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Madam Secretary...

ELIZABETH:
Someone is stalking our kids.

[screams]

HENRY: You live surrounded by security and yet they still can't

find whoever's
hacking our house

and stalking
our entire family?Yes, I know.

What's an antiquities expert

at a history museum doing

selling stolen treasures?

We'll find an agent
who can pass for her.

Set up a meeting to buy one
of these statues and boom.

We have a direct line
to Hizb al-Shahid.

HENRY: Cecile looks like
our archaeologist.

This is Black Dog Station.

Who the hell
just took our agent?

HENRY:
Come on.

It's been over an hour.

How long does it take
to upload a damn video?

They have to stick to protocols
getting back to the safe house.

Screw protocols!

Our asset has
been abducted.

She could be
in a hole someplace,

getting interrogated

by God knows who... or worse.

Wi-Fi is spotty in Corsica.

Cecile said the meet went fine.

She's green,
but she's smart enough

to know if she got made, right?

Or we made a mistake
sending her in.

[computer dings]

Here it is.

Give us something.

There she is.

There!

The license plate.

It's pretty blurry.

Is that S-A?

2-T-1... R...

Three?

Or an eight.

I'll send it to Interpol
both ways.

Can they not

get bogged down
in protocols?

This is hope.

Go home, buddy.

I'll give you a call
if we get a hit.

No.

I'm gonna...
look at the latest reports

from our asset in Algeria.

Sounds like HS
is bringing in new leadership.

Maybe that has something
to do with them grabbing Cecile.

I'll get the takeout menus.

Good morning.

ALISON:
Do we have any cereal?

Come on, I made eggs.

I read Julia Child's
entire chapter on eggs

and I am telling you
that these are very close

to approximating

something from that.

Dad puts, uh, green stuff in it.

Chives.

And shallots.

Scramble shaming?

Really? Wow.

Put that in your mouth.

Not bad.

So, Dad's just
never coming back then?

Yes, I forgot to tell you
that your father's taken

the cutest little apartment

in the Pentagon.
Mom.

Of course he's coming back.

There's just a lot
going on at work.

There's a lot
going on here, too.

Well, I-I know, Noodle.

That's why you have Andy
and Duncan protecting you.

Yeah, the DS were protecting us

when all the appliances
went nuts.

JASON:
Oh, yeah, so, Dad's
supposed to quit

his job
'cause you're freaked out?

Don't act like it's just me.

You sleep with a night-light.

I left my computer on

when I fell asleep.

Every night?

A couple times,
and you know what,

this guy can kill us
whether Dad's here or not.

Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's just take a breath, okay?

[sighs]

Noodle, you want to take the day
and maybe stay home?

No.

Well... do you want to come
to work with me?

Do you want her
to cut your meat?

Jason.Forget it.

I'll just power through,
and develop an ulcer

and later in life, I'll send you
a bill for all my therapy.

Do you want to go to therapy?

[elevator bell dings]BLAKE: Good morning, ma'am.

Russell Jackson's office
needs your approval on this.

Coffee?

Café au lait.

The White House barista
has been practicing

for the state dinner.

It's coffee with milk.

The French are picky
and... easily insulted.

Were you up all night
researching this?

You're welcome.[elevator bell dings]

Good morning.Good morning, ma'am.

The staff is
ready to walk you

through the schedule
for the state visit.

The White House
is very anxious

that this week
go smoothly.

Tensions with the
new French president

don't poll well for
this administration.

Morning.
Morning.

But neither
does looking soft.

Lèon Perrin shamelessly
flogs French nationalism

during their election.

He wins by the
slimmest of margins,

then immediately
starts threatening

to pull out of NATO.

So, to express our thanks,
we're throwing him

a nonstop four-day party.

Safe to say some spin
will be required.

Good morning.

Good morning.

NADINE:
So, tomorrow's event
will celebrate

the anniversary
of the Battle of Yorktown.

That will happen at Moore House,
which is where

negotiations
for British surrender began.

French Foreign Minister
Jean-Claude Dubois will speak

and then a descendant
of the Marquis de Lafayette

will introduce you,
Madam Secretary.

ELIZABETH:
And my remarks
will be rich

with praise
for everything French?

Rich and thick,
like a fine Béarnaise.

JACKSON:
I need an update.

Good morning, Russell.

Yes.

