1 00:00:15,014 --> 00:00:15,847 Sir? 2 00:00:15,872 --> 00:00:18,173 I, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, 3 00:00:18,198 --> 00:00:20,979 do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute 4 00:00:21,004 --> 00:00:23,472 the Office of President of the United States 5 00:00:23,515 --> 00:00:25,523 and will, to the best of my ability, 6 00:00:25,547 --> 00:00:28,203 preserve, protect, and defend 7 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:30,212 the Constitution of the United States, 8 00:00:30,247 --> 00:00:31,189 so help me, God. 9 00:00:31,214 --> 00:00:33,966 I have to go. 10 00:00:41,392 --> 00:00:43,004 I'm ready. 11 00:00:43,746 --> 00:00:45,784 Well? 12 00:00:46,207 --> 00:00:48,124 I'm done with the first half. 13 00:00:48,180 --> 00:00:49,517 And? 14 00:00:50,009 --> 00:00:52,683 You can cut Chapter Two. 15 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:54,537 Chapter Two is important. 16 00:00:54,571 --> 00:00:56,171 Fitz gets shot in Chapter Two. 17 00:00:56,196 --> 00:00:57,946 I rewrote Chapter Two. 18 00:00:57,975 --> 00:01:01,019 Chapter Two is where I relate to the American people 19 00:01:01,044 --> 00:01:02,244 through emotion and grief. 20 00:01:02,279 --> 00:01:04,003 The American people don't care about your bromides 21 00:01:04,028 --> 00:01:05,292 and talking points, Mellie. 22 00:01:05,317 --> 00:01:07,444 What they do care about is you, 23 00:01:07,490 --> 00:01:10,428 pulling back the mask and finally offering a real glimpse 24 00:01:10,453 --> 00:01:12,102 inside the deepest, darkest corners of your soul. 25 00:01:12,127 --> 00:01:13,959 - That means you can cut Chapter Two... - Olivia... 26 00:01:13,984 --> 00:01:16,471 And replace it with the chapter on why you stayed. 27 00:01:19,177 --> 00:01:20,651 What? 28 00:01:25,577 --> 00:01:28,963 When you discovered that Fitz had taken up with a mistress, 29 00:01:28,988 --> 00:01:31,661 you pretended not to know about it and you stayed. 30 00:01:31,686 --> 00:01:33,197 Why? 31 00:01:36,459 --> 00:01:38,543 That chapter is missing, 32 00:01:38,568 --> 00:01:42,120 and that chapter is what the American people want to read. 33 00:01:42,145 --> 00:01:45,292 It's what I want to read. It's all anyone wants to read. 34 00:01:45,317 --> 00:01:47,782 Why did you stay? Why did you lie? 35 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:50,396 Was it 'cause of ambition, or was it for love? 36 00:01:50,421 --> 00:01:53,657 What exactly was it about Fitz or the White House or herself 37 00:01:53,682 --> 00:01:58,376 that made Mellie Grant turn a blind eye all those years? 38 00:01:58,401 --> 00:02:00,435 What was running through her head? 39 00:02:00,486 --> 00:02:01,737 Were you having an affair? 40 00:02:01,762 --> 00:02:03,248 Did you have a side piece of your very own? 41 00:02:03,273 --> 00:02:05,346 Because when Fitz was screwing another woman, 42 00:02:05,371 --> 00:02:07,967 you didn't seem to care, and we want to know why. 43 00:02:13,155 --> 00:02:16,026 You really can compartmentalize like nobody's business. 44 00:02:17,790 --> 00:02:19,758 You asked for Olivia Pope. 45 00:02:19,783 --> 00:02:21,738 You got Olivia Pope. 46 00:02:23,646 --> 00:02:27,853 MARTINA 47 00:02:41,978 --> 00:02:44,193 What year did Senator Grant graduate Yale? 48 00:02:44,392 --> 00:02:46,476 Huck's on college and law school. Ask him. 49 00:02:46,501 --> 00:02:47,591 He doesn't answer my questions. 50 00:02:47,616 --> 00:02:49,591 He either pretends I'm invisible or growls like a dog. 51 00:02:49,616 --> 00:02:51,116 That's just Huck. He growls. 52 00:02:51,154 --> 00:02:52,644 That's not comforting. 53 00:02:54,990 --> 00:02:57,459 Hey, what year did Senator Grant graduate Yale? 54 00:02:57,484 --> 00:02:58,651 How should I know? 55 00:02:58,676 --> 00:03:00,660 We're supposed to be fact-checking this book, Huck. 56 00:03:00,685 --> 00:03:02,817 I am fact-checking this book, Marcus. 57 00:03:02,842 --> 00:03:03,675 That's funny. 58 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:05,529 'Cause it looks a lot like you're watching a soccer game. 59 00:03:05,554 --> 00:03:07,160 It's called multitasking. 60 00:03:08,141 --> 00:03:10,482 Whatever. Here. 61 00:03:10,506 --> 00:03:12,651 You might want to double-check your work. 62 00:03:13,496 --> 00:03:14,880 Yes! 63 00:03:14,905 --> 00:03:15,986 Yes. 64 00:03:18,962 --> 00:03:20,241 What is this? 65 00:03:20,273 --> 00:03:21,602 Your wake-up call. 66 00:03:21,627 --> 00:03:23,327 "Do you consider Vice President Ross 67 00:03:23,352 --> 00:03:25,142 a viable Presidential candidate?" 68 00:03:25,167 --> 00:03:26,714 There's a number next to it. 69 00:03:26,875 --> 00:03:28,204 93. 70 00:03:28,229 --> 00:03:30,731 93%. 71 00:03:30,756 --> 00:03:33,505 54% of people think you'd be the immediate front runner 72 00:03:33,530 --> 00:03:35,665 for the Republican nomination, should you enter the race. 73 00:03:35,690 --> 00:03:37,641 - This is a poll. - It's a wake-up call. 74 00:03:37,666 --> 00:03:38,790 Well, this is... 75 00:03:38,906 --> 00:03:40,392 It's... 76 00:03:40,764 --> 00:03:42,306 Wow, 93. 77 00:03:42,331 --> 00:03:44,683 That's... weird. 78 00:03:44,708 --> 00:03:47,222 I already said I'm not running for President. 79 00:03:47,247 --> 00:03:48,755 44. 80 00:03:48,780 --> 00:03:49,987 I don't want to talk about... 81 00:03:50,012 --> 00:03:52,180 The number of people who've held the Oval, 82 00:03:52,214 --> 00:03:54,103 the one office in the world where you pick up the phone 83 00:03:54,128 --> 00:03:56,026 and 10 minutes later, a mountain shifts. 84 00:03:56,051 --> 00:03:59,105 That paper says you're one of the handful of folks on Earth 85 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:01,284 capable of doing that job. 86 00:04:01,309 --> 00:04:03,500 Did you hear what I just said, Susan? 87 00:04:05,672 --> 00:04:07,740 If you turn your back on this, 88 00:04:07,765 --> 00:04:09,784 if you don't even explore the option, 89 00:04:09,809 --> 00:04:14,011 you will regret it every day for the rest of your life. 90 00:04:15,523 --> 00:04:17,350 I have a lot to say. 91 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:18,752 Good. 92 00:04:18,777 --> 00:04:24,125 But I'm gonna take your advice and try to be more concise. 93 00:04:24,151 --> 00:04:25,771 No. 94 00:04:27,663 --> 00:04:29,977 This is a fantastic opportunity. 95 00:04:30,002 --> 00:04:32,002 If we change the definition of the words "fantastic" 96 00:04:32,027 --> 00:04:33,090 and "opportunity." 97 00:04:33,115 --> 00:04:34,923 - Lillian Forrester... - Hack. 98 00:04:34,948 --> 00:04:37,180 Is one of the most respected journalists in the game. 99 00:04:37,205 --> 00:04:38,003 This will be big. 100 00:04:38,028 --> 00:04:39,594 She did that piece on the Pope, the one you liked. 101 00:04:39,619 --> 00:04:40,428 You said it was good. 102 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:42,513 It was smart, for Lillian Forrester. 