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I had a meeting
with some people

- and they think I should quit.
- And?

- Run for mayor.
- Against?

Are you out
of your fucking mind?

- Kane's talking about stepping down.
- This is gonna hurt.

Send a set of each to Mrs.
Zajac and Alderman Ross.

If you're lucky, he may just
let you still run for governor.

Am I still in the race?

I want names.
Who did you tell?

Meredith.

The time has come for some
fresh blood at the helm.

As long as I kill
the story on Kane.

Did you find her yet?
The nurse?

Not yet.
We will though, soon.

I can't afford to wait.
Not now.

Was it you who advised the mayor
to play hardball like this?

- What deal?
- They offered a 12-hour window

to settle the suit
out of court.

- To whom?
- Kitty.

If you have anything,
it's now or never.

My own daughter was found
on the wrong side of the law.

My soul is in tatters.

* Satan, your kingdom
must come down *

* Satan, your kingdom
must come down *

* I heard the voice
of Jesus Christ *

* Satan, your kingdom
must come down. *

You tell me.

What would you have done?

Kitty, Zajac, the council,

Cullen.
I've got no place else to go.

Neither do you.

Everyone knew Zajac was
coming after you but you.

- I had to find out who else was
involved since... - Since what?!

You were blind.
You lost all control.

- Keep talking.
- You let things get way out of hand.

If you knew, if you
were aware of it all,

why didn't you stop it
before it became anything?

- The file.
- Answer me.

The original leaks.
The dump order!

I've already told you.

They all came
from your father's stash!

I had nothing to do with it.

The keys to the kingdom...
I kept them in your hands.

For what?

Love? Sex?

Respect?

For your loyalty.

We had a bond,
remember, a pact?

And you broke it.
You betrayed me.

The truth?

You've never,

not once ever

- come close to speaking it to me.
- Now's the time,

'cause if we don't, there's nothing left.
I swear I'll tear it all down,

all that we have.
Do not question my resolve.

I got in the middle of it
because you didn't,

- to find out who was after you...
- No!

The truth!

You're right.

It's enough.

It's time,

for both our sakes.

Are you sick?

Tom?

Yes.

What is it?

You'll know soon enough.

But today it doesn't matter,

because today
I'm not going anywhere.

By the time this day ends,

every person who has
plotted against me

will feel the force
of my wrath.

No one will be left unscathed.

No one.

And you will have to choose
where you stand:

Either you believe I have what
it takes to stay where I am

or you believe that I'm done...

And dead.

But know this:

If you stay with me,

it will be up to you to prove

your commitment.

Now...

The truth.

I went to Zajac
and offered him my help.

I took him to McGantry
for money to run against you.

- Anything else?
- I pulled Kitty into it.

But the whole thing was already
in play before I got involved.

That's it.

How little there is to say

when we finally arrive at it.

When the time comes...

You will have to show me
where you stand.

When?

Everything happens today.

He has a press conference,

then he doesn't.
I don't know.

I'm sure Treasurer Zajac is
handling things as he sees fit,

but playing footsie with the press
shouldn't be what this is all about.

I would ask everyone
to focus on the fundamentals.

I've run a campaign that
tried to bring real debate

to some pressing issues
for our state

and I look forward
to the results tonight.

- Thank you, everyone.
- Send Mac back!

- Send Mac back!
- Thank you. Yeah!

- Send Mac back! Send Mac back!
- Yeah.

- Send Mac back!
- What do we have?

Still nothing, sir.
He's gone completely quiet.

And as things stand,
he's still on the ballot.

- Anything from Ross?
- Nothing.

What the fuck is going on?

Where are the numbers?

Too tight to tell.

Where's my wife?

Traveling.
She'll be here for the rally.

Good.

Good.

Your lock on the
nomination is guaranteed.

So today when the boys
duke it out,

you act the statesman and let
them tear each other down.

I still need a jab though.
Something to really stick 'em with

so they're damned
even in winning.

That's Kane... the stunt
he pulled last night,

the drug raid, his daughter's involvement...
It was a hit.

It swung public emotion
toward him.

But as a story it has
minimal legs at best.

