1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,090 - Mr. Penn! - Mr. Penn! 2 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:12,303 - Welcome. - Got a PM yet? 3 00:00:12,887 --> 00:00:14,805 - Soon. - Bethan Vaughn. 4 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:16,765 - We like her? - Love her. 5 00:00:16,766 --> 00:00:18,392 I am so happy to meet you. 6 00:00:18,393 --> 00:00:21,437 - You know this place better than I do. - I need a job. 7 00:00:21,438 --> 00:00:23,564 So you're… 8 00:00:23,565 --> 00:00:25,107 Special envoy. 9 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:26,650 The management office says 10 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:28,402 you let them know you're moving in together. 11 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:32,281 The thinking was why not renovate Wychwood? 12 00:00:32,282 --> 00:00:34,992 You're gonna put a secure phone booth in Wychwood? 13 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,243 State's not paying for it. 14 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:39,747 I can't ask them to spend that money, so I can shack up with my girlfriend. 15 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:42,207 - So tell them we're getting married. - Are we? 16 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,960 If it's the only way to get a phone booth in that house. 17 00:00:44,961 --> 00:00:46,420 Since the shooting, 18 00:00:46,421 --> 00:00:48,589 I'm just trying to take care of her. 19 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:50,174 Which makes her insane. 20 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:53,927 I can feel your heart rate on my chest when we're in bed. 21 00:00:53,928 --> 00:00:56,722 - It's like a gerbil. - Well, then sleep someplace else. 22 00:00:56,723 --> 00:00:59,183 Prime Minister Vaughn got a call from the Kremlin yesterday. 23 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:01,268 But when I asked her about it, 24 00:01:01,269 --> 00:01:03,437 she seemed reluctant to engage. 25 00:01:03,438 --> 00:01:05,522 I'm concerned she doesn't trust me. 26 00:01:05,523 --> 00:01:08,358 Because you disclosed information about the former PM 27 00:01:08,359 --> 00:01:10,235 that led to his downfall. 28 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:11,653 I don't need you to take my job. 29 00:01:11,654 --> 00:01:13,989 I threatened the prime minister, and he resigned, 30 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:16,158 replaced by a really great gal 31 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:19,369 who doesn't trust people who practice political extortion, 32 00:01:19,370 --> 00:01:20,621 like your wife, 33 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:22,081 and my husband, and now me. 34 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:25,459 Our friends in Moscow have located their missing submarine. 35 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,420 They have asked to come and retrieve the bodies of their dead. 36 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:30,047 I couldn't possibly say no. 37 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:31,632 So I didn't. 38 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:50,818 How long do we think it'll be before they reach the sub? 39 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:51,944 Russia? 40 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:53,529 - A week? - Days. 41 00:01:53,530 --> 00:01:57,366 They have to move divers and equipment from the Kola Peninsula. 42 00:01:57,367 --> 00:01:59,368 Mobilize a Northern Fleet stealth unit. 43 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:01,036 - Days. - Why'd she say yes? 44 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:02,830 - I think she probably… - She's new. 45 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:04,373 - She feels we overstepped. - Sir. 46 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:06,083 She's trying to redraw the lines. 47 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:08,127 - I thought we were trading up. - So did I. 48 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:10,921 She gave the Kremlin an engraved invitation, 49 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:12,214 which makes it clear 50 00:02:12,215 --> 00:02:15,384 the Brits did not take anything off that sub. We did. 51 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:17,970 If you'd like to roll out an "I told you so…" 52 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,097 - It was foreseeable. - And you foresaw it. 53 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:21,598 I'm not the Oracle of Delphi. 54 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:23,350 We took their superweapon. 55 00:02:23,351 --> 00:02:25,811 Thank God. If we hadn't, the Russians would be steaming toward it. 56 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:28,105 Instead, they're steaming towards an empty shell. 57 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:31,024 And when they figure out why it's empty, they'll retaliate. 58 00:02:31,025 --> 00:02:33,610 - What do we think that'll look like? - Could be cyberattacks. 59 00:02:33,611 --> 00:02:35,946 They take out our power grid, uh, 60 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:37,990 bump air traffic control offline. 61 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,283 Worst case, maybe. 62 00:02:39,284 --> 00:02:41,660 The problem is we have no idea. 63 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,203 Russia doesn't do proportionate. 64 00:02:43,204 --> 00:02:46,707 Vaughn needs to call them and tell them she made a mistake. 65 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:49,042 - On her first day? Ma'am. - Changed her mind. 66 00:02:49,043 --> 00:02:51,795 She didn't issue a press release. It wouldn't be a public flip-flop. 67 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:53,630 Yes. But she spoke with her cabinet. 68 00:02:53,631 --> 00:02:55,340 We need to offer her something. 69 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:58,552 - Make it less of a demand and more of a… - Mutually beneficial rethink. 70 00:02:58,553 --> 00:03:01,597 Ambassador, let the Prime Minister know she has two options. 71 00:03:01,598 --> 00:03:04,266 She can either tell the Russians to stay out of her yard, 72 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:06,936 or I'll send warships to do it for her. 73 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:26,121 - I'll call you. - Yeah. 74 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,890 Wipe that smile off your face, or I'll do it for you. 75 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:45,849 No. 76 00:03:45,850 --> 00:03:48,810 - Shut your mouth, or I'll shut it. - Stop. 77 00:03:48,811 --> 00:03:50,354 Keep the Russians out, 78 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:52,731 or I'll send my warships to do it for you. 79 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:54,733 - Okay. - She didn't say ships. 80 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:58,153 - She said warships. - You don't bring a tugboat to a gunfight. 81 00:03:58,154 --> 00:04:00,364 Nobody was fighting until she got involved. 82 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:02,491 Well, she's drawing a line. 83 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:04,743 Gosh, it's so subtle I can barely see it. 84 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:07,496 It is an offer of military support. 85 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:08,455 Oh okay. 86 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:10,457 - If the PM needs it. - What are friends for? 87 00:04:10,458 --> 00:04:11,792 It's plan B. 88 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:14,670 If she tells the Russians to fuck off without us, even better. 89 00:04:14,671 --> 00:04:16,463 - That's the message? - Yeah. 90 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:20,134 "Prime Minister, President Penn is offering military support." 91 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:21,969 Yes. 92 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:24,930 "To wipe that smile off your smug fucking face." 93 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:25,931 Kate, I gotta go. 94 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:27,767 Wait, stop. Really? 95 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:32,146 I mean… …is that something you feel good about? 96 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:36,943 I mean, what is she thinking? 97 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,947 How about you focus on, what's the PM thinking? 98 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:46,369 The PM who waved the Russians into the hen house. 99 00:04:47,912 --> 00:04:49,913 She's trying to reset the relationship. 100 00:04:49,914 --> 00:04:50,998 - With us? - Yeah. 101 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:52,666 Mission accomplished. 102 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,459 Look, it's her first day in office. 