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Sir?
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I, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III,
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do solemnly swear
that I will faithfully execute
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the Office of President
of the United States
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and will,
to the best of my ability,
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preserve, protect,
and defend
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the Constitution
of the United States,
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so help me, God.
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I have to go.
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I'm ready.
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Well?
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I'm done with
the first half.
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And?
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You can cut Chapter Two.
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Chapter Two is important.
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Fitz gets shot
in Chapter Two.
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I rewrote Chapter Two.
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Chapter Two is where I relate
to the American people
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through emotion and grief.
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The American people don't care
about your bromides
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and talking points, Mellie.
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What they do care about
is you,
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pulling back the mask and
finally offering a real glimpse
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inside the deepest,
darkest corners of your soul.
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That means you can cut
Chapter Two...
Olivia --
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and replace it with the chapter
on why you stayed.
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What?
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When you discovered that Fitz
had taken up with a mistress,
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you pretended not to know
about it and you stayed.
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Why?
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[ Sighs ]
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That chapter is missing,
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and that chapter is what the
American people want to read.
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It's what I want to read.
It's all anyone wants to read.
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Why did you stay?
Why did you lie?
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Was it 'cause of ambition,
or was it for love?
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What exactly was it about Fitz
or the White House or herself
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that made Mellie Grant turn
a blind eye all those years?
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What was running through
her head?
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Were you having an affair?
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Did you have a side piece
of your very own?
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Because when Fitz was screwing
another woman,
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you didn't seem to care,
and we want to know why.
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[ Exhales sharply ]
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You really can compartmentalize
like nobody's business.
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You asked for Olivia Pope.
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You got Olivia Pope.
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[ Chewing loudly ]
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What year did Senator Grant
graduate Yale?
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Huck's on college
and law school. Ask him.
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He doesn't answer
my questions.
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He either pretends I'm invisible
or growls like a dog.
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That's just Huck.
He growls.
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That's not comforting.
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Hey, what year did Senator Grant
graduate Yale?
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How should I know?
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We're supposed to be
fact-checking this book, Huck.
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I am fact-checking this book,
Marcus.
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That's funny.
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'Cause it looks a lot like
you're watching a soccer game.
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It's called multitasking.
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Whatever. Here.
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You might want to
double-check your work.
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Yes!
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Yes.
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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What is this?
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Your wake-up call.
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"Do you consider
Vice President Ross
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a viable Presidential
candidate?"
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There's a number
next to it.
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93.
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93%.
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54% of people think you'd be
the immediate front runner
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for the Republican nomination,
should you enter the race.
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This is a poll.
It's a wake-up call.
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Well, this is...
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It's...
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Wow, 93.
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That's...weird.
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I already said
I'm not running for President.
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44.
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I don't want to
talk about --
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The number of people
who've held the Oval,
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the one office in the world
where you pick up the phone
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and 10 minutes later,
a mountain shifts.
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That paper says you're one of
the handful of folks on Earth
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capable of doing that job.
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Did you hear
what I just said, Susan?
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If you turn your back
on this,
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if you don't even explore
the option,
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you will regret it every day
for the rest of your life.
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I have a lot to say.
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Good.
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But I'm gonna take your advice
and try to be more concise.
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No.
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This is a fantastic
opportunity.
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If we change the definition
of the words "fantastic"
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and "opportunity."
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Lillian Forrester...
Hack.
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...is one of the most respected
journalists in the game.
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This will be big.
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She did that piece on the Pope,
the one you liked.
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You said it was good.
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It was smart,
for Lillian Forrester.
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The Vatican let her
into its bedchamber
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and she screwed them
sideways.
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She pillaged,
she plundered.
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She was fair and balanced.
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She's a loaded gun.
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She wants to fire at us,
fine.
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But to press the barrel of a gun
to our temple?
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My temple.
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My temple.
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Not ours -- mine.
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The election is closing in.
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We're six months out from Iowa.
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Now is the time to set the table
for your successor.
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A profile like this?
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It's fine --
when you're out of office.
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The only thing she wants, the
only thing she's interested in,
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is fatally wounding you,
stuffing you,
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and mounting your head
above her editor's desk.
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Whether you want to accept it or
not, Cyrus, I am on my way out.
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Let's let our guard down
a little.
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Start shaping our legacy.
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Set it up.
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None of this has anything to do
with my abilities as President.
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You don't think so?
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Why I stayed?
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I shouldn't be wasting precious
space on that subject.
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It's inappropriate.
It's irrelevant.
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We need to find an answer,
Mellie,
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and we need to put it
in your book,
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because if we don't,
people will speculate.
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People can speculate
all they want.
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You realize this is the question
you will get asked
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at every step on your book tour,
every campaign function,
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every sit-down with Diane Sawyer
and Barbara Walters.
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Trust me, you omit this part
of your book,
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it will only lead
to more questions.
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This is what
they want to know.
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They don't get to know.
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It's none of their business.
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You can't say that.
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I know these are incredibly
difficult questions,
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but I wouldn't be helping you
by avoiding them.
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You got any actual food
in this place?
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And I mean besides cereal.
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You don't know, do you?
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[ Sighs ]
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You don't know
why you stayed.
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[ Scoffs ]
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Well, do you know why
you left?
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I'm just asking,
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'cause maybe your answer
will spark something in me.
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At the very least,
maybe I can steal it.
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I don't need to answer
that question.
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I'm not the one
writing a book.
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I'm not the one
running for President.
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You are.
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You don't know, either,
do you?
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Tougher than you thought,
right?
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[ Breathes deeply ]
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What's for lunch?
