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Richard: My father
wanted a grandson.
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And when I say "wanted,"
I mean he all but insisted.
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[ Chuckles ]
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As you know,
biology doesn't work that way.
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So out came Vanessa,
a girl.
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And I'll tell you,
Jake old pal,
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when I saw
that cute little face of hers,
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I didn't give a rat's ass
what my father thought.
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[ Laughs ]
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[ Chuckles ]
Thank you.
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Anyhow, this is
my long-winded way of saying
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that you're the son
I never thought I wanted.
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To have you here as part
of our family, that just...
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...just...
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Ohh!
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Ohh!
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[ Inhales sharply ]
Call 911!
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Ohh.
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[ Panting ]
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What are you waiting for?
I'm sorry, sir.
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I'm touched that you think of me
as a son,
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but there's another man...
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who thinks of me
as his son, too.
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And he feels
that Vanessa's inheritance
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will open some important doors
for us.
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[ Groans ]
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[ Body thuds ]
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[ Groans ]
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♪♪
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It's only
a few more seconds.
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[ Panting ]
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[ Groans ]
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Almost there.
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♪♪
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Operator,
I have an emergency.
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Oh, God.
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I hope
it's not too late.
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[ Door opens ]
[ Laughing ]
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Thomas! [ Laughs ]
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The Trib is
up its own ass again.
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You should see who they think
we're talking to for VP.
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Like we'd go with Simmons?
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The man
looks like a troll.
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What?
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Is that...?
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Tom: He's renting
an apartment in Virginia.
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It's under
his aunt's name.
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She signed the lease for him,
did all the paperwork.
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Is Ella
going to school?
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No, but he's hired
her a tutor -- a couple
of them, actually.
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One for
all the academic stuff,
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and another one
for art and music.
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[ Sighs ]
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What do you want to do?
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Finish my coffee.
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And then pick a VP.
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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All this week,
the "Liberty Report"
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will be coming to you live
from the Republican convention
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here in Baltimore.
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Behind me,
the splendid Grant Arena.
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Named for the famous general,
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not the man-child
that's been soiling his pants
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at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
for the last eight years.
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The question
for both parties this week --
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Who will the two candidates,
Frankie Vargas and Mellie Grant,
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pick to be their respective
vice presidents?
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Cut.
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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Let's make this fast.
[ Door closes ]
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I know it's hard
for you to believe,
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but I have more important
things to do
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than expunge
your speeding tickets.
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How would you like to be
Frankie Vargas' running mate?
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You said make it fast.
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Vice President?
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Vice president.
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Of the
United States of America?
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Well, now I'm not so sure.
You seem kind of slow.
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Yeah, n--
I'm not slow.
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It's just -- Come on.
What's the hitch?
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What do you get
out of making me Vice President?
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I get David Rosen,
a bright, seasoned, Democrat
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who dutifully served
a Republican President.
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That's the kind of
honest-across-the-aisle soldier
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we need in support
of a charismatic
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but admittedly somewhat leftist
leader in Frankie Vargas.
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No, I mean, whom do I
have to kill for you...
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or imprison for you?
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What does the Dark Lord Master
Cyrus Beene want
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in return for this?
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I did dabble in darkness
for the last decade or so.
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I'll admit that.
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But then I met Frankie.
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Let me tell you,
Rosen.
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He's...
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once in a lifetime.
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He wants to make the world
a better place,
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actually make the world
a better place.
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You two are cut
from the same cloth.
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♪♪
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We've narrowed it down
to three VP candidates.
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They still need to be vetted,
but each of them
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are excellent options,
all possessing the three M's.
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The three M's?
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Male, married,
and military.
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Alden McKay served two terms
as governor of Nevada,
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a swing state.
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He's pro-life, pro-guns,
pro-all-things-Republican.
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I know
what you're getting at.
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Besides a speeding ticket
a few years ago,
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I'd say
I'm squeaky clean.
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He's squeaky clean,
all right.
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Before he joined the Marines,
his side gig
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was giving late-night
scrub and tugs
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to rich foreign dudes
at an after-hours bath house.
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"Scrub and tug?"
It's when a man
gets his --
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[ Gasps ] Never mind.
I figured it out.
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Quinn:
Senator Joe Walton from Texas.
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Ex-Navy SEAL, married to
his high-school sweetheart,
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loved by his
fellow conservatives because...
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I believe taxes
are way too high.
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People should keep
their money.
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Nobody's better at keeping
his money than the Senator.
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When he was 26,
he was a part of a scheme
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that involved
selling expired condoms.
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He made $475,000.
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Never reported it
to the IRS.
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How'd you find
that out?
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You don't want to know.
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Governor Bill Wagner
of Missouri.
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Governor Wagner graduated
from Columbia,
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served in the Senate for eight
years before becoming governor,
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highly respected
by the far right.
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I was
a coke dealer.
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Excuse me?
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Back in college.
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I used the money
to pay off my student loans.
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Even flew to Bogota
a couple of times.
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I didn't do it
for very long,
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and only one person in the world
knows about it.
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But it happened.
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I would love nothing more
than to be your Vice President,
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and I would hate to be defined
by the sins of my past.
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That said,
I think it's only fair
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you know everything about me
before you make your decision --
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the good
and the bad.
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He's perfect.
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We couldn't even
dream him up.
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Even Democrats love him.
But cocaine?
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Cocaine aside,
he has everything we need --
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military experience,
charisma, family man...
Don't forget felon.
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He didn't lie about it.
That says something.
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Think we can clean him up
in time?
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We can try.
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Good. Get on it.
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[ Door opens ]
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Edison,
what are you doing here?
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[ Echoing ]
Tell Liv I need her help.
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Tell her
I want to escape.
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Tell I'm chasing
the sun.
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[ Sighs ]
Jake said that?
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He's your father's prisoner,
Liv...
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his puppet,
just like I was.
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Well, I appreciate you
delivering the message, Edison.
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It was
very kind of you.
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Unfortunately, though,
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I do have a convention
to prepare for, so --
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That's it? He's asking you
for a life raft, Liv.
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I understand that.
I'm not asking you
if you understand.
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I'm asking you
what are you gonna do about it?
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♪♪
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I see.
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It's not like that.
Sure it isn't.
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[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens ]
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Liv.
What?!
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[ Door closes ]
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You might want
to reconsider.
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♪♪
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Vanessa's father?
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It says he died of a
heart attack, but we
both know that's a lie.
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Vanessa just inherited
half a billion dollars.
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Your father's building
a war chest.
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He's planning something,
and whatever it is,
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you know
he's gonna drag Jake into it.
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You need
to save him.
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I can't.
Liv!
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I can't!
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My father
will kill him.
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If he even thinks that I tried
to help him, he'll kill him.
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You know that.
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♪♪
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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No doubt I can beat
Mellie Grant.
