1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:07,173 [pensive music playing] 2 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:08,925 [Kate] Ladies and gentlemen, 3 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:13,096 it is my pleasure to introduce Callum Ellis. 4 00:00:13,179 --> 00:00:16,349 -I'm something of a negotiator at large. -Who fucks my wife. 5 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:17,976 You are not being cheated on. 6 00:00:18,059 --> 00:00:20,895 You and I agreed. We are no longer partnered in that manner. 7 00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:24,816 I have to have some sense of where to begin the cleanup of this shit stain 8 00:00:24,899 --> 00:00:27,652 that you have no problem wiping across the American flag. 9 00:00:27,736 --> 00:00:31,197 You chose this. You chose the vice presidency! 10 00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:32,323 I know that. 11 00:00:32,407 --> 00:00:34,451 Hal Wyler. Ambassador's wife. 12 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,119 Todd Penn. First lady. 13 00:00:37,245 --> 00:00:38,997 [whispers] Holy fucking shit. 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,623 Some Chechen Lenkov colonel 15 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:43,668 says he knows the truth about the HMS Courageous, 16 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:46,755 which is that America was behind the attack. 17 00:00:46,838 --> 00:00:49,841 What are you doing tonight? Wanna have a drink with me? 18 00:00:52,302 --> 00:00:54,345 -You're getting on a plane now. -Why? 19 00:00:54,429 --> 00:00:58,266 If she's briefing the president, she needs to understand the situation. 20 00:00:58,349 --> 00:01:03,271 The United States was responsible for the British carrier attack. 21 00:01:03,354 --> 00:01:07,358 If Lenkov knew and he told his staff… that's game over. 22 00:01:07,442 --> 00:01:09,652 Prep Air Force Two to get off the ground in 20 minutes. 23 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:13,156 -He needs to get back to Washington. -The president's not in Washington. 24 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:14,157 Amagansett. 25 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,241 [music halts] 26 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:20,330 [steady orchestral music playing] 27 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:24,584 [birds squawk in distance] 28 00:02:09,087 --> 00:02:11,089 [no audible dialogue] 29 00:02:22,725 --> 00:02:24,352 [helicopter whirring] 30 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:29,357 [woman] We'll take the bags to your cottage. 31 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,277 -Let me know if there's anything you need. -[Kate] Thank you. 32 00:02:34,195 --> 00:02:35,530 Ms. Park? 33 00:02:36,614 --> 00:02:38,324 -Take your phone out of your pocket. -I did. 34 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:39,826 -What? -[Hal] I already did. 35 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,704 -Hey! Morning. -Hello. 36 00:02:42,787 --> 00:02:44,247 Come in. [chuckles] Come on in. 37 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:45,373 [Hal] Gorgeous spot. 38 00:02:45,456 --> 00:02:48,501 Well, robber barons, they knew how to shop. 39 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,336 You were swimming? It's freezing out. 40 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:53,089 -The pool, it's like a bathtub. -Mr. Wyler? 41 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:56,718 People think I'm an asshole when I say I heat it dead of winter, 42 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:58,011 but it's geothermal. 43 00:02:58,595 --> 00:02:59,596 Costs nothing. 44 00:03:00,138 --> 00:03:02,140 Just gotta check in with the boss. 45 00:03:03,725 --> 00:03:04,726 You bring a suit? 46 00:03:05,977 --> 00:03:08,479 -A swimsuit? -No, I didn't. 47 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:11,357 They'll send one to your cottage. It's right down the beach. 48 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:14,360 We got a box of them. Happens. [chuckles] 49 00:03:14,944 --> 00:03:18,114 -I'm just gonna check in with the crew. -They don't want you. 50 00:03:18,615 --> 00:03:20,283 -They'd ask. -[door slams] 51 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:25,205 We have fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice. Want some? 52 00:03:33,171 --> 00:03:37,926 They make it every day. I… I can't drink it, because I take statins. 53 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:41,012 Grapefruit fucks with statins. 54 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:45,725 Grace, at this point, is ready to hurl at the sight of it, 55 00:03:45,808 --> 00:03:49,229 but she doesn't want to micromanage the staff. 56 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:52,315 So if we don't find a customer, it goes right down the drain. 57 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:55,193 It makes her fucking nuts. The waste. 58 00:03:55,276 --> 00:03:57,028 -Don't you want to just… -What? 59 00:03:57,528 --> 00:03:58,571 Tell them yourself? 60 00:03:59,697 --> 00:04:03,409 No. It's not my staff. It's the president's. 61 00:04:05,161 --> 00:04:08,998 It's a real homewrecker… the humble grapefruit. 62 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,375 [clears throat] 63 00:04:10,458 --> 00:04:11,459 Thank you. 64 00:04:15,004 --> 00:04:19,050 -I swim 50 laps twice a day. -Hmm. 65 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:22,220 Helps dissipate that choking feeling you get 66 00:04:22,303 --> 00:04:25,390 when the epicenter of the world's a foot and a half away 67 00:04:25,473 --> 00:04:27,225 and you still can't get there. 68 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:29,727 Oh, no, I… I'm good. 69 00:04:29,811 --> 00:04:31,229 I… I'm just… 70 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:34,065 If they need me, I'm here. 71 00:04:34,857 --> 00:04:37,902 Sherri has been all over me ever since Hal took office. 72 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:41,906 She's gonna want to get some shots of us, you know, sharing a laugh. 73 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:45,159 -Who? -Sherri, the official photographer. 74 00:04:45,243 --> 00:04:46,411 -Ah. -Yeah. 75 00:04:46,494 --> 00:04:48,746 No one will ever try and keep you away from her. 76 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:50,373 [both chuckle] 77 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:51,624 Great. 78 00:04:56,087 --> 00:05:01,175 Well, I have to apologize. We probably ruined a… a relaxing weekend. 79 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:03,636 -Oh. -[footsteps approaching] 80 00:05:04,220 --> 00:05:07,598 -Mr. Penn, I'm so sorry to interrupt. -Now they want you. 81 00:05:08,391 --> 00:05:09,934 Oh. Um… 82 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:14,772 [Kate clears throat] 83 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:17,066 [sighs] 84 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:30,163 [exhales] 85 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:43,843 How'd it go? 86 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,179 She's in the speechless phase. 87 00:05:54,312 --> 00:05:55,688 You believe her? 88 00:05:57,315 --> 00:06:01,110 How does she know it's not disinformation, Russian source, tall tale? 89 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:04,572 Why is that more credible than any other shit pot theory? 90 00:06:04,655 --> 00:06:05,948 Because it's true. 91 00:06:06,491 --> 00:06:09,994 -True things sound true. -Thank you, Lao Tzu. 92 00:06:10,078 --> 00:06:12,580 -[Billie] Ma'am… -What exactly sounds true? 93 00:06:12,663 --> 00:06:16,209 -I killed 41 British sailors? I didn't. -They're not saying that. 94 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,669 [Grace] Then what are they saying? 95 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:20,546 We've reached the point of the debacle 96 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:23,216 where somebody should say what we're saying. 97 00:06:23,299 --> 00:06:26,844 A Russian colonel knows, and he's telling the CIA. 98 00:06:26,928 --> 00:06:30,640 There's a not insignificant chance it's coming out. 99 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:33,601 If it does… it's catastrophic. 100 00:06:34,352 --> 00:06:38,689 Tell Trowbridge an American was involved, just like his citizens were involved. 