103 00:04:42,590 --> 00:04:44,374 The Vatican let her into its bedchamber 104 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:45,483 and she screwed them sideways. 105 00:04:45,517 --> 00:04:46,901 She pillaged, she plundered. 106 00:04:46,935 --> 00:04:47,978 She was fair and balanced. 107 00:04:48,003 --> 00:04:49,329 She's a loaded gun. 108 00:04:49,354 --> 00:04:50,855 She wants to fire at us, fine. 109 00:04:50,906 --> 00:04:52,706 But to press the barrel of a gun to our temple? 110 00:04:52,731 --> 00:04:54,065 My temple. 111 00:04:54,153 --> 00:04:56,182 My temple. 112 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:58,509 Not ours... mine. 113 00:05:00,380 --> 00:05:02,231 The election is closing in. 114 00:05:02,258 --> 00:05:03,727 We're six months out from Iowa. 115 00:05:03,752 --> 00:05:06,393 Now is the time to set the table for your successor. 116 00:05:06,418 --> 00:05:08,386 A profile like this? 117 00:05:08,655 --> 00:05:11,518 It's fine... When you're out of office. 118 00:05:11,543 --> 00:05:14,145 The only thing she wants, the only thing she's interested in, 119 00:05:14,179 --> 00:05:15,913 is fatally wounding you, stuffing you, 120 00:05:15,947 --> 00:05:17,915 and mounting your head above her editor's desk. 121 00:05:17,940 --> 00:05:20,674 Whether you want to accept it or not, Cyrus, I am on my way out. 122 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:22,116 Let's let our guard down a little. 123 00:05:22,141 --> 00:05:23,841 Start shaping our legacy. 124 00:05:23,939 --> 00:05:25,779 Set it up. 125 00:05:28,201 --> 00:05:31,118 None of this has anything to do with my abilities as President. 126 00:05:31,143 --> 00:05:32,072 You don't think so? 127 00:05:32,097 --> 00:05:33,442 Why I stayed? 128 00:05:33,471 --> 00:05:35,582 I shouldn't be wasting precious space on that subject. 129 00:05:35,607 --> 00:05:37,674 It's inappropriate. It's irrelevant. 130 00:05:37,699 --> 00:05:38,953 We need to find an answer, Mellie, 131 00:05:38,987 --> 00:05:40,054 and we need to put it in your book, 132 00:05:40,079 --> 00:05:43,077 because if we don't, people will speculate. 133 00:05:43,102 --> 00:05:44,912 People can speculate all they want. 134 00:05:44,937 --> 00:05:47,339 You realize this is the question you will get asked 135 00:05:47,363 --> 00:05:49,856 at every step on your book tour, every campaign function, 136 00:05:49,881 --> 00:05:52,592 every sit-down with Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters. 137 00:05:52,617 --> 00:05:54,551 Trust me, you omit this part of your book, 138 00:05:54,586 --> 00:05:56,241 it will only lead to more questions. 139 00:05:56,266 --> 00:05:58,115 This is what they want to know. 140 00:05:58,140 --> 00:05:59,490 They don't get to know. 141 00:05:59,675 --> 00:06:00,691 It's none of their business. 142 00:06:00,725 --> 00:06:01,952 You can't say that. 143 00:06:01,977 --> 00:06:04,454 I know these are incredibly difficult questions, 144 00:06:04,479 --> 00:06:07,381 but I wouldn't be helping you by avoiding them. 145 00:06:09,218 --> 00:06:11,036 You got any actual food in this place? 146 00:06:11,061 --> 00:06:13,124 And I mean besides cereal. 147 00:06:14,701 --> 00:06:18,481 You don't know, do you? 148 00:06:20,436 --> 00:06:22,702 You don't know why you stayed. 149 00:06:25,558 --> 00:06:28,473 Well, do you know why you left? 150 00:06:31,765 --> 00:06:33,599 I'm just asking, 151 00:06:33,624 --> 00:06:37,851 'cause maybe your answer will spark something in me. 152 00:06:37,876 --> 00:06:41,062 At the very least, maybe I can steal it. 153 00:06:44,558 --> 00:06:46,225 I don't need to answer that question. 154 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:47,497 I'm not the one writing a book. 155 00:06:47,522 --> 00:06:48,989 I'm not the one running for President. 156 00:06:49,023 --> 00:06:50,557 You are. 157 00:06:53,585 --> 00:06:55,644 You don't know, either, do you? 158 00:06:58,373 --> 00:07:01,506 Tougher than you thought, right? 159 00:07:09,931 --> 00:07:12,539 What's for lunch? 160 00:07:19,681 --> 00:07:20,775 Ground rules... 161 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,127 If we choose to officially move forward with this article, 162 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:25,891 your questions would need to pertain 163 00:07:25,916 --> 00:07:27,940 to previously agreed-upon topics only. 164 00:07:27,965 --> 00:07:29,516 Those can be found on page two. 165 00:07:29,550 --> 00:07:31,795 Lillian, think of these more as discussion points. 166 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:34,162 The President's past policies, his future plans, 167 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:35,231 and everything in between. 168 00:07:35,256 --> 00:07:38,074 Emphasis, of course, on the between. 169 00:07:38,109 --> 00:07:39,342 What we're doing in the present, 170 00:07:39,377 --> 00:07:42,112 we're calling this our Year of Achievement. 171 00:07:42,146 --> 00:07:45,028 Year of Achievement? Catchy. 172 00:07:45,655 --> 00:07:47,944 This conversation is off the record. 173 00:07:47,969 --> 00:07:49,953 I know. You're noting. There's no noting. 174 00:07:49,978 --> 00:07:51,137 You don't even have the job yet. 175 00:07:51,172 --> 00:07:54,133 Mr. President. How's it going in here? 176 00:07:54,158 --> 00:07:56,376 Very well, sir. This is Lillian Forrester. 177 00:07:56,427 --> 00:07:58,817 Mr. President. It is such an honor. 178 00:07:58,842 --> 00:08:01,027 Let's hope you feel that way after these three days. 179 00:08:01,159 --> 00:08:04,311 Sir, we were just going over some ground rules 180 00:08:04,336 --> 00:08:06,924 for Lillian's article, should we decide it's a go. 181 00:08:06,949 --> 00:08:09,606 Cy, she spent a week with Putin. I think Lillian knows the drill. 182 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,208 Mr. President, did you just compare yourself to Putin? 183 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:14,694 No. Mr. President did not. 184 00:08:14,719 --> 00:08:15,938 I should write that down. 185 00:08:15,963 --> 00:08:18,374 Do you know the meaning of "off the record"? 186 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:19,816 Of course I do. 187 00:08:19,841 --> 00:08:21,680 Which is why I'm only joking. 188 00:08:21,705 --> 00:08:22,888 I get it. 189 00:08:23,104 --> 00:08:24,745 It's your court, your advantage. 190 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,126 You set the rules, I follow them. 191 00:08:26,151 --> 00:08:28,798 But, frankly, I'm not interested in a heavily regulated, 192 00:08:28,823 --> 00:08:31,671 closely guarded interview with the leader of the free world. 193 00:08:31,696 --> 00:08:33,029 Nor is that what we want to give you. 194 00:08:33,063 --> 00:08:35,041 I want a conversation with the man. 195 00:08:35,066 --> 00:08:36,801 A meaningful one. 196 00:08:37,104 --> 00:08:39,146 I want to know, is Fitzgerald Grant 197 00:08:39,171 --> 00:08:40,603 hell-bent on making a difference 198 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:42,147 in the final days of his presidency, 199 00:08:42,172 --> 00:08:43,890 or is he happy just tending the store? 