103 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:56,128 She made a bad call. 104 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,338 Tell her to fix it. 105 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:14,731 Hi. 106 00:05:15,898 --> 00:05:17,941 - All done? - Yeah. 107 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:19,610 Must have been a doozy. 108 00:05:22,947 --> 00:05:24,156 I'm sorry. 109 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:26,033 Earlier tonight, I was… 110 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:27,701 - Verbal? - Yeah. 111 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:28,745 Eh, it happens. 112 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,620 But inappropriate. 113 00:05:30,621 --> 00:05:34,542 You're not the first person I ever met who has mixed feelings about my wife. 114 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:38,837 I am a person who has mixed feelings about my wife. 115 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:42,507 You're kind, but that was… inexcusable. 116 00:05:42,508 --> 00:05:45,845 Well, in that case, you're not excused. 117 00:05:48,514 --> 00:05:51,850 Staff is gone for the night, but is there anything I can… 118 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:53,144 Alcohol. 119 00:05:56,230 --> 00:05:57,231 Thanks. 120 00:05:57,857 --> 00:06:00,276 To political extortion. 121 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:11,661 I didn't topple a foreign government. 122 00:06:11,662 --> 00:06:12,829 I'm sure you didn't. 123 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:18,251 I said some things that had an uncomfortably close proximity 124 00:06:18,252 --> 00:06:21,463 to a foreign leader toppling himself. 125 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:22,923 That proximity… 126 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:24,758 - Is keeping you up at night. - It is. 127 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:26,386 - Turning your stomach. - Yeah. 128 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:29,012 But that's not extortion. 129 00:06:29,013 --> 00:06:30,097 No. 130 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,934 Uh, whatever it was or wasn't, 131 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:34,602 it was me, 132 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:36,228 not the president. 133 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:38,271 Maybe a drop of Hal? 134 00:06:38,272 --> 00:06:39,357 No. 135 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,235 I said things I wish I didn't. 136 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:46,071 - It was not the president or Hal. - Okay. 137 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:48,616 I really don't want you to think it is, because… 138 00:06:49,659 --> 00:06:52,828 I know he's a lot to take and he's been a lot to take for you. 139 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:53,954 - Nah. - It's not him. 140 00:06:53,955 --> 00:06:55,456 Okay, all you. 141 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:00,377 If it got back to the president 142 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:03,339 that I accused her of political extortion, 143 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,800 I would be dismissed from my post. 144 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:10,012 - And maybe I should be. - It's not getting back to the president. 145 00:07:10,513 --> 00:07:12,013 You think I'm gonna tell her? 146 00:07:12,014 --> 00:07:13,099 Well, no. 147 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:16,144 But I mean, 148 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:17,936 why not? 149 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:20,272 You're on the phone, she asks how it's going, 150 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,442 and you… I don't know. 151 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,694 Maybe you have a responsibility to tell her 152 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:28,196 if the ambassador's sufficiently stupid 153 00:07:28,197 --> 00:07:30,032 to call her extortionate 154 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:32,033 to her spouse. 155 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:34,704 I don't think it's my patriotic duty to get you fired. 156 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:37,706 Well, maybe you're not a patriot. 157 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:39,375 Maybe. 158 00:07:44,338 --> 00:07:46,424 Grace is, uh, different 159 00:07:47,341 --> 00:07:49,885 since the shooting. 160 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:51,970 Well, it… it takes time. 161 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,140 She's the leader of the free world. 162 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:56,684 And it's taking a lot of time. 163 00:07:57,351 --> 00:07:58,435 Is she… 164 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:02,273 I don't know. Brittle… is not the word. Uh… 165 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:05,859 There's a lot less nuance 166 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:09,154 in the way she feels, or at least speaks. 167 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,280 Sometimes, Hal... 168 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:12,908 I would love to blame Hal. 169 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:14,409 I really would. In fact, I did. 170 00:08:14,410 --> 00:08:16,703 - He likes a big move. - I don't think this is him. 171 00:08:16,704 --> 00:08:18,997 He brings it out in people, and the two of them... 172 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,833 - They hit the gas. Nobody hits the brakes. - Yeah. 173 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:23,043 This is different. 174 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:26,297 You noticed it before the shooting. You said it to me. 175 00:08:26,797 --> 00:08:28,965 Maybe the shooting exacerbated it. 176 00:08:28,966 --> 00:08:32,053 Like I've said about your husband, this is not about your husband. 177 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:35,640 Sorry. 178 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:37,642 I know my wife. 179 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:40,102 And she's… 180 00:08:46,984 --> 00:08:48,486 - What? - I don't know. 181 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:54,992 I… I don't have a way in. 182 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:57,619 To her. 183 00:09:01,749 --> 00:09:03,501 I don't know what's going on in there. 184 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,231 I need Howard on the trip. 185 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:29,109 Hey. 186 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:30,277 Gotta run. 187 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:31,486 Stopping by Winfield. 188 00:09:31,487 --> 00:09:33,196 Frances needs to talk. 189 00:09:33,197 --> 00:09:35,156 I need Howard on the Italy trip. 190 00:09:35,157 --> 00:09:37,492 - Okay. - Not according to Gary. 191 00:09:37,493 --> 00:09:39,578 Well, tell him it's not on our budget, it's on yours. 192 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:40,621 He knows that. 193 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,123 But he still owns the housing list, 194 00:09:43,124 --> 00:09:46,252 and he claims there is no room at the inn. 195 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,130 - Okay. - Stop saying okay. 196 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:50,839 There's plenty of room. 197 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,882 Tell him Neil can stay home. 198 00:09:52,883 --> 00:09:54,884 Howard's running the IC Deputies Committee. 199 00:09:54,885 --> 00:09:56,386 He needs a place to sleep. 200 00:09:56,387 --> 00:09:58,096 Well, if you marry Howard, 201 00:09:58,097 --> 00:09:59,723 he can stay in your room. 202 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:01,475 That way, we can still bring Neil. 203 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:06,313 Do we have something on our mind? 204 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:08,357 Well, that's not my favorite tone. 205 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:11,110 If you can control it, maybe swap it out. 206 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:16,866 I owe you an apology. 207 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:27,501 You do not appreciate me proposing marriage 208 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:30,379 so that I can get a secure phone booth at Wychwood. 209 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:32,047 And a gun safe. 210 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,049 Gun safety is important to me. 211 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:35,884 Whereas I don't give a shit about it at all. 212 00:10:35,885 --> 00:10:37,469 I know it's important to you too. 213 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,220 I'm not fighting the gun safe. 214 00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:40,640 So what are you fighting? 