1 00:00:10,885 --> 00:00:12,721 Kate, they want a briefing. 2 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:15,098 I gotta go. White House wants Hal to brief. 3 00:00:15,098 --> 00:00:16,641 Not me. You. 4 00:00:16,641 --> 00:00:20,228 The president is asking you to serve as ambassador to the United Kingdom. 5 00:00:20,228 --> 00:00:23,398 Gonna tell you something five people know. We're gonna lose the vice president. 6 00:00:23,398 --> 00:00:26,651 So we need somebody else. I have a few ideas, but one of them... 7 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:28,361 I want you to check her out. 8 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,029 Welcome to London, Ambassador Wyler. 9 00:00:30,029 --> 00:00:32,073 You need to lean into the Cinderella thing. 10 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:34,534 I'm not Cinderella. I'm here for 30 funerals. 11 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,661 - Eidra Park. CIA chief of station. 12 00:00:36,661 --> 00:00:39,873 We can't see markings, but looks like the kind Iran's been stockpiling. 13 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:42,375 - Means it's Iran. - Means it's an Iranian boat. 14 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:44,252 Wasn't I sending you to Kabul? 15 00:00:44,252 --> 00:00:47,172 - Ganon's trying to get rid of you. - Know who you can't fire? 16 00:00:47,172 --> 00:00:48,840 - Cinderella. Wow. 17 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,592 Is Mr. Wyler leaving? 18 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:52,635 He will get me on my feet... 19 00:00:53,636 --> 00:00:55,054 and then he will go. 20 00:00:55,054 --> 00:00:57,724 - You're getting divorced. - No, we're not. 21 00:00:57,724 --> 00:00:59,642 Billie says you're good at this. 22 00:00:59,642 --> 00:01:02,062 And I'm good at this. We can get her there. 23 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:05,982 You're perfectly safe. This is very mild. You'll be yourself in no time. 24 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:53,530 Really good. Oh, yeah, magic. 25 00:01:54,823 --> 00:01:56,241 Like that one there. 26 00:01:58,827 --> 00:02:00,703 I think we're done. We're good. 27 00:02:00,703 --> 00:02:02,872 Portraits with Mr. Wyler. 28 00:02:02,872 --> 00:02:05,917 Just a couple with you and Hal. Little more formal. 29 00:02:05,917 --> 00:02:06,960 We said candids. 30 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,629 - Yes. - Which I have done. For over an hour. 31 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,005 Just a couple more. 32 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:13,842 Quickly. 33 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,761 - He's nowhere. - I'm so sorry. 34 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,055 Look harder. 35 00:02:21,474 --> 00:02:23,643 Oh, uh, ma'am. Ma'am. 36 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:25,728 I'm taking this dress off for five minutes. 37 00:02:25,728 --> 00:02:29,149 I really wish you wouldn't. Well, I'm going to. 38 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:38,032 Free his hands. 39 00:02:47,917 --> 00:02:49,169 He's here. 40 00:02:59,512 --> 00:03:00,597 Ma'am? 41 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:02,807 You should come with me. 42 00:03:09,272 --> 00:03:10,773 Did you call the RSO? 43 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,403 Is that what they call it here, the head of security? 44 00:03:15,403 --> 00:03:16,529 Yes. 45 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:21,826 I realize it looks like he's slinking off with a hot young thing, 46 00:03:21,826 --> 00:03:24,287 but Hal doesn't cheat. Something is wrong. 47 00:03:25,413 --> 00:03:28,416 I realize that is what women say who have husbands who cheat. 48 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:30,209 Mine for some reason does not. 49 00:03:30,209 --> 00:03:32,712 I've often wished he did. It might have made things easier. 50 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:34,505 You don't have to believe me, 51 00:03:34,505 --> 00:03:37,550 but if I were in your shoes, I would find the RSO. 52 00:03:45,266 --> 00:03:47,018 Seal the grounds, please. 53 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,283 - Miss Bassett. - We need to check if the guard-- 54 00:04:02,283 --> 00:04:05,703 - Yes, all right. - We were fine... 55 00:04:05,703 --> 00:04:07,622 This isn't Charm School, right? 56 00:04:07,622 --> 00:04:09,540 - What? - You would tell me. 57 00:04:09,540 --> 00:04:11,834 You think this is a training exercise? 58 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:15,296 The ambassador and her husband didn't have time to do the safety course at State. 59 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:17,257 Maybe Chet asked you to throw something together. 60 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:20,176 One, the fact that State does kidnapping drills is bullshit. 61 00:04:20,176 --> 00:04:23,263 They don't have the sac to hold people long enough to simulate a real event. 62 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,766 - And two-- - But you would tell me if it was a drill. 63 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,185 I mean, I wouldn't. 64 00:04:29,185 --> 00:04:30,520 But this isn't one. 65 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:35,900 We've got CCTV from outside the gate that tracks the car down here to Culworth, 66 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,069 but then they pull over and ditch the license plate. 67 00:04:38,069 --> 00:04:39,988 We lose them at the next light. 68 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:43,283 There's a parking facility at the end of that block. Probably switched out the car. 69 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:46,744 - Do we have cameras in that garage? - We're getting surveillance footage. 70 00:04:46,744 --> 00:04:49,163 - So these are professionals. - Yeah. 71 00:04:49,163 --> 00:04:52,542 The woman was cleared as part of the stylist's crew, 72 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:54,877 but the company doesn't have a record of her. 73 00:04:54,877 --> 00:04:56,713 Driver doesn't show up anywhere at all. 74 00:04:56,713 --> 00:04:59,882 - We're gonna bring in MI5-- - I don't want to bring in MI5 just yet. 75 00:04:59,882 --> 00:05:04,304 - That'll just generate more hysteria. - Ma'am, you said you had some names? 76 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:06,014 Mr. Wyler's been taken before. 77 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:08,224 Yeah. Hezbollah held him for a week. 78 00:05:08,224 --> 00:05:11,102 State has the name. I only know the aliases, and they're out of date. 79 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:13,271 There's an ISIL commander who really does not like him. 80 00:05:13,271 --> 00:05:15,940 Let me write down the name. Spelling is tricky. 81 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:18,151 He's abducted Mr. Wyler before? 82 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:20,111 Yeah, but Hal escaped. 83 00:05:20,111 --> 00:05:23,114 Made the guy feel like an idiot, so he won't let it drop. 84 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:30,830 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, 85 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:32,123 Mr. Rasoul Shahin. 86 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:33,166 In Tehran. 87 00:05:38,254 --> 00:05:40,923 - Hi there. - Hal, can you hear me? 88 00:05:40,923 --> 00:05:44,302 Yeah, was the hypodermic absolutely necessary? 89 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:46,387 - What? - They drugged me. 90 00:05:47,096 --> 00:05:48,306 With a needle. 91 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:51,559 - Please put my colleague back on. - Sure. 92 00:05:53,811 --> 00:05:54,645 Yes? 93 00:05:54,645 --> 00:05:56,314 You drugged him? 94 00:05:56,314 --> 00:05:58,316 For operational security. 95 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,860 It was supposed to be a casual approach. 96 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:04,781 In a heavily guarded environment, with no time to prepare. 97 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:06,783 This is extremely unprofessional. 98 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:08,993 My thoughts precisely. 99 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:11,162 Put him back on. 100 00:06:14,123 --> 00:06:16,334 Hi. How's your day going? 101 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,754 You have my deepest apologies. 102 00:06:20,338 --> 00:06:23,007 These are operatives not of my choosing. 103 00:06:23,007 --> 00:06:24,383 I'm getting that. 104 00:06:25,093 --> 00:06:27,553 I have Naziri's support in this, 105 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:31,599 but Farhad Mashkour and his band of doorstops 106 00:06:31,599 --> 00:06:33,434 remain impervious to reason. 