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[dramatic orchestral music]

- Commander Lowe's in the building today.

He has the review with the Joint Chiefs and men.

- Right. - I was wondering if,

if you're still not going to help him.

- It's not that I'm not going to help him, Andy,

I can't help him, it's an operational military matter.

- The high profile nature of these events

means that we have unanimously decided

that we have no option

but to order your immediate discharge from the Navy.

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[walkie talkie voices chattering]

- Right, into the lion's den, boys.

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[drill buzzing]

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[loudly rumbling]

- Where the hell's the backup?

We're in the White House for Christ's sakes.

How can they be taking out so many of our guys?

- Take it easy Al, they must have had inside help.

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- This is Jessica Cole and you're watching

Channel 9 Action News.

The White House has confirmed today

that Commander Christopher Lowe will be in attendance there

for the outcome of the inquiry

into the St Patrick's Day siege,

where the president's daughter,

Alice Reynolds, was held captive.

Also, earlier this morning,

a commuter metro train derailed

between Rockville and Twinbrook stations in Washington DC.

In other news, Vice President Gavin Lawson is

to give his long-awaited speech

on immigration today in Congress.

[door softly creaking] [keys clinking]

- Chris?

Baby?

[soft music]

Have you not listened to any of my messages?

[softly beeps]

- [Sarah's Voice] Hello Commander,

my name is Sarah Mereck, I'm the PA

to the Director of the NSA.

I've been asked to liaise with you for your planned visit

to the White House. - Oh my God.

- [Sarah's Voice] Please attend

in your full dress uniform and upon arrival,

you will need to deposit your firearm at the gatehouse.

If you wish to have any clearance for any authorized guests

or have any further questions, please call me at 555-1120.

Thank you and have a nice day, sir.

[chat bubble whooshes]

[soft music]

[phone vibrating]

[shoes softly clattering] [phone vibrating]

[ominous music]

[car alarm softly ringing]

- Mr. President-- - Yeah?

- We have a situation, you have to come with us right now,

we have to get you to the bunker, sir.

[dramatic orchestral music]

Affirmative.

As we speak the First Lady is being escorted

to the bunker right here in the White House.

- What about Gavin?

- The Vice President is secure at the bunker

at the Observatory Circle, sir.

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[softly beeps]

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[softly buzzing]

[dramatic orchestral music] [shoes clattering]

[muffled gun firing] [grunting]

[muffled gun firing]

[dramatic orchestral music]

- That's it, thank you, everybody,

go remind yourself what fresh air smells like,

I will be in my office.

Andy, will you please take us down to COT Comm 4.

- We're at COT Comm 4, COT Comm 4.

- Thank you, Mr. President.

[softly chattering]

- Let's see if we can get things

back on schedule, Mr. Vice President.

- Alright, what's up next?

- I postponed your meeting with the

Minority Leader of the House,

which means that we can get you

to Congress just a few minutes late.

I have your personally written speech right here.

- I am a hell of a writer, let's go.

[softly chattering]

Any news on Bob Carson?

- A coroner's report is preliminary,

but it looks like an open and shut case of suicide.

- I just can't believe it.

I figured he was too ambitious to kill himself.

Thought he still had far too many people in life

to walk over before checking out.

- Forensics all tied him with shooting himself in the head.

Just can't believe he shot his wife too.

Times of death indicate that he shot her

just a few hours before turning the gun on himself.

- Well you know what they say,

guns don't kill people, psychopaths do.

We can chock up another one for the NRA.

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The Reynolds Administration is committed

to making meaningful and lasting reform to immigration law.

It would be foolish for us as a nation

to continue to pretend that there aren't millions

of undocumented immigrants in the United States,

there are, they're here.

And we need to provide those people with a legal way

to earn citizenship, as long as they pass national security

and criminal checks and learn to speak English.

It's not only the humane and moral thing to do,

but it makes economic sense. [applause]

These people should be paying income taxes, like you and I.

[applause] [soft orchestral music]

Now the flip side is that we're going

to need to invest much more

to further strengthen our border protection agencies

and assure our national security.

