[low thrilling music plays]
[man] Here is the report on your skin removal research program.
-It's ugly. -[Rob] I got my hands on some documents.
It's pretty graphic. Girls were killed.
The leaked document exposes Government's torture on women?
[Margot] Honey, do you even realise what you've done?
-You've risked my career too. -That's what you're really concerned about
is your political career.
God, I don't even know who you fucking are right now.
[Jos] You ever just have one of those days where you feel weird?
Yeah, like, every day.
-[static crackling] -Whoa!
Did you feel that? That was like the biggest static shock ever.
You're beautiful, you know that.
[crying hysterically]
I could deal with it. Why won't you just let me deal with it?
Alright, Billy Big Bollocks.
-[screaming] -[static crackling loudly]
Come on! Come on!
[muffled] Oh, my God!
-Oh, my God! -[muffled screams]
Do something you believe in for once.
-[reporter] Who are you-- -[muffled screams]
Protection is our sacred duty. We gotta show these powered bitches who's boss.
Whoa! What the hell is that?
-[Matty] Urbandox. -The guy talks shit on your mum.
I want it, give it to me.
[gasps loudly]
[thrilling music ends abruptly]
There have been signs for years
that we were forgetting what it meant to be men.
Forgetting why we existed in--
in these bodies, these bigger, stronger bodies.
What our function was for humanity.
Men used to hunt, used to fight real wars.
But somewhere along the line, life got easy.
We got soft.
That's where this sickness, this mutation came from.
This happened to us, to humanity, because we men,
we forgot how to be strong.
We forgot how to protect our homes,
protect our women.
So they developed this thing to protect themselves.
We got soft and lazy and lost.
These bitches snuck in and we didn't even put up a fight.
We let them take it from us.
But we can take it back.
I promise you that.
Fellas, we can grab that spot at the top.
And for the good of humanity, we must.
We have to reclaim our rightful place,
whatever it takes.
I'm talking about real power.
Not some magic trick.
Not sparkle-spirit fingers.
These girls don't know how to fight.
They're not bulletproof.
So they have this... power.
Good for them.
We have real weapons.
And we know how to use them.
[distressful music]
[distressful sound fades]
[items clanging]
Oh, come on.
[phone beeps on]
[phone beeps off]
[gasps in awe]
[phone beeps on]
That's so fucking cool.
-[knocking on door] -[Rob] Margot?
-Uh... Yeah. -[door opens]
Hey, I-- I got-- I got the wrong pants.
[hangers clanging]
You know you can-- you can sleep in here if you want.
Well, I mean, do you want me to?
You haven't said two words to me since the other night.
Well, actually just now, I said at least, like, seven.
[Rob chuckles]
[Margot] It's just a lot going on.
Yeah. I know, I know.
Did you talk to the lawyer?
Yeah, if my name gets out, it could be bad.
Civil fines for sure but it's probably federal
because it's classified documents and that means possible jail time,
but that's only if Declan gives out my name and I know Declan,
-he'd never do that to me. -I don't understand
where you get this certainty from.
I mean, Declan's kind of a piece of shit,
-how can you make sure? -I'm gonna take care of it.
You don't have to worry about it.
Oh, OK. I just don't have to worry about it.
You're gonna take care of it.
Yeah, I am. [chuckles]
You also gonna...
-apologise maybe? -Oh, my God,
-we did this already. -[Margot] If there's any--
I'm not-- I'm not doing that again.
-Yep, you risked your job and mine. -[Rob] Yeah, but I did the right thing.
You risked our home, our family, without talking to me.
You remember when you used to care about doing the right thing?
-Oof. -[Rob] Do you remember that?
Yeah, well, you used to be a person I could trust.
That's not fair.
OK. That's not fair. You know you can trust me.
I just feel, like, who are you?
I...
[Rob] Who am I?
I'm your fucking husband.
-Who are you? -I'm a woman with
important work to do today which apparently
-I can't tell you about anymore. -Fine. You know what?
I don't wanna know.
OK? I don't wanna know
'cause I got shit to do and you know what?
It's pretty important too.
-Thank you very fucking much. -[door slams shut]
[cymbals start playing]
[drums start playing]
-[Helen] Girl-- -No, no, we're not talking about my shoes.
In fact, official mayoral policy going forward,
there will be no further discussions
about my fucking footwear.
OK! Noted.
I'm not saying I approve of the aesthetic but...