101 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:41,401 And the two of you, together… 102 00:06:43,694 --> 00:06:45,988 -Need to tell the world. -Oh, for fuck's sake. 103 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:49,742 It has come to our attention that some nameless person, or persons, 104 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:52,745 of American and British extraction 105 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:55,623 were involved in the planning of the attack on HMS Courageous. 106 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:57,083 [Hal] It's devastating. 107 00:06:57,166 --> 00:07:00,253 We've launched the biggest investigation in the history of the world. 108 00:07:00,336 --> 00:07:01,337 We'll keep you posted. 109 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:04,841 So lay out a trail of breadcrumbs leading directly to me. 110 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:07,510 No, it leads to years of investigation. 111 00:07:07,593 --> 00:07:11,931 -A worldwide manhunt for me. -The birds ate the crumbs in the story. 112 00:07:12,014 --> 00:07:14,642 You can't follow a trail of breadcrumbs. They disappear. 113 00:07:14,725 --> 00:07:16,686 -That's the point of the story. -[Billie] Okay. 114 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:19,021 We don't need to say Americans right now. 115 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:21,232 Margaret Roylin planned it. 116 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:25,445 She had it executed by Boris and Natasha, and she confessed. 117 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:30,116 -Trowbridge has to say that to the public. -The point here is American involvement. 118 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,702 Which is coming out if we announce it or not. 119 00:07:32,785 --> 00:07:36,539 The second Trowbridge gives up Roylin, the whole world loses their mind. 120 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:39,667 British perpetrator. Britain attacked itself. 121 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:43,171 A year from now, when some little thing emerges about an American, 122 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:44,630 the whole thing is old news. 123 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:47,175 -Trowbridge won't do it. -Then we'll do it for him. 124 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:51,179 Ma'am, that's unwise. 125 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:54,056 I need a second to think. Thank you, Ambassador. 126 00:08:01,022 --> 00:08:02,773 Naming Roylin makes a lot of sense. 127 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:04,233 You shut the fuck up, Hal. 128 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:14,410 I'm the name, and I'm the face. 129 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:16,120 And we should say so. 130 00:08:17,121 --> 00:08:18,623 -Oh. No. No, no. -No. 131 00:08:18,706 --> 00:08:22,251 I suggested that a situation needed handling. 132 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:25,630 Roylin hired Russian mafiosos. That's what happened. 133 00:08:25,713 --> 00:08:28,174 I don't care. You're not telling that to the public. 134 00:08:28,257 --> 00:08:31,093 When all the facts are on the table, I don't look so bad. 135 00:08:31,969 --> 00:08:33,763 -Respectfully… -You look very bad. 136 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:36,474 [pensive music playing] 137 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:38,893 [indistinct radio chatter] 138 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:42,021 Thanks. 139 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:44,815 Hey, did Hal tell you? 140 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:46,984 [Kate] No. He's meeting with staff in the cottage. 141 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:50,112 -We'd like to get Trowbridge out here. -Here here? 142 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:53,783 -Yeah. Off the record, unmarked plane. -Okay. 143 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:56,244 It'll come from you and the White House at the same time. 144 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:58,371 The message is controlled urgency. 145 00:08:58,454 --> 00:08:59,288 Great. 146 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:03,501 No, it's an exploding shit box, but… it's better than the alternatives. 147 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:07,088 Personal invite to the president's private home? 148 00:09:07,171 --> 00:09:09,257 Solid confidence-building measure. 149 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:12,385 Exactly. We're foregrounding trust. 150 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:16,013 Cloak-and-dagger stuff helps too. Maybe amp it up a bit. 151 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:18,891 -Jam cell signals, fly them at night. -Do it. 152 00:09:18,975 --> 00:09:22,186 As soon as he's here, we'll read him in. Leader to leader. 153 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:24,105 Then they tell the world together? 154 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,609 Well… we're not telling the world what she's telling him. 155 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:34,073 What they tell the world is its own kettle of toxic fish, but… first things first. 156 00:09:35,283 --> 00:09:36,909 What is she telling him? 157 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:39,620 That she started it. 158 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,248 [tense music playing] 159 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:54,302 -[Nora] Ambassador. -[Hal] How'd it go? 160 00:09:54,385 --> 00:09:55,636 Can we, for a second? 161 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,722 -Talk to the Brits? -Not yet. 162 00:09:57,805 --> 00:10:00,891 -That's the priority. -I will, right after we talk. 163 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:02,893 Billie know you haven't connected with No. 10? 164 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:06,063 I will connect with them right after I speak with my husband. 165 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:16,616 -The embassy and White House need to-- -She's confessing… 166 00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:18,743 -No. -…to Nicol Trowbridge? 167 00:10:18,826 --> 00:10:22,330 Part one, she reads him in before some Russian troglodyte does. 168 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:25,499 When he sees how fucking motivated she is to play ball… 169 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:26,417 Oh my God. 170 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:29,837 When she offers the trade deal they have been desperate for 171 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,923 ever since Brexit, he will take her secret to the fucking grave. 172 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:36,552 -No, he won't. -Part two, he publicly blames Roylin. 173 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:39,305 It will unleash a shitstorm of epic proportions, 174 00:10:39,388 --> 00:10:42,933 which he will walk away from, 'cause we are rescuing his economy. 175 00:10:43,017 --> 00:10:44,977 He's gonna walk out like a fucking hero. 176 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:47,313 He'll clutch it like a… like a knife to her throat. 177 00:10:47,396 --> 00:10:49,815 -Kate. -He will extract unthinkable compromises. 178 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:52,109 -We all know it's risky. Okay? -It's suicidal. 179 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,111 No, suicide was Grace's first idea. 180 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:57,281 She wanted to do a mea culpa on national television. 181 00:10:57,365 --> 00:10:59,325 -What? -Oh yeah, to the whole world. 182 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:02,370 Makes the new plan look a whole lot better, doesn't it? 183 00:11:02,453 --> 00:11:06,374 -Now she's just telling Trowbridge. -These are not the only two options. 184 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:10,127 -Okay, what else? Go ahead. -Some other American. We don't know who. 185 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:12,838 -You pitched that. They hated it. -Then something else! 186 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:16,092 I need you to imagine that we had a complete conversation about this, 187 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:17,927 even though you weren't in the middle. 