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We're done.
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What?
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I'm letting you go.
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Previously on "Scandal"...
David Rosen!
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Why is Quinn Perkins'
dead ex-boyfriend,
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calling one of the grant
administration's biggest donors
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11 times the week
he's blown to bits?
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Wake up and smell
the cover-up, Abby.
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This is a conspiracy.
Who knows how high up it goes?
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I hear we have
a David Rosen issue.
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That we do, Livvie.
That we do.
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I can't be here.
I shouldn't be here.
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I am out of the White House.
The press could see me.
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I am risking everything.
Everything.
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We are all risking everything.
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Would you rather we met
inside the White House?
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Does that feel less
like a felony to you?
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(Lowered voice) Secret service
is outside that door.
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Please do not shout the word
"felony" in this room.
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We wouldn't even be in this room
if it weren't for Hollis.
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Now, now, just a minute.
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We all jumped off the bridge
together. Heck, we held hands.
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She means after the bridge
and the hand-holding,
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when you went rogue.
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You freelanced, Hollis.
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You're damn right I freelanced.
There's a big old mess,
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and hell if anyone else is
gonna clean it up.
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Now we can sit here all night
twisting my nipples,
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over something I did
to protect you ingrates,
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or we can address the fact
that if David Rosen
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finds the connection between
Cytron and Doyle Energy,
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every one of us here
is about three goose eggs shy
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of spending the rest
of their lives in prison.
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Am I making myself clear?
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We still have
a David Rosen problem!
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(Mellie) So what do we do?
(Verna) What can we do?
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Happy to freelance
one more time.
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Do not say that in my presence
ever again.
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Oh, someone's gotten ruffles
on her panties
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since she entered
the White House.
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(Verna) Hollis, show some
respect. She's the first lady.
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(Hollis) - Who knows that better than me?
- I'll fix it.
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What?
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What's that, Livvie?
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Our David Rosen problem...
I'll fix it.
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(Projector and camera shutter clicking)
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Good to see you.
How have you been?
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You're not speaking to me.
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I find when I've been
called in by my boss,
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for the sole purpose
of being fired...
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which is, by the way, rude...
it's rude to make someone
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come to the office
so you can fire him.
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- F.Y.I...
- David...
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I find that when I am dragged
into work to be fired,
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it's best to adhere
to the "if you can't say
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something nice, don't say
anything at all" rule
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I learned from my mother.
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- David... - Do I have to clear out
my desk, or do you have my stuff
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- in a nice sturdy box already?
- David, you're about to feel very bad
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because I'm not firing you.
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Right. Wait.
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You're not?
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No, I went out on a limb.
Pulled a few strings,
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told the powers that be
that David Rosen is
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a brilliant A.U.S.A.,
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my best A.U.S.A.,
and that I need him,
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and that he's ready
to come off of suspension
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and make a new start,
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that he's done obsessing
about the past or Olivia Pope.
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Am I wrong to say that?
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(Indistinct conversations)
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This is a good group.
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(Sugar packet rips) Yeah.
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I go to a lot of groups...
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A.A., N.A., D.A.
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G.A. Hey, I guess if
there was a self-help A.,
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I'd go to that one, too.
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(Chuckles)
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This one's the best, though,
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'cause I really like
the people in it.
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And I'd really like to spend
more time with some of them,
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you know, outside the meetings,
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'cause I like the people
in this group... some of them...
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A lot.
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Uh...
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Becky, do you wanna...
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go out with you sometime?
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Yes.
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This is my number.
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I'm free tomorrow night.
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Edison, what did I just say?
Tomorrow night's no good.
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Because I do not want
to go out with you.
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No, I don't.
I don't.
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Okay, fine.
Call me later.
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(Beep)
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- What's she doing?
- He's gonna call back.
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- How do you know? - Because Edison
Davis has serious game.
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(Cell phone alert chimes)
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Yes, it is later. Cute.
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No. Tonight's no good either
because I'm working.
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And I do not want to go out
with you. Good-bye.
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Good-bye.
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(Scoffs) (Beep)
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Okay. No matter what we see
when we walk in that room,
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no one makes a face,
no one cracks a smile,
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no one says a witty joke.
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- She's talking about you.
- Shut up.
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(Huck) Okay, see,
the muddy footprints?
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Husband came in right here, stopped.
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This guy here? Our friendly
neighborhood rapist.
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Husband sees the guy
on top of his wife.
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They were on the floor?
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On the counter. You can tell
by the blood splatter.
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(Huck) Two beautiful shots fired
through the pericardium,
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right to the heart.
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One, two. Dead in seconds.
Now what? We call the police?
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Not unless we want
a thousand news vans
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out on the front lawn
within minutes.
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Liv, how do you want
to play this?
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Are you ready to tell me
what happened, governor?
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(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
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sync and corrections by bellows
www.addic7ed.com
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And as soon as I walked in,
I saw...
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I saw... he was on top of her.
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Joan saw me and started
shouting for help,
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saying "stop. Please stop."
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I just... I-I grabbed my gun
and I shot him...
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I shot the man raping my wife.
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He was our contractor.
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He'd been our contractor
for over two years.
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He built this house
from scratch.
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You hire someone,
you let them into your home,
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you think they can be trusted.
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You never expect them to...
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Your damn contractor.
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Where'd you get the gun?
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(Projector and camera shutter
click)
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Back cupboard. I keep hunting
rifles, a few pistols.
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I'm sure you remember
from the election.
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The gun-friendly democrat.
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Abby, will you take
Mrs. Reston upstairs?
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She could use some rest.
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(Sniffles)
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Her hair is wet.
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She showered.
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So?
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So a shower makes a rape exam
negligible.
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It means we have nothing.
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I thought I made myself clear
on the phone.
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My wife was raped an hour ago,
Ms. Pope.
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I'm supposed to tell her
she can't shower the guy off?
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Not to mention,
your bourbon's out.
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One wet glass.
You've been drinking.
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Hey, again, my wife was raped.
I shot her rapist.
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I-I think that warrants
a drink.
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Governor, I know this is
a terrible time for you,
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and I understand
how you feel about me,
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but if we're going
to work together,
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if I'm going to help you here,
you follow my rules.
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It's up to you.
You know what's at stake.
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You've seen what I can do.
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You're the best.
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Don't I know it.
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Get Jane Powell on the phone...
Home or cell only.
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She's the new A.U.S.A.,
David Rosen's replacement.
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Never been to the playground
with her before.
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Let's see how well she shares.
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Huck, make sure there's no trace
of us in that kitchen.
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We've only been here minutes.
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What did she mean,
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"you've seen what I can do?"
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The governor was 10 points ahead
of president Fitzgerald
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six weeks
before the national election.
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Yeah, I remember.
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Who do you think took
all those points away?
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(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
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(Indistinct conversations)
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(Clicking)
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(Clicking)
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(Clicking)
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Is Mrs. Reston asleep?
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She's lying down.
She took a sedative.
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- Quinn, you didn't leave her with...
- I gave her one. Took the rest with me.
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- Good job. - Ms. Pope, Jane Powell,
Assistant U.S. Attorney.
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I understand you're working
with the governor and his wife.
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I need to question them.
Mrs. Reston is sleeping,
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and the governor's
still in shock.
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So sad. I understand.
How about later today?
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How about my office, noon?
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Make it 1:00.
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They should try to get
as much rest as possible.
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It's the governor of Maryland.
I've been told to be discreet.
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That was easy.
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(Front door opens and closes)
You'd be surprised
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what powerful people can get
away with behind closed doors.
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(Olivia) We need to craft a statement.
(Woman) Why is she here?
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- We need her, Alison.
- Actually, we don't need her,
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and after all the dirty tricks
she pulled during the election,
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- we sure as hell can't trust her.
- I'm happy to go home.
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Now hold on. Alison, you're
a spokesperson, not a fixer.
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We need a fixer.
Olivia, you were saying?
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Paper statement... brief, basic.
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"We're grateful to the people
of Maryland for their support
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"and ask them to respect
our privacy
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as we handle
this family tragedy."
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- This tragedy is an opportunity.
- Alison...
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What the governor did
was heroic. We need to set
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- that narrative... - "We're grateful
to the people of Maryland
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"for their support and ask them
to respect our privacy
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as we handle
this family tragedy."
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Basic, boilerplate,
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nothing fancy, no narrative.
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You do not need
to get ahead of this.
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We see how this plays out
over the next 24 hours,
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and then we set our agenda.
Agreed?
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♪
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You're the fixer.
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Yes, I am.
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(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
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At which time, governor,
you heard Mrs. Reston
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cry for help, grabbed the gun
from the cupboard, and shot him.
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Yes. Twice.
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Mrs. Reston,
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the contractor entered
through the living room
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and pinned you to the counter.
Is that correct?
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That's...
(Voice breaks) That's correct.
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(Crying)
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Well, I think I have
everything I need.
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I am so sorry for the trouble.
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I know this must be difficult
on top of everything else.
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I'll be in touch if you have
any other questions.
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(Olivia) What else do we know?
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Phone calls... lots of them,
long ones between.
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- The governor and the contractor.
- They got pretty heated,
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according to
the contractor's secretary.
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Red flag. The gun...
He bought it a week ago.
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Are you sure? Because in his
statement, it says he's had it
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- for 15 years.
- It's rare.
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Mateba model 6,
customized wood handle.
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I traced the workmanship to
a private dealer in Blacksburg.
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Shipped last week,
arrived two days ago.
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Ouch.
That's awful convenient.
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(Harrison) He was drunk.
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The governor didn't go home
after he left his office.
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He stopped by a local
bar called the barrel.
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(Huck) Red flag number two.
247
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Maybe he forgot he stopped.
After the trauma, he could've...
