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[door opens]

Oh, I missed my alarm!

I'm up! I'm up!No, no, no. Sorry.

I just went for an early run.

That's right,
you have the FBI,

and I have
ten more minutes.

Go away, roommate.

Look, I got you one of those
cinnamon rolls you like

from Maggie's.

The kind with
the cream cheese on top?

Yeah. Oh.

And a nomination
for the Nobel Peace Prize.

[laughs]

What?
Look.

Wait, they put that
in the article?

Nice cover photo.

They weren't supposed to
mention the nomination.

It's just a rumor.

Kissinger is
so jealous right now.

Geez. What'd they
do to my face?

What do you mean?

ELIZABETH: I look like
a creepy plastic doll.

Well, the
article is great.

It's all about
the Israel-Iran peace talks.

Look, it-it's nice
you're getting some notice

after all this crazy work
you've been putting in.

I must've worked
myself to death.

I mean, I look
like a corpse.

[sighs]

What, you think if they didn't
erase all the lines on my face,

I'd be disappointed.Yeah, I...

I think I'm gonna
take a shower.

See why the FBI
needs me again.

I bet they wouldn't have

worked over
Henry Kissinger's face

till he looked like
a pressed sheet.

[sighs]

There's a good picture
of Rabbi Lowenthal.

Oh, yeah, I saw that.

What a brilliant idea,
getting Israel and Iranian kids

to play soccer together.

He actually got
President Shiraz

and the Israeli
prime minister

to agree to go to the game
in Jordan next week.

Guy's better at wrangling
world leaders than I am.

Maybe he should get
a Nobel Peace Prize instead.

[groans]

Seriously.

Are my... crow's feet that bad

that they need
to be erased?

I love every inch
of your beautiful face.

MO:
Virginia Field Force.

Pretty much
your standard militia group.

Antigovernment, little
white supremacy, lots of guns

and tactical gear.

I still don't understand
why you need me.

One of the ex-Covenant of
John members we interviewed

had a cousin in
a militia group.

We looked into it.

Couple of ex-COJ members
posted on their Web site.

So the legion of angels
is looking for soldiers.

Makes sense if they're planning
some kind of action.

It's hard to see what
the militia gets out of it.

Well, they both share
the same goal, right?

Burn down the basic
structures of society.

COJ gets guns
and know-how,

and militia gets
a righteous ideology.

And if COJ does have a bomb
from Rex Mayfield...

They bring even more
to the table.

Wow.

So what are you thinking, watch
and wait or send a team in?

We'd love to move in,
if we could only find them.

They were in the mountains
near Abingdon

when ATF started tracking them
about six months ago.

But then they pulled up stakes

and got cagey
about the new location.

Could they have figured out
ATF was tracking them?

Doesn't look like it.

Ian Conroy.

He's been working the group.

Ex-Marine, deployed
three times to Iraq.

They love this guy.
They want to recruit him.

It could be a trap.

It's the only way we're gonna
find out where they are.

We'll have to take our chances
and be ready.

So now you need me
to help ATF Guy

become an expert on apocalyptic
Christianity so he'll fit in.

I love it
when you're ahead of me.

And here's the seating
chart for Camp David.

President Shiraz will enter
from the east door.

Which Israel approved?Yes.

I will confirm

with the prime minister's
office.

Right. I do not want
to lose this peace deal over

who gets the top bunk.

Sorry, I just saw
the seating chart.

Is this right?

Yes. We'll approve
the west entrance with

Prime Minister
Aaronson.No, no, no, the table shape.

I spent three days getting both
sides to agree to an oval table.

This is a rectangle.

It can't be a rectangle.That's just the diagram.

The table
will be oval.

Can we confirm it's oval?
The actual table.

With Aaronson on the bulge-y
part by the windows.

Y-Yes, I-I will confirm.

JAY: And the flowers
have to be white.

Hang in there, buddy.
Almost there.

No, I know. I'm just...

Exhausted
from negotiating

every single detail
of a historic peace agreement.

BLAKE: Uh, Jay, your wife
is on the way up.

Who's that?

[chuckles] Tell her

she gets you back as soon
as this thing is signed.

Hours away.

Good morning, ma'am.

I know. NewsSource Magazine
mentioned the rumor

about the Nobel nomination.

I-I don't know
how they got that.

Nominations have been
rumored before in the past.

It's not an issue.

I'll gather the staff
for the meeting.

