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Liv.
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Okay.
What do you think?
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You went with Cover "B."
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Well, Cover "A"
made me look frigid.
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Cover "B"...
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There's got to be
some warm blood
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flowing behind those eyes,
wouldn't you say?
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Looks good.
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[ Chuckles ]
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I'm guessing you didn't call me
here to talk cover art.
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Susan Ross.
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So what's our move?
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Mellie,
we talked about this.
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Officially,
I do not work for you.
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I cannot work for you.
The optics alone --
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Then, unofficially.
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What's my move?
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You need Fitz.
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Fitz?
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If Fitz gives
his support to Susan --
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if he endorses Susan --
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In what world is there
any "if" in that scenario?
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Fitz has a legacy
to protect.
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Of course he's gonna
throw his support
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behind his Vice President.
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Why wouldn't he?
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Because his ex-wife
is running, too.
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He will never endorse me.
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He doesn't have to
endorse you.
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He just can't endorse
Susan.
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Your move is going to Fitz
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and convincing him to remain
neutral in the primaries.
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He needs to sit this one out
so that you can have
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the same access to donor money
and the same attention
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from party leadership
that Susan will have.
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And...trust me --
she will have plenty of it.
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Fitz's best pick for president
is no pick.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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[ Bill Withers' "Use Me" plays ]
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♪ My friends ♪
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Nice to meet you, sir.
Thank you for coming.
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Abby: From time to time...
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♪ Feel it's their
appointed duty ♪
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...a pick will be made.
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♪ They keep trying to tell me ♪
We refer to the picks
only as "guests."
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I'll answer
that question, Linda,
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if you'll admit that it was
really three questions in one.
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[ Laughter ]
Abby:
It is of the utmost importance
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that we treat these guests
with both respect...
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and a strict, unyielding
protocol.
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♪ Ah, ah ♪
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♪ Yeah, to all that
use me stuff ♪
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Upon entry to the Residence,
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cellphones and cameras
must be removed and stored.
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♪ Is that I wanna
spread the news ♪
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♪ That if it
feels this good... ♪
A non-disclosure agreement will
be signed prior to entry...
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♪ Oh, you just keep on
using me ♪
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♪ But, oh, baby ♪
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...and personal items
will be returned
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only when the visit is over...
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at which point, the guest will
be escorted off the premises,
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via the service elevator.
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Everything needs
to run like clockwork.
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Are we clear?
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Crystal, ma'am.
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That's great to hear, Sam.
[ Elevator bell dings ]
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♪ Oh, you just keep on
using me ♪
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Hi, there.
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I'm Abby Whelan,
and I'm just gonna need
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a couple of things
before you go in.
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♪ Till you use me up ♪
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You ready?
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Well, this is
the easy part.
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What if
he doesn't want to?
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What?
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Go on TV?
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Who doesn't want to be on TV?
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Frankie: You're not worried
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about being seen here
with a Democrat?
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You're not a Democrat.
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I am a Democrat.
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[ Chuckles ]
You're an American hero.
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You transcend politics.
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So that's why
we're here together?
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Oh, Governor.
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Madam Vice President.
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[ Laughs ] No.
Call me your biggest fan.
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Oh.
Now, when are you coming on
"The Liberty Report"?
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Well, I --
The Lovers of Liberty want to
hear from you, Governor.
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[ Clears throat ]
The man who shot you
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was a Lover of Liberty,
Governor.
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Well, I didn't see you there,
little Cyrus Beene.
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Please tell me
you'll come on my show.
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I will if I can.
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I look forward to it
very much.
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Yes.
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I'm not going on her show.
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No?
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She's crazy.
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She's got 15 million viewers.
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15 million crazy viewers.
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Who vote.
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Against people like me.
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No one believes
more strongly that
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the success of Sally Langston
is a harbinger of cosmic doom.
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But I do think
you ought to seriously consider
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going on her show.
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I'm not doing any media.
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No media?
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I need to get back home
to get my education bill through
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before the end of the term.
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I shouldn't be here
right now.
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Talk about your education bill
on the shows.
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You have a platform now.
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People died in the Capitol
that day.
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I was shot.
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I don't want to use
that experience as a platform
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for my education bill
or anything else.
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It's unseemly.
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It's politics.
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Why are we here together?
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What is it that you want?
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You have an opportunity here
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to rise above a terrible tragedy
and make a mark...
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to say something.
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I may not agree
with what you want to say,
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but I feel like I wouldn't be
doing my job as a public servant
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if I didn't try
to help you say it.
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At least come back
to the White House.
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I'll get you a meeting
with the President
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to talk about
the education bill.
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It can't hurt
to have an ally in Washington.
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Do you have a minute?
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Not really.
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[ Sighs ]
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What's going on?
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I just got a call.
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Some of the Secret Service guys
are having a party
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at a hotel tonight.
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I guess it got
a little out of hand.
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How out of hand
are we talking?
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[ Sighs ]
Which room is it?
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1522.
Suite at the end of the hall.
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The Secret Service
screwed up?
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Shh. Not so loud.
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So we're working
for the White House?
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Yes.
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Even though Olivia
dumped the President?
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No, the President didn't call.
Abby called.
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Huge difference.
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Also, you walk
too close to people.
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That's only because
you're making me whisper.
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[ Sighs ]
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Letty, I think you're due for
an extra long break, don't you?
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Gentlemen, I'm Olivia Pope.
These are my associates.
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Can you tell us
what happened?
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I'm not sure
where to start.
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The four of us got
the room for the night,
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and, uh, things got
a little out of control.
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In what way?
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I can't believe Megan's dead.
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I need a cigarette,
like, right now.
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Dead?
Who's dead?
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Ugh.
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A little out of control?
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Promised the guys a party.
It's a campaign year.
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So pretty soon,
everybody's gonna be
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working around the clock.
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Figured this would be our last
chance to cut loose.
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Quinn: Boss of the Year.
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So, what happened?
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So, they were both dancing.
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And all of a sudden,
this one decides --
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"This one"?
She has a name.
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She said it's Fantasia.
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But we're gonna venture that
Fantasia isn't your given name.
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I'm Erin.
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She's Megan.
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Was Megan.
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So Megan falls,
hits her head on the table.
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No one thought
to call 911?
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We tried CPR, but, honestly,
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I think she was dead
before she dropped.
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She was pretty messed up
when she got here --
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slurring, glassy eyes.
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Huck: Glass shards from
the coffee table,
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so that checks out.
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And see here?
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Track marks.
More than a few.
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Erin, did Megan
have a drug problem?
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She promised
she was gonna quit.
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What those gentlemen described,
is that what happened?
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Yes.
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This can't get out.
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For the President's sake.
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How noble.
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So what do we do?
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Uh...
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Okay, uh,
the four of you -- out.
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Go to the Peabody Pub
on 10th.
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Sit in Molly's section.
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I'll make sure she says
you were there all night.
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[ Snaps ] Go!