188 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:20,179 It's so fucking stupid, I can't imagine it. 189 00:11:20,262 --> 00:11:22,014 We all know it's a gamble, okay? 190 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:26,310 We have to make it worth his while, and hopefully he will hold it together. 191 00:11:26,894 --> 00:11:28,437 -Bulletproof. -It's not. 192 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,898 But it's what the president picked. And Billie. 193 00:11:30,981 --> 00:11:33,025 You know what two women in a room really love? 194 00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:36,404 When they make a decision, and the one guy standing there tells them 195 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:38,864 he's not sure they've thought it all the way through. 196 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:45,079 You want to talk to her yourself. 197 00:11:45,162 --> 00:11:48,207 -Because it's so dumb. -You know what'd happen if I pulled that? 198 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:51,460 -You do this all the time! -Yeah, and then the screed begins. 199 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:55,297 "Most foreign policy failures are process failures, Hal. Process failures!" 200 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:56,841 You know what? Go fuck yourself. 201 00:11:56,924 --> 00:12:00,428 "When a principal makes a decision, you shut your mouth and move on." 202 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:03,139 Three people, other than her, know all the facts. 203 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:06,600 I think it only makes sense that all three people weigh in. 204 00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:09,770 Doesn't matter what you think. She kicked you out of the room. 205 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:20,406 [somber music playing] 206 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:37,047 [phone rings] 207 00:12:42,219 --> 00:12:45,514 -What the fuck was that? -I'm really sorry. 208 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:46,891 [Stuart] I thought you were dead. 209 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:50,269 I had to deal with some stuff. 210 00:12:50,352 --> 00:12:53,022 Yeah, you were on a plane to Amagansett, 211 00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:56,734 which I didn't know about until I heard it from your desk bunnies in an elevator. 212 00:12:56,817 --> 00:12:58,986 Can we do one minute of work? 213 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:01,697 -This is not a friendly call. -Yeah, no shit. 214 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:04,200 -It wasn't a friendly drink either. -Stuart. 215 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:06,994 The ambassador needs to get on a secure line with the PM. 216 00:13:07,077 --> 00:13:10,206 Call Randall and set it up for right now. Got a pen? 217 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,542 I think I can fit that much into my little brain. 218 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,670 She's gonna invite him here. We are sourcing a private plane. 219 00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:19,590 He'll need an alias passport, so you should get in touch with 220 00:13:19,673 --> 00:13:22,218 the customs DHS guy in London, whose name is Khash, 221 00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:24,345 and be at the airport when he takes off. 222 00:13:24,428 --> 00:13:27,181 Dennison may or may not come with him. Randall may come with. 223 00:13:27,264 --> 00:13:30,810 They'll also need alias passports. Don't ask for them unless they're coming. 224 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,354 -Are you sure you don't need a pen? -I have a pen. 225 00:13:33,437 --> 00:13:38,359 -His name is Khash. K-H-A-S-H. -And Randall. 226 00:13:38,442 --> 00:13:40,945 -R-A-N-- -I know how to spell Randall. 227 00:13:41,779 --> 00:13:43,322 [Grace] I shouldn't have told you. 228 00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:45,699 I'd really appreciate it if you would just drop it. 229 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:47,618 [Todd] I already did. 230 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,752 [Kate breathes deeply] 231 00:13:57,461 --> 00:13:59,338 What did he say? Trowbridge. 232 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:01,048 He said okay. 233 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:05,052 -Okay what? -Okay, I will get on your aeroplane. 234 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:09,849 Do you think he's worried? 235 00:14:11,308 --> 00:14:13,811 -Doesn't matter what I think, does it? -For fuck's sake. 236 00:14:13,894 --> 00:14:16,021 When thinking happens, I'm asked to leave the room. 237 00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:17,106 I swear to God. 238 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:24,071 I didn't… speak with the president. 239 00:14:24,154 --> 00:14:26,323 -I just called the PM. -That's big of you. 240 00:14:28,450 --> 00:14:32,121 -I'm trying to be nice. -Maybe put a bit more muscle into it? 241 00:14:33,831 --> 00:14:34,832 [Kate sighs] 242 00:14:37,751 --> 00:14:41,297 You did what you could. It's not my place to get involved. 243 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:45,843 Thanks. 244 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:49,430 -I mean you have a place. -You were right. 245 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,893 -When it's done, it's done. -Yeah. 246 00:14:53,976 --> 00:14:55,728 -[Todd] Motherfucker! -[Grace] What? 247 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:58,898 -[Todd] Goddamn it! [moans] -[Grace] What did you do? 248 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:00,190 [Todd] Nothing. 249 00:15:00,274 --> 00:15:02,943 [Grace] Jesus Christ, put something on that. 250 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:05,905 -[Todd] Ow! -[Grace] Get out. Out, out, out. 251 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:09,116 -[chuckles] -Oh my God. 252 00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:10,618 -What happened? -[Todd] Aw… 253 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:14,163 -The… The mollusk won. -Give me the knife. 254 00:15:14,246 --> 00:15:15,998 -I don't have it. -Yes, you do. 255 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:17,958 I don't have it. I do not have the knife. 256 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:21,253 For fuck's sake, stand still and turn your body toward me. 257 00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:24,465 Oh. 258 00:15:24,548 --> 00:15:26,091 [footsteps retreat] 259 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:30,095 Wait til you see these guys. They're… They're monsters. 260 00:15:30,179 --> 00:15:32,014 -You okay there? -Oh, totally. Totally. 261 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:33,599 Jackie! Jack! 262 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:35,434 [Todd chuckles] 263 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:37,603 -Here they come. -Oh, wow. 264 00:15:37,686 --> 00:15:39,438 I mean, come on, right? 265 00:15:39,521 --> 00:15:41,357 -[Jackie] Bon appétit. -[Hal] Thank you, Jackie. 266 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,235 Shinnecocks, the redheaded stepchild 267 00:15:45,319 --> 00:15:49,782 in a world of overhyped, overcoddled Blue Points and Peconic jewels, 268 00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:51,075 which taste like nothing. 269 00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:53,577 These have just the right amount of funk. 270 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:54,703 Sea funk. 271 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:56,705 -Give me the towel. -It's fine. 272 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,124 -It's filthy. Give it to me. -Ow! 273 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:00,292 Ow! 274 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:01,752 -Ow! -[Grace] Press and hold. 275 00:16:01,835 --> 00:16:03,379 -Do not eat. -[Todd] Ow. 276 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:04,880 -There's blood on them. -Hmm. 277 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,256 [Todd] Ow. I got it. 278 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:09,426 Okay. [sighs] So… All right. You ready? 279 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:10,594 I don't know. [chuckles] 280 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:12,972 We got lemon, we got mignonette, 281 00:16:13,055 --> 00:16:16,100 we got cocktail sauce with and without fresh horseradish. 282 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:19,395 But first you gotta go commando. 