1 00:00:01,791 --> 00:00:03,259 (Fitz) That wasn't a mistake. 2 00:00:04,226 --> 00:00:05,994 That was betrayal. We are done. 3 00:00:06,061 --> 00:00:07,561 Previously on "Scandal"... 4 00:00:07,629 --> 00:00:09,263 (Mike) The bartender saw you leaving McGhee's together 5 00:00:09,331 --> 00:00:10,998 the night she was stabbed to death. 6 00:00:11,065 --> 00:00:12,833 (David) She'd just started downloading my Defiance files 7 00:00:12,901 --> 00:00:13,768 when she died. (Computer beeps) 8 00:00:13,836 --> 00:00:17,036 There's high-level classified military intelligence on there. 9 00:00:17,104 --> 00:00:18,971 (Cyrus) Four Americans have been kidnapped abroad. 10 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:21,107 They're our top C.I.A. assets in the region, Mr. President. 11 00:00:21,175 --> 00:00:22,509 Do you want to tell me how they got their hands 12 00:00:22,576 --> 00:00:24,444 - on legitimate U.S. operatives? - We have a mole. 13 00:00:24,812 --> 00:00:26,078 (Olivia) So what is your thing? 14 00:00:26,146 --> 00:00:28,682 People watching. How's 8:00 on Friday sound? 15 00:00:28,749 --> 00:00:30,149 See you then, captain Ballard. 16 00:00:39,259 --> 00:00:40,759 (Switch clanks) 17 00:01:03,515 --> 00:01:07,184 (Indistinct conversation) 18 00:01:07,252 --> 00:01:10,787 (Sighs) 19 00:01:10,856 --> 00:01:12,589 I'm so sorry. This is not... 20 00:01:12,657 --> 00:01:14,458 I'm not a late person, 21 00:01:14,525 --> 00:01:16,593 and I don't want you to think our meeting isn't a priority. 22 00:01:16,661 --> 00:01:18,095 - It's a date. - What? 23 00:01:18,163 --> 00:01:20,130 You said "meeting." I'm not a client. 24 00:01:20,198 --> 00:01:22,298 I don't have a problem. I don't need fixing. 25 00:01:22,366 --> 00:01:25,468 I asked you out. You said yes. We dressed up. 26 00:01:25,535 --> 00:01:27,136 At the end of the evening, if all goes well, 27 00:01:27,204 --> 00:01:29,405 there will be... kissing. 28 00:01:29,473 --> 00:01:30,974 This is not a meeting. This is a date. (Paper rips) 29 00:01:31,041 --> 00:01:32,842 And I don't want to insult you. You chose this restaurant. 30 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:34,110 I'm sure the food is very good. 31 00:01:34,178 --> 00:01:35,644 But this is not a date restaurant. 32 00:01:35,712 --> 00:01:37,746 We can't have a date here. This is where dates go to die. 33 00:01:37,813 --> 00:01:39,982 (Chair scrapes floor) 34 00:01:40,049 --> 00:01:41,917 You look extraordinary, by the way. 35 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:45,520 So let's go. 36 00:01:53,795 --> 00:01:56,931 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 37 00:01:56,999 --> 00:01:59,066 Tell me this is not a fantastic spot for a date. 38 00:01:59,101 --> 00:02:00,868 It's not bad. 39 00:02:00,936 --> 00:02:02,203 You're hard to please. 40 00:02:02,271 --> 00:02:04,372 I like that. I like a challenge. 41 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:07,208 - What's albatross? - I'm sorry. What? 42 00:02:07,242 --> 00:02:09,009 Wendy was working on something called albatross, 43 00:02:09,076 --> 00:02:10,476 and I'm guessing that since she reached out to you, 44 00:02:10,544 --> 00:02:11,844 that you know what it is. 45 00:02:11,879 --> 00:02:14,281 Wow, you really suck at dating. 46 00:02:14,382 --> 00:02:15,848 I never said this was a date, you did. 47 00:02:15,917 --> 00:02:17,650 - Ouch. - Albatross. 48 00:02:17,684 --> 00:02:19,185 We are on date, 49 00:02:19,253 --> 00:02:21,021 from which I will give you a 30 second break 50 00:02:21,122 --> 00:02:22,989 to answer your question. That is all, okay? 51 00:02:23,057 --> 00:02:24,857 Go. 52 00:02:24,925 --> 00:02:27,459 Couple of years ago, a guy from the state department 53 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,495 gets busted selling classified documents to Tehran. 54 00:02:30,596 --> 00:02:32,298 Pretty big deal, made even bigger by the fact 55 00:02:32,365 --> 00:02:34,300 that the day they were going to issue his arrest warrant, 56 00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:36,501 he pulls into his parking spot on K street 57 00:02:36,536 --> 00:02:38,670 and blows his brains out with a colt .38. 58 00:02:38,738 --> 00:02:40,372 Now, the guy says in his suicide note 59 00:02:40,407 --> 00:02:41,539 that he was framed, that he wasn't the mole, 60 00:02:41,606 --> 00:02:42,974 he didn't know who the mole was, 61 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:44,642 didn't know anything about him, except for the fact 62 00:02:44,743 --> 00:02:46,344 that he went by an alias. 63 00:02:46,412 --> 00:02:47,946 Albatross. 64 00:02:47,980 --> 00:02:49,480 Now, no one believed the guy. 65 00:02:49,548 --> 00:02:51,649 The case was airtight, but the story became a legend. 66 00:02:51,716 --> 00:02:53,251 So now, whenever anyone in the intelligence community 67 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:56,087 - messes up - They blame it on albatross. 68 00:02:56,121 --> 00:02:57,720 So, when Wendy was reaching out to you...... 69 00:02:57,788 --> 00:02:59,122 No, no, your time is up. The date is back on. 70 00:02:59,190 --> 00:03:00,490 - Captain Ballard... - Jake. 71 00:03:00,558 --> 00:03:02,193 All my dates call me "Jake." 72 00:03:03,861 --> 00:03:05,228 You do not give up. 73 00:03:05,296 --> 00:03:07,797 I'm a Navy man. Navy men do not give up. 74 00:03:07,865 --> 00:03:09,599 - Neither do I. - Like I said, 75 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,768 I like a challenge. 76 00:03:15,939 --> 00:03:17,606 (Cell phone chimes) 77 00:03:17,675 --> 00:03:19,976 (Chimes) 78 00:03:20,044 --> 00:03:23,479 (Chimes) 79 00:03:23,547 --> 00:03:24,513 (Beep) 80 00:03:24,581 --> 00:03:25,548 Hello? 81 00:03:27,217 --> 00:03:28,417 I'll be right there. 82 00:03:28,485 --> 00:03:29,851 Ten minutes. 83 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,486 (Beep) Date's over. 84 00:03:31,554 --> 00:03:33,021 Thought this wasn't a date. 85 00:03:33,089 --> 00:03:34,422 I was being nice. 86 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:36,858 - Mm. - Good night, captain. 87 00:03:36,926 --> 00:03:38,727 Jake. 88 00:03:38,795 --> 00:03:43,298 (Footsteps depart) 89 00:03:43,365 --> 00:03:44,900 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 90 00:03:44,967 --> 00:03:46,300 - Day eight. - Fitz... 91 00:03:46,367 --> 00:03:48,368 Day eight! They're running a damn tally 92 00:03:48,436 --> 00:03:50,604 of the most glaring failure of my presidency 93 00:03:50,672 --> 00:03:52,639 on every network on a loop, 94 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:54,441 while we, for all apparent purposes, do nothing. 95 00:03:54,509 --> 00:03:56,577 You are doing everything to get those hostages back safe. 96 00:03:56,644 --> 00:03:58,045 It's not your fault the intelligence 97 00:03:58,113 --> 00:03:59,947 simply isn't there. 98 00:04:00,015 --> 00:04:02,248 What if you reached out personally 99 00:04:02,316 --> 00:04:04,383 - to the families, told them... - What? 100 00:04:04,451 --> 00:04:06,252 That we have no clue where their loved ones are, 101 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,154 who exactly has them or how to get them back? 102 00:04:08,222 --> 00:04:11,324 But, you know, tie another ribbon. 103 00:04:11,391 --> 00:04:13,793 You need a break. You haven't been sleeping. (Exhales) 104 00:04:13,861 --> 00:04:15,995 This thing has been consuming you day and night. (Pouring drink) 105 00:04:16,063 --> 00:04:18,030 Don't wait up. I have work to do. 106 00:04:18,098 --> 00:04:19,064 (Kisses) 107 00:04:22,401 --> 00:04:24,903 (Door opens and closes) 108 00:04:27,207 --> 00:04:28,907 - He's here, sir. - Send him in. 109 00:04:33,746 --> 00:04:34,879 (Sighs) 110 00:04:36,815 --> 00:04:39,851 Mr. President, sir. 111 00:04:39,918 --> 00:04:41,418 (Door closes) 112 00:04:43,421 --> 00:04:44,822 Son of a bitch. 113 00:04:44,890 --> 00:04:47,125 "Mr. President"... I'll never get over saying that. 114 00:04:47,192 --> 00:04:48,592 Jake. 115 00:04:50,494 --> 00:04:51,895 - How are you? - I'm good. 116 00:04:51,963 --> 00:04:53,196 You want a drink? 117 00:04:53,264 --> 00:04:54,297 We're drinking. 118 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:59,269 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 119 00:04:59,336 --> 00:05:02,672 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com 120 00:05:02,740 --> 00:05:04,207 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 121 00:05:04,275 --> 00:05:06,475 Someone's following you? 122 00:05:06,542 --> 00:05:07,676 Yes. 123 00:05:07,744 --> 00:05:09,544 (Door closes) (Sniffs) All of a sudden? 124 00:05:09,612 --> 00:05:11,180 (Clears throat) How do you know? 125 00:05:11,248 --> 00:05:12,381 Just I know. It's a feeling. 126 00:05:12,449 --> 00:05:13,750 - Can you describe them? - That's easy. 127 00:05:13,817 --> 00:05:15,818 They're very scary and extremely invisible. 128 00:05:15,986 --> 00:05:17,119 I have no idea what they look like. 129 00:05:17,187 --> 00:05:18,988 I see a car in my rearview mirror, and I hear 130 00:05:19,055 --> 00:05:20,956 footsteps behind me. I turn around, they're gone. 131 00:05:21,024 --> 00:05:22,657 Well, if this phantom menace is real, as long as they 132 00:05:22,724 --> 00:05:24,125 think Wendy's flash drive is still out there, 133 00:05:24,193 --> 00:05:26,527 they're gonna stop until they k... 134 00:05:26,595 --> 00:05:29,197 Until they kill me? That's what you were gonna say, right? 135 00:05:29,265 --> 00:05:30,564 Smooth. 