1 00:00:07,382 --> 00:00:11,177 Don't play chicken with a country that's ready to lob a tactical nuke. 2 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:13,346 Try everything before that. 3 00:00:13,346 --> 00:00:14,431 She's got a good idea. 4 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:19,811 It hasn't escaped me that you are an incredibly attractive, compassionate... 5 00:00:21,438 --> 00:00:22,272 man. 6 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:25,650 But, at the moment, we have bigger fish to fry. 7 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:28,278 I gave you 15 years. Give me a chance. 8 00:00:28,278 --> 00:00:30,447 So you're back-seat driving the vice president? 9 00:00:30,447 --> 00:00:32,323 So I'm married to you. 10 00:00:32,323 --> 00:00:36,286 We hit Russia, Russia hits back. 11 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:39,122 But the Lenkov Group isn't Russia, right? 12 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:42,959 Right now is the one time you get to break shit. 13 00:00:42,959 --> 00:00:44,919 What is it that you think I should break? 14 00:00:44,919 --> 00:00:47,046 The secretary of state. 15 00:00:47,046 --> 00:00:49,883 You may not see that right now, but we're great together. 16 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:53,595 I feel it too. I can't think when you're in the same room. I can barely breathe. 17 00:00:53,595 --> 00:00:56,181 U.S. and the UK go to war with Russia? 18 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,725 That's the kind of thing where people have babies. 19 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:02,353 - Are you asking me to have--? - No. That's the whole point. 20 00:01:02,353 --> 00:01:04,814 But, a dog? 21 00:01:04,814 --> 00:01:09,235 Do you want to be in a public relationship with me? 22 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:10,403 Yes. 23 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,988 It's better than one, isn't it? 24 00:01:11,988 --> 00:01:12,947 What? 25 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:15,200 Two. 26 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:17,619 [inaudible dialogue] 27 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:26,711 [Hal sighs] 28 00:01:28,046 --> 00:01:29,214 I should go. 29 00:01:29,214 --> 00:01:30,298 [Kate] Where? 30 00:01:30,298 --> 00:01:33,551 [Hal] Back to my room, before the staff find me. 31 00:01:33,551 --> 00:01:35,887 You can relax for five minutes. 32 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:38,807 {\an8}Are you asking me to stay? 33 00:01:39,349 --> 00:01:41,976 {\an8}I'm saying you can relax. 34 00:01:44,729 --> 00:01:46,606 Are you asking me to stay? 35 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:49,692 Are you asking me to ask you to stay? 36 00:01:49,692 --> 00:01:50,944 Should I? 37 00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:55,073 I don't know. 38 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:57,325 Maybe. 39 00:01:59,702 --> 00:02:00,995 I shouldn't do that to you. 40 00:02:00,995 --> 00:02:02,831 You should do whatever you want to me. 41 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:05,250 [sighs] I shouldn't. 42 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:07,794 I'm sorry. 43 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:08,753 Why? 44 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:10,713 I didn't think you could do it. 45 00:02:10,713 --> 00:02:12,340 Because I'm an asshole. 46 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:16,511 You are an asshole but you had reason to worry. 47 00:02:17,178 --> 00:02:18,596 You were great. 48 00:02:18,596 --> 00:02:21,182 I always am. Sometimes you don't know 'til later. 49 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,562 You should not forgive me. 50 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:27,105 Maybe I won't. 51 00:02:27,605 --> 00:02:29,941 - Nah, I will. - Don't do that. 52 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:34,070 Don't make me be the only one who thinks through the obstacles. 53 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:35,238 I can handle it. 54 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:37,740 I can't. I don't like being that angry at you. 55 00:02:41,953 --> 00:02:43,163 So, what worked? 56 00:02:44,038 --> 00:02:46,082 Last few days, it worked, right? 57 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:48,168 - It did. - Yeah, so why? 58 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:49,752 I don't know. 59 00:02:49,752 --> 00:02:51,546 No, you gotta make it clear. 60 00:02:51,546 --> 00:02:53,631 Obviously, I don't always know. 61 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:56,718 What worked? 62 00:02:58,219 --> 00:02:59,888 I mean, you set the agenda. 63 00:02:59,888 --> 00:03:01,472 You came up with a moonshot. 64 00:03:01,472 --> 00:03:05,393 I made a few phone calls to make you feel you weren't in it alone. 65 00:03:05,393 --> 00:03:06,603 That's not what you did. 66 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:07,520 - No? - No. 67 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,064 - So, what did I do? - You made a hundred phone calls. 68 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:13,693 You made people feel brilliant and important. 69 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:17,572 - They run after you, desperate to help. - They are brilliant and important. 70 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:19,616 The guy from Phoenix? 71 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:21,284 He's just important. 72 00:03:28,249 --> 00:03:29,542 You didn't hate it? 73 00:03:31,294 --> 00:03:32,128 What? 74 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:34,547 Being a backup singer. 75 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:35,840 No, I didn't. 76 00:03:38,092 --> 00:03:39,844 I thought I would. 77 00:03:39,844 --> 00:03:40,762 But, uh... 78 00:03:41,304 --> 00:03:42,138 no. 79 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:43,765 It was kind of fun. 80 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,312 I don't want to do nothing. 81 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:50,730 Well, of course not. 82 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,565 I'm not ready to retire. 83 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:54,943 I would never think that. 84 00:03:56,945 --> 00:04:00,448 You know, I didn't spend the last decade working on my tan. 85 00:04:00,448 --> 00:04:01,866 Yeah, I know that. 86 00:04:01,866 --> 00:04:04,244 It can be a big job, being a backup singer. 87 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,579 That's not quite what you did. 88 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:07,622 Humming. 89 00:04:07,622 --> 00:04:09,165 You made it all happen. 90 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:12,126 Whatever fuck-witted scheme I came up with. 91 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:16,297 I don't think you should start with making it all happen. 92 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:17,799 - Sure. - That could get tricky. 93 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:18,967 Jesus, Kate, 94 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:23,012 I attended a two-day emergency meeting of world leaders 95 00:04:23,012 --> 00:04:25,682 and I did not speak unless spoken to. 96 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:27,642 You were so great. 97 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:30,520 I spent a shocking amount of time discussing the rain. 98 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,689 You were so great. 99 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:37,068 Don't go. 100 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:38,945 Not yet. 101 00:04:41,072 --> 00:04:42,490 Do you want me to stay? 102 00:04:45,576 --> 00:04:46,744 I don't know. 103 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:49,622 But I don't want you to go. 104 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,379 Don't freak out. 105 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:57,797 Love it already. 106 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:59,966 I wanna hit pause on... 107 00:05:01,217 --> 00:05:03,803 declaring our relationship status. 