283 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,023 Try it with nothing at all. [slurps] 284 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:25,234 Mm. 285 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,236 Yeah. 286 00:16:31,115 --> 00:16:33,909 -Oh shit. Are you allergic? -No. 287 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:38,372 -What? -I just gave a tone poem to the bivalve. 288 00:16:38,455 --> 00:16:40,374 -They don't eat 'em. -No, no, no. We do. 289 00:16:40,457 --> 00:16:43,252 They look great. I'm just giving my drink a second. 290 00:16:44,211 --> 00:16:45,129 Is that… 291 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:48,882 -Oh, you bled on them! -[Todd] Really? 292 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:51,135 -Todd. -No, it's probably cocktail sauce. 293 00:16:51,218 --> 00:16:53,220 -It is not. -Oh shit. Sorry. 294 00:16:53,303 --> 00:16:55,097 -Could you check them? -It's just one. 295 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,599 -Yeah, I don't see it anywhere else. -Just there. 296 00:16:58,100 --> 00:16:59,977 -[Todd] Where? -It's okay, it's just on the ice. 297 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:02,479 -Get your hands away. -We won't eat the ice. 298 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,940 Guests are afraid you're gonna give them hepatitis. 299 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,525 -No. [chuckles] -No, we don't… 300 00:17:06,608 --> 00:17:09,403 -I don't have hepatitis. -You know what? I'm gonna try one. 301 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:11,613 This one too! Jesus fucking Christ. 302 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:15,909 -I'll try one from the other side. -No, don't… touch them, please. 303 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:18,620 -Grace. -They can make a new batch. 304 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:21,165 -It's really not necessary. -[Grace] Won't take a minute. 305 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,043 Pardon me. 306 00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:26,503 [tray clatters into trash] 307 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:29,923 [dishes rattle] 308 00:17:36,638 --> 00:17:37,890 [Grace sighs] 309 00:17:39,683 --> 00:17:41,810 [footsteps approach] 310 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:05,209 [Todd clears throat] 311 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:08,754 -[sighs] -Are we having fun? 312 00:18:08,837 --> 00:18:11,006 -[Kate chuckles] -[Hal sniffles] 313 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,467 How was everyone's day at the office? 314 00:18:13,550 --> 00:18:16,804 There was a law in the books at some point, maybe early 18th century, 315 00:18:16,887 --> 00:18:19,431 that you were not permitted to serve oysters 316 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:21,725 to prisoners in prison more than twice a week. 317 00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:24,478 -[snorts] Really? -Or the prisoners would mutiny. 318 00:18:24,561 --> 00:18:27,189 Why? Because the oysters wouldn't keep? 319 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:28,857 -No. -[Grace] They were not a delicacy. 320 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:32,402 They were so damn plentiful, it was punishment. 321 00:18:32,486 --> 00:18:33,695 Lobsters. 322 00:18:35,030 --> 00:18:36,031 Not oysters. 323 00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:38,492 Really? 324 00:18:38,575 --> 00:18:39,701 Yep. 325 00:18:42,037 --> 00:18:43,288 [under breath] Lobsters. 326 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:47,376 She didn't answer the question. Note. 327 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,753 Neither did either of you. 328 00:18:49,837 --> 00:18:51,421 -What was the question? -Todd. 329 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,590 -How was your day at the office? -Babe. 330 00:18:53,674 --> 00:18:56,635 [Todd] I like to take the temperature of the room. 331 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:01,765 Maybe what I heard was inaccurate, but she's been known to catastrophize. 332 00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:05,435 -Today was not a catastrophe. -I didn't say it was. 333 00:19:05,519 --> 00:19:07,688 -I may have said it was a whopper. -A whopper. 334 00:19:07,771 --> 00:19:09,356 -But manageable. -Yeah. 335 00:19:09,898 --> 00:19:11,608 And you concur? 336 00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:14,278 I… 337 00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:18,365 was not in the room. 338 00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:21,660 -So… -Manageable bumps in the road. 339 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:26,540 Have you cleaned that? If you were handling shellfish… 340 00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:28,167 Yeah, maybe some alcohol. 341 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:29,334 [Kate] Or peroxide? 342 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:32,004 Apparently soap and water's the best. 343 00:19:32,087 --> 00:19:33,672 -At the end of the day. -Oh, maybe. 344 00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:35,632 You think it was catastrophic. 345 00:19:38,218 --> 00:19:39,386 Does she catastrophize? 346 00:19:41,138 --> 00:19:42,347 Sometimes. 347 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:46,393 -Really? -It has been known to happen. 348 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:49,938 [clears throat] 349 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,982 -I was not in the room. -Neither was I. 350 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,026 It doesn't mean I don't have an opinion. 351 00:19:54,943 --> 00:19:57,362 -So you think today was… -Cat-a-fucking-strophic. 352 00:19:57,446 --> 00:19:58,864 I really want you to stop. 353 00:19:58,947 --> 00:20:03,243 I really want to know what the second lady and ambassador 354 00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:07,039 to the court of the lunatic in question thinks of the three-part plan. 355 00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:09,082 -What's the third part? -Her impeachment. 356 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:10,167 -[Grace] Okay. -Am I wrong? 357 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:12,586 It's a two-part plan. Not three. 358 00:20:12,669 --> 00:20:14,963 She privately reads in Trowbridge, 359 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:18,759 then they publicly name the Brits who actually did it. 360 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:23,931 Ambassador Wyler, 361 00:20:24,014 --> 00:20:27,100 is the logical chain of events that unfolds 362 00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:30,520 from parts one and two of the not three-part plan 363 00:20:31,271 --> 00:20:32,814 my wife's impeachment? 364 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,068 Probably. 365 00:20:40,697 --> 00:20:41,907 Thank you. 366 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:45,827 -Impeached. -[Kate] Or not. 367 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,372 -This isn't a decision we need to revisit. -You don't. 368 00:20:48,455 --> 00:20:50,499 I don't know. Todd's calling it suicide. 369 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:53,752 And the crackerjack you thought should replace me seems to agree. 370 00:20:53,835 --> 00:20:56,129 -You told Todd? -Why, yes, I did. 371 00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:59,132 -What are you doing? -I'm sorry. 372 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:01,343 -Did you know what she thought? -You know what? 373 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:03,470 I don't need to weigh in. It's not my place. 374 00:21:03,553 --> 00:21:05,806 -Thank you. -You told her to leave the room. 375 00:21:05,889 --> 00:21:07,808 We appreciate the ambassador's perspective, 376 00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:10,018 which is one among many, and we made a decision. 377 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,563 Mr. Penn asked me a question. I should have changed the subject. 378 00:21:13,647 --> 00:21:16,275 -Todd's the problem? -Who's with Todd? Is he by himself? 379 00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:18,485 Can you keep Todd company for a moment? 380 00:21:18,568 --> 00:21:20,737 Can you? I want to hear what she thinks. 