[applause] [soft orchestral music]

[softly rumbling] And President Reynolds

is unshakable in his belief that his administration

must establish stability and security,

both at home and internationally if The United States

is going to continue-- - No, no, don't.

- To deal with the ever-increasing threat of terrorism.

- We have a situation, Mr. Vice President,

we need to leave immediately, this is not a drill.

- Okay, just, just let me finish--

- No, sir, we need to leave, sir.

- Let me finish.

[soft orchestral music] [people softly chattering]

Which is why we will continue

to work closely with our allies

to combat terror both domestically and internationally.

[softly rumbling]

We will invest in new ways to secure our borders

against those who seek to harm us

and disrupt our way of life.

[ominous music]

[loudly rumbles]

And we will continue to pursue those

who have committed harmful acts

against us, The United States. [softly screams]

[applause] [ominous music]

God bless you all, and God bless America.

[applause] [ominous music]

Now what the hell is going on?

- I have no information at this time.

- The situation's not yet clear, sir.

Please, just come with us, you know the routine.

- Let's go.

[dramatic orchestral music] [sirens howling]

No, we're on our way now.

Yes, you have-- - There's no answer

at the office, sir, the Eisenhower must still be evacuated.

- Okay, come on guys, at least give me a clue here.

- Mr. Vice President, there's been an explosion

at the White House.

- An explosion? - Yes, sir.

- Oh my God, the President's alright isn't he?

- I don't have that information, sir.

- The First Lady? - I don't know, sir.

- Are we going to Observatory Circle?

- No, sir, headed for Andrews.

The helicopter is going to take you to Camp David

and all your team is already there.

- What about my family?

- Could we go any faster, please?

- They'll be driven to meet you there, sir.

- Alright, let's get the television on.

- Eyewitnesses report hearing distant gun fire

and unidentified people fleeing the building

just before the east wing roof was torn off

by a violent explosion.

This is footage we have received

captured by tourists on their cellphone.

The safety of the president is as yet unknown.

Prior to this, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

was evacuated due to a fire.

It is unclear yet whether these two events are connected.

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- Well done. [softly whispers]

- Sir,

you need to see this.

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- My, my.

[ominous music]

[grunting and clattering]

[loudly grunts] [loudly thuds]

[grunting]

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[loudly grunts] Temper, temper, Christopher.

[loudly grunting] [dramatic orchestral music]

[loudly grunts] [loudly smacks]

[loudly grunts] [loudly clatters]

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[loudly grunts]

[loudly grunts]

[gun fires]

[gun fires] [grunts]

[loudly breathing]

- Whitmore, you hear me?

It's all, I'm on there on CCTV, there I am.

Oh, is this live?

[static softly hissing]

- I think machine records all the video feeds

and I bet we could make a little video of that.

- Yes, we can.

- Well, let's make a little QuickTime movie

and email it to every news channel in the country, shall we?

Is everything else set?

- All set, sir.

- I do hope you're not gonna be problem, Christopher.

[keyboard softly beeping]

Let's see how CNN like this then.

- [Pilot] This is Marine One coming for landing

at Camp David with the Vice President Lawson on board.

Orders are for him to be escorted

to the bunker immediately, over.

- Copy that.

Vice President is on site.

- Are Rita and Alice here?

- Alice is, Mr. Vice President

and the First Lady's current unaccounted for.

- And my family?

- They're on route, they'll be here within the hour.

- [Assistant] There's no need for orientation, sir.

This bunker is identical to that of Observatory Circle.

- Well, deja vu, looks like it's

for real this time, everybody.

Can we reach the White House Situation Room, please?

- I'll try, sir.

[intense orchestral music]

I'm sorry sir, the White House network is down.

- Okay, try the Pentagon.

[intense music]

- Hello, Mr. Vice President.

- Hi, sorry to be abrupt, but who are you?

- I'm Hershal King, sir, I'm the Assistant Secretary

of Defense for Public Affairs.

- The assistant, where are your bosses?