248
00:09:18,294 --> 00:09:21,296
Maybe he needed liquid courage.
Okay, this is getting messy,
249
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...support from
the people of Maryland.
250
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The governor is also grateful
251
00:09:24,351 --> 00:09:27,502
for the freedom granted
by the constitution
252
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in the right to bear arms,
253
00:09:29,039 --> 00:09:32,741
the right to protect his family
and stop a rapist
254
00:09:32,776 --> 00:09:35,444
before he could commit
further violence to his wife.
255
00:09:35,978 --> 00:09:38,346
If that is not heroism,
256
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I don't know what is.
257
00:09:39,766 --> 00:09:40,585
Did she just...
258
00:09:40,585 --> 00:09:42,518
Do the exact opposite of
what I told her to do? Yes.
259
00:09:43,019 --> 00:09:44,070
She did.
260
00:09:48,716 --> 00:09:50,099
So she put me on a pedestal.
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Big whoop.
That's what I pay her for.
262
00:09:51,402 --> 00:09:53,637
And when the press finds out
about the angry phone calls
263
00:09:53,671 --> 00:09:55,672
to the victim?
When they find out you were
264
00:09:55,690 --> 00:09:57,407
three sheets to the wind
before he was killed?
265
00:09:57,441 --> 00:09:58,508
Now hold on a second...
266
00:09:58,543 --> 00:09:59,526
That the gun you shot him with
267
00:09:59,561 --> 00:10:01,094
was purchased
less than a week ago?
268
00:10:01,229 --> 00:10:03,000
From a collector I've been
chasing for years.
269
00:10:03,030 --> 00:10:04,764
I can show you
the e-mail chain.
270
00:10:04,799 --> 00:10:06,266
So the multiple
angry phone calls...
271
00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,785
Was me telling a crappy
contractor to stop gouging.
272
00:10:09,820 --> 00:10:12,589
He took two months
to install bathroom tiles.
273
00:10:12,623 --> 00:10:14,623
Now if you think that's
a motive for murder...
274
00:10:14,658 --> 00:10:16,276
I think it's enough
to give people pause.
275
00:10:16,327 --> 00:10:18,511
Pedestals fall down, governor,
and I don't want
276
00:10:18,562 --> 00:10:20,713
to see you
hanging there like a piñata.
277
00:10:21,548 --> 00:10:23,632
(Chuckles)
278
00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:25,184
Something you'd like to say?
279
00:10:25,268 --> 00:10:26,619
Yeah, it's just ironic,
that's all...
280
00:10:26,653 --> 00:10:29,471
You lecturing me on political
opportunism. (Scoffs)
281
00:10:29,505 --> 00:10:32,942
You want to know the real reason
I own so many guns?
282
00:10:32,976 --> 00:10:34,793
- Governor...
- Governor nothing!
283
00:10:35,728 --> 00:10:38,630
You ran an attack ad
saying I was soft on crime,
284
00:10:38,664 --> 00:10:41,182
when you knew damn well
it wasn't true.
285
00:10:41,217 --> 00:10:43,317
You framed the narrative.
Guess what. It stuck.
286
00:10:43,335 --> 00:10:45,403
Cost me the South,
and if I had to point fingers,
287
00:10:45,437 --> 00:10:47,472
I'd say it probably cost me
the election.
288
00:10:47,506 --> 00:10:49,073
Do you want to survive this,
governor?
289
00:10:49,108 --> 00:10:51,292
Do you want your career
to survive?
290
00:10:51,327 --> 00:10:52,327
Of course I do.
291
00:10:52,361 --> 00:10:53,761
Then let me do my job.
292
00:10:54,396 --> 00:10:55,630
I need the president
on the phone
293
00:10:55,664 --> 00:10:57,065
as soon as he can step away,
before noon,
294
00:10:57,099 --> 00:10:58,199
have the team in my office,
295
00:10:58,234 --> 00:11:00,034
ready to brief on east Sudan
when he calls.
296
00:11:00,068 --> 00:11:02,186
- The president's in Japan.
- At the G8 conference, yeah.
297
00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:03,587
No, I mean, he's in Japan.
298
00:11:03,622 --> 00:11:04,855
Yeah, I know.
He's at the g8 conference.
299
00:11:04,890 --> 00:11:06,590
Funny story... I'm the White House
chief of staff...
300
00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:09,359
No, I'm saying, that
it's 13 hours ahead in Japan.
301
00:11:09,394 --> 00:11:11,395
So people tend to tell me things
relating to the president.
302
00:11:11,429 --> 00:11:14,080
I'm saying that he's sleeping
for the next seven hours,
303
00:11:14,098 --> 00:11:15,967
because it's after midnight
in Japan.
304
00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:18,135
- He's in Japan.
- He's in Japan.
305
00:11:18,170 --> 00:11:19,353
You could've said that sooner.
306
00:11:19,387 --> 00:11:22,123
You don't listen.
You just talk over me.
307
00:11:22,157 --> 00:11:23,359
- I never get to finish my...
308
00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,092
Mary, why is my husband James
in the press secretary's office?
309
00:11:25,093 --> 00:11:26,610
He's a journalist.
310
00:11:26,661 --> 00:11:28,312
Yes, but why is he here?
311
00:11:28,346 --> 00:11:29,914
He's a journalist.
312
00:11:29,948 --> 00:11:32,783
I'm saying, he is a journalist.
313
00:11:32,818 --> 00:11:36,720
(Indistinct conversations)
314
00:11:36,771 --> 00:11:39,106
Hi, honey. What are you doing in
the press secretary's office?
315
00:11:39,141 --> 00:11:40,825
I'm a journalist.
(Chuckles)
316
00:11:42,860 --> 00:11:44,277
What is happening?
317
00:11:44,311 --> 00:11:46,696
I called my old boss,
and he gave me my job back,
318
00:11:46,730 --> 00:11:49,499
because he cares about me
and my happiness.
319
00:11:52,620 --> 00:11:54,304
I told you why
we can't adopt a baby.
320
00:11:54,338 --> 00:11:55,939
And I heard you,
which is why I'm back at work.
321
00:11:55,973 --> 00:11:57,807
We discussed
when we got married.
322
00:11:57,858 --> 00:11:59,075
Why you continuing to work
at the White House
323
00:11:59,109 --> 00:12:00,493
would be problematic.
324
00:12:00,528 --> 00:12:03,612
And me without a baby is very
problematic, but funny story...
325
00:12:03,697 --> 00:12:04,448
Don't "funny story" me.
326
00:12:04,482 --> 00:12:07,082
Funny story...I am now the chief
White House correspondent
327
00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:08,617
for the most powerful news
outlet in the nation,
328
00:12:08,651 --> 00:12:09,702
and I'm childless,
329
00:12:09,736 --> 00:12:11,937
so I got plenty of time
to give it my all.
330
00:12:11,971 --> 00:12:13,839
(Door opens)
331
00:12:13,874 --> 00:12:15,191
(Door closes)
332
00:12:15,225 --> 00:12:17,343
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
333
00:12:19,628 --> 00:12:21,079
Mmm.
334
00:12:21,113 --> 00:12:23,131
- Hey, guess what?
- Hmm?
335
00:12:23,165 --> 00:12:24,749
They offered me my job back.
336
00:12:24,783 --> 00:12:26,434
That's great. (Moans)
337
00:12:26,685 --> 00:12:28,052
I don't know
if I'm gonna take it.
338
00:12:28,087 --> 00:12:29,621
Wait. What? Why?
339
00:12:29,655 --> 00:12:31,089
The ex-Cytron guy
I've been calling for weeks,
340
00:12:31,123 --> 00:12:32,607
finally got back to me,
341
00:12:32,658 --> 00:12:34,175
and we're meeting
at the Griddle Cafe,
342
00:12:34,209 --> 00:12:35,426
3:30 this afternoon.
343
00:12:35,860 --> 00:12:37,111
Uh...
344
00:12:37,145 --> 00:12:38,729
What?
Be happy for me.
345
00:12:38,747 --> 00:12:40,964
This guy could tie Hollis Doyle
to the explosion.
346
00:12:40,999 --> 00:12:43,434
He could be my missing link,
my second shooter,
347
00:12:43,468 --> 00:12:44,835
my smoking gun.
348
00:12:44,869 --> 00:12:46,153
Okay, but then what?
349
00:12:46,187 --> 00:12:47,955
You throw your incredibly
promising legal career,
350
00:12:48,006 --> 00:12:49,957
that you've worked
your entire adult life on away,
351
00:12:49,991 --> 00:12:52,426
to become a professional
conspiracy theorist?
352
00:12:52,477 --> 00:12:53,660
Hold conventions in the desert?
353
00:12:53,695 --> 00:12:54,828
Sell "who is Quinn Perkins"
t-shirts
354
00:12:54,863 --> 00:12:56,230
for the rest of your life?
355
00:12:56,281 --> 00:12:58,115
Why do you care what I do
with the rest of my life?
356
00:12:58,149 --> 00:12:59,433
(Cell phone rings) I don't.
357
00:12:59,484 --> 00:13:00,501
I'm just saying.
358
00:13:00,535 --> 00:13:02,302
(Speaks indistinctly)
359
00:13:02,337 --> 00:13:05,355
(Ring)
360
00:13:05,390 --> 00:13:06,690
(Ring)
361
00:13:06,724 --> 00:13:08,575
(Clears throat)
Stopped for coffee.
362
00:13:08,610 --> 00:13:11,195
Yeah, on my way.
363
00:13:13,347 --> 00:13:14,347
See ya.
364
00:13:15,732 --> 00:13:16,699
The governor's people
jumped the gun
365
00:13:16,717 --> 00:13:17,750
with their press conference,
366
00:13:17,801 --> 00:13:19,168
but the media's seeing him
as a hero,
367
00:13:19,202 --> 00:13:20,720
so we need to keep that alive.
