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FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR: ...Ohio
girls who left home last week

to join the fundamentalist
Islamic group Hizb al-Shahid.

Dr. Amani,
how does a group like this

convince two 16-year-old girls
to leave home

to join a violent
extremist group in Libya?

Hot bearded dudes with guns,
I'm guessing.

Shh. Shh.
AMANI (on TV): I think
they work like any group

trying to recruit believers.

They appeal to what's missing.

You feel like
your life is boring and empty?

Your parents
don't understand you?

Come join us and help
build paradise on Earth,

restore Islam to its rightful
place in a new world order.

Oh, come on. They couldn't
have joined the Girl Scouts?
Shh!

WOMAN:
But these kids had to know

they were joining
a violent extremist group.

The name, Hizb al-Shahid
means, "Party of Martyrs."

You've got the suicide bombings,
the beheading videos...

Hey!
Little early in the morning
for the worst of humanity.

Who wants waffles?

Censoring media access much?

Hey, first step to tyranny.

So proud.

Listen, as opposed to that...

Mom is hosting
a conference this week

featuring Noura al-Kitabi.
Oh.

I think we should all go.

Isn't that the girl
who got acid attacked?

That is the the young woman

who stood up against
the Saudi government

to demand an equal education
and the right to work.

And, yes, she was
violently assaulted,

but is committed
to speaking out.

That sounds cool.

It's way cool.

And we're talking weapons-grade?

Well, that can't be good.

Hi. Good morning.

Good morning.
Morning.
Morning.

Hang on.

Listen, about Alison's
parent-teacher conference

today at 11:15--
I have not forgotten.

I got it covered,
if you can't make it.

Oh, no, I will make it.

Not least because I am hosting

a Worldwide Partnership on
Girls' and Women's Education.

I hope you realize this means

you have to make it
to mine, too.

Yes, of course.
I will. I want...

Whoa. When is that?
I don't... Hang on. Hold on.

Blake, listen, will you just put
that file together for me,

and I'll bring it
to the NSA meeting,

and just keep me updated
if there's anything? Okay?

Thank you. Bye.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Another day,
another potential disaster

no one will ever hear about.

Here's to government work.

Okay.
Bye. I got to go.
Love you.

Love you.
Bye. Love you, love
you, love you.

Bye. Love you.
Bye. See you.

DALTON:
You're telling me DOD

and Cybercom, the entire
intelligence community,

none of you

could stop China from stealing
a key piece of our defense?

To be clear, Mr. President,

the data acquisition may not
have included every component

of the long-range
strike bomber.

And when will we know for sure?
When one of them is

heading for us?

Sir, um, I have a relationship
with Foreign Minister Chen.

Maybe I could reach out

and determine the extent
of the breach.

She did it before
with the space station.

At least then we'd know
what we're looking at

and proceed from there.

See what you can find out.

If I could also mention
the truckload of uranium

that was stolen outside of
Tiraspol in Moldova last night.

CIA is aware of the theft.

We're fully tracking
the situation, sir.

Do we know who stole it,

or God help us,
what they plan to do

with an entire
truckload of uranium?

ELIZABETH:
Well, the theft could

lead back to any number
of interested parties.

There's been a rise
in organized crime in the area,

as well as several
politically-motivated groups.

Let's hope
those Ukrainian rebels

aren't getting the band
back together.

I'd like to propose

State's International Security
and Nonproliferation Bureau

take the lead

on tracking this.
Head up a team.

Great.

Intelligence, Energy
and Defense will give you

all the support you need.
DENNIS:
Sir, if I may?

One truckload of spent fuel rods

likely stolen
by Moldovan thugs,

with no expertise
in handling the material,

is hardly what I would deem
a priority situation

for Intelligence.
EPHRAIM: Given our concerns

over the recent cyber breach
in Defense, I would concur.

If I can answer that...

Furthermore, our threat analysis
rates small-scale acquisition

of radiological material

a significantly low threat.

Based on what evidence?

Since 9/11, there have
been only two known threats

to weaponize
radiological material.

Well, my WMD team felt
that it merited a report,

and I'd like for them to follow
up on it... with support.

