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[***]

[CELL PHONE CHIMING]

REPORTER:
The vice president
is scheduled to preside

over a Senate vote today
on President Sawyer's

controversial
Middle East peace plan.

Then tomorrow,
the vote will go to Congress.

Republicans and Democrats

have indicated they will vote
along party lines,

but some members have indicated
that they may cross over.

[AIRCRAFT WHIRRING]

[***]

CAROL:
Castle, this is Hummingbird.

We are inbound from Andy.
We're three minutes out.

Carol.
He wants to do the thing.

Really?
Really.

Mr. President,
it isn't a good idea

to deviate
from the flight plan.

Pretty please,
Carol?

Leader of the free world
saying "pretty please"?

That ought to count
for something.

Captain Johns, we are going
to deviate from Route Omaha.

The president would like
to do the thing.

JOHNS:
Copy that. Let's give him
the special tour.

Dropping to 30 feet.

[***]

SAWYER:
Do you know Abraham Lincoln

was the first U.S. president in
favor of women having the vote?

He wrote a paper on suffrage

while still
in the Illinois legislature.

I did know that because you
tell me every time we do this.

CAROL:
Castle, this is Hummingbird.

We are short Foxtrot,
one minute out.

I need a go-no go.

MAN:
Sky Sector 1, Castle Ground,

all clear, three inbound.

PILOT 1:
Castle Ground,
Sky Sector 1, report.

Hummingbird,
this is Castle Ground.

You are clear.
Scanning sky south.

Clear.
Clear.

Hummingbird,
this is Castle Sky.

You are clear.

Hummingbird,
this is Castle Keep.

You are-- Wait. Hold.

PILOT 1:
Castle Ground, we are holding.

Air Command,
switch to thermal.

TECH: Roger that.
Switching to thermal.

Confirm Sector 5,
southeast quadrant clear.

[***]

[BOTH SIGH]

Hummingbird, this is
Castle Keep. You're clear.

PILOT 1:
Copy that.

PILOT 2:
Breaking off for security
sweep. Stand by.

[***]

COCKPIT OFFICER:
Hummingbird approaching.

PILOT 1:
Castle Ground, all clear.

Be it ever so humble.

MARINE COMMANDER:
Atten-hut! Escort!

SAWYER:
Not a bad way to travel, is it?

CAROL:
Beats Dupont Circle, sir.

What time
does my wife get in?

Eighteen forty-five.

Wake me
if civilization ends.

Welcome home, sir.
SAWYER: Thank you.

Hummingbird,
you are released.

Tell me we don't have
the best job in the world.

I believe the number-one
source of violence

in our world is poverty.

[SNORING]

Now, we were poor
in my neighborhood.

Sometimes
we couldn't even eat.

And my best friend Ricky,
he had it worse than us.

One day things got
so desperate for Ricky,

he made a plan
to rob the corner store.

And I told my mother about it.
You know what she did?

She had him over,
cooked him a full meal

and told him he could stay
with us as long as he wanted.

And it was then I realized
that if you feed a man,

you take away his propensity
for violence.

Come on,
we're gonna be late.

[SQUIRREL CHITTERING]

Hey, hey. No, no.
That's-- No, that's not--

That's not-- Mm-mm. Uh-uh.

This is not happening
right now.

Clyde,
we've had this conversation.

My boss does not like squirrels.
It's a bird feeder.

Will you at least look at me
when I'm talking to you?

Look, man, I like squirrels
personally,

but you're getting me
in trouble.

Do you see this?

You know what this is?

Hey. We gonna need backup?

[COUGHING]

We're working. Come on.

We have any more Robitussin?
Yes, sir. In the car.

No, I'll get it,
it's all right. Quiet night?

JOHN:
We're under attack
by squirrels.

They're organized
and they have the numbers.

Stinkers trying to get
into the feeder?

KELLERMAN: Morning.
Hey, Roy.

This isn't
the most glamorous job.

I appreciate it very much.

ELI:
We'll be there
in 10 minutes.

SAWYER:
As leaders, we have a choice.
We can sit back

and let the same cycle of war
continue in the Middle East

or we can do something
about it.

Know how much we've
spent on the war since 2001?

[PAGER BEEPING]
Over a trillion dollars.

Could you imagine
if you had...

It's gonna be
a busy morning, boys.

SAWYER:
--education, food, health care

and infrastructure
in the Middle East.

Now, we've begun
historic talks

with the republic of Iran's

newly elected president,
Al-Sharif,

to build peace throughout
his region.

America can't do this alone.

We need the full
financial support

of all of our allies.

But what we can do
is take the first step.

Therefore,
I'm announcing today

all U .S. troops will be
removed from the Middle East.

Let's not repeat
the same mistakes

that we made in the past.
And Lord knows,

I've made
some mistakes myself.

Instead, I ask you
to stand with me today.

Sign this treaty.

Let's end this debilitating
pattern of violence,

and let's show the world

the pen is truly mightier
than the sword. Thank you.

REPORTER:
President Sawyer delivered
what can only be described

as a historic speech
earlier today in Geneva.

Here.
REPORTER: Let's go live...

You changed your hair.

Last week.

I'm gonna be late tonight.

I love you very much.

[***]

DRIVER:
Good morning, sir.

[ENGINE STARTS]

ELI:
What do you think
of the president's proposal?

JOHN:
I don't know. It's good
to have less enemies, I guess.

You're a military man.

You don't think
he's putting us at risk?

That's a little above
my pay grade.

If you feel that way,
why didn't you run against him?

No. That's one job I never
wanted. I like my office.

I like my constituents.

I like being a thorn in the
side of the administration.

But I think voters today
want somebody cool.

Oh, come on, Mr. Speaker,
I think you're pretty cool.

[BLOWS NOSE]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Uh, he went to bed at 8
and watched...

The president
has a call scheduled

with the speaker at 9:30.

I should be there for that,
shouldn't I?

WALLACE:
No. You have to be here
in case of a deadlock...

Hey,
I'm gonna see you later.

--with the red tie for that.

Jenna?
Absolutely, Mr. Vice President.

Red tie's the way to go.

Jenna. Jenna.
Did you get me in?

What do I get if I did?

What do you want?
Dinner. Candlelight.

And a promise that you will try
to get to second base. Heh.

Done.

You're meeting
with Carol Finnerty,

deputy special agent in charge
of the Secret Service.

I need a favor.
This is a favor.

I need another favor.
I need a pass for my daughter.

John--
You don't understand.

She's a freak
for this kind of stuff,

so if I get her in,
I'm Dad of the Year.

I will owe you so much more
than just candlelight dinner.

I'll make a call.

Perfect. Thank you.
You're the best.

[***]

REPORTER [ON TV]:
--a truly historic handshake.

What President Sawyer
is proposing

to Iranian president
Al-Sharif

is withdrawing
all American troops

across
the entire Middle East

and for that he'll ask
his G8 partners for help.

COMMENTATOR:
It's all about money,
and who won't like this deal

are American companies who do
business with the military.

[DOORBELL RINGS]
Wanna grab the door? Em.

I'll get it.

Hey.
You're late.

She thought
you weren't coming.

Why wouldn't I be coming?

Hey, you, little face.

Come on, get your stuff.
Let's go, baby.

Bye, Mommy. I love you.

I love you too, sweetie.

What's up...?

I literally just walked
in the door. What did I do?

You missed her talent show.

No, I didn't miss it.
That's, like, next Thursday.

No, it was last Thursday.

It was on the school
calendar.

[SIGHS]

What did she do?

She was a flag twirler.

That's a talent?

She practiced for like
six weeks, John.

She thought
you were gonna be there.

It would've been really nice
to have a bit of a reminder.

Come on,
I'm not your secretary, John.

I'm not asking you
to be my secretary.

Look, I'm just-- I'm trying.

I'm trying really hard
to be in her life.

It's a little late for that,
wouldn't you say?

[HE MET HER'S "CHEVY KNIGHTS"
PLAYING]

Have a good day.

JOHN:
Are you mad at me?

Just tell me.

Will you be on that
all day long?

* Just keep floating
with the wind *

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

"Yes." Well, that sucks,

because, you know,
I thought you would

want this, but...
Lame.

You don't even know
what it is.

Do you really think a bribe's
gonna work?

Yeah. I'm hoping so.

We're both adults here,
John.

Speak for yourself, okay?

Can you please just open it?

For me?
What is it?

It's a pony, baby. I don't--
Come on, for me, please just...

These are White House
passes.

[***]

Yeah. That might mean
we're going to the White House.

And that your dad here
has a job interview

with the Secret Service.

This is really cool, John.

You're just gonna stick
with "John"?

Yeah.

ANNOUNCER [ON TV]:
Now The Roger Skinner Show,
live from the White House.

SKINNER:
Hi, folks. President Sawyer
is one of those academics

who never served a day
in his life,

and now he wants to tell
the military how to run things?

He's going to make peace
with Iran

because he has
friends there now?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Come on.

Sir, I have the first lady
for you.

Remind me why we let these guys
broadcast from our lawn.

Freedom of the press.

You know what?
I knew it was something.

Hey, babe.
How are the French taking it?

The treaty's gonna be
a tough sell here.

How's it going there?
Raphelson is the key.

We lose him, then we lose
that Southern voting bloc.

If this goes down, you're
looking at a one-term president.

I know two people who wouldn't
have a problem with that.

Do you still have that watch
I gave you?

Yes, Miss First Lady.

It's in my pocket
next to my heart.

You know, Mary Todd
gave it to Lincoln

to remind him he only had
so much time to do good things

while he was in that chair.
I hear you.

Well, kiss Amber for me,
okay?

I love you ladies.
Miss you.

I gotta go back
to being president.

I love you too.

EMILY:
Did you know
that 1.5 million people

visit the White House
every year?

JOHN:
No, I did not know that.

Look, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I didn't make it
to your talent show.

I'm not.

Seriously.

The White House used to be
called the Presidential Palace.

Look, I need you to hear me
right now. Look at me.

I really wished I was there.

No, you don't.

All I--
All I did was twirl a flag.

It was stupid.

You know you don't
have to do that with me.

What?
Have thick skin. You're 11.

[GASPS]

[***]

Good morning.
JOHN: Good morning. How are you?

FRED: Fine. Yourself?
JOHN: Good.

Photo IDs, please.

Thank you.

What are you guys looking for?
Explosives.

This is awesome.

Park up on the left,
go into the East Lobby.

Have a good one.

[***]

EMILY:
Did you know
the president travels

in an 18-ton
military-armored,

modified Cadillac CTS
built to withstand gas,

chemical
and missile attacks?

Heh, heh.
That's on the Internet?

Wikipedia.

Capitol Police, off-duty.
Have to check your weapon.

All right.

[***]

[METAL DETECTOR WHINING]

Check her good.

Hey, Tom.
Hey, buddy.

[***]

So how is your blog
coming along?

Nobody says "blog"
anymore, John.