107 00:06:33,434 --> 00:06:34,477 Rasoul. 108 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:37,563 This man is going to give you some information. 109 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:39,273 This is highly unusual, 110 00:06:39,273 --> 00:06:42,860 and it's meant to communicate our profound concern 111 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:45,780 that the situation may grow catastrophic. 112 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:48,699 How's your stomach? 113 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:51,035 Very bad. 114 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:56,541 Please assure me you will make it clear to your people. 115 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,168 Yeah, I will. 116 00:07:10,179 --> 00:07:12,140 Iran had nothing to do with the attack 117 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,892 on the already incapacitated British warship. 118 00:07:15,476 --> 00:07:16,644 To impress this upon you, 119 00:07:16,644 --> 00:07:19,522 I have been ordered, by Deputy Minister Shahin 120 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:20,857 to make a gesture. 121 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:23,192 Over my strenuous objection. 122 00:07:23,192 --> 00:07:26,112 Over the objection also of the IRGC Intelligence. 123 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:27,989 It's controversial. I get that. 124 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:36,372 The man is retired U.S. General Bradford Symes. 125 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:38,291 His home. 126 00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,251 His office. 127 00:07:41,043 --> 00:07:43,588 His daughter, studying at King's College. 128 00:07:43,588 --> 00:07:45,923 His arrival at Heathrow last evening. 129 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:47,925 His hotel, 130 00:07:47,925 --> 00:07:51,012 whereupon emerging from at precisely 7:45 this morning 131 00:07:51,012 --> 00:07:53,764 to meet his daughter for breakfast, he was to be assassinated. 132 00:07:54,348 --> 00:07:55,475 By me. 133 00:07:57,518 --> 00:08:01,397 For his participation in the murder of Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani. 134 00:08:02,106 --> 00:08:06,486 A retaliation wholly proportional, and three years in meticulous planning, 135 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,654 which I cannot now execute, 136 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:10,865 because of the assumption that Iran has engaged 137 00:08:10,865 --> 00:08:12,950 in a reckless act of war at sea. 138 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,912 I'm sorry for your loss. 139 00:08:15,912 --> 00:08:21,292 Mr. Wyler, military action against Iran will not be considered a retaliation. 140 00:08:21,292 --> 00:08:24,212 It will be seen as an unprovoked attack. 141 00:08:24,795 --> 00:08:26,172 Iran will then respond, 142 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:28,841 as your country would to an unprovoked attack, 143 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:31,344 with every tool at our disposal. 144 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:50,780 Sorry, sir. Visitors are not being allowed at this time. 145 00:08:51,239 --> 00:08:55,576 - Uh, they may make an exception for me. - I've worked at Winfield for eight years. 146 00:08:55,576 --> 00:08:57,662 I've learned every American is exceptional. 147 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,331 - A lot of action in there today, huh? - Indeed. 148 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,084 I'm the one they're looking for. 149 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,628 Sir, we're so relieved. 150 00:09:05,628 --> 00:09:08,047 - Do we have a doctor? - I don't need one. 151 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:09,382 Sir, what can we get you? 152 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:12,301 - Coffee, water and scotch. - I don't love their coffee. 153 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:13,636 Sit the fuck down. 154 00:09:13,636 --> 00:09:15,137 Doctor's on her way. 155 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:18,724 - Where did they dose you? - Uh... 156 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,853 - Ow! - Jesus fucking Christ. 157 00:09:22,853 --> 00:09:24,939 Well, if you don't stab it, it's fine. 158 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:27,984 - Do they do banana bags here? - Someone's gonna show up with a banana. 159 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:29,735 It's an IV, with vitamins. 160 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,445 - Good for a hangover. - Let me check. 161 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:33,364 - Does your head hurt? - Hey. 162 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:37,159 Hi. 163 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,161 I'm okay. 164 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:49,547 - Air-gapped? - Yeah. 165 00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:52,508 - This is the only thing they gave you? Yeah. 166 00:09:52,508 --> 00:09:54,218 We picked up the general and his daughter. 167 00:09:54,218 --> 00:09:56,596 We'll keep them at the embassy until we get them on a plane. 168 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:58,848 - Need someone on his house when he's back. - Yeah. 169 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:05,646 Howard will take down a description of the operatives. 170 00:10:05,646 --> 00:10:07,440 We'd like to find them before they disappear. 171 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,650 It was a pull-aside. You can't. 172 00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:12,153 She won't waterboard them. You gotta verify the story. 173 00:10:12,153 --> 00:10:13,904 They're probably feeding you a load of shit. 174 00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:16,324 - Those the shoes he wore? - Take off your shoes. 175 00:10:16,324 --> 00:10:18,909 If they're gonna bug the residence, the shoes are not the way. 176 00:10:18,909 --> 00:10:23,289 - If it's disinformation, it's inefficient. - Take off your shoes. Give them to him. 177 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,583 We confirmed Deputy Minister Shahin's in Tehran, 178 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:27,585 - so if it was him-- - It was him. 179 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:30,129 You have no idea who was on the other end of that phone. 180 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:31,380 Christ, Kate. 181 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:34,091 I asked him how his stomach was, he said it was awful. 182 00:10:34,091 --> 00:10:36,093 I think we're drifting. 183 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:44,477 We got Shahin a GI surgery in Geneva two years ago. 184 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:46,187 He was genuinely grateful, 185 00:10:46,187 --> 00:10:49,148 but ask how his stomach is, and without fail, 186 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:51,025 he'll say it's worse than ever. 187 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:55,321 They're terrified that British sailors are gonna start washing up on their shore. 188 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:57,031 They tried backchannels. 189 00:10:57,031 --> 00:11:00,034 They told the Swiss there's no way they'd shoot at a British warship. 190 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:01,702 But no one was buying, so... 191 00:11:02,578 --> 00:11:05,414 How do we know Shahin didn't have five guys with guns pointed at his head? 192 00:11:05,414 --> 00:11:07,958 We don't. That's why they're gonna investigate it. 193 00:11:11,295 --> 00:11:12,171 All right. 194 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:13,798 Come on. 195 00:11:18,552 --> 00:11:21,263 If it's all right, we'd like to bring you into the station tomorrow. 196 00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:22,473 - Sure. - Sorry. 197 00:11:22,473 --> 00:11:24,642 It's an awkward pivot, from you as a guest to-- 198 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,686 - Person of interest. Don't apologize. - Go. 199 00:11:28,604 --> 00:11:29,605 Yeah. 200 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,529 Nobody who was at the gate during the breach is still here. 201 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:39,490 We got guys on the roof, every door to the house, all over the perimeter. 202 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:40,950 Who hears about this? 203 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:42,868 Until we vet it, no one. 204 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:45,079 Not gonna whisper it up the chain? 