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Erin, you can leave, too,
because you were never here.
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Okay?
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I understand.
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Marcus, you and I will
scrub her cellphone
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and wipe down every inch
of the place.
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Huck, get rid of
anything digital
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that can connect the agents
with the two women --
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hotel camera feeds,
the reservations database.
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We're really gonna
cover this up?
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It was an accident, and she was
a hooker, so yes.
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♪ We want to the funk ♪
In the morning,
housekeeping finds a prostitute
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♪ Give up the funk ♪
who overdosed.
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What they don't find
is anyone else's DNA,
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any evidence,
or anything suspicious.
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♪ We want the funk ♪
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♪ Give up the funk ♪
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♪ Ow, we need the funk ♪
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Bellhops, door guys,
reception -- anyone who could've
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seen the agents come up
to the room gets paid.
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♪ You've got a real type of
thing goin' down, gettin' down ♪
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Those agents,
they're more upset with the idea
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of getting caught than
that poor woman dying.
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Makes you a little concerned
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for the President's safety,
right?
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They make a mess,
and we just clean it up?
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Doesn't sit right.
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Okay, when are we gonna stop
hearing from Reverend Marcus?
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It's a job.
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Sometimes you get
to save the day.
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Sometimes...
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♪ Ow, we need the funk ♪
...you do this.
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♪ We gotta have the funk ♪
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♪ Ow, we want the funk ♪
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[ Sighs ]
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♪ Give up the funk ♪
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♪ Ow, we need the funk ♪
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♪ You gotta have the funk ♪
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[ Footsteps approaching ]
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Hi.
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Oh, wow. She's --
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Olivia:
Her name's Vanessa Moss.
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She's a lawyer
at Martin, Brown, Roberts.
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Human rights, all pro-bono.
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Rhodes Scholar, debutante,
top of her class at Cornell Law.
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Does she rescue puppies
and orphans in her spare time?
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Probably.
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It's their ninth date
in the last four weeks.
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I just can't figure out
what the angle is.
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Look at her.
We both know what the angle is.
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It can't be that obvious.
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Liv, this? With the car
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and the spying
and the deep background?
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Not healthy.
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Oh. How's it going
with the Secret Service?
261
00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:22,394
You mean, beyond the fact
that I had to cover up
262
00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:24,896
a dead hooker
who O.D.'d on their watch?
263
00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:26,831
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.
264
00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:30,001
All my guy said was that it was
a party that got out of hand.
265
00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:32,237
Is this gonna be
a problem for the President?
266
00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:33,438
I have the team on it.
267
00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,373
Good.
Because if it ever got out...
268
00:09:35,375 --> 00:09:37,442
Oh, if you knew
what I've been dealing with...
269
00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:39,544
He's spinning. He's spinning,
and I don't know what to do.
270
00:09:39,546 --> 00:09:41,680
Liv, are you
listening to me?
271
00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:42,781
What are you up to?
272
00:09:42,783 --> 00:09:46,017
He's on a date!
273
00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:48,787
He killed someone to get
that job at the NSA, Abby.
274
00:09:48,789 --> 00:09:51,089
This isn't a date.
He's up to something.
275
00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:57,062
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
276
00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:58,430
The party's endorsement
is great,
277
00:09:58,432 --> 00:10:01,066
but what you need
is the President's support.
278
00:10:01,068 --> 00:10:02,968
Oh.
279
00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:04,636
I wasn't planning
on asking him for anything.
280
00:10:04,638 --> 00:10:05,470
You have to.
281
00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:06,738
If he doesn't endorse you,
282
00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,473
it looks like he doesn't think
you can do the job.
283
00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:10,275
And if he doesn't think
you can do the job,
284
00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:12,978
the American people won't think
you can do it, either.
285
00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:14,412
When I decided
to run for president,
286
00:10:14,414 --> 00:10:16,414
I promised myself I wouldn't
compromise my values
287
00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:17,449
to get ahead.
288
00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:18,950
You don't have to
compromise anything.
289
00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:21,653
All you have to do is shake
his hand on a stage somewhere.
290
00:10:21,655 --> 00:10:23,755
I see the women
Abby Whelan is sneaking
291
00:10:23,757 --> 00:10:25,056
into the White House.
292
00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,424
He's going through a phase.
293
00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,460
And I'm a female candidate
for President.
294
00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:30,061
Eventually,
that bomb's gonna go off,
295
00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:32,564
and I can't afford
to be anywhere near it.
296
00:10:32,566 --> 00:10:34,165
I mean...
297
00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:36,501
once a cheater,
always a cheater, right?
298
00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:39,738
Elizabeth: What do you mean
she won't do it?
299
00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,339
I thought we had a system,
Rosen.
300
00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:43,575
You give her what she wants,
so she gives me what I want.
301
00:10:43,577 --> 00:10:45,276
We need
the President's endorsement
302
00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:47,312
or else we're dead before
we're even out of the gate!
303
00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:48,780
I can talk to her again.
304
00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:51,616
[ Sighs ] Don't bother.
I'll figure it out myself.
305
00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:52,617
I've got 26 minutes.
306
00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:53,852
Take off your pants.
307
00:10:53,854 --> 00:10:55,320
I thought I'm in trouble.
308
00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:56,755
You are.
309
00:10:56,757 --> 00:11:02,193
That's why I want you
to take...off...your pants.
310
00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:06,765
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
311
00:11:06,767 --> 00:11:10,702
You need to make five minutes
for Frankie Vargas before lunch.
312
00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:12,971
The governor who took out
that lunatic in Harrisburg?
313
00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:14,139
Mm.
He's back in town?
314
00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:15,440
[ Chuckles ]
Flavor of the week.
315
00:11:15,442 --> 00:11:17,642
Somebody's obviously in his ear,
telling him
316
00:11:17,644 --> 00:11:20,545
to milk his
selfless act of heroism
317
00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:24,215
for all the political capital
he can muster.
318
00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:25,950
What does he want?
I already gave him his photo op.
319
00:11:25,952 --> 00:11:28,620
Mm. It's his
education plan, sir.
320
00:11:28,622 --> 00:11:30,622
I already have
an education plan.
321
00:11:30,624 --> 00:11:33,124
Yes, you do -- a very rational,
prudent education plan.
322
00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:34,859
Can't you
take care of this, Cyrus?
323
00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:36,327
No.
But you can.
324
00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:38,496
You're the only one
who can offer Vargas
325
00:11:38,498 --> 00:11:40,365
the stiff shot of
political reality
326
00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,733
he needs right now.
327
00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:44,335
Tell him you don't need
the distraction,
328
00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,471
because you're focused on
one education plan
329
00:11:46,473 --> 00:11:48,406
and one education plan only --
your own.
330
00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:49,574
Three minutes.
331
00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:50,942
Smart thinking, sir.
332
00:11:52,479 --> 00:11:53,244
Mr. President.
333
00:11:53,246 --> 00:11:54,679
Welcome back, Governor.
