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We are now boarding group three.
Group three.

Eclipse Airlines Flight 504
to Beijing.

Group three.
That's rows ten through 25.

Please have your tickets ready.

(speaking Mandarin)

(speaks Mandarin)

Thank you.

Hi. Thank you.

(speaking Mandarin)

No. I'm not going.

WOMAN: I'm sorry?

No. I'm not going.

I'm not going to China.
They'll arrest me.

I want to stay in
the United States.

I want political asylum.

(man continues yelling
in Mandarin)

Oh, hey.
Hey, Russell.

I have a budget meeting.
It's just gonna
take a sec.

It's about the
Henkashu Islands.
Remind me.

Four uninhabited
rocky outcroppings

in the East China Sea.
Right.

China and Japan
both claim ownership

in a dispute
going back generations,

which picked up steam
once it became clear

that there's natural gas
deposits underneath them.

Two weeks ago, China sent
a reconnaissance plane

over the Islands,
Japan scrambled an F-15,

they buzzed each other and
the Japanese pilot had to ditch.

You called an emergency summit
to try to avoid an escalation.

You read my memo.
I did.

And you have
photographic memory.

I do.
That's impressive.

I'm told.

Well, speaking of impressive...
(chuckles)

I got both sides to agree

that neither lays claim
to the Islands

and they divide
the natural resources.

We're still working out some of
the details, but it means that

by this afternoon we
could have a treaty.
Fine.

I'll have POTUS there
for the signing ceremony.

Fine? My...

Fine? Really?

Because my staff and I have been
up for four days straight

trying to avert

World War III,
and that's what

we get? We get "fine"?

It's like...God, I'm so sorry.

I mean, we've...
It's been a really...

It's been a really
long four days,

and I am totally sleep-deprived

and hopped-up on coffee.

I actually feel sick.
(exhales)

Your predecessor and I
had developed a shorthand.

"Fine"...

means "thank you
for not screwing up."

It's high praise.

Take it.

(quietly):
He's on with the Japanese
going over the wording

for the ceremony.

"While no one would dream of
dividing national sovereignty,

"natural resources,

with mutual cooperation,
can be shared."

Was Jackson psyched
about the treaty?

Um, not the word
he used, but yeah.

Okay, they're okay
with the language,

but they have handshake issues.

The-the Japanese want to be
the first to extend their hand.

Get on the phone
with the Chinese Ministry,

see if they can live
with that.

Already on it.
MATT:
Japan feels that

by extending their hand first
that-that it shows the world

that they're in charge and
aren't cowering to China.

The world? Seriously?
14 guys watch C-SPAN.

Don't tell them that.
This is the move

that's gonna close the deal.
NADINE:
China can live

with being second
on the handshake.

Hang on one second.
(speaking Japanese)

We have an agreement!

(cheering)

Great.

Great. Excellent work,
everybody.

White House can do the signing
today at 3:00.
The unveiling of the late

Secretary Marsh's portrait
is at 3:00.

Not anymore. You're gonna have
to move that to tomorrow.

Of course.
Oh, uh, Daisy, put out a
statement. Standard stuff.

"Nations coming together
in peace."

That kind of...
Listen, I have to go

to my friend's memorial service.

I'll be back by this afternoon.

Okay, have fun.

Oh, God...you're going
to a memorial service.

It's the opposite

of fun. So...

have whatever the
opposite of fun is.

Daisy, you're rambling.
Don't do that in the press room.

Yes, Madam Secretary.

How are the remarks coming
for the unveiling?

Uh...

well, I haven't had much time
to work on it,

but I'll whip something up.

For reasons
that I never quite understood,

Secretary Marsh plucked you

from a dead-end
copywriting job.

I argued for a woman
from Harvard

with actual speechwriting
experience.

And now
you're going

to "whip something up"
for this man

to whom you owe
your career?

Excuse me.

MUNSEY:
George Peters

lived a life of devotion, honor

and service to The Company.

