1 00:00:06,089 --> 00:00:09,380 Ambassador, let the Prime Minister know she has two options. 2 00:00:09,384 --> 00:00:12,300 She can either tell the Russians to stay out of her yard, 3 00:00:12,304 --> 00:00:14,343 or I'll send warships to do it for her. 4 00:00:14,347 --> 00:00:16,095 Grace is, uh, different 5 00:00:16,099 --> 00:00:17,388 since the shooting. 6 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:18,765 I dunno what's going on in there. 7 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:20,808 -You're being weird. -This is what it looks like. 8 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,643 -What? -Me. On your side. 9 00:00:22,647 --> 00:00:25,897 I don't think the silent treatment is what I was asking for. 10 00:00:25,901 --> 00:00:29,358 The ambassador and the first gentleman were in the study last night. 11 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:32,487 She said she'd blackmailed Prime Minister Trowbridge. 12 00:00:32,491 --> 00:00:35,782 I don't think the threat of warships in the North Sea is a threat. 13 00:00:35,786 --> 00:00:38,326 -I think she may do it. -She saw what Rayburn did. 14 00:00:38,330 --> 00:00:41,162 Rayburn didn't order the attack. Grace Penn did. 15 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:42,872 What exactly am I doing here? 16 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,499 You're special envoy, officially. 17 00:00:44,503 --> 00:00:48,544 I'm no great fan of sending warships, but it's what she said. 18 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,797 So... probably should say it. 19 00:00:50,801 --> 00:00:52,090 When I go talk to the PM, 20 00:00:52,094 --> 00:00:54,509 the president's husband is gonna be sitting next to me. 21 00:00:54,513 --> 00:00:57,637 It doesn't matter if I won't deliver the message. He will. 22 00:00:57,641 --> 00:00:59,388 So keep him the fuck out of there. 23 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:04,352 The president would be more comfortable if you told Russia you'd prefer they... not. 24 00:01:04,356 --> 00:01:05,645 -Come get their dead. -Yes. 25 00:01:05,649 --> 00:01:08,189 Russia, if nothing else, is predictable. 26 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:11,067 They want what they want, and they're coming to get it. 27 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,489 You have to tell them no. 28 00:01:12,989 --> 00:01:15,363 -We can protect you. -I know that you can. 29 00:01:15,367 --> 00:01:19,033 But once you get what you want, I have no reason to believe that you will. 30 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:22,161 -Anything else you'd like me to consider? -No. 31 00:01:22,165 --> 00:01:24,288 -I met with the PM tonight. -You did? 32 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:27,208 Might be an appropriate time to ask the first gentleman to step out. 33 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:29,502 -He's special envoy to the UK. -What? 34 00:01:29,506 --> 00:01:33,339 Can we all, on either side of the ocean, just zip it for a moment? 35 00:01:33,343 --> 00:01:36,721 Go ahead. Is she calling the Kremlin and telling them to stay the hell out? 36 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:40,225 Yes, ma'am. She is. 37 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:10,797 {\an8}-French? -Yep. 38 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:12,837 {\an8}-Not Italian. -French. 39 00:02:12,841 --> 00:02:15,423 {\an8}The Italians are the ones who requested alphabetical. 40 00:02:15,427 --> 00:02:17,091 Alphabetical in French. 41 00:02:17,095 --> 00:02:19,055 In English, Canada's first. 42 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:21,725 -What's their problem with Canada? -Long story. 43 00:02:22,225 --> 00:02:23,389 We're in Italy. 44 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:25,683 And it is a request from the Italians. 45 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,019 But in Italian, Canada is also first. 46 00:02:28,023 --> 00:02:29,979 In French, Germany's first. 47 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:30,897 Allemagne. 48 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,607 What the fuck has French got to do with it? 49 00:02:32,611 --> 00:02:34,650 It's the official language of NATO. 50 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:36,777 -The G7 is not NATO. -Yes. 51 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:38,529 I feel like I've said that a lot now. 52 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,157 Are you aware that when you're overwhelmed with your work, 53 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,409 you develop an unnecessary interest in mine? 54 00:02:43,413 --> 00:02:46,078 Canada's become a global moral leader. 55 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:49,040 We're not dissing them because France has a historic prerogative 56 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:50,170 at a venue we're not in. 57 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:53,173 -Lucia, I am so sorry. -Stuie. 58 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:57,131 As soon as you get the ambassador settled, I need you to talk to the Brits. 59 00:02:57,135 --> 00:03:02,011 An NGA satellite caught a Project 141 vessel leaving port in Murmansk. 60 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,013 It is just one data point. 61 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:06,724 I'm not bringing it to the president until we know more, but... 62 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:09,328 I want to know how Whitehall's conversation went with the Kremlin. 63 00:03:10,482 --> 00:03:11,483 Hi. 64 00:03:18,573 --> 00:03:20,988 What's a Project 141 vessel? 65 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:23,328 A Russian ship. Salvage vessel. 66 00:03:24,329 --> 00:03:26,581 {\an8}Billie said one just left Murmansk. 67 00:03:27,082 --> 00:03:28,166 Does that mean... 68 00:03:29,251 --> 00:03:31,378 Russia's coming to get its sub. 69 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:38,009 She wants me to ask the Brits about their conversation with Russia. 70 00:03:38,677 --> 00:03:40,136 What conversation? 71 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:42,973 I don't know. 72 00:03:43,598 --> 00:03:45,850 Kate asked the PM to call Russia. 73 00:03:46,518 --> 00:03:47,519 Last night. 74 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,688 But Vaughn refused. 75 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:53,942 Correct, so why does Billie think there was a call? 76 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:58,947 Maybe the PM changed her mind and then told the White House. 77 00:03:59,531 --> 00:04:00,573 Possible. 78 00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:02,617 Did you ask? 79 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:04,615 Billie? 80 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:05,825 Yes. 81 00:04:05,829 --> 00:04:06,913 Did I ask what? 82 00:04:08,290 --> 00:04:11,501 Why she thinks there was a Russia call and we think there wasn't? 83 00:04:12,294 --> 00:04:13,295 No. 84 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:15,714 Did you say anything? 85 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:17,215 No. 86 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:22,842 Billie asked for details on a call that we think didn't happen, 87 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:24,302 and you had no follow-up. 88 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:26,641 I mean, now I do. 89 00:04:28,518 --> 00:04:31,684 It was the first time you saw her since you heard. 90 00:04:31,688 --> 00:04:32,768 Billie? 91 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:35,066 -May have thrown you a little. -No. 92 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:38,024 -I'm fine. -Are you? 93 00:04:38,028 --> 00:04:39,984 The attack wasn't her idea. 94 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:41,777 -It was Grace Penn's. -Exactly. 95 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,612 I don't blame Billie. 96 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:44,826 Sure about that? 97 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:46,782 I'm fine. 98 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:48,204 You were dumbstruck. 99 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:49,789 I'll follow up. 100 00:04:50,415 --> 00:04:51,541 I'm gonna follow up. 101 00:04:56,546 --> 00:04:58,461 -Where's Hal? -Few minutes out. 102 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,629 So, great to see you, but maybe leave. 103 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,924 Ma'am, was Billie on your call with the president last night? 104 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:06,056 'Cause she thinks Vaughn called the Russians. 105 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,060 And we don't. 106 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,309 -A Russian salvage ship? -Yes. 107 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,769 Did Billie tell the president? 108 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:16,437 -Not yet. -Or Hal? 109 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:19,690 She doesn't know what it means. She wants more information. 110 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:22,614 She wants Stuart to ask the Brits if they can clarify 111 00:05:23,114 --> 00:05:25,283 based on Vaughn's call with the Russians. 112 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:31,289 But you told us Vaughn refused to call the Russians. 113 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:35,831 You asked, and she refused. 114 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:36,874 Let her answer. 115 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:37,879 Sorry. 116 00:05:38,797 --> 00:05:41,132 She says I fill every silence with a question, 117 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:43,422 which apparently is bad intelligence work. 118 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:45,929 -Oh my God. -I lied to the president. 119 00:05:47,263 --> 00:05:50,012 Five seconds in, Ganon asked her a simple question, 120 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:52,727 and she bit his head off, like sharply. 121 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:56,481 It seemed like a bad time to say I'd gone rogue. 122 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:58,312 Okay. 123 00:05:58,316 --> 00:05:59,563 Not really. 124 00:05:59,567 --> 00:06:02,691 -I bought us time. -What happens when she talks to Vaughn? 