381 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:22,197 -Go sit with Todd. -No! 382 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,366 Then stand there quietly and let her talk. 383 00:21:30,163 --> 00:21:33,083 It's an honorable move, telling Trowbridge privately 384 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:35,294 and assuming he'll keep the information secret. 385 00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:39,423 If you were dealing with a rational actor, that would matter. 386 00:21:39,506 --> 00:21:41,842 But you're not dealing with a rational actor. 387 00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:44,761 This comes out, it's far worse for him than for me. 388 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:46,805 [Hal] She's a leader who made a tough call. 389 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:51,810 Nicol is so inept that the Vice President of the United States 390 00:21:51,893 --> 00:21:54,438 and his own adviser agreed he couldn't be trusted 391 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:56,815 to click the gate closed on his nuclear arsenal. 392 00:21:56,898 --> 00:21:58,233 Does he want that coming out? 393 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:00,694 Protecting the president and himself are the same thing. 394 00:22:00,777 --> 00:22:05,032 -He has a survival instinct. -But he acts impulsively, emotionally. 395 00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:09,119 And sometimes he's a rational individual who credits the president 396 00:22:09,202 --> 00:22:11,705 with keeping him in office when he was ready to resign. 397 00:22:11,788 --> 00:22:17,044 Maybe he recognizes the windfall of astonishing proportions 398 00:22:17,127 --> 00:22:19,880 that is the goodwill of the Penn administration. 399 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:25,302 Yes. That's a reasonable argument. I don't need to weigh in. 400 00:22:25,385 --> 00:22:27,637 -You've all been through this. -We have, yeah. 401 00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:28,972 And I'm here as a spouse. 402 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:31,892 You're here as an ambassador. You're allowed to talk. 403 00:22:31,975 --> 00:22:35,812 But if enough of us agree, I'm okay having an outlier. 404 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:38,106 -You should be. -Risk is part of the calculation. 405 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,484 Hal is often the outlier. It makes him valuable. 406 00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:41,777 He thinks outside the box. 407 00:22:44,654 --> 00:22:46,698 You, not he, are the outlier. 408 00:22:48,283 --> 00:22:50,869 -Am I? -Hal's not an outlier. He agrees. 409 00:22:50,952 --> 00:22:52,496 -Shall we? -Let's. 410 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:54,373 -Thank you. -What is she talking about? 411 00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:55,499 Drop it. 412 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:58,168 -She know what you think? -We should get back to Todd. 413 00:22:58,251 --> 00:23:00,420 -What do you think? -We're being rude to Todd. 414 00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:02,964 -We good? -She should know what you actually think. 415 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,966 -What does he actually think? -[Hal] I'm sorry. 416 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:08,512 Kate and I developed a working style not appropriate for our circumstances. 417 00:23:08,595 --> 00:23:10,347 Has nothing to do with our marriage. 418 00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:14,601 Ambassador, this is the best in a sea of appalling options. 419 00:23:14,684 --> 00:23:18,397 That's a conclusion I reach with plenty of input, including now yours. 420 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,191 Ma'am, you can ignore everyone, but if you made a choice 421 00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:24,152 because you think three of these four people like it, 422 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:26,780 you should know Hal is lying. 423 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:31,701 Lying? 424 00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:36,081 -Lying… was perhaps overstated. -I think you need to step out of the room. 425 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:38,625 The VP probably thinks you're looking for support. 426 00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:41,586 -That might be prudent. -[Hal] Boundaries are no longer intact. 427 00:23:41,670 --> 00:23:44,089 -Your counsel is no longer needed. -I'm not claiming… 428 00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:47,217 [indistinct arguing] 429 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:49,094 [sighs] 430 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:51,263 -…grossly inappropriate. -Nothing nefarious… 431 00:23:51,346 --> 00:23:52,806 -But I-- -You should step out-- 432 00:23:52,889 --> 00:23:54,182 -Stop! -Thank you. 433 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:57,185 -I want her out of the room. -Shh! 434 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,147 What does he really think? 435 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:06,027 He is a very good man, 436 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:10,907 and he wants only the best for you and the nation. 437 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:13,785 And he's had a bad week, and that is my fault. 438 00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:15,120 Kate, spit it out. 439 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:19,833 From his perspective, it makes sense. 440 00:24:19,916 --> 00:24:22,502 You tell the PM, he keeps your secret. Great. 441 00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:25,881 If he doesn't, Hal is president. 442 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,553 You know what's tough about that? 443 00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:34,639 True things sound true. 444 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,310 [pensive music playing] 445 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,785 [door closes] 446 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:02,042 -[footsteps approach] -[sighs] 447 00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:05,003 [music fades] 448 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:17,641 God, I'm… drinking faster than I thought I was. [chuckles softly] 449 00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:20,769 It happens. 450 00:25:27,651 --> 00:25:28,860 I don't lie to you. 451 00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:32,322 -You don't have to ex-- -I don't. It's too consequential. 452 00:25:34,282 --> 00:25:37,244 Our relationship would be better if I blew more smoke up your ass, 453 00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:39,704 but I'm not going to because it fucking matters. 454 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,206 I get it. 455 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:43,375 [sighs] 456 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,211 Look, it's not easy for her, right? 457 00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:48,755 -It's gonna get easier. But right now… -Yeah. 458 00:25:48,838 --> 00:25:51,091 It's, um… You know, it's an adjustment. 459 00:25:51,174 --> 00:25:53,927 Yeah. God knows Todd's still adjusting. 460 00:25:56,012 --> 00:25:57,013 [sighs] 461 00:25:58,181 --> 00:26:00,850 Wives think they know what their husbands are thinking. 462 00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:04,729 -Sorry to say that's not always the case. -I take it with every grain of salt. 463 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:05,939 That's not enough. 464 00:26:06,022 --> 00:26:08,692 I need to know you're not gonna take any of it. 465 00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:12,779 The idea that I would set you up so I can take your job? 466 00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:19,494 Okay, let me put this simply. Trowbridge outs you. 467 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:22,038 We're not gonna get a neat transition of government. 468 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:25,750 We're gonna get a partisan bloodbath and a legislative drought. 469 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,629 At the end, I'm not the bright new hope. I'm backwash. 470 00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:36,595 [footsteps approaching] 471 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,768 I'm sorry. I don't mean to cut him off at the knees. 