334
00:11:54,681 --> 00:11:56,014
How are you enjoying
Washington?
335
00:11:56,016 --> 00:11:58,516
All people talk about are
politics and cherry blossoms.
336
00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,518
But my Eagles are playing
your Redskins this weekend.
337
00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,886
I don't have much time
to follow football.
338
00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:04,823
Shall we sit?
339
00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:06,758
First of all, I wanted
to thank you for seeing me.
[ Sighs ]
340
00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,826
I'm here to talk about --
341
00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:10,095
Your entitlement program.
342
00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,262
Is that what it is?
343
00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:13,732
It's not an education plan,
that's for sure.
344
00:12:13,734 --> 00:12:14,666
He can be --
345
00:12:14,668 --> 00:12:15,900
A jerk.
346
00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:17,736
I was going to say
"stubborn."
347
00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:21,005
It's this place, the office --
it can change you if you let it.
348
00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:23,174
You didn't meet the man
I voted for.
349
00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:24,609
Screw it.
This bill is good.
350
00:12:24,611 --> 00:12:26,544
It's what the people want.
351
00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:28,379
You think I can still
get on Sally Langston?
352
00:12:28,381 --> 00:12:29,914
I think
I can make that happen.
353
00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:40,692
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
354
00:12:40,694 --> 00:12:43,628
[ Keys clacking ]
355
00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:44,963
I think she's bored.
356
00:12:44,965 --> 00:12:45,964
What?
357
00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:47,766
Olivia -- I think she's bored.
358
00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:49,234
With the job, with her life.
359
00:12:49,236 --> 00:12:52,070
And not just a little bored --
a lot bored.
360
00:12:52,072 --> 00:12:53,905
I mean, did you see her
in that hotel suite?
361
00:12:53,907 --> 00:12:55,406
She couldn't wait
to get out of there.
362
00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:56,908
Yeah, there was a dead body.
363
00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:59,110
She doesn't like dead bodies.
She's not like us.
364
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,412
No, the woman
lived in the White House.
365
00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:03,481
She got to run the country,
and now she's back to
366
00:13:03,483 --> 00:13:05,483
stepping over dead hookers
in a hotel room.
367
00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:06,417
And spying on Jake.
368
00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:07,552
What?
369
00:13:07,554 --> 00:13:08,920
She's tracking him.
370
00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:09,921
Why?
371
00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:12,490
Because he's being...shady.
372
00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:13,792
He's not.
373
00:13:13,794 --> 00:13:15,593
No, it's not Jake, Huck.
374
00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:16,895
It's the White House.
375
00:13:16,897 --> 00:13:18,263
She misses the White House.
376
00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,331
Yeah, she misses
a lot of things.
377
00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,801
What if Megan didn't just
O.D. and hit her head?
378
00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:24,135
[ Sighs ] The job's done.
379
00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:25,570
There's no point
in second-guessing now.
380
00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:27,405
But what if
those agents lied?
381
00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:28,973
What if something else happened
in that hotel room?
382
00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,141
What are you talking about?
383
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,976
When I went to wipe the data
on Megan's cell,
384
00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:32,944
someone had beaten me to it.
385
00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,312
Everything was deleted.
386
00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:36,181
Not just on her phone,
her cloud, too.
387
00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:37,816
Marcus, we're fixers,
not detectives.
388
00:13:37,818 --> 00:13:39,184
We don't solve crimes.
389
00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:40,852
We make our clients' problems
go away.
390
00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,120
Who deleted it?
391
00:13:42,122 --> 00:13:43,021
I don't know.
392
00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:44,189
But I'd like to find out.
393
00:13:45,826 --> 00:13:48,526
Don't encourage him.
394
00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:50,829
[ Gunshot ]
395
00:13:55,769 --> 00:13:58,970
Those now familiar images of
the Pennsylvania State Capitol,
396
00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:01,873
still shocking, still haunting
even days later.
397
00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,775
What a brave man you are.
398
00:14:03,777 --> 00:14:06,344
Yes, well, it's easy to be brave
when you don't have a choice.
399
00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,378
I was scared, Sally.
400
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,280
I just reacted
like anyone else would.
401
00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:10,782
Not anyone.
402
00:14:10,784 --> 00:14:13,051
You had your Special Forces
background to fall back on.
403
00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:15,520
I wish I could say
that made me less afraid.
404
00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:17,889
But you know what scares me
even more, though, Sally?
405
00:14:17,891 --> 00:14:19,457
The future.
406
00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:21,159
We can keep spending
taxpayer money on welfare
407
00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,827
for the least educated
amongst us,
408
00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,230
generation after generation,
or we can place a bet
409
00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:27,232
on this generation
of Americans.
410
00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:29,667
Saying, look,
we'll pay for college,
411
00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,871
and you'll pay us back tenfold
by creating jobs,
412
00:14:32,873 --> 00:14:35,340
by becoming innovators,
global competitors.
413
00:14:35,342 --> 00:14:37,508
Told you he's good.
What's wrong with
survival of the fittest?
414
00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,577
Easy for the President to say
when daddy greased the wheels
415
00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:41,412
and made whatever contributions
necessary
416
00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:42,881
to get him into
all the best schools.
417
00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:44,983
Touché. And spoken
like a true candidate.
418
00:14:44,985 --> 00:14:46,317
No, Sally.
419
00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:48,586
That's
not what I'm after here.
420
00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,855
Yes. Yes, it is.
With your newfound popularity,
you'd be
421
00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:52,724
a fool not to consider
testing the waters.
422
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:54,025
Then call me a fool.
423
00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:55,193
No chance you'll run?
424
00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:56,561
Zero. None.
425
00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:59,430
I have too much work to do
back home in Pennsylvania.
426
00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:00,565
I really like this guy.
427
00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:01,866
Shut up.
428
00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,201
[ Sighs ]
429
00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:05,837
[ Cellphone beeps ]
430
00:15:05,839 --> 00:15:07,605
Tom, did you just
see that?
431
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,173
Something isn't right.
432
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:12,210
You need to find out why
he doesn't want to run -- now.
433
00:15:12,212 --> 00:15:14,445
[ Cellphone beeps ]
Who's Tom?
434
00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:16,047
What are you doing?
435
00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:18,082
Working on Ella's braids.
436
00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:19,784
Got the twist-top pony down,
437
00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:22,020
but I'm having trouble
with my milkmaid.
438
00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:23,988
You want to give it a whirl?
439
00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,160
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
440
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,434
You see Vargas on Sally?
441
00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:39,237
Insulting the President's
education bill?
442
00:15:39,239 --> 00:15:40,772
Everybody saw it.
443
00:15:40,774 --> 00:15:42,240
Blood's in the water now,
right?
444
00:15:42,242 --> 00:15:44,275
Susan's sharpening her teeth?
445
00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,543
I'm busy.
446
00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,378
What are you rambling about?
447
00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,080
Oh.