108 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:06,973 - Just 'til the Russia thing plays out. - Okay. 109 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:08,933 Is it? 110 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:09,851 Yeah. 111 00:05:10,685 --> 00:05:11,769 What? 112 00:05:11,769 --> 00:05:13,396 I'm cool, it's just... 113 00:05:14,397 --> 00:05:15,273 What? 114 00:05:15,273 --> 00:05:18,276 People have waited a long time for the Russia thing to play out. 115 00:05:18,276 --> 00:05:19,235 I'm talking a week. 116 00:05:19,235 --> 00:05:22,739 Napoleon told Joséphine he wanted to wait 'til the Russia thing played out. 117 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,824 I knew this was gonna be a problem. 118 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:27,535 I don't love lying to my boss. 119 00:05:27,535 --> 00:05:32,123 She's been your boss for ten minutes. You can not love it a little longer. 120 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:35,543 I'm in that zone where it would've been weird to say something right off. 121 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:37,587 Now it's weird I haven't mentioned it yet. 122 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:40,340 - I don't mention things for a living. - Yeah, it's fucking weird. 123 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:42,300 I don't live under the misconception 124 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:45,595 that anybody knows the whole story of anything, ever. 125 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:49,348 So I'm not compelled to share everything I think I know. 126 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:50,600 I can leave stuff out. 127 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,851 Everybody does it. 128 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:53,436 I'm just cognizant of it. 129 00:05:53,436 --> 00:05:55,188 This is some high-end rationalizing. 130 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:58,066 Nobody needs the distraction is the bottom line. 131 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,317 That's fine. 132 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:06,157 She's meeting Oleg Balakin today, right? 133 00:06:06,949 --> 00:06:08,409 - Yeah. - Good. 134 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:16,084 We're messaging Russia through every plausible official channel 135 00:06:16,084 --> 00:06:18,586 because every non-official channel's gone cold. 136 00:06:18,586 --> 00:06:20,797 Langley's been calling old deconfliction lines 137 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:22,840 and the phones just keep ringing. 138 00:06:23,841 --> 00:06:26,260 Are you throwing me a bone? 139 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:29,472 It's a fact. 140 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:33,142 Relevant to both of our professional portfolios. 141 00:06:33,142 --> 00:06:35,645 This is worse than a mercy-fuck. 142 00:06:35,645 --> 00:06:39,649 This is a mercy declassification of eyes-only intelligence. 143 00:06:40,608 --> 00:06:42,819 I'm never telling you anything again. 144 00:06:42,819 --> 00:06:44,862 So all our backchannels are dead? 145 00:06:44,862 --> 00:06:45,988 I don't know. 146 00:06:45,988 --> 00:06:48,241 - Wait for the briefing. - Come on. 147 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:51,202 I was all set to parade around with my girl on my arm. 148 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:53,496 This just keeps getting better. 149 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:54,956 Go to dinner with me tonight? 150 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:56,040 Maybe. 151 00:06:56,582 --> 00:06:58,459 Will you look at me over candlelight? 152 00:06:58,459 --> 00:07:01,671 Talk about Russian non-government paramilitary organizations? 153 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:03,631 You know I will. 154 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:13,933 You'll meet Russian Ambassador Oleg Balakin at the Foreign Office. 155 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:16,936 Inform him Britain knows that the Lenkov Company, 156 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:21,065 commissioned by the Russian government, carried out the attack on HMS Courageous. 157 00:07:21,065 --> 00:07:25,570 And that Britain intends to take action against Lenkov troops in Libya, 158 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,905 with our blessing, in the next 24 hours. 159 00:07:27,905 --> 00:07:30,825 And that will be the period at the end of the sentence. 160 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:33,161 Not the next in a series of escalating moves. 161 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:34,162 [Hal] Morning. 162 00:07:34,162 --> 00:07:35,538 And to you, sir. 163 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:40,626 All good? 164 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:41,669 [Hal] It is. 165 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:43,212 Hmm. 166 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,298 You can keep going. 167 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,009 - Keep going. - I'll wait. 168 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:50,136 He can sit in on the briefing. 169 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:53,473 All right, then. Um... 170 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,975 You'll have talking points from State. 171 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:59,687 The same conversation is happening mil-to-mil, intel-to-intel, 172 00:07:59,687 --> 00:08:00,980 every U.S. ambassador 173 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:03,107 to every Russian ambassador in every country. 174 00:08:03,107 --> 00:08:05,610 Why are you doing a démarche at the Foreign Office? 175 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:06,861 Yeah, it's kind of weird. 176 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:08,988 United front. Us and the UK. 177 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:11,782 Why do you put eggs on top of the berries? Now there's eggs on them. 178 00:08:11,782 --> 00:08:13,242 [Hal] I'll separate it for you. 179 00:08:13,242 --> 00:08:14,869 - Is that better? - [Kate] Thank you. 180 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:17,038 - United front? - Yes. 181 00:08:17,038 --> 00:08:19,832 Making it clear there's no daylight between us. 182 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:22,627 He'll be meeting with Dennison before he meets with you. 183 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,921 - What's his name? Belkin? - [Stuart] Balakin. 184 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:26,339 Oleg Balakin. 185 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:27,882 Russian ambassador to... 186 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:29,926 this place. 187 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:32,053 - You know him? - No. 188 00:08:32,053 --> 00:08:34,680 You wanna call Sergei, find out if there's an angle? 189 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:37,058 - Sure. - Okay. What kind of angle? 190 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:40,978 Whatever, you know? He likes toast. He doesn't like toast. 191 00:08:40,978 --> 00:08:43,773 He's a representative of the Russian Federation. He likes alcohol. 192 00:08:43,773 --> 00:08:45,358 Didn't see it coming. 193 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:47,235 [Hal] Be nice. 194 00:08:47,235 --> 00:08:48,569 He's nervous. 195 00:08:48,569 --> 00:08:50,071 Me? No. 196 00:08:50,738 --> 00:08:53,366 - I'll stick to the talking points. - Thank you. 197 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,493 Period at the end of the sentence. 198 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:56,911 That's great. 199 00:08:59,121 --> 00:09:01,707 He's trying to figure out how long he should wait 200 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:04,585 before he asks if this is a sign you're serious about VP. 201 00:09:04,585 --> 00:09:07,088 - What, you and me getting along? - Yeah. 202 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:09,006 Tell him to be cool and try not to ruin it. 203 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,385 Okay. 204 00:09:27,191 --> 00:09:28,609 We do. Obviously, they-- 205 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:29,569 Hi there. 206 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:32,029 - Good morning. - Oh. Morning, sir. 207 00:09:32,029 --> 00:09:33,531 Are you here to see me? 208 00:09:33,531 --> 00:09:34,865 No, sadly. 