Fine. Good morning.

State dinner, dîner d'Etat.

What's the latest?

I'm coordinating with the Office
of the Chief of Protocol.

You should have the final
menu and seating chart

for approval
this afternoon.

Katy Perry is confirmed?

Katy Perry is confirmed

and seated on President Perrin's
right side.

Excellent!
It is vital

to the future happiness
of everyone in this room

and your loved ones

this dinner goes off
without a hitch.

We'll leave it
at that.I am sure

that President Perrin will be
suitably impressed.

He's sitting next
to Katy Perry... He'll be fine.

NADINE:
Does this concern
have to do

with Julius Burton, Robert Scott

and Kenneth Foley,
whose names

just suddenly appeared
on the guest list?

The billionaires who withdrew
their support

when Dalton decided
to run as an independent?

JACKSON:
Celebrity businessmen
who are

passionate Francophiles and have
attended state dinners before.

They're back?They're circling.

But this is not an attempt
to woo them because

that could be construed as
mildly unethical, Russell.

Which is why that
is not happening, Nadine.

MATT:
The polls are tightening

since the last debate,
just to thrown in a crazy

non sequitur that has nothing
to do with billionaires

showing up
to the state dinner.

Look, every day

we gain a little more traction.

In New York and Minnesota, it's
practically a three-way tie.

But there are only
a few weeks left.

If we're going to pull ahead,
we need to seriously

up our game.
That takes money.

But... I digress.

Let's just make sure

everyone at the dinner
has a good time.

This might be
an excellent opportunity

for you and Julius Burton
to put aside your differences

in the interest of diplomacy.

And good times.

You...

stay out of sight
while the French are here.

Why?

The e-mail thing?

You referred to
Minister Dubois

as an empty crêpe.

In a private e-mail,
which was illegally hacked

over two years ago.

We apologized.
It's forgotten.

JACKSON:
Really?

The French forget?

'Cause every representative
they send over here

still manages to bring up
"freedom fries" at least once.

I'll lay low.

We can really win this thing.

God, I hate hope.

Interpol just ID'd our plate.

What did they get?

It belongs to a
shell corporation

called Quel beau
Industries.

I don't remember
that name being associated

with any HS holdings.

That's because it's not.

It's a front for DGSE.

French Intelligence
grabbed Cecile?

They must have been
running their own op.

Probably tailing the
antiquities broker Cecile

was in negotiations with.

So, they grabbed her up
to question her,

not knowing
she was an American asset.

She's okay.
She's with friends.

Friends who just elected

a right-wing president who's
threatening to bail on NATO.

Things are pretty tense between
the U.S. and France right now.

The spy code
transcends politics.

ROB:
Our support got Conrad

elected four years ago.

JULIUS:
Hell, we supported him
four months ago

before he got into bed
with Elizabeth "Save
The Planet" McCord

and screwed himself

with all of her "rising sea
levels climate change" crap.

Where were you
to talk him off the ledge?

ROB:
And why should we
bail him out now?

We didn't fly the coop
on Dalton, Russell.

The party did.

JACKSON:
I hear you, guys.

And the president hears
you; that's why I'm here.

But if you guys have
no interest in coming
back into the fold,

why are you here?

Courtesy, Russell.

We're willing to hear you out.

Or maybe you saw
the latest polls

that shows Dalton surging.

I might've noticed.

ROB:
Who knew
the electorate

still had an appetite
for sane, steady leadership?

Three cheers
for America.

But with three viable candidates
in the race, none of them

will reach 270.

Sending the election
to the House.JULIUS: Do you really think

the majority will vote up Dalton

ahead of their own
party's candidate?

I wasn't sure until I saw
Sam Evans get caught on video

calling them
the laziest Congress in history.

It's his 47% moment.

ROB:
Evans is a hothead.

I don't love the idea

of his sweaty finger
on the button.

JULIUS:
And Fred Reynolds' idea
of a global economy

is like that Stephen King novel
about the dome,

except it's over
the whole damn country.

Come election day,
Conrad Dalton is going to do

what even Teddy Roosevelt
couldn't.

He's going to win
as an independent.

And when
that historic day comes,

believe me, gentlemen,

you're going to want
to be in his corner.

Except there's no corners
in an Oval Office.

JACKSON:
And no fund-raising.

But if you want to get out
your checkbooks here...

