1 00:00:06,048 --> 00:00:08,050 -Mr. Penn! -Mr. Penn! 2 00:00:10,218 --> 00:00:12,345 -Welcome. -Got a PM yet? 3 00:00:12,929 --> 00:00:14,844 -Soon. -Bethan Vaughn. 4 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,804 -We like her? -Love her. 5 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,431 I am so happy to meet you. 6 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:21,476 -You know this place better than I do. -I need a job. 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,603 So you're... 8 00:00:23,607 --> 00:00:25,146 Special envoy. 9 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:26,689 The management office says 10 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:28,441 you let them know you're moving in together. 11 00:00:28,445 --> 00:00:32,320 The thinking was why not renovate Wychwood? 12 00:00:32,324 --> 00:00:35,031 You're gonna put a secure phone booth in Wychwood? 13 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:36,282 State's not paying for it. 14 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:39,786 I can't ask them to spend that money, so I can shack up with my girlfriend. 15 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:42,246 -So tell them we're getting married. -Are we? 16 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:44,999 If it's the only way to get a phone booth in that house. 17 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:46,459 Since the shooting, 18 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:48,628 I'm just trying to take care of her. 19 00:00:48,632 --> 00:00:50,213 Which makes her insane. 20 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:53,966 I can feel your heart rate on my chest when we're in bed. 21 00:00:53,970 --> 00:00:56,761 -It's like a gerbil. -Well, then sleep someplace else. 22 00:00:56,765 --> 00:00:59,222 Prime Minister Vaughn got a call from the Kremlin yesterday. 23 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:01,307 But when I asked her about it, 24 00:01:01,311 --> 00:01:03,476 she seemed reluctant to engage. 25 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,561 I'm concerned she doesn't trust me. 26 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:08,397 Because you disclosed information about the former PM 27 00:01:08,401 --> 00:01:10,274 that led to his downfall. 28 00:01:10,278 --> 00:01:11,692 I don't need you to take my job. 29 00:01:11,696 --> 00:01:14,028 I threatened the prime minister, and he resigned, 30 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:16,197 replaced by a really great gal 31 00:01:16,201 --> 00:01:19,408 who doesn't trust people who practice political extortion, 32 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:20,660 like your wife, 33 00:01:20,664 --> 00:01:22,120 and my husband, and now me. 34 00:01:22,124 --> 00:01:25,498 Our friends in Moscow have located their missing submarine. 35 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:28,459 They have asked to come and retrieve the bodies of their dead. 36 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:30,086 I couldn't possibly say no. 37 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,591 So I didn't. 38 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:50,857 How long do we think it'll be before they reach the sub? 39 00:01:50,861 --> 00:01:51,983 Russia? 40 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:53,568 -A week? -Days. 41 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:57,405 They have to move divers and equipment from the Kola Peninsula. 42 00:01:57,409 --> 00:01:59,407 Mobilize a Northern Fleet stealth unit. 43 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:01,075 -Days. -Why'd she say yes? 44 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:02,869 -I think she probably... -She's new. 45 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:04,412 -She feels we overstepped. -Sir. 46 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:06,122 She's trying to redraw the lines. 47 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:08,166 -I thought we were trading up. -So did I. 48 00:02:08,170 --> 00:02:10,960 She gave the Kremlin an engraved invitation, 49 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,253 which makes it clear 50 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:15,423 the Brits did not take anything off that sub. We did. 51 00:02:15,427 --> 00:02:18,009 If you'd like to roll out an "I told you so..." 52 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:20,136 -It was foreseeable. -And you foresaw it. 53 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,637 I'm not the Oracle of Delphi. 54 00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:23,389 We took their super weapon. 55 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:25,850 Thank God. If we hadn't, the Russians would be steaming toward it. 56 00:02:25,854 --> 00:02:28,144 Instead, they're steaming towards an empty shell. 57 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:31,063 And when they figure out why it's empty, they'll retaliate. 58 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:33,649 -What do we think that'll look like? -Could be cyberattacks. 59 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:35,985 They take out our power grid, uh, 60 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:38,029 bump air traffic control offline. 61 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:39,322 Worst case, maybe. 62 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:41,699 The problem is we have no idea. 63 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:43,242 Russia doesn't do proportionate. 64 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:46,746 Vaughn needs to call them and tell them she made a mistake. 65 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:49,081 -On her first day? Ma'am. -Changed her mind. 66 00:02:49,085 --> 00:02:51,834 She didn't issue a press release. It wouldn't be a public flip-flop. 67 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:53,669 Yes. But she spoke with her cabinet. 68 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:55,379 We need to offer her something. 69 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:58,591 -Make it less of a demand and more of a... -Mutually beneficial rethink. 70 00:02:58,595 --> 00:03:01,636 Ambassador, let the Prime Minister know she has two options. 71 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:04,305 She can either tell the Russians to stay out of her yard, 72 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:06,978 or I'll send warships to do it for her. 73 00:03:24,496 --> 00:03:26,081 -I'll call you. -Yeah. 74 00:03:42,097 --> 00:03:44,929 Wipe that smile off your face, or I'll do it for you. 75 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:45,888 No. 76 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:48,849 -Shut your mouth, or I'll shut it. -Stop. 77 00:03:48,853 --> 00:03:50,393 Keep the Russians out, 78 00:03:50,397 --> 00:03:52,770 or I'll send my warships to do it for you. 79 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:54,772 -Okay. -She didn't say ships. 80 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:58,192 -She said warships. -You don't bring a tugboat to a gunfight. 81 00:03:58,196 --> 00:04:00,403 Nobody was fighting until she got involved. 82 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,530 Well, she's drawing a line. 83 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:04,782 Gosh, it's so subtle I can barely see it. 84 00:04:04,786 --> 00:04:07,535 It is an offer of military support. 85 00:04:07,539 --> 00:04:08,494 Oh okay. 86 00:04:08,498 --> 00:04:10,496 -If the PM needs it. -What are friends for? 87 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:11,831 It's plan B. 88 00:04:11,835 --> 00:04:14,709 If she tells the Russians to fuck off without us, even better. 89 00:04:14,713 --> 00:04:16,502 -That's the message? -Yeah. 90 00:04:16,506 --> 00:04:20,176 "Prime Minister, President Penn is offering military support." 91 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,008 Yes. 92 00:04:22,012 --> 00:04:24,969 "To wipe that smile off your smug fucking face." 93 00:04:24,973 --> 00:04:25,970 Kate, I gotta go. 94 00:04:25,974 --> 00:04:27,809 Wait, stop. Really? 95 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:32,188 I mean... is that something you feel good about? 96 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:36,985 I mean, what is she thinking? 97 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:41,986 How about you focus on, what's the PM thinking? 98 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:46,411 The PM who waved the Russians into the hen house. 99 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,952 She's trying to reset the relationship. 100 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:51,037 -With us? -Yeah. 101 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:52,705 Mission accomplished. 102 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:54,498 Look, it's her first day in office. 103 00:04:54,502 --> 00:04:56,167 She made a bad call. 104 00:04:56,171 --> 00:04:57,380 Tell her to fix it. 105 00:05:13,605 --> 00:05:14,773 Hi. 106 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:17,980 -All done? -Yeah. 107 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:19,652 Must have been a doozy. 