209 00:09:34,865 --> 00:09:35,992 Balakin. 210 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:38,077 Oh. I just saw him myself. Good luck. 211 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:39,620 - It requires luck? - [Austin] It might. 212 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:42,039 - Shit. - Well, you'll be fine. 213 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:44,250 - He's mean, but... - I'm meaner? 214 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,668 I didn't say that. 215 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,420 I didn't. 216 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:48,713 [Kate] You thought it. 217 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:51,090 The policing of thought has gone out of fashion. 218 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:53,301 It never goes out of fashion. 219 00:09:57,722 --> 00:10:00,433 Amba-- Ambassador Balakin's already in there. 220 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,350 Shall we? 221 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:03,269 I'm not going in. You can do the windup. 222 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,186 Myself? 223 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:06,606 Then you step out and it's just the two of them. 224 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,316 Or you could do it. 225 00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:10,109 I can't welcome them. 226 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:11,360 It's your building. 227 00:10:12,194 --> 00:10:13,029 Yeah. 228 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:22,330 On behalf of His Majesty's government, 229 00:10:22,330 --> 00:10:25,458 it is my honor to introduce the Russian ambassador 230 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,544 to the Court of St. James's, Oleg Balakin, to the American-- 231 00:10:28,544 --> 00:10:29,545 That's enough. 232 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:32,006 Yeah. 233 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:36,010 Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me, Ambassador. 234 00:10:36,844 --> 00:10:37,887 [door closes] 235 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:40,306 [Kate sighs] 236 00:10:42,224 --> 00:10:45,227 I understand the United Kingdom has shared its plans 237 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:47,772 to end Lenkov Company violence in Libya. 238 00:10:51,108 --> 00:10:54,820 My government would like to convey our firm expectation 239 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:57,823 that this will be treated as an isolated incident. 240 00:10:57,823 --> 00:11:01,160 Russian retaliation toward the United Kingdom 241 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:06,165 would inevitably draw in the United States in support of its longtime ally. 242 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:15,675 [clears throat] 243 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:21,639 American arrogance is once again matched only by its simplicity. 244 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:27,645 By the breathtaking assumption that a moment in time marked by tragedy 245 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,772 can be stripped of its infinite complexity 246 00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:33,109 by the clarity of your dislike for the outcome. 247 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:38,030 The Lenkov Company is a wholly independent entity, 248 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:40,574 unaffiliated with the Russian government. 249 00:11:40,574 --> 00:11:44,328 Shall I hold you accountable for the actions of Blackwater? 250 00:11:44,328 --> 00:11:45,913 Or the Proud Boys? 251 00:11:45,913 --> 00:11:48,582 - Sir-- - You will wait patiently 252 00:11:48,582 --> 00:11:52,086 through my lecture, as I have waited countless times 253 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:53,921 through the moralizing of a nation 254 00:11:53,921 --> 00:11:57,341 that not only manufactures weapons of mass destruction, 255 00:11:57,341 --> 00:12:03,806 but sells them in establishments called, without irony, convenience stores. 256 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,769 {\an8}The Lenkov Company, like many organizations 257 00:12:08,769 --> 00:12:11,355 {\an8}of well-armed illiterate men, 258 00:12:11,355 --> 00:12:14,650 claims to have connections at the highest levels in the Kremlin, 259 00:12:14,650 --> 00:12:20,114 not unlike the sycophants who insist they have the ear of your president, 260 00:12:20,114 --> 00:12:23,200 when, in fact, they have nothing but a photo 261 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,744 with Mr. Rayburn's least intelligent son, 262 00:12:25,744 --> 00:12:30,708 a post for which there appears to be constant and spirited competition, 263 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:32,835 like all such bodies... 264 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:35,129 [Balakin continues speaking indistinctly] 265 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:37,423 [tense music playing] 266 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:24,803 Roman Lenkov has a child with a woman called Laurissa Safonova. 267 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:29,391 She lives in a villa he owns in Cap d'Antibes called La Colline. 268 00:13:29,391 --> 00:13:33,270 He will be there on the 30th of this month for three days. 269 00:13:35,856 --> 00:13:37,107 When will he be there? 270 00:13:37,691 --> 00:13:39,860 The 30th, for three days. 271 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:42,655 - Where? - Cap d'Antibes. 272 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:43,822 Villa... 273 00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:45,241 La Colline. 274 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:47,159 La Colline. 275 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:04,176 [Balakin] ...we are not interested 276 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:08,013 in indulging another excuse for the hegemonic aspirations 277 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:12,059 that live on in the increasingly brittle memories of your president. 278 00:14:12,059 --> 00:14:14,270 The next time you wish to educate us 279 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:18,691 as to the limits of our right to protect our citizens, at home and abroad, 280 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:23,112 please take a moment to exercise the imagination it may take 281 00:14:23,112 --> 00:14:24,488 to ponder the idea 282 00:14:24,488 --> 00:14:27,825 that things are not as simple as you declare them to be. 283 00:14:28,742 --> 00:14:31,453 That the wishes of the Kremlin may bear no resemblance 284 00:14:31,453 --> 00:14:32,997 to those you believe them to be. 285 00:14:32,997 --> 00:14:36,417 And that the opportunity for a peaceful and stable future 286 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:40,546 is unlikely to be found in an attack on the employees of an individual 287 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,755 like Roman Lenkov, 288 00:14:41,755 --> 00:14:44,049 who is not an arm of my government, 289 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:48,053 but simply an internationally recognized common criminal. 290 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:50,264 Good day, madam. 291 00:14:50,264 --> 00:14:53,225 And please convey my warm regards to your president. 292 00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:03,485 That sounded bad. 293 00:15:04,653 --> 00:15:05,613 You okay? 294 00:15:08,365 --> 00:15:11,493 Would it be possible to speak with the foreign secretary for a moment? 295 00:15:11,493 --> 00:15:14,914 I'm afraid Mr. Dennison is quite tightly booked today. 296 00:15:15,497 --> 00:15:17,499 Is there anything I can help with? 297 00:15:17,499 --> 00:15:18,834 No, thanks. 298 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:19,752 We should go. 299 00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:21,170 Sorry for the fuss. 300 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,554 I'd like to stretch my legs. 301 00:15:31,055 --> 00:15:32,139 She's on the run. 302 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:34,224 This happens. 