1 00:00:00,575 --> 00:00:02,664 ♪ 2 00:00:04,014 --> 00:00:06,016 [birds cawing] 3 00:00:16,113 --> 00:00:18,289 Monica, they want interns in the conference room. 4 00:00:18,332 --> 00:00:19,942 I just wrote these letters to the chief of staff. 5 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:21,292 -I have to get them to him. -They said ASAP. 6 00:00:21,335 --> 00:00:22,989 Drop everything. 7 00:00:23,033 --> 00:00:24,991 [Monica scoffs] 8 00:00:26,210 --> 00:00:29,300 All right, all right. 9 00:00:29,343 --> 00:00:31,954 As you no doubt heard, the government is shut down. 10 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:33,695 All non-essential employees have been sent home, 11 00:00:33,695 --> 00:00:36,002 which means lucky you 12 00:00:36,046 --> 00:00:37,917 get to work in the West Wing 13 00:00:37,917 --> 00:00:39,875 as of this morning. 14 00:00:39,919 --> 00:00:42,008 And listen, you're gonna be 15 00:00:42,008 --> 00:00:43,792 working right beside the people who run the world. 16 00:00:43,879 --> 00:00:46,273 -INTERN: Awesome. -Please, be professional. 17 00:00:53,802 --> 00:00:56,022 [indistinct radio chatter] 18 00:00:56,109 --> 00:00:57,893 All right, hold up here a moment. 19 00:00:57,937 --> 00:01:00,244 It appears you're scheduled for 8:00. 20 00:01:00,287 --> 00:01:02,115 Does that work for you? 21 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:05,466 No, 'cause, uh, Leon's gonna come see me again in the morning 22 00:01:05,553 --> 00:01:07,990 -before he goes back up the Hill. -Yes, sir. 23 00:01:08,034 --> 00:01:09,731 [indistinct chatter echoing] 24 00:01:12,169 --> 00:01:14,736 ♪ 25 00:01:17,913 --> 00:01:19,741 [chatter continues indistinctly] 26 00:01:19,828 --> 00:01:22,396 Yes, sir. 27 00:01:22,396 --> 00:01:23,876 All right, come with me. 28 00:01:29,708 --> 00:01:32,798 You'll be on Leon Panetta's desk. 29 00:01:32,841 --> 00:01:35,061 -He's the chief of staff. -Oh, I know. I actually interned for his office. 30 00:01:35,148 --> 00:01:37,194 All you have to do is sit here and answer the phone. 31 00:01:37,194 --> 00:01:39,283 You'll do fine. 32 00:01:39,326 --> 00:01:40,849 All right... 33 00:01:40,936 --> 00:01:42,677 [indistinct chatter] 34 00:01:44,766 --> 00:01:46,855 [phone rings] 35 00:01:51,295 --> 00:01:53,862 Uh, Leon Panetta's desk. How may I help you? 36 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:58,302 You, i-intern girl. 37 00:01:58,345 --> 00:02:00,565 Uh, drop this at Stephanopoulos. 38 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:14,274 ♪ 39 00:02:26,678 --> 00:02:28,636 Didn't mean to catch you off guard. 40 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,116 Mr. President, uh, sorry, 41 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:31,900 -I was just... -You don't have to apologize 42 00:02:31,944 --> 00:02:33,424 for doing your job. 43 00:02:33,467 --> 00:02:35,077 I'm Bill. 44 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:36,340 I know. [chuckles] 45 00:02:36,383 --> 00:02:38,211 Uh, I'm Monica. 46 00:02:38,255 --> 00:02:40,822 I like your sweater, Monica. 47 00:02:41,823 --> 00:02:43,695 Thank you. 48 00:02:43,695 --> 00:02:45,697 Um... 49 00:02:45,784 --> 00:02:47,916 I guess I should head back. 50 00:02:47,916 --> 00:02:50,005 Well, y-you can come in here for a second if you want. 51 00:02:50,049 --> 00:02:52,182 I'm just kind of hiding out. 52 00:02:55,924 --> 00:02:57,535 So what do you make of these guys? 53 00:02:57,578 --> 00:02:59,624 Shutting down the government like this. 54 00:02:59,711 --> 00:03:01,365 So crazy. 55 00:03:01,408 --> 00:03:03,018 You know, they think because I took 56 00:03:03,062 --> 00:03:05,238 a licking in the midterms, they can get me 57 00:03:05,282 --> 00:03:07,022 to cut health care for old folks. 58 00:03:07,066 --> 00:03:08,720 Well, they've got me wrong. 59 00:03:08,763 --> 00:03:10,722 So here we are. 60 00:03:10,722 --> 00:03:13,115 -Thank you. -Of course, between us, 61 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,944 it's kind of nice having fewer people around here bugging me. 62 00:03:16,031 --> 00:03:18,730 All the interns can't believe we get to work in the West Wing. 63 00:03:18,817 --> 00:03:20,949 Oh, my first time here, 64 00:03:21,036 --> 00:03:23,038 I'll never forget it. 65 00:03:23,082 --> 00:03:26,346 High school kid on a Boys Nation trip. 66 00:03:26,390 --> 00:03:29,262 I got to shake John Kennedy's hand. 67 00:03:29,306 --> 00:03:31,960 It's a long way from Arkansas. 68 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,962 How about you? Where'd you come from? 69 00:03:34,006 --> 00:03:35,747 Oh, L.A. 70 00:03:35,747 --> 00:03:38,184 [chuckles] Los Angeles, California. 71 00:03:38,271 --> 00:03:40,969 Ah, you're far from home, too. 72 00:03:40,969 --> 00:03:43,407 -Where you living? -Out here? Uh... 73 00:03:43,494 --> 00:03:46,323 -i-in the Watergate. -Whoa, high on the hog. 74 00:03:46,323 --> 00:03:48,325 No. [laughs] My-my mom, 75 00:03:48,325 --> 00:03:50,414 she's actually moving to New York soon, 76 00:03:50,501 --> 00:03:51,980 so we're just staying, um... [clucks tongue] 77 00:03:52,024 --> 00:03:55,114 living in a condo. 78 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:57,551 Sorry. I'm so nervous. 79 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,901 I have a huge crush on you. 80 00:04:03,992 --> 00:04:05,951 Well, that's really flattering. 81 00:04:05,994 --> 00:04:09,171 Because you're beautiful. 82 00:04:09,215 --> 00:04:11,478 You light up the room. 83 00:04:16,657 --> 00:04:18,398 This... 84 00:04:20,008 --> 00:04:22,489 ...could be a problem. 85 00:04:25,275 --> 00:04:27,364 ♪ 86 00:04:36,286 --> 00:04:38,375 [whispering]: Mom? 87 00:04:43,945 --> 00:04:46,296 Mom, wake up. 88 00:04:48,385 --> 00:04:50,387 The president kissed me. 89 00:04:50,387 --> 00:04:52,954 -What? -[chuckling] 90 00:04:52,954 --> 00:04:54,913 Sure he did. 91 00:04:54,956 --> 00:04:57,655 You're funny. 92 00:04:57,698 --> 00:05:00,222 It's really late, so go to bed, all right? 93 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:02,529 -Okay. -Love you, beautiful. 94 00:05:04,183 --> 00:05:06,185 ♪ 95 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:17,979 [modem beeping and crackling] 96 00:05:21,853 --> 00:05:22,897 [fax machine whirring] 97 00:05:27,989 --> 00:05:29,991 [beeps] 98 00:05:34,779 --> 00:05:36,563 [keys clacking] 99 00:05:49,881 --> 00:05:51,970 She's done it again. 100 00:05:52,013 --> 00:05:55,190 Refrigerated Snapple directly on the desk, the part 101 00:05:55,234 --> 00:05:58,193 that is, in theory, a shared zone where I lay out my JCOC 102 00:05:58,237 --> 00:06:00,326 pamphlet proofs, but I can't now because it's moist. 103 00:06:00,326 --> 00:06:03,242 In fact, it's beyond moist. 104 00:06:04,722 --> 00:06:07,420 Hello? 105 00:06:07,464 --> 00:06:09,466 -Am I boring you? -[laughs] 106 00:06:09,553 --> 00:06:11,250 No. 107 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:12,991 [sighs] It's just... 108 00:06:13,034 --> 00:06:15,689 Let me guess, the mysterious boyfriend. 109 00:06:15,776 --> 00:06:17,517 -Still no call? -[sighs] 110 00:06:20,128 --> 00:06:21,347 [sighs, clucks tongue] 111 00:06:21,391 --> 00:06:23,218 When did you hear from him last? 112 00:06:23,262 --> 00:06:24,785 22 and a half days. 113 00:06:24,829 --> 00:06:26,787 Not that I'm pathologically counting. 114 00:06:26,831 --> 00:06:28,876 -Monica. -It's just... 115 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,140 we've never gone this long without talking, and... 116 00:06:32,227 --> 00:06:33,925 [groans] I need to get it together. 117 00:06:34,012 --> 00:06:35,709 My best friend Cat is in town tonight. 118 00:06:35,796 --> 00:06:37,668 -Oh, fun. -[phone ringing] 119 00:06:37,711 --> 00:06:39,147 MONICA: I don't know. I'm not very good 120 00:06:39,234 --> 00:06:41,585 -at fun anymore. -Look, whoever he is, 121 00:06:41,585 --> 00:06:44,370 if he's in the administration, I'm sure his life 122 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,372 is bananas right now. The tail end 123 00:06:46,459 --> 00:06:48,156 of a reelection campaign? Forget it. 124 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,723 Linda, your phone! 125 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:52,378 Go out with your friend tonight, 126 00:06:52,465 --> 00:06:55,381 and this weekend, I am finally taking you antiquing. 127 00:06:55,468 --> 00:06:57,601 -I won't take no for an answer. -[sighs] 128 00:06:57,644 --> 00:07:01,169 Linda! Can you answer your phone? 129 00:07:01,256 --> 00:07:03,171 -[phone ringing] -I'm gonna kill her. 130 00:07:03,258 --> 00:07:04,738 Like, right now. You're gonna watch a murder. 131 00:07:04,738 --> 00:07:06,653 [Monica laughs] 132 00:07:09,264 --> 00:07:11,223 [thunder rumbles] 133 00:07:12,616 --> 00:07:14,748 [doorbell buzzes] 134 00:07:15,749 --> 00:07:17,055 Hey. 135 00:07:17,098 --> 00:07:18,317 Hi. 136 00:07:18,317 --> 00:07:20,101 Uh-oh. 137 00:07:23,714 --> 00:07:26,064 I thought it was over. Are you two still talking? 138 00:07:26,107 --> 00:07:28,196 Kind of. A couple times a month. 139 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,851 I mostly just sit here. 140 00:07:30,895 --> 00:07:33,767 Just when I think he'll never reach out to me again, 141 00:07:33,854 --> 00:07:36,074 he calls. 142 00:07:36,117 --> 00:07:39,077 Wait, is that why we're eating in tonight? 143 00:07:39,077 --> 00:07:41,209 If he calls when I'm gone, I have no way to call him back. 144 00:07:41,296 --> 00:07:43,516 -Monica. -You have no idea what it's like. 145 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,432 I get his schedule every morning. 146 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:48,303 Today the first lady's in Ohio. 147 00:07:48,347 --> 00:07:50,523 He flew to Denver for an African American initiative 148 00:07:50,567 --> 00:07:53,178 and then to Phoenix for his rally tomorrow. 149 00:07:53,221 --> 00:07:54,962 So I know he's sitting in his hotel alone 150 00:07:55,006 --> 00:07:56,790 right now not calling me. 151 00:07:56,790 --> 00:07:58,226 Okay, I'm officially freaked out. 152 00:07:58,226 --> 00:08:00,315 -I know, I know. -You know I don't judge... 