I'll talk to Dalton
on Friday at the dinner.

I reserved a table next to his,

for you and your wives.

HENRY:
I just can't believe that

the French grabbed our agent
the same way Conrad is trying

to build bridges
with the Perrin government.

Should make for

a pretty awkward
state dinner.

Your counterterrorism thing

conflicting
with my foreign policy thing...

What couple doesn't have
to deal with that?

[chuckles]
Right?

I think they'll have
it worked out by then.

I guess we'll see if spy code
really does transcend politics.

Let's just say
I have availed myself

of it more than once.

Not that I can discuss
any of that with you.

[phone ringing]

You're very cute
when you're covert.

Hello?

Okay, thanks.[hangs up phone]

It's Captain Baker.

RONNIE:
I apologize

for stopping in so late, sir,

but I thought you'd want
to be briefed ASAP.

You guessed right.

Hi.So, what have you got?

As you know, Oliver Shaw and I
have been coordinating

with FBI Cyber Crime Division.

So, we've managed to isolate
your hacker's digital signature

and trace it back
to an online payment system

called BuckSend.

Now BuckSend is popular
with the criminal underworld

because it guarantees
its users complete anonymity.

That would make it difficult
to learn our hacker's

real-world identity.

Correct, sir.
But if I may speculate,

the fact that he's on BuckSend
indicates to me

that he's probably a mercenary
working for a third party.

So, the hacker is just a
hired gun of our actual stalker.

That's my educated guess.

But finding him would
get us a step closer.

That's what we're
working on now.

So, BuckSend's firewall

normally is utterly
impregnable.

But, we have developed
a firewall-buster

that's designed specifically
to defeat their security

and get a brief look
at the other side,

but only while a monetary
transfer is in process.

How brief a look?

Approximately two seconds.

Well...

nothing like a cushion.

Oh, no. Two seconds is
two billion nanoseconds.

That's plenty of time.

What if our stalker is done
paying our hacker?

That would render
our trace useless.

[sighs]

Let's think positively.
Sure.

Let's hope that this guy
pays his hired gun

to hack into our car
and drive it into the Potomac

or maybe pump some sarin gas
through our ventilation system

and then you'll
have two seconds--

sorry, two billion nanoseconds--
to maybe get a name.

Perhaps I should have waited
until I had even better news.

I'm sorry.

It's getting to us.

I... I-I really
appreciate

everything that you
and Oliver are doing.

Well...

I'll let you
get to sleep.

Right.

Right this way.

ELIZABETH:
Sorry to

drag you in at
the crack of dawn,

but I figure if I was
lying in bed worrying,

I might as well be
sitting at my desk...

It's no problem.

I enjoy
the traffic-free commute.

[short laugh]

Besides, you know, you're always
saying that we should

clean out my coat closet

and make room
for my winter looks, so...

Now we're talking.

[chuckles]

Blake.

Coming.

Yes, ma'am?
What's wrong?

Call the FBI.

♪

[indistinct conversations]

I have to consider it.

No. You are not going to quit.

He's telling me what it would
take to make it all go away.

That's all I want, Henry--
just for it to stop.

You cannot give in
to people like this.

Why not?

To keep our family safe?

We're gonna catch this guy.

I promise.

My people are going over
all the offices,

and we're pulling surveillance
from every camera

in the building.There are no cameras
on this floor.

No, but he swiped a security
card to get up here,

and the number of individuals
with that kind of clearance

is extremely limited.

Ma'am,

President Dalton
has requested to see you

and Dr. McCord.
It's about Agent Cecile Zaman.

I just heard.
How you holding up?

Well, it was a rough morning,
but the FBI's confident

they can catch the guy.How was that breach

even remotely possible?The FBI's looking into it now.

And you guys have put all
your cards on the table

about who this could be?

I get paid to say the stuff
no one else will.

It wasn't anyone

we know, Russell.Well, I hate to add

to your troubles, but we
have another situation.

Ephraim's negotiation
with DGSE

has hit a roadblock.

They refuse to release
Agent Zaman.

On what grounds?

The French claim American
intelligence rides roughshod

over their authority,
pulling ops behind their back.

A road
that travels

both ways.

Which they refuse
to acknowledge.

Perrin's tough talk
about French sovereignty

officially permeated every
corner of their government,

including intelligence.

