The Crossing (TV Series)

Pilot (2018)

Yvonne Chapman: Kate

Quotes 

• [intercut between witness statements] 

  Rebecca : We heard that someone had discovered something, a process... a way to bend time.

  Paul : A rumor, at best. At worst, a trap. But... we didn't hesitate. You have to understand, we had no other option. We were... an endangered species.

  Thomas : Not a war. An extermination.

  Paul : A holocaust unlike the world has ever known.

  Hannah : My dad paid someone to get me past the checkpoints. It was everything he had.

  Thomas : The whole process at the site was rushed. People were saying that the plan had been exposed. There was no time to organize or plan. It was...

  Paul : Chaos. No one knew where we'd end up.

  Hannah : The Long Peace, early 21st century, that's all they told us. A better time.

  Kate : They packed us onto the platform and took us into the ground. The... "threshold" is what they called it.

  Caleb : And when it stopped, we were in some type of cave, you know? There were families, kids. Everyone was scared.

  Hannah : And then the sound started. It was like cracks of thunder over and over.

  Thomas : And then...

  Paul : Suddenly...

  Rebecca : I couldn't breathe, and it was dark and freezing.

  Paul : To even realize that we were underwater... took, uh... crucial moments.

  Hannah : A lot of people drowned before they even realized where they were.

  Leah : My mom kissed me, then she was gone.

• Paul : Supplies to pass the time. How long are they planning on keeping us here?

  Caleb : We knew it'd be a process. By any measure, it's better than where we came from.

  Kate : How'd you know that? I mean, they've told us nothing.

  Caleb : They've provided medicine, clothes, food.

  Kate : Food, right. You know, someone said their meat comes from real animals.

  Caleb : Okay, this is a different time. They just have different ways of doing things, that's all.

  Thomas : Sounds good to me. Be nice to be back on top of the food chain.

• Kate : Don't you think we should all have a say in what happens to us?

  Thomas : Oh, I'll have a say. Don't you worry about that.

  Caleb : Listen, I don't know about you guys, but Rebecca and I came here to start over; to make a home, maybe even have a family again. But none of that will be possible without these people. But listen, it's normal not to trust them, considering where we came from, but this is a different place, a different time than the one we left. This is the America of old, the Long Peace. Everyone has rights here, no matter where they're from.