1 00:00:22,439 --> 00:00:23,565 [grunting] 2 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:55,138 - [Tom] The polls are tightening. - Don't ride the poller coaster. 3 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:57,557 That way madness lies. The only poll that matters... 4 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:58,683 - November fifth. - Yep. 5 00:00:58,767 --> 00:01:00,643 Would you be saying that if we were leading? 6 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:03,396 Ask me when we're leading. How is your convention speech coming? 7 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,523 It's getting there. Anything else? 8 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:09,152 Yes. I wanna make an issue of Moss' age. 9 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:11,780 - Not a chance. Not going there. - That he is out of touch. 10 00:01:11,863 --> 00:01:14,282 He's looking backward, not forward. Old versus new. 11 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:17,118 His ideas, not that he gets to pay less to go to the movies. 12 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:19,996 Implied contrast spots, then, with you doing vigorous things. 13 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,415 - Like, you know, sports. - I play hockey. 14 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:23,625 American sports. 15 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:26,711 [Tom] Hey, honey. 16 00:01:26,795 --> 00:01:30,215 Hi. I'm gonna be late for school. I will snack there. See you later. 17 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:33,760 [sighs] It's like that now. 18 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:36,262 What am I in for when she turns into a teenager? 19 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:38,598 You wanna hear, "It'll be fine," or you want the truth? 20 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:41,643 It'll be fine. 21 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:46,272 What do you expect to find that we didn't see yesterday? 22 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,357 Which was nothing. 23 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,109 I'm an investigator. I investigate. 24 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:53,363 Is this boring for you? 'Cause there's a nice empty car outside. 25 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:56,783 [Eli] Investigator? The "I" in "CIA" stands for "intelligence." 26 00:01:56,866 --> 00:01:59,285 - I used to be FBI. - "Used to"? 27 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:03,456 [sighs] Yeah, well, I move fast and break things. 28 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:18,972 This wasn't here yesterday, all these dots. 29 00:02:49,878 --> 00:02:53,756 - What is that? - Don't... touch anything. 30 00:02:55,425 --> 00:02:57,427 [theme music playing] 31 00:03:05,268 --> 00:03:07,061 [indistinct chatter] 32 00:03:18,072 --> 00:03:19,073 Your files. 33 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:21,451 Hi. 34 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:24,120 I have a meeting with people who have important things to get to. 35 00:03:24,203 --> 00:03:25,538 As I mentioned last night, 36 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:29,542 you're being considered for the vice-presidential spot on the ticket. 37 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:33,421 Well, let me cut this short. While honored, I like my current position. 38 00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:35,089 The one with the very important people? 39 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:38,509 Right. And I'm from Texas, which Moss will carry as a native son, 40 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:40,845 so I'd be of no help to the ticket, geographically. 41 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:42,972 Geographic balance is a relic concept. 42 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:46,976 [scoffs] Okay. Look, I've never run for office. 43 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:47,894 I don't have the appetite to. 44 00:03:47,977 --> 00:03:51,147 Frankly, I'm not sure I'd be particularly good at it. 45 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:55,818 And yet you waited, despite my rude tardiness. 46 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,863 So you must be at least somewhat intrigued. 47 00:03:59,447 --> 00:04:01,824 Hey, your surname, did you have an Anglo father? 48 00:04:03,159 --> 00:04:05,119 No, that was changed. 49 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:07,580 Would you mind changing it back? 50 00:04:08,498 --> 00:04:12,627 Okay. Well, if this is about exploiting my Latino background, 51 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:15,004 - I'll most certainly pass. - Oh, come on, Aaron. 52 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:18,341 Don't be so touchy. You're an excellent fit. 53 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:21,427 You bolster Kirkman's foreign policy bona fides, 54 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:26,266 you're experienced, you're admired and, yeah, sue me, you're Latino. 55 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:29,477 Latinos, millennials, urban blacks, 56 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,731 they were all a huge chunk of the 45% of eligible voters 57 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:37,944 who stayed home last time, whining about having no real choice. 58 00:04:38,027 --> 00:04:40,905 What I'm trying to explain to them, and to all of America, 59 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:47,620 is that the president, and hopefully you, are a new and amazing choice. 60 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:52,250 Let me think about it. 61 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:55,003 Try thinking about anything else. 62 00:04:55,586 --> 00:04:56,504 Sir? 63 00:04:56,587 --> 00:04:59,424 I've been working on platform thoughts for the reelect, 64 00:04:59,507 --> 00:05:02,010 but I am president now and I need to govern. 65 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:05,596 I know Congress isn't gonna take up our agenda in the waning months of my term, 66 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,390 but isn't there something we can do? 67 00:05:07,473 --> 00:05:08,516 What's in your platform? 68 00:05:08,599 --> 00:05:12,145 Real tax reform, common sense immigration, health care for all. 69 00:05:12,687 --> 00:05:15,231 I got a memo from someone at NIH 70 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:18,901 about the potential way to lower pricing on certain drugs. 71 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,945 That's good. Let's get someone on that. 72 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:22,946 Uh... 73 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:28,286 On the subject of drugs... Lynn has relapsed. 74 00:05:29,787 --> 00:05:32,373 - She's back in rehab. - I am so sorry. 75 00:05:32,457 --> 00:05:33,457 [softly] Yeah. 76 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:38,379 - How are you doing? - I'm all right. Thanks for asking. 77 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,341 - Do you need to take some time? - Not necessary. 78 00:05:43,092 --> 00:05:48,181 I just don't want this to become an issue for the administration or campaign. 79 00:05:48,264 --> 00:05:49,640 It's a private matter. 80 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:52,518 Does that even exist anymore? 81 00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:57,065 - We won't let it become an issue. - Thank you, sir. 82 00:06:03,404 --> 00:06:06,741 Okay, we've gotta do something very important and extremely stupid. 83 00:06:06,824 --> 00:06:07,824 Pick our color. 84 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,953 For the electoral map. 85 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:13,348 Republicans are red. Democrats are blue. What are we gonna be? 86 00:06:13,372 --> 00:06:16,751 - Easy. Third color of the flag, white. - We really wanna be the white party? 87 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:20,213 - Black, then. - Connoting foreboding and malevolence. No. 88 00:06:20,296 --> 00:06:22,799 There's already a Green Party. Gray is ambivalent. 89 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:26,511 - Yellow? - The color of cowardice and urine. No. 90 00:06:26,594 --> 00:06:29,472 Purple. Already used to symbolize neither party. 91 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:31,015 To what do we owe the honor? 92 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:32,850 Reporting for duty. 93 00:06:33,434 --> 00:06:35,269 Can we talk in my office? 94 00:06:36,104 --> 00:06:38,356 I think there's been a misunderstanding. 95 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:41,400 The president assured me that I would have exclusive prerogative 96 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:42,485 over hiring and firing. 97 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:45,530 - Well, if you'd like to call him... - He doesn't trust me. 98 00:06:45,613 --> 00:06:48,324 Not the case. I don't trust you, and he trusts me. 99 00:06:48,407 --> 00:06:50,552 Okay, so you're here as what, exactly? Keeper of the flame? 100 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:52,328 I'm here to help in any way that I can. 101 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:53,411 [sighs] 102 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:56,958 Okay, fine. You're the new campaign spokesperson. 103 00:06:57,041 --> 00:07:00,837 Your first duty, go demote the old one. You'll like his office. 