- We're not sure at this time, sir.

The Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were

at the White House for a meeting.

They're currently unaccounted for, sir.

- Alright, what about the Deputy Secretary?

- Deputy Secretary's here in the Pentagon, sir.

General McCannon and the NSA Advisor left before the attack

and are in transit to join you at Camp David.

Sir, has a meeting of the National Security Council

been convened since you were sworn in?

- No, not yet.

- Well, sir, I don't know if this will help

but you might wanna dial in one in command,

Special Operations Command,

the Office of Director of National Intelligence,

as well as the Director of the Secret Service,

the FBI, and the CIA.

- Right, thank you, Mr. King.

Very helpful information indeed.

Anybody get all that? - Yes, sir.

- Alright, well you heard the man.

[intense music]

- I have the State and Homeland Security,

FBI, and the CIA online, sir. - Thank you.

- We have north comm and south comm.

ODNI is online, sir.

- Okay, guys, just hold the line,

we're just dialing everyone in, alright?

- We now have the Director of the Secret Service online,

sir, that's everyone.

- Okay, thank you, let's start with the Secret Service.

Mr. Director, do you know exactly

what's happening in the White House right now?

- Not exactly, sir, they cut out communication lines

very quickly, so it's all very sketchy.

The President, however, is in the Oval Office

with 13 of my agents surrounding him.

- Okay and what about the rest

of the agents in the White House?

- Without comms, I can't be certain, Mr. Vice President.

But between the explosion and the gunfire,

it is possible they are the last men standing.

- Are you saying they're all gone?

- It's possible, sir.

- Dear God.

- Sir, we have a news bulletin from Channel 9.

They're claiming they know who's behind the attacks.

- On screen, please.

- We can confirm that Commander Christopher Lowe looks

to be the man responsible for today's

shocking White House attack.

Evan Clarke with more information.

- The events unfolding at the White House

are nothing short of unbelievable.

We received this surveillance footage

just moments ago of Commander Lowe attacking

and killing one of the President's Secret Service agents.

Lowe was suspended today following his actions

during the Saint Patrick's Day siege,

for which, according to our sources,

he was court-martialed and discharged from the military,

on charges of reckless behavior and disobeying orders.

There are no indications of his aims

and motives at this point, but it is clear

that the White House is now in full lock down mode.

[loudly grunts] [loudly cracks]

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- This way.

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[door clattering]

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[shoes clattering]

[dramatic orchestral music]

[door clattering]

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Let's go.

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How the hell do get an outside line in here?

- Give it to me, who do you wanna call?

- Pentagon, I guess.

National Military Command Center's there, so.

- He's all over the TV shooting my agents.

- We don't know if that footage is real.

Do you know who that agent is?

- Not personally, sir.

- Can you be certain that that footage came

from with inside the White House?

- Not without analyzing it, no, sir.

- Then surely, the first step would be to do the analysis

and to make that identification.

I'm not gonna make any assumptions or take any action

that could jeopardize the President's life

based on footage that could have been cooked up

by a teenager with an iPad!

You know, guys, I'm hearing a lot

of assumption and guesswork here.

Don't we owe it to the President to not just burst in there

based on gut feelings?

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[guns loudly firing]

- Mr. President, this is getting closer.

- My God, it sounds like they're just outside the door.

- This is ridiculous. [guns firing]

[guns loudly firing] - Secure the level,

don't take any prisoners, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Move, move, go, go, go!

- Where the hell is the backup?

We're in the White House for Christ's sakes,

how can they be taking out so many of our guys?

- Take it easy, Al, they must have had inside help.

[dramatic orchestral music] [guns loudly firing]

- Let's go, guys. - Move, move, go, go!

[dramatic orchestral music] [guns loudly firing]

- They're right outside the door.

[dramatic orchestral music] [muffled guns firing]

- Yes, we're in the boiler room of the White House.

Can I speak to whoever's in charge there, please?

- This is Edward Manser, who's that?

- I'm a civilian, we're in the boiler room

of the White House, I have the NSA's PA with me,

Sarah Mereck.