153 00:08:00,359 --> 00:08:02,404 -[groans] -but you have this pattern. 154 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:04,755 Uh, I was a psych major; I'm aware of my own pathologies. 155 00:08:04,798 --> 00:08:06,757 You get involved with an unavailable guy. 156 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,759 He takes way more from you than he gives you. 157 00:08:08,802 --> 00:08:11,196 And then you end up in a really bad place. 158 00:08:11,239 --> 00:08:13,633 But... I'm in love with him. 159 00:08:20,901 --> 00:08:22,512 Monica, please tell me you didn't tell him that. 160 00:08:24,818 --> 00:08:26,907 Oh, my God. What did he say? 161 00:08:26,951 --> 00:08:29,344 He said... 162 00:08:29,388 --> 00:08:31,738 "That means a lot to me." 163 00:08:35,046 --> 00:08:37,135 Don't hate me. 164 00:08:37,222 --> 00:08:40,486 But if I'm seeing someone and he only calls me twice a month, 165 00:08:40,530 --> 00:08:42,357 I would take that as a sign. 166 00:08:42,401 --> 00:08:44,359 He's the leader of the free world-- he's busy. 167 00:08:44,403 --> 00:08:47,275 Yeah, he's the most unavailable man in the entire planet. 168 00:08:47,362 --> 00:08:49,582 -[Monica groans] -Somehow you've outdone yourself. 169 00:08:49,626 --> 00:08:51,279 Are you sure you don't want any of this? 170 00:08:51,366 --> 00:08:53,325 I'm dieting. I need to look good. 171 00:08:53,368 --> 00:08:55,719 He's bringing me back to the White House after reelection. 172 00:08:55,762 --> 00:08:57,459 He is. 173 00:08:57,503 --> 00:08:59,244 How can you be sure of that? 174 00:08:59,287 --> 00:09:00,811 Because when I got kicked out of the White House, he said, 175 00:09:00,854 --> 00:09:03,030 "I can't believe they're taking you away from me. 176 00:09:03,074 --> 00:09:05,076 The moment I win reelection, I'm bringing you back." 177 00:09:05,076 --> 00:09:06,425 That is a direct quote. 178 00:09:06,425 --> 00:09:07,861 -He promised. -I know. 179 00:09:07,861 --> 00:09:09,384 And I'm not trying to make you upset. 180 00:09:09,428 --> 00:09:11,169 Then please stop attacking me constantly. 181 00:09:11,212 --> 00:09:13,258 I'm not! I'm sorry, I'm just worried. 182 00:09:13,301 --> 00:09:14,607 You know, I get enough shit about this from everyone else. 183 00:09:14,651 --> 00:09:16,261 Wait, are you telling other people? 184 00:09:16,304 --> 00:09:18,524 [gulps] No, not really. 185 00:09:18,568 --> 00:09:19,656 Monica. 186 00:09:21,875 --> 00:09:24,008 Just Ashley, my friend from my internship. 187 00:09:25,444 --> 00:09:28,055 And there's this woman at my office 188 00:09:28,099 --> 00:09:30,536 who knows that I am seeing someone from the administration, 189 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,843 -but she has no idea that it's him. -Are you sure? 190 00:09:32,886 --> 00:09:34,322 -Yes. I know. -It this gets out... 191 00:09:34,409 --> 00:09:36,324 ...this could be really bad for you. 192 00:09:36,411 --> 00:09:38,326 Oh, my God, I promise you, she has no idea. 193 00:09:41,112 --> 00:09:42,983 [groans] I'm just mad at him 194 00:09:43,070 --> 00:09:45,203 because I can't talk to him. And intellectually I get it. 195 00:09:45,246 --> 00:09:47,379 He's campaigning... with the president. 196 00:09:48,902 --> 00:09:51,339 They do have phones in all 50 states. 197 00:09:51,339 --> 00:09:53,515 Well, like you said, 198 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,300 the schedule at the end, it's crazy. 199 00:09:55,343 --> 00:09:58,216 [groans] Linda, I'm just fixating on Tuesday. 200 00:09:58,259 --> 00:10:00,218 He at least promised he'd call me 201 00:10:00,261 --> 00:10:01,480 right after the election if they win. 202 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,570 Monica... [gasps] Oh. 203 00:10:05,615 --> 00:10:08,269 Is that exquisite? 204 00:10:10,707 --> 00:10:14,711 I am just wild about Christmas decor. 205 00:10:16,364 --> 00:10:19,498 [whispers]: Oh, and it's Bavarian. 206 00:10:26,723 --> 00:10:28,246 -Hmm? -I'm still depriving myself. 207 00:10:28,289 --> 00:10:29,813 Oh, boy. 208 00:10:29,856 --> 00:10:32,250 He must be worth it. 209 00:10:32,293 --> 00:10:34,165 It's been so long 210 00:10:34,252 --> 00:10:37,037 since I've thought to deprive myself for a guy. 211 00:10:37,081 --> 00:10:39,257 Really? Come on, there must be someone. 212 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:41,259 I'm closed for business. 213 00:10:41,302 --> 00:10:44,175 -Come on. No, you're not. -Well, it's been seven years. 214 00:10:44,175 --> 00:10:46,481 I wouldn't even remember how. 215 00:10:46,525 --> 00:10:48,832 What ever happened 216 00:10:48,832 --> 00:10:50,355 with you and Bruce? You never talk about it. 217 00:10:50,398 --> 00:10:52,792 Yes, I also don't talk about Bosnia. 218 00:10:52,836 --> 00:10:55,316 -That bad? -It's just not all that interesting. 219 00:10:57,188 --> 00:10:58,624 The best thing about my marriage 220 00:10:58,624 --> 00:11:00,191 is that it gave me Ryan and Allison. 221 00:11:00,191 --> 00:11:02,367 You know, it's funny. 222 00:11:02,410 --> 00:11:04,761 The highlight of my day is 223 00:11:04,848 --> 00:11:06,763 when I warm a potato in the microwave, 224 00:11:06,850 --> 00:11:09,069 then eat it alone 225 00:11:09,113 --> 00:11:10,897 in front of the NBC Nightly News. 226 00:11:12,769 --> 00:11:14,988 But when I look at them, 227 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:17,077 even when they're being adolescent 228 00:11:17,121 --> 00:11:19,427 or unspeakably annoying, I think, 229 00:11:19,427 --> 00:11:21,647 "I'm a lucky woman." 230 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:25,825 They're gonna be okay in the world. 231 00:11:27,566 --> 00:11:29,437 I'm very maternal, Monica. 232 00:11:29,524 --> 00:11:31,744 That's why I worry about you sometimes. 233 00:11:31,788 --> 00:11:33,964 You sound exactly like my mom. 234 00:11:34,007 --> 00:11:35,574 -You two should really meet. -Oh, God. 235 00:11:35,661 --> 00:11:37,576 [chuckles] Me and the woman 236 00:11:37,576 --> 00:11:39,447 from Beverly Hills? 237 00:11:39,534 --> 00:11:42,102 Well, I'd have to go shopping first. 238 00:11:42,102 --> 00:11:43,538 And at least let me start Weight Watchers. 239 00:11:43,582 --> 00:11:44,888 -Please. -Okay, fine. 240 00:11:44,931 --> 00:11:47,194 But you know she already likes you. 241 00:11:47,238 --> 00:11:48,892 She knows you're the one reason that the Pentagon 242 00:11:48,935 --> 00:11:51,590 has been even slightly bearable. 243 00:11:51,590 --> 00:11:53,853 I have to say, 244 00:11:53,897 --> 00:11:55,637 I think you have real inner strength 245 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:57,901 to have gotten through all this. 246 00:11:57,944 --> 00:11:59,816 You can make it till Tuesday. 247 00:12:01,252 --> 00:12:03,602 I know you can. 248 00:12:05,473 --> 00:12:07,388 [sighs] 249 00:12:07,475 --> 00:12:08,825 [both chuckle] 250 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:18,138 DAN RATHER: What we see is, the states where the polls are closed-- 251 00:12:18,182 --> 00:12:19,836 the states in white there-- 252 00:12:19,923 --> 00:12:21,707 are all Southern states 253 00:12:21,794 --> 00:12:23,491 where the polls have closed, but still, 254 00:12:23,491 --> 00:12:26,016 uh, it's too close to call. 255 00:12:26,059 --> 00:12:28,279 We'll keep you posted on that as time moves along. 256 00:12:28,366 --> 00:12:30,020 Let's go quickly now to Russ Mitchell 257 00:12:30,063 --> 00:12:31,935 at Newt Gingrich headquarters down in Georgia. Russ? 258 00:12:31,978 --> 00:12:34,111 Everything okay? 259 00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,460 RUSS MITCHELL: Hi, Dan. I can tell you that there are about... 260 00:12:35,503 --> 00:12:37,723 Yeah. Everything's good. 261 00:12:37,810 --> 00:12:39,377 RUSS MITCHELL: ...it has nowhere near the bang or the punch 262 00:12:39,420 --> 00:12:41,858 that we saw in this same room two years ago. 263 00:12:48,125 --> 00:12:50,214 ♪ 264 00:13:01,616 --> 00:13:04,532 TOM BROKAW: Just one state now closing its polls at this hour. 265 00:13:04,619 --> 00:13:06,621 It's the home state of the incumbent president 266 00:13:06,665 --> 00:13:08,536 of the United States, the state of Arkansas. 267 00:13:08,623 --> 00:13:12,366 No surprise, Bill Clinton, our projected winner there. 268 00:13:12,410 --> 00:13:15,500 REPORTER: ...down here and he gave me a big speech 269 00:13:15,543 --> 00:13:17,763 about what Arkansas Democrats really want 270 00:13:17,850 --> 00:13:19,112 is for Ken Starr to finish his business 271 00:13:19,112 --> 00:13:20,897 and get out of here. 272 00:13:20,897 --> 00:13:23,290 DAN RATHER: CNN declares a winner 273 00:13:23,334 --> 00:13:24,901 in the Tar Heel State. 274 00:13:24,988 --> 00:13:28,730 Bob Dole has won North Carolin. 275 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:30,776 REPORTER: North Carolina voted for George Bush by the narrowest of... 276 00:13:30,863 --> 00:13:33,561 NBC's Maria Shriver is in Little Rock tonight. 277 00:13:33,561 --> 00:13:36,434 MARIA SHRIVER: It's beginning to swell. The VIPs are parading in 278 00:13:36,477 --> 00:13:38,566 even though many people here, 279 00:13:38,653 --> 00:13:40,351 from this state, had their reputations tarnishe. 280 00:13:40,438 --> 00:13:44,616 So it hasn't been a totally joyous four years. 281 00:13:44,659 --> 00:13:48,011 TOM BROKAW: Tonight Bill Clinton proves his title, the Comeback Kid. 282 00:13:48,011 --> 00:13:51,231 He is our projected winner as president 283 00:13:51,318 --> 00:13:53,146 of the United States, reelected for a second term... 284 00:13:53,146 --> 00:13:56,193 A night of triumph. 285 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,891 BILL: Tonight we celebrate the miracle of America. 286 00:13:58,935 --> 00:14:00,893 And tomorrow we greet the dawn 287 00:14:00,937 --> 00:14:03,983 and begin our work anew. 288 00:14:04,027 --> 00:14:07,682 I am more grateful than I can say. 289 00:14:07,726 --> 00:14:10,816 You have given me an opportuniy and a responsibility 290 00:14:10,860 --> 00:14:13,253 that comes to few people. 291 00:14:13,297 --> 00:14:15,516 I will do my best. 292 00:14:15,603 --> 00:14:18,041 And together we will-- 293 00:14:18,084 --> 00:14:21,261 we will build that bridge 294 00:14:21,305 --> 00:14:23,524 to the 21st century. 