But do you love him?
Denise Christopher :  In our culture, marriage comes first. You find love along the way.
Lucy :  But what if you don't?
Denise Christopher : No offense, but we've been doing it this way for, like, thousands of years. Divorce rate's what, 50% here? How's your way working out?
Lucy :  I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm just wondering, what if it wasn't right for you?
Denise Christopher :  What do you mean?
Jiya :  Well, I mean, like, what if Sunil just isn't your type?
Lucy :  Yeah.
Jiya : You know what I mean? Like, some women don't like men who are shorter than they are. Some women don't like man buns.
Denise Christopher : What's a man bun?
Lucy : Some women don't like men at all. It's okay. There's absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
Denise Christopher : No, I know that. I mean, you're gorgeous, and I'm flattered, but - I'm not interested.
Lucy : Oh. Oh! Uh, um, no. [laughs.] I, um, wasn't hitting on you, um because, uh, Cagney here, uh, we're We're together.
Jiya : Yep.
Lucy : Yeah, just  Together, so
Jiya :  Yep.
Lucy : And we were just kind of getting a vibe.
Jiya : Yeah, you totally set off our gay-dar.
Denise Christopher : "Gay-dar"?
Lucy :  dWere we wrong?
Denise Christopher : I experimented back in college, okay, but I'm an adult now.
Lucy : I don't think that it's, you know, something that really goes away.
Denise Christopher : I totally respect the two of you, but that's not an option for me.
Jiya : I know what it's like. Look, my parents they had all these expectations for me when they moved here. All the other kids were out partying and drinking, and I was studying. And my dad died, and my mom She moved back to Lebanon. I finally had to start making my own choices. I just wish I'd started making those choices sooner.
Lucy :  We both have demanding mothers, but we didn't let them dictate our future or our happiness.
Denise Christopher : My cousin married a white guy. It's been ten years, and her parents still don't talk to her. Sunil's nice. He likes me.
Jiya : But you'll never like him the same way. It doesn't seem fair to him.
Denise Christopher : It's already been decided. We're celebrating tonight. My mother drives me crazy, but she sure can cook. There's the manager. Let's go.
au manager : You have a guest staying in one of your rooms  Wait outside, please.
Don't touch anything.  You weren't kidding about this guy.
Lucy : Hey, look at this.
Denise Christopher : This is a written confession.
Jiya : Oh. #MeTooForJodie.
Denise Christopher : What?
Jiya : Nothing.
Denise Christopher : So where do you think he is now?
Lucy : Jodie is a student at Yale, in New Haven. It's possible that's where he went next. He would've checked out first.
Denise Christopher : Is that blood?
Lucy : That's not supposed to happen.
Jiya : Do you think he killed himself?
Denise Christopher : Then where's the body?
Lucy :  Pretty sure he didn't cut himself shaving.
Denise Christopher : Guys like this It's not about getting away with it. It's about notoriety. He'd want to know what he did mattered. He'd want to know if he was successful.
Lucy : He wants to know if Reagan survived.
Jiya : And if he did?
Denise Christopher : There's only one way into the emergency room that's secured by Secret Service.
Lucy : Create an emergency.

Hôpital
infirmière : Just be more careful next time.
[overlapping chatter.]
message pour les agents : Suspect is a Caucasian male, 25 years old, possibly wounded with a straight razor.