104 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:05,424 - [knocking on door] - Nope! Go away! 105 00:07:07,051 --> 00:07:10,012 - I've got zip to do. - All the action's on the campaign, man. 106 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,098 I can't blame Emily for bolting. 107 00:07:12,181 --> 00:07:13,951 The next three months, the only thing for us to do 108 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,394 is defend the record and prevent any gaffes. 109 00:07:16,477 --> 00:07:19,897 Hmm. It gives you time to connect with this daughter you didn't know you had. 110 00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:21,421 How the fuck do you know about that? 111 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:23,541 [chuckles] Privacy's a last century jam. 112 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:25,695 I don't know that I have the right to call 113 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:28,656 this 21-year-old product of my DNA my daughter. 114 00:07:28,739 --> 00:07:31,579 - But you're gonna contact her? - I don't know what I'd be getting into. 115 00:07:33,369 --> 00:07:35,621 I bet you're great at online stalking. 116 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,332 - Don't even... - All I want is the basics, okay? 117 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:41,752 SAT score, voting record, whether she's ever been wasted at a rave. 118 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,230 I could be indicted for even hearing this. 119 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:45,965 It's not like I'm asking the NSA to draw up her file. 120 00:07:46,048 --> 00:07:47,648 You really need to find something to do. 121 00:07:49,051 --> 00:07:50,470 I think I just did. 122 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:56,017 Smallpox? 123 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:58,811 That was the shape of its viral structure, marked on that wall. 124 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:00,539 How? The whole place was scrubbed with bleach. 125 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:01,814 The researcher would've known 126 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:03,584 scratching a bleached wall with anything copper, 127 00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:05,234 like a penny minted before '82, 128 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,612 eventually reveals a mark for someone to find. 129 00:08:07,695 --> 00:08:10,466 The kinetics of the reaction were slow. That's why it didn't show up until today. 130 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,825 - Where are we going? - Fort Detrick in Maryland. 131 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:15,369 They keep one of the rare stores of smallpox vaccine. 132 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:17,580 We get it in time, we'll be fine. 133 00:08:17,663 --> 00:08:19,123 [tires screeching] 134 00:08:23,377 --> 00:08:25,421 Are you fucking kidding me? 135 00:08:27,465 --> 00:08:29,665 - You'll think about it? - It's not a great job, anyway. 136 00:08:29,717 --> 00:08:32,845 Oh, right. Vice presidency's not worth a bucket of warm spit. 137 00:08:32,929 --> 00:08:34,198 They cleaned that up. It's "piss." 138 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:36,057 Garner actually said, "Bucket of warm piss." 139 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,618 Kirkman can only serve one more term. 140 00:08:37,642 --> 00:08:40,436 You'd be heir apparent next time, win or lose. 141 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,313 Let me make it simpler for you. 142 00:08:42,396 --> 00:08:44,941 Do you wanna be the first Latino president of the United States? 143 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:46,584 - Jesus Christ. - Oh, my God. Of course. 144 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:48,921 You don't want people thinking you were chosen because you're Latino. 145 00:08:48,945 --> 00:08:52,031 - I know you think that's stupid... - "Stupid" is the nicest word I'd use. 146 00:08:54,116 --> 00:08:57,537 Yes, come in. You expressed an interest in pharmaceuticals. 147 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:01,249 Yes, for parasitic worm disease in sub-Saharan Africa. 148 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:04,627 Praziquantel for schistosomiasis costs 21 cents a pill, 149 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:08,506 but helminths can be fought with albendazole, costing three cents. 150 00:09:08,589 --> 00:09:10,049 That's what you wanna do. 151 00:09:10,132 --> 00:09:14,053 What I want is for you to get this woman from the National Institutes of Health in 152 00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:16,347 and learn about march-in rights. 153 00:09:16,931 --> 00:09:18,140 Now would be good. 154 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:22,562 What's up? 155 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:25,082 [narrator] President Kirkman has never mentioned 156 00:09:25,106 --> 00:09:27,108 his transgender sister-in-law. 157 00:09:27,191 --> 00:09:28,818 What exactly is he hiding? 158 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:31,153 Paid for by Citizens For Family. 159 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:32,113 Moss? 160 00:09:32,196 --> 00:09:34,240 Super PAC, run by a guy who used to work for him. 161 00:09:34,323 --> 00:09:37,535 - What do you wanna do, sir? - Respect Sasha's privacy and ignore it. 162 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:41,098 - That's not gonna be possible. - [Seth] This has already gone viral. 163 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:44,417 All the major networks are gonna cover it. It's a free media firestorm. 164 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:47,044 Not only gonna get whacked by the social conservatives, 165 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:50,423 but the LGBTQ activists are gonna hit you for willful neglect. 166 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:53,134 So, on one hand, I will be accused of having a secret agenda, 167 00:09:53,217 --> 00:09:54,945 and on the other, ducking the subject completely. 168 00:09:54,969 --> 00:09:56,846 All because I don't wanna drag my sister-in-law 169 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:58,249 through this political maelstrom. 170 00:09:58,306 --> 00:10:01,726 - I'd avoid the word "drag." - Okay, we're done talking about this. 171 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,479 - I need you to check in with the campaign. - Yep. 172 00:10:08,357 --> 00:10:09,357 [telephone ringing] 173 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,985 - [Emily] Emily Rhodes. - [Seth] Emily? 174 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:14,488 - [Emily chuckles] Ta-da. - Oh. Congratulations? 175 00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:17,491 Yeah, we'll see. When we have a second, I'm gonna need some pointers. 176 00:10:17,575 --> 00:10:21,037 Here are the two basic ones. Don't lie and don't get into an argument. 177 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,124 Okay, well, I assume you're calling about the sister-in-law spot. Fucking Moss. 178 00:10:25,207 --> 00:10:27,335 He's an unprincipled, ego-drunk choad. 179 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:29,587 Yeah, well, he and the president were friends. 180 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:32,465 - I never trusted him. - Okay, great. Then you win. 181 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:35,551 Naivete is among your elemental charms. 182 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,637 Did you know about Sasha? 183 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,323 Yeah, she and the First Lady were pretty close. 184 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:41,349 It was really hard on Alex when she moved to Paris. 185 00:10:41,432 --> 00:10:44,185 But, you know, she never wanted to be in the spotlight. 186 00:10:44,268 --> 00:10:46,187 Well, sadly, that's all over now. 187 00:10:46,270 --> 00:10:48,165 That's what I'm on my way to talk to the president about now. 188 00:10:48,189 --> 00:10:50,566 I'll catch you later. Okay. 189 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:53,694 [knocking on door] 190 00:10:53,778 --> 00:10:56,572 - [Isabel] Hi. - Hi. I'm Kasey from the NIH. 191 00:10:57,406 --> 00:10:58,532 Isabel. 192 00:10:58,616 --> 00:11:01,994 [coughs] It's okay, I don't have meningitis. 193 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:05,081 Jury's still out on lupus, but that's not contagious, so... 194 00:11:06,874 --> 00:11:10,336 You're here to educate me on march-in rights. 195 00:11:10,419 --> 00:11:14,799 Okay. So, a significant portion of drug research and development 196 00:11:14,882 --> 00:11:19,845 is actually funded by federal grants to university labs and foundations. 197 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:22,681 The Bayh-Dole Act allows pharmaceutical companies 198 00:11:22,765 --> 00:11:26,811 to then purchase patents on any marketable medications that result. 199 00:11:26,894 --> 00:11:30,481 And charge whatever they like for them, usually exorbitantly. 200 00:11:30,564 --> 00:11:34,193 With their usual justification of R&D costs. Complete bullshit. 