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Her weaknesses
are my strengths,
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and my campaign manager,
Cyrus Beene, has a tremendous --
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Speak of the devil.
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Mr. Beene.
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Eli Pope.
Pleasure.
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Indeed.
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Eli was considering
throwing his support behind us.
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$30 million worth
of support.
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How generous.
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That kind of cash
screams super PAC,
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and campaign finance laws
forbid the candidate
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from having any dealing.
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Enough said.
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It's nice
to meet you, Eli.
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You're not welcome here.
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If I only went
where I was welcome,
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I'd never
leave the house.
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Go on, get to it.
Make your idle threat.
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How would Frankie feel knowing
that he was a paper champion,
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a puppet?
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That the shooting in Harrisburg
was nothing more than theater?
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That his campaign manager
engineered murder
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to make him a hero?
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What do you want?
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For your candidate
to win.
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Okay.
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Put Jake Ballard
on the ticket as VP.
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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Doug Morton?
Yeah.
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Hi.
That's me.
What can I do you for?
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Maybe you want to start
a college fund, secure a loan,
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maybe start planning
for retirement?
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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I'm sorry.
Who's Anthony Musser?
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He's you.
You're him.
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No.
See, I-I'm Doug.
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Doug Morton.
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Anthony Musser
is your new identity.
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Passport,
driver's license,
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and a deed to a two-bedroom
condo in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque?
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You did a bad thing,
Anthony.
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Dealing cocaine
with Bill Wagner.
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Can't risk that
getting out.
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I have no idea
what you're talking about.
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[ Quinn chuckles ]
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Well, look, that was like
35 years ago, okay?
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A-And y-y-you people...
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I'm gonna call
the cops.
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No, you're not,
Anthony.
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No, you're not
calling the cops.
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Th-This is insane.
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My name is Doug --
Doug Morton.
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And I am not
moving to Alb--
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You are moving
to Albuquerque, Anthony.
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Or we do need
to discuss retirement.
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♪♪
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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Mellie's camp wants to
know where we're at with
your convention speech.
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I'll have it
first thing in the morning.
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Mellie wants final approval
over content and length.
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It can be 20 minutes.
It can be 40 minutes.
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She'd like it
no more that 30.
Done.
258
00:09:57,598 --> 00:09:59,631
Mellie also wants you to speak
opening night of the convention.
259
00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:01,032
Not the final night?
260
00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:02,634
She wants that night
to herself.
261
00:10:02,636 --> 00:10:04,235
She thinks
it would better demarcate
262
00:10:04,237 --> 00:10:05,470
the past
and the future.
263
00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:07,539
I'm already the past?
In her mind.
264
00:10:07,541 --> 00:10:08,807
I get that.
265
00:10:08,809 --> 00:10:11,810
Thank you, sir,
for being so amenable.
266
00:10:11,812 --> 00:10:12,978
Figure what the hell?
267
00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:14,546
I'm out of here soon,
right?
268
00:10:14,548 --> 00:10:15,981
You make the White House
sound like prison.
269
00:10:15,983 --> 00:10:17,148
It is.
270
00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:19,050
But in five months...
271
00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:20,986
I'll be a free man.
272
00:10:20,988 --> 00:10:23,221
I'll be able
to go anywhere in the world.
273
00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:25,590
Maybe I'll write my memoirs
in Paris or London...
274
00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,225
or head back
to Santa Barbara.
275
00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:28,727
All nice options, sir.
276
00:10:28,729 --> 00:10:29,995
Who knows?
277
00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:31,496
Maybe I'll even end up
in Vermont.
278
00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,264
Vermont?
279
00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,233
It's a possibility.
280
00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:36,935
Yes, sir.
281
00:10:36,937 --> 00:10:39,604
Thank you, sir.
282
00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:42,841
♪♪
283
00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,081
So, what do you think about this
Admiral Jake Ballard?
284
00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:52,484
Eli Pope was pushing him
at that donor meeting,
285
00:10:52,486 --> 00:10:54,185
and the more I look,
the more I think
286
00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:56,921
he might actually be
a decent Vice President.
287
00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:59,290
Thought I'd run it by you,
get your take.
288
00:10:59,292 --> 00:11:01,993
My take?
289
00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:03,795
You've always got one.
290
00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:07,499
My take...my take...
291
00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:13,304
my take is that he's a soulless,
dead-eyed monster
292
00:11:13,306 --> 00:11:16,708
who murdered the love of my life
in cold blood.
293
00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:20,945
My take is that Jake Ballard
is a traitor
294
00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:24,282
to the nation I've spent my life
loving and serving.
295
00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:30,522
My take is that Jake Ballard
is Moloch, Abbedon, Leviathan,
296
00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:35,360
a serpent coiled at the feet
of his master Satan himself.
297
00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:41,199
Cyrus?
298
00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,635
What do you think about
Jake Ballard for VP?
299
00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:47,238
I think he'd be great.
300
00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,074
♪♪
301
00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:51,242
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
302
00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:52,977
[ Elevator bell dings ]
David.
303
00:11:52,979 --> 00:11:54,379
I'm busy.
Doing what?
304
00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,814
I'm working.
On what?
305
00:11:55,816 --> 00:11:57,148
On a brief.
About what?
306
00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:58,316
How does this end?
307
00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,585
By you
telling me the truth.
About what?
308
00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:03,188
You met
with Cyrus Beene.
309
00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:05,156
How do you know
about that?
310
00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:07,826
What were you talking
to Cyrus about?
311
00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,427
[ Sighs ]
David?
312
00:12:09,429 --> 00:12:12,731
He wants me to be
Frankie Vargas' Vice President.
313
00:12:12,733 --> 00:12:14,165
I knew it!
This is great.
314
00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:15,200
Is it?
315
00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,001
Well, not for the country,
but for you!
316
00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:18,837
Well, when you put it
that way...
317
00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:19,838
I'm a Republican.
318
00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,372
I don't believe
in free college.
319
00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,408
I don't believe in free,
and I don't believe in college.
320
00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,909
Everything should have
a price,
321
00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,578
especially education,
which is worthless.
322
00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:28,079
I'm having trouble
following that.
323
00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,280
Hmm. Figures.
324
00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:30,949
Anyway,
what's yours?
325
00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:32,183
What's my what?
326
00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:33,418
Price.
327
00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,386
What's your price
to put me on the campaign?
328
00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:37,055
First of all,
there is no campaign.
329
00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:38,523
I haven't said
I was going to do it,
330
00:12:38,525 --> 00:12:40,725
and I'm probably not
going to do it. Second of all --
331
00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:42,927
You are going to do it
because if you do it,
332
00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,396
you will be Vice President
of the United States.
333
00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,732
You know Frankie Vargas
is gonna win this election.
334
00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:48,733
I don't know that.