303 00:15:34,224 --> 00:15:35,309 You can come. 304 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:47,321 They're offering us Lenkov. 305 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:48,405 The Russians. 306 00:15:48,989 --> 00:15:50,366 They're giving him up. 307 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:53,994 He'll be in France in ten days. They're telling us to arrest him. 308 00:15:53,994 --> 00:15:55,788 - What does that...? - Mean? 309 00:15:57,373 --> 00:16:00,167 Either the Kremlin's fucking with us... 310 00:16:02,711 --> 00:16:03,963 or they didn't do it. 311 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,255 Russia... 312 00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:07,508 didn't do it? 313 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,345 [line ringing] 314 00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:13,764 - [Ronnie] Hello? - Ronnie, could you tell Ms. Park 315 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:16,892 that we need to have a meeting of the Tax Structure Review Team? 316 00:16:16,892 --> 00:16:17,810 - Today? - Yeah. 317 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:18,894 - Right away. - On it. 318 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,653 That's okay. I'm just reading the paper. 319 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:30,823 - Absolutely. Sorry, sir. - No, you don't need to... 320 00:16:31,615 --> 00:16:33,242 What does this mean? 321 00:16:34,743 --> 00:16:37,788 They'd like to see you at the embassy. 322 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:39,373 Who's "they"? 323 00:16:40,582 --> 00:16:43,377 Uh, I'm afraid I don't know. 324 00:16:44,044 --> 00:16:45,462 Did they say why? 325 00:16:47,131 --> 00:16:48,549 Again, sorry. 326 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:51,385 They've just asked that you come in. 327 00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:54,638 Was it Kate? If it wasn't Kate, someone should tell her they asked. 328 00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:57,141 I don't want her to think I'm horning in. 329 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:59,518 You don't know. It's fine. Thank you. 330 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:01,937 [softly] Thank you. 331 00:17:05,899 --> 00:17:09,194 They're giving him up. They're telling us to arrest him. 332 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:11,113 They gave me a fucking address. 333 00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:13,741 - And this is because...? - They didn't do it. 334 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:15,325 That's the message. 335 00:17:15,325 --> 00:17:17,161 They may be fucking with you. 336 00:17:18,787 --> 00:17:20,122 Absolutely. 337 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:22,499 - Or they didn't do it. - Yeah. 338 00:17:22,499 --> 00:17:25,502 Lenkov's a well-guarded guy. Nobody ever knows where he is. 339 00:17:25,502 --> 00:17:26,920 This is something. 340 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,672 Maybe they didn't do it. 341 00:17:28,672 --> 00:17:31,800 But they're not saying, like, Cuba did it. 342 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,302 They're saying Lenkov did. 343 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:35,512 He's a gun for hire. Somebody else hired him. 344 00:17:35,512 --> 00:17:36,638 That could be anybody. 345 00:17:36,638 --> 00:17:38,557 Lenkov knows who hired him. 346 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:41,852 They're saying arrest the guy and he'll tell you who hired him. 347 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,687 Or he's a scapegoat. 348 00:17:43,687 --> 00:17:46,065 Maybe we take the scapegoat and call it a day. 349 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,816 I mean, he's a bad guy. 350 00:17:47,816 --> 00:17:48,734 Lenkov? 351 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:49,985 - Yeah. - Yeah. 352 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,446 I need to talk to Dennison. 353 00:17:53,530 --> 00:17:56,033 - You need to talk to the White House. - [Eidra] And Langley. 354 00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:59,578 And I'm not sure this should happen over airwaves. Maybe you go there. 355 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:00,621 [Stuart] Can I just...? 356 00:18:01,997 --> 00:18:04,124 - Why her? - I'm approachable. 357 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:06,710 - Are you? - Yes. 358 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:09,171 [Eidra] The Iran thing gave her some buzz and... 359 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,048 And what? 360 00:18:11,673 --> 00:18:13,133 You're the right level. 361 00:18:13,717 --> 00:18:16,845 You're not nobody, but not really somebody either. 362 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:17,971 That's... 363 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,307 fair. 364 00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:22,142 They don't want this going wide. 365 00:18:22,142 --> 00:18:23,268 The Kremlin? 366 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:25,312 They love their reputation. 367 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:28,023 They're badasses. They'll shoot at anyone. 368 00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:29,316 Ukraine, UK. 369 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:31,276 They don't wanna call the White House and say, 370 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:33,821 "We're innocent and that nasty Lenkov got us in trouble." 371 00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:37,574 So you quietly tell somebody who's not really anybody. 372 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:41,620 We should get somebody from the Russia desk in here to brief you. 373 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:44,206 And then let's get you on a plane to D.C. 374 00:18:45,415 --> 00:18:47,209 We don't know what it's about, exactly, 375 00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:49,962 but they asked us to get you on a secure line. 376 00:18:50,546 --> 00:18:51,380 Hal? 377 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:54,049 - Jesus fucking Christ. - [chuckling] 378 00:18:54,049 --> 00:18:56,260 I heard you were knocking around. I didn't believe it. 379 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:57,845 - What are you doing here? - I live here. 380 00:18:57,845 --> 00:18:59,888 - What the fuck is this? - You're an asshole. 381 00:18:59,888 --> 00:19:01,306 So you around? Can I take you out? 382 00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:03,517 - Get you plastered? - I'm so sorry, sir. Just-- 383 00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:06,645 Oh. I got the White House on the horn. She'll take your number. 384 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:08,730 I'll take you out for an overcooked English steak. 385 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:09,648 [Hal] Deal. 386 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:15,237 - [Dan] Morning. - Hey, Dan. 387 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:18,907 She's stepping in. 388 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:21,660 Hey. 389 00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:24,872 I'm gonna get into trouble for this. 390 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:27,583 - Why? - I'm trying to keep out of her hair. 391 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:28,542 Really? 392 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:30,752 Is that what you did at the country house 393 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:33,797 with the 19-part plan to liberate Libyans in Libya? 394 00:19:33,797 --> 00:19:35,174 Singing backup. 395 00:19:36,091 --> 00:19:37,384 What happened with Ganon? 396 00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:38,552 He's a fuck face. 397 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,179 Can you be more specific? 398 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:44,224 You know what happened. He's launching a presidential campaign 399 00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:46,810 and he's trying to hide it from a president 400 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:49,813 who's stated clearly he does not like being used as a step-stool, 401 00:19:49,813 --> 00:19:52,441 which is disqualifying on loyalty grounds. 