136 00:05:30,632 --> 00:05:32,500 (Inhales) Ugh! (David sighs) 137 00:05:32,567 --> 00:05:34,502 We need to find out what albatross is. 138 00:05:34,569 --> 00:05:35,837 (Olivia) He's a mole. A made-up one, 139 00:05:35,905 --> 00:05:37,538 as far as the intelligence community's concerned, 140 00:05:37,606 --> 00:05:39,206 the stuff of legend... athough given the files 141 00:05:39,274 --> 00:05:40,707 - we found on this flash drive... - Maybe he really exists. 142 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:41,909 So this Wendy girl... what? 143 00:05:41,976 --> 00:05:43,177 She... she stole the files from this guy? 144 00:05:43,244 --> 00:05:45,012 - Realizing what she had, - Then got killed 145 00:05:45,079 --> 00:05:46,313 before she was able to do anything about it. 146 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,916 If this stuff is so top secret, why aren't we... 147 00:05:48,983 --> 00:05:50,717 (Olivia) Why aren't we what, Quinn? 148 00:05:50,785 --> 00:05:52,886 Um... (Exhales) Why aren't we handing them over 149 00:05:52,954 --> 00:05:54,787 - to someone in the administration? - We don't have all the facts. 150 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:56,823 We also covered up a murder and messed with a crime scene. 151 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:58,757 If we turn in that flash drive, we screw ourselves. 152 00:05:58,826 --> 00:06:00,592 20% of the albatross files were encrypted. 153 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:02,428 I've got three computers working on it right now. 154 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:04,598 - What's the time frame, Huck? - No, this stuff's from the Pentagon. 155 00:06:04,599 --> 00:06:06,065 They have got firewalls aside their firewalls. 156 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:08,367 I'll get through them, but we're talking days, not hours. 157 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:10,902 Once that's done, we may have a better idea who our mole is. 158 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:12,170 Well, it's probably the same person who's following me, 159 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:13,504 just waiting for the right moment to shoot me 160 00:06:13,572 --> 00:06:15,540 or run me over or drown me in my own toilet. 161 00:06:15,607 --> 00:06:17,008 Huck will trail you for the next couple of days, 162 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,443 make sure you're not in danger. 163 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:24,316 (Sniffs) 164 00:06:24,383 --> 00:06:26,917 - Does Huck... - Stink? Yes. To high heaven. 165 00:06:26,985 --> 00:06:28,385 (Door closes) Like he hasn't showered in days. 166 00:06:28,453 --> 00:06:30,154 At least David will always know where he is. 167 00:06:30,222 --> 00:06:32,556 (Harris and Quinn laugh) 168 00:06:32,623 --> 00:06:34,758 You see any of the guys? 169 00:06:34,826 --> 00:06:36,727 Uh, lucky's C.E.O. of some big tech firm now. 170 00:06:36,794 --> 00:06:38,329 Patty and Rick... They fly for the airlines. 171 00:06:38,396 --> 00:06:39,964 You know Coney's teaching at Annapolis? 172 00:06:40,031 --> 00:06:41,798 Coney is shaping young minds? (Laughs) 173 00:06:41,866 --> 00:06:43,333 Poor kids. 174 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,934 They all follow you. 175 00:06:45,002 --> 00:06:48,304 They call me, like I've got some direct line to the Oval... 176 00:06:48,372 --> 00:06:49,805 It's good to see you. 177 00:06:49,874 --> 00:06:51,507 In person, I mean. 178 00:06:51,575 --> 00:06:53,276 You're a hard man to get to these days. (Inhales) 179 00:06:53,344 --> 00:06:54,744 That's a thing you don't bank on. 180 00:06:54,811 --> 00:06:56,379 You work your ass off to get to the White House, 181 00:06:56,446 --> 00:06:58,713 then here you are and... 182 00:06:58,781 --> 00:07:02,184 I didn't count on the isolation. 183 00:07:03,819 --> 00:07:06,588 It makes you do things. 184 00:07:06,655 --> 00:07:09,457 Color outside the lines. 185 00:07:09,525 --> 00:07:10,959 Fitz... 186 00:07:11,027 --> 00:07:12,594 - You don't have to keep... - I'm happy to. 187 00:07:12,661 --> 00:07:14,628 I never should have asked Tom to call you. 188 00:07:14,696 --> 00:07:16,463 I'm happy to do any favor you ask of me. You know that. 189 00:07:16,531 --> 00:07:18,432 It's done. I'm doing it. I've been doing it. 190 00:07:22,670 --> 00:07:24,438 - How is she? - She's good. 191 00:07:24,506 --> 00:07:27,041 Quiet. Makes my job easy. Spends most of her time working. 192 00:07:27,109 --> 00:07:28,609 She took up swimming recently. 193 00:07:28,676 --> 00:07:30,144 She was on the swim team in high school. (Chuckles) 194 00:07:30,212 --> 00:07:31,378 Sir? 195 00:07:31,446 --> 00:07:32,880 Nothing. What else? 196 00:07:32,947 --> 00:07:35,482 She reads a lot, watches the news... a lot. 197 00:07:35,550 --> 00:07:37,718 She doesn't sleep enough. She's... 198 00:07:39,687 --> 00:07:41,187 What? 199 00:07:41,255 --> 00:07:43,424 She's unhappy. She doesn't date. 200 00:07:43,491 --> 00:07:45,091 I think maybe the breakup with senator Davis 201 00:07:45,159 --> 00:07:48,027 - might have been hard on her. - I don't think so. 202 00:07:48,094 --> 00:07:49,862 I know Davis. 203 00:07:49,930 --> 00:07:52,532 He was serious. She wasn't. 204 00:07:54,468 --> 00:07:57,136 If you don't mind my asking, we've made the jump 205 00:07:57,203 --> 00:07:59,639 from photo surveillance to video surveillance. 206 00:08:01,408 --> 00:08:03,207 That's not a question. 207 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:05,276 I was wondering why. 208 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,247 I have my reasons. 209 00:08:10,683 --> 00:08:11,983 (Sighs) 210 00:08:12,051 --> 00:08:13,452 Well, it would help if I knew your reasons. 211 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:14,786 If I'm the one watching the feed, 212 00:08:14,854 --> 00:08:15,720 I need to know what to look for. 213 00:08:15,788 --> 00:08:17,656 Have you seen anything yet? 214 00:08:17,723 --> 00:08:20,190 Well, it... might be nothing, but she could be getting 215 00:08:20,258 --> 00:08:23,226 into something interesting, possibly dangerous with work. 216 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:26,263 I'm not sure yet. It's...It's too soon to tell. 217 00:08:26,331 --> 00:08:27,664 (Cap clatters) 218 00:08:27,731 --> 00:08:29,799 Fitz, my professional opinion is she seems harmless, 219 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:33,169 so unless this is personal... 220 00:08:33,236 --> 00:08:35,438 You're watching tapes and looking at photos. 221 00:08:35,506 --> 00:08:36,940 You don't know her. 222 00:08:37,007 --> 00:08:39,642 Olivia Pope is not what she seems. 223 00:08:39,710 --> 00:08:41,344 Of course. I didn't... I'm s... 224 00:08:41,411 --> 00:08:44,245 I didn't mean to... It's just I'm... (Sighs) 225 00:08:45,982 --> 00:08:48,517 She's not a good person. 226 00:08:48,585 --> 00:08:50,752 Not the way you think. 227 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:53,355 And this isn't personal. Nothing about this is personal. 228 00:08:53,422 --> 00:08:54,957 Of course. I didn't mean to imply... 229 00:08:55,024 --> 00:08:57,025 No. I get it. 230 00:08:57,093 --> 00:08:59,259 It's okay. Just... 231 00:09:01,262 --> 00:09:02,530 Stay on her. 232 00:09:16,313 --> 00:09:17,914 (Both chuckle) 233 00:09:17,982 --> 00:09:19,983 You're still in the office. Do you know what time it is? 234 00:09:20,050 --> 00:09:22,352 Fun never ends around here, senator. 235 00:09:22,419 --> 00:09:25,288 - How you been, Liv? - Busy. And you? 236 00:09:25,356 --> 00:09:28,257 - That's Peter Caldwell of the Caldwells. - Gold star. 237 00:09:28,324 --> 00:09:29,557 - The Caldwells are clients? - So? 238 00:09:29,625 --> 00:09:31,626 So they're one of the dirtiest political dynasties 239 00:09:31,694 --> 00:09:33,362 in American history. 240 00:09:33,429 --> 00:09:35,097 What can I do for you, Peter? 241 00:09:35,164 --> 00:09:37,232 Well, it's not me this time, Liv. It's my brother... Will. 242 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,234 He's making a play for the North Carolina 243 00:09:39,302 --> 00:09:41,103 - Governor's mansion. - I heard. 244 00:09:41,170 --> 00:09:42,737 Congressman Will Caldwell, heir to the famous 245 00:09:42,805 --> 00:09:44,772 Caldwell republican dynasty. 246 00:09:44,839 --> 00:09:47,108 (Wild cherry) ♪ hey, once I was a funky singer ♪ 247 00:09:47,175 --> 00:09:49,576 So this is where the Caldwell magic is happening? 248 00:09:49,644 --> 00:09:51,913 Ground zero. You remember my wife Marion. 249 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:53,647 Ah. Of course. Thank you for coming. 250 00:09:53,715 --> 00:09:55,316 Oh, the man of the hour. 251 00:09:55,384 --> 00:09:57,451 Olivia. Back with us again. What happened? 252 00:09:57,519 --> 00:09:59,652 Chip fall off the wagon? Josie make another sex tape? 253 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,521 Who's in crisis today? 254 00:10:01,588 --> 00:10:02,822 You are, Will. 255 00:10:02,890 --> 00:10:04,324 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 256 00:10:04,392 --> 00:10:05,558 How's polling? 257 00:10:05,626 --> 00:10:06,793 Got the race in the bag if he wasn't... 258 00:10:06,860 --> 00:10:08,628 So gay? 259 00:10:08,695 --> 00:10:11,164 I read the gossip rags. It's my job to be well-informed. 260 00:10:11,232 --> 00:10:12,532 - I'm not gay! - Will, come on! 261 00:10:12,599 --> 00:10:14,801 - I am not gay! - Then why are you still single? 