Timeless The Day Reagan Was Shot (2016–2018) Online
- Original Title :
- The Day Reagan Was Shot
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
- Year :
- 2016–2018
- Directror :
- Alex Kalymnios
- Cast :
- Abigail Spencer,Matt Lanter,Malcolm Barrett
- Writer :
- Eric Kripke,Shawn Ryan
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 43min
- Rating :
- 8.8/10
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.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Abigail Spencer | - | Lucy Preston |
 | Matt Lanter | - | Wyatt Logan |
 | Malcolm Barrett | - | Rufus Carlin |
 | Paterson Joseph | - | Connor Mason |
 | Sakina Jaffrey | - | Denise Christopher |
 | Claudia Doumit | - | Jiya |
 | Goran Visnjic | - | Garcia Flynn |
 | Tonya Glanz | - | Jessica |
 | Karen David | - | Dhriti Sirivastava / Young Denise Christopher |
 | Pooja Batra | - | Ananya Sirivastava |
 | Matthew Alan | - | Owen, Sleeper Agent |
 | Erik Stocklin | - | John Warnock Hinckley Jr. |
 | Clint Culp | - | Officer Thomas K. Delahanty |
 | McKenna Roberts | - | Olivia |
 | Michael Garza | - | Mark |
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.
The young Denise Christopher twice says that her mother "sure can cook." The real-life mother of Sakina Jaffrey, who portrays the older Denise Christopher, is Madhur Jaffrey, the actress and writer whose cookbooks helped popularize Indian cuisine in the Americas.
Alexander Haig, President Reagan's Secretary of State, was famous for saying "I'm in control" when asked by a member of the press pool while Reagan was lying in the hospital. What was meant to provide reassurance to the nation while the country was suffering from a crisis of leadership was misconstrued as an act of sedition.
An amusing irony about the attempted assassination of Reagan is that, while he survived, he was injured by a bullet that ricocheted off one of the bulletproof limousines in his motorcade, one of the numerous measures in place intended for his protection.
While explaining changing history to Denise, Abby uses the choice of turning left or right as an example of where history can change. "Turn Left" was a 4th season installment of Doctor Who in which Donna Noble was made to turn right at an intersection when the original history had her turning left. The consequences cascading from this change led to the thermonuclear destruction of London and the collapse of the British economy, as well as numerous unchecked extraterrestrial invasions. History was restored when Donna was sent into her own past and succeeded in causing herself to turn left after all.
Cagney & Lacey (1981) was a show that centered on two female detectives of the New York Police Department.
Change to real history: due to the team's actions, John Hinckley Jr. escaped from the Reagan shooting scene.
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