200 00:08:43,941 --> 00:08:46,125 I want to know if the man I voted for 201 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:48,250 thinks he succeeded or failed. 202 00:08:48,562 --> 00:08:50,747 I have no ulterior motive here, 203 00:08:50,781 --> 00:08:54,317 aside from wanting to write a damn good article. 204 00:08:54,368 --> 00:08:57,053 Do you want me to write a damn good article? 205 00:08:58,611 --> 00:09:00,556 Of course we do. 206 00:09:02,476 --> 00:09:04,283 Nice meeting you, Lillian. 207 00:09:04,308 --> 00:09:06,375 Nice to meet you, as well, Mr. President. 208 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,452 The pleasure's all mine. 209 00:09:23,668 --> 00:09:26,257 I was devastated... 210 00:09:27,427 --> 00:09:31,036 when I found out Fitz was having an affair with you. 211 00:09:35,837 --> 00:09:37,736 I fell into a deep depression, 212 00:09:37,761 --> 00:09:39,741 and the only thing that got me through it 213 00:09:39,766 --> 00:09:44,500 was thinking that you were just a phase. 214 00:09:44,525 --> 00:09:48,396 Fitz and I, we could survive a phase. 215 00:09:52,993 --> 00:09:55,361 So I stayed. 216 00:10:04,675 --> 00:10:06,431 That's nice, right? 217 00:10:06,456 --> 00:10:07,362 It's a narrative. 218 00:10:07,387 --> 00:10:09,202 - That's a good thing. - Absolutely. 219 00:10:09,227 --> 00:10:10,910 - Then why does it feel... - Artificial? 220 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,027 Trite. 221 00:10:12,062 --> 00:10:13,162 Untrue. 222 00:10:13,196 --> 00:10:15,448 My head feels like it's about to explode. 223 00:10:15,473 --> 00:10:17,507 You're gonna have to dig deep, Mellie. 224 00:10:17,535 --> 00:10:18,489 Deeper than this. 225 00:10:18,514 --> 00:10:19,730 You say that like I'm not even trying. 226 00:10:19,755 --> 00:10:21,663 - Are you? - Of course I am. 227 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:22,530 You could have fooled me. 228 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,249 Is that some sort of reverse-psychology crap 229 00:10:24,274 --> 00:10:25,182 you learned from your therapist? 230 00:10:25,207 --> 00:10:26,676 I don't have a therapist. 231 00:10:26,811 --> 00:10:29,399 Well, maybe you should get one. 232 00:10:29,424 --> 00:10:30,958 Why are you... 233 00:10:31,113 --> 00:10:33,448 - I'm trying to help you here. - Please. 234 00:10:33,483 --> 00:10:35,965 Mellie, if you can't tell me why you chose to st... 235 00:10:35,990 --> 00:10:37,791 I don't have to tell you anything! 236 00:10:37,816 --> 00:10:38,850 Mellie. 237 00:10:38,875 --> 00:10:40,847 You, of all people. 238 00:10:40,872 --> 00:10:43,081 I don't have to have this conversation with you. 239 00:10:43,106 --> 00:10:45,809 Answer these questions for you, explain myself to you! 240 00:10:45,834 --> 00:10:47,220 I'm not asking for my own. 241 00:10:47,245 --> 00:10:50,439 You never had what we had, Olivia. 242 00:10:51,114 --> 00:10:53,182 23 years. 243 00:10:53,305 --> 00:10:55,246 You may have had your cheap hotel rooms 244 00:10:55,271 --> 00:10:57,521 and your White House closets and your secret homes in Vermont 245 00:10:57,546 --> 00:10:58,926 that you didn't think anybody else knew about. 246 00:10:58,951 --> 00:11:04,772 But as far as actual real relationships go... 247 00:11:04,797 --> 00:11:07,432 you were just a blip on his radar. 248 00:11:09,057 --> 00:11:13,043 A plaything he used to pass his time with 249 00:11:13,068 --> 00:11:14,668 until trash day rolled around 250 00:11:14,693 --> 00:11:16,733 and you got boxed up and shipped off... 251 00:11:16,758 --> 00:11:18,983 - That's enough, Mellie. - Oh, I'm sorry. 252 00:11:19,008 --> 00:11:22,264 Did you not want to go there today? 253 00:11:26,898 --> 00:11:28,949 This was... 254 00:11:28,974 --> 00:11:32,360 I will send you a check for your time. 255 00:11:32,385 --> 00:11:33,767 Thanks, Liv. 256 00:11:33,792 --> 00:11:37,350 Thank you so much for your help. 257 00:11:47,566 --> 00:11:49,288 Here he is. 258 00:11:49,313 --> 00:11:50,797 Thank you, Amber. 259 00:11:52,383 --> 00:11:53,900 So, what's on the agenda today? 260 00:11:53,935 --> 00:11:55,202 Down, boy. 261 00:11:55,376 --> 00:11:56,770 Really? 262 00:11:56,804 --> 00:11:59,236 I mean, I suppose. 263 00:12:01,823 --> 00:12:03,150 Get up. 264 00:12:03,175 --> 00:12:05,781 This is work, not play. 265 00:12:06,447 --> 00:12:08,485 I... I need you to do something for me. 266 00:12:08,510 --> 00:12:09,505 Okay, name it. 267 00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:11,271 Get Susan Ross to run for President. 268 00:12:11,296 --> 00:12:13,013 Oh, that is not going to happen. 269 00:12:13,038 --> 00:12:14,729 Susan Ross doesn't want to run for President. 270 00:12:14,754 --> 00:12:16,520 I don't care what she wants. 271 00:12:16,545 --> 00:12:18,900 This isn't about her. This is about me. 272 00:12:18,925 --> 00:12:22,056 Being the Veep's Chief of Staff is not gonna be my legacy. 273 00:12:22,081 --> 00:12:23,968 That woman is my shot at the Oval. 274 00:12:23,993 --> 00:12:25,861 I cannot convince Susan Ross to do something 275 00:12:25,886 --> 00:12:27,318 she has no intention of doing. 276 00:12:27,343 --> 00:12:28,525 I think you can. 277 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:30,685 I think you have certain gifts... 278 00:12:30,710 --> 00:12:32,079 Okay, I gave her that bracelet 279 00:12:32,104 --> 00:12:33,672 only after you said you didn't want it, 280 00:12:33,697 --> 00:12:34,931 so you can't use it against me. 281 00:12:34,956 --> 00:12:36,456 David, no one wants that bracelet. 282 00:12:36,481 --> 00:12:37,648 That bracelet is hideous. 283 00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:38,650 Susan likes it. 284 00:12:38,674 --> 00:12:40,538 Because that Muppet is in love with you. 285 00:12:40,815 --> 00:12:42,294 Use it. 286 00:12:42,319 --> 00:12:44,607 Ask her out. 287 00:12:44,885 --> 00:12:46,385 Do some convincing. 288 00:12:46,410 --> 00:12:48,750 Give her what she wants. 289 00:12:48,983 --> 00:12:50,535 Because if you don't, 290 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:54,662 you won't be getting what you want anytime soon. 291 00:12:59,734 --> 00:13:01,742 - David! - Is this a bad time? 292 00:13:01,767 --> 00:13:03,554 For you, never. 293 00:13:03,579 --> 00:13:05,205 Please, come in. 294 00:13:05,644 --> 00:13:06,906 What's up? 295 00:13:06,931 --> 00:13:08,231 I, uh... 296 00:13:08,256 --> 00:13:10,357 Wanted to see if you'd like to get out of here. 297 00:13:10,852 --> 00:13:12,456 I don't know what you mean. 298 00:13:12,481 --> 00:13:14,405 I was thinking we could go somewhere. 299 00:13:16,483 --> 00:13:19,178 Again, I don't know what you mean. 300 00:13:19,337 --> 00:13:21,506 Would you like to go out with me, Susan. 