1 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:09,614 Where's my fucking copy of the plan? 2 00:00:09,634 --> 00:00:11,950 Public marriage, private divorce. 3 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:13,576 Are you gonna fuck people? 4 00:00:13,596 --> 00:00:15,532 Yeah, I guess so. 5 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:17,414 What's happening right now? 6 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:19,708 People may invite the second lady to tea, 7 00:00:19,728 --> 00:00:22,002 but the ambassador's gonna walk through the door. 8 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:24,838 Is Hal short for Harold or Henry? 9 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:26,256 I'm... I'm sorry? 10 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:29,551 If Hal wants me fired, he should do it. Not send you to test me. 11 00:00:29,571 --> 00:00:32,429 Do I have "ask me to call Hal" tattooed on my forehead, 12 00:00:32,449 --> 00:00:34,264 and I'm the only one who doesn't know it? 13 00:00:34,284 --> 00:00:37,475 I think it might be time to put your head down and call Hal. 14 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,019 Are you familiar with a program 15 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:41,479 called the Cooperative Global Messaging Initiative? 16 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:43,273 They need a point person. 17 00:00:43,293 --> 00:00:44,482 I'm going to be gone. 18 00:00:44,502 --> 00:00:49,446 If you're running a multinational project, it's a lot harder to fire you. 19 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:51,448 - What did Hal say? - About? 20 00:00:51,468 --> 00:00:53,033 The North Sea. 21 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:54,242 Well, he agrees. 22 00:00:54,262 --> 00:00:57,746 You just put me out ahead of the White House on resource extraction. 23 00:00:57,766 --> 00:00:59,497 I have been trying to reach you. 24 00:00:59,517 --> 00:01:04,461 You can't play the wife card every time your host country needs a favor. 25 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:06,004 My marriage is over, 26 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:10,717 if that's what you would consider actionable intelligence. 27 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,177 - You were trying to leave. - No. 28 00:01:12,197 --> 00:01:14,632 I'm trying to get you to take your shirt off. 29 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:16,890 Kate. 30 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,929 - You're sorry. - I'm not. I just think the timing is bad. 31 00:01:43,311 --> 00:01:45,460 UAS 910 Alpha Tango. 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,879 Recon flight operating six kilometers northwest. 33 00:01:47,899 --> 00:01:51,711 - AGL 40 M. Deploy altitude hold. - Rerouting to B509. 34 00:01:52,904 --> 00:01:54,422 Hold geofencing. 35 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:57,425 What happened? 36 00:01:58,618 --> 00:02:00,970 - Did we lose them? - Stand by. 37 00:02:01,996 --> 00:02:05,647 - Target back in FOV. - Ah, okay. Tag them. 38 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:08,316 - Copy. - All of them. 39 00:02:08,336 --> 00:02:09,979 Updating OSD. 40 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:15,240 And let the ground team know. I don't want anyone else on that road. 41 00:02:15,260 --> 00:02:16,574 Relayed. 42 00:02:16,594 --> 00:02:18,696 GT establishing AVB perimeter. 43 00:02:26,229 --> 00:02:27,794 - Ambassador. - The second lady. 44 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:30,755 - I'm so glad you could make it. - Ambassador Wyler. 45 00:02:30,775 --> 00:02:31,965 It's nice to see you. 46 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:35,755 - Unit requesting RTPC control. - Single out the target car. 47 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,303 That's the decoy. 48 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:41,474 The principal is in the third car. Come on, guys, focus. 49 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,643 RFI west of Lawford. Steer clear. 50 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:45,645 Thank you. Holding track with that? 51 00:02:45,665 --> 00:02:48,189 Copy. ETA to waypoint, 14:07. 52 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:49,310 Hi. 53 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:52,272 - Ambassador. - Ambassador. 54 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:54,571 Britain smitten. 55 00:02:54,591 --> 00:02:57,574 I am smitten right back. I'm so glad you could make it. 56 00:02:57,594 --> 00:03:00,702 I love to be lectured by the Americans. How could I stay away? 57 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:02,996 This time you're being lectured by the Brits. 58 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,873 That's much worse. 59 00:03:04,893 --> 00:03:06,369 Mrs. Vice President. 60 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:08,496 Slow down. 61 00:03:09,147 --> 00:03:10,503 Plenty of time. 62 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:13,590 Target is on final approach. Ear to the wire. 63 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:15,169 - Ready? - Yep. 64 00:03:18,072 --> 00:03:19,929 - You good? - Could not be better. 65 00:03:19,949 --> 00:03:23,678 It's not the, uh, youngest crowd we've ever had, so maybe keep it brief. 66 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:26,139 You're speaking, not me. 67 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:28,104 - What? - No? 68 00:03:28,124 --> 00:03:30,148 No, I'm just "Hi and welcome." 69 00:03:30,168 --> 00:03:32,233 - You don't have a speech? - We discussed this. 70 00:03:32,253 --> 00:03:35,111 You would make remarks, and I would mingle and applaud. 71 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:37,859 - Shit, okay. Let me find my guy. - Ambassador. 72 00:03:39,510 --> 00:03:40,695 I have a speech. 73 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:46,326 - I'm going to have you thrown out. - Tenley's at your six. 74 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:48,202 - Beryl, welcome. - Thank you. 75 00:03:48,686 --> 00:03:50,663 And you must be Mr. Tenley. 76 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:52,170 Lady Ambassador. 77 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:55,840 Oh, it's second lady or ambassador. But I prefer you call me Kate. 78 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:59,177 Might we possibly, at the risk of intruding upon your time... 79 00:03:59,197 --> 00:04:00,803 Oh, for goodness sake. 80 00:04:00,823 --> 00:04:05,683 He's talked of nothing but you for months, and now he's tongue-tied in your presence. 81 00:04:05,703 --> 00:04:11,147 Would you please do my husband the exquisite honor of taking a selfie? 