-I like the energy. -[Margot snickers]
-What's going on with you? -[Margot exhales]
Oh, no.
[softly] Margot, you didn't.
-I did, I did! -[elevator dings]
[clearing throats]
[exciting music playing]
[elevator door closes]
-And it's amazing. -I do not believe you.
-What were you thinking? -Helen, I feel ten years younger.
I could run a marathon. Everything is brighter and lighter.
I can take bigger breaths.
I mean, I walk down the street and it's like, "get the fuck outta my way."
Oh, OK.
I mean... do you want it?
-Like, I could probably give it to you. -No! Hell no!
I've had a target on my back since the day I was born.
Last thing I need is someone else to look at me sideways.
-Fire my Black ass. -Oh, no one's getting fired.
Oh, they are.
That shit has started.
-Kristen, from Tom and Kristen. -The morning show?
She got fired just for having it.
They can't do that, it's illegal.
-It's discrimination. -And yet...
We have to find a way to keep this quiet to manage this.
-[elevator dings] -[static crackles]
-[man] Hey, hey, hey! -[elevator door closes]
-Do you wanna be down one chief of staff? -Oh, you wouldn't dare.
-Try me. -[Margot snickers]
[door opens]
[upbeat music playing]
Ha-ha! Woo!
-Hey! -[horns honking]
[phone ringing]
[Ndudi] Hi! This is Ndudi, I can't answer the phone right now,
-so leave a message. -[beeps]
Hey, Ndudi, baby.
Hey, listen, Mr Ojo is back home.
I hope I'm seeing you at this wedding, eh.
I need my-- I need my "zanku" partner.
-[gunshots] -[muffled street noises]
[muffled street noises]
Uh, yeah, it's, um...
It's been a while.
It'd be, uh, good to-- good to see you.
Omo, we are in trouble.
-Let's go, let's go! -[Tunde] Can't you greet?
I haven't seen you in how long, eh?
-Let's go. -[Tunde] Brother, what's wrong?
Pardon me, you're seriously not gonna marry her
because she took it.
-Is it that serious? -Yeah! How can I be the man
of the house if my babes can just spark me, anyhow?
Hey, Omo, don't knock the divorce until you try it.
-Ashawo. -[laughter]
Wait, you're just gonna throw ten years away just--
-just jejely like that? -Ten years of lies.
Wale, it's only been three months.
No, we've never had secrets.
-Never! -[Dami] Ah, Wale...
Heh? Hey, women don't lie to you, eh?
You are being very dramatic right now.
Boy, you see what your problem is, eh?
You like pushover girls.
[in Yoruba] Pushover?
[in English] Offend Fisayo and see how she will pepper you!
-[Dami] What the-- -OK, OK, OK, OK.
-OK. OK. -You better watch your mouth.
-Nobody is calling Fisayo a mumu. -No.
Listen, when I was in Riyadh--
Hey! One moment, please,
for my brother, the international journalist, Baba n'la.
-Thank you, thank you. Dami. Dami! -Big bros!
Let me get us some drinks, eh?
Listen, I've seen some things.
All right? This isn't a sex toy, and it definitely isn't a reason
for you to dump your fiancée.
This is the future. We're lucky to be alive to see it.
This might bring...
equality.
Firstly, how is one of us having electricity in our hands equality?
Secondly, who says men and women aren't equal?
Wale! Look at you, look at you.
Look at the size of your arms.
Eh? One blow from you,
-this girl's finished. -Would I do that?
And has she shocked you?
You know, I don't remember you being Mr. Women's Rights before all this.
Ah, don't mind anymore.
He's feeling guilty because of Ndudi's face. [laughs]
-Fuck you, bro. -[loud pop sound]
[speaks foreign language]
What's your problem? Eh?!
That's for the fucking honeymoon.
Tunde, what's your problem?
[exhales deeply] Fuck.
Sorry, sorry. Ma binu, I'm just...
-Just... Just sit down. Relax, huh? -Fuck.
Here, take it.
Wale?
Where did he go?
[thrilling sombre music]
[Bernie praying in Hebrew]
[sombre music continues]
[continues in Hebrew]
[sombre music continues]
[Bernie continues in Hebrew]
[sombre music continues]
[Roxy sobs]
[continues praying in Hebrew]
[Roxy sobbing]
[in English] Amen.
[Roxy sobbing]
I am so sorry. [sobs]
[sombre music continues]
[sombre music fades]
I'm sorry... about your mum... and now all this.
