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♪ Ahh, push it ♪
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CURTIS: We're running out of hotels.
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Have you seen my purse?
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- Five-star hotels.
- I could've sworn...
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We're not gonna take this show
to the Super 8 next, are we?
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'Cause something tells me
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you like the five-star
service you've been getting.
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Oh, you're giving
yourself five stars now?
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- [CHUCKLES]
- You can tell me I'm wrong.
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♪
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I'll be in touch.
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- Your assistant...
- What?
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Your assistant will be touch.
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My assistant handles my schedule.
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So, then, dinner, a night out?
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Maybe your assistant
can schedule me in?
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I'm just saying, this
five-star service
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could extend to outside
the hotel room, too.
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Curtis...
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my assistant handles
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my very busy schedule.
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If I'm having a day,
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if my tea isn't sitting on my desk,
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piping hot in the morning,
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if the President ignores
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something I've said in the afternoon,
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if the state dinner I'm throwing
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for the head of state who's in town
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is a bust in the evening...
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that is where you and your
five-star service come in.
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♪
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I'm really not sure how to
make myself any more clear.
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So, is that your way of
saying you don't need a date
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for the state dinner tomorrow night?
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- [GROANS]
- 'Cause I-I was kind of hoping that...
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Goodbye, Curtis.
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- ♪ B-Baby, baby ♪
- ♪ Get up on this! ♪
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[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
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Of course, the state dinner tradition
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dates all the way back to 1874,
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when President Ulysses S. Grant
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welcomed King Kalakaua of Hawaii,
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which, as we all know, later
became our 50th state.
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Now, at that dinner, there
were just 36 guests
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eating 29 courses, if
you can believe it.
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Tonight, President Grant will
be playing host to 120 guests
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eating just five courses
at our state dinner
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for the President of Bashran.
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Excuse me, what's this tarp?
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Oh, that's the old pool built by
President Franklin Roosevelt.
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It's under construction.
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As some of you may know,
President Roosevelt had polio,
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- so he actually used the pool t...
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Oh, it's Olivia Pope, everyone...
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- our very own Chief of Staff.
- Hello, hello.
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You all picked a very busy day
to visit the White House.
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Welcome.
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[INDISTINCT MURMURING,
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Mr. Vice President.
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- [DOOR CLOSES]
- I wish you'd stop doing that.
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- Doing what?
- Being so formal.
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I'd like this to be informal...
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colleagues, but friends.
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I see. You're here to complain?
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We were friends once, weren't we?
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- But now what am I to you?
- At this moment,
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we are preparing to host
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the president of a country
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who just caught us spying on him...
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not a great place to start when
the point of tonight's dinner
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is to talk this man into giving
up his nuclear capabilities.
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Add on top of that,
the fact that Mellie
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doesn't have a a First Lady.
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So the questions I've
been forced to field...
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[SIGHS]
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have been about china patterns,
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about centerpieces, and I
am not a wedding planner.
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So, what are you to me...
another person in my office
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about to bother me about
tonight's dinner.
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Unless... and I would love this...
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you can tell me you're
here about something else.
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- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
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Out with it.
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It's about tonight's
seating arrangement.
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Goodbye, Cyrus. I'm sitting
next to Fenton Glackland...
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Fenton Glackland...
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which I assume is no accident.
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You assume correctly.
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Why, Olivia? What sin did I commit?
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What gods have I offended
that I've been sentenced
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to sit for two hours
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next to Fenton Glackland?
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Or is it because I'm
gay, and he's gay,
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and you think we speak
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some secret gay language?
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You're next to Fenton
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because he's one of the biggest
campaign contributors we've got,
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and he made a special request
to be seated near you.
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Olivia, we're talking about a man
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who wore flip-flops to his TED Talk.
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Look, we've all got our work
cut out for us tonight.
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Did I mention Mellie's
trying to charm a dictator
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into a nuclear-arms treaty?
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The least you can do is chit-chat
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with a billionaire tech mogul
whose support we depend on.
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He's a Sasquatch...
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a libertarian.
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Exactly.
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Last election cycle,
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he donated on both sides of the aisle.
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Down the line,
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when you're mounting
your own campaign,
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Glackland could be
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- a useful person to know.
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You want me to be your friend, Cyrus?
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This is me being your friend.
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Get out of my office.
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You want four tickets
to the state dinner
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that's happening tonight.
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That's the one.
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Yeah, I can't help you.
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On the phone, you said it
wouldn't be a problem.
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Because I thought you were
asking to be my date,
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which would be fine,
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but I only get a plus-one,
not a plus-four.
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David, we need clients...
high-profile clients...
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the kind of clients that
attend state dinners.
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Those people came to OPA
because they knew Olivia Pope.
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If we want them to come to QPA,
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then they need to know who we are.
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If you all need to
be there that badly,
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why don't you just ask Olivia?
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Olivia has a lot on
her plate right now.
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And I don't?
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Abby, I'm the Attorney
General of the...
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Of the United States of America.
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Yes, I know, and you
are also my friend,
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and I bought you lunch, so you owe me.
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We have lunch together all the time,
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which I always buy, so
technically, you owe me.
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You know what? Let's not
get into who owes who.
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Abby, I don't know if you recall,
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but you used to work
at the White House.
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Yeah, that's the key
phrase, "used to."
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You don't think that the idea of
me showing up at the White House
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and begging the Social Secretary
for scraps is a little sad?
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Is it more sad than the
idea that I can be bought
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with a plate of lo-mein
and an egg roll?
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They are very good egg rolls.
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ABBY: We're in!
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Four invites to the state dinner,
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all courtesy of David Rosen.
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- Who's Kevin Dunwoody?
- Kevin Dunwoody is you.
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We had to give you
both fake identities.
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You're not Rihanna or Adele.
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The White House isn't
gonna issue invites
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to "Huck" or "Charlie."
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I don't know if I see
myself as a Kevin.
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- You want to be Kevin?
- I don't want to go at all.
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This is a huge opportunity,
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and we cannot afford to pass it up.
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Plus, I'm the boss, and
I say we're going,
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- so we're going.
- Fake identities?
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Infiltrating secure
government buildings?
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It does sound a bit
like the good ole days.
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♪ Get up on this! ♪
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♪ Salt, Salt, Salt,
Salt-N-Pepa's here ♪
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Start right in on the nuclear treaty.
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- Should I go with "Mr. President" or...
- President Rashad.
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He's going to try to steer you toward
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the Joshua Stewart debacle,
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seek some sort of apology for
spying on his country but...
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[SIGHS] What's one incident
when a nuclear treaty
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equals peace in the Middle East?
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We've only got this brief
meeting and the state dinner
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to convince him to take a bold step.
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Got it.
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♪ Working up a sweat ♪
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President Rashad, welcome.
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Madam President, thank you.
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Being invited here,
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as well as having your
undivided attention,
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is a great moment for my country.
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As it is for ours.
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♪ Push it good ♪
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♪ Ahh, push it ♪
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- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- ♪ Push it real good ♪
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Thank you, everyone.
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Thank you.
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I do appreciate you making the trip.
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I hope we can make
this an historic one,
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and start down a very important road
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towards a nuclear-free Bashran.
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It is an important road.
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And a difficult one, no?
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Considering that your
country started this
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nuclear-arms race decades ago
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and then escalated it by handing out
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nuclear capabilities to our enemies,
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forcing Bashran to spend
precious resources
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just to protect ourselves
on the playground.
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- Yes, well...
- And as you also know,
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it is different for a leader,
like myself, to feel secure
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when your CIA provides ammunition
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to rebel factions who want
to remove me from power.
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But before you tell me
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that you're simply trying
to spread democracy,
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when, really, you're
spreading lax moral values
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and a godless obsession with sex,
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let me just note that
I would be delighted
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to discuss the ways to
remove all nuclear weapons
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from the entire planet...
[INHALES SHARPLY]
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starting with countries
who have the most...
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like the United States, for example.
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That would be historic.
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Wouldn't you agree?