82 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,066 - Sure. - See? 83 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:16,444 - For our granddaughter. She adores you. - Thinks your husband is handsome. 84 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:18,905 - Give me your phone. - Oh, yeah. Press the side. 85 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:21,199 - All right, let's see if we can get it. - Yes. 86 00:04:21,219 --> 00:04:22,528 - Ready? - Yeah. 87 00:04:23,554 --> 00:04:24,953 One minute out. 88 00:04:24,973 --> 00:04:26,407 - Time to move. - On my way. 89 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:32,919 - Ambassador, do you know Mr. Ellis? - Of course. 90 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:35,004 He called me 12 times on the telephone. 91 00:04:35,024 --> 00:04:37,590 - Once you said yes, I stopped. - He's shameless. 92 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:40,760 If we'd known from the start the second lady was hosting, 93 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,512 you could have saved 11 phone calls. 94 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:44,514 Next time, I'm making all the calls. 95 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:48,142 When can we get you to the embassy? We'll put a dinner together in your honor. 96 00:04:48,162 --> 00:04:49,560 I would love that. 97 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:53,189 - En route. They're past the gate. - Clear the ground floor hallway, please. 98 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:56,354 - Let me know when you're on the X. - Will do. Hang tight. 99 00:04:56,838 --> 00:04:58,278 Hey. Mayday. 100 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,529 Nobody says that. 101 00:04:59,549 --> 00:05:00,733 What do they say? 102 00:05:01,217 --> 00:05:03,116 - Alan, hold up a sec. - Copy. 103 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,570 Back door, not front door. 104 00:05:05,179 --> 00:05:07,620 There's a delivery entrance on the other side of the building. 105 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,076 Let's back it up and take the first left. 106 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:37,103 Congratulations. You're a credit to the nation. 107 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,281 - What are you doing? - We're done. 108 00:05:43,301 --> 00:05:46,612 - It's not over. - My part is. The eagle has landed. 109 00:05:48,389 --> 00:05:52,243 Mayday. I lost visuals. I'm flying blind. 110 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:03,634 - Frances. - Mr. Vice President. 111 00:06:03,654 --> 00:06:04,677 - Mr. VP. - Neil. 112 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:05,840 This way, sir. 113 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:11,059 I have the package. 114 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,430 Oh, is it Stuart? 115 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:16,564 - Nicely done. - Ah, I'm not counting chickens. 116 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:19,525 - You think she figured it out? - I was at the house this morning. 117 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:22,278 If she knows, her game face is better than I thought. 118 00:06:22,298 --> 00:06:24,942 Ah, you did great. Okay, here we go. 119 00:06:25,968 --> 00:06:28,242 - Want to stay on the line? - Absolutely. 120 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:31,913 - But I don't know if I ever... - What's that expression? 121 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:33,790 - Excuse me. - Yes? 122 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,917 - Everything is set for your address. - Okay. 123 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:39,212 The last guests have arrived. Is there anything I can fetch for you? 124 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:41,672 - No. Thank you, Frances. - Perhaps water? 125 00:06:41,692 --> 00:06:43,669 - I'm good, thanks. - Oh my God. 126 00:06:44,278 --> 00:06:46,135 Nice surprise. How are you? 127 00:06:46,155 --> 00:06:48,007 Right this way, Mr. Vice President. 128 00:07:00,044 --> 00:07:04,273 Wow. Whoa. This is... 129 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:06,317 Oh my goodness. 130 00:07:06,717 --> 00:07:07,698 Hey. 131 00:07:07,718 --> 00:07:09,529 - You sure got me. - Yeah? 132 00:07:11,347 --> 00:07:12,286 Hear that? 133 00:07:12,306 --> 00:07:14,659 Aw... 134 00:07:20,731 --> 00:07:23,297 - Sorry. - Mr. Vice President. 135 00:07:23,317 --> 00:07:26,175 Steffen. I hear you got the big chair. 136 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:29,804 Not quite as big as yours. Poliana Sampson here. 137 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:31,597 - Mr. VP. - Nice to meet you. 138 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:34,392 Ingrid Jensen from the delegation. George, who you know. 139 00:07:34,412 --> 00:07:36,018 - I'm not hugging. - My secretary... 140 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:37,895 - Huh. - What? 141 00:07:37,915 --> 00:07:38,938 Good to see you. 142 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,142 The face is back. 143 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:44,610 Have you met the vice president? 144 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:47,238 Callum Ellis will convene today's conversation 145 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:49,115 on science research in the North Sea. 146 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:51,284 - An honor to meet you, sir. - Is it? 147 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,036 Very much so. We were just discussing marine data pooling-- 148 00:07:54,056 --> 00:07:57,118 We should all sit. Right here. I got you a seat. 149 00:07:57,602 --> 00:07:58,875 It's right there. 150 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:02,628 If he's honored to meet me, he must be busting his buttons to be fucking my wife. 151 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:04,464 Ma'am? You ready? 152 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:07,086 Yeah, I'm fine. Why aren't they sitting? 153 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:11,882 Ladies and gentlemen, if we could take our seats, please. 154 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:20,396 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. I am Ambassador Katherine Wyler. 155 00:08:20,416 --> 00:08:24,312 And it is truly a joy to welcome you to Winfield House. 156 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:30,192 It is my pleasure to introduce Callum Ellis. 157 00:08:31,385 --> 00:08:37,074 In the last few months, he has been, for all of us, a near constant irritant. 