472 00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:47,188 But if it was part of the decision-making, I thought you should know. 473 00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:50,650 Your detail's gonna take you to the airbase. 474 00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:52,986 They're gonna get you on a plane back to London. 475 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,658 The Brits know I'm here. I can't leave. 476 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:02,037 -We'll communicate there was an emergency. -This is the emergency. 477 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,247 Four people in the world know about this. 478 00:27:04,331 --> 00:27:05,624 -I'm one of them. -We got it. 479 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:10,378 You are talking about widening the circle based on advice that wasn't candid. 480 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:14,049 Kate, we heard what you said, and we're giving it real consideration. 481 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:17,344 We're gonna go through it again. Make sure we land in a sensible place. 482 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:19,179 That's great. Let me be part of it. 483 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:26,269 I can't fathom what it's like… being married to that man. 484 00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:30,065 But when there is a conflict between a principal and their partner, 485 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:32,567 and we are in crisis, which we most certainly are, 486 00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:34,361 I ask the spouse to leave. 487 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,572 I am not here as his spouse. I am here as your ambassador. 488 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:41,576 An ambassador doesn't call the VP a liar in front of the president. 489 00:27:42,118 --> 00:27:43,662 Only his wife does that. 490 00:27:55,423 --> 00:27:56,591 The cars are ready. 491 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:00,470 You packed up? 492 00:28:03,973 --> 00:28:04,974 Ma'am? 493 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,104 I… need another minute. 494 00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:11,356 I gotta say goodbye to Hal. 495 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:14,734 [message sent alert] 496 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:20,740 I put together a list of contacts for the source 497 00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:22,701 and their whereabouts the last few weeks. 498 00:28:22,784 --> 00:28:24,119 -Do we have a-- -[phone vibrates] 499 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,289 [phone vibrates] 500 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:30,500 [phone vibrates] 501 00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:32,836 Everything okay? 502 00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:39,300 This was casting a wide net. We'll narrow it over the next couple days. 503 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:40,385 [phone vibrates] 504 00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:49,769 -[Hal inhales, sighs] -I'll be right back. 505 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:54,149 The ones we're most concerned about are the first three. 506 00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:57,360 Ma'am, he is so sorry. He… He just can't step away right now. 507 00:28:57,444 --> 00:28:59,946 Totally understand. I'll talk to him when they're done. 508 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:02,365 -It might be a long night. -That's okay. 509 00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:06,536 They're on with the NSC. The secure line here is a nightmare. 510 00:29:06,619 --> 00:29:10,248 The signal's tricky. They think it has to do with the tides. 511 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,168 No problem. I don't mind. 512 00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:17,464 He asked that you not wait. 513 00:29:18,798 --> 00:29:20,258 You sure you want to do this? 514 00:29:22,802 --> 00:29:24,345 I will get him to call you. 515 00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:30,560 [door closes] 516 00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:34,230 Eidra's assessment is the walk-in can be contained. 517 00:29:34,981 --> 00:29:36,149 [Eidra] He wants to defect. 518 00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:39,235 He's cooperative and motivated. 519 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:42,071 -And incentivized to keep his mouth shut. -[no audible dialogue] 520 00:29:42,155 --> 00:29:44,491 But he was not Lenkov's closest lieutenant. 521 00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:47,535 We have to assume he is not the only one who heard the story. 522 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,954 -[Hal] Mm. -We're dealing with an ongoing threat. 523 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:51,456 [phone vibrates] 524 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,679 You okay? 525 00:30:08,056 --> 00:30:10,141 -Can you get Hal? -Sure. 526 00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:12,393 But tell him you need to talk to him, not me. 527 00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:16,564 -Why? -We had a spat. Normal. 528 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:18,983 -Is it? -It happens all the time. 529 00:30:19,859 --> 00:30:22,403 -I don't wanna get in your personal life. -Agreed. 530 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:27,116 But I think you are repeatedly involving me in your personal life. 531 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,786 -I know. -I'm really trying to back right out. 532 00:30:29,869 --> 00:30:32,747 I have to leave. I need to talk to him before I go. 533 00:30:33,581 --> 00:30:34,707 Where are you going? 534 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:38,920 They asked me to… leave. 535 00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:43,633 They are kicking me out. 536 00:30:43,716 --> 00:30:45,593 -Who's they? -Hal. 537 00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,929 Is he using they/them pronouns? 538 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:49,430 [inhales deeply] 539 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,474 Hal, Billie, and… 540 00:30:52,141 --> 00:30:53,226 You know. 541 00:30:53,768 --> 00:30:54,602 The president? 542 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:57,981 She is about to do something that is apocalyptically dumb. 543 00:30:58,064 --> 00:31:01,276 She doesn't have to, because I have an idea that is far less damaging. 544 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:03,403 Hal would agree if he would speak to me. 545 00:31:03,486 --> 00:31:06,489 -Why don't I get Nora? -Nora has his permission to shut me out. 546 00:31:06,573 --> 00:31:09,659 And frankly, she's never been more excited in her life. 547 00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:15,039 Eidra… armed men are trying to escort me off the property. 548 00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:18,084 I need two minutes with Hal. I'm asking as a friend. 549 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,044 No, you're asking as an ambassador 550 00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:22,213 with an opinion about presidential strategy. 551 00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:24,883 If you want to tell me what it is, 552 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,261 as chief of station, I'm prepared to weigh in. 553 00:31:28,344 --> 00:31:29,637 I can't do that. 554 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:32,765 Then as a friend, I'm gonna say when the commander-in-chief 555 00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:35,768 tells you to get the fuck out of her beach house, you go. 556 00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:38,646 Jesus. Will you just give me a break and take my word for it? 557 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,858 Ma'am, the last time I did that, a woman died in my custody. 558 00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:55,288 [Kate sighs] 559 00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:07,467 -I'd like to say goodbye to Mr. Penn. -Ma'am, we need to get to the car. 560 00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:11,471 I'm sorry. It's common courtesy. You're a guest in someone's home. 561 00:32:11,554 --> 00:32:12,430 He'll understand. 