201 00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:37,113 Yeah. However, tucked away in Bayh-Dole 202 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:40,074 is a provision allowing the federal government to march in 203 00:11:40,157 --> 00:11:43,327 and take away patents for drugs developed using federal dollars 204 00:11:43,411 --> 00:11:46,247 that aren't reaching an adequate portion of the patients who need them. 205 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:48,958 Because they cost too fucking much. 206 00:11:49,041 --> 00:11:51,877 [grunts] Are we allowed to swear like that? 207 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:54,255 The FBI's not gonna burst through the door. 208 00:11:54,338 --> 00:11:55,464 [chuckles] 209 00:11:55,548 --> 00:12:00,886 So you're saying that the president possesses previously legislated authority 210 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:02,930 to force certain drug prices down? 211 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:03,931 Yes. 212 00:12:04,014 --> 00:12:05,558 Fuckin' A. 213 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:08,436 She's received death threats. Death threats! 214 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:10,455 That harassment isn't gonna stop until you make it. 215 00:12:10,479 --> 00:12:13,190 A statement alone is not gonna do it. You have to bring her here. 216 00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:15,651 Normalize her to neutralize this as a talking point. 217 00:12:16,277 --> 00:12:17,945 She doesn't deserve any of this. 218 00:12:20,698 --> 00:12:22,658 Fine. You're right. I'll invite her. 219 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:26,120 Moss is gonna keep this up until we bloody his nose. 220 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:29,707 I wanna leak that he's carrying the Alzheimer's gene. 221 00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:30,790 Oh, my God. 222 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:33,627 - We can't make up something like that. - Not making it up. 223 00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:37,673 You know the AIPAC event that all three campaigns did last week? 224 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:41,385 Our team came in to set up while they were clearing away after Moss, 225 00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:42,988 - and I swiped his spoon. - [Emily] I don't believe this. 226 00:12:43,012 --> 00:12:46,599 I had it tested for DNA. I think the result speaks for itself. 227 00:12:46,682 --> 00:12:47,682 That's gene theft. 228 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:50,603 Illegal in only eight states, none of them being Virginia. 229 00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:54,064 And unethical in all 50, and a complete violation of his privacy. 230 00:12:54,148 --> 00:12:57,568 Sort of like what they did to Sasha, only this is actually relevant. 231 00:12:57,651 --> 00:12:58,486 Oh, come on. 232 00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:01,280 A 70-year-old man running for a four-year term, 233 00:13:01,363 --> 00:13:04,909 with a 12 times greater-than-normal risk of cognitive decline. 234 00:13:04,992 --> 00:13:08,245 You think the American people really want an Alzheimer's-addled Moss 235 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,664 answering the 3:00 a.m. crisis call? 236 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:12,708 This is absolutely fair game. 237 00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:15,002 And what's next? A break-in at his cardiologist's? 238 00:13:15,085 --> 00:13:17,379 The American people have the right to know. 239 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:21,926 And Moss has a right not to, if that's his choice. 240 00:13:22,009 --> 00:13:23,928 We are certainly not going to be the people 241 00:13:24,011 --> 00:13:26,096 to make such a personal decision for him. 242 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:28,098 I wouldn't want anyone making it for me. 243 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:30,059 I forbid this. That's final. Thank you. 244 00:13:32,019 --> 00:13:35,231 Mr. Harper, Penny's school's calling for the president. 245 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:37,316 - Can he be interrupted? - [Mars] What's it about? 246 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:39,109 May I ask what this is concerning? 247 00:13:40,819 --> 00:13:42,154 [clears throat] 248 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:44,657 This is Chief of Staff Harper. 249 00:13:47,826 --> 00:13:51,830 I see. Thank you for informing us. I'll let the president know. 250 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:54,625 Good day not to be you. 251 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:58,420 That's most days, but, uh, yeah. 252 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:01,757 What now? 253 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,720 - Penny's school called. - Is she all right? 254 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:08,597 Nothing alarming. At least, I wouldn't... 255 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:11,934 Not that I'd... I mean, it's part of... You know... 256 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:13,185 Not so far. 257 00:14:14,853 --> 00:14:16,063 It's a bit awkward. 258 00:14:16,146 --> 00:14:18,774 I would say the awkwardness is verging on profound. 259 00:14:22,152 --> 00:14:26,448 Penny got her period. So... that. 260 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:29,367 Hmm. 261 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:34,915 Two middle-aged men talking about one of their daughter's first period. 262 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,626 What could be awkward about that? 263 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:41,672 - I'm not sure what I... - I think you just leave. 264 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:56,979 She's growing up, honey. 265 00:14:59,982 --> 00:15:01,108 She's growing up. 266 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,262 [Hannah] Yeah, Dianne, we're fine. 267 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:08,949 As transmissible as smallpox is, the vaccine is completely effective 268 00:15:09,033 --> 00:15:11,535 if taken within the 12-day incubation period 269 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:14,788 that someone nicer would've told me about sooner, but he didn't. 270 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:18,709 Yeah. She wants to know how this guy got his hands on smallpox. 271 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:22,004 He didn't. He ordered separate pieces of DNA and put it together. 272 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:24,882 Which is supposed to be closely monitored and isn't. Ergo... 273 00:15:25,507 --> 00:15:26,508 Did you get that? 274 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:32,514 Dr. Mays believes the researcher isolated the contagion section of smallpox DNA, 275 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:35,517 and then via CRISPR, he inserted it into the bird flu virus, 276 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:39,521 which accounts for its sudden greater communicability. 277 00:15:40,731 --> 00:15:42,650 Tell her we're going to Toronto. 278 00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:46,528 There's been an outbreak at an OB-GYN clinic in Toronto. 279 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,822 We're gonna head... Yes, Dianne. 280 00:15:49,907 --> 00:15:52,785 Yeah, I got it. Okay. Goodbye. 281 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:54,954 What was that? 282 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:59,667 She's just reminding me I'm CIA now, whose stock-in-trade is stealth. 283 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:02,878 So she would prefer that I go about my business 284 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:07,508 without attracting the attention of the local constabulary. 285 00:16:08,842 --> 00:16:09,677 [clamoring] 286 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,279 - [Seth] Philip! - [Philip] Thank you, Seth. 287 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:13,973 Why has the president not mentioned his sister-in-law before? 288 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:16,767 Not mentioning something is not the same thing as not mentioning it. 289 00:16:16,850 --> 00:16:18,477 If that's not too Zen koan. 290 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,895 - Seth! - [Seth] Yes, Dennis. 291 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,772 Was President Kirkman trying to conceal it? 292 00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:24,358 "It" is a human being with a name, which is private. 293 00:16:24,441 --> 00:16:26,610 The president's intent being to respect said privacy, 294 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:28,278 not to try to conceal anything. Yeah. 295 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:30,715 Seth, what's the president's position on transgender rights? 296 00:16:30,739 --> 00:16:32,175 The president supports all human rights. 297 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:35,119 Seth! Is the president's position on transgender rights 298 00:16:35,202 --> 00:16:36,704 influenced by his sister-in-law? 299 00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:38,556 It was just asked what that position even was. 300 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:40,058 Obviously, a position you can't identify 301 00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:43,502 can't magically be brought into being just because of a family relation. 302 00:16:45,587 --> 00:16:47,381 That made sense in my head before I said it. 303 00:16:47,464 --> 00:16:49,091 - [reporters clamoring] - Gary Lee. 304 00:16:59,768 --> 00:17:02,521 - Oui, allô. - [Tom] Sasha. It's me, Tom. 305 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:04,982 Hello, Mr. President. 