301 00:13:21,531 --> 00:13:23,553 Oh. Oh! 302 00:13:23,578 --> 00:13:25,295 As in... 303 00:13:25,517 --> 00:13:26,935 Just the two of us? 304 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,148 That is how a date usually works, at least in my book. 305 00:13:29,173 --> 00:13:29,995 Where?! 306 00:13:31,562 --> 00:13:33,650 I mean... 307 00:13:34,277 --> 00:13:38,846 Where are you thinking we'd go, just the two of us. 308 00:13:38,871 --> 00:13:39,988 If we leave now, 309 00:13:40,013 --> 00:13:42,245 we can still catch the sunset at Mount Vernon. 310 00:13:42,341 --> 00:13:44,191 It sure is beautiful, isn't it? 311 00:13:44,394 --> 00:13:46,015 Oh, you've already been. 312 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,475 I chartered a boat there for Casey's 11th birthday. 313 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:49,869 It really was something, 314 00:13:49,894 --> 00:13:51,778 seeing the sun fade into the Potomac like that. 315 00:13:51,803 --> 00:13:53,270 Scratch that idea. 316 00:13:53,295 --> 00:13:54,695 How about a picnic in the park? 317 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,022 There's this great spot I know along the Tidal Basin. 318 00:13:57,047 --> 00:13:58,178 That is a great idea. 319 00:13:58,203 --> 00:13:59,395 They shut down the Tidal Basin 320 00:13:59,420 --> 00:14:01,493 when I picnicked there with Casey just last Tuesday. 321 00:14:01,518 --> 00:14:03,269 It was pretty spectacular. 322 00:14:03,330 --> 00:14:04,769 I bet it was. 323 00:14:04,794 --> 00:14:07,054 I bet everything you do is pretty spectacular. 324 00:14:07,079 --> 00:14:09,788 You're the Vice President of the United States. 325 00:14:11,298 --> 00:14:13,639 There are all kinds of things I haven't done. 326 00:14:13,664 --> 00:14:14,679 Really. 327 00:14:14,704 --> 00:14:16,218 Name something else. 328 00:14:16,243 --> 00:14:19,311 Have you been to the top of the Washington Monument? 329 00:14:19,336 --> 00:14:20,700 No. 330 00:14:23,172 --> 00:14:24,980 Yes. I'm sorry. 331 00:14:25,005 --> 00:14:27,871 Ah, you can change your mind and cancel. 332 00:14:27,896 --> 00:14:30,248 I get it. I ruined the vibe, and I feel awful, so just... 333 00:14:30,273 --> 00:14:31,706 - Susan. - Yeah? 334 00:14:31,731 --> 00:14:33,752 What are your feelings on french fries? 335 00:14:34,429 --> 00:14:36,641 Welcome to Gettysburger. 336 00:14:36,666 --> 00:14:38,455 Breakfast, lunch, and dinner 337 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,057 for the people, of the people, and by the people. 338 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,292 May I take your order? 339 00:14:43,317 --> 00:14:45,765 You have got to be kidding me. 340 00:14:45,790 --> 00:14:47,305 I can't believe you've never been here. 341 00:14:48,438 --> 00:14:49,905 Ooh, is the Double Lincoln as good as it sounds? 342 00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:50,816 I want that. 343 00:14:50,841 --> 00:14:52,649 Now, that comes with Freedom Fries. 344 00:14:52,673 --> 00:14:54,474 You're also gonna want Union Rings. 345 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:55,486 But I thought I had to choose. 346 00:14:55,511 --> 00:14:57,479 No, union and freedom go together. 347 00:14:57,504 --> 00:14:59,088 Ah. 348 00:15:04,856 --> 00:15:06,837 Got a minute, sir? 349 00:15:06,901 --> 00:15:09,932 Is this another warning about Lillian Forrester? 350 00:15:09,957 --> 00:15:12,146 It's about Reagan. 351 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:13,533 Reagan? 352 00:15:13,558 --> 00:15:14,585 Ronald. 353 00:15:14,610 --> 00:15:16,461 Yes, I know. 354 00:15:16,486 --> 00:15:18,596 It's 1988, late spring. 355 00:15:18,621 --> 00:15:21,357 By most accounts, he's wandering around the residence 356 00:15:21,391 --> 00:15:24,839 during work hours in slippers and a terry cloth robe. 357 00:15:24,864 --> 00:15:29,604 Six months left on his term, every excuse to just sit around, 358 00:15:30,162 --> 00:15:33,147 watch daytime soaps, eating ants on a log. 359 00:15:33,172 --> 00:15:35,524 Reagan loved ants on a log. Did you know that? 360 00:15:35,549 --> 00:15:37,467 It doesn't matter. 361 00:15:37,492 --> 00:15:39,950 But instead, he strapped on his cleats, 362 00:15:39,975 --> 00:15:42,476 tightened his chinstrap one last time, 363 00:15:42,501 --> 00:15:43,824 and kicked down the Berlin Wall. 364 00:15:44,890 --> 00:15:47,008 Simplifying history a bit, aren't you, Cy? 365 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:48,188 For better or for worse, 366 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:51,632 Clinton reformed welfare in his final year. 367 00:15:51,657 --> 00:15:53,286 Is there a point here? 368 00:15:54,231 --> 00:15:56,686 You're gonna miss it. 369 00:15:57,216 --> 00:16:00,185 The wars. The fights. 370 00:16:00,322 --> 00:16:02,256 Crafting an agenda and seeing it through, 371 00:16:02,281 --> 00:16:05,149 going toe-to-toe with Senate Dems, 372 00:16:05,174 --> 00:16:11,165 rallying Tea Party support for a judicial nominee. 373 00:16:11,475 --> 00:16:13,788 Cramming a good bill like the Brandon Bill 374 00:16:13,813 --> 00:16:15,947 down the opposition's throat. 375 00:16:15,972 --> 00:16:18,044 Then licking your wounds, 376 00:16:18,069 --> 00:16:20,973 knowing you did good for the American people. 377 00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:25,041 Next November... 378 00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:27,618 you're gonna get an eviction notice. 379 00:16:27,643 --> 00:16:31,556 And by January 20th, they're coming for your stuff. 380 00:16:31,581 --> 00:16:35,950 Do you know what today's date is, sir? 381 00:16:35,975 --> 00:16:39,827 Not January 20th. We can still do something. 382 00:16:40,309 --> 00:16:42,326 We can. 383 00:16:42,351 --> 00:16:44,118 Still. 384 00:16:44,345 --> 00:16:46,432 Set the world on fire or die trying. 385 00:16:46,457 --> 00:16:49,492 Let's ride out of here with our guns empty, 386 00:16:49,517 --> 00:16:51,691 not in the damn holster. 387 00:16:51,716 --> 00:16:55,112 This is about Lillian Forrester. 388 00:16:55,137 --> 00:16:58,404 I can't be someone who will take your gun away 389 00:16:58,429 --> 00:17:02,472 and serve you ants on a log while you sit in your robe. 390 00:17:04,618 --> 00:17:06,785 Are we done? 391 00:17:16,356 --> 00:17:18,910 I believe so, sir. 392 00:18:29,405 --> 00:18:31,206 I'm glad you could get past your issues with me. 393 00:18:32,590 --> 00:18:35,284 This isn't happening again. 394 00:18:36,015 --> 00:18:37,713 Yes, it is. 395 00:18:51,415 --> 00:18:53,353 This is my bar. 396 00:18:53,378 --> 00:18:56,347 You're in my bar. 397 00:18:57,358 --> 00:19:00,537 This is the first bar I've been in since college, I think. 398 00:19:00,562 --> 00:19:03,864 I haven't paid for a drink in two decades. 399 00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:13,359 I used to come here to feel better. 400 00:19:20,633 --> 00:19:22,634 I came here to be alone. 