Now, it's not too good here,

sir, there are a lot of fatalities.

Dead Secret Service agents everywhere

and since the explosion on the other side of the building,

there's been a lot of gunfire

and I would highly suggest getting Special Forces

down here right away.

- Who exactly is this?

Are you Secret Service, Forces, police, what?

- I'm a civilian, I was here

when everything started going down.

- Hold the line.

Phone through to Camp David.

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[guns loudly firing]

- What's the holdup?

- Secret Service.

[guns loudly firing] [grunting]

- So use the stun grenade. - It's hardly two minutes.

- Two minutes, we don't have two minutes.

[guns loudly firing]

[loudly rumbles]

Go, go!

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[guns loudly firing]

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- [Agent] Mr. President, get down!

[guns loudly firing]

[loudly explodes] [loudly grunting]

Mr. President, get back, get down!

[ominous music] [muffled guns firing]

[ominous music]

- Oval Office is secure.

[dramatic orchestral music]

- Hi, Paul.

[gun loudly fires]

How is Alice?

- If you think you're gonna get away with this,

you're out of your mind.

This isn't a parking lot, Holt, is the White House.

- Yes, it is, and it's now in very,

very unsafe hands.

- Mr. Vice President?

- Yeah, what is it?

- We have a caller who says he's in the west wing.

He says that he's a civilian,

but he sounds like Forces or something.

He says the intruders have killed a lot

of people in the west wing.

- Okay, can you put him through?

Hello, this is Vice President Gavin Lawson.

- Mr. Vice President.

- [Gavin] Who are you and where are you?

- I'm in the boiler room at the White House,

I'm here with Sarah Mereck, a PA to the NSA.

Now, I just got a guy out of the NSA's office.

Everyone else we've come across is already dead, sir.

- [Gavin] You didn't answer my first question, who are you?

- A civilian, sir.

- You know what?

I don't have time for this crap.

If you were a civilian, you wouldn't have

just called yourself a civilian.

- I'm Christopher Lowe, sir.

[dramatic orchestral music]

- [Gavin] Lowe, the CO from the Alice Reynolds kidnapping?

- That's correct, sir.

- [Gavin] Okay, hold the line, Lowe.

Unit? - He can't be trusted.

He's the bastard in that endless loop on television

showing him murdering a White House agent.

- Dammit.

This is gonna keep Congress in hearings all year.

[agents softly chattering]

Okay, unmute it.

Lowe? - Yes, sir?

- If you and Miss Mereck can get over to the NSA Office,

go ahead and leave the building.

Otherwise, stay put, do not engage with these people,

do not go hunting them down.

We need a clear path to the President

without having to worry about what you're up to.

- [Christopher] So you do have a plan

to extract the President, sir?

- [Gavin] It doesn't concern you what our plan is, Lowe.

You are to stand down, is that clear?

- [Christopher] You cannot be serious.

You're gonna do this again?

[intense music drowns out speaker]

You guys have intel-- - Hey,

see this guy?

He's beginning to become a nuance.

Deal with him. - Lowe, stand down.

Can you still hear me?

Get yourself out of the White House.

It was the intel together, and that's final.

- [Agent] And be careful, this guy's good!

- And Lowe, because of the President's incapacitation,

you just received a direct order

from the Acting Commander and Chief,

do you understand that?

- Yes, I understand.

But I cease to be a member of the Navy an hour ago

after your boss and his buddy decided

to throw me to the lions.

So I don't have to take orders

from Pentagon paper shufflers.

- Look, Lowe, we've all seen the footage

of you executing the Secret Service officer.

Don't make this any worse.

Just get out of the building now.

- For God's sakes, yes, I executed a Secret Serv--

[grunting] [dramatic orchestral music]

[dial tone hums] - Lowe?

- He's gone, sir.

- He hung up, he admitted to murder and hung up.

- That confession is on tape.

[loudly grunting] [dramatic orchestral music]

[loudly clatters]

- Paul, Paul, Paul, I have so much time

to think about this meeting and to be able to do it here

is just, oh, bucket list.

