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- [Ken] John, this is--
- Martha Jennings.
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[dramatic music plays]
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This is Winzola McLendon.
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She is my biographer
and a first-rate journalist.
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I know my mom
is a lot to handle,
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but don't give up on her.
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Frank Wills.
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I'm going back to Georgia.
I don't belong here.
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Alexander Butterfield,
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former aide to HR Haldeman,
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said that President Nixon ordered
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secret electronic
listening devices
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in the president's Oval Office
and on his telephones.
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[Shaffer] I got word
on Sirica's preliminary ruling.
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He's recommending
a sentence of five years.
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What the hell did I go
through all this for, then?
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Because you wanted to do
what was best for the country.
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- Oh, fuck.
- [Shaffer] The good news
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is that you can still
appeal for leniency
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if you cooperate further.
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The special prosecutor's
going after Haldeman
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and Ehrlichman
and-and then Mitchell.
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No, no way, I am not
ratting on anybody else.
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I'd understand if you wanna
move on, find somebody else.
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[Mo] I am yours.
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[Liddy] When a man's
trial by fire arrives,
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he must meet it with the power
of his indomitable will.
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[rat squeaks]
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[grunts]
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[rats squeaking]
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[screams]
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[Martha] The trying things
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that have been imposed on me,
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no one in this country
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realizes or understands.
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You have ruined everything
in your life,
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in my life--your reputation.
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[Marty] What's going on?
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[Mitchell] Uh, go back
to your room, honey.
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I should have had them
go harder on you in California.
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I'm leaving you.
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[Marty] I called Dad.
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I'm gonna stay with him
for a couple months.
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And I'm taking Marty with me.
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[Martha sobbing]
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[light music plays]
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[birds chirping]
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[person snoring]
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[alarm buzzing]
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[person groans]
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Huh.
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[inhales deeply]
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[long, slow,
droning flatulence]
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[flatulence ends whimperingly]
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[exhales heavily]
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[grunts softly]
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[Mudd] President Richard Nixon
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reversed his ground
and agreed to comply
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with a Federal Circuit Court order
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to surrender
his Watergate tapes
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to Federal District Court judge
John Sirica.
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[newscaster] But soon
the president's lawyers
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disclosed that two tapes
were absent
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and a third had that
mysterious 18-minute buzz.
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The White House's
only explanation
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was that the president's
personal secretary,
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Rose Mary Wood,
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might have accidentally
hit the wrong button
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in the foot pedal while
reaching for the telephone.
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[Rose Mary]
So I'm transcribing the tape,
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and then I reach for the phone,
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and my foot presses down
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on the pedal
that erases the tape.
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[tense music plays]
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[Mudd]
The public opinion polls,
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always a revered source
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of comfort and pleasure
for the president,
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have now turned sour.
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[newscaster] It would be nice
in a crisis-weary country
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if the committee could decide
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by, say, eight o'clock
tomorrow morning
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whether Mr. Nixon
ought to be impeached.
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But with ground rules to set
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and with masses
of possible evidence to sift,
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that decision is likely
to be months away.
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The feeling grows
that if the president
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survives in office
through the spring,
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he may, if his health holds,
finish out his term
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but that surviving in office
through the spring
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won't be easy.
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All sides agree that things
simply cannot continue
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as they have been
for most of '73.
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[newscaster]
As for those complicit
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in the president's deceptions,
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only one question remains:
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why would these men,
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men of intelligence
and accomplishment,
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willingly subsume themselves
for a man
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as patently duplicitous
as Richard Milhous Nixon?
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What, in short,
were they thinking?
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[reporters clamoring]
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Whoa, whoa, whoa,
where you going?
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You don't wanna get
a photo with us?
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[Lano] Say cheese, Mitchell.
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[clamoring continues]
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[reporter]
Attorney General Mitchell.
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[reporter] The rumor
is that you're facing
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upwards of ten years in prison
if convicted.
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Doesn't that scare you?
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Could be worse.
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I could have been sentenced
to life with Martha.
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[buttons clicking,
electricity buzzing]
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[doctor] Here on your X-ray,
you can see
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the sunburst appearance
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where the wrist is injured.
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The fracture could heal
very slowly or not at all.
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In addition,
an excess of calcium
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is entering your bloodstream...
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[Martha] Hmm.
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...that could cause
neurological problems like
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confusion and memory loss,
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weakness, and exhaustion.
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You may soon find yourself
in a lot of pain.
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[continues indistinctly,
dialogue fades]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Martha] My, The Post,
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they know how to treat
their staff-writers well.
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[Winnie]
No, this is my editor's scotch.
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He's on vacation.
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[Martha] Well, I'm glad you
finally escaped
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from that pink ghetto
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you were stuck in.
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Oh, just soda for me, please.
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[Winnie] Oh.
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All right.
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I've never known you to
turn down a celebratory drink.
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I'm impressed.
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You've never known me to turn down
any kind of drink before.
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[laughter]
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What exactly
are we celebrating?
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[Winnie chuckles]
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Are you kidding?
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Martha, everything that you
said about the president...
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...all the things that they
mocked you for, it's--
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You're the only one who told
the truth from the beginning.
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Well, three cheers for me.
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[laughter]
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You know, this is a new start.
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Maybe you should move
out of that old apartment,
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find someplace
that suits you better.
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Well, it suits me fine.
What's wrong with it?
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I don't know.
Just seems kind of haunted.
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Well, when you get
to be my age,
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you get to know the ghosts.
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[Winnie laughs]
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Bottoms up. Nice to see you.
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You too.
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What happened there?
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Oh, I took a little tupsie
on the stairs a few weeks ago.
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[Winnie] Oh, no.
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Well, I have something that
I think is gonna cheer you up.
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[Martha] What is it?
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Our book.
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A very rough first draft.
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And I know that the publisher
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canceled our contract, technically,
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but I just couldn't help it;
I had to finish it.
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And I think it's good.
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Actually, I think
it's really good.
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Oh, that's wonderful, dear.
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I thought you'd be happy.
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No, I am.
I'm happy, and I'm grateful.
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Well...
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Mm, there's a reason
I stopped by.
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I wanted to--[clears throat]
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I wanted to ask you a favor.
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Oh, okay.
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You know what happened
with me and my husband.
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That was a long time coming,
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and I've made peace
with it, but...
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Marty--
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her birthday's on Tuesday,
and I promised
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that I would drive down
and visit her at school,
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and I wondered
if you might accompany me.
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Oh, wow.
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I don't know if I should.
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Oh, it would mean
so much to me.
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She just loves you to death.
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All right, well, let me see if
I can get that day off, okay?
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All right. You let me know.
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[Winnie] I will.
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[Martha] And more importantly,
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who is the man
in that brown jacket there?
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[Winnie whispering]
Oh. That's Bob Woodward.
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[Martha] That's--now, he
does not look like the gasbag
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I have heard he is.
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[laughing] Shh! Martha!
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[Martha] Call his name.
Get him to look this way.
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I'm not gonna do that.
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Bob.
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What are you...
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[Martha]
It sounded more like a sheep.
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...doing?
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All right.
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Give me the damage,
but make it quick.
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It's been a very long day.
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Let's start with the good news.
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Thanks to a tax loophole,
we're able to run your bail
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through the corporate account,
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so little victory there.
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[Mitchell] Hooray.
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As for the bad news, uh,
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those Oval Office tapes
were not good for us.
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Based upon the transcripts,
it looks like
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they've got you dead to rights
on all the charges:
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conspiracy, perjury,
obstruction of justice.
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It's all there, clear as day.
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Okay, sweetheart,
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could you find
the burgundy stem?
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Yeah, um...
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John...
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this is serious.
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I didn't hire you to inform me
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that there is an iceberg
up ahead.
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I hired you to steer the ship
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around the fucking thing.
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On the, um, sunny side
of the street,
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it looks like you might be
out of the woods
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with the whole
Martha situation.
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What are we talking about?
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[lawyer] We received
the settlement papers.
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She hasn't agreed
to all of our terms.
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She would like to maintain
ownership of the apartment
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and visitation rights
with Marty.
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But she's relented
on just about everything else.
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She's giving you an out here.
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All you gotta do is sign
those documents, and...
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[laughs]
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...you'll finally be rid
of her.
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Any update
on the burgundy stem?
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Try this one, Mr. Mitchell.
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[Mitchell] We have a winner.
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[Dean grunting]
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[prisoner] Hey, Chuck,
those cafones in Washington,
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are they gonna impeach or what?
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Uh, it depends; they--
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they have the votes
in the House.
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Yeah, but the Senate's
trickier.
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Much more visibility
in that chamber.
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[Colson] Ah, if Goldwater
votes to convict,
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they'll all follow along.
264
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[prisoner]
What's the matter, Dean?
265
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What are you thinking about?
266
00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:11,438
I think I need some new gloves.
267
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[Hunt]
Princess is in a little funk.