368
00:13:20,754 --> 00:13:22,622
The man shot a rapist. What else
could he be but a hero?
369
00:13:22,656 --> 00:13:23,856
Or an angry drunk wanted
370
00:13:23,891 --> 00:13:25,841
to try a shiny new pistol
on a human target.
371
00:13:25,859 --> 00:13:27,377
There's many ways to tell a story.
372
00:13:27,378 --> 00:13:28,710
(Olivia) We need to
tell the story our way.
373
00:13:28,711 --> 00:13:30,329
We've got a hero, we've got
a victim, now we just need
374
00:13:30,364 --> 00:13:31,964
to finish the job...
give the press their villain.
375
00:13:32,014 --> 00:13:32,714
The contractor.
376
00:13:33,015 --> 00:13:35,901
We're digging up good,
old-fashioned dirt, everyone...
377
00:13:35,935 --> 00:13:37,586
The more, the better.
378
00:13:37,621 --> 00:13:39,371
Quinn, check out
Bill Meyer's police records.
379
00:13:39,406 --> 00:13:41,307
We're looking
for any history of violence.
380
00:13:41,341 --> 00:13:44,009
Harrison, Abby,
talk to the contractor's crew.
381
00:13:44,244 --> 00:13:46,578
Maybe they hated their boss.
Let's move quickly, people.
382
00:13:46,612 --> 00:13:48,362
We want to lock this down,
383
00:13:48,381 --> 00:13:49,964
give the media
a nice, clean narrative,
384
00:13:49,998 --> 00:13:51,966
- then let them do the work for us.
- We're on it.
385
00:13:51,984 --> 00:13:53,068
What?
386
00:13:53,102 --> 00:13:54,452
Nothing.
Go, team.
387
00:13:54,487 --> 00:13:55,787
You want inside or outside?
388
00:13:55,821 --> 00:13:56,788
Inside.
389
00:13:56,822 --> 00:13:58,923
Sure. Makes sense.
More privacy
390
00:13:58,958 --> 00:14:00,741
for when you need to sneak away
to talk to your new boyfriend.
391
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,094
I don't have a...
I don't know what you're...
392
00:14:02,095 --> 00:14:02,644
You're getting laid.
393
00:14:02,645 --> 00:14:03,995
- Harrison!
- Hey.
394
00:14:04,029 --> 00:14:06,398
It's a good thing.
395
00:14:06,432 --> 00:14:10,284
So it says here you arrested
Mr. Meyer for shoplifting twice?
396
00:14:10,302 --> 00:14:12,420
That's good.
Oh, I-I mean, it's bad.
397
00:14:12,455 --> 00:14:13,955
It means you and I are punished
because we have to pay
398
00:14:13,989 --> 00:14:16,190
a higher price
for our goods and services.
399
00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:18,159
Was he a violent shoplifter?
400
00:14:18,193 --> 00:14:21,096
You gonna do a stacked stone
with rustic wall cap?
401
00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:23,448
I was gonna lay the bed
with saginaw river rock first,
402
00:14:23,482 --> 00:14:25,016
then add some keystone
and arch stone? (Whistles)
403
00:14:25,550 --> 00:14:27,685
- You get all that off the Internet?
- Every single word.
404
00:14:27,736 --> 00:14:29,320
So did he have a lot
of arguments with people?
405
00:14:29,371 --> 00:14:30,655
What kind of question is that?
406
00:14:30,689 --> 00:14:32,256
Do you have a lot of arguments
with people?
407
00:14:32,307 --> 00:14:33,624
I'm about to.
408
00:14:33,659 --> 00:14:35,893
Look, my boss died here,
I just lost my job.
409
00:14:35,928 --> 00:14:40,381
Make yourself useful, red,
and give me those. Thanks.
410
00:14:40,415 --> 00:14:43,717
(Stevie wonder)
♪ you haven't done nothin'
411
00:14:45,420 --> 00:14:47,805
♪ it's not too cool
to be ridiculed ♪
412
00:14:47,839 --> 00:14:50,524
♪ but you brought this
upon yourself ♪
413
00:14:50,525 --> 00:14:52,761
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
414
00:14:52,895 --> 00:14:56,896
♪ And we are sick and tired
of hearing your song ♪
415
00:14:56,930 --> 00:15:02,251
♪ telling how you are gonna
change right from wrong ♪
416
00:15:02,302 --> 00:15:06,289
♪ 'cause if you really want
to hear our views ♪
417
00:15:06,323 --> 00:15:08,608
♪ you haven't done nothing
418
00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:10,876
(Quinn) He stole for no reason,
419
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,427
like, erasers and lightbulbs
and stuff.
420
00:15:12,462 --> 00:15:14,346
He was a serial shoplifter.
421
00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:16,164
Okay, I know it's not much,
but I'm still digging.
422
00:15:16,199 --> 00:15:17,566
Got some dirt to add
to the pile?
423
00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,518
No dirt, just hair.
Unless Mr. Long Hair
424
00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,370
was raping her
all over the house,
425
00:15:21,404 --> 00:15:22,654
they were screwing, Liv,
426
00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:24,005
in the shower, the hot tub,
the laundry room.
427
00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,974
They even used the bed
once in a while.
428
00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:27,926
It's a major renovation, Abby.
It's his job to be everywhere.
429
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,478
(Scoffs) You ask
Lonnie the stonemason,
430
00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:31,613
his boss had a long history of
going the extra mile in his jobs
431
00:15:31,647 --> 00:15:33,532
to make the wives happy.
432
00:15:35,451 --> 00:15:37,369
He was screwing them
left and right.
433
00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:43,708
You were having an affair.
434
00:15:43,743 --> 00:15:46,044
What? Your husband burst in
on you and you panicked,
435
00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:47,779
and you cried rape,
436
00:15:47,797 --> 00:15:50,832
and then you watched as he
shot and killed Bill Meyer.
437
00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:51,917
You were having an affair, Joan,
438
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,118
and that's how you tried to hide it.
439
00:15:53,136 --> 00:15:55,253
You tell me that isn't true.
440
00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:57,305
Honey?
441
00:15:57,340 --> 00:15:59,174
(Exhales deeply) Joan?
442
00:16:06,122 --> 00:16:07,389
You faked that
he was attacking you?
443
00:16:07,407 --> 00:16:09,925
(Crying) - I panicked in the moment.
- You lied.
444
00:16:09,959 --> 00:16:12,127
- You cried rape.
- I am so sorry.
445
00:16:12,162 --> 00:16:13,846
For what? The affair?
446
00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,881
For getting caught?
For making me a killer?
447
00:16:15,915 --> 00:16:17,232
You're gonna have to be
more specific.
448
00:16:17,267 --> 00:16:19,251
I shot that man!
(Sobbing)
449
00:16:19,285 --> 00:16:21,787
Governor, did you know
your wife was having an affair?
450
00:16:21,821 --> 00:16:23,121
Does it look like I did?
451
00:16:23,122 --> 00:16:24,973
I need to know whether
even in the back of your mind,
452
00:16:25,007 --> 00:16:27,041
you went home that night
expecting to catch them
453
00:16:27,075 --> 00:16:28,960
and intending to shoot
your wife's lover.
454
00:16:29,394 --> 00:16:31,662
No, Ms. Pope,
I did not know my wife,
455
00:16:31,696 --> 00:16:33,448
whom I trusted and loved,
456
00:16:33,482 --> 00:16:35,466
was screwing around
with the contractor,
457
00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,785
who was soaking me
for every penny I had.
458
00:16:37,819 --> 00:16:39,887
Yeah, I always wondered
why we needed the guest house,
459
00:16:39,921 --> 00:16:42,039
and the barn
and the damned pagoda.
460
00:16:42,574 --> 00:16:43,507
You didn't want your boyfriend
to leave
461
00:16:43,558 --> 00:16:44,808
once the house was finished.
462
00:16:44,843 --> 00:16:47,010
Oh, the laughs you two
must've had at my expense!
463
00:16:47,062 --> 00:16:48,095
I'm sorry.
464
00:16:48,129 --> 00:16:51,498
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
465
00:16:51,532 --> 00:16:53,133
(Crying)
466
00:16:53,151 --> 00:16:55,569
(David)
Thanks for taking my call.
467
00:16:55,603 --> 00:16:57,905
Now before I tell you anything,
I need to make sure,
468
00:16:57,939 --> 00:17:00,640
that if Doyle energy goes down,
469
00:17:00,658 --> 00:17:03,093
or should I say, when they
go down, I get immunity.
470
00:17:03,128 --> 00:17:04,978
I can't take the fall
for something this big.
471
00:17:05,012 --> 00:17:06,780
That depends.
What do you know?
472
00:17:06,815 --> 00:17:09,015
I knew about the firewall,
473
00:17:09,033 --> 00:17:10,651
the breach, the explosion,
474
00:17:11,585 --> 00:17:12,669
all of it.
475
00:17:12,703 --> 00:17:14,087
So Cytron...
476
00:17:14,121 --> 00:17:15,888
Hollis Doyle's company
was behind that explosion
477
00:17:15,923 --> 00:17:17,690
and the seven people who died,
right?
478
00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:19,826
Huh? No. No, no.
That explosion was
479
00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:21,928
the worst thing that ever
happened to that company.
480
00:17:21,962 --> 00:17:23,379
What?
481
00:17:23,414 --> 00:17:24,847
I thought you were legit, man.
482
00:17:25,482 --> 00:17:27,783
Hollis Doyle found out he had
483
00:17:27,817 --> 00:17:29,852
a massive security breach
in his firewall.