When he was brought in
to Langley

to join our team
of analysts,

he approached that job
with the same degree of courage

and conviction as he had
displayed as an operative.

A man of his talents
could have made his mark...

(quietly):
Munsey hardly even
knew the guy.

Sat him
behind a desk.

(whispering):
For his own safety.

Mm. Still.
He irks me.

You know what irks
me? His ex-wife

acting like the
grieving widow.

She left him for her personal
trainer over a decade ago.

Oh. (laughs softly)
HENRY:
Hey. Hey.

Are you 12?

Do I need to separate you?

When did Henry
become this guy?

He's a Cradle Catholic.
He gets jumpy around priests.

(laughing quietly)
Psst. Hey.

Shh...

(applause)

What scares
people about...

I told you. Look at him.

He turns into an
altar boy right before
my eyes. I mean...

No, it's good.

It's comforting
to have something like that.

Me? I'm just gonna have
to drink.

Mmm, I'll join you in that.
Anything to knock out

the elephant in the room.

What elephant is that?

She's convinced
George's car crash
wasn't an accident.

What? What do you mean?

I don't know.
Could have been a suicide.

I mean, the guy was so angry
he'd been moved

to a desk job. I honestly think
it drove him a little crazy.

I just can't believe
he'd do something
like that.

Can you?

No, I-I honestly don't know
what to think anymore.

Hey, let's
get together soon,

get drunk,
tell funny George stories.

Sure. I could do that.

Bye.
Bye.
Bye.

ELIZABETH:
Isabelle thinks George had gone
a little crazy.

George?
Come on.

He thought my predecessor
was murdered

and that I might be in danger.

Well, it would be nice to
think that's crazy talk.

(chuckles)

The night he died, I said
his death wasn't an accident

and you said, "I know."

What did you mean?

What did you mean?

Maybe we were both
just in shock.

Do you want to do this?

Do you want to have
this conversation? Now?

'Cause I've been waiting
till you're ready.

I can't go there.

I've got the peace treaty
signing, and...

I've-I've been gone all week.
I haven't even been home.

I feel like I don't
even know what's going on.
How's the speech coming?

Oh, it's a mess right
now, but it'll get there.

It will. How are the kids?

Uh, oh,

Alison wants to have
a sleepover this weekend.

Nothing crazy. Just
five or six friends.

Five or six friends?
Since when?
Yeah.

When did she have five or six...
I have been gone a long time.
Well, she's got 'em. Um...

I... Do I say yes?
Absolutely.

Good. 'Cause I said yes.

Nature abhors
a vacuum.

You know what,

I'll have a signed treaty

and you will be finished
with your conference.

I can't breathe.
(groans)

And then we'll both be home
all weekend.

Just like a normal family.

Mmm.

All right.
Catch you later.

(hits his arm)
Ow.

She's all yours, Frank.

WOMAN:
Madam Secretary.

Congratulations on
averting World War III.

Is that what I did,
Senator Fletcher?
Oh, my.

I thought I just brokered
a mineral rights deal

on some tiny islands
in the East China Sea.

Oh, now.
(chuckles)

(quietly): And it feels good.
Why does Daisy have on
a weird face?

MATT: That's just her face.
No, that's her
freaked-out face.

Can I show you
something?

Over here?

There's some debate
about whether or not

you have on your freaked-out
face or your regular face.

Fu Xinpei, visiting
Chinese high school genius,

just stood up at Dulles

and declared
she wants political asylum.

Now the news has
got hold of her.

I'm worried that she's
gonna mess up the signing

of the treaty, but I'm
probably being paranoid.

This is my paranoid face.

I tried to organize a protest
in my village

on the 25th anniversary
of Tiananmen Square.

I was detained and my Internet
postings were deleted...

I'm being paranoid, right?

Is Chen here?

Yes.

(whispers):
You're being paranoid.

Minister
Shimabukura,

I just wanted to thank you
for all of your very hard work.

The people of Japan are happy
to have come

to a resolution.
POTUS, two minutes out.

Okay. See you in a moment.