268
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He had a visit
from the feds earlier on.
269
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[prisoner] Mm-hmm.
270
00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,413
[Colson] The feds? Who was it?
271
00:11:19,446 --> 00:11:20,981
[Haldeman]
Watergate task force guys.
272
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They want him to testify now
against Mitchell.
273
00:11:25,419 --> 00:11:26,787
What did you tell them?
274
00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,221
What do you think I told them?
275
00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:33,093
I told them no, for God's sake.
276
00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:35,729
As if a couple of tapes
are gonna convince me
277
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to turn on anybody at this point.
278
00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,999
Oh, tape recordings?
279
00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:40,967
Copies of all my conversations
280
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with the president
in the Oval Office.
281
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Left them as a gift.
282
00:11:44,971 --> 00:11:46,473
Hell of a gift.
283
00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:47,974
I don't know.
284
00:11:48,008 --> 00:11:50,010
Maybe they figured I'd hear
something new in them.
285
00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:51,445
It's unbelievable.
286
00:11:51,478 --> 00:11:53,480
I mean, I testified against
the president, for God's sake.
287
00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,348
It's not like
I'm some criminal.
288
00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:57,751
[chuckles] That's funny.
289
00:11:57,784 --> 00:12:00,187
'Cause I ain't no criminal neither.
290
00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,923
Vito, Carmine,
you guys criminals?
291
00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:04,324
No, no, no, none of that.
292
00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:05,759
No, hell, no.
293
00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,095
- Look at his face.
- [laughter]
294
00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:09,229
Look at his face.
295
00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:10,997
[Carmine speaking Italian]
296
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[laughter]
297
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[tense music plays]
298
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♪ ♪
299
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DEAN I think there's no doubt about
the seriousness of the problem we've got.
300
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It'll cost money.
It's dangerous.
301
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Nobody, nothing--people around here
are not pros at this sort of thing.
302
00:13:13,527 --> 00:13:15,362
This is the sort of thing
mafia people can do.
303
00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,164
You got to wash money and all that sort,
304
00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:18,999
you know, if you get a hundred thousand
out of a bank
305
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and it all comes in serialized bills.
306
00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:24,171
I would say these people
are going to cost a million dollars
307
00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:26,540
over the next two years.
308
00:13:26,573 --> 00:13:28,842
NIXON You, on the money,
if you need the money
309
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you could get a million dollars.
310
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And you could get it in cash.
311
00:13:32,379 --> 00:13:33,947
I know where it could be gotten.
312
00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:36,349
I want to look at any sensitive areas
313
00:13:36,383 --> 00:13:38,185
around where Jews are involved.
314
00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:40,053
See, the Jews are all
through the government.
315
00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,222
You can't trust the bastards,
they turn on you.
316
00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:44,024
You know what happened
to the Greeks?
317
00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:45,926
Homosexuality destroyed them.
318
00:13:45,959 --> 00:13:48,395
The last six Roman Emperors were fags.
319
00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,864
We are up against an enemy,
a conspiracy.
320
00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:53,033
They're using any means.
Is that clear?
321
00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,534
I don't give a shit about the law.
322
00:13:54,568 --> 00:13:56,369
The press is the enemy.
323
00:13:56,403 --> 00:14:00,273
The establishment is the enemy.
The professors are the enemy.
324
00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:04,211
DEAN Just hunker down,
fight it at every corner, every turn.
325
00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:05,946
Don't let people testify.
326
00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,215
Cover it up is what
we're really talking about.
327
00:14:08,248 --> 00:14:09,482
- Just keep it buried.
- Oh, fuck.
328
00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:13,386
We have a cancer close
to the presidency that's growing.
329
00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:14,621
It's growing daily.
330
00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,122
[player clicks off]
331
00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:21,494
[sighs]
332
00:14:25,565 --> 00:14:26,900
Fuck.
333
00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,868
[dramatic music plays]
334
00:14:28,902 --> 00:14:31,871
[phone ringing]
335
00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:34,374
♪ ♪
336
00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:40,380
[Martha groans]
337
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,117
[Martha grunts]
338
00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:49,889
Hello.
339
00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:57,597
Yes, I'll be down in a minute.
Thank you, Zolton.
340
00:14:57,631 --> 00:14:58,932
Thank you.
341
00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:01,401
[groans softly]
342
00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:05,472
Oh.
343
00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:08,308
♪ ♪
344
00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:10,577
[groaning]
345
00:15:12,946 --> 00:15:14,381
[groans softly]
346
00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:17,317
♪ ♪
347
00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:48,014
[sobbing]
348
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:58,158
[sighs]
349
00:16:15,041 --> 00:16:16,109
[grunts]
350
00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:30,590
♪ ♪
351
00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:35,362
[indistinct chatter]
352
00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,636
I'm sorry. Some days
it's impossible to be me.
353
00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:44,704
- [Winnie] Oh, that's okay.
- [Martha] How are you?
354
00:16:44,738 --> 00:16:47,140
Oh, I'm good, yeah. I'm good.
355
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,475
Oh, eh--
356
00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:51,277
Antonio, he's a photographer
from Life magazine.
357
00:16:51,311 --> 00:16:52,345
He's on loan for the day
358
00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,781
to take pictures
of the birthday party.
359
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:57,250
- Oh, that's-that's nice.
- Yeah.
360
00:16:57,283 --> 00:16:58,651
- What?
- Oh, I just--
361
00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,720
I mean, I think
that it might spook Marty
362
00:17:00,754 --> 00:17:02,188
a little bit if you show up
363
00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:04,424
and you have a whole entourage,
you know?
364
00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:06,259
- Maybe--
- I see your point.
365
00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:08,294
Okay, we'll have him wait
in the car a little bit.
366
00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:10,530
Yeah. Antonio, this is Winnie.
Winnie, this is Antonio.
367
00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:11,564
- [Winnie] Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
368
00:17:11,598 --> 00:17:12,599
[Winnie] Nice to meet you.
369
00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:14,200
Uh, so you'll just
stay in the car
370
00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:16,536
till Marty gets comfortable;
she's shy.
371
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:17,771
- [Antonio] Yes, ma'am.
- She's a little shy.
372
00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:19,205
- [Winnie] Morning.
- [Zolton] Good morning.
373
00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:20,740
- [Winnie] Thank you.
- [Zolton] You're welcome.
374
00:17:20,774 --> 00:17:22,308
- [Winnie] Okay.
- [Martha sighs]
375
00:17:23,309 --> 00:17:24,444
[Winnie] Oof!
376
00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:28,581
[engine turning over]
377
00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:29,749
[Winnie]
Have you lost some weight?
378
00:17:29,783 --> 00:17:31,284
[Martha]
It's a good day for a drive.
379
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:34,788
[birds calling]
380
00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:45,832
Oh, oh.
381
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:48,301
You all right?
382
00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:50,670
Oh, it's my wrist
just hasn't healed.
383
00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:52,138
Oh.
384
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:57,110
Oh. Mitchell defaulted
on the heating bill.
385
00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,512
He's trying to drive me
out of the apartment.
386
00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,848
That's awfully unkind of him.
387
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,750
[Martha]
Well, it's just his way now.
388
00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:07,287
[laughs]
Mitchell couldn't stand Nixon
389
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,088
when he first met him;
he thought he was
390
00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:11,624
insecure and brittle,
which he is.
391
00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:14,260
Isn't that crazy?
392
00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:18,331
How does a man like
John Mitchell, brilliant man,
393
00:18:18,364 --> 00:18:21,801
get tangled up in such a mess
394
00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:24,604
for a conglomerate of nothing
like Richard Nixon?
395
00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:29,242
I don't understand it.
396
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:33,213
I don't think I ever will.
397
00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:43,223
[Rodino over radio]
I, as the chairman,
398
00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:46,226
have been guided
by a simple principle
399
00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:49,762
that the law must deal fairly
with every man.
400
00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,297
[Martha] The ones
that are cute on the front
401
00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:53,266
- are terrible inside.
- [Winnie] I know.
402
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,734
[Martha] I don't understand
some of these things.
403
00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:56,169
[Winnie] I don't know.
404
00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,204
[Martha] Come on.
We gotta find a nice one.
405
00:18:58,238 --> 00:19:01,875
"A daughter is a special gift
whose heart is made of gold,
406
00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:03,543
a beautiful flower's blossom."
407
00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:05,278
Oh, please stop.
Who writes these things?
408
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,213
Christ,
they really are terrible.
409
00:19:07,247 --> 00:19:08,581
You should write cards.
410
00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:10,450
You're so sweet and sincere.
411
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:11,818
[Winnie laughs]
412
00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:14,687
That's a nice little kitty.
413
00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:17,190
- [Winnie] Yeah, lots of kitties.
- No, not a birthday.
414
00:19:18,558 --> 00:19:20,894
[Winnie] You know, Martha,
I've been meaning to apologize to you.
415
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:23,229
What for?