306 00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:07,401 I am so sorry for everything that you're dealing with. 307 00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:10,529 Well, the suddenness along with the almost surreal invasiveness, 308 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:12,448 it has been a bit disorienting. 309 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:13,741 It's appalling. 310 00:17:13,824 --> 00:17:16,910 It didn't occur to me that running for a second term would bring this on. 311 00:17:16,994 --> 00:17:19,621 - [Sasha] And so it has. - Right. 312 00:17:20,789 --> 00:17:23,500 Well, now I find myself in the awkward position 313 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:26,336 of having to ask you if you'd be willing to come to Washington, DC. 314 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:28,297 To help you politically? 315 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:29,798 No, to help us both. 316 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:33,886 I'm told that the only way to stop this intrusion into your private life 317 00:17:33,969 --> 00:17:36,513 is for us to stand together, a public appearance. 318 00:17:36,597 --> 00:17:41,143 I need to relinquish my privacy in order to restore it? 319 00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:46,023 [sighs] I'm afraid so. Obviously, the choice is yours. 320 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,236 I'll catch the first flight out in the morning. 321 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,365 Okay. Thank you, Sasha. I'll see you soon. 322 00:17:55,949 --> 00:17:56,950 Good night, Tom. 323 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:06,543 So I just wanted to let you and everyone at the Post know 324 00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:09,588 that all campaign-related questions should now be directed my way. 325 00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:13,175 And as for trading leaks for favorable coverage, 326 00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:15,010 heaven forfend. 327 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:16,595 Bye, Howard. 328 00:18:18,889 --> 00:18:21,600 - What's up? You miss me already? - Oh. Envious. 329 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:24,728 But I decided that, as always, 330 00:18:24,812 --> 00:18:27,523 jealousy is stupid, when I could just join you. 331 00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:32,694 - I can't poach you from Seth. - That's a little plantationy, no? 332 00:18:33,695 --> 00:18:36,657 Well, he's a friend, and he raves about you. 333 00:18:36,740 --> 00:18:39,576 - [Lorraine] What? What? - What? 334 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:43,372 The FCC just ruled that our convention is not a convention, it's a rally, 335 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:46,500 and thus not entitled to free air time on the networks. 336 00:18:46,583 --> 00:18:48,669 We would have to pay for four days of coverage, 337 00:18:48,752 --> 00:18:50,629 which we cannot afford to do. 338 00:18:50,712 --> 00:18:53,132 Take a wild guess who first appointed the commissioner 339 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:55,259 - who cast the swing vote. - Moss. 340 00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:59,596 Are you starting to understand what kind of a dick we're dealing with, Pollyanna? 341 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:05,602 Stage it someplace cool and free. And put it on the Web. 342 00:19:05,686 --> 00:19:09,148 - You're the White House digital guy. - I guess. 343 00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:12,985 So an unconvention? That could work. 344 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:17,865 You work here now, for her. Set it up. 345 00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:22,661 - Sir. - [Tom] Aaron, please. 346 00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:25,914 I intended to get to this earlier, but it's been a day. 347 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,457 Well, aren't they all? 348 00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:30,586 It's a wonder anybody even wants this job, let alone chases after it 349 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:33,005 as hard as I'm learning you have to, to get it. 350 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:37,009 Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about something. 351 00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:40,470 Something rather momentous. 352 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,180 Sir. 353 00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:44,099 Syria. 354 00:19:44,808 --> 00:19:46,393 [stutters] Sir? 355 00:19:46,476 --> 00:19:50,981 I want you to quietly, secretly reach out to the parties involved in the conflict, 356 00:19:51,064 --> 00:19:54,610 with an eye not just towards a cessation of hostilities, 357 00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:57,446 but a realistic, workable peace plan. 358 00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:00,449 Syria is quickly becoming a potential tinderbox for World War III, 359 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:04,620 and we have to do absolutely everything we can to solve this before it's too late. 360 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,455 It will be an honor to try. 361 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,795 - Was there anything else? - [chuckles] No. Isn't that enough? 362 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,216 - Right. Thank you, Mr. President. - Come on. 363 00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:22,095 [sniffles] 364 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:30,229 - Sorry to be late. - That was for you. I'm used to it. 365 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,357 Quite all right. Please, sit down, Mr. Harper. 366 00:20:35,275 --> 00:20:39,988 Okay, well, the purpose of today's session is to... 367 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,448 Our second go-around. 368 00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:45,619 You wanna know what in our relationship might help account for my being here. 369 00:20:46,328 --> 00:20:48,448 - Is that what you want to discuss today? - Let her... 370 00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:50,207 He's a wonderful partner. 371 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:55,837 He's attentive and irreproachable and unimpeachably correct. 372 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,756 She doesn't mean that as a compliment. 373 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:00,884 I noticed that you didn't say loving. 374 00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:04,805 It's not applicable. 375 00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:08,642 - That's unfair. - Our marriage was transactional. 376 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,310 There's no shame in it. 377 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:13,021 There's just no sense in pretending otherwise. 378 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,189 Transactional in what way? 379 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:18,277 She means I'm the poor-boy grocer's son who married into her money. 380 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:23,865 Money was incidental. He married me for my father. 381 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:26,201 And your father was a prominent politician? 382 00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:29,705 He was the "Lion of the Senate." 383 00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:34,334 Just the ticket for an ambitious young climber 384 00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:37,504 with a degree in political science from a mediocre university. 385 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,009 Earlier, you said that your husband was irreproachable. 386 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:52,019 Do you know he's never smoked pot? Or whatever they call it these days. 387 00:21:52,894 --> 00:21:56,106 It took me the longest time to decide if that was, uh... 388 00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,694 discipline, timidity, 389 00:22:00,777 --> 00:22:04,489 or just the avoidance of a biographical detail 390 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:07,284 that might jeopardize his professional ascent. 391 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:09,703 And did you arrive at any conclusions? 392 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:16,626 - [chuckles] It was an implied rebuke. - In other words, this is all my fault. 393 00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:19,463 Not all. 394 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:25,927 But not none. 395 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,061 I'm there waiting for him to bring up the VP slot. 396 00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:36,646 And it hit me, "Idiot!" I told her I'd think about it. 397 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:37,981 So have you? 398 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:41,318 [Aaron] Well, it is the second most powerful position in the free world. 399 00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:43,945 Oh. This morning it was "a bucket of warm piss." 400 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:47,115 Well, my views on the subject are evolving. 401 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,116 On the office, or wanting it? 402 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,620 You said it would instantly make me a plausible presidential contender. 