1 00:00:08,125 --> 00:00:09,625 Come on. 2 00:00:09,708 --> 00:00:11,000 Fucking useless. 3 00:00:11,083 --> 00:00:12,791 Hey, hey. 4 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,041 Come on. 5 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:18,083 Come on, you son of a bitch. 6 00:00:18,166 --> 00:00:20,166 Fuck. 7 00:00:30,208 --> 00:00:32,083 ♪ Any old storm, any old port ♪ 8 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,166 ♪ Life is long, love is short ♪ 9 00:00:34,250 --> 00:00:36,208 ♪ You'd better get a woman Get a woman if you can ♪ 10 00:00:36,291 --> 00:00:38,791 ♪ If you can't get a woman Get a clean old man ♪ 11 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:42,250 ♪ Do they hang too low? Do they swing to and fro? ♪ 12 00:00:42,333 --> 00:00:44,458 ♪ Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie 'em in a bow? ♪ 13 00:00:44,541 --> 00:00:46,667 ♪ Swing 'em round your shoulder Like European soldier? ♪ 14 00:00:46,750 --> 00:00:48,666 ♪ Do they hang too low in the mornin'? ♪ 15 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:50,583 ♪ Any old storm, any old port ♪ 16 00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:52,666 ♪ Life is long, love is short ♪ 17 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:54,750 ♪ You'd better get a woman Get a woman if you can ♪ 18 00:00:54,833 --> 00:00:56,667 ♪ If you can't get a woman Get a clean old man ♪ 19 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:03,125 I'd like to open up the floor to deliberations. 20 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,458 I would like to deliberate on the topic of Brother Charles. 21 00:01:05,541 --> 00:01:08,042 Yes, I too would like to speak on the subject of Brother Charles. 22 00:01:08,125 --> 00:01:10,041 Must we do this every single week? 23 00:01:10,125 --> 00:01:13,625 Charles, it is only through the practice of receiving our peers 24 00:01:13,708 --> 00:01:16,375 that we can hope to achieve spiritual perfection. 25 00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:19,583 His behavior has been a matter of grave concern. 26 00:01:20,125 --> 00:01:23,958 He'll often speak ill of the cooperative, take more than his fair share at meals. 27 00:01:24,041 --> 00:01:27,333 I caught him spying with lust upon Joseph and I in the greenhouse. 28 00:01:27,416 --> 00:01:30,000 -Esther, you fucking wish. -Charles! 29 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:31,500 With deference, Elder Noyes, 30 00:01:31,583 --> 00:01:36,166 I will not stand by idly and accept this slander on my name, 31 00:01:36,250 --> 00:01:38,958 not when I have pledged myself to God as I have. 32 00:01:39,041 --> 00:01:41,666 Do you doubt the principles of our community, 33 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:44,833 this church that's given you a home these past five years? 34 00:01:44,916 --> 00:01:49,708 I'll admit, I-I-I fear that the culture of free love has grown perverse, yes. 35 00:01:49,791 --> 00:01:53,083 He's just upset none of the sisters will share an experience with him. 36 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:56,708 Is that true? Have not one of you had a desire to know this man? 37 00:01:56,791 --> 00:02:00,875 They've devised a nickname, sir, with regard to Brother Charles. 38 00:02:00,958 --> 00:02:02,375 What sort of nickname? 39 00:02:03,083 --> 00:02:04,416 "Charlie Get-Out." 40 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:12,416 I would sooner not be loved than by any of you harlots or sinners. 41 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:16,375 I made a mistake thinking I could ever reach enlightenment at a place like this. 42 00:02:16,958 --> 00:02:21,791 Menial farm work and-and-and casual fucking may satisfy this bunch, 43 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:24,916 but there is a greater destiny out there for me. 44 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:26,541 Mark my words. 45 00:02:26,625 --> 00:02:30,166 My name will be known one day all across this country. 46 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:32,000 Laugh away. 47 00:02:32,083 --> 00:02:36,166 But remember, he who laughs last, laughs best. 48 00:02:39,291 --> 00:02:43,708 ♪ I'll be glad when you're dead You rascal, you ♪ 49 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:06,625 Hmm? 50 00:03:06,708 --> 00:03:08,708 There's my cheerful husband. 51 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:13,208 We'll only stay an hour, I promise. 52 00:03:13,291 --> 00:03:15,375 This is your night. Enjoy it. 53 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Mr. President. 54 00:03:18,166 --> 00:03:19,666 Mr. Douglass. 55 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:24,291 I'd like you to know Blanche K. Bruce, senator from Mississippi. 56 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:26,875 Oh, I believe we met briefly in Chicago at the convention. 57 00:03:26,958 --> 00:03:29,250 You were for Grant, if memory serves. 58 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:30,583 I will not dare deny it. 59 00:03:30,666 --> 00:03:35,625 Those I represent cannot afford to lay all their chips on an underdog. 60 00:03:35,708 --> 00:03:39,500 Were I faced with your stakes, I probably would have made the same bet. 61 00:03:39,583 --> 00:03:41,250 Let it be water under the bridge. 62 00:03:41,333 --> 00:03:42,500 Ah. 63 00:03:42,583 --> 00:03:46,083 I admired your strong words during the campaign. 64 00:03:46,166 --> 00:03:49,375 I only hope they will be paired with even stronger action. 65 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:53,375 The Black man held the line for you in the South, and at his own peril. 66 00:03:54,291 --> 00:03:58,333 I needn't remind you just on whose tab we owe our champagne tonight. 67 00:03:58,416 --> 00:03:59,750 I haven't forgotten. 68 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:03,500 Our administration will be staffed solely with the most progressive, qualified of... 69 00:04:05,083 --> 00:04:06,791 Greetings, you bastards. 70 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:07,750 I am skunked. 71 00:04:07,833 --> 00:04:10,208 Your drink of choice, Mr. Vice President? 72 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:11,500 Sausages! 73 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,250 -Senator Blaine. Mrs. Garfield. -Oh! 74 00:04:20,625 --> 00:04:23,708 Crete, have you met Kate Sprague? 75 00:04:23,791 --> 00:04:27,208 Not in the official sense, but I've heard truly impressive things. 76 00:04:27,791 --> 00:04:30,500 Mrs. Sprague, will the governor be joining us in town tonight? 77 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:32,541 -Oh, he's detained, sadly. -Oh. 78 00:04:32,625 --> 00:04:34,333 Back in Rhode Island. 79 00:04:34,416 --> 00:04:37,291 Roscoe's graciously offered to escort me to the ball. 80 00:04:37,375 --> 00:04:41,583 I would be rude not to ask after your wife, Senator Conkling. 81 00:04:42,666 --> 00:04:44,750 She's minding the homestead up in Albany. 82 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:48,625 The climate this far south never much agreed with Julia. 