Designated Survivor (TV Series)

#thesystemisbroken (2019)

Maggie Q: Hannah Wells

Quotes 

• Emily Rhodes : [surprised to find Hannah in her apartment]  What the fuck is this about, Hannah?

  [Hannah shows her a video on her phone] 

  Emily Rhodes : Where did you get this?

  Hannah Wells : From your friend Valeria. After she tried to kill me.

  Emily Rhodes : And you think that has something to do with this?

  Hannah Wells : Unless provided with a better explanation, yes.

• Emily Rhodes : The president directed me to backchannel information to the Russians. But beyond that, I cannot divulge any details. Whatever happened between you and Valeria, I wasn't a part of it.

  [seeing the gun in Hannah's hands] 

  Emily Rhodes : What are you gonna do? Torture me?

  Hannah Wells : [taking her phone back]  I have to attend a disciplinary hearing. You think they'd be interested in this?

  Emily Rhodes : You really think the FBI doesn't already know?

  Hannah Wells : If I find out you're lying to me, it would be redundant to say "I know where you live", right?

• Deputy Director, FBI : Breaking and entering, infiltrating civilian computer systems, hacking personal phones without a warrant. Do you have anything to add?

  Hannah Wells : Just that I don't see any cameras, so this seems like a lot of grandstanding for an audience of one.

  Deputy Director, FBI : I wouldn't take these proceedings so irreverently, Agent Wells. Your career's in the balance.

  Hannah Wells : I did my job, Deputy Director. I protected my president. Who has been cleared of any wrongdoing, by the way, by both the Attorney General and Special Counsel West.

  Executive Assistant OIC : It was the special counsel himself who provided us with these many examples of your transgressions.

  Deputy Director, FBI : I'm not sure you appreciate the gravity of the situation here. Unless you're of the mind that agents of the United States government can kill people in allied countries without consequences.

  [noticing her reaction] 

  Deputy Director, FBI : Oh, do I have your attention now?

  Executive Assistant, NSB : After much conversation, the British are opting not to prosecute for the sake of our special relationship. But they've made it clear you're persona non grata in the UK.

  Deputy Director, FBI : I've promised we'd settle accounts. We'll have your badge, Hannah.

  Hannah Wells : Everything I have done, everything, has been to protect this country. You can't just throw...

  Deputy Director, FBI : That's enough. We're done. You're lucky to have been dismissed without charges.

• Dianne Lewis : I'm assuming the hearing resulted in termination.

  Hannah Wells : Well, I'm leaving now.

  Dianne Lewis : I can tell you about that video.

  Hannah Wells : How do you know about the video?

  Dianne Lewis : Because we shot it. How'd you like to come work for the CIA?

• Hannah Wells : Your headquarters are certainly an improvement from the Bureau.

  Dianne Lewis : Well, I'll pass your compliment on to the ghost of Allen Dulles. I meant to ask, whatever happend to Agent Rennett's daughter, the girl you brought back from London?

  Hannah Wells : She's with family friends. So, you were surveilling me, too.

  Dianne Lewis : It's what we do.

• Hannah Wells : Why were you tailing Emily? Did you suspect her of something?

  Dianne Lewis : No. I'd be very surprised if Ms. Rhodes was a traitor to her country.

  Hannah Wells : Then what was in the envelope? She mentioned something about a back channel with Russia, but that's all I could get out of her.

  Dianne Lewis : The United States and Russia occasionally share information about rogue scientists, especially ones who have access to classified weapons programs.

  Hannah Wells : So this is about nuclear technology.

  Dianne Lewis : It can be. But we're on to something more insidious now.

  Hannah Wells : Yeah, what's that?

  Dianne Lewis : Bioterror. It's what I want you to work on.

  Hannah Wells : Where are you sending me?