158 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:40,166 I, like everyone else here, 159 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:43,497 agreed to participate simply to stop the prodding. 160 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:46,334 Um... 161 00:08:50,112 --> 00:08:51,088 Callum Ellis. 162 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:01,265 Thank you, Ambassador Wyler. 163 00:09:01,999 --> 00:09:08,256 My mother was born... just at the edge of Dublin in Clondalkin. 164 00:09:08,339 --> 00:09:09,482 She, um... 165 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:11,697 She faced the particular challenge 166 00:09:11,717 --> 00:09:17,411 of marrying an English political essayist and raising a son in London. 167 00:09:17,431 --> 00:09:20,623 So, let me tell you, she will be flushed with pride 168 00:09:20,643 --> 00:09:23,996 when she learns I've finally become what she'd always prayed I'd be. 169 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:26,499 A near constant irritant. 170 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:30,299 We are fortunate to be 171 00:09:30,319 --> 00:09:33,464 unexpectedly joined by Vice President Hal Wyler. 172 00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:42,562 Of course, the vice president is the most exciting news this afternoon. 173 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,897 But he's not the only exciting news. 174 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:47,525 Beryl Tenley is here with us today. 175 00:09:47,545 --> 00:09:52,238 Beryl will be sharing how the Data Alliance will support her work 176 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:56,284 on fluctuation in the migratory routes of songbirds. 177 00:09:56,304 --> 00:09:57,743 That is exciting. 178 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,996 Beryl, if you'd stand for a moment, please. 179 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:02,290 We're all very eager to hear more. 180 00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:04,166 We are. I know I am. 181 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:05,371 Stop it. 182 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:09,505 All it took to get you outta the Hague 183 00:10:09,525 --> 00:10:11,841 was a cheap glass of wine and birdseed. 184 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:14,552 - How's lunch? - Did you know about this? 185 00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:16,304 A little birdie told me. 186 00:10:16,324 --> 00:10:20,224 Actually, it took a flock of, like, 260 little birdies to pull this off. 187 00:10:20,244 --> 00:10:21,178 Why? 188 00:10:22,663 --> 00:10:23,561 Why? 189 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:25,938 Is he going to Seoul for that Carnegie thing? 190 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:27,398 - No. - Stuart. 191 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:30,651 If he's meeting with the Iranians in my embassy and I don't know it, 192 00:10:30,671 --> 00:10:31,986 we're gonna have a problem. 193 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:34,567 Ma'am, it's for your anniversary. 194 00:10:36,761 --> 00:10:39,238 That's... so nice. 195 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,914 - Is it gonna wreck my whole week? - No. Uh, well, only a little. 196 00:10:43,934 --> 00:10:46,250 Tomorrow they've got you doing power couple press. 197 00:10:46,270 --> 00:10:50,421 They've got an interview lined up with, uh... Suzanne Hotchkiss. 198 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:52,673 I did, like, four interviews last week. 199 00:10:52,693 --> 00:10:55,843 This is the two of you. The anniversary was part of the appeal. 200 00:10:55,863 --> 00:10:57,637 Susie Hotchkiss knew and I didn't? 201 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:00,723 Voters like you as a couple. Press might help pass the Aid bill. 202 00:11:00,743 --> 00:11:02,975 That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 203 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:04,852 Royal weddings got this country through Brexit. 204 00:11:04,872 --> 00:11:07,104 It's at the Foreign Office, it'll look royal. 205 00:11:07,124 --> 00:11:08,814 Yeah, whatever. 206 00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:11,353 We're trying to play ball, ma'am. 207 00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:14,695 They agreed to substantially reduce your Secret Service package. 208 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:16,447 - Yep. - So we owe them a yes. 209 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:17,526 I just said yes. 210 00:11:19,553 --> 00:11:20,696 Is everything okay, ma'am? 211 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:25,201 A cicada brood just hit my house. I like a little notice. 212 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:41,347 Are you all right? 213 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,349 Are you? 214 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:46,597 Your spouse has invited me to stay for a cocktail. 215 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:49,397 And you accepted? 216 00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:53,442 We were with fucking Beryl. I couldn't refuse. 217 00:11:53,462 --> 00:11:54,610 Yeah, you could. 218 00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:55,773 He knows. 219 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:01,075 - Yeah. - You said he'd be fine with it. 220 00:12:01,095 --> 00:12:05,366 Quietly uncoupled or... amiably apathetic? 221 00:12:07,226 --> 00:12:08,749 - Yeah. - Yeah? 222 00:12:08,769 --> 00:12:09,870 Yeah. 223 00:12:10,271 --> 00:12:11,789 Yeah. Mm. 224 00:12:14,316 --> 00:12:16,085 - Yeah. - Hey, eyes front. 225 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:36,026 No, it's the... It's at the top of the cypress. See it? 226 00:12:36,046 --> 00:12:38,070 - It's on the left there? - Yeah. 227 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:39,822 - Big fucking nest. - Yeah. 228 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:42,199 They don't use twigs. It's like tree limbs. 229 00:12:42,219 --> 00:12:43,743 Yeah, yeah. I think I can see it. 230 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,866 - That's impressive, huh? - It is. That's an osprey? 231 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:51,542 No, a heron. Gray heron. Winfield hosts a bird count every year. 232 00:12:51,562 --> 00:12:55,171 It's public, but an organization sends in a team to do an official count. 233 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:57,256 The Royal Society for Protection of Birds. 234 00:12:57,276 --> 00:12:59,550 I don't know. I wasn't able to attend. 235 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:04,508 I was, uh, making a concerted effort to be literally anywhere else in the world. 