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Mm.
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Now, how about that tour?
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♪ Ahh, push it ♪
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♪ Ahh, push it ♪
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♪ P-Push it real good ♪
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[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
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Okay, I've flagged
people on the guest list
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most prone to scandal.
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We should make sure to
hit them up tonight.
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They're our priority.
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[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
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Huck. You okay?
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[SIGHS] I don't want to go.
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I'm not very good at...
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small talk.
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Well, you know, you don't
really have to say much.
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Just ask one or two questions,
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get them talking.
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The best way I know how to
get people talking is...
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is to hurt them.
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But you only hurt people
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who don't want to
answer your questions.
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These people tonight...
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they like to hear themselves talk.
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And they love talking
about themselves.
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Ask a question, let them talk.
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You'll be fine.
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Do you miss it?
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The White House?
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♪
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♪
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I was a big dog...
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effecting policy...
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that affected 300 million lives.
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I'd be lying if I said
I didn't miss it...
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sometimes.
258
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But, you know...
259
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I prefer being a gladiator.
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♪
261
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I welcomed this man
into America's house.
262
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This was a mistake. He's unreasonable.
263
00:08:34,590 --> 00:08:36,223
True, but that doesn't
negate the fact that
264
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we need President Rashad
to sign this treaty.
265
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[SIGHING] How soon do we think Bashran
266
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can get their hands on a
nuclear weapon anyway?
267
00:08:44,213 --> 00:08:46,239
Thank you, Yvette.
268
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[DOOR CLOSES]
269
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The CIA Director estimates anywhere
270
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- from five months to a year.
- That soon?
271
00:08:54,595 --> 00:08:57,649
Mellie, Rashad's
cooperation is imperative.
272
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Tonight's dinner is crucial.
273
00:09:01,843 --> 00:09:03,877
[SIGHS]
274
00:09:04,275 --> 00:09:06,174
What do you say we skip the dinner?
275
00:09:06,199 --> 00:09:07,966
Go to Georgetown, have some drinks,
276
00:09:07,991 --> 00:09:10,488
- meet some guys.
- Madam President, if we can focus...
277
00:09:10,513 --> 00:09:12,461
It would be so much fun.
Think about it.
278
00:09:12,486 --> 00:09:13,619
I mean, it doesn't
have to be Georgetown.
279
00:09:13,644 --> 00:09:15,951
We can go wherever the
hot single guys in D.C.
280
00:09:15,976 --> 00:09:17,441
hang out nowadays. Madam President...
281
00:09:17,466 --> 00:09:18,597
That is the problem...
Madam President,
282
00:09:18,622 --> 00:09:19,953
always Madam President.
283
00:09:19,978 --> 00:09:21,077
I am not complaining.
284
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I wanted to be first,
I fought to be first,
285
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and, of course, I knew
the cure for sexism
286
00:09:24,934 --> 00:09:26,166
would come with side effects.
287
00:09:26,191 --> 00:09:27,493
But, my God, Liv.
288
00:09:27,518 --> 00:09:29,542
It never turns off.
289
00:09:29,567 --> 00:09:32,002
You never stop being
President, not for one minute.
290
00:09:32,027 --> 00:09:33,517
It's all missiles and treaties
291
00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:34,975
and worrying about the
safety of the nation
292
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every minute of the day.
293
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OLIVIA: You feel like you're
losing who you really are.
294
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You feel like a prisoner.
295
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You feel trapped under the weight
296
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of the power and the responsibility.
297
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It's crushing you.
298
00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:44,654
If only the world would allow you
299
00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,319
to do this job and
still be you, right?
300
00:09:47,344 --> 00:09:48,799
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
301
00:09:48,824 --> 00:09:51,776
Being a woman doesn't
make you original.
302
00:09:51,801 --> 00:09:53,234
You sound just like Fitz,
303
00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,226
who sounded just like
every other President.
304
00:09:55,251 --> 00:09:56,850
- But I'm not.
- [SCOFFS]
305
00:09:56,875 --> 00:09:58,441
I'm not just POTUS.
306
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I am Single Female POTUS.
307
00:10:00,179 --> 00:10:01,355
Do you know what that means?
308
00:10:01,380 --> 00:10:03,380
It means I'm a human chastity belt.
309
00:10:03,405 --> 00:10:04,764
Men have, historically,
310
00:10:04,789 --> 00:10:06,088
always had trouble getting turned on
311
00:10:06,113 --> 00:10:07,679
by powerful women... the idiots.
312
00:10:07,704 --> 00:10:11,365
And when that powerful woman is
the leader of the free world?
313
00:10:12,684 --> 00:10:16,386
Olivia, there is a
famine in my lady bits.
314
00:10:16,411 --> 00:10:19,737
My vagina is beautiful,
she is welcoming,
315
00:10:19,762 --> 00:10:21,242
but she is getting treated
like a murder house.
316
00:10:21,267 --> 00:10:22,515
- I can't get anythingin there.
- Okay!
317
00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:25,217
So that is a colorful
visual I did not need.
318
00:10:25,242 --> 00:10:26,849
You know what I need?
I need a vibrator.
319
00:10:26,874 --> 00:10:28,304
The President needs a vibrator.
320
00:10:28,329 --> 00:10:29,842
Can I get one? No.
321
00:10:29,867 --> 00:10:31,099
[SCOFFS]
322
00:10:31,124 --> 00:10:33,431
Can I go into a store and buy one? No!
323
00:10:33,456 --> 00:10:34,641
I can't order one online.
324
00:10:34,666 --> 00:10:36,912
I don't have a credit card anymore.
325
00:10:36,937 --> 00:10:38,812
I'm definitely not gonna
ask the military valet
326
00:10:38,837 --> 00:10:41,636
who attends to my personal items
to go and pick one up for me.
327
00:10:41,661 --> 00:10:44,563
I can't ask any staffer,
really, because,
328
00:10:44,587 --> 00:10:46,194
I mean, think of the political tea
329
00:10:46,219 --> 00:10:47,111
the Democrats could spill.
330
00:10:47,136 --> 00:10:48,313
The headline...
331
00:10:48,338 --> 00:10:51,992
"Staffer forced to purchase sex
toys for President Grant."
332
00:10:52,017 --> 00:10:53,888
You want to talk about the crown jewel
333
00:10:53,913 --> 00:10:55,273
of the American prison system?
334
00:10:55,298 --> 00:10:59,037
I can't even smuggle an
orgasm into this place.
335
00:11:00,099 --> 00:11:01,570
[LAUGHS]
336
00:11:01,595 --> 00:11:03,413
[CHUCKLES]
337
00:11:03,582 --> 00:11:05,232
[CLAPS HANDS]
338
00:11:05,257 --> 00:11:07,392
[LAUGHING CONTINUES]
339
00:11:10,514 --> 00:11:13,355
[STAMMERS]
340
00:11:13,380 --> 00:11:15,759
I just keep thinking...
341
00:11:16,115 --> 00:11:19,181
how would Ken Burns
immortalize this moment
342
00:11:19,206 --> 00:11:20,671
in your documentary?
343
00:11:20,696 --> 00:11:24,560
[BOTH LAUGHING]
344
00:11:26,132 --> 00:11:29,333
Well, I hope that he
would use a reenactment.
345
00:11:29,358 --> 00:11:33,610
[BOTH LAUGH]
346
00:11:35,808 --> 00:11:37,825
Oh...
347
00:11:40,096 --> 00:11:41,993
Ugh.
348
00:11:43,727 --> 00:11:45,667
[SIGHS]
349
00:11:46,202 --> 00:11:48,068
It's lonely.
350
00:11:49,948 --> 00:11:51,714
I know.
351
00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,152
I really do know.
352
00:11:55,419 --> 00:11:58,752
♪
353
00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:05,389
But...
354
00:12:05,414 --> 00:12:07,712
this is the job.
355
00:12:08,906 --> 00:12:12,444
You have to do the job.
356
00:12:14,433 --> 00:12:16,450
I know.