What do you mean,
they don't say "blog"?

I just learned "blog."
Hi. Hi.

Just for 20 seconds,
act like you don't hate me.

I'm Carol Finnerty.
Hi. John.

Carol?
Cale.

Oh, my God. Carol Wilkes.

Um-- Actually,
I'm Carol Finnerty now.

You're Deputy Special
Agent Finnerty?

Oh, you're Jenna's favor.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Um... This is Emily.
This is Em, my daughter.

My father
is a very special man.

Mm-hm.
It's nice to meet you.

I paid her to say that.

Let's get started.
Okay.

I don't know. Just...

JOHN:
Sorry, I gotta ask.

You didn't marry
Jim Finnerty

from Sigma Chi, did you?
That guy was--

An asshole? Yes, he was.

This is my colleague,
Special Agent Todd.

Standard Secret Service
protocol requires

a two-agent review
for every interview.

You're not to look
at Agent Todd.

Uh, I'm sorry,
I just looked at him.

You're only to look at me.

So we just-- Okay.

The subject is John Cale.

Born 1980,

grew up
in the District of Columbia,

graduated Hill High in 1999.

Looks like you've bounced
from job to job.

Mechanic, limo driver,
construction.

Is my credit score in there?

Yes, and you should be
ashamed of yourself.

It's a recession, okay?

Married Melanie Schopp
in 2002,

and had a child
six months later.

Filed for divorce in 2005.

So you did three tours
in Afghanistan,

and you were wounded
in the Kunar province.

Yes, ma'am.
You received a Silver Star

for pulling a Corporal Dawson
from a burning Humvee?

There was an IED attack.

Humvee flipped, we were
taking fire, so I grabbed him.

Why?
I was a little concerned

he was getting
a little too warm in there.

It's funny to me you think
glib is the way to go here.

Corporal Dawson is the nephew
of the speaker of the house,

and when you were discharged
a year ago,

he got you a job
with the Capitol Police.

Actually,
on his protection detail.

[SNORTS]
[CHUCKLES]

If Special Agent Todd
keeps making those sounds,

I'm gonna start
looking at him.

Will you give us a second,
please, Ryan?

[TURNS OFF RECORDER]

John, why do you want to be
in the Secret Service?

I can't think
of a more important job

than protecting
the president.

Okay, this job requires
a university degree.

You dropped out of GW
after our first semester there.

You don't finish things.
Check the file, Carol.

Two years in college
night school.

A certificate of graduation
should be in there.

Great.

Yeah, John,

you barely maintained
a C average.

I'm sorry, I didn't have
our little study sessions

like we used to
back in the day, did I?

Evaluations
from your senior officers:

"Cale frequently
does not complete

his field reports on time."

Nothing to do
with protecting someone.

"Sergeant Cale demonstrates
a lack of respect for authority.

Sergeant Cale has
raw potential,

but seems determined
not to realize it."

You can keep reading that.
That is not me anymore.

I'm not the kid
you used to know in college.

I've buttoned up
every single thing

that I have to
to qualify for this job.

I have 10 times more experience
than any Ivy League kid.

It's not just
about experience.

I would need to depend on you
every day.

What do you want me to do?

I'll start at the--
I'll start at the bottom.

Just give me a chance.

I'm sorry.

[***]

Did you get the job?

Yeah, I think I got a shot.
Really?

You know how it is.

They gotta go talk
amongst themselves and...

These-- Look, these things,
they can be really political.

[***]

WALKER:
Good morning. Light day
at the White House today.

Eagle will remain
on the 18 acres.

He has phone calls to
the congressional leadership.

First lady is back tonight?

Empress is wheels down
at 1845.

They're supposed to have dinner
at the residence,

but you know how they are.

So we should have an advance
on Obelisk, Marcel's, the usual.

What if she wants sushi?
No, no, she's off sushi.

Remember she had that thing
on the Japan trip?

Carol,
how are you still awake?

Caffeine and patriotism,
sir.

WALKER:
Threat matrix?

Threats against POTUS have
quadrupled since the G8 speech.

PID is keeping an eye
on a guy in Buffalo

they're worried about.
Visitors today?

HOPE:
Just the AV guys again.

DC Sonic, they're replacing

the surround system
in the theater.

First lady must be thrilled.

And she's, uh...

She's coming back tonight?

[***]

Carol, is she coming back
tonight?

Uh-- Yes, sir.
Wheels down at 1845.

Yes, of course.

As many of you are well-aware,
this is my last week here,

so I wanna make this clear
to everybody:

If there are any
congratulatory cakes

or any of that nonsense,

I will be compelled
to use deadly force.

ALL:
* For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow *

I hate you. I hate you all.

ALL:
* Which nobody can deny

Thank you. No incendiaries
in the White House.

JOHN:
All right, baby, I just gotta
get my weapon real quick.

You're gonna have
to sign out, sir. Hello.

You guys here for the tour?

Do you think we can see
where you'll be working?

Uh... Yeah, sure.
Great.

Gather around, everyone, gather
around. My name is Donnie,

and I'll be your guide today

as we take a walk
through American history.

I wanna give you all

a warm Washington, D.C.
welcome to the White House,

where each year
we get millions of guests

from every corner
of the globe.

Where are you folks from?

Uh, Washington, D.C.

Bad choice.
What about you, ma'am?

Nebraska.

What brings you
to the White House?

I wanna see the tunnels where
JFK snuck Marilyn Monroe in.

Unfortunately,
no such tunnels exist,

but don't worry,
we have plenty

of other exciting sights
to show you guys.

Follow me this way.

Now, does anyone wanna guess
how old the White House is?

Yes.
222 years old.

That's very accurate.

Construction began in 1792

on what was then called
the President's House.

Now, Article 1, Section 8
of the U.S. Constitution

set forth that a district
of no more than 10 miles square

should house the new seat
of government.

Does anyone know why?

So no one state could claim
the President's House.

Right again. You're a real
keener, aren't you? Ha.

DONNIE:
Now, the founders
were crafty...

Hey, so you can
tell me the truth.

Do you get picked on
a lot in school?

No, I don't.

[***]

It's a gift certificate
for a massage.

I could use one.

Martin, it's-- It's been...

I know, for me too, Ted.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

You know
you're gonna miss this.

When's the last time
you took a day off?

Oh, I'm fine.

Hmm?
I'm fine.

Piece of advice:

You gotta get back
on the horse.

Get back on the horse?

First rule of divorce:
Get right out there.

Sow some oats,
break some hearts,

have actual
human interaction

with a member
of the opposite sex.

Carol, you keep this up,

20 years from now
you're gonna look like me.

Well, there are worse things.

Don't make this
your whole life.

Trust me.

It's not worth it.

Go home.

Whew.
Get some rest.

Now.

And that is an order.

Yes, sir.

DONNIE:
Not too many people
realize this

but the White House
is actually three buildings:

The East Wing
where you guys came in,

the West Wing, which houses
the Oval and Executive Offices

and we're about to enter
the residence,

which is the famous building

that got blown up
in Independence Day.

What's in there?

That's the president's
home theater.

Membership
has its privileges.

Right this way through
the double doors, please.

There's still lots more
to see.

You got a visitor.

[TOOLS WHIRRING
AND CLICKING]

Hey.

Could you stay with the tour?
Yeah.

Thank you.

DONNIE:
The White House is big.

Including below-ground levels,
it's six stories tall

with 132 rooms, 412 doors,
147 windows, 28 fireplaces,

and 35 bathrooms.

The grounds contain
a tennis court,

a basketball court,
a putting green, a jogging track

and a swimming pool.

And where's the PEOC?

The what?
She's referring

to the Presidential
Emergency Operations Center,

which is this really
cool bunker

behind 10 feet
of concrete and steel

that's capable of surviving
a nuclear blast, plus,

for your information, miss,
it's the one room in the house

that no one knows
the location of.

WikiLeaks says
it's under the East Wing.

Who wants to see
the bowling alley, huh?

Oh, my God.
How we doing, folks?

Mr. President.
How's the tour?

You see
the basketball court?

Can I ask you a question
for my YouTube channel?

That'd be all right.
What's your name?

Emily Cale.
Emily Cale, go ahead.

Okay.
How I look on that?

I wasn't ready
for a press conference.

How do you expect 22 Arab
nations with different regional

and religious interests
to agree on a single treaty,

especially given the newly
erupting conflicts

between the Shiites and
Sunnis in southern Pakistan?

Wow. Heh. Tough question.

To be honest with you,
I don't know.

Whether they'll agree or not,
I'm not sure, but I gotta try.

The day we stop believing

different people
can come together

is the day we've given up
on the world.

I'm not ready to.

What I am ready to do
is give a little girl

a shout-out
on her YouTube blog.

Hi, folks,
my name is James W. Sawyer,

and I'm here with Emily Cale
and her video blog.

Check it out.

You have a good one.

Wait. Mr. President,
this is my dad John.

He's gonna be
on your Secret Service detail.

Secret Service detail.
Is that right?

I take my protection detail
very seriously.

Yes, sir.

[WHISPERS]
Stop lying to children.

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too,
Mr. President.

You guys have a good one.
Need your vote now.

Oh, my God, that was so fun.

Thought you said no one
says "blog" anymore, huh?

Bye, Fred.

FRED:
Goodbye, Mrs. Finnerty.

[***]

Oil painting by Tom Freeman
to commemorate the burning

of the White House
by the British in 1814.

Wait, the White House
burned down?

Yeah, yeah,
in the War of 1812.

Practically had to be rebuilt
from the ground up.

When I look at this painting,
I get very emotional.

John.
Hmm?

I think
I need to avail myself

of one of the 35 bathrooms
in here.

Heh, heh. There's
a ladies' room downstairs.

Where? I'll take her.

I can go by myself, John.

I'm not a child.

Hey, just don't touch anything
or wander off

or talk to anybody that
you shouldn't be talking to.

I make no promises.

He's seven minutes behind.

Sorry, he got hung up
on the State Floor.

SAWYER: Good morning, Margaret.
BOTH: Morning, Mr. President.

SAWYER:
Could you get the speaker
on the phone?

MARGARET:
Right away, sir.

Have you and the missus zeroed
in on a dining establishment?

When have you known the missus
to zero in on anything?

Fair point, sir.

Martin,
I wanna shake your hand.

We're all sorry to see you go.
Thank you, Mr. President.

And I know that you and Muriel
have had a tough go of it

since Kevin passed, and...

We all make sacrifices
for our country, sir.

Yeah, but it's more--

I have the speaker
of the house for you.

I'm sorry.
Thank you, Mr. President.

Right. Ahem.

Thank you, Margaret.
MARGARET: You're welcome, sir.

Eli.

That was quite a speech,
Mr. President.

If you were onboard,
we'd have a real shot at peace.

You do know that your plan

has upset
the entire defense industry.

These are powerful people
who give money to both parties.

I talked
to President Al-Sharif again

about the discussion we had

and he's assuring me
that he has proof.