Sous-sol
tireur : My father [breathing hard.] he was caught embezzling money. My family lost everything. And my dad killed himself.
Rufus : Cry me a river, Madoff.
tireur : Rittenhouse bailed us out. My mom, my brother Zac, and me. Zac bought into all their ideology, but I had my doubts. Carol Preston She promised she would take care of us. She just wanted something in return. [sighs.] Time travel. Sounded like an incredible adventure.
Rufus : Going through time, killing people? That sounded like an adventure?
tireur ; No, they didn't tell me about that, not until this morning.
Wyatt : That how it normally works?
tireur : I don't know.
Wyatt : Why'd they bring my wife back?
tireur : I don't know anything about that.
Wyatt : Mm.
tireur : Please, I don't. I don't. I only know about my mission. That's it, I swear. Please, I got a wife and two kids in 2018. If I don't do what Rittenhouse says, they're gonna kill them. Please, do whatever you want to me. I just want them to be safe.
[background chatter.]
[police radio chatter.]
[sirens.]
Denise Christopher : I'm gonna tell the lieutenant everything you did.
Lucy : Um, you don't have to do that. We, um we wouldn't want to jeopardize our clients.
We we work undercover a lot, so
Jiya : Usually as prostitutes.
Lucy : Sure.
Jiya : So you think you'll keep being a cop after you're married?
Denise Christopher : Sunil's family's pretty traditional. Sunil's completing his residency, so they'll be expecting me to stay at home.
Lucy : But you're so good, and you love this.
Denise Christopher : You want to know why I became a cop? When I was four, my father bought a Cadillac. He was so proud. He would tell us all how he came from India with only $10 to his name, how it was his American dream. He stopped for gas. There was a man with a gun. He tried to stop him, not because of the car, but because I was in the back seat. He shot my father. An off-duty cop saw what happened and arrested him.
Jiya : Your father did he
Denise Christopher : He was killed instantly.
Lucy :  Oh, my God. I never knew that. I-I mean, I'm so sorry.
Denise Christopher : I was crying. They sent someone to watch me. I'd never seen a female cop before. Officer Christopher. I asked her why a girl would want to be a cop. She said she wanted to stop the bad guys. I promised myself that was what I was gonna do.
Jiya : So then why would you want to give it up?
Denise Christopher : Because I also promised my mother she would never lose me the way she lost him.
policier : Christopher. Can I see you for a minute?
Denise Christopher : Yes, of course.
policier : There's some people that would like to speak to you.
Lucy : Jiya, we have to stop this marriage.
Jiya : Okay, uh, w-what can we do?
Lucy : I have an idea, but we have to get something from the Lifeboat. Come on.

Bunker
Flynn : What exactly are you doing?
Denise Christopher : Paperwork.
Flynn : No, I mean, w-what are you doing? Aren't you the least bit concerned that you're gonna be snuffed out of existence?
Denise Christopher : I trust the team.
Flynn : What about your family?
Denise Christopher : If I die in '81, Michelle and I will never meet. The children They wouldn't exist.
Flynn : And yet, here you sit, doing paperwork. Wow.
Denise Christopher : What would you have me do? Try to save myself, or get my affairs in order? How exactly does one prepare for one's absence from the past 37 years? I have wracked my brain, trying to come up with a solution, but there is There's nothing I can do.
Flynn : Oh, no, no. You're wrong. One night, three years ago, I was putting my daughter to bed. She wanted to stay up later. Said, "Ten more minutes, Daddy. Three more minutes." As any good parent, I told her to go to sleep. I told her I'd see her in the morning. The next time I saw her, she was dead. See, that night I've done nothing but try to change that, and I failed.
Denise Christopher : I'm sorry about that, - I really am
Flynn : Save your pity. Do you know what I would give if I'd had those three more minutes with her, one more minute, one more second? So you can sit there doing paperwork and fretting about time travel rules, or you can get the hell back home and look at your wife and children while you still can. And it's your choice. I sure as hell know what I'd do.

1981
Rufus : So we're just gonna kill him?
Wyatt : Well, we can't leave him here, Rufus.
Rufus : Wyatt. Look, we've never caught a sleeper before. What if we take him with us? Like a POW? We make two trips.
tireur : Just kill me. I can't go back there. I'd be better off dead.
Wyatt : Sounds good.
Rufus : No, wait, whoa, whoa. We don't just kill people. We are different from Rittenhouse.
tireur : Then leave me in '81.
Wyatt : What, so you can just go after Christopher - the moment we leave?
tireur : I promise I won't.
Wyatt : Why the hell should we trust you?
tireur : I'll tell you about my brother. He came here to activate me. I stole Christopher's file from the hospital with her address in it, and I gave it to him. Zac's probably on his way to take out Officer Christopher right now.
Wyatt :  Could've told us that before!
tireur: Telling you now.
Rufus : Why would you sell out your own brother?
tireur : Rittenhouse brainwashed him. If he lives, he'll tell them, and my family'll pay the price. You can stop him. I'll give you the address if you if you just let me go.
Wyatt : If we get there in time to save our friend, then we'll worry about what to do with you.
[dramatic music.]
[engine turns over.]

