Timeless

Previously on "Timeless"...

I know what you're really meant to be, Lucy.

Just ask them why they really chose you for this mission.

- Car trouble? - You're with Rittenhouse.

If you keep playing your part, it helps us protect everyone.

You, your family.

You and Anthony Bruhl were the first ones they ever sent

to travel through time.

Rittenhouse happened.

You faked your own death and hid in the past.

I know things that Anthony doesn't know.

You remember how to pilot it?

It's like riding a bike, right?

But if the Mothership falls into Rittenhouse's hands,

it's too dangerous.

Flynn?

Most likely discovered he was trying to...

Do the right thing.

I want you to help me steal the time machine to save Jess.

He... he brought it back, okay? No harm, right?

- Tell me about Jessica. - Jessica's still dead.

She's alive, guys, please!

That's my father.

I'm glad you know about Rittenhouse.

What you are a part of is inhuman.

Well, I've got news for you, my dear,

you're a part of it too.

If it's any consolation,

you're taking this much better than I did.

I was 17...

when my father told me about Rittenhouse.

And how do you handle a responsibility like that?

Took me a long, long time to come to grips with it.

My father... your grandfather...

Ethan Cahill, he's still alive.

You'll meet him soon.

He ran away when he was told.

It's all right.

You'll come around like we all did,

because it's who you are, Lucy.

It's your legacy.

You know, not a day goes by

that I don't think of you.

Would you please stop pretending

that you actually care about me?

My entire life, not one phone call,

and all of a sudden you're Dad of the Year?

I get it. Your life is...

is crazy and getting crazier.

You're engaged to some doctor you don't know.

You don't even have your sister to talk to,

and now I come along.

I am so...

so sorry about Amy.

You do not get to say her name.

I know what you are.

What do you know about Rittenhouse

besides what Flynn has told you?

I went to 1780 and I met David Rittenhouse myself!

He had these dark theories that...

You don't think we've evolved since then?

We don't use leeches anymore either.

When you're inside, you'll see the good we do.

I will stop you.

I will never be a part of this, do you hear me?

I said the same thing.

So did my father.

Rittenhouse...

Rittenhouse isn't a choice.

It's blood.

Yours, mine,

and your kids someday.

When you're ready to come home,

I'll be here, Lucy...

with open arms.

Two lefts from headquarters, 30 minutes on the freeway,

and four gravel roundabouts.

That should put us somewhere in the...

National Park.

Smart place for a black site.

You stole a time machine, Wyatt.

We can't exactly throw you in county jail.

Hey.

You think you could, uh,

slip me a snorkel before the waterboarding starts?

I am seriously pissed at you,

but I put in a call to Sam Dwyer.

He's a JAG defense lawyer, a good one.

I don't want a defense.

I deserve this.

Good luck.

He said something to upset you, didn't he?

This is why I didn't want you to see him.

It's not anything like that. I just...

I just want to know more about him.

He was opinionated, and he was stubborn,

and I see a lot of him in you, actually.

What about his family?

I met his parents once... from D.C.

His father was an aide in the White House,

I remember that.

Hmm.

All right, you want to know

the best thing about Benjamin Cahill?

He gave me you.

Whoa.

Scary Rittenhouse dude is your father?

You shouldn't have talked to him.

I had to see him with my own eyes.

You put yourself in serious danger.

The guy who's been terrorizing me, that's your dad?

- My biological father. - How about you do me a favor,

and the next time you and your dad are at a barbecue,

you tell him it'd be super great if he didn't kill my family!

Okay, his name's Benjamin Cahill.

Squeaky clean record.

He's a pediatric surgeon at UCSF, for God's sake.

Okay, that is so creepy.

Lucy, I'm...

sorry, I can't imagine. How are you doing?

How do you think I'm doing?

Look, we'll figure this all out... somehow.

Okay, I'm afraid we don't have time.

Flynn jumped. May 21, 1927.

- Paris. - What's Paris?

That's the day that Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris...

the first transatlantic solo flight...

but I cannot do this, not now.

Okay, where's Wyatt?

I mean, we're not doing this without him.

After his little stunt,

there's zero chance he's going on this trip.

My hands are tied.

You can either jump into that "Lifeboat,"

or you can sit back and watch Flynn torch history.

Maybe we let Flynn torch history.

- Lucy... - No, I'm serious.

Okay, we know that Rittenhouse is terrible.

We know that... that they want to take the Mothership back

and destroy everything.

So what if we let Flynn take them out?

I mean, that's a good thing, right?

Lucy, I'm gonna go.

What? Why?

I mean, after everything that Rittenhouse said

they're gonna do to your family?

Yes, they wildly and extravagantly suck,

and I want them gone, but Flynn is going to hurt people.

He is going to kill people, change history.

You know that.

And if we don't stop him...

that's on us.

I'll go alone if I have to.

I'm in.

Okay.

Well, actually, you two won't be going alone.

Lucy Preston, Rufus Carlin,

this is Master Sergeant David Baumgardner.

Bam-Bam.

Uh, Wyatt mentioned you before.

"Dave's" fine.

We've had him on standby since the Alamo mission.

I thought Agent Christopher was yanking my chain

when she said "time travel," but...

holy crap.

I know how you feel.

He's been thoroughly briefed, but show him the ropes.

You're the varsity squad now.

That is not comforting.

Look, I get how you must feel. Wyatt's one of the best.

Just do me a favor and no cowboy stuff, okay?

Unless there's cowboys or something.

Then, uh, do cowboy stuff.

Ma'am?

"Lucy's" fine.

Well, you're in charge, Lucy.

That's right.

It's a common misconception, but it's not true.

Well, why do they say short people have a Napoleon complex?

Well, that's just the thing, Napoleon wasn't short.

He was 5'7".

That's above average for his era.

He just... he surrounded himself with tall men,

and it just made him look short.

It's all relative.

- How do you know that? - Because I met him.

What, you think the Wild West was my first trip?

Okay, seriously, what's the deal with this little diary?

Not worth getting into right now, believe me.

You ready yet?

Do you hear that?

Yep.

Are you sure you're not gonna kill him with that thing?

Oh, he's flying in slow and low.

This thing can cripple a rudder from twice this distance.

He'll be fine, just needs to land early, that's all.

Thought you said he was gonna be fine.

Ah, it's all relative.

Congratulations, Lieutenant Lindbergh,

and welcome to Paris.