484
00:17:29,886 --> 00:17:32,171
I'm talking anyone who wanted to
could get in there...
485
00:17:32,205 --> 00:17:34,807
16-year-old baby hackers,
anyone.
486
00:17:34,841 --> 00:17:36,609
So he hired Cytron to fix it,
487
00:17:36,943 --> 00:17:40,212
but Cytron only gets halfway
through before they go boom.
488
00:17:40,546 --> 00:17:43,248
So then Doyle says,
"okay. Cut our losses."
489
00:17:43,282 --> 00:17:45,517
The breach is half-fixed,
and we don't wanna tell
490
00:17:45,551 --> 00:17:47,501
a whole other company
we're just sitting there,
491
00:17:47,536 --> 00:17:48,419
waiting to get hacked.
492
00:17:48,454 --> 00:17:49,470
S-so they're...
493
00:17:49,521 --> 00:17:51,172
Sitting ducks, man.
494
00:17:51,206 --> 00:17:52,790
They knew I wasn't gonna
keep my mouth shut
495
00:17:52,824 --> 00:17:54,358
about something like that.
496
00:17:54,392 --> 00:17:56,460
So they fired me.
497
00:17:56,495 --> 00:17:58,045
Oh, I thought...
498
00:17:58,113 --> 00:18:00,381
Forget it.
Doesn't matter what I thought.
499
00:18:00,415 --> 00:18:01,649
But we still have our deal,
right?
500
00:18:05,536 --> 00:18:07,587
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
501
00:18:08,522 --> 00:18:10,774
(Gasps) I thought I told you
not to sneak up on me like that.
502
00:18:10,808 --> 00:18:11,808
It's creepy, man.
503
00:18:11,843 --> 00:18:14,061
Sorry.
Where do you take women?
504
00:18:14,512 --> 00:18:16,896
You asking me where I put
the lotion on their skin.
505
00:18:16,931 --> 00:18:19,199
- Unless they get the hose again or...
- On dates.
506
00:18:19,233 --> 00:18:20,333
- You have a date?
- Yes.
507
00:18:20,368 --> 00:18:21,384
- You?
- Yes.
508
00:18:22,986 --> 00:18:24,037
(Laughs)
509
00:18:24,088 --> 00:18:26,423
Hey. Look,
510
00:18:26,457 --> 00:18:28,625
just take her to do something
you like to do.
511
00:18:28,659 --> 00:18:30,343
Oh, she won't like anything
I like to do.
512
00:18:30,378 --> 00:18:32,178
Just take her to La Table d'Or.
513
00:18:32,713 --> 00:18:34,614
Women like nice restaurants.
It's a universal truth.
514
00:18:34,648 --> 00:18:36,599
Oh. Will I need a reservation?
It's tomorrow.
515
00:18:36,633 --> 00:18:38,351
That's too late
for reservations.
516
00:18:38,385 --> 00:18:40,803
Dude, you've hacked
into the N.S.A.'s mainframe,
517
00:18:40,837 --> 00:18:42,922
you don't think you can make
yourself a dinner reservation?
518
00:18:43,006 --> 00:18:44,323
Good point.
519
00:18:45,058 --> 00:18:47,442
And the president's tri-lat
with Japan and South Korea
520
00:18:47,476 --> 00:18:50,045
at this week's G8 summit
also yielded progress
521
00:18:50,079 --> 00:18:51,780
on the ongoing
trade negotiations,
522
00:18:51,814 --> 00:18:54,583
in addition to questions
of security in the region.
523
00:18:54,617 --> 00:18:57,619
(Reporters speaking at once)
Yes. You.
524
00:18:58,988 --> 00:19:00,505
Has the president
heard the news
525
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,157
about the shooting
at Governor Reston's house?
526
00:19:02,191 --> 00:19:04,760
I don't know. I'll have to
take that question. Carol?
527
00:19:04,794 --> 00:19:06,378
Uh, Cyrus, you...
Excuse me. Sorry. Sorry, Carol.
528
00:19:06,429 --> 00:19:08,647
Um, just a follow-up, quick.
How often does the president...
529
00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:10,349
Sorry.
We don't do follow-ups here.
530
00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:12,167
But you didn't answer
my first question,
531
00:19:12,201 --> 00:19:14,102
so technically,
not a follow-up.
532
00:19:14,136 --> 00:19:17,288
The rules have changed somewhat
since your previous tenure,
533
00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:18,756
but I'm happy to catch you up.
534
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:20,324
(Laughter)
535
00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,727
One question per reporter
and no follow-ups. Carol.
536
00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:25,012
- Thank you. - Excuse me.
It's just that I didn't get a question.
537
00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:27,265
Because you took it...
Whatever that means.
538
00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,150
So I'm not asking
for two questions.
539
00:19:29,184 --> 00:19:30,234
I'm not asking
for a follow-up question.
540
00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:31,936
I'm just asking
for one question,
541
00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:33,854
'cause that is the rule, right?
542
00:19:33,988 --> 00:19:36,123
You had a question.
I took the question,
543
00:19:36,157 --> 00:19:38,142
which means I will take it
back with me to work
544
00:19:38,176 --> 00:19:39,810
and bring you back an answer
in due time.
545
00:19:39,844 --> 00:19:41,695
- Will that satisfy you?
- That depends.
546
00:19:41,729 --> 00:19:43,180
Exactly how long is "due time"?
547
00:19:43,214 --> 00:19:44,998
That's another question.
Carol?
548
00:19:45,033 --> 00:19:47,718
Thank you, Cyrus.
Now going back
549
00:19:47,769 --> 00:19:49,953
to the tri-lateral
with South Korea and Japan,
550
00:19:50,487 --> 00:19:52,588
you said that President Grant
yielded progress
551
00:19:52,623 --> 00:19:54,006
on the ongoing negotiations...
552
00:20:02,466 --> 00:20:04,852
I sent your wife home
to get some rest.
553
00:20:05,887 --> 00:20:08,621
I suggest you do the same.
554
00:20:08,739 --> 00:20:12,358
Home? You think
I can go there ever again?
555
00:20:12,392 --> 00:20:14,610
The house her lover built?
556
00:20:14,644 --> 00:20:16,745
No. I think I'll be
sleeping full-time
557
00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:19,782
at the Governor's mansion
from now on.
558
00:20:19,816 --> 00:20:21,417
(Scoffs)
559
00:20:21,451 --> 00:20:24,887
It's funny, you'd think I'd
have known, had some inkling.
560
00:20:24,938 --> 00:20:27,506
I hate to say it,
but from a legal standpoint,
561
00:20:27,557 --> 00:20:30,159
it's lucky that you didn't.
562
00:20:30,210 --> 00:20:32,161
So what are we looking at?
563
00:20:32,195 --> 00:20:34,579
We could break the news
ourselves, tell the truth.
564
00:20:34,597 --> 00:20:36,098
We stress that even though
it wasn't rape,
565
00:20:36,132 --> 00:20:37,583
you believed it was rape,
566
00:20:37,617 --> 00:20:40,169
and as such, you're entitled
to the same protections.
567
00:20:40,903 --> 00:20:41,986
And my wife?
568
00:20:42,004 --> 00:20:45,206
Your wife will likely
go to prison.
569
00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:48,910
She cried rape and caused you
to kill an innocent man.
570
00:20:51,847 --> 00:20:54,666
What if we don't
break the news?
571
00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:58,303
Well, the police don't know
it was an affair. Only we do.
572
00:20:58,337 --> 00:21:01,956
However... and this is
a big however...
573
00:21:02,791 --> 00:21:04,775
If the police do find out
it wasn't rape,
574
00:21:04,809 --> 00:21:06,293
if they catch even a whiff,
575
00:21:06,328 --> 00:21:07,845
that we were sitting
on that information,
576
00:21:07,879 --> 00:21:10,214
then the likelihood of them
showing any leniency
577
00:21:10,248 --> 00:21:13,851
toward you and your wife
is slim to nil.
578
00:21:15,270 --> 00:21:18,639
See if there's a paper trail...
Anything the police might find
579
00:21:18,673 --> 00:21:21,292
that proves they were
having an affair.
580
00:21:21,326 --> 00:21:22,893
And if there isn't?
581
00:21:26,398 --> 00:21:29,350
The world thinks I'm a hero,
Liv.
582
00:21:29,384 --> 00:21:31,552
Why disappoint them?
583
00:21:38,876 --> 00:21:39,893
(Door opens)
584
00:21:39,928 --> 00:21:42,563
(Cell phone rings)
585
00:21:42,597 --> 00:21:45,549
(Door closes) Verna.
586
00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:47,318
When was this?
587
00:21:48,452 --> 00:21:51,337
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
588
00:21:51,372 --> 00:21:54,307
(Indistinct conversations)
589
00:21:54,341 --> 00:21:55,992
How are we doing?
590
00:21:56,026 --> 00:21:58,661
Well, they made me put on
a hospital gown.
591
00:21:58,695 --> 00:22:00,496
I don't care how they wash 'em.
592
00:22:00,514 --> 00:22:03,800
They're still clothes
someone else has worn before.
593
00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:05,451
I mean, think about it...
594
00:22:05,486 --> 00:22:07,904
They wash a bloody hospital gown,
595
00:22:07,938 --> 00:22:10,590
call 'em clean because
the stain's no longer visible,
596
00:22:10,624 --> 00:22:12,358
and we just put 'em on.
597
00:22:13,293 --> 00:22:16,461
I probably got Ebola
on top of the cancer now.
598
00:22:16,496 --> 00:22:18,914
But you're feeling fine?
599
00:22:18,948 --> 00:22:20,882
Oh, I was in some pain.
600
00:22:20,916 --> 00:22:25,003
They shot something
up my spine.
