1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,290 The Electoral College meets in four days 2 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:05,420 to select the nation's next President. 3 00:00:05,420 --> 00:00:06,790 Woman: Yeah. And with Cyrus Beene charged 4 00:00:06,790 --> 00:00:08,330 in the assassination of his running mate... 5 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:10,250 Oh, that's right! ...the electors have little choice 6 00:00:10,250 --> 00:00:12,290 but to rally around Republican candidate Mellie Grant. David! Oh, go, go! 7 00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:14,170 That's right! Those several electors have pledged themselves 8 00:00:14,170 --> 00:00:15,210 to third-party candidates... 9 00:00:15,210 --> 00:00:18,710 That is just so perfectly right! 10 00:00:18,710 --> 00:00:21,080 [ Crash ] Aah! [ Laughing ] 11 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,120 Oh! Oh! 12 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:24,250 David: Oh! 13 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:25,250 [ Laughs ] 14 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:26,250 Ohh. 15 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:29,170 Oh, was that an antique? Oopsie. 16 00:00:29,170 --> 00:00:30,420 Don't apologize. 17 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:32,500 That's how every table dreams of going out -- 18 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:33,750 In a... 19 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:34,920 Aw... [ Mutters ] 20 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,080 [ Laughs ] 21 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,290 Say, are you thirsty? 22 00:00:37,290 --> 00:00:38,920 Parched. 23 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:39,960 Okay. 24 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,120 [ Water bottles clatter ] 25 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,000 Shh! Shh! Shh! 26 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,540 It's me. 27 00:00:59,540 --> 00:01:01,380 Here's what you're gonna do. 28 00:01:01,380 --> 00:01:03,670 You're gonna walk back in there, you're gonna be perfectly calm, 29 00:01:03,670 --> 00:01:05,790 and you're gonna tell your girlfriend she needs to leave 30 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:07,960 because something's come up that needs your attention. 31 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,710 I know. I know. She screams real nice. 32 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:14,170 But she also helped kill the future President 33 00:01:14,170 --> 00:01:15,670 and framed Cyrus for his murder. 34 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:17,670 [ Breathes heavily ] 35 00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:19,210 It's a lot to take in. 36 00:01:19,210 --> 00:01:21,250 Try to act natural... 37 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:23,620 'cause, David, if she suspects you know, 38 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:25,460 she will kill you. 39 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,000 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 40 00:01:33,670 --> 00:01:34,580 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 41 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:37,540 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 42 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:41,250 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 43 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:44,790 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 44 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,210 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 45 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:51,040 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 46 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,210 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 47 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:06,710 [ Sighs ] 48 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:17,830 What are the options? 49 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:21,790 Senator, there are no options. 50 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:27,040 You're telling me to cede the Presidency. 51 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,880 I wish I didn't have to. 52 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:33,290 That is America out there. I don't quit on them. 53 00:02:33,290 --> 00:02:36,210 That is not my job. My job is to fight for them. 54 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:40,000 My job is to make this world better for them. 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,380 Frankie Vargas won the election. 56 00:02:42,380 --> 00:02:45,080 I'm fighting. I'm not quitting, Olivia. 57 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,620 This is not our party, Senator. This is not our time! 58 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:49,670 The White House belongs to Frankie and Cyrus. 59 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:51,380 It belonged to Frankie. 60 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:53,420 You're telling me Cyrus Beene should run the country 61 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:54,460 because Frankie's gone? 62 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:56,290 He is not gone. He was taken. 63 00:02:56,290 --> 00:02:59,540 They took him from his rightful place. 64 00:02:59,540 --> 00:03:01,710 Cyrus was his choice. 65 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:03,580 We have to do what is right. 66 00:03:03,580 --> 00:03:06,080 If anyone deserves to wear the white hat right now -- 67 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,790 White hat?! For the love of... 68 00:03:08,790 --> 00:03:11,040 Get off your cross! 69 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,210 Like you never murdered anybody?! 70 00:03:13,210 --> 00:03:15,420 Like you never stole an oval or two?! 71 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,290 This is the Oval! 72 00:03:20,290 --> 00:03:23,540 I was born for this! This is mine! 73 00:03:23,540 --> 00:03:24,830 You don't want to win this way. 74 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:25,880 Yes, I do! 75 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,790 You don't! I know you don't. 76 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:29,040 Because if you do this, 77 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,580 steal the Oval like this, 78 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:34,000 knowing that murder is the only way you won, 79 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,960 you will be no better than those people. 80 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,790 And I know you are better than them. 81 00:03:37,790 --> 00:03:39,750 I know you inside. 82 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:42,710 You are a better person than most. 83 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:45,710 You are inherently... good. 84 00:03:48,210 --> 00:03:50,420 It's why you would've been a great President. 85 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:53,500 ♪♪ 86 00:04:06,330 --> 00:04:09,040 [ Sighs ] 87 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,000 ♪ Across the morning sky ♪ 88 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:21,210 ♪ All the birds are leaving ♪ 89 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:25,170 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 90 00:04:25,170 --> 00:04:26,290 ♪ How can they know? ♪ 91 00:04:26,290 --> 00:04:28,420 David: Last night the Department of Justice 92 00:04:28,420 --> 00:04:30,920 received definitive evidence that alleged assassin Tom Larsen 93 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,460 was not in Philadelphia on the night 94 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:34,210 of Governor Frankie Vargas' murder. 95 00:04:34,210 --> 00:04:36,330 Cyrus Beene is innocent of all charges 96 00:04:36,330 --> 00:04:38,290 related to the murder of Frankie Vargas. 97 00:04:38,290 --> 00:04:40,120 On behalf of the Justice Department, 98 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,120 let me say that we deeply regret the charging 99 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,790 and incarceration of an innocent man, 100 00:04:43,790 --> 00:04:45,830 especially in a case as sensitive as this one. 101 00:04:45,830 --> 00:04:49,290 Reporter: What does this mean for the Electoral College vote? 102 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:51,830 The vote -- The vote will take place as scheduled. 103 00:04:51,830 --> 00:04:53,460 Reporter #2: Will Cyrus Beene 104 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,170 become the country's next President-Elect? 105 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:57,040 That's a question for the electors. 106 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,880 If they choose to vote for Cyrus Beene, 107 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,620 then, yes, he would become the country's next President-Elect. 108 00:05:01,620 --> 00:05:03,750 In the meantime, Cyrus Beene is to be released, 109 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:04,920 effective immediately. 110 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,080 [ Reporters clamoring ] 111 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,040 ♪ Who knows where the time goes? ♪ 112 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,380 This is real. 113 00:05:09,380 --> 00:05:11,750 Yeah, it's real. 114 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:15,500 ♪ Who knows where the time goes? ♪ 115 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:16,880 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 116 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,830 Mellie's devastated... 