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Previously on
"Designated Survivor"...

I think the White House Counsel's office
has been vacant for far too long.

I would be honored to work for you, sir.

A silent alarm was tripped
at a private residence in Rockville.

Who lives there?

The First Lady's mother.

It sounded like the place
was being torn apart.

And I want a detailed report
of everything that Lloyd touched, got it?

My family?
He's coming after my family?

The FBI conducted a drone strike.

I can now confirm that Patrick Lloyd
has been neutralized.

They found Lloyd's computer.

He was uploading something to the cloud
when the bomb hit.

Do you know what it was?

Yes, I told him.

But you know men and their boats.

I'll call you back, Jess.

- What's wrong, honey?
- My mom.

Ma'am?

Hey, Mom, is something wrong
with the coffee?

Yes. I didn't make it.

Come on.

I told you, you can use
the kitchen any time.

Someone else's kitchen.

Someone else's coffee.

Eva, it's only been a weekend.

It's gonna take you some time
to get settled.

Besides,
the White House has 132 rooms,

so if you're not happy
with the one you're in...

You're so sweet.

And a wonderful host. I just...

I want to go home.

Mom, your house is still
an active crime scene.

Your son's bedroom
is an active crime scene.

My house is just a place
some lunatic broke into,

and he's dead. And I'm not.

I promise you, I give you my word
we'll get you home as soon as possible.

Until then, know you have
the run of the place.

And I appreciate it.

Why do I get the feeling
that my mom likes you better?

Because she likes me better.

Yeah?

I'll be right there.

- Mr. President.
- Okay, what do we got?

32 cases in the past 24 hours
in South Carroll Parish.

That's 12 fatalities.

- Which means thousands are infected.
- So, what's the CDC saying?

- Is this as bad as Liberia?
- Worse.

It's Influenza "A," likely avian origin.
Highly contagious.

Short incubation period
facilitates the spread.

Could this be the superbug
you've been worried about?

Well, I might have an answer for that

if the CDC had some money
for infectious-disease research.

Just like when we were teaching
at Columbia.

Always trying to squeeze blood
from a stone.

But that was for faculty pensions.
This is about lives.

Show me.

This flu appears to be an H7N9 subtype.

Like the Yangtze Delta flu.

And no one here has immunity.

How fast will it spread?

Our simulation says the H7N9 will appear

in surrounding states in 36 hours.

In 72 hours...

...that's what it will look like.

Oh, my God.

We have a shot at containment
because the area is so isolated.

They didn't even have state roads
in some parts until the '70s.

The FAA shut down all airports
in a 200-mile radius.

Same for NHTSA and highways.

And I told Governor LaSalle
that we're at his disposal.

Okay, good. Aaron, I'm gonna
want you to be the liaison

between the World Health
Organization and the UN.

We also need to notify the Canadian
and Mexican authorities.

HHS has activated the Strategic National
Stockpile of vaccines and antivirals,

so hopefully one of them
will match this flu strain.

Emily, bring Seth up to speed.

As soon as word leaks out,
panic's gonna spread like wildfire.

- Let's get on it.
- Yes, sir.

100 years ago, the Spanish flu wiped out
5% of the world's population.

How bad is this?

I'll give you a call
when I have boots on the ground.

All right.

Tammy.

Be careful.

Yes, sir.

So I just got off the phone

with an infectious-disease
specialist at the CDC.

This bug is a rapidly mutating pathogen
that accelerates its host's lytic cycle.

English?

Uh, it makes your cells explode.

- Maybe don't tell the press that.
- Yep.

Hey, um, did you leave me
a blueberry muffin?

I did.

That was really nice.

Yeah, I picked out all the blueberries,
so don't make it a big deal.

Well, I won't now.

Oh, uh, that zoologist from
the National Museum wants to come by,

the guy who's naming the animal after
the president. He wants a photo op.

