Theresa was introduced to Faraday's mother Eloise Hawking at Daniel's graduate commencement, but Ms. Hawking was dismissive of Theresa and her son's relationship with her, preferring that her son focus only on his research work. ("The Variable") After Faraday tested his experimental time apparatus out on himself, he permitted Theresa to act as an experimental subject, and she eventually succumbed to the effects of temporal displacement.