125 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,735 Or hears Russian ships are on their way? 126 00:06:04,739 --> 00:06:06,157 Hal will talk to Grace. 127 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:08,823 I had an idea that Vaughn liked, 128 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:11,200 but she didn't believe it coming from me. 129 00:06:11,204 --> 00:06:12,952 If she hears it from Grace, 130 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:14,620 she will say yes. 131 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:16,334 And Hal agreed to walk it in? 132 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:18,086 He will. 133 00:06:19,587 --> 00:06:21,085 There should be a backup plan. 134 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:23,754 I'll deal with Hal. Worry about Billie. 135 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:24,801 Hal's here. 136 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,303 Thank you. Ciao. Arrivederci. 137 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:29,806 Your confidence is a balm. 138 00:07:49,511 --> 00:07:50,845 Living room. 139 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:52,468 Are you hungry? 140 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:53,552 I'm... I'm good. 141 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:56,847 There's fruit if you wanna graze, and the staff is giving us space, 142 00:07:56,851 --> 00:07:58,974 but if you're feeling the flight, they can make you a coffee. 143 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:01,477 -I'm good. -Terrace. 144 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:03,942 -Would you like a drink? -In a minute. 145 00:08:04,442 --> 00:08:06,361 Do you need to prep for tomorrow? 146 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:07,942 I'm prepped. 147 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:09,864 And you know about Gruner's handshakes? 148 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:11,946 Tell me about Gruner's handshakes. 149 00:08:11,950 --> 00:08:14,823 He holds his hand way down here, so you have to bend over. 150 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:17,455 -Makes it look like you're bowing. -So now I'm prepped. 151 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:20,246 The fruit is really good. 152 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:22,498 It's like California fruit. 153 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,375 -Do you want fruit? -I've already had some. 154 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:26,335 You worried I'm going to starve in Italy? 155 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:28,254 Well, dinner's not for a while. 156 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:29,676 With the Penns. 157 00:08:30,468 --> 00:08:32,341 -Why? -It'll be nice. 158 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:35,135 He makes me anxious, 'cause I make him anxious. 159 00:08:35,139 --> 00:08:36,724 I think we're past that. 160 00:08:39,143 --> 00:08:40,641 Do I need to brush my teeth? 161 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:41,725 -No. -You're leaning back. 162 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:44,103 -Have I got airplane breath? -I mean, yeah, but that's okay. 163 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:45,437 -I'll be back. -No, no, no, it's... 164 00:08:45,441 --> 00:08:47,235 -I really don't care. -Why are you fussing? 165 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:50,234 Because we have, like, no time to ourselves, 166 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:51,531 and I've got a big agenda. 167 00:08:52,115 --> 00:08:53,533 I like the sound of that. 168 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:57,120 Hey! 169 00:08:58,913 --> 00:09:01,249 This sure beats the hell out of Munich. 170 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:04,627 Todd? 171 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:09,299 Babe? 172 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:12,468 Todd? 173 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:15,513 I'll be down in a sec. 174 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,226 Where are you? 175 00:09:22,186 --> 00:09:23,271 Right here. 176 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,481 Oh, hi! 177 00:09:26,649 --> 00:09:27,650 Hi. 178 00:09:28,318 --> 00:09:30,899 -Did you hear me yell? -Yeah. 179 00:09:30,903 --> 00:09:32,776 I was finishing stuff up. 180 00:09:32,780 --> 00:09:34,612 I nearly called a search party. 181 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:36,739 They would've found me right here. 182 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:38,282 Finishing stuff up. 183 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:39,412 Work stuff? 184 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:41,410 You don't want the details. 185 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:44,538 Of course I do. You have a new job. I wanna hear all the details. 186 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:46,252 I was taking a shit. 187 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,377 Do you wanna talk to Billie together? 188 00:09:50,381 --> 00:09:51,795 She's already in Lucca. 189 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:55,011 Pre-meeting meeting in the town hall. She'll be out in half an hour. 190 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:56,467 Hmm. 191 00:09:56,471 --> 00:09:59,470 Maybe we don't find her till after her next session. 192 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:00,679 Buy some time. 193 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,644 I'm not worried about buying time. 194 00:10:03,144 --> 00:10:07,061 The diplomatic corps has perfected the art of strategic miscommunication 195 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,604 and weaponized incompetence. 196 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:09,730 And I believe it. 197 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,857 In fact, can you get me a copy of the readout? 198 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:13,275 From Vaughn's call to Russia? 199 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,694 -It didn't happen. -No, the one from last week. 200 00:10:15,698 --> 00:10:17,613 That's not gonna be very useful. 201 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:18,910 Not even a little. 202 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:23,331 Could piss Billie off. 203 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:26,709 If she figures out you're slow-rolling her. 204 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:28,670 I'm okay with that. 205 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:31,752 I'll talk to Libby about the readout. 206 00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:34,254 -You should be in the security review. -Which is when? 207 00:10:34,258 --> 00:10:35,718 First up. 208 00:10:36,844 --> 00:10:38,300 Why don't you come along? 209 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:40,807 We'll make you a copy before the session starts. 210 00:10:41,683 --> 00:10:42,971 Are you babysitting me? 211 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:44,686 No, I'm trying to be helpful. 212 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:48,189 -Great that you find it so disorienting. -Well, thank you. 213 00:10:48,690 --> 00:10:50,938 -I appreciate you. -No, you don't. 214 00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:52,110 Well, I do. 215 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,362 Even though you think I'm inept. 216 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:06,829 If you can't look Billie in the eyes, 217 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:08,247 look right between them. 218 00:11:08,251 --> 00:11:09,790 Reads as eye contact. 219 00:11:09,794 --> 00:11:12,547 -I know how to make eye contact. -Not when you lie. 220 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:17,256 I don't lie to you. When have I lied to you? 221 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:19,174 "I love this song. It's really catchy." 222 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:20,179 Rick Springfield? 223 00:11:20,763 --> 00:11:24,096 "Love what you did with your flat. You really warmed the place up." 224 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,640 Compared to how it used to be. 225 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:28,726 {\an8}"The swordfish was delicious." 226 00:11:28,730 --> 00:11:30,602 {\an8}-In my defense... -Really? 227 00:11:30,606 --> 00:11:33,105 {\an8}It looks hearty, but it's a very delicate fish. 228 00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:35,607 If it's dry, you can just say so. 229 00:11:35,611 --> 00:11:37,780 I was choking. I could not speak. 230 00:11:43,077 --> 00:11:44,078 Better? 231 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:45,872 Perfect. 232 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,255 They don't chill it quite enough. 233 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:56,628 I don't mind it. 234 00:11:56,632 --> 00:11:59,590 Okay, but if you change your mind, I'm here. 235 00:11:59,594 --> 00:12:00,595 You are. 236 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:04,428 I thought we were gonna get naked and roll around. 237 00:12:04,432 --> 00:12:05,345 We are. 238 00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:08,182 I wanna make sure we don't fuck through all the talking time. 239 00:12:08,186 --> 00:12:09,391 So maybe we talk first? 240 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,768 Excellent. 241 00:12:10,772 --> 00:12:11,856 Take it away. 242 00:12:13,816 --> 00:12:15,939 You just got off a plane. I don't wanna ambush you. 243 00:12:15,943 --> 00:12:19,401 This is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and you're ruining it. 244 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:20,569 I'm sorry. 245 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,574 Okay. 246 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:25,157 Last time we were together, 247 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:28,494 you'd valiantly hopped on a plane for a booty call. 248 00:12:28,498 --> 00:12:29,995 Best booty on two continents. 249 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:32,084 Thank you. But... 250 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:34,374 it didn't quite pan out. 251 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:36,047 Yeah, I'm worried I'm oh for two. 252 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:38,378 And that was my fault. 