357
00:12:19,948 --> 00:12:24,535
♪
358
00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:28,932
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
359
00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:31,824
I will work on President
Rashad at dinner.
360
00:12:32,082 --> 00:12:33,737
If I can't get laid, I can, at least,
361
00:12:33,762 --> 00:12:36,323
do something about
nuclear proliferation.
362
00:12:36,348 --> 00:12:39,364
Let's go make some world peace.
363
00:12:41,629 --> 00:12:43,589
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
364
00:12:43,614 --> 00:12:45,394
One of his start-ups is developing
365
00:12:45,418 --> 00:12:48,085
"insect-based meal
replacement shakes."
366
00:12:48,118 --> 00:12:51,386
Did you know our friend Mr.
Glackland eats bugs?
367
00:12:51,878 --> 00:12:53,940
Literally eats bugs.
368
00:12:59,119 --> 00:13:01,195
[SIGHS]
369
00:13:13,587 --> 00:13:15,123
[KEYPAD BEEPS]
370
00:13:15,148 --> 00:13:17,829
[WHIRRING]
371
00:13:18,173 --> 00:13:19,507
JAKE: Over here.
372
00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:20,720
[DOOR CLOSES]
373
00:13:20,745 --> 00:13:21,845
What's that?
374
00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:25,081
This is the most important
piece of equipment we have.
375
00:13:25,106 --> 00:13:28,600
No B613 command center
is complete without it.
376
00:13:30,979 --> 00:13:32,510
Tiny pleasures.
377
00:13:32,535 --> 00:13:34,339
- [MINI FRIDGE DOOR CLOSES]
- President Rashad.
378
00:13:34,364 --> 00:13:35,659
He's being difficult.
379
00:13:35,684 --> 00:13:37,339
Mellie's gonna work on him at dinner.
380
00:13:37,364 --> 00:13:38,940
Maybe he'll soften. I doubt he will.
381
00:13:38,966 --> 00:13:40,379
If he doesn't, we're going to need
382
00:13:40,403 --> 00:13:41,753
a little help getting
our treaty signed.
383
00:13:41,778 --> 00:13:43,173
A little help. We're talking about...
384
00:13:43,198 --> 00:13:44,706
Dirt... Hold him upside down,
385
00:13:44,731 --> 00:13:47,285
see what falls out of his pockets.
386
00:13:47,877 --> 00:13:49,600
Think you can do that?
387
00:13:49,625 --> 00:13:51,764
Absolutely.
388
00:13:52,214 --> 00:13:54,753
This was the only place
he felt free, you know.
389
00:13:55,114 --> 00:13:57,479
FDR... the guy who built this place.
390
00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:59,675
Outside, he was confined
to a wheelchair,
391
00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:02,256
but in here.... in the water,
392
00:14:02,281 --> 00:14:04,615
it's like he could fly.
393
00:14:04,967 --> 00:14:07,434
Hard to believe now, isn't it?
394
00:14:07,459 --> 00:14:09,811
Let me know when you've
found something.
395
00:14:09,836 --> 00:14:13,548
[KEYPAD BEEPS, DOOR OPENS]
396
00:14:16,099 --> 00:14:21,534
[NEWCLEUS' "JAM ON IT" PLAYS]
397
00:14:21,562 --> 00:14:23,395
[LAUGHS]
398
00:14:23,420 --> 00:14:25,009
♪ Yeah ♪
399
00:14:25,034 --> 00:14:27,076
♪
400
00:14:27,998 --> 00:14:29,604
♪ Jam on it ♪
401
00:14:29,629 --> 00:14:31,963
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, we know, we know ♪
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
402
00:14:31,988 --> 00:14:32,941
♪ Huh ♪
403
00:14:32,966 --> 00:14:35,467
CYRUS: They say you can see
the castle from every hole,
404
00:14:35,492 --> 00:14:38,582
but I can only attest to the
view from the sand trap.
405
00:14:38,607 --> 00:14:39,440
[LAUGHTER]
406
00:14:39,473 --> 00:14:41,209
In life, as it is in golf.
407
00:14:41,234 --> 00:14:43,076
Excuse me, I, uh... can't
take another minute.
408
00:14:43,101 --> 00:14:45,036
I beg your pardon. Fenton Glackland.
409
00:14:45,061 --> 00:14:46,227
I'd say I'm at your service,
410
00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:47,959
but considering the amount
of money I've given,
411
00:14:47,984 --> 00:14:49,529
I think you're technically at mine.
412
00:14:49,554 --> 00:14:52,755
Mr. Glackland.
413
00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:55,966
Your reputation precedes you.
414
00:14:55,991 --> 00:14:57,146
Oh, it's only sugar.
415
00:14:57,171 --> 00:14:59,161
Passed a churro cart
on the drive over,
416
00:14:59,186 --> 00:15:01,687
- and I couldn't resist.
- Oh, a churro cart?
417
00:15:01,712 --> 00:15:04,452
You realize the chef tonight
has three Michelin stars.
418
00:15:04,477 --> 00:15:05,201
And well-deserved...
419
00:15:05,225 --> 00:15:06,178
I've eaten at all her restaurants.
420
00:15:06,203 --> 00:15:08,139
But her portions? Insulting.
421
00:15:08,164 --> 00:15:09,714
If you're the least bit hungry,
422
00:15:09,739 --> 00:15:12,455
I suggest, uh... filling up on apps.
423
00:15:13,032 --> 00:15:15,513
WOMAN: Truly, I'd assumed that
the firm had closed its doors
424
00:15:15,538 --> 00:15:17,104
when Olivia Pope left
for the White House.
425
00:15:17,129 --> 00:15:19,560
Unfortunately, that's a
popular misconception,
426
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:21,185
and one we're eager to correct.
427
00:15:21,210 --> 00:15:22,838
- Stuffed date, my dear?
- Ooh!
428
00:15:22,863 --> 00:15:23,967
What a gentleman.
429
00:15:23,992 --> 00:15:26,288
Tell me, how long have the
two of you been married?
430
00:15:26,313 --> 00:15:27,304
Oh, actually, we're...
431
00:15:27,329 --> 00:15:29,304
We're about a year and
half in, right, Kevin?
432
00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:30,848
Right. Year and a half.
433
00:15:30,873 --> 00:15:33,407
I found a poodle on the
side of the road once.
434
00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:35,865
I tried to massage its
heart and keep it alive...
435
00:15:35,890 --> 00:15:37,471
didn't work.
436
00:15:37,496 --> 00:15:39,306
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
437
00:15:39,331 --> 00:15:40,998
Our next three lunches are on me.
438
00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:42,400
How does that math work?
439
00:15:42,425 --> 00:15:44,007
It should be at least one
lunch for every ticket.
440
00:15:44,032 --> 00:15:46,303
Hey! You already had the plus-one.
441
00:15:46,328 --> 00:15:48,293
You wouldn't really make your
date pay for her own meal,
442
00:15:48,318 --> 00:15:49,084
would you?
443
00:15:49,109 --> 00:15:50,693
No. No, I suppose not.
444
00:15:50,719 --> 00:15:52,819
♪
445
00:15:53,130 --> 00:15:55,393
You know, I think I see
Senator Powell over there.
446
00:15:55,418 --> 00:15:56,837
I should go say hello.
447
00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:01,010
- What happened?
- She didn't want to talk.
448
00:16:01,035 --> 00:16:02,331
I told you, I'm not good at this.
449
00:16:02,356 --> 00:16:03,230
Try talking to someone
450
00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:05,580
you might have something
in common with, like...
451
00:16:05,605 --> 00:16:07,305
There are lots of
military people here.
452
00:16:07,330 --> 00:16:08,293
Try one of them.
453
00:16:08,575 --> 00:16:10,808
♪
454
00:16:11,214 --> 00:16:12,580
QUINN: Liv.
455
00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:15,323
Quinn. You're here. You're all here.
456
00:16:15,348 --> 00:16:17,028
Yes, we are, but I don't
want you to worry.