About the cover...

You mean that I look
like my own... wax statue?

I told them
no retouching,

and I was assured
that we'd get final approval.

Obviously, that didn't happen.

I mean, not that it's bad.

Oh, come on. It's pretty bad.

Are we in here or what?
I-I'm all alone.

Could you give
us a minute?

Oh, hey, congratulations
on NewsSource.

You're officially
trending online.

I am?

It's been, um... positive.

Okay, that was a bad "um."

What did that "um" mean?

It hasn't been as focused on
the peace deal as we'd like.

Some pundit on Twitter's
calling you Madam Sexy-tary.

Could you get back
in your crate?

What? It's true.

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone
finds that weird Photoshop sexy.

Oh, no, this is, uh,
more about your blouse.

What are they saying
about my blouse?

Hey. I just got your messages.

No, that's okay. I figured
I'd better just bring it.

Uh, you're saving me. Thank you.
I-I just, I don't know

where my head is.
Elsewhere.

So, it looks like this thing
could get signed today.

How 'bout dinner at that bistro
you like? What's it called?

Why don't you just let me
know how it goes first.

Hey, Abby.
Hey.

Oh, that's a gorgeous dress.

And I am so
wearing yoga pants.

Stop it.
You're totally working it.

Hey, the car's ready
for Camp David.

Go.

Make world peace.

I got to get back to Chloe.

Thank you.Yeah.

Aw, look at that.

Personal life.

I used to have
one of those.

Yeah. Me, too.

[sighs]

I'm gonna need
some coffee.

Don't you have
a car waiting?

Don't you have
a staff meeting?

Yes. Frankie's
hazelnut roast.

Smells amazing.

Yeah, she brought it back
from Seattle. Get on it.

It goes fast.

Oh. Hey, Kevin.

'Sup?

Hey, Kevin.

I'm Jay.
Have we met?

This is Kevin
from Budget and Planning.

Guess you guys get a pretty high
security clearance,

coming up from five
to take our coffee.

I'm just good
at making friends.

You gave that guy
floor access?

Yes, I did.

BLAKE: And a member of the board
of regents at UVA invited you

to a reception-- something
about the Nobel nomination.

ELIZABETH: Well, let's not
get ahead of ourselves.

President Shiraz,

welcome.

Such a beautiful setting.

It's been the site of
many historic meetings.

I'm hoping today
will add to that history.

We only lack a certain
prime minister.

Yes, he will be along
any moment,

as will my policy advisor with
our final negotiation framework.

Uh, let's sit.

Thank you.

JAY:
You got to be kidding me.

It's a small matter
of language.

Amin, how long
we been at this?

The whole thing is language.

That's like saying
we're all just water.

Iran is obviously acknowledging
Israel's legitimacy

by engaging in this agreement.

We simply want to change
a few words.

Changing "Iran acknowledges
Israel's right to exist"

to "Iran acknowledges
Israel's existence"

is more than a word change,
it's a firebomb.

We have agreed
to pull Quds Forces

from five other countries.

We have submitted ourselves
to the humiliating scrutiny

by the United States
of our defense weapons.

We are cutting ties
with our political allies...

But this is the main thing
that Israel wants.

It's what got them to the table
in the first place.

This is from
our Supreme Leader.

If we cannot renegotiate,
I have to resubmit every point

for the ayatollah's
reconsideration.

Prime Minister, I am
so sorry about the delay.

It's just a slight hiccup

in the finalizing of
the framework agreement.

Well, we've come a very
long way, Madam Secretary.

I know. We are so honored
to have you here.

And you must be exhausted
from your journey.

So, I tell you what, why don't
you guys go up, get settled

into your cabins, and...
enjoy the scenery.

Dinner at 6:00.

We'll resume talks first
thing in the morning.

Okay?

He's gonna hear about
the "right to exist" issue.

Yeah, I'll walk him through it
tonight at dinner.

Do you know if scotch is kosher?

[chuckles]

I hope that I can spin it
so they don't leave.

That's gonna be
a hell of a spin.

Not that I doubt
your skills.

Still got three days left
on the cease-fire.

Including today.

We'll work on extending it
first thing tomorrow.

Look, I know you've been through
it a million times, but...

Inducements for Israel
to get them to let go

of the "right to exist"
language; I'm on it.

What about
the Ashkelon Pipeline?

Maybe we could get Iran
to forgive Israel's debt?