401 00:19:26,357 --> 00:19:31,628 You can divorce them, but you can't get rid of them. 402 00:19:39,282 --> 00:19:42,877 Fitz or Olivia? 403 00:19:44,408 --> 00:19:46,854 Both. 404 00:19:47,703 --> 00:19:51,199 We are married to them for the rest of our lives. 405 00:19:51,564 --> 00:19:54,342 They are cinder blocks tied to our ankles, 406 00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,670 and we just keep fighting to keep from drowning, 407 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:57,877 but what's the point? 408 00:19:57,902 --> 00:20:00,127 We're going down whether we fight or not. 409 00:20:00,582 --> 00:20:02,549 I don't feel sorry for you. 410 00:20:02,892 --> 00:20:04,339 Surprise. 411 00:20:04,366 --> 00:20:06,538 You have the most recognizable name in politics. 412 00:20:06,563 --> 00:20:07,995 You're a woman at a time 413 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:10,494 the country is ready for a woman president. 414 00:20:10,519 --> 00:20:13,443 Not to mention that filibuster of yours 415 00:20:13,468 --> 00:20:15,070 is the feminist moment of the decade. 416 00:20:15,095 --> 00:20:17,495 It'll be in history books. 417 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,121 You have weaknesses, sure. 418 00:20:19,146 --> 00:20:21,631 But they're well-documented. 419 00:20:21,656 --> 00:20:23,589 Susan is an unknown. 420 00:20:23,614 --> 00:20:26,662 You can tear her apart with every new... 421 00:20:26,687 --> 00:20:30,666 I already have my eye on someone to run my campaign. 422 00:20:33,658 --> 00:20:35,425 Right. 423 00:20:50,740 --> 00:20:52,365 We made him. 424 00:20:53,556 --> 00:20:57,726 We made Fitzgerald Grant III. 425 00:20:58,476 --> 00:21:01,270 We made a president. 426 00:21:01,572 --> 00:21:04,137 We? 427 00:21:07,389 --> 00:21:09,617 We? 428 00:21:12,519 --> 00:21:14,857 Drink up. 429 00:21:25,425 --> 00:21:28,711 So, this is the love shack where all the magic happened? 430 00:21:28,736 --> 00:21:29,994 - Mellie, it's late. You should... - Mm. 431 00:21:30,018 --> 00:21:32,477 It's nice. You have good taste. 432 00:21:32,502 --> 00:21:33,588 Mellie, are you... 433 00:21:33,613 --> 00:21:34,948 It was working. 434 00:21:34,973 --> 00:21:36,359 I'm sorry? 435 00:21:36,384 --> 00:21:38,118 It was working. That's why I stayed. 436 00:21:38,153 --> 00:21:40,921 It was working. Fitz and I and you. 437 00:21:40,955 --> 00:21:43,266 It was working. You know what I mean? 438 00:21:43,534 --> 00:21:45,535 I'm not sure I do know what you... 439 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,194 Hold on a minute. 440 00:21:52,499 --> 00:21:54,735 I used to wonder if it was all men or just Fitz 441 00:21:54,769 --> 00:21:56,008 that suck the life out of you. 442 00:21:56,033 --> 00:21:58,138 Now I think it's all the powerful men. 443 00:21:58,244 --> 00:22:00,546 They've been told their whole lives they deserve everything, 444 00:22:00,580 --> 00:22:05,563 they should have everything, and it makes them so weak. 445 00:22:06,076 --> 00:22:08,163 They think that everything belongs to them by default. 446 00:22:08,188 --> 00:22:12,178 And if they don't get it, well, they just fall apart. 447 00:22:12,608 --> 00:22:13,992 Fitz didn't have any fight in him. 448 00:22:14,027 --> 00:22:16,140 He didn't know how to stand on his own two feet. 449 00:22:16,165 --> 00:22:19,033 I mean, I saw the potential. We all saw it. 450 00:22:19,058 --> 00:22:21,059 But I had to work at it. 451 00:22:21,084 --> 00:22:24,257 I held his hand, I fluffed, I bled, 452 00:22:24,282 --> 00:22:27,467 and I got nothing in return. 453 00:22:27,776 --> 00:22:29,952 Except for you. 454 00:22:29,977 --> 00:22:32,118 You showed up. 455 00:22:32,926 --> 00:22:36,795 I wasn't devastated, Olivia, or numb or empty. 456 00:22:38,545 --> 00:22:40,312 I was deserving. 457 00:22:42,505 --> 00:22:44,230 I deserved you. 458 00:22:45,642 --> 00:22:47,643 I was a 37-year-old governor's wife 459 00:22:47,668 --> 00:22:50,169 with two kids, and that was all. 460 00:22:50,194 --> 00:22:55,098 I was somebody's wife and somebody's mother. 461 00:22:55,698 --> 00:22:57,666 Not my own anything. 462 00:22:57,691 --> 00:22:59,350 I deserved you. 463 00:22:59,375 --> 00:23:01,494 I warranted you. 464 00:23:01,519 --> 00:23:03,486 I justified you. 465 00:23:03,511 --> 00:23:09,416 I had lost myself, and in return, I got you. 466 00:23:09,441 --> 00:23:12,276 You are my retribution. 467 00:23:12,790 --> 00:23:15,407 And it was humiliating. 468 00:23:16,867 --> 00:23:19,351 I couldn't even hate you. I couldn't even pretend to. 469 00:23:19,376 --> 00:23:21,313 I hated myself. 470 00:23:23,273 --> 00:23:25,141 But then I turned a corner. 471 00:23:26,741 --> 00:23:28,608 It was quick. 472 00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:29,850 Effortless, really. 473 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:33,522 You had become the beautiful kept thing he lusted after. 474 00:23:33,547 --> 00:23:34,768 Where you went, he went. 475 00:23:34,793 --> 00:23:37,148 Which meant that I... 476 00:23:37,547 --> 00:23:40,115 I suddenly had space. 477 00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:43,692 I had air of my own that I could breathe. 478 00:23:43,717 --> 00:23:45,788 Time to think and plan. 479 00:23:45,813 --> 00:23:49,397 And I started liking myself again, 480 00:23:49,422 --> 00:23:52,334 because I was alone and I was relieved 481 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,293 and I was free. 482 00:23:56,023 --> 00:23:58,057 Freedom, baby. 483 00:23:58,082 --> 00:23:59,883 Whew. 484 00:24:04,933 --> 00:24:07,535 I stayed because it was working. 485 00:24:07,641 --> 00:24:09,825 I stood by and I allowed the affair to continue 486 00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:12,470 because it was working for all of us. 487 00:24:12,495 --> 00:24:14,646 He was occupied, thanks to you. 488 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,375 He was happy. You lit his fire. 489 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,084 We made it all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 490 00:24:20,109 --> 00:24:23,024 And one day, it was gonna be my turn. 491 00:24:23,049 --> 00:24:25,279 Fitz would make me President of the United States, 492 00:24:25,304 --> 00:24:28,931 because he owed me at least that much. 493 00:24:29,130 --> 00:24:31,828 And so I stayed. 494 00:24:32,821 --> 00:24:35,849 Because the three of us, ugh. 495 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,939 We worked! 496 00:24:42,153 --> 00:24:43,808 So, what do you say, Olivia? 497 00:24:44,197 --> 00:24:46,246 That deep enough for you? 498 00:24:46,271 --> 00:24:50,138 Is that honest enough? 499 00:24:52,101 --> 00:24:55,971 Mellie, you can't actually write that anywhere. 500 00:24:55,996 --> 00:24:57,517 If you want to be President, 501 00:24:57,542 --> 00:25:00,527 you can never, ever tell anyone any of that. 502 00:25:00,552 --> 00:25:03,128 Oh, yeah, I know. 503 00:25:03,153 --> 00:25:06,733 I know I can't. 504 00:25:06,863 --> 00:25:09,460 That's the problem. 