416
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:28,434
You know, back when everything
started, I just--
417
00:19:29,636 --> 00:19:32,805
I'm not sure
that I really believed you.
418
00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:35,708
I know I acted like I did, but...
419
00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:37,944
I was just as bad
as everyone else.
420
00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:40,613
I'm sorry.
421
00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:41,848
I... can't imagine
422
00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:44,217
how that must have been
for you...
423
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:45,952
not to be believed.
424
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:49,589
Must have felt like you didn't have
a friend in the world.
425
00:19:49,622 --> 00:19:51,624
Well, that's not true now.
426
00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:54,394
I do have a friend.
I have a best friend right here.
427
00:19:58,331 --> 00:19:59,365
Thanks.
428
00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:02,368
- Now help me find a card.
- Okay.
429
00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:04,671
Uh...
430
00:20:06,673 --> 00:20:07,674
...here.
431
00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:11,911
Together, that's it.
432
00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:14,847
Oh, that's nice.
433
00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:17,650
That's real nice.
434
00:20:18,985 --> 00:20:20,587
Let's get the envelope
for that one.
435
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,722
- Yeah.
- [Martha] That's nice.
436
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,826
[cash register dings]
437
00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:34,000
Could you direct me
to the ladies', please?
438
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,868
Oh, yeah. Right over there.
439
00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,279
Was that Martha Mitchell?
440
00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:49,515
Thanks.
441
00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,518
[tense music plays]
442
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:55,555
♪ ♪
443
00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:08,768
[sighs]
444
00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:13,573
♪ ♪
445
00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:51,778
[Lano] Can you believe
this shit?
446
00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:54,714
There might be up to five
articles of impeachment now.
447
00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:56,382
Fucking shame.
448
00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:58,017
[Magallanes]
You can say that again.
449
00:21:58,051 --> 00:21:59,852
[Lano] Do that
to an American president
450
00:21:59,886 --> 00:22:01,921
just to score political points?
451
00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:04,490
Wait, what?
452
00:22:04,524 --> 00:22:05,792
There's no evidence
the president
453
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,427
ordered the break-in;
there's no fucking evidence.
454
00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,729
[Magallanes] So we're just gonna forget
that he obstructed justice?
455
00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,431
Does that not count
for anything?
456
00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:13,466
He isn't perfect.
457
00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:16,636
I didn't vote for him twice
because he's perfect.
458
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:19,972
You voted for Nixon
after you knew about Watergate?
459
00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:23,342
I'm a law-and-order guy.
460
00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:26,112
Anyway, you impeach him now,
and you start destroying
461
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:27,780
what little trust
the American people
462
00:22:27,814 --> 00:22:30,483
have in their government,
and that--
463
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:31,818
that's a slippery slope.
464
00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:34,053
What is it with this
slippery slope shit?
465
00:22:34,087 --> 00:22:35,388
[Lano] What do you mean?
466
00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:36,756
People like you
always say that,
467
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:38,458
like you got
nothing else to say.
468
00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:39,692
"It's a slippery slope."
469
00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:41,761
Yeah, everything's
a slippery slope.
470
00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,429
"Oh, honey,
don't take that aspirin.
471
00:22:43,463 --> 00:22:44,530
"You don't know
what might happen.
472
00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:45,565
It's a slippery slope."
473
00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:46,766
"Welfare for the poor?
474
00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,801
We can't do that.
That's a slippery slope."
475
00:22:48,835 --> 00:22:50,069
"You wanna police
the government?
476
00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:52,105
"That's a fucking slippery
shit slope
477
00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:53,406
"if I've ever seen one.
478
00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:54,907
"Let's not do that.
You know what?
479
00:22:54,941 --> 00:22:57,577
As a matter of fact,
let's not fucking do anything."
480
00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:00,980
You okay, buddy?
481
00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:04,784
Just because
certain actions we take
482
00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:06,753
in some imaginary future
483
00:23:06,786 --> 00:23:09,021
might theoretically lead
to disastrous outcomes
484
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:10,523
somewhere down the line
485
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:11,991
shouldn't stop us from doing
486
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,927
what's objectively
morally right
487
00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:17,063
in the present.
488
00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,698
Correct?
489
00:23:21,434 --> 00:23:25,571
Of course, the idea of any kind
of objective morality...
490
00:23:28,007 --> 00:23:29,742
- It's a slippery slope?
- Hey, I didn't say it.
491
00:23:29,776 --> 00:23:30,810
- Fuck you.
- I didn't say it.
492
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:32,178
- Fuck you.
- [laughs]
493
00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,016
[Magallanes] So what's the new director
got you on after this?
494
00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:40,753
[Lano] Wants me to pick up the slack
for the whole department.
495
00:23:40,787 --> 00:23:42,655
What about you?
What's he got you on?
496
00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:50,163
They're trying to... ship me
back to translation detail.
497
00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:54,534
I think I'm lucky that
those Cubans spoke Spanish.
498
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,972
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been
anywhere near something this big.
499
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:03,943
Yeah. You know what?
500
00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:06,946
Fuck those guys.
501
00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:10,750
What are you gonna you do, right?
You gonna sue 'em?
502
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,652
[Magallanes chuckles]
503
00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:14,787
[Lano] Ah, there he is.
504
00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:16,122
Belle of the ball.
505
00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:22,028
Mr. Dean, ready to testify
against your old boss?
506
00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:26,499
[Magallanes] John Dean.
507
00:24:26,532 --> 00:24:29,035
Hey, did you ever listen
to those tapes we sent?
508
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,504
[Dean] Yeah. Thanks for those.
509
00:24:31,537 --> 00:24:33,606
They really took me back.
510
00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:36,175
You already knew everything
there was to know about Nixon.
511
00:24:36,209 --> 00:24:38,878
So... what was in there
that changed your mind
512
00:24:38,911 --> 00:24:41,714
about testifying
against your buddies?
513
00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:45,084
You ever hear your own voice
on a...
514
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,919
tape recorder?
515
00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:50,223
Sounds strange, like somebody else,
like somebody you don't even know.
516
00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:56,863
Dean, can I ask you
a personal question?
517
00:24:57,964 --> 00:24:59,699
I mean, you're the one
with the gun.
518
00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:03,536
Why'd you do it?
519
00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:05,905
I mean,
you're-you're a smart guy.
520
00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:07,707
At least you seem like
a smart guy.
521
00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:09,141
I mean, why would you agree
522
00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:11,844
to cover up
some bullshit break-in
523
00:25:11,878 --> 00:25:13,813
for a president you knew
damn well was gonna
524
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,515
throw you under the bus
the second the shit hit the fan?
525
00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:18,618
[lighter clicks]
526
00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:19,919
Why'd you do it?
527
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,189
You really wanna know?
528
00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,523
I do.
529
00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,194
Poshinaya foam.
530
00:25:29,929 --> 00:25:32,098
- What's that?
- Poshinaya foam.
531
00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:35,001
It's the best high-density
cushion foam in the world.
532
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,236
They only make it
in the Eastern Bloc.
533
00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:39,538
Apparently when you sit
in a seat
534
00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:40,740
made with Poshinaya foam,
535
00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:42,575
it's like
you're floating on air.
536
00:25:42,608 --> 00:25:44,577
Somebody back in law school
once told me
537
00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:48,281
that Jack Kennedy got the CIA
538
00:25:48,314 --> 00:25:50,182
to make a special deal
with Khrushchev
539
00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:52,785
to get every seat
on Air Force One
540
00:25:52,818 --> 00:25:54,720
- cushioned with the stuff.
- [chuckles]
541
00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:56,222
- No shit.
- [Dean] No shit.
542
00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,691
And when I first heard that,
I remember thinking,
543
00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,227
"Man, I-I would do anything
544
00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,696
to sit in one of those seats
before I die."
545
00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:05,298
Now, just think about it:
546
00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:06,666
riding with the president
547
00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:08,601
30,000 feet
above the rest of the world,
548
00:26:08,634 --> 00:26:11,203
your whole ass
549
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,905
cradled by a cloud.
550
00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,108
I mean, how can you know
about a-a thing like that
551
00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:17,710
and just go back
to living your life
552
00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:18,945
the way you were
living it before,
553
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,313
with your ordinary cushions
554
00:26:20,346 --> 00:26:22,214
and your ordinary existence?
555
00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:24,984
It's-it's impossible.
556
00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,957
All right, so did you get
to sit in one?
557
00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:32,124
What's that?
558
00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:33,159
[both] The-the foam.
559
00:26:33,192 --> 00:26:34,260
- The foam.
- The Air Force One seat.
560
00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:35,962
Oh. [chuckles]
561
00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:38,931
Yeah. Yeah. A few times.
562
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:42,668
How'd it feel?
563
00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:44,971
[Dean chuckles]
564
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:48,374
Better than you can
ever imagine.