117 00:05:20,830 --> 00:05:25,420 as she should be, but with time... 118 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:26,670 she'll be okay. 119 00:05:26,670 --> 00:05:28,080 She has to be. 120 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,460 Tomorrow morning, Mellie will make her statement. 121 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:35,670 She'll cede the Presidency to Cyrus Beene and -- 122 00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:37,000 Liv. 123 00:05:41,420 --> 00:05:43,250 Come here. 124 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:44,830 Come here. 125 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:49,920 [ Sighs ] 126 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:55,420 I wanted this. 127 00:05:57,460 --> 00:05:59,330 I needed this. 128 00:05:59,330 --> 00:06:01,500 You deserved this. 129 00:06:05,710 --> 00:06:06,790 Good night, Fitz. 130 00:06:06,790 --> 00:06:07,830 Good night, Liv. 131 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:11,380 [ Door closes ] 132 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:19,080 I know it's not home, 133 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,620 but given the amount of media camped out on your doorstep, 134 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:23,830 I think you'll agree this is a better option. 135 00:06:23,830 --> 00:06:26,080 I had the White House issue a statement on your behalf, 136 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,790 asking for privacy at this difficult time. 137 00:06:27,790 --> 00:06:29,620 The press, as you know, will ignore it, 138 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:32,000 which is why there are Secret Service posted outside, 139 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,080 just down the hall. 140 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,420 They'll keep guard. 141 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:37,080 They'll keep watch, rather, and you should be safe here. 142 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,500 My assistant will bring more clothes in the morning. 143 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,330 Is there anything you want, specifically? 144 00:06:41,330 --> 00:06:43,000 Anything you need? 145 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,540 Ella. 146 00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:46,080 I need to see my daughter. 147 00:06:47,290 --> 00:06:49,460 Bring her here? 148 00:06:49,460 --> 00:06:52,380 Uh, I asked already. 149 00:06:53,420 --> 00:06:55,580 Michael won't allow it. 150 00:06:55,580 --> 00:06:57,290 But I will ask again. 151 00:06:57,290 --> 00:06:58,670 No need. 152 00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:05,460 Red, I-I'd just like to be alone now. 153 00:07:05,460 --> 00:07:07,790 Of course. 154 00:07:07,790 --> 00:07:11,250 I know this is all very...new. 155 00:07:11,250 --> 00:07:14,170 But you're not just free, Cyrus. 156 00:07:14,170 --> 00:07:16,420 You're the next President of the United States. 157 00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:22,000 Get some rest. 158 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,620 [ Sighs ] 159 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:38,210 [ People screaming ] 160 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,210 Spread 'em. 161 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:46,670 [ Grunting ] 162 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,460 The eyes of the world are now on Senator Mellie Grant, 163 00:07:54,460 --> 00:07:56,080 whose team has called a press conference for this afternoon. 164 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,460 In the wake of Cyrus Beene's exoneration 165 00:07:57,460 --> 00:07:58,750 and release from pris-- [ Sighs ] 166 00:07:58,750 --> 00:08:00,830 [ Click ] Elizabeth: I know that sigh. 167 00:08:00,830 --> 00:08:02,540 [ Sighs ] What are you doing here? 168 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:04,250 That's the sigh of a championship rider 169 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:06,460 whose horse keeps getting sold out from under her, 170 00:08:06,460 --> 00:08:08,460 which is why you have to own your own horses. 171 00:08:08,460 --> 00:08:10,670 I mean, what else are you gonna keep in your stables. 172 00:08:10,670 --> 00:08:12,330 Am I right? I'm conceding, Liz. 173 00:08:12,330 --> 00:08:14,830 Why? Why are you rolling over? 174 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:16,290 Now that we know Cyrus is innocent -- 175 00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:17,620 We don't know anything. 176 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:19,170 Which one of them got to you? Hmm? 177 00:08:19,170 --> 00:08:21,250 Cyrus? Fitz? No, I know. 178 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:22,580 It was Olivia. 179 00:08:22,580 --> 00:08:26,380 You belong in the Oval, and you know it. 180 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:29,330 It's not that simple. 181 00:08:29,330 --> 00:08:32,670 There are other things, complications. 182 00:08:32,670 --> 00:08:35,670 Complications? This is Washington! 183 00:08:35,670 --> 00:08:38,670 Do you think complications ever stopped Fitz? 184 00:08:38,670 --> 00:08:40,290 Why are you really here? 185 00:08:40,290 --> 00:08:42,210 You don't even like me. 186 00:08:42,210 --> 00:08:44,460 I don't like people. 187 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:46,620 But, believe it or not... 188 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:48,460 [ Scoffs ] I respect you. 189 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:50,790 You've survived more in this town 190 00:08:50,790 --> 00:08:52,880 than anyone could have ever expected. 191 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,790 But giving up a job that's yours? 192 00:08:55,790 --> 00:08:57,960 Because of complications only a man can handle? 193 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,880 That's weak. 194 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,500 If I'd have known you'd back down this easily, 195 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,620 I would never have voted for you. 196 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:06,960 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 197 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,790 Mellie just cracked the top ten trending topics. 198 00:09:08,790 --> 00:09:10,880 Everyone wants to know what she's gonna do. 199 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,380 Good. We're all set for this afternoon. 200 00:09:12,380 --> 00:09:13,960 Concession speech at the Lincoln Memorial. 201 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,120 Are you okay? Do you need water? More pillows maybe? 202 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,080 You're not bleeding on my sheets again, are you? 203 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,460 I'm fine. 204 00:09:19,460 --> 00:09:21,710 -Hey. -Hey, he said he's fine. 205 00:09:21,710 --> 00:09:23,580 Is that my robe? 206 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:25,420 No. Yes. He said it feels like money. 207 00:09:25,420 --> 00:09:26,670 [ Knock on door ] 208 00:09:26,670 --> 00:09:28,750 Just wash it when you're done. 209 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,540 I thought of an option. 210 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:37,500 We let the electors decide for themselves. 211 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:38,830 Mellie. 212 00:09:38,830 --> 00:09:40,790 [ Sighs ] Just think about it, Liv. 213 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:43,250 There is nothing you or I can do anymore. 214 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:46,170 We've already done all we can by running a phenomenal campaign. 215 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:48,250 Now it is up to those 538 electors 216 00:09:48,250 --> 00:09:50,960 to decide who is going to be the next President. 217 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,710 Now we have to let the system -- 218 00:09:53,710 --> 00:09:56,790 the Constitution -- do its thing. 219 00:09:56,790 --> 00:09:59,290 Mellie, we already agreed what we have to do. 220 00:09:59,290 --> 00:10:01,330 You're making a speech this afternoon 221 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:02,670 at the Lincoln Memorial. 222 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:07,040 I don't need to just roll over and concede anymore, Liv. 223 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,880 All I need to do is sit back 224 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,500 and watch the Electoral College make history. 225 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:12,960 Isn't that wonderful? 226 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,170 No, it's not, because it wouldn't be fair. 227 00:10:16,210 --> 00:10:18,080 Fair? 228 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,040 To whom? 229 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,790 To the country. 230 00:10:20,790 --> 00:10:22,040 To Cyrus. 231 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,500 [ Scoffs ] 232 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,710 Mellie, I would be in complete and total agreement with you 233 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,420 if it weren't for the people who fixed this election. 