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["Right Here Right Now"
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♪ A woman on the radio

♪ Talked about revolution

♪ When it's already
passed her by ♪

♪ Bob Dylan didn't have this
to sing about... ♪

DANIEL: Peter, tell me
you're staying for my party.

Oh, Daniel, you
know, I'd love to,

but I got this meeting
with an NGO.

Uh-uh...
But listen,
happy birthday.

Go have fun.
[chuckles]

Don't work too hard, my friend.

Never.

So you're heading out
for the meeting?

If I get back to town
early enough,

you want to have dinner with me?

I always want
to have dinner with you.

Now, go do some good.

What the hell
are you doing, Pete?

[explosion]

[loud ringing in ears]

Oh, my God.[people screaming]

[people moaning]

Right there, right there.

PETER:
This way!

This way to
the stairwell!

This way.

Go to the stairwell
and go down.

Go to the stairwell and
go down. Right there.

Find the stairwell and go down.

Hello?

WOMAN:
Help!

DANIEL:
Peter?

Daniel.

I-I cannot see.

It's okay.I cannot see.

It's okay, I got you. Come on.

Let's go to the stairwell.

Okay? Marine.

Take this man downstairs.

His name's Daniel, he can't see.

Come on, Daniel.
We got you.

Come on.
We got you.

Lana?

Lana?

Lana?

[crying]:
Lana...

Don't go.

Lana.

[sobbing]

DAISY: Okay, Madam Secretary, you'll give some brief remarks,

followed by a reading of the
names of all the victims,

and then, there will be
a moment of silence.

And then anyone who
wants to will adjourn

to the conference room
for a small reception.

Why "small"?

And "brief"?

Ma'am?

We're commemorating
the 20th anniversary

of an attack that took
the lives of 32 Americans,

56 Ugandans,
injuring hundreds more.

Seems like it's worthy
of reflection.

What's with all the minimizing?

MATT: Well,
we generally

try to avoid highlighting
any intelligence failures.

Particularly when it comes
to Al-Qaeda and bin Laden.

I'm not looking
for a parade here.

But not properly
acknowledging

the loss to the department,
to the families?

That makes us
look bad.

Understood, ma'am.

So the...
the reading of the names,

that'll include
the Ugandans, too, right?

The 26 Foreign Service Nationals

who worked at the
embassy, yes, ma'am.

What about the rest of them?

The 18 children crowded around
the gate to their school

down the block from
where the bomb went off?

Their teachers?

The four nuns on their way
to work at the AIDS hospice?

We don't-we don't have time
to say their names aloud, too?

Of course we do, ma'am.

Damn right, we do.

Ma'am, there are, actually,
a couple of issues

somewhat related
to the anniversary.

First, the White House is asking
us to expedite our review

of the sanctions regime
on Sudan.

Uh, didn't we sanction them
precisely because they harbored

terrorists responsible
for the Uganda bombing?

Well, that,
and the occasional genocide

against their own people.

The thinking is they've cleaned
up their act.

On the terrorism front, anyway.

So maybe 20 years
is long enough.

But what's the rush about?

Doing my best
to find out, ma'am.

Good. Meantime,
gather the relevant folks

within the department, get me
a recommendation, will you?

Have fun with Peter Harriman.

Yeah, lucky me.

Last item--
and you won't believe it--

Congress is once again making
noise about cutting our budget

for embassy security.

[scoffs]
I can believe it.

The usual pleading
and guilt-tripping

didn't move the needle, huh?

Well, if anyone has
an out-of-the-box idea

to convince Congress to keep our
diplomats alive, I'm all ears.

That'll be all. Thank you.

Ma'am.

Ma'am, do you want me
to scale up the memorial?

As long as all the names
are read,

that should be fine.

I was having a moment.

Apologies.

Is everything all right?

Listen, um,
about Special Envoy Harriman.

I know he can be a pain.

Go easy today,
will you?

He survived the bombing in '98.

I wasn't aware.

I'll do that. Thank you, ma'am.

Yep.

JAY:
Let's sum up pros and cons

and move to a recommendation
for the secretary.

Pete, you have a question.

What's really
going on here, Jay?

Why is the White House so hot to
lift sanctions all of a sudden?

It's a great question.

And one that the secretary
also wants an answer to.

Something stinks.

Is there some sort
of Pentagon play afoot here?

Like I said,
we're into it.