335
00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:49,934
Oh,
you do know that
336
00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:51,569
because I'm going to vote
for Frankie Vargas,
337
00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:54,639
and I have a Golden Retriever
at home named Barry Goldwater.
338
00:12:54,641 --> 00:12:57,442
Second of all, I would never
bring you on to the campaign.
339
00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:58,443
Why not?
340
00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:00,078
Because you ruined
my life.
341
00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,114
Because you took away the one
person in my life I truly loved!
342
00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:06,284
You think you're the only one
who suffered in all that.
343
00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,620
I cried.
Multiple times.
344
00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:10,421
Tears.
In my eyes.
345
00:13:10,423 --> 00:13:12,724
You did that to me.
346
00:13:12,726 --> 00:13:14,826
Don't act like
you're the only victim here.
347
00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:16,294
You've made me
a terrible person --
348
00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:19,097
deceitful and power-hungry
and ambitious.
349
00:13:19,099 --> 00:13:21,666
I can't even believe
I'm considering this.
350
00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:24,002
You weren't working
out there.
351
00:13:24,004 --> 00:13:26,004
No.
352
00:13:26,006 --> 00:13:27,605
You were thinking
about becoming
353
00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:29,407
Vice President
of the United States.
354
00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:30,575
Yes.
355
00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:31,776
Do it.
356
00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:33,845
[ Inhales deeply ]
357
00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:38,283
If you're on the fence,
maybe this will help.
358
00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:39,918
No.
I don't want to.
359
00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,954
Well, I don't want to, either,
but this is where we are.
360
00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:44,189
We're debasing ourselves.
361
00:13:44,191 --> 00:13:45,456
Let's go
all the way.
362
00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:47,992
[ Scoffs ]
363
00:13:47,994 --> 00:13:49,027
Hey.
Olivia: Hey.
364
00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:50,662
So, I talked
to the President
365
00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:52,997
about everything Mellie wanted
at the convention.
366
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,632
[ Sighs ]
I'm not sitting down yet.
367
00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:55,934
You don't have to.
He was fine with it.
368
00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:57,702
All of it?
All of it.
369
00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,137
He's even okay
speaking on opening night?
370
00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:00,171
I'm saying --
All of it.
371
00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,040
He surprised me, too.
372
00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:05,343
Got to go.
373
00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,679
[ Cellphone beeps ]
374
00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:08,847
Mr. President...
375
00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:10,782
Where did you
get this?
376
00:14:10,784 --> 00:14:12,150
Those are confidential.
377
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,818
These are Liv's
medical records.
378
00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:15,787
Yes, sir!
Confidential medical --
379
00:14:15,789 --> 00:14:17,555
Where did you get
this file, Abby?
380
00:14:17,557 --> 00:14:19,157
Olivia's father
gave it to me.
381
00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,492
He was trying to lob a grenade
at Mellie's campaign, sir.
382
00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:23,695
No one knows,
and it needs to stay that way.
383
00:14:23,697 --> 00:14:26,364
Sir!
This is a lie.
384
00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:30,268
♪♪
385
00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:39,777
[ Knock on door ]
386
00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,315
May I?
No. Cyrus!
387
00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:47,151
Your father
just hijacked my campaign.
388
00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,255
Jake?
389
00:14:50,257 --> 00:14:54,525
He's forcing him onto the ticket
as Frankie's running mate.
390
00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:58,529
I was this close
to getting David Rosen the job,
391
00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,565
and now I'm giving it to the man
who killed my husband.
392
00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:01,900
You're a big boy,
Cyrus.
393
00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:03,501
Just say no.
I can't.
394
00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:05,737
What do you mean
you can't?
I mean I can't.
395
00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:08,573
What does he have
on you?
Doesn't matter.
396
00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:10,041
I can't help you
unless you tell me.
397
00:15:10,043 --> 00:15:12,076
Yes, you can.
What he has is irrelevant.
398
00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:13,578
Get out
of my apartment.
Liv!
399
00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,713
I have work to do,
and you're wasting my time.
400
00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:18,449
Liv,
don't do this.
Goodbye, Cy.
401
00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:19,951
Harrisburg!
402
00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:23,288
[ Sighs ]
403
00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:25,256
That shooting
in the Capitol.
404
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,025
You know,
the hostage thing?
405
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,696
That was...
406
00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:34,766
You set that up?
407
00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:35,967
Pretty good, right?
408
00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:37,235
[ Chuckles ]
[ Scoffs ]
409
00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:39,938
Well, "good's" not the word,
but it worked.
410
00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:43,041
Took Vargas from obscurity
to center stage overnight.
411
00:15:43,043 --> 00:15:44,442
You're talking
as if --
412
00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:45,977
People died.
413
00:15:45,979 --> 00:15:47,946
Innocent people!
414
00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:50,248
People were martyred.
For Jesus! For political Jesus!
415
00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:53,117
Don't joke about murder
and then ask for my help.
416
00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:54,986
Frankie Vargas
isn't just good
417
00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:56,888
and just
and smart and principled.
418
00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:59,390
He's liked,
Liv.
419
00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:03,127
That level of greatness
requires sacrifice.
420
00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,229
That's all I did --
Was help clear the path,
421
00:16:05,231 --> 00:16:06,731
lead him
on to the trek,
422
00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:10,802
and now, as I'm in the home
stretch in a two-horse race,
423
00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:13,137
your father
takes my horse,
424
00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:14,739
rides him
across the finish line.
425
00:16:14,741 --> 00:16:17,575
No. No.
That can't happen.
426
00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:19,844
This one is all on you.
You created this problem.
427
00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:21,412
You fix it.
On me?!
428
00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:25,016
Your father puts Jake
on the ticket and runs Vargas,
429
00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:27,285
you know
what happens.
430
00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:30,355
He finds a way to push me out,
then you lose the election.
431
00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:36,694
This election should be you
and me competing for the Oval --
432
00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:38,696
student versus master,
a fair fight.
433
00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:39,964
Don't you want that?
434
00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:41,699
You sure as hell should
435
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:45,803
because the alternative is
you've already lost.
436
00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:48,773
♪♪
437
00:16:48,775 --> 00:16:50,508
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
438
00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,815
[ Footsteps approach ]
439
00:16:57,817 --> 00:16:58,950
Have you seen this?
440
00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:00,885
Marcus: Mellie.
What?
441
00:17:00,887 --> 00:17:02,720
Fitz's convention speech.
It's an 8,000-word love
letter to himself.
442
00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,622
He never even mentions me,
443
00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,958
unless you count references
to the American people.
444
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,160
We have to do something.
What are we gonna do?
445
00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:11,162
I don't know.
You don't know?
446
00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:13,131
[ Scoffs ]
That's it?
447
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:15,199
You don't kn--
I know.
448
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,201
I'm gonna talk
to Fitz.
449
00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:21,172
Marcus: He's angry.
Don't poke him.