234 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:31,670 If it weren't for Cyrus having to go to prison 235 00:10:31,670 --> 00:10:33,170 for a crime he never committed. 236 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:35,880 There is nothing we can do to change any of that. 237 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,120 Are you sure? 238 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,670 Yes. I am. 239 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:41,790 [ Sighs ] Liz North says -- 240 00:10:41,790 --> 00:10:44,750 Liz...North...says?! 241 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:46,330 Ugh. 242 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,210 Mellie. 243 00:10:54,380 --> 00:10:55,880 [ Sighs ] 244 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,830 I can't do it, Liv. 245 00:11:03,620 --> 00:11:05,830 I just can't. 246 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:09,330 Those electors aren't simply going to forget 247 00:11:09,330 --> 00:11:12,580 that they ever laid eyes on Cyrus's mug shot. 248 00:11:12,580 --> 00:11:14,580 This isn't a fair fight anymore. 249 00:11:14,580 --> 00:11:16,210 Cyrus has been tainted by all of this. 250 00:11:16,210 --> 00:11:17,580 He has been hurt. 251 00:11:17,580 --> 00:11:20,040 Then help him through it. Fix it for him. 252 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,880 I mean, if anyone can make things fair, it's you, right? 253 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,580 So, do your best. 254 00:11:24,580 --> 00:11:27,710 Do whatever it is that you feel so compelled to do. 255 00:11:27,710 --> 00:11:29,080 But just know that... 256 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,880 [ Sighs ] 257 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,290 ...I am going to do the same. 258 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,500 I'm really sorry, Olivia, but my mind is made up. 259 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,500 Have a good day. 260 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:56,670 [ Door opens ] 261 00:11:56,670 --> 00:11:58,210 Cyrus Beene. Our new client. 262 00:11:58,210 --> 00:11:59,790 And the most hated man in America. 263 00:11:59,790 --> 00:12:00,960 Not once we're through. 264 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,330 Not once we've launched a media blast 265 00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:03,580 that will remind the electors that Cyrus 266 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:05,710 is not only innocent, but experienced. 267 00:12:05,710 --> 00:12:07,000 Presidential. 268 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,330 Our country's electors 269 00:12:08,330 --> 00:12:10,420 should not be fooled by this so-called evidence. 270 00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:12,420 Mellie Grant is your President, 271 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:15,000 not this murderer who got off on a technicality. 272 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,540 All the President is saying is that America has a choice now. 273 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:20,580 A choice?! Between an elegant and experienced stateswoman 274 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:22,210 and a greased hog who managed to slip 275 00:12:22,210 --> 00:12:23,880 through the bars of his prison cell somehow? 276 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,290 Cyrus Beene is innocent, plain and simple. 277 00:12:26,290 --> 00:12:29,290 The FBI had enough evidence to arrest Cyrus Beene of murder. 278 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:30,710 Plain and simple. How about we just stick 279 00:12:30,710 --> 00:12:32,170 with the non-arrested-for-murder candidate? 280 00:12:32,170 --> 00:12:33,710 Call me old-fashioned, 281 00:12:33,710 --> 00:12:35,540 but is that too much to ask of someone 282 00:12:35,540 --> 00:12:37,380 seeking the highest office in the land? 283 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:38,710 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 284 00:13:05,620 --> 00:13:07,710 Hello. 285 00:13:07,710 --> 00:13:10,290 I brought two suits. One is navy. The other -- 286 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,210 They're not gonna f-fit. 287 00:13:12,210 --> 00:13:13,960 What? 288 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,790 The suits won't fit. 289 00:13:15,790 --> 00:13:17,960 Not properly, at least. I've lost 14 pounds 290 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,790 thanks to a regimented diet of only the finest prison food. 291 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,790 Cyrus, can I come in? Can we talk? 292 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,670 No. 293 00:13:29,670 --> 00:13:32,670 Matter of fact, if I recall correctly, 294 00:13:32,670 --> 00:13:34,960 you told me you'd never speak to me again. 295 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:35,920 Remember that, Liv? 296 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:38,830 I'm sorry. 297 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:40,210 Of course you are. 298 00:13:40,210 --> 00:13:42,170 Well, thanks for that. 299 00:13:42,170 --> 00:13:43,960 That was something, 300 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,710 but I've got some things to attend to, so see you around. 301 00:13:46,710 --> 00:13:49,330 Did you hear about the elector in Virginia? 302 00:13:49,330 --> 00:13:52,000 The one talking about going faithless. 303 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,460 There's a chance he may switch his vote from Mellie to you. 304 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,420 He believes you should be the President. 305 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:01,670 Do you have anything to say about that? 306 00:14:01,670 --> 00:14:03,460 Guy sounds like a moron. Bye-bye. 307 00:14:03,460 --> 00:14:07,000 First, it's this guy, then another elector in Florida. 308 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,880 Another in Iowa. Texas. 309 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,710 You're still in this thing, Cyrus. 310 00:14:10,710 --> 00:14:12,120 Can you let go of the door? 311 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,830 Mellie, however, is not going to go down without a fight. 312 00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:14,960 The door. Let go. 313 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,670 You need to take a shower. Shave. Suit up. 314 00:14:16,670 --> 00:14:18,620 You need to get out there and win this thing! 315 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:20,880 Let go of the friggin' door!! 316 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,670 I begged you to listen to me. To believe me. 317 00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:29,750 I told you I was going to die. And what did you do? 318 00:14:29,750 --> 00:14:32,460 What did you do, Olivia? You left me for dead. 319 00:14:32,460 --> 00:14:33,500 Now you're here. 320 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,210 Cyrus -- No, no, no, no, no. 321 00:14:35,210 --> 00:14:37,170 [ Sighs ] 322 00:14:37,170 --> 00:14:38,920 You need to understand something here. 323 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,170 You do not get this chance. 324 00:14:40,170 --> 00:14:44,290 You do not get anything more from me. 325 00:14:44,290 --> 00:14:46,040 It is over. This is over. 326 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,460 [ Breathing heavily ] 327 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:49,540 I am now a former death row inmate. 328 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:51,080 I was charged with murder. 329 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,000 You were fully exonerated. 330 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,330 You -- You think anybody's gonna give a damn about that? 331 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,830 You're delusional. Sick. 332 00:14:59,830 --> 00:15:02,170 No. No. This is over. Leave me the hell alone. 333 00:15:02,170 --> 00:15:03,170 I can't. 334 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:06,420 -Yeah, you will. -No, I can't. 335 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:08,000 Because you're wrong. This is not over. 336 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,290 This is far from over. 337 00:15:09,290 --> 00:15:11,170 And I'm gonna prove it to you, Cyrus. 338 00:15:11,170 --> 00:15:12,620 You may not believe me now, but -- 339 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,170 Wait! 340 00:15:19,380 --> 00:15:21,670 Angela: The Vargas case is a mess. 341 00:15:21,670 --> 00:15:24,580 I've been on the phone nonstop since Cyrus's release. 342 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:27,250 I can't believe I have to start all over again. 343 00:15:27,250 --> 00:15:29,000 I can only imagine. 344 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,080 But I know you can handle it. 345 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,380 [ Sighs ] So, what did Olivia want? 346 00:15:33,380 --> 00:15:35,250 I'm sorry? 347 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:36,920 Olivia Pope. 348 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,170 I heard she was in the White House. 349 00:15:39,170 --> 00:15:40,170 To talk. 350 00:15:40,170 --> 00:15:41,500 Obviously. 351 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,330 Sorry, my mind is in this speech 352 00:15:43,330 --> 00:15:45,420 I have to give at CPAC tomorrow. 