1 00:01:40,469 --> 00:01:43,681 Set them up over here. 2 00:03:25,866 --> 00:03:27,910 Vice President Matthews. 3 00:03:29,411 --> 00:03:32,164 - Bob. - Mr. Vice President. 4 00:03:51,141 --> 00:03:53,476 - Mr. Vice President. - Frank. 5 00:03:58,232 --> 00:04:00,609 Sir, I'm gonna need you to stand on your mark. 6 00:04:00,610 --> 00:04:02,360 I'm fine right here. 7 00:04:14,456 --> 00:04:15,958 Two minutes, people. 8 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:17,667 So they pull me from the car. 9 00:04:17,668 --> 00:04:21,171 Both legs broken, fractured skull, punctured lung. 10 00:04:21,172 --> 00:04:24,007 My heart stops. Two full minutes. 11 00:04:24,008 --> 00:04:26,509 They're pumping my chest. Nothing. 12 00:04:26,510 --> 00:04:28,595 They grab the defibrillators. Pachoom! 13 00:04:28,596 --> 00:04:30,264 Nothing. 14 00:04:30,265 --> 00:04:33,225 Third time, the pistons start firing. 15 00:04:33,226 --> 00:04:35,560 Doctors tell me it's a miracle I'm alive. 16 00:04:35,561 --> 00:04:38,063 But, seriously, you talk about a wake-up call from God. 17 00:04:38,064 --> 00:04:41,733 You don't get to come back from the dead twice. 18 00:04:45,112 --> 00:04:47,405 The President of the United States. 19 00:05:00,752 --> 00:05:03,505 Good morning. 20 00:05:03,506 --> 00:05:04,881 "The education reform and achievement act 21 00:05:04,882 --> 00:05:07,050 that I sign into law today 22 00:05:07,051 --> 00:05:10,053 will affect every child and parent in the United States, 23 00:05:10,054 --> 00:05:13,765 will ensure a better educated workforce for decades to come, 24 00:05:13,766 --> 00:05:16,977 and will reinforce America's preeminence 25 00:05:16,978 --> 00:05:18,895 as an intellectual superpower. 26 00:05:21,356 --> 00:05:23,733 And I'd like to thank one man in particular 27 00:05:23,734 --> 00:05:26,111 who never lost sight of the larger mission, 28 00:05:26,112 --> 00:05:29,072 who spearheaded this bill from the beginning, 29 00:05:29,073 --> 00:05:31,241 and that's congressman Frank Underwood." 30 00:06:07,383 --> 00:06:09,636 Invited guests, please join us 31 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,513 in the east room for refreshments. 32 00:06:11,514 --> 00:06:13,473 Media, we will convene immediately 33 00:06:13,474 --> 00:06:16,185 in the briefing room for our conference. 34 00:06:23,436 --> 00:06:25,229 Linda, thank you so much for all the help you gave us 35 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:26,230 in getting this bill passed. 36 00:06:26,231 --> 00:06:27,566 No, thank you, Frank. 37 00:06:27,567 --> 00:06:29,359 This was your baby from the beginning. 38 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,611 I appreciate you standing your ground on this one, Frank. 39 00:06:31,612 --> 00:06:34,114 I'm smart enough to admit when I was wrong. 40 00:06:34,115 --> 00:06:36,616 I was just telling Frank we should set up a weekly 41 00:06:36,617 --> 00:06:38,618 so he can keep us up to date on what's going on in the house. 42 00:06:38,619 --> 00:06:40,370 That sounds like a great idea. 43 00:06:40,371 --> 00:06:42,330 Congratulations, sir. 44 00:06:42,331 --> 00:06:45,584 Garrett, I was wondering if we could talk for a few minutes. 45 00:06:45,585 --> 00:06:48,461 That thing I mentioned a couple of weeks ago about the jobs tax credit... 46 00:06:48,462 --> 00:06:49,671 I've been giving it a lot of thought, Jim, 47 00:06:49,672 --> 00:06:51,715 and I think it's a good idea. 48 00:06:51,716 --> 00:06:54,467 But I'd like to look over my notes first, if you don't mind, 49 00:06:54,468 --> 00:06:56,803 so I can talk about it intelligently with you. 50 00:06:56,804 --> 00:06:59,056 Sir, you have your call with the Prime Minister. 51 00:06:59,057 --> 00:07:01,391 Busy man. 52 00:07:01,392 --> 00:07:03,309 Yes, he is. 53 00:07:03,310 --> 00:07:07,189 Frank, I hear that you are heading up 54 00:07:07,190 --> 00:07:09,233 the special election in my home state. 55 00:07:09,234 --> 00:07:10,817 - Peter Russo. - We're trying to keep that 56 00:07:10,818 --> 00:07:13,028 under the radar until he officially announces. 57 00:07:13,029 --> 00:07:15,655 In fact, we're not even working out of my office until that happens. 58 00:07:15,656 --> 00:07:18,324 - Where are you working from? - The basement of my house. 59 00:07:18,325 --> 00:07:22,204 Any reason why the D.N.C. didn't ask my advice on the candidate? 60 00:07:22,205 --> 00:07:24,748 Well, I thought they passed it by you, or Linda did. 61 00:07:24,749 --> 00:07:27,626 - Nobody did. - Well, that is unacceptable. 62 00:07:27,627 --> 00:07:29,502 And I have major doubts about Russo. 63 00:07:29,503 --> 00:07:33,048 His inexperience? - Yes, and he's urban-based. 64 00:07:33,049 --> 00:07:35,300 - Mm. - I don't know if he'll connect with rural voters. 65 00:07:35,301 --> 00:07:37,177 Look, frankly, that's one of my concerns as well. 66 00:07:37,178 --> 00:07:38,720 We're working on that. 67 00:07:38,721 --> 00:07:41,347 But if you were to come out and stump with him, 68 00:07:41,348 --> 00:07:43,809 that would go a long way to convince... 69 00:07:43,810 --> 00:07:45,978 Frank, I can't stump for somebody I don't believe in. 70 00:07:45,979 --> 00:07:48,981 It's early days yet. I'd ask you to keep an open mind. 71 00:07:48,982 --> 00:07:50,398 And let me know if you want me 72 00:07:50,399 --> 00:07:52,734 to set up a meeting between the two of you, 73 00:07:52,735 --> 00:07:54,236 because, sir, an endorsement from you 74 00:07:54,237 --> 00:07:56,113 would be a big coup for him. 75 00:07:56,114 --> 00:07:58,406 It's good to see you, Mr. Vice President. 76 00:07:58,407 --> 00:08:00,325 Frank. 77 00:08:10,752 --> 00:08:12,838 Congressman Underwood? 78 00:08:14,173 --> 00:08:16,216 Miss Barnes, I was under the impression 79 00:08:16,217 --> 00:08:17,968 you didn't wanna cover the White House. 80 00:08:17,969 --> 00:08:19,385 Slugline just got access yesterday. 81 00:08:19,386 --> 00:08:21,221 - I know. - I left the herald 82 00:08:21,222 --> 00:08:22,388 because I didn't wanna cover the White House, 83 00:08:22,389 --> 00:08:23,807 and now here I am. 84 00:08:23,808 --> 00:08:26,392 Access isn't the same as a ball and chain. 85 00:08:26,393 --> 00:08:29,188 Am I only gonna see you at bill signings now? 86 00:08:29,189 --> 00:08:30,856 I haven't heard from you in three weeks. 87 00:08:30,857 --> 00:08:32,649 Insecurity bores me. 88 00:08:32,650 --> 00:08:35,986 I feel the same way about condescension. 89 00:08:35,987 --> 00:08:37,445 Your place, this evening, 90 00:08:37,446 --> 00:08:39,114 and I'll text you when I'm about to arrive. 91 00:08:39,115 --> 00:08:41,200 What if I'm busy? 92 00:08:41,201 --> 00:08:43,785 You're just afraid I'm gonna stand you up again. 93 00:08:43,786 --> 00:08:46,121 I just wanna make sure it's worth my while. 94 00:08:46,122 --> 00:08:48,040 It'll be worth your while. 95 00:08:48,041 --> 00:08:49,916 This'll make up for last time. 96 00:08:49,917 --> 00:08:51,210 It's a piece of history. 97 00:08:51,211 --> 00:08:53,920 From the President's hand to yours. 