205 00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:47,623 I don't whisper unverified information. 206 00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:51,460 - Makes me look like a dumb broad. - Ma'am, I am so sorry. 207 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:54,088 This is my fault. We were rushing the photoshoot. 208 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:58,008 - Security didn't have time to check-- - You should offer to resign. 209 00:11:58,008 --> 00:11:59,093 In writing. 210 00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:03,222 Of course. 211 00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:07,101 Oh, Jesus, look at your face. Not a real one. 212 00:12:07,101 --> 00:12:11,522 You write it, I refuse to accept it. Makes you look like a stand-up guy. 213 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,401 - I would fire me. - I would too. 214 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:32,960 Get in bed. 215 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,757 If Shahin was calling from Tehran, 216 00:13:19,757 --> 00:13:21,842 a lot of people were listening. 217 00:13:21,842 --> 00:13:23,177 Yep. 218 00:13:23,177 --> 00:13:26,847 Which means he had buy-in from somebody with a lot of wasta. 219 00:13:27,723 --> 00:13:30,142 The guy who picked me up was not a fan. 220 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:32,478 Shahin took a huge risk doing this. 221 00:13:33,854 --> 00:13:35,606 I told you it wasn't Iran. 222 00:13:36,732 --> 00:13:37,650 You did. 223 00:13:40,736 --> 00:13:43,405 The economy's a wreck. They want us lifting sanctions. 224 00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:46,659 Neither an attack at sea nor an abduction of an American diplomat-- 225 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,577 - It wasn't an abduction. - Whatever it was. 226 00:13:48,577 --> 00:13:51,997 - It wasn't. It was a pull-aside. - Yeah, well, with sedatives. 227 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:54,458 - Short-acting. - Sounds like an abduction. 228 00:13:54,458 --> 00:13:56,460 But if you call it that, all hell breaks loose. 229 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,546 It's the opposite of what Shahin's trying to achieve. 230 00:13:58,546 --> 00:14:00,422 Shouldn't have stabbed you in the neck. 231 00:14:00,422 --> 00:14:03,008 Shahin agrees. He was upset. 232 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:05,469 Tell him to fuck himself. I was upset. 233 00:14:06,845 --> 00:14:07,972 You were worried? 234 00:14:09,056 --> 00:14:11,058 Yeah. I was. 235 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:14,812 - Should've planned it myself. - You're funny. 236 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:19,483 Did you call Shahin? 237 00:14:22,611 --> 00:14:23,571 No. 238 00:14:24,405 --> 00:14:25,322 You sure? 239 00:14:28,325 --> 00:14:29,743 - Yeah. - If you did-- 240 00:14:29,743 --> 00:14:31,745 - I didn't. - If you freelance lob a call 241 00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:34,665 to a country with whom we have no diplomatic relations... 242 00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:36,667 - I didn't. - ...it's a federal offense. 243 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:39,336 Neither of us would work for the government again. 244 00:14:39,336 --> 00:14:41,964 Well, the pay is shit. It might be worth it. 245 00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:43,883 I didn't call him. 246 00:14:46,677 --> 00:14:49,930 Why not? It's what I would have done. 247 00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:52,057 - No, you wouldn't. - Maybe. 248 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:53,392 It'd be a smart move. 249 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:56,729 You think I'm that shallow, you throw "smart" out there, I roll over? 250 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:59,690 You are absolutely that shallow. 251 00:15:01,191 --> 00:15:02,902 I didn't call Shahin. 252 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,912 - Stay. 253 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,082 Get some sleep. 254 00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:21,128 Get a little sorry-you-were-abducted sex? 255 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,673 It wasn't an abduction. 256 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,125 Do we need to have a conversation? 257 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:04,546 - About what? - Cairo. 258 00:16:04,546 --> 00:16:05,881 Taking it up a notch. 259 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:09,468 You said no. I think that's the end of the conversation. 260 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,054 It wasn't a blanket no. 261 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:15,432 - It's just not a great time. - Yeah. I got it. 262 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:23,691 We're supposed to go to Brize Norton tomorrow. 263 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:25,275 Meeting the caskets? 264 00:16:25,275 --> 00:16:26,652 Looks shitty to bail, 265 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:29,863 but I don't want her out of the embassy until we know what happened. 266 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:31,490 She's gonna be bubble-wrapped. 267 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:33,951 Double the security, twice as visible. 268 00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:36,578 And she's going to a military base. It's totally safe. 269 00:16:36,578 --> 00:16:38,038 That's what we said about Winfield. 270 00:16:38,038 --> 00:16:41,291 You are not responsible for a security breach at Winfield. 271 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,044 - Okay. - You're not. 272 00:16:44,712 --> 00:16:46,964 Security had to clear too many people in not enough time. 273 00:16:46,964 --> 00:16:48,048 It's your job to ask. 274 00:16:48,048 --> 00:16:50,759 If they can't handle it, it's their job to say no. 275 00:17:00,936 --> 00:17:01,937 Morning, sir. 276 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:12,656 Good morning, Mr. Hayford. 277 00:17:12,656 --> 00:17:14,408 - Good morning. - May I take your coat? 278 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:16,452 Oh, I'm good. We're gonna head out soon. 279 00:17:20,831 --> 00:17:22,332 - Thank you so much. - Sure. 280 00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:29,465 - Good morning, Ms. Park. - Good morning. 281 00:17:30,632 --> 00:17:31,633 Hello. 282 00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:32,968 And hello to you. 283 00:17:37,347 --> 00:17:38,557 Do we know anything? 284 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:40,976 We know Rasoul Shahin was in Tehran. 285 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:44,646 Sources tell us that revenge for Soleimani is a live issue. 286 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:47,107 They were waiting for the right time, 287 00:17:47,107 --> 00:17:48,692 which yesterday would've been, 288 00:17:48,692 --> 00:17:50,736 had it not been on the heels of the carrier attack. 289 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,821 - Has this gone to State? - Not yet. 290 00:17:52,821 --> 00:17:54,364 They have to vet it. Thoroughly. 291 00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:56,784 I say that, he never believes me. 292 00:17:56,784 --> 00:18:00,162 There's a guy at the embassy in Beirut who can speak to Shahin's relationship 293 00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:02,498 with the Supreme National Security Council. 294 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:04,792 Verify that this is information he'd have. 295 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:07,002 I'll call him as soon as we get to the office. 296 00:18:07,002 --> 00:18:10,047 - You're going straight to Brize Norton. - Shit. Okay. 297 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,008 Anything from here? 298 00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:15,469 - Hmm? Phone records? 299 00:18:16,136 --> 00:18:19,515 Someone helped a freelance intelligence operative onto the property, 300 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:21,016 with a horse sedative in her purse. 301 00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:23,644 That's Regional Security's area. Or FBI. 302 00:18:23,644 --> 00:18:27,439 Sure, but you'll have an easier time getting a call list from GCHQ. 303 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:29,900 - FBI's gonna get a run-around, right? - Yeah. 304 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:31,860 So maybe help them out. 305 00:18:31,860 --> 00:18:34,279 Good morning. - Morning, sir. 306 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:35,697 I wanna call Danny in Beirut, 307 00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:38,033 but I won't be at the embassy till this afternoon. 