505 00:25:14,618 --> 00:25:17,536 ♪ 506 00:25:40,592 --> 00:25:42,126 Hm. 507 00:25:50,497 --> 00:25:52,398 That was... 508 00:25:52,432 --> 00:25:54,566 incredible. 509 00:25:54,584 --> 00:25:57,102 What do you think their secret sauce is made out of? 510 00:25:57,137 --> 00:25:58,437 Crack. 511 00:25:58,471 --> 00:26:00,322 I think it's made out of crack. 512 00:26:03,693 --> 00:26:05,749 What? 513 00:26:06,046 --> 00:26:07,989 We shut down a Gettysburger. 514 00:26:08,014 --> 00:26:09,364 A Gettysburger. 515 00:26:09,389 --> 00:26:10,516 That's power. 516 00:26:10,541 --> 00:26:12,084 It's obnoxious. 517 00:26:12,118 --> 00:26:13,952 Making these kids stay late, 518 00:26:13,987 --> 00:26:16,110 inconveniencing all these people, 519 00:26:16,135 --> 00:26:18,489 denying the neighborhood of Fourscores. 520 00:26:18,514 --> 00:26:20,069 Can you imagine the story that would be written 521 00:26:20,094 --> 00:26:21,425 if the press got ahold of this? 522 00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:24,319 Actually, I imagine that would be a pretty great story. 523 00:26:24,353 --> 00:26:27,869 Susan's just a regular American, very "woman of the people." 524 00:26:28,145 --> 00:26:30,046 That kind of story makes people think of you 525 00:26:30,071 --> 00:26:32,824 as Grade-A presidential material. 526 00:26:34,614 --> 00:26:37,038 Now you're sounding like Liz. 527 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:38,950 Liz? 528 00:26:38,975 --> 00:26:42,505 No matter how many times I tell her "no," or "stop," 529 00:26:42,530 --> 00:26:45,319 or "I don't want to form an exploratory committee," 530 00:26:45,343 --> 00:26:46,505 she doesn't let up. 531 00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:47,999 She wants you to make a run? 532 00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:49,323 I didn't know. 533 00:26:49,348 --> 00:26:50,814 Well, I agree with her. 534 00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:53,725 You would be an amazing president. 535 00:26:54,645 --> 00:26:57,348 David... 536 00:26:58,113 --> 00:27:01,001 Do you know why I was chosen to be VP? 537 00:27:01,185 --> 00:27:03,994 It wasn't because I am amazing. 538 00:27:04,019 --> 00:27:07,373 It's because Mellie Grant lacks character. 539 00:27:07,653 --> 00:27:11,189 She was picking her competition for the next Republican primary. 540 00:27:11,693 --> 00:27:14,328 And instead of having the guts to go toe-to-toe 541 00:27:14,353 --> 00:27:18,208 with a worthy warrior for a true battle, she turned coward. 542 00:27:18,233 --> 00:27:19,939 She picked me. 543 00:27:20,161 --> 00:27:23,250 She picked someone useless, unthreatening, 544 00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:26,482 unpolished, unelectable. 545 00:27:26,507 --> 00:27:29,893 She picked a bug she can crush in one blow. 546 00:27:30,050 --> 00:27:33,184 I don't stand a chance in a primary against Mellie, 547 00:27:33,209 --> 00:27:36,428 so why would I put myself, my daughter, 548 00:27:36,453 --> 00:27:38,228 through the agony of a campaign? 549 00:27:38,253 --> 00:27:41,545 Why would I uproot us for months on end... 550 00:27:47,144 --> 00:27:50,411 Don't you ever call yourself names in my presence again. 551 00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:52,236 You are not a bug. 552 00:27:52,261 --> 00:27:53,937 You are a warrior. 553 00:27:53,962 --> 00:27:55,679 You could win this. 554 00:27:55,703 --> 00:27:57,664 You could win, Susan. 555 00:27:57,689 --> 00:28:00,502 I really believe that. 556 00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:10,938 You were mean. 557 00:28:11,412 --> 00:28:13,197 Of course I was. 558 00:28:13,222 --> 00:28:14,354 You were my husband's mistress. 559 00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:16,172 Was I supposed to be friendly? 560 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,501 You were really awful. 561 00:28:18,526 --> 00:28:21,545 I'm telling you, you were nasty. 562 00:28:21,570 --> 00:28:22,711 And I took it. 563 00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:25,203 Why? I wanted to fight. You never fought. 564 00:28:25,228 --> 00:28:28,586 I was your husband's mistress. 565 00:28:29,211 --> 00:28:30,980 I was in the wrong. 566 00:28:33,882 --> 00:28:36,273 Truth is, I was glad you were there. 567 00:28:36,741 --> 00:28:38,425 You were a good mistress. 568 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:39,884 Probably a great one. 569 00:28:41,798 --> 00:28:43,807 You know what I mean? 570 00:28:44,487 --> 00:28:45,658 Mm. 571 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:48,095 Well, I am an overachiever. 572 00:28:48,551 --> 00:28:53,959 Once I put my mind to something, I commit. 573 00:29:09,128 --> 00:29:10,592 Ohh. 574 00:29:10,617 --> 00:29:12,317 Tell me you brought more. 575 00:29:12,342 --> 00:29:14,510 Oh, damn straight I did. 576 00:29:22,602 --> 00:29:26,805 I was happy you were around, too. 577 00:29:33,367 --> 00:29:39,984 When I was with Fitz, I was happy you were around, too. 578 00:29:40,009 --> 00:29:43,379 With you around, I didn't have to... 579 00:29:51,881 --> 00:29:54,282 I had an out. 580 00:29:54,498 --> 00:29:58,200 You... You were my out, Mellie. 581 00:29:58,370 --> 00:30:02,306 You kept him unavailable. 582 00:30:06,353 --> 00:30:08,923 Okay. 583 00:30:09,568 --> 00:30:11,106 And... 584 00:30:11,131 --> 00:30:13,064 So... 585 00:30:16,477 --> 00:30:22,319 I left for the same reason you stayed. 586 00:30:25,439 --> 00:30:28,673 Because I was scared. 587 00:30:30,748 --> 00:30:33,650 Okay. 588 00:30:38,213 --> 00:30:40,830 Mellie. 589 00:30:42,069 --> 00:30:44,270 That's what you write. 590 00:30:44,927 --> 00:30:48,279 You write that you were scared. 591 00:30:48,304 --> 00:30:52,108 You write that you never could have imagined 592 00:30:52,133 --> 00:30:54,640 standing up in front of the entire Senate 593 00:30:54,665 --> 00:30:56,015 for as long as you did, 594 00:30:56,049 --> 00:30:58,235 filibustering the hell out of that bill, 595 00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:00,829 protecting every woman's constitutional right 596 00:31:00,854 --> 00:31:03,239 to make her own decision about her own body 597 00:31:03,264 --> 00:31:05,565 because you never thought 598 00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:07,744 you would be able to do any of that on your own. 599 00:31:07,769 --> 00:31:10,721 You write that you didn't need Fitz... 600 00:31:10,754 --> 00:31:14,480 You didn't need some man to give you the power. 601 00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:17,574 You had the power the whole time. 602 00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:21,002 It just took you a little longer to realize. 603 00:31:21,027 --> 00:31:24,062 That is what you write. 