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Hey, I, uh, came up with
a better cover story.

Defense Intelligence liaison
to the CIA.

Is that a thing?

No, but it should be.

Why would
they go with

a religion professor for that?

Well, then again, why would they
go with a religion professor

for the actual job?

POTUS wants you.
Coffee?
No, thank you.

Let's just see
if I pass this final review

before we start worrying
about a cover story.

Oh, my God.

You have literally been shot
by terrorists,

and you're nervous
about a job interview?

I'm not nervous.Uh-huh.

I just have this thing
about bureaucracy.

I hate it. I have enough
of it in academia.

Now I'm wading back into it
up to my neck.

Do I even want this job?

Special Activities Division?

SAD.

I'm sure there's not
a bounty of jokes

about that floating
around the cafeteria.

You're gonna be fine.

I'm not nervous...JASON: Mom!
ALISON: Mom!

ELIZABETH: Yeah?Mom, are you kidding
about the text you sent us?

JASON: Let's put it this way.
You might as well be.

Did I miss a text?ELIZABETH: No.

Do you remember that cabin
that we used to rent

on the Staunton River
when the kids were little?

I saw on Airbnb
that it's available.

This weekend.
The same one.

Cabin 12.
How cool is that?JASON: Yeah.

Because, you know, maybe the
last family that stayed there

got axe murdered.

Stop.

You don't even remember it.

But the girls will tell you
how much fun it was.

Do you remember?

Fly-fishing

and art projects,

cooking out over an open flame.

I mean,
we used to play board games

by candlelight.
You remember that?

Because the place
has no electricity.

What do you mean by that?HENRY: It's a box

with cold running water.

What?
You loved it.

The "back
to nature" thing.

Getting in touch with
those off-the-grid skills.

You know,
it is very empowering to know

that you can survive
without all the amenities.

Yeah, that's gonna be
a hard no for me.

Would you do your mom
a favor, please?

I mean, before
you all fly the coop.

When are we gonna get a chance
to do something like this again?

I'll bet you
that Stevie's on board.

Did you see her text?

No.

Wow.

That's a lot of "ha"s.

Why don't we just go
to the horse farm

if you're jonesing for nature?

That's boring, too,
but at least it's comfortable.

Because that has
all the amenities.

That's totally
on the grid.

The Wi-Fi's spotty.

Yeah, that's plenty
wilderness for me.

Okay, you know what,
I'm not gonna drag

anyone kicking and screaming
into my beautiful dream.

JASON: Okay, great.ALISON: Thanks, Mom.

HENRY:
Okay,

I got to go be SAD.

See, I'm doing it already.

NEWS ANCHOR:
...and in international news,

military observers are alarmed
by a sudden buildup

of Russian naval forces
in the Black Sea,

a strategic waterway
bordered by...What the hell, Russia?

Can't take our eye off you
for a second. Just like my son.

Self-destructive boneheaded move
after another.

NADINE:
Are you talking to me?

Well, yeah. Who'd you think?

Joining us to comment
on the situation...

I don't know.
It's been years

since anybody yelled at me
from another room.

Well, welcome back, gorgeous.

You want breakfast?

I have to go to work.Dinner?

I have to stay at work.Does Bess ever let you eat?

Do I need to have a conversation
with her?

I'll call you.

Hey, what did the satellite say
to Mission Control?

I don't know, Mike."I feel like you're
keeping me at a distance."

You can do better
than that.

I know. It was a Hail Mary.
You were headed for the door.

We agreed
this was an experiment.

And it's going pretty well,
don't you think?

I mean, even Gordon's happy.
Right, Gordon?

[panting]

I'm keeping
this quiet.

Especially at work.

I need you
to respect that, okay?

For how long?

Foreseeable future.

So that's how it's
gonna be, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Okay. Just,
you know, go

straighten out the world,
will ya?

She's killing me.

MAN: Put it all together,
and you have

a very volatile situation
on your hands.[exhales]

Tensions between Russia and NATO
are already at an all-time high.

What on earth
is Russia up to?

Russia? The
Black Sea Fleet?

I was just thinking
about that.