108 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,195 I'm sorry. 109 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,072 Earlier tonight, I was... 110 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:27,740 -Verbal? -Yeah. 111 00:05:27,744 --> 00:05:28,787 Eh, it happens. 112 00:05:29,371 --> 00:05:30,659 But inappropriate. 113 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:34,584 You're not the first person I ever met who has mixed feelings about my wife. 114 00:05:35,251 --> 00:05:38,876 I am a person who has mixed feelings about my wife. 115 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,546 You're kind, but that was... inexcusable. 116 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:45,887 Well, in that case, you're not excused. 117 00:05:48,556 --> 00:05:51,889 Staff is gone for the night, but is there anything I can... 118 00:05:51,893 --> 00:05:53,186 Alcohol. 119 00:05:56,272 --> 00:05:57,273 Thanks. 120 00:05:57,899 --> 00:06:00,318 To political extortion. 121 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:11,700 I didn't topple a foreign government. 122 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:12,868 I'm sure you didn't. 123 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:18,290 I said some things that had an uncomfortably close proximity 124 00:06:18,294 --> 00:06:21,502 to a foreign leader toppling himself. 125 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:22,962 That proximity... 126 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,797 -Is keeping you up at night. -It is. 127 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:26,428 -Turning your stomach. -Yeah. 128 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:29,051 But that's not extortion. 129 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:30,136 No. 130 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:32,976 Uh, whatever it was or wasn't, 131 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:34,644 it was me, 132 00:06:35,145 --> 00:06:36,267 not the president. 133 00:06:36,271 --> 00:06:38,310 Maybe a drop of Hal? 134 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:39,399 No. 135 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:42,277 I said things I wish I didn't. 136 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:46,110 -It was not the president or Hal. -Okay. 137 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:48,658 I really don't want you to think it is, because... 138 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:52,867 I know he's a lot to take and he's been a lot to take for you. 139 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:53,993 -Nah. -It's not him. 140 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:55,498 Okay, all you. 141 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:00,416 If it got back to the president 142 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:03,381 that I accused her of political extortion, 143 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:06,839 I would be dismissed from my post. 144 00:07:06,843 --> 00:07:10,054 -And maybe I should be. -It's not getting back to the president. 145 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:12,052 You think I'm gonna tell her? 146 00:07:12,056 --> 00:07:13,141 Well, no. 147 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:16,186 But I mean, 148 00:07:16,895 --> 00:07:17,975 why not? 149 00:07:17,979 --> 00:07:20,311 You're on the phone, she asks how it's going, 150 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:22,484 and you... I don't know. 151 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,733 Maybe you have a responsibility to tell her 152 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:28,235 if the ambassador's sufficiently stupid 153 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:30,074 to call her extortionate 154 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:32,072 to her spouse. 155 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:34,746 I don't think it's my patriotic duty to get you fired. 156 00:07:35,663 --> 00:07:37,745 Well, maybe you're not a patriot. 157 00:07:37,749 --> 00:07:39,417 Maybe. 158 00:07:44,380 --> 00:07:46,466 Grace is, uh, different 159 00:07:47,383 --> 00:07:49,924 since the shooting. 160 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:52,009 Well, it... it takes time. 161 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:54,182 She's the leader of the free world. 162 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,726 And it's taking a lot of time. 163 00:07:57,393 --> 00:07:58,474 Is she... 164 00:07:58,478 --> 00:08:02,315 I don't know. Brittle... is not the word. Uh... 165 00:08:03,066 --> 00:08:05,898 There's a lot less nuance 166 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:09,193 in the way she feels, or at least speaks. 167 00:08:09,197 --> 00:08:10,319 Sometimes, Hal... 168 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:12,947 I would love to blame Hal. 169 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:14,448 I really would. In fact, I did. 170 00:08:14,452 --> 00:08:16,742 -He likes a big move. -I don't think this is him. 171 00:08:16,746 --> 00:08:19,036 He brings it out in people, and the two of them... 172 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,872 -They hit the gas. Nobody hits the brakes. -Yeah. 173 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:23,082 This is different. 174 00:08:23,086 --> 00:08:26,339 You noticed it before the shooting. You said it to me. 175 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,004 Maybe the shooting exacerbated it. 176 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:32,095 Like I've said about your husband, this is not about your husband. 177 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:35,682 Sorry. 178 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:37,684 I know my wife. 179 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,144 And she's... 180 00:08:47,026 --> 00:08:48,528 -What? -I don't know. 181 00:08:53,032 --> 00:08:55,034 I... I don't have a way in. 182 00:08:56,578 --> 00:08:57,579 To her. 183 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,543 I don't know what's going on in there. 184 00:09:23,605 --> 00:09:25,273 I need Howard on the trip. 185 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:29,148 Hey. 186 00:09:29,152 --> 00:09:30,316 Gotta run. 187 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,525 Stopping by Winfield. 188 00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:33,235 Frances needs to talk. 189 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:35,195 I need Howard on the Italy trip. 190 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:37,531 -Okay. -Not according to Gary. 191 00:09:37,535 --> 00:09:39,617 Well, tell him it's not on our budget, it's on yours. 192 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:40,663 He knows that. 193 00:09:41,164 --> 00:09:43,162 But he still owns the housing list, 194 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:46,294 and he claims there is no room at the inn. 195 00:09:46,961 --> 00:09:49,172 -Okay. -Stop saying okay. 196 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:50,878 There's plenty of room. 197 00:09:50,882 --> 00:09:52,921 Tell him Neil can stay home. 198 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,923 Howard's running the IC Deputies Committee. 199 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:56,425 He needs a place to sleep. 200 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:58,135 Well, if you marry Howard, 201 00:09:58,139 --> 00:09:59,762 he can stay in your room. 202 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,517 That way, we can still bring Neil. 203 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:06,352 Do we have something on our mind? 204 00:10:06,356 --> 00:10:08,399 Well, that's not my favorite tone. 205 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:11,152 If you can control it, maybe swap it out. 206 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:16,908 I owe you an apology. 207 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:27,543 You do not appreciate me proposing marriage 208 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:30,421 so that I can get a secure phone booth at Wychwood. 209 00:10:31,005 --> 00:10:32,086 And a gun safe. 210 00:10:32,090 --> 00:10:34,088 Gun safety is important to me. 211 00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:35,923 Whereas I don't give a shit about it at all. 212 00:10:35,927 --> 00:10:37,508 I know it's important to you too. 213 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:39,259 I'm not fighting the gun safe. 214 00:10:39,263 --> 00:10:40,682 So what are you fighting? 215 00:10:41,849 --> 00:10:42,930 The proposal? 216 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:44,390 Was it a proposal? 217 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:46,688 It was a legitimate solution to a problem. 218 00:10:49,565 --> 00:10:51,442 It's not something I should be joking about. 219 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:53,486 Were you joking? 220 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:55,192 You weren't. 221 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:58,946 Joking has thought behind it, intentionality. 