450
00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:23,041
I was married to the man
for 25 years.
451
00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,709
Yeah, well,
that didn't work,
452
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,310
so I'm just saying,
don't poke him.
453
00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:27,578
I'm not
gonna poke him.
454
00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,981
Your speech
is an abomination!
455
00:17:31,985 --> 00:17:34,052
You haven't heard it yet.
456
00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:36,054
[ Sighs ]
I've read it.
457
00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:38,556
You should give some weight
to the performance.
458
00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,992
Sure.
It'll be great.
459
00:17:40,994 --> 00:17:42,660
Hopefully,
nobody sees it.
460
00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:44,228
I am trying
to help you.
461
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,097
By taking precious time
at my convention
462
00:17:46,099 --> 00:17:47,398
to talk about yourself?
463
00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,901
This is you
helping me?
464
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:51,269
Yes.
465
00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:52,570
Yes?
Yes!
466
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:55,673
The best thing
that I can do for you right now
467
00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:57,341
is to talk about me.
468
00:17:57,343 --> 00:17:58,776
I know
how that sounds,
469
00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:01,446
but if I talk about you,
that becomes the story.
470
00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:03,614
Am I being honest
about you, unfair?
471
00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:06,551
Did we strike a deal
for me to say the things I say?
472
00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:09,087
These are the questions
they are going to ask.
473
00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:10,922
We had a big,
messy,
474
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:13,524
complicated,
very public relationship,
475
00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:15,259
and now we're divorced,
for God sake.
476
00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,428
I had an affair
with your campaign manager.
477
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,564
I supported your opponent
in the primaries.
478
00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:22,266
What can I possibly say
about you on this stage
479
00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,235
that won't be
endlessly scrutinized
480
00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:26,204
and analyzed
and criticized
481
00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:28,639
and that won't leave you lost
in the process
482
00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:31,275
at the very moment
when you're supposed to shine?
483
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,411
The best thing
that I can do for you
484
00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,313
is to simply remind
the American people
485
00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:37,248
how I've led this country,
how I've led the party,
486
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,917
to burnish
the Grant name.
487
00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:42,253
That's what I can do for you,
so let me do that for you.
488
00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,555
You're treating me like
an unpopular
489
00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:47,291
first-term mayor
of Cincinnati, Mellie.
490
00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,827
I am the two-term
Republican President
491
00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:53,464
with massive political capital
and a 59% approval rating.
492
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,299
I know
you don't get it,
493
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:57,602
but they still love me
after everything.
494
00:18:57,604 --> 00:18:59,270
If it wasn't
for the Constitution,
495
00:18:59,272 --> 00:19:01,105
I'd be up here accepting
this nomination myself.
496
00:19:01,107 --> 00:19:03,975
So let me help you.
497
00:19:03,977 --> 00:19:05,510
You don't even see it,
do you?
498
00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:06,611
What?
499
00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:09,013
How arrogant you are,
how presumptuous.
500
00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:10,314
What?
501
00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,750
That you'd beat me.
502
00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:14,685
That wasn't the point.
503
00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:15,920
That is the point.
504
00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:17,355
Doesn't matter
how you dress it up,
505
00:19:17,357 --> 00:19:19,490
how cleverly you disguise it,
even from yourself.
506
00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:23,094
This is all about you.
507
00:19:23,096 --> 00:19:26,197
This is just
one more opportunity
508
00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:27,965
for you to talk about
how great you are.
509
00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,368
When you're running, you talk
about how great you are.
510
00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:32,870
When I'm running for office, you
talk about how great you are.
511
00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:34,372
Is there a scenario
512
00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:37,308
where you don't talk about
how great you are?
513
00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:39,844
You are standing up here
thumping your chest,
514
00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:41,179
reeling off your stats,
515
00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:43,381
chiseling yourself
onto Mount Rushmore.
516
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:47,118
Like you didn't stand on my back
to get there --
517
00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,655
on Olivia's back, on Cyrus',
and your daddy's.
518
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:53,958
I didn't have $100 million
trust fund, a political legacy.
519
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,160
I didn't go to the best
boarding schools on the planet,
520
00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:58,829
and I am not
a white man.
521
00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,865
I am here on my own.
522
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:03,734
I got here on my own.
523
00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:06,037
I got here...
524
00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:10,508
because I managed
to escape you.
525
00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:15,246
Like Liv
managed to escape you.
526
00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:16,514
[ Scoffs ]
527
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:21,085
You talk about
what a great president you are,
528
00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:26,591
and yet you whined and cried
about how much you hate the job
529
00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:29,160
every chance
you got.
530
00:20:29,162 --> 00:20:31,162
Do those people out there
who love you
531
00:20:31,164 --> 00:20:33,931
know how many times
you tried to walk off the gig?
532
00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:37,768
How privileged
and entitled do you have to be
533
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:42,873
to think of the most powerful
office in the world as a prison?
534
00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:47,078
Unlike you, Fitz,
I want this.
535
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,749
Unlike you...
I earned it.
536
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:54,418
And unlike you...
537
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:58,422
I will not
squander it.
538
00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:01,359
This stage is mine.
539
00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:08,299
♪♪
540
00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:20,611
Liv.
Olivia: Sorry.
541
00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,713
This was the only way to meet
you without alerting my father.
542
00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:26,217
So Edison delivered
my message.
543
00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:27,285
You want out.
544
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:28,919
I want
to help you.
545
00:21:28,921 --> 00:21:30,888
Good.
What's the plan?
546
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:32,923
First,
I need you to know
547
00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,725
that what happened in the church
at your wedding --
548
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,160
Please, no.
549
00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,095
Just the plan to escape.
What is it?
550
00:21:38,097 --> 00:21:39,897
I had to say
those things.
551
00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:41,299
It was the only way to --
Don't!
552
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:42,667
I don't want anything
from you.
553
00:21:42,669 --> 00:21:43,968
Nothing.
554
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,403
Except the plan.
A way out.
555
00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:46,904
You owe me that much
after --
556
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,272
I'm trying to tell you
that it was the only way
557
00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:49,573
for me to keep my father
from killing you.
558
00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:53,477
Do you have a plan
or don't you?
559
00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:57,415
Not yet.
[ Scoffs ]
560
00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:01,185
I will save you.
561
00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:02,920
Somehow.
562
00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:04,455
But you're gonna have to
trust me
563
00:22:04,457 --> 00:22:08,292
because we cannot do this,
go against my father, divided.
564
00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:11,128
I have to know
that you trust me completely
565
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:13,364
and believe me when I tell you
that everything I say
566
00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:15,633
and everything I do is in
your best interests to free you,
567
00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:18,369
to save you.
568
00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,108
Do you believe me?
569
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:27,945
♪♪
570
00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:31,615
Tell me
you believe me.
571
00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:33,884
♪♪
572
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:35,519
I cannot do this --
573
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:38,189
Fine.
