The trio comes face-to-face with the 18th-century mind behind Rittenhouse
Meet Rittenhouse.
Werefinallygetting some answers about the identity and motivation ofTimeless most mysterious organization.
And oh, man, it is a doozy.
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When Agent Christopher invites a confused Lucy over for dinner, we learn she has a wife!
Last week, when Christopher should we call her Denise?
(As bad-date stories go, being interrupted by your drunk boss is pretty bad.)
Or as Wyatt puts it: Benedict Arnold?
The guy whose name basically means total jerk-off?
Yeah, you heard that right:George Washington.
I mean, who can blame her?
If they dont help, hell have one of his men shoot Washington.
Youre bluffing, Wyatt says.
Youre talking to the man who shot Lincoln, Flynn says nonchalantly.
(He tells Lucy he left the real Austin Roe dead in a ditch.
If youre trying to win Lucy over, youre doing a poor job, Flynn.)
Once Rittenhouse is gone, why would I keep taking these godforsaken trips?
(Hes got a point.)
The whole thing seems almost too good to be true, right?
So, our trio becomes a foursome, teaming up to go find Arnold.
Flynn, you literally have a time machine.
Rufus is on board, if it means Rittenhouse will stop threatening him and his family.
So is Wyatt, if it means he can finally learn what happened to his wife.
Even Lucy reluctantly agrees.
What kind of husband or father can I be after what Ive done?
Itistoo good to be true
So, Arnold agrees to bring them to Rittenhouse but not all of them.
Rufus must stay behind.
These are idiotic and unenlightened times, Flynn replies.
Rittenhouses place isfilledwith clocks.
See, the Rittenhouses believe monarchies dont work and democracies cant be trusted.
Great, so Rittenhouse isnt just a tyrannical murderer but a rapist, too.
Which is when Rufus shows up!
With a gun he stole from a Rittenhouse guard!
Boy, our little science nerd sure has come a long way from panicking outside the Hindenburg.
Their camaraderie is short-lived, however, as Flynn then starts looking around for Rittenhouses son, John.
He insists hell just grow up to carry on his fathers political beliefs.
Flynn hesitates, and in that time, John escapes.
Enraged, Flynn informs Lucy hes finally going to show her just how horrifying Rittenhouse can be.
With that, he kidnaps her and escapes with the Mothership as Wyatt and Rufus watch helplessly.
It makes for a hell of a cliffhanger: Will Lucy be okay?
Or will the fact John watched Flynn shoot his father make John even more determined in his beliefs?
Theres a good chance Flynns actions could have made Rittenhouse a whole lot worse.
Well have to wait until January to see the consequences…
Unless anyone has a time machine I can borrow?
Best Rufus one-liner:Describing Benedict Arnold as a grade-A douche-nozzle.