98 00:08:56,673 --> 00:08:58,424 You believe in all that higher-power stuff 99 00:08:58,425 --> 00:09:00,135 they talk about in the room? 100 00:09:00,136 --> 00:09:03,180 I believe there are things beyond our control. 101 00:09:03,181 --> 00:09:05,307 Who or what's controlling them... that I don't know. 102 00:09:05,308 --> 00:09:07,226 I don't believe in God. 103 00:09:07,227 --> 00:09:09,353 Heaven, hell. None of it. 104 00:09:09,354 --> 00:09:12,397 - Too much catholic school? - Maybe. 105 00:09:12,398 --> 00:09:15,483 I'm not saying you have to believe in God, Peter, 106 00:09:15,484 --> 00:09:17,110 or anything, for that matter. 107 00:09:17,111 --> 00:09:19,071 But you shouldn't rule anything out. 108 00:09:25,702 --> 00:09:27,662 I should go. 109 00:09:27,663 --> 00:09:29,122 It's on the campaign. 110 00:10:25,095 --> 00:10:27,639 Our cross tabs show 81% of likely voters 111 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,557 are willing to consider a recovering alcoholic. 112 00:10:29,558 --> 00:10:31,310 Now, those numbers dip a little 113 00:10:31,311 --> 00:10:34,020 when you introduce cocaine, but not by much. Randy? 114 00:10:34,021 --> 00:10:35,814 It's a risk, but it'll make waves. 115 00:10:35,815 --> 00:10:37,441 Free coverage across the board. 116 00:10:37,442 --> 00:10:38,984 The narrative has to be redemption. 117 00:10:38,985 --> 00:10:40,444 A Phoenix from the ashes. 118 00:10:40,445 --> 00:10:42,404 Well, let's not focus on the ashes. 119 00:10:42,405 --> 00:10:44,697 We don't want people to think Peter was a disaster. 120 00:10:44,698 --> 00:10:46,825 No, no. We focus on the positive. 121 00:10:46,826 --> 00:10:48,243 A "fresh start" and a "clean start" 122 00:10:48,244 --> 00:10:49,828 both did well in focus groups. 123 00:10:49,829 --> 00:10:52,372 "Clean start" sounds too much like "clean slate." 124 00:10:52,373 --> 00:10:54,249 I like "fresh start." Yeah, I do too. 125 00:10:54,250 --> 00:10:56,542 - How we doing on the fund-raising? - The alcoholic thing 126 00:10:56,543 --> 00:10:57,752 will turn off some of the in-state donors, 127 00:10:57,753 --> 00:10:59,504 but it's an off-year election. 128 00:10:59,505 --> 00:11:01,631 We can hit up the usual suspects in New York and California. 129 00:11:01,632 --> 00:11:04,092 Walter, how vulnerable are we? 130 00:11:04,093 --> 00:11:06,428 I'm not prepared to answer that question. 131 00:11:06,429 --> 00:11:07,679 Peter and I have yet to perform 132 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,722 the holy sacrament of confession. 133 00:11:09,723 --> 00:11:12,309 We still need to address the shipyard closing too. 134 00:11:12,310 --> 00:11:14,436 Claire's helping us with that. 135 00:11:14,437 --> 00:11:15,770 We are pushing a bill 136 00:11:15,771 --> 00:11:18,023 called the Delaware river watershed act, 137 00:11:18,024 --> 00:11:20,650 and I think it's going to bring about 5,000 jobs 138 00:11:20,651 --> 00:11:22,777 into Peter's district over the next three years. 139 00:11:22,778 --> 00:11:24,696 We have a draft of the bill completed. 140 00:11:24,697 --> 00:11:27,366 Peter's in the process of securing cosponsors. 141 00:11:27,367 --> 00:11:29,451 And who have you called, by the way? 142 00:11:29,452 --> 00:11:31,286 I have some e-mails out, 143 00:11:31,287 --> 00:11:32,996 but most of them wanna see a bill first. 144 00:11:32,997 --> 00:11:34,456 Have you set up a meeting with the shipbuilders yet? 145 00:11:34,457 --> 00:11:36,208 I don't think they're gonna back me. 146 00:11:36,209 --> 00:11:38,335 That's the entire point of the bill, Peter. 147 00:11:38,336 --> 00:11:40,420 Well, if I go to them and I say, 148 00:11:40,421 --> 00:11:42,672 "hey, some of you maybe will get your jobs back, 149 00:11:42,673 --> 00:11:45,258 "not tomorrow, but three years from now, 150 00:11:45,259 --> 00:11:47,344 and most of you won't be getting your jobs back anyway... " 151 00:11:47,345 --> 00:11:48,552 all right, let's put a pin in this 152 00:11:48,553 --> 00:11:50,222 until we get more sponsors. 153 00:11:50,223 --> 00:11:52,307 I have to go to the office. I'll catch you all later. 154 00:11:52,308 --> 00:11:54,017 Okay, let's move on to our field plan. 155 00:11:54,018 --> 00:11:55,977 I want to go through the regions one by one... 156 00:11:55,978 --> 00:11:58,063 Francis. 157 00:11:58,064 --> 00:12:00,440 We spent six weeks on that bill. 158 00:12:00,441 --> 00:12:03,026 It'll be fine. He'll come around. 159 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,238 I'll see you later tonight? 160 00:12:06,239 --> 00:12:07,739 I have an appointment. 161 00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:09,366 So I won't see you until morning. 162 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:11,743 I'll be back before you get up. 163 00:12:14,871 --> 00:12:17,541 I appreciate your taking the time today, sir. 164 00:12:17,542 --> 00:12:19,125 Did you get that tax credit memo 165 00:12:19,126 --> 00:12:20,793 the economic research team put together? 166 00:12:20,794 --> 00:12:23,088 You didn't ask me here to talk about memos. 167 00:12:23,089 --> 00:12:24,964 I know small talk when I hear it, Linda. 168 00:12:24,965 --> 00:12:26,341 The President has asked 169 00:12:26,342 --> 00:12:28,427 that you take a step back from Pennsylvania. 170 00:12:28,428 --> 00:12:30,803 You've been taking a lot of trips there, meeting with legislators... 171 00:12:30,804 --> 00:12:32,889 it's my home state. There's a jobs crisis. 172 00:12:32,890 --> 00:12:34,891 We can't afford to play favorites. 173 00:12:34,892 --> 00:12:37,102 The message is 50 states, one solution; 174 00:12:37,103 --> 00:12:39,145 not one state, 50 solutions. 175 00:12:39,146 --> 00:12:42,399 I never expected to be involved in every policy or decision, 176 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,735 but I have been completely cut out of everything. 177 00:12:45,736 --> 00:12:48,196 We value your input, Mr. Vice President, 178 00:12:48,197 --> 00:12:50,407 - but right now, we can't... - Don't condescend, Linda. 179 00:12:50,408 --> 00:12:52,992 No one even asked me who I thought should fill my seat. 180 00:12:52,993 --> 00:12:55,495 Why is Frank Underwood leading the charge on that, not me? 181 00:12:55,496 --> 00:12:56,955 That is a D.N.C. issue. 182 00:12:56,956 --> 00:12:59,374 We are staying out of it and so should you. 183 00:12:59,375 --> 00:13:02,586 And so I'm supposed to just cut ribbons and go to funerals? 184 00:13:02,587 --> 00:13:05,213 You knew what you signed up for. 185 00:13:06,256 --> 00:13:08,425 Thank you, Mr. Vice President. 186 00:13:11,219 --> 00:13:13,221 I didn't get my pen. 187 00:13:14,347 --> 00:13:16,891 - Your pen? - From the bill signing. 188 00:13:16,892 --> 00:13:20,353 Oh, we'll see what we can do about that. 189 00:13:30,738 --> 00:13:32,949 I can see your security guy. 190 00:13:32,950 --> 00:13:33,950 Meechum? 191 00:13:33,951 --> 00:13:36,578 He's cute. 192 00:13:36,579 --> 00:13:38,704 He'd never go for you. 193 00:13:38,705 --> 00:13:40,081 Why not? 194 00:13:40,082 --> 00:13:41,874 You're too intimidating. 