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Previously on
"Designated Survivor"...

Why do you think
I need a political director?

- Currently the polls say...
- I don't care about the polls.

You should, sir.

Lyor is here because
we need a direction,

someone to help
with our messaging,

and there is no one better.

Our target is Patrick Lloyd.

We believe that he is responsible
for the bombing on our Capitol.

Can you update the status
of the Lloyd investigation?

All our best people are on it.

- How long have you been on Lloyd's trail?
- Months.

But I'm surprised to find
British Intelligence on this.

Lloyd knows we're getting
closer. He's covering his tracks.

He's got a bunch of passports here...

He's got about a dozen tickets,

all for this morning,
all for different airports.

Okay, I'll be right there.

We just found this.

It's from a BWI surveillance video,
10:43 last night, international arrivals.

You can't make out a face.

No, but you can make out an ear.

Biometrically, ears are
as identifiable as fingerprints.

Bingo. That's our guy.

- Impressive.
- Well, I have a degree in criminology.

That's good, Chuck. Thanks.

Six months on the move, he's got
to be running out of options.

Why would he go back
to the scene of the crime?

There's something he wants here.
But he's exposed,

and all alone.
You've arrested his confederates.

- What about family?
- Divorced. Doesn't speak to his ex.

He does have an estranged son
in Reston,

but he hasn't spoken to him
in 10 years.

Blood's still blood, and it sounds
like he's got nowhere else to go.

All right, I'll...

We'll check it out.

Aaron Shore.

Tell the President I'm on my way.

Mr. President, you promised
the public transparency.

Yes, but what's
he going to say, Emily?

"My fellow Americans, Patrick Lloyd
is back. Run for your lives"?

No, he's gonna say, "pursuant
to my promise of transparency"...

Aaron, how badly will we compromise
the investigation if we go public?

Completely, sir.
Lloyd returned to D.C. for a reason,

but he'll disappear
if he knows we're hunting him.

Then there are the practical concerns
of tipping him.

Which are?

He's an unpredictable adversary
with unlimited resources.

Meaning he could have
a dirty bomb, a tactical nuke.

And once we locate him,

we'll have to remove him
from the population center

before we bring him down.
So the pursuit has to stay covert.

What kind of manpower are we
talking about to accomplish this?

About 200 agents would constitute
a minimum effective deployment.

He's got a 10-hour lead,
but we have NSA satellites

sweeping through
every Browning-Reed facility,

any place he's ever frequented.

As long as he stays above ground,
we will acquire him.

Em, you're right, I made a promise
regarding transparency,

but I made a bigger promise
to the American people,

and that's to keep them safe.
So for now, we keep a lid on this.

Congress has to know.

Yes. I agree. If this goes wrong
and you kept them in the dark,

you'll get slaughtered, sir.
You need cover.

We'll inform HSC.

Not because I need cover,

but because this is not
a government of one.

Thank you.

- So, you've read Seth's jokes?
- Not yet.

- You are gonna read them, though, right?
- Yes. Why are you so worried about this?

Because tonight's
the Correspondents' Dinner,

and the centerpiece is the President's
monologue, and Seth is not funny.

Seth's funny.

So?

These aren't funny.

- You're not the arbiter of funny.
- I am the arbiter of funny.

- I was in "Hasty Pudding."
- A theatrical troupe, guys in drag.

Yeah. See? That's funny.

That's not funny.

I'm funny!

Senator Feller,
Senator Cowling.

I just wanted to step in and thank you
very much for coming by.

Our pleasure, Mr. President.

Our committee counsel Kendra Daynes.

She helps us navigate Homeland Security's
regulatory scheme.

Ms. Daynes, I think you might need
a few more lawyers.

Yes, sir.

I'll let Emily and Aaron walk you
through it. Again, welcome.

Our most up-to-date Lloyd intel.

Yes. Emily sent us the preview.

Now, I understand you don't want
to share this with the public?

No, Senator, we do not.

We believe that would hinder
our investigation.

- I respect that position.
- I don't.

I'm from Missouri, the "Show Me" state.

If there's a lunatic out there,
my constituents should be apprised.

Senator, Patrick Lloyd
is a long way from Missouri.

Well, today...
What about tomorrow?

- The President believes that...
- I'm sorry. The President

- has already classified this intel?
- Yes.