457
00:16:17,053 --> 00:16:18,153
We're not going to embarrass you.
458
00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:20,149
Huck is on the leash,
this baby is staying in,
459
00:16:20,174 --> 00:16:22,083
so no broken water on
this very nice carpet.
460
00:16:22,108 --> 00:16:23,512
And Charlie isn't even Charlie.
461
00:16:23,537 --> 00:16:24,703
He's Kevin.
462
00:16:24,728 --> 00:16:26,519
Oh. Great.
463
00:16:28,013 --> 00:16:30,046
Give me a sec, okay?
464
00:16:30,071 --> 00:16:31,596
What are you doing here?
465
00:16:31,621 --> 00:16:32,722
I was invited here.
466
00:16:32,747 --> 00:16:33,979
You know Sarah Jacobi?
She works at Defense...
467
00:16:34,004 --> 00:16:35,938
- You need to leave.
- That would be rude to Sarah.
468
00:16:35,963 --> 00:16:37,762
If you're here trying to make
some ridiculous point...
469
00:16:37,787 --> 00:16:39,668
No, I'm here trying to
ridiculously impress my date.
470
00:16:39,693 --> 00:16:40,886
You want to meet her? She's great...
471
00:16:40,911 --> 00:16:42,277
She's smart, and, get this,
472
00:16:42,302 --> 00:16:43,747
she doesn't even have an assistant.
473
00:16:43,772 --> 00:16:44,571
Happy for you.
474
00:16:44,596 --> 00:16:45,786
You don't look happy.
475
00:16:46,086 --> 00:16:47,817
I don't have time for this.
476
00:16:47,842 --> 00:16:48,880
Right.
477
00:16:49,047 --> 00:16:50,747
Very busy, I know.
478
00:16:50,772 --> 00:16:51,966
[FANFARE PLAYS]
479
00:16:51,991 --> 00:16:53,646
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
480
00:16:53,670 --> 00:16:55,662
the President of the United States
481
00:16:55,757 --> 00:16:59,936
accompanied by President
Rashad of Bashran.
482
00:17:01,457 --> 00:17:03,197
["HAIL TO THE CHIEF" PLAYS]
483
00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:08,113
- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
- [APPLAUSE]
484
00:17:11,146 --> 00:17:12,935
And may this evening begin a new era
485
00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,344
of peace and prosperity for Bashran,
486
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,707
and a friendship which endures
well beyond our time.
487
00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:26,809
Kind words from an elegant host.
488
00:17:26,834 --> 00:17:28,916
Kind words from a President
with a clear agenda,
489
00:17:28,941 --> 00:17:30,708
one that is your
country's best interest.
490
00:17:30,733 --> 00:17:32,000
Your best interest, perhaps.
491
00:17:32,025 --> 00:17:33,111
I'm trying to avoid
492
00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:34,503
a large-scale war in the Middle East.
493
00:17:34,528 --> 00:17:35,560
You're trying to put a
feather in your cap
494
00:17:35,585 --> 00:17:36,932
and get a political win.
495
00:17:36,957 --> 00:17:39,181
Securing a nuclear treaty
would be an achievement
496
00:17:39,206 --> 00:17:41,598
far beyond feathers in
our respective caps.
497
00:17:41,623 --> 00:17:43,022
What you're seeking you don't want,
498
00:17:43,047 --> 00:17:44,011
I assure you.
499
00:17:44,036 --> 00:17:45,043
[SIGHS]
500
00:17:45,068 --> 00:17:46,951
We have an expression in this country.
501
00:17:46,976 --> 00:17:49,490
It's called "mansplaining."
502
00:17:49,515 --> 00:17:51,343
If I agree to this treaty of yours,
503
00:17:51,368 --> 00:17:52,921
I'll be considered weak.
504
00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:55,265
Support for the well-funded,
well-trained radicals
505
00:17:55,289 --> 00:17:57,160
who want me out of power will grow.
506
00:17:57,185 --> 00:17:58,717
I'll be exiled at best
507
00:17:58,742 --> 00:18:00,479
and assassinated at worst,
508
00:18:00,504 --> 00:18:02,446
and instead of dealing
with me, you'll be dealing
509
00:18:02,471 --> 00:18:05,001
with a hornets nest of
anti-American goons
510
00:18:05,026 --> 00:18:07,096
with access to radioactive materials.
511
00:18:07,121 --> 00:18:08,533
We can help you sell the idea of peace
512
00:18:08,558 --> 00:18:09,549
to your people.
513
00:18:09,574 --> 00:18:10,789
I can make visit to your country...
514
00:18:10,814 --> 00:18:12,120
- [SCOFFS]
- talk to...
515
00:18:12,145 --> 00:18:14,416
The godless white lady
coming to save us?
516
00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:15,378
I don't think so.
517
00:18:15,403 --> 00:18:17,514
Maybe if they got to know me better?
518
00:18:17,791 --> 00:18:19,535
You have a fair point.
519
00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,934
You charm and intelligence
are powerful weapons.
520
00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,815
I can see that now.
521
00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,673
But I'm afraid they're not enough.
522
00:18:25,698 --> 00:18:28,269
Let me mansplain more.
523
00:18:28,295 --> 00:18:31,296
Like I said, the moment I
say the word "treaty,"
524
00:18:31,321 --> 00:18:33,425
I'm either dead or exiled,
525
00:18:33,450 --> 00:18:36,441
especially now that Dakal is
developing its own weapons
526
00:18:36,466 --> 00:18:38,243
right next door.
527
00:18:38,506 --> 00:18:43,224
So I'm afraid your dream
is thwarted by my reality.
528
00:18:43,568 --> 00:18:46,419
[SIGHS]
529
00:18:47,272 --> 00:18:50,338
♪
530
00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:54,670
Please tell me you've got something.
531
00:18:54,695 --> 00:18:57,136
Our friend likes 'em young.
532
00:18:57,251 --> 00:18:58,980
That girl can't be older than 16.
533
00:18:59,005 --> 00:19:00,267
When were these taken?
534
00:19:00,292 --> 00:19:01,618
Last night at the Embassy.
535
00:19:01,904 --> 00:19:03,923
Rashad's security detail
snuck her in the back.
536
00:19:03,948 --> 00:19:05,736
Any photos inside the bedroom,
537
00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,159
proof that money exchanged hands?
538
00:19:07,185 --> 00:19:08,585
- Nothing I caught on camera.
- Keep looking.
539
00:19:08,610 --> 00:19:12,112
In Bashran, sexual deviants are
either imprisoned or executed.
540
00:19:12,137 --> 00:19:13,535
My guess, he'd rather sign a treaty
541
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,926
than be dragged from his
palace and hung from a crane.
542
00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:18,881
Your wish is my command, boss.
543
00:19:18,906 --> 00:19:21,806
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
544
00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:28,188
♪
545
00:19:33,860 --> 00:19:36,383
- Coffee?
- None for me. Thank you.
546
00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:37,327
I will, thanks.
547
00:19:37,352 --> 00:19:40,164
You know, Congressman, it's
so funny you mentioned polo.
548
00:19:40,189 --> 00:19:42,075
My husband's family
are mad for the game.
549
00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:43,109
Isn't that right, Kevin?
550
00:19:43,134 --> 00:19:44,763
- Indeed. Quite mad.
- Really?
551
00:19:44,787 --> 00:19:46,892
You're not related to
the Atlanta Dunwoodys,
552
00:19:46,917 --> 00:19:48,450
- are you?
- Um... no.
553
00:19:48,475 --> 00:19:50,775
Kevin's family's all
California based...
554
00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,723
Stanford alumns, the lot of them.
555
00:19:52,748 --> 00:19:54,081
You know, I'm told Santa Barbara
has a lovely polo club.
556
00:19:54,183 --> 00:19:55,278
Mm.
557
00:19:55,303 --> 00:19:57,066
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
558
00:19:57,340 --> 00:20:00,378
Yeah, but the 1911 is the
best sidearm ever built.