403 00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:53,056 It's something I've never dreamt of. 404 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,082 An opportunity that might never come again. 405 00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,165 But? 406 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,502 You and Lorraine and, for all I know, the president, 407 00:22:58,585 --> 00:23:00,462 want me to be the Great Latino Hope. 408 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:01,564 Which you're not okay with. 409 00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:03,191 I've been looking to avoid that all my life. 410 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:06,718 - And I know you don't agree with that... - It's not for me to agree or disagree. 411 00:23:06,802 --> 00:23:09,012 Just stop, okay? Just tell me what you think. 412 00:23:09,096 --> 00:23:13,058 I think you're a grown-ass man and that your identity, 413 00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:15,977 and your relationship to it, is something you worked out for yourself 414 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:18,522 a long time ago and will survive 415 00:23:18,605 --> 00:23:21,650 whatever external objectification you might be in for in a national campaign. 416 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:24,861 - Yeah, "might be"? - Will be. My point stands. 417 00:23:27,114 --> 00:23:30,534 - [sighs] All right. - Holy shit, is this really happening? 418 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:35,122 [clears throat] Lorraine. Hey, sorry to bother you so late. I... 419 00:23:35,997 --> 00:23:39,042 I guess it's your voice mail, so this is not really, uh... 420 00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:41,503 Look, I just wanted to touch base... 421 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:44,464 [stuttering] Yeah, not touch base so much as... 422 00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:45,674 Oh, my God. 423 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:49,177 Look, I wanted to call you to tell you... Shit. 424 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,888 Smooth. Really, I wouldn't change a word. 425 00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:56,268 What? You gotta be shitting... Her mailbox is full. 426 00:23:56,351 --> 00:23:58,270 - Well, text her. - I'm not gonna text her. 427 00:23:58,353 --> 00:24:00,522 You don't accept a VP nod via text message. 428 00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:02,566 E-mail, then. Whatever, baby. Just get it done. 429 00:24:02,649 --> 00:24:04,335 What do you want me to do? Do you want me... 430 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:05,694 [cell phone ringing] 431 00:24:09,489 --> 00:24:10,490 Lorraine. 432 00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:15,162 Okay, this is doable. Yeah? 433 00:24:15,745 --> 00:24:18,165 An unconvention for the accidental president. 434 00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:21,501 - It's not just doable, it's almost cool. - Almost. 435 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,127 It's still politics. 436 00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:26,715 - Hey, do you think I'm naive? - That Pollyanna crack? 437 00:24:27,382 --> 00:24:28,425 Consider the source. 438 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:31,011 Lorraine is a pro, and that wasn't really an answer. 439 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:35,599 - You have principles. - Mmm. So in other words, yes. 440 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:38,268 Having principles doesn't make you naive. 441 00:24:38,351 --> 00:24:41,104 [sighs] I probably need to toughen up a little. 442 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:48,612 He thought he could keep it hidden away, lurking. 443 00:24:48,695 --> 00:24:51,865 And then spring it on an unsuspecting American public, 444 00:24:51,948 --> 00:24:56,328 a radical, alt-gender, alt-sexuality agenda. 445 00:24:56,411 --> 00:24:59,414 It's such an out-of-sight-out-of-mind, back-in-the-closet marginalization. 446 00:24:59,497 --> 00:25:02,000 Pretend she doesn't exist and wish it into oblivion. 447 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:06,630 The right gets angry, and the left gets sad. 448 00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:08,924 We need to seize the news cycle back. 449 00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:11,468 We're gonna do this unconvention thing, but move it up. 450 00:25:11,551 --> 00:25:12,862 - [Lorraine] To? - Tomorrow night. 451 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:13,970 That's impossible. 452 00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:15,263 Sasha lands today. 453 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,326 We do a photo op, then we change the story right back to what we're running on. 454 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,392 That should work. 455 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:21,770 If it were workable. There are logistics involved. 456 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:24,081 Like what? All we need are cameras and an Internet connection. 457 00:25:24,105 --> 00:25:26,107 I can't pull together a crowd that quickly. 458 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,986 We don't need one. That's the point. I talk directly to the voter, personally. 459 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:32,656 - Well, what about your speech? - Pull an all-nighter. 460 00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:37,661 Uh, the story just broke about Moss carrying the Alzheimer's gene. 461 00:25:37,744 --> 00:25:38,744 What? 462 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:42,832 - Did I not make myself perfectly clear? - I didn't do this. 463 00:25:42,916 --> 00:25:44,751 You got 30 seconds to make me believe that. 464 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:47,921 Hey, I know that you and, you know, Jiminy Cricket here 465 00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:51,591 think that I would do anything to win, and, okay, you're right, I would, 466 00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:56,012 right up to ignoring explicit, unambiguous instructions from my candidate, 467 00:25:56,096 --> 00:25:59,015 which I have never done and would never do. 468 00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:01,518 Because you do it once, you can kiss your career goodbye. 469 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:04,604 This wasn't me. Polygraph me on a stack of Bibles, 470 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:06,856 holding a gun to my dog's and my mother's head. 471 00:26:08,191 --> 00:26:09,609 Someone at the lab, maybe? 472 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:11,504 We'll deal with it later, but we are definitely doing this. 473 00:26:11,528 --> 00:26:14,197 We are gonna steal the news cycle back from this shit. 474 00:26:22,163 --> 00:26:26,626 - The flu hit roughly three weeks ago. - Isolated to this clinic? 475 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,336 [Eli] Mortality rate, Dr. Mouray? 476 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:33,049 Zero. People got pretty intense symptoms. I caught it, and it kicked my butt. 477 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:35,315 [Hannah] That's scary, in your condition. 478 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,055 A bit. But two weeks later, I was completely fine. 479 00:26:39,597 --> 00:26:40,682 Everyone was. 480 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:43,351 I'm sorry there's nothing more dramatic to report. 481 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:47,814 Well, not sorry, obviously. But you may have come up here for nothing. 482 00:26:47,897 --> 00:26:50,442 Have you identified a patient zero for the outbreak? 483 00:26:50,525 --> 00:26:51,359 Not really. 484 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:54,112 Anything unusual or different here around that time? 485 00:26:54,195 --> 00:26:55,196 No. 486 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,283 We did hire this new nurse. 487 00:26:58,825 --> 00:27:02,912 - I'll need to speak to him or her. - Mmm-hmm. A guy. But he quit. 488 00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:05,665 Then I'll need his contact information, please. 489 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:08,543 And we have clear statutory authority 490 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:10,378 to strong-arm these drug companies on this? 491 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,881 I checked with Counsel's office. They signed off. 492 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:14,007 But my only question is, 493 00:27:14,090 --> 00:27:16,009 this law has been on the books for decades. 494 00:27:16,092 --> 00:27:18,252 - Why has no administration tried this? - You know why. 495 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,473 President's willing to tick off Big Pharma in an election year? 496 00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:24,392 - He wants to govern. - Plus, he can run on this. 497 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:27,103 We need to find the exact right test case. 498 00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:30,857 A medication way too expensive for something common and serious. 499 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:34,235 Preferably where people have died. I am going to hell. 500 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,071 Heaven, anyone asks me. 501 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:37,614 Insulin. 