It-It's not... it's not
enough, but I'll try.

You want me to reach out to
Shiraz's staff or do you want...

No, no, I got it.
You got to call your wife.Okay.

And break plans
with her again.

[car horns honking]

LOWENTHAL: Nothing is
more important to the future

of Israel than these
peace talks with Iran.

If we can shake hands
with our Muslim brothers,

we will show the world
that anything is possible.

What do you say,
Rabbi Lowenthal,

to those who object
to any compromise

with a country who refuses
to acknowledge Israel?

What are we compromising?

50 years of enmity, violence,
destruction, isolation?

Try to explain
this to children...

[people screaming]

[knocking]

Yeah.

Yeah.

You heard?

I'm on with Henry.
Hear what?

Rabbi Lowenthal, the guy
planning the soccer game

in Jordan, he just got bombed
at a peace rally in Haifa.

Tell me he survived.

22 demonstrators,

documentary film crew
and the rabbi-- all dead.

Henry, I got to call you back.

[sighs] Well, has anybody
taken responsibility for it?

Not yet, but
the bombing was

close to the border
with Lebanon.

Hezbollah's been making
noise about the peace deal.

Okay. You take
Aaronson's people.

I'm gonna go to Shiraz.

Aaronson may be heading back
to Israel. I just got word.

No. Stall him.

Whoever did this is not
going to kill these talks.

SHIRAZ: Iran has made
so many concessions

throughout these negotiations.

ELIZABETH: Yes. And for that
I'm very grateful.

But your reversal today

on acknowledging Israel's
right to exist...

There's nothing to be
done in this point.

It's out of my control.

You have to know that I can't
ask Israel to give up

its most important deal point

without offering them
something in exchange.

What do you ask now?

Cut all ties to Hezbollah,

political and financial,
effective immediately.

That is outrageous.

Hezbollah hasn't taken
credit for this attack.

But you've already agreed to end
your support for Hezbollah

as soon as the agreement
is final.

I'm just asking you
to say so now.

It's...

an... an act of empathy
for a country in grief.

For this concession,

Israel would have to
publicly acknowledge

its nuclear
weapons program,

Najid.
and submit
to all the same

inspections Iran
must endure.

Effective immediately,
or the cease-fire ends.

It's impossible.
It's impossible.

Yet you come to me to
ask the impossible.

Unripened fruit
is bitter.

Perhaps it's time to...

to-to admit that none of us
are ready for this agreement.

I'm sorry.

♪

Professor. Here to take
me to Sunday school?

[chuckles] Well, the Covenant
of John is a long way

from Sunday school,
but sure.

Eh, I'm just messing with you.

Dr. McCord went into

the Covenant of John compound
in Bolivia.

We're lucky to have him
work with us.

Did you get a chance
to look at the material

I sent you this morning?

Uh, yeah, a bit.

Bible's pretty crazy, man.

Part of Revelation's
enduring power

is its intense imagery
and symbolism.

That's why every age has

its own interpretation of it.

Now, there's
a strong possibility

that this group's understanding
of the seven seals

will include some reference

to the government siege
on their compound in Bolivia,

so let's start
with those verses.

Bring it.

Okay. The opening of
the fourth seal releases what?

Uh...

The four horsemen...

Of the Apocalypse.

And the four horsemen represent?

Uh... John, Paul,
George and Ringo?

Ian, uh...
I can't stress highly enough

how important it is
that these people feel

you share their beliefs.

Yeah. I'll go over
it. I'll be ready.

You can't just read it,
you've got to know it.

They will do anything
for this group,

leave their families, even kill,

for what they think
this means.

This is a cult, Conroy.
There's no ego.

Yeah, I got it.

HENRY: We're just trying
to protect you.

If you go in there
unprepared,

it could cost you your life,
not to mention the operation.

[sighs]

Ask me what it's like to come
home from your third deployment,

and you can't hold down a job
'cause you keep going off,

and the only thing
that makes any sense

is what you used to be able
to do defending your country.

I understand these people.

Now, do I personally believe
the federal government

is gonna declare martial law
and take every citizen's

gun away from them? No.

But I guarantee you
that is exactly

what every member of this group
will think I believe.

You need to drop that
guy like a hot rock.

And start over with who?

Conroy already built
his contacts online.

That group could have
a bomb ready to go,

and we don't even know
where they are.

No. We're sending him in.