195 00:13:41,875 --> 00:13:44,002 He's the one with the gun. 196 00:13:44,003 --> 00:13:46,963 But you're the one with the congressman. 197 00:13:49,090 --> 00:13:50,258 Uh-uh. 198 00:13:50,259 --> 00:13:52,051 We'll talk after. 199 00:13:52,052 --> 00:13:54,095 We'll talk before. 200 00:13:56,181 --> 00:13:57,932 Peter Russo. 201 00:13:57,933 --> 00:13:59,767 Pennsylvania's first district. 202 00:13:59,768 --> 00:14:01,645 He's gonna run for governor. 203 00:14:01,646 --> 00:14:03,062 Fill Matthews' seat. 204 00:14:03,063 --> 00:14:05,106 It's an exclusive profile. 205 00:14:05,107 --> 00:14:07,317 With someone no one's ever heard of. 206 00:14:07,318 --> 00:14:09,027 What's the angle? 207 00:14:09,028 --> 00:14:10,529 Alcohol, drugs. 208 00:14:10,530 --> 00:14:12,364 He's a kid from the streets. 209 00:14:12,365 --> 00:14:14,782 I want the profile to come out as soon as he announces, 210 00:14:14,783 --> 00:14:16,826 and I'd like it to be kind. 211 00:14:16,827 --> 00:14:18,786 I don't write puff pieces. 212 00:14:18,787 --> 00:14:20,997 Then get someone else to write it. 213 00:14:20,998 --> 00:14:22,748 I thought you had something for me. 214 00:14:22,749 --> 00:14:25,418 It's too easy for people to link me as your source. 215 00:14:25,419 --> 00:14:27,837 It's dangerous. 216 00:14:27,838 --> 00:14:31,883 I don't benefit from handing out headlines to other people. 217 00:14:37,389 --> 00:14:41,518 Generosity is its own form of power, Zoe. 218 00:14:46,690 --> 00:14:49,734 Step six. 219 00:14:58,451 --> 00:15:00,245 Step seven. 220 00:15:19,931 --> 00:15:22,100 You always wear sunglasses at night? 221 00:15:25,437 --> 00:15:27,480 How did you find me? 222 00:15:27,481 --> 00:15:29,774 I figured you had to be in government. 223 00:15:29,775 --> 00:15:31,317 I kept googling till I found your picture. 224 00:15:31,318 --> 00:15:33,319 This won't work, what you're doing. 225 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,405 It was a one-time deal. 226 00:15:35,406 --> 00:15:38,366 - You don't get to keep coming back for more. - I'll go to the police. 227 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:40,952 They'll laugh in your face. Look at you. 228 00:15:40,953 --> 00:15:43,622 If the police won't listen to me, 229 00:15:43,623 --> 00:15:45,790 I'll call TV stations. 230 00:15:45,791 --> 00:15:48,126 I know the names... 231 00:15:48,127 --> 00:15:50,378 Douglas Stamper, Peter Russo, 232 00:15:50,379 --> 00:15:52,213 Frank Underwood. 233 00:15:52,214 --> 00:15:55,341 You are walking down a road you do not want to walk down. 234 00:16:01,723 --> 00:16:04,809 Please, I won't call anyone. 235 00:16:05,810 --> 00:16:07,687 But I need your help. 236 00:16:07,688 --> 00:16:10,315 I don't have anywhere to go. I don't have anyone I can call. 237 00:16:10,316 --> 00:16:13,485 I've had to do things. And I don't wanna do it anymore. 238 00:16:22,619 --> 00:16:24,829 That's all I've got right now. 239 00:16:24,830 --> 00:16:27,707 Find a place to stay and let me know where you are. 240 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:30,168 I'll figure something out. 241 00:16:38,468 --> 00:16:40,637 You hungry? 242 00:16:49,937 --> 00:16:52,607 What's your name? 243 00:16:52,608 --> 00:16:54,025 Sapphire. 244 00:16:54,026 --> 00:16:56,778 No. What's your name? 245 00:16:59,614 --> 00:17:01,616 Rachel. 246 00:17:02,992 --> 00:17:05,453 Your ex-wife... anything uncouth? 247 00:17:05,454 --> 00:17:08,206 - How do you mean? - Bondage, orgies, water sports? 248 00:17:08,207 --> 00:17:10,082 - No. Definitely not. - Narcotics? 249 00:17:10,083 --> 00:17:12,794 - She wasn't into that. - Not even a little ganga? 250 00:17:12,795 --> 00:17:15,588 - Okay. Once in a blue moon. - Ever with your children? 251 00:17:15,589 --> 00:17:17,757 - God, no! - Ever in front of them? 252 00:17:17,758 --> 00:17:18,924 Look, I'm not the world's best dad, 253 00:17:18,925 --> 00:17:20,719 but I would never do that. 254 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,303 Fine. Let's move on to prostitution. 255 00:17:22,304 --> 00:17:23,805 How long is this gonna take? 256 00:17:23,806 --> 00:17:25,306 Until there's nothing I don't know about you. 257 00:17:25,307 --> 00:17:26,766 I wrote all this down. 258 00:17:26,767 --> 00:17:29,686 I've been doing this a long time, congressman. 259 00:17:29,687 --> 00:17:31,979 I know when I've scraped all the shit off the shoe. 260 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:36,609 Prostitution. 261 00:17:40,905 --> 00:17:43,032 After my divorce, I took a trip to Thailand. 262 00:17:43,033 --> 00:17:44,242 It was about two weeks. 263 00:17:44,243 --> 00:17:47,036 How many women? 264 00:17:47,037 --> 00:17:49,205 Ten. Fifteen. 265 00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:52,375 - I... I don't know. It was a bit of a blur. - There were drugs? 266 00:17:52,376 --> 00:17:54,252 Uh, yes. 267 00:17:54,253 --> 00:17:58,590 Opium, speed, some smack. 268 00:17:58,591 --> 00:18:00,341 - Powder or needles? - Both. 269 00:18:00,342 --> 00:18:01,801 Would any of these women know who you are? 270 00:18:01,802 --> 00:18:03,636 No. None of them spoke English. 271 00:18:03,637 --> 00:18:05,764 And I never mentioned I was a congressman. 272 00:18:05,765 --> 00:18:07,891 Have you mainlined heroin back here in the States? 273 00:18:10,393 --> 00:18:12,437 - Just once. - Any scars on your arm? 274 00:18:12,438 --> 00:18:15,273 No. I was mainly into cocaine. 275 00:18:15,274 --> 00:18:17,442 What about prostitutes here in D.C.? 276 00:18:17,443 --> 00:18:19,068 How often? 277 00:18:23,239 --> 00:18:25,909 - I fucked around a bit, okay? - Details, please. 278 00:18:25,910 --> 00:18:27,702 Do you get off on this or something? 279 00:18:27,703 --> 00:18:29,746 Does a doctor enjoy it when he cups your balls 280 00:18:29,747 --> 00:18:31,497 and asks you to cough? 281 00:18:31,498 --> 00:18:33,165 You wanna know how many times I came? 282 00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:35,042 I honestly don't care whether you win. 283 00:18:35,043 --> 00:18:37,378 But if you do, work with me. 284 00:18:37,379 --> 00:18:40,131 How often did you solicit prostitutes in D.C.? 285 00:18:40,132 --> 00:18:42,592 Once every two or three months. 286 00:18:42,593 --> 00:18:44,302 Sometimes more frequently, sometimes less. 287 00:18:44,303 --> 00:18:46,095 Do you have reason to believe any of them were underage? 288 00:18:46,096 --> 00:18:47,931 Jesus! No. Look, they were mostly high-end. 289 00:18:47,932 --> 00:18:49,181 That doesn't mean they were 18. 290 00:18:49,182 --> 00:18:50,850 I need a fucking break! 291 00:18:58,065 --> 00:19:00,067 What's going on? 292 00:19:00,068 --> 00:19:01,653 He's an amateur, Frank. 293 00:19:01,654 --> 00:19:03,613 If I can get under his skin in less than an hour, 294 00:19:03,614 --> 00:19:05,323 how do you think he'll hold up under the press? 295 00:19:05,324 --> 00:19:06,658 It'll be a Turkey shoot. 296 00:19:06,659 --> 00:19:09,160 All right. I'll speak to him. 297 00:19:17,293 --> 00:19:18,837 Frank, it's just... it's not gonna work. 298 00:19:18,838 --> 00:19:20,630 I'm gonna get crucified. 