604 00:31:27,258 --> 00:31:30,035 Get out your laptop. Start writing. 605 00:31:30,582 --> 00:31:32,717 Uh... 606 00:31:57,020 --> 00:31:59,287 Sir. 607 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,291 Mr. President. 608 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,411 What's wrong? 609 00:32:05,436 --> 00:32:06,872 It's my cousin, sir. 610 00:32:06,897 --> 00:32:08,732 He died an hour ago. 611 00:32:08,757 --> 00:32:10,174 Cyrus. 612 00:32:10,199 --> 00:32:12,249 I have to go. 613 00:32:12,274 --> 00:32:13,728 I'm so sorry. 614 00:32:14,222 --> 00:32:15,872 Me, too. 615 00:32:34,356 --> 00:32:39,139 Okay, um, I'll just start with the general, Mr. President. 616 00:32:39,164 --> 00:32:40,618 Mm-hmm. 617 00:32:41,366 --> 00:32:44,669 Is the country better off today than it was seven years ago 618 00:32:44,694 --> 00:32:46,670 when a young governor from California 619 00:32:46,695 --> 00:32:49,931 waltzed into this very room and vowed to work tirelessly 620 00:32:49,965 --> 00:32:50,865 for his people? 621 00:32:50,916 --> 00:32:53,334 Well, first, thanks for calling me young. 622 00:32:53,368 --> 00:32:54,561 And second, absolutely. 623 00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:56,205 Unemployment's down. The economy's up. 624 00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:57,370 I think the world in general is... 625 00:32:58,603 --> 00:33:00,401 I'm sorry. 626 00:33:01,016 --> 00:33:02,280 Something I said. 627 00:33:02,305 --> 00:33:04,743 I don't know. I wasn't listening. 628 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:08,185 I'm a respected journalist. I have a Pulitzer. 629 00:33:08,210 --> 00:33:11,552 I spent a week with Putin, and yet I cannot focus. 630 00:33:11,587 --> 00:33:13,955 Well, I know all this can be overwhelming. 631 00:33:13,989 --> 00:33:16,580 I have an enormous crush on you. 632 00:33:19,489 --> 00:33:21,025 Wow. 633 00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:23,564 This really couldn't be any more awkward. 634 00:33:23,589 --> 00:33:26,017 This is a clear conflict of interest. 635 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:27,275 I know. I'm so sorry. 636 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,715 Not just on your account, Lillian. 637 00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:31,850 How about... 638 00:33:32,093 --> 00:33:35,400 We nix this whole interview and instead... 639 00:33:36,193 --> 00:33:38,835 you have dinner with me? 640 00:33:40,943 --> 00:33:42,970 Sir, are you asking me out on a date? 641 00:33:42,995 --> 00:33:44,803 I am. 642 00:33:44,828 --> 00:33:47,875 But only if you stop calling me "sir." 643 00:33:51,755 --> 00:33:54,128 Ordinarily, I don't come when called. 644 00:33:54,153 --> 00:33:55,537 But... Glad you did. 645 00:33:55,562 --> 00:33:57,246 Game's over. I'm out. 646 00:33:57,271 --> 00:33:58,442 - David... - No. 647 00:33:58,467 --> 00:34:00,117 Susan Ross is a good person. 648 00:34:00,142 --> 00:34:01,810 She's smart and compassionate 649 00:34:01,835 --> 00:34:03,919 and has the best interests of the country at heart. 650 00:34:03,944 --> 00:34:05,878 People like that don't exist in this town. 651 00:34:05,903 --> 00:34:07,337 She's a political unicorn. 652 00:34:07,362 --> 00:34:08,663 And if she doesn't want to run for President, 653 00:34:08,688 --> 00:34:10,020 she shouldn't have to. 654 00:34:10,045 --> 00:34:10,978 Is that so? 655 00:34:11,003 --> 00:34:12,387 I won't manipulate her. 656 00:34:12,412 --> 00:34:13,929 And you won't manipulate me. 657 00:34:13,954 --> 00:34:16,419 I'm done buying what you're selling. 658 00:34:17,478 --> 00:34:19,412 She filed the paperwork. 659 00:34:19,437 --> 00:34:20,554 She's running. 660 00:34:20,589 --> 00:34:23,274 You did good, Rosen. 661 00:34:23,299 --> 00:34:25,800 Whatever you said to her, it worked. 662 00:34:25,825 --> 00:34:27,258 She doesn't want this. 663 00:34:27,283 --> 00:34:30,565 Well, Little Bo Veep doesn't know what she wants. 664 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:35,269 Lucky for her, she has us. 665 00:34:38,701 --> 00:34:40,441 Come on, Rosen. 666 00:34:40,466 --> 00:34:44,061 Let's make a president together. 667 00:34:54,088 --> 00:34:56,323 I already e-mailed you my corrections, Marcus. 668 00:34:56,357 --> 00:34:57,658 I just got 'em. 669 00:34:57,683 --> 00:35:00,183 I'm not going anywhere, Huck. 670 00:35:09,530 --> 00:35:10,964 Nice picture quality. 671 00:35:10,989 --> 00:35:13,173 QR18? 672 00:35:13,207 --> 00:35:14,308 19. 673 00:35:14,342 --> 00:35:16,843 I remotely inserted the program's facial filament 674 00:35:16,878 --> 00:35:18,478 into a couple of traffic cams. 675 00:35:18,529 --> 00:35:21,548 It's like you're right there. Whoa, who's that? He's a beast. 676 00:35:21,573 --> 00:35:24,918 That's my son, Javi. 677 00:35:24,943 --> 00:35:26,637 Your son? 678 00:35:26,662 --> 00:35:27,871 Skills. 679 00:35:27,905 --> 00:35:29,549 You teach him how to dribble like that? 680 00:35:29,574 --> 00:35:31,257 I wish. 681 00:35:31,282 --> 00:35:33,521 How often do you catch his games? 682 00:35:33,547 --> 00:35:36,325 I've never been to one of his games. 683 00:35:37,697 --> 00:35:39,176 Divorce? 684 00:35:39,201 --> 00:35:41,567 Something like that. 685 00:35:41,924 --> 00:35:44,709 That sucks, man. 686 00:35:45,173 --> 00:35:46,573 I'm sorry. 687 00:35:46,607 --> 00:35:50,310 They moved... recently. 688 00:35:50,335 --> 00:35:52,229 They moved. 689 00:35:52,254 --> 00:35:54,267 So I haven't seen him. 690 00:35:54,382 --> 00:35:56,788 You should. 691 00:35:56,813 --> 00:35:58,453 You should go see him. 692 00:35:58,478 --> 00:36:01,429 I bet Javi would love that. 693 00:36:14,450 --> 00:36:15,979 Hm. 694 00:36:16,335 --> 00:36:18,102 This is good. 695 00:36:18,127 --> 00:36:20,366 This is really good. 696 00:36:20,391 --> 00:36:22,709 - You think so? - I know so. 697 00:36:24,608 --> 00:36:27,543 Hm. This... 698 00:36:27,568 --> 00:36:30,470 is everything. 699 00:36:30,495 --> 00:36:33,040 Thanks. 700 00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:35,629 Read this part. 701 00:36:39,189 --> 00:36:41,070 You know it won't do you any good 702 00:36:41,095 --> 00:36:42,896 if this book comes out in a couple of months, right? 703 00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:43,847 It won't? 704 00:36:43,881 --> 00:36:45,162 Other people will be announcing sooner. 705 00:36:45,187 --> 00:36:47,893 If you wait even a month, you're gonna be late to the party. 706 00:36:47,918 --> 00:36:49,864 - It has to come out now. - That's impossible. 707 00:36:49,889 --> 00:36:51,656 The publisher says it will take at least six weeks 708 00:36:51,681 --> 00:36:52,531 to get it into bookstores... 709 00:36:52,556 --> 00:36:54,107 Who says we need bookstores? 710 00:36:56,419 --> 00:36:59,466 Several pages of the former First Lady's upcoming memoir 711 00:36:59,491 --> 00:37:00,991 appear today on the D.C. Dish's website. 