215 00:10:41,807 --> 00:10:42,891 The proposal? 216 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:44,351 Was it a proposal? 217 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,646 It was a legitimate solution to a problem. 218 00:10:49,523 --> 00:10:51,400 It's not something I should be joking about. 219 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,444 Were you joking? 220 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:55,153 You weren't. 221 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:58,907 Joking has thought behind it, intentionality. 222 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:00,909 We're talking about a lifelong commitment. 223 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:04,287 You tripped over a piece of red tape and skinned your knee on it. 224 00:11:04,288 --> 00:11:06,707 For some people, marriage is less loaded. 225 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:10,293 You are not one of those people. 226 00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:12,837 In your mind, a proposal… 227 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:14,965 is a holy affair 228 00:11:15,591 --> 00:11:17,258 that takes place 229 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:19,344 on a beach at sunset with a mariachi band. 230 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:22,848 You have no idea what I think about marriage. 231 00:11:23,391 --> 00:11:26,518 We've never discussed it, except when you told me you're divorced. 232 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,604 - Which was a great start. - Was it? 233 00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:31,899 You wanna know what I think about marriage? 234 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,775 I would love to know. 235 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:35,861 I think love is not enough. 236 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:38,531 I think you gotta be brutal. 237 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:41,575 You gotta talk about money 238 00:11:42,118 --> 00:11:43,368 and kids 239 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:44,452 and retirement, 240 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:45,787 and if you believe in God, 241 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:47,497 and how much sex you wanna have, 242 00:11:47,498 --> 00:11:49,124 and what cheating means, 243 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:50,668 and how you wanna die. 244 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:53,796 You have to want it, 245 00:11:54,296 --> 00:11:55,548 because it's hard. 246 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,259 And it goes on for a long time. 247 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:03,221 I think that even the suggestion that it might someday be on the table 248 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,057 should come with a mariachi band. 249 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:09,936 I think that it should involve at least the intentionality it takes to think, 250 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:13,064 "This might go down better in a field of flowers." 251 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:14,900 "Let's see if I can find one." 252 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,986 I think it should involve at least the forethought it takes 253 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:21,657 to look up in the sky and see the sun and think, 254 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:25,077 "I'm not sure this is the right time for the conversation." 255 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,896 It doesn't need to be this many pages. 256 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:55,440 And it also needs to be a little more aggressive. 257 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:57,859 Kate had a question about Todd. 258 00:12:58,778 --> 00:12:59,903 What did he do? 259 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:03,073 She wants to up his clearance so she can read him in. 260 00:13:03,741 --> 00:13:04,908 On? 261 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:07,410 Things going on in the UK. 262 00:13:07,411 --> 00:13:09,287 - Russia? - Russia, the sub. 263 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:10,663 Tell them to take a breath. 264 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,875 - She thinks he could be helpful. - How? 265 00:13:14,835 --> 00:13:16,753 How specifically? 266 00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:19,714 She says, without knowing the subtext, 267 00:13:19,715 --> 00:13:21,967 he's hearing a bunch of stuff he doesn't follow. 268 00:13:22,593 --> 00:13:26,304 A lot of which means the opposite of what it sounds like. 269 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:29,183 - If he's going to be involved… - Is he? 270 00:13:29,725 --> 00:13:31,519 That's the idea, right? 271 00:13:36,732 --> 00:13:38,066 Clearance. 272 00:13:38,067 --> 00:13:39,359 Top secret? 273 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,111 - Compartmented? - Really? 274 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:46,158 Okay, here we go. 275 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:48,452 Thank you. 276 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:58,378 - Morning. - Morning, hi. 277 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:00,296 Sorry, one sec. 278 00:14:00,297 --> 00:14:01,465 No, take your time. 279 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:05,845 The White House is giving you a higher security clearance. 280 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,014 Is that… 281 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:12,058 I'm not trying to horn in. 282 00:14:12,059 --> 00:14:13,477 No, I asked them to. 283 00:14:14,228 --> 00:14:16,730 If you're gonna do this, you should really do it. 284 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:23,112 I don't know that I'm… 285 00:14:23,612 --> 00:14:26,991 seeing everything as clearly as I'd like to. 286 00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,493 And there's a lot going on here. 287 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:33,163 Your insight could be valuable. 288 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:37,543 I'm not sure the president would agree. 289 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:41,422 It would be valuable to me. 290 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:44,883 Thank you. 291 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:46,217 - Good morning. - Morning. 292 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:48,804 - We're leaving. - I will see you there. I got a thing. 293 00:14:50,639 --> 00:14:52,932 Good morning, Mr. Hayford. 294 00:14:52,933 --> 00:14:54,350 May I take your coat? 295 00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:57,104 Oh, I'm fine. This'll be pretty quick, right? 296 00:14:57,605 --> 00:14:58,772 If we could… 297 00:15:22,212 --> 00:15:23,630 Please. 298 00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:28,802 Everything okay? 299 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:35,225 'Cause with the first gentleman in town, I need to get to the embassy. 300 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:40,314 My father took part in the Allied advance through Belgium during the war. 301 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:43,901 His unit was attached to the US 9th Armored. 302 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:47,862 A gentleman by the name of Herschel Pollen from Richmond, Virginia, 303 00:15:47,863 --> 00:15:50,449 watched a live grenade roll right to my father's feet. 304 00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:53,785 Mr. Pollen snatched it up, tossed it away. 305 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,663 It exploded inches from his hand. 306 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,332 He lost the limb. 307 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:01,710 He saved my father's life. 308 00:16:03,253 --> 00:16:04,338 That's very moving. 309 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:07,424 I am fond of Americans. 310 00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:09,218 Thank you. 311 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,138 I am fond of the ambassador. 312 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:16,100 I was not when she arrived. 313 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:19,477 I felt she was unsuited to the task. 314 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:23,357 I did too. 315 00:16:23,857 --> 00:16:25,359 None of us understood. 316 00:16:26,443 --> 00:16:27,820 And now I see. 317 00:16:28,904 --> 00:16:30,197 It's a sleight of hand. 318 00:16:30,781 --> 00:16:32,281 Not deceitful. 319 00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:33,533 But disarming. 