I believe you.
574
00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:41,792
Now do
whatever you have to do.
575
00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,961
Just get me out.
576
00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:47,298
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
577
00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:48,632
Huck: You need to go
and take him, Liv.
578
00:22:48,634 --> 00:22:50,301
What?
If you want
to save Jake,
579
00:22:50,303 --> 00:22:52,336
you're gonna have to go
and take him.
580
00:22:52,338 --> 00:22:55,373
You can't sneak around back in
the dark and try and steal him.
581
00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:57,675
You have to go in through
the front door, lights on.
582
00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,143
That's insane.
583
00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:00,411
Like a gangster.
584
00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,480
Even if I could go through
the front door and take him,
585
00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:03,714
where would I put him,
Huck?
586
00:23:03,716 --> 00:23:05,216
Where does he go?!
587
00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,251
There's nowhere in the world
to hide from my father!
588
00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:08,419
You taught me that!
589
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:10,421
Olivia: Jake is expecting me
to save him.
590
00:23:10,423 --> 00:23:12,490
He's waiting for me,
and we don't have a plan.
591
00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:13,591
[ Sighs ]
592
00:23:13,593 --> 00:23:16,093
♪♪
593
00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:18,129
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
594
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,173
[ Footsteps approach,
door opens ]
595
00:23:29,175 --> 00:23:30,708
Quinn:
We're all good.
596
00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:32,610
Doug Morton never existed.
597
00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:36,347
Anthony Musser, however,
is thriving in Albuquerque.
598
00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:38,382
New passport,
new driver's license --
599
00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:40,584
Great. We can announce Wagner
as VP now.
600
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:43,287
Oh, for sure.
He's entirely 100% safe.
601
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:44,522
[ Sighs ]
602
00:23:44,524 --> 00:23:46,357
♪♪
603
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,092
What?
604
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:49,226
Shh.
605
00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:51,595
Oh, boy.
606
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,364
Explosive allegations concerning
607
00:23:53,366 --> 00:23:55,566
Governor Bill Wagner's past
emerged today.
608
00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:57,535
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Did you sell drugs
with Governor Wagner?
609
00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:58,903
Did Wagner
pay you to disappear?
610
00:23:58,905 --> 00:24:00,438
[ Camera shutters clicking ]
611
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,606
Information has surfaced
accusing him
612
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,109
not only of dealing cocaine
as a college student,
613
00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:06,877
but of attempting
to cover up his actions
614
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,779
by paying his former
drug associate to disappear.
615
00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,648
Mellie:
Everything's going to hell.
616
00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:13,250
The convention's almost
here, and I don't even
have a running mate!
617
00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:15,152
What if I told you
I had the perfect person,
618
00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,287
somebody
who has everything
619
00:24:16,289 --> 00:24:17,721
we've been looking for
in a Vice President?
620
00:24:17,723 --> 00:24:20,257
I'd say,
"Great. Sign him up."
621
00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:22,660
You want to talk to him
about what?
622
00:24:22,662 --> 00:24:24,228
Mellie's VP pick.
623
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:25,463
I need the President on board
before we announce.
624
00:24:25,465 --> 00:24:27,097
Right.
625
00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:28,432
Well, I'm not sure
that's the best idea right now.
626
00:24:28,434 --> 00:24:29,800
In fact, I don't even think
he's in his office.
627
00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:31,435
Charlotte!
628
00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:33,304
Uh, the meeting the President
had in the Roosevelt Room --
629
00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:34,472
he's still in there,
right?
630
00:24:34,474 --> 00:24:35,840
No, he's here.
Did you want to see him?
631
00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:37,274
Yes.
Sir?
632
00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,643
Olivia Pope's here
to see you.
633
00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:42,446
I was just telling Olivia
about your busy schedule
634
00:24:42,448 --> 00:24:45,015
and how this might not be
the best time to talk to her.
635
00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:49,186
It's fine.
636
00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:51,856
[ Door closes ]
637
00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:52,923
What can I do
for you?
638
00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:54,024
I wanted
to let you know
639
00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:55,292
that Mellie has chosen
a running mate.
640
00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:56,594
Fine.
641
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,829
It's Jake.
642
00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:02,099
Jake Ballard?
643
00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,869
He's strong on national security
and foreign policy.
644
00:25:04,871 --> 00:25:06,804
He's good for her
geographically,
645
00:25:06,806 --> 00:25:09,440
and he polls extremely well
with both men and women.
646
00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:14,378
You want to sit?
647
00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:17,615
I really just came by
to tell you this.
648
00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:19,149
I figure
I owe you that much.
649
00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:20,484
You came by to tell me
650
00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:23,120
your ex-boyfriend's
gonna be on my ex-wife's ticket,
651
00:25:23,122 --> 00:25:25,956
and you won't sit
with me?
652
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,868
[ Sighs ]
653
00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:42,072
I know
this is unexpected,
654
00:25:42,074 --> 00:25:44,241
but I also know
that you respect Jake.
655
00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:47,411
It's a good choice.
It is. I think.
656
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:48,679
I mean...
657
00:25:48,681 --> 00:25:52,182
what do I know
about picking vice presidents?
658
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:56,453
[ Chuckles ]
659
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,691
[ Sighs ]
660
00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:02,526
I miss you.
661
00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:03,861
Fitz --
662
00:26:03,863 --> 00:26:05,829
Not like that.
663
00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:07,398
Like this --
664
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,968
talking to you,
listening to you.
665
00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:15,940
Do you think
I listened to you enough?
666
00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:20,244
When? [ Chuckles ]
667
00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:21,745
When you were talking?
668
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:23,047
[ Chuckles ]
669
00:26:23,049 --> 00:26:25,583
Fitz,
what's going on?
670
00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:28,719
Mellie says the entire way
I've handled this speech
671
00:26:28,721 --> 00:26:33,223
has been controlling,
manipulative, and narcissistic.
672
00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:36,226
I don't want to get in between
you and Mellie.
673
00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:37,227
♪♪
674
00:26:37,229 --> 00:26:38,929
[ Chuckles ]
You know what I mean.
675
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:42,266
I'm sorry if I was that way
with you, too.
676
00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,802
I'm sorry
I didn't listen more.
677
00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:49,807
I am sorry.
678
00:26:49,809 --> 00:26:53,978
♪♪
679
00:27:01,988 --> 00:27:05,122
[ Inhales deeply ]
680
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,499
I'm gonna change
the speech.
681
00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:16,500
Good.
682
00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:19,803
Why?
683
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:23,207
Because she asked me to.
684
00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:30,381
[ Chuckles ]
685
00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:35,753
I support
your choice, Liv.
686
00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:40,624
[ Sighs ]
687
00:27:40,626 --> 00:27:42,126
Not that
you needed it.