253 00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:40,088 Well, you were upset. 254 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:42,883 But I... I didn't speak. 255 00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:44,388 I... I wasn't... 256 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,348 I wasn't there with you. 257 00:12:49,352 --> 00:12:52,142 I didn't trust myself to open my mouth without... 258 00:12:52,146 --> 00:12:53,268 What? 259 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,103 Taking it out on you. 260 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:56,939 -Blaming you. -You're allowed to blame me. 261 00:12:56,943 --> 00:13:00,901 No, the version of me that would've blamed you is... 262 00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:04,655 -What? -I have been working hard not to do that. 263 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:05,572 Okay. 264 00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:07,658 Ever since the shooting in Windsor, 265 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:09,497 I've been really trying. 266 00:13:10,081 --> 00:13:11,749 You said I'm the sweeper now. 267 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:14,873 -Not you. -It had been a tough day when I said that. 268 00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:16,212 But you meant it, right? 269 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:19,048 Yeah. 270 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,047 Is it helping? 271 00:13:22,051 --> 00:13:23,590 Sure, yeah. 272 00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:24,595 Good. 273 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:27,344 I don't want to backslide, 274 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:31,265 because I understand why you hated that and that person. 275 00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:32,770 And I do too. 276 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:35,143 Hated? 277 00:13:35,147 --> 00:13:38,856 But it's been hard to find a balance where I'm not that, 278 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:40,983 but I'm still here. 279 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:42,150 -Kate... -You know... 280 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:46,029 Not unable to speak when you fly across an ocean. 281 00:13:46,033 --> 00:13:48,490 I didn't hate that person. 282 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:51,493 -Whatever. The point is... -No, not whatever. 283 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,662 -Okay. -You think I... 284 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:56,832 I spent 15 years loving you and wanting you and secretly hating you? 285 00:13:56,836 --> 00:14:00,715 -I get it. -I just wanted to turn the volume down. 286 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:03,255 Okay. 287 00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:05,887 I wanted you, not you with a sock in your mouth. 288 00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:08,760 -Okay. -That's... 289 00:14:08,764 --> 00:14:10,596 That's not what I asked for. 290 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,306 Well, it... it kind of is. 291 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:13,978 No, it's not. 292 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:16,935 Okay, it's not. 293 00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:19,229 You believe me or are you saying that because I'm supposed 294 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:20,651 to win every argument? 295 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:24,614 Fuck. 296 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:27,950 I wanted you 297 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:31,116 just at ten, 298 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,622 not 11. 299 00:14:33,664 --> 00:14:35,207 -Okay. -Or nine. 300 00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:38,377 Yeah. 301 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,093 Fuck. 302 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:50,427 -Well, now it makes sense. -What? 303 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:51,970 Well, you've been... 304 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:54,060 You've been blaming yourself and... 305 00:14:54,810 --> 00:14:56,520 bottling yourself 306 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,441 like something in you was crushed. 307 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,194 Like I'd crushed you. 308 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,116 I didn't hate you. 309 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,033 -A little bit. -Kate. 310 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:15,202 I'm a... strong flavor. 311 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,332 No. 312 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:20,540 I never... I never wanted you to feel like that. 313 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:23,126 You didn't do anything wrong. You didn't do anything wrong. 314 00:15:23,130 --> 00:15:24,836 I'm so sorry. 315 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,634 I'm so fucking sorry. 316 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:35,434 Okay. Thank you. 317 00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:38,934 -The pope wants to come. -Okay. 318 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,978 That's gonna grind the day to a halt. 319 00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:44,151 -Readout. Vaughn's call with the Kremlin. -Great, thanks. 320 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:47,776 This is the wrong call. 321 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,281 -Stuart! -Yeah. 322 00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:52,159 -This is the wrong call. -It is? 323 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:53,744 Who gave it to you? 324 00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:55,784 Eidra got it from MI6. 325 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,160 -Tom Libby? -Yeah. 326 00:15:57,164 --> 00:15:58,708 Is he fucking with her? 327 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,330 I don't know. Is he? 328 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:01,873 This call's from three days ago. 329 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:04,547 I need the one from last night or this morning. 330 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:07,466 Shit. 331 00:16:08,426 --> 00:16:10,340 -Give me some time. I'll dig into it. -Okay. 332 00:16:10,344 --> 00:16:13,055 My next meeting is short, so find me on the one after that. 333 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:21,355 You want one? 334 00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:22,857 Bellini? 335 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:25,109 Sun's not over the yardarm. 336 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:26,861 It is somewhere. 337 00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:28,362 I'd love one. 338 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:33,034 It's not gonna... 339 00:16:33,617 --> 00:16:34,698 put you to sleep? 340 00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:35,828 So why'd you ask? 341 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:39,619 Your body, your choice. 342 00:16:39,623 --> 00:16:41,500 I have executive time. 343 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:43,419 Means we can take a nap. 344 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,629 You want to now? 345 00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:47,423 What? 346 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:50,342 Nap? 347 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:52,178 Don't let me hold you up. 348 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:54,843 Do I owe you an apology? 349 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,265 For what? 350 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,685 I don't know. Maybe you can give me a hint. 351 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:02,354 You don't. 352 00:17:03,314 --> 00:17:06,313 Was I dismissive about the special envoy business? 353 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:07,230 No. 354 00:17:07,234 --> 00:17:09,816 I was surprised at first, but I take it seriously. 355 00:17:09,820 --> 00:17:11,026 Well... 356 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,987 -You shouldn't. -Exactly the opposite, as you proved. 357 00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:16,239 Your drink, madame. 358 00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:18,204 You were a major success. 359 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:21,832 I wanna hear how you envoyed with the PM. 360 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,707 Did you get her liquored up on Bellinis and she was putty in your hands? 361 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,000 The ambassador took the lead. 362 00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:30,337 Did you and Kate have a team strategy or is she a fluid dance partner? 363 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:32,589 -Babe. -I wanna celebrate your victory. 364 00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:33,715 I'm in your chain of command. 365 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:36,927 I'm not supposed to leapfrog the entire national security apparatus 366 00:17:36,931 --> 00:17:38,220 to tell you about a meeting. 367 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,722 I'm allowed to ask for a briefing. 368 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,141 -I'll send a note down the chain. -Gracie... 369 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:46,061 Ask Ganon if he can get the Europe division to get the UK desk 370 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,229 to call Embassy London 371 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,564 who will bounce it to Italy and request an update 372 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,942 from the hot envoy. 373 00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:54,361 This isn't a joke to me. 374 00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:55,366 I'm gonna do it right. 375 00:17:57,118 --> 00:17:58,907 As commander in chief of the armed forces 376 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:02,035 who asked you to tell the Brits I may send destroyers to their shorelines... 