Bringing an alien species into
the White House while we're fighting

a possible pandemic
that originated with animals is...

a great idea.

Hey, I just work here.

Hey, new girl.
You getting up to speed?

Trying. It's a little, uh...

Intimidating?

That's the word.

Just remember
it's another office building.

Whose halls were walked
by Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy.

You'll get used to it.

- Really?
- No.

We're starting you slow, though.

Right. The Emmitt Akin statue.

Yes, a simple Confederate monument
located on federal property.

Some want to keep it.
Some don't.

Well, a federal statue
means federal issue.

This is really important
to the president.

- I thought you were starting me slow.
- That is slow.

How dare you?!
That is racist!

I've been telling you
for an hour, it is not racist!

People, can we just...?

No!

We were making progress here.

Look, Emmitt Akin was
the Mayor of Chattanooga.

He's an historic figure
to many Tennesseans.

That is the Southern Legacy
Foundation's whole point.

He was also a slave holder

who fought to preserve
an oppressive institution.

The erection of his statue
post-Reconstruction

is seen by many
as a monument to Jim Crow.

The statue's smack dab in front
of the old federal courthouse.

It's an official endorsement of racism.

So we've agreed on a middle ground:

to find a less-trafficked area
for the statue

that still honors Tennessee history
while respecting the sensibilities

of those who find it a reminder
of a painful past.

The only party we haven't heard from
is Reverend Dale.

I have spent my life leading protests.

But this issue has caused me
great consternation.

The statue is an emblem

of a dark period in American history.

It enshrines racism.

So it is easy to view it
as a symbol of injustice.

But I see it as a reminder,

and our past must not be... whitewashed.

The statue must not be moved.

- There you go.
- He doesn't want it touched, either!

Have you lost your mind?!

- It makes no sense.
- Nope.

Lloyd's on the run for six months,
and the last thing he does

before he holes himself up in a bunker
is trash the First Lady's mother's house?

Why?

Because he wanted to show your president
that he could get to his family?

Or - and, uh, just spitballing here -
because he was a psychopath.

Personally, I'm much more interested
in what he was trying to upload.

Look, Lloyd sent that file
across three continents four times

before I located it in a cloud account
on an Australian server.

It's so corrupted that I need to write
a program just to render it.

Yeah.

No problem. Glad you're on it.

Yeah.

So, you must miss London, huh?

Always.

- How long you here for?
- Well, that depends on Hannah.

I can't tell my government
the threat he posed is over

until your government says it is.

And you being the lead investigator,
you're "your government."

My government says to keep digging.

See you later!

Much.

Evidence-response team
tagged everything Lloyd touched.

Why?

He was throwing a tantrum.

What if he wasn't?

Whatever he did,
he always had a method.

Lloyd was meticulous.

He cut a clear pathway
through the house...

and never doubled back.

Every drawer in here is tossed
except for the desk.

Did he run out of time?

Or he wanted to lead us here.

It's a medical record from 1987

for a heart-transplant operation
for Andrew Booker.

That's the First Lady's father.

Why would Mrs. Booker leave
a 30-year-old file

- just randomly lying on top?
- He left it here.

He wasn't looking for something.
He was leaving us something.

But why would he give a toss
about Andrew Booker's heart?

I don't know. But I'm gonna find out.

10 more dead?

And 11 more in the ICU hanging on.

The mortality rate of the patients
in the hospital will be about 40%.

Have we made any progress?

No.

The viral gestation cycle is short.

The patient's lungs are damaged, and
the oxygen loss leads to organ failure.

What about our antiviral stockpile?

The South Carroll Parish strain
is resistant.

What about creating a new vaccine?

Even if you threw every brain
from the CDC at it, it would take months.

But... I do have an idea.

- We're all ears.
- I read an abstract recently

about an experimental
cancer drug called Extasis

with interesting antiviral properties

that seem to reduce
the ability of viruses

with a genome similar
to the H7N9 to replicate.

So not a prevention but a treatment.

