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Thank you.

Michaela.

I'm going to get you out of here.

You obviously made a mistake.

Michaela. I'll get you an attorney.

No. Why not?

What do you want me to do?

I want you to take the children.

I want you to leave Washington.

Leave?

Well, I won't do that. I'm staying here until they understand they've got the

wrong man.

I got the right man.

I was in the army, and I deserted.

After Abigail died, I headed east and signed up. I thought I'd lose myself in

the war.

what I did.

I wanted to forget about it, so I went back to Colorado and I started my life

again with the Cheyenne.

What do you mean you let her in?

Excuse me, ma 'am.

Prisoners have no business until he's been questioned. I don't know, ma 'am,

you have to be leaving now.

I love you, McKayla.

I'll get you out.

Yes. It's just resting.

Thank you for coming to my aid the other night.

You saved my life.

Perhaps you can save a life for me.

Senator?

Senator, please, I need to speak to someone in the War Department, and I

know who that would be.

See, uh, Byron Sully's been arrested.

Yes, I know.

You do?

And I know why.

That heart attack gave me quite a scare.

Maybe that's why I want you to know the truth.

You tell Sully that his assignment in Georgia during the war was not for the

army.

It was for the same men who don't want the Indians to delay the completion of

the railroad.

How do you know this?

Because I was once one of them, and I know.

They won't stand for anyone getting in their way. Not me, not you, not even the

president. Senator Moses, we are waiting on you, sir.

Yes, I'll be right there.

Dr. Quinn was just inquiring after my heart.

I feel much better now.

Thank you.

A lot of favors will get you in to see him again.

Thank you.

But if anyone asks, I didn't arrange for this and you were never here.

I don't know how much time we have.

Sully, you have to tell me what happened in Georgia.

It doesn't matter.

Does it matter that it wasn't for the army?

Senator Moses said it had nothing to do with the war.

I know that.

You do?

If Senator Moses knows that, then he knows who set me up.

Come here, I've got to talk to him.

What's wrong?

Something's happened to Senator Moses.

Please let me in, I'm a doctor.

Did anyone see what happened? We found him like this.

Oh, my God. Mother.

Dr. Sutter.

Help him.

What are you doing here?

I came to sleep with Sutter.

He's dead.

He's been poisoned.

What?

What makes you say that?

The pink color of his skin. The smell on his glass. It's cyanide. That's

ridiculous. Dr. Sanderson, do you agree with that?

Good heavens, no.

This man died of a heart attack.

Any competent physician could see that. I'm shocked by your wild accusations,

Dr. Quinn.

You yourself treated Senator Moses for his heart condition, did you not? Yes, I

did.

Boy, indeed.

No, don't!

Please, clear the room.

Have some respect for this.

He's right. Clear.

Everyone leave.

Everyone.

Go back to your office.

Why

won't

Sully tell you what happened?

I don't know.

It's as if he doesn't want any help. No, I can't believe that.

I want to see him, Ma.

I'll go back to the War Department tomorrow.

I'll find General Parker. He has to help us.

Do you really think Senator Moses was poisoned? I'm positive.

When I was an intern, I saw factory workers poisoned by mercury cyanide.

looked just like that.

I'm worried.

What if they try to do something to you?

Sully, we should be worried about.

What could he have done that would be so terrible that he can't even bring

himself to talk about it?

Maybe he thinks it's something you can't forgive.

Excuse me.

I need to see General Warren.

Do you have an appointment, ma 'am? No, but I know he'll see me. It's important.

I'm sorry, ma 'am. These gentlemen have been waiting to see General Parker all

morning. You'll have to get in line.

Please, it's about Byron Sully.

Nothing he could do now, ma 'am.

Lieutenant Sully is going to be court -martialed tomorrow.

So the defense has nothing further to offer? No, sir, we don't.

Stand up.

Second Lieutenant Byron Sully, this general court -martial finds you guilty

desertion.

What's going on, love?

Second Lieutenant Byron Sully, Second Regiment of U .S. Artillery. You are

hereby stripped of all rank and privileges as an officer of the Army of

Potomac.

You are sentenced to be shot to death by a firing squad at dawn tomorrow

morning. No!

Joey! I'm not going to do this to you! Joey!

Joey!

Joey, I swear I'll get you out of there!

Joey!

hotel. I'm going to find some way to see President Grant.

But you said the guards were an engineer.

Well, then I'll shout and throw stones at his bedroom window. He's going to

what I have to say. I'm going with you. No, you can't.

I might get arrested, and if that happens, someone has to look after Brian

Colleen. You don't have to get arrested, Ma.

I can get you into the president's office.

Sure you can.

There's a secret passage. Brian, this isn't the time to be making up things.

I'm not making things up.

Jesse showed it to me.

But there is a little problem.

What is it?

First, we have to get through the gates.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Would you like to buy an apple, sir? Oh, no, thank you,

miss. They're very good, sir.