377 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:03,499 You asked the ambassador. 378 00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:05,126 And now I'm asking you. 379 00:18:07,002 --> 00:18:08,375 In fact... 380 00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:10,005 I'm commanding you. 381 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:13,088 You wanna play with the big dogs? You got an order. 382 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,256 Answer the question. 383 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:15,636 I wasn't there. 384 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:20,766 Kate ditched me. 385 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,431 She didn't want me in the room, so... 386 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:27,227 she sent me off in a monkey suit to meet the king. 387 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:29,316 She went to see Vaughn without me. 388 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:34,280 I'm gonna have another Bellini. 389 00:18:37,908 --> 00:18:40,574 -Is Pavarotti alive? -The singer? 390 00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:42,788 They said he wanted to come too, like the pope. 391 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,120 -Long dead. -Fuckers. 392 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,288 You got my readout? 393 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:47,581 We asked the Brits. 394 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:49,457 They said there wasn't another call. 395 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:52,544 They gave Eidra the readout to the only PM-Russia call that exists. 396 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:54,045 Well, that doesn't make sense. 397 00:18:54,049 --> 00:18:57,465 Maybe the Brits misunderstood what the ambassador was saying. 398 00:18:57,469 --> 00:18:59,759 Or the ambassador misunderstood what the PM was saying. 399 00:18:59,763 --> 00:19:01,178 I don't need the questions. 400 00:19:01,182 --> 00:19:02,512 Just need an answer. 401 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:04,351 Give me some time. I'll dig into it. 402 00:19:05,519 --> 00:19:06,600 What did you do? 403 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:09,102 What did I do? 404 00:19:09,106 --> 00:19:11,271 Did you insult Kate or Vaughn? 405 00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:14,482 -That's your first assumption. -Career ambassadors can be territorial. 406 00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:17,736 Maybe she's trying to hoard access, elbow you out. 407 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:19,529 I don't think she finds me that threatening. 408 00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:20,822 Maybe that's the problem. 409 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:24,034 You're not talking about mah-jongg. You gotta be able to take a stand. 410 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:26,620 Suresh, can you please find Ambassador Wyler? 411 00:19:26,624 --> 00:19:28,872 -He's not there. -Why the fuck not? 412 00:19:28,876 --> 00:19:31,837 They're giving us space to reconnect. 413 00:19:32,546 --> 00:19:34,127 Mission accomplished. 414 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:37,672 I'd prefer you not call my colleague in for a spanking. 415 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:40,592 This was humiliating enough without you involved. 416 00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,761 -She works for me. -Everyone works for you. 417 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:45,013 If I have a problem with her, I need to deal with it. 418 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,227 You're the problem. 419 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:48,854 It's not Kate. 420 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:50,481 Not me. 421 00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:53,150 You. 422 00:19:56,111 --> 00:19:57,525 I feel like shit. 423 00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:00,528 That's what I always hope to hear after intercourse. 424 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:03,577 No, I just... I can't believe you thought I hated you. 425 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,288 Not your fault. 426 00:20:08,123 --> 00:20:09,955 Well, it's kind of my fault. 427 00:20:09,959 --> 00:20:11,248 How? 428 00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:12,253 Well... 429 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:15,631 I mean, I knew you were taking it too far. 430 00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:18,801 Shrinking. 431 00:20:20,135 --> 00:20:21,387 I should've said something. 432 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,555 We were barely together. 433 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,183 I think that makes it worse. 434 00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:29,728 -You were busy. -No. Just let me... 435 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:34,900 I was punishing you. 436 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:38,028 I was... 437 00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:41,865 I was using the vice presidency like a... a bludgeon. 438 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:49,206 If I overtook the note, that's on me. 439 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:53,957 I definitely indulged in some passive-aggressive deference. 440 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:55,921 Aw, it's not the same. 441 00:20:57,256 --> 00:21:00,968 I should've stopped the Todd thing. That was definitely punishment. 442 00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:03,512 The point 443 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,515 is not to make you beat yourself up. 444 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,639 Am I hijacking your... your talk? 445 00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:10,644 You are. 446 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,810 I'm sorry. You go. 447 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,483 No, I don't need to go, but it is just... 448 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,482 a relief to know that, uh... 449 00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:21,363 we both think I took it too far. 450 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:23,449 Yeah, you did. 451 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:26,869 I will find a middle ground. 452 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:34,501 That smell, what is that? Is that jasmine? 453 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:36,003 Maybe. 454 00:21:38,505 --> 00:21:40,090 Can I pitch you an idea? 455 00:21:40,591 --> 00:21:42,964 -Of course. -I don't wanna step on your toes. 456 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:44,215 I don't feel stepped on. 457 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:45,679 Or the president's. 458 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:47,389 Pitch. 459 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,018 What if we go get the bodies? 460 00:21:51,518 --> 00:21:52,519 In the sub. 461 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:57,395 Russia is coming in to collect their dead. 462 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,563 Which is bullshit. 463 00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:01,816 It's bullshit that works, which is why the Brits are letting it happen. 464 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,822 If we get the bodies, 465 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:06,325 no more fig leaf. 466 00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:10,617 Yeah. 467 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:14,041 Then it doesn't matter if Vaughn gets Russia to back off. 468 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:16,168 Right? 469 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:21,840 That's a good idea. 470 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,803 -I think you should raise it at dinner. -You. 471 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:28,180 She'll like it coming from you. 472 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,845 -Well, can I say it was your idea? -No. 473 00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:33,102 All right. Credit where credit's due. 474 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,938 Just... sell it. 475 00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:41,527 Star jasmine. 476 00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:45,151 I spoke to Palmer. 477 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:47,362 She said the UK understood Kate's request. 478 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,535 -Okay. -But didn't comply with it. 479 00:22:50,285 --> 00:22:51,825 So they lied to the ambassador? 480 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:54,123 I'm not sure that's what Palmer was suggesting. 481 00:22:54,832 --> 00:22:56,871 Did you ask what she was suggesting? 482 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,873 Maybe they misunderstood Kate. 483 00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:00,587 Or I misunderstood Palmer. 484 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:02,168 Did you? 485 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:05,509 Well, if I knew I'd misunderstood, I wouldn't have misunderstood. 486 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:07,757 What else did Palmer say? 487 00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:09,096 That's it. 488 00:23:10,097 --> 00:23:13,555 So you think that Palmer thinks that the UK is defying the US 489 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,724 and letting Russia approach a smoking gun in the North Sea, 490 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:20,065 but you're not sure and you didn't ask and you don't have an answer. 491 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:24,445 Shall I give you a minute to look into it? 492 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:25,988 Sure. 493 00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:29,032 Is your mother okay? 494 00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:31,739 I think so. 495 00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,367 -Did your CIA girlfriend dump you? -No. 496 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:37,787 I wanna be sure there is not some very real, very tragic reason 497 00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:41,166 that you woke up this morning with the mental capacity of a cricket. 