I thought the Committee was brought in
for advice and consent.

- If he's already decided...
- This meeting's a formality.

We prefer to think of it
as a courtesy, Senator.

I think of it as executive overreach.
See, there's a difference

between being consulted with
and dictated to.

This is the latter.
Thanks for the briefing.

Like I told you guys last time,

I haven't seen my dad in a decade.

And he hasn't tried to contact you.

No. Why would he?

He knows what I think about him,
even before he went crazy.

And you can't think of anyone else
he would reach out to.

No.

Look, I-I don't know him, okay?

I don't want anything from him.
I wouldn't even take his money.

What money?
We didn't ask you about money.

No, I'm saying I wouldn't take it...

...like, if he offered it, you know?

Travis, we have a dossier on you.

Now, we know you're not helping him.

The only way you get into trouble
is if you hide stuff from us.

Then you're an accomplice.

The son of bitch came by this morning
for 30 seconds.

Yeah, we got a sighting in Rockville.

We got two cars in front, two following.
Three at every exit

between his present location
and Annapolis. They're all unmarked.

And we're tracking him
with satcom,

so he should be completely unaware.

How did you
get on his trail so quickly?

We ran the license
you pulled from that security cam

at his kid's development.
Lloyd's in an HOV lane.

No EZ-Pass, so he hits a check point,
MDTA snaps a picture.

That's not smart.

- Get rid of the two lead cars.
- If we do that, he'll accelerate.

We'll follow at pace. The game's gonna be
over. Montgomery County's still too close

- to a population center.
- John...

Trust me.

Units 9, 10, disengage.

- He's not picking up the pace.
- Because it's not him.

We don't know that.

I tracked this guy
for six months all over Europe

with every single resource
at my disposal,

and I never even got close.

He is so clever.

Why would he steal a car from
a parking lot with surveillance video

and then hop into an EZ-Pass lane
where he can be tracked?

And drive exactly the speed limit
so he'd be easy to follow.

Not him.

So, the President's gonna be sending
his student loan initiative

to the committee later in the week.

I'll have more info for you
as things develop. Okay, Brian?

Um, hey, one quick item...

I know there's rampant speculation
that Larry David

has been ghostwriting
the President's jokes, uh, for tonight.

Um, let me just dispel that rumor.

Uh...

Larry David is, uh,

actually handcuffed in a trunk
under my bed.

Uh, anything else?

Yeah. Shelley.

A source says Senator Feller
just had a secret Saturday meeting here

to reverse a base closure in his state.
Care to comment?

- Well, I mean, that didn't happen.
- So, that's a denial?

- Categorical.
- So, Senator Feller wasn't

in the White House today?

Lots of people were
in the White House today.

- Come on, Seth.
- Seth?

Yes. Tiffany.

Is the First Lady going to be wearing
Zac Posen tonight?

Yes. Right.

Uh... well, let me start
with the President.

The President's gonna be
wearing Burberry...

Wow!

Mom, you look beautiful.

Really?

You know what I think? I think
I look like a high-class call girl.

What? Mom! Come on, you've been
living in Paris the last year.

This is haute couture.

Yeah, but I was never
interested in that stuff.

I was there learning how to draw.

Vivianna has a trunk-load of stuff
if you don't like this one.

Wow.

Can I buy you a drink?

See?

I'm joking. I heard you both talking
as I was walking in.

Eva, you look beautiful.

Well, you are a charmer,
Tom Kirkman.

But this is my third event.

You must know by now

how I feel about letting
someone else clothe me.

I'm just not comfortable with it.
It's not me. No. I'm not doing it.

I'm gonna go home,

and I'm gonna get
my own dress.

Okay. That's all right.
Mike will take you.

Give me a minute
to get out of this.

Of course, ma'am.

Don't let her make you
take Connecticut this time.

Sir, do you want to tell her
how we should go?

Good point.

So, the designer thing
didn't work out. You were right.

I'm paid to be right.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah?

No, I want to see Senator Feller now.

Senator.

- Mr. President.
- Please sit.

Thank you for coming back.

I wanted to talk to you privately
to see if we could straighten out

- a misunderstanding.
- I'll do my best.

Did you leak information
to the press about today's meeting?

Sir?

Because it was
a national security briefing.

That's why the intel's classified.

I'm aware of that, sir.

