Designated Survivor (TV Series)

Capacity (2018)

Maggie Q: Hannah Wells

Quotes 

• Aaron Shore : Hey, Hannah. You didn't answer my calls.

  Hannah Wells : I was at the hospital.

  Aaron Shore : Yeah, like, ten hours ago. Hey, you can't see the President like this.

  Hannah Wells : He needs to know that Andrea Frost is the hacker. And a murderer!

  Aaron Shore : We need incontrovertible evidence of that, not a circumstantial case.

  Hannah Wells : Oh, the hell we do.

• Aaron Shore : You think you can just waltz into the Oval with blood on your shirt and convince the president that his close friend...

  Hannah Wells : I don't care who the hell she is, Aaron.

  Aaron Shore : Hannah, I'm on your side here. But you'll have one shot at persuading the president. Go home, all right? Get cleaned up. Gather your thoughts. Keep working the case.

  Hannah Wells : I have been working this for months.

  Aaron Shore : Hannah, I'm sorry about Damien. I am. But this has to be bulletproof.

  Hannah Wells : What, you want a smoking gun? We may never get that. Meanwhile, she's still out there.

  Aaron Shore : Hannah, I'm not asking you.

• Chuck Russink : Here's the bank camera shot of the assassin's car. You can't really make out the license plate.

  Hannah Wells : You can make out the first two numbers. And they trace back to a silver sedan registered to Apache Aerospace; Andrea Frost's company.

  Chuck Russink : Yes, and those two digits also come to 814 other plates registered in the district.

  Hannah Wells : Okay, how many of them are silver sedans?

  Chuck Russink : Hannah, you're not listening.

  Hannah Wells : How many?

  Chuck Russink : [running a search on his computer]  212.

  Hannah Wells : We also found more writings. Recent anti-government postings that we can trace back to Gamine. And we know that Gamine is Andrea Frost.

  Chuck Russink : We're getting there, okay? But it's still not enough.

  Hannah Wells : It is for me. Chuck, she's not just a-a saboteur. She's a killer. The plumber who broke into NASA, Damian. They're both dead. We keep looking for evidence that we already have!

• Tom Kirkman : Agent Wells, you have been a tremendous asset to your country, and to this administration. But I'm deeply troubled by what you've just told me, and for a number of reasons. But I'll start with the biggest one first. You do know who Andrea Frost is?

  Hannah Wells : Unfortunately, sir, I do.

  Tom Kirkman : She's not just a close personal friend of mine. She's a widely-respected industrialist. Someone who helped us save astronauts from the Space Station, helped us find the dirty bomb.

  Hannah Wells : All so she could get close to you, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : I'm sorry. I might be missing something here, but your claim that Andrea Frost is responsible for all these hackings and murder is solely based on your assertion that she uses the Internet handle "Gamine" and is a fan of Alan Turing; which by the way, so am I.

  Hannah Wells : Mr. President, I know that all of this sounds very far-fetched. But this conclusion is a product of months and months of painstaking work. Have I ever led you astray before?

  Tom Kirkman : Thank you, Agent Wells. That'll be all.

• Aaron Shore : There was no one else in the Oval besides Frost and the president.

  Hannah Wells : And the president sure as hell wasn't cooperating with West, which means that Frost is undermining him.

  Kendra Daynes : But the president was clear. We can't question her.

  Hannah Wells : So Frost gets away with it.

  Kendra Daynes : Unless you can find an ironclad way to incriminate her.

• Hannah Wells : Mr. West, I'm Hannah Wells. FBI. You got a second?

  Ethan West : I got half a second.

  Hannah Wells : I'm investigating possible criminal conduct by Dr. Andrea Frost.

  Ethan West : It's not my concern.

  Hannah Wells : It is if you were conspiring with her to undermine the presidency.

• Hannah Wells : I understand that Dr. Frost just testified to the contents of a private conversation her and the president had in the Oval Office. A conversation she related to you.

  Ethan West : Wow, is there nobody who doesn't know about this hearing?

  Hannah Wells : My point is if we make a case against Dr. Frost, and you aided her attack on the White House, that makes you an accessory after the fact.

  Ethan West : Let me save you some time, Agent Hannah Wells.

  [taking a letter from his coat pocket and giving it to her] 

  Ethan West : The conversation that you allude to was brought to my attention through this anonymous letter. I did not co-conspire. I did nothing wrong. I just merely received a tip.

  Hannah Wells : A tip?

  Ethan West : A tip. You know what a tip is, don't you? It's the part of the iceberg that this White House is about to slam into.

• Hannah Wells : So, what's next?

  Dr. Andrea Frost : Excuse me?

  Hannah Wells : NASA. The power grid. The president's therapy tapes. What's your next target?

  Dr. Andrea Frost : Do I know you?

  Hannah Wells : I'm Hannah Wells. FBI.

  Dr. Andrea Frost : I have no idea what you're talking about, Agent Wells. But I'm a close friend of President Kirkman's.

  Hannah Wells : Yeah, you're a close friend. You're trying to undermine his entire administration. Is that what friends do?

• Hannah Wells : You are not just a saboteur, Dr. Frost. You are a murderer. And your henchman got the wrong guy.

  Dr. Andrea Frost : You have no idea who you're talking to.

  Hannah Wells : I know exactly...

  Dr. Andrea Frost : So let me enlighten you. I'm someone who keeps her promises. And if you ever slander me in public again, I promise you this will be your last act working for the government or anyone else.

• Aaron Shore : You know what White House employees can't do? Accost private citizens in public places and defame them. You're not getting any of this, are you? Hannah, I vouched for you. To the president. I put my neck on the line! What the hell were you thinking?

  Hannah Wells : They're all dead, Aaron.

  Aaron Shore : Who?

  Hannah Wells : Scott Wheeler. Jason Atwood. John Foerstel. Damian Rennett. Everyone who gets close to me dies.

  Aaron Shore : [heavy sigh]  Yeah. I'm sorry.

  Hannah Wells : I'm not gonna let Andrea Frost get away with this. I won't let her.

  Aaron Shore : I'm pulling you from the hack investigation, Hannah. I have to. You've done enough.

• Tom Kirkman : Agent Wells, you are a dedicated servant to your country. You have made sacrifices, both personal and professional, that go beyond the call of duty. And I want you to know that that has not gone unnoticed.

  Hannah Wells : Thank you, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : But today has been an object lesson for me in accountability. And I believe that everybody in this building needs to be accountable for what they do.

  Hannah Wells : Yes, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : The directive I gave Aaron was for you to give me more information on Andrea Frost so you could build a proper case. Instead, you chose to accost her, defame her, humiliate her publicly.

  Hannah Wells : Sir, may I explain...

  Tom Kirkman : No, you may not. Your actions constitute rank insubordination, which I cannot accept. In other words, you've given me no choice. You can no longer serve this administration.

  Hannah Wells : Mr. President...

  Tom Kirkman : Agent Wells, you've been terminated, effective immediately. Goodbye.