That sounds promising.
Where do we get it?

A guy named Carlton Mackie.

He heads up this cutting-edge pharma firm
in Delaware called Benevax.

- We're on it.
- Meantime,

we need to widen the quarantine
to neighboring counties.

This thing's getting away from us.

What kind of PR bump do you think
the president will get off of an animal?

A small one.

I'd prefer a constellation,

but, uh, this is what you get
when you defund NASA.

I'm gonna ask people to just
keep your voices down

and, please, don't get too close
to the terrarium.

From the Amazonian rainforest,
I present Hylidae kirkmanus.

What is it?
Where is it?

No, no, no, no, no. You can't
name that thing after the president.

- We already have.
- Don't you have something better?

Like a... like a crested eagle
or a panther?

It's not a flea market, Mr. Boone.

Well, see, a flea would be better
'cause then, no one would see it.

- You understand?
- Okay, sorry.

Dr. Chen, I think what Lyor
is trying to say...

- You and Kermit need to leave right now.
- Oh, we can't... Oh, don't...

That's not gonna be possible
'cause it's already travelled

6,000 miles in the last 3 days.
If I move it before it habituates

to its new surroundings;
it could die of shock.

Well, so could the president.

Uh, so... how long, uh,
does he have to stay here?

It's a hermaphrodite,
so it's not a "he."

- Well, this gets better and better.
- Well, I can move it tomorrow.

Great. Thank you so much.

- What about a picture with the president?
- No, no.

We'll see if
he's available in the schedule.

He's not gonna be
available for that ever.

Is Reverend Dale in there?
I was hoping to meet him.

I'll come back.

- Oh, my God!
- Hey.

- How's this thing going?
- Good.

- Screw you!
- Screw you, too!

- Yeah. Sounds good.
- It's a contentious issue.

Do you like frogs?

Frogs?

Exactly. No one does.

So, uh, your thing...

the, uh, Congressional Black Caucus

and civil rights groups are
watching how we handle this.

- A test case. I know. Emily told me.
- Did she mention the dovetailing optics?

- Sorry?
- The outbreak.

South Carroll Parish
is 76% African-American.

So... people of color are dying
in one part of the country

while racist monuments
are protected in another?

No bueno.

- I'm on it.
- You are racist!

- No, you're racist!
- Yeah.

Dr. Bruner is right.

Extasis could work on H7N9.

That's great.
Carlton, that's excellent news.

You're suggesting an un-tested off-label
use not approved by the FDA.

If it doesn't work,
if it kills someone,

Benevax's liability
could be catastrophic.

I understand, which is why I had the
White House counsel's office draw this up.

It's an indemnification.

I appreciate that, Mr. President.

But it will take my lawyers
weeks to vet this.

We don't have weeks.

We... we have hours. People are dying.
Carlton, I'm asking you to trust me.

All due respect, sir,

I have an obligation to my shareholders,
and I don't satisfy that obligation

by saying somebody from
the government said, "Trust me."

Even if that somebody
is the president.

I respect that. Honestly, I-I do.

But there are times in our society

where we have to act in faith
on behalf of the greater good.

And unfortunately,
this is one of them.

I have 10,000 doses
in our Atlanta storage facility.

Which may be enough
to contain this.

I can have HHS
expedite the transfer

- to South Carroll Parish.
- Okay.

Carlton, thank you.
I-I know this isn't easy.

Mr. President.

- He did not look happy.
- No.

Neither do the families in Louisiana
who are burying their loved ones.

The First Lady's father died in 2002.

Why would Lloyd
leave us a breadcrumb trail

to an old medical document?

Because if we find it, it's evidence,
and we're obligated to investigate it.

Evidence of what? And that's
assuming it's not a plant.

There's only one way to find out:
talk to the First Lady.

- What are you gonna tell her?
- As little as possible.

I don't want to drag her into this
if I'm following a Lloyd fabrication.