Oh, come on, Paul, give me something.

Converse me a little, or do you think

someone like you isn't good enough

to converse with someone like me?

You know, I had a couple of jumping off points for you.

For starters, economics, you know, the healthcare,

your foreign policies, the Middle East policy, oil,

so many things to get started with.

I was just building from the clash of the minds,

do you know what I mean, Paul?

I was so excited but,

I'm here, I see you face to face,

and you're much less impressive than you are on TV

and you are bloody awful on TV.

I'm sure people have told you that.

Today is another crazy example of

what's wrong with this country.

I just waltzed into the White House.

That's mad.

Paul, you have to do something about it.

These Secret Service guys, I'm sorry to say it,

they are below par.

These are the people that protect your family.

- I think the US Armed Forces have 2.3 million people.

The FBI has 40,000, the Secret Service, 7000,

and the Washington PD, 4000.

Do you think they're just out there

scratching their butts, sir?

- Oh, he's good, isn't he?

I'd want someone like him at my right-hand side.

Great, Andy, great response.

Let's look into the detail though.

The Secret Service headcount, firstly,

has probably taken a bit of a hit today.

The police and the Secret Service together,

I think I've demonstrated, not just once,

but twice, are ridiculous inept

at protecting your President.

And thirdly, don't try to baffle me with figures

'cause you actually only have 1.3 in your active military

and that doesn't matter because of them are abroad.

And even if you did have a massive,

huge army, does it matter?

No, because they are not here!

But we are.

- I believe the point that Mr. Whitmore is trying to make

is that whatever it is you're after,

you're not going to get away with it.

- Stop telling me that I won't get whatever it is I want.

What if I already have it?

[softly beeps]

[ominous music]

What?

[ominous music]

Oh, my. [chuckles]

There's your bad guy, Mr. President, Christopher Lowe.

Look what you did to him when you hung him out to dry.

You pissed him off, he's gone AWOL.

You must feel like such a jackass.

- Paul!

- Rita,

do join us.

My, my,

she is a looker, Paul.

I can see where Alice gets it from.

I do hope Alice is nearby.

- [Agent] Looks like she's still in Camp David.

We couldn't find her anywhere.

- Really, Rita, after what happened?

- Don't you talk about her.

You don't even get to say her name, you scumbag.

- Rita, that's just mean.

You know we had some time together

so we got really close.

We actually really hit it off.

I'm just kinda hoping it might be a um,

mother-daughter thing?

[loudly smacks]

Rita, that was rude.

And whilst I can't tell you to respect your elders

'cause you're like, what, 120 years old?

I can tell you to respect the guy with the gun.

[loudly thuds] [grunts]

[softly coughing]

I do hope you guys will start to take this seriously now.

Just breathe.

[ominous music]

- The reassuring thing, Mr. Vice President,

is that there's no overseas activity

to indicate that this is part of a foreign plot.

- Well, that will be very comforting

to everyone in the White House.

- There is a foreign element, sir.

I have been looking at the CCTV pictures

from before the link to the White House was cut,

I'm afraid that the leader of our group

is our favorite Brit, Alexandra Holt.

- Oh.

- [Edward] We're contacting MI5 as we speak.

He's being just as brazen as before,

no attempt to disguise himself at all.

- Sir, we all saw what happened last time,

we cannot wait around while this guy does his worst.

Let's get Delta on site right now

and rescue the President while we have a chance.

- And how are Delta Force gonna achieve that?

- Well, that will be an operational call

to be made by the commander on the ground, sir.

- You know, the last time our Special Forces went up

against Holt we lost 80% of them

and now he might even have Christopher Lowe on his side.

So tell me, how is this time gonna be any different?

- Couldn't really go much worse, sir.

- Really?

This time, it's the President!

- Which is precisely why we have to do something, sir.

If only to prove that we're not gonna bow down to terrorists

and will not negotiate with these people.

[ominous music]

- [Simon] This is Barrett.