498 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:42,087 I'm fine. 499 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:45,966 The FAA is inventorying civilian aircraft near Russia. 500 00:23:46,633 --> 00:23:49,007 In case we need an evacuation of American citizens 501 00:23:49,011 --> 00:23:50,304 in the Russian Federation. 502 00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:53,636 -Understand the gravity of the situation? -I do. 503 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,388 I need to know why that damn ship's on the move. 504 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:57,098 -I hear you. -If you tell me you need a minute 505 00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:01,523 to look into it or drill down or circle back or dig in, I will end you. 506 00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:04,693 The fuck is your problem? 507 00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:10,866 I heard Grace Penn ordered the carrier attack. 508 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:15,537 I guess that's my problem. 509 00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:21,498 I take it back. 510 00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:22,624 Too late. 511 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,626 I apologize. Let's not do the whole thing. 512 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:26,628 The thing where you explain why I'm the reason 513 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:28,296 you got ditched across an ocean? 514 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,720 The thing where you get me to say words and then tell me why they're wrong. 515 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:36,429 Your message to Vaughn was a doozy. 516 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:39,724 -I mean, destroyers? -Is that your professional opinion? 517 00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:42,060 You're right. I have no idea what I'm talking about. 518 00:24:42,064 --> 00:24:45,480 -I'm sure that's not the case. -You know what? It's not. 519 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,774 I've been in it with you for 32 years. 520 00:24:47,778 --> 00:24:49,400 I know some things. 521 00:24:49,404 --> 00:24:51,694 -I know you. -Great, let's do a deep dive on me. 522 00:24:51,698 --> 00:24:53,283 You're different. 523 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:56,199 You're acting weird. 524 00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:58,952 The staff thinks hanging out with you will relax me. 525 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:00,666 I don't think it's working. 526 00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:03,043 Fine. 527 00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:09,967 Fine. 528 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,387 How? Weird. 529 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:16,431 -We should drop it. -I'm asking. 530 00:25:19,434 --> 00:25:22,600 I'm gonna say things I saw as part of the diplomatic machinery, 531 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:24,435 which I've been for three seconds, 532 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:26,817 and you're gonna tell me I don't know anything. 533 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:29,403 I'm a real peach, huh? 534 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,199 Well, tell me about the machinery. 535 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,450 There are 50 steps on the ladder 536 00:25:39,454 --> 00:25:42,954 before you tell someone you're occupying their coastline. 537 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,372 Or a hundred. 538 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,790 Let's review them one by one. 539 00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:48,001 -I can't name them. -I can. 540 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:50,420 I decided to jump to the one that works. 541 00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:52,134 Warships? 542 00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:53,969 What are you proving? 543 00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:56,597 And to who? 544 00:25:57,139 --> 00:26:00,809 It's like you're trying to scare your own shadow. 545 00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:15,449 Mm. 546 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,367 Maybe it's the shooting. 547 00:26:21,371 --> 00:26:22,827 Maybe it's the job. 548 00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:24,499 Your behavior 549 00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:26,793 is different. 550 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:31,298 Your decision-making is... 551 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:36,136 You're not acting like you. 552 00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:44,561 Are you saying there's something wrong with me 553 00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:46,313 mentally? 554 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,524 I think we should let her eat before we raise it. 555 00:26:53,528 --> 00:26:54,404 You? 556 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,156 Yeah, before I raise it. 557 00:26:57,532 --> 00:26:59,572 She's in a gorgeous place. 558 00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:01,953 She had hours of downtime with Todd. 559 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:04,035 Conditions could not be better. 560 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:06,291 They'd be better if she hadn't made the threat. 561 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:09,252 She's not gonna love being the woman who blinked. 562 00:27:10,879 --> 00:27:14,675 It's a good plan, but she... she drew a red line, and... 563 00:27:15,258 --> 00:27:17,010 it'll cost her to erase it. 564 00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:21,848 What? 565 00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:27,350 -We agreed I get more wiggle room, right? -Yeah. 566 00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:32,021 So me freelancing now and then is back on the table? 567 00:27:32,025 --> 00:27:33,777 Be free. Go wild. 568 00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:37,406 I kind of already did. 569 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,698 -Okay. -But in a way you'll be happy about. 570 00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:43,078 I love it already. 571 00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:45,580 She's not blinking. 572 00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:48,996 It's only backing down if she made a threat. 573 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,877 Well, she did. You did. 574 00:27:51,378 --> 00:27:52,379 I didn't. 575 00:27:53,296 --> 00:27:55,757 I didn't deliver the message. 576 00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:01,259 I couldn't threaten the PM with surface combatants 577 00:28:01,263 --> 00:28:03,386 on her third day in office. 578 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:05,016 It would've gone down poorly. 579 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,395 -Last night you said... -Yeah. 580 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:11,273 But that's not what happened. 581 00:28:13,191 --> 00:28:15,902 I decided to titrate the message to Vaughn. 582 00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,068 I didn't wanna put a gun to her head before we... 583 00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:21,366 or you, had a chance to talk to Grace. 584 00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:24,870 You lied to the president. 585 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:29,499 What happens when she finds out? 586 00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:32,919 She made a bad call. 587 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:36,753 Instead of dealing with the consequences, she's got a clean slate. 588 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:38,592 If I were her, I'd be relieved. 589 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:45,724 When you asked for latitude 590 00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:47,350 because... 591 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:49,682 I... I crushed you... 592 00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:53,398 -That's not what I said. -When you let me apologize for... 593 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,480 emotional abuse... 594 00:28:55,484 --> 00:28:56,397 Hal. 595 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:59,734 You were just looking for a way to say you lied to the commander in chief 596 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,152 and you wanted me for cover? 597 00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:04,322 You don't want American destroyers shooting at Russians any more than I do. 598 00:29:04,326 --> 00:29:06,828 -I thought we were rescuing our marriage. -We were. 599 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:08,367 We are. 600 00:29:08,371 --> 00:29:09,827 Jesus Christ. 601 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:12,872 I didn't know you were gonna say you thought you crushed me 602 00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:16,046 but were prepared to let it ride for another three years. 603 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:20,217 Hal, the things I said were real. 604 00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:21,593 I... 605 00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:24,467 I didn't know you were gonna say what you said. 606 00:29:24,471 --> 00:29:26,594 That's not... wasn't my intention, 607 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,721 but aren't you glad we got it out? 608 00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:31,144 -Don't pretend this is about our marriage. -I'm not. 609 00:29:31,686 --> 00:29:33,021 She will assume I knew. 610 00:29:33,522 --> 00:29:35,228 If she finds out what you did, 611 00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:37,897 you will lose your job, which is your choice. 612 00:29:37,901 --> 00:29:39,565 But to make me your accomplice? 613 00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:42,360 I'm making you suggest something totally reasonable. 