448
00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:51,149
"Oh" what?
449
00:15:51,151 --> 00:15:52,583
No, nothing.
I just would've thought --
450
00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,818
But I get it.
451
00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:57,422
You're going the whole
hairy-armpit feminist route --
452
00:15:57,424 --> 00:16:00,725
[ Scoffs ]
Susan doesn't want
the President's endorsement.
453
00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:02,427
Smart.
454
00:16:02,429 --> 00:16:04,495
Well-played.
455
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:05,396
Mm.
456
00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:14,272
Sir, we need to stop
Frankie Vargas in his tracks.
457
00:16:14,274 --> 00:16:15,840
Frankie Vargas?
Again?
458
00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:17,442
I get it, he's a hero,
blah blah blah,
459
00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,410
but we need to shut him down
before he gets momentum,
460
00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,612
before he starts making
the administration look cruel
461
00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:22,413
and out of touch.
462
00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:23,581
This education thing?
463
00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,483
We can fix it.
We put Susan on Sally's show.
464
00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:27,685
Dismantle his stupid plan
piece by piece.
465
00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,021
It'll just draw more attention
to it, extend his 15 minutes.
466
00:16:30,023 --> 00:16:32,423
She's a loyal soldier.
She could tear into him.
467
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:34,359
Put this whole thing to bed.
468
00:16:34,361 --> 00:16:35,226
Make it so.
469
00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:39,364
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
470
00:16:39,366 --> 00:16:40,999
I got it.
471
00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:41,833
Got what?
[ Door closes ]
472
00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:43,134
The autopsy report.
473
00:16:43,136 --> 00:16:45,203
Wait.
You have the autopsy report?
474
00:16:45,205 --> 00:16:46,204
Wait. Why?
475
00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:47,638
Because I want to know
what it said.
476
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,507
[ Scoffs ]
Do you want to know
what it says?
477
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:50,975
Megan's death
wasn't an accident.
478
00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:52,210
She was murdered.
479
00:16:52,212 --> 00:16:53,378
Liv, I told him
our job is not to --
480
00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:55,013
Just look at the report.
481
00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:56,547
The blunt-force trauma
to her head happened
482
00:16:56,549 --> 00:16:59,050
before the drugs
entered her system.
483
00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:00,551
That doesn't make sense.
484
00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,020
Well, it does if they were
trying to cover up
485
00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:03,221
what they had
already done to her.
486
00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:05,523
Listen, I know.
This isn't our job.
487
00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,358
But I also know
what's right.
488
00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,293
And I think you do, too.
489
00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:12,797
What's right is that our clients
trust us to fix their problems
490
00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:17,035
and not investigate them
as potential suspects.
491
00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:18,803
You need to let this go.
492
00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:27,578
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
493
00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,147
Fitz?
494
00:17:29,149 --> 00:17:30,915
Where's daddy?
495
00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:32,717
[ Gasps ]
Oh, here we go.
496
00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:33,651
Go find daddy.
497
00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:35,086
Go find daddy.
Ready? Oh!
498
00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,587
There he is!
499
00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,089
-Come here, you!
-[ Laughs ]
500
00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:39,690
Didn't expect you guys
till Friday.
501
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:41,259
I know! I'm sorry.
502
00:17:41,261 --> 00:17:43,528
Teddy was missing you, and if
it's a problem, then I can --
503
00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,096
It's no problem at all.
What do you say, Ted?
504
00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,497
Should we make it
a movie night?
505
00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:48,066
Oh, I didn't pack any DVDs.
I should've thought --
506
00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:49,167
We'll be fine.
Say goodbye to mommy.
507
00:17:49,169 --> 00:17:50,234
Bye, mommy.
508
00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:51,669
Bye, pumpkin.
509
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,538
Mwah! Mwah!
Mwah, Mwah, Mwah, Mwah, Mwah!
510
00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:54,572
[ Chuckles ]
511
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,007
Mwah!
Here.
512
00:17:56,009 --> 00:17:58,109
Fitz, do you have
a few minutes?
513
00:17:58,111 --> 00:17:59,444
Right now?
514
00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:01,512
There was something I was hoping
we could discuss.
515
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,147
Fitz?
516
00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:06,384
[ Chuckles ]
517
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,252
Senator Grant...
518
00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,087
Uh, Lisa.
519
00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:12,523
From Treasury?
520
00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:13,357
Am I right?
521
00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,394
Give us a minute, Lisa.
522
00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:18,096
[ Door closes ]
523
00:18:20,033 --> 00:18:21,199
Mellie --
524
00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:23,734
Put him down.
525
00:18:23,736 --> 00:18:25,570
What?
526
00:18:25,572 --> 00:18:28,539
Put...him...
527
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:31,275
down.
528
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:32,376
Mwah!
529
00:18:32,378 --> 00:18:33,444
Aha.
530
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:34,545
[ Grunts ]
531
00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:35,646
Okay.
532
00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,115
Aww.
533
00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:38,549
Aw.
534
00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:40,218
Screw as many whores
as you want, Fitz.
535
00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:42,420
I wouldn't
expect anything less.
536
00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:45,189
But you sure as hell better
keep them away from my children.
537
00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,693
Come on, pumpkin.
538
00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,104
A bathrobe?
539
00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:03,274
Yes! And she was just
reeking of sex.
540
00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:04,475
I mean, I had to
tell poor Teddy
541
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,144
she had spilled something
on herself,
542
00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:07,645
which, come to think of it,
she probably did.
543
00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:08,980
Uh...
544
00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:12,683
Apparently,
this is his thing now.
545
00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,519
He sees a woman,
nods to one of his agents,
546
00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:16,754
and the next thing you know,
she is in the Residence
547
00:19:16,756 --> 00:19:19,790
with His Hornyship
slobbering all over her.
548
00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:23,161
And no one finds out about it
because the Secret Service --
549
00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:25,196
America's Secret Service --
the one we pay for
550
00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:28,900
with our tax dollars --
covers it up.
551
00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:34,372
This isn't making you jealous,
is it?
552
00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:35,706
What? No.
553
00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:36,941
I mean, I'm used to him
being a cad.
554
00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:37,842
It's the last six years
of my life.
555
00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:39,644
I'm immune to it.
556
00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:43,114
But considering it used to be
you wearing the bathrobe...
557
00:19:43,116 --> 00:19:46,150
The point is, this is not a man
whose endorsement we need.
558
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:48,019
Yes, he's being discreet...
559
00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:49,687
Everyone!
560
00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:52,857
The dead escort.
561
00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:54,058
You thought it might
not be an accident?
562
00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:55,293
That's right.
563
00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:56,961
See if you can get more proof
that it wasn't.
564
00:19:56,963 --> 00:19:58,296
What about our loyalty
to the client?
565
00:19:58,298 --> 00:20:00,364
Just do it, Quinn.
566
00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:05,069
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
567
00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:06,971
I know what a promise is,
Elizabeth.
