Denise Christopher, Timeless

Denise Christopher (Sakina Jaffrey)

In time traveling drama series Timeless, Denise was the Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission. In episode 1×10 it was revealed that Denise was married to a woman named Michelle. Denise’s sexuality did not come up in the rest of the episodes, and was still married to Michelle at the end of the season.

In May 2017, NBC reversed its initial decision to cancel Timeless, and the show will return for a second season.

Appearances:

• 16 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Michelle (Marci T. House, lesbian, guest 1 episode, wife)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.