Because I-I do think
that it was

the lack of cooperation
between our offices

that provided
the conditions

for the worst terrorist attack
in U.S. history,

which, until then,
was unprecedented.

DALTON:
Intelligence certainly has

its hands full dealing
with the cyber breach.

State will take the lead,
as I believe I said.

We'll keep the China breach
under the radar, obviously.

And I don't want
to make any deals with China.

Just get the truth.

Yes, sir.
Mr. President.

General Ellerman, it's great
to have you on the team.

It's a pleasure to serve.

I was told
there'd be donuts.

Well, we'll set you
up over at State.

Looking forward
to working with you.

Don't ever make the president
repeat himself again.

Bess?

(low, indistinct conversation
in background)

Can I just ask:

Has CIA always been that
territorial, and I just forgot?

No idea.

I tend to let the
kittens fight it out.

About your, uh, your
Women's Education thing...

You mean my Worldwide
Partnership for Girls'

and Women's Education
Conference that I am hosting?

I got a request from
the Saudi ambassador--

the girl you've got as
your keynote speaker...

Noura al-Kitabi. You do
actually know this stuff.

They want to know if you
can look for someone else.

What?!

Apparently, this king is
sensitive about her.

She's been critical
of the royal family,

we've got this big arms
deal in the works...

You're asking me to disinvite

an internationally-renowned
champion of education--

a girl who was acid-attacked
for it, no less--

to protect an arms deal?

And not publicly offend one
of our most important allies

in the Middle East? Yes.

If the royal family
has such a problem

with what its most
celebrated citizen

is saying about them publicly,
maybe they should--

oh, I don't know--

give half their citizens
the right to an equal education.

Oh, yeah...
Or how about
just letting them drive?

Why don't we start there?
I thought you might
see it that way,

so I made a counterproposal.

No one from our side
appears with her publicly.

I'm hosting the conference.

How can I not appear
with my keynote speaker?!

This arms deal creates
5,000 new jobs,

most of them
in swing states.

But by all means,
you tell the president

you want to put that at risk

so you can get your picture
taken with a teenager.

She's 20, and neither one of us
is even worthy enough

to shine her shoes,
so don't strong-arm me, Russell.

Once the arms deal goes through,

the two of you can go on
Amazing Race if you want to.

Just lay low,
avoid the cameras.

That's all I'm asking.

(sighs)

All right.

I'll get word
to Prince Asim.

No, I will.

Since he should have come to me
about it in the first place.

Gently, please.

NADINE:
This is the full itinerary

for the Education Conference
for your approval.

Segall University requested
an additional appearance

with Noura al-Kitabi at
their STEAM Foundation.

Yeah, I actually won't be
appearing with Noura

at any public events during
or around the conference.

Apparently, the king doesn't
like to feel criticized

by a college student,
or he won't buy our F-18s.

The itinerary
will be adjusted.
Yup.

All right, I, uh... I need to
speak with the Saudi ambassador.

I'll set up a call.

Ma'am, Walter Nowack
from the International Security

and Nonproliferation Bureau is
waiting in the conference room.

Great.

Do they have windows
on the first floor?

Because that dude looks like
one of those deep-sea fish

that's never seen the sun.

ELIZABETH:
Walter.
Ah.

It's nice to
see you again.

A summoning
to the seventh floor.

I'm all atwitter.
(laughs)

We wanted to
review your report

on the stolen
uranium in Moldova.

Ah!
You know Jay Whitman,
my senior policy advisor?

In name if not in deed.

Good to meet you, sir.

Just Jay.

Can I get you some coffee?

Please. Please.

Have a seat.
Yes. (laughs)

You know, we-we still
use disposable cups

on the first floor.

It's astonishing to
think of detritus

from the Colin Powell era

still moldering in a
landfill somewhere.

Like so many of our
shouts into the void.

Milk or sugar?
Black.

Thank you.

Walter, we're, uh... we're gonna
be putting together a team

on this situation
in Moldova,
Ah.

and Jay will be
your point person.

It's a shame my report
of five months ago

warning of the effect
of corruption on securing

nuclear material in the
former Soviet states...

...failed to gain
any attention...

but here we are.

So, organized crime
is your operating theory?

Uh, theory.

You're familiar
with Transnistria?