Okay, so this is an invoice for my mom's
trip down the Danube

with her friend Marlene
a couple years ago.

Another old utility bill.

She stockpiles them.
Don't ask me why.

Agent Wells, is this really necessary?

Yes, ma'am. It is. I'm sorry.

We have to vet everything
that Patrick Lloyd touched.

We need to close the loop.

Wow!

That's weird she kept this.

What is it?

It's the insurance form
for my dad's, um, heart transplant.

He had a transplant?

Yeah, it was one of the first
in the DC area, actually.

I-I was only about 10.

I don't remember a whole lot,

but I-I do remember he was
far down on the recipient list,

and then at the last minute,
you know, it all came together.

- Wow.
- Yeah.

Excuse me.

Did the medication come yet?

Yeah. What? He did what?!

Son of a bitch.

What do you mean Carlton Mackie
didn't deliver the medicine?

He reneged, sir.
He found another buyer.

Pharmacies whose clientele
are willing to pay 2 grand a dose.

So the residents of South Carroll Parish
will not get the medicine they need,

while the residents
in Cameron Parish will.

Yes, sir. It's all about the money;
who has it, who doesn't.

It's like Katrina on steroids,
Mr. President.

Not if I can help it. Tell Kendra I'm
gonna need her in federal court

- as soon as possible.
- Yes, sir.

Yeah, it's the president.

I'm sorry, your honor.

It's your motion, Ms. Daynes.

Yes, for specific enforcement
of a contract.

There's no contract here, judge.

Just a handshake extracted under duress

in the Oval Office
by the leader of the free world.

That's not the contract at issue.

- I'm listening.
- It's a compulsory contract.

The Defense Production Act
requires businesses

essential to the national defense - like
drug manufacturers - to sign agreements

when necessary
for the national defense.

"When necessary."

Mr. Mackie has already made Extasis
available to the population.

To the rich.
And the rich are predominantly white.

Socioeconomic status
is a proxy for race here.

That's not Benevax's concern.

But it's the government's.

South Carroll Parish, a black community,
has 95% of the cases.

The president can decide
how to distribute a drug

during a public health crisis
and at what price.

Why should he be allowed to substitute
his judgment for the private sector's?

Freedom of contract
is a hallmark of our democracy.

But not when the government
is facing down a public-health emergency.

Mr. Mackie, you will relinquish 10,000
doses to the federal government now.

Whoa, this is weird.

What do you have, Chuck?

I rendered the top two inches
of that document Lloyd uploaded.

It's a nine-digit number.

- What's it for?
- No idea.

But you can also make out a date.
June 3, 1987.

1987 again.

That's the year of the First Lady's
father's transplant.

Almost to the day.
The transplant was June the 9th.

That document still
could have been a plant.

Maybe, but it's real.
The First Lady confirmed it.

Chuck, where were...

Bethesda-Sinai's records
pre-2000 haven't been digitized.

The hard copies are
in a storage facility in Virginia.

- I'm texting you guys the address.
- Nice.

See if you can render
the rest of that document.

Yeah, that's the plan.

What's up with you guys?

What? I don't know
what you're talking about.

Hey, I'm hearing
you're a pretty good lawyer.

Thanks. It... It went well.

- Good. And the statue thing?
- Um...

- You're killing it, right?
- Right.

Good. Because we are un-conquerable.
The crème de la crème.

The ne plus ultra.

- Kendra?
- Yes?

- That door.
- Right.

Thanks.

Come on, stop with that!

The proposal on the table
is a compromise solution.

The statue will be moved
from the courthouse

to the Chickamauga National Forest.

Reverend Dale?

I appreciate your efforts
at conciliation, Ms. Daynes.

But I still remain
fundamentally opposed

to the relocation of that statue.

At least we know the price
for the great Tramer Dale selling out.

A trip to the White House.

Young lady...

you mean well.

You declare this is racist
and that is racist.