601
00:22:25,054 --> 00:22:26,805
But I'm fine.
602
00:22:26,856 --> 00:22:28,490
How's it going?
603
00:22:28,524 --> 00:22:30,158
Did you do what I asked?
604
00:22:30,292 --> 00:22:32,694
I had to go through
some people,
605
00:22:33,312 --> 00:22:34,445
call in some favors,
606
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,181
but Wexler offered David
his job back
607
00:22:37,216 --> 00:22:39,450
getting David to take his job
back, however...
608
00:22:39,501 --> 00:22:41,386
I can handle that.
I have a guy.
609
00:22:41,437 --> 00:22:42,870
Oh, good.
610
00:22:42,905 --> 00:22:45,373
Maybe he'll go back to work
and drop this. One hopes.
611
00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:46,841
One hopes.
612
00:22:48,127 --> 00:22:51,512
(Sighs) Yeah.
613
00:22:51,530 --> 00:22:54,432
Hollis doled out
hopes and dreams
614
00:22:54,483 --> 00:22:57,268
like he was Santa Claus
on Christmas morning.
615
00:22:57,902 --> 00:22:59,937
I got a seat
on the Supreme Court.
616
00:22:59,971 --> 00:23:01,989
Cyrus runs the country.
617
00:23:02,023 --> 00:23:03,874
Mellie got to be...
618
00:23:03,908 --> 00:23:05,726
Mellie.
619
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,879
And you?
620
00:23:08,913 --> 00:23:10,698
I'm not sure what you got.
621
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,368
But here we are.
622
00:23:16,388 --> 00:23:18,422
Oh, crap.
623
00:23:18,473 --> 00:23:21,041
I can't bend over to put
my damned shoes on.
624
00:23:21,059 --> 00:23:22,810
Hmm.
625
00:23:22,844 --> 00:23:24,662
Stuff like this,
626
00:23:24,696 --> 00:23:26,947
like what we did...
627
00:23:26,981 --> 00:23:29,349
It never really goes away,
does it?
628
00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:32,703
It's just one big, bloody
hospital gown.
629
00:23:32,737 --> 00:23:37,357
I prefer to think
that anything can be fixed.
630
00:23:39,027 --> 00:23:40,527
Then you're a fool.
631
00:23:49,495 --> 00:23:51,879
Jane Powell will be here
shortly to get you
632
00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:53,447
and your husband's signatures
on your printed statements.
633
00:23:53,481 --> 00:23:55,132
Before she gets here, however,
634
00:23:55,666 --> 00:23:59,052
I wanted to ask you, is there
anything I should know about?
635
00:23:59,086 --> 00:24:01,021
Anything you kept?
E-mails, voice mails,
636
00:24:01,055 --> 00:24:02,689
cards, anything at all
that would prove
637
00:24:02,723 --> 00:24:04,758
or even suggest
you were having an affair?
638
00:24:04,792 --> 00:24:06,960
Not that I can think of.
639
00:24:06,994 --> 00:24:08,361
Oh.
640
00:24:08,396 --> 00:24:10,747
So my husband's trying
to keep the affair quiet then?
641
00:24:11,081 --> 00:24:13,032
I think he's just trying to keep
all of the options open,
642
00:24:13,066 --> 00:24:15,001
mainly, I presume,
to keep you out of jail.
643
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,372
You'll let me know
if you remember anything?
644
00:24:19,406 --> 00:24:20,473
Of course.
645
00:24:22,058 --> 00:24:23,876
He's a different man,
you know...
646
00:24:23,911 --> 00:24:26,846
Different from the man
who ran in that election.
647
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,966
That man was hopeful,
affectionate.
648
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,984
He had dreams,
not only for our family,
649
00:24:32,035 --> 00:24:34,153
but for families
across the nation.
650
00:24:34,687 --> 00:24:37,956
And then one Tuesday night
in November, it all went away.
651
00:24:37,991 --> 00:24:40,658
The headline in "The Sun"
652
00:24:40,693 --> 00:24:42,061
the next morning
wasn't even a headline.
653
00:24:42,095 --> 00:24:43,963
It was a number.
654
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,540
4,359.
655
00:24:47,841 --> 00:24:50,576
That's how many votes
we lost the presidency by.
656
00:24:50,611 --> 00:24:53,779
One county in Ohio
changed our lives.
657
00:24:53,814 --> 00:24:56,999
4,359.
658
00:24:57,434 --> 00:25:00,035
And not a day goes by
when he doesn't bring it up.
659
00:25:00,070 --> 00:25:03,122
That's our lives now.
4,359.
660
00:25:03,156 --> 00:25:05,724
Every... single... day.
661
00:25:07,093 --> 00:25:10,112
I miss my husband, Olivia,
662
00:25:10,130 --> 00:25:12,765
and if there were anything
I could do to bring him back,
663
00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:16,035
I-I would, in a second.
664
00:25:16,086 --> 00:25:21,640
But that would take
4,359 votes,
665
00:25:23,275 --> 00:25:24,825
and that's something
I don't have.
666
00:25:27,562 --> 00:25:29,897
(Mellie) Well, it's fine for him
to be out of the country now,
667
00:25:29,931 --> 00:25:32,199
but in a month, I am having him
grounded until after the birth.
668
00:25:32,234 --> 00:25:34,285
He has to be within
helicopter distance.
669
00:25:34,319 --> 00:25:36,253
- But do not quote me on that.
- Well, I'll trade you that
670
00:25:36,288 --> 00:25:37,855
for a good quote
on your feelings
671
00:25:37,889 --> 00:25:39,390
about the growing unrest
in east Sudan.
672
00:25:39,441 --> 00:25:40,507
James. (Laughs)
673
00:25:40,525 --> 00:25:41,975
Worth a try, right?
674
00:25:41,993 --> 00:25:44,311
(Laughs) Cyrus, you didn't
tell me James was working
675
00:25:44,346 --> 00:25:45,347
at the White House again.
676
00:25:45,381 --> 00:25:47,081
Can I speak to you for
a moment, ma'am?
677
00:25:47,282 --> 00:25:49,683
Of course. James, we have to do
that dinner in the residence,
678
00:25:49,717 --> 00:25:50,601
just the four of us.
679
00:25:50,652 --> 00:25:51,902
I can show you the nursery.
680
00:25:51,953 --> 00:25:53,854
- Oh, I look forward to it.
- (Laughs)
681
00:25:54,072 --> 00:25:55,622
He's quite a catch.
682
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,591
I do not want you speaking to
journalists while Fitz is away.
683
00:25:57,625 --> 00:25:59,226
He's your husband.
684
00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:00,778
He's a journalist. Inside this
building, he's a journalist,
685
00:26:00,812 --> 00:26:02,563
and you know it.
And you know how I know it?
686
00:26:02,597 --> 00:26:04,782
Because you are
a terrifying political animal
687
00:26:04,816 --> 00:26:06,533
who would eat off her own foot
688
00:26:06,567 --> 00:26:09,086
if it meant you could get
ahead... a trait I respect.
689
00:26:09,137 --> 00:26:12,005
But the president is
at the G8 in Tokyo,
690
00:26:12,023 --> 00:26:13,457
and what is the rule
691
00:26:13,491 --> 00:26:14,558
when the president is
out of the country?
692
00:26:14,592 --> 00:26:16,443
Oh.
693
00:26:16,477 --> 00:26:18,262
All roads...
694
00:26:19,213 --> 00:26:21,064
All roads lead to Fitz.
695
00:26:21,098 --> 00:26:22,448
All roads lead to Fitz,
696
00:26:22,466 --> 00:26:25,468
which means everything has to be
about him, not you.
697
00:26:25,602 --> 00:26:27,753
You are not to make
a single news story right now.
698
00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,773
Nothing. Don't start a recycling
plan in the east wing.
699
00:26:30,807 --> 00:26:34,393
Don't comment on poverty
or education or even puppies.
700
00:26:34,428 --> 00:26:37,163
If your water breaks, change
your pants and cross your knees,
701
00:26:37,197 --> 00:26:39,215
because any news about you
702
00:26:39,249 --> 00:26:41,183
draws attention away
703
00:26:41,218 --> 00:26:42,635
from the leader
of the free world,
704
00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:45,554
and his great big
G8 conference,
705
00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:48,023
and if people aren't paying
attention to the g8 conference,
706
00:26:48,057 --> 00:26:49,457
the president's whole trip
707
00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:53,211
starts to look like a massive
waste of taxpayer dollars.
708
00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:55,146
So let's stay away
from reporters.
709
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:58,182
Sit on the bench
for the good of the team. Okay?
710
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:01,469
Hollis is
a disgusting human being,
711
00:27:01,503 --> 00:27:03,838
but against my better judgment,
I attended that meeting.
712
00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:06,056
That's about all the team
you're gonna get out of me.
713
00:27:06,108 --> 00:27:08,125
You wanted a seat at the table.
714
00:27:08,143 --> 00:27:09,277
That's the table.
715
00:27:09,311 --> 00:27:12,346
Tables and teams.
So many metaphors.
716
00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,315
What it all means is that we...
And by "we," I mean all of us...
717
00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:16,800
are at risk.
718
00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,069
But like you said, I am
a terrifying political animal,
719
00:27:19,103 --> 00:27:20,554
so I want to be clear.
720
00:27:20,588 --> 00:27:24,558
I will not attend any more
of those meetings again.
721
00:27:24,592 --> 00:27:27,110
If this ever comes up,
I will deny, deny, deny,
722
00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:29,863
and if anyone ever asks me
about defiance...
723
00:27:29,914 --> 00:27:32,032
Okay, first of all,
you will attend
724
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:33,383
whatever meetings
you need to attend.