236 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:09,685 - Make sure he knows when it is this year. - Hmm. 237 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:11,479 Yeah, it was June, I think. 238 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:14,315 - Do you remember? - I will have to look it up. 239 00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:17,693 I think it was June. Yeah, they look like pterodactyls. 240 00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:19,273 - The herons? - Yeah, they're big. 241 00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:22,615 Do you work in... large birds? 242 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:23,777 No. 243 00:13:24,678 --> 00:13:29,033 Yeah, Beryl's all about the songbirds. As we heard in exhaustive detail. 244 00:13:29,433 --> 00:13:32,411 They sing and are small. 245 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:34,663 Is that... that your bag? 246 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:37,958 No. 247 00:13:39,193 --> 00:13:40,800 Twenty more questions, or just tell me. 248 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:42,218 - Hal. - It's fine. 249 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:45,387 I'm just curious. It's the least I could do. 250 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,807 I'm not asking if he's a leg man or a breast man. 251 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:51,477 I'm just... ...trying to figure out what he does 252 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:54,475 in a great yawning universe that is ornithology. 253 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:59,063 You can tell him what you're really doing. 254 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:05,444 Go ahead. Tell him. He'll hear about it in the Daily Brief soon anyway. 255 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:07,029 Um... 256 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:11,413 A Kremlin contact of mine from the Minsk Talks 257 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:14,078 has unofficially shared, 258 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:17,837 as in it will be chucked out the nearest window if anyone found out, 259 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:23,295 that, um, Moscow has lost contact with a submarine asset. 260 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:26,971 Amid their, uh, current distractions, 261 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,181 they're unable to mount a proper search for it, 262 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:32,601 so I have asked the North Sea nations 263 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:36,350 to pool their marine sensor data in the hopes of finding the sub. 264 00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:39,645 Tell him what kind of sub. 265 00:14:40,796 --> 00:14:43,529 Nuclear-powered. Presumed distressed. 266 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:47,778 Maybe leaking radiation into the coastal waters of, um... 267 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:51,912 a number of countries, including Britain and Denmark. 268 00:14:51,932 --> 00:14:54,582 Who told me to talk to Ambassador Wyler, 269 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:57,413 who'd revamped their maritime early warning system. 270 00:14:58,522 --> 00:14:59,873 Beryl is MI6. 271 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,426 So really you know fuck all about birds. 272 00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:06,547 Okay. 273 00:15:07,364 --> 00:15:08,841 Okay, indeed. 274 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:12,808 - So he's a spook. - No. 275 00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:16,140 Oddly, we, uh... we don't call them spooks. 276 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:19,523 We call them bird-watchers, spies. 277 00:15:19,543 --> 00:15:21,025 - Really? - Yeah. 278 00:15:21,045 --> 00:15:25,029 A pair of binoculars and an interest in small specks in the sky. 279 00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:26,692 There's an overlap in the fields. 280 00:15:29,011 --> 00:15:31,076 He worked foreign affairs for the Labour government. 281 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:33,537 Has relationships on both sides of the aisle. 282 00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:36,206 Now I'm something of a negotiator at large. 283 00:15:36,226 --> 00:15:37,875 - Who fucks my wife. - You should go. 284 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:40,878 - I'm just trying to establish the facts. - Like, now. 285 00:15:40,898 --> 00:15:43,923 No, he can't leave now. He's kabobing the second lady. 286 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,466 Which I figured out in a second. 287 00:15:45,486 --> 00:15:47,134 - Secret Service did too. - They didn't. 288 00:15:47,154 --> 00:15:49,386 - That why you dumped your detail? - I didn't. 289 00:15:49,406 --> 00:15:51,805 Significantly reduced. I mean, I can see why. 290 00:15:51,825 --> 00:15:54,266 It took you less than a second? That's alarming. 291 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,309 A husband knows. 292 00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:58,020 - Not in my experience. - Oh, you've done this before? 293 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,857 - No. Um, cheated on, as it happens. - So you know how this feels. 294 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:03,484 You are not being cheated on. 295 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:06,482 You and I agreed. We are no longer partnered in that manner. 296 00:16:07,841 --> 00:16:10,866 We are no longer partnered in that manner, Callum. 297 00:16:10,886 --> 00:16:12,952 - I know I'm relieved. - Cocktail's over. 298 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,995 Thank you for stopping by. Scoot on out. 299 00:16:15,015 --> 00:16:18,624 That'll continue. The bossing around. Except much, much worse. 300 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:23,165 You are correct, sir. I can make this much, much worse. 301 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:30,923 Callum! 302 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:36,553 - I am so sorry. - He's a good guy. 303 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:38,931 Could have been a lot worse. 304 00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:41,642 I'm... just... 305 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,733 - I am so sorry. - Ambassador. 