But you are young, white,
and living in America.

You don't know what it's like
to walk in my shoes.

And I won't always be around to tell you,

but that statue will.

It stays.

How's it going down there?

The drugs arrived
late this afternoon.

My team spent the rest of the day
titrating the proper dose.

You think it's gonna work?

I don't know, sir.
We're administering it now.

I don't even have the words.

Sir?

To tell you how grateful I am.

The greatest enemy we face
these days is one we can't even see,

and I send you down there
behind enemy lines.

And you go.

Without hesitation,
no questions asked.

Do you know why I do it?

Why?

Because I know that you would.

- I'll update you in the morning.
- Thanks, Tammy.

Bye.

I already reconnoitered the place.

Crap security, and no one on site.

You sure you don't want
to go the subpoena route?

Well, they're medical records.

It would take months to get through
the HIPAA regulations.

The enduring charm
of American bureaucracy.

Let's head around back.
I cut a hole in the fence.

Oh, subpoena, huh?

I didn't say I needed one.

We should find the main office.

There's got to be a computer here
with a directory.

It's alphabetized.

Floors are organized
by month and year.

Is that a light on?

Hannah!

Do you guys want to tell me what you're
doing on private property after hours?

No.

Want to start again?

'Cause right now I got you
on B&E and torching the place.

That supposed to impress me,
Agent Wells?

No, it's just to show you that
we're working a federal investigation

and that I don't have to answer
any of your questions.

Well, this isn't federal property.

Well, I am.

So call the White House
and verify my credentials.

I'm still gonna need a statement
from both of you.

We'll send one over.

- You good?
- Yeah.

Hanging around with you
should qualify me for hazard pay.

I've been shot, knocked unconscious.

Not stabbed, though.

No, not yet.

As of 8:00 a.m.,

we have a total of 74 fatalities
attributed to the virus.

There are 64 in South Carroll Parish,

8 in Cameron Parish,
and 2 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

It spread to Mississippi?

Yes, we have a small cluster
of cases in Mississippi and Texas.

So it's a full-blown epidemic.

No. According to CDC parameters,
this is still a localized outbreak.

That crossed state lines.

That the federal government,
in concert with

local and state authorities,
is aggressively containing.

- Seth's good.
- Yep.

- The virus is better.
- Yep.

The NAACP wants to know
why eight times as many people

have died in a black parish
than a white parish.

That's a fair question.

I'm saying the president needs
to devote more resources...

Look, we have the CDC, HHS,
NIH, FEMA...

I don't think we can contain this
with acronyms, Emily.

Good morning, doc.
Did you get any sleep?

No, sir. You?

No, not really.
How are we doing?

The Extasis is working, sir.

It dramatically reduces
the viral load

so that the body's immune system
has a fighting chance.

The patients that we've
administered it to are recovering.

Thank God.

The problem is we don't have enough.

- Not anymore.
- Well, we lost a lot of time.

We had to chase
that son of a bitch into court.

Yes, sir, and this virus is moving
much faster than we thought.

We need more medicine.

Unfortunately, Mackie gave us
everything that he had.

- 10,000 doses, right?
- That's correct.

- I don't think that's all he had.
- Why?

This medication is
extremely expensive to develop.

10,000 doses is simply not
a cost-effective production,

especially for a company that invests
as much into R&D as Benevax.

Right. We'll look into it. I'll get
back to you as soon as we can.

- Emily, I want...
- On it, sir.

So this is the famous Kirkman toad?

South American tree frog? Yes.

Yeah, it's not a particularly robust
example of the genus.

I don't think you're qualified
to opine about its robustness.

It's spindly.

And now it's not spindly.

It's a fight-or-flight response.

Maybe if you stop staring at it...

I don't think it's smart enough
to view me as a threat.

Yeah, brain-to-body mass, frogs are
very low on the evolutionary scale.

They're stupid, even by the modest
standards of amphibians.

Do you need to be here?