222 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:00,948 We're talking about a lifelong commitment. 223 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:04,326 You tripped over a piece of red tape and skinned your knee on it. 224 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,749 For some people, marriage is less loaded. 225 00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:10,332 You are not one of those people. 226 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,876 In your mind, a proposal... 227 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,007 is a holy affair 228 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:17,297 that takes place 229 00:11:17,301 --> 00:11:19,383 on a beach at sunset with a mariachi band. 230 00:11:19,387 --> 00:11:22,890 You have no idea what I think about marriage. 231 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:26,557 We've never discussed it, except when you told me you're divorced. 232 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:28,646 -Which was a great start. -Was it? 233 00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:31,941 You wanna know what I think about marriage? 234 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:33,814 I would love to know. 235 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:35,903 I think love is not enough. 236 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:38,573 I think you gotta be brutal. 237 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:41,617 You gotta talk about money 238 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,407 and kids 239 00:11:43,411 --> 00:11:44,491 and retirement, 240 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:45,826 and if you believe in God, 241 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:47,536 and how much sex you wanna have, 242 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,163 and what cheating means, 243 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:50,710 and how you wanna die. 244 00:11:52,462 --> 00:11:53,838 You have to want it, 245 00:11:54,338 --> 00:11:55,590 because it's hard. 246 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:58,301 And it goes on for a long time. 247 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:03,260 I think that even the suggestion that it might someday be on the table 248 00:12:03,264 --> 00:12:05,099 should come with a mariachi band. 249 00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:09,975 I think that it should involve at least the intentionality it takes to think, 250 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:13,103 "This might go down better in a field of flowers." 251 00:12:13,107 --> 00:12:14,942 "Let's see if I can find one." 252 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:18,025 I think it should involve at least the forethought it takes 253 00:12:18,029 --> 00:12:21,699 to look up in the sky and see the sun and think, 254 00:12:22,283 --> 00:12:25,119 "I'm not sure this is the right time for the conversation." 255 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:52,935 It doesn't need to be this many pages. 256 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:55,479 And it also needs to be a little more aggressive. 257 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:57,819 Kate had a question about Todd. 258 00:12:58,820 --> 00:12:59,942 What did he do? 259 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:03,115 She wants to up his clearance so she can read him in. 260 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:04,947 On? 261 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:07,449 Things going on in the UK. 262 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,326 -Russia? -Russia, the sub. 263 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:10,702 Tell them to take a breath. 264 00:13:10,706 --> 00:13:12,917 -She thinks he could be helpful. -How? 265 00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:16,792 How specifically? 266 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:19,753 She says, without knowing the subtext, 267 00:13:19,757 --> 00:13:22,009 he's hearing a bunch of stuff he doesn't follow. 268 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:26,343 A lot of which means the opposite of what it sounds like. 269 00:13:26,347 --> 00:13:29,225 -If he's going to be involved... -Is he? 270 00:13:29,767 --> 00:13:31,561 That's the idea, right? 271 00:13:36,774 --> 00:13:38,105 Clearance. 272 00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:39,398 Top secret? 273 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,153 -Compartmented? -Really? 274 00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:46,200 Okay, here we go. 275 00:13:47,410 --> 00:13:48,494 Thank you. 276 00:13:56,377 --> 00:13:58,417 -Morning. -Morning, hi. 277 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:00,335 Sorry, one sec. 278 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:01,507 No, take your time. 279 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:05,887 The White House is giving you a higher security clearance. 280 00:14:08,556 --> 00:14:10,053 Is that... 281 00:14:10,057 --> 00:14:12,097 I'm not trying to horn in. 282 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:13,519 No, I asked them to. 283 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:16,772 If you're gonna do this, you should really do it. 284 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:23,154 I don't know that I'm... 285 00:14:23,654 --> 00:14:27,033 seeing everything as clearly as I'd like to. 286 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,535 And there's a lot going on here. 287 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:33,205 Your insight could be valuable. 288 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:37,585 I'm not sure the president would agree. 289 00:14:39,003 --> 00:14:41,464 It would be valuable to me. 290 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:44,922 Thank you. 291 00:14:44,926 --> 00:14:46,256 -Good morning. -Morning. 292 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,846 -We're leaving. -I will see you there. I got a thing. 293 00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:52,971 Good morning, Mr. Hayford. 294 00:14:52,975 --> 00:14:54,389 May I take your coat? 295 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:57,146 Oh, I'm fine. This'll be pretty quick, right? 296 00:14:57,647 --> 00:14:58,814 If we could... 297 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:23,589 Please. 298 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:28,844 Everything okay? 299 00:15:31,138 --> 00:15:35,267 'Cause with the first gentleman in town, I need to get to the embassy. 300 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:40,356 My father took part in the Allied advance through Belgium during the war. 301 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,943 His unit was attached to the US 9th Armored. 302 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:47,901 A gentleman by the name of Herschel Pollen from Richmond, Virginia, 303 00:15:47,905 --> 00:15:50,491 watched a live grenade roll right to my father's feet. 304 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,824 Mr. Pollen snatched it up, tossed it away. 305 00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:55,705 It exploded inches from his hand. 306 00:15:56,998 --> 00:15:58,374 He lost the limb. 307 00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:01,752 He saved my father's life. 308 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,380 That's very moving. 309 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,466 I am fond of Americans. 310 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:09,260 Thank you. 311 00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:13,180 I am fond of the ambassador. 312 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:16,142 I was not when she arrived. 313 00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:19,437 I felt she was unsuited to the task. 314 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:23,399 I did too. 315 00:16:23,899 --> 00:16:25,401 None of us understood. 316 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:27,862 And now I see. 317 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,239 It's a sleight of hand. 318 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,320 Not deceitful. 319 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,572 But disarming. 320 00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:35,286 She presents her own... 321 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:39,369 rumpled humanity, and what is a decent person to do but meet it? 322 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,454 Frances, I have to... 323 00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:43,165 She and the first gentleman were in the study last night. 324 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:44,624 The door was ajar. 325 00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:47,377 I... did not intend to eavesdrop. 326 00:16:47,381 --> 00:16:48,712 I'm sure you didn't. 327 00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:52,136 She said she'd blackmailed Prime Minister Trowbridge. 