295 00:14:23,611 --> 00:14:25,178 Thank you. 296 00:14:25,178 --> 00:14:26,832 And God bless America. 297 00:14:26,876 --> 00:14:28,703 [cheering, applause] 298 00:14:28,747 --> 00:14:30,575 TOM BROKAW: Pretty emotional moment for all of them. 299 00:14:30,618 --> 00:14:33,708 And especially for Mrs. Clinton who has been through a trial 300 00:14:33,752 --> 00:14:36,842 by fire here in the last couple of years. 301 00:14:36,886 --> 00:14:39,366 Very combative woman, 302 00:14:39,410 --> 00:14:42,413 -which can become a liability.. -[fireworks popping] 303 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:44,241 [cheering, applause] 304 00:14:53,119 --> 00:14:54,904 ♪ 305 00:15:04,435 --> 00:15:06,219 [car horn honks] 306 00:15:35,031 --> 00:15:37,729 -[band playing] -[applause, cheering] 307 00:15:49,045 --> 00:15:50,611 Hey, Monica. 308 00:15:50,698 --> 00:15:52,831 So great to see you. 309 00:15:52,831 --> 00:15:54,920 You, too, Mr. President. 310 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,010 Congratulations. You must be so happy. 311 00:15:58,054 --> 00:15:59,925 It was a great night. 312 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,328 [speaking quietly] 313 00:16:18,857 --> 00:16:20,946 [band continues playing] 314 00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:26,865 ♪ 315 00:16:36,744 --> 00:16:39,399 RADIO HOST: ...let's go to Gloucester County. 316 00:16:39,443 --> 00:16:41,793 Did you see the interview last night? 317 00:16:41,836 --> 00:16:43,969 RADIO HOST 2: I did, and you know, it's been two weeks 318 00:16:44,013 --> 00:16:46,319 since the Republicans lost... 319 00:16:46,363 --> 00:16:48,452 ♪ 320 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:00,812 [phone ringing] 321 00:17:07,906 --> 00:17:09,864 -Hello? -CATHERINE: Hey, I just want to make sure 322 00:17:09,908 --> 00:17:11,388 you're coming. 323 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:15,044 -Monica? -I'm here. 324 00:17:17,872 --> 00:17:19,352 You didn't think it was him? 325 00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:20,919 No. 326 00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:23,400 Maybe. 327 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:26,359 CATHERINE: It's been two weeks since the election. 328 00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:28,013 Stop waiting for him to call. 329 00:17:28,057 --> 00:17:29,928 Stop doing this to yourself. 330 00:17:31,712 --> 00:17:33,453 There you are. [chuckles] 331 00:17:33,497 --> 00:17:35,020 Where have you been? I left you a message. 332 00:17:35,064 --> 00:17:36,935 You didn't call me back. [sighs] 333 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:39,372 Why not, I guess. 334 00:17:39,459 --> 00:17:40,808 You're on the way out. 335 00:17:40,808 --> 00:17:43,333 God, you must be so excited. Have you gotten 336 00:17:43,376 --> 00:17:45,596 your start date back at the White House? 337 00:17:45,683 --> 00:17:47,685 Well, is your boyfriend in D.C. finally? 338 00:17:47,728 --> 00:17:50,514 I've been dying to hear about all your plans. 339 00:17:56,172 --> 00:17:57,608 What? 340 00:17:57,695 --> 00:17:59,044 Nothing. 341 00:17:59,088 --> 00:18:00,611 What's wrong? 342 00:18:00,611 --> 00:18:02,047 [sighs] 343 00:18:03,179 --> 00:18:05,094 Is he not able to bring you back? 344 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:08,184 It's not happening. 345 00:18:09,707 --> 00:18:11,709 Oh, Monica. 346 00:18:11,752 --> 00:18:13,406 To wait this long 347 00:18:13,406 --> 00:18:15,365 and he doesn't have the power to bring you back. 348 00:18:15,408 --> 00:18:17,280 -He does have the power. -Well, then, what's the problem? 349 00:18:17,323 --> 00:18:18,629 Linda, he's the fucking president. 350 00:18:18,672 --> 00:18:21,153 ♪ 351 00:18:21,197 --> 00:18:22,981 We had an affair. It's over. 352 00:18:29,553 --> 00:18:31,207 [sighs] 353 00:18:35,211 --> 00:18:36,777 [whispers]: Tell me everything. 354 00:18:36,777 --> 00:18:37,996 There's nothing to tell. 355 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:39,998 Oh. You can't say that. 356 00:18:40,085 --> 00:18:42,522 Monica, I have been going nuts. 357 00:18:42,566 --> 00:18:44,220 I knew it. 358 00:18:44,220 --> 00:18:45,656 Oh, my God. 359 00:18:45,743 --> 00:18:47,223 What on earth have you been going through? 360 00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:49,355 I can't imagine. 361 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,448 How long has this been going on? 362 00:19:01,454 --> 00:19:03,152 When did it start? 363 00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:11,638 First, it was just... public events. 364 00:19:11,682 --> 00:19:13,988 Oh, hey, nice to meet you. 365 00:19:14,032 --> 00:19:16,469 Thank you for everything. 366 00:19:16,469 --> 00:19:18,776 Yeah. Thanks for everything. Thank you. 367 00:19:18,819 --> 00:19:20,821 Thank you. 368 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:26,262 MONICA: And when that man focuses his attention on you, 369 00:19:26,349 --> 00:19:29,221 the world stops. 370 00:19:29,265 --> 00:19:31,354 And it kept happening. 371 00:19:31,441 --> 00:19:33,269 Departure ceremonies, staff events. 372 00:19:33,356 --> 00:19:34,922 I mean, I was, I was an intern. 373 00:19:35,009 --> 00:19:36,315 Those were the only times I'd see him. 374 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,230 -You had a pink pass. -Exactly. 375 00:19:38,274 --> 00:19:41,277 So... for months, it was just this... 376 00:19:41,364 --> 00:19:43,235 worthless flirtation. 377 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:45,716 And it was intense, but... 378 00:19:45,803 --> 00:19:48,022 I didn't think anything more would happen and... 379 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:50,634 And then, one day, the shutdown. 380 00:19:52,288 --> 00:19:55,465 Suddenly, I was working in the West Wing. 381 00:19:55,508 --> 00:19:57,684 BILL: He says he put that nutty... 382 00:19:57,728 --> 00:20:00,034 MONICA: And there he was just a few doors away. 383 00:20:00,078 --> 00:20:02,254 BILL: ...mostly because his feelings were hurt 384 00:20:02,298 --> 00:20:04,256 that I didn't come and say hi in the plant? 385 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:05,910 MAN: Yeah, he and Bob had to take the back route. 386 00:20:05,953 --> 00:20:08,042 Didn't leave that part out. 387 00:20:08,086 --> 00:20:10,349 BILL: I mean, that was the exit that was closest to the cars. 388 00:20:10,393 --> 00:20:12,221 MAN: It's 4:30 in the morning. There weren't any cameras. 389 00:20:13,874 --> 00:20:15,398 That's where the cars were, you know? 390 00:20:15,441 --> 00:20:17,748 We thought we were doing them a favor. 391 00:20:17,835 --> 00:20:19,097 MONICA: Mm-hmm. 392 00:20:23,232 --> 00:20:25,669 Yes, sir. I will inform Mr. Panetta. 393 00:20:30,848 --> 00:20:32,545 Oh, my God. 394 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:34,112 Monica. 395 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:36,157 I know. You don't understand 396 00:20:36,201 --> 00:20:38,334 how long it had been building between us. 397 00:20:38,421 --> 00:20:40,988 And how fucking hot it was. 398 00:20:40,988 --> 00:20:42,990 I mean, I swear-- Linda. 399 00:20:42,990 --> 00:20:45,341 It was beyond anything 400 00:20:45,428 --> 00:20:47,995 I'd ever felt before. 401 00:20:48,082 --> 00:20:50,389 And I couldn't help myself, Linda. 402 00:20:52,217 --> 00:20:53,958 Hi, I'm supposed to bring this 403 00:20:54,001 --> 00:20:55,612 to the president. 404 00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:07,232 Mr. President, the girl's here with the pizza. 405 00:21:07,276 --> 00:21:09,365 Oh, great. 406 00:21:09,365 --> 00:21:11,715 Come on in. 407 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:15,675 I can't believe it. 408 00:21:15,719 --> 00:21:17,982 Well, that makes two of us. 409 00:21:18,025 --> 00:21:19,592 It's incredible. 410 00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:21,246 It is. 411 00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:24,031 Though you never know who's 412 00:21:24,118 --> 00:21:26,817 coming through any of these doors. 413 00:21:26,817 --> 00:21:29,080 Do you want to get a Diet Coke? 414 00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:34,390 MONICA: It was magnetic. 415 00:21:34,477 --> 00:21:36,392 It was unstoppable. 416 00:21:36,392 --> 00:21:39,177 And I-I couldn't breathe around him. 417 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:42,049 It was... 418 00:21:42,049 --> 00:21:44,269 It was beyond anything I'd... 419 00:21:44,313 --> 00:21:46,402 ever experienced. 420 00:21:58,979 --> 00:22:01,286 Thank you. 421 00:22:01,373 --> 00:22:04,028 You haven't had any dinner yet? 422 00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:07,597 My days are a little... nutty sometimes. 423 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,164 What? Like you have a stressful job or...? 424 00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:12,906 [both chuckle] 425 00:22:12,950 --> 00:22:15,474 I mean, if I can be honest, you work from home. 426 00:22:15,518 --> 00:22:18,085 I don't know what you really have to complain about. 427 00:22:18,172 --> 00:22:21,219 Well, it can get a little lonesome 428 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:23,264 some days. 429 00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:25,310 "Lonesome"? [chuckles] 430 00:22:25,354 --> 00:22:27,530 Try being a single girl in D.C. 431 00:22:27,530 --> 00:22:29,749 Every guy is either a compulsive name-dropper 432 00:22:29,836 --> 00:22:33,536 -or secretly gay. -Well, if it's that bleak, uh, 433 00:22:33,536 --> 00:22:35,059 I'm in the office here on the weekends 434 00:22:35,102 --> 00:22:37,061 when there's less staff. 435 00:22:37,104 --> 00:22:39,368 If you want, you can come see me. 436 00:22:41,021 --> 00:22:42,632 What do I do? 437 00:22:42,675 --> 00:22:44,024 Just knock on the front door of the White House? 438 00:22:44,111 --> 00:22:46,200 Just talk to Betty. 439 00:22:46,244 --> 00:22:47,941 You met out there. 440 00:22:49,247 --> 00:22:51,292 Or you could call me? 441 00:22:51,336 --> 00:22:54,208 Well, what if your mom answers? 