And you believe him?

I do. Guys that run those
corporations have been in bed

with radical regimes
for years.

All they wanna do
is keep the cycle of war going.

Al-Sharif will expose them.

All of that wrongdoing
is gonna come out

as soon as our plan
is signed.

Sir, if your plan is signed.

[***]

Jesus.

Since when do you guys
come through here?

My supervisor told me
to come this way.

Stop.

Be careful next time.

SAWYER:
I know we've had
our differences,

but I've never known you
to let politics

stand in the way
of doing the right thing.

If you stand with me on this,
you can be the man

that could
take these guys down.

I'd like to drag
every one of these CEOs

in front of Congress,
but there's more at stake.

I can't support this,
not at the risk

of leaving us
militarily exposed.

Come on, you know
those bases are for show now.

We could launch a drone
off of any carrier in the gulf

and hit any target we want.

[***]

[BEEPING]

Excuse me, miss.
Sir, you can't leave that there.

Hey, buddy!

Twenty-four, I'm in the rotunda.
I got a maintenance--

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[HORNS HONKING]

[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

Eli, you all right?

MAN:
Keep moving, let's go, push.

Get your security teams up.

[PANTING]

Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker?

Are you all right?
I'm fine.

We have to get out of here.
You follow me.

Where's the vice president?
In the chamber.

Tell him we need to institute
Continuity of Government.

I tried.
He's been cut by some glass.

Now stay close.
Don't panic, take your time.

There's been an explosion
at the Capitol building.

And?
I'm crashing the White House.

We're crashing the White House.
Get the CAT Team.

I want all nonessentials
evac'd.

Get that hallway clear
if we have to move.

Sergeant, bolt these doors.

I need Marine 1 here
as fast as possible.

Sir, I need you to move away
from the window, sir.

Yeah.

AGENT 1:
Lock down all these doors.
Do it quickly.

AGENT 2: Go, go, go!
AGENT 3: Sir.

The residence.
[ALL CLAMORING]

GUARD: Bear with us.
Sir, we have a tour group.

Hold them in the Blue Room.
Maintain positions.

Keep the hallways clear.
Everybody stay where you are.

What's happening?
My daughter's downstairs.

No one goes anywhere
till we lift the crash.

She's just a little girl.
I gotta get her.

Step away from the door.

[***]

MAN:
Keep moving, please. Everybody.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING
OVER SPEAKERS]

MAN 1:
We're on lockdown.
You can't be here.

Sorry?
MAN 1: We're on lockdown!

Can't hear you!
MAN 1: You gotta be kidding me.

Movie time is over.
Shut this down! Let's go.

[NAIL GUN FIRING]

[***]

Bobby, sync watches,
60 seconds. Silencer.

Let's go.

MAN [OVER RADIO]:
Yes, sir,
that is correct, sir.

We are on full lockdown.

GUARD:
Hey!

We need help up here now!

STENZ:
Security sweep! Open up!

[***]

Thirty seconds.

Secure Air Comm.
Meet at the rally.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[SILENCED GUNSHOT]

STENZ:
Armory secure.

All right, let's go.
Let's move, move!

GUARD 1:
Hold up. We're on full lockdown.

GUARD 2:
Hey!

[***]

East Hall secure.
Heading for Castle Sky.

EMILY:
You've reached
the voice mail of Emily Cale.

Why aren't you texting me?

Em, as soon as you get this,
call me back.

[SIRENS WAILING
AND PEOPLE CHATTERING]

MAN:
Keep moving, keep moving!

Martin, I'm right outside
the Capitol.

What the hell is happening?
Do you have the president?

I have Eagle.
Call WFO,

get as many men as you can
to the Capitol.

I'll dispatch everyone
I can spare.

I want a hard perimeter
set around Castle.

A hard perimeter
around Castle.

AGENT 1:
Eastside Gate.
Come on, let's go, people.

AGENT 2:
Fred, open the gate.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

AGENT 3:
We're gonna be fine.

AGENT 4:
They're exiting the building.

AGENT 5: Keep moving!
Castle South clear.

[***]

Clear!

We have Castle Sky.

BOBBY:
Five agents in the East Gate,
four in the garden.

MULCAHY:
The rest on the South Lawn.

And two policemen
on the South Gate. Let's go.

AGENT:
Let's go! Keep moving!

Shots fired. Code Black!
Code Black! Unh!

Say again. Say again.
He said "shots fired."

Look, it's gotta be an AOP.
You gotta get out there.

Back.
I'm not doing anything.

You serious? Look around.

Stand back!
The threat is out there!

Go out and do your job!

Donnie, where'd
you send my daughter?

I'm sure she's fine. We're in
the safest house in the world.

Well, not today, it's not.

EMILY:
You've reached
the voice mail...

Em, pick up the phone.

[***]

MAN 1:
Can't tell
where it's coming from.

MAN 2:
I have no visual on him.

Ten-four.
Still have them on...?

MAN 2:
No.

[GUNFIRE]

STENZ:
Clear!

MOTTS:
Clear!

[***]

[SIRENS WAILING]

AGENT [OVER RADIO]:
Negative. Snipers on the roof.

Do not approach Castle.
Repeat, do not approach Castle.

Do not advance.
Do not advance.

[CLATTERING]

STENZ [IN SINGSONG VOICE]:
Say what?

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Welcome to the White House,
Mr. Tyler.

I love what you've done.
Bullet holes add to the decor.

See that shit Conrad pulled off
at the Capitol? Goddamn!

Let's keep it tight.
Get to work.

Where are my goddamn
hostages?

STENZ: Shh.
[CELL PHONE RINGING SOFTLY]

Dad?
JOHN: Emily, are you okay?

Dad--

It's gonna be okay,
I promise you.

Where are you?
Where are you at? I'll get you.

[ALL SCREAMING]

Where'd you send
my daughter?

Downstairs. Across the hall,
second on the left.

Shut up!

[***]

[PEOPLE SOBBING]

Find him. Go!

What's going on?

What? I got it.

You better.

PILOT:
Castle, this is Hummingbird.
We are on final approach.

What are we waiting for,
Martin?

Marine 1
is three minutes out, sir.

Castle, does anybody copy?
I repeat, we are--

Break right! Break right!

We are taking fire.
Castle has fallen.

The White House is down.
Heavy weapons on the roof.

Take him to the PEOC.
They're in the building.

We need to exfilt--
WALKER: I got this!

Mr. President, Mr. President,
I get you to the vault,

their game is over.

You sure
you can get me there?

Yes, sir. I am.

Then get me to the vault.

Diamond formation. Stay low,
stay close, shoot first.

Got it? On me.

[***]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Do you have
the vice president?

I repeat, do you have
the vice president?

We do. We're two miles
away from Andrews.

The speaker?
REID: Negative. We do not.

MAN: Evacuate the Capitol.
KELLERMAN: This way. Excuse me.

Kellerman!
COD says we go to the Pentagon.

I have the speaker. Going
to the secondary location.

MAN:
Watch yourself.
Excuse me, ma'am.

[***]

Downstairs,
second door to the left.

Emily.

[GRUNTING]

Aah! No, no, no, please.
Please don't!

I was just on the tour!

You had a gun!
It's a phone.

I swear. Look,
I got a daughter. Please.

Get up!
Okay.

That was close. Shit.

You think you're tough,
bitch?

[***]

STENZ [OVER RADIO]:
Keep the ground floor clear.
Package is on the move.

Eagle is 30 seconds
from the vault.

We are coming in hot.

AGENT:
Copy that. Eagle
is 30 seconds from the vault.

Go, go, go.

Mr. President. Glasses.

Match. We're in. Go!

Go ahead. I'll button this up.
Go ahead.

CAPTAIN [OVER PA]:
Mr. Vice President,
I apologize.

This is gonna be the hardest
takeoff you've ever felt.

We're gonna put this bird
at 30,000 feet in 45 seconds.

James William Sawyer.

Gentlemen.
What are you doing?!

Please, Martin,
what are you doing?

I'm sorry, Ted.

[HOPE GRUNTS]

Martin!
Consider this my resignation.

[SOFTLY]
Emily? Where are you at, baby?

Please tell me
you got out of here.

Mr. Stenz. We're in.

I have the package.

Ground floor,
through the library

and down the stairs.

STENZ:
The library. We're on our way.

WALKER:
We'll be waiting for you.

Oh, sh...

That's the library.

Don't go in there. Just--
Oh, this is so stupid.

SAWYER:
You're not gonna get away
with this.

Martin! What are you doing?
No, Mr. President.

The question is,
what are you gonna do?

Gonna shake my hand again?
Give a little speech?

Is this about Kevin?
Look, I'm sorry--

Run, Mr. President!
To me, to me, to me!

Move!

STENZ:
Walker.

Move, move, move!

Let's go, let's go,
let's go!

Stand behind me,
do what I say.

STENZ:
Walker, I say again,

we are coming to you,
we are on the move.

In the library.

Shit. I'm empty.
Walker!

Run, run, run!

Stenz!

JOHN:
Not that way!
They're up there!

Goddamn!

STENZ:
We've lost the package.
Secure the exits.

Which way's this go?
West Wing.

[***]

JOHN:
Run, Mr. President! Move! Move!

This leads to the basement.

MAN:
In the stairwell,
coming your way.

JOHN:
Aw, shit.

We gotta go!

Elevator's here, let's go!

Shit! God! They're
in the elevator heading up!

Cut them off
in the Central Hall!

What are you doing? Get him!

Take care of Bobby.

STENZ:
Killick, stop them
at the elevator.

I'm on it.

STENZ:
He's in the residence!
Cut him off at the residence!

Son of a bitch!
You screwed us, Walker.

You've got one of your guys
running around.

Not one of my guys.
Then who is he?

I don't know, probably some
schmuck from one of the tours.

Your tourist killed
one of my best men!

So now I'm gonna
take care of it!

No, you will not.
You will have your boys

sweep every room
in this place.

And you will come with me,
as planned.

Find him.

You don't talk to me like that
in front of my men.

I don't, huh?
No, you don't!

Ten years I've known Bobby!

Twice the guy saved my life.
This doesn't go unanswered!

Drop the tough-guy shit
with me, junior.

Now, I know your story,
Emil.

I know what this country
did to you.

We're in this together.
So be calm.

I'm calm.
Good.

I'm still gonna kill him.

I don't have a problem
with that.

But I need the president alive.
Don't forget that.

[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]

[ALARM BEEPING]

You promised me the leader
of the free world.

Don't you worry your pretty
little head. We'll get him back.

But without him, what kind
of time frame we looking at?

We have 15 minutes to load in,
then maybe another 30 or so

to crack the protocols
without his code.

After that, it's on you.

STENZ:
What about securing
the basement?

I brought a party favor
for that.

Good.
You've got something right...

It's right under your nose.

Vadim.

You let me know the second
you find these guys.

VADIM:
Copy that.