262 00:10:14,868 --> 00:10:17,702 I'm sowing my oats. I don't want to settle down. 263 00:10:17,770 --> 00:10:19,905 You haven't dated anyone in the last ten years. 264 00:10:19,973 --> 00:10:21,073 And don't tell me that you have, 265 00:10:21,141 --> 00:10:22,174 because I did my homework on you. 266 00:10:22,242 --> 00:10:23,909 You don't date, you don't go out, 267 00:10:23,977 --> 00:10:25,978 you don't meet women, and you don't have sex with anybody. 268 00:10:26,046 --> 00:10:28,247 Why? 269 00:10:28,315 --> 00:10:29,681 The rumors are killing his chances. 270 00:10:29,749 --> 00:10:31,682 We have a giant fund-raiser coming up, 271 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:33,751 and our conservative donors are fleeing for the hills. 272 00:10:33,819 --> 00:10:35,686 Best way to quash rumors is go with the truth. 273 00:10:35,754 --> 00:10:37,455 Come on, Liv. You can't be elected a gay Governor 274 00:10:37,522 --> 00:10:38,957 - in a red state. - Says who? 275 00:10:39,025 --> 00:10:41,993 - You want me to be the first gay Governor of North Carolina? - Yep. 276 00:10:42,361 --> 00:10:44,095 Well, that'll be difficult, Olivia, because I'm not gay. 277 00:10:44,163 --> 00:10:45,629 He needs a wife. 278 00:10:45,697 --> 00:10:47,197 We do that? 279 00:10:47,265 --> 00:10:49,099 Peter, I don't need to get married. 280 00:10:49,167 --> 00:10:50,600 You belong in the Governor's mansion. 281 00:10:50,668 --> 00:10:52,602 We're just trying to figure out the best way to get you there. 282 00:10:52,670 --> 00:10:54,671 You sound just like mom. 283 00:10:54,738 --> 00:10:56,506 (Abby) Older brother Peter's a senator from Indiana. 284 00:10:56,574 --> 00:10:58,475 Has four kids with wife Marion. 285 00:10:58,542 --> 00:11:00,710 Peter holds the family together, and, boy, do they need it. 286 00:11:00,778 --> 00:11:02,412 Sister's the Texas Attorney General 287 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,246 with a coke problem. 288 00:11:04,314 --> 00:11:05,448 Father was Governor of Tennessee, 289 00:11:05,515 --> 00:11:06,949 bid for the White House. 290 00:11:07,017 --> 00:11:09,085 Failed when they discovered his secret Canadian family. 291 00:11:09,152 --> 00:11:10,353 ♪ 292 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,821 Fine. Canadian mistress. But she did have a kid. 293 00:11:12,889 --> 00:11:14,656 Before we go down the fake wife road, 294 00:11:14,724 --> 00:11:16,625 why don't we ask will what he wants? 295 00:11:16,693 --> 00:11:19,394 Gay I could work with. 296 00:11:19,462 --> 00:11:21,196 Gay I could get elected. 297 00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:22,864 Gay I could take all the way. Give me ten years, 298 00:11:22,931 --> 00:11:24,265 and I can make a gay president. 299 00:11:24,333 --> 00:11:25,700 - Will... - I'm not gay. 300 00:11:25,767 --> 00:11:27,168 So we have a problem, because this... 301 00:11:27,236 --> 00:11:30,638 Single, celibate, no women or men anywhere, 302 00:11:30,706 --> 00:11:33,141 no virility, no testosterone, no passion... 303 00:11:33,209 --> 00:11:34,742 - That's fatal. - Hold on... 304 00:11:34,810 --> 00:11:36,543 When's the last time a single man 305 00:11:36,611 --> 00:11:38,212 has been elected to the Governor's mansion 306 00:11:38,279 --> 00:11:39,813 in any state in the last 40 years? 307 00:11:39,881 --> 00:11:41,281 When? 308 00:11:41,349 --> 00:11:43,250 People don't like a guy they can't place. 309 00:11:43,318 --> 00:11:45,352 A married man, a widower, 310 00:11:45,420 --> 00:11:48,455 a divorced dad, a gay partner... They get that. 311 00:11:48,523 --> 00:11:50,824 A single guy with no sign of anyone? 312 00:11:50,892 --> 00:11:52,625 No love life? 313 00:11:52,692 --> 00:11:54,927 People don't trust it, and they won't vote for it, 314 00:11:54,995 --> 00:11:56,929 not even the most liberal of your constituents, 315 00:11:56,997 --> 00:11:58,264 and we're in a red state, 316 00:11:58,332 --> 00:11:59,565 so that's about 20 people to begin with. 317 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:01,501 It's an uphill battle 318 00:12:01,568 --> 00:12:03,536 that you don't want to fight, Will, because you won't win. 319 00:12:03,603 --> 00:12:06,739 You've got this, Will. You are good at this game. 320 00:12:06,806 --> 00:12:09,274 You could take the Caldwell name all the way. 321 00:12:09,342 --> 00:12:10,509 The White House. 322 00:12:13,046 --> 00:12:14,079 (Sighs) 323 00:12:14,147 --> 00:12:15,847 What do you think, Marion? 324 00:12:15,915 --> 00:12:17,649 You weren't raised by political wolves. 325 00:12:17,716 --> 00:12:20,385 You might still have a soul in there. 326 00:12:20,453 --> 00:12:23,754 This is your dream, Will. You've worked so hard for it. 327 00:12:23,821 --> 00:12:25,156 Be a shame to throw it away now. 328 00:12:27,959 --> 00:12:30,661 (Sighs) 329 00:12:30,728 --> 00:12:32,729 Let's find me a fake wife. 330 00:12:32,797 --> 00:12:34,865 ♪ Yeah, and they was dancin' and singin' ♪ 331 00:12:34,933 --> 00:12:38,769 So, who wants to marry into this lovely family? 332 00:12:38,836 --> 00:12:40,937 I was enrolled at Princeton. Eating club and all. 333 00:12:41,004 --> 00:12:42,905 But I spent all my time in New York 334 00:12:42,973 --> 00:12:45,308 hunting for fabric, so after sophomore year I dropped out. 335 00:12:45,376 --> 00:12:47,410 Uh, not to be rude, but why do you care? 336 00:12:47,478 --> 00:12:50,080 Compatibility will be important in selling this. 337 00:12:50,147 --> 00:12:51,448 The public's smart. They've seen 338 00:12:51,515 --> 00:12:53,416 enough fake reality shows to know from true love. 339 00:12:53,484 --> 00:12:55,117 Plus you'll be spending a lot of time with this person, 340 00:12:55,185 --> 00:12:57,419 so what do you look for in a woman? 341 00:12:57,487 --> 00:12:59,054 So your father was a preacher, right? 342 00:12:59,122 --> 00:13:00,722 Lutheran. Made me stand up in front of the assembly 343 00:13:00,790 --> 00:13:02,424 every week and read the bulletin. 344 00:13:02,492 --> 00:13:04,426 Now you're on air for BNC. Makes sense. 345 00:13:04,494 --> 00:13:06,027 - So you a headhunter? - (Laughs) 346 00:13:06,096 --> 00:13:08,163 It would help if she understood my responsibilities 347 00:13:08,231 --> 00:13:09,798 as Governor will have to come first. 348 00:13:09,865 --> 00:13:11,466 It would help if she was sexy as hell, too. 349 00:13:11,533 --> 00:13:13,434 Let's start there. 350 00:13:13,502 --> 00:13:15,570 I've never been behind forcing kids to pray in school. 351 00:13:15,637 --> 00:13:17,138 The point of my op-ed in the "Sun" 352 00:13:17,206 --> 00:13:20,174 was to simply argue that we might set aside the time 353 00:13:20,242 --> 00:13:21,275 for the students who choose to pray. 354 00:13:21,343 --> 00:13:23,978 Who did you say you work for? 355 00:13:24,045 --> 00:13:25,846 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 356 00:13:25,914 --> 00:13:27,581 Where are we with David? 357 00:13:27,648 --> 00:13:28,948 Uh, apartment is clean. There's no sign 358 00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:30,650 of anyone tailing him. Stay on him just in case. 359 00:13:30,718 --> 00:13:32,018 - Okay. - Ooh. 360 00:13:32,086 --> 00:13:33,220 Huck? 361 00:13:35,189 --> 00:13:37,557 - You okay? - Yeah. Why? 362 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:40,059 No reason. 363 00:13:43,230 --> 00:13:45,264 Whew. 364 00:13:54,807 --> 00:13:57,075 If you're looking for Liv, 365 00:13:57,144 --> 00:13:58,644 everyone went home. 366 00:13:58,711 --> 00:14:01,246 Just killing time. Huck's checking out my car, 367 00:14:01,313 --> 00:14:04,449 making sure it's not bugged. 368 00:14:09,622 --> 00:14:11,389 (Panting) 369 00:14:11,457 --> 00:14:14,960 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 370 00:14:15,028 --> 00:14:18,896 (Moaning and panting) 371 00:14:18,964 --> 00:14:21,032 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 372 00:14:23,168 --> 00:14:24,835 It isn't just this hostage situation. 373 00:14:24,903 --> 00:14:26,771 Until you get to the bottom of this security breach, 374 00:14:26,838 --> 00:14:28,305 I'm virtually paralyzed here! 375 00:14:28,373 --> 00:14:30,741 Any intelligence I get, any action I take 376 00:14:30,809 --> 00:14:33,242 runs the risk of being completely compromised. 377 00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:35,344 - Sir... - I want a full court press. 378 00:14:35,412 --> 00:14:38,214 You eat at your desks, you don't sleep or go home 379 00:14:38,282 --> 00:14:40,616 until you unearth this guy! 380 00:14:40,685 --> 00:14:42,418 (Sighs) 381 00:14:42,486 --> 00:14:43,820 Cyrus. 382 00:14:43,888 --> 00:14:45,254 There's a situation, Mr. President. 383 00:14:47,224 --> 00:14:48,490 I must warn you, what you're about to see 384 00:14:48,558 --> 00:14:50,959 is quite graphic, extremely disturbing, 385 00:14:51,027 --> 00:14:53,128 and wholly unsuitable for young audiences. 386 00:14:53,196 --> 00:14:54,563 This footage was sent to Al-Jazeera this morning. 387 00:14:54,630 --> 00:14:56,298 It's on every network. 388 00:14:56,365 --> 00:14:58,801 (Man speaking foreign language) 389 00:14:58,868 --> 00:15:01,170 (Female translator) The jihadi will no longer tolerate 390 00:15:01,237 --> 00:15:03,172 the infiltration of American spies... 391 00:15:03,239 --> 00:15:04,538 Why is he holding the paper like that? 392 00:15:04,606 --> 00:15:06,941 So we can see the date. 393 00:15:07,009 --> 00:15:08,743 The want us to know it happened today. 