Minister Chen.

The president
will make a few remarks

and then you'll both sign
the treaty.

If you return the girl.

Excuse me?

Fu Xinpei.

My staff just briefed me.

Her claims
are outrageous.

No one wants to harm her.

She's already been
offered a scholarship

to Beijing Technical Institute.
Well, her case just needs to go

through the proper channels.
She's lying

to America on television.

This is a great
embarrassment

to China.
NADINE:
POTUS,

one minute out.
Let's take our places.

We need to go
sign the treaty.

Promise to return the girl.

I can't make that promise.

Sir.

Fu Xinpei has nothing to do
with this.

If you can't make me
this promise,

we have nothing further
to discuss.

POTUS is in the building.

(reporters clamoring)
(camera shutters snapping)

Now I know it's not
fashionable anymore,

but I believe
we are a beacon of hope

to all the freedom-loving
people all over the world.

And if we send this girl
back to China--

if we turn our backs on her...

Every redneck senator
is on TV

talking about the evils
of the Chinese

instead of here
passing a budget.

Where are you
on this?

I'm getting enormous pressure
from China to send her back.

If you don't?

Worst-case scenario?

They refuse to
sign the treaty,

Japan and China go to war
over the Islands,

and since we're
Japan's ally,

we're basically
at war with China.

When I ask for
the worst-case scenario,

what I mean is give me
the best-case scenario

and be sure to make it happen.

Another shorthand
you had with Marsh?

Can't have this girl
hijack these budget talks.

And I won't have her
be a political pawn

in the Henkashu Islands dispute.

Her case needs to be
judged on its own merits.

Well, handle it personally.
Do it fast.

Okay, but if we grant asylum
for the girl,

I may need
an inducement for China

to get the
treaty done.

China never wanted
to sign that treaty.

They were always
looking for a way out.

Well, it's

gonna have to be something good.
Okay.

See what your people
can come up with.

REPORTER:
Do you have family there?

Do they know that
you're here?

Just-Just my mother and...No.

MAN: Miss, could you tell us...
MAN 2: Miss, one question here.

But she understands my anger
at the Chinese government.

She had to give up a child--

my younger sister--

due to the one-child policy.

They keep playing
the same news clip.

Must be a slow news day.

Wonder if Mom's
gonna send her back.

ALISON: Mom's not making
the decision personally.

Yeah, she is.
Because of the treaty.

The Henkashu treaty
that the Chinese won't sign?

Dude, do you live on Earth?

Okay, hey, listen
to this. Thomas Aquinas

walks into a bar.
Oh, um, I need
to borrow some, um,

some lunch money. Can-Can
I get some from your wallet?

Yeah, just listen
to this joke first.

What's the joke for?
He's doing

the keynote speech for
a bunch of religious scholars.

(chuckles)
Mom just texted.

She said that you're not sure
if the opening joke is funny.

She said that we should laugh
no matter what.

I don't want
your pity laughter.

(knocking)

Yeah?

Morning. I just came
to get a change of clothes

for the secretary.
She pulled another all-nighter

trying to calm down
the Japanese.

Oh, and while I'm here,
can I get that guest list

for your sleepover?
We just need to do a quick vet.

Why? My friends
aren't terrorists.

Don't be an idiot, Alison.

It's for their parents.
I swear

to God, if you call me an idiot
If they...

one more time...
Could you not
call her an idiot?

I'm sick of it.
Just please, just
go apologize, please.

I'll go and get
some clothes for Mom.

Thanks.

Can I go wait for the bus,
or do you

want me to listen to your joke?

Get out of here.

All right.

What joke?

Thomas Aquinas
walks into a bar.

Please don't go back
to Tokyo yet.

Give Minister Chen
at least 48 hours.

I gave the man four days.
It's just a bump in the road.

I can get him back to the table.
We are no longer

interested
in a treaty.
I...

The Islands are
ours and we are

going to proceed accordingly.
Give me

48 hours to make it right.