306 00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:47,861 In a day or so, he's going to go back to Washington, 307 00:16:47,881 --> 00:16:50,025 and I'm gonna take all your clothes off. 308 00:17:16,076 --> 00:17:17,678 Where do you want to do this? 309 00:17:52,362 --> 00:17:55,716 - I thought it was gonna be Dennison. - I did too. 310 00:17:56,658 --> 00:17:58,177 He's still in the mix? 311 00:17:58,577 --> 00:17:59,720 No. 312 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,847 Lost interest? 313 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:06,101 Swing and a miss. 314 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,687 Brutal. 315 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:12,196 He's seeing someone now. 316 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:15,027 - No shit! - Yeah, I met her. She's great. 317 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:17,326 Which means? 318 00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:18,614 A little boring. 319 00:18:19,139 --> 00:18:22,039 Which... I think is probably okay. 320 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:24,244 This guy doesn't seem boring at all. 321 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:27,294 Did you tell the RSO? 322 00:18:27,314 --> 00:18:31,131 I told the RSO that I'm working with him on a confidential project. 323 00:18:31,151 --> 00:18:33,587 - I didn't specify... - How confidential. 324 00:18:34,071 --> 00:18:35,677 - You tell the CIA? - No. 325 00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:38,305 You need to get on that. Eidra can take a statement. 326 00:18:38,325 --> 00:18:39,807 - I'll call the director. - Hal. 327 00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,261 Here's what you did. 328 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:46,313 President Penn, who has 17 weeks under her belt... 329 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:48,023 She now has to deal with the woman 330 00:18:48,043 --> 00:18:50,442 who couldn't be bothered to work in the White House, 331 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:53,112 who's asked for the United States Secret Service, 332 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:56,281 at astronomical cost, to protect her abroad 333 00:18:56,301 --> 00:18:59,576 so she would be free to fuck an unemployed foreign national 334 00:18:59,596 --> 00:19:02,121 who spends his time trading secrets with the Russians. 335 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,164 So it's a national security threat? 336 00:19:04,184 --> 00:19:06,834 Or a financial crime and betrayal of the women's movement? 337 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:09,665 Gosh, it's hard to know where to start, isn't it? 338 00:19:11,942 --> 00:19:13,715 Where? Where does it, uh... 339 00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:16,004 Where does it happen? 340 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:17,631 Here? 341 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:20,300 - No. - Where? 342 00:19:22,035 --> 00:19:25,060 - You don't want to know. - I don't. Unfortunately, I have to. 343 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,272 Because since you're so breathtakingly reckless, 344 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:32,401 I have to have some sense of where to begin the cleanup of this shit stain 345 00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:35,732 that you seem to have no problem wiping across the American flag. 346 00:19:37,801 --> 00:19:39,152 Where? 347 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,494 There's a room in the Defense Ministry annex 348 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,580 where we'd meet to work on today's event. 349 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,577 It has a private bathroom. We fuck in the shower. 350 00:19:58,155 --> 00:19:59,798 You chose this. 351 00:20:00,657 --> 00:20:03,635 - You chose the vice presidency! - I know that. 352 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:27,576 - Ah, Ambassador, I-- - Pensy. 353 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:22,844 Please let them know the VP is on an urgent call 354 00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:24,549 and we're facing a delay. 355 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:30,519 Richard, I don't want to rush the vice president. 356 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:33,897 He made us shut down Trafalgar Square, and he's not taking questions. 357 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:35,894 I'll call you when we're back in the car. 358 00:21:44,594 --> 00:21:47,447 Are the captains of industry losing their shit? 359 00:21:48,682 --> 00:21:50,158 It's good for them. 360 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,245 He lost an eye. 361 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:55,872 Admiral Nelson. 362 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,583 Kept going. 363 00:21:59,526 --> 00:22:02,259 - Lost an arm. - Wow. 364 00:22:02,279 --> 00:22:04,673 Yeah, you can see it. It's just a sleeve. 365 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:06,174 Oh, yeah. 366 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:09,641 Kept going. 367 00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:11,721 That'll get you a statue. 368 00:22:12,539 --> 00:22:15,225 Charles I on a horse? 369 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:19,521 He had his head chopped off. Just down the block. 370 00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:24,526 Well, it slowed him down. 371 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:45,755 Hi. 372 00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:55,223 What are you doing tonight? 373 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:59,895 Oh, tonight, I am going to the theater. 374 00:23:00,295 --> 00:23:04,107 And then I have a long, luxurious meal at an overpriced French place. 375 00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:05,609 Nice. 376 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,863 I'm working late and going home. 377 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:11,828 You were joking. 378 00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:12,949 I was. 379 00:23:16,103 --> 00:23:17,537 Want to have a drink with me? 380 00:23:21,691 --> 00:23:22,792 Sure. 381 00:23:29,157 --> 00:23:32,260 How many of the visitor apartments are empty? 382 00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:37,813 - Is this for your wackadoos? - No. 383 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:40,977 - It is. And the answer is no. - Why not? 384 00:23:41,962 --> 00:23:45,237 I can't fill the space we keep for visiting dignitaries 385 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,948 with your herd of oxy-addicted wannabe informants. 386 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:49,236 Sure you can. 387 00:23:51,471 --> 00:23:54,241 - Is this why you asked me out? - No. 388 00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:56,998 Jesus Christ. 