559
00:20:00,403 --> 00:20:01,520
It won two world wars.
560
00:20:01,552 --> 00:20:04,457
New war, new weapon... the M9
is more resistant to sand.
561
00:20:04,482 --> 00:20:05,356
And it's a lot cheaper.
562
00:20:05,381 --> 00:20:06,693
Yeah, certainly doesn't hurt, right?
563
00:20:06,718 --> 00:20:08,792
[LAUGHS, SNORTS]
564
00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:11,836
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
565
00:20:11,861 --> 00:20:13,922
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
566
00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:16,344
You, uh... served?
567
00:20:18,321 --> 00:20:20,020
I don't know.
568
00:20:20,045 --> 00:20:21,679
You don't know if you've served?
569
00:20:21,899 --> 00:20:24,223
Is that baklava?
570
00:20:27,744 --> 00:20:29,805
What'd I tell you? Chintzy.
571
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,816
She should skip the gold leaf
and double the saffron foam.
572
00:20:35,529 --> 00:20:37,426
- I'm embarrassing you.
- Not at all.
573
00:20:37,451 --> 00:20:40,740
I'm eager to know how the cake
fared against the churros.
574
00:20:40,765 --> 00:20:42,698
[EXHALES SHARPLY] You
know what I did today?
575
00:20:42,723 --> 00:20:45,542
Invented a hovercraft
powered by cockroach parts?
576
00:20:45,567 --> 00:20:49,019
I bought a Cèzanne... $105 million.
577
00:20:49,044 --> 00:20:51,364
Well, ducky for you.
578
00:20:51,389 --> 00:20:52,688
Which Cèzanne?
579
00:20:52,728 --> 00:20:54,261
I don't remember.
580
00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:56,348
But my buyer assures me
it's quite famous...
581
00:20:56,373 --> 00:20:57,966
a boy, a vest... something like that.
582
00:20:57,991 --> 00:20:59,024
"The Boy in the Red Vest"?
583
00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:00,715
Yeah, that sounds right.
584
00:21:00,740 --> 00:21:02,222
That's...
585
00:21:02,691 --> 00:21:05,223
one of his most...
586
00:21:05,882 --> 00:21:09,549
You spent $100 million on a painting,
587
00:21:09,574 --> 00:21:12,074
and you don't even know
what painting it is?
588
00:21:12,099 --> 00:21:13,804
It's for my office.
589
00:21:13,829 --> 00:21:18,532
You see, my businesses earn
over $1 million an hour.
590
00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:20,650
That's over $17,000 a minute.
591
00:21:20,675 --> 00:21:25,109
So there's nothing I hate more
than people wasting my time.
592
00:21:25,134 --> 00:21:28,039
But I found a solution.
593
00:21:28,064 --> 00:21:30,450
A billion dollars of artwork
594
00:21:30,475 --> 00:21:32,264
hangs in the foyer of my office...
595
00:21:32,304 --> 00:21:35,146
Warhol, Picasso, Monet,
soon this Cèzanne.
596
00:21:35,599 --> 00:21:38,023
After people walk past all that,
597
00:21:38,048 --> 00:21:40,023
they tend to get right to the point.
598
00:21:40,048 --> 00:21:41,314
- Mm-hmm.
- Which is how I like it.
599
00:21:41,339 --> 00:21:43,038
- I can imagine.
- The problem is,
600
00:21:43,063 --> 00:21:46,503
what good is that collection
when I'm out here in the world?
601
00:21:46,642 --> 00:21:49,779
You see, we've been at this
dinner nearly two hours,
602
00:21:49,804 --> 00:21:53,147
and you still have not
asked me why I am here.
603
00:21:53,172 --> 00:21:55,594
Mr. Glackland, why are you here?
604
00:21:55,619 --> 00:21:57,085
Because I like to work with experts,
605
00:21:57,110 --> 00:21:59,360
and you're an expert in politics.
606
00:21:59,666 --> 00:22:02,433
The real expert's sitting
at the head table.
607
00:22:02,458 --> 00:22:04,024
I'm the one who rode in the sidecar,
608
00:22:04,049 --> 00:22:05,865
went to prison, then lost.
609
00:22:05,890 --> 00:22:07,464
Oh. Don't sell yourself short.
610
00:22:07,489 --> 00:22:08,643
You've seen it all,
611
00:22:08,668 --> 00:22:09,785
played every angle,
612
00:22:09,810 --> 00:22:10,832
seen every mistake.
613
00:22:10,857 --> 00:22:12,590
Okay, I'm an expert.
614
00:22:12,615 --> 00:22:14,460
What do you want to know?
615
00:22:15,092 --> 00:22:17,927
If I wanted to run for governor...
616
00:22:17,952 --> 00:22:19,682
where, exactly,
617
00:22:19,707 --> 00:22:21,007
would I start?
618
00:22:21,032 --> 00:22:22,065
[SCOFFS]
619
00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:23,911
Governor.
620
00:22:23,936 --> 00:22:27,071
You want to run for Governor.
621
00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:28,170
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
622
00:22:28,195 --> 00:22:29,594
with our dinner service complete,
623
00:22:29,619 --> 00:22:31,886
we would like to invite you all
to join us in the East Room
624
00:22:31,911 --> 00:22:33,043
for a musical performance.
625
00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:34,957
- No, no, no.
- We're not going there.
626
00:22:34,982 --> 00:22:36,895
You're giving me the private tour.
627
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,520
Forced music appreciation?
628
00:22:38,545 --> 00:22:40,051
[GROANS]
629
00:22:50,306 --> 00:22:51,972
Hold the performance.
630
00:22:53,433 --> 00:22:55,229
You want the good news
first or the bad news?
631
00:22:55,254 --> 00:22:57,001
Jake... She's not a prostitute.
632
00:22:57,026 --> 00:22:59,131
That's the bad news.
633
00:22:59,156 --> 00:23:01,137
What's the good news?
634
00:23:08,336 --> 00:23:10,638
You can corroborate this?
635
00:23:12,676 --> 00:23:15,343
[FAUCET RUNNING]
636
00:23:15,724 --> 00:23:17,377
[FAUCET STOPS]
637
00:23:17,402 --> 00:23:18,813
[DOOR CLOSES, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
638
00:23:18,838 --> 00:23:20,238
Is the performance about to begin?
639
00:23:20,263 --> 00:23:22,231
Not quite.
640
00:23:24,687 --> 00:23:26,851
You'll forgive the intrusion.
641
00:23:26,876 --> 00:23:29,785
I felt it was best we spoke privately.
642
00:23:32,899 --> 00:23:34,939
Her name is Yasmeen Talebi.
643
00:23:34,964 --> 00:23:36,819
That's what the Admissions Office
644
00:23:36,844 --> 00:23:38,017
at Dartmouth thinks, anyway.
645
00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:39,572
What they don't know, but you do
646
00:23:39,596 --> 00:23:42,040
is that her name is Yasmeen Rashad,
647
00:23:42,065 --> 00:23:45,300
daughter of Amir Rashad,
your late brother.
648
00:23:45,325 --> 00:23:49,290
I'm told she's a... English major
649
00:23:49,315 --> 00:23:51,382
with a minor in Gender Studies.
650
00:23:51,407 --> 00:23:55,270
I don't imagine that would go
over very well in Bashran.
651
00:23:55,529 --> 00:23:56,957
Neither do you, I'm assuming.
652
00:23:56,982 --> 00:24:00,357
If you did, you wouldn't
have changed her name.
653
00:24:01,162 --> 00:24:02,929
Mr. President...
654
00:24:02,954 --> 00:24:06,264
actions speak louder than words.
655
00:24:06,456 --> 00:24:09,347
You may preach nationalism,
656
00:24:09,372 --> 00:24:11,700
rail in your speeches against
the corrosive effect
657
00:24:11,725 --> 00:24:13,425
of the West on your values,
658
00:24:13,450 --> 00:24:15,817
but sending your niece to the States,
659
00:24:15,842 --> 00:24:17,448
enrolling her in a prestigious college
660
00:24:17,473 --> 00:24:19,464
under an assumed name,
offering her a future
661
00:24:19,489 --> 00:24:21,951
she wouldn't otherwise have at home...