394 00:15:08,811 --> 00:15:10,644 (Man continues in foreign language) No. No. No. No... no. No. 395 00:15:10,713 --> 00:15:13,314 No! No! 396 00:15:13,381 --> 00:15:16,951 No! 397 00:15:17,019 --> 00:15:18,786 (Knife slices) Oh, my God, Fitz. 398 00:15:18,854 --> 00:15:21,788 (Stabbing and slicing) 399 00:15:21,856 --> 00:15:23,890 (Squish) (Man speaking foreign language) 400 00:15:23,958 --> 00:15:25,425 (Translator) This is the destiny of the others... 401 00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,659 - Turn it off. - Who do not do as we say. 402 00:15:27,728 --> 00:15:29,161 - We will... - Turn it off. 403 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,529 (Turns off tv) 404 00:15:46,153 --> 00:15:48,988 (Birds chirping in distance) 405 00:16:12,076 --> 00:16:12,976 (Beeps) 406 00:16:16,247 --> 00:16:17,181 Olivia Pope. 407 00:16:17,248 --> 00:16:19,016 We need a second date. 408 00:16:19,083 --> 00:16:20,351 - Captain Ballard. - Jake. 409 00:16:20,419 --> 00:16:21,752 - Jake. - Hear me out. 410 00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:23,020 You were late to our first date. 411 00:16:23,087 --> 00:16:24,221 You chose a bad restaurant, 412 00:16:24,289 --> 00:16:25,955 forcing me to improvise. You left early, 413 00:16:26,023 --> 00:16:27,490 and there was no kissing. 414 00:16:27,558 --> 00:16:29,759 You did not get the full Jake Ballard experience. 415 00:16:29,827 --> 00:16:32,529 You're owed a second date. 416 00:16:32,596 --> 00:16:34,063 I could cheer you up. 417 00:16:34,131 --> 00:16:35,799 What makes you think I need cheering up? 418 00:16:35,866 --> 00:16:37,367 Well, don't you? 419 00:16:37,435 --> 00:16:39,602 Jake, I don't date. 420 00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:41,337 Um, just... 421 00:16:41,404 --> 00:16:43,171 (Breath quavers) 422 00:16:43,239 --> 00:16:45,273 I'm sorry. I'm just not dating right now. 423 00:16:45,342 --> 00:16:46,342 Why not? 424 00:16:48,044 --> 00:16:49,712 What was his name? You want me to beat him up for you? 425 00:16:49,779 --> 00:16:52,080 Because clearly he was no good. 426 00:16:52,148 --> 00:16:53,248 Good-bye, Jake. 427 00:16:53,316 --> 00:16:54,916 (Phone beeps) 428 00:16:54,984 --> 00:16:57,719 (Beep) 429 00:17:14,769 --> 00:17:16,603 (Monitor clicks) 430 00:17:19,474 --> 00:17:22,542 The White House issued this statement just after the hour, 431 00:17:22,610 --> 00:17:24,578 saying, and I'm quoting now, 432 00:17:24,645 --> 00:17:27,213 the President deplores this barbaric act 433 00:17:27,281 --> 00:17:29,682 committed against an innocent American. 434 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:33,285 The perpetrators must and will be brought to justice. 435 00:17:33,353 --> 00:17:35,688 (Sighs) Tell me we're doing more than a press release. 436 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:36,856 This is just the initial statement. 437 00:17:36,924 --> 00:17:39,224 Fitz is also going to say something from the Oval. He didn't tell you? 438 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:40,459 He doesn't tell me anything these days. 439 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:42,762 - Ah, Cyrus... - Words won't be enough. 440 00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:44,862 They cut the head off of an American, Mellie. 441 00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:46,898 You do not answer that with a pleasant sonnet. 442 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,666 You get revenge... blood for blood. 443 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:51,068 Fitz is worried they will kill another hostage. 444 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:53,204 The terrorists are state-sponsored, 445 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:55,106 if not officially, then unofficially. 446 00:17:55,173 --> 00:17:56,408 During the day they may not be drinking tea 447 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:57,975 with Kashfar intelligence, 448 00:17:58,043 --> 00:17:59,944 but at night they are sipping from their saucers. 449 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,478 We need to send in drones, 450 00:18:01,546 --> 00:18:03,447 take out a couple of their top guys. 451 00:18:03,515 --> 00:18:05,348 Or a wedding party. It doesn't matter, 452 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,684 just as long as you light a fire under the Kashfaris. 453 00:18:07,752 --> 00:18:09,152 You hold them accountable, 454 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,922 and they will find the hostages for us. 455 00:18:13,925 --> 00:18:15,759 I'll pass it along. 456 00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:17,860 I'm gonna make sure he knows this is your idea. 457 00:18:17,928 --> 00:18:19,295 Cy, he can't keep shutting you out. 458 00:18:19,362 --> 00:18:20,563 You're too valuable. 459 00:18:20,631 --> 00:18:22,765 Well... 460 00:18:22,833 --> 00:18:25,701 Today, I've brought in little chocolate bars... fun size. 461 00:18:25,769 --> 00:18:28,237 If you get a right answer, I'll give you one of these bars. 462 00:18:28,305 --> 00:18:29,505 So let's get started. 463 00:18:29,573 --> 00:18:31,674 Who can tell me who Lyndon Johnson was? 464 00:18:33,208 --> 00:18:35,009 It was in your reading assignment, guys... 465 00:18:35,077 --> 00:18:36,511 All four pages of it. (Sighs) 466 00:18:38,614 --> 00:18:40,214 One of our presidents? 467 00:18:40,282 --> 00:18:42,851 Yes. Yes, he was, Darren. He was one of our presidents. 468 00:18:42,919 --> 00:18:45,119 Our 36th President, to be exact. 469 00:18:45,187 --> 00:18:47,288 (Loud thud on window) 470 00:18:48,424 --> 00:18:50,558 Dude? Dude? 471 00:18:50,625 --> 00:18:53,193 Dude? Dude! 472 00:18:53,261 --> 00:18:55,262 My candy bar? 473 00:18:55,330 --> 00:18:57,197 Right. 474 00:19:26,092 --> 00:19:28,927 (Breathing heavily) 475 00:19:38,737 --> 00:19:41,639 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 476 00:19:41,707 --> 00:19:43,674 I don't get it. He's gorgeous, successful. 477 00:19:43,741 --> 00:19:44,542 How come he doesn't date? 478 00:19:44,610 --> 00:19:46,077 - He's gay. - Lots of people don't date. 479 00:19:46,145 --> 00:19:47,845 - He is gay. - Doesn't mean there's something wrong with him. 480 00:19:48,413 --> 00:19:50,147 There's nothing wrong with it if he was out of the closet, 481 00:19:50,215 --> 00:19:52,616 - but he's not. - I don't know. Looks like there's a spark. 482 00:19:52,683 --> 00:19:54,250 Speaking of flammable, you tell your partner in crime 483 00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:55,252 to take a shower yet? 484 00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:58,021 I think there might be something wrong with him. 485 00:19:58,088 --> 00:20:00,490 He's Huck. There's something very wrong with him. 486 00:20:00,558 --> 00:20:02,458 Doesn't give him a pass on hygiene. 487 00:20:02,527 --> 00:20:04,093 (Laughs) All right. 488 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,563 Nodding, leaning, eye contact. 489 00:20:06,631 --> 00:20:07,931 All good. (Singsongy) Hey! 490 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:10,198 (Normal voice) Come on. Casual touch, 491 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:12,100 and boom goes the dynamite. 492 00:20:15,304 --> 00:20:16,772 (Speaking inaudibly) 493 00:20:25,113 --> 00:20:28,049 Before you sign on the dotted line, just... 494 00:20:28,116 --> 00:20:29,684 Take a minute, okay? 495 00:20:29,752 --> 00:20:31,953 (Chuckle) I know what a political marriage is. 496 00:20:33,321 --> 00:20:34,689 There are upsides... 497 00:20:34,757 --> 00:20:36,558 The money, the houses, the clothes. 498 00:20:36,625 --> 00:20:38,760 You'll be American royalty. That's all true. 499 00:20:38,827 --> 00:20:40,961 But you'll also be put under a microscope. 500 00:20:41,029 --> 00:20:43,096 Every move you make will be scrutinized 501 00:20:43,164 --> 00:20:44,565 and held up for judgment. 502 00:20:44,632 --> 00:20:45,766 They'll never stop watching you, 503 00:20:45,834 --> 00:20:47,801 because your life isn't yours anymore. 504 00:20:47,869 --> 00:20:50,370 It's theirs... The family's, 505 00:20:50,438 --> 00:20:52,372 because they bought you. 506 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,741 And they're gonna want what they paid for. 507 00:21:02,282 --> 00:21:04,850 (Man) The Kashfari skies were ablaze today, 508 00:21:04,918 --> 00:21:08,187 as U.S. drones bombed key military installations, 509 00:21:08,254 --> 00:21:10,255 a move many Americans are calling 510 00:21:10,323 --> 00:21:11,691 a much-needed show of strength 511 00:21:11,758 --> 00:21:14,225 on the part of President Fitzgerald Grant. 512 00:21:14,293 --> 00:21:16,761 Although Kashfari government officials have denied...(Turns off tv) 513 00:21:16,829 --> 00:21:18,396 (Rain falling) 514 00:21:18,464 --> 00:21:19,998 72 hours, Mr. Prime Minister... 515 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:21,432 That's how much time you've got 516 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,868 to find the hostages and deliver them to us alive. 517 00:21:23,936 --> 00:21:26,838 Fail to do that, and I'll order a second round of strikes. 518 00:21:26,906 --> 00:21:28,606 Have I made myself clear? 519 00:21:28,673 --> 00:21:30,908 Clock starts now. 520 00:21:30,976 --> 00:21:33,343 (Hangs up receiver) Let's see if he bites. 521 00:21:33,411 --> 00:21:35,045 The press certainly did. 522 00:21:35,113 --> 00:21:39,282 They're calling today's strikes a much-needed show of strength. 