725
00:27:33,401 --> 00:27:35,018
They are not optional...
726
00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:36,770
Not for me, not for you,
not for anyone else.
727
00:27:36,805 --> 00:27:39,689
Two... if this ever comes up,
you won't have time to deny.
728
00:27:39,723 --> 00:27:41,908
Because it means we are already
going down in flames.
729
00:27:41,942 --> 00:27:45,311
Three... you may be an animal,
but I am a monster...
730
00:27:46,864 --> 00:27:50,249
And I am much more terrifying
than you can ever imagine.
731
00:27:50,284 --> 00:27:53,803
And while I respect
your position as first lady,
732
00:27:53,821 --> 00:27:55,271
I will do whatever is necessary
733
00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:58,925
to make sure things
go accordingly.
734
00:27:58,959 --> 00:28:00,493
So, Mellie?
735
00:28:00,527 --> 00:28:02,662
Do not ever
736
00:28:02,696 --> 00:28:06,099
speak the word "defiance"
in my presence again.
737
00:28:11,254 --> 00:28:13,305
I'll have my office
call your office
738
00:28:13,339 --> 00:28:15,757
to schedule that dinner for
the four of us in the residence.
739
00:28:15,792 --> 00:28:18,560
Sounds like fun.
740
00:28:21,114 --> 00:28:22,247
(Sighs)
741
00:28:23,082 --> 00:28:25,133
"Yo Chris, you need
to get in on this action.
742
00:28:25,167 --> 00:28:27,385
"You haven't lived life until
you've banged a governor's wife
743
00:28:27,419 --> 00:28:29,404
on Macassar ebony flooring."
744
00:28:29,438 --> 00:28:31,089
There are others that go
into much more explicit detail.
745
00:28:31,123 --> 00:28:32,407
Get the Restons
to come in here.
746
00:28:32,441 --> 00:28:33,741
We need to prepare them
in case this comes out.
747
00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:35,076
I'm on it.
748
00:28:36,178 --> 00:28:38,529
Ms. Perkins, how have you been?
749
00:28:38,564 --> 00:28:40,698
Good. You know, still alive.
750
00:28:40,749 --> 00:28:42,133
David, I thought
you were on leave.
751
00:28:42,167 --> 00:28:44,118
Nope. I'm back. Yay, me.
752
00:28:44,153 --> 00:28:45,553
You're my first port of call,
753
00:28:45,587 --> 00:28:46,854
as luck would
or wouldn't have it.
754
00:28:46,888 --> 00:28:48,322
Ms. Whelan.
755
00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:49,641
So the rape case
Jane Powell was working on...
756
00:28:49,892 --> 00:28:52,493
Is now a homicide investigation
being handled by me.
757
00:28:52,527 --> 00:28:55,129
A signed affidavit from
one of Mr. Meyer's friends,
758
00:28:55,147 --> 00:28:57,048
testifying
that the so-called rapist
759
00:28:57,082 --> 00:28:59,317
was, in fact, having
an affair with Ms. Reston,
760
00:28:59,351 --> 00:29:00,751
and had been
for several months.
761
00:29:00,786 --> 00:29:02,470
Though I assume from the e-mails
you've been reading
762
00:29:02,504 --> 00:29:05,706
that this is not news to you.
Where are they?
763
00:29:08,994 --> 00:29:11,746
(Door opens)
764
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,248
The A.U.S.A. is here.
He knows about the affair.
765
00:29:15,266 --> 00:29:17,134
He wants to press charges
against you, governor.
766
00:29:17,168 --> 00:29:20,219
- For what? Defending my wife?
- Murder.
767
00:29:20,237 --> 00:29:21,237
What do we do now?
768
00:29:21,288 --> 00:29:23,256
Unfortunately,
he has to arrest you,
769
00:29:23,290 --> 00:29:24,340
but we'll make sure
there's no perp walk.
770
00:29:24,391 --> 00:29:25,525
We'll walk you in
through the back,
771
00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:27,210
declare your innocence
on the front steps.
772
00:29:27,261 --> 00:29:29,112
It'll be tough,
but I can get you through this.
773
00:29:29,146 --> 00:29:30,647
- No.
- Joan.
774
00:29:30,681 --> 00:29:31,748
No.
775
00:29:31,782 --> 00:29:32,932
I'll tell them what happened.
776
00:29:32,950 --> 00:29:34,901
What happened is
that I shot a man
777
00:29:34,935 --> 00:29:37,704
- who I thought was raping my wife.
- They'll never believe you.
778
00:29:37,738 --> 00:29:38,938
They'll think you knew
about the affair
779
00:29:38,956 --> 00:29:40,239
and killed him on purpose,
780
00:29:40,257 --> 00:29:42,392
but if I tell them that I lied
about the rape...
781
00:29:42,443 --> 00:29:43,710
I can't let you go to jail.
782
00:29:43,744 --> 00:29:45,762
And I can't stand to see you
suffer any longer.
783
00:29:45,813 --> 00:29:49,299
I have watched you live in pain
every day since that election,
784
00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:52,936
and I couldn't do anything
about it, so I just gave up...
785
00:29:53,070 --> 00:29:56,105
On you... and on us.
786
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,192
I wasn't strong enough
to tell you I was unhappy,
787
00:30:00,226 --> 00:30:01,860
and when you walked
into that room,
788
00:30:01,895 --> 00:30:04,746
I got scared, and a man died.
789
00:30:04,781 --> 00:30:06,398
That's what happened.
790
00:30:08,117 --> 00:30:11,403
I can't get you those votes
back.
791
00:30:11,421 --> 00:30:13,505
But this?
792
00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:15,240
This I can fix.
793
00:30:20,096 --> 00:30:22,914
Harrison will be there for
the processing, Mrs. Reston.
794
00:30:22,932 --> 00:30:24,782
Then you'll be brought
before a judge
795
00:30:24,817 --> 00:30:26,051
where he'll formalize the deal.
796
00:30:26,085 --> 00:30:27,586
Okay?
797
00:30:27,604 --> 00:30:30,439
You don't have to do this.
798
00:30:30,473 --> 00:30:31,923
I do.
799
00:30:31,941 --> 00:30:33,942
All set, Mrs. Reston?
800
00:30:46,248 --> 00:30:47,665
(Woman) ...Wife's lover.
801
00:30:47,699 --> 00:30:51,384
Two men ruined by... I'm sorry...
A horrible woman.
802
00:30:51,419 --> 00:30:53,903
Horrible.
A modern-day lady MacBeth.
803
00:30:54,038 --> 00:30:55,904
I don't think I have ever...
804
00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:57,439
What are you doing here?
805
00:30:57,473 --> 00:30:58,774
I was just headed downtown
for some dinner.
806
00:30:58,808 --> 00:31:00,559
I thought I'd drop by.
807
00:31:00,593 --> 00:31:02,978
(Man)..uUnfortunate tragedy.
And for Mrs. Reston to...
808
00:31:03,012 --> 00:31:04,513
- (Mutes tv)
- Another win for Olivia Pope.
809
00:31:04,547 --> 00:31:06,032
We should celebrate.
810
00:31:06,066 --> 00:31:08,668
I can't.
811
00:31:12,154 --> 00:31:14,306
I can stop dropping by.
I can stop calling.
812
00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:17,809
I can stop asking.
But you never tell me to stop.
813
00:31:22,231 --> 00:31:23,365
Edison?
814
00:31:23,399 --> 00:31:24,849
Yes?
815
00:31:24,884 --> 00:31:26,718
I don't want you to stop.
816
00:31:26,752 --> 00:31:29,521
I want you to keep asking.
817
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,658
But I'm not ready to say yes.
818
00:31:35,944 --> 00:31:37,945
Will you tell me
when you're ready?
819
00:31:39,665 --> 00:31:41,749
I will.
820
00:31:41,784 --> 00:31:43,568
I promise.
821
00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:47,054
(Sighs)
822
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:55,780
(Sighs)
823
00:31:57,514 --> 00:31:59,432
(Laughs) I'm telling you,
it wasn't obvious.
824
00:31:59,466 --> 00:32:00,317
Really?
825
00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:02,518
Because I felt like I had
"I'm having sexual intercourse
826
00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:04,487
with Abby Whelan"
written on my forehead.
827
00:32:04,538 --> 00:32:05,738
So the fact that you got
your job back...
828
00:32:05,772 --> 00:32:07,573
does that mean your meeting
at the griddle yesterday...
829
00:32:07,591 --> 00:32:09,910
Total dead-end. I'm not saying
there's nothing there,
830
00:32:09,944 --> 00:32:11,244
but it's not
what I thought it was.
831
00:32:11,478 --> 00:32:13,279
If dropping this thing's
the only way to get my job back,
832
00:32:13,313 --> 00:32:14,897
- maybe it's worth dropping.
- (Harrison) Abby!
833
00:32:14,932 --> 00:32:17,000
I'll call you back.
834
00:32:17,034 --> 00:32:18,284
(Beep)
835
00:32:18,318 --> 00:32:19,752
Please don't.
836
00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:21,788
- You need a woman's opinion.
- What?
837
00:32:21,922 --> 00:32:23,589
Huck's got a date tonight
at La Table d'Or.
838
00:32:23,623 --> 00:32:24,724
Really? Well, that's great.
839
00:32:24,758 --> 00:32:27,509
- (Quinn) What's great?
- No. Please.
840
00:32:27,544 --> 00:32:29,445
(Abby) Huck has a date.
You have a date? That's amazing.
841
00:32:29,479 --> 00:32:31,513
You're picking her up, right?
What about this tie?
842
00:32:31,548 --> 00:32:34,733
Uh, no. Let's see. It's great
if you know about wine
843
00:32:34,768 --> 00:32:36,418
and can order her a glass
of something really special.