Little breakaway
region of Moldova

that the EU can't
seem to control.

It's a hotbed
for drug and arms smuggling,

human trafficking and other...
recreational activities.

After the last election,
the crime syndicates now exert

their influence at the very
top levels of government.

It's not
my operating theory, Jay.

It's... it's reality.

As I said in my report...
fi... five months ago.

I'll send you
another copy.

I'm sure we still have it.

Good. Now...

looking more closely

at the details
of our uranium heist...

Here's the truck leaving
the nuclear facility.

Here's the driver.

Ah, ah. This is the guy
I'm interested in.

JAY:
Who is that?

That's the chief inspector
of the power plant.

The inspector was in the truck?

Ah. Well, it seems the reach

of the first floor
once again exceeds that

of the so-called
intelligence community.

And we do it all
with disposable cups.

Walter, I'm sorry.
I-I have to run

to another meeting,
but we'll talk soon.

Oh.

Well, we shall bask in the
fading glow of your attention.

(laughs)

I know.

Too much.

Ah.

Hey, I can just make Alison's
parent-teacher conference.

Will you get the cars ready?

I would, but you have a visitor
from the FBI in your office.

Marguerite Sanchez, Deputy
Director of Counter-Terrorism?

She said it was urgent.

Like
miss-my-daughter's-conference

that-I-promised
to-go-to urgent?

Well, if you're asking me to
weigh Quakers versus terrorists,

I think the Quakers can wait.

All right, have the cars ready.

I'm gonna see if I can
make this quick.
Yes, ma'am.

WOMAN:
As you may be aware,

I've been heading up a team
investigating the Omer sisters.

Right, the Ohio girls who were
recruited by Hizb al-Shahid.

We've been working with assets
in Libya,

where supposedly, they joined up

with their recruiters
three days ago, but no leads.

Then the Tunisian government
came through with this.

Uh... here.

It's from a security cam

outside a mosque in Tunis
where the girls stopped

on their way to Libya.

ELIZABETH:
Just a guess,

I'm thinking
those are not the recruiters

they were expecting.

We've determined
they're agents

of the Saudi Arabian
government.

Which, it turns out, is where
the girls are being held.

They never made it to Libya?

No, ma'am.

And the Saudis took
two of our citizens

without ever bothering
to tell us,

even with wall-to-wall
news coverage about it?

The only answer we've
been able to get from the
Saudi Arabian government

is that their
intelligence indicates

the girls were gonna be used
in a plot against Saudi Arabia.

Wait a minute, that doesn't...

that doesn't make any sense.

Why would Hizb al-Shahid

plot a strike
against Saudi Arabia

(chuckles): when it's basically
an open secret that Saudi Arabia

is where the group gets
most of its money?

We've never been
able to prove that.
I know.

But if we could,
I might have leverage

to find out what
the Saudis are hiding.

(deep sigh)

Without it, it's just
a bunch of puzzle pieces

that don't... really fit.

You can see why it seemed
above my pay grade.

Yeah.

I hope it's appropriate
that I came to you.

Of course.

I wish more of us
reached out.

You think it's
a departmental thing
or a guy thing?

That's okay.
Don't answer that.

Will you excuse me just...

for one minute?
I'll be right back.

Blake.

Already calling
Henry, ma'am.

Oh. And listen,

that meeting with the,
uh, Saudi ambassador

is now officially urgent--
no more phone call.

I want him in my office.
Of course.

*

ELIZABETH:
So no passive-aggressive

shaming from the Quakers
about missing the conference?

It's okay,
you can tell me.

(beeping)
Babe, they're happy they
could get one of us.

Yeah, they're happy to get you.

I've seen those teachers flirt.

And you totally encourage it,
by the way.

I encou...?
How do I encourage it?

By not engaging.

By being just unavailable enough

that it's like total catnip.

Like that--

I bet, I bet.

So, how was it?

She's doing great.
Her math scores are up.

She's even eligible for

an AP calculus course
next semester.

Uh-huh.

S.A.T. prep is going well.

And...?

(sighs deeply)

There's a social thing.

This girl's
getting bullied online.

They suspended the kids
who put up the Web site,

but they're notifying
the parents of everybody

who posted on it.
She didn't.

Yeah.