688
00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:44,528
[ Chuckles ]
689
00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,997
Thank you.
690
00:27:48,668 --> 00:27:50,434
[ Door opens ]
691
00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:52,069
[ Door closes ]
692
00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:58,275
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
693
00:27:58,277 --> 00:28:00,010
How did it go
with the President?
694
00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,779
Olivia: Good.
695
00:28:01,781 --> 00:28:04,515
Fine.
It was fine.
696
00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:06,550
So, it's still a go?
697
00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:07,785
Still a go.
698
00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:11,555
You don't sound convinced.
699
00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:12,990
What if Jake
doesn't come through?
700
00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:14,892
What if my father is two steps
ahead of me? What if --
701
00:28:14,894 --> 00:28:17,895
He has a saying, your father,
"You can't --
702
00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:20,664
"You can't take command."
703
00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,132
I know.
704
00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:23,734
And it's true.
You can't.
705
00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:27,071
You have to become command.
706
00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:31,642
♪♪
707
00:28:31,644 --> 00:28:33,310
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
708
00:28:35,548 --> 00:28:36,914
He's an easy target,
Cy.
709
00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:39,483
I could leave right now and
be back with Ella in an hour.
710
00:28:39,485 --> 00:28:41,085
All you got to do
is say the word.
711
00:28:41,087 --> 00:28:44,154
Would he suffer?
712
00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:45,255
Depends.
713
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:46,724
Is that
something you want?
714
00:28:46,726 --> 00:28:47,725
[ Sighs ]
715
00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:49,259
[ Water running ]
716
00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:50,728
What about Ella?
717
00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:53,330
Well, you'll...
hire a nanny.
718
00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:56,266
And then what?
Nannies need instructions.
719
00:28:58,504 --> 00:29:00,571
The last time
I put Ella to bed --
720
00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:02,840
I can't even tell you
when that was.
721
00:29:02,842 --> 00:29:04,675
What I need
is a new Michael,
722
00:29:04,677 --> 00:29:07,044
if I could replace Michael
with a new one.
723
00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:09,613
What about me?
724
00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:11,782
You?
725
00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:16,186
I found a baby once,
on a -- on a train.
726
00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,889
Cared for it
from Prague to Vienna.
727
00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:20,958
That's very sweet of you,
Tom,
728
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,926
but I've read
"Of Mice and Men."
729
00:29:22,928 --> 00:29:24,795
I know
how that story ends.
730
00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,597
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
731
00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:31,802
[ Sighs ]
732
00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:39,476
The fact that we can sit here
and talk about murder
733
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,880
and not
blink our eyes?
734
00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:45,382
I've never had that,
not with anyone.
735
00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:47,818
This the truest,
most honest relationship...
736
00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:48,819
I've ever had.
737
00:29:48,821 --> 00:29:51,255
♪♪
738
00:29:51,257 --> 00:29:53,924
And that's worth
far more to me
739
00:29:53,926 --> 00:29:56,493
than a man
who can pack a lunchbox.
740
00:29:58,097 --> 00:30:02,599
I can make it look like
an accident.
741
00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:04,067
No one
will be the wiser.
742
00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:05,736
Michael
will be punished,
743
00:30:05,738 --> 00:30:07,604
and you will have
your daughter back.
744
00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:10,707
♪♪
745
00:30:17,850 --> 00:30:19,416
[ Sniffles ]
746
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:22,286
Sally: Pressure --
some wilt, some rise.
747
00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:24,788
For others,
like myself, it's a drug.
748
00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:27,191
We enjoy it,
need it to perform.
749
00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:30,627
The magnitude of tonight's
event cannot be undersold.
750
00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:32,696
The pressure
on these candidates
751
00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:35,165
and who they choose to
stand beside them is crushing.
752
00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,100
The coronation
is soon to come.
753
00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:40,838
I could not
be more proud of you.
754
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,506
Frankie Vargas
and Jake Ballard --
755
00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:43,841
Now that's
a winning ticket.
756
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:44,875
[ Door closes ]
757
00:30:44,877 --> 00:30:47,044
We should talk.
758
00:30:47,046 --> 00:30:49,379
Cyrus told you? [ Sighs ]
I knew he couldn't resist.
759
00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:50,681
What are you
talking about?
760
00:30:50,683 --> 00:30:51,982
Full of surprises.
761
00:30:51,984 --> 00:30:53,851
I'm here for Jake.
762
00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:55,052
Not sure
what that means.
763
00:30:55,054 --> 00:30:56,353
Those words
are innocuous enough,
764
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:59,656
but the stance,
the tone I find alarming.
765
00:30:59,658 --> 00:31:01,225
Should I be alarmed?
766
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:03,193
20 minutes from now,
ever wire service,
767
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:04,862
every news outlet
in America
768
00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:07,698
will report that Jake Ballard
is gonna take the stage tonight
769
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:09,399
as Mellie Grant's
Vice Presidential candidate...
770
00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,401
[ Laughs ]
...because that's
what I told them
771
00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:13,370
and because that is
what is going to happen.
772
00:31:13,372 --> 00:31:16,073
What?
Stand up, Jake.
Let's go.
773
00:31:16,075 --> 00:31:17,574
What is your angle?
774
00:31:17,576 --> 00:31:19,376
I mean,
this is stupid.
775
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:21,979
Tell me,
what is your angle?
776
00:31:21,981 --> 00:31:24,681
No angle.
Jake is coming with me.
777
00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:26,350
Need I remind you of the words
that we exchanged
778
00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:28,719
on the day
of your brother's wedding?
779
00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:29,953
Jake, let's go.
780
00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:34,157
Jake,
this is simple.
781
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:36,860
This is
what we talked about.
782
00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:39,363
♪♪
783
00:31:39,365 --> 00:31:41,198
All you have to do
is stand up,
784
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,066
then you and I
walk out of here.
785
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:47,337
♪♪
786
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,948
[ Gun cocks ]
787
00:31:57,950 --> 00:32:01,551
Advise him,
Olivia.
788
00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:06,723
Advise him to plant
his narrow ass in that chair.
789
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,659
♪♪
790
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,561
I can't do that.
791
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,297
It may look like
it's my finger on the trigger.
792
00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:14,765
It might look
I'm holding the gun.
793
00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:16,033
It's an illusion.
794
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,402
You have your finger
on this trigger.
795
00:32:21,807 --> 00:32:23,807
You're in control.
796
00:32:23,809 --> 00:32:26,143
His life
is in your hands.
797
00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:29,846
♪♪
798
00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:36,153
Go ahead.
799
00:32:36,155 --> 00:32:37,254
Liv.
It's fine.
800
00:32:37,256 --> 00:32:38,622
Is it?
Go ahead.
801
00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:39,790
Kill your son.
802
00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:40,924
Shoot him.
Do it.
803
00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:42,459
Liv.
Do it!