320 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:35,244 She presents her own… 321 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,330 rumpled humanity, and what is a decent person to do but meet it? 322 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:40,415 Frances, I have to... 323 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:43,126 She and the first gentleman were in the study last night. 324 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:44,585 The door was ajar. 325 00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:47,338 I… did not intend to eavesdrop. 326 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:48,673 I'm sure you didn't. 327 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:52,094 She said she'd blackmailed Prime Minister Trowbridge. 328 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:55,847 I hope I'm mistaken. 329 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,100 But since he's now the former Prime Minister, 330 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,436 I'm concerned I may not be. 331 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:12,364 It might be a tight squeeze with the desk. 332 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,535 - How about a big old… - Hey. Hi. 333 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:19,872 So, uh, some developments. 334 00:17:20,914 --> 00:17:22,207 He's gonna stay a while. 335 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:24,542 Fantastic. How long? 336 00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:25,544 I don't know. 337 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:27,253 Can we chat for a sec? 338 00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:28,630 I gotta get upstairs. 339 00:17:29,131 --> 00:17:31,466 I know this feels like a clown show. 340 00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:33,426 - But I think it's an opportunity. - Great, I'm... 341 00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:35,678 He's a direct line to the president who's been tricky to read. 342 00:17:35,679 --> 00:17:37,180 - Maybe I could... - Go with me on this. 343 00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:39,724 I'm on board. I got a whole other question. 344 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,851 - Ms. Park, in the SCIF. - Later? 345 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,186 Yeah, yeah. 346 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,814 - Oops. Sorry. - Sorry, sir. I'm sorry. 347 00:17:46,815 --> 00:17:50,068 - No, no, no. I'm sorry. - Uh, welcome, officially. 348 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,070 I hear we'll be seeing you more often. 349 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,196 If you'll have me. 350 00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:54,947 Well, I just gotta drop my stuff, 351 00:17:54,948 --> 00:17:57,992 and then we will get you sorted, as the Brits say. 352 00:17:57,993 --> 00:18:00,787 First order of business is probably a badge. 353 00:18:00,788 --> 00:18:03,623 - That's okay. Let's clear my morning. - Actually, Ms. Park is waiting. 354 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:04,957 For the ambassador. 355 00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:06,501 And Mr. Penn in the SCIF. 356 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,836 Classified briefings happen in the CIA SCIF. 357 00:18:08,837 --> 00:18:11,756 We used to have a SCIF, but, um, there was a leak. 358 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:12,840 Of water. 359 00:18:12,841 --> 00:18:14,593 But the metaphor didn't go over well. 360 00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:20,641 I spoke to the president about what Vaughn told the Russians. 361 00:18:21,683 --> 00:18:22,935 She found it… 362 00:18:23,644 --> 00:18:24,686 bracing. 363 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:27,272 - Sure. - As we all did. 364 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:33,445 The president would like me to communicate two options to Vaughn. 365 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:35,239 One, 366 00:18:36,323 --> 00:18:39,575 she should please tell the Russians she changed her mind. 367 00:18:39,576 --> 00:18:40,577 Okay. 368 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:43,955 She's revoking her permission for passage. 369 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:45,039 Reasonable. 370 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,042 That's plan A and I think everyone's favorite. 371 00:18:48,043 --> 00:18:49,127 And plan B? 372 00:18:51,255 --> 00:18:53,881 We would send in our own ships 373 00:18:53,882 --> 00:18:55,424 to block them. 374 00:18:55,425 --> 00:18:57,802 - Block… - The Russians. 375 00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,304 - A blockade? - Yes. 376 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:03,266 We do that if the Russians don't respect the no 377 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,060 or if the Brits don't say the no? 378 00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:06,936 I guess either way. 379 00:19:06,937 --> 00:19:08,396 How did she put it? 380 00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:12,400 "Let the PM know she can either tell the Russians to stay out, 381 00:19:12,401 --> 00:19:15,154 or I'll send warships in to do it for her." 382 00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:17,155 Warships? 383 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:18,073 Yes. 384 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,033 - I'm sorry. - No, no, jump in. 385 00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:24,746 No, I… I was just making sure I heard you. 386 00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:27,541 She said warships? 387 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:29,751 - Yep. - Not ship-ships? 388 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:32,461 - No. - Okay. 389 00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:34,088 The law of the sea, 390 00:19:34,089 --> 00:19:37,008 which thanks to the vice president we have now ratified, 391 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:41,179 allows for what we call "innocent passage." 392 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,389 Do… 393 00:19:43,056 --> 00:19:44,725 warships… 394 00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:46,642 innocently pass? 395 00:19:46,643 --> 00:19:51,689 Sure, as long as they're not there to do things that disrupt the peace. 396 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,566 Like a naval blockade. 397 00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:56,360 - Yeah. - Of Russian destroyers. 398 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:59,531 Maybe she said "our ships," and you… 399 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,533 you heard "warships." 400 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:05,871 Is that possible? 401 00:20:06,663 --> 00:20:07,664 No. 402 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:13,461 Hi. 403 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:15,589 We have 12 minutes till the NEC briefing. 404 00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,885 I have big plans for those 12 minutes. 405 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,139 Kate was pretty freaked out about the warships. 406 00:20:24,973 --> 00:20:26,933 She wants Ganon to walk it in? 407 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:30,562 No, she's just, uh, concerned we're invading. 408 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:34,357 It's a chest-thumper, not a war plan. 409 00:20:34,358 --> 00:20:35,943 Yeah, that's what I told her. 410 00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:38,070 Drawing a red line. 411 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,198 Sometimes a red line's a trip wire. 412 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,452 Kate's worried or you are? 413 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,247 Are you? 414 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:55,628 You could have the NSC run some more tabletop exercises. 415 00:20:55,629 --> 00:20:58,590 Voice any concerns we skipped over. 416 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:01,717 Help the president make the right call. 417 00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:03,053 She made her call. 418 00:21:03,553 --> 00:21:04,804 You were there. 419 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:06,597 Kate hasn't talked to the PM. 420 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,682 Paint's still wet. 421 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:10,394 - You could talk to Grace. - I can't, actually. 422 00:21:12,062 --> 00:21:14,897 Last week, I brought in half the Domestic Policy Council 423 00:21:14,898 --> 00:21:17,984 to debate the Labor-HHS budget deal. 424 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:19,610 While we were in the room, 425 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,197 the president went to joint leadership and said yes. 426 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:27,452 I found out about a $200 billion decision from a push notification. 