502 00:27:37,697 --> 00:27:41,618 Helmdale Pharmaceuticals has raised their price eight-fold in the last decade, 503 00:27:41,701 --> 00:27:46,039 leading some diabetics to ration their dosage with fatal results. 504 00:27:46,122 --> 00:27:47,749 Get the CEO in here. 505 00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:49,477 I will coordinate with your office on a time. 506 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,045 This is your project. You bring this guy in. 507 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:53,838 Yes, sir. 508 00:27:56,966 --> 00:27:57,967 [Tom] Oolong. 509 00:27:58,676 --> 00:28:01,304 - [Sasha] You remembered. - Of course. 510 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:06,518 So, tell me, how is Penny? 511 00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:11,064 Evidently she had her first period yesterday. 512 00:28:11,981 --> 00:28:13,149 "Evidently"? 513 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:16,027 The school didn't have her mother to call anymore, so... 514 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:19,114 So they called her father, the president. 515 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:21,241 Worse, they left a message. 516 00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:25,703 Oh, how awful. Have you spoken to her? 517 00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:28,081 Not yet. She stayed at a friend's house last night. 518 00:28:28,164 --> 00:28:29,499 Poor thing. 519 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:33,378 I'd be happy to speak with her, if you like. 520 00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:35,964 I don't know. I can... 521 00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:41,344 It's okay. You're correct. I didn't actually go through it myself. 522 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:44,305 It only felt like I did. 523 00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:47,100 But that's the whole point. 524 00:28:48,518 --> 00:28:50,454 But don't you think that she'd be more comfortable 525 00:28:50,478 --> 00:28:54,190 discussing it with someone who looks like me rather than like you? 526 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:57,819 - Maybe you're right. Thank you. - Yeah. 527 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,533 I made a decision on the flight here 528 00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:07,537 that I not be employed as simply a prop. 529 00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:10,582 - Sasha, when I asked you to come... - No, Tom, let me finish. 530 00:29:12,375 --> 00:29:15,044 Now that the things are as they are, 531 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:19,299 there's no reason for me to continue to absent myself 532 00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:23,553 from this place, from a young girl who's lost her mother. 533 00:29:24,512 --> 00:29:26,389 So, unless you object, 534 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:29,851 after we do the photo op and wave from the balcony, 535 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,730 I'd like to remain on, for her... 536 00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:37,150 and for Alex. 537 00:29:38,902 --> 00:29:41,112 Thank you. Penny would love that. 538 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:44,115 And you? 539 00:29:44,699 --> 00:29:45,700 Of course. 540 00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:51,247 You know, you never asked me any questions. 541 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:53,374 Like, about my transition. 542 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:57,295 I mean, everyone has questions. You must have had some. 543 00:29:57,378 --> 00:29:59,756 I wanted to respect your privacy. 544 00:30:01,341 --> 00:30:07,680 So, tell me, how do you feel, personally, about me? 545 00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:09,974 Completely accepting. 546 00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:14,813 Intellectually, sure. But what about viscerally? 547 00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:18,566 I mean, have you fully accepted it viscerally? 548 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:21,277 Be truthful. Please. 549 00:30:22,737 --> 00:30:23,863 Honestly... 550 00:30:27,367 --> 00:30:29,410 I'd have to say that, viscerally... 551 00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:34,415 I'm still a work-in-progress. 552 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:39,295 Aren't we all? 553 00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:42,257 I'm not sure why this is necessary. 554 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:45,426 I've been extensively vetted many times over for my previous positions. 555 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,262 This is different, a political vetting. 556 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:50,390 You'll be asked about more personal information than for your previous posts. 557 00:30:50,473 --> 00:30:52,809 - Shall we begin? - Yes, by all means. 558 00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:55,353 You've had an extensive bachelorhood. 559 00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:58,523 Has it resulted in any sexually transmitted diseases? 560 00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:01,734 [laughs] Okay. Talk about starting off with a bang. 561 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:06,781 - No. - No herpes? 562 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,366 - HIV? - No means no. 563 00:31:09,742 --> 00:31:12,078 Have you had sexual relations with underage girls? 564 00:31:12,912 --> 00:31:13,746 Absolutely not. 565 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:14,956 - Underage boys? - No. 566 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:16,416 - [Gwen] Men? - No. 567 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:18,835 Have you had sexual relations with married women? 568 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:22,380 Technically, yes. She was separated at the time. 569 00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:24,183 We'll need her name and contact information. 570 00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:26,259 - Why would that be necessary? - For confirmation. 571 00:31:26,342 --> 00:31:27,987 But I already explained the circumstances. 572 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:29,530 Then why object to obtaining corroboration? 573 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,740 'Cause she's not the one being considered for office, I am. 574 00:31:31,764 --> 00:31:33,725 She deserves having her privacy respected. 575 00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:37,186 Anyone you've had intimacies with, gotten drunk, high, gambled 576 00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:40,231 or broken the speed limit with you on land, sea or air 577 00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:41,774 is fair game in this inquiry. 578 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:44,694 Privacy be damned. 579 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,738 In a word, yes. 580 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,911 [line ringing] 581 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,578 Hello? 582 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:59,626 Hi. This is Seth Wright. I'm your... You contacted me? 583 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,754 I wasn't sure you'd respond. 584 00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:07,216 No, no, of course. I'm really glad you reached out. 585 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,261 Are you? I didn't want it to be weird for you. 586 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:13,848 - No, no, no. Not at all. - Well, probably a little. 587 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,643 [Seth] Maybe. But also, you know, kind of... 588 00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:19,938 [scoffs] I'm trying to find a less lame word for "cool." 589 00:32:20,688 --> 00:32:23,566 [chuckles] "Cool" is fine. I think so, too. 590 00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:26,653 So, uh, do you wanna meet? 591 00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:31,491 Maybe grab a... I guess a drink might be a little weird, but not illegal. 592 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:36,287 - Let's have that drink. - Great. How's tomorrow evening? 593 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:37,389 [Stephanie] Tomorrow's good. 594 00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:41,417 Great. I just said "great." At least I've moved on from "cool." 595 00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:43,544 [both chuckle] 596 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:47,548 - Uh... Okay, so tomorrow, then? - Tomorrow. 597 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:49,968 All right. I'll text you. 598 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:51,761 - [Stephanie] Bye. - Bye. 599 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,605 I can feel you watching me. 600 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:04,315 Sorry. 601 00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:07,819 [sighs] No, I'm not. 602 00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:10,071 This is the most important speech of my career. 603 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,489 Until the next one. 604 00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:16,369 - Take a walk, sir. - Fine. 605 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,213 - [Penny chuckling] - [Sasha] This is true. This is true. 606 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,383 [Penny] I know! It's the worst. 