565
00:27:03,656 --> 00:27:06,625
[dramatic music plays]
566
00:27:06,659 --> 00:27:09,662
♪ ♪
567
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,679
[bailiff]
This court is now in session,
568
00:27:26,712 --> 00:27:29,281
with the Honorable
Judge John Sirica presiding.
569
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,785
[Sirica] Uh, we have
a pretty busy schedule today.
570
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:36,088
Mr. Ben-Veniste, would you like
to call your first witness?
571
00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:37,890
[Ben-Veniste] The special
prosecutor would like to call
572
00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:41,027
Mr. George Gordon Battle Liddy
to the stand.
573
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,062
[door opens]
574
00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:46,098
[suspenseful music plays]
575
00:27:46,132 --> 00:27:49,135
♪ ♪
576
00:27:49,168 --> 00:27:52,171
[people murmuring]
577
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:10,423
Mr. Liddy, much has been made
of your defiant silence
578
00:28:10,456 --> 00:28:11,991
during these proceedings.
579
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,694
But we wanted to give you
one more chance
580
00:28:15,728 --> 00:28:17,830
to set the record straight.
581
00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:20,933
Do you or do you not recall
582
00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:25,404
the meeting
of January 27, 1972,
583
00:28:25,438 --> 00:28:29,375
commonly referred to as
the Operation Gemstone meeting?
584
00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:38,384
How about the subsequent
meeting of February fourth
585
00:28:38,417 --> 00:28:41,253
in which you presented
your revised plans
586
00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:43,823
to former Attorney General Mi--
587
00:28:43,856 --> 00:28:46,792
[Liddy humming]
588
00:28:50,796 --> 00:28:51,864
Excuse me.
589
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,265
[Liddy singing
"Horst Wessel Lied"]
590
00:28:53,299 --> 00:28:54,500
[Ben-Veniste] Excuse me.
591
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,302
[singing continues]
592
00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:58,437
[Sirica] Mr. Liddy.
593
00:28:58,471 --> 00:28:59,505
- Oh, dear God.
- [gavel banging]
594
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:00,739
[Sirica] Come to order, please.
595
00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:02,041
[singing continues]
596
00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:03,909
Will somebody get this lunatic
out of my courtroom?
597
00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:05,344
[singing continues]
598
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:06,479
[guard]
Come on. Come on, let's go.
599
00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:07,813
[gavel banging]
600
00:29:07,847 --> 00:29:09,081
[Sirica] Come to order.
601
00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:10,850
[singing continues]
602
00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:11,984
[Sirica] Get him out!
603
00:29:12,017 --> 00:29:13,919
[singing continues]
604
00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:16,922
[dramatic music plays]
605
00:29:16,956 --> 00:29:19,959
[singing continues]
606
00:29:22,495 --> 00:29:25,464
[dramatic
orchestral music plays]
607
00:29:25,498 --> 00:29:28,501
♪ ♪
608
00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:33,372
[singing continues, muffled]
609
00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:34,473
[Lano]
What the hell's going on?
610
00:29:34,507 --> 00:29:36,208
[officer] Some witness
is going crazy in there.
611
00:29:42,548 --> 00:29:44,116
This is you, pal.
612
00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,853
[lighter clicks]
613
00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:53,425
[Dean]
Well, thanks for the ride.
614
00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:55,194
I'll see you around.
615
00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:56,462
Probably not.
616
00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:02,034
[Lano whistling]
617
00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:12,344
[sighs]
618
00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:21,887
[guard] My God, get the door.
619
00:30:21,921 --> 00:30:24,156
[people clamoring,
door rattling]
620
00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:29,895
[clamoring continues]
621
00:30:29,929 --> 00:30:31,964
[guard] Shut it!
622
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:35,000
[Liddy breathing heavily]
623
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:40,339
[Liddy grunts softly]
624
00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:50,583
John Dean...
625
00:30:50,616 --> 00:30:52,184
as I live and breathe.
626
00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:53,919
[chuckles]
627
00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:56,255
Gordon.
628
00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:59,358
You're looking well.
You had a... haircut?
629
00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:01,594
How-how you been?
630
00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:04,330
How's the--how's the--
how's the family?
631
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:06,332
Oh, oh, they're skippy, thanks.
632
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:14,173
You know, I've been thinking
a lot about you lately.
633
00:31:16,075 --> 00:31:18,143
- Is-is that so?
- [Liddy] Sure.
634
00:31:18,177 --> 00:31:19,645
You see, I've spent
a lot of time
635
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,381
trapped in a cell,
636
00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:24,283
bedding down among beasts,
637
00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,285
and it's times like those
you can't help
638
00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:27,586
but think of the ones
on the outside
639
00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:30,089
who've taken
the coward's way out, and...
640
00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:32,424
you're the biggest coward
of them all, aren't you, John?
641
00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:35,294
Well, well, hang on
just a minute there, Gordon.
642
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,263
I mean, I-I'm in prison too.
643
00:31:37,296 --> 00:31:39,498
Oh, I know.
644
00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:41,567
You've been in prison
your whole life.
645
00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:53,312
As part of my training
in the bureau, they...
646
00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:54,580
taught us
how to kill a grown man
647
00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,048
with just a sharpened pencil.
648
00:31:58,217 --> 00:32:00,119
Can you believe it?
649
00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:02,521
One swift thrust...
650
00:32:02,554 --> 00:32:04,023
right below the Adam's apple,
651
00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:06,158
and the subject
bleeds out silently.
652
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,962
Apply enough pressure, and you
might even hit the brain stem.
653
00:32:09,995 --> 00:32:12,464
[dramatic music plays]
654
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:15,501
♪ ♪
655
00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:22,007
I've watched you die
so many times, John Dean...
656
00:32:23,676 --> 00:32:26,412
...in my delicious fantasies...
657
00:32:28,147 --> 00:32:30,282
...hanging by the neck
from a rafter...
658
00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:34,687
...impaled ass first
on an iron spit...
659
00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:38,424
...decapitated
by a lawn mower blade.
660
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:44,129
You know, I'm slightly embarrassed to say,
but many a nights,
661
00:32:44,163 --> 00:32:46,231
the thought
of crushing you underfoot...
662
00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:50,636
...your organs squishing
between my toes, well, it...
663
00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:53,238
rocked me to sleep
like a lullaby.
664
00:32:55,274 --> 00:32:57,643
It helped keep me warm.
665
00:32:57,676 --> 00:33:02,214
But then my reverie
was disturbed.
666
00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:03,482
I was visited, you see.
667
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:06,185
[Dean] Vi-visited?
668
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:08,721
[Liddy]
Mm, haunted, you might say,
669
00:33:08,754 --> 00:33:10,356
by a creature...
670
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:15,260
...a fat bitch rat
with buck teeth
671
00:33:15,294 --> 00:33:18,197
and suckled teats
that dotted her underbelly.
672
00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:21,567
Night after night,
673
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,170
I could hear her in the walls,
mocking my weakness.
674
00:33:27,639 --> 00:33:30,642
And deep in my heart,
675
00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:32,244
I knew she was right.
676
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,415
For as long as I can remember,
677
00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:39,685
I've wanted to purge
that weakness from my body,
678
00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:42,788
to destroy every inch of it.
679
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:50,095
She brought me down to nothing,
that bitch rat.
680
00:33:50,129 --> 00:33:53,198
My spirit gave out completely.
681
00:33:53,232 --> 00:33:55,367
And then a miracle happened.
682
00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:59,738
In my darkest hour,
683
00:33:59,772 --> 00:34:01,807
I heard her calling me.
684
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,809
I followed her voice
685
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:05,477
into the wall.
686
00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:07,713
And do you know
what I did in that moment,
687
00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:10,516
face-to-face
with that verminous cunt
688
00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,651
that I'd been seeking
for weeks?
689
00:34:16,188 --> 00:34:18,457
I broke down,
weeping like a baby.
690
00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:25,764
But these were not tears
of joy or pain or madness.
691
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,536
They were tears of clarity,
692
00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:33,439
tears of love.
693
00:34:33,472 --> 00:34:35,707
I realized...
694
00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:45,384
...that my weakness
is not something to be crushed.
695
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:47,653
It's a part of me,
696
00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:51,123
just like you're a part of me, John.
697
00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:53,759
The weak and the strong,
698
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:56,762
the soldier and the coward--
699
00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:59,465
one gives rise inexorably
to the other
700
00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:02,634
like a beautiful melody
through the ages.
701
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:12,544
And wha-what happened
to the rat?
702
00:35:12,578 --> 00:35:14,446
I ate her.
703
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:15,647
[Dean scoffs]
704
00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:19,618
You ate her?
705
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:22,120
First I ate her pups,
706
00:35:22,154 --> 00:35:23,655
and then I ate her.
707
00:35:26,225 --> 00:35:27,626
I ate them all.
708
00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:32,130
Don't you see?
709
00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:39,171
I ate them
so that you could live.