308 00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:41,245 Is that something Mr. Wyler could do? If it's someone you both know-- 309 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:44,706 This is a guy who can help confirm details of Hal's story. 310 00:18:44,706 --> 00:18:46,166 You want Hal making the calls? 311 00:18:46,166 --> 00:18:48,669 The deputy minister's story is what we're focused on. 312 00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:51,797 You should be treating Hal like any other source. 313 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,801 Ganon is gonna hate that they approached you and not him. 314 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:59,513 If this story's gonna hold, we have to verify it with a third party. 315 00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:01,431 We should go. 316 00:19:04,601 --> 00:19:05,978 Ganon doesn't like him. 317 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,229 At all. 318 00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:08,230 Noted. 319 00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:13,819 Howard will take you to the embassy, talk through what happened. 320 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,028 - My interrogator. - Yes, sir. 321 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:17,281 You're getting your own car and driver, but until then... 322 00:19:17,281 --> 00:19:18,699 - You have me. Your own car? 323 00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:20,033 I was kidnapped. 324 00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:21,660 I'm a high-value target. 325 00:19:27,207 --> 00:19:28,208 Excuse me. 326 00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:31,420 He goes to the embassy and back here. 327 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:33,505 - Nowhere else. - Just nod. 328 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:34,756 Walk away. 329 00:19:38,635 --> 00:19:40,429 She likes to get involved. 330 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,472 - She does. - She knows she's not CIA, right? 331 00:19:42,472 --> 00:19:43,932 - Steady. - It all happened fast, 332 00:19:43,932 --> 00:19:45,434 maybe nobody told her. 333 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:11,585 The boat itself is a 13-meter-long attack craft 334 00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:13,795 with a rocket strapped to its back. 335 00:20:13,795 --> 00:20:15,297 Lines up with what we've seen 336 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:18,008 coming out of the Shahid Mahallati Shipyard. 337 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:21,345 You can spot there, a flash coming off the fast boat. 338 00:20:21,345 --> 00:20:24,306 Probably a short-range anti-ship missile. 339 00:20:24,306 --> 00:20:25,390 Is this ours? 340 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,142 India's. 341 00:20:27,142 --> 00:20:29,478 They had a satellite trolling for... 342 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:31,438 - They won't tell. - They won't. 343 00:20:31,438 --> 00:20:33,065 But it caught the launch. 344 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:37,569 The Iranians have reverse-engineered the Chinese 802 missile. 345 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:39,238 That's probably what we're looking at. 346 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,907 It'll have the Quds Force initials on the side, if it's theirs. 347 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,284 Thought they wrote "Death to Israel" on the side. 348 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:45,202 Room for both. 349 00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:49,414 We're still hunting for fragments. We'll keep an eye out for all the above. 350 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,750 If it's Iran and they've signed their own missile, 351 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,794 why bother with a denial? 352 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:56,046 - Habit. - Or it's not Iran. 353 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:58,048 A counter-indication surfaced. 354 00:20:58,048 --> 00:21:00,592 If it's credible, I'd love to share the news. 355 00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:03,720 Too raw to report, but it came in through a credible source. 356 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,681 As would any disinformation ploy. 357 00:21:05,681 --> 00:21:07,307 This one got my attention. 358 00:21:07,307 --> 00:21:10,477 It's under-baked, but if it holds up, I'll bring it in. 359 00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:12,521 It quacks like a duck, Ms. Park. 360 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:14,856 We must consider the possibility it might be one. 361 00:21:14,856 --> 00:21:16,066 Is the duck Iran? 362 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:19,236 The United States commandeered an Iranian oil vessel, 363 00:21:19,236 --> 00:21:22,239 and they'd rather retaliate against us than the Americans. 364 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:25,033 - The duck is Iran. - Thank you, gentlemen. 365 00:21:25,993 --> 00:21:26,827 Moving on. 366 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:36,753 Shahin and I worked on the Iran Deal together. 367 00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,255 He was your counterpart? 368 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:41,550 Lot of time spent hanging out while our principals talked past each other, 369 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,886 in rooms we felt would've benefited from our presence. 370 00:21:44,886 --> 00:21:47,806 - It's bonding. - Has he done this before? 371 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:49,349 Nothing like this, no. 372 00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:51,768 Tried to get a hotline going, once upon a time, 373 00:21:51,768 --> 00:21:54,896 like the red phone with the Soviets. Died on the vine. 374 00:21:56,690 --> 00:21:59,693 Uh, tell her the thing about General Symes. 375 00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,362 I was saying Iran doesn't assassinate people in London. 376 00:22:02,362 --> 00:22:04,239 - Karachi, maybe. - London's unusual, 377 00:22:04,239 --> 00:22:05,991 but Symes is worth the risk. 378 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,452 - Is he? - No one knows who he is. 379 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:11,246 He's not standing behind the president when announcing a troop surge, 380 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:13,457 but when they ask for three targets, 381 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:16,126 Brad Symes is the one who picks the targets. 382 00:22:17,210 --> 00:22:19,963 Tehran wants us to know they're reading our e-mail. 383 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:21,548 Mr. Wyler was also saying 384 00:22:21,548 --> 00:22:24,926 Quds Force likes using meteorological metaphors when talking about an op. 385 00:22:24,926 --> 00:22:26,845 They're convinced it's vague, 386 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,723 but they live in a place where weather doesn't change a lot, 387 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,141 so it jumps out. 388 00:22:35,353 --> 00:22:37,355 Hey, call NSA, see if they caught anything 389 00:22:37,355 --> 00:22:40,442 in Quds Force comms about the weather last few days. 390 00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:42,736 Inconsistent with the actual weather. 391 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,341 Do you want to use the facilities? 392 00:23:04,925 --> 00:23:07,719 Did Ambassador Vayle need to be reminded to pee? 393 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,888 - Absolutely. - So good of you to come. 394 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:11,681 Good to see you. 395 00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:15,018 - Ambassador Wyler. - The foreign secretary's talking to you. 396 00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:17,229 - To me? - Can I show you where you'll be? 397 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,147 Yes. - We want you both visible. 398 00:23:19,147 --> 00:23:21,983 A personal thanks for lobbying the president on our behalf. 399 00:23:21,983 --> 00:23:26,238 I'm not sure a one-day moratorium on American bluster merits thanks. 400 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,739 It does. 401 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:30,033 - Are you speaking? - Here? No. 402 00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:32,244 - The PM is, actually. - Oh, great. 403 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:35,205 Yeah. Wordsmith. 