Kat, why don't you
sum up the arguments

in favor of lifting
the sanctions?
KAT:
Right.

So the idea is that Sudan has
basically done what we demanded,

uh, they've stopped
supporting terrorism,

as far as we know,
they are

allowing more food aid
to reach vulnerable populations.

They are no longer

stoking the civil war
in South Sudan.

So in short, the chief argument

for lifting the sanctions
is that they worked.

Okay, thanks. Now the cons?

Why should the sanctions
remain in place? Pete?

For exactly the same reason.

President Qasim didn't
just stop supporting Al-Qaeda

out of the goodness
of his heart.

He did it
because we hit his regime

and his cronies
and his family where it hurt.

The sanctions
are the only meaningful tool

that we have
to affect his behavior.

It's just too soon.

What about the counterargument
that the sanctions

aren't really hurting
the regime,

but just trickling down
to the Sudanese people?

Yes, Qasim and
his friends have

managed to evade
the worst impacts,

but they've felt the bite
enough to come this far.

In the long run,
are we preventing more suffering

than we're causing?
I say we are.

President Qasim
is not a young man.

We could use the prospect
of lifting the sanctions

as a carrot to try to affect
their choice of his successor,

and how hebehaves.

So in my view,
we keep our boot on his neck

until this bastard is dead.

JAY:
So our recommendation

is that we keep
the sanctions in place?

Okay. Great. Thanks, everybody.

Look who's here.

Hey, babe. Ready for lunch?ELIZABETH:
Hey, honey.

Yeah. Mm.

Um, Henry and I are gonna go eat

peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches

in the freezing
cold park.

This is what passes
for a date night these days.

Ah.Yeah. Don't wait up for us.

[chuckles]

Thank you.
Mm-hmm.

MATT:
Hey, Doc.

HENRY: Hey, guys.Hi.

I think we may
have found a way

to, uh, cut through the noise

on the embassy security
funding issue.

Don't oversell it.

Congress wants to cut our budget
for embassy security, again.

Unbelievable. But believable.

Look, whatever you're selling,
sell it to me on the walk, okay?

Yes, ma'am. Uh, three words:

bomb-sniffing dogs.

To adequately protect
our facilities

and personnel worldwide,

State needs to add at least
30 more in the upcoming year.

Yeah, but every other agency
and local PD wants them,

which makes them expensive.

So what's your pitch?

We make a video with you
and a bomb-sniffing dog.

Highlighting how much State
depends on the work they do,

and implicitly, how Congress
is putting our folks in danger

by cutting our funding
so we can't afford them.

But because it's a dog video,
it's adorable, so it goes viral,

and all of a sudden, there's
outside pressure on Congress.

Better be a pretty cute dog.

So, what do you think?

It's the best idea

I've heard today.Maybe weshould get a dog.

[sighs] Oh, now look
what you've started.

Just save one.All right, get into
it and get back to me.

Yes, ma'am.
Will do,
ma'am.

You don't have to do this.

What, freeze my ass off
on a park bench with you?

There's nothing
I'd rather be doing.

Hold my hand through this week.

I refer to my earlier statement.

I snapped at my staff
about the memorial.

Well, they'll get over it.

Maybe I should put a
letter in a time capsule.

"So, hey,

"my involvement with the
Bin Laden Issue Station at CIA

"has finally been
declassified, so here's

[laughing]: why I
was such a bitch."

You were a mid-level
analyst, Elizabeth.

You couldn't have
stopped that bombing.

After the first World Trade
Center attack in '93,

we knew it was
just a matter of time

before they hit us again.

All those plotters
are either dead,

or serving a life sentence
in a supermax.

I always wanted
to apologize, you know?

But I can't.

And to be Secretary of State,
to speak at that memorial,

and not acknowledge
my own failure?

Babe, it's...

Henry, it bothers me.

I know.

I'm here.

With lunch.

And dinner tomorrow night.

The kids will be there, too.

So you're just gonna help me
eat my way through this?

Yeah, that's the plan.

Now, come on.

Let's go
to the Einstein Memorial.

Old Al always cheers you up.

'Cause he's just like, "Yeah,
I'm just sitting here,

with my three history-altering
theorems, like, no big deal."

Let's go.

Just am.

JAY:
Good morning, ma'am.

Uh, we need to talk,
before you go in there.

What's up?

You know how CIA's been...

[quietly]:
expanding its relationship

with Sudan the last few years?

