The Day Reagan Was Shot

Episode aired May 6, 2018
TV-14TV-14
43min

8.6/10

S2.E8

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The team travel back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day that President Reagan was shot.The team travel back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day that President Reagan was shot.The team travel back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day that President Reagan was shot.

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The Time Team travels back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day President Reagan was shot, only to discover that the Sleeper's target isn't the President - but a young rookie police officer - none other than Agent Christopher, who brought the time team together and kept the Lifeboat from getting into Rittenhouse's hands. The Time Team must save Agent Christopher's life and prevent her from making a mistake that set her on a different path that would forever change her own future, the future of the team -- and the future of the world. —Paul Miller

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Trivia
The Brady bill that Lucy mentions, named for James Brady, Ronald Reagan's press secretary, was an Act of Congress that mandated federal background checks on gun purchasers and imposed a five-day waiting period, until the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was implemented in 1998. The bill was first introduced into the House of Representatives by Chuck Schumer in 1991, but was never brought to a vote; Schumer re-introduced it in February 1993, it was signed into law by President Clinton that November, and went into effect in February 1994. Since NICS's implementation, more than 200 million Brady background checks have been conducted.

Goofs
Older Denise Christopher has a bit of an Indian accent when she speaks, but the young Denise does not.

Quotes
Denise Christopher: [after the team returns from their mission] I've waited 37 years to say thank you to you.
[shakes Wyatt's hand]
Wyatt Logan: 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.
[turns to Lucy and Jiya]
Denise Christopher: "Cagney" and "Lacey."
[Jiya and Lucy walk up to her laughing]
Denise Christopher: You saved my family. I've never forgotten that.
[Lucy hugs her]
Lucy Preston: I'm so sorry to put that kind of pressure on you. I can't imagine the stress.

Connections
References Taxi Driver (1976)

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Logic out the window

So they have to "stop this marriage" or the world changes!!! But holding Denise's hand and making her the hero for the capture of Hinkley, oh that has no impact. I am so tired of these stupid illogical connections.

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