299 00:19:20,631 --> 00:19:23,174 You'll be fine. We've got a crack team behind you. 300 00:19:23,175 --> 00:19:26,135 It doesn't matter how good the team is. With my past? Come on. 301 00:19:26,136 --> 00:19:28,638 From the very beginning, I said this was the plan. 302 00:19:28,639 --> 00:19:30,515 - You agreed to it. - I didn't think it through. 303 00:19:30,516 --> 00:19:32,767 We have to tackle this head-on, 304 00:19:32,768 --> 00:19:35,060 or the G.O.P. will crucify you. 305 00:19:35,061 --> 00:19:37,229 We have to steal their ammunition from them. 306 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:40,566 Honesty is your best defense and offense. 307 00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:43,235 I'm the one that has to get in front of these cameras and say this shit. 308 00:19:43,236 --> 00:19:45,237 They don't have to say it. I do. 309 00:19:45,238 --> 00:19:47,198 - Peter... - I wanna be governor. I do. 310 00:19:47,199 --> 00:19:48,950 But not this way. I just can't do it. 311 00:19:48,951 --> 00:19:50,952 If you weren't unsure now, 312 00:19:50,953 --> 00:19:53,245 there'd be something wrong with you. 313 00:19:53,246 --> 00:19:54,706 I expected this. 314 00:19:54,707 --> 00:19:56,749 Not easy... what we're asking you to do. 315 00:19:56,750 --> 00:20:00,378 It's okay to vacillate a little. 316 00:20:00,379 --> 00:20:02,129 I'm not trying to throw a wrench in the works. 317 00:20:02,130 --> 00:20:03,506 I know you're not. I'll tell you what. 318 00:20:03,507 --> 00:20:05,717 You take the rest of the day off. 319 00:20:05,718 --> 00:20:08,845 You go back to your office, you catch up with whatever you have to catch up on, 320 00:20:08,846 --> 00:20:11,639 you get a good night's sleep, you go to a meeting tomorrow, 321 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,183 and then you come here and we'll talk the whole thing through. 322 00:20:14,184 --> 00:20:16,811 Can you give me at least that? 323 00:20:16,812 --> 00:20:18,813 Yeah. Okay, Frank. 324 00:20:18,814 --> 00:20:20,732 Good. 325 00:20:39,751 --> 00:20:43,421 What's going on with all the little sculptures? 326 00:20:43,422 --> 00:20:45,506 I found a flower on the dining room table 327 00:20:45,507 --> 00:20:49,010 and a bird on the nightstand a few days ago. 328 00:20:50,261 --> 00:20:52,304 It's a swan. 329 00:20:52,305 --> 00:20:53,973 You made them? 330 00:20:53,974 --> 00:20:55,641 Yes. 331 00:20:55,642 --> 00:20:57,727 A new hobby? 332 00:20:59,854 --> 00:21:02,147 No. 333 00:21:02,148 --> 00:21:04,275 It's an interest. 334 00:21:13,117 --> 00:21:16,495 May I bring up something else I've noticed? 335 00:21:16,496 --> 00:21:19,248 What's that? 336 00:21:19,249 --> 00:21:21,918 You... 337 00:21:21,919 --> 00:21:24,921 Standing in front of the refrigerator. 338 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:29,926 Is there a reason you haven't talked to me about it? 339 00:21:29,927 --> 00:21:32,095 I haven't felt the need to. 340 00:21:32,096 --> 00:21:33,679 Is it bad? 341 00:21:36,265 --> 00:21:38,977 It's not pleasant. 342 00:21:38,978 --> 00:21:41,520 But, no, it's not bad. 343 00:21:41,521 --> 00:21:42,814 What can I do? 344 00:21:45,108 --> 00:21:46,776 Nothing. 345 00:21:46,777 --> 00:21:48,903 If there was something, I'd ask. 346 00:21:59,622 --> 00:22:03,334 - Did you think it was weird that I called you? - Totally weird. 347 00:22:03,335 --> 00:22:07,338 Except for the fact that I was planning on calling you. 348 00:22:07,339 --> 00:22:09,340 Really? Why? 349 00:22:09,341 --> 00:22:12,051 I was a real grade-a bitch to you at the herald, 350 00:22:12,052 --> 00:22:15,304 and I almost apologized when I saw you at the White House, 351 00:22:15,305 --> 00:22:16,973 but I chickened out. 352 00:22:16,974 --> 00:22:19,892 So, anyway, I am drunk enough, and I am sorry. 353 00:22:19,893 --> 00:22:21,936 Why did you call me? 354 00:22:21,937 --> 00:22:25,314 I was just wondering how things were going at the old stomping ground. 355 00:22:25,315 --> 00:22:27,441 - Here you go. - Thank you. 356 00:22:27,442 --> 00:22:29,777 It's just not the same since tom left. 357 00:22:29,778 --> 00:22:32,655 And I don't blame you for doing what you did. 358 00:22:32,656 --> 00:22:36,450 But this new guy? Six years running E.W. Online 359 00:22:36,451 --> 00:22:38,661 does not a managing editor make. 360 00:22:38,662 --> 00:22:41,956 Would you ever wanna come work with us? 361 00:22:41,957 --> 00:22:43,749 I mean, it'd be a huge fucking deal. 362 00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:46,169 Chief political correspondent of the herald 363 00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:47,753 moves to Slugline? 364 00:22:47,754 --> 00:22:49,839 Did carly heath put you up to this? 365 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,174 No. Not at all. 366 00:22:51,175 --> 00:22:53,051 But if you want, I can talk to her. 367 00:22:53,052 --> 00:22:56,345 You think she would go for it? 368 00:22:56,346 --> 00:22:58,221 Honestly, I don't know. 369 00:22:58,222 --> 00:23:01,517 She's got this sort of anti-establishment "fuck you" attitude. 370 00:23:01,518 --> 00:23:03,435 Conventional news bores her. 371 00:23:03,436 --> 00:23:07,023 But if you had something gritty to show... 372 00:23:08,816 --> 00:23:11,194 I've got a story if you want it. 373 00:23:11,195 --> 00:23:12,737 It's pretty fucking great. 374 00:23:12,738 --> 00:23:14,446 You would give away a story? 375 00:23:14,447 --> 00:23:15,907 If you're not interested... 376 00:23:15,908 --> 00:23:18,117 no, I'm interested. 377 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:24,832 If I seem a little hung over, it is because I am. 378 00:23:24,833 --> 00:23:27,126 A lot hung over, actually. 379 00:23:27,127 --> 00:23:29,754 God, I almost had a couple of months, 380 00:23:29,755 --> 00:23:32,798 and then last night, I... 381 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:36,135 Well, I don't remember much, so... 382 00:23:36,136 --> 00:23:38,930 But anyway, here I am. 383 00:23:38,931 --> 00:23:40,389 Keep coming back. 384 00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:41,724 It works if you work it. 385 00:23:41,725 --> 00:23:44,267 Thank you for sharing, Diane. 386 00:23:44,268 --> 00:23:46,229 I'm Doug, and I'm an alcoholic. 387 00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:47,897 Hi, Doug. 388 00:23:50,191 --> 00:23:52,860 One of the things I do for a living is count. 389 00:23:52,861 --> 00:23:54,237 I count votes. 390 00:23:54,238 --> 00:23:57,198 Yeas, nays, neutrals, abstaining. 391 00:23:57,199 --> 00:23:59,575 And I'm good at it. 392 00:23:59,576 --> 00:24:02,620 But the most important count I do has nothing to do with work. 393 00:24:02,621 --> 00:24:07,041 It's the number of days since April 4, 1999. 394 00:24:07,042 --> 00:24:10,086 As of this morning, that's 5,185. 