Yeah, what about it?Turns out

that they're pretty
far down the road

with negotiations
to build a base there.

Are you kidding me?

So that's what's behind the
urgency to lift the sanctions?

That's my bet.

Okay.

Mr. President, I-I'm sorry,

but I-I resent my department
being left in the dark

about these
negotiations.

But putting that
to one side,

is this meeting a
foregone conclusion?

Do State's recommendations
even matter?

DALTON: Of
course it does.

Wouldn't be holding the meeting
if it didn't, Bess.

State, uh,
remains opposed

to lifting the sanctions?Yes. For reasons

too numerous, obvious
and odious to mention.

Sir.
WARE:
Madam Secretary,

I understand
your frustration.

But the rapidly evolving
terrorist threat in Africa

was such that CIA needed to move
just as quickly to thwart it.

By cozying up to an
oppressive regime?

That's how we wound up

with a terrorist threat
in the first place.

DALTON: I hear you.
But we have to fight

today's battle, not yesterday's.

I agree, sir.
But the fact that Qasim has

pitted our government against
itself is warning enough

that he is not a trustworthy
ally in that fight.

What's Treasury's view on this?

While the sanctions have been
broadly effective,

Sudan's Ministry of Finance has,
in recent years, become

much more creative in getting
money in and out of the country.

DALTON:
Meaning what?

That's just it; we don't know.

It's dark money, so it's hard

to say
where it's going.

WARE:
It could well just be

the usual money laundering
of a corrupt regime.

Or it could be money marked
for more nefarious purposes.

Procuring more weapons for
use against their own people.

ELIZABETH:
Exactly. Now, look,

Qasim remains
a hardline Islamist.

How convinced are we
that he has changed his stripes?

So you think this dark money
could be supporting terrorism?

I think we should
certainly find out

before we hand him
a blank check.

WARE: Sir,
the United States doesn't have

a terror problem
in Sudan.

We cannot
say the same

about any number
of its neighbors.

This base is a bulwark against
a real and growing threat.

We must act quickly.

Well, let's see if we can get to
the bottom of Qasim's finances

before we give away the store.

You have three days.

Thank you.

♪

Well, the regime
in Khartoum has always tried

to evade the sanctions,
but, uh, all of us

at the forensic accounting unit
began to notice

an uptick about five years ago.

How are they getting
money out of Sudan?

Sleight of hand.

They disguise the origin
of the transactions

by routing them
through several banks

before the money arrives
at its final destination.

So by the time the money
shows up in, say, Paris,

there's no way of telling...

where it came from.And in Paris, there's usually

some mirror trade set up
by a straw buyer

for exactly the sum
that left Khartoum.

Convenient.
EVELYN:
Isn't it, though?

And you don't know
where the money goes after that?

PETER: No, at that
point, it's clean.

So it becomes very
hard to track.

The sheer volume and complexity
of these transactions

makes it impossible
to trace them all end to end.

But we have drilled down on
a few just to get a snapshot.

We should have some answers
for you very soon.

Yeah, and what changed

in the last five or so years

that allowed them
to up their game like this?

Unknown at this point, ma'am.Don't know.

The ministry's kind
of a black box.

You deal with these
front office guys,

and who knows who
really moves the money?

Get with OFAC at Treasury

and do your best
to find out, will you?

Yes, ma'am.

Madam Secretary.

I believe that lifting the
sanctions on the Qasim regime

is a mistake, morally
and strategically,

and I have to object
in the strongest possible terms.

I understand.

But the president sets policy,
and we execute it.

Understood, ma'am.

[dogs barking]

That means she just
found the explosives.

Incredible.

How do they find it so fast?

Training.

But having 300 million scent
cells in her nose--

as compared to our measly six
million-- doesn't hurt, either.

Hmm.Wow. And-and why does she sit,

instead, you know,
scratch or something?

What happens
when youtouch a bomb?

That's a good point.

Anyway, Gage,
as we mentioned,

we want to shoot some video of
one of the grown dogs at work,

and then, we want to get
some footage of the secretary

with one of the
younger trainees.

Let's look in the kennel.

Okay. Let's go find
our hero dog.

He's so cute.

[Matt chuckles]

Eh?

Hi.

Poncho...

[gasps][cooing]

Oh!

Look at this guy.Oh!

Look at this guy.Oh, ho...

Yeah.
[laughs]

How about this one?GAGE:
Who, Waffles?