353 00:15:45,420 --> 00:15:47,460 Don't you think it's a little strange 354 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:50,540 that one day Olivia's moving heaven and earth to bury Cyrus, 355 00:15:50,540 --> 00:15:52,790 and now, all of a sudden, she's his champion? 356 00:15:52,790 --> 00:15:54,210 I hadn't thought about it. 357 00:15:54,210 --> 00:15:55,960 She didn't mention anything to you? 358 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,170 Nope. 359 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,580 Didn't Olivia work here 360 00:16:00,580 --> 00:16:02,880 when Tom Larsen was a Secret Service agent 361 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,540 in the White House? 362 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:06,040 I think so. I'm not sure. 363 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,540 Well, did they keep in touch? 364 00:16:07,540 --> 00:16:09,830 Because if there's a connection between them, 365 00:16:09,830 --> 00:16:11,790 then that could explain Olivia's behavior. 366 00:16:11,790 --> 00:16:14,080 I would love to work, but if we're not gonna work, 367 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,790 I definitely don't want to talk about 368 00:16:15,790 --> 00:16:17,460 the inner workings of Olivia Pope's brain. 369 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,080 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 370 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,880 Thank you so much for coming. 371 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,420 Before I do this, I need to know, 372 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:28,750 are you 100% sure Cyrus is innocent? 373 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:31,500 I would stake my life on it. 374 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,960 [ Cellphone vibrates ] 375 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,000 Dad? 376 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,250 [ Door opens ] 377 00:16:43,750 --> 00:16:45,880 Olivia: What's going on, Dad? 378 00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:50,880 It's been too long. I wanted to see you. 379 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:54,960 Can I show you something? 380 00:16:57,830 --> 00:16:59,790 [ Sighs ] 381 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:02,960 This is the last piece I will affix. 382 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,040 Sandra and I... 383 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,500 ...we agreed that this would be the final piece. 384 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,540 A fitting way to complete his story. 385 00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:14,380 I've got Frankie Vargas's widow waiting. 386 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:15,670 I need to get back to work. Cyrus is -- 387 00:17:15,670 --> 00:17:17,290 Inside. What? 388 00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:19,040 Step inside the box. 389 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,380 Their surveillance system, like any other, 390 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:30,250 is simply a grid -- an imperfect grid. 391 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,080 It took a while to figure it out. 392 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,540 A lot of sleepless nights. 393 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:34,920 Counting steps, circling, 394 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,670 listening to the sound of cameras shifting as I moved. 395 00:17:38,670 --> 00:17:40,620 These boxes are dead spots. 396 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:44,000 You need to stop doing what you're doing. 397 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,250 You need to stop trying to make Cyrus President. 398 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:48,290 I'm giving him back what they took. 399 00:17:48,290 --> 00:17:50,250 There is nothing to get back. 400 00:17:50,250 --> 00:17:52,250 When these people take from you, it is gone. 401 00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,170 Finished. Forever. I can't believe that. 402 00:17:54,170 --> 00:17:55,460 You don't want to believe that. 403 00:17:55,460 --> 00:17:56,790 These people can't win. 404 00:17:56,790 --> 00:17:57,920 They've already won! 405 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,750 If Cyrus Beene becomes President, 406 00:17:59,750 --> 00:18:01,670 they will kill you! 407 00:18:01,670 --> 00:18:02,960 You have to stand down, Olivia. 408 00:18:04,830 --> 00:18:07,330 I won't quit. I will win. 409 00:18:07,330 --> 00:18:10,380 [ Sighs deeply ] There is no winning. 410 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:13,540 There's simply life and death. 411 00:18:13,540 --> 00:18:15,290 I remain useful to these people 412 00:18:15,290 --> 00:18:17,170 because I assume they believe 413 00:18:17,170 --> 00:18:19,500 I maintain a certain level of influence over you. 414 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,830 If that goes away, if you walk out that door 415 00:18:21,830 --> 00:18:23,250 without heeding my advice, 416 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:25,210 I am useless to them. 417 00:18:25,210 --> 00:18:26,960 I am extinct. 418 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:37,290 It was really good to see you, Dad. 419 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:39,920 I'll see you again very soon. 420 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,000 I promise. 421 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Olivia. 422 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,290 Survival of the fittest, right? 423 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,120 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 424 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:57,080 Cyrus Beene was never anything 425 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,710 but a faithful and loyal supporter and friend 426 00:18:59,710 --> 00:19:02,040 to my late husband, Frankie Vargas. 427 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,500 We should all be grateful that he has finally been shown 428 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,250 to be the innocent man that he is -- 429 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:07,750 the man we voted for. 430 00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:09,620 The man my husband believed in 431 00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:12,670 and chose to carry out his vision for the American people. 432 00:19:12,670 --> 00:19:15,960 It's time Cyrus Beene take his rightful place as President 433 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,500 and end this national nightmare once and for all. 434 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,290 Jessica: Thank you, Mrs. Vargas, for sharing -- 435 00:19:20,290 --> 00:19:22,000 [ Click ] 436 00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:25,250 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 437 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,500 Some interesting poll results this morning. 438 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,580 It seems that Cyrus Beene, thanks in no small part 439 00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:31,380 to Luna Vargas's endorsement yesterday, 440 00:19:31,380 --> 00:19:33,170 may actually have a shot with electors. 441 00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:34,960 If I'm Senator Grant right now, 442 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,420 I'm looking for a way to stop Beene's momentum. 443 00:19:37,420 --> 00:19:39,120 We're here with Michael Ambruso, 444 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:40,710 estranged husband of Cyrus Beene. 445 00:19:40,710 --> 00:19:42,500 So, Michael, 446 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,460 you know Cyrus, I'd say, better than anyone, right? 447 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:46,880 I suppose. Yes. 448 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,330 Do you think he killed Frankie Vargas? 449 00:19:49,710 --> 00:19:50,920 Liv! 450 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:52,540 Well, he's been cleared 451 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:53,830 of all charges due to new evidence. 452 00:19:53,830 --> 00:19:55,620 Yes, we know. 453 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:58,330 But what my audience and myself would like to know is, 454 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:01,040 do you, Michael Ambruso, believe Cyrus Beene 455 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,170 assassinated Governor Francisco Vargas? 456 00:20:07,330 --> 00:20:10,920 No. I do not think Cyrus killed Frankie Vargas. 457 00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:14,000 But... 458 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,500 Cyrus is not a good man. 459 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,750 He's a liar. A cheater. A manipulator. 460 00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:22,420 His lies know no bounds. 461 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:26,080 Our entire marriage was about him. His needs. 462 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,920 I wasn't a partner or a lover. 463 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,120 I was his housekeeper, his nanny. 464 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,120 I picked his daughter up from school 465 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:33,880 and his clothes from off the floor. 