427 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:31,498 Honestly, I don't know if she intended to humiliate me or… 428 00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:34,166 simply forgot I was part of the process. 429 00:21:34,167 --> 00:21:36,877 - If you think she's escalating too fast... - She is. 430 00:21:36,878 --> 00:21:38,046 So talk to her. 431 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:40,757 She listens to you. 432 00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:42,843 Not me. 433 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,304 Not anymore. 434 00:21:57,774 --> 00:22:00,610 "Keep 'em out, or I'll do it for you." 435 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,113 Catchy, right? 436 00:22:05,949 --> 00:22:08,242 She's got some stones on her. 437 00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:09,286 Yes. 438 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,041 Is that a good idea? 439 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:16,501 Well, complicated. 440 00:22:18,545 --> 00:22:20,088 Huh. Risky. 441 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:21,923 Sounds like. 442 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:23,884 To me. 443 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:31,391 Bright lines can be clarifying. 444 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:36,479 Or they kick off a war with Russia in the UK's backyard 445 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,900 where Russians shoot at us, and if they miss, they hit Britain. 446 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,443 Yeah. 447 00:22:42,444 --> 00:22:43,612 So… 448 00:22:46,114 --> 00:22:48,116 What do you do with a message like that? 449 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:52,079 - As? - Ambassador or envoy. 450 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:55,331 I mean, as messages go, 451 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:56,583 I don't love it. 452 00:22:58,585 --> 00:23:02,213 I guess the nice part about being us is you don't have to. 453 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:03,715 You just… 454 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:05,299 have to say it. 455 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:09,429 Yeah. Our primary job is to relay the message. 456 00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:15,142 But if you think something is going to land badly on your host country, 457 00:23:15,143 --> 00:23:18,187 the other part of our job is to make that clear to the president. 458 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:20,523 Oh good. Well, you should. 459 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:21,525 I tried. 460 00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:23,568 Didn't get anywhere. 461 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:28,239 I have a bad track record of relitigating things with her. 462 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,241 Yeah, she doesn't love it. 463 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:31,243 Yeah. 464 00:23:33,036 --> 00:23:35,705 But you haven't weighed in at all. 465 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:38,375 So that wouldn't be relitigating. 466 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,795 I'm not sure that's our move. 467 00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,630 But you're here, right? 468 00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:45,714 Yeah. 469 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:47,551 - This is why. - Is it? 470 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:50,010 - No? - No, it's not. 471 00:23:50,011 --> 00:23:51,095 Oh okay. 472 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:54,099 Maybe as a last resort, but not a first resort. 473 00:23:55,308 --> 00:23:57,017 Extenuating circumstances. 474 00:23:57,018 --> 00:23:59,521 Granted, but still. 475 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:03,942 Totally understand. 476 00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:07,237 What else you got? 477 00:24:08,321 --> 00:24:10,157 Plenty. Plenty of things. 478 00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:13,784 You know, this won't be our only meeting with the PM. 479 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:15,620 So to start… 480 00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:19,707 …just a respectful ask for her to reverse her opinion, 481 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,126 which is a lot to swallow, but I, um… 482 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:24,753 think we can get there between the two of us. 483 00:24:24,754 --> 00:24:26,423 And leave it at that. 484 00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:30,302 So we don't even mention plan B. 485 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:32,804 The warships? 486 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,556 Hopefully not. 487 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,683 Not ever. 488 00:24:37,851 --> 00:24:38,977 Not if we can help it. 489 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:42,188 If we relayed every message word for word, 490 00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:43,272 we'd all be dead already. 491 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,068 Excuse me, sir. Mr. Hayford. 492 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:49,069 - Excuse me. - Sure. 493 00:24:57,621 --> 00:24:59,498 Todd's jumping in the deep end. 494 00:25:00,123 --> 00:25:01,874 - Have a seat. - You okay? 495 00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,043 Yeah. 496 00:25:08,798 --> 00:25:09,799 Frances. 497 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:12,177 Is she sick? 498 00:25:12,928 --> 00:25:13,929 No, no, no. 499 00:25:14,429 --> 00:25:16,889 - She's fine. - She had breast cancer twice. 500 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:18,934 She made me get a British mammogram. 501 00:25:21,311 --> 00:25:22,354 She… 502 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:23,939 overheard something. 503 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:27,817 - Okay. - And it made her worried. 504 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,445 She's fairly certain she misheard. 505 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:32,238 I'm sure she did. 506 00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:37,117 But she said you haven't been eating very much and some nausea. 507 00:25:37,118 --> 00:25:39,079 Oh God, I'm not pregnant. 508 00:25:39,996 --> 00:25:42,122 - No. - I'll tell her. 509 00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:46,253 Ma'am, she spoke to me because she is concerned maybe you… 510 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:48,421 I don't know. 511 00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:51,007 Need some help. 512 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:53,843 And if you do, I'm here to help. 513 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,679 Getting me pregnant? 514 00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:58,557 Ma'am. 515 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:02,852 Did you blackmail Nicol Trowbridge? 516 00:26:07,857 --> 00:26:09,024 Hey, babe. 517 00:26:09,025 --> 00:26:10,109 Hi. 518 00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:11,402 How's it going? 519 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,529 Uh, great. New clearance. 520 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:14,697 Fancy. 521 00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:16,740 Got a briefing. Heard about the ships. 522 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:17,825 Which? 523 00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:19,577 The warships? 524 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:23,330 Well, did you say "warships" 525 00:26:23,331 --> 00:26:24,415 or "our ships"? 526 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:28,169 I mean, the havoc you can wreak with miscommunication. 527 00:26:30,505 --> 00:26:31,506 Babe? 528 00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:37,554 Yes, babe. 529 00:26:41,057 --> 00:26:45,478 Did you say warships to block the Russians? 530 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,481 - Yes. - Okay. 531 00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:50,108 Bright line. 532 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,192 Could be clarifying. 533 00:26:52,193 --> 00:26:53,278 Yeah. 534 00:26:54,195 --> 00:26:56,489 Could get us into war with Russia. 535 00:26:57,824 --> 00:26:59,908 You've had one briefing? 536 00:26:59,909 --> 00:27:02,119 Yeah, I'm just getting the lay of the land. 537 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,707 - You're not the national security advisor. - I'm aware of that. 538 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,710 - What exactly am I doing here? - What? 539 00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,211 Am I supposed to have opinions? 540 00:27:11,212 --> 00:27:13,339 On your first day? No. 541 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:14,965 London isn't the right place. 