404 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:36,123 Excuse me. 405 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:40,836 Cuts a figure, doesn't he? 406 00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:43,922 - Hmm? - Pardon? 407 00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:46,591 - Sorry, I thought you were-- - Margaret Roylin. 408 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:50,804 We nearly met yesterday but you were abruptly needed elsewhere. 409 00:23:50,804 --> 00:23:51,972 Oh, God. 410 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:53,390 Meg, among friends. 411 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:55,934 Kate Wyler. 412 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:58,145 You shouldn't, with all the cameras. 413 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:00,772 Your deputy was not entirely wrong. 414 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:03,650 I always find clasping hands behind the back, 415 00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:07,028 along with a vague head tilt, gets the job done. 416 00:24:07,028 --> 00:24:08,989 Polite but illegible. 417 00:24:09,739 --> 00:24:10,866 It really is. 418 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,035 Your husband can reach me 419 00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:16,746 if there's anything I can do to be of help. 420 00:24:16,746 --> 00:24:19,666 It'll be Christmas before you get anything from this government 421 00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:23,336 beyond bromides so assiduously scrubbed of meaning, 422 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:25,714 you'll think you were hearing the wind. 423 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:28,300 I'm prepared to interpret. 424 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,510 Provide you with some background. 425 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:33,180 - I thought you were... - On the Naughty Step? 426 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:35,599 They revile me in public, 427 00:24:35,599 --> 00:24:37,934 but I can't seem to get them off my telephone. 428 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,563 Very kind offer. Thank you. 429 00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:42,647 You should go in. 430 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:44,566 They'll have a seat for you in the front. 431 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:46,526 - Oh, I'd rather stand. - You can't. 432 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:50,113 You have a place. It means something. 433 00:24:50,113 --> 00:24:52,365 And fix your blouse. 434 00:24:58,747 --> 00:24:59,581 Ambassador. 435 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:01,917 Yes. Coming. 436 00:26:41,474 --> 00:26:44,269 The men and women aboard the mighty Courageous 437 00:26:45,478 --> 00:26:47,981 honored us with their service 438 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:52,819 and defended us with their very lives. 439 00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,323 In their honor, 440 00:26:57,490 --> 00:27:01,119 in their defense, we shall give no quarter. 441 00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:05,081 We shall not flag nor fail 442 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:11,713 as we hunt down the source of this barbaric attack. 443 00:27:15,508 --> 00:27:21,598 Let no man question our fortitude or our fury. 444 00:27:23,391 --> 00:27:27,729 Our cowardly enemies shall not rest between air and earth, 445 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:29,731 but we shall find them. 446 00:27:31,274 --> 00:27:33,860 And justice shall be served. 447 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:51,920 I'm so sorry for your loss. 448 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,756 I'm sure you'll make your father very proud. 449 00:27:57,008 --> 00:27:59,260 He's a fucking disgrace. 450 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:02,055 - You're a disgrace. Madam, please. 451 00:28:02,055 --> 00:28:06,476 You know who did it. My husband was blown to bits. 452 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:07,769 For goodness' sake. 453 00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:10,397 You know exactly who it is. 454 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:12,565 It's shameful. That's enough. 455 00:28:12,565 --> 00:28:16,027 It's all right. Leave her be. She has a right to be angry. 456 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:19,364 The Americans piss off Iran. Two days later, this happens. 457 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,909 - I understand, but-- - Iran murdered this child's father. 458 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,996 You don't even have the spine to say their name. 459 00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:32,627 I can assure you that I am sickened and enraged by this brutal crime. 460 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:34,921 And... 461 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,844 If this was Tehran, then mark my words... 462 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:44,848 I will rain hellfire upon them. 463 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,751 - What the fuck happened? You heard? 464 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:16,129 - It's all over Twitter. I will rain hellfire. 465 00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:18,548 Hellfire. 466 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:22,010 Jesus Christ. Fucking great. 467 00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:23,511 Shit. 468 00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:26,306 Call State. Give them a heads up. - About? 469 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:30,268 My thing, Shahin. This guy's throwing gasoline all over the fire. 470 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,520 - Do you have enough to report? - To State? 471 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,315 We're getting there. This is from Forensics. 472 00:29:35,315 --> 00:29:36,858 Preliminary. 473 00:29:37,525 --> 00:29:40,028 - If you're not done with it... - No, I'm good. 474 00:29:40,028 --> 00:29:42,489 Hellfire. Hellfire. Hellfire... 475 00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:45,825 Hellfire-- 476 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:52,332 How are we doing on the local investigation? 477 00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:54,918 You were gonna have the FBI look into possible contact 478 00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:56,753 between the operatives and Winfield? 479 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,755 I was speaking to Ambassador Wyler earlier. 480 00:29:58,755 --> 00:29:59,714 Call him Hal. 481 00:29:59,714 --> 00:30:03,885 He rightly pointed out that treating a diplomatic pull-aside like a felony 482 00:30:03,885 --> 00:30:06,262 - is a bad move. - Did he? 483 00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:09,724 Ma'am, I understand you come here with a great deal of experience 484 00:30:09,724 --> 00:30:12,769 collaborating with the CIA in your previous posts. 485 00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:15,814 But you need to let me handle the investigation. 486 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:18,817 She's concerned you're not sufficiently investigating me. 487 00:30:19,859 --> 00:30:21,361 You have my phone number. 488 00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:24,697 Did you get the NSA to run a check on my phone records, 489 00:30:24,697 --> 00:30:27,200 make sure I didn't call Tehran myself? 490 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,537 If you need to look at my text messages, 491 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:35,416 - code's 5283. It spells "Kate." - It's not necessary. 492 00:30:35,416 --> 00:30:37,460 - Yeah, it is. Ma'am... 493 00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:39,921 I ran a check on his phone. 494 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:47,345 I'm going back to my gracious home. 495 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:54,477 The Vogue spread's online. 496 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:59,065 Look how cute you are. 497 00:31:03,486 --> 00:31:05,113 Nobody's firing that gal. 498 00:31:10,910 --> 00:31:13,997 Facing a distraught mourner as he left the ceremony, 499 00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:17,667 Prime Minister Trowbridge vowed to "rain hellfire" on Iran 500 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:22,088 should the nation prove to be responsible for the attack on the carrier. 501 00:31:22,088 --> 00:31:25,258 The PM appears to have met the moment. 