Somebody please
shut the alarm off!

I got work to do.

Motts.

Take Bobby's place
in Air Comm.

I'll show you the way.

We got some important people
waiting for us.

[***]

Are you okay, sir?
I'm all right.

Is your family
in the complex?

They won't be here
till tonight.

Where's your daughter?

I couldn't find her.

I hope she got out.

Do you know these men?

That old son of a bitch,
his name is Martin Walker.

He's the head
of my Secret Service.

You should have
a conversation

about how serious
you take your protection.

I didn't pick him.
Why is he doing this?

I think it has something to do
with his son Kevin.

Why? What happened?
He was a Marine.

He got killed last year
in this covert action I ordered.

Would he do this
for a personal vendetta?

He said he wanted you alive.

There's gotta be
a bigger play.

We gotta get out
of this elevator shaft.

I'm, uh...

Don't tell me
you're claustrophobic.

[***]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Oh, my God. The FAA needs
to ground all air traffic.

Where's the secretary
of Homeland Security?

He's at the White House.
Who's the deputy sec?

Wyck Halsey.
He's also at the White House.

Oh, Jesus.

--happens,
our thoughts go to terrorism.

I've had enough of this.

Walker told us
to stay where we are.

Madam Secretary, gentlemen,

I'm gonna ask you to
accompany us to the Blue Room.

Who is this man?
WALKER: He is...

He's a concerned citizen.

Good morning,
Mr. Secretary.

[ALL GASP]

You just killed
the secretary of defense.

Well, he wasn't doing
a very good job.

Okay, so, would
the remaining secretaries,

please join us
in the Blue Room?

[***]

KELLERMAN:
I'm on with Agent Reid.

ELI: How they doing?
VP puked all over Air Force One.

I'm General Caulfield, vice
chairman, Chiefs of Staff.

Have the nuclear launch codes
been switched?

Yes, and new codes
are active.

Sir, the stock market's
collapsing.

ELI:
Travis, I need you
to suspend trading immediately.

And there's gonna be a run
on the banks,

so close them now.

[WHISTLING]

You guys good?
Yes, sir.

[IN SINGSONG VOICE]
Don't mess it up.

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Son of a...

Captain, where are we?

We have reason to believe
the explosive was a diversion.

Diversion from what?

An armed team has taken over
the White House.

Do we have the president?
I spoke to Walker.

He had eyes on Eagle.
Fifteen minutes is a lifetime.

Radio indicated
they were headed for the PEOC.

No contact.

We have to assume
they've been compromised.

We gotta get you to a phone.

Call SEAL Team Six
and they come in here,

and they'll shoot
these assholes in the head.

We keep a satphone
in the residence.

Great. Where's that at?

Of course it is.

Ever been rock climbing?
We climbing this?

Unless you got
a better idea, yeah.

No, I don't.

By the way, John Cale.

James Sawyer.
I'll get you out of here, sir.

Just follow me up.

Yeah, I'm right behind you.

JOHN:
Make sure you have one handhold
before you let go of the other.

Whatever you do, I'll do.

[GRUNTING]

I ain't doing that shit.

[***]

REPORTER 1:
The scene here
at the White House

is getting more chaotic
every second.

We have got hundreds...

As you can see, the military's
moving into position

but won't advance
because of safety concerns.

REPORTER 2:
--obvious to everyone,
this is the work of al Qaeda

or some like-minded
Arab terrorist group.

REPORTER 3:
The National Guard...

The building's buttoned up.
Rooftop's secure.

They attempted contact yet?
Not yet.

Apparently, we're all Arabs.
Good.

Cake?
No, I don't want cake.

I'm diabetic.

Hallelujah.

This is my Graceland!

Mm...

Sweet Shiva.

Sugary pops of delight.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

MAN:
Come on, let's go! Move!

KILLICK:
Let's go, sheeple.
Now, welcome to my house.

Now sit down and shut up!

Oh, baby, I've missed you.

Let's get you plugged in.
You fit in nicely right there.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Skip Tyler has arrived. Ahem.

By the time
you're watching this,

I will have pulled off
the greatest hack

the world has ever seen.

This is difficult for some,
it is,

but for me, it's as easy
as one, two, three,

four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine.

Yes.

[MACHINES WHIRRING]

Ooh, showtime!

[***]

Oh, some latecomers.
Secretary of Homeland Security

is in the house! Ha-ha-ha.

You're so getting fired
for this.

MAN:
Look who was hiding
in the Press Room.

Oh, my God, Roger Skinner!

The only one
who speaks the truth.

Ha, ha.
I love your show. Seriously.

After you, please.
Get in there.

[KILLICK CHUCKLES]
[CELL PHONE CHIRPS]

[***]

[KILLICK WHISTLING]

Come out, come out,
wherever you are.

Playing some hide-and-seek,
little girl?

Well, then, I will huff,
and I will puff,

and I'm gonna blow
your house down.

[LOCK CLICKS]

No, no, no! Leave me alone.
Get in here.

KILLICK: Move!
Mr. Skinner, stop crying.

Get comfortable,
you little mutt.

[SKINNER SOBBING]

Are you okay?

Oh, my God, where's my dad?

He went looking for you.

Excuse me for a second.

Sir? Hi. Uh...

I understand that this is
a very high-stress time,

but if you
and your, um, colleagues

could maybe be
a little more careful

with the priceless artifacts
that are in this building

because I mean,
it is a living history--

Okay, because, see,

that was a Ming Dynasty
16th-century vase

that was a gift
from Queen Elizabeth II.

It's irreplaceable.

I'll go sit. I'll be over here
if you have any more questions.

STENZ [OVER RADIO]:
Vadim, Chen, report.

VADIM:
We're done with the residence,
boss.

Coming up
to the third floor.

[BELL RINGS]

SAWYER:
Shit.

Okay, I'm coming up.

[***]

[THUD]

Get your head down!

[METALLIC SCREECHING]

What are you doing?

Trying to shoot off
the cables?

MOTTS:
I heard something.

Come on.
That thing's 100 years old.

The shit's too heavy for it.

Let's unload
before it snaps.

Jesus, they have Javelins.
Javelin what?

Surface-to-air missiles.

If anybody comes in by air,
they're done.

WOMAN:
I have the vice president
for you.

Alvin, you okay?
HAMMOND: I'm fine.

Who's in command
on the ground?

Well...
Permission to speak freely.

Yeah, granted.
It's a shit show.

D.C. police are on the scene,
FBI is trying to horn in,

plus Secret Service feels
it should be their show.

It should. Carol Finnerty,
Secret Service.

Mr. Vice President, it was
our building that was taken.

Yes, it was, and now you're
standing in our building.

We need to send the Army
in there

and take
the White House back.

I don't think you can.

Posse Comitatus
and the Insurrection Act

make it difficult to deploy
combat troops on American soil.

Which is why we federalized
the National Guard minutes ago.

Sir, with respect,
only the president can do that.

Alvin, we're in
a constitutional crisis here.

We've never had
a missing chief executive.

We're gonna have
to start talking

about the 25th Amendment.

You wanna remove the president
from power?

I don't wanna do anything,
but I can't sit here

and watch the government come
crashing down around us.

CAROL:
We've tried them on the phone
by now, right?

Who?

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Hello, this is Special Agent
Carol Finnerty.

To whom am I speaking?
That sounds official.

Please hold. Your call's
very important to us.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERPHONE]

TYLER:
We've got an incoming call.

About time.

Put them through.

Thank you for holding.
I'll patch you through.

Have a great day.

Hello, this is Carol Finnerty.
Who is this?

It's me, Carol.

You should've called already.
Martin.

We've held the building
for 15 minutes.

"We"?
I'm sure you're recording this

so let's make this easy
on everybody.

My name
is Martin James Walker.

Chief of the presidential
detail of the Secret Service.

My men currently
control the White House

and 61 hostages within.
What are you doing?

I did you the courtesy
of sending you out of here,

so let's just keep it
professional, okay?

"Professional"?

You killed your own men.

Where's Ted?
Killing Ted Hope...

was the second hardest thing
I've ever had to do in my life.

[***]

Martin, I want you to--

There's not a thing you're about
to say I didn't teach you.

So we're gonna get all this
done in two hours

and be done by lunch, okay?

Now, ask me what I want.

What do you want?
On any given day,

the United States Federal
Reserve holds in excess

of $400 million in cash.

And I want it loaded aboard
a Boeing C-17

which you will leave fueled

and otherwise empty
on runway one-niner.

I'd like to know how you plan
on getting from the White House

to Reagan National
without being killed.

We have eyes in the sky.
If I see a single sniper

within 10 miles of this place,
I am going to kill

four Cabinet members,

and in a particularly nice
touch of irony,

the director
of Homeland Security himself.

Is President Sawyer alive?

Yes.
I want proof of life.

You got two hours
or I will execute him myself

on the South Lawn
of the White House.

[LINE DISCONNECTS]

Jesus,
the head of his own detail.

At least we know
how they got in so easily.

Can we be sure he's the only
Secret Service member

who's been compromised?
Oh, go to hell.

Proof of life, huh?
You can do better than your men?

Here's your chance.
Find him.

With pleasure.

Walker's wife, Muriel,
is in Fairfax.

Could you find her, please?

You okay?

I have Thanksgiving
at their house every year.

I wanna run the whole
search again, from the top.

Motts, meet me
on the ground floor.

Chen, Vadim, the third.
Meet in the middle.

Roger that. I'm taking
the stairs. Mulcahy, finish up.

That was the last one.
So you said Walker's son died?

The Pentagon thought Iran
had a nuclear bomb.

We sent a team in.

Things went wrong.
Martin's son Kevin got killed.

You're telling me
this is personal?

He's not doing it
by himself.

Someone else
is footing the bill.

Who?
The military-industrial complex.

Those are manufacturers
of the weapons.

They think they own
the system

and they will do anything
to keep that power.

They profit off
of your sacrifice.

Politicians always love
talking about sacrifice.

Think I don't know anything
about sacrifice?

How many people come to
your house and wanna kill you?

MULCAHY:
Missiles are topside.

[BELL RINGS]
Elevator going down to one.

Get off on second floor.
What?

JOHN:
Get off, get off, get off.

You all right? You see anybody?
No, we're clear.

SAWYER:
Kick it in. Harder.

[METAL CLATTERS]

JOHN:
Mr. President, stay on my hip.

I got three rounds.

Tell me you got weapons
in the residence.

No, we usually have two agents
right there with machine guns.

We got some knives
in the kitchen.

What?
They're big knives.

JOHN:
Great, then you can
make me a sandwich.

Now, where's the phone?

[***]

Right here.

Walker set this number up.

Wait a minute,
he's gonna trace it.

We gotta get in touch
with somebody on the outside.

I got somebody.
You got somebody?

Yeah, yeah.
I need to get my shoes.

[LINE RINGING]

[***]

Needed this.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Hello?
Jenna, this is John Cale.