Try one.

Oh, no, I'm sorry.

Gotta promise you won't tell anyone.

Ryan, open the door.

Hey, Mr. President.

Come on, Ma.

Stuck. Need a hand, Dr. Quinn?

Yes, thank you.

I see Jesse showed you his secret room.

You know about it, too? Oh, yes.

And so did Todd Lincoln and a few other children who lived here.

But you're the first woman to ever enter my office this way.

I'm sorry to resort to this, but I had to speak with you.

Brian, why don't you go see Jesse? He's in his room.

May I, Ma?

Now, I know why you're here, Dr. Quint, and there's nothing I can do.

Mr. Preston, I know this man.

He's honest and just and loving.

If he deserted, he had a good reason. This is not about good reasons. This is

about military law.

But, Mr. President, even Lincoln wouldn't allow soldiers to be shot to

point. Dr. Quinn, listen to me.

If I make exceptions, the Army won't respect my command.

Without that respect, the peace plan is doomed.

Do you understand?

I understand.

To the man I love.

I was going to marry.

It's scheduled to be executed at dawn.

I understand that you are the only human being in this world that can prevent

that.

I'm begging you to save his life.

I'll commute a sentence to life in prison.

Thank you. But I want you and your family out of Washington by tomorrow

It's for your own good.

Please, I have to see him before I go.

All right, I'll arrange for it.

But just you.

Alone.

in prison.

At least you'll be alive.

As long as you're alive, I have a chance to get you out.

How?

Look around. I can't escape.

Next day or two, they're going to be transferring me to another prison.

Once I'm there, I'm never coming out.

to the president.

I'll go to General Parker. I'll go to Congress.

Somehow I swear I'll get you out of here.

You should take everything that I own.

But I have to know what happened to you.

I enlisted in St. Louis.

They found out what a good shot I was.

They made me a sniper.

My first target was a Confederate major.

They told me that he was working on some new kind of explosive shell at a death

fight in Georgia.

The War Department said,

that if I killed them, they'd never get it made, and that it would turn the

course of the war.

A lot of lives would be saved.

Every morning, Major would shave outside of the tent.

I waited three days to get a clear shot.

And finally it was.

guilty about what I had done.

I wanted to find out everything I could about the man I had killed.

First thing I found out was that the Major wasn't who they said he was.

He was a businessman.

He'd been given a number of war contracts and with him dead.

The contract and a lot of the money went to his rival.

I'm guessing that rival's name was Moses.

We'll find out who he is.

You'll find out who put me here.

Time's up.

So, you still believe there's some sort of conspiracy to kill the president?

Yes.

And with the president gone, so is his peace plan.

I find this all a bit far -fetched, Dr. Quinn.

Someone poisoned Senator Moses.

Someone framed Sully. And you already know it. It's not a word.

Even if these events were true, I fail to see the connection.

The connection has to be money.

Whoever's behind this is not interested in helping the Indians, but in getting

rid of them the quickest way they can.

So they can complete the railroad.

Do you have any proof at all?

No. No.

There is one thing.

What?

We could search the war records.

Whoever signed Sully's orders to assassinate that Confederate major had

been involved with Senator Moses.

Can you get me into the war department?

Now, before you two go stirring things up, let me first do some investigating.

I mean, if there is something going on, I don't want to tip our hands.

Did you know that the Secretary of the Interior wanted to put black people on

reservations in the Deep South?

No.

The President had to inform Secretary Cox that the Department of the Interior

not one of the branches of the government.

Thank God he's on the firing tune.

Is Sally still going to be transferred this evening?

Yes, please.

We have until midnight.

Do you think the president will believe us?

I'm not certain I believe anything's going on.

What's going on? Where are you going?

Get down!

You all right?

Yes. You've been hit.

It's all right.

Let's get out before they come back.

General Parker will see to it you get to the right train.

It departs at 9 o 'clock.

We're not going to leave you here.

Matthew, I need you to take everyone home and wait there until this is all

What are you going to do? Can't you go to the police about this? Somebody tried

to kill you. No, unfortunately we can't trust anyone.

And that's why it's far too dangerous for you to stay in Washington.

If it's that dangerous, then you have to come with us. We're not leaving without

you. You stay, we stay.

I'm not going to argue with you anymore.

You're going to get on that train and you're going to go home. Do you hear me?

You're going.

Who is it?

Parker.

They all packed?

Yes.

Gather your things.

Everything's arranged.

How's Vantage? Oh, it's fine.

You're not a bad doctor.

And you're not a bad general.

Here's a letter for Dorothy.

Give it to her when you get back.

Ma, everything's going to be all right.

Sully and I will be back in no time at all. We have to go.

I love you all so much.

Will you tell Sully we love him, too?

Yes, I will.

Go, go.

Well, you don't think I want to be out any longer than I have to be on a night

like this.