502 00:31:25,258 --> 00:31:28,845 It's no secret that there are those, even among his party, 503 00:31:28,845 --> 00:31:33,349 who have harbored doubts about his fortitude, his resolve, 504 00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:35,518 about, frankly, his backbone. 505 00:31:35,518 --> 00:31:37,395 As in, did he possess one? 506 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:40,982 He's resoundingly answered that in the bellicose affirmative. 507 00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:43,985 - He was a punch line. Now he's Churchill. - The country's finally seeing 508 00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:45,528 a bolder Trowbridge. 509 00:31:45,528 --> 00:31:47,614 But what about his party? 510 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:50,491 In a moment, we'll be joined by Will Johnston 511 00:31:50,491 --> 00:31:53,036 of the Hagan Institute for his thoughts-- 512 00:32:02,545 --> 00:32:03,922 - Fuck. - What? 513 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:07,383 Some asshole ran over a family outside New Peckham Mosque screaming, 514 00:32:07,383 --> 00:32:09,719 -"Go back to Iran." - Fuck. 515 00:32:23,399 --> 00:32:24,400 Morning, ma'am. 516 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,735 - It was a car? - A van. 517 00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:27,862 A family of four. 518 00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:29,280 - Ambassador. - Ma'am. 519 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,450 Mom was killed. The other three are in the hospital. 520 00:32:33,868 --> 00:32:35,662 - Morning, ma'am. Hello. 521 00:32:35,662 --> 00:32:37,997 Howard will brief you on the attack at the mosque. 522 00:32:37,997 --> 00:32:40,583 I need to get on the phone with Langley, feed some of the details 523 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:42,543 of Mr. Wyler's encounter into the pipeline. 524 00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:45,880 - Now? - Yes, given the circumstances. 525 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,759 The circumstances may be different. That doesn't mean we have any facts. 526 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:51,219 I think we have enough. 527 00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:56,140 - Where were you in 2003? - Norway. 528 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:59,560 I was watching Colin Powell talk about aluminum tubes at the UN. 529 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,481 And then me and 175,000 of my friends invaded Iraq. 530 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:06,359 I have pretty strong feelings about undercooked intelligence. 531 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:08,277 I'm not taking it to the press. 532 00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:12,699 Once you name Hal Wyler as your source, this gets a life of its own. 533 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:14,492 Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. 534 00:33:33,469 --> 00:33:34,637 Ma'am... 535 00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:39,559 It can't be easy having a spouse that attracts that much attention. 536 00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:43,187 And the idea that in a crisis, he was tapped-- 537 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:47,692 Are you concerned I'm jealous? Of my husband's star power? 538 00:33:55,324 --> 00:33:58,786 Intelligence is a story. Even she will tell you that. 539 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,999 A story based on incomplete facts. 540 00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:07,211 Life or death decisions turn on whether people buy the story. 541 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:08,296 Sure. 542 00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:11,466 Some members of the administration 543 00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:17,346 have had mixed experiences with jaw-dropping stories that come from Hal. 544 00:34:17,346 --> 00:34:21,017 - Just because Ganon doesn't-- - It's not just Ganon. 545 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:29,317 Half of State will tell you about Hal Wyler, 546 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:33,362 bravely flying from Kabul to Mazār-e Sharīf, middle of the night, 547 00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:38,910 convincing Taliban leadership to hold back the seizure of Kabul by one more day. 548 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:45,708 The other half will tell you he did that by commandeering a plane 549 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:50,004 that was meant to evacuate Afghans who worked for U.S. forces. 550 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:54,092 People we swore we'd protect. 551 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:57,929 Three hundred and thirty-two people 552 00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:02,642 who didn't get on a plane because Hal Wyler went to do something brave. 553 00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:10,817 A lot hinges on whether we believe this is Iran or we believe it's someone else. 554 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:14,695 When it's Hal, you have to be really fucking sure. 555 00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:21,244 - Yeah? 556 00:35:22,578 --> 00:35:24,288 Sorry. Excuse me. 557 00:35:33,673 --> 00:35:34,882 Um... 558 00:35:39,428 --> 00:35:40,972 How's it going there, pal? 559 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,183 The president's coming. 560 00:35:46,352 --> 00:35:47,854 Of the United States? 561 00:35:48,437 --> 00:35:52,608 - Ma'am. Ambassador Wyler. - I'm taking a walk. 562 00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:55,736 - The ambassador would like to take a walk. - I don't need a chaperone. 563 00:35:55,736 --> 00:35:58,823 Uh, Byron is suggesting this afternoon. 564 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:01,242 Tell Byron to fuck himself in the face. 565 00:36:03,077 --> 00:36:05,079 Byron, I think she'd rather go now. 566 00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:09,625 President Rayburn, 567 00:36:09,625 --> 00:36:12,712 on his way to his formally scheduled two-day Berlin trip, 568 00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:13,838 will, and I quote, 569 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:17,341 "stop by" for a visit with Prime Minister Trowbridge 570 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:21,929 to express his solidarity in the wake of the attack on the HMS Courageous. 571 00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:27,059 The president will spend 90 minutes on the ground, 70 at Winfield. 572 00:36:28,227 --> 00:36:32,356 Most of his 800-person entourage will remain on the planes at Heathrow, 573 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:35,943 while Marine One brings the president and a handful of lucky winners 574 00:36:35,943 --> 00:36:38,571 to Winfield for lunch with the PM. 575 00:36:38,571 --> 00:36:44,368 So, Don, Christine, Joanne, Paul, we're talking to Heathrow in half an hour. 576 00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:47,038 Ronnie, Bruce, Jen, and Mike, 577 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,499 you'll liaise with the prime minister's office about security en route. 578 00:36:50,499 --> 00:36:52,126 And Gary, where's Gary? 579 00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:53,836 Gary. Is Gary here? Ah. 580 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,756 This is gonna be the longest 70 minutes of your life. 581 00:36:57,465 --> 00:36:59,300 - I need to pee. - Heading back. 582 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:00,468 Badly. 583 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,346 Ma'am, give me a moment. 584 00:37:16,525 --> 00:37:19,195 Sorry. Hello. Thank you. 585 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:24,408 - Just through to the left, ma'am. - Hello. 586 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:43,177 Hey. - Carole. 587 00:37:43,177 --> 00:37:47,306 Rodney says that you're in London. Is that some kind of a joke? 588 00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:50,851 It is not a fucking joke. London, England. 589 00:37:58,401 --> 00:37:59,610 Should we check on her? 590 00:38:09,745 --> 00:38:12,623 Can you get into GCHQ from there, or do you have to go through NSA? 591 00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:14,333 Oh, give me a second. 592 00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:16,544 Ma'am? - I'm not done. 593 00:38:18,921 --> 00:38:22,508 - Everything all right? - I could use some privacy. Thank you. 594 00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:31,517 - I'm gonna kill myself. - They don't let you crap on your own? 595 00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:34,812 I'm in a deli. I had to get out of the embassy cell tower range. 