John, not a good time.

Wait, wait,
hold on a second.

Close friend?

She works
for the vice president.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]
Have you heard what's happening?

It's not a good time.
Do not hang up.

I'm with the president
in the White House.

That's not funny, John.

Does this sound
like a joke to you?

Yeah, he's--

Jenna, this is James Sawyer.
For the past 10 minutes,

I've been getting shot at
with this young man.

If you could connect me
to whatever control structure

we still have left,
I would really appreciate it.

JENNA: Hold on.
Hello? Thank you.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER PHONE]
She hung up?

She, uh, put me on hold
when I was thanking her.

So we wait for your best friend
Jenna to hit us back.

Hmm?

You smoke?

Neither do I.

This is your moment, sir.

The country
is looking for a leader.

It's your time to step up.

I told you,
we weren't to be disturbed.

The president
just called my cell.

HAMMOND: Mr. President.
SAWYER: It's about damn time.

Mr. President,
are you all right?

We're safe.
HAMMOND: "We"?

I'm with someone. I'm gonna
put him on the phone.

Hello, this is John Cale.
Cale?

What are you doing
in the White House?

He's doing a damn good job.

They've taken the building
and they're holding hostages.

This is when you come get us.
We're doing our best.

SAWYER:
Do we have any intel
on these people?

CAULFIELD:
We are working on that, sir.

You have to get the president
out of there.

Can you get to the basement?

Yeah, sure.
Yeah.

There's tunnels. JFK used them
to sneak Marilyn in.

I thought that was a myth.

It's true.
Donnie's gonna be pissed.

CAROL:
Get to the basement.
I'll lead you to the tunnels.

Okay, Carol,
I got separated from Emily.

Can you tell me
if she made it out?

We're gonna find her, but get
the president to safety, okay?

[***]

[LINE DISCONNECTS]
Cale? Can you get him back?

[***]

[SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]

[GUNSHOTS THEN JOHN YELLS]

[VADIM SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]

Son of a bitch! Aah!

[JOHN & VADIM GRUNTING]

Get your hands
off my Jordans!

Freeze! I said freeze!

Shoot him!

No, don't shoot him.

[VADIM & JOHN GRUNTING]

Shoot him!

[***]

Shit.

Are you okay?
Yeah.

Uh-uh.
Don't worry about him.

He would've killed me if you
wouldn't have killed him.

Thanks, asshole.

Look what I found.
Merry Christmas.

You got the satphone?
Right here.

And it's on.

[DIALING]

Mr. President, are you okay?

Define "okay."
CAROL: What happened, John?

We got two dead bad guys,
that's what happened.

These guys
had military training.

You gotta find out
what they're doing here.

Walker demanded a ransom.

You think they're going
through this for money?

You need to see this.
CAROL: Hang on, John.

--people watching
all of this together.

No doubt young Emily Cale
had to risk her own life to...

Can you get me
the president here?

Cale, can you turn on the news?

You got a TV?

We need to find out how
Walker found these guys.

John, you've gotta turn on
the news.

What's going on?
I'm so sorry.

ANCHOR:
What you are seeing really
is just amazing footage

captured by an extremely brave
young girl

by the name of Emily Cale.

Now, these are the first
images coming to us

from inside the White House,

from inside
this hostage situation.

The images have gone viral.

They've had more than
a hundred million...

Wait. Cale, Cale, listen.

We're all walking out of here
together, okay?

I gotta go get her.

CAULFIELD: Captain.
Yes, sir?

Get me facial recognition
on everyone in that video now.

REPORTER [ON TV]:
--very brave young girl
named Emily Cale.

The hostages
include the nine girls

from Watkins Charter School
in Louisville,

five Cabinet members
as well,

and also, understandably,

a very emotional
Roger Skinner.

And from
what I understand now...

[***]

I got the president a satphone
to call his family with.

He keeps it in his bedside
table in the residence.

See if it's still there.

[STENZ SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN]

No. No.
[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

WALKER:
Vadim, would you be kind enough

to confirm your last name
for me, please?

Let's go.
They're in the residence.

Go!
That's them in the residence.

Easy.

[***]

ANCHOR:
--and the faces
of the terrorists.

You gotta be shitting me.

So we are going to put
those faces up on-screen...

In here!
As we put these faces up,

we are sure that we will

no doubt learn the names
of the men who are

holding
the White House hostage.

These men
are clearly not al Qaeda.

We are positive
that the FBI will have

those images out.
So again, these are images

captured
by a brave young girl...

How many more ways can you guys
screw this thing up?

Hey.

How you like your chair?
You comfortable, Mr. Skinner?

Let me ask you a question.

Where do you come up with
all the ideas for your show?

Uh... I, uh...

You got guys
who do that for you?

Because, believe me,
I got some good ideas.

[HOSTAGES GASPING]

[***]

[WHIMPERING]

DONNIE:
Hey!

[HOSTAGES SHRIEKING]

[GASPS]
Give it to me.

[GRUNTS]

Congratulations, asshole,
you just made us all famous.

When they come for us,
you're gonna die first.

Get away from me.

You understand?

Get away from me.

HUTTON [OVER SPEAKERPHONE]:
Sir, we have facial
recognition coming up now.

Carl Killick. This guy's
a right-wing sociopath.

First arrested at age 12.

Tried to blow up
his local post office

because they employed
too many African-Americans.

Last seen with Conrad Cern.
I saw that guy at the Capitol.

HUTTON:
Runs a white-power hate blog
against President Sawyer.

Lovely.
KELLERMAN: Jesus. Skip Tyler.

King of the hackers.
Worked for the NSA.

Was fired for rewriting
nuclear launch coordinates

to target
Apple headquarters.

He was unhappy with their
music-sharing polices.

Walker's been
after this guy forever.

HUTTON:
And Emil Stenz.
Ex-Delta Force.

Highly decorated.

We know this guy too.
How?

Unfortunately,
that's classified.

Well,
I hereby declassify it.

You wanna share it
with the group?

Stenz did off-the-books wetwork
for us in Pakistan

as part of a black-bag
CIA operation.

When the Sawyer administration
came in,

the new secretary
of defense

shut down the operation
and disavowed its assets,

including Stenz.
His identity was compromised.

He wound up spending two years
in a Taliban-controlled prison.

No wonder he's pissed at us.

It's the threat matrix.

Every day the Secret Service
does a rundown

of threats
against the president.

Every one of these guys
was on it.

It's like Walker used it
as a shopping list.

Sir, Delta Force
is 15 minutes out.

All right, general. I want them
prepped for an attack

on the White House
as soon as I give the word.

Sir, please! Please.

Only the president
can give that order.

The president is behind
enemy lines and compromised.

I'm calling the Cabinet
together to invoke the 25th.

Get behind this, Eli.

COMMENTATOR 1:
What if this were even
a coup d'état?

COMMENTATOR 2:
That's just nonsense.

COMMENTATOR 1:
Why isn't the military
doing anything?

COMMENTATOR 2:
This is a difficult situation

for the Pentagon,
there are hostages.

You can't bring
the big guns out,

because there's a class
of little schoolgirls

still inside.

[SAWYER GRUNTS]

[***]

Martin!
Good morning, boys.

Move, move!

Come on, go, go, go!

Stenz, they're
in the ground-floor kitchen.

That's it. Come on, go, go, go!
Where's the basement?

Through here. To the left.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

STENZ: Shit!
MOTTS: They're gone.

Goddamn it!

HUTTON:
The president and Cale calling.

CAROL:
Cale, give me your location.

All right,
we're in the basement.

Uh, there's a gate
with a keypad.

Okay, the code is 64762.

All right, we're in.
Go down the hallway.

That should be the entrance
to the catacombs.

Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.

You should then be
in a big oval room.

There'll be five tunnels.
Take the second tunnel,

follow it all the way out
and we'll be waiting.

We found it. Mr. President,
take this.

I can't go.
What are you talking about?

I'm not leaving my little girl.
Then I'm staying.

You gotta go back
to being president, sir.

Otherwise,
all this is for nothing.

You can't do this
by yourself.

You're gonna go and send
the Marines back in here

to get us, okay? Promise me.

All right.

You got my word.
Thanks, John.

All right.

[***]

See you outside.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

They are in the basement.

All right, everyone
in the basement! The basement!

[***]

Cale, come check this out.

Okay, please
don't touch my toys.

Huh. That's something
that we do not wanna touch.

Carol, we got a problem.

The exit tunnel's wired
with explosives.

We need another exit.
Uh... There isn't another exit.

It's locked!

Tyler, I need the gate code.

I have that right here.

Here's your gate code.

This is not happening.
We gotta move.

Carol, where are we going?
Uh... Hold on.

I can't hold on.

We need a location
right now!

Stagecoach. Follow me.
Let's get to the Stagecoach.

No, no, no,
you'll be trapped.

This is a bad idea.
They grounded all aircraft.

This is Jack Freeman
reporting live

from the skies
over Washington, D.C.

We're bringing you
exclusive images

of the terrorist-held
White House.

STENZ:
Clear left.

[***]

The cabinet is assembling

with the vice president
to invoke the 25th.

CAROL:
If you don't get him out
in five minutes,

he might not be
the president anymore.

You didn't give me the job,
remember?

What's the code to D227?

What's the code for D227?

Hold on.

STENZ:
Fast! Go, go, go! Go, go!

13350.

[GUNSHOTS]

SAWYER: We're in, let's go!
MOTTS: Go, I'll cover you!

STENZ:
All right, all right!

This way, Cale.
The keys.

[GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE]

Got them!

What the hell are you getting
in the back for?

Sorry, force of habit.

[***]

Damn it! Keys!
Let's go! Let's go!

I'm crashing the gate.
No! It's dual-hardened steel.

We're not gonna make it.
Left!

Where's the garage clicker?

You kidding?
I don't have a clicker.

Suburban!

I think I'm seeing
the presidential limo

driving across the grounds.

We're gonna cut them off!
Hang on, Motts!

Watch out, watch out,
watch out!

Cale, they're in heavy weapons
follow-up.

What do you mean,
"heavy weapon"?

You gotta be kidding me
right now!

KILLICK:
Move!

REPORTER 1:
Oh, my goodness!
The presidential limo

has just burst
onto the South Lawn!

[GUNSHOTS]

So sorry.
Ladies and gentlemen,

it's with a heavy heart--
Sir, you have to see this!

REPORTER 2:
It's trying to make its way
around the South Lawn fountain.

That iconic fountain
that everybody knows,

anyone who's ever been
to the White House knows.

Box them in! Go for
the window, Motts!

[***]

[GRUNTS]

Tanks. We got tanks.
Let's put them to use.

I think that's my dad.

I'm not sure using
heavy artillery is a wise--

I don't give a damn.
You get that tank,

you put a hole
in the goddamn fence!

Yeah! Come on!

Look, look, look! Watch him,
watch him, watch him.

Go for the windshield! Go!

Watch out, watch out.
Get your head down.