442 00:22:54,252 --> 00:22:56,646 I have my own line. 443 00:22:56,689 --> 00:22:58,387 [laughs] 444 00:23:00,911 --> 00:23:02,608 -You... -What? 445 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:07,265 You made my day better. 446 00:23:08,484 --> 00:23:11,051 I bet you don't even remember my name. 447 00:23:12,488 --> 00:23:15,491 What kind of name is Lewinsky anyway? 448 00:23:15,578 --> 00:23:17,623 Jewish. 449 00:23:23,150 --> 00:23:25,109 It was... 450 00:23:25,152 --> 00:23:27,590 incredible. 451 00:23:27,677 --> 00:23:30,244 Except for the whole "him being married" thing. 452 00:23:30,288 --> 00:23:32,203 I tried not to think about that. 453 00:23:33,683 --> 00:23:36,816 We would come up with reasons for me 454 00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:38,949 -to pop into his office. -Eagle is on his way. 455 00:23:38,949 --> 00:23:41,647 Or secretly plan to run into each other. 456 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,957 -Hey, Monica. -Hello, Mr. President. 457 00:23:47,044 --> 00:23:49,263 You going to Leg Affairs? 458 00:23:49,307 --> 00:23:51,309 -Yes, sir. -Come with me. 459 00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:53,398 I'll show you a shortcut. 460 00:23:53,485 --> 00:23:55,400 But it-it wasn't only about... 461 00:23:55,444 --> 00:23:57,184 [chuckles] 462 00:23:57,184 --> 00:23:58,969 You know, we'd sit and talk. 463 00:23:59,056 --> 00:24:01,711 He'd give me gifts. I'd give him gifts. 464 00:24:01,754 --> 00:24:03,974 Like, I bought him this Zegna tie. 465 00:24:04,061 --> 00:24:06,542 Sometimes he would wear it to an event and ask me if I noticed. 466 00:24:06,542 --> 00:24:08,457 It was... 467 00:24:09,849 --> 00:24:12,678 It was the best five months of my life. 468 00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:16,421 And then? 469 00:24:16,465 --> 00:24:18,423 Then April 5th, 470 00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:20,425 my boss called me into his office, 471 00:24:20,425 --> 00:24:22,079 and told me I was being moved to the Pentagon. 472 00:24:22,122 --> 00:24:23,428 Someone knew. 473 00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:25,212 I guess I'd been spotted around the Oval 474 00:24:25,299 --> 00:24:26,649 one too many times. 475 00:24:26,649 --> 00:24:27,998 You know that place-- people talk. 476 00:24:27,998 --> 00:24:30,000 -It's terrible. -Yeah, and this is the part 477 00:24:30,087 --> 00:24:32,959 -that makes me upset because... -Monica. 478 00:24:33,003 --> 00:24:34,657 Monica, you don't have to tell me. 479 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:37,181 No, it's fine, I... 480 00:24:37,224 --> 00:24:38,922 When I moved over here, he called me a lot, at first. 481 00:24:40,663 --> 00:24:43,187 He invited my family to meet him at a radio address 482 00:24:43,230 --> 00:24:45,189 when they were in town, and when I went to Bosnia 483 00:24:45,232 --> 00:24:47,017 with Mr. Bacon, he called the day 484 00:24:47,104 --> 00:24:49,019 I got home to ask how it had gone. 485 00:24:49,106 --> 00:24:51,456 I still felt connected to him. 486 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,763 And then the calls 487 00:24:53,806 --> 00:24:55,982 got less and less frequent. 488 00:24:56,026 --> 00:24:58,463 And now I realized... 489 00:24:58,507 --> 00:25:00,247 Occam's razor, Monica. 490 00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:02,336 He'd lost interest. 491 00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:04,121 And when he ever did call me, it was probably just 492 00:25:04,164 --> 00:25:06,471 because he wanted to keep me quiet through the election. 493 00:25:06,515 --> 00:25:08,908 -Mm. -[Monica inhales deeply] 494 00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:10,997 My friends think I basically need to be institutionalized 495 00:25:11,041 --> 00:25:13,434 because I barely go anywhere. 496 00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:16,046 And I have all these dumb gifts just sitting in my apartment, 497 00:25:16,046 --> 00:25:18,788 waiting for the day he brings me back to the White House 498 00:25:18,831 --> 00:25:21,834 like he promised and... 499 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:24,358 now I realize that's never gonna happen. 500 00:25:24,402 --> 00:25:26,926 It's over. 501 00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:29,538 And so I'm flying to Portland. 502 00:25:31,191 --> 00:25:32,976 To see my friend Cat and try and relax. 503 00:25:32,976 --> 00:25:35,282 And... 504 00:25:35,369 --> 00:25:36,849 just try to stop thinking about him 505 00:25:36,849 --> 00:25:39,548 for one single fucking minute. 506 00:25:42,333 --> 00:25:44,770 Linda, I feel so stupid. 507 00:25:47,077 --> 00:25:49,166 [Monica sniffles] 508 00:25:49,209 --> 00:25:51,298 I feel so stupid. 509 00:25:53,866 --> 00:25:56,042 I'm sorry to unload all this. 510 00:25:56,086 --> 00:25:57,783 I can't imagine what you're thinking. 511 00:26:01,091 --> 00:26:02,962 Well... 512 00:26:03,006 --> 00:26:05,225 to be honest... 513 00:26:05,312 --> 00:26:07,750 listening to all this, 514 00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:09,795 this sounds like it is absolutely... 515 00:26:12,015 --> 00:26:13,973 -...not over. -What? 516 00:26:14,017 --> 00:26:15,409 Trust me, it's done. 517 00:26:15,453 --> 00:26:17,455 It's not done, Monica. 518 00:26:19,326 --> 00:26:21,677 What you're describing sounds real. 519 00:26:21,764 --> 00:26:23,200 You think you're stuck in exile 520 00:26:23,243 --> 00:26:25,071 because he doesn't have feelings for you? 521 00:26:25,115 --> 00:26:27,204 You have it backwards. 522 00:26:27,247 --> 00:26:29,336 My ex-friend Kathleen, 523 00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:31,338 they were always flirting. 524 00:26:31,425 --> 00:26:32,470 She had a crush. One day, he kissed her. 525 00:26:32,557 --> 00:26:34,472 She wasn't sent away. 526 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,561 You? 527 00:26:36,648 --> 00:26:38,215 You're sitting here in the Pentagon right now 528 00:26:38,258 --> 00:26:40,260 because you were 529 00:26:40,347 --> 00:26:43,350 a threat, Monica. 530 00:26:43,437 --> 00:26:46,136 We both know there are ten women in that building 531 00:26:46,223 --> 00:26:48,965 who have had something with him. 532 00:26:51,445 --> 00:26:53,273 They're all still there. 533 00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:57,364 You want to know why? 534 00:26:57,451 --> 00:26:59,976 [whispers]: Because he doesn't care about them. 535 00:27:02,718 --> 00:27:05,285 You're exhausted and upset. 536 00:27:06,722 --> 00:27:09,855 You are not seeing this clearly at all. 537 00:27:13,859 --> 00:27:15,731 I don't know. 538 00:27:18,385 --> 00:27:20,170 I think, sadly, I am. 539 00:27:25,741 --> 00:27:27,743 Can I just say...? 540 00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:29,832 -What? -Look, I know this sounds funny, 541 00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:31,616 but anyone who knows me knows 542 00:27:31,703 --> 00:27:33,487 I'm an extremely intuitive person. 543 00:27:33,531 --> 00:27:35,838 And I just, I have this feeling. 544 00:27:36,969 --> 00:27:38,971 You shouldn't leave town. 545 00:27:38,971 --> 00:27:40,494 Not yet. 546 00:27:40,538 --> 00:27:42,322 He's gonna call you. 547 00:27:42,409 --> 00:27:44,760 I know it. I sense it. 548 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,153 And if you miss that, 549 00:27:47,197 --> 00:27:49,721 you'll never forgive yourself. 550 00:27:49,765 --> 00:27:51,462 Hmm? 551 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:05,128 ♪ 552 00:28:23,015 --> 00:28:24,800 [phone ringing] 553 00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:31,763 Hello? 554 00:28:31,807 --> 00:28:34,244 BILL: Hey, Monica. It's Bill. 555 00:28:34,244 --> 00:28:36,986 Yeah, I'm sorry, my voice sounds funny. 556 00:28:37,029 --> 00:28:40,467 I-I think I've got laryngitis. 557 00:28:40,554 --> 00:28:42,382 H-Hi. Oh, no, are you okay? 558 00:28:42,469 --> 00:28:44,254 Don't worry about me. 559 00:28:44,297 --> 00:28:46,647 How are you? 560 00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:48,693 I missed your voice. 561 00:28:48,780 --> 00:28:51,130 Uh, I-I bet you've been so busy. 562 00:28:51,174 --> 00:28:53,132 I-I don't want to talk about m. 563 00:28:53,176 --> 00:28:55,395 What have you been up to? 564 00:29:04,709 --> 00:29:06,493 -[microwave beeps] -MR. DARCY: In vain, I have struggled. 565 00:29:06,493 --> 00:29:08,582 It will not do. 566 00:29:08,626 --> 00:29:10,019 My feelings will not be repressed. 567 00:29:10,062 --> 00:29:11,629 You must allow me to tell you how ardently 568 00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:13,587 I admire and love you. 569 00:29:13,631 --> 00:29:17,113 And I beg you most fervently 570 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:18,854 -to relieve my suffering... -[phone ringing] 571 00:29:18,854 --> 00:29:21,073 -and consent to be my wife. -Hello? 572 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,467 You were so right. 573 00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:25,686 I-I was packed, I had my ticket, 574 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,253 I was about to go get into a cab. 575 00:29:27,297 --> 00:29:30,169 Last minute, I decided to stay, and he called. 576 00:29:30,213 --> 00:29:33,129 He's sick, and he sounded so tired, 577 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:35,958 but he wanted to hear my voice. Linda! 578 00:29:35,958 --> 00:29:38,438 I-I can't believe it. How did you know? 579 00:29:38,525 --> 00:29:40,963 I have a gift, Monica. 580 00:29:41,006 --> 00:29:43,443 It's just no one sees it. 581 00:29:53,627 --> 00:29:55,629 SUSAN: They are gonna get you the best deal that you can get. 582 00:29:55,673 --> 00:29:57,283 And I'm a little concerned about that. 583 00:29:57,327 --> 00:29:59,329 But we're gonna talk about that when we get in... 584 00:29:59,416 --> 00:30:01,766 SERENA: Mrs. Jones is in the waiting room. 585 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:04,203 -With the husband? -And another woman. 