The DGSE is threatening

to make a public example
of our asset,

blowing her cover
and your mission.

Which would expose them as well.Well, they say the broker

they were tailing
is a low-level HS operative.

They're willing to throw
that little fish back

in order to make
a larger point

about bullheaded
American unilateralism.

And it couldn't have come
at a worse time.

We're already taking fire from
all sides on this NATO issue.

Conrad, listen,
if the work

I'm doing with Jose is causing
you any problems, please...

Your work with Jose
is vitally important

to the safety
of this country.

HS can't be allowed
to get a foothold in Algeria.

If we don't stop
the antiquities pipeline

and cut off their cash flow,

they will expand
further into Africa.

Which has far worse consequences
than one election

or a cranky French president.

Cecile Zaman's release
is our top priority.

Minister Dubois and I
will be together

at the Yorktown commemoration.

Maybe I can get through to him.

[man shouting orders]

Halt.

ELIZABETH: When I was about six years old,

my parents took me
to Mount Vernon.

MAN: Fire!

ELIZABETH:
Inside the main hall, I saw

this heavy iron key
inside an antique glass case,

and my father explained
that it was a key

to a-a famous place in France,

a place called the Bastille.

At the time that struck
me as kind of weird.

I mean, what was
George Washington

doing with a prison key

from across the Atlantic?

It was only later, when
I studied the French Revolution,

that I understood
what it really meant.

The Frenchmen who fought
and died for this country

did so because they knew
that what happened in America,

as Lafayette once said,

was "closely tied
to the good fortune

of all humanity."

So today we pay tribute
to the people of France,

whose sacrifice ennobles us all.

Thank you.

[fife and drums play]

[indistinct conversations]

It's going well, ma'am.

Can you believe this guy?

Who's that?

Foreign Minister Dubois.
Every time

he sees me coming,
he heads

in the other direction.
It's a classic

negotiating tactic.
The more I chase after him,

the more control he has
over the discussion.

Secretary Albright
actually taught me that one.

I believe it was, uh,
Wendy Rogers

who taught me another classic

negotiating tactic.

If a guy won't talk to you,

send in a close companion
to bridge the gap.

[song ends]

Wendy Rogers?[applause]

The most popular girl
in sixth grade.

Ah.

Formidable.

Jean-Claude, I'm so
glad to see you.

Madam Secretary.

Listen, we need to speak
about Cecile Zaman.

I'm afraid your agent
must remain in custody,

pending an investigation

into her illegal activities
on French soil.

Or... we could take
a moment to tap into

that spirit of cooperation

that France and the
U.S. have enjoyed

for over two and
a half centuries,

and... just figure this out.

President Perrin feels that our

financial and military
obligations to NATO

are egregiously high.

We pay nearly a ten percent
share of NATO's total budget.

We'd like to lower it
to five percent.

That's less than what
Spain contributes.

Those are our terms.

I see.

Well, in that case,

I'll have to take
action I was hoping

to avoid. Tonight...

the U.S. Department of Justice

will issue federal
arrest warrants

for Marie Jordain, Erik Pisier

and Jacques Richard.

Those names mean nothing to me.

They're assets
that you have

embedded in various
American companies,

mostly technology
and aerospace.

French spies...
on American soil.

We let 'em hang out here because
of the strong partnership

that our
countries share,

but if you're telling me
that the party is over,

well, then I guess
we'll just have to round up

all of your assets
and charge them with espionage.

MAN:
Madam Secretary.

[camera shutter clicking]

Smile.

[indistinct conversations]Well, that was artless.

You strong-armed the French
into releasing Cecile Zaman,

and now President Perrin
is holed up in his hotel room

avec lestomach flu.

He's sulking because I wouldn't
let 'em shortchange NATO?

He's saying he
won't be well enough

to attend the
dinner on Friday.

And you can't have a state
dinner without a head of state.

We'll have to cancel.

Any hope of mending fences with
France will have been shattered,

and all the progress I've made
with the donors will disappear.

We'll fix it.

You were supposed to fix it

three hours ago!
You made the situation worse!

Russell,
pull yourself together.

Listen to me. Bess.

You're brilliant,

and devoted, and a-and a damn
good secretary of state,

but when it comes to
a life in politics,

you're a neophyte.

It-It's something
you're giving a whirl.

You-you can move on, unscathed.

