Timeless (TV Series)

The Kennedy Curse (2018)

Susanna Thompson: Carol Preston

Quotes 

• Carol Preston : I know where we can find Kennedy.

  Nicholas Keynes : I'm listening.

  Carol Preston : Kennedy's chronic health issues are one of history's best-kept secrets. Ulcers, colitis, blood infections. With everything that he's just been through, I wouldn't be surprised if he fell ill.

  Nicholas Keynes : What do you suggest?

  Carol Preston : We search every hospital in the city. Sooner or later, Kennedy's bound to show up at one of them, and when he does, we take him out.

  Nicholas Keynes : [considering it]  All right. Send out one of our men.

  Emma Whitmore : No. I got this. I'll figure it out.

  Nicholas Keynes : Thank you, Emma. And if you run into Lucy and her friends, take them out, as well.

  Emma Whitmore : With pleasure.

• 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.