But you thought it was all right
to use the press to spread a fake story

about the reason for the meeting,
because you knew I couldn't deny it.

I... Mr. President...

So, how's this work?

I don't play ball, you start
leaking classified information?

No, I would never do that.

So this is some sort of shakedown.

This base closure
will cost my state 6,000 jobs.

I've been trying to get
the White House's attention...

Now you've got it.

Patrick Lloyd is the single greatest
threat to our national security.

You don't get to use him
for political gain.

No, sir, I would never
jeopardize national security.

- You can rely on my integrity.
- I'm counting on it.

The base closure will not be revisited.
Goodbye, Senator.

You were right.

They pulled the S.U.V. over,
yanked out some clueless college kid

Lloyd gave $1,000 to

so he'd drive to Harrisburg.

- He's buying time.
- To do what?

Yeah?

Okay.

Secret Service says
a silent alarm was tripped

at a private residence in Rockville,
264 Thistlebridge.

Who lives there?

The First Lady's mother.

Mrs. Booker,

I'm Special Agent-in-Charge
Hannah Wells.

This is Mr. Rennett
from Scotland Yard.

How are you doing?
Are you okay?

- I think I am, yes.
- Tell us what happened, madam.

Well, I came back, um,
to pick up a dress,

and, um... and I sent Mike away.

- Mike Ritter?
- Yes.

Because I-I was gonna be a while,

and I was napping,
and I heard this noise.

It sounded like somebody
was trying to break in.

But then I heard: boom!

It was like the door
was being kicked down.

And that's when
I hit the panic button

and hid.

It sounded like the place
was being torn apart.

I thought I was gonna die.

Well, you're okay now, Mrs. Booker.

Yeah.

What do they want?

We don't know yet.

- Mrs. Booker.
- Mike! Oh.

Hey, I'm gonna take you back
to the White House now.

Oh, okay.

Oh, I-I need my dress.

I'll have someone
grab it for you.

We're pulling Lloyd's latents
off of everything.

I want every inch of this house combed,
and I want a detailed report

of everything that Lloyd touched,
got it?

My family?

- He's coming after my family?
- We're still trying

- to ascertain his purpose.
- Well, I can tell you that.

He's sending a message that
he can get close to my loved ones.

He's trying to make this personal.

We'll keep you posted.

So, she's resting,
but she won't take a sedative.

Well, if she's fighting the doctor,
that's a good sign.

Tom, what is going on?

I don't know yet,
but we're gonna find him.

- It looks like he's gonna find us first.
- No! No, no.

I promise you. We are safe.

- I'm gonna go check on the kids, okay?
- Yeah.

DMV says there are 658 blue sedans
registered in Montgomery County.

So this list covers
an eight-year production period?

Yep. Narrowed it

as much as I could,
given the parameters.

Which could be worthless if the neighbor
didn't give us accurate details.

Or if the car he gave us details on
wasn't coming from Mrs. Booker's house.

Lloyd had to know breaking
into the home of the First Lady's mother

meant that he was gonna draw attention.

Chuck, where are we on a title search?

All six properties Lloyd
owned in Montgomery County

- were seized months ago.
- What about Browning-Reed properties?

Only two; also under
government administration.

Well, check joint ventures, wholly
owned subs, predecessor companies.

I already checked.

Wait.

Here's something.

Okay, Browning-Reed purchased
a tract of land about a decade ago,

used it as a dumping ground,
became a Superfund site.

The company didn't
make its penalty payments,

so title defaulted to the City
of Rockville who never took possession.

What's it used for now?

No tax records.

So far as I can tell,
it's abandoned.

It's 1545 Bramble
off Norbeck, near Olney.

That's two miles from here.

Blue sedan.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

It's a n... it's just a nick!

Hannah, I'm good!

His compound's got a dedicated T1 line;
we've cut it,

meaning he's got
no Internet access.

He tries to communicate
with the outside world,

he's routed straight to us
on a secure connection.

Show me what he posted.

This is a message
for the President.

I possess
1,000 kilograms of sarin gas.

I also possess
the means to disperse that gas

throughout the entire
Washington metropolitan area,

which I am prepared to do
if my demand is not met.

At 20:00, the President
will deliver a monologue

to a nationally televised audience -

comments which underscore
the mockery

that this government has made
of our great nation.