Yeah, that's one down.
Shit!

Are you in position?
Roger.

Then go to work.
Fall back! Fall back!

Driver, advance!

We don't know
what is happening,

but the National Guard
is in fact

enacting some sort of maneuver.
It depends--

RPG's! Now!

Blow these bastards
off the roof.

Take cover!

Fire!

Incoming!

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Commander, come in!

[***]

Goddamn it!
Shit.

[LAUGHS]

Good job, boys!
Great job, Mulcahy!

REPORTER 2:
This is an unprecedented
situation.

A full-scale war going on
on the White House grounds.

Mulcahy! Take out the limo!
Let's go! Take the limo!

What are you waiting on?
Take it out!

REPORTER 2:
They're firing.

I can't see.
What am I supposed to do?

I need him alive!
That's an order!

Why don't you shut up?

SAWYER:
There's a camera system
in the car. There.

What am I doing
with zombies?

It's my daughter's
favorite movie.

Watch out, watch out! Left!

Whoa.

We gotta punch a hole
in this fence

or we're dead in the water.

There's a weapons locker
in the back.

Jackpot!
JOHN: What you got?

That's what
I'm talking about!

That thing in your right hand
is a blast shield. Perfect.

Aah! Can you not hit me
in the head with a rocket

while I'm trying to drive?!
Get me to the fence, Cale!

You gotta stick that
out there, go to work.

Damn right.

Hold it with two hands,
Mr. President.

Oh, my God,
that's President Sawyer.

He has a rocket launcher.

There's something
you don't see every day.

Here it comes!

I lost the rocket launcher.

How do you lose
a rocket launcher?

STENZ:
Take one of the hostages
outside.

Show them we mean business.

REPORTER 3:
This just in from China.

--destroyed the West Gate
of the White House.

[LAUGHS]

We got our exit.
One more around the fountain.

No!
Get over here.

REPORTER 2:
One of the terrorists

is holding a little girl
at gunpoint.

What'd he say?
Emily Cale is being held

at the White House balcony
right now by the terrorists.

She was the one who managed
to send this video out

so the world could see...

Whoa, whoa. Another rocket.

SAWYER:
Cale!

Dad!

[***]

REPORTER 2:
I can't see
what is going on...

CAULFIELD:
Get me a location on them now!

REPORTER 2:
--the West Wing.
The president has...

We're not sure if he's alive
or dead right now.

The limousine has disappeared...
Emily?

REPORTER 2:
--the West Wing.
I can't see him...

Killick, take her back inside.

Dad!
Get over here!

Shit. What the...?

Something wrong
with your radio?

Malfunctioned.
Stay behind me.

They won't shoot us.
They need me alive.

Put a gun to my head.
What?

That concludes the running-
and-shooting portion.

Stay back or I'll shoot him!

Appreciate what
you're trying to do.

Did the same job myself,
and proudly.

I have no quarrel with you,
but I do have a deadline.

So put the gun down...
JOHN: Pull the pin.

because you're not
gonna shoot the president.

You're right.
Where does that leave us, boys?

That leaves us with this.

JOHN:
Come on!

Go, go, go!

[YELLING AND GRUNTING]

What are you doing?!

Oh, no. Come on, go!
JOHN: This way! Follow me!

Whoa! Enormous explosion
over toward the West Wing.

I don't know if this means
the president has been killed.

I got 100 people in here!
Somebody tell me something!

You idiot.
What'd you say?

You are an idiot.

You just blew
our whole mission.

Your mission.
Shut up.

Oops.

[***]

Mr. Stenz,
this may be your lucky day.

Get your men back
to the basement.

HAMMOND:
I, Alvin Hammond,
do solemnly swear

that I will faithfully
execute

the office of president
of the United States

and will to the best
of my ability

preserve, protect and defend

the Constitution
of the United States,

so help me God.

Sir, follow me, please.

[***]

Place your hand there
for scanning, please.

Sir, these are your
presidential launch codes.

Keep them on your person
at all times.

ANCHOR:
Vice President Alvin Hammond
has just been sworn in

as the 47th president
of the United States,

confirming, of course,
the worst possible scenario,

the death
of President James Sawyer.

People all over the globe

have been holding
their breath.

They're wondering
what is happening

right here in America.

After all, the United States

has the biggest
weapons arsenal in the world.

We need
to start moving the money.

Maybe buy some time.
--will he be able to get

this extremely volatile
situation under control.

Muriel Walker's here.

REPORTER:
Thousands are gathering,
leaving candles and flowers.

MULCAHY:
We've got movement.

We've got movement
at the Federal Reserve.

Stenz, do you hear me?
They're loading the money.

Let's wrap this up.

MOTTS:
Stenz, we're wasting
our time here.

Walker, are you sure
they're down here?

WALKER:
Did I spend 15 goddamn years
running this place or did you?

This guy is losing it.

What do we care
if he gets the president?

We made a deal.

CAROL:
Cale was right.
This is not about ransom.

Walker has cancer.

His doctors gave him
less than three months.

He has a golf-ball-sized tumor
on his frontal lobe.

Jesus Christ.

I think
he's on a suicide mission.

You ready?
MURIEL: Yes.

What do you think
you're doing?

If anybody can talk him down,
it's her, trust me.

[PHONE RINGING]

A little birdie told me you're
finally moving the money.

MURIEL [OVER PHONE]:
Martin?

[***]

I had to tell them
about the tumor, Martin.

That's all right.

[VOICE BREAKING]
Please stop this.

Please just come home.

I have to do this, honey.

No, you don't.

They have to pay
for what they did to Kevin.

And when it's over,

I promise...

I promise you'll understand.

You're doing this for Kevin?

I swear to God.

MURIEL:
Then you do whatever it takes.

You make them pay
for what they did to our boy.

What the hell are you doing?

CAROL:
Walker, you stop this,
or I'll make sure she spends

the rest of her life
in a federal prison.

You have 19 minutes.

[***]

You're done.
General.

CAULFIELD:
Your boss took
the White House.

Your man inside
got the president killed.

Carol, calm down.
You're free to go.

Unh. Thank God
for Gerald Ford.

Why?

He built this because
he didn't want the press

to see him
in his swim trunks.

Any chance
this leads out of here?

No. Listen,
I gotta stop for a second.

What? You all right?

SAWYER:
That's not good, is it?

Stenz worked for the CIA, right?
Right.

If we can track the way
that Walker contacted

these guys, we can figure out
how to stop them.

How do you propose we do that?
Keep an eye on Caulfield.

Wait, what?

Hi. I'm Carol.

I'm not supposed to talk to you
right now.

Run a database search
on the guys in that building.

CIA, NSA,
everything you've got.

Listen, Walker's not doing
this for the money, trust me.

There is something else
going on.

I can't do that, ma'am.

On the worst day
that our country has ever had,

you could be the key
to figuring all of this out.

[***]

MAN:
--could otherwise
not accomplish that

is take back
the White House.

Unh.
I'm gonna have to get that out.

When did you become a doctor
all of a sudden?

Hold that.
Look, just talk to me.

Get my mind off it. Talk to me
about your daughter.

Emily? She's completely
in love with you.

She even tried to get me
to vote for you.

You didn't vote for me?
Ahh!

Your daughter's smart.
You should listen to her.

She was like 3
when I enlisted.

And to be honest with you,

I was probably just running
from my marriage.

Right after I deployed,
Emily was watching TV,

and there was coverage on
the troops in Afghanistan.

She swears to me
that she saw me.

After that point, she became
obsessed with politics.

And that's when
she first saw you.

The man that was gonna
bring Daddy home.

And when I finally
did come home,

I realized that...

[***]

I'm not her hero anymore.

So I guess I just figured
that I'd try

to help protect
the man that is.

If she saw you today, Cale,
she'd be proud of you.

You know how when they're young
and they come running up to you

and they hug you and
they're shouting "Daddy,"

and all of a sudden, one day,
that just stops?

Yeah.
I'd give anything

for that hug
just one more time.

You know, my daughter,
she's 15 years old,

her name is Amber.

You know what she wants
for her birthday?

A belly button ring.
Heh, belly button ring.

What parent is equipped
for that?

Daughters.

Unh!
Shh, shh, shh.

[ALARM BEEPING]
What's happening?

WOMAN [ON PA]:
Attention, attention.

Everyone below Calico T-11,

please clear the floor
immediately.

CAULFIELD:
Put the president on-screen.

Mr. President, Delta Force
entered Washington airspace.

I have Lieutenant Colonel
Cameron on the line.

You're online, sir!

HAMMOND:
What do you have for us,
colonel?

We developed this plan

independent
of the Secret Service.

We'll use the superstructure
of the city

to mask our approach.

What if they start
killing hostages?

They're dead anyway
if this fails.

Alvin, please think about
what you're doing.

May I remind you
that you are addressing

the president
of the United States?

CAMERON:
I don't wanna write off
any Americans yet.

Trust me, sir, we'll get
your house back for you.

Mission's a go, colonel.
Thank you, sir.

[***]

You heard the president.

Flight time to target:
six minutes.

So, what's it like
being president?

It's not like anything.

Once you get into office,
it's all about reelection

and what the other side
can use against you.

Politics.

You don't start out
a politician,

but you become one.
Just once, though,

I wanna do something
that's presidential.

Something along the lines
of Lincoln,

Washington and Jefferson.

You wanna make history.
No. Not history.

I wanna make a difference.

If your little daughter
says that I'm her hero,

then I gotta earn that.

[***]

All right,
we go in low and quiet.

Time to target
is two minutes.

PILOT 1:
Falcon 2, maintain 3-0 feet.

PILOT 2:
Falcon 1, copy, 3-0 feet.

PILOT 1:
Drop to 1-0 feet!

PILOT 2:
Falcon 2 dropping to 10 feet.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

REPORTER:
Complete chaos
on the streets of D.C.

There's total gridlock
through--

Oh, my God! U.S. Special Forces
are flying over us!

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

Shit. Sir, we have
Black Hawks coming in.

Which direction?
From I Street, and fast.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

How do you feel,
Mr. President?

Surprisingly good, Dr. Cale.

Let me call in, make sure
they don't think we're dead.

The former vice president,
Alvin Hammond,

is clearly calling the shots
as the new commander in chief.

I have John Cale on the line.

Cale?
Where's Carol?

CAULFIELD:
Finnerty's been
relieved of command.

Don't worry. The cavalry's
should be there in minutes.

No, not by air.
They have to come by ground.

I think we can handle this.
They have Javelin missiles.

Not according to our intel.

Even if we wanted
to call them back,

they've gone dark.

If they fail,
they're going to kill

every single one
of those hostages,

including my daughter.
Just go.

Take this
and stay out of sight.

[***]

Thirty seconds!
Let's go!

Incoming, three of them!
Spread out!

PILOT 1:
Castle in sight.
I say again, Castle in sight.

STENZ: Are you ready?
We got movement on the roof.