I'm sorry too.
-And your mum still won't talk to me. -Yeah, it's hard for her.
Was it my fault that Bernie was shagging my mum
-when your mum was pregnant? -But, you know,
once, I asked Dad why me and you were the same age.
You know, what he did? He bought me a dog. [laughs]
Of course he did.
-Can I tell you something? -[Roxy] Always.
I can't do this anymore.
I don't wanna be a part of it, Dad and the business.
-When I go to uni, I'm done. -Don't say that.
I just want some peace, Rox.
[sniffles]
Well, you never did fit in.
Ricky, the greasy one, always up Dad's arse.
-Terry was the thick one. -Right.
I love him to bits. But it's true.
Yeah, it is true.
And you, my little twin.
A posh school with your posh mates.
-I'm not posh. -You read for fun though.
I'll ask you something else.
Yeah, go on.
What did it feel like when you killed that man?
Felt good.
[giddy guitar music plays]
♪ I wanna kiss you until I lose ♪
♪ My breath ♪
♪ I don't wanna be your friend ♪
♪ I wanna kiss your lips ♪
[muffled song]
You look really pretty today.
[muffled song playing]
What?
Nothing.
OK then.
[static crackles]
Whoa.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Jos, hold on.
Jos, can we stop?
Stop, Stop! Jos, I said stop!
[Jos] Ah!
Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
I'm-- I'm so sorry.
Here, here, use this.
What the fuck, Ryan?
I-- I asked you to stop.
Look, Jos, it's not like I don't like you.
Maybe I just don't want to have sex in a parking lot.
You fucked Karen McCullin in a bathroom stall.
Look, Jos, everything's different now.
Jos! It's not like what you think, Jos! Jos!
♪ I don't wanna be your friend ♪
♪ Lose my breath ♪
♪ I don't wanna be your friend ♪
♪ Lose my breath ♪
Uh... what the hell?
Hate mail. All of it.
Head of Security says he's never seen anything like this.
Been doing this job going on 20 years.
Well, I do aim to please in this administration.
Do you know what this is?
-Dog shit? -Fresh dog shit.
Hmm? For the woman who has everything.
It's not funny. I warned you about this.
I told you, don't piss off the crazies.
There are death threats in here.
"Urbandox is right, you're a sparky cunt who only cares about protecting
other sparky cunts.
-I'm gonna shove a hot iron up your--" -[knocking on door]
OK, OK. I get your point.
They're testing for EOD.
-They're saying everyone has to do it. -What? No, no.
That-- that's not happening.
-That's not even legal. -It is actually,
if it's in response to a statewide
public health emergency which I officially declared
approximately four, now five minutes ago.
Hi. Just figured I'd stop by seeing as we don't make appointments anymore.
-Daniel... -Nice boots.
We're not talking about the boots.
I'll give you a moment.
[suspenseful music plays]
We can't do this.
-It's a violation of privacy. -No, it's data collection.
Right? So we can better understand the workplace.
Keep people safe.
Make informed assessments
that help shape best practices and policies.
Best practices? So, what?
You and who get to decide the best practices for women with EOD?
Yeah, we're not talking about all women
with EOD, just those working in government buildings.
Oh, my God. This is-- [scoffs] This is invasive, it's unethical.
-It's immoral, it's-- -OK, listen. Calm down.
-I'm just asking for a list. -It starts with a list,
but you and I both know that that list can become a weapon
that can fire women and I am not doing that to my staff.
Well, you and your staff are welcome
to decline the test...
and go home on unpaid administrative leave.
That's your choice.
I really do like the boots.
They suit you.
[suspenseful music continues]
[Margot] Son of a bitch!
-Fuck him! I'm not taking it. -[Helen] Shh.
I'm gonna walk right up to him and I'm gonna tell him I've got it.
-[Helen whispers] Margot-- -I mean, he can't fire me.
I'm an elected official.
If you wanna stay an elected official or get elected
for any public office ever again, keep a lid on it.
The way that this is polling,
people are not ready.
Margot, think.
Why do you think Dandon is pulling this shit now?
Because he is threatened by you.
You are the only person in this entire state
that can give him a run for his money for that Senate seat
and he thinks you have this.
So he's using all of this to try to take you down.
[Margot sighs] OK.
OK.
-What do I do? -[Helen] All right, this says
that the machine works by sending an electric current through the body.
Oh, my God, it's fucking mediaeval.