586 00:30:04,247 --> 00:30:05,465 What? 587 00:30:05,465 --> 00:30:06,771 Who? 588 00:30:06,815 --> 00:30:08,817 I can't even describe. 589 00:30:10,122 --> 00:30:12,472 [knocking] 590 00:30:14,257 --> 00:30:15,475 Hi. 591 00:30:15,562 --> 00:30:17,738 Thank you. 592 00:30:17,782 --> 00:30:19,001 Hello. Susan Carpenter-McMillan. 593 00:30:19,044 --> 00:30:21,090 I'm the president and founder 594 00:30:21,133 --> 00:30:23,570 -of the Women's Coalition. -Wait. Who? 595 00:30:23,657 --> 00:30:25,398 Susan Carpenter-McMillan, president and founder 596 00:30:25,442 --> 00:30:27,009 of the Women's Coalition. We're a nonprofit that advocates 597 00:30:27,052 --> 00:30:28,488 for what I like to call... 598 00:30:28,488 --> 00:30:30,229 "conservative feminism." 599 00:30:30,273 --> 00:30:31,796 Okay. 600 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,363 -Wonderful. -I was at an event 601 00:30:33,363 --> 00:30:36,018 for the Right to Life League and Susie came up 602 00:30:36,105 --> 00:30:37,889 and said she knew who I was. [chuckles] 603 00:30:37,933 --> 00:30:39,586 I was doing a piece of commentary in support 604 00:30:39,673 --> 00:30:41,588 of Paula for our ABC affiliate. 605 00:30:41,588 --> 00:30:43,764 And I thought, oh, my gosh, how nice. 606 00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:46,767 And she told me that she thought I was being treated poorly. 607 00:30:46,811 --> 00:30:48,465 "Poorly" is an understatement. 608 00:30:48,508 --> 00:30:51,120 I'm here to protect Paula's interests. 609 00:30:51,163 --> 00:30:53,252 How nice. 610 00:30:53,296 --> 00:30:55,341 Lovely to meet you. 611 00:30:55,385 --> 00:30:56,952 We actually have to discuss legal strategy 612 00:30:56,952 --> 00:30:59,911 with Paula and Steve, so if... Serena? 613 00:30:59,955 --> 00:31:01,608 Oh, well, anything you can say in front of us, 614 00:31:01,608 --> 00:31:02,740 you can say in front of Susie. 615 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,394 Honey, she-- 616 00:31:04,437 --> 00:31:06,613 Okay. 617 00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:08,659 Sure. 618 00:31:14,621 --> 00:31:18,147 Well... just to bring you up to speed, 619 00:31:18,190 --> 00:31:20,497 Clinton's team has been arguing 620 00:31:20,584 --> 00:31:23,630 that a sitting president is immune to lawsuits like Paula's. 621 00:31:23,674 --> 00:31:26,155 Fucking lowlifes. 622 00:31:26,198 --> 00:31:29,158 [clears throat] And now the Supreme Court has agreed 623 00:31:29,201 --> 00:31:31,638 to step in and rule on that question. 624 00:31:31,725 --> 00:31:35,077 We're, uh, already working on our arguments. 625 00:31:35,164 --> 00:31:37,949 Some great legal minds have volunteered 626 00:31:37,993 --> 00:31:40,082 to step in and help out. I mean, Paula, 627 00:31:40,125 --> 00:31:41,866 for our practice sessions, 628 00:31:41,953 --> 00:31:44,869 we'll have Robert Bork acting as a justice. 629 00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,610 At least for a day, he'll get to be one. 630 00:31:46,653 --> 00:31:48,220 [both laughing] 631 00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:51,049 [chuckles] 632 00:31:51,093 --> 00:31:53,530 You know what I'm not hearing in any of this... 633 00:31:53,573 --> 00:31:55,836 is the name Paula. 634 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,882 He just said Paula... five seconds ago. 635 00:31:57,969 --> 00:32:01,059 Well, I just want to help however I can. 636 00:32:01,103 --> 00:32:04,628 And Susie was thinking maybe I could do some TV appearances 637 00:32:04,671 --> 00:32:07,022 since no one on TV is saying my side of things. 638 00:32:07,109 --> 00:32:09,415 I would not advise going on TV. 639 00:32:09,459 --> 00:32:11,852 All that matters right now is the Supreme Court. 640 00:32:11,896 --> 00:32:13,680 Mm, the same Supreme Court that made it legal 641 00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:15,595 -to murder children? -What? Oh, my gosh. 642 00:32:15,682 --> 00:32:17,467 Yes, unborn children. 643 00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:20,122 You see, I have to disagree with you about television. 644 00:32:20,165 --> 00:32:22,646 I have never heard of a case 645 00:32:22,689 --> 00:32:24,561 that couldn't benefit from a little outside pressure. 646 00:32:24,604 --> 00:32:27,042 The justices are political animals just 647 00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:29,348 like everyone else in this town. 648 00:32:29,348 --> 00:32:31,698 I just want people to see my side of it. 649 00:32:31,785 --> 00:32:33,439 Paula, I assure you... 650 00:32:33,483 --> 00:32:34,919 they will. 651 00:32:37,052 --> 00:32:39,228 Please, let's get to work. 652 00:32:39,271 --> 00:32:41,491 I'm thinking Stevens, Breyer, 653 00:32:41,578 --> 00:32:43,232 Ginsburg, Souter... [sighs] 654 00:32:43,275 --> 00:32:45,103 This isn't gonna win them over. 655 00:32:45,147 --> 00:32:46,365 I'm not worried about the liberals. 656 00:32:46,409 --> 00:32:48,280 They've argued for decades that a president 657 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:50,282 should be treated like an ordinary citizen. 658 00:32:50,369 --> 00:32:52,067 They have to take Paula's side. 659 00:32:52,067 --> 00:32:53,894 I always say you can never go wrong 660 00:32:53,938 --> 00:32:56,593 relying on the diamond-grade integrity of liberals. 661 00:32:56,636 --> 00:32:59,291 I thought you were taping at MSNBC. 662 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:01,946 -They fired me. -Again? 663 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:04,601 I was fighting with this simpering peacenik 664 00:33:04,644 --> 00:33:07,517 about landmines in Vietnam, and I said, 665 00:33:07,517 --> 00:33:10,824 "People like you are the reason we lost the war." 666 00:33:10,868 --> 00:33:14,306 Turned out, he was a veteran with no legs. 667 00:33:14,306 --> 00:33:15,829 CONWAY: Jesus! Ann! 668 00:33:15,873 --> 00:33:17,309 How was I supposed to know? 669 00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:19,050 You tape alone in the studio, 670 00:33:19,094 --> 00:33:21,052 you can't see the rest of the panel. 671 00:33:21,096 --> 00:33:23,489 The upside is now I am completely 672 00:33:23,533 --> 00:33:25,665 available to help you. I want in. 673 00:33:25,752 --> 00:33:27,841 Really? 674 00:33:27,885 --> 00:33:29,539 Really. What are we doing? 675 00:33:29,626 --> 00:33:31,932 Uh, preparing, uh, briefs 676 00:33:31,976 --> 00:33:33,325 to help out Paula's lawyers. 677 00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:35,719 Oh, tough case. 678 00:33:35,762 --> 00:33:37,503 Do the laws apply to our head of state 679 00:33:37,547 --> 00:33:39,723 or is he an infallible sovereign? 680 00:33:39,766 --> 00:33:43,205 Not as though the country was founded on that exact concept. 681 00:33:43,248 --> 00:33:45,337 They'll argue her suit will distract him 682 00:33:45,424 --> 00:33:47,774 from him presidential duties. 683 00:33:47,774 --> 00:33:50,734 When do we get to the part where he's deposed and he lies? 684 00:33:50,777 --> 00:33:52,649 Oh, well, after this, if the court finds in Paula's favor. 685 00:33:52,692 --> 00:33:54,999 I have a law degree. 686 00:33:55,086 --> 00:33:56,435 It was a rhetorical question. 687 00:33:56,479 --> 00:33:57,958 CONWAY: Jerome's a little less accustomed 688 00:33:58,002 --> 00:33:59,308 to your sense of humor. 689 00:33:59,351 --> 00:34:01,658 Oh, man, I can't wait till that deposition. 690 00:34:01,701 --> 00:34:04,878 "Mr. President, what specifically, 691 00:34:04,922 --> 00:34:06,880 is wrong with your penis?" 692 00:34:06,924 --> 00:34:09,796 -[laughter] -"Please go into 693 00:34:09,883 --> 00:34:11,929 -excruciating detail." -Well, to be clear, 694 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:13,887 the goal isn't to embarrass him. 695 00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:15,976 I-It's to constrain a president who has engaged 696 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,587 -in illicit activities. -I'm bored. 697 00:34:17,630 --> 00:34:19,806 You're boring. 698 00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:21,895 That's the problem with you Republicans. 699 00:34:21,939 --> 00:34:23,375 You're a Republican. 700 00:34:23,375 --> 00:34:24,811 Mm, I'm a conservative. 701 00:34:24,855 --> 00:34:26,944 You're all too nice. 702 00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:28,467 What does that get you? 703 00:34:28,511 --> 00:34:29,990 It... it gets you Dole. 704 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:32,776 -What's wrong with Dole? -Um, he lost. 705 00:34:32,819 --> 00:34:35,605 Idiotic American females couldn't wait 706 00:34:35,692 --> 00:34:37,172 to reelect their fat boyfriend. 707 00:34:37,259 --> 00:34:39,174 Be that as it may, 708 00:34:39,261 --> 00:34:41,480 this case is all we have now. 709 00:34:41,524 --> 00:34:43,482 [slurps] 710 00:34:43,526 --> 00:34:45,397 Right. 711 00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:47,791 What would you like me to do? 712 00:34:47,834 --> 00:34:49,967 What you do best. 713 00:34:50,054 --> 00:34:52,404 Stir the pot. 714 00:34:52,404 --> 00:34:55,581 Uh, help us get justice for Paula. 715 00:34:55,625 --> 00:34:57,409 Oh, this isn't about justice. 716 00:34:57,409 --> 00:34:59,716 Then what is it about? 717 00:34:59,759 --> 00:35:01,979 Impeachment, Jerome. 718 00:35:06,418 --> 00:35:08,116 [chuckles] 719 00:35:09,769 --> 00:35:10,944 I want you to tell me 720 00:35:10,988 --> 00:35:13,077 your honest-to-goodness opinion, okay? 721 00:35:17,951 --> 00:35:20,084 MAN [on TV]: On May 8, 1991, 722 00:35:20,128 --> 00:35:22,304 Paula Jones, a state employee 723 00:35:22,391 --> 00:35:25,307 with the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, 724 00:35:25,394 --> 00:35:27,047 was working the registration desk 725 00:35:27,091 --> 00:35:28,875 for the Governor's Quality Management Conference 726 00:35:28,919 --> 00:35:31,051 at the Excelsior Hotel. 727 00:35:31,095 --> 00:35:33,837 Governor Bill Clinton was to be the main speaker. 728 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,101 He tried to lean in on me and grab-- 729 00:35:37,145 --> 00:35:39,321 Well, he-he... 730 00:35:39,364 --> 00:35:41,888 he tried to put his hand up my leg. 731 00:35:41,888 --> 00:35:43,760 And it... which I... 732 00:35:43,803 --> 00:35:46,197 It all happened so fast. 733 00:35:46,241 --> 00:35:49,679 And Bill Clinton asked me to perform oral sex, 734 00:35:49,766 --> 00:35:51,159 which I declined. 