"Ella Barnes
is style free."

Well, I don't know
if I'm disgusted

because she participated
in it, or...

relieved that this is
the worst she could do.

I was pretty
disgusted.
Yeah.

There was a big
talk at school

about their letting
the parents deal with it

however we choose.

Well, I-I say...

no screens for a month.

Or, you know what, we'll just
take the phone away entirely.

I mean, this is...
this is total mean girl crap,

and I hate it.
(phone buzzing)

Yeah. But I don't
just want punishment.

I mean, I... I want
to talk to her.

I want her to do
some soul-searching.

Yes. Full religion
professor-- go.

Jay's here.

Jay's here?

(whispers): With his baby.

Hey, Jay.
Come on in.

Thank you...
Oh...
Oh, wow!

Look how big!
I'm so sorry to just show up,

but driving's the only thing
that makes her sleep, and...

Are you driving
your daddy crazy?

I'm so sick
of driving around the block.

(chuckles): Oh, are you kidding?
We're so glad to see you.

And now the driving's
not even working.
Hi.

Okay, here,
let me just try.
You sure?

Yeah. Ah.
Thank you.
Yeah.

Oh. Right.

No females can
resist his charms.

HENRY:
I heard that.

Bet you don't miss
having babies.

Tonight I might.
Long story.

I'd offer you a glass of wine,
but since you're driving...

Water? Juice?

Not juice. Not juice.

You know, in about six months,

she'll be sleeping
through the night,

and you'll actually
look back on this time...

with nostalgia.
(chuckles)

Thanks.

It might be about more
than just the baby.

(turns on faucet)
Yeah, I kind of thought so.

(turns faucet off)

Stolen nukes

got in your head?

A little.

Maybe a lot.

That inspector
from the plant--

why was he
in the truck?

To advise on proper disposal?

All the other disposal runs
took place during the day.

This was the only one at night.

The thieves shot the
driver point-blank.

But this inspector...
there's no trace of him.

Kidnapped?

Thought of that.
But then I went digging

in all the files...

from the nuclear
plant, and...

found this.

Uh... sorry.

It got... drooled
on a little.

It's a report to replace

the power plant's
security supervisor,

dated two weeks
before the heist.

And who ordered the rehire?

The inspector.

So you think that the inspector
wanted to hire his own...

security guy who'd...
look the other way?

Yeah. I think
he was in on it.

DNI, CIA, they...

they think terrorists don't
want to bother with nukes

because it's
too much trouble.

But if the uranium comes
with its own nuclear physicist

to show them
how to use it?

I'd call that getting the
most bang for your buck.

Looks like
I've still got it.

(laughs softly)

At least one of us is
gonna get some sleep.

(whispers):
Oh, look...

(sighs):
Yeah. Yeah.

Huh. You are definitely

onto something.

I was hoping
you wouldn't say that.

You know, we had
a researcher

at the same nuclear plant
in Moldova

targeted by a local crime boss--

Ion Gurian.

The researcher
refused to sell Gurian

some radiological
detection devices

so his goons could scrape out
all the cesium

and do...
God knows what with it.

A few days after his refusal,
the researcher started...

getting death threats,
so we had to grant him asylum,

and now... he teaches at MIT.

It's another report
I sent upstairs. I...

So we should find this inspector

who clearly gave them
what they wanted this time.

No. The inspector's...
in the wind.

You want to focus on Gurian.

Get eyes on all
his usual haunts.

Wait for him to try
to sell, get a team in,

and trap him.
Shouldn't we check out
the power plant?

Look for other leaks
in the staff?

(chuckles) If... if you
want to waste resources

tailing some midlevel dupes,
go right ahead,

but I am telling you
where you're going to get a hit.

Well, how do...

(chuckles):
Walter...

you don't actually know that.

Did you ever read
The Odyssey, Jay?

(sighs, laughs wryly)

Of course.

Yes, I-I, I mean,
you know, it's...

it's been a while.

So, Odysseus
comes home...

after the war--
it's been 20 years--

but he wants to surprise
all the suitors

who have been trying
to steal his wife,

so he's dressed
like a beggar.

And no one recognized him
and he slaughtered
all of the suitors.

Nah-nah-nah-- someone
does recognize him.