Yeah.Nah, you don't want him.

He's a washout.

What does that mean?He's a good boy.

Sweet,
great with the staff.

Unfortunately,
the training's making clear

he's not much of a bomb sniffer.

Not like Patton, here.

Hey, boy.

MATT:
You're a pupper.

He's a natural.
Whoa.

Here, boy...

[laughs]
Looks like we've found our star.

So, uh, what-what happens
to Waffles?

GAGE: He'll go up
for adoption.

Our washouts make
fantastic pets.

Either of you
in the market?

Man, I wish I could,

but my building
won't allow dogs.

B-But she's been
thinking about getting one.

What? No, actually,
I have a new baby, so...

Up to you.

Uh, in any event, if you are
interested, he'll go quickly.

You hear that?

No, thanks.

Although,
he does seem like a good boy.

[Matt chuckles]

Okay, uh, Gage, why don't-why
don't we walk through the shoot?

Yeah.
Okay.

Hey, pal.

Hey.

Dinner's gonna be about 7:00.

This lasagna's vegetarian, if
you want to ask Piper to join.

Oh, uh...

No, that's okay.

You don't want to invite her?

No, it's just that
I think it's important

for just the family
to spend some time together.

That's why we've barely
seen you without Piper

in, like, five months.

Yeah. Tell me about it.

W-Wait, hang
on a second.

Wait, what's going on? Are you
guys in a fight, or something?

Well, she wants to be.

I haven't exactly
been texting her back.

Okay, all right, back
up for a second.

Uh, I mean,
the last couple of weeks,

we haven't been able
to get you away from Piper.

Now, what,
you're just ghosting her?

That's the thing.

I'm suffocating.

You know? Like-like,

if I just want to hang out with
my friends, she comes along.

And if she goes to the mall,
then, I go along.

If she-if she volunteers
at the homeless shelter,

then, I volunteer
at the homeless shelter.

I thought you liked
volunteering.Yeah.

It was a profound experience
in class awakening,

but that's not the point.

Well, look, it sounds to me

like you guys just
need to have a talk,

you know, about stuff
like boundaries,

maybe spending some time apart.

All we do is talk. All right?

I've never been more in touch
with my feelings,

and it's exhausting.

And I always feel like...

like I'm just coming up
a little bit short.

Well, get used to that, buddy.

[scoffs] Okay, well,
we've had a good run,

but it... I feel like
it's time to end things.

Hang on. Listen to me.

Piper's been a really
important person to you.

She's been a great friend.

So if you want to end it,

don't you think you owe it
to her, and to yourself,

to have a conversation
about it, face-to-face?

That's not really how
kids do stuff anymore.

Well, I don't care

how kids do stuff,
I care how you do stuff.

Okay. Fine.

All right. When are
you gonna talk to her?

Soon. Really soon.

I'm holding you to that.

Madam Secretary,
thanks for taking the time.

Of course.
What can I do for you?

I wanted to give you this.

If that's your resignation,
I won't accept it.

I have to insist.

My position has
been undermined.

I can't be
an effective negotiator

when the regime in Khartoum
knows they can just go around me

and get what they want from CIA.

Look, I'm as unhappy about how
this is playing out as you are.

But you are one
of the ablest diplomats

this department has ever had.

And we need you
in the fight.

How am I supposed to fight

when I've been
stabbed in the back?

I tell you what.

Let me just hold onto it
for a few days,

and we'll see
where we're at, all right?

That's entirely
up to you, ma'am.

Now if you'll excuse me...

Peter.

I know that

this must be
a difficult week for you.

My position on Sudan
has nothing to do

with the bombing.I know.

If you wanted to speak
at the memorial tomorrow,

the department would be honored.

That's very gracious of you,
ma'am, but no, thank you.

I read the report.

You saved lives that day.

You embodied the very best
of this department.

The very best of humanity,
for that matter.

I was having an affair.

Is that in your report?

She was all those things
that you just talked about.

As were many of my colleagues,

and the innocent, beautiful
children at that school.

And for the life of me,
I can't explain why I am here,

when she is not
and they are not, and so, no.

Thank you very much, but I will
not be speaking at the memorial.

Now if you'll excuse me.

Everything's fine.

It's just
a tough week for him.

For a lot of people.

Uh, your motorcade is here
to take you to the White House.

I'll be right out.

[door opens]

Elizabeth. Tom.