710
00:35:39,204 --> 00:35:42,174
[unsettling music plays]
711
00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:45,210
♪ ♪
712
00:36:02,728 --> 00:36:04,763
I love you, John Dean.
713
00:36:10,903 --> 00:36:12,938
I love you too, Gordon.
714
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:17,409
[indistinct chatter]
715
00:36:17,442 --> 00:36:18,877
[officer] Jesus Christ.
716
00:36:18,911 --> 00:36:21,480
Who the fuck put you two
in the same room?
717
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:22,648
Let's go, pal.
718
00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:23,782
[guard] Let's go.
719
00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,398
[sighs]
720
00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:48,473
[bell tolling,
indistinct chatter]
721
00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:51,977
[student 1] Oh, he's so wild.
722
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,478
My sister went to his show
in Philadelphia.
723
00:36:53,512 --> 00:36:54,513
[student 2] Seriously?
724
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:57,683
Yeah, he sang "Rebel, Rebel"
looking straight at her.
725
00:36:57,716 --> 00:36:59,885
She said it was like he could
see through her clothes
726
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:00,986
and liked it.
727
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:02,254
[student 2]
We should sneak away
728
00:37:02,287 --> 00:37:03,822
and go see him in New Haven.
729
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,224
Hey, Marty, wanna go see
David Bowie in New Haven?
730
00:37:06,258 --> 00:37:07,726
[scoffs] Are you kidding?
731
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:08,961
He's a degenerate drug addict
732
00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:11,630
who makes a living
singing about sex.
733
00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:13,398
Wow, somebody sounds
like Daddy.
734
00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:15,267
- [laughter]
- Shut up.
735
00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:20,305
Uh-oh, look who decided
to show up.
736
00:37:23,642 --> 00:37:25,711
Shit.
737
00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:34,252
[Martha] Oh, oh, oh!
738
00:37:34,286 --> 00:37:35,320
Ooh!
739
00:37:35,354 --> 00:37:36,755
What's wrong with her?
740
00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:41,693
[Winnie] Hey, yeah.
741
00:37:41,727 --> 00:37:42,961
[Martha] Almost forgot the card.
742
00:37:42,995 --> 00:37:45,864
[Winnie] I think we should go.
I don't think we should be here.
743
00:37:45,897 --> 00:37:47,566
[Martha] Oh, there she is.
744
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:48,800
Marty? Whoo.
745
00:37:48,834 --> 00:37:50,936
Oh! [laughs]
746
00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,307
Go away.
747
00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:57,042
- [Martha] What's wrong?
- [camera shutter clicks]
748
00:37:58,377 --> 00:37:59,678
You brought a photographer?
749
00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:00,979
No.
750
00:38:01,013 --> 00:38:03,582
Well, y-yes, I did.
I said stay in the car.
751
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:05,550
I told him to stay in the car.
Get in the car.
752
00:38:05,584 --> 00:38:06,785
What's wrong with you?
753
00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,420
Why are you even here?
754
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:09,588
You wanted me to come.
755
00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:10,989
[Marty] I didn't want you
to come like this.
756
00:38:11,023 --> 00:38:12,324
What?
757
00:38:12,357 --> 00:38:13,725
Are you stoned?
758
00:38:13,759 --> 00:38:15,060
You mind yourself.
759
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,362
[Marty]
You can barely even stand.
760
00:38:17,396 --> 00:38:18,764
I hate you.
761
00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,499
You're the reason
Dad's going to jail.
762
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:23,068
Oh, Dad. Oh, I see.
763
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,070
Did he tell you that?
Is that what he's saying?
764
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,039
- Well, you can tell him--
- I can't stand this anymore.
765
00:38:27,072 --> 00:38:28,707
Just get in your car and go away.
766
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:31,476
I never wanna see you again.
767
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:34,079
Well, maybe I never wanna
see you again.
768
00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:36,515
Fine. I don't care.
769
00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:38,750
I really don't.
770
00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:40,452
Dad's right.
771
00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:41,953
Everyone's right.
772
00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:43,388
You are fucking crazy.
773
00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:52,064
[laughing]
Oh, I didn't mean to do that.
774
00:38:52,097 --> 00:38:53,999
[laughs] Come here.
775
00:38:54,032 --> 00:38:55,934
Marty, come here, baby.
776
00:38:55,967 --> 00:38:57,703
[laughs]
777
00:38:57,736 --> 00:38:59,071
Oh, come on.
778
00:38:59,104 --> 00:39:00,639
I didn't mean it.
779
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,774
Marty. Oh.
780
00:39:03,809 --> 00:39:04,976
She's so--
781
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,547
Whoa. Okay.
Okay, let's get in the car, all right?
782
00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:09,715
- [Martha] Okay.
- [Winnie] Come on.
783
00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:11,383
Taking you to the car.
784
00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:12,651
Okay. It's okay.
785
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,453
- [Martha] Oh, she's so--
- [Winnie] Careful, careful.
786
00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:15,887
Look, one more step.
One more step.
787
00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:17,089
- Thank you.
- There you go.
788
00:39:17,122 --> 00:39:19,491
- Okay. There you go.
- Oh. Thank you, Winnie.
789
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:20,559
[Winnie] Watch your head.
790
00:39:20,592 --> 00:39:21,593
- [Martha] I don't feel--
- [Winnie] Scooch.
791
00:39:21,626 --> 00:39:22,661
[Martha] I don't feel good.
792
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:23,762
[Winnie] You don't.
I know you don't.
793
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,698
- [Martha groans]
- [Winnie] Okay?
794
00:39:26,732 --> 00:39:28,700
[engine turning over]
795
00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:31,703
[dramatic music plays]
796
00:39:31,737 --> 00:39:34,740
♪ ♪
797
00:39:38,076 --> 00:39:41,079
[indistinct chatter]
798
00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:44,516
[Winnie] How's she doing?
799
00:39:44,549 --> 00:39:46,785
[doctor]
Um, she's a little out of it,
800
00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:47,919
but she'll be all right.
801
00:39:47,953 --> 00:39:49,387
[Winnie] Mm-hmm.
802
00:39:49,421 --> 00:39:50,722
[doctor] About those pills
she had on her, there's--
803
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:53,525
[Winnie] Doctor, I can't imagine
what quack in the city
804
00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,794
is still prescribing her diazepam.
805
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,395
They ought to be sued
for malpractice.
806
00:39:57,429 --> 00:39:59,397
[doctor] They're not
for nerves, Ms. McLendon,
807
00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:01,933
and they were not prescribed
by a psychiatrist.
808
00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:06,004
[Jordan over TV] Earlier today,
809
00:40:06,037 --> 00:40:09,574
we heard the beginning
of the preamble
810
00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:12,978
of the Constitution
of the United States.
811
00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:14,980
Winnie, did you hear?
812
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,982
They got the bastard cornered.
813
00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:18,150
[Jordan]
But when that document...
814
00:40:18,183 --> 00:40:20,685
[Winnie] Yeah, I heard.
815
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,687
That's great. Martha...
816
00:40:22,721 --> 00:40:24,990
[Jordan] ...I was not included
in that "We, the people."
817
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,625
...I talked to your doctor.
818
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:28,493
Oh, isn't he cute?
819
00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:31,029
If only Marty
was ten years older.
820
00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:35,167
Yeah, he says that he called
your oncologist
821
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:36,668
in D.C.
822
00:40:38,637 --> 00:40:40,939
Why didn't you tell me
you were sick?
823
00:40:42,073 --> 00:40:43,909
How do you work
this boopy thing?
824
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:46,511
I wanna see my Mike Douglas.
825
00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:48,013
Martha...
826
00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:51,049
[indistinct chatter over TV]
827
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:57,923
...he says it's in your blood.
828
00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,492
Probably 65% gin.
829
00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:01,593
[chuckles]
830
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,997
How long have you known?
831
00:41:06,031 --> 00:41:07,499
Long enough.
832
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,469
Well, did you tell John?
833
00:41:11,503 --> 00:41:13,004
I'll tell him when he calls me.
834
00:41:14,506 --> 00:41:16,942
Y-you already sent him
the divorce papers, right?
835
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:19,978
Still hasn't signed them yet.
836
00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,983
Don't you worry about me, dear.
837
00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:28,887
[Jordan]
A president is impeachable
838
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,690
if he attempts to subvert
the Constitution.
839
00:41:32,858 --> 00:41:34,059
If the impeachment provision
840
00:41:34,092 --> 00:41:37,028
in the Constitution
of the United States
841
00:41:37,062 --> 00:41:41,166
will not reach the offenses
charged here,
842
00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:45,537
then perhaps
that 18th-century Constitution
843
00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:46,872
should be abandoned
844
00:41:46,905 --> 00:41:49,541
to a 20th-century
paper shredder.
845
00:41:49,574 --> 00:41:52,577
[clock ticking]
846
00:41:59,885 --> 00:42:01,286
[newscaster over radio]
By a nearly unanimous
847
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,822
bipartisan vote,
the House Judiciary Committee
848
00:42:03,855 --> 00:42:06,658
has voted to adopt
three articles of impeachment
849
00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:07,859
against the president.