607 00:33:30,466 --> 00:33:32,093 [Sasha] No. No, no, no, no. 608 00:33:32,176 --> 00:33:34,637 Actually, I have it on good authority from your mom, 609 00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:38,433 - childbirth is the worst. - Oh, God. Don't tell me that. 610 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:41,602 But Leo's, not yours. Evidently you were a breeze. 611 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:43,604 She said she could've squatted in a field 612 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:45,928 - and you would've popped right out. - That's disgusting. 613 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:48,317 - [Sasha] No, it's beautiful. - [Penny] That's so gross. 614 00:33:48,401 --> 00:33:50,361 It's kind of gross. It's kind of gross. 615 00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:51,821 [Penny chuckling] 616 00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:54,574 So? 617 00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:58,953 It hits all the points you've talked about. 618 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:01,288 But? 619 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:04,375 They're all things other candidates have said. 620 00:34:04,459 --> 00:34:07,545 What can you tell voters that they haven't already heard? 621 00:34:07,628 --> 00:34:11,883 What have you been thinking about that wasn't on some memo from the policy shop? 622 00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:21,726 I know what it is. 623 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:36,157 Hey. There's no trace of this male nurse. He just blew in from nowhere. 624 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:39,660 He's got a fake name, false credentials, bogus references, 625 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,204 and then he just ghosted. 626 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:43,873 He could be a candidate for who infected them all. 627 00:34:43,956 --> 00:34:45,291 I examined the virus. 628 00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:47,710 Entirely different than what killed the birds, 629 00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:50,505 and no smallpox-derived contagion piece. 630 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:51,815 So it could be a natural outbreak? 631 00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:54,675 No. There was something CRISPR'd into the virus. 632 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,552 I just don't recognize what it is. 633 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:02,433 There's something else. Dr. Mouray's office called. 634 00:35:03,392 --> 00:35:06,020 - She miscarried. - Oh, my God. 635 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,815 As did several other pregnant patients who also got sick. 636 00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:11,734 - Can a bad flu do that? - Up to a point. 637 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:16,072 But I ran the numbers. This is in excess of what you'd expect to find. 638 00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:20,201 An induced miscarriage cluster 639 00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:23,454 camouflaged to mimic something that might occur naturally. 640 00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:26,707 What connects miscarriages in Canada to dead birds in Florida? 641 00:35:27,583 --> 00:35:28,584 Maybe nothing. 642 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:30,711 Maybe not. 643 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:33,630 [Aaron] Sir. 644 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:36,843 One of the nice things about being president, 645 00:35:37,718 --> 00:35:39,929 no one tells you you look like shit in the morning. 646 00:35:40,012 --> 00:35:43,141 [chuckles] I'm gonna observe that tradition. Trouble sleeping? 647 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:46,644 Up late working on the speech for tonight, which is why I asked you here. 648 00:35:46,727 --> 00:35:50,982 I would like to begin with an announcement of my running mate, 649 00:35:51,065 --> 00:35:52,859 and I would like that to be you. 650 00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:54,610 [exhales sharply] 651 00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:57,530 I'm deeply honored. 652 00:35:57,613 --> 00:35:58,698 Well, before you say that, 653 00:35:58,781 --> 00:36:01,826 I'd be remiss if I didn't warn you about what you were getting into. 654 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:02,910 [sighs] 655 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,371 Absolute loss of privacy. 656 00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:08,541 In fact, in no way, shape or form would your life be your own. 657 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:10,585 I understand. 658 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:12,920 No, you don't. That's what I'm trying to convey. 659 00:36:14,797 --> 00:36:19,594 Sir, if it's not impertinent, there is something I do have to ask you. 660 00:36:19,677 --> 00:36:20,720 Shoot. 661 00:36:20,803 --> 00:36:23,306 I need to know you're not choosing me because I'm Latino. 662 00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:26,934 I respect the question. 663 00:36:28,227 --> 00:36:32,023 And I hope you'll respect my answer. 664 00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:37,028 The easiest thing for me to say is that I hired the right man for the job, 665 00:36:37,111 --> 00:36:41,073 and as much as I believe that, the honest answer is, I don't know. 666 00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:45,494 I'm not immune to the arguments of an electoral advantage. 667 00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:48,456 But I can tell you this, Aaron. 668 00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:51,959 If at any point the campaign were to treat your heritage 669 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,920 in a way that made you uncomfortable, 670 00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:57,632 come to me, and I would make an immediate course correction. 671 00:37:00,134 --> 00:37:01,636 I appreciate that, sir. 672 00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:05,014 And it would be my great privilege to accept. 673 00:37:18,986 --> 00:37:22,281 Mr. Ralsch. Isabel Pardo. Thank you for coming. 674 00:37:22,823 --> 00:37:23,908 Please. 675 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:28,537 - The reason we invited you to... - Are we waiting for Mr. Harper? 676 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:30,873 You'll just be meeting with me. 677 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,254 [clears throat] 678 00:37:38,547 --> 00:37:41,092 We are here to discuss march-in rights 679 00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:45,012 as applies to your Keziax brand of insulin. 680 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,389 As undoubtedly you know, 681 00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:48,933 Bayh-Dole allows for intervention by the federal government... 682 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,559 Purportedly allows. 683 00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:53,145 Quoting from the statute, 684 00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:56,023 "When action is necessary to alleviate health needs 685 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,793 which are not being reasonably satisfied..." 686 00:37:57,817 --> 00:38:00,695 Our attorneys would engage on the interpretation of "reasonably." 687 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:05,074 And when the patented product is not, again, quoting, 688 00:38:05,157 --> 00:38:07,618 "available to the public on reasonable terms..." 689 00:38:07,702 --> 00:38:10,246 White House wants to dictate how we conduct our business? 690 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:15,584 Sir, I'm not here to deliver a lecture on moral responsibility. 691 00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:16,502 [scoffs] 692 00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:19,338 [Isabel] I understand you have an obligation to your shareholders, 693 00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:21,507 your board, your bottom line. 694 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,593 I'm not gonna use charged language 695 00:38:24,677 --> 00:38:27,346 or make hand-wringing appeals to a public good 696 00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:30,850 that's essentially an irrelevance to the American pharmaceutical business. 697 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:32,935 Well, that language sounds charged enough to me. 698 00:38:33,644 --> 00:38:37,398 On the contrary, sir. I didn't use words like "unconscionable," 699 00:38:37,481 --> 00:38:41,694 "avaricious," or the term I use at home, "extortionate." 700 00:38:41,777 --> 00:38:43,529 [Ralsch] I believe we've heard enough. 701 00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:46,032 Due respect, sir, you haven't. 702 00:38:55,291 --> 00:39:00,087 Our son Alec Smith, who would be 27, is no longer with us. 703 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:03,215 What I miss most about Alec is his hugs and his smiles. 704 00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:06,594 He had the goofiest grin, 705 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:12,516 but it was so original and so unique that I miss seeing that grin. 706 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,020 The official cause of death on my son's death certificate 707 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:18,230 is diabetic ketoacidosis. 