735 00:35:52,899 --> 00:35:54,858 And I told the governor I'm not 736 00:35:54,901 --> 00:35:57,295 that kind of girl and I walked right out. 737 00:35:57,339 --> 00:36:00,211 I went to my desk-- I told my coworker the whole story. 738 00:36:00,255 --> 00:36:01,908 And that is what happened. 739 00:36:01,952 --> 00:36:03,475 Isn't that right? 740 00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:05,999 Yes, Paula. 741 00:36:06,043 --> 00:36:09,307 My husband's very outraged. 742 00:36:09,351 --> 00:36:11,222 STEVE: I'm just-- I'm just glad I wasn't there, 743 00:36:11,266 --> 00:36:12,789 -I can tell you that. -Me, too. 744 00:36:12,832 --> 00:36:15,705 Gil and Joe said never show this ever to anyone, 745 00:36:15,792 --> 00:36:18,577 but this is a real video 746 00:36:18,621 --> 00:36:21,232 sold by the Reverend Jerry Falwell at his churches. 747 00:36:21,276 --> 00:36:24,322 Oh. Okay. 748 00:36:24,366 --> 00:36:26,106 And I was thinking about what you said. 749 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:28,021 And if we got this out there more-- 750 00:36:28,065 --> 00:36:30,676 if it was on TV, you know, 751 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,722 people would see my side. 752 00:36:32,809 --> 00:36:35,290 Um... I don't know, what do you think? 753 00:36:36,769 --> 00:36:38,945 Um, what is this? 754 00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,730 -Brie. -Mmm. 755 00:36:40,773 --> 00:36:42,775 It's French. 756 00:36:46,866 --> 00:36:48,694 Here's what I think. 757 00:36:48,738 --> 00:36:50,522 You're wonderful in it. 758 00:36:50,566 --> 00:36:52,742 So real. 759 00:36:52,829 --> 00:36:54,961 You have a look that says... 760 00:36:54,961 --> 00:36:57,573 "rural Arkansas." 761 00:36:57,616 --> 00:37:00,402 That, I love, but city people don't always like that. 762 00:37:00,445 --> 00:37:01,968 Even city people who vote Republican. 763 00:37:02,012 --> 00:37:03,666 Mm. Yeah. 764 00:37:04,971 --> 00:37:07,191 They want to believe you. 765 00:37:07,235 --> 00:37:08,975 We just need 766 00:37:09,019 --> 00:37:11,195 to help them along. 767 00:37:12,327 --> 00:37:14,242 Uh, well, what do we do? 768 00:37:16,026 --> 00:37:18,115 [slurps] 769 00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:21,379 [indistinct chatter] 770 00:37:25,905 --> 00:37:27,472 Oh, my God. 771 00:37:32,129 --> 00:37:34,174 SUSAN: Thanks, thanks. 772 00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:36,133 I just left the key in the car. 773 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:37,874 Oh, my gosh. 774 00:37:37,917 --> 00:37:39,745 So pretty. 775 00:37:39,789 --> 00:37:41,443 [indistinct chatter] 776 00:37:41,486 --> 00:37:42,879 WOMAN [quietly]: Is that Paula Jones? 777 00:37:42,922 --> 00:37:44,315 PAULA: I cannot wait to go here. 778 00:37:44,359 --> 00:37:46,361 [line ringing] 779 00:37:49,015 --> 00:37:51,061 [door opens] 780 00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:55,021 Paula-poo! 781 00:37:55,108 --> 00:37:56,545 You look fantastic. 782 00:37:56,588 --> 00:37:58,764 Aw, y'all are so nice. 783 00:37:58,808 --> 00:38:01,027 Oh, my God. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 784 00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:03,247 -Paula. -No. I'm s-- 785 00:38:03,334 --> 00:38:04,814 I'm so sorry, I cannot afford this. 786 00:38:04,857 --> 00:38:06,337 Don't you worry. 787 00:38:06,381 --> 00:38:08,165 Your friends will take care of this. 788 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:10,820 Susie, no. Oh! 789 00:38:10,820 --> 00:38:12,387 -Really? -Mm-hmm, really. 790 00:38:12,387 --> 00:38:14,476 -Oh... thank you. -Mm-hmm. 791 00:38:14,563 --> 00:38:17,392 Oh, my goodness, and thank you for being so kind. 792 00:38:17,392 --> 00:38:20,569 I've never been in a Nordstrom's before. 793 00:38:20,612 --> 00:38:23,049 We didn't have Nordstrom's in Lonoke, Arkansas. 794 00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:25,138 We didn't even have a Dillard's. 795 00:38:25,182 --> 00:38:27,706 My mama used to send off for patterns 796 00:38:27,706 --> 00:38:29,621 and make our dresses right there in the living room. 797 00:38:29,621 --> 00:38:32,058 Below the knee 'cause... 798 00:38:32,058 --> 00:38:34,278 we were the Church of the Nazarene, so I guess 799 00:38:34,278 --> 00:38:36,628 you'd say it was kind of strict on the length. 800 00:38:36,628 --> 00:38:38,717 It's all I wore till I was... 801 00:38:38,761 --> 00:38:40,806 sixteen. 802 00:38:40,850 --> 00:38:42,808 Oh, it's funny 'cause 803 00:38:42,852 --> 00:38:44,810 this is how my boss dressed when I worked for the state. 804 00:38:44,854 --> 00:38:46,421 [laughs] 805 00:38:46,508 --> 00:38:48,379 I always thought she was kind of sad. 806 00:38:48,423 --> 00:38:50,076 Hmm. 807 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,384 Well, you don't look sad. 808 00:38:53,428 --> 00:38:55,299 This feels like dress-up. 809 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:57,388 It's all dress-up, Paula. 810 00:38:57,432 --> 00:38:59,259 People get confused when I tell them 811 00:38:59,303 --> 00:39:01,261 I'm a conservative feminist. 812 00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:03,829 But the fact is you don't have to be a lesbian 813 00:39:03,873 --> 00:39:06,266 or an abortionist to believe 814 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:08,094 that a woman deserves equal respect to a man 815 00:39:08,094 --> 00:39:10,053 -when she walks in a room. -That's right. 816 00:39:10,096 --> 00:39:12,751 Mm-hmm, and that's what you deserve. 817 00:39:12,795 --> 00:39:15,624 And I want you to know that. 818 00:39:15,667 --> 00:39:18,583 I just don't know if I can be all classy like you. 819 00:39:20,237 --> 00:39:21,978 Gosh. 820 00:39:22,021 --> 00:39:24,415 You already are. 821 00:39:24,459 --> 00:39:26,199 Hmm? 822 00:39:26,243 --> 00:39:28,767 Yes, and that's what we're going 823 00:39:28,811 --> 00:39:31,335 to clarify for the world. 824 00:39:31,422 --> 00:39:34,338 How about we buy this for you and then I take you to lunch? 825 00:39:34,338 --> 00:39:36,122 -Susie. -Oh, Paula. 826 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:37,994 -[laughs] -Okay. 827 00:39:38,037 --> 00:39:40,126 Yes! 828 00:39:42,912 --> 00:39:45,131 She's not at all what I thought based on the news. 829 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:46,872 -Mm-hmm. -She's so sweet. 830 00:39:46,916 --> 00:39:49,092 Yeah, she is sweet. 831 00:39:49,135 --> 00:39:51,921 Dumb as a rock, though. 832 00:39:51,921 --> 00:39:53,836 ♪ 833 00:40:07,066 --> 00:40:09,591 -Thanks for seeing me. -Of course. 834 00:40:09,678 --> 00:40:11,810 -Just a few things for him. -Oh. 835 00:40:11,897 --> 00:40:13,595 He and I talked, but I didn't mention I was bringing it by. 836 00:40:13,595 --> 00:40:16,902 -I wanted it to be a surprise. -Well, the president 837 00:40:16,946 --> 00:40:18,817 loves gifts more than any adult man I know. 838 00:40:18,861 --> 00:40:20,515 I'll make sure he gets these. 839 00:40:20,602 --> 00:40:22,821 Sorry, but... 840 00:40:22,908 --> 00:40:24,606 I just didn't know how to raise this with him, 841 00:40:24,693 --> 00:40:26,172 and he probably hasn't even talked to you about it, 842 00:40:26,172 --> 00:40:28,174 but... there'd been this idea 843 00:40:28,261 --> 00:40:30,394 that I would come back 844 00:40:30,481 --> 00:40:32,091 to work here after the election. 845 00:40:32,178 --> 00:40:33,832 Oh. Yes. 846 00:40:33,876 --> 00:40:36,531 He told me he wanted to bring you back. 847 00:40:36,618 --> 00:40:39,316 He said you were a good kid. 848 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:41,144 Really? 849 00:40:41,187 --> 00:40:43,320 I'll make sure he sees these. 850 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,456 [sighs] 851 00:40:53,286 --> 00:40:54,549 -[drops keys] -LINDA: Oh. 852 00:40:54,549 --> 00:40:56,333 Well... 853 00:40:56,420 --> 00:40:58,117 this place is divine. 854 00:40:58,117 --> 00:40:59,989 Oh, it's fine. 855 00:40:59,989 --> 00:41:01,860 So, you really... 856 00:41:01,904 --> 00:41:03,732 want to see the dress? 857 00:41:03,775 --> 00:41:05,124 Yes, you lunk. 858 00:41:05,211 --> 00:41:07,257 [Monica laughs] 859 00:41:13,219 --> 00:41:15,787 I could never afford this on my salary, 860 00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:18,181 but I fell in love with it, 861 00:41:18,224 --> 00:41:21,010 so my mom bought it for me. 862 00:41:21,097 --> 00:41:24,100 Oh, and I brought those gifts over to Betty. 863 00:41:24,143 --> 00:41:27,233 He loves frogs, 864 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,367 so I got him this little frog... 865 00:41:30,367 --> 00:41:32,804 as a joke. 866 00:41:32,804 --> 00:41:35,459 I hope he thinks it's funny. 867 00:41:37,026 --> 00:41:39,245 [Monica groans] 868 00:41:39,245 --> 00:41:41,770 -[zipper closing] -Ooh, the zipper. 869 00:41:41,813 --> 00:41:44,337 Okay. 870 00:41:44,381 --> 00:41:46,949 Okay... 871 00:41:46,949 --> 00:41:49,604 be honest. 872 00:41:49,691 --> 00:41:51,388 Oh, my God. 873 00:41:51,388 --> 00:41:53,477 You look gorgeous. 874 00:41:53,477 --> 00:41:55,871 -Really? -Oh, there is no question here. 875 00:41:55,914 --> 00:41:57,873 You are going to that inaugural ball. 876 00:41:57,916 --> 00:41:59,483 Okay, but then I have to watch him hug half of D.C. 877 00:41:59,527 --> 00:42:01,006 and dance with his wife. 878 00:42:01,050 --> 00:42:03,139 It's just Hillary. [chuckles] 879 00:42:03,182 --> 00:42:04,706 MONICA: I guess. 880 00:42:04,706 --> 00:42:06,969 I just-- I don't want to walk away feeling... 881 00:42:07,056 --> 00:42:09,580 Feeling what? 882 00:42:09,624 --> 00:42:13,149 Okay, so... on August 18th last year, 883 00:42:13,192 --> 00:42:15,499 he had this big birthday gala at Radio City. 884 00:42:15,499 --> 00:42:19,721 And I took the train up and stood in the rope line for... 885 00:42:19,721 --> 00:42:22,288 five and a half hours in heels, like a crazy person, 886 00:42:22,288 --> 00:42:23,725 just to see him, and he hugged me, 887 00:42:23,812 --> 00:42:25,814 and he said it was good to see me. 888 00:42:25,857 --> 00:42:29,165 But then six days later, he did call, but he said, 889 00:42:29,208 --> 00:42:31,210 "You know, Monica, you remind me of The Face 890 00:42:31,297 --> 00:42:33,169 on Mike Hammer." 