466 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,580 And at night, I cried myself to sleep in an empty bed 467 00:20:37,580 --> 00:20:40,250 because the man I vowed to have and to hold 468 00:20:40,250 --> 00:20:42,620 couldn't be bothered to have me or to hold me. 469 00:20:42,620 --> 00:20:47,290 So, no, Cyrus Beene did not end Frankie Vargas's life, 470 00:20:47,290 --> 00:20:48,500 but he ruined mine. 471 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,920 And for that, he doesn't have my vote. 472 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,250 Well, there you have it, folks. 473 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:54,540 Michael Ambruso, in his own words, 474 00:20:54,540 --> 00:20:56,880 telling the world that "till death do us part" 475 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,580 ends at the ballot box. 476 00:20:58,580 --> 00:21:00,000 Shame on you. 477 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,250 Cyrus was in jail because of a lie, 478 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:04,710 and you just used his family to destroy him. 479 00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:06,460 It wasn't me... or Elizabeth 480 00:21:06,460 --> 00:21:08,120 because, like you, she just called, 481 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:09,790 asking if I had done it, which I hadn't. 482 00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:13,210 If anyone should be ashamed, Liv, it's you. 483 00:21:15,750 --> 00:21:17,500 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 484 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:20,710 She's lying. She wants to be seen as the good guy. 485 00:21:20,710 --> 00:21:24,250 Noble. It's the only way she justifies what she's done, 486 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:27,000 which, in fact, is completely reprehensible. 487 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,460 I've seen Mellie lie before. This wasn't that. 488 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,620 This was someone else. 489 00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,210 Who? 490 00:21:33,210 --> 00:21:34,920 Liv? 491 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:42,250 I went to see my father yesterday. 492 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:45,040 And? 493 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,250 He told me to stop. He said if I didn't, they would kill him. 494 00:21:49,580 --> 00:21:51,540 So it was your father. 495 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:53,620 He did this. 496 00:21:53,620 --> 00:21:55,500 [ Sighs ] It would be so easy -- 497 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,000 Don't. 498 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,920 One word to Angela and all this gets settled. 499 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,380 We are not ratting out my father. 500 00:22:00,380 --> 00:22:01,380 He's guilty. 501 00:22:01,380 --> 00:22:03,710 And weak and old and imprisoned. 502 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,420 "We've all done terrible things." 503 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:11,210 Those were your words to me. 504 00:22:11,210 --> 00:22:13,250 I forgave Abby. Now it's your turn. 505 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,420 [ Sighs ] 506 00:22:22,330 --> 00:22:24,540 We should be focused on Cyrus. 507 00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:27,170 We put him in prison, we abandoned him, 508 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:28,330 we left him to die. 509 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:30,500 Cyrus needs us. 510 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:32,710 [ Knock on door ] 511 00:22:32,710 --> 00:22:34,380 I'm not hungry. 512 00:22:36,580 --> 00:22:37,880 [ Knocking continues ] 513 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,040 Leave it -- Leave it outside! 514 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,290 [ Knocking ] 515 00:22:45,210 --> 00:22:48,120 ♪♪ 516 00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:55,210 [ Knocking ] 517 00:22:55,210 --> 00:22:56,830 Damn it. 518 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,750 Can I come in? 519 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,290 When was the last time you were outside? 520 00:23:07,290 --> 00:23:08,880 I don't... 521 00:23:11,210 --> 00:23:12,670 You drink beer now? 522 00:23:14,540 --> 00:23:16,920 I'm not drinking beer. 523 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,790 Someone distilled this, 524 00:23:18,790 --> 00:23:22,330 poured it into a barrel to age before we were born. 525 00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:24,250 It's maybe the best in the world. 526 00:23:24,250 --> 00:23:25,040 [ Cork pops ] 527 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:34,080 [ Sighs ] 528 00:23:36,170 --> 00:23:37,920 Give me another. 529 00:23:44,210 --> 00:23:45,170 [ Sighs ] 530 00:23:48,830 --> 00:23:50,580 Good to be out? 531 00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:53,710 It's strange. 532 00:23:53,710 --> 00:23:55,040 I can imagine. 533 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,210 No, you can't. 534 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,420 What was it like? 535 00:24:00,420 --> 00:24:02,250 Prison? 536 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:05,880 H-Hell. 537 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,210 Pu-Pure hell especially because -- 538 00:24:09,210 --> 00:24:10,000 I know. 539 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,420 I got jumped in prison. 540 00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:23,040 Crap knocked out of me. 541 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,210 Left for dead. 542 00:24:24,210 --> 00:24:25,080 What?! 543 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,080 A guard set me up. 544 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,960 Let some Frankie supporters have at me. 545 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,750 Needed stitches on the top of my head, cracked a rib. 546 00:24:38,170 --> 00:24:40,380 A drunk kid accidentally hit me with a rowing oar 547 00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:41,460 in boarding school. 548 00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:44,040 Pretty much exactly the same thing. 549 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,170 [ Chuckling ] 550 00:24:45,170 --> 00:24:46,670 [ Chuckles ] 551 00:24:50,330 --> 00:24:52,040 You know why I'm here. 552 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,460 Olivia sent you to get me to fight for the Oval. 553 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:58,170 I'm sorry, Cyrus. 554 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:02,620 I appreciate that, sir. 555 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:08,580 Do you remember what I gave you in the hospital 556 00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:09,710 the night of the assassination? 557 00:25:12,250 --> 00:25:13,750 I believe so. 558 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:15,790 America. 559 00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:18,830 It's still there, Cyrus. 560 00:25:18,830 --> 00:25:21,250 It's yours. 561 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:24,710 And as your President, I'm asking you to take it. 562 00:25:26,790 --> 00:25:29,040 Can you do that? 563 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,830 ♪♪ 564 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:48,500 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 565 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,670 Are you ready to become President, sir? 566 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,040 I don't deserve to be President. 567 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,330 You don't spend a decade in Washington 568 00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:10,960 without committing a few sins. 569 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,880 I'd committed more than a few. 570 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:19,040 So, when I was thrown in prison, it made sense. 571 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:25,710 When my friends abandoned me and my husband left me... 572 00:26:25,710 --> 00:26:27,080 that made sense. 573 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,880 It all made sense. 574 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,790 So what if I hadn't killed Frankie? 575 00:26:35,290 --> 00:26:37,330 I lied. 576 00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:40,250 I pursued my own agenda. 577 00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:43,330 I let my daughter down. 578 00:26:43,330 --> 00:26:46,920 Prison, then? A treason charge? 579 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,750 It was... 580 00:26:48,750 --> 00:26:55,580 I-It...was almost a relief because I knew I was unworthy. 581 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:57,880 Except three days ago, 582 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,830 I was released, cleared, 583 00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:03,080 told, "Go out there, Cy. 584 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:08,380 Tell them you deserve to be President." 585 00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:11,500 But I know I don't. 586 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Strangely enough, 587 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,790 that's what finally convinced me to come here... 588 00:27:19,790 --> 00:27:23,330 because nobody "deserves" to be President. 