850
00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:09,661
The other two articles
of impeachment,
851
00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:12,864
charging the president
with illegal bombings in Cambodia
852
00:42:12,898 --> 00:42:14,232
as well as tax fraud,
853
00:42:14,266 --> 00:42:15,934
were rejected
by the committee.
854
00:42:15,967 --> 00:42:17,769
[prisoner]
Big guy's going down.
855
00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:19,971
Didn't even take
a poisoned cigar or nothing.
856
00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:22,607
[Colson]
Nixon? He's not going down.
857
00:42:22,641 --> 00:42:23,808
You really think?
858
00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:26,111
Yeah, you do not appoint
a brain-dead corncob
859
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,046
like Jerry Ford your successor
860
00:42:28,079 --> 00:42:29,748
unless you're gonna get
something big out of it.
861
00:42:29,781 --> 00:42:32,250
Well, yeah, but if-if they're
starting to hand out pardons,
862
00:42:32,284 --> 00:42:33,919
then we should be next.
863
00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:36,721
It was Mitchell set
the whole thing in motion.
864
00:42:36,755 --> 00:42:39,257
[Colson] Well, Mitchell
was just taking orders from Bob.
865
00:42:39,291 --> 00:42:41,793
[Haldeman] And who the fuck do you think
I was taking orders from?
866
00:42:41,826 --> 00:42:43,261
Wait a minute.
867
00:42:43,295 --> 00:42:45,797
Are you saying that Nixon
really ordered the break-in?
868
00:42:45,830 --> 00:42:47,565
If I told you,
I'd have to kill you.
869
00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:49,100
- [Colson] Yeah.
- [prisoner] Come on.
870
00:42:49,134 --> 00:42:50,302
Look, I'll tell you this.
871
00:42:50,335 --> 00:42:53,905
Nothing went on in that place
without Dick knowing all about it.
872
00:42:53,939 --> 00:42:55,140
Right, John?
873
00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:02,113
[Dean] Look at that billboard.
874
00:43:02,147 --> 00:43:03,815
What do you see?
875
00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:08,887
I see a wrinkled old man
I wouldn't look at twice on the street.
876
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,290
You all seem to see
some fucking demon Svengali
877
00:43:12,324 --> 00:43:14,893
with swirly hypnotic eyes.
878
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:18,296
Most visible billboard
on the fucking highway.
879
00:43:18,330 --> 00:43:20,999
He's only up there
'cause we put him there.
880
00:43:21,032 --> 00:43:23,034
What did we get
out of the deal?
881
00:43:23,068 --> 00:43:25,103
Couple of rides
on Air Force One.
882
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,305
Our name
on White House stationery.
883
00:43:27,339 --> 00:43:30,141
I mean, shit,
don't you guys fucking get it?
884
00:43:30,175 --> 00:43:32,243
That old man up there
isn't Nixon.
885
00:43:32,277 --> 00:43:34,646
We are Nixon,
886
00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:35,947
all of us.
887
00:43:37,682 --> 00:43:40,385
And we'll still be Nixon
long after he's dead and gone.
888
00:43:47,192 --> 00:43:50,061
I-I didn't even get to ride
on Air Force One.
889
00:43:50,095 --> 00:43:51,296
- [prisoner] No fooling?
- [Haldeman] Really?
890
00:43:51,329 --> 00:43:53,365
- [Colson] Oh, it's great.
- [Haldeman] Yeah, it's terrific.
891
00:43:53,398 --> 00:43:54,666
The-the seats swivel.
892
00:43:54,699 --> 00:43:55,800
You get to see a movie.
893
00:43:55,834 --> 00:43:57,969
- Yeah, it's really nice.
- [guard] Dean.
894
00:43:58,003 --> 00:43:59,170
You got a phone call.
895
00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:05,210
[Magruder] Sometimes he let me
walk his dog.
896
00:44:05,243 --> 00:44:07,412
[Colson] Oh, we all--that--
we did that first day.
897
00:44:08,747 --> 00:44:10,081
[newscaster] In national news,
898
00:44:10,115 --> 00:44:12,183
John Dean will be released
from prison today.
899
00:44:12,217 --> 00:44:14,786
He is the first former member
of the Nixon administration
900
00:44:14,819 --> 00:44:17,756
to be a free man
after serving only four months
901
00:44:17,789 --> 00:44:19,024
in Fort Holabird.
902
00:44:19,057 --> 00:44:22,894
Judge John Sirica granted the motion
for a reduced sentence after...
903
00:44:26,698 --> 00:44:29,701
♪ ♪
904
00:44:31,269 --> 00:44:32,404
Hi.
905
00:44:44,983 --> 00:44:46,818
Wow.
906
00:44:46,851 --> 00:44:48,353
[Dean chuckles]
907
00:44:48,386 --> 00:44:50,789
[Mo] Um...
908
00:44:50,822 --> 00:44:52,190
all right, you know what?
909
00:44:52,223 --> 00:44:54,793
I'm gonna make you a hot toddy.
910
00:44:54,826 --> 00:44:57,896
Uh, I had to sell some things
to pay for the moving truck.
911
00:44:57,929 --> 00:45:01,399
Just think, in one week,
we'll be on our way to L.A.
912
00:45:04,102 --> 00:45:07,205
Do you hear they're sentencing
Mitchell to eight years?
913
00:45:07,238 --> 00:45:08,873
Surreal.
914
00:45:12,110 --> 00:45:14,412
Why me?
915
00:45:14,446 --> 00:45:15,780
[Mo] What was that?
916
00:45:17,348 --> 00:45:20,485
Why me? Why--
917
00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:23,354
why am I the one
who gets out early?
918
00:45:23,388 --> 00:45:25,857
I should be in prison
right now.
919
00:45:29,327 --> 00:45:30,495
[Mo] Hey, we knew Sirica
920
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:32,230
was never gonna give you
the full five years.
921
00:45:32,263 --> 00:45:33,465
[Dean] No, I'm not--
922
00:45:35,433 --> 00:45:37,836
I'm not talking
about my sentence.
923
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:47,479
We destroyed something
about this country that was...
924
00:45:47,512 --> 00:45:49,514
so special.
925
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:52,350
John, you didn't break anything
that wasn't already broken.
926
00:45:53,518 --> 00:45:55,253
Maybe, but...
927
00:45:58,189 --> 00:46:00,024
...how can you know that?
928
00:46:00,058 --> 00:46:04,395
Really, why am I the one
that gets the book deal, hmm?
929
00:46:04,429 --> 00:46:06,231
Beautiful marriage.
930
00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:07,532
[Mo chuckles]
931
00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:11,236
Why am I the one
that escapes unscathed, huh?
932
00:46:18,943 --> 00:46:20,845
Because, John...
933
00:46:22,313 --> 00:46:24,516
...you are good-looking.
934
00:46:31,356 --> 00:46:34,325
["Brighter Side" playing]
935
00:46:34,359 --> 00:46:37,362
♪ ♪
936
00:46:39,898 --> 00:46:45,069
[Connie Conway]
♪ There's a brighter side ♪
937
00:46:45,103 --> 00:46:46,971
♪ To every dark... ♪
938
00:46:47,005 --> 00:46:48,806
- Have a wonderful evening.
- [patron] You as well.
939
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:50,842
[Mitchell]
Mitchell, party of two.
940
00:46:55,246 --> 00:46:56,447
Right this way.
941
00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:59,484
[indistinct chatter]
942
00:47:02,987 --> 00:47:05,123
[Marty]
What are they all staring at?
943
00:47:05,156 --> 00:47:07,392
[Mitchell] Just keep walking,
honey, chin up.
944
00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:11,596
Excuse me. Excuse me.
945
00:47:13,064 --> 00:47:14,599
That's my table.
946
00:47:14,832 --> 00:47:16,067
[maître d']
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Mitchell.
947
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:17,869
Your usual table's
already been taken.
948
00:47:17,902 --> 00:47:19,237
No, bullshit.
949
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:21,472
You're shuffling us off
to the only table in the place
950
00:47:21,506 --> 00:47:25,310
where your clientele won't have
to suffer my presence.
951
00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:27,345
Mr. Mitchell, if you'd like
to talk to the manager,
952
00:47:27,378 --> 00:47:29,314
- be seated--
- No, I'd like my fucking table.
953
00:47:29,347 --> 00:47:30,848
That's what I'd like.
954
00:47:30,882 --> 00:47:32,584
[people murmuring]
955
00:47:37,889 --> 00:47:39,157
Come on, honey.
956
00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:50,068
[bartender]
Here's your scotch.
957
00:47:50,101 --> 00:47:51,369
- [Mitchell] Thank you much.
- [bartender] You bet.
958
00:47:51,402 --> 00:47:53,504
- And here's your Coke.