395 00:24:10,087 --> 00:24:14,339 The bigger that number gets, the more it frightens me, 396 00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:17,218 because I know all it takes is one drink to go back to zero. 397 00:24:17,219 --> 00:24:21,889 Most people see fear as a weakness. It can be. 398 00:24:21,890 --> 00:24:26,018 Sometimes for my job, I have to put fear in other people. 399 00:24:26,019 --> 00:24:27,937 I know that's not right. 400 00:24:27,938 --> 00:24:31,232 But if I'm honest, like the fourth step asks us to be, 401 00:24:31,233 --> 00:24:33,276 I have to be ruthless, 402 00:24:33,277 --> 00:24:36,403 because failure is not an option. 403 00:24:36,404 --> 00:24:38,405 The same goes for my sobriety. 404 00:24:38,406 --> 00:24:41,242 I have to be ruthless with myself. 405 00:24:41,243 --> 00:24:43,244 I have to use my fear. 406 00:24:43,245 --> 00:24:44,996 It makes me stronger. 407 00:24:44,997 --> 00:24:48,291 Like everyone in this room, I can't control who I am. 408 00:24:48,292 --> 00:24:50,542 But I can control the zero. 409 00:24:50,543 --> 00:24:53,336 Fuck the zero. 410 00:24:53,337 --> 00:24:56,048 Thanks for sharing. 411 00:24:56,049 --> 00:24:58,217 It works if you work it. 412 00:24:58,218 --> 00:25:00,803 Who would like to share next? 413 00:25:00,804 --> 00:25:03,055 - Was he at the meeting? - He was. 414 00:25:03,056 --> 00:25:04,515 I tried to find him afterwards, 415 00:25:04,516 --> 00:25:06,600 but he was gone before I could catch up with him. 416 00:25:06,601 --> 00:25:09,937 - Did he say anything? - No. He never shares. He looked preoccupied. 417 00:25:09,938 --> 00:25:12,898 - You think he'll show up at the house today? - I have no idea. 418 00:25:12,899 --> 00:25:14,483 He's not answering my calls. 419 00:25:14,484 --> 00:25:17,903 Mine neither. Anything else I need to know? 420 00:25:19,113 --> 00:25:21,157 I hear silence. I don't like that sound. 421 00:25:21,158 --> 00:25:23,326 Something came up. I'm handling it. 422 00:25:23,327 --> 00:25:25,828 - Something serious? - Serious but solvable. 423 00:25:25,829 --> 00:25:29,040 - Do I wanna know more? - I don't think you do. We'll be okay. 424 00:25:29,041 --> 00:25:31,876 I might have to involve Nancy. I'm hoping I won't have to. 425 00:25:31,877 --> 00:25:35,129 But if I do, she'll have no knowledge of anything damaging. 426 00:25:35,130 --> 00:25:37,173 All right. Use your best judgment. 427 00:25:37,174 --> 00:25:39,091 Of course, sir. 428 00:25:39,092 --> 00:25:40,801 I've gotta go. 429 00:25:40,802 --> 00:25:42,427 Miss Gallagher? 430 00:25:42,428 --> 00:25:45,388 Can the congressman have a moment? 431 00:25:47,683 --> 00:25:50,393 Things are... they're complicated. 432 00:25:50,394 --> 00:25:52,938 I realize that, but he truly needs you. 433 00:25:52,939 --> 00:25:54,857 I don't know what I could say to him. 434 00:25:54,858 --> 00:25:57,026 I think just showing up would do him a world of good. 435 00:25:57,027 --> 00:25:59,444 Today is tough. The speaker has a full schedule... 436 00:25:59,445 --> 00:26:01,488 look, I already spoke to Bob, and he said he'd be fine 437 00:26:01,489 --> 00:26:03,157 if you took the rest of the day off. 438 00:26:03,158 --> 00:26:05,368 In fact, he said he'd be fine if you wanted to take 439 00:26:05,369 --> 00:26:07,870 - the next six months off. - What? 440 00:26:07,871 --> 00:26:10,122 I want you to be deputy campaign manager. 441 00:26:10,123 --> 00:26:12,457 You work under Nash Aarons. 442 00:26:18,589 --> 00:26:22,593 No. I spent years being Peter's crutch. If you just want me there... 443 00:26:22,594 --> 00:26:25,512 well, of course we want you there to help, but not as a crutch. 444 00:26:25,513 --> 00:26:28,933 Peter is a talented young man with a lot of potential. 445 00:26:28,934 --> 00:26:30,601 He knows this, 446 00:26:30,602 --> 00:26:33,145 but he needs to hear it from someone other than me. 447 00:26:33,146 --> 00:26:35,231 Someone he truly cares about. 448 00:26:36,774 --> 00:26:39,235 I'm sorry. This is just a lot right now. 449 00:26:39,236 --> 00:26:40,778 Well, you don't have to make a decision now, 450 00:26:40,779 --> 00:26:42,280 but at least talk to Peter. 451 00:26:42,281 --> 00:26:44,198 I mean, there's no harm in that, now, is there? 452 00:27:23,195 --> 00:27:25,614 Ten grand. 453 00:27:25,615 --> 00:27:27,616 We divert it from your campaign accounts. 454 00:27:27,617 --> 00:27:29,994 - We itemize it so it looks like... - Wait. 455 00:27:29,995 --> 00:27:31,454 You want me to pay for this? 456 00:27:31,455 --> 00:27:33,538 Use Frank's reelection fund. 457 00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:35,166 Commissioner, the majority of the money that you've raised 458 00:27:35,167 --> 00:27:37,293 has come from people we've sent your way. 459 00:27:37,294 --> 00:27:40,045 And you sent them because I sprung your boy Russo in the first place. 460 00:27:40,046 --> 00:27:42,131 We're even. I don't owe you shit. 461 00:27:42,132 --> 00:27:45,301 There's a girl in trouble. Let's help her out. 462 00:27:47,886 --> 00:27:50,097 - Not my problem. - It could be. 463 00:27:50,098 --> 00:27:52,975 We put her back on the streets, there's no telling what she could do. 464 00:27:52,976 --> 00:27:55,144 I'm a hell of a lot more afraid 465 00:27:55,145 --> 00:27:58,356 of the U.S. attorney than I am of some hooker. 466 00:27:58,357 --> 00:28:01,566 This is a very inexpensive insurance policy. 467 00:28:01,567 --> 00:28:03,068 I already broke the law once, Doug. 468 00:28:03,069 --> 00:28:04,736 There's no fucking way 469 00:28:04,737 --> 00:28:07,114 I'm gonna mess with campaign finance regulations. 470 00:28:07,115 --> 00:28:10,575 I don't even wanna be hearing this shit. 471 00:28:16,081 --> 00:28:19,751 Funeral for the former ambassador of Japan 472 00:28:19,752 --> 00:28:21,586 tomorrow at 9:30, 473 00:28:21,587 --> 00:28:24,631 followed by a luncheon for the national board of directors 474 00:28:24,632 --> 00:28:26,217 for the girl scouts of America. 475 00:28:26,218 --> 00:28:28,135 - Mr. President. - Jim. 476 00:28:28,136 --> 00:28:30,221 After that, you've got a meet and greet with the finalist... 477 00:28:30,222 --> 00:28:32,431 I'll catch up with you in a minute. 478 00:29:52,970 --> 00:29:54,679 This way, sir. 479 00:30:08,611 --> 00:30:09,945 Hi. 480 00:30:11,113 --> 00:30:12,448 Hey. 481 00:30:12,449 --> 00:30:14,074 What are you doing here? 482 00:30:14,075 --> 00:30:17,244 The congressman wanted me to come over. 483 00:30:17,245 --> 00:30:20,331 - Why? - He wants me to work for your campaign. 484 00:30:20,332 --> 00:30:22,207 - Deputy Manager. - Frank! 485 00:30:23,750 --> 00:30:26,420 He said you're having some doubts. 486 00:30:31,258 --> 00:30:34,345 I was just about to tell him that I decided not to run. 487 00:30:34,346 --> 00:30:37,598 Oh. Oh. 488 00:30:39,893 --> 00:30:42,146 Okay. Um, if you've made up your mind, 489 00:30:42,147 --> 00:30:44,398 then I should probably get going. 490 00:30:44,399 --> 00:30:47,443 Did he tell you about the whole plan? About coming clean? 491 00:30:47,444 --> 00:30:49,194 Yeah, he did. 492 00:30:49,195 --> 00:30:53,282 I have Kevin and Sarah to think about. 