ELIZABETH: Mr. President.TOM: Mr. President.

So, I hear we've achieved
clarity on Sudan's finances,

if that's not an oxymoron.

That's correct, sir.

We were able to track some
of the suspicious transactions

from origin to endpoint.

While this isn't
a complete picture,

it does give us
a fairly good sense

of the overall purpose
of the operation.

And?

Basically, the money winds up
in Swiss bank accounts,

or goes toward the purchase
of luxury real estate in Europe.

President Qasim does appear
to be feathering his nest,

should he ever retire, or be
forced from power, more likely.

So no illicit weapons purchases
or terrorist slush fund?

No, sir. Just the usual dictator
shenanigans, as you suspected.

Yes, but we should add,

we still don't know
who's managing

these transactions for him.

That's fairly academic,
at this point.

Well, then, uh...

I think we should move forward

with formally lifting
the sanctions.

Before you voice them, your
reservations are noted.

And shared, for that matter.

Understood, sir.

[indistinct chatter]

Ma'am? A word?

It's urgent.

Uh...

EVELYN:
Ma'am.
Hi, Evelyn.

Evelyn and her team

were able to track
down the identities

of some of the key players

behind President Qasim's
financial moves.

I-I appreciate

your dogged professionalism,

but POTUS just moved
to lift the sanctions,

so their identities
aren't germane anymore.

But thank you.With respect, ma'am,

they are.

This is...

Gaafar El-Basha.

The Al-Qaeda money man behind
the Uganda bombing in '98.

He was killed by a drone strike
eight years ago.

Are you telling me
he's alive?

According to our sources,
he's back home in Khartoum

using his financial acumen
on behalf of President Qasim.

Not if I have anything
to say about it.

ELIZABETH: Mr. President,
Sudan has been harboring

a known terrorist
under our nose for years.

If that isn't violating
the terms of the sanctions,

I don't know what is.

True, but on the other hand,
you yourself said that

El-Basha isn't engaged
in any terrorist activity.

He's just laundering money
so that President Qasim

can say he owns a château

in the Loire Valley.

So what are we suggesting here?

We just let him go?

Well, it's possible that once
the sanctions are lifted

Qasim won't need
El-Basha anymore

and he'll just hand him over.

WARE:
Maybe the prospect of them

being reimposed is enough
to get Qasim to cough him up.

ELIZABETH:
Respectfully, sir,

we were all spies once.

El-Basha knows where all
of Qasim's bodies are buried,

at least the financial ones.

Do we really believe that he's
just going to cut him loose?

What do you suggest, Bess?

We slow play lifting
the sanctions,

and mount an operation
and grab that son of a bitch.

Excuse my French, Mr. President.

Well, that wouldn't exactly be
the most auspicious beginning

to this new chapter
in our relationship.

Mr. President, our base plans
are very far along.

We've got dozens of CIA
personnel in-country.

Actually, that helps.

HENRY:
So, what did Conrad say?

That he'll think it over.

Oh, that's usually
the kiss of death.

Tomorrow, I'm going to look
State Department staffers

in the eye and say,
"Times have changed

since the bombing in Uganda."
When in fact,

one of the very terrorists

responsible for the bombing is
cooling his heels in Khartoum,

which makes a damn good case

that nothing has
changed at all.

Whole thing makes me sick.

Hey. Come on.

These folks have been
around the block.

They don't expect you to
somehow resolve their grief.

You just need to be
sincerely present for it

and I have no doubt
you'll do that.

Much like you are now.

Yes, this is all just
an elaborate ruse

to get you to give
me a compliment.
[laughs]

What's going on
around here?

What's the latest
with Piper-Gate?

Oh, you know, I don't know.
I should check on that.

No, you shouldn't.

You don't think that
he owes her the respect

to break up with
her in person?
I do.

But I also think kids have to
work this stuff out themselves.

Come on. There's never
been a more important time

for us to insist our son

treat women with respect.

You are preaching to the choir.

But sticking your nose
into teenage romance?

That way lies madness.

True.

But I'm feeling cocky.

I'm gonna go for it.

Yeah. I'm doing it.
Henry.

Don't. Don't.

Hey, Jace.

Yeah, what's up?

You talk to Piper yet?

Oh, you know, um, it's just
such a sensitive topic.

I'm waiting
for the right time.

Mm-hmm, yeah.

So in other words,
you're still ghosting her.

Wait, you actually want
to break up with Piper?