It'll cover him for today,

maybe even through
to the weekend,

but once it subsides, he's
back to being radioactive.

- Got it. - Senator Walsh, your
thoughts on the primary?

Everyone,
thank you all for waiting.

I want to wish Governor Cullen

and Treasurer Zajac the best
in today's primary.

I've been through a few
knock-down-drag-outs myself

so I know the sort
of toll they can take...

Especially
the fratricidal kind.

That's brother
against brother, Robby.

And when all this is over, I look forward

to engaging the winner
on the issues.

And perhaps once they've gotten
their marching orders from Chicago,

they'll be able to respond, even if only to
tell us what's on Mayor Kane's mind.

Thank you all very much.
That's all for now.

Thank you, senator.

Perfect, ma'am.

I don't know.

How can I do anything if I don't
know what he's gonna do?

Because you have no choice.

I'm sorry, Maggie.
I've ruined everything.

No, not now. We don't get
to talk about that now.

Kane... no one knows
what he'll do.

And as things are, he needs you
to win just as much as we do.

Win what, huh?

His lever
in Springfield forever?

- To be pulled at his will?
- Yes.

Where do you think anyone
ever gets their start?

Listen to me.
You're gonna get out there

and you are going to hide
what's in your heart

and put on the best show
a campaign has ever seen.

This election will be won
by small numbers

and today of all days
will make the difference.

Don't falter
at the final hurdle.

You have a talent...

To be in public,
to sound interested,

sound concerned, sound real

and make people believe.

Use it.

That's a tough thing he did...
His own daughter.

I'm not saying he's
squeaky clean as a mayor,

you know, but he does
what's needed.

- And your thoughts on Tom Kane?
- I don't like him.

Never voted for him, but I hope
he and his family are okay.

In recent days the mayor has publicly
shifted his political weight

away from the incumbent governor
and toward State Treasurer Zajac.

Now it seems today's primary
results could be as much...

Everyone, let's go.
Pitches!

- Pitches, sir?
- Come on, cough them up.

The primary... race is
too tight again

to tell a front runner
at the 11th hour,

so I'm looking at how accurate
exit polls are in elections.

History of primaries... What are they?
Who selects the candidates?

How far they have to tack back to
their base before swinging center.

Wives... Comparing them:
education, interests,

mothering skills, how they carry
a dress for the life section.

Spotlighting
life in Springfield...

If Zajac goes on to beat Walsh, he'll be one
of the youngest governors in recent memory.

- Where will his kids go to school...
- All right, stop.

Honestly, sincerely,
who gives a fuck

about this election?
Nothing is changing here.

Not the people running,
not the way they do business

and not our stories.

Here's what we're going to do:

From now on, I am directing
this paper's resources...

That's you...
No more business as usual.

No more dusting off old stories, switching
around an adverb here and a comma there,

handing it in and going home.

No, we are going
to change things.

And our first target...
Is Tom Kane.

I want your work to reveal things
about him that I don't already know,

and I know a lot about him.

We're going to take
the long view here.

I'm talking about a battle
of slow attrition.

Day in, day out,
we are going to hammer at him

with everything that we've got.

Slow, steady, unrelenting.

Nothing sensationalist
or salacious,

just real
investigative reporting

until the picture that we have
painted of him is the right one.

Here the truth will
no longer be damned.

Okay, thank you.

We've received our court date...
Four weeks from today

on the third.
We'll be announcing that later today.

Everyone here deserves to
be compensated for their pain,

so that we can finally give
some meaning to that pain

by making sure that this
never happens again.

But for that, we need to win.

Now the burden
of proof is on us.

The other side is gonna
try to convince the jury

that we're using junk science,

that the cancers can be
attributed to other sources...

Carcinogens in the environment
or in food.

But trichloroethylene's
not like asbestos

where exposure causes a signature
cancer like mesothelioma.

We could be accused of using
association rather than causation.

So our best bet

is to present three
bellwether cases...

Cases that
no medical expert can refute.

- Which cases?
- We picked two renal carcinoma cases...

Extremely rare in children...

And one infantile
choriocarcinoma of the liver...

Also very rare...
That's a tumor

that starts in the placenta
and then spreads to the fetus.