402 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:55,736 Much worse is he can't even cover his own tracks, 403 00:19:55,736 --> 00:19:58,280 which is disqualifying on he's-a-fucking-idiot grounds. 404 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:01,533 How's Kate? 405 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:02,951 She's good. Yeah. 406 00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:03,994 Great. 407 00:20:03,994 --> 00:20:04,912 Is she? 408 00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:05,996 Yeah. 409 00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:09,208 Is the VP idea taking root? 410 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,294 Uh, yeah, it is, actually. 411 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:13,212 I think it is. 412 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,130 She did what she set out to do. 413 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:17,132 She made London into a real job. 414 00:20:17,132 --> 00:20:21,595 Yeah, she did. She's turned it into something pivotal. 415 00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:24,097 - You're proud. - Yeah, I am. 416 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:26,433 She deserves it. 417 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:27,935 And she's good at it. 418 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,019 Good. 419 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,731 - That's it? - I just wanna make sure she's solid. 420 00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:35,943 'Cause things are gonna get bumpy. 421 00:20:37,819 --> 00:20:38,737 Why? 422 00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:43,158 I'm glad we're not going to war with Russia. 423 00:20:43,158 --> 00:20:44,451 Oh, yeah? 424 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:46,203 I wasn't up for it. 425 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:48,622 I think we were all pretty freaked out. 426 00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:50,332 People... 427 00:20:52,834 --> 00:20:57,464 I heard somebody talking about getting, like, a dog. 428 00:20:57,464 --> 00:20:59,758 - Or a baby. - No. 429 00:21:00,717 --> 00:21:03,345 Because we were gonna go to war with Russia? 430 00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:04,388 Apocalypse babies. 431 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:06,348 - That's a terrible idea. - Isn't it? 432 00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:07,808 War with Russia is nuclear. 433 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:09,810 Those babies are gonna get irradiated. 434 00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:11,395 It's fucking ridiculous. 435 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:14,273 I like dogs, though. 436 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:18,277 Did you start, like, trolling for strays online? 437 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:19,278 No. 438 00:21:20,195 --> 00:21:21,405 I kind of knew. 439 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:23,657 That they didn't do it. 440 00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:25,200 - Russia? - [Eidra] Yeah. 441 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,079 Everyone in the Russian establishment was like, "We did it. 442 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:32,207 Not my office, but clearly, something we'd do." 443 00:21:32,207 --> 00:21:34,876 We couldn't find the origin of the order. 444 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:37,921 Intelligence chiefs, oligarchs, generals, 445 00:21:37,921 --> 00:21:39,756 nobody was read in. 446 00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:42,175 And these are people who are read in. 447 00:21:42,175 --> 00:21:43,260 That's weird. 448 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,971 It's less weird if Russia didn't do it. 449 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,597 Ah. Yeah. 450 00:21:49,016 --> 00:21:50,892 You can still get a dog. 451 00:21:50,892 --> 00:21:52,185 I don't want a dog. 452 00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:56,064 - The Russia guy? - Yeah, you ready? 453 00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:58,233 - Yeah. - We're not telling the Russia guy? 454 00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:00,652 We're not. We're asking questions about Lenkov. 455 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:03,405 Which we'd have asked even if we were still going with the Libya plan. 456 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:04,448 Okay. 457 00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:06,658 Carly Green from the Russia desk. 458 00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:09,536 - Hi. - Hi. 459 00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:11,246 Is Carly...? 460 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:12,539 The Russia person. 461 00:22:12,539 --> 00:22:14,916 - Okay. Great. - I'm older than I look. 462 00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:18,128 - You'd have to be. - I was number six at the Russia desk, 463 00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,964 then everyone got moved to Langley or Kyiv. 464 00:22:20,964 --> 00:22:21,965 Wow. 465 00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:25,302 The Agency spent 25 years training Middle East specialists. 466 00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:28,305 Then it was all-hands on Russia. There weren't a lot of hands to be had. 467 00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:32,184 - Those of us who speak Russian moved up. - Is your background Cold War or post-'91? 468 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:35,645 Uh, my background is Tolstoy's influence on the later work of Chekhov. 469 00:22:38,482 --> 00:22:41,276 - Sorry. Ma'am, could you--? - Not a great time. Can it wait? 470 00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:43,111 - Uh-- - Is it Mr. Hayford? 471 00:22:43,111 --> 00:22:45,238 No. It's Mr. Wyler. 472 00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:51,036 [door opens, then closes] 473 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,163 - Are you fucking kidding me? - [Hal] No. 474 00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,248 When you said you didn't know where the line is, 475 00:22:55,248 --> 00:22:56,958 it's like eight feet behind you. 476 00:22:56,958 --> 00:22:59,336 The president wants to fire the secretary of state. 477 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:02,923 - Because of her? - [Hal] No. 478 00:23:02,923 --> 00:23:05,425 - [Kate] What, are you fucking stupid? - It's not because of you. 479 00:23:05,425 --> 00:23:07,427 It absolutely is. I served him up on a platter. 480 00:23:07,427 --> 00:23:09,471 Let me put this in the way you would to me. 481 00:23:09,471 --> 00:23:13,809 The narcissism involved in assuming that you managed 482 00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:16,770 - to get the secretary of state canned-- - He's not canned, right? 483 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:19,523 No. But I don't like his odds. 484 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:20,941 Fuck me. 485 00:23:20,941 --> 00:23:23,527 The president has been waiting for Miguel Ganon 486 00:23:23,527 --> 00:23:25,695 to stab him in the back since the day he hired him. 487 00:23:25,695 --> 00:23:28,115 He's secretary of state 'cause you keep your enemies closer. 488 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:31,409 I thought he'd get benched for a week. I didn't want him fired. 489 00:23:31,409 --> 00:23:33,245 - It'll fuck up his whole life. - No. 490 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,206 He does this chin tucking thing every time the president talks. 491 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:37,124 Ganon? 492 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:40,418 It's like he's trying to disappear down his own neck. 493 00:23:40,418 --> 00:23:41,795 The man's not subtle. 494 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:44,047 Try not to sound excited. Okay? 495 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:45,632 [Hal sighs] 496 00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:48,051 I gotta get on a plane. 497 00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:49,886 - Where? - [Kate] D.C. 498 00:23:49,886 --> 00:23:51,721 - [Hal] What, because of Ganon? - No. 499 00:23:51,721 --> 00:23:55,058 You can't march into the Oval Office and demand he doesn't fire Ganon. 