Sakina Jaffrey: Denise Christopher

The Kennedy Curse

Denise Christopher

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: 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: 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.