596 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:37,481 Now they're worried I'm having an aneurysm on the terlet. 597 00:38:37,481 --> 00:38:39,900 - This is gonna be a long tour for you. - Yeah. 598 00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,611 We're in the phase where everyone wants a selfie with Hal. 599 00:38:42,611 --> 00:38:44,196 It'll be easier when he's gone. 600 00:38:44,196 --> 00:38:46,574 Been hearing that one for a long time. 601 00:38:46,574 --> 00:38:48,326 This time it's true. 602 00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:50,870 Kabul tipped the scales. 603 00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:53,080 - For real? - Yeah. 604 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,042 Oh, honey. Well. Good for you. 605 00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:58,419 Good for me. You find anything? 606 00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:02,006 - You know what helps? When you rush me. - I'm sorry. You're pretty. 607 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:03,883 - You're the prettiest. - Better. 608 00:39:03,883 --> 00:39:06,969 Okay, there was a call from the zone in question, 609 00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:10,097 uh, the day of the approach. 610 00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:11,682 On a burner. 611 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:13,851 A call to the belligerent nation? 612 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,603 No. A call to Rome. 613 00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:17,521 Fuck. 614 00:39:20,983 --> 00:39:21,984 Mr. Hayford. 615 00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:24,904 - Hi. Are you okay? 616 00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:26,697 Thanks. I went for a walk. 617 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:28,616 They're asking if they should call an ambulance. 618 00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:31,994 - No. Why are you calling an ambulance? - It was 35 minutes. 619 00:39:31,994 --> 00:39:36,457 -Is it maybe something you ate? - I need to see my husband right away. 620 00:39:36,457 --> 00:39:38,667 If you could have somebody go to the residence. 621 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:39,919 He's here at the embassy, 622 00:39:39,919 --> 00:39:43,506 helping the folks down the hall get in touch with a contact in Uzbekistan. 623 00:39:44,006 --> 00:39:45,257 Of course he is. 624 00:40:05,444 --> 00:40:09,782 I'm not doing anything other than trying to be helpful at the margins. 625 00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:11,409 Okay. Hey. 626 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,035 What are you--? 627 00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:19,708 You called Niccolo. 628 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:24,922 Do us both a stupendous favor and don't waste time denying it. 629 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,008 Yes. 630 00:40:28,008 --> 00:40:30,386 And he called Shahin. 631 00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:34,515 - To let him know we're here. - I asked you 12 times. 632 00:40:34,515 --> 00:40:37,017 If I called Shahin, which I didn't. Niccolo did. 633 00:40:37,017 --> 00:40:40,312 Italy has diplomatic relations with Iran. No one will raise an eyebrow. 634 00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,565 It took me exactly one phone call. 635 00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:45,693 Only you know a call to an Italian landscape architect from a burner 636 00:40:45,693 --> 00:40:47,570 in Regent's Park is a red flag. 637 00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:51,031 I didn't tell you because if it gets out, I wanted you insulated. 638 00:40:51,031 --> 00:40:53,159 Meanwhile, it fucking paid off. 639 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:56,829 You don't want the White House near it. Now the president's on his way. 640 00:40:56,829 --> 00:40:58,080 I knew something was off. 641 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,709 And I knew when a hot tip comes from you, it cuts more than one way. 642 00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:04,128 No one knows how until they know, but then-- 643 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,421 "They definitely know." 644 00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:07,923 Don't fucking act like it doesn't matter. 645 00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:10,009 Shahin put his neck on a rail. 646 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:12,511 - We blow this, he'll get executed. - Yeah. 647 00:41:12,511 --> 00:41:15,306 So. Now you know. I called Niccolo. 648 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:18,017 He called Shahin, or sent him a smoke signal, I don't know. 649 00:41:18,017 --> 00:41:19,018 That's the whole story. 650 00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:20,186 - Is it? - Yeah. 651 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:26,317 So... onward. 652 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,361 - Oh, that's it? Uh-huh. 653 00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:33,157 I just march out and say, "Hey, I rethought it. Let's go wide." 654 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:34,867 - Yeah. - Based on what? 655 00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:39,288 My husband snuck out and called Iran? And then lied to me about it? 656 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:42,541 - How do you think that fucking looks? - Who cares? 657 00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:47,338 I care! I am supposed to run this place. 658 00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:51,383 I was almost fired by the secretary of state on day one. 659 00:41:51,383 --> 00:41:52,968 Hat tip, Hal Wyler. 660 00:41:52,968 --> 00:41:57,139 And day two, I'm a Vogue model at the mercy of tidal hormones. 661 00:41:57,723 --> 00:42:01,644 Smart people listen to other smart people, and change their minds. 662 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:07,274 I told the chief of station she was like Colin Powell selling WMD. 663 00:42:07,274 --> 00:42:10,986 My DCM thinks I'm so upset you've eclipsed me, 664 00:42:10,986 --> 00:42:12,613 I actually shit my pants. 665 00:42:12,613 --> 00:42:14,823 Thanks to your intervention, 666 00:42:14,823 --> 00:42:18,494 I appear, to the two most important colleagues I have in this mission... 667 00:42:18,494 --> 00:42:20,829 like a fucking psychotic! 668 00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:33,175 I'd like to speak to the secretary of state, please. 669 00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:38,722 Ambassador. 670 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:43,060 Iranian denials haven't convinced since... I'm trying to remember a time. 671 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:47,106 Calling off an assassination is a not-insignificant gesture. 672 00:42:47,106 --> 00:42:48,440 I find it very moving. 673 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,069 The source was compelling. On both ends of the reach out. 674 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:55,072 - CIA is still vetting it. - That's my fault. 675 00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:57,074 It's why I contacted you myself. 676 00:42:57,074 --> 00:43:00,744 I'm hoping you can put some stock in my word. 677 00:43:00,744 --> 00:43:04,373 My wife says that Vogue named you the future of diplomacy. 678 00:43:04,373 --> 00:43:05,791 So I'd better listen. 679 00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:11,130 Sir. It was Hal. 680 00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:13,882 Wyler. 681 00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:16,385 Jesus. 682 00:43:16,385 --> 00:43:19,471 Knowing it might be greeted with some skepticism, 683 00:43:19,471 --> 00:43:22,600 I asked them to dot all their I's before they brought it to you. 684 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:24,560 Shit. 685 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:29,148 - Tell the president he shouldn't come. -Are you kidding? 686 00:43:29,148 --> 00:43:32,067 The optics of him and Trowbridge shoulder to shoulder 687 00:43:32,067 --> 00:43:33,569 after the hellfire rant-- 688 00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:37,281 The optics are that it looks like the president is ready to march on Tehran. 689 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:41,869 If your husband's right, 24 hours later, we'll have to roll that all back. 690 00:43:41,869 --> 00:43:44,121 The optics of that are he looks like an idiot. 691 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,831 Around here, we call that Tuesday. 