His dog-- Argos.

He's been put out
on the dung heap,
covered in fleas,

on the brink of death, but
as his master passes by,

Argos looks up,
wags his tail...

and, having seen his
master one more time,

he dies.

Argos knew.

How did he know?

He looked past
all the noise

to the truth.

Mm-hmm.

I'd still like to put
some surveillance on the plant.

Belt and suspenders.

Yeah, I... I get it.

You're scared.

You think you can stop it
if you plug up every hole,

but you can't
stop it, Jay.

This stuff is
everywhere.

It's not if,
it's when.

So all we can do

is try to look past
all the noise,

all the fear, plug up
the biggest hole today,

and maybe. keep it
from happening tomorrow.

That's it.

(sighs)

(chuckles)

I know, I know...
(clears throat)

back to my dung heap.

I'm doing a column on
homemade spa treatments--

can it wait?

No, not really.

Oh.

You didn't think it was
important to mention that?

(sighs): No. Because I
didn't actually post it.

Stacy Henworth thought
it would be hilarious--

since fashion is my thing--
she posted it in my name.

I know that sounds lame,
but it's the truth.

So you knew she
did this in your name,

you did nothing to refute it,

but you still think
you're not culpable?

Not totally.

Hm. Okay.

If that's the way
you want to look at it.

I'm disappointed,
but I appreciate your honesty.

What was I supposed to do?

That's a good question.

There you are.

Good morning,
Madam Secretary.

Does it mean that
it's any... less urgent

if you don't lie in wait
at the elevator?

Or are you just trying
to keep me guessing?

You'll never know.
(laughs)

This is the report
from Jay and the ISN Bureau.

The nuclear material
was detected in a warehouse

outside of Chisinau
in Moldova.

CIA is tracking it
for a possible sale.

Wow. Coordination
between departments.

It's enough to
warm my heart.

Despite the, you know,

deadly material possibly
being sold to nefarious agents.

Hi.

Good morning, ma'am.
Prince Asim of Saudi Arabia

is waiting
in the conference room.

And Marguerite Sanchez
from the FBI is waiting

in your office.
Marguerite is back?
Did she say why?

She didn't choose
to share that with me, no.

I suggest we prioritize
Prince Asim.

And, just to reiterate
our strategy

with the
ambassador...
I know.

Stick to
the education conference,

don't wreck the arms deal,
but do find out everything I can

about the two Ohio girls

that they have
in their custody.
Being careful to avoid

any intimations of wrongdoing

on the part of
Saudi Arabia.

Message received.

No claws.

Will you, uh, tell Marguerite
that I will be with her

as soon as I finish up
with the prince, okay?

Yes, ma'am.

I think you're going to want
to talk to me first.

Prince Asim, I am so sorry
to keep you waiting.

It's not a problem,
Madam Secretary.

I'm sure
you're greatly occupied

with preparations
for the education conference.

Yes, we're really
looking forward

to Noura al-Kitabi's
address tomorrow.

Which I will be viewing
remotely.

We're grateful
for your cooperation.

I hope you understand.
Of course.

As you know, our long alliance
with the royal family

is one we highly value.

I did wonder, though,

as our long-term ally,

why it never came up
that two of our citizens

were being held
in your custody?

I assume you're referring
to the Sudanese sisters.

Perhaps when they joined
an international terrorist group

targeting Saudi Arabia,

they forfeited their right
to protection from a country

they willingly abandoned.

The Omer sisters
were born in Ohio,

so their U.S. citizenship isn't
really open to interpretation.

What is, though, is whether
or not they were involved

in a plot against your country.

Because, well,
our intelligence reveals

nothing of the kind.

It may be possible
that American intelligence

doesn't know everything,

Madam Secretary.
(laughs)

That is true.
That's true.

Our intelligence did uncover,

however, several
verified documents

detailing the transfer of funds

indirectly from
12 Saudi citizens

to the international terrorist
group Hizb al-Shahid.

Damning evidence, no doubt.

And surely something that
your country wouldn't want

the United States,
your longtime ally,

best oil customer and primary
arms dealer, to know about.

Secretary McCord,

you need to be careful
about what you're implying.

Well, then let's not talk
in implications, Prince.