Wow, you're an even
bigger idiot

than I thought you were.You're an idiot.

All right, let's play
"Who's an Idiot?" later.

Um, get your phone
and text Piper.

Tell her you want to talk to her
and then get your shoes.

We're gonna go over there.

What? No.Yup.

Yeah, at least
have the balls

to tell her
in person.

You go, Dad.

JASON:
Can't I just call Piper?

Seems like a happy medium.

Jace, just open the door
and go talk to her.

I'll be waiting right here.

Henry.

Jason, hi.

Piper told me
you'd be stopping by.JASON: Hi.

Hi, Regina.

She's upstairs, Jason.

Do you want to come inside
for a cup of coffee?

Uh, I was just
dropping Jason off.

Oh. Thank God they'll be able
to drive at night soon, right?

[laughs] Come on.
Have some coffee.

Uh... sure.

Hey, Piper.

Hey.

Jason seems
so serious tonight.

Yeah?

But, you know,
he's a heady kid.

He's thoughtful, mature.

Well, that's great to hear.

Frank and I just adore him.

Elizabeth and I are very
fond of Piper, too.

You know, the four of us should
all have dinner sometime.

I'm... I know the secretary's
probably very busy.

No, no, that'd be great.

Maybe on prom night.

[both laugh]

Yeah, parents' prom.

Hey, Dad, so, time to go.

Well, it's great to
see you again, Regina.

Um, can't wait till they
can drive at night, huh?

Bye-bye now.

ELIZABETH:
In closing,

Abraham Lincoln wrote
of those who perished

in the great struggle
of his age,

"that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion

"to that cause
for which they gave

the last full measure
of devotion."

For our beloved,
fallen colleagues,

that cause was and remains
the promotion

of this nation's highest ideals:

equality, freedom,

justice and democracy.

Let's honor their memory
by humbly continuing

to serve that noble cause.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

And now we will observe
a moment of silence

before the reading
of the names

of all who perished
in the attack,

American and Ugandan.

Please bow your heads.

[footsteps leaving]

MATT:
You think M-Sec

sold the Lincoln quote?

Wait, is that what
you're thinking about?

You mean my job? Yeah.

You know,
for someone so talented,

you can be a real weenie.

Ouch. You're lashing out.

That's natural.
You know why?

Because Joanna's colicky
and I haven't gotten

four consecutive hours of sleep
in a month?

You're single. You're lonely.

What you need is a loyal,
uncomplicated companion.

I know you're
not talking about you.

Again, ouch.

But no, I'm talking
about Waffles.

Did you not hear
what I just said?

I'm exhausted literally
all the time.

I don't have the energy
for a dog.

I hear that.

Now hear this.

A dog in the house is proven

to improve your child's
immune system.

That's science.

Also, dogs are excellent
deterrents to criminals.

That's very important

for a single mom.Please, keep saying "single."

Which leads me to my last point.

Let's face it. A baby carriage
ain't exactly a man magnet.

[laughing]:
I hate you so much.

But you know what is?

[imitates dog whining]

You're just playing on my fear
of dying alone

to make me get a dog
that you actually want.

That doesn't
mean I'm wrong.

Out.

I'd walk him for you.

Go.
Come on.

You know, it would mean
a lot to me to know

that you and Joanna had someone
to help keep you safe.

You know, you should've
just opened with that, man.

Weenie.

Ma'am.

We've got intel
on El-Basha.

Okay.

CIA still hasn't nailed down
his exact place of residence

in Khartoum, but there does
appear to be a villa,

uh, under the name
of an otherwise poor relation

in Port Sudan.

Well, at least we've got
one fixed location for him.

That's good.

Nice pool, by the way.

But he's not there now

and the Red Sea's at least a
full day's drive from Khartoum.

So, while the villa's
a nice data point,

there's no telling when he
might actually show up there.

Maybe we should force his hand.

It is a pleasure,
Madam Secretary,

to be able to speak to you

with the candor
of a friend and equal.

Well, the pleasure is all mine,
Mr. Foreign Minister.

Sudan looks to build on many
shared areas of corporation

and we count the days

until these onerous sanctions
are lifted.

As do we.

Although, we did learn something
of concern recently.

And what is that?

It seems too incredible
to be true,

but are you familiar
with the name Gaafar El-Basha?

He was an Al-Qaeda financier.

I remember the name vaguely.

Um, he was killed
some years ago, no?