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Ground rules --
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if we choose to officially
move forward with this article,
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your questions
would need to pertain
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to previously
agreed-upon topics only.
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Those can be found
on page two.
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Lillian, think of these
more as discussion points.
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The President's past policies,
his future plans,
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and everything in between.
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Emphasis, of course,
on the between.
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What we're doing
in the present,
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we're calling this
our Year of Achievement.
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Year of Achievement?
Catchy.
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This conversation
is off the record.
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I know.
You're noting.
There's no noting.
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You don't even have
the job yet.
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ABBY: Mr. President.
How's it going in here?
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Very well, sir.
This is Lillian Forrester.
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Mr. President.
It is such an honor.
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Let's hope you feel that way
after these three days.
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Sir, we were just going over
some ground rules
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for Lillian's article,
should we decide it's a go.
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Cy, she spent a week with Putin.
I think Lillian knows the drill.
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Mr. President, did you just
compare yourself to Putin?
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No.
Mr. President did not.
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I should write that down.
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Do you know the meaning
of "off the record"?
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Of course I do.
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Which is why
I'm only joking.
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I get it.
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It's your court,
your advantage.
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You set the rules,
I follow them.
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But, frankly, I'm not interested
in a heavily regulated,
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closely guarded interview with
the leader of the free world.
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Nor is that
what we want to give you.
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I want a conversation
with the man.
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A meaningful one.
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I want to know,
is Fitzgerald Grant
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hell-bent
on making a difference
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in the final days
of his presidency,
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or is he happy
just tending the store?
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I want to know
if the man I voted for
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thinks he succeeded
or failed.
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I have no
ulterior motive here,
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aside from wanting to write
a damn good article.
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Do you want me to write
a damn good article?
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Of course we do.
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Nice meeting you, Lillian.
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Nice to meet you, as well,
Mr. President.
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The pleasure's all mine.
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I was devastated...
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when I found out Fitz was having
an affair with you.
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I fell into
a deep depression,
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and the only thing
that got me through it
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was thinking that
you were just a phase.
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Fitz and I,
we could survive a phase.
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[ Scoffs ]
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So I stayed.
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[ Sighs ]
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That's nice, right?
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It's a narrative.
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That's a good thing.
Absolutely.
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Then why does it feel...
Artificial?
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[ Sighs ] Trite.
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Untrue.
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[ Sighs ] My head feels like
it's about to explode.
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You're gonna have to
dig deep, Mellie.
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Deeper than this.
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You say that
like I'm not even trying.
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Are you?
Of course I am.
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You could have fooled me.
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Is that some sort
of reverse-psychology crap
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you learned
from your therapist?
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I don't have a therapist.
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Well, maybe
you should get one.
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Why are you...
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I'm trying
to help you here.
Please.
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Mellie, if you can't tell me
why you chose to st--
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I don't have to
tell you anything!
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Mellie.
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You, of all people.
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I don't have to have this
conversation with you.
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Answer these questions for you,
explain myself to you!
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I'm not asking for my own.
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You never had
what we had, Olivia.
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23 years.
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You may have had
your cheap hotel rooms
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and your White House closets
and your secret homes in Vermont
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that you didn't think
anybody else knew about.
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But as far as actual
real relationships go...
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you were just a blip
on his radar.
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[ Laughs ]
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A plaything he used
to pass his time with
258
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until trash day
rolled around
259
00:11:31,158 --> 00:11:33,224
and you got boxed up
and shipped off --
260
00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:35,860
That's enough, Mellie.
Oh, I'm sorry.
261
00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:37,629
Did you not want
to go there today?
262
00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:46,037
This was...
263
00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:49,340
I will send you a check
for your time.
264
00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:50,308
Thanks, Liv.
265
00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:53,712
Thank you so much
for your help.
266
00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:06,057
Here he is.
267
00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:07,726
DAVID: Thank you, Amber.
268
00:12:07,728 --> 00:12:09,227
[ Door closes ]
269
00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,695
So, what's on
the agenda today?
270
00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:12,163
Down, boy.
271
00:12:12,165 --> 00:12:13,698
Really?
272
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,300
I mean, I suppose.
273
00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:20,171
Get up.
274
00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:22,340
This is work, not play.
275
00:12:23,844 --> 00:12:25,543
I -- I need you
to do something for me.
276
00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:26,778
Okay, name it.
277
00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:28,780
Get Susan Ross
to run for President.
278
00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:30,548
Oh, that is not
going to happen.
279
00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:32,083
Susan Ross doesn't want
to run for President.
280
00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,119
I don't care
what she wants.
281
00:12:34,121 --> 00:12:36,755
This isn't about her.
This is about me.
282
00:12:36,757 --> 00:12:40,058
Being the Veep's Chief of Staff
is not gonna be my legacy.
283
00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,793
That woman is my shot
at the Oval.
284
00:12:41,795 --> 00:12:43,762
I cannot convince Susan Ross
to do something
285
00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:45,130
she has no intention
of doing.
286
00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:46,731
I think you can.
287
00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:49,033
I think you have
certain gifts --
288
00:12:49,035 --> 00:12:50,201
Okay, I gave her
that bracelet
289
00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:51,770
only after you said
you didn't want it,
290
00:12:51,772 --> 00:12:53,238
so you can't use it
against me.
291
00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,706
David, no one wants
that bracelet.
292
00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:55,740
That bracelet is hideous.
293
00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:57,242
Susan likes it.
294
00:12:57,244 --> 00:12:58,777
Because that Muppet
is in love with you.
295
00:12:58,779 --> 00:13:00,912
Use it.
296
00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:03,581
Ask her out.
297
00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:04,983
Do some convincing.
298
00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:07,819
Give her what she wants.