Instead, he will use this occasion

to grant me unconditional amnesty.

If this demand is not met,
thousands will die.

This will be
my only communication.

He can't seriously think
you're going to pardon him.

General, he's not looking
for a pardon.

- He's looking for a showdown.
- Mr. President,

Lloyd has the history
and the resources to suggest

- that we should take the threat seriously.
- I am.

Should we be considering
an evacuation?

Not practical. We have two hours.

We have no idea of the range
of any of the missiles

that he might have in there,

so we couldn't define
a geographical area.

Tell me what you know about the bunker.

He had it ready and waiting
before he fled to Europe.

If everything didn't work out, he could
use it as the site of his last stand.

Imaging puts the walls
at at least 18 feet thick;

solid concrete means that
we can't scan the interior.

It's also sturdy enough
to withstand conventional explosives.

We could wire the bunker
with high-grade munitions.

That would take hours.

The perimeter is lined with cameras.

- He'd see us coming.
- And act accordingly.

But Director Foerstel's correct

about the type of ordnance
that we would need.

We not only have to breach the bunker,

sarin has to be incinerated
at a temperature high enough

to neutralize biological compounds.

Well, there are a finite
number of ways to deliver

- that sort of payload on a target quickly.
- An aerial drop being the best option.

- A bomb?
- Bunker buster.

I guarantee that
it'll neutralize the threat.

An F-16?

General, the idea's to avoid panic,
not precipitate it.

Wait. What about a drone?

It's covert, it could get close enough
to its target so the public won't see.

Could work...

if we use the right type
of nitrogen-based explosives.

Sir, military action
against a civilian target

is unprecedented in this country,
and it may not be lawful.

Or necessary
if this maniac is bluffing.

If Lloyd is dead,
he takes the secret

of whatever he's been working on
for the past six months to the grave.

So you're saying we should be doing
everything we can to take him alive.

We need to know what's inside that
bunker. We've got less than two hours.

We'll get you a rapid threat assessment
on the likelihood he has sarin gas, sir.

How is it possible that the most
powerful country in the world

finally has its monster cornered,
and he's holding all the cards?

15 minutes, a couple photo ops,
and then I need to get back.

Uh, respectfully, sir, you need
to stay for the duration.

Apparently, you didn't get the memo,

but Patrick Lloyd - the most-wanted man
on the planet -

is threatening to kill a few thousand
people in the next couple hours.

Yes, well, this is why you have
to maintain a veneer of normalcy.

You know, George Washington,

he hosted a ball
during the Battle of Saratoga.

- The redcoats didn't have nerve gas.
- I have to agree with Lyor, Mr. President.

You have to keep up appearances,
or people will know there's a crisis.

And we've set up
a fully functional war room

so you can monitor the situation
in real time, sir.

Meanwhile, you... you crack wise.

- He will be cracking wise, right, Seth?
- Absolutely.

The President's gonna kill.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the President of the United States.

Good evening, sir.

Great to see you,
Mr. President.

How nice to see you, sir.

We've reconnoitered
the property.

Lloyd knows a thing or two
about surveillance.

We can't get past the tree line
without tipping him off.

So, it's a siege.

Affirmative, SAC Wells,

until the White House
tells us differently.

Damian, you've been tracking Lloyd
as long as I have, right?

- Unsuccessfully, I might add.
- Correct.

That's because every time
you think you have him cornered...

You don't.

Because he always leaves himself
an escape hatch.

A Browning-Reed subsidiary in Greenville
manufactured fertilizer.

Now, the company closed a year ago,

but it stockpiled reagents,
including white phosphorus.

So he had the building blocks
to build sarin gas.

And the technology to deliver it.

Browning-Reed also produced
surface-to-air missiles for the army.

- Do we know what their range is?
- 100 miles.

He'll fly them at a low trajectory,

so even if we shoot them down,
the sarin will be dispersed anyway.

General, I want you to start
drawing up plans for a drone strike.

I can't authorize it until we can confirm
what's inside the bunker.

No speculation.
Let's get on this, gentlemen.

- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.

Damian.

And there's his escape hatch.

Emily.

Oh, hi, Senator.

- Enjoying the festivities?
- Very much.

Listen, I wanted to thank you
for your intelligence update.

Of course.

- Any further developments?
- No.

We are getting
a threat assessment as we speak.

And if Lloyd has sarin?