328 00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:55,886 I hope I'm mistaken. 329 00:16:55,890 --> 00:16:58,142 But since he's now the former Prime Minister, 330 00:16:58,642 --> 00:17:00,478 I'm concerned I may not be. 331 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:12,406 It might be a tight squeeze with the desk. 332 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:17,574 -How about a big old... -Hey. Hi. 333 00:17:17,578 --> 00:17:19,914 So, uh, some developments. 334 00:17:20,956 --> 00:17:22,249 He's gonna stay a while. 335 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,581 Fantastic. How long? 336 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,586 I don't know. 337 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:27,292 Can we chat for a sec? 338 00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:28,672 I gotta get upstairs. 339 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:31,505 I know this feels like a clown show. 340 00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:33,465 -But I think it's an opportunity. -Great, I'm... 341 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:35,717 He's a direct line to the president who's been tricky to read. 342 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:37,219 -Maybe I could... -Go with me on this. 343 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,763 I'm on board. I got a whole other question. 344 00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:41,890 -Ms. Park, in the SCIF. -Later? 345 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,145 Yeah, yeah. 346 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:46,853 -Oops. Sorry. -Sorry, sir. I'm sorry. 347 00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:50,107 -No, no, no. I'm sorry. -Uh, welcome, officially. 348 00:17:50,111 --> 00:17:52,109 I hear we'll be seeing you more often. 349 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:53,235 If you'll have me. 350 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,986 Well, I just gotta drop my stuff, 351 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:58,031 and then we will get you sorted, as the Brits say. 352 00:17:58,035 --> 00:18:00,826 First order of business is probably a badge. 353 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,662 -That's okay. Let's clear my morning. -Actually, Ms. Park is waiting. 354 00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:04,996 For the ambassador. 355 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,540 And Mr. Penn in the SCIF. 356 00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:08,875 Classified briefings happen in the CIA SCIF. 357 00:18:08,879 --> 00:18:11,795 We used to have a SCIF, but, um, there was a leak. 358 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:12,879 Of water. 359 00:18:12,883 --> 00:18:14,635 But the metaphor didn't go over well. 360 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:20,683 I spoke to the president about what Vaughn told the Russians. 361 00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:22,977 She found it... 362 00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:24,728 bracing. 363 00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:27,314 -Sure. -As we all did. 364 00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:33,487 The president would like me to communicate two options to Vaughn. 365 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,281 One, 366 00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:39,614 she should please tell the Russians she changed her mind. 367 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,619 Okay. 368 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,994 She's revoking her permission for passage. 369 00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:45,078 Reasonable. 370 00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:48,081 That's plan A and I think everyone's favorite. 371 00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:49,086 And plan B? 372 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,920 We would send in our own ships 373 00:18:53,924 --> 00:18:55,463 to block them. 374 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,841 -Block... -The Russians. 375 00:18:57,845 --> 00:19:00,343 -A blockade? -Yes. 376 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:03,305 We do that if the Russians don't respect the no 377 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,102 or if the Brits don't say the no? 378 00:19:05,603 --> 00:19:06,975 I guess either way. 379 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,435 How did she put it? 380 00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:12,439 "Let the PM know she can either tell the Russians to stay out, 381 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:15,196 or I'll send warships in to do it for her." 382 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:17,194 Warships? 383 00:19:17,198 --> 00:19:18,115 Yes. 384 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,072 -I'm sorry. -No, no, jump in. 385 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:24,788 No, I... I was just making sure I heard you. 386 00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:27,583 She said warships? 387 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:29,793 -Yep. -Not ship-ships? 388 00:19:30,377 --> 00:19:32,500 -No. -Okay. 389 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,127 The law of the sea, 390 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:37,047 which thanks to the vice president we have now ratified, 391 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:41,218 allows for what we call "innocent passage." 392 00:19:41,222 --> 00:19:42,431 Do... 393 00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:44,767 warships... 394 00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:46,681 innocently pass? 395 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:51,728 Sure, as long as they're not there to do things that disrupt the peace. 396 00:19:51,732 --> 00:19:53,605 Like a naval blockade. 397 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:56,399 -Yeah. -Of Russian destroyers. 398 00:19:56,403 --> 00:19:59,573 Maybe she said "our ships," and you... 399 00:20:00,074 --> 00:20:01,575 you heard "warships." 400 00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:05,913 Is that possible? 401 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:07,706 No. 402 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:13,500 Hi. 403 00:20:13,504 --> 00:20:15,631 We have 12 minutes till the NEC briefing. 404 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,927 I have big plans for those 12 minutes. 405 00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:24,181 Kate was pretty freaked out about the warships. 406 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:26,972 She wants Ganon to walk it in? 407 00:20:26,976 --> 00:20:30,604 No, she's just, uh, concerned we're invading. 408 00:20:31,939 --> 00:20:34,396 It's a chest-thumper, not a war plan. 409 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,985 Yeah, that's what I told her. 410 00:20:36,819 --> 00:20:38,112 Drawing a red line. 411 00:20:38,612 --> 00:20:41,240 Sometimes a red line's a trip wire. 412 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:45,494 Kate's worried or you are? 413 00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:48,289 Are you? 414 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:55,667 You could have the NSC run some more tabletop exercises. 415 00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:58,632 Voice any concerns we skipped over. 416 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,756 Help the president make the right call. 417 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,095 She made her call. 418 00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:04,843 You were there. 419 00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:06,636 Kate hasn't talked to the PM. 420 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:07,721 Paint's still wet. 421 00:21:07,725 --> 00:21:10,436 -You could talk to Grace. -I can't, actually. 422 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:14,936 Last week, I brought in half the Domestic Policy Council 423 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:18,023 to debate the Labor-HHS budget deal. 424 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:19,649 While we were in the room, 425 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:22,239 the president went to joint leadership and said yes. 426 00:21:22,990 --> 00:21:27,494 I found out about a $200 billion decision from a push notification. 427 00:21:28,871 --> 00:21:31,540 Honestly, I don't know if she intended to humiliate me or... 428 00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:34,205 simply forgot I was part of the process. 429 00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:36,916 -If you think she's escalating too fast... -She is. 430 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,088 So talk to her. 431 00:21:39,256 --> 00:21:40,799 She listens to you. 432 00:21:41,884 --> 00:21:42,885 Not me. 433 00:21:44,345 --> 00:21:45,346 Not anymore. 434 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,652 "Keep 'em out, or I'll do it for you." 435 00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:03,155 Catchy, right? 