299
00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:09,454
Because if you don't,
300
00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:13,291
you won't be getting
what you want anytime soon.
301
00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:17,128
[ Door opens ]
302
00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:20,665
David!
Is this a bad time?
303
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,734
For you, never.
304
00:13:22,736 --> 00:13:25,303
Please, come in.
305
00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:26,171
What's up?
306
00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:27,639
I, uh...
307
00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,675
Wanted to see if you'd like
to get out of here.
308
00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:31,976
I don't know what you mean.
309
00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:34,379
I was thinking
we could go somewhere.
310
00:13:36,283 --> 00:13:38,650
Again, I don't know
what you mean.
311
00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:41,186
Would you like to go out
with me, Susan.
312
00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:43,755
Oh. Oh!
313
00:13:43,757 --> 00:13:45,790
As in...
314
00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:47,192
Just the two of us?
315
00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:49,194
That is how a date usually
works, at least in my book.
316
00:13:49,196 --> 00:13:50,028
Where?!
317
00:13:50,030 --> 00:13:51,529
[ Chuckles ]
318
00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:54,666
I mean...
319
00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:59,504
Where are you thinking we'd go,
just the two of us.
320
00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:00,705
If we leave now,
321
00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:02,807
we can still catch the sunset
at Mount Vernon.
322
00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:04,776
It sure is beautiful,
isn't it?
323
00:14:04,778 --> 00:14:06,845
Oh, you've already been.
324
00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:09,314
I chartered a boat there
for Casey's 11th birthday.
325
00:14:09,316 --> 00:14:10,648
It really was something,
326
00:14:10,650 --> 00:14:12,650
seeing the sun fade
into the Potomac like that.
327
00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:14,052
Scratch that idea.
328
00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:15,687
How about a picnic
in the park?
329
00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:17,956
There's this great spot I know
along the Tidal Basin.
330
00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,190
That is a great idea.
331
00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:20,625
They shut down
the Tidal Basin
332
00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:22,393
when I picnicked there
with Casey just last Tuesday.
333
00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,162
It was pretty spectacular.
334
00:14:24,164 --> 00:14:26,130
I bet it was.
335
00:14:26,132 --> 00:14:28,333
I bet everything you do
is pretty spectacular.
336
00:14:28,335 --> 00:14:30,735
You're the Vice President
of the United States.
337
00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:35,139
There are all kinds of things
I haven't done.
338
00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:36,207
Really.
339
00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,842
Name something else.
340
00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:40,845
Have you been to the top
of the Washington Monument?
341
00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:41,913
No.
342
00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:46,651
Yes. I'm sorry.
343
00:14:46,653 --> 00:14:49,888
Ah, you can change your mind
and cancel.
344
00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:52,257
I get it. I ruined the vibe,
and I feel awful, so just --
345
00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:53,925
Susan.
Yeah?
346
00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:55,393
What are your feelings
on french fries?
347
00:14:56,897 --> 00:14:59,030
Welcome to Gettysburger.
348
00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,165
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
349
00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:04,402
for the people, of the people,
and by the people.
350
00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:05,870
May I take your order?
351
00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:08,606
You have got
to be kidding me.
352
00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:09,741
I can't believe
you've never been here.
353
00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:11,175
[ Gasps ]
354
00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:12,577
Ooh, is the Double Lincoln
as good as it sounds?
355
00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:13,678
I want that.
356
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,079
Now, that comes
with freedom fries.
357
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:16,948
You're also gonna want
union rings.
358
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:18,216
But I thought
I had to choose.
359
00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:20,251
No, union and freedom
go together.
360
00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:21,953
Ah.
361
00:15:25,892 --> 00:15:27,792
[ Door opens ]
362
00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:30,428
Got a minute, sir?
363
00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:33,097
Is this another warning
about Lillian Forrester?
364
00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:35,733
It's about Reagan.
365
00:15:35,735 --> 00:15:36,801
Reagan?
366
00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:37,902
Ronald.
367
00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:39,871
Yes, I know.
368
00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:41,873
It's 1988, late spring.
369
00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:44,642
By most accounts, he's wandering
around the residence
370
00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:48,546
during work hours in slippers
and a terry cloth robe.
371
00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:53,952
Six months left on his term,
every excuse to just sit around,
372
00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:57,121
watch daytime soaps,
eating ants on a log.
373
00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:59,457
Reagan loved ants on a log.
Did you know that?
374
00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,459
It doesn't matter.
375
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:04,062
But instead,
he strapped on his cleats,
376
00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,497
tightened his chinstrap
one last time,
377
00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:07,899
and kicked down
the Berlin Wall.
378
00:16:07,901 --> 00:16:09,334
[ Chuckles ]
379
00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:10,902
Simplifying history a bit,
aren't you, Cy?
380
00:16:10,904 --> 00:16:12,403
For better or for worse,
381
00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,773
Clinton reformed welfare
in his final year.
382
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:18,843
Is there a point here?
383
00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:21,646
You're gonna miss it.
384
00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:25,083
The wars. The fights.
385
00:16:25,085 --> 00:16:27,118
Crafting an agenda
and seeing it through,
386
00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,088
going toe-to-toe
with Senate Dems,
387
00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:36,494
rallying Tea Party support
for a judicial nominee.
388
00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,763
Cramming a good bill
like the Brandon Bill
389
00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:40,865
down the opposition's throat.
390
00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:43,167
Then licking your wounds,
391
00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,737
knowing you did good
for the American people.
392
00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,508
Next November...
393
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,478
you're gonna get
an eviction notice.
394
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,281
And by January 20th,
they're coming for your stuff.