They've got missile lock!
Evasive maneuvers!

Break right!
Javelins! Javelins!

Shit!
Break right!

PILOT 1:
I can't hold out! Going down!

Mayday! Mayday!

Shit.

Get down! Incoming!

PILOT 1:
We're going down!

REPORTER:
One is closing in
on the White House,

like it's checking on the
conditions of the hostages.

What are you gonna do?
You gonna shoot the hostages?

Get on the 50-cal!
Mulcahy, let's go!

PILOT 2:
Hammer down! Hammer down!

STENZ:
Fire!

Pull up! Pull up!

Yeah!

[ALARM BEEPING]

Last mag.

They've got missile lock!

[***]

Aah!
PILOT 3: Movement on the roof.

[GUNFIRE]

Hold your fire! Hold your fire!
I think that man is a friendly!

Get ready to deploy!

Fast-rope down!

SOLDIER 1:
Go, go!

SOLDIER 2:
Get us out! Missile!

SOLDIER 3: Javelin up!
Countermeasures!

SOLDIER 4:
Brace for impact!

[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]

[***]

[ALL SCREAM]

No.

[SCREAMING]

REPORTER:
This mission is going
terribly wrong.

I can see now that there
are two men on top of the roof

and they're engaged
in hand-to-hand combat.

[***]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[YELLS THEN GRUNTS]

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Shit!

[LAUGHS]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Yes! Skip Tyler is in!

Walker, that last firewall
just came down.

Mr. Tyler,

we are a go, sir.

God bless us all.

[BEEPING]

Sir. My weapons system
is coming online.

It's being accessed remotely.
I can't...

Jesus Christ, it's targeting.
OFFICER: What?

It's firing.

Target is an aircraft
somewhere over Ohio.

Appears to be
a modified 747.

Oh, my God.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:
This is an emergency.
I repeat, this is an emergency.

What's going on?
I don't know.

--and fasten your seat belts.
I repeat, this is...

Sir, we're under attack!

[***]

REPORTER:
It's clear that someone
on the inside has orchestrated

this takeover
of the White House.

That's the only way...

Mr. Speaker, we have
confirmation of ground impact.

We're going to need
to swear you in, sir.

What?

Executive power passed
to the vice president

when he was sworn in, which
means the office passes to you.

Sir.

Please follow these men.

[***]

AIDE:
Sir, these are your
new presidential launch codes.

Please keep them on your person
at all times.

ELI:
Uh, I need a moment here.

I need--
I need to call my wife.

Of course, sir.

Thank you.

[HOSTAGES SCREAM]

Emily Cale.

[LAUGHS]

How are you enjoying
your tour?

Remember these?

You and I have a date,
sweetheart.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You'll have to go
through me.

Really?

[HOSTAGES SCREAM]

You'll go to jail for that!
And who's gonna make me?

The tourist
is still on the loose.

But I have a hunch
Daddy's gonna come back

for his little girl.

So he's still alive.

Not for very long, he isn't.
Aah!

Don't screw up this time!
Motts!

You stay here with him.
EMILY: Unh!

Hey! Do I look like
I need a babysitter?

STENZ:
Sit down and shut up!

[***]

Oh, shit.

CAULFIELD:
Mr. President.

NORAD is fully compromised.

Martin Walker
now has the ability

to launch missiles at any target
in the United States.

Our satellites show
massive troop movements

in Russia, Pakistan
and the Arabian Peninsula.

What are your orders, sir?

[***]

I swear to you all, I swear,

that we are not beaten yet.
We are not!

No.

General,

how soon can you execute an air
strike on the White House?

CAROL:
Sir.

We can have Raptors on target
in 10 minutes.

Then do it.

Let's go to work!
Sir--

Carol, we have to end this.
We have to.

What if the next missile
he launches is aimed

at Chicago or New York?

We're talking about
millions of lives.

Your first act as president

is going to be bombing
the White House?

Believe me, I know, I know.

But our country is stronger
than one house.

MISSION CONTROL:
This is Mission Control.

Raptor Alpha 1, clear to
initiate Operation Free Castle.

PILOT:
Copy that, Raptor Alpha 1
beginning approach.

COMMENTATOR 1:
We've lost two commanders
in chief in one day.

COMMENTATOR 2:
Mark, if I'm
a foreign head of state

and the United States
of America

has become
a rogue nuclear power,

at what point do I take action
and step in,

perhaps even with
a preemptive nuclear strike?

Huh? Brought you a present.

It's the tourist's daughter.

Well, hello, hello.

Good morning, Mr. Cale.

[OVER PA]
I'm sitting here with someone

who would like to say hello
to you.

Say hello, sweetie.

[EMILY GRUNTING AND PANTING]

Say hello, sweetie.

All right, then, would you
like to tell your father

what Mr. Stenz here
is holding in his hand?

EMILY:
A gun.

Now, Mr. Cale,
I'm gonna start counting here,

and if you don't give
the president up

to my men by the time
I've reached three,

Mr. Stenz here
is gonna shoot

your little girl
in the stomach.

[***]

[EMILY SOBBING OVER PA]

One.

Two.

No. No. No.

I'm here.

Hoo-hoo. Guess Daddy
doesn't love you after all.

[SOBBING]

Whoo. Ha, ha.

MOTTS:
We got the president.

[LAUGHS]

Bring him on down.

Back to your office, sir.

[EMILY CONTINUES SOBBING
OVER PA]

WOMAN:
I have John Cale
on the line, sir.

CAULFIELD:
Cale?

You put her
on the goddamn phone right now.

Hi, John.
They have the president.

I want you to listen to me.
Help is not coming.

I said
they have the president.

They called a strike
on the White House.

The vice president is dead.
You need to get out.

They cannot do that.

They still have hostages,
still have Emily.

I'm so, so sorry.
I was wrong about you,

but there's nothing
you can do, John.

If you stay, you're gonna die.
I need you to listen to me.

My little girl
is counting on me,

and I am not gonna disappear
on her.

So you tell me
how much time I have.

[***]

You only have eight minutes
left to get them out.

Goodbye, Carol.

[TIMER BEEPING]

SOLDIER 1:
Clear out!
We're moving back now!

SOLDIER 2:
Everybody's gotta move back!
Everybody move back!

What do you mean, evacuate?
My daughter is in that building!

SOLDIER 1:
This is an emergency.
Move back now!

Please! Clear the area now!

Move back now!
I said move back now!

Okay.

Oh, there I am.
That's not a bad picture.

How'd they find out
I did that one?

Buh-bye.

Whatever happened to "the pen
is mightier than the sword"?

Martin, as the president
of the United States,

this comes
with the full weight,

power and authority
of my office:

Fuck you.

You okay?

Can we get down
to business now?

I'm gonna need you
to open this for me.

What is that?
Oh, what are you doing?

This is the nuclear football,
sweetie.

It is keyed to the blood type
and heartbeat

of the president
of the United States.

What the hell is this?
This is the deal.

SAWYER:
There's a dozen reasons
why that's not gonna work.

Such as?
Even if I open it,

my codes are useless.
They switched them out

once you took over the building.

You let me worry about that.

Martin, there's not a day
that goes by

that I don't feel terrible
about losing your boy.

But that's on me.

So if you want revenge,
then just shoot me.

You think I blame you
for Kevin's death?

Sending those men in
was the most courageous thing

you ever did in your life.

You were a true commander
in chief for five minutes.

You just don't have the balls
to see the mission through.

What mission?

There were no nuclear weapons
in Iran.

But there will be.

The Middle East is our last war.

It will be us or them.

I choose
that Kevin Charles Walker

will be the last
American soldier

to die in that conflict
in vain.

You want that
as your son's legacy?

Murdering millions of people
in his name?

Mr. President,
I wish the pen

were mightier
than the sword, I do.

But it's just a dream.
Stand up, sir.

History will judge

who the true patriots
were here today.

I've been standing up, Martin,
and I'm not gonna open that.

Martin.

Martin, that's not necessary.
Martin!

[WHIMPERING]

[SOBBING]

How about now?

I can't open this for him.

If I do, millions of people
are gonna die,

you understand that?

I understand.

[ALARM BLARING]
Goddamn it!

Tyler,
what the hell is going on?

We got thermal alarms
going off

in the second-floor
dining room,

the West Sitting Hall,
and the president's bedroom.

Killick,
he's trying to burn the place.

Second floor. Send your men.

[***]

Tyler? Turn off
the goddamn sprinklers!

[BEEPING]
Who makes this shit?

[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]

Oh, shit!

What was that?

I've been waiting all day
to kill you.

[YELLS]

Stop hurting

my White House!

German mantle clock.
Empire style.

STENZ:
Killick, report!

Killick, what the hell
is happening? Report!

Killick can't come
to the phone.

Where's my daughter?
Dad!

She's here with me
in the Oval Office,

so why don't you come down
and get her?

What are you gonna do?
What do you think?

Why do you make
all this shit personal?

Oh, you're talking to me
about personal,

when you wanna blow up
half the world for your kid!

What are you gonna do?
What I should've done

in the beginning.
I'm gonna kill this prick.

Hey!
What?

You lied to all of us.
This was not the job.

I got business to finish.
You stay here.

How do I get
to the Oval Office?

Take the stairs
to the ground floor,

you go to the end
of the West Colonnade.

There's an air strike coming!
Get them out of here.

Go!

You heard the man!

Tour's over.

[***]

[GRUNTS]

[BEEPS]

Uh-oh.

I didn't sign up
for this nuclear bullshit.

I'm gonna go and I'm gonna
get the money myself.

Hey! Hey!

What?

You think I put my country
through this for money?

[GUNSHOT]

I hate mercenaries.

[EMILY SOBBING]

Oh. It's about time.

I choose the pen!
Unh!

Come here. Get up. Up!

Put your hand...

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Weapon system unlocked.

Enter presidential
launch code.

Mr. President, please wake up,
wake up. Please!

[***]

Sir, we're at DEFCON 1.
The nuclear football

in the White House
went live.

That's impossible.
COLONEL: It's happening.

Someone has entered
valid launch codes.

[ALARM BLARING]

MAN 1: Captain on deck!
What the hell is going on?

MAN 2:
All of our nuclear missiles
went live.

This can't be right.

Sir, we have nuclear missiles
spinning up on the Albuquerque.

If our allies see us launching
a full-scale nuclear strike,

they will respond.

Russia and China will launch.
We'll have World War III

unless you level
the White House.

OFFICER:
Four minutes to target!

I need a final go-no go
for payload delivery.

God forgive me. Go.
Go!

MISSION CONTROL:
Raptor Alpha 1,
Operation Free Castle is a go.

Copy.
Dropping to attack altitude.

[***]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Cale, Walker's trying to launch
a nuclear attack.

If he does,
it'll start World War III.

You have to stop him.
JOHN: What?

Cale? Cale?

DONNIE:
Head to the South Lawn!

Almost there. Come on.
Come on. Come on!