But I don't have a plan B.

W-When I agreed to stay on
with this campaign,

I put my reputation on the line.
I walked away from my party.

I destroyed relationships

that took 20 years
to cultivate.

I didn't just burn
bridges behind me,

I threw an... a hand
grenade into the empty air

of my future career path

and it has obliterated
everything.

If I'm going all-in...

then so are you.

I'll fix it.

I promise.

What?! Speak.

Uh, ma'am,
Agent Santangelo

needs to see you and
Dr. McCord right away.

It-it's about the stalker.

I'm gonna talk to the FBI,

and then I'll deal with France.

Yeah.

SANTANGELO: The security card
that was swiped

to enter the seventh floor

last night belonged
to Diego Molina.

A janitorial technician
with ZMG Industrial

for the last eight years.

They're subcontracted

by State to clean
the offices.

I know Diego.

He comes in when
I'm working late.

We talk about the kids.

Could someone else
have used his card?

Surveillance cameras
in the elevator caught him

on the way up with a can
of spray paint in his pocket.

He had to know he'd get caught.

Maybe he didn't care.But why?

He fought to get his family
out of El Salvador.

He's built a whole life here.

Why throw that away?I don't know, ma'am.

But El Salvador
is where he's headed.

After he vandalized your office
he drove to Reagan Airport

and boarded a 10:00 a.m. flight.

But we caught a break.

Takeoff was delayed
for three hours,

so they're still in the air.

I have agents on the way
to Ilopango International.

They'll arrest Molina as soon
as he disembarks.

Obviously, he was
working for someone.

But he should
give that guy up

when he hears what
he's faced with.

What? Vandalism?

He had full access
to the building.

He didn't break in.

And if there's a buffer
between him and the stalker,

he may not even know the source.

So, what?

You want us to just let him go?

Sort of.

Let him go through Customs,

then quietly take
him into custody.

That way, the actual stalker

thinks Molina got away,

and lets his guard down.

And then?

ELIZABETH: Then, you'll
make him our asset.

I've had 20 texts from Russell
since 6:00 a.m.

President Perrin has publicly
announced that he is too sick

to attend
the state dinner.

And now Minister Dubois

has taken ill
with the same maladie.

My photo op at the Washington
Monument's been canceled.

Why don't you call
Dubois's bluff.

Despite all that posturing,
you know he likes you.

Invite him out for a drink,
just the two of you.

No cameras, no press.

What French guy doesn't like
an expensive bottle of wine?

Or cognac.

Cognac, sure.

Hey, Noodle.

Sarah Watkins is having
a bunch of people over

at her dad's house this
afternoon for a barbecue.

Well, as long as your
homework's done, you can go.

Make sure that Duncan and
Andy get a burger, will you?

Are you joking?

Mostly. But it would be nice.

Do you know
how embarrassing it is

to have bodyguards with me
everywhere I go?

Honey, I know it's not fun,
but it's not their fault.

Their job is
to keep you safe.

Oh, like Mom's office?

That kind of safe?

This whole thing
is a joke.

This guy can get to us
anytime he wants.

And just so you know,

having Duncan and Andy
following me around...

it doesn't make me feel safe.

It just reminds me
that I'm not.

[sighs]
Henry.

I know.

I think I have a solution
to our problem.

We can lift the ban
on imported cheese.

Uh, there's a ban
on imported cheese?

Not all of them.

But raw milk cheeses

have relatively
harmless levels of bacteria,

and the FDA banned them
pending further study.

Roquefort, Morbier
and Tomme de Savoie...

to name a few.

I like a Havarti party myself.

I just hung up
with the FDA,

and they've agreed
to lift the ban this week.

Three months ahead of schedule.NADINE: Really?

A full three months?

You're mocking.

They want to leave NATO,

not get a head start
on selling more cheese.

It's apples to oranges.

Or, really, more like warheads

to active dairy cultures.

So my plan is...

Bit of an empty crêpe.

HENRY: So they treated you well?CECILE: Are you kidding?

The coffee was better
than home.

And I'm pretty sure
that the bedding

had a higher thread count.

Don't get me started
on the bread.

[chuckling]:
Well, if I'm ever abducted, I'll
make sure it's by the French.

We're just glad
you're okay.

So. We know that French
agents debriefed you.