562 00:32:12,513 --> 00:32:14,432 As an official spouse, I'm here to tell you 563 00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:17,602 that he does not appreciate being treated like a lawn ornament. 564 00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:19,354 Give me half a second, please. 565 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:22,065 It's a beautiful night. Go look at the view. 566 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:28,696 Todd! 567 00:32:33,868 --> 00:32:34,744 Todd! 568 00:32:42,919 --> 00:32:44,087 [Bonaventura] Shit. 569 00:32:45,755 --> 00:32:47,173 We have a delay. 570 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:49,300 -Ambassador? -[Bonaventura] Ma'am! 571 00:32:50,259 --> 00:32:51,511 Ma'am! 572 00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:56,516 [gasps] 573 00:32:56,599 --> 00:32:58,476 -Warm! -Hi. 574 00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,311 Ma'am, step out of the pool, please. 575 00:33:00,895 --> 00:33:04,107 They're trying to kick me out. I need to talk to you for five minutes. 576 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:07,068 Sir, I'm sorry. The ambassador needs to get to London. 577 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,569 [Todd] Yeah. I got that. 578 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:15,535 The president can't tell Nicol Trowbridge that it was her. 579 00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:20,873 -No shit. I've been telling her that. -She can say it was Rayburn. 580 00:33:23,626 --> 00:33:26,295 He's dead. Blame him. 581 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:34,470 [Todd] Grace! Gracie! 582 00:33:34,554 --> 00:33:36,556 [indistinct distant chatter] 583 00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:50,361 He served his country. I'm not blithely shitting on his good name. 584 00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:52,822 -How could you suggest-- -We appreciate your input-- 585 00:33:52,905 --> 00:33:55,700 How about you let the president reach the end of her sentence? 586 00:33:55,783 --> 00:33:58,745 -Can we run that up the flagpole once? -Stop! 587 00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:00,496 She is not the problem right now. 588 00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:03,207 She came up with a plan to end your career, 589 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,419 which she kickstarted by ending mine. 590 00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:09,922 -You ask me? She's been the problem. -President Rayburn has-- 591 00:34:10,006 --> 00:34:12,258 -She's the president. -I am absolutely aware. 592 00:34:12,341 --> 00:34:13,259 She's the president. 593 00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:17,472 President Rayburn is the most respected pile of fertilizer on the planet. 594 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:18,931 I love the man, clearly. 595 00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:21,684 I walked away from my entire life for him, but he's gone. 596 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,729 It doesn't matter. The presidency is a unitary entity. 597 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:26,856 Is she fucking kidding me? 598 00:34:26,939 --> 00:34:30,068 Blaming Rayburn is no different from blaming Grace. 599 00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:32,820 She will pay just as much, just as hard, 600 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:36,115 and the real story will remain out there like an unexploded landmine. 601 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,575 Why does she work for you? 602 00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:41,162 Fucking Mimsy out there is actually trying to protect you. 603 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:43,414 -They tried to boot her off the property. -Todd. 604 00:34:43,498 --> 00:34:46,417 How many times do you have to watch Billie Appiah shove you 605 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:48,211 in front of a moving train? 606 00:34:48,294 --> 00:34:50,630 It was not her idea. It was mine. 607 00:34:50,713 --> 00:34:54,634 She is supposed to tell you when you're behaving like a suicide bomber. 608 00:34:54,717 --> 00:34:58,596 -You and I are not objective. She is. -No. She isn't. 609 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:02,892 Bill Rayburn was her mentor, her father figure, 610 00:35:02,975 --> 00:35:05,186 and the Vajra Bodhisattva. 611 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:07,438 She's anything but objective. 612 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:22,286 [door slams] 613 00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:26,999 Is it a bad idea? 614 00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:32,922 No. 615 00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:41,973 [sighs] 616 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:53,067 [door knocking] 617 00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:54,152 [Grace] What? 618 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:01,868 [door closes] 619 00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:05,621 [keyboard clacking] 620 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:37,862 [door slams] 621 00:36:54,837 --> 00:36:56,839 [faucet running] 622 00:36:59,091 --> 00:37:00,092 [water stops] 623 00:37:02,428 --> 00:37:03,721 [Grace] Uh… 624 00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:05,056 I'm still in here. 625 00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:07,350 -What? -I'm still in here. 626 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:10,937 Sorry. I wasn't paying attention. 627 00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:12,146 [Grace] You think? 628 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:13,564 [Todd] Jesus Christ. 629 00:37:15,942 --> 00:37:17,193 [sighs] 630 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,934 [pensive music playing] 631 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,300 [Eidra] Forty-eight hours ago, 632 00:38:22,383 --> 00:38:25,970 a Russian walk-in at Embassy London claimed he had information 633 00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:28,973 about who had ordered the attack on HMS Courageous. 634 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:33,811 He said that he knew that members of the British government were involved. 635 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:37,440 The source also claimed there was American involvement. 636 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:42,153 Initially, we suspected this was a Russian counterintelligence plot 637 00:38:42,236 --> 00:38:45,031 aimed at sowing division between our two countries. 638 00:38:45,114 --> 00:38:48,909 But out of an abundance of caution, we looked into the claim. 639 00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:51,579 The source appears to be legitimate. 640 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:56,208 We were unable to rule out American involvement. 641 00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:58,669 Thank you. 642 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:07,928 I'm grateful to be here, 643 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,057 but… unable to rule it out is hardly damning. 644 00:39:14,268 --> 00:39:17,688 Once… London shared their findings, 645 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:22,401 we did a deeper dive, cross-checking Margaret Roylin's interaction 646 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:23,736 with American officials 647 00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:27,031 and non-governmental but politically engaged parties. 648 00:39:29,158 --> 00:39:31,035 Margaret Roylin orchestrated the attack, 649 00:39:31,118 --> 00:39:34,663 but we believe she did so in the wake of a conversation 650 00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:36,290 with an American official. 651 00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:41,754 We believe that official was President Rayburn. 652 00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:55,810 [somber string music playing] 653 00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:04,568 [Kate] Come on in. 654 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:12,034 Billie and Hal are just tweaking language before the press conference. 655 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,994 This is the most recent draft. 656 00:40:17,456 --> 00:40:18,916 [music fades] 657 00:40:18,999 --> 00:40:22,211 I told them Trowbridge gets credit for the investigation. 