614 00:29:42,364 --> 00:29:45,408 If she thinks I was involved, I'm done. 615 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:48,662 I have access. 616 00:29:49,204 --> 00:29:50,205 And a role. 617 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:52,662 Are you mad I lied 618 00:29:52,666 --> 00:29:55,544 or that I jeopardized your position with the president? 619 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:02,129 Can we finish this? 620 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:04,298 I would like to take a minute before we get there 621 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:08,098 to calm the fuck down, so I don't show up looking homicidal. 622 00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:21,440 -I tried to push her out. -It didn't work. 623 00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:22,817 A president dropped dead. 624 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,610 I didn't think accusing his replacement of... 625 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:25,615 Of what? 626 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:30,495 -I think it helps to say the word. -She was president. 627 00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:33,411 -I was a guardrail. -You were her right-hand man. 628 00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:36,497 -I tried to stop her and I couldn't. -You could've stopped you. 629 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,583 -It's not that simple. -Of course it is. 630 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,043 You made her president. 631 00:30:41,047 --> 00:30:42,716 A heart attack did that. 632 00:30:43,216 --> 00:30:44,297 And the Constitution. 633 00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:47,091 She wouldn't have lasted a month without you. 634 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:48,346 Please. 635 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,428 You kept the lights on. 636 00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:52,930 Not for her, for the country. 637 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,308 -Really? -You don't just take down a president. 638 00:30:55,312 --> 00:30:56,855 You take down 639 00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,232 a policy agenda 640 00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:01,188 and the stock market 641 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:02,315 and the dollar. 642 00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:04,905 She's unfit for office. 643 00:31:10,076 --> 00:31:11,949 -Come on in. -Hi, there. 644 00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:13,868 Bevenutto a tutto! 645 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,786 -Thank you. -I'm coming. Coming. 646 00:31:15,790 --> 00:31:16,791 Guess who. 647 00:31:17,751 --> 00:31:18,956 Hello. 648 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,128 -Welcome. -Thank you. 649 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:26,384 Oh okay. 650 00:31:27,093 --> 00:31:28,925 -Please. -Todd went to one of those schools 651 00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:32,011 where they taught Latin and believed it would be more than a party trick. 652 00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:33,179 It's not Latin. 653 00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:34,555 -What is it? -One guess. 654 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,394 I did guess. I guessed Latin. 655 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:38,601 -Is it? -I think she should guess. 656 00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:40,353 It's a... It's a one-guess guess. 657 00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:41,437 Clearly not. 658 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:43,522 -It is for Hal. -You don't know what he's guessing. 659 00:31:43,526 --> 00:31:45,775 You wouldn't even let him finish his thought. In a turn. 660 00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:47,155 I feel like he got it. 661 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:55,284 -Italian. -Ah. 662 00:31:55,288 --> 00:31:57,453 -Dante. -Oh yeah? 663 00:31:57,457 --> 00:32:00,043 "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." 664 00:32:00,543 --> 00:32:01,544 Who wants a Negroni? 665 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:03,880 -Me. -Todd's mixing. 666 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:10,341 We have a trad Negroni, a fizzy Negroni, and a phony Negroni. 667 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:11,425 Foamy? 668 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:12,885 -Phony. -Phony. 669 00:32:12,889 --> 00:32:14,220 -Alcohol-free. -Smart. 670 00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:15,846 Not that he's trying to tell anyone anything. 671 00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:17,181 What can I get you? 672 00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:19,980 Uh, I... I think, old-school. 673 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:23,441 -Ambassador? -I'll have a sip of Hal's. 674 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:25,648 You've had them before. 675 00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:28,275 Yeah, but I can never quite decide if I like them. 676 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,736 I feel like the man wants his own drink. How about a fizzy? 677 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,321 -Sure. -Not phony? 678 00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:35,241 Uh, yeah, I guess, since it's a work night. 679 00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:37,747 I bet you can handle it, even on a work night. 680 00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:41,747 -Okay. -I don't know where we are anymore. 681 00:32:41,751 --> 00:32:42,832 Fizzy, please. 682 00:32:42,836 --> 00:32:44,917 -Traditional for me. -Already guessed. 683 00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,298 -Was it a one-guess guess? -Sure was. 684 00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:51,882 I'm gonna get some fresh basil for the drinks. Wanna see the greenhouse? 685 00:32:51,886 --> 00:32:53,054 I'd love to. 686 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,732 I didn't know basil went in Negronis. 687 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:05,483 It doesn't. 688 00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,152 Oh. 689 00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:09,821 You wanna tell her? 690 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:12,737 No. 691 00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:14,117 Neither do I. 692 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,075 So beautiful. 693 00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:20,119 -How's your villa? -Oh, gorgeous. 694 00:33:20,123 --> 00:33:21,708 The whole place is. 695 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,040 Ours has these lemon trees. 696 00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:25,253 Was he a nightmare? 697 00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:27,297 -What? -Todd. 698 00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:28,878 I'm so sorry. 699 00:33:28,882 --> 00:33:31,005 No. No, no, no, he was fine. 700 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:32,631 -You've been a good sport. -No. 701 00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:34,759 Honestly, I didn't know what else to do. 702 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:37,720 Well, he needed a break from me, which I understand. 703 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,680 I could also use a break from me. 704 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,390 He's also got this burgeoning neurosis 705 00:33:41,394 --> 00:33:43,851 about not being relevant or useful or in it. 706 00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:44,810 Of course. 707 00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:46,562 -Since the shooting, it's been... -I'm sure. 708 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:47,772 Through the roof. 709 00:33:47,776 --> 00:33:49,565 And normal. 710 00:33:49,569 --> 00:33:51,817 I thought you'd get it and be able to manage it. 711 00:33:51,821 --> 00:33:52,943 Happy to. 712 00:33:52,947 --> 00:33:56,238 But he's got this way of seeming warm and agreeable 713 00:33:56,242 --> 00:33:59,200 while doggedly driving a person out of their mind. 714 00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:00,284 No. 715 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:02,495 I... enjoy having him. 716 00:34:02,499 --> 00:34:05,623 He's learning and interested. 717 00:34:05,627 --> 00:34:08,000 And imperious and believes he's insightful, 718 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:11,549 but is, in fact, chronically four degrees off the mark. 719 00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:16,471 -Ma'am... -No, I'm just saying I understand. 720 00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:21,935 Can I... for a second? 721 00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:23,436 You may. 722 00:34:24,687 --> 00:34:26,977 I was worried at first 723 00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:28,729 for a lot of reasons. 724 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,523 I can't even imagine. 725 00:34:30,527 --> 00:34:31,649 Ma'am... 726 00:34:31,653 --> 00:34:32,654 Your turn. 727 00:34:35,031 --> 00:34:37,071 But then we spent some time together 728 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:39,744 and talked about how it might work. 729 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,034 He knows the system. 730 00:34:42,038 --> 00:34:44,328 He makes people comfortable. 731 00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:46,872 He's got a serious intellect and good judgment, 732 00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:50,626 and he can keep a bunch of contradictory ideas in his head 733 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:52,795 at the same time without short-circuiting, 734 00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:54,968 which is kind of the whole ball game. 735 00:34:55,468 --> 00:34:56,674 Really? 736 00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:58,092 Yeah. No kidding. 737 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,557 But you didn't take him with you to talk to the PM. 738 00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:06,563 No. 739 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:09,311 He thinks you snuck out in the dark of night, 740 00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:11,151 which I'm sure is hyperbolic. 