662
00:24:21,976 --> 00:24:24,354
that tells me who you are,
who you really are...
663
00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:25,993
your character.
664
00:24:26,018 --> 00:24:28,248
There are some in your country
665
00:24:28,273 --> 00:24:30,932
who want to drag the world
back to the 12th century.
666
00:24:30,957 --> 00:24:31,865
Don't let them do that.
667
00:24:31,890 --> 00:24:33,107
Sign the treaty.
668
00:24:33,132 --> 00:24:36,592
Do for your country what
you've done for your niece.
669
00:24:40,001 --> 00:24:41,901
You're right, Ms. Pope.
670
00:24:41,926 --> 00:24:44,740
Actions do speak louder than words.
671
00:24:44,765 --> 00:24:46,951
And this...
672
00:24:46,976 --> 00:24:49,782
This tells me that your country
is still sticking its nose
673
00:24:49,807 --> 00:24:52,139
- where it doesn't belong.
- Mr. President...
674
00:24:52,164 --> 00:24:55,205
Ambassador Marashi
warned me about you.
675
00:24:56,134 --> 00:24:58,435
"Watch out for Olivia Pope," he said.
676
00:24:58,460 --> 00:24:59,493
"She's the devil."
677
00:24:59,518 --> 00:25:02,132
Don't let your pride get
in the way of progress.
678
00:25:02,157 --> 00:25:04,788
You threatened his child...
679
00:25:04,812 --> 00:25:06,195
his son.
680
00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:07,793
That tells me everything
I need to know
681
00:25:07,818 --> 00:25:10,220
about your character.
682
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,943
So you can forget about your treaty.
683
00:25:12,968 --> 00:25:16,599
My staff and I will be leaving
immediately after the performance.
684
00:25:16,624 --> 00:25:17,623
You're making a mistake.
685
00:25:17,648 --> 00:25:19,749
Good evening, Ms. Pope.
686
00:25:20,116 --> 00:25:21,811
[DOOR OPENS]
687
00:25:21,836 --> 00:25:23,691
[DOOR CLOSES]
688
00:25:23,716 --> 00:25:26,902
♪
689
00:25:29,162 --> 00:25:30,662
FENTON: So, I said to myself,
690
00:25:30,687 --> 00:25:32,499
if there's this much
waste in San Francisco,
691
00:25:32,524 --> 00:25:33,919
imagine at the state level.
692
00:25:33,944 --> 00:25:35,779
I mean, their systems are obsolete.
693
00:25:35,804 --> 00:25:38,670
Plus, I'm running out
of companies to found.
694
00:25:38,695 --> 00:25:39,961
[CHUCKLES]
695
00:25:40,063 --> 00:25:41,733
I saved the best for last.
696
00:25:41,758 --> 00:25:43,292
Oh. Of course.
697
00:25:44,244 --> 00:25:45,962
This is it?
698
00:25:46,475 --> 00:25:49,300
The seat of power, the
center of the known world.
699
00:25:50,277 --> 00:25:52,277
Yeah.
700
00:25:52,612 --> 00:25:55,646
[CHUCKLING] Not what
you expected, huh?
701
00:25:55,671 --> 00:25:57,271
Well, it's a little...
702
00:25:57,478 --> 00:26:00,012
a little smaller than I thought.
703
00:26:00,112 --> 00:26:02,550
But I guess people were stunted
704
00:26:02,575 --> 00:26:04,393
by calcium deficiency back in...
705
00:26:04,418 --> 00:26:07,331
- 1909.
- We don't really let people...
706
00:26:08,581 --> 00:26:09,845
Oh...
707
00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:11,170
you know...
708
00:26:11,258 --> 00:26:13,192
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
709
00:26:13,217 --> 00:26:14,908
I could get used to this.
710
00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:17,308
Screw governor.
711
00:26:17,348 --> 00:26:20,950
Maybe I should drop a few mil
and make a bid for Prez.
712
00:26:23,423 --> 00:26:25,670
Get up.
713
00:26:26,385 --> 00:26:28,213
Get up!
714
00:26:31,384 --> 00:26:33,251
You... [STAMMERING]
715
00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:35,019
Boob!
716
00:26:35,390 --> 00:26:39,025
You ignorant, entitled...
717
00:26:39,050 --> 00:26:40,183
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
718
00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:45,189
This is the most venerated
office in the country...
719
00:26:46,076 --> 00:26:49,211
The democracy that defined
modern democracy.
720
00:26:49,236 --> 00:26:53,850
The chance to sit at this desk
is an honor and a privilege,
721
00:26:53,875 --> 00:26:56,042
not some Cracker Jack prize
that gets handed out
722
00:26:56,067 --> 00:26:58,455
to any Forbes 100 upstart
723
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,981
who can "drop a few mil"
when they're getting bored.
724
00:27:02,665 --> 00:27:04,559
FYI, that Cèzanne that you bought
725
00:27:04,584 --> 00:27:06,732
just to prove to everyone
how important you are?
726
00:27:06,757 --> 00:27:07,789
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
727
00:27:07,814 --> 00:27:10,000
It's worth all that
money for a reason.
728
00:27:10,025 --> 00:27:12,202
Cèzanne's work shaped
729
00:27:12,227 --> 00:27:14,137
the next half-century of modern art.
730
00:27:14,162 --> 00:27:15,095
But you don't care.
731
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:18,014
You can't even pretend to care,
732
00:27:18,298 --> 00:27:20,031
which is why you'll
never win an election,
733
00:27:20,056 --> 00:27:21,344
certainly not for Governor.
734
00:27:21,369 --> 00:27:22,463
And for President?
735
00:27:22,488 --> 00:27:24,810
Don't make me laugh!
736
00:27:31,607 --> 00:27:33,864
So, it's time to call it a day.
737
00:27:39,448 --> 00:27:41,494
I'm leaving.
738
00:27:42,132 --> 00:27:43,553
I'm s... so sorry.
739
00:27:43,578 --> 00:27:45,568
Mr. Glackland, the Oval...
740
00:27:45,593 --> 00:27:47,893
it's very close to my heart.
741
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,922
[PIANO PLAYS]
742
00:27:52,327 --> 00:27:55,257
♪ Summer soft ♪
743
00:27:55,282 --> 00:27:59,599
♪ Wakes you up with a kiss
to start the morning off ♪
744
00:27:59,624 --> 00:28:03,726
♪ In the midst of herself
playing Santa Claus ♪
745
00:28:03,751 --> 00:28:10,357
♪ She brings gifts
through her breeze ♪
746
00:28:10,382 --> 00:28:13,150
♪ Morning rain ♪
747
00:28:13,175 --> 00:28:17,279
♪ Gently plays her rhythms
on the window pane ♪
748
00:28:17,304 --> 00:28:18,572
There you are.
749
00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:19,634
Here I am.
750
00:28:19,659 --> 00:28:20,837
I thought you might've left.
751
00:28:20,862 --> 00:28:23,087
Mm. I've been networking...
752
00:28:23,112 --> 00:28:25,165
haven't had a moment to breathe.
753
00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:26,581
Now's your moment.
754
00:28:26,606 --> 00:28:27,639
[SIGHS]
755
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:29,364
I love this song.
756
00:28:29,389 --> 00:28:31,923
♪ ...to see what she'll do ♪
757
00:28:31,948 --> 00:28:36,627
♪ Is it sun or rain for you ♪
758
00:28:36,652 --> 00:28:40,860
♪ But it breaks your heart in two ♪
759
00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:45,642
♪ When you find it's October ♪
760
00:28:45,667 --> 00:28:49,857
♪ And she's gone ♪
761
00:28:49,882 --> 00:28:54,580
♪ And she's gone ♪
762
00:28:54,605 --> 00:28:59,008
♪ Summer's gone ♪
763
00:28:59,033 --> 00:29:03,235
♪ You've been fooled by April ♪
764
00:29:03,260 --> 00:29:06,654
We are doing so well, I
feel like celebrating.