Okay. I hear you.
Anything I can do to help.

Thanks for working with him.

Mr. President. Ephraim.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

You had a few
crises to manage.

[sighs]

Hell of a thing about
Rabbi Lowenthal.

I read about him in your
NewsSourcearticle.

Tragic loss.

So what do we know
about his attackers?

Haifa's proximity to
the Lebanese border

made Hezbollah the immediate
suspect in the bombing.

But we just got word
that Israeli Intelligence

has determined
that the culprit

was a member
of the ultra-right-wing

orthodox community.

The attacker was Israeli?

Fiercely opposed

to the peace process.

They have security camera
footage of him

placing explosives
before the demonstration.

The rhetoric's
been so overheated.

Do they have him in custody?

Not yet. Which is why news
of this hasn't broken.

I think I can work with this.

I'm sorry. I've got to go
try and stop a plane.

ELIZABETH:
Prime Minister.

I'm so glad I caught you.

Madam Secretary, I'm sorry we
couldn't sit down at Camp David.

And I deeply regret the
circumstances that prevented it.

I wanted to express our profound
condolences for your loss.

I am touched by
your compassion.

We hope you will bring

Rabbi Lowenthal's assassin
to swift justice.

We understand
he's still at large?

[chuckles]

It always impresses me the
reach of U.S. Intelligence.

Well... now that
we know the attack

wasn't perpetrated
by Hezbollah,

was in fact committed
by one of your own citizens,

and isn't there an opportunity

for us to... to finish
these peace talks?

No, no, no.
Madam Secretary...

N-No. Maybe not here.

Then maybe when you go to
the soccer game in Jordan.

What better tribute
to Rabbi Lowenthal?

No. We cannot continue
these talks.

Look, you're pushing us
too far, too fast.

It's turning my countrymen
against each other--

Jews killing Jews.

Ido, if you get on that plane
and the cease-fire expires,

then everything
Rabbi Lowenthal lived for,

all the progress
that we have made

for a better future,
is gone.

He will have
died for nothing.

If we make this deal
with Iran

while they still refuse to
acknowledge our right to exist,

then this, too,
will refute everything

that Rabbi Lowenthal
stood for.

You see, Elizabeth,

these symbols can always be
turned to suit our own purposes.

My greatest purpose is
and always will be

to serve my people.

Thank you
for your condolences.

I wasn't able to stop
the prime minister.

He says he left
because of the assassination,

but I am beginning to think that
neither side had any intention

of signing the agreement
this week.

For what it's worth,
I got confirmation

that it was the Ayatollah

who objected to Israel's
right to exist.

At least Shiraz wasn't
hiding behind that.

Are you getting anywhere
trying to work back channels?

Not yet, but I found out

that "Shiva" in
"sitting Shiva" means seven,

so I'm trying to get Iran

to extend the cease-fire
seven days while Israel

mourns Rabbi Lowenthal.[phone rings]

Okay,
that's-that's good.

Um, keep me posted,
all right?

Thanks, Jay.
Sorry.

Hey, Mo. What's up?

I passed on your concerns about
Ian Conroy to the higher-ups.

They want you to be his handler
for the mission.

[chuckles] I can only imagine
what he thinks about that.

He's up for it.

Doggie likes the man with
the rolled-up newspaper.

No, no, no.

He needs someone
who believes in him,

and the minute he finds out
that's not me, which he will,

he is gonna flip out,

and that could put the entire
mission at risk.

I hear you, man.
All right, I had to ask.

Okay. Listen, uh,

consulting, whatever you need,
I'm there for you, okay?

Good luck. Bye.

[sighs]

Sounds like somebody's
getting let down easy.

Oh, you ready for this?

Being celebrated for
a Nobel Peace Prize nomination

I haven't gotten and no longer
feel I deserve in the slightest?

I am so ready.
Come on.

NELLY: Madam Secretary.
I'm so honored you could come.

Are you kidding?
We're old Wahoos.

We're thrilled to be here.

[chuckles]:
I'm sorry.

This is my husband Henry McCord.
Nelly Conlon.

Such a pleasure
to meet you.

Conlon Hall is my favorite
place to hear music.

Oh, you are so gracious.
Call me Nelly.

Oh, do you mind
if we get a quick photo?

I'm sorry to ask.ELIZABETH: No, not at all.

I'm finally catching up
with social media.

Oh, well...

Evolve or die, right?