Let's be open with each other,
as friends should be.

I think that your country
is scrambling.

I think the royal family
has turned a blind eye

to your citizens' support
of terrorism in the past,

only this time actual U.S.
citizens are joining the ranks,

and rather than take the risk
of letting them come home

where they might reveal
who supports their group,

you're holding on to them.

Maybe until this
arms deal is done,

or maybe indefinitely,
I don't know.

My guess is you guys haven't
figured out that part.

That is a great deal
of speculation.

It is.

I hope I've been clear
on one point:

We'd like our citizens back.

I will take up the matter
with my superiors.

Thank you so much, Prince.

Thanks for coming in.
I really appreciate it.

I assume our arms deal

is in no way impacted
by this conversation.

Not in the slightest.

Uh, let me show you out,
Mr. Ambassador.

Might have used
my claws...

a little.

Ah.
Looks like we got a possible
buyer for the nukes in Moldova.

CIA has a team about to move in.

Circle back to you on this?

WALTER:
The buyer is some middleman.

We don't know yet
who he's working for.

Hopefully we can stop the sale
before it gets that far.

How did we know to
watch this warehouse?

(chuckles)
Lucky guess.

Don't be so modest.

It was half instinct
and half science.

See? She gets it.

That's why
she's the boss.

Hmm.
(doors closing)

Ah. (chuckles)

Yes, yes.

Back to the first floor for me.

I had Blake send down
some cups for you guys.

Real ones.

Oh.

Now, if you want to give us
a gift...

read our reports.

DALTON:
You're just in time.

They're moving in
on the exchange

of the nuclear material.

JAY:
Any intel on the buyer?

Vitalie Morescu.

We still don't know
who sent him.

He has affiliations
with multiple groups.

JACKSON: A Moldovan gadfly--
that's just what we need.

(silenced gunshots)

SPECIAL OPS TEAM LEADER:
Entry Point One clear.

Team moving in.

(door opening)

What's the holdup?

TEAM LEADER:
No access.

Team retreating
for Entry Point Two.

Why is there no access?

I don't know, sir, our floor
plan indicated a doorway.

It must've been closed up.

There's another point of entry.

Yeah, if their cover
hasn't been blown.

(shouting, gunfire)

SPECIAL OPS MEMBER:
I've got contact right.

Rooster, pull front security.

Rooster down!

SPECIAL OPS MEMBER:
Enemies in front, Divot down.

TEAM MEMBER: Rooster down!

Charley and Whiskey down!

Charley's hit.

(gunfire)

SPECIAL OPS TEAM LEADER:
Dark Horse HQ,
we have Divot 4 Charley

and Rooster 5 Whiskey down.

We need evac.

The floor plan
was the best intel

we could get, Mr. President.

I'll look into it
with the commander.

You're the director, Ellerman.

It's on you.

Tell me we at least got
the uranium.

TEAM LEADER:
Buyer has vacated.

We have members searching
the perimeter, no sign.

Package is secure.

We'll have full intel tracking
that buyer, Mr. President.

That buyer has gone
underground now.

Along with whoever sent him.

At least they didn't get
the uranium.

Not today.

HENRY:
Kids, I got food.

Ooh!

Eh, uh, those dumplings
are for Mom.

I have got to get her
eating better.

What's wrong
with dumplings?

I mean, you got
your ground-up pig meat

perfectly packaged into
a little envelope of starch.

It's like the ideal
food unit.

Could you not say
"pig meat" please?

Why is she working late?

Because it's a
regular weeknight?

HENRY: Hey, Mom's job
has a lot of perks, too.

Box seats to The Wizards
is not my idea of a perk.

Okay, how about a personal
meeting with Noura al-Kitabi

after the conference tomorrow?

Are you serious?
Yep.

What? Dad, that's amazing.

JASON: Oh, sure. Yeah.
I actually have
a math study group,

so I can't go.

Hey, maybe you could skip
study group.

You guys are always
after me about math,

and now, all of a sudden,
you want me to drop it?

I just meant
you could skip a session,

so we can meet
an amazing human being.

Maybe I'm just not up for it.

Okay.

We'll miss you.

I know you're mad at me for not
standing up for that girl.

I'm not mad at you.