389 00:23:57,018 --> 00:24:00,205 Oh, don't do that to me. We have been through way too much. 390 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:11,800 I'm drowning, okay? 391 00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:20,814 All I do is talk to desperate people who need a lifeline but have no intel. 392 00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:23,770 So I can't give them a lifeline. 393 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:27,190 And I thought maybe 394 00:24:28,216 --> 00:24:30,110 I deserve some happiness. 395 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,445 Just to cut the fucking misery. 396 00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:36,079 Maybe I don't need to surrender to depression. 397 00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:38,785 Maybe you and I could... 398 00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:42,998 you know, have a drink. 399 00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:47,002 Sorry. 400 00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:54,467 You know, open doors. 401 00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:56,683 We're calling it open legs now. 402 00:24:56,703 --> 00:24:59,019 'Cause it's not working, and we're getting fucked. 403 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:00,849 Hal owes you one. 404 00:25:01,249 --> 00:25:02,851 For the anniversary thing. 405 00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:05,609 Tell them London is not the place to run it. 406 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:07,188 You have too much else going on. 407 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,358 Is that a good idea? 408 00:25:12,552 --> 00:25:15,030 Let Kate know if the thinking gets real. 409 00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:23,335 I... still can't give you the apartments, but if the drink is unrelated-- 410 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:25,415 - It is! - Then I accept! 411 00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:35,550 Yeah? 412 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:43,313 I'm going to try to speak to the vice president this afternoon. 413 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:45,352 Wanted to give you the heads-up. 414 00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:48,271 When? 415 00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:50,857 I'm just getting into it. 416 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:54,944 Uh... 417 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,635 Our marriage... 418 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:14,756 Um... 419 00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:20,433 - Our marriage has always been complicated. - They all are. 420 00:26:20,453 --> 00:26:23,223 They're not all quite this visible. 421 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,350 Um... 422 00:26:26,376 --> 00:26:27,560 Oh my God. 423 00:26:29,504 --> 00:26:33,525 We have a, um... public marriage. 424 00:26:34,384 --> 00:26:37,278 But not a... private one. 425 00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:39,280 Ma'am. 426 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:42,080 You don't have to tell me anything. 427 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,499 I do, because if he asked to talk to you... 428 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,043 - That means-- - I'm asking to speak to him. 429 00:26:47,063 --> 00:26:48,665 Not the other way around. 430 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:52,001 Oh. 431 00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:54,003 Great. 432 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:58,717 What were you two, uh, gonna chat about? 433 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,971 The walk-ins. I'd like to ask him to shut it down. 434 00:27:03,371 --> 00:27:05,598 Do it. But not on this visit. 435 00:27:07,709 --> 00:27:09,107 He's here. 436 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:13,648 This is presumably when he deals with issues that are... here. 437 00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:15,905 He's the vice president of the US. 438 00:27:15,925 --> 00:27:18,950 He doesn't trip on an issue, and just put it on the agenda. 439 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:20,535 My station has ceased to function 440 00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:23,538 as anything other than a clearinghouse for walk-ins. 441 00:27:23,558 --> 00:27:26,750 A woman claims she's the mother of Saddam Hussein's love child. 442 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:29,586 He did have a nuclear weapon. And she knows where it is. 443 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:30,712 Oh boy. 444 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,505 Some Chechen Lenkov colonel 445 00:27:32,525 --> 00:27:36,045 says he knows the truth about the HMS Courageous. 446 00:27:36,529 --> 00:27:39,763 Which is that America was behind the attack, 447 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:43,678 but if I get his kid into Eton, he promises he won't tell. 448 00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:48,021 We have a guy who claims China sent a dog to Mars, 449 00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:50,643 and he knows, because it was his dog. 450 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:55,278 - Who's the Chechen colonel? - Alleged colonel. Probably a bartender. 451 00:27:55,298 --> 00:27:59,658 We're so behind, I've got a junior analyst on her second week running traces. 452 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:00,779 But that's your job. 453 00:28:02,305 --> 00:28:05,205 Ma'am, I know what my job is. 454 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:07,368 I'd love to be able to do it. 455 00:28:08,144 --> 00:28:10,627 Which is why I need a minute on your husband's agenda. 456 00:28:10,647 --> 00:28:14,000 I will talk to him. You should check out that colonel. 457 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:18,385 I think we've had a misunderstanding. 458 00:28:18,405 --> 00:28:22,055 I wanted to speak to the vice president because I'm doing too much make-work, 459 00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:23,014 not too little. 460 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:26,267 When the subject is the US, we take a closer look. 461 00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:29,020 Maybe this guy's the start of a disinformation campaign, 462 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,107 sent here to get a story into official channels. 463 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:35,605 This is the kind of thing that destroyed two US elections. 