844
00:32:36,453 --> 00:32:38,287
Is that her number?
845
00:32:38,321 --> 00:32:40,038
- Maybe.
- Charming. But please tell me
846
00:32:40,073 --> 00:32:41,206
that's not the only place
you wrote it down.
847
00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:42,574
(Scoffs) Read me the number.
848
00:32:42,609 --> 00:32:44,943
Ugh.
849
00:32:44,978 --> 00:32:47,179
(Quinn) 2-0-2-5-5-5...
850
00:32:47,247 --> 00:32:49,815
0-1-8-6. Yeah. Ordering wine
is key to a good date,
851
00:32:49,849 --> 00:32:52,217
and when a guy orders for you,
it's kinda hot. (Snaps fingers)
852
00:32:52,251 --> 00:32:53,485
What about this one?
853
00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:55,086
Mm.
854
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,689
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking) The ex-Cytron guy
855
00:32:57,723 --> 00:32:59,224
I've been calling for weeks
finally got back to me.
856
00:32:59,258 --> 00:33:00,291
We're meeting
at the Griddle Cafe,
857
00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:01,392
3:30 this afternoon.
858
00:33:01,427 --> 00:33:02,861
Douglas Fairbanks-style.
859
00:33:02,895 --> 00:33:04,696
Oh, this is gonna look
really nice.
860
00:33:04,730 --> 00:33:06,998
- Okay, what do you think, Abby?
- Yeah. Nice.
861
00:33:07,032 --> 00:33:08,466
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
862
00:33:10,669 --> 00:33:13,505
(Indistinct conversations)
863
00:33:17,842 --> 00:33:19,610
You really want to go back to work?
(Groans)
864
00:33:19,944 --> 00:33:21,445
You don't want to,
I don't know, write a book.
865
00:33:21,479 --> 00:33:22,613
Or teach a class instead?
866
00:33:22,647 --> 00:33:24,447
- Cy...
- Because I'm a traditional man,
867
00:33:24,482 --> 00:33:26,549
and if you wanted
to stay at home.
868
00:33:26,584 --> 00:33:28,618
- And let me be the breadwinner...
- I want to go back to work.
869
00:33:28,652 --> 00:33:30,254
I could revoke your press pass.
870
00:33:30,288 --> 00:33:32,122
And I could write
an excellent story about it.
871
00:33:32,156 --> 00:33:34,391
Okay, James, honey,
this makes you the enemy.
872
00:33:34,425 --> 00:33:35,959
We'll be enemies all day,
873
00:33:35,993 --> 00:33:37,727
and then we'll have to forget
about it every night.
874
00:33:37,762 --> 00:33:39,562
You understand that?
Is that what you want?
875
00:33:39,597 --> 00:33:41,031
Reporters are the enemy?
876
00:33:41,065 --> 00:33:43,233
- I didn't mean...
- You did.
877
00:33:43,267 --> 00:33:45,368
You must be hiding
some very dirty laundry.
878
00:33:45,403 --> 00:33:46,870
I can't wait to find out what.
879
00:33:46,904 --> 00:33:48,471
- James.
- Cyrus.
880
00:33:48,506 --> 00:33:49,839
If I gave you a baby,
you'd quit?
881
00:33:49,874 --> 00:33:52,008
- Give me a baby and find out.
- That's a no.
882
00:33:52,043 --> 00:33:54,310
I am good at my job, Cy,
as good as you are at yours.
883
00:33:54,345 --> 00:33:55,745
You want to have a baby with me
884
00:33:55,780 --> 00:33:58,014
because you want to have
a child together? Great.
885
00:33:58,049 --> 00:33:59,482
But if you want to give me
a baby to metaphorically
886
00:33:59,517 --> 00:34:01,518
keep me barefoot and pregnant
and out of your hair?
887
00:34:01,552 --> 00:34:04,119
You have never
really seen me angry.
888
00:34:04,154 --> 00:34:05,321
I'm going out.
Don't wait up.
889
00:34:05,355 --> 00:34:06,689
I am working late.
You don't wait up.
890
00:34:06,723 --> 00:34:08,057
Funny story.
891
00:34:08,091 --> 00:34:09,758
Hilarious story. Damn it.
892
00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:11,894
(Indistinct conversations)
893
00:34:11,928 --> 00:34:14,296
(Man) Enjoy.
894
00:34:14,314 --> 00:34:15,814
If they're gonna make you
wear their jacket,
895
00:34:15,866 --> 00:34:18,400
they should've at least
used a lint brush.
896
00:34:18,435 --> 00:34:21,420
Did you have a chance to peruse
the wine list, monsieur?
897
00:34:21,471 --> 00:34:23,622
I'd like a ginger ale.
898
00:34:23,657 --> 00:34:27,493
And the lady will also have
a glass of ginger ale.
899
00:34:27,527 --> 00:34:29,962
Very good, monsieur.
900
00:34:31,264 --> 00:34:34,233
Hmm.
901
00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:37,185
What's "bouillabaisse"?
902
00:34:40,005 --> 00:34:42,056
Stick to the script this time,
governor.
903
00:34:42,090 --> 00:34:44,325
When they ask about your wife,
talk about her remorse.
904
00:34:44,359 --> 00:34:45,793
They'll want you to trash her.
It makes good copy,
905
00:34:45,827 --> 00:34:47,128
but it's better for you.
906
00:34:47,162 --> 00:34:48,529
If you implore the public
to forgive her.
907
00:34:48,547 --> 00:34:49,997
Governor,
they're ready for you.
908
00:34:50,015 --> 00:34:51,649
I'll be right there.
909
00:34:52,935 --> 00:34:54,502
Can't thank you enough, Olivia.
910
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,671
I've spent the last two years
blaming you
911
00:34:56,705 --> 00:34:58,790
for the fact that it's that
matinee idol in the White House,
912
00:34:58,824 --> 00:35:00,258
not me.
913
00:35:00,292 --> 00:35:03,895
Guess I'd rather feel cheated
than feel like a failure.
914
00:35:03,929 --> 00:35:05,947
(Alison) Governor?
915
00:35:05,981 --> 00:35:07,648
See you on the other side.
916
00:35:13,505 --> 00:35:15,289
(Reporters shouting at once,
camera shutters clicking)
917
00:35:16,324 --> 00:35:18,341
(Cell phone rings)
918
00:35:18,376 --> 00:35:19,676
(Ring)
919
00:35:19,710 --> 00:35:21,294
(Governor Reston) Thank you
to the people of Maryland...
920
00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:24,748
Yes, Harrison. Tell her we're
not taking exclusives on this.
921
00:35:24,782 --> 00:35:26,416
Actually, give me her number.
I'll call her myself.
922
00:35:26,451 --> 00:35:29,002
Hold on a second.
Let me grab a piece of paper.
923
00:35:31,472 --> 00:35:33,940
Liv, you still there?
924
00:35:33,975 --> 00:35:35,525
Liv?
925
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:36,843
Liv?
926
00:35:36,861 --> 00:35:38,695
(Governor Reston) Rather than
pointing fingers today,
927
00:35:38,729 --> 00:35:40,113
I ask instead
928
00:35:40,148 --> 00:35:42,199
that you show forgiveness,
forgiveness to my wife Joan,
929
00:35:42,233 --> 00:35:45,368
for her hurried lack
of judgment.
930
00:35:50,513 --> 00:35:52,230
I think that went well.
931
00:35:52,264 --> 00:35:55,450
It did,
especially in light of these.
932
00:36:01,524 --> 00:36:04,592
4,359 votes...
933
00:36:04,627 --> 00:36:07,328
That's how much you beat me by.
934
00:36:07,363 --> 00:36:11,249
4,359 votes that turned me
into a loser...
935
00:36:11,283 --> 00:36:14,669
A loser whose whole life
had been for nothing.
936
00:36:14,704 --> 00:36:16,204
So...
937
00:36:16,238 --> 00:36:19,657
two nights ago,
I was going to end that life.
938
00:36:19,692 --> 00:36:21,976
I was gonna shoot myself.
939
00:36:22,011 --> 00:36:24,262
Bill first...
940
00:36:24,996 --> 00:36:26,680
so she could see it,
941
00:36:27,215 --> 00:36:29,616
then her, then me.
942
00:36:29,651 --> 00:36:31,151
But she cried rape.
943
00:36:31,185 --> 00:36:33,036
She cried rape.
944
00:36:33,071 --> 00:36:35,522
Rape... such a...
945
00:36:35,556 --> 00:36:37,224
gorgeous word.
946
00:36:37,258 --> 00:36:39,993
Rape. Yeah,
I'm a supporter of women,
947
00:36:40,028 --> 00:36:41,878
but let me tell you, she yelled
"rape," and I thought,
948
00:36:41,913 --> 00:36:43,914
"you have a second chance."
949
00:36:43,948 --> 00:36:46,050
A second chance.
950
00:36:46,084 --> 00:36:48,385
And now my approval ratings
are through the roof.
951
00:36:49,319 --> 00:36:51,287
I can run for any office
in the land,
952
00:36:51,321 --> 00:36:54,473
and those 4,359 votes
don't mean a damn thing,
953
00:36:54,508 --> 00:36:57,376
and I just can't help
but thinking,
954
00:36:57,411 --> 00:37:00,346
what a wonderful gift
955
00:37:00,380 --> 00:37:02,281
my cheating wife gave me.
956
00:37:02,316 --> 00:37:04,283
You're confessing to murder.
957
00:37:04,334 --> 00:37:06,769
We have
attorney/client privilege.
958
00:37:07,503 --> 00:37:10,672
I still have ways to make
your life very difficult.
959
00:37:10,706 --> 00:37:12,941
You'd have as much clout
in this town as a senate page.