- Simon, it's Edward Manser.

- [Simon] Good to hear from you.

Well, this is an unexpected pleasure,

seeing you have your house full right now

judging by what I'm watching on Channel 9.

- Well, that's just it.

There is something you can help me with here.

The group that's taken the building,

is led by Alexander Holt.

- Oh, who wants to guess

what my favorite ever film scene is?

Clue, bearing in mind where we are.

Superman II, you'll get there in a minute now.

Zod, Luthor, and Non, they crash through the skyline

and the Army are waiting for them, this is in the west wing

and they're firing rockets at them,

they're literally invading the White House.

And they waltz into the Oval Office,

looking for the President.

Now, they don't know who the President is

'cause they've been in the Phantom Zone,

so they're not up with current affairs.

So a fake President comes out, he kneels,

and they realize, they're like no,

you're not the real Pres...

Actually, this is important, Paul,

are you the President at the moment?

Or have you done that gutless thing that,

that Presidents do at the first sign of trouble,

which is hand over your powers

to some random guy who nobody voted for?

- I'm the President.

- Is he, Andy?

- I'm the President.

- You should, just in general in the White House,

have a copy of Superman II.

Does anybody have a copy of Superman II?

We don't have to watch it.

We can play this out.

This is a bit of a bucket list thing for me.

Paul,

come on, you know what scene I'm doing.

You actually know, don't you?

Come on.

Sorry, you're right, let me give you the,

let me give you the cue, [clears throat]

"Kneel before Zod."

- I'm not getting on my knees.

- But it will save many lives,

starting with your own.

- I am not getting on my knees

to fulfill some childish fantasy of yours.

- You're right, you're right.

I need to make this real for you, don't I?

[ominous music]

[softly shrieks] - Leave her alone!

[loudly grunting]

- How 'bout this? - Holt--

- Sit down!

[ominous music]

Let me put it to you a different way.

Kneel, otherwise I'm gonna put a bullet

in your wife's face. - Stop it!

- I am actively trying to stop it.

I'm trying to get along with you.

I'm involving you in the decision-making process.

Isn't that what presidents do?

They decide things.

They decide who lives and who dies.

Andy brings you a piece of paper that says,

should we kill 1000 of these people

or 1000 of those people?

And you go, I don't know, these people.

And you pick one, randomly!

So now you're gonna pick here.

This is ridiculous, this is an easy decision for you.

There's no collateral damage here

unless you want there to be collateral damage.

What do you want, Rita, huh?

This is an easy decision, right?

It would infuriate me if I was you,

the mother of his child, his wife, his lover.

The woman who was kept him in Office all this time.

The woman that helped him get here.

- Holt!

Holt.

Are you happy now?

- I'm elated, Paul.

Because you just taught me that you love her.

And that's gonna be very, very useful.

Take a pew, Paul.

[softly exhales]

- Do we know what this guy wants this time?

- We haven't yet received any demands from the White House.

- What do we know about this Holt guy anyway?

- He's British, ex-military, ex-intelligence service.

MI5 briefed us on him after Saint Patrick's Day

in order to disavow him of any connection to them.

- Well, how did they get away with redacting it?

- They cited National Security as the reason.

- Well, that sounds like a pile of bull.

- Well, to be fair Mr. Vice President,

that's the same reason we give when we redact our files.

- Yeah, but they're our ally.

Alright, well, what did they tell us?

- Born into a military family,

did four years in the British Army,

but they don't specify what.

He then went on to work for MI5

for an unspecified role for another three years,

so his role in the army probably involved intel.

- No wonder he's been able to dance around our defenses.

- Even the best-trained operatives in the world

couldn't breach the White House

as easily as he did without help.

Mr. Vice President, I do strongly suspect

that he had help from someone on the inside.

Be it through an alliance or through coercion.

[softly chattering] [intense music]

Sir, one of my agents got a lead in London from MI5,

they've been very keen to cooperate.

- Well, how delightful, remind me to send them flowers.

Please, give me something.