464 00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:42,742 - I'll get into it. - Come find me when you're done. 465 00:28:42,762 --> 00:28:45,203 Hal and I have an interview at the Foreign Office. 466 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:48,201 But if it's something, you know, I want to share it with him. 467 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,844 All good? 468 00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:08,388 No? 469 00:29:15,670 --> 00:29:18,773 If you need to reach me right away, please call my office. 470 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,693 line ringing] 471 00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:25,989 You've reached Nora Koriem. Leave a message, and I'll get back to you. 472 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:28,955 We're pulling up to the Foreign Office. 473 00:29:28,975 --> 00:29:31,040 I need to speak to him before the interview. 474 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:32,667 He's right here. Why don't I-- 475 00:29:32,687 --> 00:29:35,462 No, absolutely not. She can wait five goddamn minutes. 476 00:29:35,482 --> 00:29:38,089 Ma'am, he's on another call, but we'll be right in. 477 00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:42,635 I can hear him. Listen to me. We had a fight last night. He's still mad. 478 00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:45,305 But I need to speak with him privately before this starts. 479 00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:48,391 There is a possibility we're gonna have to cancel the interview. 480 00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:51,936 What? No, the interview is timed for a House push on the aid package. 481 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:53,224 I know, but... 482 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,356 Um... 483 00:29:55,376 --> 00:29:57,776 Nora... I will talk to you when you get here, 484 00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:01,649 but I need him for a minute before, uh, we go in. 485 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,531 What you doing here? 486 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:06,159 Meeting with Dennison and the permanent undersecretary. 487 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:08,161 - The meeting is here? - It's downstairs. 488 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,455 - I just wanted to say-- - Hi. And you have. 489 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,749 Now you have to go before the vice president, 490 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:15,747 who is uncharacteristically pissy, walks in the door. 491 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,547 Lunch was a banger. Did exactly what it was supposed to. 492 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:20,632 - Really? - Yeah. 493 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:22,509 - Even the Dutch? - They're all in. 494 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:24,928 Already getting data from sensors in six countries. 495 00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:26,346 That's amazing. Go. 496 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:28,807 Uh.... Pleasant to see you. Now get the fuck out. 497 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,554 Pleasant to fuck you. I'll see myself out. 498 00:30:36,584 --> 00:30:39,901 - We need to talk. - That's why you wanted me to hurry? 499 00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,862 I didn't know he was here. We need to talk somewhere private. 500 00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:46,574 Well, there's an annex in the Defense Ministry that should be free. 501 00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:48,112 I hear it has a shower. 502 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,207 I told you, Jimmy, I got this. 503 00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:56,876 I watched your piece on COP 29. 504 00:30:56,896 --> 00:31:00,088 - You hit it right on the head. - I took a lot of flack for that. 505 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:03,341 Someone has to mention that the emperor's naked and it's cold out. 506 00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:07,387 - You're the only one brave enough. - Sorry, Suzanne. Can I steal my husband? 507 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:10,974 I think we should jump in. I've kept people waiting long enough. 508 00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:12,100 Can you pull your mic? 509 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,477 - Well, that would be rude. - Hi. 510 00:31:14,497 --> 00:31:16,391 This might be a Bulgaria moment. 511 00:31:18,084 --> 00:31:21,025 I'm waiting on the report from Eidra. She's coming here. 512 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:23,027 But if it's what I'm concerned it is, 513 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:26,155 it might be prudent to reschedule this interview. 514 00:31:26,175 --> 00:31:28,945 - She wants to reschedule. - Maybe another time you are here. 515 00:31:30,346 --> 00:31:32,620 - I'm sorry, are we canceling? - What? 516 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:33,830 - No. - No. 517 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,790 Unfortunately, your mic is live. 518 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:38,793 Hate to intrude. Rescheduling could be very difficult. 519 00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:42,255 No, we're not. Let's do it. Come on. Join us, Suzanne. 520 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:44,168 - Hal. - Live mic. 521 00:31:46,112 --> 00:31:50,174 - You gave my crew quite a fright there. - Just a miscommunication. Let's do it. 522 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,476 Could we slide the chairs to the center? 523 00:31:55,496 --> 00:31:56,764 We got it. 524 00:31:58,708 --> 00:31:59,809 More. 525 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:03,021 Touch more. 526 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,399 Wonderful. 527 00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:08,484 Britain smitten. 528 00:32:08,885 --> 00:32:11,993 Mr. Vice President. Is that a phrase you're familiar with? 529 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:13,453 - Yes, it is. - Oh my goodness. 530 00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:15,742 Your wife has won the hearts of a nation. 531 00:32:16,225 --> 00:32:18,917 This country has been so warm, so welcoming. 532 00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,419 The affection is... is truly mutual. 