436 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,281 She's got some stones on her. 437 00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:09,328 Yes. 438 00:22:12,373 --> 00:22:14,083 Is that a good idea? 439 00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:16,543 Well, complicated. 440 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:20,130 Huh. Risky. 441 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:21,965 Sounds like. 442 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:23,926 To me. 443 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:31,433 Bright lines can be clarifying. 444 00:22:32,142 --> 00:22:36,518 Or they kick off a war with Russia in the UK's backyard 445 00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,942 where Russians shoot at us, and if they miss, they hit Britain. 446 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,482 Yeah. 447 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,654 So... 448 00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:48,158 What do you do with a message like that? 449 00:22:48,909 --> 00:22:52,121 -As? -Ambassador or envoy. 450 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:55,370 I mean, as messages go, 451 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,625 I don't love it. 452 00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:02,252 I guess the nice part about being us is you don't have to. 453 00:23:02,256 --> 00:23:03,757 You just... 454 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:05,338 have to say it. 455 00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:09,471 Yeah. Our primary job is to relay the message. 456 00:23:10,973 --> 00:23:15,181 But if you think something is going to land badly on your host country, 457 00:23:15,185 --> 00:23:18,226 the other part of our job is to make that clear to the president. 458 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,562 Oh good. Well, you should. 459 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:21,567 I tried. 460 00:23:22,151 --> 00:23:23,610 Didn't get anywhere. 461 00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:28,278 I have a bad track record of relitigating things with her. 462 00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:30,280 Yeah, she doesn't love it. 463 00:23:30,284 --> 00:23:31,285 Yeah. 464 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,747 But you haven't weighed in at all. 465 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,417 So that wouldn't be relitigating. 466 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:42,834 I'm not sure that's our move. 467 00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:44,669 But you're here, right? 468 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:45,753 Yeah. 469 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,593 -This is why. -Is it? 470 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,049 -No? -No, it's not. 471 00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:51,134 Oh okay. 472 00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:54,141 Maybe as a last resort, but not a first resort. 473 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:57,056 Extenuating circumstances. 474 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,563 Granted, but still. 475 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:03,984 Totally understand. 476 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,279 What else you got? 477 00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:10,199 Plenty. Plenty of things. 478 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:13,823 You know, this won't be our only meeting with the PM. 479 00:24:13,827 --> 00:24:15,662 So to start... 480 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:19,746 just a respectful ask for her to reverse her opinion, 481 00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:22,165 which is a lot to swallow, but I, um... 482 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:24,792 think we can get there between the two of us. 483 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,465 And leave it at that. 484 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:30,344 So we don't even mention plan B. 485 00:24:31,345 --> 00:24:32,846 The warships? 486 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,598 Hopefully not. 487 00:24:35,516 --> 00:24:36,725 Not ever. 488 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:39,019 Not if we can help it. 489 00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:42,227 If we relayed every message word for word, 490 00:24:42,231 --> 00:24:43,232 we'd all be dead already. 491 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,110 Excuse me, sir. Mr. Hayford. 492 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:49,029 -Excuse me. -Sure. 493 00:24:57,663 --> 00:24:59,540 Todd's jumping in the deep end. 494 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:01,913 -Have a seat. -You okay? 495 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:03,085 Yeah. 496 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:09,841 Frances. 497 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:12,219 Is she sick? 498 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:13,971 No, no, no. 499 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:16,928 -She's fine. -She had breast cancer twice. 500 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,976 She made me get a British mammogram. 501 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,396 She... 502 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:23,981 overheard something. 503 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:27,859 -Okay. -And it made her worried. 504 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,487 She's fairly certain she misheard. 505 00:25:31,113 --> 00:25:32,277 I'm sure she did. 506 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:37,156 But she said you haven't been eating very much and some nausea. 507 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,121 Oh God, I'm not pregnant. 508 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:42,161 -No. -I'll tell her. 509 00:25:42,165 --> 00:25:46,295 Ma'am, she spoke to me because she is concerned maybe you... 510 00:25:47,462 --> 00:25:48,463 I don't know. 511 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,049 Need some help. 512 00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:53,885 And if you do, I'm here to help. 513 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:55,721 Getting me pregnant? 514 00:25:57,598 --> 00:25:58,599 Ma'am. 515 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,894 Did you blackmail Nicol Trowbridge? 516 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:09,063 Hey, babe. 517 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:10,148 Hi. 518 00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:11,441 How's it going? 519 00:26:11,445 --> 00:26:13,568 Uh, great. New clearance. 520 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,736 Fancy. 521 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,779 Got a briefing. Heard about the ships. 522 00:26:16,783 --> 00:26:17,864 Which? 523 00:26:17,868 --> 00:26:19,616 The warships? 524 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:23,369 Well, did you say "warships" 525 00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:24,454 or "our ships"? 526 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:28,211 I mean, the havoc you can wreak with miscommunication. 527 00:26:30,547 --> 00:26:31,548 Babe? 528 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,596 Yes, babe. 529 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:45,520 Did you say warships to block the Russians? 530 00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:48,523 -Yes. -Okay. 531 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:50,150 Bright line. 532 00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,231 Could be clarifying. 533 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:53,320 Yeah. 534 00:26:54,237 --> 00:26:56,531 Could get us into war with Russia. 535 00:26:57,866 --> 00:26:59,947 You've had one briefing? 536 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,158 Yeah, I'm just getting the lay of the land. 537 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:05,749 -You're not the national security advisor. -I'm aware of that. 538 00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:09,749 -What exactly am I doing here? -What? 539 00:27:09,753 --> 00:27:11,250 Am I supposed to have opinions? 540 00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:13,378 On your first day? No. 541 00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:15,004 London isn't the right place. 542 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:18,299 The ambassador is a career diplomat and the second lady. 543 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,717 She's got it covered. 544 00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:21,094 Babe, I swear to God. 545 00:27:21,098 --> 00:27:23,262 Let me go somewhere else and be useful. 546 00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:26,808 -I like you in London. I want you there. -Because I have a built-in babysitter? 