83 00:04:49,125 --> 00:04:50,083 -Mr. President. -Oh… 84 00:04:50,166 --> 00:04:52,125 Would you excuse me, gentlemen? 85 00:04:52,208 --> 00:04:53,041 Mrs. Sprague. 86 00:04:53,125 --> 00:04:54,541 Mrs. Garfield. 87 00:04:56,041 --> 00:04:58,791 Good to have you out and about, Blainsy. You've been sorely missed. 88 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:03,750 Political cockroaches like you and I, Roscoe, we can only stay in exile so long. 89 00:05:04,291 --> 00:05:07,208 -Did you enjoy the president's speech? -Bleeding heart vaudeville. 90 00:05:07,291 --> 00:05:09,291 Crow on about reforms, fetch good press. 91 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:11,375 I suspect some of it may be sincere. 92 00:05:11,458 --> 00:05:13,208 Yeah, well, I could give a fuck. 93 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,291 You'd better remind our man Garfield just who it was 94 00:05:16,375 --> 00:05:18,166 that saved his campaign at the 11th hour 95 00:05:18,250 --> 00:05:22,041 while he was off slinging pig shit in Ohio and you were licking your wounds. 96 00:05:24,166 --> 00:05:26,708 New York doesn't work pro bono. 97 00:05:27,208 --> 00:05:30,708 He can grandstand all he wants, but we expect to be remembered. 98 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:37,250 Lighten up, Blainsey. Our side won. 99 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:39,708 Roscoe, I'm ready to start dancing. 100 00:05:39,791 --> 00:05:41,041 Then dance we must. 101 00:05:41,125 --> 00:05:44,000 Mrs. Sprague, give my best to Governor Sprague. 102 00:05:44,083 --> 00:05:45,166 Oh. 103 00:05:45,875 --> 00:05:48,625 I love it when old men are catty. 104 00:06:05,041 --> 00:06:07,708 Oh. Here we are. 105 00:06:07,791 --> 00:06:10,083 -Thank you. -Oh, happy to be of service. 106 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:12,625 Then I don't know what you're doing here. 107 00:06:13,916 --> 00:06:17,791 Oh, this city still manages to bring out the worst in people somehow. 108 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:19,416 I blame the formal attire. 109 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:22,458 It makes it, uh, awfully difficult to use a toilet. 110 00:06:25,041 --> 00:06:25,875 That's funny. 111 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:28,291 You should try on a bustle and then let's talk. 112 00:06:36,083 --> 00:06:37,833 I don't know what I was thinking. 113 00:06:39,125 --> 00:06:40,875 I'm not built for this sort of world. 114 00:06:42,958 --> 00:06:47,875 Well, as my sister always likes to say, the world is what we make of it. 115 00:06:48,375 --> 00:06:51,250 And there's no use giving up before we've even begun. 116 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:54,916 Not sure I caught your name. 117 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,041 Charles Guiteau. 118 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:59,791 I'm proud to say I'm one of the men that helped make your husband president. 119 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:01,375 Oh. 120 00:07:02,125 --> 00:07:03,250 Yes. 121 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:05,750 That makes much more sense. 122 00:07:06,833 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaking of which, I ought to hunt him down. 123 00:07:09,083 --> 00:07:10,416 Oh, no, wait, wait, wait. 124 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,875 Oh, oh, sorry. No, no, I'm not, I'm not... 125 00:07:12,958 --> 00:07:16,666 I just... I-I-I-I would love a moment with him is all. 126 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:22,083 To conduct a post-mortem on the campaign to see if I can be of further help to him. 127 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:23,000 Please? 128 00:07:23,083 --> 00:07:24,916 I will be sure to let him know. 129 00:07:25,791 --> 00:07:28,250 -Have a nice evening, Mr. Guiteau. -Ma'am. 130 00:07:47,833 --> 00:07:50,291 ♪ Because they look so neat ♪ 131 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:52,958 ♪ Oh, them golden slippers! ♪ 132 00:07:53,041 --> 00:07:55,375 ♪ Oh, them golden slippers! ♪ 133 00:07:55,458 --> 00:07:58,750 Oh, Mr. Vice President Arthur, sir! 134 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:00,000 Hey! 135 00:08:00,083 --> 00:08:03,000 We really gave those devils a taste of our medicine back in November, 136 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:03,958 eh, my old friend? 137 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:11,625 Oh, I can't tell you, sir, the pride I felt that night 138 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:13,333 when the numbers came in for us. 139 00:08:13,416 --> 00:08:17,041 To be a force in a great movement much larger than myself. 140 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:18,500 -Shit! -Indeed, indeed. 141 00:08:18,583 --> 00:08:21,041 And we have a rare opportunity, don't you think? 142 00:08:21,125 --> 00:08:24,750 To effect the kind of mandate that only comes along once in a generation. 143 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:27,416 -I gotta tell you, sir, I'm ready. -What's it now? 144 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:30,000 I'm ready to be called up, sir, in an official capacity. 145 00:08:30,083 --> 00:08:32,541 I would very much like to be part of this organization. 146 00:08:32,625 --> 00:08:34,125 Mm-mm! 147 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:35,916 Hm! Okay, yes. 148 00:08:38,291 --> 00:08:40,250 Yes, sir? Yes? 149 00:08:40,791 --> 00:08:44,000 That's splendid! That's splendid news! 150 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:47,708 I had a sense you would agree. We'll make an unbeatable pair, you and I. 151 00:08:47,791 --> 00:08:50,458 I wonder where I could be used for the greatest public benefit. 152 00:08:50,541 --> 00:08:54,166 Um, some consulate, perhaps, to strengthen our ties with Europe? 153 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:56,375 I have a little French. My name is French. 154 00:08:56,458 --> 00:08:58,666 Okay, okay, okay, listen. 155 00:09:00,083 --> 00:09:03,625 I need you to do something for me. Something very, very important. 156 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:05,000 Anything, anything. 157 00:09:05,916 --> 00:09:08,500 I need you to find the sausage man. 158 00:09:09,458 --> 00:09:10,500 The sausage man? 159 00:09:11,166 --> 00:09:12,166 You, there! 160 00:09:13,375 --> 00:09:16,500 May we examine your invitation to tonight's event, please? 161 00:09:16,583 --> 00:09:19,958 I'm the Vice President, you fuckin' pricks. 162 00:09:20,041 --> 00:09:21,791 Apologies, sir. 163 00:09:22,666 --> 00:09:24,625 We mean this fellow with you. 164 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:26,750 We discovered a broken window in the East Wing 165 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:28,791 and have reason to suspect someone snuck in. 166 00:09:32,291 --> 00:09:33,708 Your invitation, please. 167 00:09:46,791 --> 00:09:49,250 This is not what it appears. 