Yes. But honestly,

there wasn't much to tell them.

The women that I met with
were very circumspect.

They asked me a few questions
to confirm my identity,

then we got down to business.

Did you meet the broker?No.

He was in another room.

They would send messages
back to him.

But I heard the women refer
to him as Bous.

Or Bouseed, maybe.

Bouseed.

I think, that they are hoping
that Bouseed, or whomever he is,

will lead them up
the food chain.

Okay. Thanks.

We'll talk again
in a few days.Thanks, Cecile.

Get home safely.

Hmm... Bouseed.

Does that name ring a bell?

No. Should it?

That report I read the other
night from our agent in Algeria.

Here it is.

"In the wake of
Jibral Disah's death,

"local chatter suggests

"this growing HS faction is
poised to name a new leader,

"Maaz Bousaid.

"He's an expert in
religious artifacts.

"Has traditionally been
on the business side

"of the organization, but
he's not being groomed

to take over
militarily as well."

What are the odds
it's not the same guy?Zero.

But if they're listening
to his phone calls,

why don't they know
he's getting promoted?

Maybe he's smart enough
to know they're listening

so the only thing he'll
discuss is antiquities.

Or the French
are being cagey.

The French were willing
to blow up this whole operation

by threatening
to expose Cecile.

If DGSE knew what they had,

they would never have allowed
the bureaucrats to do that.

Given relations now,
if we tell them the truth,

they'll just cut and run
with our intel.

They won't get far.

France can tap Bousaid's phone,

but they don't have
the capabilities

to track him remotely right now.

For that, they need us.

Of course, we need them to give
us the phone intel,

so we can track him.

They got the chocolate,
we got the peanut butter.

Recipe to catch terrorists.

Oh, look.

I got to go and meet Elizabeth
at the FBI.

You'll give Ephraim a call?Yep.

We'll figure out a way to get
our allies to play nice with us.

SANTANGELO:
Come on, Diego.

Did you really think
it's no big deal

to vandalize the
Secretary of State's office?

I thought maybe
it was just a prank.

You know,
crazy powerful people.

So someone asked
you to do it?

This guy on the Metro,
on my way home from work Monday.

He must have been a pretty
persuasive guy.

He offered me
$500,000, cash.

I thought he was nuts,

and then he hands me
this knapsack with $10,000.

Said it was a down payment.

You know that kind of money...

in El Salvador...
My family... ?

What did he look like,
this guy?

He was wearing a hoodie,
white guy,

kinda skinny, tall,

six-foot, or so.

I've never been
in trouble before.

Well, you're in trouble now.

We make these stalking charges
stick, you'll do 20 years,

unless you keep cooperating.

How did he pay you
the rest of the money?

It's all on my phone.

He told me to download

this message program,
and then when I was done,

to send a picture back to him.

And then an hour later,
there's $490,000

in an account on BuckSend.

So our stalker
paid Molina

the same way he
paid our hacker.

It's an opening.

RONNIE:
I've attached
the firewall buster

to Diego Molina's
BuckSend account

just like the one we
have for the hacker's.

So what's our next step?We bait the hook.

HENRY:
We're gonna use Molina's phone
to take a photo of this burn bag

of confidential documents,

and send a message to the hacker
from Molina,

saying he photographed
the contents

when he was in
Elizabeth's office.

If our stalker's interested
in seeing the photos,

he can send Molina
another hundred grand

to the same BuckSend account.

We don't think he'll
be able to resist.

And I'll be here to follow the
money back to our bad guy.

It's an excellent plan.

It might be a long wait.

I can send an agent over in a
few hours to spell you, Captain.

No need, sir.

I'll be waiting here
when he answers.

[door closes]BLAKE: Ma'am.

Ephraim Ware is on the phone.
He says it's about...

France. Yeah.France.

♪

[footsteps approaching]

Madam Secretary.

Minister Dubois. I appreciate
you agreeing to meet with me.

I'm feeling much better.

[whispering]:
Well enough
for a sip of cognac?

1788 Clos du Griffier.

[chuckles]

The same provenance
as the bottle

that you brought
on your last visit.

In fact...

[whispering]:
it's the same bottle.

No, really?[chuckling]:
First time

I've ever partaken
of a diplomatic gift.

Couldn't stand to see this
waste away in our gift room.

Oh, such sound judgment,
Madam Secretary.