Tasty, though. Yeah.

I sampled the related frog,
xenopus levis, on safari in Angola.

And I must tell you...

they go wonderfully with tamarind.

- You're a total disgrace.
- Excuse me, Kendra.

The Congressional Black Caucus wants
an update on the statue negotiations.

Update.

Right.

Lyor, can I borrow you
for a minute?

I'm just offering
another perspective.

By accusing us all
of profiting from slavery?

Well, you have.

- Richly.
- How dare you!

You... you and
the Progressive Committee,

you wouldn't be in business without the
historic oppression of African Americans.

- You'd be saving the whales.
- That's slander.

And, Reverend Dale, I've admired you
since reading Hear the Trumpets Blow,

but without slavery, you're preaching
in a one-room church

and selling raffle tickets
to keep the heat on.

- Let me tell you something, son...
- And the Southern Legacy Foundation?

Well... "Southern Legacy."

Who the hell do you think you are?

A cynical and sad human being.

And I am not prepared
to continue with him in the room.

- Get him out of here!
- That's right.

Please, just get him out of here!

- Thank you, Lyor.
- You're welcome.

Did you and Damian
break into a storage unit?

We were following up on a lead
regarding Patrick Lloyd.

With a burglary.

Aaron, I can't get into the details.

Hannah, you answer to me.

And you answer to the president.

- Your point being...?
- That this is about his family.

And until I know
exactly what I'm dealing with...

- You don't want to expose me.
- Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

I'll trust you on this, Hannah,
and I'll run interference,

but what I can't do
is run interference

for someone who works
for another government.

Surveillance cameras
on the factory across the street

caught him breaking through that fence.

He can answer for that, or he can leave.

All right. I'll tell him.

Reverend Dale,
this is a great honor for me.

The honor is mine, sir.

I also wanted to thank you

for your willingness
to compromise on the statue.

In the end, we moved it to an area
that was less trafficked.

I know that's not what you wanted.

No, sir. I believe we sanitize history
at our peril.

It's nice when it's history we don't like.

- But not when it's something we do.
- Yes, sir.

It's a dangerous precedent
we set here today, sir.

I don't disagree with you,
but sometimes,

compromise seems to be
the only way to move forward.

Yeah.

Well, you can thank your pistol
of a young lawyer here

for bringing me around.

She reminded me that
there's no virtue in absolutism.

Old lions like me can be stubborn.

Yet they still roar.

- Mr. President.
- Reverend, please.

Reverend Dale,
may I lead you out, sir?

No. But you may walk with me.

How'd you turn them around?

I unified them by giving them
a common figure to hate.

Huh.

Sadly, I'm starting to realize that

that's one of the great secrets
of good governance.

Sir, Carlton Mackie's in the West Wing.
Want me to bring him in?

No, he doesn't set foot
in the Oval Office ever again.

Excuse me.

You recognize this?

It's a bill of lading from
the United States Postal Service

for the shipment of 30,000 doses of
Extasis to a warehouse in Jacksonville.

You're in violation of a court order.

No, sir. Court order covered
exactly 10,000 doses.

Because you misled us.

You allowed us to believe
that's all you had.

You failed to acknowledge
the 30,000 doses

that you were holding in reserve.

I provided an amount
I was told was sufficient.

Which very well might have been if
we didn't have to hunt you down to get it.

Lives are at stake here, Mr. Mackie.

I understand that,

which is why I'm making
additional doses available.

So you and your company
can line your pockets.

Respectfully, sir,
it is not that simple.

Extasis is an experimental drug.
Our patent is pending.

But now the drug is in circulation,

meaning every lab in America
will be reverse-engineering it by Monday.

We spent 1 billion
in R&D on this drug.

If that investment is gone,
so is my company.

That is absolutely ridiculous.

You're gonna peddle some kind of
corporate doomsday scenario

while the country
is really dealing with one?!