I'm gonna enjoy this.

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Confirm: Bandar Abbas.

Chah Bahar targeted.

Confirm Chah Bahar.

Go! Leave, leave, leave!
No, no!

Not without my dad!
SAWYER: Go, go, go!

[SHRIEKS]

Your little bitch says
you're gonna put me in jail!

Come on, Martin.
This isn't you.

You protected presidents
for the past 25 years.

What are you gonna do?

You really gonna shoot me?

All right.

Yes.

[SCREAMS]

[GASPS]

He deserved it.

You killed him!

Get back. Get over here.

Get in the room
or I'll knock you out!

And do as you're told.
Go on, sit down!

I'm gonna carve my name
on your chest!

[YELLS]

No jail for you,
you little bitch!

No! No!

Get it off!

[SCREAMS]

REPORTER:
There was an explosion

in the vicinity
of the West Wing.

A huge ball of flames
has burst into the sky.

It's got to be
more than 100 feet...

MISSION CONTROL:
Raptor Alpha 1, you are clear.

Delta 2-6, copy that.
Two minutes to target.

[***]

MAN: Clear the area.
Get back in there!

MAN:
The Department
of Homeland Security...

WALKER:
Get in there!

MAN:
This is a mandatory
evacuation...

[***]

Emily.

No, please, please, baby.
Look at me. I'm right here.

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Tabriz targeted.
Confirm Tabriz.

JOHN:
Please, baby, you gotta
turn around and look at me.

Damn it.

SOLDIER:
Evacuate this area immediately!

We need you to move back,
people! Move back now!

MELANIE:
Emily!

Get out of here!
There's an air strike coming!

My daughter was in there.
Emily Cale.

She's still in there. Wait!
Emily!

What is with this family?
Wait for me!

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Confirm Tehran.

Targeting complete.

Armed for nuclear launch.

You have 15 seconds
to initiate. Fifteen, 14...

[ENGINE REVVING]

[SCREAMING]

Nine, eight...

Dad! Dad, look!
Five...

Dad, in his hand!

four, three...

Emily, get down!
two...

Get down!
one.

[SHRIEKS]

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Confirmation timed out.

Delta 2-6, one minute
to target. Go weapons hot.

Thank God, Em.
Daddy, I love you.

You're okay.

I love you so much.
The president. He shot him!

He shot him in there.

[***]

Look,
I need you to listen to me.

There's an air strike coming,
I need you to run.

I need you to run as far and
as fast as you can possibly go.

Can you do that?
I gotta get the president.

Okay.
You gotta go for me. Now, go.

Hundreds of people seem to be
running toward the White House.

They've been told
to evacuate too,

but they're climbing
the fence.

Okay, we have confirmation.

President Raphelson
has ordered an air strike

on the White House, and
I can hear the planes coming.

I-- I have to go.
I'm sorry.

PILOT:
Delta 2-6, requesting
permission to deliver payload.

MISSION CONTROL:
Raptor Alpha 1, you are clear.

PILOT:
All right, guys,
let's clean it up.

Delta 2-6,
we're locked on target.

Please confirm
Free Castle is a go.

MISSION CONTROL:
Raptor Alpha 1, clear.
Mission is a go.

[***]

PILOT:
Delta 2-6, we have friendlies
all over the kill zone.

REPORTER 1:
I cannot see the planes,
but what I can see

is an unbelievable sight.

Emily Cale
is out on the lawn,

and she's waving
the presidential flag.

No, baby. No, I told you
to run! You gotta run!

Captain, do you see this?

Delta 2-6, we have a young girl
on the lawn.

She's trying
to wave off the air strike.

Sir, requesting permission
to abort.

Mr. President, please.
Sir! Sir! I need an answer.

I'm not doing this, guys.

Abort mission.
Pull out! Abort! Abort! Abort!

No!

REPORTER 1:
They have flown
over the White House.

It is an unbelievable moment
down here.

People are going wild.

And Emily Cale is undoubtedly
a beautiful hero of the day.

Emily Cale is a little hero.

REPORTER 2:
This is an unprecedented
moment in U.S. history.

[ALL CHEERING]

[***]

[ALL CHEERING]

That search you requested
came back.

Emily, can you believe

how many people
have seen your video blog?

It's not a video blog.
It's a YouTube channel.

How many?
Seven hundred million people.

SAWYER:
Daughters.

Jesus! Oh, my God.
Are you okay?

Honest Abe.
My wife got this for me.

For the inauguration.

[CHUCKLING]

Are you kidding me?
You got shot in the wa--?

What I'm telling you
is that good old Abe

took a second bullet for me.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Thank you.

Thank you for what you did
for Emily.

It's my sacrifice, right?

Yes, sir.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Yep.
John, listen.

This isn't over yet.

Walker had no prior contact

with any of the terrorists,
but someone else did.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.
I'm gonna put you on speaker.

The president's with me.

This guy, Stenz,

made multiple calls
to a secure line in D.C.

but we don't know
who received them.

The database was wiped
30 minutes ago.

JOHN:
Really? Did you check Walker's
personal records?

His computer, his e-mails?

CAROL:
You don't know Walker, John.
He was a dinosaur.

The man still used a pager.

Oh, shit.

[***]

Listen. Carol,
I got to check something out.

We'll see you outside.

I don't believe it.

I think I know how Walker
got the codes,

but I'm gonna need
your help, sir.

SOLDIER:
Move back! Move back.

JOHN:
Emily.

[***]

Oh, baby, you okay?

Oh, thank God.

Thank God, baby.

[EMILY CHUCKLES]

Did you see my routine?

Ha, ha. Yeah.

Oh, I'm so proud of you.

You were beautiful, baby.

You saved us. You know that?

Hey, stay with Mommy
for a second, okay?

I'll be right back.

ELI:
John.

It's disarmed.

Thank God you're all right.
Where's the president?

[***]

He didn't make it, sir.

Um, I need to address
the nation.

General,
get on with the Joint Chiefs.

We need to move our troops
into the Middle East

to stabilize the region.
You wanna move troops in?

When they find out we almost
launched a nuclear attack,

there's gonna be chaos.
We have to contain it.

Can I ask you a question?
Of course. Yeah.

When did you and Walker
cook this whole thing up?

Excuse me?

How'd it go? You gave Walker
the launch codes

and he made you president?

You can prove this?

Walker had to get the launch
codes from somewhere,

and you were the only person
with those codes.

And I found this pager
in Walker's pocket.

I only know one other person
that uses one of these.

That doesn't prove anything.

Two old guys use
old technology. So what?

Why don't you call
the return number, Carol?

Would have been better if
the evidence had been destroyed

in the air strike
you ordered.

[RINGTONE PLAYING ON PHONE]

You're a goddamn traitor,
sir.

You dim little shit.

I hired you out of pity
and this is how you repay me.

Tomorrow, when people find out
that your precious president

helped a maniac
open the nuclear football,

who do you think they're
going to believe, you or me?

You, you would be a nobody.

But me, I'm the president
of the United States.

SAWYER:
No, you're not.

Eli, Eli.

Quite the politician, huh?

You did all of this
just to keep your buddies

in the defense industry
happy.

How far did you fall
into their pockets?

This is ridiculous.

Take him into custody.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.

No, I am still president.

Consider this a coup d'état.
Get this trash off my lawn.

You're not fit for office.
You son of a bitch!

You're selling this country
out to the Arabs.

This isn't over.
I got friends.

I'll make sure all of your
friends meet you in prison.

Let's get him
to the hospital.

You okay? You look terrible.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you for everything
you did today.

Thank you for trusting me.

SAWYER:
Special Agent Cale!

I'm not going anywhere
without my protection.

[***]

You heard him.

[***]

Thank you, sir. Hey, Em!

You wanna take a ride?

Come on.

Can I go?
Yeah, of course.

Go with your father.

She's an amazing girl.

MAN:
This way! Move this way!

[CHUCKLES]

Welcome aboard.
Thank you, sir.

You sure you're all right?

I'm all right now.

Good job, special agent.

Thank you, general.

[***]

If you ever want a private tour,
just let me know.

I can hook it up like that.
I mean, maybe in a few weeks

when we've got the place
back together.

That's good to know.

You wanna give him
the news?

Calls have been coming in

from all over the globe
for the last hour.

The presidents of Iran, Russia,
Israel and France

have all agreed
to your terms.

It looks like your peace plan
is a go.

You keep this up, I just
might have to vote for you.

You wanna see something
really special?

Yeah.

Carol.

Henry, the president
wants to do the thing.

Hold on tight.

[THE ROLLING STONES'
"STREET FIGHTING MAN" PLAYING]

* Everywhere
I hear the sound *

* Of marching
Charging feet, boy *

* 'Cause summer's here
And the time is right *

* For fighting
In the street, boy *

* Well, now
What can a poor boy do *

* Except to sing
For a rock 'n' roll band *

* 'Cause in sleepy
London town *

* There's just no place
For a street fighting man *

* No

* Hey, think the time
Is right *

* For a palace revolution

* But where I live
The game *

* To play
Is compromise solution *

* Well, now
What can a poor boy do *

* Except to sing
For a rock 'n' roll band *

* 'Cause in sleepy
London town *

* There's just no place
For a street fighting man *

* No

* Get down

* Hey

* So my name
Is called disturbance *

* I'll shout and scream
I'll kill the king *

* I'll rail
At all his servants *

* Well, now
What can a poor boy do *

* Except to sing
For a rock 'n' roll band *

* 'Cause in sleepy
London town *

* There's just no place
For a street fighting man *

* No

* Get down

[HE MET HER'S "CHEVY KNIGHTS"
PLAYING]

* We're caught
In a hurricane again *

* We said it all along

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We say, we say

* That it can get rough
Along the way *

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* You'll land
Where you belong *

* Bang, bang
* Take a shot

* Pit stop
* Drop me off

* But I'll be thinking
About you all night long *

* Hey, there
* Sun flares

* Open road
* No cares

* With your fingers
Pointed like a gun *

* And I will never ever
Wish you wrong *

* Even if we ever
Move along *

* You know I never meant
To lead you *

* On and on and on

* We're caught
In a hurricane again *

* We said it all along

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We say, we say

* That it can get rough
Along the way *

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* You'll land
Where you belong *

* Stoplights
* Dead of night

* Rear view
* Chevy brights

* Ciggie burning
Like a firefly *

* Backseat
* Next to me

* Ride free

* If we run
I know we can survive *

* And I will never ever
Wish you wrong *

* Even if we ever
Move along *

* You know I never meant
To lead you *

* On and on and on

* We're caught
In a hurricane again *

* We said it all along

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We say, we say

* That it can get rough
Along the way *

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* You'll land
Where you belong *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We'll land
where we belong *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We're caught
In a hurricane again *

* We said it all along

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* We'll land
Where we belong *

* We say, we say

* That it can get rough
Along the way *

* Just keep floating
With the wind *

* You'll land
Where you belong *