chez Denise Christopher
[doorbell rings.]
Denise Christopher : I'll get it.
[indian vocal music.]
Lucy : Uh Okay, still not hitting on you, but you look amazing!
Denise Christopher : Thanks. How did you find me?
Jiya : Uh, white pages. Go figure. Your mom's the only Ananya Sirivastava in D.C.
[jazz music.]
Lucy : Is there somewhere private we can talk?
Denise Christopher : Time travel. You're joking.
Jiya : It sounds impossible, we know.
Denise Christopher : No, it sounds insane. You both should leave, now.
Lucy :  No, no, no! Please, Denise, wait. We can show you we have proof. Just give us one minute. Please, okay? Have you ever seen a computer like this before?
Denise Christopher : No.
That's because - it's from 2018.
Jiya :  And it's how we knew about Hinckley.
Denise Christopher : But that's impossible. Time travel doesn't exist except in movies.
Lucy : Not now, but it will. It does.
Denise Christopher : Oh? Then why didn't you tell me this before? Because we were We were trying to protect you. [somber music.] Every day, we make decisions. Get married, don't get married, take this job or that job, go left or right, and at the time, they seem like they don't matter, but they do, especially in your case.
Denise Christopher : Why in my case?
Lucy : You get recruited by the FBI. You work for Homeland Security.
Denise Christopher : What's Homeland Security?
Lucy : It's a in 20 Um It's too hard to explain right now, but the point is you're at the top of your field. You save so many lives.
Jiya : Including ours.
Lucy : You have a family. But it's not with Sunil. That's Michelle. Your wife. Mark and Olivia are your children.
Denise Christopher : No. That's That can't be.
Lucy : That's you. That's your family.
Denise Christopher : Two women can get married?
Lucy : In 2015 Sooner in California.
Denise Christopher : California?
Lucy : That's where you all live.
Denise Christopher : Why are you doing this?
Lucy : Because you asked me to. In 2017, you invite me over to your house for dinner, and you introduce me to your family, and you give me this. It's a It's kind of like a floppy disk. And you made me promise to show you this, in case something happened.
Denise Christopher : What do you mean, "if something happened"?
Lucy : In case they disappeared from history.
Jiya : Which they will, if you marry Sunil.
Lucy : Denise, you have to call off this engagement. You have to tell your mother the truth about who you are. Before anyone gets hurt.
[ominous music.]
[muffled music.]
Jiya : How do you think the talk is going? You know, we could have told her everything. About Rittenhouse.
Lucy : We have no idea what kind of butterfly effect that would create. Knowing the future is a huge responsibility. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. [chuckles.] I'm sorry.
Jiya : This gift that I have I mean, what's it for? So I can start grieving in advance? Maybe Rufus is right. Maybe I'm supposed to walk away from him.
Lucy : Jiya. Did you ever think that maybe you were seeing these things so that you can safe Rufus?
Lucy : Just like we're trying to save her. I used to think that history was set in stone, unchangeable, and then my sister disappeared. And I just I just see how fragile it all is. If we can change the past, there has to be a way that we can change the future.
[dramatic music.]
[dramatic music.]
[car engine revving.]
[thudding, thumping.]
[ominous music.]
Rufus : No, no, no, no, no, no! We were gonna let you go.
Wyatt : Must've thought Rittenhouse would find him, no matter what. In a way, I guess he was a victim, too.
Denise Christopher : What do I do now?
Lucy : Take that job with the FBI. The rest will fall into place.
Denise Christopher : What if I make the wrong decisions? You won't, I promise. Here, take this. You won't be able to use it for another 20 years, but it will help you remember why you're doing all of this. Come here.
Denise Christopher :  you.
Lucy : It's gonna be okay.