168 00:09:49,916 --> 00:09:51,041 Let's take it outside. 169 00:09:51,125 --> 00:09:53,833 No, let's not take it out... No, get your hands off me. 170 00:09:53,916 --> 00:09:56,375 Sir, will you please tell them that I belong here? 171 00:09:56,458 --> 00:09:58,166 Get your hands off me! 172 00:09:58,250 --> 00:10:00,000 Sir, will you tell them who I am? 173 00:10:00,583 --> 00:10:02,958 I don't have the slightest fucking idea. 174 00:10:09,458 --> 00:10:10,458 No! 175 00:10:10,791 --> 00:10:12,333 Get off the... Hey! 176 00:10:13,166 --> 00:10:15,250 -Careful! -Stop! What are you doing? 177 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:17,791 Get off the bike! Get off! 178 00:10:17,875 --> 00:10:19,875 The dog does not belong here! 179 00:10:19,958 --> 00:10:20,958 Ooh! 180 00:10:21,583 --> 00:10:23,291 Take the dog out! 181 00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:25,666 -Stop! -Can't we keep him? 182 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:27,708 Will you stop? 183 00:10:27,791 --> 00:10:29,000 Stop! 184 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,291 Conkling wants Secretary of State. 185 00:10:34,375 --> 00:10:35,375 Oh, does he? 186 00:10:35,916 --> 00:10:38,333 The senior-most role in my cabinet? 187 00:10:38,416 --> 00:10:40,500 We wouldn't have won the election without him. 188 00:10:40,583 --> 00:10:42,541 God knows I wasn't much help in Maine. 189 00:10:42,625 --> 00:10:43,875 Oh, stop it. 190 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:49,041 Well, I've drawn up my own list of appointees. 191 00:10:50,875 --> 00:10:52,125 Here, have a look. 192 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:56,833 Me. 193 00:10:56,916 --> 00:10:59,375 I need a Secretary of State I can trust. 194 00:11:00,083 --> 00:11:03,375 I'm dealing with a rogue vice president, as it stands. 195 00:11:03,958 --> 00:11:06,541 I'm honored, Mr. President. 196 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:08,166 But for your sake, 197 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:09,541 I ought to reject it. 198 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:13,208 -You're the best man for the job. -Of course I am. 199 00:11:13,291 --> 00:11:17,750 All the names on your list are, and not one of them is remotely viable. 200 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:21,708 These are all progressives, avowed enemies of the spoils system. 201 00:11:21,791 --> 00:11:23,416 They won't even get hearings. 202 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:27,000 -Conkling owns a third of the Senate. -His hold isn't so firm. 203 00:11:27,083 --> 00:11:28,875 I believe some may be swayed. 204 00:11:28,958 --> 00:11:30,791 All due respect, Mr. President, 205 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:33,333 there are none who can be swayed. 206 00:11:33,416 --> 00:11:37,458 They are all cronies bought and paid for by the New York State Customs House. 207 00:11:37,541 --> 00:11:40,583 -When did you get so damn cynical? -I'm a realist. 208 00:11:40,666 --> 00:11:44,625 There is no one alive who hates Roscoe Conkling as much as I. 209 00:11:44,708 --> 00:11:47,916 But as long as he holds three quarters of our federal revenue hostage, 210 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,625 he is the party. 211 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:51,208 No, he's not. 212 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:53,333 The people are. 213 00:11:53,416 --> 00:11:57,083 And I swore an oath to them when I took this office. 214 00:11:57,166 --> 00:12:01,208 It's time to put an end to the era of the power broker once and for all. 215 00:12:01,291 --> 00:12:02,708 He won't go quietly. 216 00:12:02,791 --> 00:12:04,625 That's why I'm asking for help. 217 00:12:12,375 --> 00:12:14,083 We die, we die together. 218 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:39,958 Excuse me. 219 00:12:40,666 --> 00:12:41,708 Excuse me, sir. 220 00:12:41,791 --> 00:12:43,875 Um, I demand an audience with the president. 221 00:12:44,458 --> 00:12:45,916 You'll have to wait your turn. 222 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,083 No, I don't think you understand. I'm not one of these people. 223 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:52,875 My name is Charles Guiteau. I was a campaign notable in New York. 224 00:12:52,958 --> 00:12:55,000 I was a notable too, in Michigan. 225 00:12:55,083 --> 00:12:57,875 Sir, the Knights of Peoria have raised over $450. 226 00:12:57,958 --> 00:12:59,708 Hold on, these men have not... And I've got a... 227 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:03,250 The president wants you all to know he values your time. 228 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:07,791 Just… be patient and keep to a single file, please. 229 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:14,208 I'll be right here! My name is Charles Guiteau! 230 00:13:14,291 --> 00:13:15,333 He'll know who I am. 231 00:13:21,750 --> 00:13:23,416 -Sir? -Yes. 232 00:13:24,958 --> 00:13:26,666 As your private secretary, 233 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:30,125 I would strongly advise you to reconsider meeting with constituents today. 234 00:13:30,208 --> 00:13:31,791 I've made up my mind, Joe. 235 00:13:31,875 --> 00:13:33,708 An elected official, no matter the rank, 236 00:13:33,791 --> 00:13:36,916 isn't worth his salary if he can't find time for the people he serves. 237 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,458 Calling hours are open to the common man five days a week, though. 238 00:13:40,541 --> 00:13:41,583 I don't know about you, 239 00:13:41,666 --> 00:13:44,666 but I'd rather spend time with the common man than politicians. 240 00:13:44,750 --> 00:13:48,125 Darling, might we at least pay for some form of protection? 241 00:13:48,208 --> 00:13:51,166 We haven't vetted any one of these men or frisked for weaponry. 242 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:52,708 Oh, nonsense. 243 00:13:52,791 --> 00:13:55,250 Assassination can no more be guarded against 244 00:13:55,333 --> 00:13:56,791 than death by lightning. 245 00:13:57,875 --> 00:14:00,666 It's best not to worry too much about either one. 246 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,041 I didn't vote for him. 247 00:14:22,625 --> 00:14:26,000 Mr. President, I come before you today with a special request. 248 00:14:26,791 --> 00:14:28,667 Mr. President, I don't beseech you lightly, 249 00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:31,000 but on behalf of all God-fearing whites… 250 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:33,916 Minister to Belgium? 251 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:36,958 Denmark. 252 00:14:37,041 --> 00:14:39,791 He sees himself on the Supreme Court. 253 00:14:40,541 --> 00:14:43,333 No, I cannot read, but I am a quick study. 254 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:47,291 There is the small matter of my criminal record. 255 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:50,291 Might I bend your ear about the Jews? 256 00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:54,333 Heck, mister, just put me anywhere that you please. 