568
00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:09,340
I'm saying it wasn't
yours to make.
569
00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:10,541
David!
570
00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,475
Hi!
571
00:20:11,477 --> 00:20:12,677
David's here.
572
00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,245
You're just in time
to settle a quarrel.
573
00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:15,012
How lucky.
574
00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:16,647
Come. Sit.
575
00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:18,082
Nice flowers.
576
00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:20,351
So what's the quarrel?
577
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:22,353
The quarrel is that
Elizabeth booked me
578
00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:24,388
on "The Liberty Report"
without my permission.
579
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:25,756
Governor Vargas is making
a mockery
580
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:27,058
of the President's
education bill.
581
00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:28,693
He needs
someone to defend him.
582
00:20:28,695 --> 00:20:30,761
The President's education bill
stinks.
583
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:31,862
That doesn't matter.
584
00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:33,664
Doesn't matter?
Elizabeth!
585
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,399
What matters is that you're
running for president,
586
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,201
and without
President Grant's support --
587
00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:39,403
I told you,
I don't want his support.
588
00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:41,405
He is the leader
of your party, Susan.
589
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,873
Without it,
you'll lose the election.
590
00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:44,008
Tell her.
591
00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:45,376
Well, it's tricky.
592
00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:47,345
You both have
such wonderful arguments.
593
00:20:47,347 --> 00:20:49,347
Before I offer my opinion,
though,
594
00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,048
maybe I should just
put these in water.
595
00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:51,916
Sit.
596
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:56,254
What do you think, David?
597
00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:03,261
Sally: Lovers of Liberty,
I bring you
598
00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:05,896
the Vice-President
of the United States
599
00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:07,598
and Republican
presidential hopeful,
600
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,300
Susan Ross.
601
00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:10,768
Glad to be here, Sally.
602
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:13,371
Let's just cut through
the hay and talk horses.
603
00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:16,574
Francisco Luis Vargas -- doesn't
that just roll off the tongue?
604
00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:17,975
Ma'am, if you could just
605
00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:20,044
take one step back
from the monitor...
606
00:21:20,046 --> 00:21:21,612
I will literally
murder you.
607
00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:22,613
What say you?
608
00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:26,384
The Governor's
education plan...
609
00:21:26,386 --> 00:21:27,652
is a dud.
610
00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:30,488
The bottom line --
it does more harm than good.
611
00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,556
There's no way to cover
free college education
612
00:21:32,558 --> 00:21:36,160
in this country without raising
everyone's taxes by a lot.
613
00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,062
Thank you for being here.
614
00:21:38,064 --> 00:21:40,464
Up next, are your
hard-earned tax dollars
615
00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:44,769
going to educate our youth
in the ways of Satan?
616
00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:46,337
Woman: And we're clear.
617
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:48,072
[ Indistinct talking ]
618
00:21:48,074 --> 00:21:55,813
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
619
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:59,350
[ Both breathing heavily ]
620
00:22:02,255 --> 00:22:03,354
[ Laughs ]
621
00:22:03,356 --> 00:22:04,789
Sorry.
622
00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:07,124
What?
623
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:09,427
Nothing.
624
00:22:09,429 --> 00:22:11,829
It's just, one minute,
I'm writing a fluff piece
625
00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:16,467
on the White House pastry chef,
and the next, I'm...
626
00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:19,603
with the President
of the United States.
627
00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:22,640
Look, I should probably...
628
00:22:22,642 --> 00:22:24,542
Right.
629
00:22:24,544 --> 00:22:25,976
Running the country.
630
00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,378
Oh.
631
00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:32,116
While I'm putting
my journalist clothes back on,
632
00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:35,152
can I get you to comment
on the rumors?
633
00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:36,320
What rumors?
634
00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:37,722
The ones about Olivia Pope
635
00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:40,024
secretly running
your ex-wife's campaign.
636
00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:42,326
Some courier reached out
to my editor,
637
00:22:42,328 --> 00:22:44,562
said he picked up a copy
of Mrs. Grant's memoir
638
00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:46,697
from Olivia Pope's apartment
last month.
639
00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:49,867
Saw them sitting in there
like two old besties.
640
00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:53,437
No comment?
641
00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:57,141
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
642
00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:01,045
It's Frankie's daughter.
643
00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:02,146
What about his daughter?
644
00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:02,913
She's sick.
645
00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:04,148
What do you mean "sick"?
646
00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:05,816
She has the flu?
What kind of sick?
647
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,485
She has cancer, Cyrus.
648
00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,720
He doesn't want anyone to know
while she's getting treatment.
649
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:12,490
He goes to the hospital
as often as he can.
650
00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:15,226
This man is not going to
run for president.
651
00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:16,594
His daughter's dying.
652
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:21,098
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
653
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,266
I want to go back
on Sally.
654
00:23:22,268 --> 00:23:23,701
That's not a good idea.
655
00:23:23,703 --> 00:23:25,770
You were encouraging me
to do media.
656
00:23:25,772 --> 00:23:27,171
I made a mistake.
657
00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,407
You're better off
staying at home,
658
00:23:29,409 --> 00:23:31,442
keeping your head down,
doing what you can do
659
00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:35,112
at a local level,
taking care of your family.
660
00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:39,183
That's the life
I think you want,
661
00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:41,585
and that's a noble life.
662
00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:43,554
That's not the life
you chose.
663
00:23:43,556 --> 00:23:46,390
[ Clears throat ]
664
00:23:46,392 --> 00:23:48,325
It wasn't really my choice.
665
00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:57,535
When I was 17...
666
00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:59,904
my little brother, Oliver,
was hit by a drunk driver
667
00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,939
on his way home from school.
668
00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:06,577
The car threw him
37 feet across the street,
669
00:24:06,579 --> 00:24:08,312
and he landed on his head.
670
00:24:08,314 --> 00:24:11,148
The impact crushed
his first and second vertebrae.
671
00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:12,883
He stopped breathing for --
672
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:14,585
[ breathes deeply ] --
673
00:24:14,587 --> 00:24:16,287
3 minutes and 47 seconds.
674
00:24:16,289 --> 00:24:17,822
I knew this because
I was standing next to him
675
00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:19,156
when he was hit.
676
00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:23,227
He was paralyzed
from the neck down.
677
00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:26,430
I had recently been accepted
at Harvard --
678
00:24:26,432 --> 00:24:30,134
first kid in my family
to go to college --
679
00:24:30,136 --> 00:24:31,435
but I decided to enroll
680
00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:33,671
at Sauk Valley
Community College instead,
681
00:24:33,673 --> 00:24:35,239
because I could live at home
682
00:24:35,241 --> 00:24:37,341
and help my mother
take care of Oliver.
683
00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:41,245
This was my family,
and they came first.
684
00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:46,517
When I went that Spring
to register at Sauk Valley,
685
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:48,118
they looked confused.
686
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:52,256
They told me that I had
declined admission weeks ago
687
00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:53,958
and there was no space
for me anymore.