And the rest of us?

When they find in favor
of these cases,

the court deems
the suit resolved.

So anyone not represented
by these cases

will have to settle for compensation
through closed arbitration only.

Meaning no court date.

That is correct, yes.

- And less compensation?
- That's a matter of negotiation.

It is through exposing
these tragedies

that all of our voices
can be heard.

One day each of them
will go to their mailbox

and pick up a check,
then all will be forgiven.

You just silenced most of them.
They're grieving.

- Of course they are.
- Announcing today, won't we get buried by election coverage?

Buried? Kane's shadow looms
all over this election.

I'm announcing today
precisely because I want it out

just as the first results
come trickling in.

Bury him in the court
of public opinion.

I need all the eyeballs
I can get.

When else but tonight is the
entire state watching TV?

It's a political launching pad.

The press conference
is set for tonight.

- Yeah. When? - If I were doing it, I
would time it to the evening news,

first results. He'll be announcing
the suit and the court date.

He'll have a few
families with him.

He'll be trying to reestablish
Bensenville as a topic of conversation,

wiping out
the primary completely.

- Where's Kitty?
- She hasn't come in.

All right.

- The nurse.
- Yeah?

We got a lead. We're working on it.
We're close.

Good.

The kid was going to drop
out of the race,

take me on next year.

Can you believe it?

Ross, Cullen,

Mata,

Kohler, Solomou,

a bunch of other vermin...

Kitty...

All of them in on it,
right under our noses.

Boy...

When you stop being able
to see the angles, fuck.

Something this big.

Making it from one day
to the next

isn't clean
or pretty, it's messy.

But if you've survived the day,

then you've survived... That's it.
It's all that matters.

And today?

- The primary.
- Yeah?

The ward bosses can be
swung around.

They see what you've done
and how it's playing.

The public's outright animosity
has been diverted...

If only temporarily.
It's not that they think of you as a good guy,

but they do see you as a father in pain.
They sympathize,

and that's the mother lode in
terms of connecting with voters.

What you did was...

It worked.

Painful, but...

Politically it worked.
They relate to you out there.

- Zajac.
- Yeah.

Translate the credit you've created
with the public into a win for the kid.

You do that and you regain
your strategic footing

and continue to swing the pendulum
of opinion in your favor.

Wins beget wins
and give capital.

I need to work today.

You broke the law.

I want to understand,
but I can't on my own.

These matters you've brought upon
yourself and the church, they're serious.

The clinic will no doubt
close now, for good.

Is that what you wanted?

There is little chance for
redemption in earthly matters...

Your job, your relationships.

You dealt drugs illegally
from the clinic,

did so under the cover
of the church,

brought disrepute
and irreparable damage.

All that remains

- is what you have left with God.
- It was right!

What I did was right and I
won't apologize for it.

- What you did was illegal.
- They don't have anything.

They come to the clinic because
they can't afford anything else.

I broke rules?
What I did was try and find a way

to help people
who have nothing.

- It doesn't work that way.
- What, you want me to heal my relationship with God?

He let me down.

I did what was right.
Where is he?

What are you saying?

That somehow you are
owed something?

That you can strike
some kind of deal with God?

You don't follow rules so that God
will provide you with a safety net.

The real test is when you don't
hear anything at all from him

and you still follow him.

He didn't let you down because
he doesn't owe you anything.

If you never saw

the transcendent
in all of this,

if the church was just some
form of self-imposed stricture

to keep you sober, how did
you expect it to work?

You can't trick it, Emma.

That's not how it works.

You're not at an age
where we have to worry,

but I still recommend
that you get screened.

Amnio's a little dated.
We're having much better results

from nuchal translucency test.

It's a new procedure that
combines blood testing

with an ultrasound that
measures accumulated fluid

behind the fetal neck.
It's done in the first trimester,

results in higher detection
rates and it's noninvasive.

We'd have to schedule you soon.
After 20 weeks we'd have to go back to amnio.

And what if I choose
not to have it?

- Oh, nuchal translucency is so safe...
- The baby.

As long as you're
in the first trimester,

it's a viable option.

Of course the sooner you decide, the better
you're gonna be... Physically, emotionally.