500 00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:57,936 - It's not why I'm going. - Why are you going? 501 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,897 Sweetheart, it's fucking classified. 502 00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,066 [door opens] 503 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,359 [door closes] 504 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,361 You'll head straight to Langley from the airport, 505 00:24:06,361 --> 00:24:08,363 brief Michelle, brief Roger Post. 506 00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:11,408 They'll put it through the mill while you go to State to brief Tim and Ganon. 507 00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:13,535 [Kate] Okay. Say what you just said to me. 508 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:16,079 She goes to Langley to brief Roger and Michelle. 509 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:19,082 They'll put it through the mill while she goes to brief Tim and Ganon. 510 00:24:19,082 --> 00:24:23,170 - Oh. Can somebody else brief Ganon? - Tim can brief Ganon. 511 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:24,462 [Eidra] I guess. 512 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:27,716 It's a big get. You sure you don't wanna bring it in? 513 00:24:27,716 --> 00:24:29,885 Ah, might be better coming from Tim. 514 00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:32,804 I'm on his shit list. 515 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:34,514 - Ganon's? - It's fine. 516 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,809 Okay. Tim brings it through State, 517 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:39,936 you go to the White House, brief in the Oval. 518 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:44,107 - You okay? - Yeah. 519 00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:46,318 Just a big pivot after all that. 520 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,195 - Yeah. - [Kate] Trowbridge will hate it. 521 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,030 [Eidra] That's tomorrow's problem. 522 00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:53,158 Today, you wanna show the Russians we're taking the tip seriously. 523 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,869 Hand-delivering it to D.C. is a meaningful sign. 524 00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,329 Who tells Trowbridge? 525 00:24:57,329 --> 00:25:00,207 I'm heading to MI6 as soon as you're in the air. 526 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:02,751 - They'll bring it to Number 10. - And Dennison? 527 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:04,961 They'll tell him. 528 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:12,052 We've built a relationship. 529 00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:14,387 I'm here to tell him things. That's the point. 530 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:21,478 [Hal] Don't look at me like I'm being a shit. 531 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:22,771 You are. 532 00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:25,690 The president's watching you. You can't be wringing your hands 533 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:28,193 'cause you just discovered actions have consequences. 534 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:30,278 - This is the bigs. - [knocking on door] 535 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,201 For the trip. 536 00:25:41,122 --> 00:25:42,332 I prefer black. 537 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:43,833 I'm aware of that. 538 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,509 - I'm starting at the beginning? - They know what you told me. 539 00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:54,928 - But if they have questions... - Got it. 540 00:25:56,471 --> 00:25:58,515 - What'd you have for lunch? - Um... 541 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,434 - Yogurt. - You're wearing it. 542 00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:02,727 - [door opens] - [Billie] Hi. 543 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,229 You, for a second. 544 00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:07,732 - Fuck. - [door closes] 545 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:23,498 [scoffs] 546 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:28,169 No. No, no, no. 547 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:31,631 - No, no. - [woman] Kate? 548 00:26:32,590 --> 00:26:35,010 - Jill. Hi. - Oh, hey. 549 00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:37,804 I didn't pee. 550 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:39,931 - Okay. - This. 551 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:42,058 - Oh. - This suit is not black. 552 00:26:42,058 --> 00:26:43,768 Do you want a towel? 553 00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:45,603 No. It'll probably air dry. 554 00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:50,066 - Maybe cover it. - Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. 555 00:26:50,066 --> 00:26:52,235 Are you around? Can we get a drink? 556 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:54,112 - Ambassador? - Yeah, sure. 557 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,155 Um... 558 00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:58,074 I-- I'll call you after this. 559 00:26:58,074 --> 00:26:59,326 Okay. 560 00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:01,786 - [Billie] Tell me we confirmed her tip. - [Roger] We confirmed. 561 00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:03,663 - [general] With who? - [Roger] Source in Prague. 562 00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:05,707 He took a trip to Coventry. It lines up. 563 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:09,419 Good to see each and every one of you. 564 00:27:09,419 --> 00:27:11,421 Anything we didn't know an hour ago? 565 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,548 - [Roger] We're double sourced. - [Rayburn] Thoughts? 566 00:27:13,548 --> 00:27:15,300 - We're a yes. - Same. 567 00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:18,803 - France will light their hair on fire. - We're getting into it. 568 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:21,848 They like to be asked and say no a few times before they say yes. 569 00:27:21,848 --> 00:27:24,642 - We'll make a fuss, make it feel good. - How about the Brits? 570 00:27:24,642 --> 00:27:26,227 - They'll get there. - The-- 571 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:29,230 Are we putting a pin in the Libya plan or full-on scrapping it? 572 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,858 - No pin. - [Kate] The PM isn't gonna love this. 573 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:35,695 His agenda on the domestic side makes the previous option a lot more attractive. 574 00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:38,365 - Until we've spoken to him-- - Secretary Ganon did. 575 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:40,200 - [Leiber] He's in? - He'll get there. 576 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:42,744 [general] I don't love cleaning house for the Kremlin. 577 00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:45,538 It's the Brits, and the alternative was a harebrained scheme 578 00:27:45,538 --> 00:27:47,290 to lose our pants in Libya. 579 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:51,002 - Talk to the French. - Thanks, everybody. 580 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:53,380 Really great work. Danny? Tokyo. 581 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,964 [Danny] Make it clear we're not happy. 582 00:27:54,964 --> 00:27:57,092 [Rayburn] Why can't Australia scold Tokyo? 583 00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:58,885 [Ganon] Australia doesn't wanna get involved. 584 00:27:58,885 --> 00:27:59,886 [Rayburn] Neither do I. 585 00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:02,514 [Billie] The president can weigh in but if it'll eat the meeting... 586 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,431 [Ganon] It shouldn't. 587 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:15,985 [rock music playing] 588 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:29,040 Oh. Sorry, sorry, sorry. 589 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,834 No, don't worry. I was early. 590 00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:33,920 The meeting ended sooner than I thought. 591 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,130 Oval Office. 592 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:37,507 - Fancy-pants-y. - Yeah, fuck that. 593 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:40,927 Hi. 594 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:42,971 So how's it going? 595 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,056 I mean, have you been over there? 596 00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:47,267 Ah, I've been to Doha. 597 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:49,102 They won't let me into Kabul. 598 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:52,814 - They were gonna let all of us in. - They were. 599 00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:56,735 And then when your appointment got scrapped, they pushed pause. 600 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,278 Shit. 601 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:01,823 Have you talked to Bazya? 602 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:03,116 No. 603 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,703 I wanted to call her, but things got so... 604 00:29:06,703 --> 00:29:08,496 - Busy? - Insane. 605 00:29:08,496 --> 00:29:09,706 I'm sure. 606 00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:12,208 - I'll call her. - You don't have to call her. 607 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:15,378 - No. Of course I'm gonna fucking call her. - Bazya doesn't have a phone. 608 00:29:15,378 --> 00:29:18,006 They took away her phone and her computer. 609 00:29:18,006 --> 00:29:19,048 Fuck. 610 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:21,885 She's not allowed to leave the house without Hussein. 611 00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:25,263 Hey, excuse me? Do you have a chardonnay? Thanks. 612 00:29:26,347 --> 00:29:27,766 So, what are you doing? 613 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,392 Trying to get people out. 614 00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:31,436 How many are still left? 615 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:34,814 Uh, people who can prove that they worked for us 616 00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:38,151 and have a legitimate fear for their lives if they stay in the country? 617 00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:39,736 About 35,000. 618 00:29:40,987 --> 00:29:44,282 - I wanna hear what you're doing in London. - I'm doing nothing. 619 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:45,700 Did Par get out? 620 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:47,994 - Kate, well... - Yes or no? 621 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:53,583 She went to a protest and the Taliban beat the shit out of her with a rubber pipe. 622 00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,877 But only on her boobs and her crotch, 623 00:29:55,877 --> 00:29:59,172 so she couldn't take pictures to prove to anyone that it had happened. 624 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:01,424 Then she went to another protest, 625 00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:03,927 and they took her away. 626 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:05,512 Probably she's dead. 627 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,016 We like to think she's in jail. 628 00:30:18,858 --> 00:30:21,444 It's smart. Two of you for the price of one. 629 00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:24,614 - It's just Kate. It is. - Ah? Are you really not helping? 630 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:28,576 You're not telling her how to suck up to Brussels without emasculating the French? 631 00:30:28,576 --> 00:30:30,161 She doesn't need my help. 632 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:32,539 Yeah? Well, curl up with me and talk about my problems. 633 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:34,374 Come work at the Institute. 634 00:30:34,374 --> 00:30:36,835 I'm surrounded by children with PhDs in history, 635 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:39,420 trying to teach me the lessons of Vietnam. 636 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,840 - That's gotta have an upside. - It doesn't. 637 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,800 You can't fuck anybody anymore. 638 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,760 You can't even marry anybody. 639 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,763 That shit you pulled with Kate? Keep it quiet for months, 640 00:30:48,763 --> 00:30:50,557 then invite everybody to the wedding? 641 00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:52,934 - Those days are over. - Saddest story I ever heard. 642 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,770 Whitehall is a mess. The SNP want our nukes out of Scotland. 643 00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:58,398 GCHQ is shitting their pants about China. 644 00:30:58,398 --> 00:30:59,732 There's a ton of work for you. 645 00:30:59,732 --> 00:31:03,111 I'd love to. But I'm not ready to take a job. 646 00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:07,740 Are you replacing Ganon? 647 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:12,287 What are you talking about? 648 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:15,623 Ganon burned the president on something. Larry said it was about Mexico. 649 00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:17,876 Larry? Larry makes shit up. 650 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:18,960 Yeah? 651 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,797 The secretary of state takes a long walk off a short pier... 652 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,300 it should be you. 653 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,013 Can you get this guy another drink, see if we can get him to pass out? 654 00:31:30,763 --> 00:31:32,015 [Lewis chuckling] 655 00:31:36,603 --> 00:31:37,687 Still not back? 656 00:31:37,687 --> 00:31:39,105 She's in the elevator. 657 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,359 Welcome back. 658 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:46,654 - Why don't I send Dr. Brady up? - Byron, I swear to God. 659 00:31:46,654 --> 00:31:49,115 - I suggested we start at the house. - What's going on? 660 00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:52,201 Byron's never seen a woman with a hangover before. 661 00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:56,414 - [Ronnie] Welcome back. - Morning, Ronnie. 662 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:57,916 [Ronnie] It's not morning, ma'am. 663 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,002 The prime minister wants to see you in an hour. 664 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:10,178 Where? 665 00:32:11,304 --> 00:32:13,556 Uh, he has an event at the IoD. 666 00:32:13,556 --> 00:32:15,558 He'll find a minute to step out. 667 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:24,901 Is Dennison gonna be there? 668 00:32:25,526 --> 00:32:26,778 I don't know. 669 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:28,196 Well, he should be. 670 00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:31,324 The PM is gonna lose his fucking mind. 671 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:34,118 [Stuart] Somebody taught me that if you are really tired 672 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:35,870 and you change your shoes, 673 00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:38,039 you trick your body into thinking it's morning. 674 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:42,085 Maybe change your shoes... and everything else. 675 00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:49,425 Do you see this? 676 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:51,970 [Stuart] Yeah, I do. 677 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:54,389 This is why I wear a black suit. 678 00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:58,810 This doesn't show on a black suit. 679 00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:03,356 It makes me look insane. 680 00:33:06,234 --> 00:33:08,653 - How about I get you something black? - Great. 681 00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:12,907 Pants. 682 00:33:13,574 --> 00:33:15,535 No fucking dresses. 683 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:19,998 [door closes] 684 00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:22,917 - [knocking on door] - Yeah? 685 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:35,013 They marched into Ukraine, and thought to buy our assent 686 00:33:35,638 --> 00:33:37,140 with the price of petrol. 687 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:39,642 We thought, no. 688 00:33:39,642 --> 00:33:42,520 We ended the import of Russian oil. 689 00:33:44,063 --> 00:33:47,692 And though the winds grew cold and fuel grew dear, 690 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:49,902 our homes blazed forth 691 00:33:49,902 --> 00:33:52,989 - with the bright lights of freedom. - Yeah, just hang on. I'm stepping outside. 692 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:55,158 [Trowbridge] Cold winds blew through the land... 693 00:33:56,075 --> 00:33:58,077 No, still here. Yeah. 694 00:33:58,077 --> 00:33:59,996 [mouthing words] 695 00:34:00,663 --> 00:34:02,540 - [Trowbridge] Thank you. - [crowd applauding] 696 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,808 [door closes] 697 00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:24,645 - Twelve minutes. - Prime Minister. 698 00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:27,106 Twelve minutes 699 00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:30,693 after I told Libya I was saving them from the Lenkov troops. 700 00:34:31,694 --> 00:34:33,654 That's when I got the Ganon call. 701 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:38,326 I had already accepted Libya's thanks, kissed the royal ring. 702 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,245 And 12 minutes later, 703 00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:45,833 in a phone call lasting one minute and 42 seconds, thank you kindly, 704 00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:48,920 Ganon told me, in no uncertain terms, to pull back. 705 00:34:52,006 --> 00:34:54,217 Turned the words to soap in my mouth. 706 00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:57,845 Informed me to inform Libya to sit tight 707 00:34:57,845 --> 00:35:00,723 whilst the Americans changed our minds for us. 708 00:35:00,723 --> 00:35:03,976 The president wants what's best for the UK. 709 00:35:03,976 --> 00:35:05,228 Don't embarrass yourself. 710 00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:07,396 He didn't feel we could ignore the possibility 711 00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:09,941 that the Russian state was not behind the attack. 712 00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:13,152 We're not going after the Russian state. We're going after naughty mercenaries. 713 00:35:13,152 --> 00:35:14,570 Does this ring a bell? 714 00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:16,864 If there is any way to de-escalate-- 715 00:35:16,864 --> 00:35:18,950 What happened to deterrence? 716 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:20,868 - He lost interest? - No. 717 00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:23,746 I was led to believe-- by, if memory serves, you-- 718 00:35:23,746 --> 00:35:27,542 that the president also thought that peace in Libya was worth our time. 719 00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:31,546 Does he believe that the arrest of some nameless Russian mafioso 720 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:35,341 by a posse of frogs will answer the deaths of 40 servicemen? 721 00:35:35,341 --> 00:35:39,178 If we bring in Lenkov, he will tell us who actually hired him. 722 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:40,888 That will take forever. 723 00:35:41,848 --> 00:35:45,643 The president understands that, and he's not thrilled about it. 724 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:49,397 I told Ganon, in no uncertain terms, that an extended delay was not acceptable. 725 00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:52,191 It was not responsive to the needs of the United Kingdom. 726 00:35:52,191 --> 00:35:54,110 Ganon brought up your concerns. 727 00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:56,195 And so did I. 728 00:35:58,406 --> 00:35:59,407 To the president? 729 00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:01,159 In the Oval Office. 730 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,746 Nobody is ignoring the trade-offs. 731 00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:11,752 The president is incredibly grateful for your patience. 732 00:36:15,798 --> 00:36:17,091 He does not have it. 733 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:22,180 There was something refreshing about the days 734 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:25,057 when America looked us in the face and said we should go fuck ourselves. 735 00:36:26,142 --> 00:36:29,812 Now we're back to getting dry-buggered and told it's love. 736 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:32,607 [door opens] 737 00:36:33,149 --> 00:36:35,526 [somber music playing] 738 00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:48,831 - How did it go? - [Kate] Great. 739 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:53,336 Did you talk about the vice presidency? 740 00:36:53,961 --> 00:36:54,795 No. 741 00:36:56,088 --> 00:36:57,423 Not even with Billie? 742 00:36:57,423 --> 00:36:58,341 Nope. 743 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,721 She say anything about Ganon? 744 00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:05,473 She did not. 745 00:37:08,517 --> 00:37:09,977 Did you ask? 746 00:37:09,977 --> 00:37:13,981 I said no words, Hal. Not to the president, not to Billie. 747 00:37:13,981 --> 00:37:17,568 I briefed at Langley. They put my information into the mill. 748 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:21,405 I was in the Oval Office with 90 other people for 40 seconds, 749 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:23,157 and then I was gone. 750 00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:25,117 Oh, shit. 751 00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:27,912 Then Trowbridge requested my presence 752 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:32,291 for a blow-by-blow of how the plan I shoved down his throat vaporized. 753 00:37:32,291 --> 00:37:34,126 - Libya? - They're going another way. 754 00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:36,128 - A better way? - Not if you ask Trowbridge. 755 00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:39,340 - What did you say? - I said I tried. 756 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,926 I said the president feels his pain. 757 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:45,221 I said I fell to my knees in front of the Resolute Desk 758 00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:47,431 and begged the president to reconsider. 759 00:37:47,431 --> 00:37:49,684 But on further reflection, 760 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:54,272 it's clear that this is really what's best for the United Kingdom. 761 00:37:55,106 --> 00:38:00,069 I definitely didn't say I stood quietly in the Oval like a fucking moron 762 00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:02,613 while Ganon drove a tractor over my face. 763 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,041 I saw Jill. 764 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:18,254 Klein? 765 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:23,968 Bad? 766 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:26,721 [scoffs] 767 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:28,556 What the fuck do you think? 768 00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:39,233 I need to call Dennison and tell him where we're at. 769 00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:42,653 [Kate sighs] 770 00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:47,325 Bit late, no? 771 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:54,081 Trowbridge is gonna try to blow it all up, so... 772 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,839 You can call him in the morning. 773 00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:51,931 [somber music playing] 774 00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:14,161 [theme music playing]