547 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:28,563 Because it's where I got shot. 548 00:27:30,065 --> 00:27:33,485 I like the idea of you walking around saying they don't fucking scare me. 549 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:35,237 Which they do. 550 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:37,781 Okay. 551 00:27:42,411 --> 00:27:43,829 So what is my role? 552 00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:47,328 Is this about a title? 553 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,956 -No. -You're special envoy, officially. 554 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,169 If you were here, I would... 555 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,209 I would knight you with a sword. 556 00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:56,174 Don't talk to me like that. I'm asking you a question. 557 00:27:57,801 --> 00:27:59,845 -I'm sorry. -I'm here. 558 00:28:01,012 --> 00:28:02,264 I am listening. 559 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:05,350 Am I your... 560 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:07,765 What? 561 00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:09,438 Ears? 562 00:28:10,147 --> 00:28:11,269 Enforcer? 563 00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:13,604 I don't know. I'd love you to figure it out. 564 00:28:13,608 --> 00:28:15,318 I can't spoon-feed it. 565 00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:18,651 I love you. 566 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,194 I really do. 567 00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:23,239 You're my extremely special envoy 568 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:25,783 who listens and learns and... 569 00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:28,411 kicks ass and fucks me sideways. 570 00:28:28,415 --> 00:28:31,042 Do everything. You're good at everything. 571 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:33,833 You used to know that. 572 00:28:33,837 --> 00:28:35,630 And I'm worried you've forgotten. 573 00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:40,093 Okay. 574 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,229 Hi. 575 00:28:53,023 --> 00:28:54,524 -May I? -One minute. 576 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,814 She asked me to come down. 577 00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:57,819 I know. 578 00:29:05,702 --> 00:29:07,537 -He's here. -No! 579 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:20,550 Okay. 580 00:29:42,405 --> 00:29:44,032 This is the sun. 581 00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:47,661 It is setting. 582 00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:50,997 This is a field of flowers. 583 00:29:58,672 --> 00:29:59,840 Baby 584 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:25,653 Until the end I... 585 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:27,321 Will you consider 586 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:29,699 starting a conversation 587 00:30:29,703 --> 00:30:33,995 about looking at our relationship 588 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,459 as something that... 589 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,713 could lead to... 590 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:41,798 a marriage? 591 00:30:46,136 --> 00:30:47,220 I will. 592 00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:51,016 We can give it a year. 593 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:53,347 And after that, 594 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:54,932 we part ways 595 00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:56,771 or pull the trigger. 596 00:30:58,064 --> 00:31:00,066 Not pull the trigger, 597 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:02,360 part ways, or... 598 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,822 become officially engaged. 599 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:12,078 Tellin' you just how fine you look 600 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:19,123 All of my cool attitude you took 601 00:31:19,127 --> 00:31:21,417 My body was next 602 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:24,758 You made love to me 603 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,215 Like you were afraid 604 00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:31,014 Was you afraid of me? 605 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:35,977 Was I your every fantasy? 606 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:39,064 Kate blackmailed Trowbridge. 607 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:41,566 That's why he resigned. 608 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,234 What?! 609 00:31:48,281 --> 00:31:49,282 Yeah? 610 00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:53,616 Sorry to interrupt. 611 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:54,746 No, come in. 612 00:31:57,707 --> 00:31:59,084 So, uh... 613 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:04,502 Grace thinks special envoy is the move. 614 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:06,504 Great. Congratulations. 615 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:08,506 You're gonna be sick of me really fast. 616 00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:12,677 No, there's a lot we can do together. This is gonna be a good partnership. 617 00:32:12,681 --> 00:32:15,016 It is. It really is. 618 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:18,516 So the PM. 619 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:23,062 I will introduce you as the president's special envoy to the United Kingdom. 620 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,648 -You don't have to make a thing out of it. -It's good. 621 00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:28,067 Sends a message. The president means business. 622 00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:29,280 She does. 623 00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:32,530 -She does. -Mm-hmm. 624 00:32:32,534 --> 00:32:36,705 You should maybe say how much business she means. 625 00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:42,123 Absolutely. 626 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:43,708 Before, 627 00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:46,752 you said you were gonna tell her plan A, 628 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:49,592 save plan B for another time. 629 00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:53,596 I'm no great fan of plan B, but... 630 00:32:56,016 --> 00:32:58,556 it's what she said. 631 00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,561 So... 632 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,399 Probably should say it. 633 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,081 Morning. 634 00:33:21,875 --> 00:33:22,917 Good morning. 635 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,097 Mr. Penn asked me to let you know that he'll be down after a shower. 636 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:49,778 -Morning. -Good morning. 637 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,166 I can wait for the first gentleman, 638 00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:08,876 unless you want your own briefing. 639 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,588 I'm assuming with the clearance he has, pretty much everything's on the table. 640 00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:13,593 -Yeah. -Yeah. 641 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:21,559 You touched Frances. 642 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,897 -Sorry? -You touched her with your hand. 643 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,066 Is that... 644 00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:32,070 -Was she uncomfortable? -That something you do a lot? 645 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:35,865 -I'm not sure. -I am. Never. 646 00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:38,201 I won't let it happen again. 647 00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:43,248 You told Eidra. 648 00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:51,881 Sit. 649 00:34:57,637 --> 00:34:59,760 Ma'am, the chief of station needed to know... 650 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:00,932 Shut up. 651 00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:11,313 I'm gonna tell him some things. 652 00:35:11,317 --> 00:35:14,654 Really all the things, so stop me if it starts to sound like treason. 653 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:21,991 The Russian sub that ran aground off this coast 654 00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:24,577 was carrying a weapon called the Poseidon. 655 00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:26,662 It's considered an apocalypse weapon. 656 00:35:26,666 --> 00:35:28,622 Are you sure you wanna... 657 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:30,336 We took it. Stole it. 658 00:35:31,004 --> 00:35:32,960 Which the Russians don't know. 659 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,713 And the Brits didn't until Hal told Trowbridge, 660 00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:37,969 which made him angry and erratic. 