[chuckles]

I remember you always
loved this view.

Yes. Yours is
a beautiful city

Designed by a
Frenchman, of course.

A French born American.

Pierre Charles L'Enfant
eventually changed his name

to Peter and lived
out his days in Maryland.

Where he died in poverty,
forgotten by his adopted land.

To the Treaty of Paris,

which ended the
American Revolutionary War,

and ushered in
a new age of peace

and free trade
among our nations.

Your policy expert
called me an empty crêpe.

That was regrettable.

And I apologize again
on his behalf.

Let's not keep
going over the past.

As I said over the phone,

I want the U.S. and France

to have better relations
moving forward.

Which is why I am here.

We have a way to strike
a significant blow

to Hizb al-Shahid in Algeria.

But we need your help.

All we ask is that you are
open and transparent with us.

To that end...

we would like to extend
an invitation to France

to become a member
of the Five Eyes coalition,

joining with the
U.S., Britain, Australia,

Canada and New Zealand,

in sharing all
foreign intelligence.

Secretary McCord,

this is a very generous offer.

One we don't make lightly.

And there's a condition.

If we agree to join forces,

then France must maintain
its position in NATO.

This is one of the oldest,
most hard-won alliances

in the world.

Think of the sacrifices
that France

has made to become
a part of it.

It would be

a mistake
of historic proportions

to let it fall apart.

I will convince President Perrin
to accept this.

When he's feeling better.

To his health.

[clinks]

Now we need to talk
about Maaz Bousaid.

HENRY:
ISR and the French DGSE

have confirmed that Bousaid

and his entourage have
arrived at the compound

just outside Tinzaouten.

We think it's
a fatwa council.

JOSE:
HS is officially

putting him in charge
of the Algerian caliphate,

and the top guys
are all there.

We've identified lieutenants
from Syria, Libya and Iraq.

Sounds like we made up
with the French just in time.

It's a terrorist
jamboree.

It's our chance
to strike

a deadly blow
at their leadership.

We'd cripple
their entire network.Well, a joint

French and American team
is spinning up in Morocco.

Or we can have a drone there
in 20 minutes.

What about the artifacts?We believe

they're being held
in the warehouse

right behind
building number one.

These pieces
are incredibly delicate.

E-Even the reverberation from a
drone strike could damage them.

And I know that
that alone is

not reason
enough to put

our special forces
in harm's way.

But if we could capture some
of these high level HS guys,

their computers,
their phones...

It's a trove
of intelligence and assets.

Has a recon team
scoped out the site?

Yes, sir. The French will set up
a cordon and blocking positions.

Then our guys will hit
the objective

from the east
and the west.

And Algerian President Cherat
has already agreed

to coordinate
with our people.

Let's do it.

[automatic gunfire]

Left clear.

Right clear. Room one clear.

MAN:
Nine enemies KIA.

30 more captured.Copy.

Engaging room two.

Five Tangos
on the stairwell.

Fire left!

[automatic gunfire]

Enemy down.

Grenade! Get down.
Everybody down!

[static crackles]

Come on, come on.

TEAM LEADER:
I need a sitrep!

We take any casualties, Captain?

Over.

Negative, Admiral.

We're all here.

Securing computers, files,
all electronics.

PARKER:
Copy that.

Send in the birds
and trucks, Captain.

You've also got a lot
of old statues in there

that need
transport.

Copy, Admiral.

Out.

Well done, everyone.

[light whooping]

How 'bout that, huh?

You didn't even get shot
this time.

[indistinct chatter]

Congratulations.

Thanks. That was big.

Yeah.

And I got the go-ahead

to offer the artifacts
to the French for safekeeping.

Well, that should make
the French happy.

I just got off the phone
with President Perrin.

He graciously accepted and then
made it sound like a burden.

Well, he has been struggling
with that stomach flu.Surprisingly enough,

he's feeling better
and he's optimistic

that he's gonna make
the state dinner.Mm-hmm.

Ma'am, Dr. McCord.

Uh, Captain Baker's
trace paid off.

The FBI is about to
arrest your stalker.

Okay.

His apartment's just
around this corner.

Let's hope
he's not ahead of us.

FBI! FBI!FBI!

Ron Janeway,

we have a warrant
for your arrest!

Clear!

Where the hell is he?

Damn it.