523 00:21:40,952 --> 00:21:42,653 I should listen to my wife more often. 524 00:21:42,721 --> 00:21:44,187 What? 525 00:21:44,255 --> 00:21:45,788 The strikes were Mellie's idea. 526 00:21:45,856 --> 00:21:47,023 She called it "blood for blood." 527 00:21:47,091 --> 00:21:48,858 The woman can't handle a diaper change, 528 00:21:48,926 --> 00:21:51,260 but bombing a village? No problem. 529 00:21:51,328 --> 00:21:52,795 (Laughter) 530 00:21:52,863 --> 00:21:54,631 Well done, sir. 531 00:21:54,698 --> 00:21:57,966 (Door opens) (Door closes) 532 00:21:58,034 --> 00:21:59,268 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 533 00:21:59,336 --> 00:22:00,902 Mallory dropped out? 534 00:22:00,970 --> 00:22:02,303 I'm afraid she had a last-minute change of heart. 535 00:22:02,371 --> 00:22:03,438 And why is that? 536 00:22:06,676 --> 00:22:08,143 Abby! 537 00:22:13,182 --> 00:22:15,717 The Caldwell fund-raiser is tomorrow. 538 00:22:15,785 --> 00:22:17,652 He needs a woman on his arm. The woman. 539 00:22:17,719 --> 00:22:19,920 You put us completely back to square one. 540 00:22:19,988 --> 00:22:21,756 I couldn't just let her... 541 00:22:21,823 --> 00:22:23,691 She didn't know what she was getting into, Liv. 542 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:25,126 Not every political marriage ends up with... 543 00:22:25,194 --> 00:22:27,662 Three broken ribs, a busted jaw, and a restraining order? 544 00:22:27,929 --> 00:22:29,930 I'm sorry. 545 00:22:29,998 --> 00:22:32,232 I look at that family and... 546 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,134 it brings it all back. 547 00:22:42,843 --> 00:22:44,477 If one chat with you is all it took, 548 00:22:44,545 --> 00:22:46,445 she didn't have the stomach for it anyway. 549 00:22:48,182 --> 00:22:50,783 (Door opens) 550 00:22:50,850 --> 00:22:52,517 (Clicks switch) 551 00:22:56,022 --> 00:22:58,189 (Door closes) 552 00:22:58,256 --> 00:22:59,757 (Thunderclap) 553 00:22:59,825 --> 00:23:01,159 (Distant thud) 554 00:23:01,226 --> 00:23:03,161 (Screeching sound in distance) 555 00:23:04,930 --> 00:23:06,698 (Buttons clicking) 556 00:23:06,765 --> 00:23:09,366 (Windshield wipers squeaking) 557 00:23:09,434 --> 00:23:12,269 (Breathing heavily) 558 00:23:18,275 --> 00:23:22,045 (Line ringing) 559 00:23:22,113 --> 00:23:25,248 (Ringing and squeaking continue) 560 00:23:26,918 --> 00:23:27,951 Come on, Huck. 561 00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:31,587 (Grunting) 562 00:23:31,654 --> 00:23:33,288 (Muffled shout) 563 00:23:33,356 --> 00:23:35,324 (Gasping) 564 00:23:35,391 --> 00:23:36,792 (Screaming) (Gasps) 565 00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:39,762 (Ringing and squeaking continue) 566 00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:41,764 (Continues grunting) 567 00:23:41,832 --> 00:23:43,966 (Female voice) You have reached the voice mailbox of... 568 00:23:44,034 --> 00:23:45,399 (Sighs) (Beeps) 569 00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:47,102 (Footsteps approaching) 570 00:23:47,169 --> 00:23:50,004 (Panting) 571 00:23:53,075 --> 00:23:55,877 (Gasps) Please don't hurt me! 572 00:23:55,945 --> 00:23:57,812 I know who killed Wendy. 573 00:24:06,287 --> 00:24:07,655 I'm sorry I followed you. 574 00:24:07,723 --> 00:24:09,823 It's called stalking. And thank you, by the way, 575 00:24:09,891 --> 00:24:11,858 for putting your phone on vibrate and taking a nap. 576 00:24:11,927 --> 00:24:14,161 - I don't nap. - Or whatever it is you did while I was being stalked. 577 00:24:14,329 --> 00:24:15,962 David! Why were you following him? 578 00:24:16,031 --> 00:24:19,499 I just wanted to talk. I-I know you didn't kill Wendy. 579 00:24:19,566 --> 00:24:21,700 - How? - Because she said she really liked him. 580 00:24:21,768 --> 00:24:25,204 Wendy was my best friend. We told each other everything. 581 00:24:25,272 --> 00:24:27,040 And she knew she had something really big. 582 00:24:27,107 --> 00:24:28,474 She knew someone wanted to kill her for it. 583 00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:30,276 - Did she know who? - There was this guy... 584 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:31,777 I don't know who it was. 585 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:33,646 I saw them fighting outside her house once. 586 00:24:33,713 --> 00:24:35,213 He was threatening her. 587 00:24:35,281 --> 00:24:37,282 He s-said he wanted whatever she had on him. 588 00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:38,583 That had to be him. 589 00:24:38,651 --> 00:24:41,786 But the thing is, he knows I know. 590 00:24:41,854 --> 00:24:44,122 He saw me watching, and now she's dead, 591 00:24:44,190 --> 00:24:47,025 and I'm the only one who knows who killed her. 592 00:24:47,093 --> 00:24:48,393 Do you think he'll try and kill me? 593 00:24:52,932 --> 00:24:55,833 Harrison, Abby, keep prepping Gayle and will for the gala. 594 00:24:55,901 --> 00:24:59,003 Huck, put Molly somewhere safe, and see if there are any 595 00:24:59,071 --> 00:25:00,471 security cams outside Wendy's house 596 00:25:00,539 --> 00:25:01,739 that could give us a visual on this guy. 597 00:25:01,807 --> 00:25:03,575 Maybe we can I.D. him. 598 00:25:04,843 --> 00:25:06,343 What do you think? 599 00:25:06,411 --> 00:25:08,144 Take her to the safe house, or spring for a room 600 00:25:08,212 --> 00:25:09,746 at the Stanworth? 601 00:25:09,814 --> 00:25:12,415 Uh, do whatever you want. 602 00:25:12,483 --> 00:25:16,219 (Door opens and closes) 603 00:25:16,287 --> 00:25:19,522 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 604 00:25:19,591 --> 00:25:21,424 - She backed out? - It happens sometimes. 605 00:25:21,492 --> 00:25:22,893 They think they're on board, and when it's time 606 00:25:22,961 --> 00:25:24,126 to pull the trigger, they balk. 607 00:25:24,194 --> 00:25:25,494 But we have a very strong runner-up. 608 00:25:25,562 --> 00:25:26,863 She'll be ready in time for the fund-raiser. 609 00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:28,365 (Marion) No. Enough is enough. 610 00:25:28,632 --> 00:25:31,033 - First choice, yes, it's worth the risk, but... - Marion. 611 00:25:31,101 --> 00:25:32,267 This is Will's wife we're talking about here. 612 00:25:32,335 --> 00:25:34,137 If he rushes into this with this woman, 613 00:25:34,205 --> 00:25:36,238 - and then next week decides he hates her... - He'll get a divorce. 614 00:25:36,306 --> 00:25:38,140 I know you have my best interests at heart, 615 00:25:38,208 --> 00:25:39,808 but the gala tomorrow night... That's my shot. 616 00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:41,275 (Cell phone chimes) Those are the people whose wallets 617 00:25:41,343 --> 00:25:42,844 pick our party's leaders. 618 00:25:42,912 --> 00:25:44,713 This second choice of ours... She good, Liv? 619 00:25:44,780 --> 00:25:46,615 Because we're gonna need a real charmer now. 620 00:25:46,682 --> 00:25:48,016 Who does she need to charm? 621 00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:49,651 The President of the United States 622 00:25:49,819 --> 00:25:51,720 just agreed to be our keynote speaker tomorrow night. 623 00:25:51,787 --> 00:25:53,054 (Exhales) 624 00:25:53,122 --> 00:25:53,989 (Chuckles) 625 00:25:56,092 --> 00:25:58,826 Can't you send someone else to the Caldwell gala? 626 00:25:58,893 --> 00:26:01,095 Mellie, the Vice President, Secretary of Agriculture... 627 00:26:01,163 --> 00:26:03,131 - Anyone. - I didn't even know about it. 628 00:26:03,198 --> 00:26:05,366 I had no idea he was even going. 629 00:26:05,434 --> 00:26:07,435 - You're kidding me. - I'm completely out of the loop, Liv. 630 00:26:07,503 --> 00:26:08,802 But it's not the knife in my back 631 00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:10,404 that is upsetting to me. 632 00:26:10,472 --> 00:26:12,139 It's the size of the knife in my back. 633 00:26:12,206 --> 00:26:14,608 It's the... enormous knife, 634 00:26:14,675 --> 00:26:18,345 - being stabbed over and over and over. - Cyrus. 635 00:26:18,412 --> 00:26:19,946 She's got him. He looks to her. 636 00:26:20,014 --> 00:26:22,815 He leans on her. He's her guy now. 637 00:26:22,883 --> 00:26:24,618 Maybe that's how it should be. 638 00:26:24,685 --> 00:26:27,920 She's his wife. She's the mother of his children. 639 00:26:27,988 --> 00:26:30,589 This is Mellie we're talking about. 640 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:34,059 (Sighs) Whatever you feel about Fitz, whatever happened, 641 00:26:34,127 --> 00:26:36,595 leaving him to Mellie... That is low, Liv. 642 00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:38,697 Cyrus. 643 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:43,035 Yeah, I-I know. I'm sorry. It's just... 644 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:45,770 I almost don't know who I am without him. 645 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:47,639 It's like... (Sighs) 646 00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:49,374 I don't know what to do with my hands, 647 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:50,941 and she's shoving me out the door. 648 00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:52,777 I can't figure out how to fight her. 649 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:55,713 (Thunder rumbling in distance) 650 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,153 Let Mellie be. 651 00:27:04,222 --> 00:27:05,690 That's how you fight her. 652 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:07,758 Don't overthink it. Just let Mellie be. 653 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:09,794 Let Mellie do what Mellie's going to do. 654 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,029 When it comes to Fitz, Mellie's her own worst enemy. 