(whispers):
She promised me she wasn't
gonna sound desperate.

She doesn't sound desperate.
She sounds forceful.
What about...

What about tickets to a baseball
game or the theatre?

The Book of Mormon's in town.

Okay, now she
sounds desperate.
Tell us

what you like. Let my office
arrange something for you.

I would like an ally.

I would like you
and your president

to back our claim
for the Islands.

Publicly.
That would be

like declaring war on China.

So be it.

We are your ally.

And I'm playing the ally card.

48 hours.

Fine.

But if you don't get
us a deal by then,

we're planting a Japanese
flag on those Islands.

I need ideas
for inducements for China

in case we grant
Xinpei asylum.
I'll call the China desk.

Did we hear back from
Beijing Institute?
Yes.

Xinpei was offered
a scholarship.

So that
checks out.

I want the exact language
from the INS statute.

Already done.

"To qualify for
political asylum,

"the candidate must demonstrate
that they have been persecuted

"in the past or have
a well-founded fear

"that they will be
persecuted if they go back

to their home country."

Matt,

go through Xinpei's blog posts.

You know what, hell, go through
her entire online history

and flag anything that's
even vaguely political.
Oh,

Daisy can do that.
Matt has to write

Marsh's remarks.

(sighs)

Fine.

How are they coming?

It's good.
Al...I mean, almost done.

I look forward
to reading them.

She hates me.

She hates everyone.

Mostly me.

This is your room.

There's a TV
in the living room.

If you want to watch
something, let me know.

I have a bunch of movies.

Thank you.

Are you hungry?

I was just going
to make some lunch.

No, thank you.
I think I'll rest.

Have you spoken to your mother?

No.

She said they would be

monitoring my phone
and it would not be safe.

So she knew you were
going to do this?

Well, I'll let you
get some rest.

(pots clanging)

Madam Secretary, I'm sorry

to interrupt.
Did you hear back
from the China desk?

Uh, yes.

We're holding a Chinese spy that
Beijing very much wants back.

Oh, good.
Run it by the White House,

will you? Oh, and, uh,
Yes, ma'am...

Arrange an interview
with Xinpei.

Yes. Uh, there's

a woman here.
She's from Michigan.

She and her daughter drove
all night to get here.

I've spoken
with her, and

I think you should meet them.

She's offered to be
Xinpei's guardian

while the case
is being decided.
But she's already staying

with an asylum officer
assigned by INS.
I know.

So why am I... Hi.
Madam Secretary.

Hi. Amy Ferber.
Nice to meet you.

Thank you very much
for meeting with us.

Well, I'm sorry that
you had to drive all night

to get here.
Oh, we had to.

As soon as I heard
Xinpei's story,

the-the province
that she's from.

And then I saw
her face on TV...

I-I started shaking.

The resemblance
is undeniable.

(short laugh)
See for yourself.

Emily?

Hi.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

I think Emily and Xinpei
might be sisters.

Emily's orphanage was in
Xinpei's hometown. I'm seriously

getting goose bumps, you guys.

They're swabbing
Emily's cheek.

Now they're done
swabbing Emily's cheek.

Ooh.

Okay, now Madam Secretary
is walking towards the door.

Crap.

Crap.

Did you found anything else
on Xinpei's blog?

Three months ago
she started criticizing

China's human rights record,

their policy on Tibet.
Before that it was mostly

about her science projects
and her basketball team.

And One Direction.

Oh, uh, thanks.
This is Emily's DNA.

Send it to the lab.
How quickly can we get it here?

Uh, preliminaries in
less than four hours.

Yeah, this is so cool.

So cool.
(chuckles)

Okay, guys, wait. I-I get
that this is exciting, okay?

But let's not
lose our heads and remember

the job at hand: to determine
whether or not Xinpei

meets the criteria
for political asylum.

Ma'am, your car's here.

Thank you.
Do you want me
to put out a statement?

Saying Xinpei might have
a sister? (short laugh)

So that all of D.C. can
stop what they're doing

the same way they do every time
Mei Xiang goes into labor?