542 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:18,260 The ambassador is a career diplomat and the second lady. 543 00:27:18,261 --> 00:27:19,678 She's got it covered. 544 00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:21,055 Babe, I swear to God. 545 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:23,223 Let me go somewhere else and be useful. 546 00:27:23,224 --> 00:27:26,769 - I like you in London. I want you there. - Because I have a built-in babysitter? 547 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:28,521 Because it's where I got shot. 548 00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:33,443 I like the idea of you walking around saying they don't fucking scare me. 549 00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:35,195 Which they do. 550 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:37,739 Okay. 551 00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:43,787 So what is my role? 552 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:47,289 Is this about a title? 553 00:27:47,290 --> 00:27:49,917 - No. - You're special envoy, officially. 554 00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:51,127 If you were here, I would… 555 00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:53,170 I would knight you with a sword. 556 00:27:53,171 --> 00:27:56,132 Don't talk to me like that. I'm asking you a question. 557 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,803 - I'm sorry. - I'm here. 558 00:28:00,970 --> 00:28:02,222 I am listening. 559 00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:05,308 Am I your… 560 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:07,726 What? 561 00:28:07,727 --> 00:28:09,396 Ears? 562 00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:11,230 Enforcer? 563 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:13,565 I don't know. I'd love you to figure it out. 564 00:28:13,566 --> 00:28:15,276 I can't spoon-feed it. 565 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:18,612 I love you. 566 00:28:18,613 --> 00:28:20,155 I really do. 567 00:28:20,156 --> 00:28:23,200 You're my extremely special envoy 568 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,744 who listens and learns and… 569 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:28,372 kicks ass and fucks me sideways. 570 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:31,000 Do everything. You're good at everything. 571 00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:33,794 You used to know that. 572 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,588 And I'm worried you've forgotten. 573 00:28:39,008 --> 00:28:40,051 Okay. 574 00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:51,187 Hi. 575 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:54,482 - May I? - One minute. 576 00:28:55,191 --> 00:28:56,775 She asked me to come down. 577 00:28:56,776 --> 00:28:57,777 I know. 578 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:07,495 - He's here. - No! 579 00:29:19,507 --> 00:29:20,508 Okay. 580 00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:43,990 This is the sun. 581 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,619 It is setting. 582 00:29:49,204 --> 00:29:50,955 This is a field of flowers. 583 00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:27,282 Will you consider 584 00:30:27,283 --> 00:30:29,660 starting a conversation 585 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:33,956 about looking at our relationship 586 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:36,417 as something that… 587 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,671 could lead to… 588 00:30:40,463 --> 00:30:41,756 a marriage? 589 00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,178 I will. 590 00:30:49,597 --> 00:30:50,974 We can give it a year. 591 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:53,308 And after that, 592 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:54,893 we part ways 593 00:30:54,894 --> 00:30:56,729 or pull the trigger. 594 00:30:58,022 --> 00:31:00,024 Not pull the trigger, 595 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,318 part ways, or… 596 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:05,780 become officially engaged. 597 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:39,022 Kate blackmailed Trowbridge. 598 00:31:39,522 --> 00:31:41,524 That's why he resigned. 599 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:43,275 What?! 600 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:49,240 Yeah? 601 00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:53,577 Sorry to interrupt. 602 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,704 No, come in. 603 00:31:57,665 --> 00:31:59,042 So, uh… 604 00:32:00,543 --> 00:32:04,463 Grace thinks special envoy is the move. 605 00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,465 Great. Congratulations. 606 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,467 You're gonna be sick of me really fast. 607 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:12,638 No, there's a lot we can do together. This is gonna be a good partnership. 608 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:14,974 It is. It really is. 609 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,477 So the PM. 610 00:32:18,478 --> 00:32:23,023 I will introduce you as the president's special envoy to the United Kingdom. 611 00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:25,609 - You don't have to make a thing out of it. - It's good. 612 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:28,028 Sends a message. The president means business. 613 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,238 She does. 614 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:32,491 - She does. - Mm-hmm. 615 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:36,663 You should maybe say how much business she means. 616 00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,084 Absolutely. 617 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,669 Before, 618 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:46,713 you said you were gonna tell her plan A, 619 00:32:46,714 --> 00:32:49,550 save plan B for another time. 620 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:53,554 I'm no great fan of plan B, but… 621 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:58,517 it's what she said. 622 00:32:58,518 --> 00:32:59,519 So… 623 00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:04,357 Probably should say it. 624 00:33:19,038 --> 00:33:20,039 Morning. 625 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:22,875 Good morning. 626 00:33:31,718 --> 00:33:36,055 Mr. Penn asked me to let you know that he'll be down after a shower. 627 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,736 - Morning. - Good morning. 628 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:07,127 I can wait for the first gentleman, 629 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:08,837 unless you want your own briefing. 630 00:34:08,838 --> 00:34:12,549 I'm assuming with the clearance he has, pretty much everything's on the table. 631 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:13,551 - Yeah. - Yeah. 632 00:34:20,349 --> 00:34:21,517 You touched Frances. 633 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:25,855 - Sorry? - You touched her with your hand. 634 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:28,024 Is that… 635 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,028 - Was she uncomfortable? - That something you do a lot? 636 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:35,823 - I'm not sure. - I am. Never. 637 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:38,159 I won't let it happen again. 638 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,206 You told Eidra. 639 00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:51,839 Sit. 640 00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:59,721 Ma'am, the chief of station needed to know... 641 00:34:59,722 --> 00:35:00,890 Shut up. 642 00:35:09,690 --> 00:35:11,274 I'm gonna tell him some things. 643 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:14,612 Really all the things, so stop me if it starts to sound like treason. 644 00:35:18,574 --> 00:35:21,952 The Russian sub that ran aground off this coast 645 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:24,538 was carrying a weapon called the Poseidon. 646 00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:26,623 It's considered an apocalypse weapon. 647 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:28,583 Are you sure you wanna... 648 00:35:28,584 --> 00:35:30,294 We took it. Stole it. 649 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,921 Which the Russians don't know. 650 00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:35,674 And the Brits didn't until Hal told Trowbridge, 651 00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:37,927 which made him angry and erratic. 652 00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:41,139 And so I blackmailed him. 653 00:35:43,015 --> 00:35:44,432 I'm not done. 654 00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:53,692 Question for you. 655 00:35:53,693 --> 00:35:56,153 There's a meeting about to appear on your schedule 656 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,946 with the delegation from Chile. 