- Sir, we have found what we believe

to be Holt's only surviving relative, his mother.

- You found his mother.

- This could be the ace up our sleeve.

This will give us a personal angle to work on Holt,

the same kind of personal angle he had

when he took Alice Reynolds.

- I hear what you're saying.

[intense music]

[gun loudly fires] [softly grunts]

[dramatic orchestral music] [grunting]

[intense music]

- Hm, typical.

Come on.

[phone ringing]

- Is anyone expecting a call in the bathroom?

- Obviously, they wanna talk.

- Yes, obviously, Paul. [phone ringing]

[softly beeps]

You're through to the Oval Office,

how may I direct your call?

- Hello Alex, this is Gavin Lawson.

- Gavin?

Mr. VP, the gang's all here!

How the devil are you?

Don't ever call me Alex by the way, we're not friends.

You can call me Holt.

- [Gavin] Fine, Holt it is.

- Hey Gavin, what's it like in the hot seat, right?

For which you are very welcome, by the way.

- [Gavin] I've had better days, Holt.

I'd very much like to speak to the President,

is that possible?

- Paul, say hello.

- It's me Gavin.

- How are you, Paul?

- I'm unharmed, listen, Rita and Andy are here with me.

They've got us surrounded.

- Enough chitter chatter, come on.

When I wanted you to talk earlier,

you wouldn't say anything.

Gavin knows everything he needs to know,

that you're alive and I'm serious, don't you, Gavin?

- [Gavin] Holt, I'd like to bring this situation

to a peaceful conclusion as quickly as possible.

- Gavin, that is so noble of you.

I'm gonna help you get to that goal.

So, here's what we need to do, we need to hang up.

But in the meantime, and as an act of good faith,

I'd really like to see no helicopters, no planes, no jets,

no tanks, no SWAT cars, no SWAT vans, no police cars

or marines or Navy SEALs or Delta Force,

or any of these other people down to Boy Scout,

within a 10-mile radius of the Oval Office.

- I understand, we already have a no-fly zone

in effect around the Capitol.

But before things progress,

I would like to offer you something.

- What?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Gavin, Gavin, Gavin, no, no,

you have to wait for the first demand.

Like his first day.

- I suppose that would be the normal course of action.

But I've got something I really think

you're gonna wanna take and time is a factor here.

- I, wow, this negotiation tactic,

[chuckles] I've never heard of it before.

Okay, what is it, Gavin, that you can give me

that I don't already have?

Bearing in mind that I have everything I want in this room.

- Put her through. - Yes, sir.

- [Mrs. Holt] Alex?

Alex?

What is going on?

- Mother?

- [Mrs. Holt] They told me what's happening, love,

but I need to hear from you.

- Where are you? [clears throat]

Are they, are they holding you somewhere?

- [Mrs. Holt] They're not holding me anywhere, Alex.

Don't be ridiculous, I'm back home in London.

- Is this it, Gavin?

This is the big plan?

You put my mother through on the phone

to talk me off the ledge, is that?

Do you not think I'm resolved to this, Gavin?

- That's when you thought you'd still have time

to see her after all this,

whether you escaped or you were captured,

that she could visit you in prison.

- What does that mean, huh?

What, you're gonna kill my mom?

That doesn't sound very free world of you, Gavin.

I'm sorry, I don't buy it.

- [Gavin] I wouldn't have to do that.

- What the hell does that mean?

- [Mrs. Holt] Alex, calm down and listen to me.

I'm stage four cancer, I'm dying.

- No.

- [Mrs. Holt] They are telling you the truth.

- No, no, no, I-- - I should have told you

when I last saw you. - No, you're fine.

I don't, Mom, I saw you a couple

of weeks ago, you were fine.

- [Mrs. Holt] I'm not fine, and I wasn't fine.

I'm very ill.

- [Alexander] Just stop it, mum, you're lying!

They are making you say this and you're lying!

[muffled gun firing]

[gun loudly firing]

- [Gavin] Mr. President, First Lady Reynolds,

are you still there? - We're fine,

we're fine, Gavin. - Shut up!