493 00:30:53,283 --> 00:30:55,367 - Everyone has a past. - Not like mine. 494 00:30:55,368 --> 00:30:57,411 You don't know half the things I've done, Christina. 495 00:30:57,412 --> 00:31:00,664 My kids read. Their friends read. I can't take that chance. 496 00:31:00,665 --> 00:31:03,875 Look, if you don't wanna run, then you shouldn't. 497 00:31:03,876 --> 00:31:08,422 I do wanna run. I wouldn't have let it go this far if I didn't want it. 498 00:31:08,423 --> 00:31:11,383 Then maybe it's a good thing... 499 00:31:11,384 --> 00:31:13,552 confronting your past, even for your kids. 500 00:31:13,553 --> 00:31:16,430 They're a lot stronger than you give them credit for. 501 00:31:18,098 --> 00:31:20,351 Look, if Underwood, if the D.N.C., 502 00:31:20,352 --> 00:31:23,354 if they all think you can do it, then... 503 00:31:23,355 --> 00:31:26,064 I don't care what they think. I care what you think. 504 00:31:27,566 --> 00:31:29,652 I think you'd be great. 505 00:31:32,655 --> 00:31:36,367 - So, she really wants this? - That's the impression I got. 506 00:31:36,368 --> 00:31:39,370 What about ego? I don't need to be dealing with a diva. 507 00:31:39,371 --> 00:31:41,497 She's not a diva, she's an award-winning journalist 508 00:31:41,498 --> 00:31:43,415 with 15 years' experience. 509 00:31:43,416 --> 00:31:45,083 You told me she treated you like shit. 510 00:31:45,084 --> 00:31:46,544 There was some friction. 511 00:31:46,545 --> 00:31:48,379 So why are you going to bat for her? 512 00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:50,047 Don't we want to work with the best people? 513 00:31:50,048 --> 00:31:51,590 Plus, it'd be big for the site. 514 00:31:51,591 --> 00:31:53,551 The herald's senior political writer? 515 00:31:53,552 --> 00:31:55,927 Sure, but she's so old guard. Everything's by the book. 516 00:31:55,928 --> 00:31:58,889 - There's no bite to it. - She told me about a profile she's working on. 517 00:31:58,890 --> 00:32:00,932 - It's got serious bite. - What is it? 518 00:32:00,933 --> 00:32:04,478 She can tell you herself. You should talk to her. 519 00:32:16,490 --> 00:32:19,702 Shh, shh, shh, shh. 520 00:32:19,703 --> 00:32:21,745 Here's the deal. 521 00:32:21,746 --> 00:32:25,082 My children stay out of the limelight. 522 00:32:25,083 --> 00:32:28,335 No photo ops, no press. 523 00:32:28,336 --> 00:32:31,255 We wouldn't dream of it. 524 00:32:34,091 --> 00:32:36,552 Okay. 525 00:32:36,553 --> 00:32:39,388 Let's do this. 526 00:33:21,054 --> 00:33:23,848 Sit down. 527 00:33:40,198 --> 00:33:42,993 - Where you from? - Outside of Lynchburg. 528 00:33:42,994 --> 00:33:45,370 - Virginia? - Yeah. 529 00:33:45,371 --> 00:33:48,290 - Are your parents still living there? - No. I can't. 530 00:33:54,338 --> 00:33:55,839 If I find a place for you to stay for a while, 531 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,050 can I count on you to be smart? 532 00:33:59,051 --> 00:34:01,219 - What kind of place? - A nice place. 533 00:34:01,220 --> 00:34:05,015 A safe place until we can figure out something permanent. 534 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,644 But I need to know 535 00:34:08,645 --> 00:34:10,937 that you won't pull anything like this again. 536 00:34:10,938 --> 00:34:12,939 Promise me. 537 00:34:12,940 --> 00:34:14,107 I promise. 538 00:34:14,108 --> 00:34:16,694 Look at me when you say it. 539 00:34:18,362 --> 00:34:19,904 I promise you. 540 00:34:24,368 --> 00:34:26,119 How you doing on money? 541 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,038 I don't have enough for tomorrow. 542 00:34:42,386 --> 00:34:44,304 What are you doing? 543 00:34:47,098 --> 00:34:50,935 - I thought you wanted me to... - You said you were done with that. 544 00:35:01,488 --> 00:35:03,948 I'll be in touch. 545 00:35:10,288 --> 00:35:12,332 If you own up to some of the shenanigans, 546 00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:14,918 sweep the rest under the rug, you might have a shot. 547 00:35:14,919 --> 00:35:17,671 How much do we have to sweep under? 548 00:35:17,672 --> 00:35:20,591 Well, the kid had a talent for covering his tracks. 549 00:35:20,592 --> 00:35:23,844 I've highlighted all the items I think he should admit to. 550 00:35:23,845 --> 00:35:25,429 The rest I wouldn't mention. 551 00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:27,890 It's a lot not to talk about. 552 00:35:33,437 --> 00:35:35,397 - I need your help with something. - Right now? 553 00:35:35,398 --> 00:35:37,441 - Yes. - Is it important? 554 00:35:37,442 --> 00:35:39,526 Because you told me I could leave early this weekend 555 00:35:39,527 --> 00:35:41,570 to go visit my daughter down in Virginia. 556 00:35:41,571 --> 00:35:43,572 You have a guest room in your house, right? 557 00:35:43,573 --> 00:35:45,824 Well, it's Mary's old room, but, yes. 558 00:35:45,825 --> 00:35:48,410 I need you to put someone up for a while. A young woman. 559 00:35:48,411 --> 00:35:50,788 - What? Who? - Her name is Rachel. 560 00:35:50,789 --> 00:35:52,414 I can't tell you anymore than that. 561 00:35:52,415 --> 00:35:54,875 I don't understand. Why do you need... 562 00:35:54,876 --> 00:35:57,419 no questions, Nancy. I just need you to do this for me. 563 00:35:57,420 --> 00:35:59,755 I wouldn't be asking if it weren't serious. 564 00:35:59,756 --> 00:36:01,047 Put up for how long? 565 00:36:01,048 --> 00:36:03,634 I don't know. It could be a while. 566 00:36:03,635 --> 00:36:06,511 I'm supposed to put up a complete stranger and not ask any questions? 567 00:36:06,512 --> 00:36:09,723 Nancy, please. You're the only person I can trust. 568 00:36:09,724 --> 00:36:11,516 Is something illegal going on? 569 00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:14,102 No. She's just a girl in trouble who needs a place to stay. 570 00:36:14,103 --> 00:36:16,980 - We have to be discreet. - Can I at least meet her first? 571 00:36:16,981 --> 00:36:19,107 I need to know now. 572 00:36:19,108 --> 00:36:22,527 Okay, I guess. 573 00:36:23,612 --> 00:36:26,197 Thank you. 574 00:36:29,619 --> 00:36:31,620 There's no catch, Larry. 575 00:36:31,621 --> 00:36:35,081 Your district gets over 20 million if the numbers hold. 576 00:36:36,751 --> 00:36:38,961 And most of the money is earmarked 577 00:36:38,962 --> 00:36:40,921 for economic development, not research. 578 00:36:40,922 --> 00:36:43,590 That's great, but I need more than your support. 579 00:36:43,591 --> 00:36:47,552 I need you to be a sponsor. 580 00:36:47,553 --> 00:36:49,346 Fantastic, Larry. 581 00:36:49,347 --> 00:36:51,974 Great. I'll put you down. 582 00:36:51,975 --> 00:36:53,976 You too. Bye. 583 00:36:53,977 --> 00:36:57,562 So that just leaves Clayburn... and Price? 584 00:36:57,563 --> 00:37:00,315 - With Jennings on the fence. - And I know Roger. I'll call him. 585 00:37:00,316 --> 00:37:02,651 And I'll track down these other two over the weekend. 586 00:37:02,652 --> 00:37:05,069 Really good work today, Peter. 587 00:37:08,365 --> 00:37:10,283 Do you know where I put my purse? 588 00:37:10,284 --> 00:37:12,452 - It's right here. - Oh. 589 00:37:12,453 --> 00:37:15,330 Did you make those? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry. 590 00:37:15,331 --> 00:37:18,709 Oh, this? I've been fooling around with it a little bit. 591 00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:22,629 Can I see? Sarah learned how to make these birds in her art class. 592 00:37:22,630 --> 00:37:24,798 Then she taught it to Kevin, and they got obsessed, 593 00:37:24,799 --> 00:37:27,091 and there were little pieces of paper all over the apartment. 594 00:37:27,092 --> 00:37:29,594 - Do you wanna take them for the kids? - Oh, no. I can't. 595 00:37:29,595 --> 00:37:32,597 Oh, please. I'll just throw them out eventually. 596 00:37:32,598 --> 00:37:35,058 Thank you. They'll love them. 597 00:37:35,059 --> 00:37:36,434 So you should bring the kids 598 00:37:36,435 --> 00:37:38,729 by the house sometime so I can meet them. 599 00:37:38,730 --> 00:37:41,314 Kevin and Frank can play the video games. 600 00:37:41,315 --> 00:37:44,026 - He told you that? - I was a little surprised, I have to admit. 601 00:37:44,027 --> 00:37:46,653 If anybody knew he came home every day to... 602 00:37:46,654 --> 00:37:49,364 - it's embarrassing. - There's worse secrets to have. 603 00:37:49,365 --> 00:37:51,658 Yeah, there are, I suppose. 604 00:37:53,660 --> 00:37:56,454 I'll call you Monday after I talk to Clayburn and Price. 605 00:37:56,455 --> 00:37:58,582 Okay, great. Have a good weekend, Peter. 606 00:37:58,583 --> 00:38:00,625 You too. 607 00:38:02,335 --> 00:38:04,546 I had Linda talk to the Vice President. 608 00:38:04,547 --> 00:38:07,131 - He'll keep his nose out of it. - I appreciate that. 609 00:38:07,132 --> 00:38:10,260 He's a good man, but this is a very delicate moment in the campaign. 610 00:38:10,261 --> 00:38:12,387 - You start spreading doubts, and... - He's a pain in the ass. 611 00:38:12,388 --> 00:38:15,223 We all know it. You don't have to mince words, Frank. 612 00:38:15,224 --> 00:38:19,269 I have to say, sir, the Vice President has a point. 613 00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:22,272 I'm not 100% sold on Russo. 614 00:38:22,273 --> 00:38:24,900 Do we really wanna go with someone this untested? 615 00:38:24,901 --> 00:38:27,569 - Frank? - We're grooming him, sir. 616 00:38:27,570 --> 00:38:29,237 - When do you announce? - Next month. 617 00:38:29,238 --> 00:38:31,615 - That's not enough time. - What do you see in him? 618 00:38:31,616 --> 00:38:35,368 I was wondering the same thing. There's not that much to see. 619 00:38:38,580 --> 00:38:41,249 What I see is a recovering alcoholic 620 00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:42,834 with a history of drug abuse. 621 00:38:42,835 --> 00:38:45,295 - What? - Excuse me, Frank? 622 00:38:45,296 --> 00:38:47,380 But he's clean now. Has been for a year. 623 00:38:47,381 --> 00:38:49,674 This is a redemption story, Mr. President. 624 00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:52,469 This is a bright young man who's put his life back on track. 625 00:38:52,470 --> 00:38:54,638 Now he wants to help put Pennsylvania back on track. 626 00:38:54,639 --> 00:38:58,809 - Drugs, Frank? - People love an underdog, Linda, 627 00:38:58,810 --> 00:39:01,812 and people love someone who stands up after they've fallen. 628 00:39:01,813 --> 00:39:04,522 Combine those two, it's a very powerful narrative. 629 00:39:04,523 --> 00:39:06,524 All of our polling indicates this is gonna work. 630 00:39:06,525 --> 00:39:08,735 You want us to endorse someone with a history of substance abuse? 631 00:39:08,736 --> 00:39:11,905 Let us get his story out there and watch it connect with the voters. 632 00:39:11,906 --> 00:39:13,448 All I care about is a win, Frank. 633 00:39:13,449 --> 00:39:15,408 And I believe Russo is our best chance. 634 00:39:15,409 --> 00:39:17,285 This is not a hail Mary, Mr. President, 635 00:39:17,286 --> 00:39:19,579 - this is a well-thought-out game plan. - Mr. President... 636 00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:22,165 I realize that I sometimes think out of the box, 637 00:39:22,166 --> 00:39:26,086 but the last time I did, we signed an education bill. 638 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,843 All right. We won't stand in your way. 639 00:39:32,844 --> 00:39:36,262 - But if it backfires, Frank... - I'll guide Peter every step along the way. 640 00:39:36,263 --> 00:39:38,222 We will not disappoint you, Mr. President. 641 00:39:38,223 --> 00:39:39,724 Okay. 642 00:39:40,767 --> 00:39:42,185 Thank you, sir. 643 00:39:42,186 --> 00:39:44,146 Linda. 644 00:39:44,147 --> 00:39:46,857 I didn't plan on telling him so much so soon, 645 00:39:46,858 --> 00:39:49,275 but if I didn't, Linda would've swayed him. 646 00:39:49,276 --> 00:39:51,945 There's no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt 647 00:39:51,946 --> 00:39:53,822 than with a flood of naked truth. 648 00:39:53,823 --> 00:39:56,074 This is why the education bill was so important. 649 00:39:56,075 --> 00:39:59,577 It bought me influence precisely when I needed it most. 650 00:40:03,081 --> 00:40:05,500 How long have you been drinking? 651 00:40:05,501 --> 00:40:07,418 A long time. Since I was a kid. 652 00:40:07,419 --> 00:40:09,713 How old were you when you had your first drink? 653 00:40:09,714 --> 00:40:11,840 - Nine. - Nine years old? 654 00:40:11,841 --> 00:40:14,217 Yeah. My dad gave me a beer for my ninth birthday. 655 00:40:14,218 --> 00:40:16,761 When did you first start using drugs? 656 00:40:16,762 --> 00:40:19,848 I won't go into too many specifics 657 00:40:19,849 --> 00:40:22,517 other than to say I had a few minor brushes 658 00:40:22,518 --> 00:40:25,228 with marijuana and cocaine in the past but not recently, 659 00:40:25,229 --> 00:40:27,022 and only a handful of times. 660 00:40:27,023 --> 00:40:29,733 No other drugs besides marijuana and cocaine? 661 00:40:29,734 --> 00:40:31,359 No. 662 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,153 Under what circumstances? 663 00:40:33,154 --> 00:40:35,906 Occasional social gatherings. That's the most I'll say. 664 00:40:35,907 --> 00:40:37,657 Ever while you were in public office? 665 00:40:37,658 --> 00:40:40,035 No. Never. My chief problem was alcohol. 666 00:40:40,036 --> 00:40:44,539 And you've been sober how long now? 667 00:40:44,540 --> 00:40:47,584 - A little over a year. - And what made you want to get sober? 668 00:40:49,169 --> 00:40:52,214 Two things. My children, 669 00:40:52,215 --> 00:40:55,759 whom I love more than anything else in the world, 670 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,886 and my renewed faith in God. 671 00:41:14,402 --> 00:41:15,987 Zoe. 672 00:41:16,905 --> 00:41:18,489 Lucas. 673 00:41:18,490 --> 00:41:23,661 I was just in the neighborhood, and I thought... 674 00:41:23,662 --> 00:41:27,457 No. That's a lie. I was at the bar around the corner. 675 00:41:27,458 --> 00:41:29,459 The one with the, uh... 676 00:41:29,460 --> 00:41:31,753 and I remembered that time 677 00:41:31,754 --> 00:41:34,172 that I dropped you off after work. 678 00:41:34,173 --> 00:41:36,591 I knew it was... 679 00:41:36,592 --> 00:41:38,342 This block. 