All proportional military responses
are on the table.

I'm assuming that includes
the use of a tactical drone?

It does. But we'll keep the Committee
in the loop.

Thank you.

Hey, Seth,
I've got a joke for you.

Oh, thanks, Mike. I'm good.

- Sure, no. Hit me.
- All right.

I was nervous about tonight,

'cause I was afraid
I was gonna bomb.

All right. I like that.
I'll... I'll put it in. Thank you.

Seth, I'm kidding.

Right. Of course.

I knew that.

- Barrett.
- Mr. President.

It is an honor.

- What did you think of it, sir?
- Think of what?

My book, The Transnational Media
and the Global Marketplace.

I sent you the galleys
a few months ago?

I was honored that you chose
to share that with me.

It's only the first thousand pages.

But I'd love your feedback.

And don't worry, I can take it.

- Well...
- Mr. President,

may I borrow you for a moment?

Barrett, I'm sorry.
Just give me one second.

We have a major problem,
and the clock is ticking, sir.

Congress rushed to court
to preclude your use of a drone.

You're kidding me.

Get me Senator Feller.

It wasn't Senator Feller, sir.

Senator Cowling?

Aaron.

All rise.

Sit down.

We are here for petitioner's
emergency motion

to enjoin the Administration's
use of a drone.

Judge, we move
for an immediate dismissal.

Congress has no standing
to challenge

the executive branch's exercise
of its police powers.

But we can challenge its intended
violation of a federal statute.

Posse Comitatus?

Which effectively forbids military action
against an American citizen.

Mr. Ledley?

Uh, just a moment, Your Honor.

I know you haven't reviewed
Petitioner's filing yet.

- If you need a few minutes...
- Judge, we don't have a few minutes.

We have a pressing
national security issue.

We need to get the preliminary
injunction lifted now.

Posse Comitatus is inapplicable
to the current situation, Your Honor.

Mr. Lloyd is an enemy combatant.

He's an American citizen
on American soil

with no stated allegiance
to any foreign power.

The President disagrees
with that restrictive definition.

The President doesn't get
to make that designation.

If he did, he could suspend habeas corpus
by a definitional flip of the switch.

- That's dictatorship, not democracy.
- I agree.

There's no precedent
for a broad expansion

of executive power
on these facts, Mr. Ledley.

The statute can be overridden
if the public faces imminent harm.

We need a showing of that,
Your Honor, not a bald assertion.

Mr. Shore, an offer of proof?

Judge, we have reasonable basis

to believe Mr. Lloyd is
in possession of sarin gas.

Now, he's threatened to use it
against a civilian population.

- And what is that reasonable basis?
- He's already blown up the Capitol.

So at present you have no evidence,
only speculation.

Based on a threat from someone
with a demonstrated proclivity for...

But no conclusive proof, correct?

Mr. Shore?

Conclusive? No.

I'm going to need to take this
under advisement.

Then we're back
with closing arguments.

Judge, we have 50 minutes
until Lloyd releases sarin gas.

Then don't go far.

Senator Cowling.

Aaron.

The President reached out to you
in good faith.

He shared confidential information
vital to national security.

Which you and I both know
he was duty-bound to do.

We have a very different
definition of duty, ma'am.

Patrick Lloyd is a clear
and present danger.

Absolutely. But the danger he poses pales
compared to the danger

of subverting our checks and balances.

You really think President Kirkman
wants to do that?

No. President Kirkman
is a good and decent man.

But his successor might not be.

If I give your guy free rein,
what about the next guy?

Senator, the President wants to make sure
there is a next guy.

- 35 minutes to go, sir.
- Thank you.

John, your profilers
diagnosed Lloyd as a sociopath

with a narcissistic
personality disorder, right?

- He's textbook, sir.
- So a trauma from his childhood

would most likely have
contributed to that pathology.

It says here when he was 7 years old,

his father was convicted on multiple
counts of fraud and tax evasion.

He was sent to prison,
and he died there.

Lloyd didn't do much better
with his own son.

They haven't had contact
for a decade.

It was a bitter custody dispute.
He wasn't given visitation.

Family.

Family.

It's the only vaguely coherent chapter
in Pax Americana's manifesto.

He wrote that the cornerstone
of American society

is the relationship
between a parent and their child,

and that that bond is inviolate.
It should be protected at all costs.