[elevator bell dings]Really?

You seem to be
in a pretty good mood today.

Considering everything.

I guess I just got
a good night's sleep.

FYI for your press briefing

this morning. I'm going to be
meeting later this afternoon

with Audrey Stewart.

She's the mother
of Philip Stewart.

The American serviceman who
died last year in Ukraine.

That's right. His body was
mistakenly interred in Russia.

Please emphasize we are doing
everything we possibly can

to bring him home.

But, in reality,
they're stalling us.

Of course.

JAY:
The Russian Black Sea Fleet

just steamed out
of Sevastopol.

Four frigates,
eight assault ships,

and a guided missile cruiser.

And they're on a direct course
for the Bulgarian coast.

What's the word from
the Russian Foreign Ministry?

Avdonin says it's
routine military exercises

to test new equipment.

ELIZABETH: Yeah,
testing their readiness

to invade a NATO country.

MATT: We could
issue a démarche.

Demand they
return to port

and condemn their
behavior as hostile

to the safe navigation
of the Black Sea.

DAISY: Well, the rhetoric coming
out of their propaganda channels

has been pretty hot.

Ma'am, Russell Jackson wants
to meet right away.

And he's requested
you wear flats.

Why?

I didn't ask.

I thought
it might be classified.

Or weird.

It's probably both.

JACKSON:
I hope you don't mind.

My wife still checks my steps.

She wants me alive
for some reason.

Eh, I'll agree
with her on that.

So do I. I just wish
I could do it in a hammock

with short ribs.[chuckles]

You're going to Brussels.

The president wants you
to participate

in a NATO ministerial
about this Bulgaria crisis.

We're there already?

What's Ambassador
Newman saying?

Newman's a tenor who sits
on a phone book to drive.

He can't help us.

The situation requires
some brass balls.

So you're sending me in.

Well, there's a compliment
in there somewhere.

Half an hour ago, a group
of armed men calling themselves

the Citizens Rightful Army

seized the Defence Staff
Building in Sofia.

Citizens Rightful Army?

I've never heard of that.

Well, no one has.
SIGINT intercepted

some handheld radio
communications

between the insurgents.

Which would be normal,

except for the fact
that they were speaking Russian.

It's a false flag.
Yeah.

DIA ID'd the insurgents
as Russian Naval Spetsnaz.

We're looking at Crimea
all over again.

Except this time it's an attack
against a NATO ally.

Hence your trip to Brussels.

We want to invoke Article 5.

"An attack against one

is considered an attack
against all."

Yeah. Only the second time
in NATO history.

9/11, that was a no-brainer.

But this one, this one
may take more persuasion.

I understand.

If this thing spirals,

we could be looking at the rest
of Eastern Europe

through an iron curtain.

Mrs. Stewart.

Oh.

I'm so sorry to keep you
waiting, Mrs. Stewart.

I'm Nadine Tolliver.
We spoke on the telephone.

I, um, thought the
secretary was coming.

Unfortunately, she was called
to the White House.

But she sends her regrets,
and she asked me to tell you

that we are doing
everything we possibly can

to bring Philip home.

Well, you're already a lot nicer
than Veterans Affairs.

They never say "Philip,"

just "remains."

[exhales]
Well,

we are, all of us,

deeply grateful

for your son's service
in the conflict in Ukraine.

It's such
an unfortunate mistake.

Well,

the fog of war, I'm told.

But now, with everything
heating up with Russia again,

that's just gonna
make it harder, right?

Well, our embassy is still open
in Moscow.

And I'm working directly
with our ambassador

to locate Corporal Stewart's...

accidental place of burial.

It's a year I've been at this.

I'm sorry.

I don't even understand
why he was in Ukraine,

what that had to do with
our national security.

Now I just want to bury my son

on the soil he believed
he died to protect.

Is that too much to ask?

No.

No, it isn't.

ELIZABETH: The director said you
got the job. Just like that.

He barely interviewed me.

I meet my team tomorrow.Well, he knows you.

And, again, POTUS.

You were SAD

for nothin'.[chuckles]: Okay.