I suppose you have some
theologian's perspective

on all this
cultural narcissism, Henry?

Well, I just think
it's an expansion

of self-representation.

I get it.

Spoken like a man who checks
his Facebook page, like, never.

I have Facebook?

I'm gonna get us a drink.

I have to tell you, UVA
has had seven Nobel laureates.

I like to think that
I've figured out a few things

about how to...

move the needle
with the committee.

I...

I didn't realize that the Nobel
committee needs lobbying.

I know, you think they're all
off in fjords somewhere.

[both laugh]

But with everything online,

any kind of buzz matters.

Like that, uh, NewsSourcecover.

That was fantastic.Oh, I'm-I'm not sure

you want some of the attention
that's been getting.

It's a historic peace deal.

If some silly nonsense
about your legs

is what gets your message
out there, I say work it.

Bosie!

[chuckles]

Is there something
online about my legs?

NELLY:
Secretary McCord,

may I introduce
Victor Boseman,

Nobel laureate in Economics.

Oh, cool. It's really
nice to meet you.VICTOR: Madam Secretary.

Dr. McCord.

Sorry, I'm geeking out a little.

HENRY: Well, Elizabeth
was a math major,

so I'm sure

the geeking is mutual.[chuckles]

What's your theory?
I mean, can I ask?

Broadly speaking, it concerns
contract negotiations.

Thank goodness we moved on
from macroeconomics.

I could never

explain that to anybody.Huh.

VICTOR: Basically it's
a statistical analysis

of optimal
contractual arrangements,

building on
Hart and Holmstrom's theory.

Huh.

The idea is to find out if
there's a quantifiable balance

of interdependence that
engages the goodwill

of both parties;
and it turns out there is.

NELLY:
See?

Maybe the whole peace deal
is easier than you think.

VICTOR: Of course,
it sounds reductive,

but it-it really does
come down to both parties

having some baseline
of mutual interdependence

with a few very simple,

very clear incentives.

Huh. Is that all?

[laughs]

[door closes]

ELIZABETH:
Gee, Mr. Math. [sputters]

Silly me, if I'd only just
plugged Iran and Israel

into the right equation,
then, well,

they could have been
tangoing weeks ago.

Ugh!

Well, to be fair, I don't think

he was implying...

Is any of this
really fair, though?

I mean, Iran yanking the most
important piece of a peace deal

hours before we head into
our final negotiations.

I mean, is that
really fair?

Definitely not.

Some misguided lunatic

throwing a bomb at a rabbi
he doesn't agree with,

and then 25 other
innocent people

get killed along with him.

Is that fair?

But, hey, if I show
just a little more leg,

maybe UVA will get
another Nobel Prize.

Hey, kids.

You guys are
back early.

Possibly drunk.

Well, it's been
a stressful week.

Well, you looked smokin'
hot on your magazine cover.

Oh, my God, do you see that?

I mean, even in my own house,
I am appraised like a show pony.

Okay.

All I said was
you looked hot.

Alison, it's not a reality show!

Fine. Forget I
said anything.

[sighs]

I'm gonna assume this is

somehow different than
when Dad was called "arm candy"

by a magazine, and everybody
was just okay with that.

Yeah, it's different.

Oh, hey. How's Ali?

[sighs]

Oh, she's still
freezing me out.

I shouldn't have snapped.

Oh, give yourself
a break.

I feel like a failure
on every level.

You do realize that just getting
the Israelis and the Iranians

to engage in six weeks of talks
alone is enough

to get you
a Peace Prize?

I so don't care
about that prize right now.

Well, whether you care
about it or not,

it's honoring
something real.

Yeah. I just keep thinking
about something

that Aaronson said
when he was leaving.

He said that Rabbi Lowenthal's
death was...

just a symbol
that we could all use

for our own political purposes.

It just...

...made it all seem so... empty.

Well, you're not gonna
get very far

trying to debunk the power
of symbols with a theologian.

[sighs]

I spent the whole afternoon
trying to explain

to this boneheaded ATF agent
why someone

would be willing
to give up their life

for something that was
scratched out on papyrus

thousands of years ago.

[sighs] How'd that go?

Well, I did my part.

Rest is up to them.

It's getting hard
to compartmentalize.

You notice that?

I can compartmentalize
just fine.

What about you there,
Madam Sexy-tary?

Okay, I knew
that was a risk.

I just had--
Never mind.