Pharmaceutical companies
have made billions

upon billions of dollars profit every
year on the backs of the American people

with the understanding
that if there is ever a crisis -

a real emergency -
you people would finally step up

and do the right thing
and make a sacrifice!

It isn't just my sacrifice.

We have heart-disease drugs
in the pipeline, diabetes drugs.

Whatever happens with this outbreak,
if we go bankrupt,

more people will die from the drugs that
we do not develop than from this bug.

I took an oath
to protect the American people.

My job is to save lives now, today,
and I will not let you get in the way.

I know what you think of me, sir,

but I'm not a racist;
I'm a capitalist.

Yet the fact still remains the community
that is suffering from this right now...

...is made up of minorities.

And I want to help them.
But I don't run a charity.

So pay me what I deserve

or have me arrested
for contempt of court,

but your lawyers
better be ready for a fight.

In the meantime, Mr. President,
I have a business to run.

Just like you.

He's got us, sir. By the time we get
our hands on his supply,

it'll be a drop in the bucket.

Get me Reverend Dale.

See if the old lion
has one roar left in him.

Equal treatment for all people.

A principle for which
so many have fought and died.

But Carlton Mackie
doesn't believe in that.

He believes only the rich

should benefit from the healing powers
of modern medicine.

The rest of us can be left
to sicken and die.

Like the good people
of South Carroll Parish.

- Do you know what you've done?
- Yes.

I've ruined your reputation.

But I'm gonna give you a chance
to get it back.

Today, Carlton Mackie
will be providing

Benevax's entire stockpile
of Extasis to the government.

And a grateful nation is in his debt.

To me, this is not just
responsible corporate citizenship.

This is what it means to be
an American - a great American.

Ladies and gentlemen,
members of the press,

it is my privilege
to introduce Carlton Mackie.

The most powerful man in the world
sucking up to the guy

who lied to his face
and tried to shake him down.

- You know what you call that?
- Leadership.

Damn straight.

Thank you.

One-way ticket and 12 hours
to leave the country?

Your government's pretty ungrateful.

Yeah, in England,
you'd get a-a ceremony, right?

In England, I'd be knighted.

Well, we don't think much
of burglars here, I guess.

Yeah, well, I don't think much
of not finishing a job.

I'll keep you posted. Don't worry.

Wells.

No, I'm gonna walk you out.

I'm touched.

Don't be.

They wanted me to make sure
you got in the cab.

Charles.

Cheerio, mate.

Hey, slow down.

24 hours on the button.
If that thing's still here,

I'm gonna frog-walk it
down Pennsylvania Avenue myself.

That's a little harsh.

Well, you want to write a release
about a swollen, sexually ambiguous toad

named after the president, whose
defining characteristic, by the way,

is that it expectorates
on its insect prey?

Not so much.

Hey.

Dr. Chen was just filling me in
on our little friend here.

Yes, indeed.

He's incredibly resilient.

Can fight off a wide variety of enemies,
holds his ground.

It's fiercely protective
of its family.

And doesn't even sleep much.
I think he's a perfect namesake.

We thought so too, sir.

Seth, why don't you get
the White House photographer?

Hylidae kirkmanus is ready
for his close-up.

Yes.
While we're young, Seth.

America's waiting.

Just beautiful.

A defense-department
purchase order.

Yeah, for a contractor
called Icarus Astrotech.

First Lady mentioned that her mother
was a government secretary.

- Where did she work?
- D.O.D.

Contract Oversight Services.

Her department would have
handled Icarus bids.

And which Icarus employee signed this?

Contracts officer named Eric Little.

Still works there, actually.

So the First Lady's dad
gets a heart transplant

around the same time
that her mother

is handling the paperwork
for a defense contract.

Why does Patrick Lloyd
want us to know this?

Chuck...?

Look, there's a difference between
correlation and coincidence.

Tell me what you correlated.

I looked into Eric Little. In 1987,
he was on the board of the hospital

where Alex's dad got his transplant.