No, it's worse-- it's like
you're just done with me.

Hey. Hey.

No, it's fine.

I don't deserve to worship
at the feet

of some living saint, anyways,

since I'm obviously a weakling
with zero character.

Come on, Ali,
I never said that.

I should have stopped them,
I know that,

but all I did was laugh

because I wanted them
to like me.

God, that girl stood up to
the Saudi Arabian government

and I can't even stand up
to Stacy Henworth?

I'm the worst.

Okay, you're far from the worst.

But you did give in
to fear and weakness

and that's how most
of the worst stuff

that human beings do to each
other is allowed to happen.

But here's the thing:

We all do it.
I've done it.

No, you haven't.
You-you think there
haven't been times

when I wish I'd
said something,

or did something
to stop something,

when I knew it was wrong?

That's why we need heroes.

They inspire us,
so that maybe next time,

we dig a little deeper
to find our best self.

Even if it feels risky.

I just want you
to be proud of me.

I am.

I want you to be proud
of yourself.

Can I have one
of Mom's dumplings?

No. (chuckles)

ELIZABETH (exhausted):
How's Ali?

She's a flawed mortal
fumbling towards enlightenment.

Mm.

Aren't we all.

And I'm being unavailable

in a way that's totally
irresistible, right?

(slow, steady breathing)

What's the emergency?

Nothing.

Then why are you doing
the elevator ambush?

Force of habit.

(elevator bell dings)

Good morning,
Madam Secretary.

Morning.

I know you saw
that the Omer sisters

were returned from
Saudi Arabia last night.

Yeah, and all it took
was a diplomatic boxing match.

I have the full
revised itinerary

for the Worldwide
Partnership for Girls'

and Women's Education
conference this afternoon.

We're setting up a remote
feed in your office.

Hate that, but thank you.

Marguerite Sanchez
from the FBI is in your office.

She never wants to tell me
why she's here,

which I'm trying
not to take personally.

Good. Don't.

Oh, I just came along
for the ride.

Oy.

Marguerite.

I see you're taking me at my
word to reach out more often.

Sorry to bother you,
Madam Secretary.

It's no bother, I promise.
I'm very glad

we got such fast results getting
the Omer girls back home.

We did,
and thank you.

I wanted to tell you personally

that it turns out
Hizb al-Shahid was, in fact,

planning an attack
on Saudi Arabia.

Ah. So...

in other words, I was wrong.

Oh, no, believe me,
it happens all the time.

You can ask my staff.

What was the target?
Did you find out?

That's why I'm here.

One of the sisters admitted
under interrogation

that she was assigned to visit
the home of Noura al-Kitabi,

gain access as an admirer
of their daughter

and then
detonate herself,

taking as many of the family
members with her as she could.

Oh.

We're adding
additional security.

We've alerted the family
as well as the Saudis,

but I know that Noura

is your guest speaker
this afternoon.

I thought you might want
to tell her yourself.

Thank you for coming to tell me,
Madam Secretary.

I completely understand

if you want to cancel
your appearance today.

Uh, we're prepared to do that.

I don't want you to do anything
that you feel might put

your family
at greater risk.

My family has raised me
to demand my rights

as a full human being.

That is why we have been at risk
from the very beginning.

(speaks Arabic)

I understand.

I look forward to seeing
you at the conference.

Unfortunately, Noura,

I-I won't be able to be there.

Of course.

I understand.
You're very busy.

(speaks Arabic)
Sorry,

I just got on Twitter,
but my mother can't see this.

Well, do your mother
a favor and just...

...stay off of Snapchat.

That's where I officially
lost control.

Don't worry, Madam Secretary.

Like my father says,

everything will be
as Allah wills it.

BLAKE: I think you want
the auxiliary--

AUX...
I-I know what AUX means.

Oh. Sorry, forgot
who you were dating.

I just made this worse
for myself, aren't I?

Yes.
Yeah.

Ah.

How does it look, ma'am?

(applause on TV)

Like somewhere
I'm supposed to be.

Thank you to Segall University,

(security gate beeping)
to the Department of State,
and to all of you.

It is a total thrill

to be invited to join
the Worldwide Partnership

for Girls'
and Women's Education today.