395
00:16:57,283 --> 00:17:01,819
Do you know
what today's date is, sir?
396
00:17:01,821 --> 00:17:06,624
Not January 20th.
We can still do something.
397
00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:08,459
We can.
398
00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:10,495
Still.
399
00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:12,363
Set the world on fire
or die trying.
400
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:15,500
Let's ride out of here
with our guns empty,
401
00:17:15,502 --> 00:17:17,902
not in the damn holster.
402
00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:21,539
This is about
Lillian Forrester.
403
00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:24,642
I can't be someone
who will take your gun away
404
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:28,312
and serve you ants on a log
while you sit in your robe.
405
00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,317
Are we done?
406
00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:46,130
I believe so, sir.
407
00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:11,489
[ Tapping on door ]
408
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,148
[ Belt buckle jangles ]
409
00:18:44,324 --> 00:18:48,126
[ Box springs bouncing ]
410
00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,404
I'm glad you could get past
your issues with me.
411
00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:01,772
[ Pants zip ]
412
00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:04,375
This isn't happening again.
413
00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:06,744
Yes, it is.
414
00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:12,984
[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
415
00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:17,021
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
416
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:19,157
[ Indistinct conversations ]
417
00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:23,761
CYRUS: This is my bar.
418
00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:27,198
You're in my bar.
419
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,835
This is the first bar I've been
in since college, I think.
420
00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:34,038
I haven't paid for a drink
in two decades.
421
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:41,279
[ Sighs ]
422
00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:44,348
I used to come here
to feel better.
423
00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:54,125
I came here to be alone.
424
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,329
[ Chuckles ]
425
00:19:58,331 --> 00:20:03,534
You can divorce them,
but you can't get rid of them.
426
00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:14,145
Fitz or Olivia?
427
00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:20,351
Both.
428
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:24,322
We are married to them
for the rest of our lives.
429
00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:26,324
They are cinder blocks
tied to our ankles,
430
00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:29,260
and we just keep fighting
to keep from drowning,
431
00:20:29,262 --> 00:20:30,561
but what's the point?
432
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:33,064
We're going down
whether we fight or not.
433
00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:35,166
I don't feel sorry for you.
434
00:20:35,168 --> 00:20:37,335
Surprise.
435
00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:39,337
You have the most recognizable
name in politics.
436
00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:40,938
You're a woman at a time
437
00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,674
the country is ready
for a woman president.
438
00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:46,377
Not to mention
that filibuster of yours
439
00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,079
is the feminist moment
of the decade.
440
00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:50,681
It'll be in history books.
441
00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,283
You have weaknesses, sure.
442
00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:55,086
But they're well-documented.
443
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,054
Susan is an unknown.
444
00:20:57,056 --> 00:21:00,091
You can tear her apart
with every new --
445
00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:03,794
I already have my eye on someone
to run my campaign.
446
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:07,565
[ Scoffs ]
447
00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,200
Right.
448
00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:23,381
[ Sighs ]
449
00:21:25,285 --> 00:21:26,350
We made him.
450
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:31,389
We made
Fitzgerald Grant III.
451
00:21:33,426 --> 00:21:36,460
We made a president.
452
00:21:36,462 --> 00:21:38,029
We?
453
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,168
We?
454
00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,473
Drink up.
455
00:22:01,087 --> 00:22:04,455
So, this is the love shack
where all the magic happened?
456
00:22:04,457 --> 00:22:06,023
Mellie, it's late.
You should -- Mm.
457
00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:07,658
It's nice.
You have good taste.
458
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,627
Mellie, are you...
459
00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:10,861
It was working.
460
00:22:10,863 --> 00:22:12,163
I'm sorry?
461
00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:14,165
It was working.
That's why I stayed.
462
00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:17,034
It was working.
Fitz and I and you.
463
00:22:17,036 --> 00:22:19,637
It was working.
You know what I mean?
464
00:22:19,639 --> 00:22:21,772
I'm not sure
I do know what you --
465
00:22:21,774 --> 00:22:23,274
Hold on a minute.
466
00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,846
[ Sighs, laughs ]
467
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:31,182
I used to wonder
if it was all men or just Fitz
468
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,516
that suck the life
out of you.
469
00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,885
Now I think
it's all the powerful men.
470
00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:37,388
They've been told their whole
lives they deserve everything,
471
00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:43,027
they should have everything,
and it makes them so weak.
472
00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:45,229
They think that everything
belongs to them by default.
473
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:49,967
And if they don't get it,
well, they just fall apart.
474
00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:51,202
Fitz didn't have
any fight in him.
475
00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:53,371
He didn't know how to stand
on his own two feet.
476
00:22:53,373 --> 00:22:56,340
I mean, I saw the potential.
We all saw it.
477
00:22:56,342 --> 00:22:58,342
But I had to work at it.
478
00:22:58,344 --> 00:23:01,912
I held his hand,
I fluffed, I bled,
479
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:05,750
and I got nothing
in return.
480
00:23:05,752 --> 00:23:07,752
Except for you.
481
00:23:07,754 --> 00:23:10,755
You showed up.
482
00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:14,558
I wasn't devastated, Olivia,
or numb or empty.
483
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,560
[ Sighs ]
484
00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:18,162
I was deserving.
485
00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,066
I deserved you.
486
00:23:23,836 --> 00:23:25,936
I was a 37-year-old
governor's wife
487
00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:29,240
with two kids,
and that was all.
488
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:34,078
I was somebody's wife
and somebody's mother.
489
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,180
Not my own anything.
490
00:23:36,182 --> 00:23:38,115
I deserved you.
491
00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:40,017
I warranted you.
492
00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:42,353
I justified you.