Well, that's just it.

We have intelligence
that he might be alive.

Well, this is indeed incredible.

Furthermore, he might be hiding
out in his hometown of Khartoum.

But this is impossible.

Where did you hear such a story?

In light of our burgeoning
partnership,

might your government help
in our search for him?

You have my word,
Madam Secretary.

If this ghost, El-Basha,
is in Khartoum,

we will certainly find him.

That would mean
a great deal to us.

Thank you, Rashad.

Good evening, Elizabeth.

It's done.

ELIZABETH:
Tell me that story again.

Not funny, Elizabeth.

Henry, come on.

I had a really hard day.

So, Jace comes running out,

like, "Go, go, go!"

And then you turn
to Regina and say?

"Can't wait till they can
drive at night, huh?"

[laughs]
That just...

Probably the most...It-it's too good.

...awkward moment ever.

I-I-I froze.
I-I really bricked.

I told you not
to get involved.

[sighs] I feel bad.

If I want Jason to figure out

how to treat people
respectfully,

I should've modeled that.

[laughs] But I-I just let
that poor woman prattle on

about spending prom night
with us.

Oh, please.
Let-let's not do that.
No.

Okay?
Well, it's moot, anyway.

And then when Jason bailed,
I was just...

"Can you wait till he
can drive at night?

Am I right, Regina?"All right, all right.

"Is this thing working?
I know I am."
Stop it.

You know what I'm gonna do?

[laughing]:
What?
I'm gonna call her,

and apologize
and just clear the air.

Uh, yeah...Oh, Henry, you are in a hole.

Just quit digging, would you?

Never.

Good night, beautiful.

Good night, handsome.

[grunts]

[laughs]

Not funny.

[laughing]:
It is so funny.

Hi, I'm Secretary of State
Elizabeth McCord,

and this is Patton.

He's training
for a very special mission.

There's no denying he's cute.

He's so much more than that.

He's got spirit.
Just-just look into his eyes.

He'll show them all.

It's just not the right time,

and-and that's all
there is to it.

Fine.

Are you ready, Patton?

Come on. Let's go. Come on.

Patton is a real pro.

Yeah, screw that guy.

And that's a cut.

[indistinct chatter]

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

We'll be ready with
the next setup in just a minute.

Great.
Cool.

I have got to tell you guys,
this place

is making me rethink my whole
stance on not getting a dog.

Oh, my God.

Look at how cute you are.

He's so much
more than that, though.

ELIZABETH:
"Waffles," oh.

Waffles is up for adoption?

Oh, my goodness, sweetheart,
do you want to come home with me

and just snugg-ugg-ugg...

DAISY: Already
spoken for.

Yes...Yeah. I'm adopting him.

Waffles is my dog, okay?

O-Okay.It's her dog.

Oh, good.
Great, Daisy, that's...

DIRECTOR: We're ready
when you are, Madam Secretary.Congratul-- okay.

Shut up.

You're welcome.

DALTON: Looks like your plan
to get El-Basha

out of Khartoum worked.

Well, we'll see.

Soon enough.

Oh. Cheers.

Cheers.
Cheers.

Anyway, thanks for coming.

Lydia thought I could
stand to have some company

while I'm waiting to hear
how this plays out, so...

thanks for being here.

[exhales]

You know, Bess,
I've been thinking about

that bombing in Uganda,
all those years ago.

One of the first shots
in what's turned out

to be a very long fight.

We have children that were born
after that started.

And there's still
no real end in sight.

ELIZABETH:
Well,

we've had many successes.

We've downgraded
Al-Qaeda and ISIL...

And Al-Shabaab,

and Boko Haram and the rest.

20 years, trillions of dollars,
thousands of American lives.

[exhales]

I've stood on that tarmac
at Dover

and saluted more coffins
than I can count.

And are we any
closer to victory?

I mean, what would victory
even look like?

It's a paradox.I-I feel like

I'm failing the American people,
like I'm failing the world,

because I don't have
a better answer.

ELIZABETH:
Well, I know going after

El-Basha
is personal to me,

but Conrad, I think
this one is worth the risk.

It always is.

Hmm.

That's the problem,
in some ways.

[knock at door]MILITARY AIDE:
Mr. President.

The SEALs are inside
El-Basha's compound.

What are you doing?

Who are you?

Invictus. Repeat, Invictus.

COMMAND:
Invictus, copy.