257 00:14:54,416 --> 00:14:57,500 As long as it pays. 258 00:15:00,541 --> 00:15:01,750 They're relentless. 259 00:15:02,333 --> 00:15:04,666 Shall we put a pin in it for today, sir? 260 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:06,833 Are there that many more out there? 261 00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:10,000 Oh, Jesus. 262 00:15:10,791 --> 00:15:12,458 Brazen office-seekers. 263 00:15:12,541 --> 00:15:15,166 The scourge of every president from Washington on. 264 00:15:15,250 --> 00:15:17,666 Not after we reform civil service. 265 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,250 Seeing as though I got you on the spot, 266 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:24,250 you think one last brazen seeker could steal a minute of your time? 267 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:26,416 Just so long as there's a drink involved. 268 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:29,625 -A senator always comes prepared. -Hm. 269 00:15:37,583 --> 00:15:41,791 Folks, I'm afraid today's calling hours for the president have come to an end. 270 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,833 But never fear, they will resume tomorrow, and every day hence. Thank you. 271 00:15:45,916 --> 00:15:48,750 Can I at least get a number in advance to secure my spot? 272 00:15:56,458 --> 00:15:57,541 Fuck. 273 00:16:04,791 --> 00:16:08,166 Hello, Levi. You know why you've been called to the morgue this evening? 274 00:16:08,250 --> 00:16:09,875 Believe me. 275 00:16:09,958 --> 00:16:12,333 -I didn't... -Accept a job from Garfield? 276 00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:17,666 Because I'm pretty fucking sure that's exactly what you did. 277 00:16:18,583 --> 00:16:19,750 A good one, too. 278 00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:22,125 Secretary of the Navy. 279 00:16:22,208 --> 00:16:24,166 I know how you love your boats. 280 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,833 How could you possibly know it was offered already? 281 00:16:33,541 --> 00:16:35,250 Mr. Vice President? 282 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:37,125 I don many a hat. 283 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:39,791 You'd conspire to torpedo your own president's agenda? 284 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:45,833 There is no agenda. Just two types of men with very contrary ideas on government. 285 00:16:48,666 --> 00:16:49,916 Navy's not the job for him. 286 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,708 If I were you, I'd stay right where you are in the House. 287 00:16:54,416 --> 00:16:57,083 Would you concur, Vice President Arthur? 288 00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:58,833 Hm. House? Yeah. 289 00:16:58,916 --> 00:17:03,375 House is a much cozier prospect for Mr. Morton in the long term. 290 00:17:03,458 --> 00:17:04,791 In the long term. 291 00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:09,000 So, this is what we're gonna do. 292 00:17:10,125 --> 00:17:13,041 I made this decision wholly of my own volition 293 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:16,125 without any outside influence at all. 294 00:17:16,208 --> 00:17:18,750 -Family time is very important to me. -Bullshit! 295 00:17:18,833 --> 00:17:21,041 -Tell me what Conkling said! -All right. 296 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:26,041 Could you help me understand, because less than 24 hours ago, 297 00:17:26,125 --> 00:17:28,250 you sat in that very spot 298 00:17:29,041 --> 00:17:31,500 and accepted the post gladly. 299 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:37,875 I'm sorry. 300 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:41,208 Good luck with your search. 301 00:17:46,125 --> 00:17:48,708 He's gonna kill as many of your appointments as he can 302 00:17:48,791 --> 00:17:50,000 until he gets what he wants. 303 00:17:51,583 --> 00:17:55,333 Senator Allison, also here to speak with you, also says it's urgent. 304 00:17:55,416 --> 00:17:57,208 There goes your treasury pick. 305 00:17:57,291 --> 00:17:59,458 -We need to get ahead of this now. -Ahead of it? 306 00:17:59,541 --> 00:18:01,750 It's like he's got a copy of the jobs list. 307 00:18:01,833 --> 00:18:04,500 Didn't that only go out to key White House personnel? 308 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:05,583 Yes. 309 00:18:15,166 --> 00:18:17,416 Forgive me, am I interrupting something? 310 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:18,541 Mr. President. 311 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:21,333 To what do I owe? 312 00:18:21,416 --> 00:18:26,208 Well, I believe we've been long overdue for a candid dialogue. 313 00:18:26,291 --> 00:18:27,291 May I? 314 00:18:33,666 --> 00:18:37,375 So, have you been enjoying your duties at the White House thus far, Mr. Arthur? 315 00:18:37,458 --> 00:18:38,791 My duties? 316 00:18:38,875 --> 00:18:40,625 I wasn't aware I had any. 317 00:18:40,708 --> 00:18:43,833 The Vice President's job is purely ornamental. 318 00:18:43,916 --> 00:18:47,916 Kiss babies, attend functions, play Santa at the holiday party. 319 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,125 Normally that's true, but have you been down to the Capitol lately? 320 00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:54,958 I do my best to avoid that fucking shithole at all costs. 321 00:18:55,041 --> 00:18:55,916 Fair enough, 322 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:01,166 except are you aware we currently have a deadlock on the Senate floor? 323 00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:04,666 -37-37 split of support. -Hm. 324 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:06,416 In that rare situation, 325 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:10,208 the Vice President is deputized to act as the tie-breaking vote. 326 00:19:10,291 --> 00:19:12,333 And in the case of my appointments... 327 00:19:12,416 --> 00:19:16,708 I am the difference between them being blocked and going through. 328 00:19:16,791 --> 00:19:18,333 Mm-hmm. 329 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:23,541 You have an opportunity now to exhibit genuine leadership. 330 00:19:26,125 --> 00:19:27,500 Come on. 331 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:29,000 I'm no leader. 332 00:19:29,083 --> 00:19:32,625 And even if I were, my politics are not your own. 333 00:19:32,708 --> 00:19:35,333 Let's not be under any illusions here. 334 00:19:35,416 --> 00:19:39,625 I was only ever offered this job as a means of kneecapping Conkling. 335 00:19:41,291 --> 00:19:42,666 You're right. 336 00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:45,333 And it was a stunningly stupid calculus. 337 00:19:45,416 --> 00:19:46,666 You are, without a doubt, 338 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:50,916 the least qualified candidate on Earth for this role. 339 00:19:52,458 --> 00:19:54,208 And if I had my say, 340 00:19:54,291 --> 00:19:57,875 I'd have tapped just about anyone else over you. 341 00:20:00,958 --> 00:20:03,291 At least that was my initial view. 342 00:20:04,833 --> 00:20:08,083 But since your selection, I've had a chance to do some reading up on you. 343 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:13,625 I was surprised to learn, for example, that you were once a respected lawyer 344 00:20:13,708 --> 00:20:15,958 before Conkling and the Customs House. 345 00:20:17,125 --> 00:20:20,833 Your clients were the poor, the weak, the disenfranchised. 346 00:20:21,583 --> 00:20:22,625 Early in your career, 347 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:26,083 you represented a Black woman who'd been thrown off a streetcar. 348 00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:30,583 I can't figure why a man like that would pivot to machine politics. 349 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:32,875 Yeah. 350 00:20:32,958 --> 00:20:36,416 One can only punch up and lose so many times. 351 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,625 Better to be within the system than perpetually without. 352 00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:41,416 And now that you're within? 353 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:45,708 Once he has finally seen the summit, 354 00:20:45,791 --> 00:20:49,000 what does Chester Arthur actually stand for? 355 00:20:52,958 --> 00:20:54,000 Mr. President. 356 00:20:56,291 --> 00:20:57,208 Oh, Senator. 357 00:20:57,291 --> 00:20:58,291 Roscoe. 358 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:05,125 Word around town is you're having trouble holding on to some of your appointees. 359 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:08,583 Yes? What is it, do you think, with men losing their spines lately? 360 00:21:08,666 --> 00:21:10,458 Quite the epidemic. 361 00:21:11,041 --> 00:21:12,875 Ever a pleasure, gentlemen. 362 00:21:12,958 --> 00:21:15,166 Perhaps you'd have greater success 363 00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:16,958 directing your search elsewhere. 364 00:21:17,041 --> 00:21:18,791 New York, maybe. 365 00:21:26,041 --> 00:21:27,041 Poor bastard. 366 00:21:28,208 --> 00:21:30,708 He has no clue he's already dead. 367 00:21:37,416 --> 00:21:40,166 -I think that might be it. -Excuse me. Forgive me. 368 00:21:40,250 --> 00:21:41,833 I just wanted to ask, 369 00:21:41,916 --> 00:21:44,416 will calling hours be on time this morning? 370 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:46,833 Only because I wish to plan my day accordingly. 371 00:21:46,916 --> 00:21:49,916 I'm afraid the President won't be taking any other meetings today, sir. 372 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,208 Won't? 373 00:21:51,291 --> 00:21:53,041 Well… 374 00:21:53,125 --> 00:21:56,166 I... I've been waiting here for hours, 375 00:21:56,250 --> 00:21:59,166 and you said yourself, yesterday… 376 00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:02,291 I need you to know that I was a booster from day one. 377 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:03,666 I have stumped for him, 378 00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:06,000 I've delivered speeches in front of crowds, 379 00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:08,041 and I have notes of commendation. 380 00:22:08,541 --> 00:22:10,291 James Blaine. 381 00:22:10,375 --> 00:22:12,708 And Chester Arthur. 382 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,583 Ask any one of them, they'll tell you about Guiteau. 383 00:22:16,666 --> 00:22:18,000 -Guiteau? -That's me, Guiteau. 384 00:22:18,083 --> 00:22:19,000 I understand, sir. 385 00:22:19,083 --> 00:22:22,291 If you come back next week, I will ensure you meet the president. 386 00:22:23,125 --> 00:22:28,083 Until then, I will place your application on special file for consideration. 387 00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:30,833 That's splendid. Splendid! Ha! 388 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:32,875 -Uh, next week, you say? -Yes. 389 00:22:32,958 --> 00:22:37,166 Um… next week. Yes, I should be able to make myself available then. Thank you. 390 00:22:45,125 --> 00:22:49,750 All right, so Robert Todd Lincoln for secretary of war. 391 00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:53,041 Your new friend, Senator Bruce, for treasury regist... 392 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:55,625 What about, um, Hunt for the Navy? 393 00:22:57,125 --> 00:23:00,875 Claims court judge, and he has that thing on his chin? 394 00:23:02,958 --> 00:23:05,875 That one, the... the... the billy goat. 395 00:23:05,958 --> 00:23:08,458 -Not a bad idea, actually. -Hm. 396 00:23:09,291 --> 00:23:13,750 I'm sorry, isn't the First Lady slated to host Wives Club this evening? 397 00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:17,458 No, I told them you were taking over, so just strap on a bonnet. 398 00:23:18,583 --> 00:23:23,291 For the record, Rutherford Hayes's wife was so much nicer than you. 399 00:23:30,291 --> 00:23:32,625 Have we lost you, Jim? You need some coffee? 400 00:23:32,708 --> 00:23:37,000 I just can't drive it from my brain, that smug look Roscoe gave me earlier. 401 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,708 He's enjoying himself. 402 00:23:38,791 --> 00:23:41,000 A wretch like Conkling can only be stamped out 403 00:23:41,083 --> 00:23:44,166 by matching him blow for blow, fight fire with fire. 404 00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:46,958 My husband is a famously poor hater. 405 00:23:48,125 --> 00:23:49,458 It's true. 406 00:23:50,875 --> 00:23:52,791 And I deprecate war, 407 00:23:54,125 --> 00:23:57,916 but if it's brought to my door, the bringer will find me at home. 408 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:02,958 Dear Franny, my sweet sister, 409 00:24:03,541 --> 00:24:06,458 I'm sorry to have left you last spring without a proper goodbye, 410 00:24:06,541 --> 00:24:09,083 but I write you with wonderful news. 411 00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:13,416 I've been promised a post in James Garfield's White House. 412 00:24:14,125 --> 00:24:17,333 Can you believe I staked my bet with a winning horse? 413 00:24:17,416 --> 00:24:19,583 This president is a man who remembers his friends, 414 00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:21,750 and oh, did I ever keep the faith! 415 00:24:22,583 --> 00:24:24,916 The probable placement, as far as I can gather, 416 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,875 is some sort of foreign consulship. 417 00:24:26,958 --> 00:24:30,583 I think I'd lean towards something in Paris, or maybe Vienna. 418 00:24:33,291 --> 00:24:34,875 I'm so excited. 419 00:24:34,958 --> 00:24:37,666 I'm already in the thick of learning German and French. 420 00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:44,375 I often think back 421 00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:46,666 to those dark days trapped under father's roof. 422 00:24:47,291 --> 00:24:49,791 That laugh of his haunts me yet. 423 00:24:50,583 --> 00:24:53,416 Well, this will show him, and the rest. 424 00:24:54,875 --> 00:24:56,750 The downside to being abroad, of course, 425 00:24:56,833 --> 00:24:59,500 is I won't be able to visit with your family for Christmas, 426 00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:01,625 but I'll be sure to mail my gift. 427 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:06,250 Which reminds me, will George prefer his restitution in cash or check? 428 00:25:07,041 --> 00:25:10,625 I'm so close, Franny. I promise I'm gonna make it right. 429 00:25:10,708 --> 00:25:13,541 And then I'll be worthy of your pride. 430 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:15,875 I will earn your love. 431 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:18,750 Until next time, 432 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,833 au revoir and auf Wiedersehen. 433 00:25:39,291 --> 00:25:42,291 It was only a matter of time before Conkling sent one of his thugs. 434 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:43,375 Is now a bad time? 435 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:47,583 You tell your boss James Blaine is no Levi Morton or William Allison. 436 00:25:47,666 --> 00:25:50,166 He will not be cowed or intimidated. 437 00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:52,875 The Secretary of State post is filled. 438 00:25:52,958 --> 00:25:58,041 Well, to be candid, sir, I never assumed that Secretary of State was on the table. 439 00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:00,916 I'd been hoping for a French consulship at best. 440 00:26:01,541 --> 00:26:03,000 -Consul... Wait, I... -Yes. 441 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:04,500 I'm Charles Guiteau, sir. 442 00:26:04,583 --> 00:26:07,333 We worked together in New York City on a campaign. 443 00:26:07,416 --> 00:26:10,583 So you're not here to cow or intimidate me? 444 00:26:10,666 --> 00:26:12,875 Intimidate you? No. God, no. 445 00:26:12,958 --> 00:26:16,000 I was just in the area and I thought I would stop by and say hello, 446 00:26:16,083 --> 00:26:18,541 offer my company for a quick nightcap. 447 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:21,083 Have any idea what time it is? 448 00:26:22,083 --> 00:26:23,541 Uh, gee, uh… 449 00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:28,833 I… I'd estimate that it was half past. 450 00:26:28,916 --> 00:26:29,750 Oh… 451 00:26:29,833 --> 00:26:31,625 But if you'd just give me five minutes, sir, 452 00:26:31,708 --> 00:26:34,583 to impress on you the value that a man like me could have... 453 00:26:59,666 --> 00:27:01,208 Mr. Guiteau. 454 00:27:01,875 --> 00:27:03,125 Charles Guiteau. 455 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:06,291 The president will see you now. 456 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:07,375 Me? 457 00:27:07,458 --> 00:27:08,625 Please come in. 458 00:27:21,166 --> 00:27:23,291 Is he so great in the flesh? 459 00:27:28,041 --> 00:27:31,041 He's the most extraordinary man I've ever known. 460 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:48,416 Sir. 461 00:27:57,958 --> 00:28:01,333 Uh, we shook hands, um, the two of us, one time before. 462 00:28:02,125 --> 00:28:03,208 Back in Chicago. 463 00:28:03,291 --> 00:28:06,041 I'm sure you wouldn't remember. I don't... 464 00:28:06,625 --> 00:28:09,500 -I apologize. I don't think I do. -That's okay. 465 00:28:10,416 --> 00:28:11,916 We're here now. 466 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:13,583 Hm. 467 00:28:22,250 --> 00:28:23,250 Um… 468 00:28:33,583 --> 00:28:34,916 Uh, forgive me. 469 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Um… 470 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:39,958 You have no clue how hard I worked to get to you. 471 00:28:40,666 --> 00:28:41,625 Oh. 472 00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:47,416 What can I do for you, Mr… 473 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,166 Uh, Guiteau. My name's Guiteau. And… 474 00:28:51,541 --> 00:28:53,375 All I want, sir, uh… 475 00:28:54,791 --> 00:28:56,083 Is to be your friend. 476 00:28:57,541 --> 00:28:58,541 Oh. 477 00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:03,166 And I... I wrote this for you. Um… 478 00:29:04,666 --> 00:29:05,958 I... I made it, uh… 479 00:29:06,041 --> 00:29:09,083 It was a speech that I gave at the rally in New York. 480 00:29:09,166 --> 00:29:11,333 Why, thank you. It's deeply generous. 481 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,875 I mean every word of it. 482 00:29:12,958 --> 00:29:15,416 It's... You're an inspiration, sir. 483 00:29:16,708 --> 00:29:20,791 Your story of ascent from poverty to the highest office in the land 484 00:29:20,875 --> 00:29:23,083 has kept me going all this time. 485 00:29:23,166 --> 00:29:29,125 A flare of hope at the end of a very long and murky tunnel. 486 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:30,375 Mm. Hm. 487 00:29:32,416 --> 00:29:33,416 And… 488 00:29:33,958 --> 00:29:38,750 I know, um, this may sound peculiar, but… 489 00:29:39,916 --> 00:29:44,708 I feel in my core that I really do… 490 00:29:45,666 --> 00:29:47,916 Know you, Mr. Garfield. 491 00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:51,583 I'm your man. 492 00:30:00,333 --> 00:30:01,458 Help me. 493 00:30:02,791 --> 00:30:03,625 Sorry? 494 00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:07,625 Help me to succeed like you did. 495 00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:09,750 Open the door. 496 00:30:10,666 --> 00:30:12,416 Let me in. I'm... I'm asking you to... 497 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,958 Well, I'm... I'm begging you. 498 00:30:16,708 --> 00:30:17,916 Tell me. 499 00:30:20,125 --> 00:30:23,625 Tell me how I can be great too. 500 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:35,708 I'm afraid you misinterpret me, Mr. Guiteau. 501 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:39,375 You see, we're all only men. 502 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,583 It is God, not I, who is great. 503 00:30:44,125 --> 00:30:46,000 Who grants us purpose. 504 00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:52,041 Sir. 505 00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:53,083 Hm. 506 00:30:53,166 --> 00:30:55,667 There's been an incident, and it requires your urgent attention. 507 00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:58,208 Uh, it's lovely to meet you, Mr. Guiteau. If you'll excuse me. 508 00:30:58,291 --> 00:31:00,542 Likewise, sir. You've given me much to consider. 509 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:03,425 -Might I submit myself to be consid... -Decisions will be made shortly. 510 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,916 Dad, she fainted out of the blue. She was burning up. I don't… 511 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,291 Okay. Shh. 512 00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:19,291 Darling? 513 00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:28,750 Why? Why is she cold? 514 00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:30,916 It's malaria. 