493
00:23:42,355 --> 00:23:48,192
I had lost myself, and
[chuckles] in return, I got you.
494
00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:50,995
You are my retribution.
495
00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:54,532
And it was humiliating.
496
00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:58,636
I couldn't even hate you.
I couldn't even pretend to.
497
00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:02,540
I hated myself.
498
00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:04,542
But then I turned a corner.
499
00:24:04,544 --> 00:24:06,043
[ Laughs ]
500
00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:07,912
It was quick.
501
00:24:07,914 --> 00:24:09,547
Effortless, really.
502
00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:13,083
You had become the beautiful
kept thing he lusted after.
503
00:24:13,085 --> 00:24:14,285
Where you went, he went.
504
00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:17,288
Which meant that I...
505
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:20,124
I suddenly had space.
506
00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:23,427
I had air of my own
that I could breathe.
507
00:24:23,429 --> 00:24:25,830
Time to think and plan.
508
00:24:25,832 --> 00:24:29,233
And I started
liking myself again,
509
00:24:29,235 --> 00:24:32,303
because I was alone
and I was relieved
510
00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:34,138
and I was free.
511
00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:38,409
Freedom, baby.
512
00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:40,077
Whew.
513
00:24:45,585 --> 00:24:48,486
I stayed
because it was working.
514
00:24:48,488 --> 00:24:50,521
I stood by and I allowed
the affair to continue
515
00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:53,157
because it was working
for all of us.
516
00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:55,192
He was occupied,
thanks to you.
517
00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:58,262
He was happy.
You lit his fire.
518
00:24:58,264 --> 00:25:00,965
We made it all the way
to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
519
00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:04,468
And one day,
it was gonna be my turn.
520
00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:06,203
Fitz would make me
President of the United States,
521
00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:10,708
because he owed me
at least that much.
522
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:14,144
And so I stayed.
523
00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:18,015
Because the three of us,
ugh.
524
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:20,551
We worked!
525
00:25:20,553 --> 00:25:23,821
[ Sighs ]
526
00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,122
So, what do you say,
Olivia?
527
00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:27,725
That deep enough for you?
528
00:25:27,727 --> 00:25:31,795
Is that honest enough?
529
00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:37,868
Mellie, you can't actually
write that anywhere.
530
00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,236
If you want to be President,
531
00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:42,373
you can never, ever tell anyone
any of that.
532
00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:45,309
Oh, yeah, I know.
533
00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:49,380
I know I can't.
534
00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:52,316
That's the problem.
535
00:25:56,989 --> 00:26:00,090
♪♪
536
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:23,013
[ Clears throat ]
537
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:24,515
Hm.
538
00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:27,918
[ Sighs ]
539
00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:35,559
That was...
540
00:26:35,561 --> 00:26:38,128
incredible.
541
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,464
What do you think their
secret sauce is made out of?
542
00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:42,232
Crack.
543
00:26:42,234 --> 00:26:43,968
I think it's made
out of crack.
544
00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:46,303
[ Chuckles ]
545
00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:47,371
[ Laughs ]
546
00:26:47,373 --> 00:26:50,140
What?
547
00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:51,775
We shut down
a Gettysburger.
548
00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:53,143
A Gettysburger.
549
00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:54,244
That's power.
550
00:26:54,246 --> 00:26:56,280
It's obnoxious.
551
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,248
Making these kids stay late,
552
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,250
inconveniencing
all these people,
553
00:27:00,252 --> 00:27:03,053
denying the neighborhood
of Fourscores.
554
00:27:03,055 --> 00:27:04,755
Can you imagine the story
that would be written
555
00:27:04,757 --> 00:27:06,123
if the press got ahold
of this?
556
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:09,159
Actually, I imagine that would
be a pretty great story.
557
00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:13,230
Susan's just a regular American,
very "woman of the people."
558
00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:15,232
That kind of story
makes people think of you
559
00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:17,234
as Grade-A
presidential material.
560
00:27:20,006 --> 00:27:21,305
Now you're sounding like Liz.
561
00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:24,408
Liz?
562
00:27:24,410 --> 00:27:27,811
No matter how many times I tell
her "no," or "stop,"
563
00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:30,848
or "I don't want to form
an exploratory committee,"
564
00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:31,849
she doesn't let up.
565
00:27:31,851 --> 00:27:33,784
She wants you to make a run?
566
00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:34,985
I didn't know.
567
00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:36,286
Well, I agree with her.
568
00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:40,924
You would be
an amazing president.
569
00:27:40,926 --> 00:27:44,294
David...
570
00:27:44,296 --> 00:27:47,765
Do you know why
I was chosen to be VP?
571
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,167
It wasn't because
I am amazing.
572
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:54,471
It's because
Mellie Grant lacks character.
573
00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:58,142
She was picking her competition
for the next Republican primary.
574
00:27:58,144 --> 00:28:00,844
And instead of having the guts
to go toe-to-toe
575
00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:05,282
with a worthy warrior for a
true battle, she turned coward.
576
00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,151
She picked me.
577
00:28:07,153 --> 00:28:10,554
She picked someone useless,
unthreatening,
578
00:28:10,556 --> 00:28:13,457
unpolished, unelectable.
579
00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:17,327
She picked a bug
she can crush in one blow.
580
00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:20,297
I don't stand a chance
in a primary against Mellie,
581
00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:23,734
so why would I put myself,
my daughter,
582
00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:25,469
through the agony
of a campaign?
583
00:28:25,471 --> 00:28:27,905
Why would I uproot us
for months on end...
584
00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:38,315
Don't you ever call yourself
names in my presence again.
585
00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,184
You are not a bug.