804
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:43,994
Is this how you pictured
your death, Jake?
805
00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:45,662
At the hands
of a woman
806
00:32:45,664 --> 00:32:47,664
you've done nothing
but love and protect?
807
00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:49,333
Come with me.
808
00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:54,071
♪♪
809
00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,186
He won't hurt you.
You're his son.
810
00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:12,022
♪♪
811
00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:18,695
Go!
Before I change my mind!
812
00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:21,832
[ Breathing heavily ]
813
00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:27,471
Damn.
814
00:33:27,473 --> 00:33:29,906
Damn.
815
00:33:35,547 --> 00:33:37,147
BNC now confirming reports
that Admiral Jake Ballard,
816
00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:39,182
head of the NSA and close
friend of President Grant,
817
00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,151
is indeed
Senator Mellie Grant's pick
818
00:33:41,153 --> 00:33:43,153
to be her vice president.
819
00:33:43,155 --> 00:33:45,655
Olivia, you clever, clever girl.
820
00:33:45,657 --> 00:33:48,725
Are you seeing this?
821
00:33:48,727 --> 00:33:49,960
I know.
We vetted him!
822
00:33:49,962 --> 00:33:51,495
I mean,
he was set.
823
00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:53,030
We're on the eve
of the announcement,
824
00:33:53,032 --> 00:33:54,398
and now we have
no VP.
825
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,532
That's okay.
826
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,501
...much-publicized
society wedding.
827
00:33:57,503 --> 00:33:59,803
I know
the perfect guy.
828
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:02,172
No, of course.
829
00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:04,508
Thank you.
830
00:34:04,510 --> 00:34:06,143
So?
831
00:34:06,145 --> 00:34:08,812
Is the call coming
from Frankie Vargas?
832
00:34:08,814 --> 00:34:10,414
Are you gonna be
833
00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:12,582
the next Vice President
of the United States or what?
834
00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:15,419
No.
It wasn't the call.
What?
835
00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:17,187
He decided
to go another way.
836
00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:18,588
Who calls saying
you're not getting the call?
837
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:20,057
Who'd they
dump you for?
838
00:34:20,059 --> 00:34:21,658
No idea.
839
00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:23,427
All they said was that
it wasn't going to be me.
840
00:34:23,429 --> 00:34:25,796
[ Sighs ]
841
00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:31,701
How the hell
did you mess this up?
842
00:34:31,703 --> 00:34:33,503
[ Cheers and applause ]
843
00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:36,173
Fitz:
Thank you!
844
00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:38,175
We're here
to nominate a president...
845
00:34:38,177 --> 00:34:39,576
[ Cheers and applause ]
846
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:41,845
...and I've got one in mind.
847
00:34:41,847 --> 00:34:44,448
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
848
00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:47,350
Sounds like you've got
someone in mind, too.
849
00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:50,353
You better be enjoying this,
Mellie Grant.
850
00:34:50,355 --> 00:34:52,456
[ Laughs ]
I am!
851
00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:55,992
...the next president
of the United States.
852
00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:02,199
Hey, hey, hey.
853
00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:03,400
I got your call.
854
00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:05,268
I mean, this isn't
the ideal place to kill him,
855
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:06,470
but I think
I can make it work.
856
00:35:06,472 --> 00:35:08,472
And don't worry,
I won't do it in front of Ella.
857
00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:10,107
Michael and I
are getting back together,
858
00:35:10,109 --> 00:35:12,976
so that means
you and I are done.
859
00:35:12,978 --> 00:35:15,912
What is going on,
Cyrus?
860
00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:17,147
Between you and me,
nothing anymore.
861
00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:18,148
I'm sorry.
862
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,282
Don't.
863
00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:20,951
Don't say that,
all right?
864
00:35:20,953 --> 00:35:22,619
Just tell me.
865
00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:24,821
Whatever I did, I can
make it up to you, I promise.
866
00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:26,990
It's not gonna work out,
Tom.
867
00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:33,663
Hey!
868
00:35:33,665 --> 00:35:34,731
You made it!
869
00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:36,166
We did.
[ Sighs ]
870
00:35:36,168 --> 00:35:37,634
Big night.
It is.
871
00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,402
I'm so happy
you're here.
872
00:35:39,404 --> 00:35:40,403
Hey, come on.
873
00:35:40,405 --> 00:35:41,838
Come on, come on!
874
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,507
Let's go.
Let's go.
875
00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:46,610
Mellie Grant will be a leader.
876
00:35:46,612 --> 00:35:49,646
Mellie Grant will be a uniter.
877
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:51,648
And Mellie Grant --
878
00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:56,086
well, trust me, everyone,
she was born to do this job.
879
00:35:56,088 --> 00:35:58,255
[ Cheers and applause ]
880
00:35:58,257 --> 00:36:00,724
[ Crowd chanting "Mellie" ]
881
00:36:04,696 --> 00:36:06,196
Jake.
Hey.
882
00:36:06,198 --> 00:36:08,165
What are you doing?
883
00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:10,433
What does it look
like I'm doing? I'm
getting ready for the game.
884
00:36:10,435 --> 00:36:12,035
[ Chuckles ]
885
00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:14,671
You realize you're meant to be
onstage in five minutes.
886
00:36:14,673 --> 00:36:16,206
I forgot to thank you.
887
00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:19,309
You stood up to Command,
stared him down.
888
00:36:19,311 --> 00:36:20,443
Far as I can tell,
889
00:36:20,445 --> 00:36:22,045
you're the first person
who's ever done that.
890
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,181
Go big or go home,
right?
891
00:36:24,183 --> 00:36:26,316
Come on,
put your tie on.
892
00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:27,717
The President's
about to announce you.
893
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,954
I don't want you
looking like a gigolo.
894
00:36:30,956 --> 00:36:32,189
[ Chuckles ]
895
00:36:32,191 --> 00:36:34,057
[ Sighs ]
Jake?
896
00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:35,825
I'm not coming.
What are you
talking about?
897
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:37,327
[ Cheers and applause
in distance ]
898
00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:39,062
I'm taking myself
off the ticket.
899
00:36:39,064 --> 00:36:41,698
You're joking.
900
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,200
There's no need
for it, Liv.
901
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:44,968
I'm sitting here
practicing my speech,
902
00:36:44,970 --> 00:36:46,303
and all I can think
is "Why?"
903
00:36:46,305 --> 00:36:48,138
Why run for Vice President
when frankly,
904
00:36:48,140 --> 00:36:50,407
I'd rather flip patties
at Gettysburger.
905
00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:51,908
You'd be the second most
powerful person on the planet.
906
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:53,743
And completely miserable.
907
00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,313
I-If I still feared your father,
yeah.
908
00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:57,747
Your name
is on the poster.
909
00:36:57,749 --> 00:36:58,748
We announced you.
910
00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:01,484
Check out this house
that's for sale.