Shut up.

Gavin, this is,

this is a sneaky, low trick, even for a politician.

Mother, I don't know what they're doing to you

to make you say this but you need to stop, okay?

Just ignore them.

- [Mrs. Holt] They're not making me

say anything, Alex, will you stop shouting?

I'm in hospital.

I'm sorry, I should have told you.

- Okay, alright, [clears throat]

okay, who is this that's there, somebody there with you?

Who is it? - This is Simon Barrett.

- Agent Barrett, Agent Barrett.

You put the phone next to a hear monitor.

If she's in a hospital, she'll have a heart monitor.

You put the phone next to it so we can all here.

Do it!

[heart monitor softly beeping]

- I'm sorry.

- Why didn't you tell, shoulda told me.

- Cut the line.

- Lawson, you put her back on!

- No, Holt, you don't call the shots here.

You're gonna calmly take a few minutes

and consider my offer.

[ominous music]

Mrs. Holt, I understand how difficult

this must be for you right now,

and I want to thank you for your continued cooperation.

I really think we're getting through to your son here.

I just need him to take a few minutes

to consider my offer.

[softly coughing]

- [Mrs. Holt] I understand, Mr. Lawson.

I'll do everything I can.

- We'll put you on hold for a few more minutes

and I'm gonna leave you in the very capable hands

of Agent Barrett. [softly coughing]

- [Mrs. Holt] Thank you, Mr. Lawson.

- Okay, okay, okay.

[ominous music]

Andrew Whitmore.

You're a trouble shooter.

Aren't you Andy?

You solve problems all day long

for the President, that's what you do.

- I do my best.

- You are the best.

You're the Chief of Staff

to the President of the United States,

and I have a big problem.

Gavin Lawson is jerking me around.

I don't think he's taking me seriously.

Now, to demonstrate my resolve normally,

I would shoot someone in the face, just like that,

but I can't shoot him, right?

'Cause he's the prize and I can't shoot her,

I hollow in her allure.

And so, what I need is like a third expendable option.

What do you think, Andy, hm?

- I don't think the Vice President is jerking around,

I think he takes you very-- - Really?

And what the hell would you know?

- You are about to make a serious misstep here, Holt.

Listen to me, listen to me,

Gavin Lawson and I barely see eye-to-eye on a good day.

Andrew Whitmore is the godfather of his children,

they've known each other for years.

You shoot him, the negotiations are over.

So if you want to shoot somebody, just shoot me.

- No, Mr. President, no. - Holt,

I'm serious, I am serious.

I guarantee you the negotiations will be finished,

I good and goddamn guarantee it.

If you shoot him, Lawson storms this room

as soon as the reinforcements arrive and he kills everyone.

So if you shoot him, you might as well shoot all of us

and get it over with.

- You want me to shoot ya?

- No, Mr. President. - You want me to shoot

the President? - No, sir, shoot me.

- You want me to shoot the First Lady?

- No. - Then open up.

- Get the gun off him, I am not joking around here.

Whatever it is you want, you are not gonna get it

if you pull that trigger.

And you will never ever talk to your mother again.

- Bold move by Gavin, you oughta give him credit for that.

Though it backfired spectacularly.

- You son of a bitch!

- Sir, right now, we have a tactical advantage.

We know exactly which room in the White House

they are in, the Oval Office.

That means we know where to focus a rescue.

If they move from that room,

then we lose the ability for a precision raid.

- Alright, boys, get yourselves to the helicopter.

- Sir, Christopher Lowe's on the line.

- Holt and his crew left the post.

I think they're preparing to leave the White House, sir.

- I do want every marksman in position

and I want every member of the Armed Forces ready

to enter the White House if the opportunity presents itself.

And if any of those marksmen get a clear shot of terrorists,

tell them to take it.

- I will use everything at my disposal

as President of The United States

to hunt you down and make you suffer [mumbling]

- See, Paul?

We're not so different, you and I.

Now you're qualified to hate me.

[soft music]

[dramatic orchestral music]