680 00:41:40,387 --> 00:41:43,640 And I, uh, buzzed, and then I waited... 681 00:41:43,641 --> 00:41:46,268 - you're wasted. - I'm pretty wasted. 682 00:41:58,696 --> 00:42:03,701 Do you wanna know a deep, dark secret? 683 00:42:15,713 --> 00:42:20,510 Now we don't work together... 684 00:42:22,262 --> 00:42:24,306 Anymore. 685 00:42:39,779 --> 00:42:41,948 Lucas... 686 00:42:41,949 --> 00:42:44,326 I'm really flattered. 687 00:42:45,493 --> 00:42:47,537 But I'm just not in a place 688 00:42:47,538 --> 00:42:51,708 where I'm even thinking romantically right now. 689 00:42:55,545 --> 00:42:59,090 I'm sorry. I, uh... 690 00:43:00,884 --> 00:43:02,969 Yeah. 691 00:43:05,847 --> 00:43:07,849 Hey, hey! 692 00:43:31,831 --> 00:43:34,334 You want me to pull up now, sir? 693 00:44:02,904 --> 00:44:04,989 I still have my key. 694 00:44:42,819 --> 00:44:45,655 I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything. 695 00:44:45,656 --> 00:44:47,740 Thank you. 696 00:45:24,402 --> 00:45:27,864 Hey, I got us wine, but I can't find a corkscrew anywhere. 697 00:45:27,865 --> 00:45:30,074 Give it to me. 698 00:45:30,992 --> 00:45:33,077 I need a pen. 699 00:45:35,288 --> 00:45:38,082 - The pen the President gave you? - That'll work. 700 00:45:49,845 --> 00:45:51,429 Did you talk to Ms. Skorsky? 701 00:45:51,430 --> 00:45:54,516 I did. She said it was intense. 702 00:45:54,517 --> 00:45:56,976 I think Carly's gonna offer her a job at Slugline. 703 00:45:56,977 --> 00:45:59,812 - Was that your doing? - Janine expressed interest. 704 00:45:59,813 --> 00:46:02,065 I took the next step. 705 00:46:02,066 --> 00:46:05,693 Well done. Always good to be owed favors. 706 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,698 I was wondering. Do you ever think about my age? 707 00:46:10,699 --> 00:46:13,076 No. Does my age bother you? 708 00:46:13,077 --> 00:46:16,413 You must have other lovers... men that are younger than me. 709 00:46:16,414 --> 00:46:18,206 - No. - Not that I would mind. 710 00:46:18,207 --> 00:46:20,500 I am married, after all. 711 00:46:20,501 --> 00:46:24,337 I don't have time for other lovers. 712 00:46:24,338 --> 00:46:26,005 Mm. 713 00:46:28,590 --> 00:46:30,176 Mm. Shit. 714 00:46:30,177 --> 00:46:32,470 It's turned. Give me that. 715 00:46:32,471 --> 00:46:33,846 Mm. 716 00:46:47,444 --> 00:46:50,780 You could've just stepped on it. 717 00:46:50,781 --> 00:46:55,535 I have asked the super to get an exterminator in here, and he won't do it. 718 00:46:55,536 --> 00:46:57,870 So anytime I see a cockroach or a spider, or whatever, 719 00:46:57,871 --> 00:47:00,790 I try and trap it, and then I leave it by his door. 720 00:47:00,791 --> 00:47:01,916 You really ought to get your parents 721 00:47:01,917 --> 00:47:03,585 to let you borrow some money. 722 00:47:03,586 --> 00:47:05,545 Then you wouldn't have to live in the third world. 723 00:47:05,546 --> 00:47:07,589 I would never take money from them. 724 00:47:07,590 --> 00:47:10,467 Because they don't have it, or because you don't want it. 725 00:47:10,468 --> 00:47:12,594 Because I don't want it. 726 00:47:12,595 --> 00:47:14,804 It's father's day, you know. 727 00:47:14,805 --> 00:47:16,347 It is? 728 00:47:16,348 --> 00:47:17,932 You should call your father. 729 00:47:17,933 --> 00:47:19,892 I'll call him tomorrow. 730 00:47:19,893 --> 00:47:22,395 Tomorrow you'll be the daughter that forgot father's day 731 00:47:22,396 --> 00:47:24,814 instead of the one who remembered. 732 00:47:24,815 --> 00:47:27,358 Go ahead. Call him. 733 00:47:37,368 --> 00:47:40,746 Hey, dad. Sorry it's so late. 734 00:47:40,747 --> 00:47:43,500 'Cause you weren't home the last time I called her. 735 00:47:43,501 --> 00:47:47,420 There's so little she'll ever reveal to me or I to her. 736 00:47:47,421 --> 00:47:49,422 I bet her father knows even less. 737 00:47:49,423 --> 00:47:52,258 I'm sure she's speaking half an octave higher. 738 00:47:52,259 --> 00:47:54,469 Same voice she had when she was 16. 739 00:47:54,470 --> 00:47:56,471 Telling him all about her new job, 740 00:47:56,472 --> 00:47:57,721 how much she misses him, 741 00:47:57,722 --> 00:47:59,932 and sorry she didn't send a card. 742 00:47:59,933 --> 00:48:02,768 Telling him everything but the truth. 743 00:48:02,769 --> 00:48:06,022 Just like she wouldn't tell me about that young man downstairs. 744 00:48:06,023 --> 00:48:07,524 I'm calling now, all right? 745 00:48:07,525 --> 00:48:09,233 Don't make me feel bad about it. 746 00:48:09,234 --> 00:48:11,944 It was the best thing that could've happened. 747 00:48:11,945 --> 00:48:13,779 I didn't fit in there. 748 00:48:13,780 --> 00:48:16,449 I've been called worse, dad. 749 00:48:16,450 --> 00:48:18,909 There's a value in having secrets. 750 00:48:18,910 --> 00:48:21,871 Creatures like myself, like Claire, like Zoe... 751 00:48:21,872 --> 00:48:24,040 we wouldn't be ourselves without them. 752 00:48:24,041 --> 00:48:26,042 But Peter Russo, on the other hand... 753 00:48:26,043 --> 00:48:28,211 he's trapped by his secrets. 754 00:48:28,212 --> 00:48:30,463 What I'm trying to do is give him the opportunity 755 00:48:30,464 --> 00:48:31,881 to set himself free. 756 00:48:31,882 --> 00:48:33,424 I don't know. 757 00:48:35,926 --> 00:48:37,719 I don't know yet. 758 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:40,139 After all, we are nothing more or less 759 00:48:40,140 --> 00:48:41,932 than what we choose to reveal. 760 00:48:41,933 --> 00:48:44,352 What I am to Claire is not what I am to Zoe, 761 00:48:44,353 --> 00:48:47,188 just as Zoe is not to me what she is to her father. 762 00:48:52,318 --> 00:48:54,696 Probably Thanksgiving. 763 00:48:57,490 --> 00:49:01,202 'Cause I don't think I can make it back before then. 764 00:49:10,962 --> 00:49:12,922 Okay. I'll try. 765 00:49:16,175 --> 00:49:18,010 I said I'll try. 766 00:49:18,011 --> 00:49:22,390 For Christmas. Uh... no. 767 00:49:25,101 --> 00:49:26,603 Mm-mm. 768 00:49:28,770 --> 00:49:32,525 No. I'm not seeing anyone right now. 769 00:49:32,526 --> 00:49:34,360 I don't feel like it. 770 00:49:37,530 --> 00:49:40,032 Because I'm not interested in that. 771 00:49:42,535 --> 00:49:45,413 I would tell you, dad. Uh-huh. 772 00:49:45,414 --> 00:49:47,457 Yeah. 773 00:49:50,501 --> 00:49:52,878 Okay. 774 00:49:55,047 --> 00:49:56,882 Don't be worried about me. 775 00:49:56,883 --> 00:49:58,635 I'm fine. 776 00:49:59,636 --> 00:50:01,220 Yeah. 777 00:50:02,221 --> 00:50:05,266 Dad, I'm in... 778 00:50:05,267 --> 00:50:07,851 I'm in a really great place right now. 779 00:50:15,943 --> 00:50:17,819 I'm gonna try. 780 00:50:19,948 --> 00:50:21,616 I'm gonna try to come, okay? 781 00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:27,789 Happy Father's Day. 782 00:50:46,848 --> 00:50:49,059 Aren't you gonna wish me a happy Father's Day? 783 00:50:50,102 --> 00:50:52,313 You don't have any children. 784 00:50:53,272 --> 00:50:55,358 Don't I? 785 00:51:05,035 --> 00:51:06,035 www.addic7ed.com