(chuckles)
Sorry, who's Mei Xiang?

Uh, the panda at
the National Zoo?

Gave birth to
Bao Bao in 2013?

I don't get to the zoo much.
You don't have to.

They have a giant panda cam
on her all the time.

You're kidding.
Not kidding.
It's awesome.

Come here,
I'll show you.
NADINE: Matt.

After I finish
these Marsh remarks.

Madam Secretary.

How's she doing?

Honestly?
She seems scared to death.

If my daughter was requesting
asylum in a strange country, I'd

hope she'd have the good sense
to be scared to death, too.

I-I know I'm
not supposed to ask,

but are you going
to grant asylum?

You're right.
You're not supposed to ask.

Anyway, she's in the back.

Can I get you anything?

Yeah.

So, you've got H,

I've got H-O-R...

(thud)
...S.

So tell me about
your science project.

I developed
an eye-tracking system

that allows quadriplegics
to use the computer.

I think we have
that technology here.

No, not like mine.

Mine is light-years
ahead of what any

major labs in the States
have developed.

So, you're moving here
to cash in on it?

No, I would never do that.

But by coming here you'd be
giving up your scholarship.

I fear for my safety
if I return.

Tell me why.

Have you been
arrested?

No.

Threatened?

Censoring my speech
is a threat

and I won't
accept it any longer.

Oh, lots of Web sites
are censored in China.

I want the freedom to do
as I wish, say what I wish.

I understand how you feel,
but the problem is

it doesn't meet the standard
for persecution.

I'm on your
side, Xinpei,

but you got to help me
build a case.

I fear for my safety

if I return to China.
Right.

(thud)

Eeh, come on. Oh,

I need a sample of your DNA.

Instructions are in the kit.

(ball bouncing)

Aren't you gonna ask me why?

For someone suspicious
of government,

you sure agreed to that quickly.

And now!

Absolutely. No problem.
Excuse me.

Are you Stephanie McCord?

I am.

Hello, Senator Fletcher.

I met your mother
a few times.

How's she liking
her new job?

She loves it.

Ah.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't, um, see your name
on the reservation list.

Are you here
to meet someone?

I sure am. You.

(laughs):
Uh...
I've been trying to get

your mother on the phone,

but that Nadine is
quite the gatekeeper.

I'm not so sure what I...

If you could mention
to your mother

how strongly the
people of Texas feel

that we not return that
poor little girl to China,

I sure would appreciate it.

Bye now.

This is completely generic.

It's as if
you never met the man.

Secretary McCord
has never met him.

She has to give the speech.

That'll be so
comforting to his family.
BLAKE: I forgot to tell you.

The secretary needs
to postpone again.

What?

With a clock
ticking on the
treaty negotiations,

her plate's just
too full right now.

To take 15 minutes
and pay tribute

to the man who had the job

before her? The man who
died serving his country?

You know what you should
put in those remarks, Matt?

Wherever he went,
he had me arrange to have

a hundred soccer balls
shipped there.

We'd be driving
through a town,

and he'd see kids
by the side of the road,

stop the convoy
and hand out a soccer ball.

Kids who grew up in poverty
and war-torn areas suddenly

were smiling.

He told the journalists not
to write about it

because he didn't want
the attention.

He said this job
wasn't about him.

Well, you know what?

Now it is about him.

And we need to
stop putting it off

and take the time
and say thank you.

You're right. We do.

I want to give the unveiling
the attention it deserves.

Which is why I'm asking
to reschedule it.

I'm sorry, ma'am.
I can't do that.

(sighs)

How long did you work for him?

Since he was a senator.

I was fresh out of law school
with no experience.

He liked to do that.

Bet on the dark horse.

He sounds like an amazing man.

I know this is hard.

You're all still grieving.

But I got to push this thing.

I don't want it to be something
that we just get through.

Call Mrs. Marsh.

I can't.

It's inappropriate.

You must have heard talk.

Vincent was right.

He said no one suspected.

He said
they were all too preoccupied

with their own careers.

Even his wife.

So, you and Marsh were...

Mm-hmm.

I'm so sorry.

(gasps)

I know how all this sounds.

(sniffles)

Um...

It sounds
like your heart is broken.

(crying)

MATT: Don't.
It's not finished yet.

Daisy, will you, uh, call
Secretary Marsh's widow

and apologize for
rescheduling again?

Will do.

Just heard
from the White House.

ODNI killed
our Chinese spy idea.

Okay. We have
no plan B?

Wait. So, we don't
have any leverage

to get China to sign the treaty?

MATT:
Well, other than
sending Xinpei back...

Madam Secretary?
What is it?

DNA results.

(sighs)

Oh, no. I was so sure
she was a match.

No, she is.

The preliminary results
are a 97% match.

DAISY:
Oh.

That's incredible!
The fact that

now she has a blood relative

who's an American citizen.

It is incredible.

Unfortunately,
it doesn't change my decision.

DAISY:
Wait. But it has to.

I'm denying asylum.
What?

She's making up the story
about political persecution.

But she said that China was...
My guess is,
her mother put her up to it.

She has reason to
be angry with China.

They made her give up
one of her children.

Xinpei has been treated
well by her government,

and they assure me
they will continue to do so.

But her Internet postings

have been very clear
about what she...

Started three months ago
before she came to America.

(sighs)

Looks like she was
building a case.

And frankly, the case

just isn't there.

And this has nothing
to do with finding out

we have no plan B on
the Henkashu talks?

I refuse
to link that little girl's fate

to the fate of those talks.

But they are linked.
You know they are.

And pretending...
Daisy...

Look, I'm the one
who has to stand

in front of the press
and assure them

that Xinpei isn't being used
as a political football

to get the treaty signed.

I'd like to be
telling the truth.

Were you in the habit

of questioning
Secretary Marsh's ethics?
He...

He never made me feel
like I had to.

(sighs)

Reach out
to Xinpei's mother in China,

and get Xinpei
on the phone.

I want them both on the line

when I explain
why I am denying asylum.

ELIZABETH:
Am I a monster?

I need you to be honest.

HENRY:
Well, sometimes
you have kind of a

zombie thing going on
in the morning.

Come on, I'm serious.

My staff thinks
I don't have any feelings.

A woman left a baby outside
at an orphanage, and a half

a world away that baby is
reunited with her sister?

And it's-it's miraculous,
and I'm thrilled for them,

and sad that
they missed 11 years together.

(popcorn popping)

And I'm angry at the government
that forced them apart.

I'm nothing but feelings.

But that doesn't change the fact

that she does not qualify
for political asylum.

What is that noise?
Are you making popcorn?

Son of a bitch!

Oh, God,
it's the sleepover tonight.

I am not home for my daughter's

sleepover with five
or six friends

whose names I don't even know
because my staff is right.

I'm a monster.

Yeah, and it gets worse.

You're raising little monsters.

'Cause it turns out
that the number one indicator

that a person turns
into a serial killer

is that, during childhood,
the father,

not the mother, made the popcorn
for the sleepover.

All right,
now you're just mocking me.

You're a mom
who had to stay late at work.

It doesn't ruin the kids.

It just shows them
that sometimes

you have to do stuff
that's hard.

It's just life, babe.
Normal life.

You're a mom
that got stuck at work.

Thank you.

That makes sense.
I'm buying it.

Good.

I love you.

While you're in that space,
you want to hear a joke?

Yeah.

Thomas Aquinas walks
into a bar.

There's the pope sitting there
with no clothes on.

He's talking
to the bartender...

God, please don't tell me
you actually used that

in your speech.
Well...

Madam Secretary?

(laughing):
Hold on a second. What?

Xinpei's mother was taken in
for questioning

by the Chinese Secret Police

yesterday. We're
getting reports

that she died while in custody.

(sighs)

Babe, is everything all right?

No. No.

What the hell happened?

Madam Secretary, if we could
keep this cordial.

You do realize
that by killing this woman

you've made Xinpei's case for
asylum that much harder to deny.

Fu Xinwan was brought in
for questioning.

It was an interview,
not an interrogation.

She had a heart attack.

It is my understanding
this was a chronic condition

that she wasn't managing well.

She was rushed
to the hospital,

but the doctors were
not able to resuscitate.

Now, why should
I believe you?

Madam...

I am a father.

I feel terribly
for this poor girl.

China is changing.

In today's China,
the sins of the parents

don't transfer
to their children.

Fu Xinpei has nothing
to fear from us.

You must let her come home.

My government believes

you never planned
on signing the Henkashu Treaty.

You were always just
looking for a way out.

And this girl was
a convenient excuse.

Unless the girl is returned
in the next 12 hours,

Come on.
my government will
have no choice

but to permanently walk away
from these talks.

We are already moving
ballistic missiles

to our southeastern coast,

just in case the
Japanese decide

to do anything stupid like plant
a flag on the Henkashu Islands.

(sighs heavily)

She finds a sister, and
now we have to tell her

she lost her mom.

NADINE:
It's not fair.

No, it isn't.

Let's...Let's just
give her another minute.

(laughter)

I'm sorry about before.

It was unprofessional.

I was jealous, actually.

A friend of mine
recently died, too,

and...

I haven't been able to cry.

I started this job, and
I had a lot on my mind.

Today I realized I
could use a good cry.

You should have one.

Oh, this isn't gonna get
any easier.

So, I got freaking accosted

today at work
about the Chinese kid.

That senator
from Texas?
Fletcher?

She comes up to me,
and she's, like,

"If y'all could
let your mama know

that the good people
of Texas hate commies."

GIRL:
Senator Fletcher is

actually awesome.
She's a family friend.

She may be awesome, but her
politics are really not awesome.

She has no idea
what she's talking about.

Um, she's actually really smart.
She went to Stanford.

Oh, really?

So that makes everything
that she says okay?

All right, Stevie.
I didn't say that.

What? I mean, yes,
China is a Communist society,

but you can't just paint it
with this broad, evil brush.

Okay, I wasn't even talking
about that.
I mean, Americans have this...

Just ignore her.
Yeah, that's great.

Just watch TV and be dumb
and complacent.

No. You don't get
to call me dumb anymore.

Okay, come on. Come
on, the two of you.

No. You are the idiot now.
Now you're just
trying to look cool

in front of
your friends.
I'm trying
to look cool?

Whatever!
You're not the best
at everything anymore.

You're not the valedictorian,
homecoming queen.

You're a hostess
in a restaurant

showing people to their tables.

That's what you are.

Thanks, Dad.

(running up stairs)

XINPEI:
She was in heart failure

when I left.

The doctor said that

she needed surgery, but...

she refused.

I found this.

Minister Chen said something

about not punishing children
for their parents' sins.

And it hit me.

She was the activist, not you.

Coming here
was her idea.

(sniffling)

This was her dream.

(sniffling)

She couldn't have freedom,

so she wanted it for you?

She kept saying,

"Be strong, Xinpei.

"Be strong.
(sniffling)

You can do this."

Because she died in custody,

that qualifies you
for political asylum.

You can stay in America
if you want.

If that's what you want.

Is it?

ELIZABETH:
Xinpei wants to stay.

Madam Secretary...

I'm leaning towards
denying asylum.

Excellent decision.

I hate being lied to,
especially by a child.

And she confirmed her
mother's bad health.

So...
No one...

...we have an agreement.

...touches her
from your side.

No retribution.

She's a confused child,
and her future safety

is paramount to
the United States

and our continued goodwill.

You have my word.

But she's not
going anywhere

until I have a signed
treaty in my hands.

(camera shutters clicking)

While no one would dream of
dividing national sovereignty,

natural resources,
with cooperation,

can be shared.

(applause)

Daisy.

You used her.

Even though
you promised you wouldn't.

She just lost her mother,

and you used her
as a bargaining chip.

I don't think
I can work for...

Stop before you
finish that sentence.

You should know,
Xinpei wants to go back.

It's her choice,
not mine.

I...I don't understand.

She wants to help build
a more democratic China,

so, she's going back to
continue her mother's work

in her own way.

So, you lied
to Minister Chen?

I didn't have a plan B,
and I needed leverage.

So, yes, I did.

If the Chinese
had found out

that Xinpei was
returning voluntarily,

they still could have
walked away from the talks.

This way, they saw you
as a strong broker for peace.

And I got to put
China on notice

that if Xinpei so
much as stubs her toe,

there will be hell to pay.

Hi, guys.
Xinpei, I've got

all your papers.
Are you ready to go?

Yup. These guys
are gonna take me.
Oh, good!

Look what my sister gave me
to remember her by.
Oh!

That is very cool.

And we're going to visit Xinpei
in China this summer.

Mm-hmm.
Come on, come on.

You don't want to
miss your plane.

You're not mad at me for
wanting to go back, right?

Of course not.
You kidding?

You're honoring
your mother.

I think she'd be
very proud of you.

Really?

I am sure of it.

(sighs)

You go out there and
change the world, okay?

Go.

ELIZABETH:
He liked to hire

what he referred to
as "dark horses"--

people who may not have

gone to the best schools,
or come from the best families,

but who had a fire

in their bellies
to make the world better.

I've come to see
that he was much more

than just a portrait on the
wall, or a face on the news.

He was a boss. A mentor.
A patriot.

He was a great American.

We will miss him.

That was a quite a speech.

Thank you.

I never heard the soccer ball
thing before.
I know.

That's a pretty
amazing story.
Yeah, you got to wonder.

He's handing out
all these soccer balls,

paying for them
out of his own pocket,

and not one bit
of press about it.

Well, apparently,
he didn't want any.

Yeah. I don't buy it.

I think he made a deal
with all those reporters

to wait, run the story
when he ran against Dalton

in the next election.

What?
Oh, yeah.

Bastard was getting ready to
announce right before he died.

Stabbing his own
president in the back.

And I will bet you
any amount of money

that the next day, there would
have been a picture of him

with a bunch
of smiling street kids

and their brand-new
soccer balls.

If you'll excuse me.

I have to give
my condolences to Mrs. Marsh.

Hello.
HENRY:
Hi.

Hi. Hey.

Where are you off to?

To my job.
Where do you think?

Well, I was actually hoping
maybe we could hang out...

I have no time, Mom. I have to
go. I have to pull my weight.

What are you talking about?
People need seating.
Nothing. Nothing.

I have nothing to say.
I'm just a college dropout.

Well, wait a second.
Just, wha....?

Bye, honey.

Well, I...
What happ...?

I mean, did something
happen? What...?

Oh, the girls had a fight.

Things were said.
Feelings were hurt.

Henry?

Sisters fight.

It's normal.
It's not!

It's not normal.

None of this is normal!

I got to tell you, Henry,
I'm really trying

to buy your argument
about our normal life.

It's not normal
that I have no idea

what is going on in my house.

And it's not
normal to

push your feelings
to the margins. (laughs)

The suckers don't stay there.

I'm ready to talk about George.

Yeah. Okay.

George thought
that Marsh was dirty.

He thought his death
wasn't an accident.

And that you might
be in danger.
Right.

Then he died.
At first,

I thought Marsh was a saint,
a great American,

the way
everybody talked about him.

You said he had no enemies.

But it turns out, he did.

The White House chief of staff.

And the president
of the United States.

So, maybe George was right.

Yeah.

I was secretly kind of rooting
for crazy.

Me, too.

(sighs)

I wish George was here.

He was so...

good and smart.

And if he were, he could tell me
what I should do.

And I do want to get
to the bottom of it.

I really do. I want to...
I want to figure it out.

But right now,
I just want to miss him.

(crying)

Go ahead.