Listen, I need you to sign the ledger, and I need to see the franchise.

Uh -huh.

I left them under the seat.

I'll get them.

Parker said he'd meet us at the War Records office at 6 o 'clock.

Grant stood up to him.

That's the reason why they want to kill him.

His peace plan's the only thing keeping him from declaring an all -out war on

the Indians.

That's what General Sherman wants.

He'd like to turn Cusco loose again. Instead, he's going to turn loose a

of bad agents, stir up the Indians, and... And then the Army will have to

in to settle things. That's right.

Hey, lady doctor, a soldier's coming.

That plane's right here.

You help my baby.

I'll get you whatever you need.

You can have some clothes.

Matthew? What are you doing?

I think Dr. Mike's in trouble.

What kind of trouble?

What kind of trouble does she usually get into?

What opens?

No, it's just to Miss Dorothy.

Brian, there's something in this letter that we ought to know.

But Ma said, Brian, what if Ma is in some kind of trouble?

And what's in that letter could save her life.

Open.

What's it say?

It just says something about how she loves us all very much.

We're going to trade our tickets in at the next station.

We're going back to Washington.

There's a concert at the White House tonight.

They'll have extra security. They'll search everyone.

I think the president will be safe until we get there.

How can you be sure?

The police control everything within the block.

Nobody could get close enough to shoot him from the grounds.

It's about too far away.

No, the nearest building is the treasury.

It'd have to be an awfully good shot to hit anything from there. Like a sniper.

20th, 1863.

Lieutenant Byron Sully is hereby ordered to report to... Signed, Colonel George

Stewart.

Army of the Potomac. Yes, ma 'am.

What's the name?

General Parker.

Just a minute, sir.

You're not on the guest list.

And everybody's been looking for you.

Yes, we have.

One of the prison guards said that the man who helped Lieutenant Sully escape

looked a lot like you.

Very interesting, detective.

But if you'll excuse me, I'm here to see President Grant on most urgent

business. I don't think we'll disturb the president until after the concert.

You're under arrest.

It's over here.

The sniper got away. We searched the roof, found nothing. But we have General

Parker under arrest.

President Grant, you have to listen to me.

No, don't take that.

Mr. President, you have to see that paper, please. What is it?

I believe that Senator Stewart and Detective Simpson are part of a

kill you. This woman is insane. Get her out of here.

Wait.

Let me see the paper.

It's nothing, Mr. President.

You all right? Yes, are you?

Lucky I got a hard head.

Told you politics was a dirty business.

So, Dr. Quinn, you believe there's some sort of conspiracy going on here?

Yes, Mr. President.

It's hardly coincidence that Mr. Byron Sully is arrested, tried, convicted, and

sentenced to death.

And Senator Moses was poisoned. Senator Moses had a heart attack. Even his own

personal physician said so.

General Parker and I were attacked by gunmen. You and General Parker committed

felony prison break. And General Parker was wounded by soldiers, not your non

-existent assassin.

My son overheard a threat to your life.

And Senator Stewart admits to being in your office. Senator Stewart had left

room. Anyone could have come in after that.

Mr. President. Mr. President. Why are you a woman?

I'd like you to arrest Senator Stewart. You can't believe this story, Mr.

President. What I do believe is that this man, with a price on his head, took

the risk to come back here and save my life.

Now that counts for something.

Take him away.

Oh, while you're at it, arrest Detective Simpson, too.

Now the rest of you go on home.

Thank you, Mr. Sully.

I owe you my life.

I wouldn't be able to do it if Dr. Mike hadn't broken me out of prison.

Oh, she did, didn't she?

Well, I'll see that you both receive a full pardon for all the charges against

you. Thank you, Mr. Sully.

What are you doing here?

These belong to you?

We, uh, we got worried.

Came back.

Here's your letter.

You didn't read this, did you?

Well, I wanted to, but they wouldn't let me.

All it says is that I love you all very much.

I want to thank you, Julie. Oh, please.

I only gave you a room to stay in. You gave me my husband's life.

Where on earth is Parker?

You listen, sir.

I wanted to do everything at the same time, and now I don't know what time

getting here.

All right, all right.

Mr. Sully?

What is it?

I'm making you an Indian agent in the Colorado Territory.

Special appointment signed by me.

I'd like to have one man out there I can trust.

You want the job?

Well, I'd like time to ask my family.

Well, you let me know.

President, I'm sorry for the delay, but I was trying to confirm a rumor.

It seems that Senator Stewart hanged himself this morning.

I suppose there won't be any investigation.

No trail to follow.

No loose ends.

Except for one.

I think you're entitled to these and your honorable discharge from the army.

Parker?

This is yours as well.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, and Brian, how...

Don't you or your mother ever tell anyone about the secret passage?

We won't. I wouldn't want Congress to know about it. After all, I may need it

someday.