657 00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,782 - No backs. - Happy to do it. 658 00:36:00,283 --> 00:36:01,783 You're a happy warrior. 659 00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:03,870 It's like water in the desert. 660 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:07,248 The UK. 661 00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:11,710 Did the ambassador and special envoy talk to the PM? 662 00:36:11,711 --> 00:36:13,838 Not yet. Soon. 663 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:21,512 You don't actually wanna send warships to Britain, right? 664 00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:25,473 I don't wanna send warships anywhere, 665 00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:27,767 but the Russians are steaming toward evidence 666 00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:31,189 that could launch us into an armed conflict in the North Sea. 667 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:35,442 DOD analysis on this was shallow. 668 00:36:35,443 --> 00:36:38,696 I think they thought it was a talking point. 669 00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,825 If this is really on the table, 670 00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:45,369 they should red-team the hell out of it. 671 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,581 Just let the smart people ask the tough questions. 672 00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:56,631 Anything else? 673 00:37:05,431 --> 00:37:08,851 I don't think the threat of warships in the North Sea is a threat. 674 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:11,437 I think she may do it. 675 00:37:12,563 --> 00:37:14,898 - Talk to her. - I've done a lot of that. 676 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,776 - Tell her it's 12 miles from Newcastle. - She knows. 677 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:21,238 Tell her she thinks she's not planning kinetic action, but you pull out a gun... 678 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:22,322 She knows. 679 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:24,200 She saw what Rayburn did. 680 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:27,994 She saw him order a head fake that turned into a bloodbath... 681 00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:30,247 Rayburn didn't order the attack. 682 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,249 Grace Penn did. 683 00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:36,712 And then she blamed the dead president? 684 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,590 That part was my idea. 685 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:45,095 I'm about to go bully a foreign leader, 686 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:48,181 and I think that's an acceptable strategic move, 687 00:37:48,182 --> 00:37:50,767 because the president wants it, and we need it, 688 00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,311 and it'll get the job done. 689 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:56,899 But maybe I'm wrong. 690 00:37:58,651 --> 00:38:01,361 Maybe these aren't mistakes anymore. 691 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:04,615 Maybe they're not small steps over the line. 692 00:38:05,324 --> 00:38:08,243 What if this is a culture of consistent lawlessness, 693 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:09,953 and it's seeped into the water, 694 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:12,873 and I'm part of it, and I can't see it anymore? 695 00:38:15,001 --> 00:38:16,918 You're hearing all of this, 696 00:38:16,919 --> 00:38:18,003 all in one go, 697 00:38:18,004 --> 00:38:20,798 and you see things clearly. 698 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:24,259 Is it reckless, dangerous intimidation 699 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:28,972 that violates the sovereignty and safety of our closest ally? 700 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:29,974 Yeah. 701 00:38:32,601 --> 00:38:35,062 - There are pros and cons. - There aren't. 702 00:38:40,359 --> 00:38:41,360 Is he right? 703 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:51,495 So don't make it. 704 00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:54,832 Don't make the threat. 705 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,960 Tomorrow morning when I go talk to the PM, 706 00:38:58,961 --> 00:39:01,547 the president's husband is gonna be sitting next to me. 707 00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:05,884 It doesn't matter if I won't deliver the message. He will. 708 00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:08,137 So keep him the fuck out of there. 709 00:39:09,722 --> 00:39:10,848 Go tonight. 710 00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,312 Hello, hello. 711 00:39:19,648 --> 00:39:21,232 Ready to go? 712 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:27,782 Anyone? 713 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:44,131 Do you have plans tonight, sir? 714 00:39:45,674 --> 00:39:47,258 Memorizing org charts. 715 00:39:49,303 --> 00:39:52,973 The London Symphony Orchestra is doing a special performance. 716 00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:55,518 Bartók. 717 00:39:56,727 --> 00:39:57,894 Hold me back. 718 00:39:57,895 --> 00:39:59,479 The king's gonna be there, 719 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,107 and the palace wants to throw you a formal dinner, 720 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:05,945 but it's nice to do a casual introduction before that. 721 00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:08,571 Yeah, we can do that. 722 00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:11,950 Great, so you'll be at the embassy for the country team meeting, 723 00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:14,244 then lunch at the Chelsea Physic Garden, 724 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:15,787 and the symphony in the evening. 725 00:40:15,788 --> 00:40:19,082 And the ambassador will meet us there for the Bartók? 726 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:21,376 She won't be able to join us, sadly. 727 00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:23,503 She needs to prep for the G7. 728 00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:24,797 A lot of paperwork. 729 00:40:25,881 --> 00:40:27,340 Brutal. 730 00:40:27,341 --> 00:40:29,343 Yeah. Brutal. 731 00:41:25,065 --> 00:41:26,066 Come in. 732 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:34,365 Thanks for making the trip. 733 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:35,576 Of course. 734 00:41:36,118 --> 00:41:37,619 This is your constituency? 735 00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:39,579 Yes, but not why I'm here. 736 00:41:39,580 --> 00:41:41,414 I have two boys. 737 00:41:41,415 --> 00:41:44,167 Stellon turned five the day before yesterday. 738 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:45,668 I'm about to leave for G7. 739 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:48,547 He made it clear if I wasn't home tonight, I'd be replaced. 740 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:52,133 Feel free to plant me somewhere, so you two can talk privately. 741 00:41:52,134 --> 00:41:53,468 I thought perhaps in here. 742 00:41:53,469 --> 00:41:54,719 It's not the tidiest, 743 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,139 but it's the one with the reliable heating. 744 00:42:02,645 --> 00:42:04,479 I'd say, "Make yourself comfortable," 745 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,899 but I think "Don't judge us" is more appropriate. 746 00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:09,359 Mine's worse. 747 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,820 You're a kind and competent liar. 748 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:16,200 The ambassador and I will be down the hall, door at the end. 749 00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:33,968 Can I have a Jammie Dodger? 750 00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:36,302 No. 751 00:42:36,303 --> 00:42:38,471 You have an incredible home. 752 00:42:38,472 --> 00:42:42,016 My husband's. In the family for generations. 753 00:42:42,017 --> 00:42:43,394 It's lovely. 754 00:42:44,687 --> 00:42:46,105 I hate this house. 755 00:42:46,605 --> 00:42:47,815 Behemoth. 756 00:42:48,357 --> 00:42:49,608 Nothing works. 757 00:42:50,609 --> 00:42:52,902 But I'm fairly attached to him, 758 00:42:52,903 --> 00:42:55,322 and the house is a part of him. 759 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:57,824 Which I suppose means I hate him too. 760 00:42:57,825 --> 00:42:59,492 Yeah, I have one of those. 761 00:42:59,493 --> 00:43:01,119 Can yours read social cues? 762 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,246 Some, intermittently. 