Suspect hiding in his bedroom.

We got him.

Is that him?

That's him.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and
will be used against you

in a court of law.It's over.

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford
an attorney,

one will be provided for you.
You understand?

Julius.

Elizabeth?

This is my husband, Henry.
Hey, Luce.

Madam Secretary.
You guys look great.

It is a pleasure to meet you.

Thanks, Lucy.

Well, we should be in
for a wonderful evening.

I certainly hope so.

Are-are you waiting
to see Dalton?

Well, I wanted a little talk
before the dinner,

but he got tied up on the phone.
They told me to wait.

I hope we get a chance
to chat. I know

that we've had our differences
in the past,

but I just want you to know
that I only want what's best

for this country.As do I.

But I need to think
about what's best for my family.

Recently, I've had to consider
stepping down from my position.

Really? Why?

[sighs]We tried to
keep it quiet,

but Elizabeth...

our family has a stalker.

Incredible.

I guess this-this sort of thing
can happen

when you're in the public eye.

An unstable person targets you
for some unknown reason.

I imagine it's quite unsettling.

Terrifying, actually.

Yes. Well,

I'm sorry for your troubles.

And I hope you catch him soon.

Oh, no,
they already caught him.

Oh.

Well, that must be

a great weight off.
What happened?

Started out by hacking
into our son's computer.

That was part
of a sweeping campaign to spy

on a number
of political targets,

just in case they weren't
in line with his agenda.

He turned up the heat
when he thought

that I was influencing
the president,

specifically getting him to
adopt foreign policy positions

that ran counter
to his business interests

on climate change
and rising sea levels,

building bases overseas,
which, in turn, would threaten

his no-bid contracts
with the Defense Department.Madam Secretary,

this is all sounding
a bit delusional

and paranoid.Why, Julius?

'Cause it sounds
like I'm talking about you?

Wouldn't that be incredible?I'm not saying

you did the hacking.
I'm saying that

you gave it to a guy
on your executive staff,

Ron Janeway,

who you thought would take a
bullet for you if he got caught.

But, well, not so much.

Someone at your level
trying to terrorize

the secretary of state
into quitting her job.

This is insane.

If I wanted Dalton to fire
the secretary of state,

I would tell him to.

My support would be conditional.

You tried that,
and it didn't work.

Loyalty is a tough thing
to predict in this town.

Who do you think
you're talking to?

Presidents come
and go, my friends.

Policies are enacted
and overturned every day.

But it is men like me,

men with the vision
and, yes, the capital,

to put that vision into action,
who really run

this country.
Dalton understands that,

which is why he's been chasing
after me like a lost schoolboy.

He can't win this election
without me.

So if you really care
for this man and his future

and his legacy,

you'll let this go.

Julius.

Everything
all right?

Conrad, I was just coming by
before dinner to tell you

that I am back in your camp.

Julius, I'm touched.

But now the situation
is no longer that simple.

Mrs. McCord has been making some
pretty outrageous accusations

about my character.

And while I
hate to do it,

I'm afraid I have
to withhold my support

until this situation gets
taken care of once and for all.

I'm sorry to hear that.

But in that case,

let's deal with this right now.

Julius,

have you met the
attorney general?

♪

[indistinct chatter]

DAISY:
Whew, okay, so, let's see,

we busted a stalker, we rescued
some priceless artifacts,

took the fight to HS
and saved Algeria,

and we held together
our most vital

military alliance.

All without offending
the French.

Well, the night
is young.

That's true.

Jay has Minister Dubois

cornered over there.

Think he's trying to do penance
for that empty crêpe remark.

Should we
intervene?

Not yet.HENRY: The other donors

don't seem too upset
that their friend's not here.

ELIZABETH: Are you kidding?
They hate each other.

[Henry chuckles]They each upped

their contribution when they
knew Burton had dropped out.

[chuckles]

Russell is hitting
that pâté really hard.

I think his wife must have left.Well, at least he's smiling.

And he's... sort of
a normal color again.

Hey, honestly,
was there a split second

when you thought he might try
to cover up the Burton thing?

No.

It was a full second.

[chuckles]

People coming through for you--

never gets old.

Wow.

I just realized this is
the first time in a long time

we don't have to be afraid
to go home.

You're right.

We should celebrate.

What do you want to do?

Go home.

Let's go.

♪