688
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,594
And when I got home
that afternoon,
689
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:59,930
there was a package
in the mail from Harvard --
690
00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:02,933
a welcome packet.
691
00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:06,537
I knew it was Oliver.
692
00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:10,641
He said that he couldn't let me
stay there at home.
693
00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:13,444
He said...
694
00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:16,514
that I had too much to offer,
too much life to live.
695
00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:20,518
He said that I could...
696
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,921
be President one day.
697
00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:32,630
I've tried to honor him
in my life
698
00:25:32,632 --> 00:25:34,331
by choosing to believe
that he was right,
699
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:36,834
that sometimes,
some of us have a calling
700
00:25:36,836 --> 00:25:39,803
to do something beyond
ourselves, beyond our friends,
701
00:25:39,805 --> 00:25:41,038
even our families.
702
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,242
That's why I've...done this.
703
00:25:45,244 --> 00:25:47,044
That's why I've given
everything to this.
704
00:25:51,017 --> 00:25:53,417
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
705
00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:01,992
[ Gasps ]
706
00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:03,594
What are you doing here?
707
00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:04,728
Giving you what you want.
708
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,263
Giving me what I want?
709
00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:07,731
Well, you've been
following me, right?
710
00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:09,867
Keeping tabs on me?
711
00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:11,402
I'm the head of the NSA.
712
00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:13,971
You don't get to keep tabs on me
unless I allow you to.
713
00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:18,842
I'm only gonna ask you this
one more time
714
00:26:18,844 --> 00:26:23,213
before I call the cops --
why are you here?
715
00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:26,717
For the same reason
you keep following me.
716
00:26:26,719 --> 00:26:28,052
I'm not doing this.
717
00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:31,589
I'm not playing
whatever game you and my father
718
00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:33,924
want me to play.
719
00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,427
What do you think of her?
720
00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:37,695
Huh?
721
00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,097
You saw her -- my girlfriend.
You were watching me.
722
00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,935
I just hope you're happy.
723
00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:46,937
Her name's Vanessa.
724
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:47,871
Okay.
725
00:26:47,873 --> 00:26:49,073
She's gorgeous, right?
726
00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:50,240
And smart...
You can stop now.
727
00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:52,309
...independent,
ridiculous pedigree.
728
00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:55,245
She's a descendant
of George Washington
729
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:58,315
or Thomas Jefferson
or whoever.
730
00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:01,552
She's perfect.
731
00:27:05,725 --> 00:27:08,826
But she's not you.
732
00:27:13,399 --> 00:27:18,068
Of course, no one will ever do
for you what I can do for you.
733
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,147
What are you doing?
734
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:31,248
You know what I'm doing.
735
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,217
[ Inhales sharply ]
736
00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:40,257
All you have to do
is say the word.
737
00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:44,294
All you have to do is fight
how good this feels,
738
00:27:44,296 --> 00:27:46,697
fight everything your body
is saying to you
739
00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:48,766
and tell me to stop...
740
00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:51,168
and I will.
741
00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:56,273
[ Gasps, moans passionately ]
742
00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:58,175
That look on your face
right now...
743
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:02,346
Oh.
...that is why I'm here.
744
00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:05,416
[ Moaning continues,
breathing heavily ]
745
00:28:13,492 --> 00:28:16,560
I...
746
00:28:16,562 --> 00:28:18,996
need...
747
00:28:18,998 --> 00:28:20,898
you.
748
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:22,566
Oh. Stop.
749
00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:24,968
Oh.
750
00:28:26,238 --> 00:28:28,539
What are you up to, Jake?
751
00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:40,117
Goodbye, Liv.
752
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:57,334
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
753
00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:01,638
So, is it gonna be
the both of you?
754
00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:06,710
If so, I'll take you first.
755
00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:08,712
But no pics or videos,
and if you want to go
756
00:29:08,714 --> 00:29:13,283
half and half,
it's full price for both.
757
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:16,687
But I don't charge to watch
while you wait your turn.
758
00:29:16,689 --> 00:29:18,455
Hey, we'll pay you
for your time,
759
00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:21,625
but we didn't ask you here
for your...services.
760
00:29:21,627 --> 00:29:23,360
We need to know what happened
the other night
761
00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:25,696
in that hotel suite
with those agents.
762
00:29:25,698 --> 00:29:27,131
I already told you.
763
00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,233
No, you told us what
they paid you to tell us.
764
00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:30,567
We're asking
what really happened.
765
00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,069
I thought
you guys weren't cops.
766
00:29:32,071 --> 00:29:34,371
We're not.
We just have some questions.
767
00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:36,440
Well,
I don't have answers.
768
00:29:36,442 --> 00:29:40,210
I'll do a lot for money,
but snitching isn't on the menu.
769
00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:42,813
You know,
she didn't die right away.
770
00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:43,580
Excuse me?
771
00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:45,048
Megan.
772
00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:47,284
After she bumped her head,
she was still alive.
773
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,219
If one of those agents
had just made a call to 911,
774
00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:50,454
they would've saved her life.
775
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:53,924
Those are the men
you're protecting, Erin.
776
00:29:53,926 --> 00:29:58,095
Now, what really happened
that night?
777
00:29:58,097 --> 00:30:00,731
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
778
00:30:00,733 --> 00:30:03,801
And when those agents wouldn't
pay her, they got into a fight.
779
00:30:03,803 --> 00:30:06,670
She fell, hit her head,
and then they pumped her body
780
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,473
with twice the amount of heroin
it would've taken to kill her
781
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,441
because they had to
cover it up.
782
00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:13,744
She was alive,
and those men let her die, Abby.
783
00:30:13,746 --> 00:30:15,746
The United States
Secret Service.
784
00:30:15,748 --> 00:30:17,414
These guys are supposed to be
protecting the President,
785
00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:19,082
but I guess when the President
is just using you
786
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:20,484
to facilitate
his sexual escapades,
787
00:30:20,486 --> 00:30:22,953
maybe you lose all sense
of right and wrong.
788
00:30:22,955 --> 00:30:24,321
We need to talk to David.
789
00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:26,957
These agents
are your clients, Liv.
790
00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:28,759
They killed her!
791
00:30:28,761 --> 00:30:30,928
You're not --
That's the way it was
when I worked at OPA.
792
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:32,462
You fix problems
for your clients.
793
00:30:32,464 --> 00:30:33,931
You don't create them.
794
00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:36,266
[ Scoffs ]
795
00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,640
They're not my clients.
796
00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:44,975
You're my client.
797
00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:47,477
You hired me.
798
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:48,879
So what do you
want to do about it?
799
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:59,189
He'll be here
in just a moment, ma'am.
800
00:31:02,061 --> 00:31:12,102
[ Sighs ]
801
00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:24,214
[ Sighs ]
802
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,082
[ Sighs ]
803
00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:51,975
[ Door closes ]
804
00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:56,013
It's good to see you.