The skein fills like a bladder
and then the machine stimulates an accidental discharge.
Oh, how do I not do that?
Oh, God. There's hardly anything here.
It's all new technology, which means it's fallible.
OK, there's some pain management techniques.
Deep breathing. One woman beat the test
-using the Lamaze me-- -[door opens]
[woman crying]
[door closes]
Right, so... pain management and deep breathing.
Well, between childbirth and childhood trauma...
I got this.
[door opens]
Mayor, please have a seat.
[door closes]
Before we begin, I need to ask,
do you have a pacemaker or any other internal medical devices?
[Margot] You're not allowed to ask me that.
The machine can interfere with the function of certain medical devices.
Ah. No, I don't.
[woman] I understand this might feel intrusive.
I had to take this test myself earlier today.
I know how frightening it can seem.
I'm actually just very busy.
Understood. This won't take long.
Before me is an EOD test.
An EOD test searches for the presence
of a skein or electric static power, also known as EOD.
[muffled] It is possible to test positive for EOD without knowing that you have it.
Results will be collected and reported to the governor's office
and other relevant state agencies.
May I?
[suspenseful music]
The test involves the passing of an electric current
through your body.
You may experience a tingling sensation,
muscle movement or tension, light-headedness, dizziness.
How can you live with yourself doing this?
If you find the results of this test disturbing,
counselling is available to help you consider your options.
All set?
[exhales]
[machine whirring]
I don't feel anything.
-Is it doing anything? -Just... relax.
[whirring intensifies]
-What are you writing? -Mayor, please refrain from speaking
until the test is over.
Thank you.
[suspenseful music]
[clock ticking]
[machine whirs faster]
[clock keeps ticking]
[machine whirring faster]
[Margot exhales painfully]
-OK. -[Margot exhales]
That's it?
-Is it over? -That's it.
You passed.
I'll see you in the primaries.
[door opens]
I just need to get some air.
[exhales]
[exhales sharply]
[tense music continues]
[elevator door opens]
[tense music plays]
[woman] Oh!
[tense music continues]
[rain falls]
[exhales shakily]
[faded violin starts]
[static crackling]
-[Margot yelps] -[intense music plays]
[Margot yelps loudly]
[gasping]
[violins and tense music fade]
[Rob] Scarlet Minnow?
Really? That's the best you could come up with?
I thought a girly name might help cover your tracks.
Also, yes, admittedly,
-I was taking the piss. -[Rob snickers]
I don't know, Dec...
Pressure's really on.
-If they connect this back to me-- -Won't happen.
I would never give them your name. You know that.
Tell you what, it's a good story.
[Rob exhales]
[Declan] I'm off to Carpathia tomorrow to do some follow up.
Oh, great.
Right. You get to globe trot,
be a hero and probably win a Pulitzer
and I get to live in the doghouse for the rest of my fucking life.
[Rob chuckles]
I gather the wife's still pissed, then?
That's an understatement.
I thought Margot was the type to enjoy a good righteous whistleblower moment.
[Rob] She used to be.
Now she's all about the politics.
And you should hear the way she talks to me.
That's when she talks to me.
Never had a problem being with a powerful woman who's ambitious.
I haven't. I mean... The work she's doing is important.
But?
But... I didn't sign up for this.
And neither did my kids.
I mean, we're getting death threats all the time now.
My daughter can't even...
can't even open up her own fucking birthday cards.
It's temporary.
Nobody ever stays on the front page... forever.
Her 15 minutes will wean.
And you'll go to couples counselling.
Take a romantic vacay somewhere with cocktails on a beach.
I don't know, Dec, this is different.
-[Mike] Can I get another round? -I mean, the world's changing and...
[Lyla] No, you are cut off.
...she's changing with it.
Give me a fucking drink!
[Lyla] OK, Mike. See, this is why I can't.
You're interrupting the nice men.
Give me a beer, you bitch.
OK, that's it.
-[electricity crackles] -Hmm?
You got ten seconds to get out of here.
-Ten, nine, eight, seven-- -[taser crackles]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Evens the scales, don't you think?
Miss Sparklefingers.
I'm bigger than you, I'm stronger than you.
And I can zap you right back!
[Rob] Yeah, I bet you could, I bet you could.
But just come on, how 'bout that, huh?
Come on, come on.
She fucking threatened me! You saw!
I'm defending myself.
-Come on, pal. -[Declan] Come on, Mike.