- [Marty] Thank you so much.
959
00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:55,006
[bartender] You're welcome.
960
00:47:56,975 --> 00:47:58,376
[Marty] Have you heard
from Mom?
961
00:47:59,444 --> 00:48:00,945
Just the gossip.
962
00:48:00,979 --> 00:48:02,614
They've got her up
at the hospital now.
963
00:48:04,249 --> 00:48:05,550
Well, you know your mother
with her dramatics.
964
00:48:05,583 --> 00:48:06,584
I'm sure she'll be fine.
965
00:48:10,088 --> 00:48:12,423
You don't think
you're gonna call her, do you?
966
00:48:12,457 --> 00:48:14,926
I'm the last person
she wants to hear from.
967
00:48:16,327 --> 00:48:17,895
How about you?
968
00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:21,232
Probably not.
969
00:48:21,266 --> 00:48:23,067
But I feel like maybe I should.
970
00:48:23,101 --> 00:48:26,571
You know, I-I hate to think
she's up there all alone.
971
00:48:26,604 --> 00:48:29,641
Well, I'm sure
she's not all alone, sweetie.
972
00:48:29,674 --> 00:48:32,010
Still.
973
00:48:32,043 --> 00:48:34,078
Let me tell you something
974
00:48:34,112 --> 00:48:36,481
about people like your mother.
975
00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:39,517
They mean well,
976
00:48:39,550 --> 00:48:44,522
but they will always destroy
their relationships
977
00:48:44,555 --> 00:48:47,925
with the people
that love them the most.
978
00:48:53,097 --> 00:48:57,268
Did you know what-what was
happening to Mom in California?
979
00:48:57,302 --> 00:49:00,338
I mean, did you know
while it was happening?
980
00:49:02,106 --> 00:49:04,676
What in the world
would give you that idea?
981
00:49:04,709 --> 00:49:06,177
[Marty]
I don't know. It's just--
982
00:49:06,210 --> 00:49:07,445
I mean, I was listening
through the wall,
983
00:49:07,478 --> 00:49:09,147
and I thought I heard
one of the bodyguards
984
00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:11,349
talk to you on the phone,
that's all.
985
00:49:14,552 --> 00:49:15,653
Um...
986
00:49:17,121 --> 00:49:20,625
...oh, yeah, yeah,
I remember that, um,
987
00:49:20,658 --> 00:49:24,595
I called to check in
on the two of you
988
00:49:24,629 --> 00:49:28,666
and Peter told me
that, uh, you were both fine.
989
00:49:33,471 --> 00:49:36,240
But then why didn't you ask
to talk to us?
990
00:49:36,274 --> 00:49:37,442
What's that?
991
00:49:37,475 --> 00:49:39,077
If you called to check
on me and Mom,
992
00:49:39,110 --> 00:49:41,412
then why didn't you ask
to talk to either of us?
993
00:49:43,281 --> 00:49:46,050
Um, I took him at his word,
994
00:49:46,084 --> 00:49:49,620
and, um, I had a lot of...
995
00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:51,089
work.
996
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:57,095
All right.
997
00:49:58,162 --> 00:50:00,264
Can we get some, uh,
mayonnaise?
998
00:50:00,298 --> 00:50:01,432
[bartender] Sure.
999
00:50:06,404 --> 00:50:09,340
[Martha] And there was
that dreadful Chantal girl, remember?
1000
00:50:09,374 --> 00:50:10,675
You talked to her
at the reunion.
1001
00:50:10,708 --> 00:50:13,177
She had the crooked teeth
and the ponytails.
1002
00:50:13,211 --> 00:50:14,645
[Jay] Oh, yeah, vaguely.
1003
00:50:14,679 --> 00:50:16,514
[Martha] Her mother
was my best friend's sister,
1004
00:50:16,547 --> 00:50:18,449
and we used to get
into her brother's car
1005
00:50:18,483 --> 00:50:19,684
and all go up to Little Rock.
1006
00:50:19,717 --> 00:50:21,285
I mean, it is amazing.
1007
00:50:21,319 --> 00:50:23,121
I don't know how you still
keep all these people straight.
1008
00:50:23,154 --> 00:50:24,522
Well, I've always had
a good memory.
1009
00:50:24,555 --> 00:50:27,258
Good memory and good teeth,
that's what you get from me.
1010
00:50:27,291 --> 00:50:29,660
[laughs]
Well, thank you for the teeth.
1011
00:50:29,694 --> 00:50:31,162
I can still remember the song
1012
00:50:31,195 --> 00:50:33,431
your daddy was singing
the night we met.
1013
00:50:33,464 --> 00:50:35,566
♪ You're the Nile ♪
1014
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,536
♪ You're the Tower of Pisa ♪
1015
00:50:38,569 --> 00:50:40,538
♪ You're the smile ♪
1016
00:50:40,571 --> 00:50:43,674
[both] On the Mona Lisa ♪
1017
00:50:43,708 --> 00:50:46,277
[Jay] ♪ 'Cause if, baby
I'm the bottom ♪
1018
00:50:46,310 --> 00:50:47,645
♪ You're the top ♪
1019
00:50:47,678 --> 00:50:49,080
You skipped to the end.
1020
00:50:49,113 --> 00:50:50,648
It's like having dessert
before you have dinner.
1021
00:50:50,681 --> 00:50:52,250
It's like you're a child again.
1022
00:50:52,283 --> 00:50:53,785
Well, that's the best part.
1023
00:50:53,818 --> 00:50:56,554
Um, I promised Sharon
that I'd call her
1024
00:50:56,587 --> 00:50:58,122
and let her know
when I'd be home.
1025
00:50:58,156 --> 00:50:59,590
- Is-is it okay if you wait here?
- Oh, you told me that.
1026
00:50:59,624 --> 00:51:01,426
Yes, you can go do that.
Don't leave her waiting.
1027
00:51:01,459 --> 00:51:02,627
Bring me some water, please.
1028
00:51:02,660 --> 00:51:03,761
[Jay] Of course.
1029
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,736
[dramatic music plays]
1030
00:51:11,769 --> 00:51:14,572
[phone line ringing]
1031
00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:20,278
[Nixon over TV] ...that
the constitutional purpose
1032
00:51:20,311 --> 00:51:21,446
has been served
1033
00:51:21,479 --> 00:51:23,548
and there is no longer a need
1034
00:51:23,581 --> 00:51:25,450
for the process to be prolonged.
1035
00:51:25,483 --> 00:51:26,484
[phone rings]
1036
00:51:26,517 --> 00:51:27,618
[nurse over phone]
Bellevue Hospital.
1037
00:51:27,652 --> 00:51:29,420
How may I direct your call?
1038
00:51:29,454 --> 00:51:31,589
[Nixon] I would have preferred
1039
00:51:31,622 --> 00:51:34,225
to carry through to the finish
1040
00:51:34,258 --> 00:51:35,827
- whatever the personal agony
- [click]
1041
00:51:35,860 --> 00:51:38,196
it would have involved,
1042
00:51:38,229 --> 00:51:42,433
and my family
unanimously urged me to do so.
1043
00:51:44,702 --> 00:51:47,672
But the interest of the nation
must always come before
1044
00:51:47,705 --> 00:51:49,574
any personal considerations.
1045
00:51:51,108 --> 00:51:52,243
From the discussions I have had
1046
00:51:52,276 --> 00:51:53,778
with congressional
and other leaders,
1047
00:51:53,811 --> 00:51:55,847
I have concluded...
1048
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,281
[Winnie] Hey, ladies.
1049
00:51:57,315 --> 00:51:58,816
[nurse] Hi.
1050
00:51:58,850 --> 00:52:00,485
[Nixon] ...I might not have
the support...
1051
00:52:00,518 --> 00:52:01,719
[Winnie] Have you seen Martha?
1052
00:52:02,753 --> 00:52:04,188
Got her dinner here.
1053
00:52:05,423 --> 00:52:06,858
[nurse]
Jalissa, you seen Martha?
1054
00:52:06,891 --> 00:52:10,428
Oh, yeah, she was just
down the hall that way.
1055
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:11,696
[Winnie] Thanks.
1056
00:52:11,729 --> 00:52:14,298
[Jalissa] Oh, quiet.
I think he's gonna say it.
1057
00:52:15,399 --> 00:52:17,802
[Nixon] I have never
been a quitter.
1058
00:52:19,237 --> 00:52:21,472
To leave office
before my term is completed
1059
00:52:21,506 --> 00:52:24,675
is abhorrent to every instinct
in my body.
1060
00:52:24,709 --> 00:52:28,179
But as president, I must put
the interests of America first.
1061
00:52:28,212 --> 00:52:29,580
[nurse]
Come quick. It's happening.
1062
00:52:29,614 --> 00:52:32,683
[Nixon] Therefore
I shall resign the presidency,
1063
00:52:32,717 --> 00:52:34,819
- effective at noon tomorrow.