Perhaps you should take some time.
It's not a decision

you should have to make on your own.
Is there someone you can talk to?

Yeah.

Well, if you do choose
to terminate,

we should have a discussion
about harvesting your eggs.

But as it stand now,
everything is looking good

and there's no reason
why you shouldn't have

a perfectly healthy pregnancy.

The numbers are small.

It's a primary so margins
can be played more easily.

Cook County can be swung with a
mere few hundred votes per ward.

We hit key wards in the north,
northwest and west side.

If they go our way, relationships and
allegiances across the rest of the 50

will ensure they go our
way too, where they can.

- Alan.
- Tom.

I'm not gonna keep you.

I'm not going anywhere.

My back's against the wall.
You know it. I know it.

So from where I stand,
I'm only hitting back.

I will survive today, I will
survive tomorrow and the next day,

one day at a time.
Where do you want to be when I do?

What we've built,
we did together.

Our web stretches across the 50.
We're entrenched,

symbiotic, our interests aligned.
We work together,

dispensing and managing it
for the good of all within.

Rebuilding the web
is dangerous,

difficult and costly.

It will cause upheaval and
disruption of the expected streams

of return on investment.

It's easier not
to shake things up.

It's easier to let things
keep ticking along as always.

Now the illusion of change
on the other hand,

is a good thing. It gives
the people a jolt of hope.

It makes them believe
in the possibility of things.

Putting Zajac
above Cullen does both.

It gives us the illusion
of change on the surface,

continuity beneath...
With me.

This isn't personal.

I'm not defending anything that doesn't
already belong to all of us together.

I'm defending the status quo.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Tell me that what we have together isn't
the most efficient, indispensable,

undisplaceable mechanism
to get things done.

Doubt that, you doubt
the reality of this city.

You doubt that

and there's nothing left
to believe in.

What do you need?

This late,
the margin is governed

by the supposed "undecideds"
at the center of the spectrum.

The smaller their number,
the greater our ability

to bend that number
in our direction.

How much bending?

We're asking you to point
your operations on the ground

to strategically-targeted
precincts.

- Which ones?
- 40% to 60% in wards 23 through 29,

low teen digits in Irving Park,
Portage Park, Dunning, Montclare,

Belmont Cragin.

No more than 5 to 10 points from
West Ridge to all six parks.

Democracy.

Anything, at all,
from his campaign?

No. What am I supposed
to do? Call Zajac HQ.

And ask the idiot at the desk

if the candidate is still interested
in plotting against Tom Kane?

He's a no-show at yesterday's
planned press conference.

As things stand, he hasn't
dropped out of the race.

And no one in Cullen's inner circle knows
if the kid's really running or not.

What if it was
all Kane all along?

What if Zajac was a just
a means to flush us out?

Sit back. This isn't
the 15th century

and we're not
in fucking Florence.

Kane's been doing the rounds
today in the friendly wards,

personally canvassing
for Zajac to win the primary.

What the fuck do you
imagine that means?

Where the hell is Ross?

How long do we intend
to stay like this?

I don't know
what else we can say.

It happened.
It meant nothing.

It's not something that
will ever happen again.

Bill?

- Where are you going?
- I need some water.

Sit.

Mayor Kane.

Mrs. Kane, do you mind
telling us who you voted for?

You? Yes. Tom... no.
Ask me later.

If you want to get back in
the fold, I need something.

McGantry's kid is planning on going
public with the announcement

of the class-action
suit tonight.

I'd like it to go away.

I'd like a settlement.

Unusual attention
the primary race for governor

is getting in the state
of Illinois...

He said he went to this
restaurant in town and ordered

- a filet of rattlesnake. - ...O
ver toxic waste dumping...

- He's kidding, right?
- ...And a cover-up to hide the medical fallout.

The Windy City's mayor has
been plagued by allegations...

What do you think
it tastes like?

- Mom?
- Oh, baby, don't play with your food, okay?

You've reached Sam Miller
of "The Chicago Sentinel."

Please leave your name,
the subject of your call,

your number, and I'll get back to you
as soon as possible. Thank you.

Majority leader and I think
that's something we can work out.