805
00:31:56,015 --> 00:31:57,781
You too.
806
00:31:57,783 --> 00:31:59,516
You look well.
807
00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:01,051
So do you.
808
00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:03,387
I am...well.
809
00:32:03,389 --> 00:32:05,122
Good.
810
00:32:05,124 --> 00:32:06,156
So am I.
811
00:32:11,964 --> 00:32:14,231
"It's good to see you"?
[ Chuckles ]
812
00:32:14,233 --> 00:32:16,900
[ Chuckles ]
What'd you want me to say?
813
00:32:16,902 --> 00:32:18,635
I don't know.
814
00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:22,072
Should I have gone with
"hi"?
815
00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:23,006
Hi.
816
00:32:26,745 --> 00:32:28,045
[ Sighs ]
817
00:32:28,047 --> 00:32:29,813
So...
818
00:32:29,815 --> 00:32:33,617
You have something
important to discuss?
819
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:36,620
I do.
820
00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:41,091
Members of your
Secret Service detail
821
00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:44,127
were involved
in the death of Megan Matthews,
822
00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,829
a prostitute
whose body was found
823
00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,165
at the Dorsey Hotel
a couple nights ago.
824
00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:51,168
My God.
825
00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:53,670
Your agents...
826
00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:55,072
They let her die, Fitz.
827
00:32:55,074 --> 00:32:56,940
Why didn't anybody
tell me about this?
828
00:32:56,942 --> 00:32:59,977
Why didn't Abby tell me --
Abby's been busy
handling other things.
829
00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:04,448
Oh, don't go there.
830
00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:06,083
Then don't blame Abby.
831
00:33:06,085 --> 00:33:08,518
She's just doing
what you told her to do --
832
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,288
keeping a lid on your...
transgressions,
833
00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:14,291
which, I hear, is not
an easy task these days.
834
00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:16,226
[ Chuckles ]
835
00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:27,504
So that's what
this is really about.
836
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,874
My transgressions.
837
00:33:30,876 --> 00:33:34,277
Is that what you and Mellie
are calling them?
838
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:37,714
The two of you are spending
time together now, right?
839
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,149
Are you working for her?
840
00:33:39,151 --> 00:33:41,385
That's
none of your business.
841
00:33:41,387 --> 00:33:43,620
But what goes on
in my bedroom is yours?
842
00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:45,188
I didn't say it was.
843
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,227
This...
844
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:52,229
This is not why I came.
845
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,797
Right.
846
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:56,666
You came here to tell me
about the Secret Service.
847
00:33:56,668 --> 00:34:00,070
Thanks for the heads-up.
848
00:34:00,072 --> 00:34:02,472
I can make it go away,
but if I do that,
849
00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:04,041
then, Fitz,
you're going to have to --
850
00:34:04,043 --> 00:34:08,145
Do not tell me
what I have to do.
851
00:34:12,084 --> 00:34:13,750
You don't get to do that
anymore.
852
00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:32,936
The fish rots from the head.
853
00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:34,104
What?
854
00:34:34,106 --> 00:34:36,273
Your boys
in the Secret Service,
855
00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:38,708
they're taking their cues
from you
856
00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:41,178
because you're
the head of the fish --
857
00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:43,747
reckless, negligent, selfish.
858
00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:45,449
You're letting things
get out of hand,
859
00:34:45,451 --> 00:34:47,684
and your boys are following.
860
00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:50,554
What kind of example are you
setting for the people
861
00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:55,292
who work for you,
for the country, for your son?
862
00:34:55,294 --> 00:35:03,266
He looked up and saw his dad
with some woman he didn't know,
863
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:05,969
some woman in a bathrobe.
864
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:07,771
What is that?
865
00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:10,307
A Grant family tradition?
866
00:35:10,309 --> 00:35:13,410
You basically saw your own
father do the same thing, right?
867
00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:15,879
Is that who you are now?
868
00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:17,614
Are you your father now?
869
00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,817
Are you Big Jerry now?
870
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:27,090
I don't care what you do
in your spare time.
871
00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:30,160
I really don't.
872
00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:36,099
But you -- you better think,
and you better ask yourself,
873
00:35:36,101 --> 00:35:38,702
is this really
who you want to be?
874
00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:44,040
Good to see you, Fitz.
875
00:35:47,513 --> 00:35:51,248
[ Door opens, closes ]
876
00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:00,991
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
877
00:36:04,463 --> 00:36:05,929
[ Elevator bell dings ]
878
00:36:07,432 --> 00:36:08,331
Susan.
879
00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:10,100
The President
wanted to see me.
880
00:36:10,102 --> 00:36:11,334
Come this way.
881
00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:16,640
Susan.
882
00:36:16,642 --> 00:36:19,142
Take a seat.
883
00:36:19,144 --> 00:36:20,477
I caught your interview
with Sally.
884
00:36:20,479 --> 00:36:21,711
You did?
885
00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:23,380
You were poised, sharp.
886
00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:24,848
I couldn't have done it
better myself.
887
00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:26,683
Oh. Well...thanks.
888
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,718
What do you really think
of the Governor's plan?
889
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,453
Do you think state college
should be free
890
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,022
to anyone who wants it?
891
00:36:32,024 --> 00:36:34,391
Well, like I said
in the interview,
892
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:36,660
no one's against
free college.
893
00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:38,295
The problem is --
Susan.
894
00:36:38,297 --> 00:36:41,364
Do you see any TV cameras
in here?
895
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:42,132
No, sir.
896
00:36:42,134 --> 00:36:44,334
So be honest with me.
897
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:47,537
You like Governor Vargas'
free-education plan, don't you?
898
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:48,838
That's correct.
899
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,408
And you want to see it
implemented around the country?
900
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:52,676
I really do.
901
00:36:52,678 --> 00:36:56,079
Then why did you torpedo it
on national television?
902
00:36:56,081 --> 00:36:57,581
I don't know!
903
00:36:57,583 --> 00:37:00,483
Everyone was telling me
to appeal to the base,
904
00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:02,986
focus on the primaries,
toe the party line!
905
00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:06,523
It felt so -- ugh! -- gross.
906
00:37:06,525 --> 00:37:07,757
That's a good thing, Susan.
907
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:10,193
It means you're still you.
908
00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:11,695
Does that make sense?
909
00:37:11,697 --> 00:37:13,096
Yes, sir.
910
00:37:13,098 --> 00:37:16,333
Then do me a favor.
911
00:37:16,335 --> 00:37:19,703
Never lie
to the American people again.
912
00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:21,504
I can do that, sir.
913
00:37:21,506 --> 00:37:22,706
Good.
914
00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:26,943
Now, I presume you did this
to get my endorsement.
915
00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:27,844
Well --
916
00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:28,845
You've already got it.
917
00:37:32,718 --> 00:37:36,586
I'm not sure that I do want
your endorsement, Mr. President.
918
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:38,121
You said you wanted me
to be honest.