741 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:14,692 It was evening. 742 00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:17,695 I think "sneak" is not how I would characterize it. 743 00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:19,117 You didn't want him there. 744 00:35:19,909 --> 00:35:21,073 No, I didn't. 745 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:22,366 Despite his keen intellect 746 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,956 and rare ability to hold two thoughts at the same time. 747 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:31,254 I thought a one-on-one with the PM would be the most productive. 748 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:33,043 Just the gals. 749 00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:36,046 -As apparently you did. -But you didn't tell him that. 750 00:35:36,050 --> 00:35:37,468 You pulled a runner. 751 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,217 It unfolded quickly. 752 00:35:40,221 --> 00:35:43,721 Kate, I sent you my husband, who was having self-esteem issues, 753 00:35:43,725 --> 00:35:46,098 and you generated an audience with the king of England, 754 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:47,433 so you could get real work done... 755 00:35:47,437 --> 00:35:48,434 That's not... 756 00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:51,896 Now I have a husband with bigger self-esteem issues. 757 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,277 I am so sorry. 758 00:35:54,777 --> 00:35:58,110 So, nimble intellect and nuanced judgment was a load of crap. 759 00:35:58,114 --> 00:35:59,945 No, it wasn't. 760 00:35:59,949 --> 00:36:03,203 You continuing to lie to me is not a boon to our relationship. 761 00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:05,492 We disagreed on the substance, 762 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:08,495 which I would love to say he didn't understand, but he did. 763 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:12,917 He was four degrees off, not because he couldn't track the argument, 764 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:17,759 but because we had different ideas about how to communicate your message. 765 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:22,222 He's smart and perceptive, and... 766 00:36:22,722 --> 00:36:26,017 my life would've been easier if he'd been slightly less so. 767 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:42,992 Return of the hunter-gatherers. 768 00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:45,161 Which one is mine? 769 00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:47,288 That one. 770 00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:50,291 Successful mission? 771 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:55,546 Thank you. 772 00:36:58,424 --> 00:36:59,425 Please. 773 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:01,465 Releases the oils. 774 00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,845 -It's so fragrant. -Right? 775 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:06,015 I think none for me. 776 00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:09,394 You sure? 777 00:37:11,938 --> 00:37:12,939 Thank you. 778 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:18,732 Forgot you. 779 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,276 I don't like basil. 780 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,447 Don't like the smell. 781 00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:29,159 -The ambassador thinks you are a smarty. -I am? 782 00:37:29,163 --> 00:37:30,832 Doesn't come as a surprise. 783 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:32,496 Incisive, 784 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:35,541 which I claimed you were not, as only true love can. 785 00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:36,750 Feels good, babe. 786 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,669 She seems to think you have a firm grasp 787 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:41,551 on the complexity of the situation off the British coast. 788 00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:45,050 I uncharitably claimed 789 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:46,719 Todd was out of his depth, 790 00:37:46,723 --> 00:37:49,680 and she corrected me... twice. 791 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:51,223 She's being polite. 792 00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:52,891 I think it's true. 793 00:37:52,895 --> 00:37:54,893 -Truth. -Grace. 794 00:37:54,897 --> 00:37:59,231 Todd thinks my strategy vis-a-vis the UK in this game of footsie with Russia 795 00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:00,316 is a stinker. 796 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,152 Did you know the venue for the conference used to be 797 00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:05,279 Napoleon's sister's summer house? 798 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:08,073 I was working under the impression that he didn't really get it, 799 00:38:08,077 --> 00:38:11,289 but the ambassador twice insisted he did. 800 00:38:12,582 --> 00:38:14,625 So we're stuck with stinker. 801 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:16,165 That's not what I said. 802 00:38:16,169 --> 00:38:17,958 You said there was something wrong with me. 803 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,668 -No. -Off? 804 00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:22,046 -If tonight isn't a good night... -Cuckoo? 805 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:23,881 You're jet lagged. You don't need company. 806 00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:25,466 Different. Would that be fair? 807 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:28,639 -We are really not gonna be offended. -I'm offended. 808 00:38:30,725 --> 00:38:32,681 He's had an official post for a week and a half, 809 00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:35,897 and his conclusion is I got shot and lost my mind. 810 00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:39,063 That's a very special envoy 811 00:38:39,067 --> 00:38:41,148 delivering that message to the world. 812 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,320 But he didn't. 813 00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:45,861 You had to hog-tie him with a cummerbund and hustle out the back door. 814 00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:49,744 He would have said exactly what you wanted him to say, word for word. 815 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:52,576 So why didn't you take him? 816 00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:56,288 Ma'am, Kate and the PM discussed a plan I think is a sound one. 817 00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:59,333 If we and the Brits extract the bodies from the sub ourselves, 818 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,752 the Russians have no excuse to get anywhere near it. 819 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:03,504 Vaughn's a reasonable person. 820 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:04,922 Get in the room, look her in the eye, 821 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:08,054 you're gonna get on like a house on fire, the whole thing's over. 822 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,845 -Why didn't you take him? -This is a distraction. 823 00:39:11,849 --> 00:39:13,972 And it's a concern I've had from the get-go. 824 00:39:13,976 --> 00:39:18,268 We both have spouses who are smart and capable, 825 00:39:18,272 --> 00:39:19,686 and they see around corners. 826 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,730 You get two people seeing around corners, 827 00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:23,649 you're gonna have collisions that are unnecessary. 828 00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:25,609 Everyone's nose is halfway around the corner. 829 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:29,450 If you see around the corner, you don't collide, is... 830 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,866 I think the value of seeing around corners. 831 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,536 -Could we let her answer the question? -I'd rather not. 832 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:36,912 -I got that. -Ma'am... 833 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:39,498 The issue wasn't that Todd didn't like the plan. 834 00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,754 The issue was that I didn't. 835 00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:52,223 I didn't wanna say what you told me to say. 836 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:57,311 But you did. 837 00:39:58,271 --> 00:39:59,814 No, I didn't. 838 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:07,860 Forgive me if I can interrupt for one moment. 839 00:40:07,864 --> 00:40:11,905 Signore e signori, eh, my name is Chef Agosti, 840 00:40:11,909 --> 00:40:13,740 Filippo Agosti, 841 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:17,453 and I have the great honor of preparing your meal tonight, 842 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:21,039 a light and fresh essence of the Tuscan spirit. 843 00:40:21,043 --> 00:40:23,083 We begin with the crostini di fegatini, 844 00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:26,503 a spread from chicken livers on toast. 845 00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:27,754 For the gentleman, 846 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:31,133 we also have gluten-free toast baked here in our own kitchen. 847 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:34,261 We have a separate surface for the gluten-free dough, 848 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,685 so we have no worries about cross-contamination and... 849 00:40:45,193 --> 00:40:47,111 She doesn't like crostini. 850 00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:51,157 But the liver I'll bet she'll eat with a spoon. 851 00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,457 Are we gonna be okay? 852 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:03,503 I don't know. 853 00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:07,131 I think I'm getting tired of okay. 854 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:11,798 Ma'am, sorry to interrupt. 