586
00:28:40,186 --> 00:28:41,919
You are a warrior.
587
00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:44,254
You could win this.
588
00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:45,556
You could win, Susan.
589
00:28:45,558 --> 00:28:47,324
I really believe that.
590
00:28:54,934 --> 00:28:56,600
[ Laughs ]
591
00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:59,937
You were mean.
592
00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:01,638
Of course I was.
593
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:02,940
You were
my husband's mistress.
594
00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:04,174
Was I supposed to be
friendly?
595
00:29:05,678 --> 00:29:07,277
You were really awful.
596
00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:10,247
I'm telling you,
you were nasty.
597
00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:11,782
And I took it.
598
00:29:11,784 --> 00:29:14,251
Why? I wanted to fight.
You never fought.
599
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:18,288
I was
your husband's mistress.
600
00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:19,890
I was in the wrong.
601
00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:23,293
[ Sighs ]
602
00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:26,196
Truth is,
I was glad you were there.
603
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:27,898
You were a good mistress.
604
00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:29,533
Probably a great one.
605
00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:31,568
[ Sighs ]
606
00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:34,404
You know what I mean?
607
00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:35,205
Mm.
608
00:29:35,207 --> 00:29:38,442
Well,
I am an overachiever.
609
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:42,446
Once I put my mind
to something, I commit.
610
00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:51,822
[ Both laugh ]
611
00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,098
Ohh.
612
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:02,800
Tell me you brought more.
613
00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:05,169
Oh, damn straight I did.
614
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:06,670
[ Grunts ]
615
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:08,539
[ Giggles ]
616
00:30:13,646 --> 00:30:17,481
I was happy
you were around, too.
617
00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:20,484
[ Sighs ]
618
00:30:24,957 --> 00:30:31,762
When I was with Fitz, I was
happy you were around, too.
619
00:30:31,764 --> 00:30:35,199
With you around,
I didn't have to...
620
00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:46,543
I had an out.
621
00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:50,447
You --
you were my out, Mellie.
622
00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:54,418
You kept him unavailable.
623
00:30:58,891 --> 00:31:02,226
Okay.
624
00:31:02,228 --> 00:31:03,627
[ Voice breaking ]
And...
625
00:31:03,629 --> 00:31:05,729
So...
626
00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:14,071
I left for the same reason
you stayed.
627
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:21,645
Because I was scared.
628
00:31:24,884 --> 00:31:26,717
[ Voice breaking ]
Okay.
629
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:35,425
Mellie.
630
00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:37,628
That's what you write.
631
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:42,499
You write
that you were scared.
632
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:45,903
You write that you never
could have imagined
633
00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:48,272
standing up in front
of the entire Senate
634
00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:49,773
for as long as you did,
635
00:31:49,775 --> 00:31:52,175
filibustering the hell
out of that bill,
636
00:31:52,177 --> 00:31:54,678
protecting every woman's
constitutional right
637
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,114
to make her own decision
about her own body
638
00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:59,616
because you never thought
639
00:31:59,618 --> 00:32:02,119
you would be able to do
any of that on your own.
640
00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:05,222
You write that
you didn't need Fitz --
641
00:32:05,224 --> 00:32:08,859
you didn't need some man
to give you the power.
642
00:32:08,861 --> 00:32:12,029
You had the power
the whole time.
643
00:32:12,031 --> 00:32:15,399
It just took you
a little longer to realize.
644
00:32:15,401 --> 00:32:18,368
That is what you write.
[ Glass clinks ]
645
00:32:22,207 --> 00:32:24,007
Get out your laptop.
Start writing.
646
00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:27,878
Uh...
647
00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:38,789
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
648
00:32:52,271 --> 00:32:53,370
Sir.
649
00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:59,176
Mr. President.
650
00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:00,477
What's wrong?
651
00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:01,812
It's my cousin, sir.
652
00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:03,647
He died an hour ago.
653
00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:05,182
Cyrus.
654
00:33:05,184 --> 00:33:07,284
I have to go.
655
00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:08,318
I'm so sorry.
656
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:11,254
Me, too.
657
00:33:30,142 --> 00:33:34,444
Okay, um, I'll just start with
the general, Mr. President.
658
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,546
Mm-hmm.
659
00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:40,183
Is the country better off today
than it was seven years ago
660
00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:42,619
when a young governor
from California
661
00:33:42,621 --> 00:33:45,655
waltzed into this very room
and vowed to work tirelessly
662
00:33:45,657 --> 00:33:46,890
for his people?
663
00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:49,359
Well, first,
thanks for calling me young.
664
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:50,627
And second, absolutely.
665
00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:52,229
Unemployment's down.
The economy's up.
666
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,397
I think the world
in general is --
667
00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,032
[ Recorder beeps ]
668
00:33:55,034 --> 00:33:57,667
I'm sorry.
669
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:58,835
Something I said.
670
00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:01,972
I don't know.
I wasn't listening.
671
00:34:01,974 --> 00:34:05,042
I'm a respected journalist.
I have a Pulitzer.
672
00:34:05,044 --> 00:34:08,512
I spent a week with Putin,
and yet I cannot focus.
673
00:34:08,514 --> 00:34:11,181
Well, I know all this
can be overwhelming.
674
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,417
I have an enormous crush
on you.
675
00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:18,688
Wow.
676
00:34:18,690 --> 00:34:21,224
This really couldn't be
any more awkward.
677
00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,693
This is a clear conflict
of interest.
678
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:25,062
I know.
I'm so sorry.
679
00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:27,697
Not just on your account,
Lillian.
680
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,534
How about...
681
00:34:30,536 --> 00:34:34,704
We nix this whole interview
and instead...