919
00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:39,256
I'm being honest.
920
00:37:39,258 --> 00:37:42,459
Everything that's happened,
all the...
921
00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:44,294
I'm not sure
how to say this --
922
00:37:44,296 --> 00:37:46,730
You don't have to
say anything.
923
00:37:46,732 --> 00:37:50,100
I understand.
924
00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:54,037
But let me say this to you.
925
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:56,740
You want my endorsement.
926
00:37:56,742 --> 00:37:59,709
I am going to
earn that from you.
927
00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:02,812
I am going to be
the President, the man,
928
00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:06,549
you want to endorse you.
929
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,418
Well, then...
930
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:09,919
thank you, Mr. President.
931
00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:12,656
Thank you, Susan.
932
00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:19,296
That was really good.
933
00:38:19,298 --> 00:38:21,097
I'm gonna need
the briefing room, Abby.
934
00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:22,866
Yes, you are,
Mr. President.
935
00:38:26,938 --> 00:38:29,172
But while I have
unending admiration
936
00:38:29,174 --> 00:38:31,408
for the Secret Service,
I have zero tolerance
937
00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:33,743
for those who abuse their power,
no matter what their office.
938
00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:35,445
Exploiting their authority
939
00:38:35,447 --> 00:38:37,614
and seeking
to hide behind the badge
940
00:38:37,616 --> 00:38:39,949
is a gross violation
of your trust
941
00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:42,519
and a break with the values
of this administration.
942
00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:44,821
These agents have been
relieved of their duties,
943
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,289
effective immediately.
944
00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:48,191
Any further questions
can be directed
945
00:38:48,193 --> 00:38:49,459
to the Attorney General,
946
00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:51,661
who will be handling this case
from here on out.
947
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:52,962
David?
948
00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:54,531
Thank you, Mr. President.
949
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:56,933
It may be easy for some of us
to judge Megan's life,
950
00:38:56,935 --> 00:38:58,501
but we need to remember --
951
00:38:58,503 --> 00:38:59,869
this was a human being.
952
00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,838
She deserved better.
953
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,774
My office will be prosecuting
the individuals responsible
954
00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:08,178
for Megan's tragic death to
the fullest extent of the law.
955
00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:11,281
[ Reporters shouting ]
956
00:39:11,283 --> 00:39:13,316
Nice work.
957
00:39:13,318 --> 00:39:16,319
Makes you feel good, right?
958
00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:17,854
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
959
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:21,224
Well, it's been a real pleasure
getting to know you, sir.
960
00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:22,792
[ Chuckles ] Likewise.
961
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:24,794
And I want to apologize
for last night.
962
00:39:24,796 --> 00:39:27,797
I didn't mean to talk your
ear off about my personal life.
963
00:39:27,799 --> 00:39:29,065
No need to apologize.
964
00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:30,967
If there's anything
I can ever do for you,
965
00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,802
please do let me know.
966
00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:35,905
Well, you can pour me a drink,
for starters.
967
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:38,341
Yeah. Okay.
968
00:39:38,343 --> 00:39:40,410
Hm.
Sure.
969
00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:42,846
And you can go easy
on the ice tonight.
970
00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:44,681
Okay.
I didn't realize --
971
00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:47,584
And you can run my campaign
for President.
972
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:03,433
My daughter, Anna,
has cancer, Cyrus.
973
00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:05,335
She's 5.
974
00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:10,407
I don't talk about it
with anyone...
975
00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:12,208
but I'm telling you.
976
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:17,914
The, uh...prognosis isn't good,
but she's already lived
977
00:40:17,916 --> 00:40:19,716
six months longer
than they thought was possible
978
00:40:19,718 --> 00:40:21,217
16 months ago.
979
00:40:21,219 --> 00:40:24,020
I think she's gonna
go to college one day,
980
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:26,222
and I think
it's gonna be free.
981
00:40:26,224 --> 00:40:27,757
And I intend on doing
everything I can
982
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:30,260
to be with my daughter
while I run for President.
983
00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:32,362
But I'm running
for President.
984
00:40:32,364 --> 00:40:33,930
[ Knock on door ]
985
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:35,698
You want to say good night to
Ella before I put her to bed?
986
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:37,367
Sure.
987
00:40:37,369 --> 00:40:42,138
Michael, this is Governor Vargas
from Pennsylvania.
988
00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,207
Please -- Frankie.
Nice to meet you, Michael.
989
00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:46,242
[ Sighs ]
I don't want to take up
any more of your time,
990
00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:48,711
uh, but first,
a quick toast.
991
00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:51,080
Okay, yeah, yeah.
992
00:40:51,082 --> 00:40:53,550
[ Chuckles ]
993
00:40:53,552 --> 00:40:54,784
To Ella.
994
00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:56,286
To my daughter, Anna.
995
00:40:56,288 --> 00:40:57,787
To Oliver.
996
00:41:02,294 --> 00:41:05,562
Ah. I will call you
from Harrisburg.
997
00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:07,163
Thanks, Cyrus.
998
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:08,765
Nice to meet you, Michael.
999
00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:11,000
Good night, Governor.
1000
00:41:14,072 --> 00:41:15,738
Who's Oliver?
1001
00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:18,808
My brother.
1002
00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:21,644
I thought
you were an only child.
1003
00:41:21,646 --> 00:41:22,645
I am.
1004
00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:25,615
[ Doorbell rings ]
1005
00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:26,449
[ Laughs ]
1006
00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:27,917
Oh.
1007
00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:28,651
"Oh"?
1008
00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:29,652
[ Both laugh ]
1009
00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:31,354
It's Sunday-night dinner.
1010
00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:32,355
Can I come in?
1011
00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:35,091
Um, this is a surprise.
1012
00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,327
You keep saying that you don't
want to eat at the house.
1013
00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:38,761
Well, tonight, I do.
1014
00:41:38,763 --> 00:41:40,430
[ Cork pops ]
1015
00:41:40,432 --> 00:41:42,832
[ Laughter in distance ]
1016
00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:46,669
[ Indistinct talking ]
1017
00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:53,042
Liv?
1018
00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:55,011
Olivia decided
to show up for dinner.
1019
00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:57,881
Oh. Vanessa,
this is my daughter.
1020
00:41:57,883 --> 00:41:59,349
Please, join us.
1021
00:41:59,351 --> 00:42:00,717
We were just about
to have some champagne.
1022
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,185
What's the occasion?
1023
00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:04,354
Uh, Vanessa and I
are getting married.
1024
00:42:09,528 --> 00:42:12,028
To new beginnings.
1025
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,830
To new beginnings.
1026
00:42:13,832 --> 00:42:15,532
[ Glasses clink ]
1027
00:42:15,534 --> 00:42:17,133
[ Olivia chuckles ]
1028
00:42:20,672 --> 00:42:23,039
[ Laughs nervously ]
1029
00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:25,441
[ Camera shutter clicking ]