12 Monkeys (TV Series)

Mother (2017)

Hannah Waddingham: Magdalena

Quotes 

• Magdalena : You know, today is the most special of occasions. Your unveiling. A chance to show the faithful that the Witness is safe and growing strong inside you. And a chance for you to show your love for him.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : He's mine. Why wouldn't I?

  Magdalena : You've shown doubt.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : Because I fear for him.

  Magdalena : Love for the child inside you is incidental. The love you must show is for the man he becomes.

• Magdalena : It is a remarkable thing to be raised to raise a child. Shaped in order to shape. Taught to teach.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : I'm his mother.

  Magdalena : Hmm. The mother is not the belly that bears the child, but the hands that cradle, the voice that soothes the crying, the face it sees, and thinks to itself... "Love."

• Pallid Man : [seeing Arianna dead]  Oh, dear.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : How did you do this?

  Pallid Man : Magdalena. She came back in time and warned us about what you were gonna do.

  [flashback; Magalena is approached by a version of herself from the future] 

  Magdalena : [handing herself a knife]  The Mother will try to harm herself. Arianna will help her.

  Magdalena : Thank you for your sacrifice.

  Pallid Man : [the flashback ends]  You know, your son will always know that you chose death over him. Now the Witness is no longer safe, which is why the remainder of your days here will be less, uh... comfortable.