[elevator bell dings]

[footsteps approaching]

ELIZABETH:
Oh, wait. Hang on.

Before you say anything,
tell me you slept.

There was about
a half hour in there.

I'd love to negotiate peace
in the same time zone.

Where are we with
the cease-fire?

Rabbi Lowenthal's
assassination

pretty much
shut everything down,

but we've got
until tomorrow.

All right, I'm gonna
take it from here.

Why don't you try and
get some sleep, okay?

NADINE: Good morning, ma'am.Morning.

I'm sorry to have to bring you
a bit of bad news.

Well, that never stops
anybody, does it?

[sighs] Well, due to
security concerns,

Jordan has decided
to cancel the Iranian/Israeli

youth soccer game that was
organized by Rabbi Lowenthal.

They didn't do
that already?

Well, the kids still wanted to
play, in tribute to the rabbi.

But understandably,

Jordan can't take on
the risk of another attack.

Talks are all but dead.

It wouldn't have
mattered much anyway.

Sorry.

Yeah, I'm gonna go lie down.

No, no, no,
no, hang on.

This might be exactly
the symbol we need.

Can we get
the teams here?

Here, uh, where?

D.C. by tomorrow, before
the cease-fire expires?

I mean, we're the
State Department, right?

We can do that?

Well, it might
be challenging.

[chuckles] Trying to
get two countries

not to go to war
with each other.

That is challenging.

Okay, I don't know
about the rest of you,

but after all of the work

that we have put into
this peace deal,

I would like to see
one good thing come out of it.

Who's with me?

With you as
ever, ma'am.

Yes! Let's bring
the soccer game to D.C.!

We've cleared visas for
all the soccer players,

plus one family member
each, and the coaches.

Oh, great.I assume we have Valerie
to thank for that.

I'm singing at her nephew's
birthday party next month.

Oh, way to work it.

Doing it for shalom.

Okay, I've got
the Chronicle

and the Times
fighting over a feature.

Who did we want to go with?

The Chronicle.
The Times.

MATT:
Okay, uh, the National

Park Service can provide a
decent-sized soccer field

in Meridian Hill, but
they're kind of killing us

on the last-minute
permit fees.

We'll pay it.

Uh, well...

Jay's wife is calling. She says
she's been trying to reach him.

Oh, would someone
wake up Jay, please.

Uh, don't.
Let him sleep.

He looked
like a zombie.

All right, where are we
with transportation?

[sighs] Unfortunately,
the entire fleet is booked.

Well, let me look
into commercial.

Well, there's a larger issue.

Ma'am, we don't have
a budget for this.

And I'm not seeing enough to
divert from any other line item

to cover all of these expenses.

Keep trying.

I'm not letting this
get derailed by red tape.

I have a connection
down in Budget and Planning.

Let me see if I can shake loose
some travel funding.

ELIZABETH:
Yeah, I have an angle

I can try
for a stadium.

All right, stay
with it, everyone.

Yes, ma'am.

Wow. Are you the
coffee fairy?

That depends.

Have you been
a good little bureaucrat?

This is an
unexpected treat.

What can I do for
you, Madam Secretary?

Well, I was thinking
about your whole

Nobel strategy, and I want
to run something by you.

DAISY:
I always thought diplomacy

is a lot like surfing.

You think you're getting
a sweet set,

and the next thing you know,
you're being worked

on some reef you didn't
even know was there.

That's why you got
to talk to the locals.

ELIZABETH
And then it hit me.

Maybe we can't save
this peace deal right now,

but what if we could save
this soccer game?

I'm listening.

My point, Kevin, is that
sometimes we need to respond

to an immediate situation,
like, say,

making a last-ditch effort
to save a peace deal.

And little things
like budgets

don't always allow
for that kind of flexibility.

Bringing the future
of these two countries together

in the land of the free,
home of the brave--

a living demonstration

of Rabbi Lowenthal's
lifelong commitment to peace.

Maybe if you'd come to me at the
beginning of the fiscal quarter

with an R-241[b]
signed by all parties,

I might have been able to help.Mm-hmm.

But there's no way.

There's, like,
literally no way.

Could you stop saying "no way"?

I'm sorry.
This is the government, man.

Max, how would you like to help
bring peace to the Middle East?

DAISY:
Budget and Planning

was a complete wipeout.

Dude's probably not even
a real surfer.

Okay, who is ready
for some soccer?!

Nelly Conlon
just happened

to find a spare stadium
near Charlottesville.

Yes!
Yes!

Ow! Yeah!

It's okay.

Ma'am, I am very sorry,
but we are

hung up on
travel expenses.

[sighs]

She also happened
to mention a slush fund.

I'm just gonna go
make a phone call.

Nelly Conlon taking
it to the net.

Don't know
if you got my e-mail.

Israel released the identity
of the Haifa bomber.

Yeah, I-I did, which brings
us to our next mission.

Blake, I need you to contact
President Shiraz,

and then after that,
Prime Minister Aaronson.

I want them both
at that game tomorrow, okay?

And-and if we can't
extend the cease-fire?

Well, then they will be seated

across from each other
at a stadium

watching their
kids play soccer.

Let's see them launch missiles
at each other after that.

And who knows, might even get
those talks going again.

Okay.On it.

Ian?

I came to see you, Dr. McCord,
but they wouldn't let me in.

Well, you know how to reach me.
You should have called.

I just wanted to let
you know that I know now.

I was deceived
by my arrogance before.

Now I see.

Well, that's good.

Why don't we go inside?

No, Henry.

I just wanted you to know
that I know.

What is it you know?

I know who shall be redeemed

and who shall suffer
eternal damnation.

"The four living creatures,
each of them with six wings,

"were covered with eyes
inside and out.

"Day and night,
they do not stop exclaiming.

"Holy, holy, holy

"is the Lord God Almighty,

who is, who was,
and who is yet to come."

[metallic clink]

It's empty.
Go ahead and check.

[sighs]

You did a little studying.
Bravo.

I can make them believe.

But I need your help.

You've been
inside the wire.

You know.

Will you help me?

David Ackerman from The Chronicle
is here, ma'am.

He brought a photographer.Oh, great.

Let's make sure and get a shot
with Nelly Conlon.

We owe her big
for this.

Blake, what about POTUS?

Uh, he hopes to make it here
for the kickoff,

but it's unconfirmed.

NADINE: Here comes Israeli
Prime Minister Aaronson.

And President Shiraz
should be here momentarily.

All right.

Let's just hope

this doesn't somehow backfire
and derail whatever

tenuous peace we had left.

Peanuts?

ANNOUNCER: Representing
their home countries

in the spirit of peace,

please welcome
our team from Iran.

[crowd cheering]

And our team from Israel.

[crowd cheering]

And now, in honor
of Rabbi Lowenthal, we begin.

[whistle blows]

[crowd cheering]

How's it looking, Blake?

Uh...

Well, the prime minister
appears... supportive

and engaged, ma'am.

What about Shiraz?

Enjoying...

peanuts and soda.

Well, tell him
if he makes the deal

and the sanctions
stay lifted,

he could have all the pop
and peanuts he wants.

That's a good thought.

Blake, get-get me my phone,
will you?

[whistle blows]

[crowd cheering]

[phone chimes]

Nothing about Israel's
right to exist?

Nope. We're back to the terms
of the original agreement:

no acknowledging Israel,
no severing ties with Hezbollah,

no pulling Quds Forces
in other countries--

you can have it all.

We just want a cease-fire.

But you're adding another
five years to the agreement?

Yes. Because we have
to give Israel something.

While they submit
to zero inspections

because they still won't
acknowledge they have

a nuclear weapons program.

[chuckles quietly]

You know what this is?

This is the most
I've seen of my daughter

in the last seven weeks.
I mean, she's two.

We all miss our family.

Then make the deal happen.

It's exactly what your leaders
already agreed to,

with five more years
of inspections.

It opens up your economy,
it puts Iran

in a newly empowered position
in the Middle East,

and it gets you
back in business

with the EU
and the rest of the world.

So go sell this to your boss,
and let's all go home.

[crowd cheering]

Come on, drive it!Come on, red, set it up!

Come on-- How do we decide
which team we're rooting for?

Iran is willing to totally
revert back to the original deal

plus five more years
of IAEA inspections

if Israel will agree
to preserve a cease-fire.

So we give up everything
we negotiated for?

How is this progress?

Because it's the same deal
we had in place before,

only now Israel's
part of it.

Iran just wants
one more thing.

What's that?Ashkelon pipeline.

Israel pays the
outstanding fines it owes.

No. I can't sell that.

Then tell your leaders
all they have to do

is say they'll pay,
give a first installment

and negotiate the rest later.
Oh, and one other thing--

you're gonna sell some
oranges to Iran.