661 00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:41,181 And so I blackmailed him. 662 00:35:43,057 --> 00:35:44,392 I'm not done. 663 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:53,731 Question for you. 664 00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:56,192 There's a meeting about to appear on your schedule 665 00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,985 with the delegation from Chile. 666 00:35:57,989 --> 00:35:59,824 -No backs. -Happy to do it. 667 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:01,822 You're a happy warrior. 668 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,912 It's like water in the desert. 669 00:36:05,914 --> 00:36:07,290 The UK. 670 00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:11,749 Did the ambassador and special envoy talk to the PM? 671 00:36:11,753 --> 00:36:13,880 Not yet. Soon. 672 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:21,554 You don't actually wanna send warships to Britain, right? 673 00:36:23,389 --> 00:36:25,512 I don't wanna send warships anywhere, 674 00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:27,806 but the Russians are steaming toward evidence 675 00:36:27,810 --> 00:36:31,231 that could launch us into an armed conflict in the North Sea. 676 00:36:31,731 --> 00:36:35,481 DOD analysis on this was shallow. 677 00:36:35,485 --> 00:36:38,738 I think they thought it was a talking point. 678 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:42,867 If this is really on the table, 679 00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,411 they should red-team the hell out of it. 680 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:48,623 Just let the smart people ask the tough questions. 681 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:56,673 Anything else? 682 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:08,893 I don't think the threat of warships in the North Sea is a threat. 683 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:11,479 I think she may do it. 684 00:37:12,605 --> 00:37:14,937 -Talk to her. -I've done a lot of that. 685 00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,815 -Tell her it's 12 miles from Newcastle. -She knows. 686 00:37:17,819 --> 00:37:21,277 Tell her she thinks she's not planning kinetic action, but you pull out a gun... 687 00:37:21,281 --> 00:37:22,361 She knows. 688 00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:24,242 She saw what Rayburn did. 689 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:28,033 She saw him order a head fake that turned into a bloodbath... 690 00:37:28,037 --> 00:37:30,286 Rayburn didn't order the attack. 691 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:31,291 Grace Penn did. 692 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,754 And then she blamed the dead president? 693 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,632 That part was my idea. 694 00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:45,134 I'm about to go bully a foreign leader, 695 00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:48,220 and I think that's an acceptable strategic move, 696 00:37:48,224 --> 00:37:50,806 because the president wants it, and we need it, 697 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:52,353 and it'll get the job done. 698 00:37:55,315 --> 00:37:56,941 But maybe I'm wrong. 699 00:37:58,693 --> 00:38:01,400 Maybe these aren't mistakes anymore. 700 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:04,657 Maybe they're not small steps over the line. 701 00:38:05,366 --> 00:38:08,282 What if this is a culture of consistent lawlessness, 702 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:09,992 and it's seeped into the water, 703 00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:12,915 and I'm part of it, and I can't see it anymore? 704 00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:16,957 You're hearing all of this, 705 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,042 all in one go, 706 00:38:18,046 --> 00:38:20,840 and you see things clearly. 707 00:38:21,591 --> 00:38:24,298 Is it reckless, dangerous intimidation 708 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:29,011 that violates the sovereignty and safety of our closest ally? 709 00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:30,016 Yeah. 710 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:35,104 -There are pros and cons. -There aren't. 711 00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:41,402 Is he right? 712 00:38:50,536 --> 00:38:51,537 So don't make it. 713 00:38:53,623 --> 00:38:54,874 Don't make the threat. 714 00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:58,999 Tomorrow morning when I go talk to the PM, 715 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:01,589 the president's husband is gonna be sitting next to me. 716 00:39:02,548 --> 00:39:05,923 It doesn't matter if I won't deliver the message. He will. 717 00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:08,179 So keep him the fuck out of there. 718 00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:10,890 Go tonight. 719 00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:16,354 Hello, hello. 720 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,192 Ready to go? 721 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:27,824 Anyone? 722 00:39:42,588 --> 00:39:44,173 Do you have plans tonight, sir? 723 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:47,218 Memorizing org charts. 724 00:39:49,345 --> 00:39:53,015 The London Symphony Orchestra is doing a special performance. 725 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:55,560 Bartók. 726 00:39:56,769 --> 00:39:57,933 Hold me back. 727 00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,518 The king's gonna be there, 728 00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:02,146 and the palace wants to throw you a formal dinner, 729 00:40:02,150 --> 00:40:05,987 but it's nice to do a casual introduction before that. 730 00:40:07,321 --> 00:40:08,610 Yeah, we can do that. 731 00:40:08,614 --> 00:40:11,989 Great, so you'll be at the embassy for the country team meeting, 732 00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:14,283 then lunch at the Chelsea Physic Garden, 733 00:40:14,287 --> 00:40:15,826 and the symphony in the evening. 734 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:19,121 And the ambassador will meet us there for the Bartók? 735 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:21,415 She won't be able to join us, sadly. 736 00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:23,542 She needs to prep for the G7. 737 00:40:23,546 --> 00:40:24,839 A lot of paperwork. 738 00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:27,379 Brutal. 739 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,385 Yeah. Brutal. 740 00:41:25,107 --> 00:41:26,108 Come in. 741 00:41:33,032 --> 00:41:34,404 Thanks for making the trip. 742 00:41:34,408 --> 00:41:35,618 Of course. 743 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,658 This is your constituency? 744 00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:39,618 Yes, but not why I'm here. 745 00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:41,453 I have two boys. 746 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:44,206 Stellon turned five the day before yesterday. 747 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:45,707 I'm about to leave for G7. 748 00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:48,589 He made it clear if I wasn't home tonight, I'd be replaced. 749 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:52,172 Feel free to plant me somewhere, so you two can talk privately. 750 00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:53,507 I thought perhaps in here. 751 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:54,758 It's not the tidiest, 752 00:41:54,762 --> 00:41:57,181 but it's the one with the reliable heating. 753 00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:04,518 I'd say, "Make yourself comfortable," 754 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,938 but I think "Don't judge us" is more appropriate. 755 00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:09,398 Mine's worse. 756 00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:11,862 You're a kind and competent liar. 757 00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:16,242 The ambassador and I will be down the hall, door at the end. 758 00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:34,010 Can I have a Jammie Dodger? 759 00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:36,341 No. 760 00:42:36,345 --> 00:42:38,510 You have an incredible home. 761 00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:42,055 My husband's. In the family for generations. 762 00:42:42,059 --> 00:42:43,436 It's lovely. 763 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,147 I hate this house. 764 00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:47,857 Behemoth. 765 00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:49,650 Nothing works. 766 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:52,941 But I'm fairly attached to him, 767 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:55,364 and the house is a part of him. 768 00:42:55,948 --> 00:42:57,863 Which I suppose means I hate him too. 769 00:42:57,867 --> 00:42:59,531 Yeah, I have one of those. 