655 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,331 Eventually, she's going to go too far and cross him. 656 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:16,033 You just need to be there when she does. 657 00:27:19,303 --> 00:27:20,970 Besides, if that doesn't work, 658 00:27:21,038 --> 00:27:24,240 he'll be seeing me at the fund-raising gala. 659 00:27:24,308 --> 00:27:25,809 Which should take the heat off you, 660 00:27:25,876 --> 00:27:27,744 because the only person Fitz hates more than you is me. 661 00:27:32,516 --> 00:27:35,650 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 662 00:27:35,719 --> 00:27:37,319 I was telling her class what it's like to be a congressman, 663 00:27:37,386 --> 00:27:38,553 but it wasn't going very well. 664 00:27:38,621 --> 00:27:39,955 Honey, they're first-graders. 665 00:27:40,023 --> 00:27:41,656 They have the attention span of gnats. 666 00:27:41,725 --> 00:27:43,058 Honestly, I couldn't take my eyes off her. 667 00:27:43,126 --> 00:27:45,527 I was like a blushing schoolboy. (Laughs) 668 00:27:45,595 --> 00:27:46,795 Don't flinch when she touches you. 669 00:27:46,863 --> 00:27:48,863 And don't call yourself "a blushing schoolboy." 670 00:27:48,931 --> 00:27:50,664 In fact, don't ever say "blushing." 671 00:27:50,733 --> 00:27:52,399 Find a place to disagree about the story. 672 00:27:52,467 --> 00:27:54,501 Makes you sound less rehearsed. 673 00:27:54,569 --> 00:27:56,170 - Again. - Again. 674 00:27:56,238 --> 00:27:58,738 First grade teacher from Nebraska. 675 00:27:58,806 --> 00:28:00,441 What was her college major again? 676 00:28:00,508 --> 00:28:01,509 Library studies. 677 00:28:01,877 --> 00:28:05,011 Not to mention she's pro-life, pro-gun, and pro-family. 678 00:28:05,079 --> 00:28:06,246 She wants kids. (Exhales) 679 00:28:06,313 --> 00:28:07,781 At least four. 680 00:28:07,849 --> 00:28:10,217 And she water-skis... competitively. 681 00:28:10,284 --> 00:28:13,586 And this was his second choice? Liv, you have outdone yourself. 682 00:28:13,654 --> 00:28:15,956 Be a hell of a thing if this marriage became more 683 00:28:16,023 --> 00:28:17,358 than a political convenience, wouldn't it? 684 00:28:17,925 --> 00:28:20,093 Yeah. A hell of a thing. 685 00:28:24,430 --> 00:28:25,265 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 686 00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:28,433 These bombing raids are a death sentence for my son... 687 00:28:28,501 --> 00:28:31,436 (Shutters clicking) And for all the other hostages of Kashfar. 688 00:28:31,504 --> 00:28:35,474 This President is endangering my poor Charlie's life. 689 00:28:35,541 --> 00:28:39,710 He is clearly not fit to be commander-in-chief. 690 00:28:39,779 --> 00:28:41,012 You sure you don't want me to come with you tonight? 691 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,414 I could dig something up out of the closet. 692 00:28:42,482 --> 00:28:44,315 It's a bunch of party bigwigs and oilmen. 693 00:28:44,383 --> 00:28:45,850 You'd be bored to tears. 694 00:28:45,918 --> 00:28:46,985 (Exhales) 695 00:28:47,052 --> 00:28:48,386 (Knocks on door) 696 00:28:48,453 --> 00:28:50,255 Just wanted to remind you, sir, to pay a little 697 00:28:50,322 --> 00:28:52,890 lip service to the chamber of commerce guys. 698 00:28:52,957 --> 00:28:55,125 They'll be spending big come midterms. 699 00:28:55,193 --> 00:28:57,494 Uh-huh. 700 00:28:57,561 --> 00:28:59,329 He's under so much pressure, Cy. 701 00:28:59,397 --> 00:29:02,132 It's terrible, isn't it? Approvals are free-falling. 702 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,434 He's coming off as a demon. 703 00:29:03,435 --> 00:29:04,502 I wish there was something we could do. 704 00:29:04,803 --> 00:29:06,303 It's not like we can tell the families 705 00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:08,538 that we're back-channeling with the Kashfaris. 706 00:29:08,606 --> 00:29:10,072 We just have to take the beating. 707 00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:12,708 Too bad Fitz can't meet with the families. 708 00:29:12,776 --> 00:29:15,411 (Sighs) Be a media circus. 709 00:29:15,478 --> 00:29:17,013 What if it were me? 710 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,015 You? 711 00:29:19,082 --> 00:29:20,950 I'm good with parents. I speak their language. 712 00:29:20,951 --> 00:29:21,818 What about the press? 713 00:29:21,819 --> 00:29:23,920 The second these parents show up at the White House, 714 00:29:23,987 --> 00:29:25,787 we'll lose a week's worth of news cycles. 715 00:29:25,855 --> 00:29:27,355 So we set up a conference call... 716 00:29:27,423 --> 00:29:29,090 A private number the families can dial into. 717 00:29:29,158 --> 00:29:31,526 I say my piece, I set them at ease... 718 00:29:31,593 --> 00:29:33,561 Disaster averted. 719 00:29:33,629 --> 00:29:35,496 (Woman speaking indistinctly on tv) 720 00:29:35,564 --> 00:29:37,632 What would this White House do without you, Mellie? 721 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,234 (Exhales) 722 00:29:41,803 --> 00:29:43,403 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 723 00:29:43,471 --> 00:29:45,439 (Sighs) 724 00:29:47,775 --> 00:29:49,443 (Sighs) 725 00:29:51,947 --> 00:29:54,014 (Cell phone chimes) 726 00:29:54,082 --> 00:29:55,983 (Chimes and beeps) I have a car waiting. 727 00:29:56,051 --> 00:29:57,884 - One of the girls talked. - What? To who? 728 00:29:57,952 --> 00:29:59,285 Editor of the "D. C. Dish." 729 00:29:59,353 --> 00:30:00,586 He just called asking me to comment on the auditions 730 00:30:00,654 --> 00:30:02,488 we held to find a fake wife for, and I quote, 731 00:30:02,556 --> 00:30:03,756 "Senator Caldwell's gay brother." 732 00:30:03,824 --> 00:30:05,524 - How much does he know? - Everything, 733 00:30:05,592 --> 00:30:07,760 from rehearsals to confidentiality agreements. 734 00:30:07,828 --> 00:30:09,995 (Exhales) Find out how much lead time we have. 735 00:30:10,063 --> 00:30:11,464 None. They're running the story tomorrow morning. 736 00:30:11,531 --> 00:30:12,732 (Exhales) 737 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:13,932 (Clicks switch) 738 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,401 This story cannot come out. 739 00:30:15,469 --> 00:30:16,969 It'll destroy Will's political career. 740 00:30:17,036 --> 00:30:18,236 I'm headed to the "D.C. Dish" now. 741 00:30:18,304 --> 00:30:20,205 I bet it's the first girl who leaked it...the one Abby got to. 742 00:30:20,273 --> 00:30:21,773 We deal with that later. Just do whatever... 743 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:24,376 And, Harrison, I mean whatever we need to do 744 00:30:24,443 --> 00:30:26,411 to shut this down! 745 00:30:33,564 --> 00:30:34,831 Hey, Anne. 746 00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:36,933 I'm on deadline, Cy. Come back in an hour. 747 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,802 I've got a big story for you. Biggest of the week. 748 00:30:39,869 --> 00:30:41,904 An American civilian was beheaded in Kashfar, 749 00:30:41,971 --> 00:30:44,072 and in return you guys ignored international law 750 00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:45,707 and bombed half a dozen villages. 751 00:30:45,775 --> 00:30:48,510 News-wise, I'd say it's already been a pretty big week. 752 00:30:48,578 --> 00:30:50,312 8:00 tomorrow morning, the First Lady will be 753 00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:52,280 on a conference call, a conference call where 754 00:30:52,348 --> 00:30:55,182 she will speak very freely about what this administration 755 00:30:55,250 --> 00:30:57,117 is doing regarding the hostages. 756 00:30:57,185 --> 00:30:59,954 She will speak freely because she won't, in fact, know 757 00:31:00,021 --> 00:31:01,088 that a reporter, hopefully yourself, 758 00:31:01,156 --> 00:31:02,122 will be on the line. 759 00:31:02,190 --> 00:31:03,858 (Paper rustles) (Clicks tongue) 760 00:31:03,926 --> 00:31:05,593 Have I mentioned how much I like and respect you, Cy? 761 00:31:05,661 --> 00:31:07,127 Anne. You're welcome. 762 00:31:07,195 --> 00:31:08,063 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 763 00:31:08,130 --> 00:31:10,264 The house across the street from Wendy's had a security cam. 764 00:31:10,331 --> 00:31:12,433 - Mm-hmm. - And look, right there...See that? 765 00:31:15,035 --> 00:31:16,369 Mm-hmm. 766 00:31:16,437 --> 00:31:18,404 Same night Molly saw Wendy fight with our mystery guy, 767 00:31:18,473 --> 00:31:19,940 and the time fits, too. 768 00:31:20,007 --> 00:31:21,407 We should have Molly come in and take a look, 769 00:31:21,476 --> 00:31:22,843 - see if she can I.D. him. - I'll call right now. 770 00:31:22,910 --> 00:31:24,478 (Gasps) 771 00:31:24,545 --> 00:31:25,412 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 772 00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:27,480 We're running this. End of story. 773 00:31:27,547 --> 00:31:29,047 - Off of one source? - Look around you. 774 00:31:29,115 --> 00:31:30,483 This is the "Dish," not the "Times." 775 00:31:30,550 --> 00:31:31,484 I ain't Bernstein, 776 00:31:31,552 --> 00:31:33,185 and my reporter sure as hell ain't Woodward. 