Oranges?
Yeah.

Jaffa oranges.
Doesn't matter how much.

And Iran's gonna sell
you some pistachios.

I hear they're
really good.

I don't get it.

It's a symbol.

Okay?

Sometimes that's...

all it takes.

[crowd cheering]

Yeah![whistle blows]

Wait, wait,
how do we tell we won?

Did we win?I don't know. I don't know.

Hey. Look at that, you guys.

Look what's happening.

Oh, ma'am.
We may have tears.

That should bode well for Jay.

Where is he?

Yeah, he had
something

he had to attend to.

[gentle jazz music playing]

You made it.

Yes, I did.

I take it
things went well.

Well, Iran and Israel
won't be firing at each other

anytime soon.

That's amazing.
Congratulations.

Awesome. Thank you.

We'll see how their next
round of talks goes,

but we stuck our finger
in the dike anyway. [sniffles]

How about you?

Well, let's see.

I reorganized a toy bin
and got into an argument

with my mother
about day care.

What's her problem
with day care?

Who knows? She read an article.

[chuckles]

What's up?

I miss my life.

Hey, you'll be back
to work soon.

It's not just work, Jay,
it's everything.

We are not a family anymore.

I need more than
one meal a month,

that has to be rescheduled
three times over

before it even happens.

I know it's been
an intense time,

but this is a...
temporary condition.

You-you have to keep in mind
the specifics...

No. Don't negotiate with me.

This isn't a deal.

You have, um...

an incredible,
world-altering job,

and I would never...
ask you to give that up.

But I just...

don't know
if that's what I wanted.

Abby, come on...

I'm not saying
anything definitive.

I just...
[breathes deeply]

Whew.

I just need some time apart.

Some time to think.

What are you saying?

Hey. She still on
with Aaronson?

Just getting final word.
Looks like it's a go.

Are we good?
Are we here?

She's just getting
final word.

All right.
Wrapping up the call.

Niceties and pleasantries,
and...

...we're approved.

[quietly]:
Yes.

[whispers]

Yes.

Cease-fire back in place.

MATT:
And Saint Jay

got us a whole new
agreement going.

DAISY:
Congratulations, ma'am.

Oh.
And what's with
pistachios and oranges?

I'm definitely gonna get
some questions about that.

Well, just a little...

mutual interdependence thing...

that I got from
a Nobel laureate economist.

Okay.

Grab your mugs, people.

DAISY: I'm gonna go
get some glasses.

Gentlemen's breakfast.Hey, man.

Huh?Uh, I was wondering,
would it be all right

if I crashed at your
place for a few nights?

Uh, yeah. Course.

Is everything all right?

Uh, yeah.

Hey there.

Hi.

Can't keep me away.

That's true.

But I can charge you
for the coffee.

Five dollars. You can
leave it by the pot.

But if you get that requisition
form in for next fiscal quarter,

I may be able to cut you a deal.

[sighs quietly]

Wasn't in the mood anyway.

Ah.

What do you say to a drink?

You think I'm gonna
have a drink with you?

Well, it looks like
you're already starting.

We're celebrating
a peace deal.

Iran and Israel. Congrats.

That's what we do.

Pull off world peace
despite zero support

from small-minded
bureaucrats with no vision.

Yeah. So tonight?

Just... text me
when you're done.

Sorry.

No, no.
Stay, stay.

Is that my face cream?

I only used a little.
I like the way it smells.

Well, it better smell good;
it costs a fortune.

Supposedly, it has pearls in it
or something.

[chuckles]

You really don't
need that.

Your skin is flawless.

Ugh. No way.
I'm having the worst breakout.

Where?

Nobody can see that

but you.

[exhales]

I'm sorry I said the wrong thing

about your
magazine cover.

Baby, you didn't say
the wrong thing;

it was everybody else.

I mean...

I just...

I... I want people to talk
about what I'm trying to do,

not about
how I look doing it.

You know?

That must suck.

Yeah, it... sucks for everybody.

I mean...

it's fun to feel pretty.

But when that's the only thing
the world is looking for,

they miss so much.

And you do not
have a zit.

I am telling you,

there's nothing there.
Seriously.

I'm really proud of you for
being such an awesome diplomat.

And... I thought you looked
really great in that skirt.

Can I say that?

You're really beautiful,
you know that?