Putting a limit
on the SAD jokes.[chuckles]

Yeah, good luck with that.So, Brussels.

You're really gonna invoke
Article 5?

Yeah. Second time in history.
No pressure.

And there's this
really kind of weird system,

where there's no voting but the
agreement has to be unanimous.

I have no idea
how that's gonna work.

Listen, speaking of votes,

I worked on the kids,
but no luck with the whole...

cabin resolution.Oh, come on!

Babe, they're young people

who are socially engaged.
They're addicted to technology.

That's the point.

I-I worry

that they can't live
without their devices.

Just once, I would like
to have a vacation with the kids

where I am really with them.

Before they
really leave home.

I got a better idea.

Why don't you and I go up
to the cabin

and have a romantic weekend.

We haven't done that
in a while.

Yeah. Well, that's...
I-I guess.

[chuckles]
Not taking that personally.

Well, the cabin
is all about family.

We're all up there,

huddled under
the same uncomfortable roof,

finding ways to dwindle down
the hours after hours.

[chuckles]

Look, I don't want to go if
it's gonna make you miserable.

No, we're gonna have
a romantic weekend.

You said. It's better
than nothing.

Now, you see,
it's just that attitude

that's kept
the flame alive.

[chuckles]

[grunting] There it is.
The flame's alive.

It's alive, it's ali...[laughing]: Stop.

WOMAN:
The government of France

is pleased to present
this latest draft resolution.

And I hope that this will
bring us one step closer

to the agreement.I-I'm looking

at the phrasing
in paragraph three.

"We, the 28 members
of NATO, are determined

to investigate
this incursion."

I'm sorry, when did "repel"

become "investigate"?

MAN:
Madame Beauvais,

the evidence has been presented.

Russian involvement is clear.

But the Citizens Rightful Army
claims to be Bulgarian.

We must be certain that this
incursion meets the criteria

for the kind of attack
that would invoke Article 5.

MAN 2:
I assure you,

these are not Bulgarians.

And we are running out of time.

We have been through
eight drafts already.

Where we need to be
is in lockstep

against anything that
threatens the alliance.

I understand, but French lives
are also at stake.

All members of NATO
are putting lives at risk.

WOMAN:
Perhaps if we

exclude the use of force.

We have to authorize force.

Otherwise Russia
will be free

to run the table
in Eastern Europe.

As always, the United States

is impatient with diplomacy

and quick to war.

This aggression is
an act of war.

We must be in agreement
on that.

ELIZABETH:
Yes, we must.

The alliance cannot survive

unless it has the cooperation
of allits members.

Well, then, Madam Secretary,

it may not survive.

Someone has to have
the courage to say no.

The Republic of France
hereby withdraws

from the Atlantic Council.

[all clamoring]

♪

What the hell was that?Ma'am.

The new Iron Curtain
falling over Eastern Europe,

our NATO allies clamoring
for help,
Ma'am.

and she just walks out?

Ma'am.What, Nadine?

We're getting word
that several key ministers

from Bulgaria's government

have fled Sofia.Place is hanging
by a thread.

We need to get France back on
board while there's still time.

If the threat
of a resurgent Russia

doesn't rattle him,
what will?

Mike Barnow.

What about him?

Right, right.

He worked for Perrin's
opponent's campaign last year.

Maybe he has oppo research
that could move the needle.

Call him.

I'll break him
before I let him break NATO.

[indistinct conversations]

Good morning, Daisy.

Yeah, hi.Nadine.

Before we go any further,

you need to understand
that nothing we discuss

can come back to me.
My reputation--

and therefore, my business--
depends on it.

Seriously?

It's part of my thing.
Okay, then.

On to the kompromat.
The Russians

have more words
for "blackmail"

than the Eskimos
have for "snow."

That's what we're
doing, right?

We prefer "inducements."Aw.

So, back in last year's
presidential campaign in France,

I did some consulting work for
President Perrin's opponent,

Jacques Brunet.He's a good man.

He's a milksop, which is why
he's not President Brunet.

He wouldn't use the dirt

you gathered on Perrin?

Not Perrin.
Perrin's son.

Michel.

He's an investment guy, right?