658 00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:26,715 He'll be the one to say Roylin's name. Give him any win we can. 659 00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:30,010 Thank you. 660 00:40:32,888 --> 00:40:34,849 We had no idea. 661 00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:37,476 I had no idea. 662 00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:44,942 -Nicol is still absorbing… all of it. -Mm-hmm. 663 00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:48,112 I tried to assure him it's in our interest. 664 00:40:48,195 --> 00:40:51,740 Absolutely. This trade deal will rescue your economy. 665 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,660 Things will be different between our governments going forward. 666 00:40:56,036 --> 00:40:57,705 You understand what I'm saying. 667 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:03,627 Nicol expects this trade deal to be the first step… 668 00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:06,505 of a new era. 669 00:41:07,506 --> 00:41:09,091 What exactly does that mean? 670 00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:12,386 The United Kingdom has played your trusty second 671 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,221 for the best part of a century. 672 00:41:15,931 --> 00:41:19,059 We've endured that indignity to guarantee our security. 673 00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:20,227 And yet… 674 00:41:21,770 --> 00:41:26,650 your former president birthed a plan to attack a British warship. 675 00:41:28,444 --> 00:41:30,821 Our Prime Minister is now concealing 676 00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:35,326 unusually explosive information on your behalf, telling the entire world 677 00:41:35,409 --> 00:41:40,331 that a former member of our government built the debacle whole cloth. 678 00:41:40,414 --> 00:41:42,666 So the wrath that is due to both our governments 679 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:45,336 will land only on mine. 680 00:41:46,795 --> 00:41:50,049 Our cooperation does not merely earn us a free trade agreement. 681 00:41:50,132 --> 00:41:53,260 It earns us an enthusiastic yes 682 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:58,807 to every request we make in the humanly foreseeable future. 683 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:04,605 I am so sorry if that's how the president's remarks were understood. 684 00:42:04,688 --> 00:42:08,150 And I know that she will do anything and everything in her power 685 00:42:08,234 --> 00:42:09,568 to make this right. 686 00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:12,321 But that's a lot. 687 00:42:12,404 --> 00:42:16,158 Bill Rayburn telling Margaret Roylin to launch a false flag operation is a lot. 688 00:42:16,242 --> 00:42:18,035 -I know. -You don't. 689 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:20,704 Nicol is humiliated. 690 00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:26,001 He will extract not one, but ten pounds of flesh. 691 00:42:26,085 --> 00:42:27,294 We are sorry. 692 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:31,882 We are truly sorry. This was an epic, horrific mistake. 693 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:36,262 But if we reset the world order every time the United States fucked up… 694 00:42:36,345 --> 00:42:39,098 -Kate. -I am doing everything I can. 695 00:42:39,807 --> 00:42:41,058 But there is a limit. 696 00:42:41,934 --> 00:42:43,060 You know that. 697 00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:46,355 I do know that. 698 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:47,940 [phone vibrates] 699 00:42:53,279 --> 00:42:56,782 New draft should be with us in ten minutes. Minor changes. 700 00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:59,159 The message is unity. 701 00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:01,161 No daylight between them. 702 00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:17,761 "This travesty was hatched by my former adviser, Margaret Roylin." 703 00:43:17,845 --> 00:43:20,097 Yeah, Nicol's not gonna want to own her. 704 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:22,141 This is his language that he sent to us. 705 00:43:22,224 --> 00:43:24,810 Yeah, but can't he just say former government official? 706 00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:26,895 She was behind the curtain for 15 years. 707 00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:28,397 -Everybody knows that. -No. 708 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,233 Everybody in the UK knows that. 709 00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:34,069 He can't refer to her as some woman who worked down the hall. 710 00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:37,114 Former adviser to the administration. Do they say "administration"? 711 00:43:37,197 --> 00:43:38,032 The government. 712 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:40,117 This travesty was hatched by Margaret Roylin, 713 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:41,577 former adviser to the government. 714 00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:43,871 Then Grace can come in with the Lenkov part. 715 00:43:43,954 --> 00:43:47,291 No. Trowbridge needs to explain that Roylin went to Lenkov. 716 00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:50,002 -I can't have that coming out of Grace. -How'd it go? 717 00:43:52,546 --> 00:43:54,882 -It's a lot to swallow. -No shit. 718 00:43:55,799 --> 00:43:58,093 Language for the press conference. 719 00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:02,389 -Travesty? -Yeah. 720 00:44:02,890 --> 00:44:04,642 -Sounds light. -That's what I said. 721 00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:05,976 [Hal] That's what they gave us. 722 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:07,353 Given the circumstances, 723 00:44:07,436 --> 00:44:09,480 we can't be making tweaks to his every word. 724 00:44:11,231 --> 00:44:14,443 This deadly attack was orchestrated by Margaret Roylin. 725 00:44:14,526 --> 00:44:17,112 -Better. -Are they taking questions? 726 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:18,322 [both] No. 727 00:44:18,822 --> 00:44:21,825 [tense purposeful music playing] 728 00:44:42,888 --> 00:44:45,391 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States 729 00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:47,559 and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 730 00:44:55,025 --> 00:44:56,235 [Grace] Good afternoon. 731 00:44:58,112 --> 00:44:59,947 Thank you for joining us today. 732 00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:02,616 It's an honor to have Prime Minister Trowbridge here. 733 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:03,575 [clears throat] 734 00:45:03,659 --> 00:45:06,995 We'd like to share some information that recently came to our attention. 735 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,206 Earlier this year, 736 00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:12,167 the bombing of the HMS Courageous aircraft carrier 737 00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:15,212 stole from us 41 young British lives. 738 00:45:16,088 --> 00:45:18,382 Our intelligence services determined 739 00:45:18,465 --> 00:45:20,759 that the savage attack was perpetrated 740 00:45:20,843 --> 00:45:23,262 by Russian mercenary Roman Lenkov. 741 00:45:23,345 --> 00:45:24,888 As a known arm of the Kremlin, 742 00:45:24,972 --> 00:45:28,225 his actions were presumed to be the will of the Russian state. 743 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:31,395 However, new information has led us to a different, 744 00:45:31,478 --> 00:45:34,148 sadly, no less disturbing conclusion. 745 00:45:34,898 --> 00:45:36,734 This deadly attack… 746 00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:40,529 [clears throat] 747 00:45:41,447 --> 00:45:45,033 This deadly attack was orchestrated at the behest 748 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:48,787 of former United States President William Rayburn. 749 00:45:48,871 --> 00:45:51,623 -[vengeful orchestral music playing] -What the mother fuck? 750 00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:53,083 No, he did not. 751 00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:55,711 -[man 1] Madam President. -[man 2] Prime Minister. 752 00:45:55,794 --> 00:45:58,005 [overlapping questioning] 753 00:46:04,052 --> 00:46:06,513 [music continues] 754 00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:21,273 [music fades out]