589 00:27:23,330 --> 00:27:27,080 Certainly not the people who most often try to be President. 590 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,420 ♪♪ 591 00:27:30,420 --> 00:27:32,960 Except for Frankie. 592 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,330 ♪♪ 593 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:41,580 He...was...different. 594 00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:46,540 The people saw it. 595 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:51,960 It's why he won. 596 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,330 And maybe it's why we lost him. 597 00:27:55,330 --> 00:28:01,040 In his absence, I offer you something far more meager -- 598 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,620 my flaws...and my service. 599 00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:10,000 Frankie Vargas loved this country. 600 00:28:11,580 --> 00:28:14,290 He embodied the best of our values -- 601 00:28:14,290 --> 00:28:20,620 diversity, humility, kindness. 602 00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:24,170 Unworthy as I am, 603 00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:27,460 his hopes have become my compass. 604 00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:31,710 And that's why I'm here -- 605 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,580 to make you a promise. 606 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:37,580 If chosen to serve as your President, 607 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:42,000 I will strive to honor Frankie's legacy, 608 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:48,750 to become worthy of the office that was rightfully his. 609 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:50,830 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 610 00:29:02,210 --> 00:29:03,460 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 611 00:29:10,670 --> 00:29:12,880 [ Sighs ] 612 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,540 What the hell? 613 00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:16,580 We thought it was time for you to meet your benefactors. 614 00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:19,540 You're working for them? 615 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,120 We're all working together. 616 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,000 Theodore Peus. It's so nice to finally meet you. 617 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,120 This is insane. 618 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,710 If you think I am shaking hands with these murderers -- 619 00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:29,880 They've got the votes. 620 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,330 What do you mean, "They got the votes"? 621 00:29:31,330 --> 00:29:33,170 The electors. It's been taken care of. 622 00:29:33,170 --> 00:29:34,460 Taken care of? 623 00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:36,380 Electors are human beings, Senator. 624 00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:38,670 Push the right buttons, they'll cave to your demands. 625 00:29:38,670 --> 00:29:41,330 So you threatened them? 626 00:29:41,330 --> 00:29:42,880 It's harmless arm-twisting. 627 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,380 What matters is that you are going to be President. 628 00:29:46,380 --> 00:29:48,580 Isn't that great? 629 00:29:48,580 --> 00:29:49,580 Undo it. 630 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:51,170 -Mellie -- -Undo it! 631 00:29:51,170 --> 00:29:53,290 I don't want to win this way or even have this conversation. 632 00:29:53,290 --> 00:29:55,000 In fact, I would like you to leave my office. 633 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,380 All of you. Now! 634 00:29:59,170 --> 00:30:01,120 Did you hear what I said?! 635 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:09,040 Are you familiar with the Trojan War, Senator? 636 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,420 I asked you to leave. 637 00:30:11,420 --> 00:30:13,960 It's the one where the Greeks snuck inside their enemy's gates 638 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,500 inside a wooden horse. Rachel?! 639 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:17,420 Rachel took a walk. 640 00:30:17,420 --> 00:30:20,620 You're our horse, Senator. Our way into the White House. 641 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:21,750 You'll be the President, 642 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,620 but we'll be in charge because you fear us. 643 00:30:23,620 --> 00:30:25,710 I'm afraid you're stuck with us. 644 00:30:25,710 --> 00:30:27,710 Okay, one -- I don't fear anyone. 645 00:30:27,710 --> 00:30:30,500 Two -- you will never step foot in my White House, 646 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,290 let alone tell me what to do. 647 00:30:32,290 --> 00:30:33,790 Maybe we should all just -- 648 00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:35,620 Three -- I will make it my mission 649 00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:38,210 to have you tried and hung for the murder of Frankie Vargas. 650 00:30:38,210 --> 00:30:40,170 That cannot stand. Have I made myself clear? 651 00:30:40,170 --> 00:30:41,460 Let's do this. 652 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:43,290 Let's take tonight, think things through. 653 00:30:43,290 --> 00:30:45,880 And then once we've all had a chance to calm down a little 654 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,040 and catch our breath -- 655 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,170 [ Thud ] [ Gasps ] 656 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:58,880 One -- now you do fear us. 657 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,710 Two -- Miss Ruland is your new Chief of Staff 658 00:31:01,710 --> 00:31:04,040 now that Miss North has become unavailable. 659 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:05,710 You report directly to her. 660 00:31:05,710 --> 00:31:07,710 Three -- if you alert authorities 661 00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:10,040 or try to cede the Presidency to Cyrus, 662 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,540 we will kill your children. 663 00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:13,620 Have I made myself clear? 664 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:16,580 [ Breathes shakily ] 665 00:31:16,580 --> 00:31:18,830 Senator? 666 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:23,830 Yes. Yes. 667 00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:25,210 I think our work here is done. 668 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:26,920 [ Gasping ] 669 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,540 Congratulations, Senator. You're about to be President. 670 00:31:29,540 --> 00:31:32,620 ♪♪ 671 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,170 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 672 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,120 What's this? 673 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,500 The warrant I'm submitting 674 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,000 to have Olivia Pope arrested. 675 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,040 On what grounds? 676 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,710 My team uncovered a large payment to Tom Larsen 677 00:31:53,710 --> 00:31:56,170 from a bank account associated with Olivia. 678 00:31:56,170 --> 00:31:58,250 It's all right there. 679 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,710 I'm sure this isn't what it seems. 680 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:02,540 You're sure? Because I'm not. 681 00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:05,080 Tom Larsen said he killed Frankie Vargas. 682 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,000 And this money makes it look like Olivia paid him to do so 683 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,500 in order to get her candidate into the White House. 684 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:11,620 Angela. 685 00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:13,620 I came here as a courtesy. 686 00:32:13,620 --> 00:32:15,710 I know that you and her have history. 687 00:32:15,710 --> 00:32:17,880 I just wanted you to know that my hands are tied. 688 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,710 I have no choice but to bring her in. 689 00:32:19,710 --> 00:32:22,040 You made Olivia your target from the beginning. 690 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,120 You have blinders on. 691 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,120 Excuse me? 692 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,500 You know what I mean. 693 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:28,040 And it's so ridiculous and so insulting 694 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,380 that you're gonna have to say it for me to truly understand. 695 00:32:31,380 --> 00:32:33,500 This isn't about truth and justice. 696 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:34,880 It's about something else. 697 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,460 Boy, I am the director of the FBI, 698 00:32:37,460 --> 00:32:39,880 not some chick who got dissed at prom. 699 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,290 I'm filing this warrant, 700 00:32:41,290 --> 00:32:43,880 and Olivia Pope is going to answer my questions. 701 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,210 I hope you can respect that, respect how I do my job. 702 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:49,250 And I hope to see you later. 