763 00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:05,708 - Bloody hell. It's a trial, isn't it? - It really is. 764 00:43:07,376 --> 00:43:10,295 I think under other circumstances, we'd be good friends. 765 00:43:10,296 --> 00:43:12,798 I wish we weren't starting at a sprint. 766 00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:15,717 You're in my home, my children are asleep upstairs, 767 00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:18,761 and I just gave you a piercing insight into my marriage. 768 00:43:18,762 --> 00:43:20,430 Why don't we assume we're friends? 769 00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:23,100 Come on, take off your coat. Let's see if we can fix this. 770 00:43:31,066 --> 00:43:32,358 She's upset. 771 00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:33,318 - The president? - Mm. 772 00:43:33,319 --> 00:43:34,278 A little concerned. 773 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:41,075 She'd be more comfortable if you told Russia you'd prefer they… not. 774 00:43:41,076 --> 00:43:43,077 - Come get their dead. - Yes. 775 00:43:43,078 --> 00:43:44,537 Russia lost something. 776 00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:45,664 It washed up here. 777 00:43:46,248 --> 00:43:48,416 They asked for safe passage. I granted it. 778 00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:50,043 Your country's not involved. 779 00:43:50,044 --> 00:43:51,711 The Poseidon's not there, 780 00:43:51,712 --> 00:43:52,920 and when they see that... 781 00:43:52,921 --> 00:43:55,423 When they see it didn't drift off with the tide. 782 00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:56,507 We took it, 783 00:43:56,508 --> 00:43:59,344 and we are asking as a courtesy to us 784 00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:01,804 that you do us a solid and keep our secret. 785 00:44:01,805 --> 00:44:04,849 In the world of courtesies, you would've mentioned you were taking it. 786 00:44:04,850 --> 00:44:06,851 Mention it to Nicol Trowbridge? 787 00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:08,729 Nicol was our problem. 788 00:44:09,229 --> 00:44:10,230 Mine. 789 00:44:10,731 --> 00:44:11,814 And Austin's, 790 00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:15,360 who respected you, which is why you're in my home in the middle of the night. 791 00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:16,569 I appreciate that. 792 00:44:16,570 --> 00:44:20,282 I'm not thrilled to let the Russian Navy futz around my seabed… 793 00:44:20,866 --> 00:44:22,367 but neither I, 794 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:23,618 nor my government, 795 00:44:23,619 --> 00:44:25,119 felt we had a choice. 796 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:26,371 You had a lot of choices. 797 00:44:26,372 --> 00:44:27,622 The Kremlin believes 798 00:44:27,623 --> 00:44:30,625 their most powerful weapon is off my coast. 799 00:44:30,626 --> 00:44:33,420 With or without permission, they're coming to get it. 800 00:44:34,171 --> 00:44:37,341 I can say yes, and they come with goodwill. 801 00:44:37,841 --> 00:44:40,552 I can say no, and they come secretly. 802 00:44:41,637 --> 00:44:43,596 When they arrive, they'll find it's gone. 803 00:44:43,597 --> 00:44:45,974 And assume that you took it. 804 00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:55,484 You didn't tell them we took it? 805 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:56,985 No. 806 00:44:58,654 --> 00:45:00,071 Why didn't you? 807 00:45:00,072 --> 00:45:03,074 I didn't think they'd believe our closest allies would do that to us 808 00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:04,702 without our consent. 809 00:45:10,624 --> 00:45:12,543 What if we went and got them? 810 00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:14,919 The dead. 811 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,673 Respectfully extracted by the US Navy. 812 00:45:18,173 --> 00:45:22,427 Or yours, or ours together, which is how we should be doing things. 813 00:45:22,428 --> 00:45:24,846 And then we tell them that for the safety of Europe, 814 00:45:24,847 --> 00:45:26,431 we're entombing the sub. 815 00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:28,391 They're not going to forget about the Poseidon. 816 00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:31,519 They can't ask for it back without admitting it was down there. 817 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:32,896 Which they won't. 818 00:45:34,231 --> 00:45:35,690 It's not bad, is it? 819 00:45:35,691 --> 00:45:36,734 It's not. 820 00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:40,737 I really do wish we were friends. 821 00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:41,821 Maybe we are. 822 00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:45,116 I'm going to say no to your fine idea. I'm afraid that'll ruin it. 823 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:47,244 - Don't. - We don't trust you. 824 00:45:48,662 --> 00:45:49,746 How could we? 825 00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:51,831 Those were extenuating circumstances. 826 00:45:51,832 --> 00:45:52,999 No, they weren't. 827 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,959 An alliance is nothing but a promise, 828 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,296 and you have broken yours again and again and again. 829 00:45:58,297 --> 00:45:59,964 So you're trusting the Kremlin? 830 00:45:59,965 --> 00:46:03,010 Your last president bombed our aircraft carrier. 831 00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:06,679 Your current president nicked the Poseidon out of a broken tin tube 832 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,306 that could have exploded, 833 00:46:08,307 --> 00:46:10,684 and you helped her topple our government. 834 00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:16,272 We have made some terrible mistakes. 835 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:18,025 I understand mistakes. 836 00:46:18,525 --> 00:46:20,027 I've made them myself. 837 00:46:20,527 --> 00:46:24,322 But the fundamental character of your country has sufficiently changed 838 00:46:24,323 --> 00:46:27,242 that we have no idea what you will do next. 839 00:46:28,243 --> 00:46:31,747 Russia, if nothing else, is predictable. 840 00:46:32,581 --> 00:46:35,292 They want what they want, and they're coming to get it. 841 00:46:36,084 --> 00:46:37,586 You have to tell them no. 842 00:46:38,086 --> 00:46:39,420 We can protect you. 843 00:46:39,421 --> 00:46:40,631 I know that you can. 844 00:46:41,507 --> 00:46:43,090 But once you get what you want, 845 00:46:43,091 --> 00:46:45,803 I have no reason to believe that you will. 846 00:46:49,056 --> 00:46:51,141 Anything else you'd like me to consider? 847 00:46:57,231 --> 00:46:58,232 No. 848 00:47:05,948 --> 00:47:07,031 Hi. 849 00:47:07,032 --> 00:47:09,951 Sorry, I'm in your space. It was the only room that was warm. 850 00:47:09,952 --> 00:47:11,035 You're fine. 851 00:47:11,036 --> 00:47:12,830 Ugh, you missed quite a night. 852 00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:14,413 Bartók. 853 00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:17,375 We ended up on stage, 854 00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:18,793 congratulating the conductor. 855 00:47:18,794 --> 00:47:21,963 We, in this case, is, as they say, the king and I. 856 00:47:21,964 --> 00:47:24,341 Sorry, I just need to use the secure link. 857 00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:26,844 What's going on? 858 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:29,554 Hi. Yeah. 859 00:47:29,555 --> 00:47:30,848 I am joining right now. 860 00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:35,978 You can stay, but shut the door. 861 00:47:40,774 --> 00:47:42,608 - She there? - Yeah. 862 00:47:42,609 --> 00:47:45,237 - Excuse me. - Oh God, there's two of you. 863 00:47:45,821 --> 00:47:48,323 - I met with the PM tonight. - You did? 864 00:47:48,907 --> 00:47:50,826 - What did she say? - Sorry, hang on. 865 00:47:51,326 --> 00:47:52,702 You, uh... You met with her? 866 00:47:52,703 --> 00:47:54,371 I went without you. I just got back. 867 00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:56,455 - Why'd you do that? - Excuse me? 868 00:47:56,456 --> 00:47:59,584 Might be an appropriate time to ask the first gentleman to step out. 869 00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:01,669 - He's special envoy to the UK. - What? 870 00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:03,170 - Yeah. - Special envoy? 871 00:48:03,171 --> 00:48:07,050 Can we all, on either side of the ocean, just zip it for a moment? 872 00:48:14,349 --> 00:48:15,350 Jesus. 873 00:48:16,518 --> 00:48:18,228 Go ahead. 874 00:48:19,938 --> 00:48:21,731 I spoke with the PM. 875 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:24,609 You make it clear she can clean up her house, or I will? 876 00:48:25,903 --> 00:48:27,486 Yes. 877 00:48:27,487 --> 00:48:29,447 - How'd she take it? - I don't care. 878 00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:32,492 Is she calling the Kremlin and telling them to stay the hell out? 879 00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:39,499 Yes, ma'am. She is.