Mike, right, yeah?
-Yeah. -Let's get some fresh air.
-Next round's on me. Come on. -Fuckin' threatening me!
You think you're at the top, you're not at the top.
Y'all gotta learn your place. Urbandox knows!
-[Declan] Come on, Mike. -[Lyla] Yeah, bye, Mike.
[tense music plays]
-[upbeat music playing] -[indistinct chatter]
[children laughing and chattering]
[upbeat music continues]
Um... Whatever you have, please.
[upbeat music continues]
[in Nigerian Pidgin English] Hey, handsome man.
Oh, excuse me.
[Ndudi clears throat]
[Ndudi and Tunde chuckle]
So the famous Tunde Ojo finds himself back in Lasgidi?
-Omo, I'm not famous. -Really?
You're this... verified on all socials somebody.
-[Tunde chuckles] -Mr Million Hits!
[Ndudi chuckles]
You have everything you ever wanted.
Not everything.
You want a drink?
We have time.
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat music continues]
[Ndudi] You know what? I'm not surprised Wale wants to cancel the wedding.
That boy was always muscle and no strength.
-Ah! -Come on, you know it's true.
So easily threatened.
The boy wanted to look like a big man,
but he behaves like a small boy.
He's sensitive now.
Ah, can't a man have feelings?
I just mean his whole world is upside down.
Eh, give him a break.
[Ndudi and Tunde chuckle]
How was Riyadh?
It was...
hard.
It changed you.
It's life changing. All of it is.
The freedom EOD has brought.
Sisterhood.
I've never seen it so strong.
You've never seen sisterhood here?
Well, I... No...
-[Ndudi scoffs] -[Tunde chuckles] No, I...
I just-- I just wish you could have come with me.
-[Ndudi scoffs] -You know?
You know I went because of you.
Because of what you said that night.
You were right, I was just...
just one privileged ode.
[Ndudi and Tunde chuckle]
I wish you had come with me.
I didn't know it,
but I have work to do here.
[Tunde] Hmm.
What are you involved in?
A coalition.
We want to... to heal Nigeria.
[Ndudi chuckles]
Let the rest of the world...
look after themselves, eh? They always do.
Yeah, well, their actions affect ours.
Not if we strengthen from within.
Ndudi, the world doesn't work that way.
The world has changed.
We have the opportunity for a... a true matriarchy here.
Dismantling the corruption men have let destroy this country.
I miss you.
I don't want your pity.
No, Ndudi, I don't, I...
I need something else from you.
[sensual music playing]
[Ndudi moans]
[Tunde moans]
[Ndudi moans]
Do you have it?
You tell me, Tunde.
[electricity crackles]
[both moaning]
[Ndudi moans]
[Ndudi] You should write it down.
Make a book of your travels.
And where am I going?
Everywhere.
[gentle music playing]
Come with me.
My work is here.
[cell phone vibrates]
-Is the wedding on? -Yes.
Shit!
[knock on door]
Leave me alone!
[Ryan] Jos, it's me. Matty let me in.
Hi.
-I'm so sorry. -No.
I'm... I'm really sorry.
I shouldn't have yelled at you in the car.
My EOD doesn't work that well.
Like it just, fritzes out sometimes
and kinda takes over my whole body.
I can get that that must have been pretty scary for you.
It's not that.
Your power doesn't freak me out, Jos.
Well, then, why didn't you wanna...
I have something I need to tell you.
I'm...
intersex.
I was born with both.
I had surgery when I was a baby, but I'm a guy.
I... I identify as a guy.
OK.
Well... I mean, I-- I...
I like whoever you are.
I mean, I like...
I like you. And...
I'm gonna keep liking you, you know.
Yeah. Uh...
I hope so.
[gasps]
What the fuck?
How?
I have higher levels of oestrogen.
I think that's why I can do this.
[gentle music plays]
[electricity crackles]
How long have you had it?
Um, since the day that you accidentally zapped me, at your locker.
I thought I was going crazy,
but then I realized I wasn't the only one.
So, you've had it...
the entire time that we've been together?
Like even when the girls were getting pulled out of class?
And I've been struggling with mine, and you've just,
you've had it this whole time.
Well, I didn't...
I didn't want anyone to find out.
You know my mum has been risking her life?
She's getting threatened every day for protecting people
who have skeins and you've just been hiding yours.
Jas, I'm a guy with EOD.
You've seen those articles of girls
getting their skeins cut out?