- [cheers and applause]
1064
00:52:36,454 --> 00:52:37,822
[Winnie] Martha?
1065
00:52:37,855 --> 00:52:40,258
[Nixon] ...will be sworn in
as president
1066
00:52:40,291 --> 00:52:42,894
at that hour in this office.
1067
00:52:42,927 --> 00:52:45,897
[soft music plays]
1068
00:52:45,930 --> 00:52:48,933
♪ ♪
1069
00:52:57,241 --> 00:53:00,311
[baby crying]
1070
00:53:02,914 --> 00:53:04,782
[Martha]
I think you're my new friend.
1071
00:53:12,223 --> 00:53:14,692
Sweet little baby.
1072
00:53:14,725 --> 00:53:17,695
♪ ♪
1073
00:53:17,728 --> 00:53:19,230
Mm.
1074
00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:27,705
- Uh, you got her dinner?
- Yeah.
1075
00:53:28,940 --> 00:53:31,208
Do you want me to go in there?
I can get her for you.
1076
00:53:31,242 --> 00:53:32,376
[Winnie] No.
1077
00:53:35,546 --> 00:53:37,348
Let's just give her a minute.
1078
00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:40,351
♪ ♪
1079
00:53:54,865 --> 00:53:57,835
["Don't Delete the Kisses"
playing]
1080
00:53:57,868 --> 00:54:00,571
♪ ♪
1081
00:54:02,607 --> 00:54:07,612
[Wolf Alice]
♪ I see the signs ♪
1082
00:54:07,945 --> 00:54:09,547
[applause]
1083
00:54:09,580 --> 00:54:12,917
♪ Of a lifetime ♪
1084
00:54:12,950 --> 00:54:17,355
♪ You till I die ♪
1085
00:54:17,388 --> 00:54:22,526
♪ And I'm swiftly ♪
1086
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:24,729
♪ Out ♪
1087
00:54:24,762 --> 00:54:29,600
♪ Irish goodbye ♪
1088
00:54:29,634 --> 00:54:32,637
♪ ♪
1089
00:54:34,038 --> 00:54:36,907
♪ What if it's ♪
1090
00:54:36,941 --> 00:54:41,779
♪ Not meant for me ♪
1091
00:54:41,812 --> 00:54:45,883
♪ Love... ♪
1092
00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:48,919
♪ ♪
1093
00:54:50,621 --> 00:54:52,590
[cat meows]
1094
00:54:52,623 --> 00:54:54,425
[Ford over radio] Richard Nixon
and his loved ones
1095
00:54:54,458 --> 00:54:56,027
have suffered enough
1096
00:54:56,060 --> 00:54:58,362
and will continue to suffer
1097
00:54:58,396 --> 00:55:00,297
no matter what I do,
1098
00:55:00,331 --> 00:55:02,366
no matter what we,
1099
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,436
as a great and good nation,
can do together.
1100
00:55:05,469 --> 00:55:08,806
Now, therefore,
I Gerald R. Ford,
1101
00:55:08,839 --> 00:55:11,375
president of the United States,
1102
00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:13,911
have granted a full, free,
1103
00:55:13,944 --> 00:55:15,713
and absolute pardon
1104
00:55:15,746 --> 00:55:18,382
unto Richard Nixon
for all offenses.
1105
00:55:18,416 --> 00:55:19,750
[Wolf Alice] ♪ That gossip's
Eye will look too soon ♪
1106
00:55:19,784 --> 00:55:21,485
♪ And then I'm trapped
Overthinking... ♪
1107
00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:23,487
[minister] Please rise, folks.
1108
00:55:23,521 --> 00:55:25,890
[Wolf Alice] ♪ You tell me
To get over it ♪
1109
00:55:25,923 --> 00:55:27,525
♪ And to take you out ♪
1110
00:55:27,558 --> 00:55:28,726
♪ But I can't
I'm too scared... ♪
1111
00:55:28,759 --> 00:55:29,894
[person] Don't climb on there.
1112
00:55:29,927 --> 00:55:30,961
[Wolf Alice] ♪ I have to go ♪
1113
00:55:30,995 --> 00:55:32,430
♪ And the doors are closing ♪
1114
00:55:32,463 --> 00:55:33,731
♪ And you were waving
And I like you ♪
1115
00:55:33,764 --> 00:55:35,533
♪ And I'll never let it show ♪
1116
00:55:35,566 --> 00:55:37,468
♪ And you won't wait
And maybe I won't mind ♪
1117
00:55:37,501 --> 00:55:39,403
♪ I work better on my own ♪
1118
00:55:39,437 --> 00:55:41,572
♪ And now I'm home
A little bit drunk ♪
1119
00:55:41,605 --> 00:55:42,907
♪ And I ask myself ♪
1120
00:55:42,940 --> 00:55:45,876
♪ What if it's ♪
1121
00:55:45,910 --> 00:55:48,813
♪ Not meant for me ♪
1122
00:55:48,846 --> 00:55:50,781
[Liddy] Oh, yeah.
1123
00:55:50,815 --> 00:55:53,684
[Wolf Alice] ♪ Love ♪
1124
00:55:53,718 --> 00:55:55,052
[Liddy] Oh, yeah.
1125
00:55:55,086 --> 00:55:57,888
♪ ♪
1126
00:55:57,922 --> 00:56:01,625
[Wolf Alice] ♪ What if it's ♪
1127
00:56:01,659 --> 00:56:06,731
♪ Not meant for me ♪
1128
00:56:06,764 --> 00:56:12,036
♪ Love... ♪
1129
00:56:12,069 --> 00:56:15,639
[minister] We give thanks
to you for Martha Mitchell,
1130
00:56:15,673 --> 00:56:18,008
recalling all the goodness
1131
00:56:18,042 --> 00:56:19,810
that has passed from her life
1132
00:56:19,844 --> 00:56:22,379
into the lives of others.
1133
00:56:22,413 --> 00:56:24,949
We give thanks
for her zest for life...
1134
00:56:24,982 --> 00:56:26,550
[Wolf Alice]
♪ I think that that's a sign ♪
1135
00:56:26,584 --> 00:56:28,886
♪ I'm losing self-control
And it's you... ♪
1136
00:56:28,919 --> 00:56:31,088
[Mo] Look, John.
1137
00:56:31,122 --> 00:56:32,757
[Dean] This is rough.
1138
00:56:33,791 --> 00:56:36,393
Wow.
1139
00:56:36,427 --> 00:56:38,562
[reporters clamoring]
1140
00:56:38,596 --> 00:56:40,064
[Wolf Alice]
♪ But you do, you really do ♪
1141
00:56:40,097 --> 00:56:42,133
♪ You've turned me
Upside down ♪
1142
00:56:42,166 --> 00:56:44,401
♪ And that's okay
I'll let it happen ♪
1143
00:56:44,435 --> 00:56:46,137
♪ 'Cause I like
Having you around ♪
1144
00:56:46,170 --> 00:56:48,439
♪ I'm electric
A romantic cliché ♪
1145
00:56:48,472 --> 00:56:49,840
♪ Yeah, they really are
All true ♪
1146
00:56:49,874 --> 00:56:52,109
♪ When we catch eyes
At that stupid party ♪
1147
00:56:52,143 --> 00:56:53,911
♪ I know exactly what to do ♪
1148
00:56:53,944 --> 00:56:55,880
♪ I'll take your hand
And we will leave ♪
1149
00:56:55,913 --> 00:56:57,882
♪ French exits
From me and you ♪
1150
00:56:57,915 --> 00:56:59,950
♪ And now I'm home
A little bit drunk ♪
1151
00:56:59,984 --> 00:57:01,752
♪ Some things don't change
And I know now ♪
1152
00:57:01,786 --> 00:57:04,588
♪ Me and you ♪
1153
00:57:04,622 --> 00:57:08,893
♪ Were meant to be ♪
1154
00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:12,763
♪ In love ♪
1155
00:57:12,797 --> 00:57:15,800
♪ ♪
1156
00:57:17,535 --> 00:57:20,137
♪ Me and you ♪
1157
00:57:20,171 --> 00:57:24,842
♪ Were meant to be ♪
1158
00:57:24,875 --> 00:57:30,548
♪ In love ♪
1159
00:57:30,581 --> 00:57:33,083
♪ ♪
1160
00:57:33,117 --> 00:57:39,089
♪ Me and you ♪
1161
00:57:39,123 --> 00:57:42,126
♪ ♪
1162
00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:52,469
♪ I see ♪
1163
00:57:52,503 --> 00:57:55,739
♪ The signs ♪
1164
00:57:55,773 --> 00:57:59,076
♪ Of a lifetime ♪
1165
00:57:59,109 --> 00:58:04,114
♪ You till I die ♪
1166
00:58:04,148 --> 00:58:07,117
♪ ♪
1167
00:58:07,151 --> 00:58:10,154
[indistinct chatter]