682
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:36,406
you have dinner with me?
683
00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:41,344
Sir, are you asking me out
on a date?
684
00:34:41,346 --> 00:34:43,780
I am.
685
00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:47,517
But only if you stop
calling me "sir."
686
00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:49,853
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
687
00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:52,789
Ordinarily,
I don't come when called.
688
00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:54,391
But...
Glad you did.
689
00:34:54,393 --> 00:34:56,093
Game's over. I'm out.
690
00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:57,294
David --
No.
691
00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:59,062
Susan Ross is a good person.
692
00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:01,031
She's smart
and compassionate
693
00:35:01,033 --> 00:35:03,366
and has the best interests
of the country at heart.
694
00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:05,202
People like that
don't exist in this town.
695
00:35:05,204 --> 00:35:06,770
She's a political unicorn.
696
00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,138
And if she doesn't want
to run for President,
697
00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:09,439
she shouldn't have to.
698
00:35:09,441 --> 00:35:10,474
Is that so?
699
00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:11,775
I won't manipulate her.
700
00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:13,577
And you won't manipulate me.
701
00:35:13,579 --> 00:35:15,345
I'm done buying
what you're selling.
702
00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:19,116
She filed the paperwork.
703
00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:20,317
She's running.
704
00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:24,054
You did good, Rosen.
705
00:35:24,056 --> 00:35:25,989
Whatever you said to her,
it worked.
706
00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:27,657
She doesn't want this.
707
00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:30,327
Well, Little Bo Veep
doesn't know what she wants.
708
00:35:31,897 --> 00:35:34,898
Lucky for her,
she has us.
709
00:35:39,404 --> 00:35:41,438
Come on, Rosen.
710
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,141
Let's make a president
together.
711
00:35:47,779 --> 00:35:50,013
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
712
00:35:55,287 --> 00:35:57,487
I already e-mailed you
my corrections, Marcus.
713
00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:59,022
I just got 'em.
714
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:01,424
I'm not going anywhere,
Huck.
715
00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:12,702
Nice picture quality.
716
00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:15,038
QR18?
717
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,506
19.
718
00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:19,109
I remotely inserted the
program's facial filament
719
00:36:19,111 --> 00:36:20,777
into a couple
of traffic cams.
720
00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:23,713
It's like you're right there.
Whoa, who's that? He's a beast.
721
00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:27,317
That's my son, Javi.
722
00:36:27,319 --> 00:36:29,319
Your son?
723
00:36:29,321 --> 00:36:30,387
Skills.
724
00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:31,855
You teach him
how to dribble like that?
725
00:36:31,857 --> 00:36:34,057
I wish.
726
00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:36,660
How often do you catch
his games?
727
00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:39,062
I've never been
to one of his games.
728
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:42,065
Divorce?
729
00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:45,368
Something like that.
730
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:48,305
That sucks, man.
731
00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:49,906
I'm sorry.
732
00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:53,510
They moved...recently.
733
00:36:53,512 --> 00:36:56,046
They moved.
734
00:36:56,048 --> 00:36:57,747
So I haven't seen him.
735
00:36:57,749 --> 00:37:00,884
You should.
736
00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:02,185
You should go see him.
737
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:05,155
I bet Javi
would love that.
738
00:37:19,271 --> 00:37:20,370
Hm.
739
00:37:20,372 --> 00:37:22,172
This is good.
740
00:37:22,174 --> 00:37:25,041
This is really good.
741
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:27,143
You think so?
I know so.
742
00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:32,716
Hm. This...
743
00:37:32,718 --> 00:37:35,552
is everything.
744
00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:39,222
Thanks.
745
00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:40,690
Read this part.
746
00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:43,093
[ Chuckles ]
747
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:46,630
You know it won't
do you any good
748
00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,265
if this book comes out
in a couple of months, right?
749
00:37:48,267 --> 00:37:49,299
It won't?
750
00:37:49,301 --> 00:37:50,867
Other people will be
announcing sooner.
751
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,536
If you wait even a month, you're
gonna be late to the party.
752
00:37:53,538 --> 00:37:55,705
It has to come out now.
That's impossible.
753
00:37:55,707 --> 00:37:57,207
The publisher says
it will take at least six weeks
754
00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:58,108
to get it into bookstores --
755
00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,476
Who says
we need bookstores?
756
00:38:02,581 --> 00:38:05,448
Several pages of the former
First Lady's upcoming memoir
757
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,117
appear today
on the D.C. Dish's website.
758
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,618
Both the publisher
and Senator Grant herself
759
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,387
denied being the source
of the leak.
760
00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:12,289
The book, however,
is being described
761
00:38:12,291 --> 00:38:14,758
by those who have read it
as explosive, revealing,
762
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,558
and deeply personal.
763
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:16,826
"And during that filibuster,
764
00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:19,396
I found that I could stand
as long as I needed.
765
00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:23,633
Hours, days,
whatever the Senate required.
766
00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,602
Because for the first time
in my adult life,
767
00:38:25,604 --> 00:38:27,637
I was no longer an accessory,
768
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,340
an appendage to the most
powerful man in the world.
769
00:38:30,342 --> 00:38:33,310
That's when I discovered
that I, too, was strong,
770
00:38:33,312 --> 00:38:36,079
that I, too, was powerful,
771
00:38:36,081 --> 00:38:39,082
that he hadn't taken everything
from me,
772
00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:41,351
that I could stand
on my own."
773
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:46,489
There you have it.
774
00:38:46,491 --> 00:38:48,458
Powerful words
from what will certainly be
775
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:52,195
a forceful candidate
in the form of Mellie Grant.