770 00:42:59,535 --> 00:43:01,158 Can yours read social cues? 771 00:43:01,162 --> 00:43:03,285 Some, intermittently. 772 00:43:03,289 --> 00:43:05,750 -Bloody hell. It's a trial, isn't it? -It really is. 773 00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:10,334 I think under other circumstances, we'd be good friends. 774 00:43:10,338 --> 00:43:12,840 I wish we weren't starting at a sprint. 775 00:43:13,341 --> 00:43:15,756 You're in my home, my children are asleep upstairs, 776 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,800 and I just gave you a piercing insight into my marriage. 777 00:43:18,804 --> 00:43:20,469 Why don't we assume we're friends? 778 00:43:20,473 --> 00:43:23,142 Come on, take off your coat. Let's see if we can fix this. 779 00:43:31,108 --> 00:43:32,397 She's upset. 780 00:43:32,401 --> 00:43:33,357 -The president? -Mm. 781 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:34,320 A little concerned. 782 00:43:35,112 --> 00:43:41,114 She'd be more comfortable if you told Russia you'd prefer they... not. 783 00:43:41,118 --> 00:43:43,116 -Come get their dead. -Yes. 784 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,576 Russia lost something. 785 00:43:44,580 --> 00:43:45,706 It washed up here. 786 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:48,455 They asked for safe passage. I granted it. 787 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,082 Your country's not involved. 788 00:43:50,086 --> 00:43:51,750 The Poseidon's not there, 789 00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:52,959 and when they see that... 790 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:55,462 When they see it didn't drift off with the tide. 791 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:56,546 We took it, 792 00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:59,383 and we are asking as a courtesy to us 793 00:43:59,387 --> 00:44:01,843 that you do us a solid and keep our secret. 794 00:44:01,847 --> 00:44:04,888 In the world of courtesies, you would've mentioned you were taking it. 795 00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:06,890 Mention it to Nicol Trowbridge? 796 00:44:06,894 --> 00:44:08,771 Nicol was our problem. 797 00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:10,272 Mine. 798 00:44:10,773 --> 00:44:11,853 And Austin's, 799 00:44:11,857 --> 00:44:15,399 who respected you, which is why you're in my home in the middle of the night. 800 00:44:15,403 --> 00:44:16,608 I appreciate that. 801 00:44:16,612 --> 00:44:20,324 I'm not thrilled to let the Russian Navy futz around my seabed... 802 00:44:20,908 --> 00:44:22,406 but neither I, 803 00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:23,657 nor my government, 804 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:25,158 felt we had a choice. 805 00:44:25,162 --> 00:44:26,410 You had a lot of choices. 806 00:44:26,414 --> 00:44:27,661 The Kremlin believes 807 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:30,664 their most powerful weapon is off my coast. 808 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:33,462 With or without permission, they're coming to get it. 809 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:37,383 I can say yes, and they come with goodwill. 810 00:44:37,883 --> 00:44:40,594 I can say no, and they come secretly. 811 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,635 When they arrive, they'll find it's gone. 812 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:46,016 And assume that you took it. 813 00:44:53,983 --> 00:44:55,526 You didn't tell them we took it? 814 00:44:56,110 --> 00:44:57,027 No. 815 00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:00,110 Why didn't you? 816 00:45:00,114 --> 00:45:03,113 I didn't think they'd believe our closest allies would do that to us 817 00:45:03,117 --> 00:45:04,744 without our consent. 818 00:45:10,666 --> 00:45:12,585 What if we went and got them? 819 00:45:13,753 --> 00:45:14,958 The dead. 820 00:45:14,962 --> 00:45:17,715 Respectfully extracted by the US Navy. 821 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:22,466 Or yours, or ours together, which is how we should be doing things. 822 00:45:22,470 --> 00:45:24,885 And then we tell them that for the safety of Europe, 823 00:45:24,889 --> 00:45:26,470 we're entombing the sub. 824 00:45:26,474 --> 00:45:28,430 They're not going to forget about the Poseidon. 825 00:45:28,434 --> 00:45:31,558 They can't ask for it back without admitting it was down there. 826 00:45:31,562 --> 00:45:32,938 Which they won't. 827 00:45:34,273 --> 00:45:35,729 It's not bad, is it? 828 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:36,776 It's not. 829 00:45:38,486 --> 00:45:40,776 I really do wish we were friends. 830 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:41,860 Maybe we are. 831 00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:45,155 I'm going to say no to your fine idea. I'm afraid that'll ruin it. 832 00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:47,286 -Don't. -We don't trust you. 833 00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:49,785 How could we? 834 00:45:49,789 --> 00:45:51,870 Those were extenuating circumstances. 835 00:45:51,874 --> 00:45:53,038 No, they weren't. 836 00:45:53,042 --> 00:45:54,998 An alliance is nothing but a promise, 837 00:45:55,002 --> 00:45:58,335 and you have broken yours again and again and again. 838 00:45:58,339 --> 00:46:00,003 So you're trusting the Kremlin? 839 00:46:00,007 --> 00:46:03,052 Your last president bombed our aircraft carrier. 840 00:46:03,552 --> 00:46:06,718 Your current president nicked the Poseidon out of a broken tin tube 841 00:46:06,722 --> 00:46:08,345 that could have exploded, 842 00:46:08,349 --> 00:46:10,726 and you helped her topple our government. 843 00:46:12,853 --> 00:46:16,311 We have made some terrible mistakes. 844 00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,067 I understand mistakes. 845 00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:20,069 I've made them myself. 846 00:46:20,569 --> 00:46:24,361 But the fundamental character of your country has sufficiently changed 847 00:46:24,365 --> 00:46:27,284 that we have no idea what you will do next. 848 00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:31,789 Russia, if nothing else, is predictable. 849 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:35,334 They want what they want, and they're coming to get it. 850 00:46:36,126 --> 00:46:37,628 You have to tell them no. 851 00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:39,459 We can protect you. 852 00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:40,673 I know that you can. 853 00:46:41,549 --> 00:46:43,129 But once you get what you want, 854 00:46:43,133 --> 00:46:45,845 I have no reason to believe that you will. 855 00:46:49,098 --> 00:46:51,183 Anything else you'd like me to consider? 856 00:46:57,273 --> 00:46:58,274 No. 857 00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:07,070 Hi. 858 00:47:07,074 --> 00:47:09,990 Sorry, I'm in your space. It was the only room that was warm. 859 00:47:09,994 --> 00:47:11,074 You're fine. 860 00:47:11,078 --> 00:47:12,872 Ugh, you missed quite a night. 861 00:47:13,372 --> 00:47:14,452 Bartók. 862 00:47:14,456 --> 00:47:17,414 We ended up on stage, 863 00:47:17,418 --> 00:47:18,832 congratulating the conductor. 864 00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:22,002 We, in this case, is, as they say, the king and I. 865 00:47:22,006 --> 00:47:24,383 Sorry, I just need to use the secure link. 866 00:47:25,301 --> 00:47:26,886 What's going on? 867 00:47:27,761 --> 00:47:29,593 Hi. Yeah. 868 00:47:29,597 --> 00:47:30,890 I am joining right now. 869 00:47:34,226 --> 00:47:36,020 You can stay, but shut the door. 870 00:47:40,816 --> 00:47:42,647 -She there? -Yeah. 871 00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:45,279 -Excuse me. -Oh God, there's two of you. 872 00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:48,365 -I met with the PM tonight. -You did? 873 00:47:48,949 --> 00:47:50,868 -What did she say? -Sorry, hang on. 874 00:47:51,368 --> 00:47:52,741 You, uh... You met with her? 875 00:47:52,745 --> 00:47:54,413 I went without you. I just got back. 876 00:47:54,914 --> 00:47:56,494 -Why'd you do that? -Excuse me? 877 00:47:56,498 --> 00:47:59,623 Might be an appropriate time to ask the first gentleman to step out. 878 00:47:59,627 --> 00:48:01,708 -He's special envoy to the UK. -What? 879 00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:03,209 -Yeah. -Special envoy? 880 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:07,092 Can we all, on either side of the ocean, just zip it for a moment? 881 00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,392 Jesus. 882 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,270 Go ahead. 883 00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:21,770 I spoke with the PM. 884 00:48:21,774 --> 00:48:24,568 You make it clear she can clean up her house, or I will? 885 00:48:25,945 --> 00:48:27,525 Yes. 886 00:48:27,529 --> 00:48:29,486 -How'd she take it? -I don't care. 887 00:48:29,490 --> 00:48:32,534 Is she calling the Kremlin and telling them to stay the hell out? 888 00:48:36,956 --> 00:48:39,541 Yes, ma'am. She is.