891 00:42:33,212 --> 00:42:35,171 And at first, I didn't get the reference 892 00:42:35,214 --> 00:42:36,085 because I'm not elderly. 893 00:42:36,128 --> 00:42:37,652 [chuckles] 894 00:42:37,652 --> 00:42:39,828 It's a delightful show. 895 00:42:39,871 --> 00:42:43,396 The Face is a reoccurring character in every episode. 896 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,139 A woman who shows up every place Mike Hammer goes. 897 00:42:47,183 --> 00:42:49,838 Yes. Thanks, Linda. I did discover that. I just... 898 00:42:49,881 --> 00:42:53,189 Does he mean he likes me showing up places? 899 00:42:53,189 --> 00:42:55,757 Or does it mean he's like, "Oh, great. Her again?" 900 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,063 Well, surely not that. 901 00:42:58,107 --> 00:43:00,500 Okay, but I go from being ecstatic that he called me 902 00:43:00,544 --> 00:43:02,328 to wondering where we stand again. 903 00:43:02,328 --> 00:43:04,635 He hasn't even asked me to come visit him, 904 00:43:04,679 --> 00:43:08,030 and he hasn't even mentioned me getting my job back. 905 00:43:08,117 --> 00:43:09,858 [sighs] 906 00:43:09,901 --> 00:43:14,123 And so this... his inaugural ball... 907 00:43:14,210 --> 00:43:16,081 Can I smoke in here? 908 00:43:16,125 --> 00:43:17,822 Sure. 909 00:43:22,435 --> 00:43:26,135 You know, you have such an incredible memory. 910 00:43:26,222 --> 00:43:28,485 [chuckling]: You remember all of these events 911 00:43:28,572 --> 00:43:30,922 just so precisely. 912 00:43:30,922 --> 00:43:33,142 [Monica sighs] 913 00:43:33,142 --> 00:43:35,361 Yeah, I've always been like that. 914 00:43:35,405 --> 00:43:37,363 Well... 915 00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:38,800 maybe there's a pattern. 916 00:43:41,367 --> 00:43:44,370 Does that thing have Microsoft Excel? 917 00:43:44,457 --> 00:43:48,157 April 28th, I went to an AIPAC fundraiser, 918 00:43:48,157 --> 00:43:51,508 and I wore my sage green J.Crew suit, and I saw him there. 919 00:43:51,508 --> 00:43:54,163 Okay. Next interaction? 920 00:43:54,163 --> 00:43:56,905 May 1st. He called at 2:06 a.m., 921 00:43:56,948 --> 00:43:58,733 and like an idiot, I picked a fight. 922 00:43:58,733 --> 00:44:00,865 Are you seeing this? 923 00:44:02,737 --> 00:44:06,262 Look, you go where he can see you, 924 00:44:06,305 --> 00:44:09,178 and he calls you within two weeks. 925 00:44:09,178 --> 00:44:11,397 It's a pattern, clear as day. 926 00:44:11,397 --> 00:44:13,399 This spreadsheet is making me more depressed. 927 00:44:13,399 --> 00:44:15,924 What? Monica, look at the pattern. 928 00:44:15,967 --> 00:44:18,230 No. You know what I want? 929 00:44:18,274 --> 00:44:21,146 I want him to call me because he's actually thinking 930 00:44:21,190 --> 00:44:23,496 about me on his own. That is what I want. 931 00:44:23,540 --> 00:44:24,933 Well, of course you do, but think 932 00:44:24,976 --> 00:44:26,543 of how you'll feel when you get the call. 933 00:44:26,543 --> 00:44:29,894 Delayed gratification, Monica. 934 00:44:30,895 --> 00:44:33,245 ISIKOFF: Okay, thanks. 935 00:44:34,551 --> 00:44:37,249 Well, yeah, if the woman will talk to me. 936 00:44:38,511 --> 00:44:41,558 All right. Stay close. Bye. 937 00:44:41,645 --> 00:44:43,429 Second source on the blow job? 938 00:44:43,516 --> 00:44:45,301 Or is it a handy this time? 939 00:44:45,344 --> 00:44:48,391 I'm actually establishing a pattern of harassment 940 00:44:48,434 --> 00:44:50,959 by the most powerful person alive. 941 00:44:51,002 --> 00:44:52,830 Hey, Isikoff, walk with me. 942 00:44:57,443 --> 00:44:58,967 What are you working on? 943 00:44:59,010 --> 00:45:00,316 I still have some unwanted flirtations 944 00:45:00,359 --> 00:45:02,100 I'm following up on, but actually, 945 00:45:02,144 --> 00:45:03,972 I just got this new lead. 946 00:45:04,015 --> 00:45:05,756 There's a White House volunteer saying 947 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,324 he kissed and fondled her back in '94. 948 00:45:08,367 --> 00:45:11,109 And it happened inside the West Wing. 949 00:45:11,153 --> 00:45:13,111 -Michael... -I know we'd need rock-solid sourcing. 950 00:45:13,155 --> 00:45:14,634 I'm working on it. 951 00:45:14,678 --> 00:45:15,897 And what would be our justification 952 00:45:15,940 --> 00:45:17,681 -for going to print? -Paula Jones. 953 00:45:17,768 --> 00:45:19,683 It goes to his pattern of harassment. 954 00:45:19,770 --> 00:45:22,077 Listen, I defend you to New York 955 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:23,905 when they say you're on the sex beat. 956 00:45:23,992 --> 00:45:26,777 But, Michael, when you spend weeks chasing these women, 957 00:45:26,821 --> 00:45:28,126 and then have nothing to show for it, I... 958 00:45:28,170 --> 00:45:31,347 This new one-- it's really promising. 959 00:45:31,434 --> 00:45:35,351 You need something soon, or I'm putting you on campaign finance. 960 00:45:35,394 --> 00:45:37,396 [Isikoff scoffs] 961 00:45:39,398 --> 00:45:40,704 [sucks air through teeth] 962 00:45:40,748 --> 00:45:42,271 [microwave beeps] 963 00:45:42,358 --> 00:45:44,926 Why can't I have the van tomorrow? 964 00:45:44,969 --> 00:45:46,884 Allison, enough. 965 00:45:46,928 --> 00:45:48,494 I'm not taking the bus. It makes me late. 966 00:45:48,538 --> 00:45:50,235 Mom, you organize tours. 967 00:45:50,279 --> 00:45:52,237 No one's gonna notice if you're late. 968 00:45:52,281 --> 00:45:54,370 MAN [on TV]: God bless you. 969 00:45:54,413 --> 00:45:56,024 [Allison scoffs] 970 00:45:56,067 --> 00:45:59,288 -[fanfare plays on TV] -[cheering] 971 00:46:03,205 --> 00:46:05,294 ANNOUNCER [on TV]: Ladies and gentlemen, 972 00:46:05,294 --> 00:46:08,297 the president of the United States and the first lady. 973 00:46:08,297 --> 00:46:10,429 [applause and cheering] 974 00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:16,784 [band playing lively music] 975 00:46:26,837 --> 00:46:29,753 ["Unforgettable" by Natalie and Nat King Cole plays] 976 00:46:29,753 --> 00:46:31,363 [applause and cheering continu] 977 00:46:38,544 --> 00:46:42,766 NAT KING COLE: ♪ Unforgettable♪ 978 00:46:42,810 --> 00:46:47,249 ♪ That's what you are♪ 979 00:46:49,904 --> 00:46:54,691 NATALIE COLE: ♪ Unforgettable♪ 980 00:46:54,691 --> 00:47:00,262 ♪ Though near or far♪ 981 00:47:01,916 --> 00:47:05,571 NAT: ♪ That's why, darling♪ 982 00:47:05,571 --> 00:47:08,923 ♪ It's incredible♪ 983 00:47:08,923 --> 00:47:13,188 ♪ That someone so unforgettable♪ 984 00:47:13,231 --> 00:47:14,885 -[applause and cheering] -BILL: Thank you. 985 00:47:14,929 --> 00:47:17,105 ♪ Thinks that I am♪ 986 00:47:17,148 --> 00:47:18,671 BILL: Wow. 987 00:47:18,715 --> 00:47:21,457 ♪ Unforgettable♪ 988 00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:24,677 ♪ Too.♪ 989 00:47:24,721 --> 00:47:26,723 [applause and cheering] 990 00:47:36,298 --> 00:47:38,604 [stapler clacking] 991 00:47:38,648 --> 00:47:40,998 [distant phone ringing] 992 00:47:45,089 --> 00:47:47,309 MONICA: Good morning. 993 00:47:49,615 --> 00:47:51,922 -How was it? -So great. 994 00:47:51,966 --> 00:47:53,924 He whispered to me from the stage 995 00:47:53,968 --> 00:47:55,795 [whispers]: that he liked the dress. 996 00:47:55,839 --> 00:47:57,928 [laughs] And then, this morning, Betty called me, 997 00:47:57,972 --> 00:48:00,148 and she invited me to his radio address on Friday. 998 00:48:00,191 --> 00:48:02,802 -So it worked? -You were right again. 999 00:48:02,846 --> 00:48:05,022 And now, predictably, I'm a basket case. 1000 00:48:05,066 --> 00:48:06,371 [whispering]: I haven't been alone 1001 00:48:06,415 --> 00:48:08,460 -with him in forever. -Mm-hmm. 1002 00:48:08,504 --> 00:48:10,985 And now, I get to just walk back into that building and see him. 1003 00:48:12,421 --> 00:48:14,553 What? 1004 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,947 Nothing. It's just... 1005 00:48:16,991 --> 00:48:19,863 It's a radio address. 1006 00:48:19,950 --> 00:48:23,998 And there'll be 15 Tom, Dick and Harrys there. 1007 00:48:23,998 --> 00:48:25,608 I just, I... 1008 00:48:25,651 --> 00:48:28,219 I don't want you to expect too much. 1009 00:48:28,306 --> 00:48:30,526 No, if he's inviting me, 1010 00:48:30,613 --> 00:48:32,136 [whispering]: it's to be with me alone. Don't worry. 1011 00:48:33,964 --> 00:48:35,444 Why don't you just come over tonight 1012 00:48:35,531 --> 00:48:37,446 and help me decide what to wear? 1013 00:48:37,533 --> 00:48:39,013 I am swamped. 1014 00:48:39,100 --> 00:48:41,276 This, um, JCOC tour 1015 00:48:41,319 --> 00:48:44,453 of the Coast Guard Training Center is... 1016 00:48:44,540 --> 00:48:46,368 Okay. 1017 00:48:46,455 --> 00:48:48,326 What? 1018 00:48:48,413 --> 00:48:49,588 I guess I just thought you'd be more excited. 1019 00:48:49,675 --> 00:48:51,547 I am. [scoffs] 1020 00:48:51,590 --> 00:48:52,896 I'm excited. 1021 00:48:52,940 --> 00:48:54,463 -It's great. -Okay. 1022 00:49:01,774 --> 00:49:05,909 Paula, most Americans believe there's political purpose here. 1023 00:49:05,996 --> 00:49:08,129 That you're working with people who very much want 1024 00:49:08,129 --> 00:49:09,826 to see Bill Clinton out of office. 1025 00:49:09,826 --> 00:49:12,481 That's not it at all. 1026 00:49:12,481 --> 00:49:14,787 I'm telling the truth about what happened, 1027 00:49:14,831 --> 00:49:17,877 and if I can get to trial, the truth will come out. 1028 00:49:17,921 --> 00:49:20,315 Don't you think this has created a huge embarrassment 1029 00:49:20,358 --> 00:49:21,969 for the president of the United States? 1030 00:49:24,275 --> 00:49:27,713 You know, I didn't do this. 1031 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,715 He's the one that did something to me. 1032 00:49:29,759 --> 00:49:32,153 He put himself here. 1033 00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:34,938 REPORTER: Paula, I see you've had a makeover. 1034 00:49:35,025 --> 00:49:36,070 How long have you had the braces? 