515 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,083 She's running hot and cold, sir. 516 00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:35,833 We're doing everything we can. 517 00:31:35,916 --> 00:31:37,000 Oh. 518 00:31:50,583 --> 00:31:53,958 Oh, Mr. Guiteau, this letter came for you today. 519 00:31:54,041 --> 00:31:55,666 Postmarked from Illinois. 520 00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:57,125 Oh, Chicago. 521 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:59,791 That's my sister, Fran. 522 00:31:59,875 --> 00:32:02,416 Franny. 523 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:10,166 Everything all right? 524 00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:13,625 No, not really. 525 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:19,375 She's written to say that our father died this… 526 00:32:19,458 --> 00:32:20,625 This last July. Uh… 527 00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:23,166 Oh, I am so sorry. 528 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:24,875 July. 529 00:32:25,583 --> 00:32:26,958 Now, let's see. 530 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,458 What was I doing last July? 531 00:32:29,541 --> 00:32:33,291 I was still in New York… stumping for the President. 532 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:35,500 Yeah. 533 00:32:36,083 --> 00:32:37,875 For James Garfield. 534 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:40,583 James Garfield. 535 00:32:43,791 --> 00:32:45,250 That's what I was doing. 536 00:33:00,916 --> 00:33:01,791 Hey. 537 00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:02,875 Enough. 538 00:33:05,125 --> 00:33:06,458 Someth... 539 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:13,791 If you're going to sit there and stare, at least help distract me. 540 00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,708 -Hm. -Go on. 541 00:33:17,291 --> 00:33:19,083 How was the rest of your day? 542 00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:22,625 My day? 543 00:33:25,958 --> 00:33:28,625 There was a gentleman who asked me a very peculiar question. 544 00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:32,000 How he might achieve greatness, as I did. 545 00:33:32,083 --> 00:33:34,166 Well, it sounds like he wanted a job. 546 00:33:34,833 --> 00:33:36,833 And how did you reply to the man? 547 00:33:38,833 --> 00:33:41,250 I said he'd come to me by mistake. 548 00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:43,166 Jim, you… 549 00:33:44,416 --> 00:33:45,791 Did you really? 550 00:33:45,875 --> 00:33:47,125 Mm-hmm. 551 00:33:50,041 --> 00:33:53,291 You need to give these people something to go off of. 552 00:33:56,083 --> 00:34:00,000 You know better than anyone I'm the furthest thing from a great man. 553 00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:01,541 Mm. 554 00:34:01,625 --> 00:34:06,708 I realize that dragging us back into this world has taken a toll. 555 00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:11,625 You're not perfect. 556 00:34:12,625 --> 00:34:15,583 But this is about more than just you, isn't it? 557 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:19,541 Take that man from today and many more like him. 558 00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:21,625 They look up to you now. 559 00:34:22,916 --> 00:34:25,791 Well, they ought to find another altar to worship at. 560 00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:27,083 I'm no one's savior. 561 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:30,541 No, Jim, you're their leader. Your job is to inspire hope. 562 00:34:30,625 --> 00:34:33,000 Shh. 563 00:34:33,083 --> 00:34:34,416 And make them believe. 564 00:34:41,416 --> 00:34:43,208 I can't do this without you. 565 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,500 I'm not going anywhere. 566 00:34:49,041 --> 00:34:50,333 I promise. 567 00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:54,125 I promise. 568 00:34:57,791 --> 00:35:00,250 You're right. 569 00:35:03,458 --> 00:35:05,500 You are a good man, Jim. 570 00:35:06,291 --> 00:35:07,416 You are. 571 00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:11,125 Now go show those bastards who we are. 572 00:35:11,833 --> 00:35:13,125 Mm-hmm. 573 00:35:19,041 --> 00:35:20,875 Are you sure you want to do this? 574 00:35:20,958 --> 00:35:23,417 It's the last option we have to get our men through. 575 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:27,416 I back down now, my government is his for plunder. 576 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,916 This is akin to exploding a bomb in his backyard. 577 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,500 Conkling will come after you. 578 00:35:32,583 --> 00:35:35,833 He will use everything in his power to destroy you. 579 00:35:35,916 --> 00:35:40,125 I expect it, but there's a method to quashing any hydra. 580 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,708 First you pick a head and chop it off. 581 00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:48,583 And then… 582 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:53,833 You cauterize the wound before it has a chance to regrow. 583 00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:01,250 Fuck! 584 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:05,833 -I bought you that set as a gift. -He has no right, the fucking cocksucker! 585 00:36:07,125 --> 00:36:08,750 Roscoe! 586 00:36:11,708 --> 00:36:13,333 Have you fucking heard already? 587 00:36:13,416 --> 00:36:14,916 Of course, it's all over town. 588 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,125 He's taken the New York customs right out from under us, 589 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,458 the fucking son of a bitch. 590 00:36:18,541 --> 00:36:21,750 We built that goddamn institution from the ground up! You and me! 591 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:23,791 No president's ever named his own collector. 592 00:36:23,875 --> 00:36:25,583 That job is ours. 593 00:36:25,666 --> 00:36:29,750 -Do we even know this what's-his-name? -Robertson. Moralizer. Fucking twat! 594 00:36:29,833 --> 00:36:31,500 There must be something you can do. 595 00:36:31,583 --> 00:36:35,708 The collector controls the ports by which 75% of all federal revenue is earned. 596 00:36:35,791 --> 00:36:37,250 And who was the last collector? 597 00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:38,791 You're fucking looking at him! 598 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:41,333 -If we lose control of the ports... -We're crippled. 599 00:36:41,416 --> 00:36:45,416 We are gimped. New York becomes just another state in the Union. 600 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:47,333 It's a shot across our bow. 601 00:36:47,416 --> 00:36:50,000 No, it's Fort fucking Sumter. 602 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:51,125 Casus belli. 603 00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:52,375 You're damn right. 