He's blaming us.

He thinks we took his father away.

He thinks we took his son.

How the hell
could I have missed that?

Sir?

Pax Americana's a pretext.

He doesn't care about
the political ideology.

This is about revenge.

Excuse me,
can we have the room please?

Thank you.

General, can you patch me
through to his bunker?

Uh, respectfully, sir,
I would strongly advise against that.

So would I. He's unstable.

He might view contact at this stage
as a provocation.

- And act accordingly.
- Well, respectfully,

Patrick Lloyd has killed
over a thousand people,

and he's threatening thousands more,

and all we've done is follow the book.
I suggest we consider rewriting it.

General, patch me through.

Yes, sir.

Patrick Lloyd, this is Tom Kirkman.

My demands were clear.

Clearly impossible.

There's no way out of this,
and you know it.

Then why are we talking?

I heard you saw your son today.

I wanted to know
how that meeting went.

What do you care?

I'm a father, too.

To be honest, I was moved by the fact

that you chose to see your son
after all these years...

...knowing that this was
coming to an end.

And I wanted to let you know

that we were not gonna
prosecute your boy.

He's my family.

The family the government
stole from me.

The government didn't do that.

But you think it did.

Your quarrel is with us,

not with the thousands of people
that you're threatening.

No, the people
empower this government,

and now they have to answer for that.

Then put America on trial.

You want a platform?
You've got one. A courtroom.

No.

You're not fit to judge me.

But in a few moments,

you will have a judgment to make.

And you know what judgment
that will be, and you will lose.

No... No.

I'll win.

I've already won.

- And another dead end.
- Damn it.

All these corridors branch off
the main one like spokes.

The Vietcong did the same thing
with their tunnels

to disorient the enemy.

Well, they were on to something.

You done any profiling work?

A year, Quantico.

You're building this maze,

you can choose
any shape or mark

connecting the second tunnel
leading to the bunker.

Your subconscious
will influence the design, so...

it could be a straight line,
could be a V.

Or an L...

as in "Lloyd."

Bingo.

No keypad.

Why is there no keypad?

He must have another
security protocol.

And I'm standing
right in the middle of it.

Infrared sensor.

Which means
the second I move...

Go.

What?

I ran track for two years at Oxford. Go.

What the hell was that?
What just happened?

Talk to me.

An agent tried to breach the bunker
through an underground tunnel

- and set off a tripwire.
- Which agent?

Come on, Hannah.
Pick up the phone.

- Aaron.
- Hannah. Hannah, thank God.

They're telling me
there was an explosion?

Yeah,
Lloyd booby-trapped the tunnel,

and if he went to the trouble,
it suggests planning,

so in terms of threat assessment...

It increases the likelihood
he wasn't bluffing about the sarin.

- Yeah.
- All right.

I'll inform the President
about the new calculus.

Now all you have to do is convince
a court to let us defend ourselves.

- Counselor.
- Mr. Shore.

You know, you really handed us
our lunch in there.

No. The statute did that.

One of us is wrong,
and you know that.

That would be you.

Legally, maybe.

But the cost of being
mistaken here... is too high.

Sometimes
there's a greater good.

Not for lawyers.

For lawyers, the client's
always the greater good.

And if thousands die...

...you can tell their families that.

Just like we did
when he took out the Capitol.

We're back.

See you back inside, Ms. Daynes.

So, what's the hold up?

Hold up? There's no hold up.
It's 7:50, guys.

The President doesn't go on
for another 10 minutes.

- So why is he in hiding?
- I know what the problem is.

The President's read Seth's material,
and he had a heart attack.

Very nice.
Thank you, guys.

I'll see you in there.

Hey, the show's about to start.
People are getting restless.

You're gonna have to improvise.
The President is now incommunicado.

- What? Wait, wait, wait! So...
- Come here.

If 8:00 rolls around,
and he's still M.I.A.,

- what exactly would you like me to do?
- Talk.

About what?

I don't know. Use your words.

You know, bore them into submission,
fake an anxiety attack.

Well, I'm not gonna have to fake that.

The question before the court
is whether the President can authorize

the use of military force
against civilians,

and the answer requires
simple statutory construction.

The Posse Comitatus Act is clear.

The military cannot enforce
civilian laws.

The military may not use force
against our populace,

because Congress feared a military state,
an abuse of military power.