533 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,838 You're sharing her, aren't you? With all of us. 534 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:25,089 I certainly am. 535 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,836 And she's sharing you. 536 00:32:27,236 --> 00:32:32,013 She's not just married to the man anymore. She's married to the American government. 537 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:33,389 What must that be like? 538 00:32:33,409 --> 00:32:35,850 She's always been married to the American government. 539 00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:38,478 That happened long before I came into the picture. 540 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:40,188 I like a job with a reliable pension. 541 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:41,522 Indeed. 542 00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:46,194 Is she the power behind the throne? Second lady, first adviser? 543 00:32:46,214 --> 00:32:48,112 No, she's an ambassador. 544 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:50,073 When our closest ally came under attack, 545 00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:54,786 the choice was made to send in an experienced and highly skilled diplomat. 546 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,080 And to... to pull her from post, 547 00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,749 just because she was unlucky enough to be married to me, 548 00:32:59,769 --> 00:33:02,585 would be a blow to the national security of both countries. 549 00:33:02,605 --> 00:33:06,542 - A terrible blow. - Can I just correct the record? 550 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:09,008 Being married to Hal is not bad luck. 551 00:33:09,028 --> 00:33:13,596 My husband has always been... the most impactful influence 552 00:33:13,616 --> 00:33:17,141 on the person and professional I am today. 553 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:21,849 I am and I always have been the most fortunate of wives. 554 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:23,643 Beautiful. 555 00:33:24,043 --> 00:33:25,733 I would like to, if I may, 556 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:28,528 ask a few questions about the Law of the Sea Treaty. 557 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:29,612 Mm-hmm. 558 00:33:29,632 --> 00:33:32,281 Which I believe owes its American ratification to you. 559 00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:34,821 - Cut, please. - Are we all right? 560 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,748 I am so sorry. Can we pause for a moment? 561 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:44,288 - I believe we already did. - Hal, you are needed in the Reading Room. 562 00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:49,669 Pressing affairs of state. 563 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,226 You think we're in the part of our lives where you point and I run. 564 00:34:00,246 --> 00:34:01,144 We're not. 565 00:34:01,164 --> 00:34:02,478 Eidra had a walk-in 566 00:34:02,498 --> 00:34:06,477 who's telling the CIA that America was behind the carrier attack. 567 00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:15,153 Tell him about the walk-in. 568 00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:23,207 He checks out. Boris Andreev, 43, born in Grozny. 569 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,960 We ID'd him in photos of Russian military parades 570 00:34:25,980 --> 00:34:28,087 going back 15 years. 571 00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:29,922 He was Roman Lenkov's guy in Mali. 572 00:34:29,942 --> 00:34:31,174 He worked for Lenkov? 573 00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:34,422 Yeah, but he's gotten squeezed since Lenkov's death. 574 00:34:34,822 --> 00:34:37,425 So it stacks up that he's looking for an escape hatch. 575 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:41,429 Is everything okay? 576 00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:44,937 Security Council? 577 00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:47,476 Not yet. Just the president. 578 00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:49,317 She should go, right? 579 00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:51,814 - All three of us need to be there. - Well, you don't. 580 00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:56,032 There are four people in the US government who know. 581 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:57,283 I am one of them. 582 00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,614 Don't you think we should be in the same room? 583 00:35:01,015 --> 00:35:03,534 Give me your phone. 584 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,585 Sir? 585 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:10,505 Nora, prep Air Force Two to get off the ground in 20 minutes. 586 00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:14,003 - He needs to get back to Washington. - The president's not in Washington. 587 00:35:14,403 --> 00:35:15,343 Amagansett. 588 00:35:15,363 --> 00:35:18,471 Tell Drew to set up flight restriction. Not waiting for clearance. 589 00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,135 - You're getting on a plane right now. - Why? 590 00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:27,016 If she's briefing the president, she needs to understand the situation. 591 00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:42,531 The United States was responsible for the British carrier attack. 592 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:49,288 If Lenkov knew, and he told his staff... that's game over. 593 00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:51,332 The story's gonna come out. 594 00:35:54,735 --> 00:35:57,421 Can you say the first part one more time? 595 00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:02,551 We were responsible for the carrier attack. 596 00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:31,831 Fetch you another? 597 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,501 If you would. 598 00:36:42,825 --> 00:36:45,511 You know what? On second thought, I'm... 599 00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:47,680 I'm good. 600 00:36:57,089 --> 00:37:01,277 We take a shot at persuading the colonel he misheard or misunderstood. 601 00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:10,750 Or that it was just one more Kremlin lie. 602 00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:15,004 He's a tool in a disinformation campaign deployed to wind us up. 603 00:37:15,024 --> 00:37:18,336 It doesn't help our inevitability problem, but maybe it buys us time. 604 00:37:25,826 --> 00:37:29,680 Should I bring in the ambassador so the three of us can discuss it? 605 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:34,894 No.