604 00:36:55,541 --> 00:36:58,041 Casus fucking belli. 605 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,375 No more pussyfooting from me. 606 00:37:01,458 --> 00:37:03,208 I'm with you on this. 607 00:37:03,791 --> 00:37:05,208 To the end. 608 00:37:08,333 --> 00:37:10,083 Give word to all. 609 00:37:10,166 --> 00:37:11,291 We go to war. 610 00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:40,041 Where is everybody? 611 00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,000 The president has suspended his calling hours indefinitely. 612 00:37:44,083 --> 00:37:45,000 He can't do that. 613 00:37:45,083 --> 00:37:48,541 He... He made a promise during the campaign he would meet with his public. 614 00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:50,708 You had your audience already, pal. 615 00:37:50,791 --> 00:37:52,375 Go home and bother someone else. 616 00:37:52,458 --> 00:37:55,333 I'm not your pal. And I need to see him this instant. 617 00:37:55,416 --> 00:37:57,750 We have pressing matters to discuss. 618 00:38:01,833 --> 00:38:04,166 Mr. President! Mr. President! 619 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:06,541 Mr. President! 620 00:38:11,791 --> 00:38:13,000 -Go! -Step aside! 621 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:15,041 Don't you even think about it! 622 00:38:18,291 --> 00:38:19,666 Put that down, you devil! 623 00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:20,958 Eat shit! I'm a taxpayer! 624 00:38:23,125 --> 00:38:24,125 Stop! 625 00:38:40,833 --> 00:38:42,500 Oh! Oh, oh! 626 00:38:42,583 --> 00:38:46,125 Mr. Secretary! My luck to run into you, sir. 627 00:38:46,208 --> 00:38:48,041 Oh! 628 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:48,958 Good day, sir. 629 00:38:49,041 --> 00:38:54,958 I have, here, in my possession, a note of friendship from the president. 630 00:38:55,041 --> 00:38:59,250 And it's my understanding that you, as the presumptive Secretary of State, 631 00:38:59,333 --> 00:39:02,750 you have a responsibility to fill the open posts in your department. 632 00:39:02,833 --> 00:39:05,041 Good God, sir. Not right now, I beg you. 633 00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:06,791 -No, just look here. -I beg you. 634 00:39:06,875 --> 00:39:08,541 This letter is a vote of confidence. 635 00:39:08,625 --> 00:39:11,291 It's a full-throated endorsement from Garfield himself 636 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:13,958 to put me right in at the... at the French consulate. 637 00:39:14,041 --> 00:39:16,625 You just don't know when to quit. 638 00:39:17,208 --> 00:39:19,166 Let me put an end to it, then. 639 00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:20,833 The consulship has been filled. 640 00:39:20,916 --> 00:39:24,958 No, no, no. That can't be right because I've been made certain assurances. 641 00:39:25,041 --> 00:39:26,041 You have not. 642 00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:28,333 -Read it. -Forging documents is a crime! 643 00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:30,666 You're lucky I don't march you to the authorities. 644 00:39:30,750 --> 00:39:32,333 I have forged nothing! 645 00:39:32,416 --> 00:39:33,958 How dare you, sir? 646 00:39:34,041 --> 00:39:36,625 I… I can't fathom why you would talk to me like that 647 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,208 when all I want to do is help. 648 00:39:38,291 --> 00:39:40,250 I am tenacious. I am. 649 00:39:40,333 --> 00:39:43,416 I am, but I persist because I am devoted to this president. 650 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,916 Sir, he does not know you, nor you him. 651 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,166 No, you persist because you are a seeker, an opportunist, and a pest. 652 00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:57,625 And you have no prospect of a job in this administration whatsoever. 653 00:40:18,375 --> 00:40:19,625 Mr. President, 654 00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:23,625 I write you tonight as a citizen, deeply troubled. 655 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:27,375 As you are well aware, I'm a day one stalwart of yours. 656 00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:29,375 And I have been trying to be your friend. 657 00:40:30,125 --> 00:40:33,125 But I do not think that you appreciate it. 658 00:40:33,666 --> 00:40:38,041 You've chosen to surround yourself with wicked, vindictive men, 659 00:40:38,125 --> 00:40:40,000 cold-hearted men, 660 00:40:40,083 --> 00:40:44,375 who would sooner spit on those under them than offer any sort of leg up. 661 00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:46,333 Was this your great vision? 662 00:40:46,416 --> 00:40:47,791 More of the same? 663 00:40:48,708 --> 00:40:51,750 At the expense of those poor, hardworking souls 664 00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:54,208 who trusted you with their vote? 665 00:40:54,291 --> 00:40:58,958 Has it been so long that you do not know that you were once one of them? 666 00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:04,083 You were supposed to be the one who finally changed things. 667 00:41:04,166 --> 00:41:06,000 A president for the people. 668 00:41:06,083 --> 00:41:10,875 I shouted your name in the streets for months until my voice ran hoarse. 669 00:41:10,958 --> 00:41:13,458 I fought for you, desperately. 670 00:41:16,958 --> 00:41:19,083 But you lied to us. 671 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,041 All you've done is reinforce the gates. 672 00:41:23,125 --> 00:41:26,166 And what is more, the blame lies in part with me. 673 00:41:27,416 --> 00:41:29,916 I helped sell you. 674 00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:34,291 The worst mistake I ever made in my life 675 00:41:34,833 --> 00:41:36,666 was believing in you. 676 00:41:41,083 --> 00:41:43,166 It's as you said in your speech. 677 00:41:45,083 --> 00:41:48,041 "We stand now at a critical precipice." 678 00:41:49,125 --> 00:41:53,666 And I know history will remember us for what we do in this moment. 679 00:41:55,166 --> 00:42:00,708 And I see now that God has granted me a special purpose all along. 680 00:42:00,791 --> 00:42:03,875 A destiny waiting to be fulfilled. 681 00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:09,833 Our nation cries out for help. 682 00:42:13,416 --> 00:42:16,958 If its president refuses to heed the call, 683 00:42:17,041 --> 00:42:19,750 if he will not fix us, 684 00:42:19,833 --> 00:42:21,708 then perhaps… 685 00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:27,291 Perhaps it's the president himself who needs fixing most. 686 00:42:31,375 --> 00:42:36,250 This here is a self-cocking, .44 caliber British Bulldog. 687 00:42:36,875 --> 00:42:39,625 One of the strongest ever put into the market. 688 00:42:42,416 --> 00:42:45,083 We carry the handle in ivory too, if you want. 689 00:42:45,166 --> 00:42:47,625 But that'll run you a dollar more than the wood. 690 00:42:59,333 --> 00:43:01,041 The ivory. 691 00:43:02,875 --> 00:43:04,625 It's museum quality.