Proceed to rendezvous for exfil.

Madam Secretary,
Sudan must officially protest

this violation
of our sovereignty.

Sure. Why not?

I'm really calling to alert
your government to two items.

Gaafar El-Basha is awaiting
arraignment on terrorism charges

in federal court in the Eastern
District of Virginia--

that's where the preponderance
of his victims used to live,

you see-- excluding, of course,
the dozens of Ugandans

who were also murdered that day.

Shall I read you
all the names?

We will rescind our approval
of the CIA base in our country.

But the CIA agents in Sudan have
already proven their worth.

In fact, it was their intel

that brought a notorious
terrorist to justice.

How can the U.S. afford to lose

such an asset?

I'm telling you what you should
say to me next year,

when the U.S. will reconsider
lifting the sanctions.

A year's time?

We had an agreement.

We did.

And we will again,

provided you're transparent
in your dealings with us.

But there's one thing
that you should know,

going forward:

when it comes to avenging harm

done to our people,

we never forget.

Let me know what you decide
about the base. Bye.

Wait, just a...

Hi, Regina, it's Henry McCord.

How are you?

Good-- I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine.

Listen, I wanted to talk
to you about the...

Okay.

[door closes]

...other night, um...

Uh, I'm sorry, Regina,
can I call you right back?

Yes. Thanks. Sorry.

Uh, hey, Piper.

Hi, Henry.

Hey.Um, Jace, can I...

talk to you for just one sec?

Yeah. Sure.

[exhales]

What's up, Dad?

Uh, you, uh...
[stammers]

Why don't you tell me?

Oh, yeah, um, you
were totally right.

You know, just...
after the other night,

I-I realized that, you know,
I wanted some space,

but not infinite,
endless space.

So, you know, we
talked it out,

and, uh, I feel like we really
grew as a couple, so...

thanks, Dad.

Good for you, son.

Madam Secretary,
you wanted to see me?

Uh...

Yeah. Peter, I, uh...

I wanted to tell you
that I accept your resignation

as special envoy
to Sudan and South Sudan.

Oh, well...

[sighs] Thank you,
Madam Secretary.

It was an honor to serve.

I also recommended to the
president that he name you

the next ambassador to the U.N.

POTUS agreed.

[exhales]

This means a great deal.

Do you mind if I take a couple
of days to think it over?

Well, don't take too long.

As I said,
we need you in the fight.

Of course.

I should apologize to you for
my outburst the other day.

No.

I should apologize
to you, Peter.

W-Will you sit down?

[clears throat]

I could get in a lot of
trouble for telling you this,

but... what the hell?

I was in the Bin Laden
Issue Station at CIA

in '98.

We knew

something was coming,

we just couldn't...

...figure out all the pieces
fast enough.

And we failed you
and your colleagues,

and for that,
I am profoundly sorry.

Don't beat yourself up
too much on that score, ma'am.

There's blame enough
for everybody.

State knew that building
was too close to the street

to be safe.

The White House underfunded
security measures

'cause they were so determined
to get their "peace dividend."

CIA should have given
your unit more resources.

On and on it goes.

We all failed.

But if it gives you any comfort,

hear my words: I forgive you.

Thank you.

Since we're revealing secrets...

[sighs]

...my-my grief makes me ashamed

when I think about
how much others lost.

Parents lost sons and daughters

and husbands lost wives.

[grunts]

Meanwhile, my wife and kids
were safe, back in D.C.,

while I was running around.

I think it was
deeper than that.

[sighs]

Things weren't so great
at home to start with.

I volunteered for
hardship posts, like Kampala.

It wasn't fair
to my wife, or the kids.

But I loved the work.

And I felt like
we were making a difference.

So did she.

Do you want
to tell me about her?

[chuckles] Well, we had
very different tastes in music,

I'll tell you that.

She loved indie rock.

[chuckling]:
And I...

I'm an old jazz guy.

Even back then,
I was just a grumpy old man.

[both laugh]

We'd drive around,
those warm Kampala nights,

and trade off listening
to cassettes.

Liz Phair,
and Billie Holiday.

She used to call me
her "funny valentine."

My figure being less than Greek,

you understand.

Madam Secretary,

I tend to inspire strong
reactions in people.

Hmm, something usually
between grudging respect

and open hostility.

But she was...

She was the first one

to really see me.

And it was wonderful.

Her name was Lana.

She was the love of my life.

[sniffles]

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