This is something I never
would have imagined for myself

two years ago, when I gave
a speech at my school

about education reform

in my country.
I was excited

about our first coeducational
university in Riyadh,

where I hoped
to one day study architecture.

I wanted to work like my father.

I wanted to run
for a government position.

I also wanted to meet
the members of One Direction.

(laughter)

"Story of My Life"
was my jam.

Please do not judge.

But when I applied
for the architecture program,

I was told I could get a degree,

but I could never practice
my skill until there was

"a workplace clear of men."

Seeing my discouragement,
my father suggested I post

my speech online, calling for

an end to gender segregation
in the workplace.

So I did.

Two days later, there was a man
waiting for me outside my home,

where he threw acid at my face.

(attendees murmuring)

After the attack,

when I saw what I looked like,
I wanted to die.
JAY: Hey,

we're watching in here?

No one reads my e-mails.

Sorry, I was touching
base with Walter.

We just got some really
weird news from Moldova.

But it can wait.

No. What is it?

CIA tracked who was trying to
buy the uranium in the raid.

It was Hizb al-Shahid.

The same group that recruited
the two American girls.

Wait, what?!

I know.

It's a crazy
coincidence, right?

I don't know
if that's a coincidence.

What do you mean?

On the one hand,
you have Saudi Arabia,

who does not want us to know

that their citizens
are funding Hizb al-Shahid,

so... they take
those girls hostage

in order to cover it up.

Meanwhile, in Moldova,

we have a group trying
to buy uranium,

something no other terrorist
group has been able to do.

Back in Saudi Arabia,
we learn that Hizb al-Shahid

is targeting the family of Noura

al-Kitabi, and now,

you're telling me
that that's the same group

that was trying
to buy the uranium?

Yeah, but both situations
were contained.

What if it isn't?
What?

What if their whole point
was to put their main target

right there in front us, while
we all stand back and watch?

We have to shut it down.
What?

The conference!

Shut it down! Now!

Blake, please call...
Yeah. Yeah.

Henry.

NOURA (over speakers): So today
I speak for the invisible.

Can I check your bag, please?

NOURA:
Sometimes it's hard to accept

that this change won't
happen in my life.

But I know this change
Pat down.

is possible.

Please.

Right here.
NOURA: Dignity begins
with a simple act of respect,

like accepting
that the thirst for knowledge

does not belong to one gender
or tradition,

but to all of mankind.

WOMAN (over P.A.): Ladies and
gentlemen, at this time,

we ask all audience members

to please proceed calmly
to the nearest exit.

All right.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the conference is now closed.

There'll be no further
admittance at this time.

WOMAN (over P.A.):
Please proceed calmly

to the nearest exit.

What's going on?

This way. Now.

WOMAN (over P.A.):
Please stay calm

and exit on both sides...
I'm sorry.

(people clamoring)

MAN: Hurry, this way.
This way.

There's an exit over here!

WOMAN:
Excuse me, sir...

(alarm beeping)

(clamoring)

This way, everybody.
We need to get out.

Allahu akbar!

(people screaming)

No.

(distant sirens wailing)

WOMAN: Dr. McCord,
I need everyone in the car.

We have to call Mom.
We've got to get you home.

We will. Come on.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Dad!

I'll see you at home.

Everything's
gonna be okay.

Go! Go!

(sirens wailing,
engine accelerating)

Matt... anything yet?

Signals are all down.
We'll keep trying, ma'am.

Jay is on with Head
of Security right now.

I would like to know
that my family is alive

before they take me
to the bunker.

All three kids
are with security.

They're fine. They're fine.

They're being taken
to St. Anne's Hospital nearby.

Ma'am?
Wait. Why are they
going to a hospital

if they're fine?
They have to be checked
for radiation exposure.

It was a dirty bomb?

I need you to come
with me, ma'am.

What about Henry?

Still locating him.

Well, if the kids
made it to safety,

I'm sure Henry did, also.

(sobbing, screaming)

Listen to me, listen to me,
listen to me.

No! No! No! No!
Hey, hey, hey,
look at me, look at me.

Look at me. Look at me.

I got the bleeding stopped,
okay? You're okay.

There's help on the way.
You're all right.

(woman sobbing)

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