Imagine what they'd do to me!
OK, but I'm not asking you to tell the whole world.
I'm just asking you to tell me. Your girlfriend!
Yeah, well, I'm telling you now!
And even if I wasn't, it's my body.
I don't owe you anything.
You know what...
I don't need this.
[gentle music continues]
[door slams]
[Jos sighs]
Fuck.
[Barbara] Darrell? Dall?
Oh, I think he's gone out.
Don’t think I’m frightened of you.
I could give it to you, Barbara.
Don't want it.
Might make you feel safe.
I don't want it.
Do you understand me?
-All right. -No, not all right!
Not all right! You killed my boy!
All these years, I did everything I could to keep him safe.
And then you come along, and now he's dead!
But you don't give a fuck!
-I do give a fuck. -He was my baby!
I'm meant to protect him!
-I'm so sorry. -I want him here!
[Roxy] I loved Terry.
He was my brother.
-[Bernie] Oi, oi, oi! -He wasn't your brother!
He was nothing to do with you!
He's mine!
All right, baby, all right, all right.
Come on, come on, eh? Come on.
Let's go on, baby, all right.
[sombre music playing]
[Barbara sobs]
We're going out.
Wipe your bloody nose.
If you wanna tell me off or whatever, can you just do it?
-[car doors slam] -[car engine starts]
[buzzer beeps]
[door closes]
Wish you a long life.
Car accident, it's a nasty thing.
Your poor boy.
Yeah, it was.
Nasty.
So, got any more stingers for me?
How 'bout you pay for the last lot first?
Oh, yeah, I was getting to that.
[David chuckles]
-What's this? -His half. I'll get you the rest.
[Bernie] Oh, we're not doing this again, are we?
No, no. The thing is...
All right, listen.
-What is the thing, huh? -[chuckles]
What is the thing? Eh, eh?
[David groans]
-[David] All right, you got me. -Rox, shock him.
Go on. Don't mind him. You want that, don't you?
Just a little.
-No. -I'm fine, eh.
-Shock him. -I don't want to.
-"I don't want to." -[David grunts]
"I don't want to."
Fuckin' hell. You kids!
Now she shits herself.
I get it, Dad. I fucked up.
The way I went about, it was wrong. But I'm not sorry that I did it.
-You aren't? -That man killed my mum.
Are you for fucking real?
Terry's not dead because of me. It was bad luck.
Don't push it, Roxy.
He chose to come with me.
He was the first one to pull a gun.
They all knew why I was going there.
That's enough, Rox. All right?
-Don't push me. -Or what?
-Don't fucking push me! -Or what?
[tense music playing]
How was your day?
Oh, um...
[chuckles] My day was... It was just great.
Yeah, yeah, great.
Thank you for asking.
Jos? How was your day?
I don't wanna talk about it.
OK.
-Matty? -Are you guys getting a divorce?
What? [scoffs] No.
No. Come on. Why would you ask something like that?
Because we're doing this whole dinner table thing.
-Well, families eat at dinner tables. -Not this one.
-Just not lately, that's all. -It's-- Look...
It's weird.
Yeah, it's weird.
Hannah at school's parents got a divorce.
And she has two Christmases.
So many presents.
OK, we are not getting a divorce.
I just...
wanted us to sit together.
Without distraction.
Because, um...
I made a big decision today.
Professionally.
And it's gonna effect the whole family.
Uh...
I've decided to run for Senate.
[Jos chuckles]
Congrats.
Thanks! [chuckles]
That's great.
That's really great. I'm so proud of you.
I know how hard you worked for this.
[Matty] Well, you don't have my vote.
Oh, come on, Matty. She's your mum!
You can't even vote anyways. You're 15.
Can you tell me why, Matty?
Can you help me understand?
Why, why bother?
It's not like the male voice even matters anymore.
-[Jos scoffs] -Of course your voice matters, honey.
I think men and women need to know their place.
-What? -Everything is backwards.
Like-- like, even in this family.
Dad does all the cooking, you never cook.
Well, that's because Dad is a better cook and he likes it.
[Rob] I-- I do like it.
We play to each other's strengths.
Go team Cleary-Lopez, you know?
You emasculate him!
And he just takes it.
That is not true.
I mean... [scoffs]
Where did you even learn that word?
-Urbandox? -You listen to Urbandox?
You know he hates us!
No, he just doesn't agree with you!