Not anymore.
Want to know why?

Hand in le cookie jar.
To the tune

of tens of millions
of euros.

[exhales]At least that's what
Interpol thinks.

But Perrin
ran against corruption.

Oops.

The investigation was secret
during the election,

but it's ongoing. So even
though Michel left his firm,

this could sink Perrin
and his family.

So the play is
to threaten to expose him

if he doesn't back NATO.And/or

to make Interpol's
investigation go away

if he does the right thing.

It's what you asked for.

It is.

Thanks, Mike.

MAN:
Salnikov clearly aims

to take Bulgaria,
and with NATO in shambles...

There's no one to stop him.

The question is why now?

Russia's been looking
to expand its borders

ever since Pavel Ostrov
came to power seven years ago.

But why is Salnikov

going after a NATO country?

Why be so brazen?He's making

this big move,
so you'd think he'd want

his most trusted
advisors by his side.

Instead, he spent

the last four months
cleaning house.

If Salnikov's behavior
is increasingly erratic

and aggressive...

could be a sign that he feels

he's losing his grip on Russia.

And... who comes for the king

when he's vulnerable?His generals.

And yet whoever Salnikov
appointed theatre commander

of the Bulgaria mission must
still be in his good graces.

We think it's
Vladimir Doroshevich.

He's a hardliner, and one
of Ostrov's right-hand men.

You worked on intel
inside Doroshevich's team

during the Ukraine invasion,
isn't that right?

Yes.

The file says your asset,
Dmitri Petrov,

was compromised
and probably executed.

Do you have any other access?

I might.

I'm onto you.

I beg your pardon?

I saw you

checking out his butt.

To whose butt
are we referring?

Oh, Nadine, come on.

I'm pregnant and alone.

If you're having some awesome,
torrid affair

you have to let me in.

Boom.

How long?Since election night.

Off and on.

Lately, mostly on.[chuckles]: Oh!

Damn, Mike B.

Who knew?

NADINE: I mean, I-I hardly know
anything about him, really.

DAISY: Hmm.

Well, okay--
he has some kind of

troubled relationship
with his son.

Mm-hmm.

His ex-wife
seems to hate him.

And he's too close
to his dog.

Okay, have you done
a background check?

Oh, of course not. No.

Have you at least,
you know, trolled him?

Oh... I...

That's... stalky.

Yesterday's stalky is today's
getting to know you.

Take it from the girl
who got knocked up

by a guy with a false identity.
We'll start small.

Image search. Ah.
Correspondents' Dinner photo op

with Al Roker.Okay.

Wow, Mike. The '80s called
and they want their tux back.

[both laugh]

Oh, look.

He's on some charity
softball team.

Oh.

[clears throat]What?

Nothing.

What?

That could be from
a while back.

Oh...

shoot.

Almost a while back.It's three months ago.

I mean, they don't
necessarily

look togethertogether.

Did you guys
discuss exclusivity?

[sighs lightly]
Nope.

So I guess that means
that's his business.

ELIZABETH:
President Perrin,

this is an off-the-books
conversation.

About an ongoing Interpol
investigation

into your son, Michel.

Securities fraud,
bribing

a French market official. I'm...
I think you know the details.

Are you threatening me?

Not at all.

The U.S. has a lot of sway
over Interpol,

and I am confident
that we can find a way

to make Michel's
problems go away.

Go with us

on Article 5,

which you know
is the right thing

to do, and your son
will have a future.

Madame, the rest of NATO

can lose their minds
and go to war

with a nuclear superpower,

but I will never allow France

to be drawn into it.

Not for anything.

Belgium and Turkey are
wavering on troop deployment,

saying if France
won't join the party,

they'll pull their soldiers out
of the NATO Response Force.

And once that happens...

the alliance
is on very thin ice.

Yes, ma'am.

Thanks, Jay.

Thanks for coming
on such short notice, Dmitri.

I don't mind.
I like it here.

You look well.

I am.

So, I'm sure you've heard
what's going on in Russia.

We think that, uh,

your old boss, Doroshevich,

is behind
the Bulgarian invasion.

That would not
surprise me.

He was always
pushing Ostrov

to take a more aggressive
stance towards Europe.

Would you be willing to look
at some intelligence

we've acquired,
give me your take?

When I offered my
assistance before,

you told me it was impossible
because of President Dalton's

promise to the
Russian government.

What's changed?

Part of the agreement
with Russia

is that they honor
their neighbors' borders.

This incursion into Bulgaria,

covert as it may be,

nullifies that deal.

But if Salnikov
knew I was in D.C...

We have ways
of protecting you.

It's a risk, it is.

It's up to you, of course.

JACKSON: Elizabeth, what the
hell, about Perrin? I thought

Mike B. was getting you
fresh oppo on his kid.

Apparently the French president
would rather kneecap NATO

than save his son.Well, he's gonna

get his wish. We're
just getting word

on the latest
Russian escalation.

They're just
getting started.

PARKER:
The Russians' Black Sea Fleet

just penetrated Bulgaria's
territorial waters.

We have reports
from the Bulgarian Coast Guard

that they're
seizing civilian vessels

and taking the crews hostage.

SIGINT indicates
that the fleet is carrying

10,000 shock troops
for a marine invasion.

JACKSON: There's no way
Bulgaria's military

will be able to withstand that.Because the whole point of NATO

is they shouldn't have to.

If Russia takes Bulgaria,

they'll be in Poland
by Christmas.

Send the Sixth Fleet
to the Black Sea.

If NATO can't get it
together to stand up

to Russian aggression,
then we'll do it ourselves.

PARKER:
Yes, sir.

[footsteps departing]

So if the most
important agreement

since the Magna Carta
falls apart on my watch,

probably never make it
on a stamp, right?

Stamps are on their way out.

I'm really scared.

Come here.

I can't even think

of our kids living
in a world like this.

If NATO goes away, how are
they ever gonna feel safe?

Not just to pursue
the big things,

but to-- I don't--
the freedom to enjoy

the small, dumb stuff,

like playing board
games by candlelight,

which they didn't even want
to do, but if they did...

Hey.

I've got faith.

[quietly]:
Must be nice.

I'll keep it
for both of us.

You're gonna have to.

Because if this alliance
falls apart,

then there won't be any
relationships to build on.

POTUS is trying to ramp up

our military presence
around Bulgaria,

but Congress
is already making noises

about the War Powers Act.

All of which is to say,
I really wish Mike's intel

had moved the
needle with France.

Well, speaking
of Mike, ma'am,

I, uh, we need to talk.

Daisy and I were doing some
investigating, and, uh...

This woman, Simone LeClerc,

is the president
of a think tank

called European
Independence League.

They advocate for loosening, uh,
the EU regulations, right?

Well, that's their
public face.

But secretly,

they are
radically nationalist,

and covertly fund efforts

to dismantle the EU, NATO,

and the entire
European project.

And Mike is dating her?

Mike is working for her.

Oh.

Apparently,

even though he was on
the other side of the campaign,

they were so impressed
by his work,

they brought him on board.

He was on their payroll
for at least a year.

That's why his intel
on Perrin didn't pan out.

It was a decoy.

Mike B. is a genuine snake.

Ma'am,

I would like to believe

that he would not
betray you like this.

You know what?

Let's just take a breath.

We don't know enough yet.

But we are definitely
gonna find out.

DMITRI:
So strange to be looking
at these faces again.

So many dead.

Some I had forgotten,

others, I still dream about.

There's a name missing
from your matrix.

Who?

Oleg Gruzinsky.

He and Doroshevich are close
friends from university.

Based on the general's
recommendation,

Pavel Ostrov made him
ambassador to Cyprus.

Officially, he runs a small bank
on the island,

but a lot of Russians launder
their money through Cyprus.

So unofficially...

He's Salnikov's money guy.

His main job is to
deliver briefcases full

of laundered cash to anyone the
government wants to influence.

And there's something else.

Nikolai Sergeyev
and Boris Ivchenko

were protégés of Gruzinsky.

If Salnikov
is determined to take out

everyone that knows
about his finances,

Doroshevich will only be able

to protect his old friend
for so long.

Gruzinsky may already be dead.

Yeah, or if he's smart,
he's already on the run.

I'm gonna have my
team track him down.

I'm back.

Hey, honey.Oh, hi.

I-I thought, uh,
you and Jareth

were going to
the Kennedy Center.

Yeah, yeah, we are.

[laughing]:
Um, I just
left the tickets

in my desk upstairs.

It might have been
a Freudian slip.

Oh.
Um.

This is Alexander...

Alexander Mironov.

I, uh, work with your father
at the War College.

Stevie.

Nice to meet you.

So Jareth is in
the car waiting,

so I'm just
gonna get those...

those tickets, yeah.

HENRY:
Have a good time, honey.

DMITRI:
Enjoy the concert.

Yeah, thank you.

That was fast.

According to my analyst,
Oleg Gruzinsky

has been in Newfoundland
for the last two months.

That is a long,
cold fishing trip.

He's afraid to go home.

AUDREY:
I can't understand

why we're sending our troops
into harm's way

to defend some country most of
us could barely find on a map.

And for what?

To keep us safe?

To make our lives better?

I'm sick of hearing it.

Because that's the same excuse
that killed my son.

SENATOR CARUTHERS:
Thank you, Audrey.
I'm so sorry.

The War Powers Act
was conceived to stop

this kind of reckless
military adventurism.

That's why I'm joining with
my fellow senators to demand

that President Dalton seek
a formal authorization

before any military action.

We're not attacking
some failed state.

We're defending
a NATO country.

Besides, what's left of Bulgaria
will be flying

the Russian flag before they
take the first roll call.

Wars are not about tanks

and planes,
they're about symbols.

And if we don't get the
Gold Star mother on board,

we're gonna lose
before firing a shot.

She has interviews lined up
with every morning show

that doesn't involve puppets.

You got to stop her.

Mrs. Stewart, thanks
for agreeing to meet me.

I wanted us to talk

and I thought this was
a perfect place for it.

Uh, you don't have to explain
World War II to me.

Good.I understand that one.

Good.

And you also understand that
one of the greatest things

to come out of all
those sacrifices

was the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.

It was created to
prevent the circumstances

that caused
both world wars--

an imbalance
of military power

among neighboring countries.

People build a strong army,
they want to use it.

Maybe annex
a weaker country,

and then another.

And suddenly, everyone
has to jump into the fight.

World war.

And the last one produced

the most dangerous
weapon of all.

So the superpowers met
each other's capabilities.

They signed a
nonproliferation agreement

to stop the spread
of nuclear weapons.

Because of NATO we were
able to say to our allies,

you don't need
to build up your military,

or nuclear arsenal,

to feel safe from Russia
or any other enemy,

because we have your back.

Our army is your army.

And your conflict

is our conflict.

If NATO fails,

the European nations
will be on their own.

And then everyone jumps
back into an arms race.

And I truly believe
that that is the end

of our western democracy
as we know it.

And Mrs. Stewart,

I can't believe that's what
your son would have wanted.

Do you?

I understand

why you want the world

to hear your story.

But please, give me some time
to make this right.

Checking the
obituaries, Oleg?

None of your
compatriots died today.

Yet.

Who are you?

I'm a friend from America.

I have no friends in America.

Maybe it's time
to broaden your circle.

MIKE [sighing]:
I loathe our
lunchtime runs.

Why can't we
just have salads

at Café du Parc
like normal people?

ELIZABETH: 'Cause I didn't
want anyone around

for what we have
to talk about.

Ah. Yeah, sorry about
the Perrin thing.

I'm surprised the INTERPOL
thing didn't bring him around.

Were you?Was I what?

Surprised.

'Cause there's
a pretty good case

to be made that
things played out

just the way you
wanted them to.

Ah, dammit.

The jogging thing's
always an ambush.

[both panting]

I know about your work with the
European Independence League,

or the "I Hate NATO Club,"

or whatever the hell
it's called.

Uh, and you, you think I'm
playing a double game

'cause I'm still
on their payroll?

Well, since you
didn't tell me

you were on it in
the first place, yeah...

Elizabeth.
...I kind of do.

I would never betray you.

Not for the kind of money
they're offering, anyway.

[laughs]

Fond as I am of you, Mike,

you try to jack me around,

my next conversation's gonna
be with the attorney general.

Do you understand that?

Easy. Easy.
Come here.

Look... [scoffs]

My guy lost the
election in France.

I-I signed on with the
European Independence League.

I thought the EIL

was a center-right think tank,
like everybody else.

I had no idea they were a
crypto-fascist creep squad.

And once you uncovered
the creep squad element?

I quit.

Months ago.

Do you want to see
my paystubs? I'm a cynic,

but I-I draw the line
at trying to destroy democracy.

And I-I certainly wouldn't trade
on our relationship.

Well, you should have
told me up front.

There was nothing
to tell you.

And by the way,
I don't work for you.

I'm not one of
your little people.

All right,
all right, all right.

[sighs]

Come on.

And I do want
to see paystubs.

Of course you do.

I would, too.

Another wonderful threshold
of intimacy crossed.

HENRY:
Oleg Gruzinsky's job

was to deliver bribes to whoever

President Salnikov
was trying to influence.

But one contact stood out

for Gruzinsky.

He thought a record
of that meeting

might serve as a future

insurance policy.

That's Gruzinsky.

OLEG:
I bring greetings
from President Salnikov.

MAN: I hope you brought
more than greetings.

And the other man?

A candidate in the French
presidential election.

An outlier,
running behind.

And running out of money.

Léon Perrin.

OLEG: Three million euros.

Six more will arrive
on Saturday.

More as needed.

You are very generous.

OLEG:
Ah. This is not a gift.

It is an investment
in your future presidency.

We very much look forward
to working with you.

Tell your president he may
call me at any time.

DALTON:
So Perrin made a backroom deal
with the Russians.

Access to the highest office
in France

for unlimited
campaign financing.

He's been doing the Kremlin's
bidding from day one.

The first 5,000 Russian troops

have just hit the shore
in Bulgaria.

So that goes one step closer
to the dream.

ELIZABETH:
It doesn't stop at Bulgaria.

Breaking NATO has always
been the end game.

And it's working.

If the video is as damning
as you say it is,

why not just leak it?

Then Perrin spins it
as American propaganda,

and France spends a week
chasing its tail

over whether or not
it's authentic.

In which time, Russia completes
its strangulation

of the legitimate government
in Bulgaria,

and it's too late.

So you want your old buddy Mike
to leak it for you.

You have the right contacts
in the French media.

And a reputation
for discretion.

Ironic, don't you think?

That I'm the discreet one?I beg your pardon.

Never mind.

Something tells me you can
handle the moral ambiguity.

Now are you in,
or are you out?

NADINE:
Hey.

Hey.

Do you mind?

Why not?

What's going on?

I know it was you

who did the sleuthing
and ran to teacher.

Well, of course it was me.

And if you thought

I might be in the thrall
of some hostile foreign power,

I would hope that you would go
to the secretary, too.

[sighs]
Uh...

All you had
to do was ask.

That's all you
had to do.

Mike?

My first obligation
is to this job.

I get that.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I have to go do some dirty work.

JAY:
Ma'am?

New language just went through
Ambassador Newman's office.

Including the new
troop commitments?

Paragraph seven.

Language gives 40,000 troops
of the Response Force,

including air and sea assets,

to the "complete discretion of
the Supreme Allied Commander."

If this passes,
we can have deployment

to Bulgaria within the hour.

But?

No word from Beauvais.

I thought she resigned.

She's holding out.

And until Perrin is officially
impeached, she's...

She's free to kill
Article 5.

If France abstains,
we'll have the consensus.

[Elizabeth sighs]

ELIZABETH:
I'll make this quick.

The CIA estimates
that the last

of the Bulgarian

resistance pockets will collapse

in the next two
to three hours.

At which point,
their subjugation

to Russia will be complete.

This is a postcard my uncle

sent to his
father when

he arrived in Italy.

William Adams.

He was
in the third infantry division,

the Battle of Anzio.

"We landed safely yesterday,

"passed the ruins
of a school today.

"Kids in gray rags
scrambling over the heap.

"We got out
some K rations, but

"no.

"They only wanted
to shake our hands.

Greatest feeling of my life."

"Will write to you soon.

Again, my love
to Mother." I...

I nev... I never met my uncle.

He died the next day

at the counter-attack.

But-but the thing that-that...
that strikes me is

this validation of purpose.

The invigoration
of-of fighting for something

greater than himself, for
a future that he believed in.

The certainty that he was on
the right side of history.

It's a feeling that I think

everyone in this room
can understand.

It's time to do that again.

The United States asks
the Atlantic Council

to immediately and publicly

declare accord
on the resolution.

The Bulgarian people
second this motion.

All in favor
of invoking Article 5,

according to the
terms put forward

in the resolution
by the United States?

The Estonian people are
with you, Madam Secretary.

The people of Poland are, too.

MAN:
Italy stands ready.

The Royal Netherlands Army
stands with you.

MAN 2: The United Kingdom stands
with you.
WOMAN: The Canadian
Armed Forces are with you.

MAN 3:
The proud nation of
Portugal is with you.

The Spanish people
are with you.

We are in agreement.

The Republic of Turkey
is ready for battle.

MAN 4:
The Greek people are with you!

MAN 5: The Federal
Republic of Germany

is behind you.

WOMAN:
Croatia is with you.

MAN 6: Belgium pledges
its military commitment.

The motion rests with France.

The French Republic abstains.

SECRETARY GENERAL:
With France abstaining,

all participating members
are in agreement,

and the Article 5
resolution is invoked.

SACEUR now has full authority to
bring NATO forces into combat.

MAN:
Good job. Good job.

[applause continues]

Uh, ma'am, the celebration
is underway,

and the staff is tipsily
requesting your presence.

I'm just the messenger.

Also a little tipsy.

Uh, you know what?
Save me a glass.

I've got one more thing to do.

Yup.

[lively crowd chatter
outside of room]

ELIZABETH:
Minister Avdonin, good evening.

To you, as well,
Madam Secretary.

We'll have much more to discuss
in the coming days and weeks,

but the most pressing issue
at hand is the safe return

of the Bulgarian nationals
being held by Russia.

And the Russian nationals
being held by NATO forces.

Return the members

of the Bulgarian government
in your custody

in the next 48 hours,

and NATO will release your men
at the same time.

Is that acceptable
to your government?

Yes.

If that is all,
Madam Secretary...

No, it's not, Minister Avdonin.

There's someone else
we need back.

[gunfire, man playing "Taps"]

MAN:
Ready.[gun chambers clicking]

Aim.

Fire.[gunfire]

Ready.[gun chambers clicking]

Aim.
[baby crying]

Fire.
[gunfire]

Present! Hut!

["Taps" playing]

[baby crying]

[wind whistling]

["Taps" continues playing]

HENRY:
Wake up.

We're here.

ELIZABETH:
We're here!

We're at the cabin.

And democracy's intact.

Yup.

Oh.

You still got a
shot at that stamp.

[chuckles]

This was a really hard week.

I'm sorry
if I wasn't entirely myself.

Yeah, I was meaning to
talk to you about that.

[laughs]
When you're
saving the world,

could you be a little
more cheerful, please?

[chuckles]

We didn't really
save world.

We just...

well, made it okay for now.

Okay for now is a
pretty good deal.

Yeah, it is.

Whoa. I remember
it bigger.

Are you sure
this is it?

Yup. Cabin 12,
the very same one.

It'll be cozy on
the inside, right?

We're gonna make it cozy.

I'm gonna give you romance
if it kills me, woman.

[Elizabeth chuckles]

What?
Hey!

Hey.
Finally.

STEVIE: Welcome.ALISON:
Ooh, oh, be on my team.

Call it! Call it!

Now, that's romantic.

I do my best.

You guys, I can't believe it.

Sit down.
All right,
come on, Mom.

I love this game.All right,
you're cheating.

It's my favorite.I can tell you're
cheating already.

Yeah. Really
good job.

[chatter, laughter]