855 00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:12,803 Don't be. 856 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,010 She wants to talk to you. 857 00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:17,221 Secure line or sat phone? 858 00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:20,144 In person. She needs an update on the North Sea situation. 859 00:41:28,528 --> 00:41:31,443 You didn't like my plan, so you made up your own. 860 00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:33,195 Ma'am, respectfully... 861 00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:35,822 -I feel respected. -This happens. 862 00:41:35,826 --> 00:41:38,450 Presidents make muscular statements, 863 00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:41,703 and ambassadors need to assess, looking the person in the face, 864 00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:43,705 if it's gonna go down like a lead balloon, 865 00:41:43,709 --> 00:41:47,793 in which case you soften the message or you deliver it incrementally. 866 00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:48,919 Or not at all. 867 00:41:48,923 --> 00:41:52,297 Not when there's a solve on the table that'll take us off war footing. 868 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:55,717 A solve that this side never heard and the other side rejected. 869 00:41:55,721 --> 00:41:57,135 If it comes from you... 870 00:41:57,139 --> 00:41:59,054 I'm so magic, I can sell anything. 871 00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:01,265 The solve will sell coming from you. 872 00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:04,184 If she rejects it, the threat will sell coming from you. 873 00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:06,107 So what in God's name are you good for? 874 00:42:07,608 --> 00:42:11,149 Ma'am, Kate had genuine concerns 875 00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:12,818 and not illegitimate 876 00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:16,363 that the message in its purest form was legally... 877 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,494 Il... legal. 878 00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:21,868 It was not illegal, but... 879 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:23,453 -Immoral? -Tenuous. 880 00:42:23,457 --> 00:42:27,291 So in order to protect me, you didn't say what I asked you to say 881 00:42:27,295 --> 00:42:29,418 and then lied to me about it, 882 00:42:29,422 --> 00:42:30,752 which is my favorite part. 883 00:42:30,756 --> 00:42:32,087 I wasn't crazy about it either. 884 00:42:32,091 --> 00:42:33,463 -Speaking of crazy... -Grace. 885 00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:35,048 Raise your hand if you think 886 00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:38,051 the strategy was legally tenuous and ill-advised 887 00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:40,057 because there's something wrong with the president. 888 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:43,978 -Nobody thinks that. -They do. 889 00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:47,644 You're tap-dancing so fast you're gonna pop a hernia. 890 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:49,229 I'm tap-dancing 891 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:52,482 because my wife has generated a breach of trust 892 00:42:52,486 --> 00:42:56,653 that I'm scared out of my mind will destroy the partnership 893 00:42:56,657 --> 00:43:00,365 that you and I have forged through dialogue and candor. 894 00:43:00,369 --> 00:43:03,122 Of course they think there's something wrong with you. 895 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,207 You got shot, and your behavior changed. 896 00:43:09,211 --> 00:43:10,667 -I need you to leave. -Hal... 897 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:12,256 -Immediately. -No. 898 00:43:13,049 --> 00:43:14,383 Let's talk about it. 899 00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:16,006 I mean it. 900 00:43:16,010 --> 00:43:19,180 I have been giving Todd shit all day for even hinting at it. 901 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,305 I think it's time we face the idea that I may be off. 902 00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:24,640 That's not what I'm saying. 903 00:43:24,644 --> 00:43:27,063 How about for right now, this is an open forum. 904 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:30,358 Safe space. 905 00:43:31,359 --> 00:43:32,522 No one believes that. 906 00:43:32,526 --> 00:43:34,111 Don't be an asshole. 907 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:36,155 Open forum. 908 00:43:54,215 --> 00:43:55,633 Okay, forget it. 909 00:44:01,681 --> 00:44:03,345 The HMS Courageous... 910 00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:05,643 -I am begging you. -Hal? 911 00:44:07,144 --> 00:44:09,226 My understanding is 912 00:44:09,230 --> 00:44:14,022 the HMS Courageous was a risky but reasonable operation 913 00:44:14,026 --> 00:44:17,234 with a low probability of catastrophic failure, 914 00:44:17,238 --> 00:44:19,907 and everything that could go wrong did. 915 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,784 Fair? 916 00:44:22,827 --> 00:44:23,828 Yes. 917 00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:27,494 My understanding of the current operation... 918 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:28,999 It's not operative. 919 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:35,506 The potential consequence I was asked to share with Prime Minister Vaughn 920 00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:38,672 does not carry low-probability risk. 921 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:43,009 It carries significant danger of igniting armed confrontation 922 00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:45,141 between not only two allies, 923 00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:48,014 but also two superpowers, 924 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:51,101 which hasn't happened in 80 years. 925 00:44:51,105 --> 00:44:52,602 Sounds crazy. 926 00:44:52,606 --> 00:44:53,687 Ma'am, 927 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:56,022 everyone at the table is terrified. 928 00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:58,070 We can do this or not. 929 00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:03,701 Go ahead. I'm sorry. 930 00:45:08,330 --> 00:45:09,749 Actually, I'm sorry. 931 00:45:12,168 --> 00:45:14,962 When they named me Grace, it was aspirational. 932 00:45:16,297 --> 00:45:17,298 Go ahead. 933 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:21,969 Your tolerance 934 00:45:22,553 --> 00:45:24,680 for risk to human life 935 00:45:26,974 --> 00:45:28,768 seems higher than it was. 936 00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:34,190 Before I was president or before I got shot? 937 00:45:34,774 --> 00:45:35,858 Which one? 938 00:45:41,322 --> 00:45:44,825 Anyone can chime in here. I feel like I warmed up the table. 939 00:45:46,702 --> 00:45:50,372 It was a question. I just asked the question. 940 00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:54,498 The fact that it got a rise out of you... 941 00:45:54,502 --> 00:45:56,041 Suggests you're onto something. 942 00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:57,213 You tell me. 943 00:45:59,048 --> 00:46:00,257 Say no, 944 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:02,092 we all move on. 945 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:05,513 You sleep less. 946 00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:07,932 You're in pain more. 947 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:11,227 You're making big moves unilaterally 948 00:46:11,894 --> 00:46:16,315 that bear the most potential consequence for the country where you got shot. 949 00:46:18,651 --> 00:46:21,274 You expressed some reticence about my North Sea strategy. 950 00:46:21,278 --> 00:46:23,155 Gonna let her take all the heat? 951 00:46:26,659 --> 00:46:28,828 It's his job to worry about you. 952 00:46:29,703 --> 00:46:32,369 You can make him envoy. It's not gonna change anything. 953 00:46:32,373 --> 00:46:37,378 He swore to a God he may even believe in that he'd worry about you his whole life. 954 00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:39,880 The ambassador 955 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:41,507 got worried. 956 00:46:42,007 --> 00:46:43,425 That's her job. 957 00:46:45,177 --> 00:46:47,096 And then she said so. That's her job. 958 00:46:48,347 --> 00:46:52,013 And then she got creative with the message, 959 00:46:52,017 --> 00:46:56,146 which she learned from the best, and that's also her job. 960 00:47:01,277 --> 00:47:03,195 But then she lied to you... 961 00:47:05,197 --> 00:47:06,820 which is not. 962 00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:08,325 Hello, hello. 963 00:47:10,744 --> 00:47:11,745 Hi. 964 00:47:12,538 --> 00:47:14,411 -Have a seat. -I'll get another chair. 965 00:47:14,415 --> 00:47:15,583 Unnecessary. 966 00:47:23,382 --> 00:47:24,963 I'm more expedient than I was, 967 00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:27,549 not because a bad man shot me, 968 00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:30,176 because if I don't make a timely decision here, 969 00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:32,433 the wheels come off over there. 970 00:47:32,975 --> 00:47:34,723 And the wheels may be a G7, 971 00:47:34,727 --> 00:47:37,726 or the wheels may be the massacre of tiny children 972 00:47:37,730 --> 00:47:41,358 that I could have helped divert if only it had a scrap of my attention. 973 00:47:42,568 --> 00:47:44,357 Tomorrow, I want the Brits to be informed 974 00:47:44,361 --> 00:47:46,526 if they don't halt the Russian advance, I will, 975 00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:48,320 using the armed naval assets 976 00:47:48,324 --> 00:47:50,822 that will most effectively complete the task. 977 00:47:50,826 --> 00:47:52,703 I believe I've said this before. 978 00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:55,247 And now I'm saying it again. 979 00:47:56,582 --> 00:47:57,662 Yes, ma'am. 980 00:47:57,666 --> 00:47:59,209 Todd will deliver the message. 981 00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:08,552 I'm grateful for your service. Good night, Ambassador. 982 00:48:30,199 --> 00:48:31,200 Have a seat. 983 00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:41,835 I have another copy in here. 984 00:48:42,544 --> 00:48:43,879 Not sure if I have two. 985 00:48:46,048 --> 00:48:47,257 Good night.