We're still allowed to disagree, right? It's a free country.
Oh, my God, you sound like a fucking moron!
All right, all right. Can you just stop?
-What? -[Matty] See?
You don't wanna hear what I really think. No one does!
-[Jos scoffs] -[Margot sighs]
-I'll go talk to him. -[Rob] No, no.
I got it.
Are we done with this meeting now?
Can I go eat dinner on the couch?
Yeah, sure. Go ahead.
Do you wanna go outside...
with me?
Yeah, fuck it.
But jus-- just this one last time.
Yeah.
[Margot] Thanks.
You've got my vote.
For what that's worth.
Really?
You don't think I'm crazy for running?
We need somebody to fight for us.
I mean, people shouldn't feel afraid to admit that they have this thing.
It's all so fucked up.
Dandon made everyone get tested at work today.
I passed.
Turns out I have amazing capacity
for dealing with... discomfort.
[clears throat]
OK, but what's gonna happen when they find out you do have it?
Have you even told Dad yet?
-Mum, you have to tell him. -Yeah, I know, I know. Just not yet.
No one's going to elect a senator with EOD.
I don't want to put him in that position.
You know he has to do press and make appearances.
I don't want him to have to lie.
So you're asking me to?
No. Jos.
I'm sorry.
[Margot sighs]
I know this is gonna sound bad,
but sometimes you have to lie to the people you love.
To protect them.
Us having EOD, oh, my God,
it just makes winning so much more important. I can't...
[sighs]
I can't even imagine what Dandon would do in the Senate.
I get it.
[soft music playing]
Dad is a really bad liar to be fair.
He can't even pull off a surprise party.
He just blurts it out loud.
[Margot and Jos giggle]
It's just till the election.
I got you.
[soft music continues]
[electricity crackles]
Sparklefingers unite.
[Margot and Jos giggle]
[Jos] No. No.
[both giggle]
[soft music continues]
[Margot] Governor Dandon would segregate our schools.
He would keep our girls at home, studying remotely.
Well, what we've learned from history,
what the courts of this nation in their wisdom determined,
is that separate is not equal.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
And what I know, in my admittedly modest wisdom as a mother
and as a human,
is that we are at our best when we are unified as a people.
When we live and behave equitably and communally.
[cheers and applause]
[Margot] I don't know about you, but, um,
I'm tired of fighting the same battles for my daughters
that I've been fighting my whole life.
And that my mother fought before me
and that her mother fought before her.
And it looks like Mother Nature's had just about enough, too.
[cheers and applause]
This power is evolution.
This power is an opportunity for re-invention.
To approach society in a new way.
To apportion power in this world more equitably.
[cheers and applause]
And that is why, I, Margot Cleary-Lopez, your mayor,
am running for Senate.
[cheers and applause]
[Urbandox] This is a war.
A war to reclaim what is rightfully ours.
Our birthright.
[tense, suspenseful music plays]
A war to reclaim what humanity was meant to be.
It's time to make the world stop and listen.
It's time to fight fire with fire.
-[crowd screaming] -Get down!
Get down!
[suspenseful music playing]
["Anthem" by Greta Van Fleet plays]
♪ With the news There's something every day ♪
♪ So many people Thinking different ways you say ♪
♪ Where is the music ♪
♪ A tune to free the soul ♪
♪ A simple lyric To unite us all, you know ♪
♪ Your opinion only knows ♪
♪ The one thing that you seem To want to have most ♪
♪ And you chose ♪
♪ To save yourself in your own time ♪
♪ You'll have to stay ♪
♪ And open up your own mind ♪
♪ And every glow in the twilight knows ♪
♪ That the world is only What the world is made of ♪
♪ Just you and me can agree to disagree ♪
♪ That the world is only What the world is made of ♪
♪ Just you and me can agree to disagree ♪
♪ That the world is only What the world is made of ♪
♪ Just you and me can agree to disagree ♪
♪ That the world is only What the world is made of ♪
I need someone to go to a place where women eat men for breakfast.
This one here seems to be emerging as a leader.
[Zoia] Go tell my sister a big change is coming.
And I need her to pick a side.
I bought you some jewellery.
I'd like to see how my eldest and my youngest work together.
You know Dad's fucking with you, don't you?
Have we met before? You look so familiar.
[Sister Veronica] I'm not afraid of you.
I'm gonna find out who you really are and send you back where you belong.
[Allie] She's right. I'm a fraud. I'm a killer.