We've had a very good working
relationship in the past.

- Yes?
- Service!

Not today.

Service!

No thank you.
Not today.

Zajac may have something up his sleeve.
He's a very clever young man.

- Service!
- As you were saying,

when first he has
a press conference,

then he doesn't.

I don't know.

I'm sure Treasurer Zajac is...

Oh God.

No no!

I, for one, am looking
forward to the results tonight.

Thank you, everyone!

Service.

Send Mac back!
Send Mac back!

Send Mac back!

Everyone has left...
The rest of the office

got the rest of the day off
to go out and vote.

But the mayor

and Mr. Stone are
on their way back in.

Okay.

What would you like me to do?

Miss O'Neil?

Go home.

You sure you don't want
me to come in with you?

You take the follow car.
I'll see you at the office.

This may not take too long.

- Okay, Tom?
- Yeah.

The captain's an old friend.

He gave me a call,
knowing I could reach you.

He felt it best that
you see her down here

in private.

She's not in a good state.

They found her in her cell.

She'd inhaled a bottle
of computer duster.

The chemicals,

they've done a number on her.

She should be transferred
to the hospital.

But out of deference,

the captain wanted your
permission to do so first,

since the news would get out
once the transfer happens.

Wait here.

Emma?

Emma.

Dad.

Are you... are you here
to interrogate me?

No.

Jesus, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Tommy.

Tommy!

You can stay
as long as you like,

but there's something else
the guys here told me about,

something I thought
you might want to know.

About an hour ago, they found
a former employee of yours,

a Debra Whitehead.

Where?

At a motel
on the city outskirts,

beaten to within
an inch of her life.

You need me
to do anything, Tom?

No.

- Where is she now?
- St. Thaddeus ECU.

All right, come on.

No.

You don't even know
what I'm going to say.

Well, you could mean, "come
on" as in "snap out of it,"

in which case the answer is no.

Or you could mean

"come on!" as in "let's go
somewhere," which again, no.

Or you could mean "come on,"

as in "talk to me"

which is also a no.

You are so beyond
redemption, man.

You have no idea.

Well, I actually meant
all of those things.

- No.
- The Zajac rally?

I prefer it here
in the peanut gallery.

You can either
come with me willingly,

or you can fire me for
dragging your ass over there.

Either way, I suggest you get off it...
Your ass that is,

so that you can write a proper
editorial for the morning edition

about what it was like on the ground
and in the air on election day.

It was shitty...
On the ground and in the air.

Not bad for a first draft,

but I think you need more.
Whether you like it or not,

actual history is happening
in the city tonight.

Elections are matters of record,
part of the life of the city

and of its people.
And it's our job

- to record it so...
- "Come on"?

Yes.

Come on!

Her condition is very fragile.

Can she talk?

Her windpipe was bruised,

even her lungs were damaged
from the beating she took.

And she's in and out
of consciousness.

- It's very touch and go.
- Can she talk?

She needs rest.

May I have a moment with her?

Debra.

Can you hear me?

Who did this to you?

Who did this?

She didn't die.

Chicago PD.
Found her.

Did she know
what the files were?

The ones you leaked to Miller?

No.

Why did you do it?

Because it was
no longer tenable.

I could no longer
abide by the idea

of keeping you, keeping us,

here in this position.

Why?

Because it became clear
that you were no longer ruling

for the good of the city.

I've done... We have done
too many terrible things

in the course
of running matters.

But I've always known why.

It was always
in the end because...

It mattered
that we ran the city

because we were best equipped

to provide that which was
good for its people.

And if elements got in our way,

elements that needed
to be torn down,

I could justify even
the most ruthless of measures

in how we dealt with them,
because I knew

we were preserving what
was good for the city

by preserving this.

If I could justify
the end to myself,

my conscience, I could

pursue it by any mean.

- What changed?
- You.

You got sick...

Your judgments wavering,

your decisions
no longer justifiable.

You began to act out of a sense
of pure personal preservation...

Stay in place at any cost.

I could no longer see
the end justifying our means,

because the only end that
matters to you now is you,

your personal survival.

I can't abide by that.

I can't do what I need to do

for you to stay where you are.