777 00:31:33,253 --> 00:31:34,587 I get it. You break this story... 778 00:31:34,754 --> 00:31:36,088 However erroneous and fabricated... and what? 779 00:31:36,155 --> 00:31:37,389 Sell out a day's worth of papers, 780 00:31:37,457 --> 00:31:38,624 score a few hundred thousand clicks? 781 00:31:38,692 --> 00:31:40,859 Let me just ask you... would you rather break this story, 782 00:31:41,127 --> 00:31:42,827 or would you rather own this story? 783 00:31:42,895 --> 00:31:44,428 What's your offer? 784 00:31:44,497 --> 00:31:45,997 (Chuckles) 785 00:31:46,064 --> 00:31:47,499 (Indistinct conversations) 786 00:31:47,566 --> 00:31:49,501 She was so pretty, I-I still don't know how I made it 787 00:31:49,568 --> 00:31:50,969 through "Green Eggs and Ham." (Laughs) 788 00:31:51,036 --> 00:31:53,705 Keep in mind, there's only about five words on each page. 789 00:31:53,772 --> 00:31:56,874 (Laughter) Thank you so much. 790 00:31:56,942 --> 00:31:57,842 (Amplified voice) Ladies and gentlemen, 791 00:31:57,910 --> 00:32:00,544 the President of the United States. 792 00:32:00,612 --> 00:32:03,246 (Applause) 793 00:32:29,006 --> 00:32:31,706 (Panting and rustling) 794 00:32:31,774 --> 00:32:33,008 (Moans) 795 00:32:33,075 --> 00:32:36,778 (Laughs and sighs) 796 00:32:38,581 --> 00:32:40,214 Don't think this means anything. 797 00:32:40,282 --> 00:32:41,783 (Exhales) 798 00:32:41,851 --> 00:32:44,519 Don't worry! I don't! 799 00:32:47,022 --> 00:32:48,589 When it comes to leadership, 800 00:32:48,657 --> 00:32:50,457 there's no better man than Will Caldwell. 801 00:32:50,525 --> 00:32:52,059 (Applause) 802 00:32:52,126 --> 00:32:53,527 I mean that. 803 00:32:53,595 --> 00:32:55,963 Support him, and not only does North Carolina 804 00:32:56,031 --> 00:32:58,131 get a damn good Governor, but he'll be too busy 805 00:32:58,199 --> 00:32:59,700 to run against me in the primaries. 806 00:32:59,768 --> 00:33:02,469 (Laughter) (Chuckles) Thank you. 807 00:33:02,537 --> 00:33:03,670 Thanks, everyone. 808 00:33:03,737 --> 00:33:05,038 (Applause) Thank you. 809 00:33:05,105 --> 00:33:06,673 Will Caldwell, Governor. 810 00:33:10,210 --> 00:33:12,812 (Speaks inaudibly) 811 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,647 (Cell phone chimes) 812 00:33:14,715 --> 00:33:15,949 (Chimes) 813 00:33:16,016 --> 00:33:17,349 Harrison. 814 00:33:17,417 --> 00:33:19,184 Well, now I know why you won't go out with me again. 815 00:33:19,251 --> 00:33:20,619 You're having a torrid affair with Henderson. 816 00:33:20,687 --> 00:33:22,287 It's Harrison, and he's my coworker. 817 00:33:22,354 --> 00:33:23,421 Why are you calling? 818 00:33:23,489 --> 00:33:24,690 Uh, you called me. 819 00:33:24,757 --> 00:33:26,892 - No... (Laughs) I didn't. - Yes, you did. 820 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,427 You said, "Jake, if I'm gonna go on a second date with you, 821 00:33:29,495 --> 00:33:30,696 I'm gonna need you to sell me." 822 00:33:30,763 --> 00:33:32,097 You don't remember saying that? 823 00:33:32,164 --> 00:33:35,332 No. So sell me. 824 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,568 Let me guess. We'll start at a Michelin-rated restaurant 825 00:33:37,636 --> 00:33:39,203 and end up picnicking under a bridge. 826 00:33:47,779 --> 00:33:49,480 No, I was thinking the Metro. 827 00:33:49,547 --> 00:33:51,081 Slap some Mac and cheese in a tupperware. 828 00:33:51,148 --> 00:33:52,983 The Red Line's my favorite, but it's also the longest, 829 00:33:53,050 --> 00:33:55,418 so until I'm sure that I like you, 830 00:33:55,486 --> 00:33:56,820 you know, as much as you like me, 831 00:33:56,887 --> 00:33:58,554 I think it's best we start with something short, 832 00:33:58,623 --> 00:33:59,823 like the Green Line. 833 00:33:59,890 --> 00:34:01,858 (Call waiting beep) 834 00:34:01,926 --> 00:34:04,260 I have to go, Jake. I'm sorry. Can I call you back tomorrow? 835 00:34:04,328 --> 00:34:05,729 And say hi to Henderson for me. 836 00:34:05,796 --> 00:34:07,262 (Laughs) (Button clicks) 837 00:34:07,330 --> 00:34:08,697 Tell me you shut it down. 838 00:34:08,765 --> 00:34:11,466 I shut it down. It took me offering exclusivity 839 00:34:11,534 --> 00:34:13,535 on the Caldwell wedding photos and pretty much everything else 840 00:34:13,603 --> 00:34:15,070 for the rest of their heavily contracted marriage, 841 00:34:15,138 --> 00:34:16,839 - but given what's at stake... - Small price to pay. 842 00:34:16,906 --> 00:34:18,306 So where are we with the first girl? 843 00:34:18,374 --> 00:34:20,075 - You think we can muzzle her? - That's the thing. 844 00:34:20,143 --> 00:34:21,476 I was talking to the editor, and he said 845 00:34:21,544 --> 00:34:22,778 the leak came from inside the family. 846 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,680 (Clicks phone) 847 00:34:25,748 --> 00:34:28,783 Hello? Liv? 848 00:34:28,851 --> 00:34:29,952 (Peter) He needs a wife. 849 00:34:30,019 --> 00:34:32,221 (Olivia) You haven't dated anyone in the last ten years. 850 00:34:32,288 --> 00:34:35,524 - Why?- I'm sowing my oats. I don't want to settle down. 851 00:34:35,591 --> 00:34:37,192 This is Will's wife we're talking about here. 852 00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:38,726 If he rushes into this with this woman 853 00:34:38,794 --> 00:34:40,461 and then next week decides he hates her... 854 00:34:40,529 --> 00:34:42,129 (Door clicks) 855 00:34:42,197 --> 00:34:44,064 Be a hell of a thing if this marriage became more 856 00:34:44,132 --> 00:34:46,367 than a political convenience, wouldn't it? 857 00:34:46,434 --> 00:34:48,269 Yeah. A hell of a thing. 858 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:49,970 (Echoes) A hell of a thing. 859 00:34:50,038 --> 00:34:51,572 (Harrison) He said the leak came from inside the family. 860 00:34:57,344 --> 00:34:59,078 I can't. 861 00:34:59,146 --> 00:35:00,346 (Panting) 862 00:35:00,414 --> 00:35:01,614 I have to go. 863 00:35:01,682 --> 00:35:03,783 Marion... 864 00:35:17,197 --> 00:35:19,464 - Olivia. - Will. 865 00:35:19,532 --> 00:35:21,366 End it. Now. 866 00:35:21,434 --> 00:35:23,402 I don't know what you're talking... 867 00:35:23,469 --> 00:35:24,903 I saw you. End it. 868 00:35:24,970 --> 00:35:27,105 I don't care how much we're paying you. 869 00:35:27,173 --> 00:35:29,240 You have no right to insert yourself 870 00:35:29,308 --> 00:35:31,442 into a private family... 871 00:35:32,977 --> 00:35:35,746 I can't. It's too late. 872 00:35:35,814 --> 00:35:36,914 Why? 873 00:35:36,981 --> 00:35:38,182 Because I love her. 874 00:35:38,250 --> 00:35:40,751 The day Pete brought her home ten years ago, 875 00:35:40,819 --> 00:35:42,553 I wasn't even supposed to be there. 876 00:35:42,621 --> 00:35:44,887 I was supposed to be on a plane. 877 00:35:44,955 --> 00:35:47,924 Sometimes I wonder, if I had just been somewhere else... 878 00:35:47,991 --> 00:35:51,528 We denied it for months, because that's what you do. 879 00:35:51,596 --> 00:35:54,030 You deny it. You pretend it's not happening. 880 00:35:54,098 --> 00:35:57,000 You pretend it's all above board and it's appropriate, 881 00:35:57,068 --> 00:35:58,835 and the next thing you know, you're having sex 882 00:35:58,903 --> 00:36:01,003 in the coat closet at your brother's engagement dinner. 883 00:36:03,506 --> 00:36:05,006 Pete loves her. She's his wife. 884 00:36:05,074 --> 00:36:07,209 And she and I... 885 00:36:07,277 --> 00:36:09,878 Well, we have what we have. It might not be much, 886 00:36:09,946 --> 00:36:11,547 but it's what we have. 887 00:36:13,283 --> 00:36:15,583 You have nothing. 888 00:36:15,651 --> 00:36:18,486 You have a pile of secrets and lies, 889 00:36:18,554 --> 00:36:20,020 and you're calling it love. 890 00:36:20,088 --> 00:36:22,223 And in the meantime, you're letting your whole life 891 00:36:22,291 --> 00:36:24,292 pass you by while they raise children 892 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:25,893 and celebrate anniversaries 893 00:36:25,961 --> 00:36:27,528 and grow old together. 894 00:36:27,596 --> 00:36:29,063 You're frozen in time. 895 00:36:29,131 --> 00:36:31,132 You're holding your breath. You're a statue 896 00:36:31,199 --> 00:36:34,968 waiting for something that's never going to happen. 897 00:36:35,035 --> 00:36:37,738 Living for stolen moments in hotel hallways 898 00:36:37,805 --> 00:36:39,839 and coat closets, you keep telling yourself 899 00:36:39,907 --> 00:36:41,508 they all add up to something real, 900 00:36:41,576 --> 00:36:43,143 because in your mind they have to, but they don't. 901 00:36:43,311 --> 00:36:45,245 They won't. They never will. 902 00:36:45,313 --> 00:36:47,480 (Voice breaking) Because stolen moments aren't a life. 903 00:36:47,547 --> 00:36:50,082 So you have nothing. 904 00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:52,251 You have no one. End it now. 905 00:37:04,643 --> 00:37:05,677 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 906 00:37:05,744 --> 00:37:07,912 (Thunderclap, rain falling) 907 00:37:07,979 --> 00:37:10,047 (Footsteps approaching) 908 00:37:12,184 --> 00:37:14,952 (Sighs) Um... 909 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:16,854 (Sets cup on table) I've got Molly set up in the conference room 910 00:37:16,922 --> 00:37:18,255 looking at the images of the guy you found 911 00:37:18,324 --> 00:37:19,856 on the security cam from Wendy's house. 912 00:37:19,924 --> 00:37:21,725 Fingers crossed she can I.D. the guy. 913 00:37:21,793 --> 00:37:23,427 Uh, yeah. 914 00:37:28,065 --> 00:37:29,366 You smell. 