960
00:37:12,975 --> 00:37:15,594
If someone as high-profile as me
goes to prison.
961
00:37:15,628 --> 00:37:17,979
God, it's amazing
what this feels like.
962
00:37:18,014 --> 00:37:19,881
What?
963
00:37:23,703 --> 00:37:25,287
Winning.
964
00:37:31,093 --> 00:37:32,010
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
965
00:37:32,044 --> 00:37:35,547
(Doorbell rings)
966
00:37:36,498 --> 00:37:39,300
I'm mad at my husband
and I need a drink and dinner.
967
00:37:39,334 --> 00:37:40,685
Dinner is popcorn.
968
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:41,752
But lucky for you,
I just opened a Bordeaux
969
00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:43,788
that'll bring tears
to your eyes.
970
00:37:43,822 --> 00:37:45,072
(Sighs)
971
00:37:45,106 --> 00:37:46,273
How are you?
972
00:37:46,291 --> 00:37:47,641
Good. Good.
973
00:37:47,676 --> 00:37:49,894
Liv...
974
00:37:49,928 --> 00:37:52,413
that meeting with Hollis...
975
00:37:52,447 --> 00:37:54,765
Let's not talk about that.
Drink.
976
00:37:58,236 --> 00:38:00,071
Why'd you break out
the good stuff?
977
00:38:00,105 --> 00:38:01,622
Governor Reston...
978
00:38:01,656 --> 00:38:03,958
Bill Meyer was his wife's lover,
and he knew it.
979
00:38:03,992 --> 00:38:05,793
She cried rape,
which saved her life.
980
00:38:05,827 --> 00:38:09,697
But the contractor? Totally, completely
premeditated murder. (Sets down bottle)
981
00:38:09,731 --> 00:38:10,848
But he's a client.
982
00:38:10,882 --> 00:38:13,868
And let's face it,
983
00:38:13,902 --> 00:38:15,653
we owe him one.
984
00:38:15,687 --> 00:38:17,088
We owe him more than one.
985
00:38:17,122 --> 00:38:19,023
Not to mention, that'd be
a hell of a headline-puller
986
00:38:19,057 --> 00:38:22,676
from negotiations at the G8.
987
00:38:23,511 --> 00:38:25,144
All roads lead to Fitz.
988
00:38:25,162 --> 00:38:27,747
(Chuckles)
All roads lead to Fitz.
989
00:38:29,283 --> 00:38:31,084
(Sighs)
990
00:38:31,118 --> 00:38:33,637
It's been ages since
I've been here. I've missed you.
991
00:38:33,671 --> 00:38:34,971
Missed you, too.
992
00:38:35,006 --> 00:38:37,691
So why are you mad
at your husband?
993
00:38:40,593 --> 00:38:42,544
James is working at
the White House press corps
994
00:38:42,579 --> 00:38:44,563
to punish me.
995
00:38:44,581 --> 00:38:47,983
So? You separate your work life
and your personal life.
996
00:38:48,017 --> 00:38:49,384
Really?
997
00:38:49,419 --> 00:38:50,752
How's that working for you?
998
00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,020
Fine.
999
00:38:53,172 --> 00:38:56,074
I hear...
1000
00:38:56,109 --> 00:38:59,044
you're keeping company
with Edison Davis again.
1001
00:38:59,062 --> 00:39:01,029
He wants to.
1002
00:39:01,064 --> 00:39:04,550
I'm thinking about it.
1003
00:39:04,584 --> 00:39:06,635
What's the holdup?
1004
00:39:11,274 --> 00:39:13,141
(Sets down glass)
1005
00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:16,895
All roads lead to Fitz.
1006
00:39:16,930 --> 00:39:19,014
All roads lead to Fitz.
1007
00:39:20,550 --> 00:39:23,252
(Exhales deeply)
1008
00:39:28,675 --> 00:39:31,827
I don't like it
when the bad guys get away.
1009
00:39:33,930 --> 00:39:35,180
(Chuckles)
1010
00:39:35,214 --> 00:39:37,449
Then you shouldn't have come
to Washington.
1011
00:39:39,686 --> 00:39:41,687
Hmm.
1012
00:39:44,021 --> 00:39:46,690
(Huck) Sundays is pasta,
and mondays is sandwiches.
1013
00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:48,609
But tonight... tonight's
my favorite night.
1014
00:39:48,643 --> 00:39:51,645
They eat pizza
and they play games.
1015
00:39:51,696 --> 00:39:53,697
That's the best part.
It's game night.
1016
00:39:53,731 --> 00:39:55,466
She's Carol, 34,
1017
00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:57,668
not a natural blonde,
but that's okay.
1018
00:39:57,702 --> 00:40:00,337
She teaches math
at the junior high.
1019
00:40:00,355 --> 00:40:03,207
And he's Billy.
He sells sporting goods,
1020
00:40:03,241 --> 00:40:05,609
which is an actual thing...
Sporting goods.
1021
00:40:05,643 --> 00:40:09,296
(Chuckles) And the little
girls are Lucy. She's 8.
1022
00:40:09,331 --> 00:40:12,448
And Sarah Beth... she's 10.
1023
00:40:12,683 --> 00:40:15,184
Sarah Beth has sleepovers
on Fridays
1024
00:40:15,219 --> 00:40:17,770
with Janie,
who lives down there,
1025
00:40:17,805 --> 00:40:19,922
and Katie,
who lives right there.
1026
00:40:19,940 --> 00:40:23,476
And on Sundays,
the grandparents come over.
1027
00:40:23,510 --> 00:40:25,928
So what about you?
1028
00:40:25,963 --> 00:40:27,363
What do you like to do?
1029
00:40:48,852 --> 00:40:50,402
So that's your solution then?
1030
00:40:50,453 --> 00:40:52,454
Verna gets Rosen's boss
to give him his job back?
1031
00:40:52,489 --> 00:40:54,122
On the condition
that he stops pursuing
1032
00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:55,941
his foolish conspiracy theories.
1033
00:40:55,975 --> 00:40:57,692
And if he keeps looking
for a connection
1034
00:40:57,710 --> 00:40:59,595
between Doyle Energy
and Cytron...
1035
00:40:59,629 --> 00:41:01,797
- Then we give him a connection.
- The wrong connection.
1036
00:41:02,331 --> 00:41:04,966
Personally, I find these
humane mousetraps ineffective.
1037
00:41:04,984 --> 00:41:06,384
Better to lay down some glue
1038
00:41:06,419 --> 00:41:07,669
when you hear the critter
scream,
1039
00:41:07,703 --> 00:41:08,687
take a shovel to its head.
1040
00:41:08,721 --> 00:41:10,238
But if y'all feel differently...
1041
00:41:10,272 --> 00:41:12,040
- We do.
- Then you have my vote.
1042
00:41:12,074 --> 00:41:14,826
But just so we're clear,
if this plan fails,
1043
00:41:14,860 --> 00:41:16,695
David Rosen decides
he's not gonna drop it,
1044
00:41:16,729 --> 00:41:19,614
then I reserve the right
to be a little more...
1045
00:41:19,648 --> 00:41:21,182
How should I put it?
1046
00:41:21,217 --> 00:41:22,334
Thorough.
1047
00:41:22,368 --> 00:41:23,635
Agreed?
1048
00:41:27,155 --> 00:41:28,322
Agreement's just for show, y'all.
1049
00:41:28,356 --> 00:41:29,990
You can go.
1050
00:41:30,008 --> 00:41:31,425
Class dismissed.
1051
00:41:33,645 --> 00:41:35,763
Abby.
1052
00:41:35,797 --> 00:41:37,998
The guy you met with
at the Griddle Cafe yesterday...
1053
00:41:38,032 --> 00:41:39,233
He was a plant.
1054
00:41:39,267 --> 00:41:40,768
He just was. Trust me.
1055
00:41:40,802 --> 00:41:42,052
So I did a little digging,
1056
00:41:42,087 --> 00:41:43,370
and it turns out that Cytron...
1057
00:41:43,404 --> 00:41:45,472
they weren't just
an Internet security company.
1058
00:41:45,507 --> 00:41:46,690
They also developed software,
1059
00:41:46,741 --> 00:41:48,625
some of which had
various applications,
1060
00:41:48,676 --> 00:41:49,893
like this one program
1061
00:41:49,928 --> 00:41:51,978
that Quinn's boyfriend
was working on...
1062
00:41:52,496 --> 00:41:54,264
Officially it was used
as slot machines.
1063
00:41:54,315 --> 00:41:55,482
And unofficially?
1064
00:41:55,516 --> 00:41:58,335
Voting machines.
1065
00:41:58,386 --> 00:42:00,020
I know you just got
your job back, David,
1066
00:42:00,054 --> 00:42:01,821
and I wasn't gonna
say anything, I swear.
1067
00:42:01,856 --> 00:42:04,741
No, you did the right thing.
Come here.
1068
00:42:04,775 --> 00:42:05,677
(Projector and camera shutter clicking)
1069
00:42:05,710 --> 00:42:07,110
(Abby) I know you just got
your job back, David,
1070
00:42:07,111 --> 00:42:08,361
and I wasn't gonna
say anything, I swear.
1071
00:42:08,395 --> 00:42:11,064
(David) No, you did
the right thing. Come here.
1072
00:42:11,082 --> 00:42:15,401
And so on and so forth.
1073
00:42:15,419 --> 00:42:19,238
You want me to notify
the others?
1074
00:42:19,257 --> 00:42:22,008
No.
1075
00:42:22,043 --> 00:42:25,578
This one I handle alone.
1076
00:42:26,714 --> 00:42:28,417
(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
1077
00:42:28,418 --> 00:42:31,418
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