703 00:32:56,540 --> 00:32:58,380 [ Gasping ] 704 00:33:02,290 --> 00:33:04,790 I didn't tell you on the phone. 705 00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:07,120 That was smart, right? 706 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,540 I thought you'd tell me not to talk, s-so I didn't talk, 707 00:33:09,540 --> 00:33:11,540 and I tried not to move, but I did move. 708 00:33:11,540 --> 00:33:12,580 I'm sorry. But, I -- 709 00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:14,120 Mel-Mellie! What happened? 710 00:33:16,170 --> 00:33:19,710 The blonde lady... killed Elizabeth. 711 00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:24,670 And now the blonde lady is my Chief of Staff, I-I think. 712 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,920 Yes. Yes, that's what she said. 713 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,830 She said she's my Chief of Staff, and the man -- 714 00:33:29,830 --> 00:33:31,000 Peus? 715 00:33:32,380 --> 00:33:35,500 The man said the electors were bought or bribed or -- 716 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:39,670 or threatened, and he said that their votes were rigged. 717 00:33:39,670 --> 00:33:43,080 And he said that I am the next President of the United States, 718 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,210 just like we dreamed, only the nightmare version, and -- 719 00:33:46,210 --> 00:33:47,790 It's -- It's not too late. 720 00:33:47,790 --> 00:33:51,120 If they're bribing electors, we can follow the money... 721 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,710 If they catch you doing that -- ...find out who's bankrolling them, go public. 722 00:33:53,710 --> 00:33:54,830 There's a process, proper channels -- 723 00:33:54,830 --> 00:33:56,210 They will kill you, Liv!! 724 00:33:56,210 --> 00:33:57,460 They killed Elizabeth! 725 00:33:57,460 --> 00:33:59,170 They killed the President! 726 00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:02,290 Once you kill a President to get what you want, what's a fixer? 727 00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:06,040 An elector? A child? Teddy? Karen? 728 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,540 Your -- Your proper channels 729 00:34:07,540 --> 00:34:09,290 of law and precedent and decency? 730 00:34:09,290 --> 00:34:10,290 They don't care! 731 00:34:10,290 --> 00:34:11,880 Mellie! Breathe! 732 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,920 We are going to get you out of here. 733 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,580 [ Sighs ] 734 00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:16,830 I have to go. 735 00:34:16,830 --> 00:34:18,750 Don't -- Don't go. 736 00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:21,080 Jake is here. Jake will take care of you. 737 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,960 Jake: Hey. Eyes on me. 738 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,460 Eyes...on me. 739 00:34:34,460 --> 00:34:35,670 There. 740 00:34:37,580 --> 00:34:39,290 I'm so sorry. 741 00:34:39,290 --> 00:34:41,540 [ Whimpers ] 742 00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:46,500 I'm so sorry for this...mess. 743 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:49,670 I -- It's all my fault. 744 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:50,960 I shouldn't have trusted her. 745 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,460 I am your Vice President. 746 00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,210 I am your shield. 747 00:34:55,210 --> 00:34:56,580 I clean up your political messes, 748 00:34:56,580 --> 00:34:58,380 I take the political bullets for you, 749 00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:00,460 I clean up the messes you leave behind. 750 00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:02,830 It's my duty, so you don't apologize to me. 751 00:35:02,830 --> 00:35:04,880 We are in this together. 752 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,080 This is just one bump on a long journey for you and me, okay? 753 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,290 Now, first things first. 754 00:35:10,290 --> 00:35:12,880 Do you keep a spare suit or dress in the closet? 755 00:35:15,170 --> 00:35:17,500 Good, because I'm gonna ask you to step out of this one 756 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:19,000 slowly and carefully. 757 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,250 Come on. 758 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:22,960 There. 759 00:35:35,210 --> 00:35:36,540 Fitz. 760 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,750 Angela's going to arrest you. 761 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:42,250 She has the money you paid Tom. 762 00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:43,880 I told her it's not what it looks like, 763 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,330 but she refused to accept that. 764 00:35:45,330 --> 00:35:47,000 I think this has become personal for her 765 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,710 in a way that isn't helping either of us. 766 00:35:48,710 --> 00:35:51,460 I can talk to David Rosen, have him run interference. 767 00:35:51,460 --> 00:35:54,290 If necessary, I can ask for Angela's resignation. 768 00:35:54,290 --> 00:35:55,920 I'd rather it not come to that, 769 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,540 but if that's the only way to stop this nonsense, so be it. 770 00:35:58,540 --> 00:36:01,170 Did you hear what I just said to you? 771 00:36:01,170 --> 00:36:04,620 Angela's filing a warrant for your arrest as we speak. 772 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:06,080 Good. 773 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,670 Good? 774 00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:09,880 This is it. 775 00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:12,710 This is how we win. 776 00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:13,830 Olivia -- 777 00:36:13,830 --> 00:36:16,120 They bought the electors. 778 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,080 Peus and Ruland. For Mellie. 779 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,040 The only way to stop them 780 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,290 is to make it so the electors can't actually vote for her, 781 00:36:23,290 --> 00:36:25,080 to remove her as an option. 782 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,080 If Mellie Grant's campaign manager 783 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,290 is arrested for framing Cyrus... 784 00:36:29,290 --> 00:36:30,790 We have another option. ...there'd be no way 785 00:36:30,790 --> 00:36:32,250 the electors could vote for Mellie. 786 00:36:32,250 --> 00:36:35,830 Why on earth would I allow you to go down for this 787 00:36:35,830 --> 00:36:37,380 when your father is guilty? 788 00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:40,210 Arresting my father won't solve this. We talked about -- 789 00:36:40,210 --> 00:36:41,880 Arresting your father will solve this! 790 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,540 The FBI needs a head on a spike. 791 00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:45,040 There is no way in hell 792 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,790 I am letting you go to prison for life... 793 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:49,330 when he's guilty and you're not! 794 00:36:49,330 --> 00:36:50,580 No chance! 795 00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:52,250 I am not asking your permission, 796 00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:54,040 and you do not tell me what to do. 797 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,380 If there's one thing you should know by now, 798 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:58,210 it's that you don't -- Don't you see? 799 00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:02,420 I'd lose you! 800 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,960 Forever. 801 00:37:08,420 --> 00:37:10,750 Your father is guilty. 802 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:13,210 My father will die. 803 00:37:13,210 --> 00:37:16,330 If he goes to jail, if they see him as a threat, 804 00:37:16,330 --> 00:37:19,000 if they think he'll talk, they will kill him! 805 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,330 My father will die! 806 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,540 So all this...is for him? 807 00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:27,580 You arrest my father, 808 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:30,290 you stop me from taking the fall for this? 809 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:32,580 For doing what I have to do? 810 00:37:32,580 --> 00:37:34,790 You also lose me forever. 811 00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:39,120 So I guess, either way, this is goodbye. 812 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,540 I guess so. 813 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:44,460 You're always right. 814 00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:47,040 Always the smartest person in the room. 815 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,670 Until right now. 816 00:37:48,670 --> 00:37:51,170 Don't. 817 00:37:51,170 --> 00:37:53,040 Don't do this. 818 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,830 ♪♪ 819 00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,920 [ Door opens ] 820 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,920 I'm sorry. 