915 00:37:29,434 --> 00:37:30,667 What? 916 00:37:30,735 --> 00:37:32,101 You smell, Huck. 917 00:37:32,169 --> 00:37:33,804 You've smelled for a week. 918 00:37:35,406 --> 00:37:37,006 (Inhales sharply) 919 00:37:37,074 --> 00:37:38,574 I googled it. 920 00:37:38,642 --> 00:37:41,044 What happens to people who've been waterboarded. 921 00:37:41,111 --> 00:37:43,046 They get panic attacks. They can't sleep. 922 00:37:43,113 --> 00:37:45,982 Some of them can't even go out in the rain. 923 00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:48,151 (Labored breathing) Sometimes the rain makes things so bad, 924 00:37:48,219 --> 00:37:50,153 they can't even face the shower. 925 00:37:51,688 --> 00:37:52,921 Huck? 926 00:37:52,989 --> 00:37:55,457 It'll go away. 927 00:37:55,524 --> 00:37:57,059 When the rain stops, it'll go away, 928 00:37:57,126 --> 00:37:58,393 and I'll be fine. 929 00:37:58,461 --> 00:38:00,495 Being okay as long as it doesn't rain 930 00:38:00,563 --> 00:38:01,997 isn't the same as being fine. 931 00:38:02,065 --> 00:38:04,632 I used to live in a box outside the Metro, 932 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,836 and before that I dismembered people for a living. 933 00:38:07,903 --> 00:38:09,603 Right now I smell. 934 00:38:09,671 --> 00:38:11,505 When the rain stops, I won't smell. 935 00:38:11,573 --> 00:38:13,140 I'm fine. 936 00:38:17,612 --> 00:38:19,313 (Beep) 937 00:38:19,381 --> 00:38:21,815 - Is that... - One of Wendy's files. 938 00:38:23,252 --> 00:38:24,851 (Huck taps key) 939 00:38:24,919 --> 00:38:26,786 (Door opens and closes) 940 00:38:26,854 --> 00:38:29,022 How exciting to be summoned. 941 00:38:29,090 --> 00:38:30,658 Speaking to the hostages' families, 942 00:38:30,725 --> 00:38:33,260 - making promises in my name? - In the first lady's defense, sir, 943 00:38:33,327 --> 00:38:34,394 her heart was in the right place. 944 00:38:34,461 --> 00:38:35,795 It's where her head was lodged. 945 00:38:35,863 --> 00:38:37,597 I was only trying to help behind the scenes. 946 00:38:37,664 --> 00:38:39,032 There was a reporter on the call. 947 00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:40,432 It's all over the news. 948 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:41,666 What? 949 00:38:41,734 --> 00:38:43,602 There wasn't supposed to be press. 950 00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:45,204 Oh, there wasn't supposed to be any witnesses 951 00:38:45,272 --> 00:38:48,374 to your discussing military options with civilians, 952 00:38:48,441 --> 00:38:51,210 or implying we're willing to negotiate with terrorists, 953 00:38:51,278 --> 00:38:53,845 jeopardizing every U.S. citizen overseas. 954 00:38:53,914 --> 00:38:56,580 That was just an "oops"? Fine! 955 00:38:56,648 --> 00:38:58,082 I feel so much better. 956 00:38:58,150 --> 00:38:59,650 (Inhales) What can I do, sir? 957 00:38:59,718 --> 00:39:01,052 You've done enough, Cy. 958 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,954 Arrange a press conference... C.I.A., 959 00:39:03,022 --> 00:39:04,789 National Security, and Secretary of State. 960 00:39:04,856 --> 00:39:07,625 Good. Smart. We'll act fast, put a band-aid on it. 961 00:39:07,692 --> 00:39:08,726 Fitz... 962 00:39:08,794 --> 00:39:09,928 That'll be all. 963 00:39:11,130 --> 00:39:12,029 (Exhales) 964 00:39:14,565 --> 00:39:16,166 Representative Caldwell might have thought 965 00:39:16,234 --> 00:39:18,101 he'd be the one making headlines, 966 00:39:18,169 --> 00:39:20,470 with a big endorsement from president grant, 967 00:39:20,538 --> 00:39:23,206 but never underestimate America's love 968 00:39:23,274 --> 00:39:24,841 of a Cinderella story. 969 00:39:24,909 --> 00:39:27,144 Stealing the spotlight was Caldwell's date 970 00:39:27,211 --> 00:39:29,478 to the gala affair, an elementary school...(Turns off tv) 971 00:39:29,546 --> 00:39:31,013 (Sighs) 972 00:39:31,081 --> 00:39:34,850 (Cell phone rings and beeps) 973 00:39:34,918 --> 00:39:36,118 Hey there, you. 974 00:39:38,088 --> 00:39:39,121 Yes. 975 00:39:39,189 --> 00:39:40,489 Yes? 976 00:39:40,557 --> 00:39:41,790 Yes, I will go out with you. 977 00:39:41,858 --> 00:39:43,459 Henderson's out of the picture? 978 00:39:43,526 --> 00:39:45,560 (Chuckling) Henderson's out of the picture. 979 00:39:47,029 --> 00:39:48,830 I've got a client. Call me later. 980 00:39:52,801 --> 00:39:54,769 Job well done, as usual. 981 00:39:54,837 --> 00:39:56,838 Looks like your brother might actually win this thing. 982 00:39:56,905 --> 00:39:59,474 Oh, he's got a great shot. Gayle on his arm 983 00:39:59,541 --> 00:40:01,808 and the President in his corner. 984 00:40:01,876 --> 00:40:03,444 Money is flowing in by the barrel. 985 00:40:03,511 --> 00:40:05,045 All we have to do is keep chip out of rehab. 986 00:40:05,113 --> 00:40:06,480 I say the Caldwells are golden. 987 00:40:06,547 --> 00:40:08,748 It'll be nice to have your little brother 988 00:40:08,816 --> 00:40:10,417 in the Governor's mansion. 989 00:40:10,485 --> 00:40:12,152 (Clicks tongue) Yeah. 990 00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:13,720 Be nice to have my wife back, too. 991 00:40:16,090 --> 00:40:17,423 Come on, Liv. 992 00:40:17,491 --> 00:40:19,558 I grew up in America's greatest political family. 993 00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:21,194 We lie first, breed second. 994 00:40:21,261 --> 00:40:22,728 They've been sleeping together for years. 995 00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:25,664 Saw it from a mile away. 996 00:40:25,732 --> 00:40:28,167 If you knew, why didn't you stop it? 997 00:40:28,235 --> 00:40:29,735 Because my brother's crazy enough 998 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,304 to try and fight me for her. 999 00:40:31,372 --> 00:40:32,971 He'd tank his whole career for Marion. 1000 00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:34,639 I couldn't let that happen. 1001 00:40:34,707 --> 00:40:36,041 Family comes first. Always has. 1002 00:40:38,644 --> 00:40:41,046 That's the downside of being a Caldwell. 1003 00:40:48,286 --> 00:40:49,353 What is it? 1004 00:40:55,827 --> 00:40:57,594 These are the hostages. 1005 00:40:57,662 --> 00:40:59,263 Their C.I.A. files were on Wendy's flash drive. 1006 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:00,664 Huck just de-encrypted them. 1007 00:41:00,732 --> 00:41:03,000 So albatross, the mole, the man who killed Wendy... 1008 00:41:03,068 --> 00:41:05,968 He's the one who leaked their names to the terrorists. 1009 00:41:06,037 --> 00:41:08,604 I went in house, I did a thorough sweep of all my officers, 1010 00:41:08,672 --> 00:41:10,206 checked all ingoing, outgoing communications. 1011 00:41:10,274 --> 00:41:11,408 And? 1012 00:41:11,475 --> 00:41:12,975 The mole is not in the agency. 1013 00:41:13,044 --> 00:41:14,210 The C.I.A. is clean on this, sir. 1014 00:41:14,278 --> 00:41:15,912 Which is a relief. 1015 00:41:15,979 --> 00:41:17,980 However, it does not solve our problem. 1016 00:41:18,049 --> 00:41:20,382 I know the picture's not great, but you think that's the guy? 1017 00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:22,384 - That's him. - It is? 1018 00:41:22,452 --> 00:41:25,220 That's him. That's the guy. I know it. That's him. 1019 00:41:25,288 --> 00:41:27,322 (Panting) Olivia! 1020 00:41:27,390 --> 00:41:29,425 Sir, for my money, I'd start looking into 1021 00:41:29,492 --> 00:41:31,193 other intelligence avenues... 1022 00:41:31,261 --> 00:41:33,162 The N.S.A., National Security Council. 1023 00:41:33,229 --> 00:41:35,630 I can provide you with reliable names, 1024 00:41:35,698 --> 00:41:37,098 oversee any sweeps you need. 1025 00:41:37,166 --> 00:41:38,766 That's the guy who wanted what Wendy stole! 1026 00:41:38,833 --> 00:41:40,968 That's the guy who killed her! That's him on the tv! 1027 00:41:41,036 --> 00:41:42,836 That is him! 1028 00:41:44,973 --> 00:41:49,110 (Speaking inaudibly) 1029 00:41:49,178 --> 00:41:50,411 Thank you, Osborne. 1030 00:41:50,479 --> 00:41:52,912 Happy to be of service, Mr. President. 1031 00:42:03,791 --> 00:42:06,159 (Knock on door, door opens) 1032 00:42:06,227 --> 00:42:08,427 - Sir? - Send him in. 1033 00:42:09,463 --> 00:42:10,463 (Bottle clatters) 1034 00:42:12,566 --> 00:42:14,300 I don't see you in person for three years, 1035 00:42:14,367 --> 00:42:15,634 and now I'm seeing you twice in a week? 1036 00:42:15,702 --> 00:42:16,735 I'm starting to feel special. (Door closes) 1037 00:42:16,803 --> 00:42:18,104 - You still watching her? - Of course. 1038 00:42:18,171 --> 00:42:19,705 But I have to tell you, I don't have any more 1039 00:42:19,772 --> 00:42:21,773 - information than I gave you the other day. - Who's the guy? 1040 00:42:21,841 --> 00:42:23,709 What? There's a guy, isn't there? 1041 00:42:23,776 --> 00:42:25,510 - She's seeing someone, someone new. - Look... 1042 00:42:25,578 --> 00:42:26,978 Who's the guy? 1043 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:28,513 So this is personal. Look, Fitz... 1044 00:42:28,581 --> 00:42:30,749 I'm your commander-in-chief. It's "Mr. President," 1045 00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:31,949 and I need an answer. 1046 00:42:37,022 --> 00:42:41,024 Mr. President, there is no guy. 1047 00:42:41,092 --> 00:42:42,292 She's not seeing anyone. 1048 00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:49,533 (Projector and camera shutter clicking) 1049 00:42:49,733 --> 00:42:50,933 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com