When did you decide this?

Your handling of Cullen;

your denial of his request

for another term.
It was a bad decision.

It was personal, emotional,

disproportionate.

Why didn't you come to me?

I tried.

You shut it down.

It was at that point that
I realized that you were...

No longer in control.

I...

Leaked the O'Hare dump
documents,

and watched you prove
with every turn you took

in handling the fallout

that, sadly, I was right.

Your handling of the sick
kids of Bensenville,

your smearing
of Dr. Reyes...

Your use of your daughter.

Was I not right to think
that you would stop at nothing

to spare yourself above

everything and everyone else?

Why not resign?

Why try to take me out of the
picture instead of yourself?

Because men like you
never leave.

The system isn't designed to
cleanse itself of a Tom Kane.

You stay and hold onto power
beyond when you should,

and in so doing,
bring corruption

to everything while you remain.

You need to be pushed.

I did the pushing.

I'm dying.

I know.

The question is,
given where you sit,

does that make you
more dangerous or less?

What now?

For 30 years you've advised me

on the appropriate
course of action

in the worst of situations.

What would you advise I do now,

given I know what you've done?

You don't have a choice.

The punishment should always
be commensurate to the crime.

It should be proportionate

and visible.

A punishment is not only
an act of retribution,

it's also a signal.

It needs to be seen
and understood by anyone else

who might have flirted
with the notion

of committing
the same transgression.

Tom isn't going anywhere.

His grip is firm and steady.

I believe it, and frankly
I'm relieved about it.

- And the kid?
- Treasurer Zajac is on board.

There is no run on
the mayoralty next year.

Today's primary vote will
make it all clear to everyone,

wipe all the confusion clean.

Tom is staying.

What can I do?

One problem still stands:
the class-action lawsuit

that Elliot is taking
to court against Tom.

It's to be announced tonight
at the close of voting.

Yes?

If it were to be dropped, things could
return to the usual in no time...

Continuity, status quo,
interests preserved.

You're his father, babe.

Isn't there anything you can do

to steer him
in a different direction?

What do I get out of it?

And it's a signal

that no one is exempt from the
consequences of betrayal.

Exit polls suggest a tight race that's
stayed tight until the very end.

Incumbent Governor McCall Cullen
holding sway in rural areas

and smaller municipalities, with
Treasurer Zajac showing strongly

in Aurora, Rockford,
Joliet, Naperville,

Peoria and, of course,
Cook County.

With 65% of the
precincts reporting,

Treasurer Zajac has
opened up a 6-point lead.

With most of the votes still to be
counted coming from urban areas,

it looks like it could
be a difficult night

for incumbent Governor Cullen.

All eyes now are on Chicago.

If you think Kane hasn't
sewn up Cook County for him,

you don't know the man.

This is over.
We're done.

Where the fuck is Ross?

Now that we're all sitting here
on a train to fucking Siberia.

- Yes, ma'am.
- You're holding for Alderman Claussen?

- No, Alderman Ross.
- Who, sir?

- Ross. I'd like to speak to him, please.
- I'm sorry, sir.

Nobody's answering
his extension, sir.

- Sir?
- Well, can you tell him that I called?

- Yes, what was your name?
- Moco Ruiz.

- You know...
- Yes, I know it's after hours.

All right, sir.

- Alberto Ruiz?
- Yes.

We'd like you
to come with us, sir.

What's this about?

Just a few a questions about the
disappearance of Alderman Lalo Mata.

Can't we just do this here?

No, we can't.

We had a saying when
I was in the boy scouts

whenever we entered a camp,

"Take pictures,
leave footprints."

But now more than ever,
you must do neither.

With 75% of
precincts reporting,

we are close
to declaring a winner

in the gubernatorial primary.

Okay, we are now
projecting a win

for Ben Zajac.

Yes, now we count 75%...

- No, that's 80% of precincts reporting...
- We won?

- ...That Treasurer Ben Zajac...
- We won!

Has defeated Governor McCall
Cullen in the gubernatorial primary.

Do you forgive me?

No.

If I did,
I'd have to leave you.

Zajac, Zajac...

- Are you ready?
- Can't wait.

All right, come on, guys.
Let's go.

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac,

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac.

Now they don't call me
Governor Sullen, you know,

so let's wipe the glum looks
off all those faces out there.

Three terms in office...
Not a bad run.

An Englishman... A man I don't agree
with about pretty much anything...

Once said,

"all political lives,
unless they are

cut off midstream
at a happy juncture,

end in failure, because that
is the nature of politics

and of human affairs."
I've always wondered about that,

about whether I would finally
have to agree with him on this

one point when it was all done.

Let me tell you,

I still don't agree
with him about anything.

Because in this moment,
I don't feel failure.

I feel gratitude
to the people of Illinois

for all that they are,
to my staff and friends

throughout the years
for all that they have done,

to those that I love
for all that they have given.

I feel peace

and I feel serenity.

I'll keep doing what I've done

all along,

though now perhaps
in a different form.

I wish Treasurer...
Er, Candidate Zajac

the best moving forward.

Thank you all.

May God bless you.

There is a formal aspect

to punishment, a ritual nature.

It has shape and body.

It's about consequence,

accountability,

actions having repercussions.

Thank you.

- Zajac, Zajac, Zajac.
- Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

There are times
when you are certain

that words will fail you in fully
expressing the truth of a moment.

And this is one of them.

I stand here before you
filled with hope.

I'm bursting

with praise and admiration

for every single one of you,

our beautiful city,
this glorious state

and this proud country,

a place where
we all have equal say

in how our lives are ordered
and how we live,

where the fair and equal practice
of political self-determination

is held paramount, where
every vote has equal weight,

where anyone can choose to seek to
represent their fellow citizens,

where our elections are
competitive and informed.

They're fair and free, for the
people and by the people.

Because no matter what you may
think of our political system

and how imperfect it may be,

it is still the best
of its kind

conceived by mankind for the
betterment of society,

life and progress.

It gives us a chance
to make things new,

you know, to change course,

to determine our own
destiny as a people.

It is a picture
of our deepest desires

as human beings
to determine who we are,

what we stand for.

I stand right here,

humbled and grateful.

Thank you, all of you,
for all that you have done.

Yeah, what do you say, gang?

I want to thank my staff,

my family,

Maggie.

But I would like to reserve

my sincerest and most
heartfelt thanks

for the help
of one individual...

Mayor Tom Kane...

Because he believed in me,

he inspires me
and he pushes me every day

to be a better public servant.

Thank you.

God bless you all and God
bless the state of Illinois.

Miss O'Neil, Sam Miller,
"Chicago Sentinel."

- I know.
- Big night for him.

- Yes.
- The mayor too.

- Zajac, Zajac, Zajac...
- Mr. Miller.

Nothing.

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac...

Zajac...

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac,

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac,

Zajac, Zajac, Zajac...

Hello?

- Hello?
- Mr. Miller?

- Hello?
- It's Ella Harris.

- Who?
- Dr. Ella Harris.

- I treated Mayor Kane?
- Hold on.

Whoever this is,
I can't hear you.

- Hold on.
- Zajac, Zajac, Zajac.

Thank you.

It's vital
that the transgressors

understand the rules
they have broken.

It's okay.

Guess it wouldn't be
Chicago politics

without a little spilled blood, right?

Your choice of
punishment needs to be seen

as fair,

proportional and reciprocal.

But the nature
can only be decided

by the punisher himself...

You.

You decide.

The boss.

Stoney.

It's about preservation,

protecting the way things are.

We dropped the announcement
and the court date.

Tomorrow we'll go
to him with a deal.

I did as you asked.

But you're having
trouble with it.

- Yes.
- I understand.

You want to build
a reputation for yourself

apart from the family's.

And that is a fine thing,

a necessary thing.

But this family has been
sailing a boat with city hall

from the time the
building itself went up.

The choice to remain with Kane
is a choice of preservation.

You can pursue your own agenda,

even at the expense of Kane,

if you so desire, but not now.

- When?
- The next round.

This particular case
had to be let go.

Continuity at all costs...

Leaving the landscape unchanged

or changed in appearance only.

It is how we've gotten
to where we are...

And how we stay here
for the future.

Tom?