911
00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:04,521
I drive by it every day
on my way to the office.
912
00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:06,156
It is the most normal,
913
00:37:06,158 --> 00:37:07,490
unremarkable house
I've ever seen in my life,
914
00:37:07,492 --> 00:37:09,859
and I desperately want
to live in it with you.
915
00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,228
Have you lost your mind?
916
00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:12,529
It's three blocks away
917
00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:14,264
from an equally unimpressive
high school.
918
00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:15,999
I can coach
their JV baseball team,
919
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:17,500
help them reach
unimpressive heights
920
00:37:17,502 --> 00:37:20,170
while raising three
unimpressive kids with you.
921
00:37:20,172 --> 00:37:21,871
I'm running
a presidential race.
922
00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:23,340
Yeah,
and why is that?
923
00:37:23,342 --> 00:37:24,441
"Why is that?!"
924
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:26,209
If it's to prove something
to your father,
925
00:37:26,211 --> 00:37:27,277
you've already done that.
926
00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:30,080
Come on, Liv!
Dare to be normal!
927
00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:34,584
Put the tie on.
928
00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,453
The world is our now.
929
00:37:36,455 --> 00:37:39,289
We can literally do
whatever the hell we want!
930
00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:40,857
Put the tie on!
931
00:37:40,859 --> 00:37:42,926
That's real power,
Liv.
932
00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:44,628
Not this other crap.
933
00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:45,962
[ Scoffs ]
934
00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:48,398
I have not gone through
what I've gone through,
935
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,533
worked twice as hard
for half as much,
936
00:37:50,535 --> 00:37:54,204
only to end up living
an unimpressive life!
937
00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:56,906
Mediocrity is not an option
for me!
938
00:37:56,908 --> 00:37:59,776
I don't want that,
and neither should you!
939
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,148
I see.
[ Cheering in distance ]
940
00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:09,085
So, it wasn't about
saving me at all, was it?
941
00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:13,056
It was about
saving your ticket.
942
00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:15,792
[ Cheers and applause
in distance ]
943
00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:19,596
I've gone
from being his bitch to yours.
944
00:38:19,598 --> 00:38:23,166
Put the tie on.
945
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:28,171
[ Cheers and applause
in distance ]
946
00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:29,639
[ Olivia sighs ]
947
00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:33,176
♪♪
948
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,922
Well, the time has come.
949
00:38:45,924 --> 00:38:48,158
It is my distinct honor
and privilege...
950
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:49,659
[ Sighs ]
Thank God.
951
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,127
All set?
...to introduce to you...
952
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:52,762
You betcha.
953
00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:57,100
...your Republican presidential
nominee, Senator Mellie Grant!
954
00:38:57,102 --> 00:39:01,638
And the next Vice President of
the United States, Jake Ballard!
955
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,308
[ Cheers and applause ]
956
00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:09,579
♪♪
957
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:12,282
Have you heard?
958
00:39:12,284 --> 00:39:14,784
Vargas just announced
his running mate.
959
00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:15,785
Who is it?
960
00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:18,154
Abby,
who is it?
961
00:39:18,156 --> 00:39:19,856
[ Cellphone rings ]
962
00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:23,793
You were never gonna put
David Rosen on the ticket.
963
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,196
David Rosen? God, no.
I'm trying to win, Liv.
964
00:39:26,198 --> 00:39:27,864
You used me.
Oh, please.
965
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:30,400
This was a mutually beneficial
arrangement.
966
00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:32,635
We both got
the vice presidents we wanted.
967
00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:34,070
I can still
take you down.
968
00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:35,905
How would you
do that?
969
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:37,374
One word -- Harrisburg.
970
00:39:37,376 --> 00:39:39,843
Two words --
Andrew Nichols.
971
00:39:39,845 --> 00:39:41,311
[ Cheers and applause
in distance ]
972
00:39:41,313 --> 00:39:42,746
Let's focus
on the positives here instead.
973
00:39:42,748 --> 00:39:45,582
One of us is getting back
to the White House.
974
00:39:45,584 --> 00:39:48,385
I got to run.
975
00:39:48,387 --> 00:39:51,554
Rauch: And Vice President
of the United States,
976
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:55,558
Francisco Vargas
and Cyrus Beene!
977
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,094
[ Cheers and applause ]
978
00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:03,099
♪♪
979
00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:19,082
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
980
00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:27,557
[ Cheers and applause ]
981
00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:30,927
♪♪
982
00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:37,233
I have spent a lifetime
keeping you safe from harm,
983
00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:39,035
a lifetime
worrying about your fate,
984
00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,370
a lifetime making sure
985
00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:43,239
that the path in front of you
was clear of debris.
986
00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:45,575
You are
Rowan's greatest achievement.
987
00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:48,945
You've become exactly the woman
he raised you to be.
988
00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,747
You have to be what?
989
00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,482
Twice as good.
990
00:40:52,484 --> 00:40:54,751
You held power
in your hands.
991
00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:56,319
You were power.
992
00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,087
You had the Oval.
993
00:40:58,089 --> 00:40:59,989
My baby
had the Oval.
994
00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:03,126
You will look
at all the possible outcomes.
995
00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:04,894
You'll understand
what needs to be done.
996
00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:06,162
You will pick a side,
997
00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:08,064
and then you will handle
this situation
998
00:41:08,066 --> 00:41:11,734
in the manner we both know
it needs to be handled.
999
00:41:11,736 --> 00:41:14,304
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue power.
1000
00:41:14,306 --> 00:41:17,674
You will burn it down
and never look back.
1001
00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:21,678
The apple does not fall
far from the tree, Olivia,
1002
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,680
poison though it may be.
1003
00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:25,849
[ Cheers and applause ]
1004
00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:29,752
♪♪
1005
00:41:34,359 --> 00:41:35,325
Did you talk
to Cyrus?
1006
00:41:35,327 --> 00:41:36,593
Yes.
1007
00:41:36,595 --> 00:41:38,328
And?
1008
00:41:38,330 --> 00:41:42,265
He said, "One of us is getting
back to the White House."
1009
00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:43,800
He's right --
me.
1010
00:41:43,802 --> 00:41:46,135
♪♪
1011
00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:48,538
[ Cheers and applause ]
1012
00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:52,208
♪♪
1013
00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:58,014
[ Crowd chanting "Mellie!" ]
1014
00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,983
♪♪
1015
00:41:59,985 --> 00:42:03,486
[ Cheers and applause ]
1016
00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:05,722
♪♪
1017
00:42:05,724 --> 00:42:08,725
And all it took was
a little nudge from your father.
1018
00:42:08,727 --> 00:42:11,327
[ Chanting continues ]
1019
00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:14,230
♪♪
1020
00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:22,972
That's my girl.
1021
00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:26,075
[ Crowd chanting "Mellie" ]