- Judge, I need a five-minute recess.
- We just got back.

I understand, but it's urgent.

Your client's the one who said
the clock was ticking, counselor.

Judge, please.

Aaron, Aaron, slow down.

The legal obstacle is that
the military's in charge.

Tell the President if he has a civilian
agency like the FBI call the shots,

- the problem goes away.
- Thank you.

General, Mr. Director,

we need to find
the President now.

The FBI's calling it all now.

Let's go, fellas. Go on.
We're out of here.

- What's our status?
- Green light, sir.

Have we got confirmation
on the sarin gas yet?

No. Given everything
we know, I'd say it's 50-50.

It's a coin toss,
Mr. President.

We know he was planning something,
we just can't say what.

10 seconds, Mr. President.
You need to make the call.

Five, four, three...

- Engage.
- It's a go.

Direct hit, sir.

Target has been neutralized.

Right.

- Did he have the gas?
- No, sir.

We've got his remains, but there was
no evidence of nerve gas. It was a bluff.

Then I need to tell
the American people

that we were working off of good

but ultimately erroneous information,

and I authorized a drone strike
on American soil.

- Y-You can't tell them that, sir.
- Why not?

Respectfully, Mr. President,

this night is about triumph,
not recrimination.

America believes in leaders
that deliver victory -

unambiguous victory.

Mr. President,
Patrick Lloyd was responsible

for the deaths of over 1,000 people.

After all the suffering,
the country deserves its moment.

You're right.

So let's give it to them.

But not here.

Good evening, my fellow Americans.

At 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time,

acting pursuant to my authorization,

the FBI conducted a drone strike

on a fortified bunker
in Rockville, Maryland.

That bunker was occupied
by Patrick Lloyd.

Mr. Lloyd refused repeated
requests to surrender.

Instead, he indicated

that he was in possession of nerve gas,

which he stated was
his intention to use on civilians.

I can now confirm that Patrick Lloyd
has been neutralized,

along with the ongoing threat
that he posed to our great nation.

We have weathered his challenge,
but there will be others,

and I will be here
to meet them with you.

God bless you,
and God bless America.

And we're out.

Thank you.

Hey.
Sorry about your jokes.

It's okay.
They weren't that funny anyway.

Mr. President.

Ms. Daynes.
Please come in.

Mr. President.

I heard you fought
like a lion today.

Yes, sir.

Thank you for your service.

You're a gracious loser, sir.

Excuse me?

- I represented the Senate.
- Please.

Your Administration was contemplating
a statutory violation.

We went to court to stop that,
and we did.

You cured the violation.

We've had to outsource
our legal work for the last year.

We couldn't quite find the right fit.

But I think the White House Counsel's
office has been vacant for far too long,

so if you're interested in
being overworked and underpaid...

I'm sorry, sir.

You're sorry
because you're not interested,

or you're already
overworked and underpaid?

No, of course.

Overpaid and underworked...

I mean, underpaid and overworked.
That would be...

not disqualifying, sir,
not remotely,

and by not disqualifying...

I hope the word
you're looking for is "Yes."

Yes, Mr. President.

I would be honored
to work for you, sir.

Good. I'm grateful.

You better get some rest.
You're gonna need it.

- Yes, Mr. President.
- Thank you.

You still have
to kiss me good night.

- Hey, Little Pea.
- Hi.

Did you have a good day?

Yeah. Did you?

I had a day
where I had to be President.

Isn't that every day?

You want to hear a joke?

Yeah.

So, as I look out across the room,

I see Senator Lee on the left,

but by the end of the evening,

I promise you
he'll be on the right.

That's not funny.

I know.

I have a joke.

- Knock, knock.
- Who's there?

Interrupting bird.

- Interrupting b...
- Squawk!

That's pretty good.

You want a job?

I have a job.

I'm the President's daughter.

Yes, you are.

Come on.
It's time for bed.

I hope you have
the best sleep ever.

I love you.

I love you too.

- Night, night.
- Good night.

Hannah,
you're gonna want to see this.

They found Lloyd's computer.

Half melted, but Trevor here
worked his magic.

What'd you find?

The hard drive's mostly fried,
but Lloyd figured out a way

to hack through the firewall we put up.

He was uploading something to the cloud
when the bomb hit.

Do you know what it was?