Bunker
Denise Christopher : I've waited 37 years to say thank you to you.
Wyatt : No thanks necessary, ma'am.
Denise Christopher : Well, you saved my life twice. Guess that's why I always knew you were the right man for this job.
"Cagney" and "Lacey." You saved my family. I've never forgotten that.
Lucy : I'm so sorry to put that kind of pressure on you. I can't imagine the stress.
Denise Christopher : Maybe you should hold on to this for now. I can't tell you what it was like the first time I saw a computer that could use one of those. Right, well, now that everyone's back safely, I'll be taking off early. It's family night, and my mother's got a chicken biryani and a shrimp curry waiting for me. I'll bring you leftovers.
Jiya : Wait, wait, your mother?
Denise Christopher : Yeah. It wasn't an easy road, but she came around eventually.
Lucy : It must be nice, uh, having her in your life.
Denise Christopher : Oh, we still have our moments. You know what a pain in the ass she is, but she sure can cook, and she loves my kids. I can't imagine our lives without her. There were definitely some rough patches, but knowing what was waiting for me it gave me hope.

Jiya : You tried to save him. There was nothing else you could've done. He tried to kill Agent Christopher.
Rufus : Because they threatened his family. Believe me, I've been there. That could've been me. Could still be me.
Jiya : What are you talking about?
Rufus :  If your visions end up true, then I could end up just like that sleeper. Alone, dead in the past, some unidentified body, an 18th-century John Doe.
Jiya : You're not alone, Rufus. Okay? You have the team. You have me.
Rufus : I don't know how much time I have, or how I'm gonna end up, but whatever time I have left, I want to spend it with you. From now on, it is me and you, all in, whatever you want. Even if it's a "Lord of the Rings" extended edition marathon as long as every second I have left is spent with you.
Jiya : What if I'm not okay with that?
Rufus : This is a weird time to break up with me.
Jiya : No, I mean, I mean, we have to try to stop it.
Rufus : But your visions
Jiya : I don't care if they come true. Look, we're problem solvers, Rufus. We don't just give up. We find a way. We make more time. Okay, 'cause the only visions I want to see are of you and me growing old together, bickering over what TV series we're gonna binge next, and of [tender music.]
Rufus : I'm so in love with you.

Chambre de Flynn
Lucy : When you gave me the journal, you said you got it from me.
Flynn : Please do come in.
Lucy : I want to know what you meant by that.
Flynn : Sure you want to know?
Lucy : Yes. I do.
It was two weeks after my family was killed. I was, uh, alone, in hiding. The only thing keeping me from killing myself was the idea of stopping these beasts who had done this thing.
At that point, I had no plans. I ran as far as I could. I ended up in a bar, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I was on my third drink when you walked in. You looked maybe five years older than you look now, uh, but no less You looked good. You told me your name. [laughs.] You you knew everything. How my family died. That Rittenhouse was behind all of this. You told me there is a way for me to stop them, and that to do it, I was gonna need your help, and that's when you handed me the journal. So Lucy, you - started all of it.
Lucy : No, that's impossible. We can't travel into our own timeline.
Flynn : Okay, maybe not now, but maybe one day, Rufus and Jiya will figure it out.
Lucy : Wait, what are you saying? In the future
Flynn : I'm saying, you came up to me in the bar, you handed me this journal, and you just left.
Lucy : But that doesn't make any sense.
Flynn : Well, Lucy, that's all I know. The rest, I suppose, you'll have to wait and see what happens. We both will.


Chambre de Wyatt et Jessica
Wyatt : Hi. What are you looking at?
Jessica : Um, just my family. What I'm missing down here. I don't know how long they're gonna buy that I'm pouring pints on an Alaskan cruise ship.
Wyatt : I'm sorry you have to lie. Who's that?
Jessica : Kevin.
Wyatt : Kevin who?
Jessica : Kevin, my brother. You shoot pool with all the time. What?
Wyatt : Not in my timeline.
Jessica : What do you mean?
Wyatt : In my timeline, I never met him. He was, uh Very sick as a kid.
Jessica : He had leukemia.
Wyatt : Jessica, he died before he was three.
Jessica : No, he didn't, Wyatt.
Wyatt : How'd he get better?
Jessica : I don't really remember. Um Some kind of cutting-edge treatment. Stem cell or something. I don't know.
Wyatt : And how'd your family get the money?
Jessica : Can we please not talk about this?
Wyatt : Jess. Is there something you're not telling me?
Jessica : Yeah, there is. I'm pregnant.