- A bribe?
- If you're reaching, yeah.

So let's play this out.

The First Lady's mother
gives inside info

to a government contractor
in order to win a bid.

So the First Lady's father
could move up the transplant list?

It's a pretty circumstantial case.

Which is why we need
to speak to Eric Little.

Eric Little's address.
Reston, Virginia.

Hey.

You coming?

Tammy, it's Tom.
Can you hear me?

We got the rest
of the medication, sir.

- We're administering it as we speak.
- Is it working?

I think we might have
this bastard on the run.

That is fantastic news.

- Your country owes you a great debt.
- Notjust me, sir.

All of us.

The doctors and the nurses
and all the volunteers

who've stayed up for 48 hours
trying to beat this thing.

Tammy, what's wrong?
You don't look well.

- It's not what you think.
- What is it?

- It's kidney failure.
- What?

How?

I had to test out the antiviral on myself
to determine its toxicity,

and I knew the quickest way to do it.

Turns out the proper dosage
is only one milliliter, not two.

I want you out of there.
I'm bringing you back to Walter Reed.

- You're coming home.
- No, Mr. President.

- I'm not asking.
- I know, sir.

But we're still fighting here.

A good soldier
doesn't leave the field early.

She stays until the last shot is fired.

It's what you would do.

- You told me yourself...
- I have to see this through, sir.

I'll check in with you in the morning.

Two Air Force muscleheads
are telling me I got to get on a plane,

that they're gonna carry me out
if I resist. That's called kidnapping.

Well, you're gonna have to
take that up with a higher authority.

Wait a second,
I am the higher authority.

Come on, Tammy. They were following
orders. They were trying to help.

Yeah, I suppose.

The doc says you're gonna make
a full recovery.

I didn't get the job done.

I am a soldier who left the field
of battle before the battle was won.

Think of it like this.

I'm a general who refuses
to leave anyone behind,

and I outrank you.

Now, I want you
to behave yourself.

Listen to the nurses
and do what they tell you

because if I have to come back,
it is not going to be pretty.

Yes, sir.

She's gonna need
some more Jell-O.

Looks about right.

I hear you're off
to a pretty good start.

Oh, no, I guess.
Maybe I'm just off.

You negotiated a settlement
for the Emmitt Akin statue.

That no one's really happy with.

You went to court to get medicine
distributed to sick people.

A bunch of whom died

because we didn't
get it there fast enough.

See, firing on all cylinders.

Feels like the whole job around here
is just putting out fires.

Is it always like this?

No.

Usually, the flames are much higher.

Did you get a chance
to talk to the reverend?

Yes, sir. And I shook his hand.

It's one of the many things
I'll get to tell my grandchildren.

He's seen so much.

I can't help but wonder what
he honestly thinks about where we are.

What about you, Mike?

What do you think
about where we are?

Sir, this country's constitution
originally said I was 3/5 of a person.

That's where we started.

But I'm more interested
in where we're headed.

- We need to do better.
- Yeah.

But we've also come a long way.

My great-grandfather
was a sharecropper,

and my dad was an auto mechanic.

And I'm in the Oval Office talking
to the President of the United States.

You didn't mention your grandfather.
What happened to him?

He was a drunk.

Progress can sometimes
skip a generation.

Yeah.

It's 2017.

We should be talking about
anything and everything but this.

But we're not, sir.

And as long as we're having
the conversation,

you're the person
I want to be having it with.

You've got the boat pointed
in the right direction.

Thank you, Mike.

Well, here's to hoping one day,
we can all learn to row together.

It's all we can do, sir.

Yeah.

All this stuff happened 30 years ago.
How did Lloyd find out about all of it?

He's definitely looking for something
to compromise the president with.

Well, he found a vulnerability.

One that he's making us investigate.

He knows law enforcement can't bury it.

- Yeah, the problem with transparen...
- Shh.

Eric Little.