1035 00:49:36,157 --> 00:49:37,680 SUSAN: I don't know 1036 00:49:37,723 --> 00:49:40,291 that I have ever been that proud. 1037 00:49:40,378 --> 00:49:46,123 Not even when Paco won Best in Group at Pasadena. 1038 00:49:46,167 --> 00:49:49,822 Not even when he won Best in Show at Silver Bay. 1039 00:49:49,866 --> 00:49:53,087 [laughs] Oh, I don't know, Susie. 1040 00:49:53,174 --> 00:49:54,610 Well, I do know. 1041 00:49:54,653 --> 00:49:56,655 You were great. 1042 00:49:58,309 --> 00:50:00,311 I don't think anybody's ever looked at me 1043 00:50:00,398 --> 00:50:01,878 and said I was great. 1044 00:50:04,185 --> 00:50:06,230 Then they weren't really looking. 1045 00:50:09,625 --> 00:50:12,715 Okay, time to wrap it up. Let's go! 1046 00:50:12,758 --> 00:50:14,717 We don't need you to move in. 1047 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:16,110 [Paula and Susan laugh] 1048 00:50:31,212 --> 00:50:33,257 [knocking] 1049 00:50:34,258 --> 00:50:36,782 Sir, they're ready for you. 1050 00:50:40,047 --> 00:50:43,702 Uh, Jackie, can I get some water? 1051 00:50:45,356 --> 00:50:47,184 Thanks. 1052 00:50:50,231 --> 00:50:52,015 Thanks. 1053 00:50:52,102 --> 00:50:54,583 -WOMAN: Hello, Mr. President. -Hello, everybody. 1054 00:50:54,670 --> 00:50:57,151 Sit down, please. Sit down. 1055 00:50:58,717 --> 00:51:00,763 [door closes] 1056 00:51:00,806 --> 00:51:02,025 BILL: Testing. 1057 00:51:02,069 --> 00:51:04,027 One, two, three. 1058 00:51:04,071 --> 00:51:05,507 Hi, Susie. 1059 00:51:15,299 --> 00:51:18,085 Testing. Okay? 1060 00:51:30,401 --> 00:51:32,229 We ready? 1061 00:51:34,710 --> 00:51:36,625 Good morning. 1062 00:51:36,712 --> 00:51:39,062 Today I want to talk about what we must do 1063 00:51:39,149 --> 00:51:41,151 to strengthen our effort to keep drugs away 1064 00:51:41,195 --> 00:51:45,199 from our neighborhoods and out of our children's lives. 1065 00:51:45,286 --> 00:51:47,288 [fading]: First, we must find drugs 1066 00:51:47,331 --> 00:51:49,986 before they reach our borders and keep... 1067 00:51:50,073 --> 00:51:51,640 [phone rings] 1068 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,207 Sir? 1069 00:51:53,294 --> 00:51:55,339 Yes. Okay. 1070 00:51:56,645 --> 00:51:57,776 [pen scribbling] 1071 00:51:57,776 --> 00:51:59,996 Okay. 1072 00:51:59,996 --> 00:52:01,476 Come. 1073 00:52:03,304 --> 00:52:04,348 [door opens] 1074 00:52:12,574 --> 00:52:14,358 ♪ 1075 00:52:20,886 --> 00:52:22,584 [Monica sighs] 1076 00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,157 Look at you. 1077 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:33,899 Boy, have I missed that smile. 1078 00:52:33,899 --> 00:52:36,032 You have no idea. 1079 00:52:36,119 --> 00:52:38,904 Thanks for all the neat gifts. 1080 00:52:38,904 --> 00:52:42,125 Uh, I got you a couple of little things. 1081 00:52:53,789 --> 00:52:55,704 Oh, my God. It's gorgeous. 1082 00:52:55,791 --> 00:52:57,488 It's a hat pin. 1083 00:52:57,575 --> 00:52:59,795 You always look so cute wearing your hats. 1084 00:52:59,838 --> 00:53:02,450 Thank you. 1085 00:53:02,493 --> 00:53:04,495 I love it. 1086 00:53:04,495 --> 00:53:06,889 And you can open this one later. 1087 00:53:06,932 --> 00:53:09,718 No, if you got it for me, I want to open it in front of you. 1088 00:53:15,289 --> 00:53:17,726 My whole life, I've never come across 1089 00:53:17,726 --> 00:53:21,338 any book quite as marvelous as this one. Have you read it? 1090 00:53:21,382 --> 00:53:23,122 -Uh, only "Song of Myself." -Oh. 1091 00:53:23,166 --> 00:53:24,602 You should read the whole thing. 1092 00:53:24,646 --> 00:53:26,604 It's-it's really special to me. 1093 00:53:26,648 --> 00:53:31,174 And you... are really special to me. 1094 00:53:31,218 --> 00:53:33,307 Don't ever forget that. 1095 00:53:35,004 --> 00:53:37,311 It's been hard. 1096 00:53:37,398 --> 00:53:39,530 You know, not... not being here, 1097 00:53:39,530 --> 00:53:41,402 not getting to really talk. 1098 00:53:41,445 --> 00:53:43,317 [sighs] 1099 00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,538 You know what I find funny? 1100 00:53:47,538 --> 00:53:49,410 You know, people look at me, 1101 00:53:49,497 --> 00:53:52,326 and they see this upbeat guy with this accent, 1102 00:53:52,413 --> 00:53:54,632 who is a friend to women, 1103 00:53:54,676 --> 00:53:56,982 can't say no to a cheeseburger. 1104 00:53:56,982 --> 00:53:58,897 And they think I'm soft. 1105 00:54:00,029 --> 00:54:02,771 Gingrich thought so. 1106 00:54:02,858 --> 00:54:04,816 Bush thought so. 1107 00:54:06,340 --> 00:54:09,386 And so did my stepdaddy, at first. 1108 00:54:10,779 --> 00:54:14,086 Let me tell you, two weeks before this Election Day, 1109 00:54:14,130 --> 00:54:16,393 I was in Miami, 'cause damn it 1110 00:54:16,437 --> 00:54:18,613 if I weren't gonna get Florida this time. 1111 00:54:18,656 --> 00:54:22,878 And a poll comes out, has me beating Dole by 20 points. 1112 00:54:22,965 --> 00:54:26,229 I mean, I've been polling well, but this was game over. 1113 00:54:26,229 --> 00:54:27,970 You know what I felt, Monica, 1114 00:54:28,013 --> 00:54:30,581 as I sat there in that hotel looking at that poll? 1115 00:54:30,668 --> 00:54:32,844 I was fucking furious. 1116 00:54:35,456 --> 00:54:39,198 Because it took away any notion of a fight. 1117 00:54:39,242 --> 00:54:43,812 And I love to fight. I love it. 1118 00:54:43,812 --> 00:54:46,728 This was the last campaign of my life, 1119 00:54:46,815 --> 00:54:49,383 and it was done. 1120 00:54:49,383 --> 00:54:50,862 It's weird. 1121 00:54:52,690 --> 00:54:54,823 You know, I-I wanted to go for a walk alone, 1122 00:54:54,910 --> 00:54:57,129 but of course, I can never be alone, 1123 00:54:57,173 --> 00:55:01,133 so Secret Service drove me around downtown Miami. 1124 00:55:01,177 --> 00:55:04,049 And-and we stopped in this little bookshop. 1125 00:55:04,049 --> 00:55:06,400 And I looked over on a shelf, 1126 00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,185 and I saw that Whitman. 1127 00:55:13,102 --> 00:55:14,538 And I thought of you. 1128 00:55:19,717 --> 00:55:21,676 So, don't you dare, for one minute, believe 1129 00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,373 the reason you haven't been asked to come visit is 1130 00:55:23,417 --> 00:55:25,593 'cause I didn't want it. 1131 00:55:25,636 --> 00:55:27,812 You know, the moment I saw you today, 1132 00:55:27,856 --> 00:55:29,814 I wanted to get you in here alone as fast as I could. 1133 00:55:29,858 --> 00:55:32,251 The election is over. 1134 00:55:32,295 --> 00:55:33,731 I just don't want to get addicted to you, 1135 00:55:33,775 --> 00:55:35,429 and I don't want you to get addicted to me. 1136 00:55:35,516 --> 00:55:37,605 -Too late. -No, Monica. 1137 00:55:37,648 --> 00:55:39,302 I think about all these guys who have hurt you, 1138 00:55:39,346 --> 00:55:41,217 and I, and I worry... 1139 00:55:41,217 --> 00:55:43,437 Don't worry about me. 1140 00:55:48,224 --> 00:55:52,315 We have to be really careful. 1141 00:56:01,890 --> 00:56:04,022 [phone ringing] 1142 00:56:16,905 --> 00:56:19,037 Are you Linda Tripp? 1143 00:56:20,735 --> 00:56:23,085 Maybe. 1144 00:56:23,128 --> 00:56:25,914 I'm Michael Isikoff. I cover Washington for Newsweek. 1145 00:56:25,914 --> 00:56:27,655 I know who you are. 1146 00:56:27,698 --> 00:56:28,917 I used to work in the West Wing... 1147 00:56:28,917 --> 00:56:30,222 people were afraid of your calls. 1148 00:56:30,266 --> 00:56:33,225 Really? [chuckles] 1149 00:56:33,269 --> 00:56:34,575 What are you doing here? 1150 00:56:34,575 --> 00:56:36,620 Wanted to ask you a few questions. 1151 00:56:55,378 --> 00:56:57,249 [Linda sighs] 1152 00:56:57,293 --> 00:56:59,338 Let's put our cards on the table. 1153 00:56:59,382 --> 00:57:01,297 You're trying to do an exposé on my program. 1154 00:57:01,297 --> 00:57:02,820 What program? 1155 00:57:02,864 --> 00:57:04,822 JCOC. 1156 00:57:04,866 --> 00:57:07,390 -Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. -Ah. 1157 00:57:07,477 --> 00:57:09,697 No. No, that's not why I'm here. 1158 00:57:09,740 --> 00:57:12,090 Do you know a woman named Kathleen Willey? 1159 00:57:13,875 --> 00:57:16,747 I spoke to her recently. She told me about the incident. 1160 00:57:16,834 --> 00:57:18,401 With the president? 1161 00:57:18,401 --> 00:57:20,316 You'll need to be more specific. 1162 00:57:21,839 --> 00:57:23,537 I-I worked at the White House for many years 1163 00:57:23,537 --> 00:57:24,973 at a very high level. 1164 00:57:27,192 --> 00:57:30,413 Okay. Kathleen told me she was subjected 1165 00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:33,634 to an unwanted sexual advance from the president. 1166 00:57:33,721 --> 00:57:37,464 She said she told you about it, and you can back up her story. 1167 00:57:40,075 --> 00:57:42,512 That's what she said? 1168 00:57:42,556 --> 00:57:44,688 That I would back up her story? 1169 00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:48,475 Is that not accurate? 1170 00:57:49,998 --> 00:57:53,044 [Linda scoffs] 1171 00:57:53,088 --> 00:57:55,394 I can't imagine why anyone would care about Kathleen. 1172 00:57:55,438 --> 00:57:59,224 Because she might become part of the Paula Jones case. 1173 00:57:59,224 --> 00:58:02,010 Her lawyers will argue that he has a pattern of behavior. 1174 00:58:02,010 --> 00:58:03,794 This isn't a story. 1175 00:58:06,362 --> 00:58:08,190 [door squeaks open] 1176 00:58:08,233 --> 00:58:11,236 Can you at least tell me, did something happen? 1177 00:58:11,236 --> 00:58:13,761 I told you. I have to talk to Kathleen. 1178 00:58:13,804 --> 00:58:15,980 Will you call me after you do? 1179 00:58:16,024 --> 00:58:18,243 Here's my card. You can reach me at the... 1180 00:58:18,287 --> 00:58:19,897 I know how to reach you. 1181 00:58:19,941 --> 00:58:21,899 Okay. 1182 00:58:21,943 --> 00:58:24,249 All right. 1183 00:58:24,293 --> 00:58:26,382 There's a bigger story. 1184 00:58:28,602 --> 00:58:30,604 Much bigger than this. 1185 00:58:32,170 --> 00:58:34,172 You're barking up the wrong tree. 1186 00:58:38,307 --> 00:58:40,701 ♪ 1187 00:58:52,974 --> 00:58:54,976 ♪ 1188 00:59:24,875 --> 00:59:26,573 ♪ 1189 00:59:55,906 --> 00:59:58,256 ♪ 1190 01:00:08,266 --> 01:00:10,268 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH