Caitlin Strucker quotes from The Gifted

They're in there now! Please, you know this is wrong.

No, I know this is legal. I know this is authorized.

Just because it's legal, it makes it right?

I'm not gonna debate this with you! [pause] I don't know what you two expected to come out of this. I'm not in the habit of helping people who threaten my family.

I'm trying to save my children!

Yeah, you're children, who were apprehended attacking a key infrastructure facility, which makes them terrorists.

Terrorists? They are high school students.

You wanna talk about how bad off your kids are? Our child is gone! [pause] Whatever their circumstances, your kids are alive.

But for how long? That's your justification for experimenting on them? Torturing them? A 15-year-old and a 17-year old–

Caitlin

Reed, please. [to Jace] I know how upsetting this must be. When you came into my house with a gun, I was terrified. Believe me, this is the last place I want to be right now. So I'm going to say this, and then we're gonna go. The program our children are in, I've seen what it does first-hand. They pump the mutants full of drugs until they are hopelessly addicted. They're given mental conditioning so they have to do what they're told and... and then they are sent to kill everyone they love. They may be alive, but that... that's worth than death. [gets up and leaves, followed by Reed]

View quote →

We understand this place is full of difficult memories now. It's one of the reasons that we've been thinking that maybe we should move on.

What?

Move on? You mean "give up".

Caitlin

No one's giving up. We're gonna be part of this fight, no matter where we go. It's just with everything we've been through...

The worst of it is already over! Alright? That psycho doctor's already done with all his tests and–

Guys, we almost lost you a few days ago.

Caitlin

There is so much tension between everyone right now. We can't get caught in the middle.

And maybe that means that we go to Mexico, like we talked about.

So that's it? You've made up your mind, right? We're just gonna run away?

Going to Mexico isn't running away. There are refugees that need help there too, maybe more than here.

Yeah, but here is where we can make a difference.

He's right. I want to do something.

Right now I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this.

View quote →

What's going on?

Caitlin

We're leaving.

Well, John said that you asked about trying to get to Mexico, but I thought... And you're really doing this now?

Yeah, we were just out to Fairburn.

We need you guys here. The help you've been giving us with the... the school and the kids...

Caitlin

It was a hard decision, but Esme and her sisters back...

I don't want them here. That's why we have to stick together!

It's too late for that, Marcos. The last time she was here, Esme played us all against each other. If she does that again–

She won't. We'll be on our guard next time.

Caitlin

I... I wish that was enough, but she's already turned some of the mutants here against us. Just because we talked to a Sentinel Service agent.

Well for what it is worth, this mutant wants you here.

View quote →

Caitlin

What happened in that parking lot? We came outside, you were both on the ground, and you haven't been speaking to each other.

Just a disagreement, right?

A disagreement? You attacked those agents.

They were gonna shoot us, I stopped them, and we got away.

You almost killed that guy.

Yeah, key word: "almost."

Caitlin

Guys, I don't know what's going on, but we need to stick together as a family right now.

Tell her that, not me.

Caitlin

What?

Last time I checked, I'm the one person in this family who's actually proud to be a Von Strucker.

View quote →

There are people to protect here. When the X-men founded this place, they didn't say "run off whenever you're pissed".

Our friends might not be coming back. Aren't you pissed?

Of course I am, but we have a job here.

Guys, we can't keep fighting each other.

Caitlin

Your father's right. We have to be strong as a family.

I'm the one who wants us to be strong!

You mean you want us to be the Von Struckers again. You sound like the Frost sisters.

What's wrong with that? They're willing to face reality. The humans are coming after us.

The humans, Andy? Am I coming after you? Is your mom?