692 00:43:45,831 --> 00:43:49,168 - Muslims are being attacked in the street. - Is that on me too? 693 00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:52,463 The president wanted to look like a hero, throw his arm around the Brits, 694 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:54,423 show everyone we're the ally we used to be 695 00:43:54,423 --> 00:43:56,925 before we lost interest in the whole fucking world. 696 00:43:56,925 --> 00:44:00,304 That's my job, if it's anyone's. But he wanted it, so he's got it. 697 00:44:01,096 --> 00:44:04,892 Sir. I'm not sure "he made his bed, now let's let him lie in it" 698 00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:07,061 is the best thing for global stability. 699 00:44:07,061 --> 00:44:10,022 Canceling the trip, that's good for global stability? 700 00:44:10,856 --> 00:44:12,107 It's not ideal. 701 00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:17,488 If you'd come to me before we announced the visit, maybe. 702 00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:19,782 Now, it's too late. 703 00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:30,000 They're for you. What did Ganon say? 704 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:33,003 I need to talk to the foreign secretary. 705 00:44:33,837 --> 00:44:35,005 Ganon said that? 706 00:44:35,714 --> 00:44:37,591 No. I'm saying that. 707 00:44:38,634 --> 00:44:40,678 You'll see the foreign secretary tomorrow. 708 00:44:40,678 --> 00:44:44,515 At the lunch, to which the president is wearing a charcoal suit. 709 00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:46,308 So you can't wear charcoal. 710 00:44:46,809 --> 00:44:48,435 - Any of these grab you? - No. 711 00:44:48,936 --> 00:44:52,022 Ma'am, I don't love me in this conversation either, 712 00:44:52,022 --> 00:44:54,066 but the stylist is now a person of interest 713 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,193 in the biggest security breach we've had at Winfield. 714 00:44:56,193 --> 00:44:58,946 - We'll have to muscle through on our own. - Alysse? 715 00:44:59,446 --> 00:45:01,198 After the Foreign Office. 716 00:45:01,907 --> 00:45:03,117 Car. Cars. 717 00:45:03,117 --> 00:45:05,452 You can't drop in on the foreign secretary. 718 00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:08,831 You've spent more time with the guy than your predecessors did in a year. 719 00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:10,374 It's been a big day. 720 00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:12,126 You've got to stop. 721 00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:27,433 Foreign secretary's office. How may I help you? 722 00:45:31,103 --> 00:45:32,688 Tongues will start to wag. 723 00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:35,732 - Sorry to barge in. I know you're swamped. - Not at all. 724 00:45:35,732 --> 00:45:38,777 I wanted to touch base about President Rayburn's visit. 725 00:45:38,777 --> 00:45:40,487 A moving show of support. 726 00:45:40,487 --> 00:45:44,366 The atmosphere around the meeting might be improved from our standpoint, 727 00:45:44,366 --> 00:45:47,911 with a clarification of the prime minister's remark about Iran. 728 00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:51,123 As I understand it, the prime minister was repeating 729 00:45:51,123 --> 00:45:53,500 what he'd heard from President Rayburn. What was the phrase? 730 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:56,670 - That was one head of state to another. -"Light the place up." 731 00:45:56,670 --> 00:45:57,880 On a private call. 732 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,632 This was dropped into a sea of microphones. 733 00:46:00,632 --> 00:46:03,844 Sympathy for a grieving widow, sadly misconstrued. 734 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:05,179 We are way past sad. 735 00:46:05,179 --> 00:46:07,973 Four people were mowed down in the street, two are children, 736 00:46:07,973 --> 00:46:10,350 - their mother is dead. - As is their father. 737 00:46:12,394 --> 00:46:14,104 About half an hour ago. 738 00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:17,316 I'm sorry. 739 00:46:19,735 --> 00:46:23,864 Look, no one is more disturbed about violence in our streets 740 00:46:23,864 --> 00:46:26,200 - than Prime Minister Trowbridge. - Of course. 741 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,161 But an unprovoked attack on our troops 742 00:46:29,161 --> 00:46:31,663 from a nation with a history of aggressive-- 743 00:46:31,663 --> 00:46:32,831 It's not Iran. 744 00:46:36,793 --> 00:46:37,711 It's not Iran. 745 00:46:39,213 --> 00:46:40,964 Well, then, our mistake. 746 00:46:42,883 --> 00:46:45,010 You're going to ask me how I know... 747 00:46:45,010 --> 00:46:48,263 You won't say, but fortunately, I have your word. 748 00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:57,856 They kidnapped my husband and called off a hit. 749 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:03,529 They were going to assassinate an American general and didn't. 750 00:47:04,196 --> 00:47:08,242 It was an offering, like a dead squirrel on the doorstep. 751 00:47:08,242 --> 00:47:09,660 It wasn't Iran. 752 00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:14,915 The president of the United States can't stand next to a prime minister 753 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:19,169 who has just hocked up an Islamophobic war whoop. 754 00:47:20,170 --> 00:47:21,755 He has to walk it back. 755 00:47:25,592 --> 00:47:28,345 Ambassador, Number 10 will walk back nothing. 756 00:47:29,471 --> 00:47:30,389 Nothing. 757 00:47:32,224 --> 00:47:35,602 If you're concerned, I urge you to speak with President Rayburn, 758 00:47:35,602 --> 00:47:38,730 who clearly has a great deal of influence over the prime minister. 759 00:47:41,984 --> 00:47:43,443 Thank you for coming. 760 00:48:07,259 --> 00:48:09,469 Right after lunch. I have the time... 761 00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:17,060 Oh, to the dining room. The mantel, not the table. 762 00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:20,564 I always gave Mrs. Vayle a copy of the menu on the day of a formal meal. 763 00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:24,401 She liked to put them in her memory book. Should I give one to Mr. Wyler? 764 00:48:24,901 --> 00:48:28,405 Mr. Wyler does not keep a memory book. 765 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:31,908 You can salvage this. 766 00:48:31,908 --> 00:48:34,578 Buttonhole the president as soon as he arrives 767 00:48:34,578 --> 00:48:37,289 and you talk him out of the lunch. 768 00:48:38,123 --> 00:48:41,918 At the very least out of the photo op with him and Trowbridge side by side 769 00:48:41,918 --> 00:48:44,921 like some dark acid flashback of the road to Iraq. 770 00:48:44,921 --> 00:48:46,506 You need to leave. 771 00:48:46,506 --> 00:48:49,426 - Eat something. You've been bottoming out. - Leave this country. 772 00:48:49,426 --> 00:48:52,721 As soon as this lunch is over, get on some plane going someplace 773 00:48:52,721 --> 00:48:54,931 - and not be here anymore. - What? 774 00:48:54,931 --> 00:48:57,809 You made an inappropriate outreach to a hostile power 775 00:48:57,809 --> 00:49:00,437 with whom we have no diplomatic relations. 776 00:49:00,437 --> 00:49:03,482 You made an investigation exponentially more difficult. 777 00:49:04,149 --> 00:49:08,570 You have so thoroughly fucked with my head, I-- I can't think straight 778 00:49:08,570 --> 00:49:12,616 or analyze information or provide objective counsel. 779 00:49:13,283 --> 00:49:17,704 I can't do the fucking job if you are within a 100-mile radius. 780 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:20,791 I am begging you. Go. 781 00:49:23,877 --> 00:49:24,753 Katherine. 782 00:49:25,712 --> 00:49:26,880 Katie. 783 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,424 Oh, come on. Let's talk about it later. 784 00:49:29,424 --> 00:49:31,802 I'm not discussing it ever again. 785 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:34,680 The president will greet Hal first, then you. 786 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,058 Unless he does it the other way around. Just basically go with whatever. 787 00:49:38,058 --> 00:49:39,226 Thank you. 788 00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:43,522 Katie, I can't leave. I'm so sorry. 789 00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:45,649 I don't want to hear this shit anymore! 790 00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:48,944 - You can't divorce me. - Get a fucking grip! 791 00:49:48,944 --> 00:49:50,821 We decided that months ago. 792 00:49:51,363 --> 00:49:53,407 Katie, the vice president's gonna resign. 793 00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:56,076 They want you to replace her. You can't be divorced. 794 00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:11,842 Close your mouth. 795 00:50:13,301 --> 00:50:14,469 Turn your head.