708 00:39:18,314 --> 00:39:21,150 Unofficially, the cause of death is corporate greed. 709 00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:24,195 Insulin was created almost 100 years ago. 710 00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:26,697 These insulin companies, they got it for free, 711 00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:31,410 so every penny that they have made off of insulin in almost 100 years 712 00:39:31,494 --> 00:39:32,661 has been profit. 713 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:37,333 It costs $6 to create a vial of insulin, 714 00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:39,877 but they're selling it for almost $400. 715 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:41,921 The price of his life. 716 00:39:43,506 --> 00:39:48,469 Alec died from rationing his insulin because he couldn't afford it. 717 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:52,765 Now I have to live the rest of my life without my son. 718 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:58,813 A part of my soul is gone because the greedy people 719 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:03,901 think that it's okay to randomly increase the price of life-saving medications 720 00:40:03,984 --> 00:40:05,337 to the point where they're unaffordable 721 00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:07,738 for the people who need them to stay alive. 722 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:12,076 It's unfair, it's unethical and it's unjust, 723 00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:14,036 and it needs to end. 724 00:40:16,622 --> 00:40:19,834 So no other mother has to needlessly lose a child 725 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,962 due to the unaffordability of your life-sustaining drugs, 726 00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:28,843 we suggest you lower the price to this. 727 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:32,138 Or we take away your patent and award it to a competitor, 728 00:40:32,721 --> 00:40:35,266 and release videos like these justifying why. 729 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:40,604 [indistinct chatter] 730 00:40:40,688 --> 00:40:42,648 - [Seth] Here we go. - Thanks. 731 00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:47,695 I don't know how I feel about you having a beer. 732 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:49,321 - Seth. - Not "Dad"? 733 00:40:50,656 --> 00:40:52,533 - Too soon. - [chuckles] 734 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,285 - Cheers. - Cheers. 735 00:40:54,910 --> 00:40:56,787 Meet your daughter, day one. Here it is. 736 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:06,005 [exhales heavily] 737 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,841 It's showtime, Mr. President. 738 00:41:12,887 --> 00:41:13,887 [Tom] Thank you. 739 00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:19,434 [exhales heavily] 740 00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:26,025 When you're ready. Five, four, three, two, and we're live. 741 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:30,446 My fellow Americans, wherever you are viewing this tonight, 742 00:41:30,529 --> 00:41:33,282 your options in this new era seem limitless. 743 00:41:33,365 --> 00:41:36,994 So I have chosen to speak to you in this less-than-traditional fashion, 744 00:41:37,077 --> 00:41:41,373 streaming via smartphone, laptop, satellite or onto your television, 745 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:43,792 because I want you to understand that I am trying 746 00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:47,796 to talk to each and every one of you personally, as my fellow citizen. 747 00:41:48,422 --> 00:41:51,967 Not to any special interest groups or corporate America. 748 00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,637 To begin, I'd like to tell you that I have chosen 749 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:58,182 National Security Advisor Aaron Shore to be my candidate for vice president. 750 00:41:58,265 --> 00:41:59,266 - Hi. - [Mars] Hello. 751 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,478 [Tom] I am very proud to have Aaron as my running mate. 752 00:42:02,561 --> 00:42:05,105 - What did I miss? - Just the VP announcement. Go. 753 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:11,445 Detailed information on all these proposals and more 754 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:15,157 will be posted on our campaign website immediately following this address. 755 00:42:16,492 --> 00:42:20,538 On a personal note, there is something I would like you to reflect on. 756 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:24,792 Recent days have seen egregious violations of personal privacy 757 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:27,628 involving my sister-in-law and one of my opponents. 758 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:30,881 These incidents are connected to what I believe to be 759 00:42:30,965 --> 00:42:34,677 a general erosion of the concept of personal privacy. 760 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,347 Sometimes we, as citizens, are all too often complicit 761 00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:42,768 in the erasing of boundaries between our public and private lives via social media. 762 00:42:42,851 --> 00:42:46,855 And we may also find ourselves unwitting and often unwilling captors 763 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:49,942 to algorithms that invasively track our every click. 764 00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:52,152 In consideration of this, 765 00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:55,239 I will ask Congress to authorize a new cabinet office, 766 00:42:55,322 --> 00:42:57,950 the Department of Digital Technology, 767 00:42:58,033 --> 00:43:01,662 to bring enlightened oversight to our now hyperconnected world. 768 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:06,250 Via the Internet, it has become too easy to stir anger and fear 769 00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:07,501 where none is deserved. 770 00:43:08,168 --> 00:43:10,671 My sister-in-law is a perfect example of that. 771 00:43:11,338 --> 00:43:14,883 Sasha isn't a symbol for either the intolerant or the activist. 772 00:43:15,509 --> 00:43:17,177 She is a fellow American citizen, 773 00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:19,263 endowed with the same inalienable rights 774 00:43:19,346 --> 00:43:22,391 to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as all of us. 775 00:43:23,225 --> 00:43:27,271 Now, I am not so naive as to believe that simply because we are all Americans, 776 00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:29,315 we will all agree on every issue. 777 00:43:29,898 --> 00:43:32,026 But if history teaches us anything, 778 00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:35,904 it is that our country's ability to be understanding and tolerant of each other 779 00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:38,073 has made us one of the great shining lights 780 00:43:38,157 --> 00:43:39,742 for democracy and the world. 781 00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:43,746 We arrive at tolerance and acceptance by varied paths. 782 00:43:44,413 --> 00:43:48,876 Some come by it as a matter of course, and some through time and experience. 783 00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:51,378 I've been blessed to have Sasha in my life, 784 00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:53,589 someone who introduced me to a life journey 785 00:43:53,672 --> 00:43:55,799 completely foreign to my understanding. 786 00:43:56,425 --> 00:43:58,594 And I will admit before all of you, 787 00:43:58,677 --> 00:44:01,430 my tolerance and acceptance of her took time, 788 00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:04,767 and even now, is more intellectual than instinctive. 789 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:09,104 But I will continue to work every day to try and make myself whole. 790 00:44:09,688 --> 00:44:12,775 And I can only urge all Americans to look into their own hearts, 791 00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:17,488 where I believe they will find their own compassion and understanding. 792 00:44:18,614 --> 00:44:20,199 My name is Tom Kirkman, 793 00:44:20,282 --> 00:44:24,203 and I present myself as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. 794 00:44:24,286 --> 00:44:26,747 Not as a partisan of the right or the left, 795 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:30,709 but as one of you, the frustrated majority of Americans 796 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:34,296 who just want sensible solutions to the issues of our time. 797 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:35,839 In asking for your vote, 798 00:44:35,923 --> 00:44:39,843 I ask you to take this giant leap with me away from politics as usual 799 00:44:40,552 --> 00:44:42,429 and declare your independence. 800 00:44:42,513 --> 00:44:46,266 Thank you. Good night, and God bless you, 801 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:48,686 and God bless these United States of America. 802 00:44:48,769 --> 00:44:51,021 [all cheering] 803 00:45:01,698 --> 00:45:02,533 [Tom] Thank you. 804 00:45:02,616 --> 00:45:06,286 The Moss leak. It wasn't the lab, and it wasn't me. 805 00:45:07,246 --> 00:45:10,666 I underestimated you. Don't underestimate me. 806 00:45:23,011 --> 00:45:25,013 [theme music playing]