776
00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:55,265
Watch your back,
Vice President Ross.
777
00:38:55,267 --> 00:38:57,634
Oh, Marianne,
I'm just testing the waters.
778
00:38:57,636 --> 00:38:59,202
It's like
when you like someone.
779
00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:01,338
You want to see
if they like you back.
780
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:05,608
I like America, and now
I'm hoping America will call me.
781
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:08,678
So that's who
our Republican brethren
782
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,214
can look forward to roasting
on the spit.
783
00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,283
But what of the Democrats?
784
00:39:13,285 --> 00:39:15,652
What lambs will they serve up
for the slaughter?
785
00:39:15,654 --> 00:39:17,120
ABBY:
He's going on a date.
786
00:39:17,122 --> 00:39:19,289
This is "50 Shades of Wrong"
here, Cyrus.
787
00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:20,690
I need you.
788
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:21,991
Oh, crap.
789
00:39:21,993 --> 00:39:23,526
You're at your cousin's funeral
right now, aren't you?
790
00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:24,994
Ah, yes.
791
00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:27,130
Oh, I totally forgot.
I'm so sorry.
792
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:28,798
It's okay.
We weren't close.
793
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,133
Still, he's dead.
794
00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:31,835
Well, it's for the best.
795
00:39:31,837 --> 00:39:33,703
Well,
can you talk to him?
796
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:34,537
My dead cousin?
797
00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:36,005
The President!
798
00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:37,374
I'm out of my league here.
799
00:39:37,376 --> 00:39:38,575
No can do.
800
00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:41,411
I told you, Red,
you're the work wife, not me.
801
00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:43,713
This is not what being
a work wife means.
802
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,315
[ Sighs ]
Wake's starting.
803
00:39:45,317 --> 00:39:46,383
I got to go.
804
00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,752
Very sad.
805
00:39:48,754 --> 00:39:52,355
WOMAN: I've paid my taxes
in this county for 19 years.
806
00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:54,491
I understand your concerns,
your issues.
807
00:39:54,493 --> 00:39:55,825
That is why I'm here.
808
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,528
It's why I'm visiting every
county in the state
809
00:39:58,530 --> 00:39:59,763
to discuss the particulars --
810
00:39:59,765 --> 00:40:01,331
I don't see why
my tax dollars
811
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:03,199
are helping other people
go to college.
812
00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:04,868
I didn't even go
to college.
813
00:40:04,870 --> 00:40:07,437
[ Indistinct talking ]
I'm sorry you didn't have
that opportunity.
814
00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:09,205
Under my plan,
you would have --
815
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:10,340
WAYNE: What don't you get,
Governor?
816
00:40:10,342 --> 00:40:12,609
We don't want
your stinking education bill.
817
00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:15,945
[ Cheers and applause ]
818
00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:18,281
I know that this is personal
for many of you.
819
00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:19,849
It is personal for me, too.
820
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:23,186
My parents had very little
education growing up in Mexico,
821
00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:26,356
and there was no chance of them
going to college -- none.
822
00:40:26,358 --> 00:40:29,559
And then they came here,
to America, to Pennsylvania.
823
00:40:29,561 --> 00:40:31,394
My mother went
to nursing school.
824
00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:33,196
My father,
who came from nothing,
825
00:40:33,198 --> 00:40:35,732
earned his PhD
at Penn State,
826
00:40:35,734 --> 00:40:39,803
and their two sons had access to
the best public education system
827
00:40:39,805 --> 00:40:42,038
in the greatest country
on Earth.
828
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,140
[ Scattered applause ]
829
00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:48,411
A college degree
is as essential today
830
00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:51,781
as a high-school diploma was
100 years ago.
831
00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:55,485
The world is changing, and
we have got to change with it.
832
00:40:55,487 --> 00:40:58,321
That means that our state
colleges and universities
833
00:40:58,323 --> 00:41:01,658
should be free for
every high-school graduate.
834
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:04,194
[ Cheers and applause ]
835
00:41:06,898 --> 00:41:12,602
My education bill -- it's
not revolutionary or radical.
836
00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:16,639
It simply finishes
what we've been working on
837
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:19,509
in this great state
for over 300 years --
838
00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:22,278
the principle of free education
was established
839
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,081
in the Pennsylvania constitution
of 1790,
840
00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:26,850
and in the 1830s,
841
00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:29,319
we were one of the first states
in the country
842
00:41:29,321 --> 00:41:32,689
to actually establish
a public-education system.
843
00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:36,192
Now, that's the Pennsylvania
my parents moved to.
844
00:41:36,194 --> 00:41:38,595
That's the Pennsylvania
I grew up in.
845
00:41:38,597 --> 00:41:41,164
That is your Pennsylvania.
846
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:42,599
[ Applause ]
847
00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:46,169
Smart, generous,
848
00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:49,806
civic-minded,
forward-thinking...
849
00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:50,840
right.
850
00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:53,676
[ Applause ]
851
00:41:57,015 --> 00:41:58,014
Sir.
852
00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,883
We can still.
853
00:41:59,885 --> 00:42:01,618
Set the world on fire
or die trying.
854
00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:02,685
We're done.
855
00:42:04,289 --> 00:42:05,321
Betrayal's still there.
856
00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:07,390
Well, he forgave you.
857
00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:08,892
You're fired.
858
00:42:08,894 --> 00:42:10,026
I have to go.
859
00:42:10,028 --> 00:42:10,927
I'm so sorry.
860
00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:13,062
Me, too.
861
00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:16,199
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you.
862
00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:17,300
Thank you.
863
00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:19,969
Thank you. Thank you.
864
00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:22,906
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
865
00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:25,875
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
866
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,147
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