821 00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:07,880 [ Door closes ] 822 00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:12,330 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 823 00:38:12,330 --> 00:38:14,830 Today Americans will finally have a conclusion 824 00:38:14,830 --> 00:38:17,670 to what has been a tragic and tumultuous election season. 825 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:19,710 That's because in a few short hours, 826 00:38:19,710 --> 00:38:22,500 the Senate meets to certify the votes of 538 electors, 827 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,580 who together, will pick our next President. 828 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:28,080 What are you saying? 829 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,040 I'm saying the Oval can still be yours. 830 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,960 Do you have anything stronger than this? 831 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,080 Olivia, what the hell do you think you're doing? 832 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,920 What's necessary. 833 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,540 It's the only way to prevent Mellie from becoming President 834 00:38:38,540 --> 00:38:39,960 and to keep these people 835 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,460 from getting what they've been after the entire time. 836 00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:44,170 If I go down, so does she, so do they. 837 00:38:49,290 --> 00:38:52,460 You've made the ultimate sacrifice, Cyrus. 838 00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:53,460 [ Scoffs ] 839 00:38:53,460 --> 00:38:55,170 It's time I do the same. 840 00:38:55,170 --> 00:38:56,330 I can't let you do this. 841 00:38:56,330 --> 00:38:58,960 You don't have a choice, Mr. President. 842 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:04,830 The Deputy Bureau Chief just came into my office 843 00:39:04,830 --> 00:39:07,210 and told me that Olivia Pope is not being arrested 844 00:39:07,210 --> 00:39:09,120 and that he is now leading the investigation, 845 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:10,880 reporting directly to you. 846 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,420 You did this. 847 00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:14,620 In lieu of transferring you to the field office in Omaha. 848 00:39:16,540 --> 00:39:17,880 This was business. 849 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,000 Or I can simply accept your resignation. 850 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,710 Do you realize that you're interfering 851 00:39:21,710 --> 00:39:24,120 with the Federal investigation 852 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,500 of the assassination of the President-Elect? 853 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,960 No, I'm not. Didn't you hear? 854 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,120 We have a suspect in custody. 855 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,290 ♪♪ 856 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:38,620 Dad! 857 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:40,420 Dad! 858 00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:41,540 Ma'am. 859 00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:42,420 I-I need to talk to him. 860 00:39:42,420 --> 00:39:43,790 No, you don't. 861 00:39:43,790 --> 00:39:45,250 You will step aside and explain to me 862 00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:47,250 why you have a paleontologist in handcuffs, 863 00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:49,460 or you will explain it to the President of the United States 864 00:39:49,460 --> 00:39:50,790 when he accepts your resignation! 865 00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:51,920 Which is it? 866 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,290 Ma'am, these orders came from the White House. 867 00:39:54,290 --> 00:39:57,330 ♪♪ 868 00:40:00,540 --> 00:40:02,500 We got you. 869 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,620 ♪ If you need me ♪ 870 00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:06,830 ♪ Call me ♪ 871 00:40:06,830 --> 00:40:09,170 ♪ No matter where you are ♪ 872 00:40:09,170 --> 00:40:11,290 Senator: Pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution, 873 00:40:11,290 --> 00:40:12,750 members of Congress, the Senate, 874 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:14,290 and the House of Representatives have met 875 00:40:14,290 --> 00:40:15,750 in joint session for the purpose 876 00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:17,120 of counting the votes of the electors 877 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,880 for President of the United States of America. 878 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,210 Will the teller representing 879 00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:22,330 the state of Alaska please come forward? 880 00:40:22,330 --> 00:40:24,540 Elector: The duly-elected electors for the state of Alaska 881 00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:26,290 voted for the following result. 882 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:29,380 For President of the United States of America... 883 00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:30,750 Mellie Grant. 884 00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:32,620 ♪ Can't stop me, babe ♪ 885 00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:35,250 Elector: Texas votes with the following result... 886 00:40:35,250 --> 00:40:36,920 Mellie Grant. 887 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:38,000 Mellie Grant. 888 00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:41,540 I'm sorry, Cyrus. 889 00:40:41,540 --> 00:40:43,460 ♪ No wind, no wind ♪ 890 00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:45,500 Elector: Montana votes with the following result... 891 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,830 Mellie Grant. 892 00:40:46,830 --> 00:40:48,670 What do you have to be sorry about, Red? 893 00:40:48,670 --> 00:40:50,790 Tennessee votes with the following result... 894 00:40:50,790 --> 00:40:52,790 Mellie Grant. All of it. 895 00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:54,380 North Dakota votes with the following result... 896 00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:56,080 Mellie Grant. 897 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,580 California votes with the following result... 898 00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:01,420 Mellie Grant. 899 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,750 I told you to leave my father alone! I told you! 900 00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:08,420 And for some reason, you find it very hard to believe 901 00:41:08,420 --> 00:41:10,580 that if I had to choose between you and him, 902 00:41:10,580 --> 00:41:12,000 you will lose! 903 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,580 You want to stop yelling at me? 904 00:41:15,290 --> 00:41:18,330 You saw your father taken into custody. My custody. 905 00:41:18,330 --> 00:41:20,290 ♪ I know you must follow the sun ♪ 906 00:41:20,290 --> 00:41:21,620 He's safe, Liv. 907 00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:22,920 ♪ Wherever it leads ♪ 908 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,880 Now you and I can focus on taking down Peus together. 909 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,080 ♪ If you should fall short of your desires ♪ 910 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:32,460 ♪ Remember life holds for you one guarantee ♪ 911 00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:35,580 ♪ You'll always have me ♪ 912 00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,920 ♪ And if you should miss my lovin' ♪ 913 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,500 ♪ One of these old days ♪ 914 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,460 ♪ If you should ever miss the arms ♪ 915 00:41:42,460 --> 00:41:44,420 ♪ That used to hold you so close ♪ 916 00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:48,920 ♪ Or the lips that used to touch yours so tenderly ♪ 917 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,710 ♪ Just remember what I told you ♪ 918 00:41:51,710 --> 00:41:54,460 ♪ The day I set you free ♪ 919 00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:56,120 ♪ Ain't no mountain high enough ♪ 920 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,210 ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 921 00:41:57,210 --> 00:41:58,620 ♪ Ain't no valley low enough ♪ 922 00:41:58,620 --> 00:41:59,620 ♪ Whoo-oo-ooh ♪ 923 00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:01,580 ♪ Ain't no river wide enough ♪ 924 00:42:01,580 --> 00:42:03,710 ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ To keep me from you ♪ 925 00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:04,670 The certificates of all the states 926 00:42:04,670 --> 00:42:06,420 have been opened and read. 927 00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:09,120 Mellie Grant will be appointed President of the United States 928 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,460 for the term beginning on the 20th day of January. 929 00:42:11,460 --> 00:42:13,540 May God bless our new President... 930 00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:17,670 ♪ Ain't no mountain high enough ♪ 931 00:42:17,670 --> 00:42:19,460 And may God bless the United States of America. 932 00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:20,540 ♪ Nothing can keep me ♪ 933 00:42:20,540 --> 00:42:23,380 [ Camera shutter clicking ]