712 00:37:01,016 --> 00:37:02,582 Both the publisher and Senator Grant herself 713 00:37:02,607 --> 00:37:04,341 denied being the source of the leak. 714 00:37:04,394 --> 00:37:06,028 The book, however, is being described 715 00:37:06,053 --> 00:37:08,321 by those who have read it as explosive, revealing, 716 00:37:08,346 --> 00:37:09,365 and deeply personal. 717 00:37:09,390 --> 00:37:10,459 "And during that filibuster," 718 00:37:10,484 --> 00:37:12,819 I found that I could stand as long as I needed. 719 00:37:12,844 --> 00:37:16,721 Hours, days, whatever the Senate required. 720 00:37:16,966 --> 00:37:19,058 Because for the first time in my adult life, 721 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:20,716 I was no longer an accessory, 722 00:37:20,741 --> 00:37:23,453 an appendage to the most powerful man in the world. 723 00:37:23,478 --> 00:37:26,419 That's when I discovered that I, too, was strong, 724 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:28,723 that I, too, was powerful, 725 00:37:28,748 --> 00:37:31,814 that he hadn't taken everything from me, 726 00:37:31,839 --> 00:37:34,873 "that I could stand on my own." 727 00:37:37,266 --> 00:37:38,896 There you have it. 728 00:37:38,921 --> 00:37:40,991 Powerful words from what will certainly be 729 00:37:41,016 --> 00:37:44,652 a forceful candidate in the form of Mellie Grant. 730 00:37:44,677 --> 00:37:47,368 Watch your back, Vice President Ross. 731 00:37:47,393 --> 00:37:49,828 Oh, Marianne, I'm just testing the waters. 732 00:37:49,853 --> 00:37:51,740 It's like when you like someone. 733 00:37:51,765 --> 00:37:53,566 You want to see if they like you back. 734 00:37:53,591 --> 00:37:57,927 I like America, and now I'm hoping America will call me. 735 00:37:58,795 --> 00:38:00,669 So that's who our Republican brethren 736 00:38:00,694 --> 00:38:02,957 can look forward to roasting on the spit. 737 00:38:03,276 --> 00:38:05,037 But what of the Democrats? 738 00:38:05,062 --> 00:38:07,463 What lambs will they serve up for the slaughter? 739 00:38:07,497 --> 00:38:08,723 He's going on a date. 740 00:38:08,818 --> 00:38:10,886 This is "50 Shades of Wrong" here, Cyrus. 741 00:38:10,911 --> 00:38:12,145 I need you. 742 00:38:12,170 --> 00:38:13,468 Oh, crap. 743 00:38:13,493 --> 00:38:15,397 You're at your cousin's funeral right now, aren't you? 744 00:38:15,437 --> 00:38:16,670 Ah, yes. 745 00:38:16,707 --> 00:38:18,758 Oh, I totally forgot. I'm so sorry. 746 00:38:18,775 --> 00:38:20,226 It's okay. We weren't close. 747 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:21,627 Still, he's dead. 748 00:38:21,661 --> 00:38:23,260 Well, it's for the best. 749 00:38:23,285 --> 00:38:25,032 Well, can you talk to him? 750 00:38:25,057 --> 00:38:26,024 My dead cousin? 751 00:38:26,049 --> 00:38:27,208 The President! 752 00:38:27,233 --> 00:38:28,593 I'm out of my league here. 753 00:38:28,618 --> 00:38:29,735 No can do. 754 00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:32,573 I told you, Red, you're the work wife, not me. 755 00:38:32,608 --> 00:38:34,683 This is not what being a work wife means. 756 00:38:34,708 --> 00:38:36,182 Wake's starting. 757 00:38:36,207 --> 00:38:37,374 I got to go. 758 00:38:37,399 --> 00:38:39,191 Very sad. 759 00:38:39,216 --> 00:38:42,839 I've paid my taxes in this county for 19 years. 760 00:38:42,864 --> 00:38:45,227 I understand your concerns, your issues. 761 00:38:45,252 --> 00:38:46,491 That is why I'm here. 762 00:38:46,516 --> 00:38:49,121 It's why I'm visiting every county in the state 763 00:38:49,156 --> 00:38:50,157 to discuss the particulars... 764 00:38:50,182 --> 00:38:51,783 I don't see why my tax dollars 765 00:38:51,808 --> 00:38:53,381 are helping other people go to college. 766 00:38:53,406 --> 00:38:54,915 I didn't even go to college. 767 00:38:54,940 --> 00:38:57,806 I'm sorry you didn't have that opportunity. 768 00:38:57,831 --> 00:38:59,331 Under my plan, you would have... 769 00:38:59,355 --> 00:39:00,572 What don't you get, Governor? 770 00:39:00,601 --> 00:39:02,768 We don't want your stinking education bill. 771 00:39:05,797 --> 00:39:08,283 I know that this is personal for many of you. 772 00:39:08,308 --> 00:39:09,658 It is personal for me, too. 773 00:39:09,693 --> 00:39:12,933 My parents had very little education growing up in Mexico, 774 00:39:12,958 --> 00:39:15,881 and there was no chance of them going to college... none. 775 00:39:15,915 --> 00:39:19,118 And then they came here, to America, to Pennsylvania. 776 00:39:19,152 --> 00:39:20,983 My mother went to nursing school. 777 00:39:21,008 --> 00:39:22,721 My father, who came from nothing, 778 00:39:22,885 --> 00:39:24,969 earned his PhD at Penn State, 779 00:39:24,994 --> 00:39:29,027 and their two sons had access to the best public education system 780 00:39:29,045 --> 00:39:31,313 in the greatest country on Earth. 781 00:39:33,233 --> 00:39:37,319 A college degree is as essential today 782 00:39:37,353 --> 00:39:40,539 as a high-school diploma was 100 years ago. 783 00:39:40,573 --> 00:39:44,159 The world is changing, and we have got to change with it. 784 00:39:44,210 --> 00:39:46,979 That means that our state colleges and universities 785 00:39:47,013 --> 00:39:50,175 should be free for every high-school graduate. 786 00:39:54,751 --> 00:40:00,826 My education bill... it's not revolutionary or radical. 787 00:40:00,851 --> 00:40:04,839 It simply finishes what we've been working on 788 00:40:04,864 --> 00:40:07,633 in this great state for over 300 years... 789 00:40:07,658 --> 00:40:10,313 The principle of free education was established 790 00:40:10,338 --> 00:40:13,268 in the Pennsylvania constitution of 1790, 791 00:40:13,293 --> 00:40:14,990 and in the 1830s, 792 00:40:15,015 --> 00:40:17,159 we were one of the first states in the country 793 00:40:17,193 --> 00:40:20,515 to actually establish a public-education system. 794 00:40:20,540 --> 00:40:23,809 Now, that's the Pennsylvania my parents moved to. 795 00:40:23,834 --> 00:40:26,394 That's the Pennsylvania I grew up in. 796 00:40:26,419 --> 00:40:29,264 That is your Pennsylvania. 797 00:40:30,764 --> 00:40:33,497 Smart, generous, 798 00:40:33,522 --> 00:40:37,391 civic-minded, forward-thinking... 799 00:40:37,416 --> 00:40:38,790 right. 800 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:45,692 Sir. 801 00:40:45,717 --> 00:40:47,632 We can still. 802 00:40:47,657 --> 00:40:49,324 Set the world on fire or die trying. 803 00:40:49,349 --> 00:40:51,362 We're done. 804 00:40:51,547 --> 00:40:52,888 Betrayal's still there. 805 00:40:52,913 --> 00:40:54,963 Well, he forgave you. 806 00:40:54,988 --> 00:40:56,429 You're fired. 807 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:57,789 I have to go. 808 00:40:57,814 --> 00:40:59,255 I'm so sorry. 809 00:40:59,615 --> 00:41:01,282 Me, too. 810 00:41:01,307 --> 00:41:03,321 Thank you. 811 00:41:03,614 --> 00:41:04,862 Thank you. 812 00:41:04,887 --> 00:41:07,811 Thank you. Thank you.