765
00:29:06,679 --> 00:29:08,162
Oh! Do you think they have
any of that cake left?
766
00:29:08,187 --> 00:29:08,965
Do you want me to look?
767
00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:10,512
Because that sounds like
a job for your husband.
768
00:29:10,537 --> 00:29:11,809
- Kevin.
- What?
769
00:29:11,834 --> 00:29:13,588
Never mind.
770
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:15,352
I thought he was Kevin.
771
00:29:15,377 --> 00:29:16,494
- He is.
- [SIGHS]
772
00:29:16,519 --> 00:29:18,470
Everyone is acting so weird tonight.
773
00:29:18,495 --> 00:29:21,496
♪
774
00:29:21,521 --> 00:29:23,708
Huck, We need you in there, man.
775
00:29:23,733 --> 00:29:25,469
The evening's almost over.
776
00:29:25,494 --> 00:29:27,230
[SIGHS] Come on.
777
00:29:27,255 --> 00:29:28,187
You were hitting it off
778
00:29:28,212 --> 00:29:29,317
with that one Army guy, weren't you?
779
00:29:29,342 --> 00:29:30,278
I was...
780
00:29:30,303 --> 00:29:31,879
till I saw his service medals.
781
00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:33,411
And, what, too many medals of valor?
782
00:29:33,435 --> 00:29:34,579
They were in the wrong order.
783
00:29:34,604 --> 00:29:36,356
They're supposed to be in
order of precedence...
784
00:29:36,381 --> 00:29:38,154
personal awards first,
then unit awards,
785
00:29:38,179 --> 00:29:39,178
then non-military awards, then...
786
00:29:39,203 --> 00:29:40,909
Huck, get to the point.
787
00:29:41,161 --> 00:29:43,061
I don't think he's
actually in the Army.
788
00:29:43,136 --> 00:29:44,431
I snuck a picture of him,
789
00:29:44,456 --> 00:29:45,674
and I'm running it through
the military database now.
790
00:29:45,699 --> 00:29:47,657
Wait, didn't they take
your phone at the door?
791
00:29:47,682 --> 00:29:48,781
- Yeah.
- Then how did you...
792
00:29:48,806 --> 00:29:49,654
Why? You need one?
793
00:29:49,679 --> 00:29:50,644
Forget it.
794
00:29:50,804 --> 00:29:52,718
So, who is this guy?
795
00:29:52,743 --> 00:29:53,641
I don't know.
796
00:29:53,666 --> 00:29:55,788
But he's never been in the Army,
797
00:29:55,985 --> 00:29:58,107
which means he's not
who he says he is.
798
00:29:58,132 --> 00:29:59,431
So? Neither are you and Charlie.
799
00:29:59,455 --> 00:30:00,772
[SCOFFS] Yeah.
800
00:30:00,797 --> 00:30:03,209
Because we're a couple of killers.
801
00:30:03,234 --> 00:30:07,248
♪ Oooooh ♪
802
00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:14,813
[APPLAUSE]
803
00:30:22,423 --> 00:30:23,684
[CHUCKLES]
804
00:30:23,709 --> 00:30:25,945
Looked like a hasty
exit by the Bashranis.
805
00:30:25,970 --> 00:30:27,715
Do you think that's gonna
impact pending negotiations?
806
00:30:27,740 --> 00:30:29,272
Where's your date? Where's Sarah?
807
00:30:29,297 --> 00:30:30,373
You're changing the subject.
808
00:30:30,398 --> 00:30:31,688
Don't make me have you
escorted out of here.
809
00:30:31,713 --> 00:30:33,379
That would cause quite a scene.
810
00:30:33,404 --> 00:30:35,417
Also, can you imagine tomorrow
morning's news cycle?
811
00:30:35,442 --> 00:30:37,145
Journalist gets kicked
out of state dinner
812
00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:38,147
for just doing his job.
813
00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:39,448
Oh, so this is your job now?
814
00:30:39,473 --> 00:30:41,238
This is you with your
journalistic hat on now?
815
00:30:41,263 --> 00:30:42,747
President Rashad
didn't just leave here
816
00:30:42,772 --> 00:30:45,154
because he wanted to be
in bed by 8:00, Olivia.
817
00:30:45,179 --> 00:30:46,149
Something happened.
818
00:30:46,174 --> 00:30:47,467
This is me doing you a solid.
819
00:30:47,492 --> 00:30:49,170
I'm giving you a chance
to make a comment
820
00:30:49,195 --> 00:30:51,206
for a story I'm running
with in eight hours.
821
00:30:51,231 --> 00:30:52,463
There is no story here, Curtis.
822
00:30:52,532 --> 00:30:53,679
The state dinner is over.
823
00:30:53,704 --> 00:30:55,141
Guests typically leave when it's over.
824
00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:56,532
Big surprise.
825
00:30:58,063 --> 00:30:59,150
What?
826
00:30:59,175 --> 00:31:00,813
Nothing... It's your knack for spin.
827
00:31:00,838 --> 00:31:02,037
It is astounding.
828
00:31:02,062 --> 00:31:03,767
It's not spin. It's the truth.
829
00:31:03,792 --> 00:31:05,324
Do you even know the
difference anymore?
830
00:31:05,349 --> 00:31:06,447
- [SCOFFS]
- Whether it's acting like
831
00:31:06,472 --> 00:31:08,418
you don't know what's
going down at this dinner
832
00:31:08,443 --> 00:31:10,542
or pretending like [HUSHED]
you're okay with scheduling
833
00:31:10,567 --> 00:31:13,044
our little hotel room meet-ups
through your assistant.
834
00:31:13,069 --> 00:31:15,461
You are all about spin.
835
00:31:15,486 --> 00:31:17,878
Be real with me, Olivia.
836
00:31:17,903 --> 00:31:19,253
Or are you afraid of doing that, too?
837
00:31:19,278 --> 00:31:20,549
You don't know the
first thing about me.
838
00:31:20,574 --> 00:31:22,020
Maybe I don't.
839
00:31:22,045 --> 00:31:23,809
But I'd like to.
840
00:31:26,946 --> 00:31:28,045
ABBY: Liv.
841
00:31:28,114 --> 00:31:31,643
We have a problem.
842
00:31:34,006 --> 00:31:35,539
President Rashad.
843
00:31:35,569 --> 00:31:38,217
Uh, President Grant
sent me to stop you.
844
00:31:38,242 --> 00:31:39,909
She wants to talk, one-on-one.
845
00:31:39,934 --> 00:31:41,685
I don't know you.
846
00:31:41,710 --> 00:31:43,677
She thought it best to keep
her advisers out of it.
847
00:31:43,702 --> 00:31:46,034
She said you'd understand why.
848
00:31:47,819 --> 00:31:49,338
Wait here.
849
00:31:49,363 --> 00:31:52,247
This way, Mr. President.
850
00:31:56,755 --> 00:31:58,834
[LOCK ENGAGES]
851
00:31:59,466 --> 00:32:01,366
[GUN COCKS]
852
00:32:01,562 --> 00:32:03,262
♪
853
00:32:03,451 --> 00:32:04,883
[SIGHS]
854
00:32:04,908 --> 00:32:06,770
First you spy on me,
855
00:32:06,795 --> 00:32:09,685
then you blackmail me, and
when that doesn't work.
856
00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:11,764
you assassinate me in your own house?
857
00:32:11,789 --> 00:32:13,542
Do you Americans have no shame?
858
00:32:13,567 --> 00:32:15,333
Do you?
859
00:32:15,496 --> 00:32:17,114
Worrying about the Americans
860
00:32:17,139 --> 00:32:20,108
when your concern should
be for your people,
861
00:32:20,133 --> 00:32:22,667
groveling for their approval...
862
00:32:22,692 --> 00:32:24,992
while your own country burns.
863
00:32:25,017 --> 00:32:26,779
You're Bashrani.
864
00:32:26,804 --> 00:32:28,029
[SPEAKS FARSI]
865
00:32:28,054 --> 00:32:30,078
♪
866
00:32:30,393 --> 00:32:33,526
[SPEAKS FARSI]
867
00:32:34,315 --> 00:32:38,333
♪
868
00:32:41,715 --> 00:32:43,862
Threat neutralized.
869
00:32:43,887 --> 00:32:45,232
[MEN GRUNTING]
870
00:32:45,452 --> 00:32:46,794
♪
871
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:49,106
I'm fine. I'm fine!
872
00:32:49,719 --> 00:32:52,294
♪
873
00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:56,851
[SIGHS]
874
00:32:59,169 --> 00:33:01,067
The NSA will be coordinating
with your team directly,
875
00:33:01,092 --> 00:33:01,792
President Rashad.
876
00:33:01,817 --> 00:33:03,270
We'll find out how the
assassin got into the dinner
877
00:33:03,295 --> 00:33:04,143
and who he's working for.
878
00:33:04,168 --> 00:33:06,762
- The moment you find something.
- You'll be the first to know.
879
00:33:09,616 --> 00:33:11,935
I already know who's behind this.
880
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,764
The radicals in my country
have been trying to force me
881
00:33:13,789 --> 00:33:15,055
to bend to their will for months.
882
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,807
But now they've shown
their true desire...
883
00:33:16,832 --> 00:33:18,050
to kill me.
884
00:33:18,075 --> 00:33:20,843
They may fail today, but tomorrow...
885
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,746
- [LIQUID POURS]
- Mr. President, we're here to help.
886
00:33:22,771 --> 00:33:24,496
If there's anything more we can do...
887
00:33:24,521 --> 00:33:25,590
anything.
888
00:33:25,615 --> 00:33:28,216
Olivia, could you give the
President and me a moment,
889
00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:29,540
please?
890
00:33:30,597 --> 00:33:33,067
Of course, Madam President.
891
00:33:33,925 --> 00:33:36,207
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
892
00:33:37,084 --> 00:33:39,069
Your fears are by no means unfounded.
893
00:33:39,094 --> 00:33:40,961
I know them all too well myself.
894
00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:42,839
[INHALES SHARPLY] Four to six
895
00:33:42,864 --> 00:33:44,691
are the magic numbers around here.
896
00:33:44,716 --> 00:33:46,360
Four to six credible death threats
897
00:33:46,385 --> 00:33:48,360
are lodged against
me every single day,
898
00:33:48,385 --> 00:33:50,478
according to my friends
at the Secret Service.
899
00:33:50,503 --> 00:33:52,003
Those fears...
900
00:33:52,028 --> 00:33:53,247
They come with the job.
901
00:33:53,272 --> 00:33:54,271
You think I'm afraid of dying?
902
00:33:54,296 --> 00:33:56,296
- I didn't...
- Failure, Madam President,
903
00:33:56,321 --> 00:33:58,788
is more terrifying than
any possible fate.
904
00:33:58,813 --> 00:34:01,269
Failing my people,
leaving them behind,
905
00:34:01,294 --> 00:34:03,294
hopeless and weak before I can finish,
906
00:34:03,982 --> 00:34:07,958
bestowing upon them a lifetime
of discord and anarchy...
907
00:34:07,983 --> 00:34:10,153
That's what I fear.
908
00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:11,711
Not death.
909
00:34:11,736 --> 00:34:15,778
Then you have the opportunity, Mr.
President, right now,
910
00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:17,716
to make sure that that never happens.
911
00:34:17,741 --> 00:34:18,974
Your treaty.
912
00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:20,302
Our treaty.
913
00:34:20,327 --> 00:34:21,227
It's not that simple.
914
00:34:21,252 --> 00:34:22,752
It could be.
915
00:34:22,777 --> 00:34:24,271
[SIGHS]
916
00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:26,363
It could be your greatest achievement.
917
00:34:26,388 --> 00:34:29,001
Ensuring a better future
for your country?
918
00:34:29,026 --> 00:34:30,654
You do that,
919
00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:32,729
and it sounds to me like
you don't have anything
920
00:34:32,754 --> 00:34:34,831
to be afraid of anymore.
921
00:34:39,826 --> 00:34:42,396
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
922
00:34:42,421 --> 00:34:44,208
I would need an assurance...
923
00:34:44,233 --> 00:34:45,560
one, in particular.
924
00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:46,541
Name it.
925
00:34:46,573 --> 00:34:47,605
Dakal...
926
00:34:47,630 --> 00:34:49,664
My country's most aggressive enemy.
927
00:34:49,769 --> 00:34:52,610
If I'm to sign this treaty,
then they have to do the same.
928
00:34:52,635 --> 00:34:54,822
If not, it's pointless.
929
00:34:54,847 --> 00:34:56,596
We'll bring Dakal to the table, then.
930
00:34:56,621 --> 00:34:58,473
Leave that to me.
931
00:35:00,875 --> 00:35:02,478
Madam President,
932
00:35:02,924 --> 00:35:04,610
do you have something...
933
00:35:04,635 --> 00:35:06,355
stronger?
934
00:35:06,686 --> 00:35:09,483
Oh, uh...[LAUGHS]
935
00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:12,835
I would've offered, but I
assumed you didn't drink.
936
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:14,994
It's an old habit
from university days.
937
00:35:15,019 --> 00:35:16,363
- [LIQUID POURS]
- I try to keep it discreet.
938
00:35:16,388 --> 00:35:19,076
[CHUCKLES]
939
00:35:20,715 --> 00:35:22,730
No fun to drink alone.
940
00:35:28,736 --> 00:35:31,664
[BOTH EXHALE SHARPLY]
941
00:35:31,733 --> 00:35:33,332
I assume, um...
942
00:35:33,401 --> 00:35:35,704
Ms. Pope has told you about Yasmeen.
943
00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:36,906
Your niece.
944
00:35:36,931 --> 00:35:38,574
She has a picture of you
945
00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:40,499
hanging on the wall of her dorm room.
946
00:35:40,524 --> 00:35:41,724
[CHUCKLES]
947
00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:43,243
She calls you...
948
00:35:43,268 --> 00:35:45,063
an inspiration.
949
00:35:45,282 --> 00:35:48,695
I wanted her to know that
her future's not limited
950
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,650
by the traditions and
laws of her old country,
951
00:35:51,975 --> 00:35:53,741
that she can be anything
she wants to be.
952
00:35:53,766 --> 00:35:55,332
You certainly don't need to explain...
953
00:35:55,357 --> 00:35:56,989
You are...
954
00:35:57,014 --> 00:35:59,328
extraordinary.
955
00:35:59,548 --> 00:36:03,084
It's an honor sitting here,
next to you, right now.
956
00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:11,772
[SIGHS]
957
00:36:11,797 --> 00:36:13,382
I should go.
958
00:36:13,407 --> 00:36:15,385
[GLASS CLINKS]
959
00:36:18,652 --> 00:36:20,192
I...
960
00:36:20,601 --> 00:36:24,091
look forward to the two
of us working together.
961
00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:26,269
As do I.
962
00:36:26,590 --> 00:36:28,997
Thank you, President Rashad.
963
00:36:32,231 --> 00:36:34,565
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
964
00:36:34,590 --> 00:36:38,225
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
965
00:36:38,327 --> 00:36:40,405
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
966
00:36:40,430 --> 00:36:43,514
I should've made more of an
effort to mingle or whatever.
967
00:36:43,539 --> 00:36:44,608
I'm sorry.
968
00:36:44,633 --> 00:36:45,749
Stop.
969
00:36:45,774 --> 00:36:47,666
You saved a head of state instead.
970
00:36:47,691 --> 00:36:48,791
You did good, Huck.
971
00:36:48,816 --> 00:36:49,662
[SIGHS]
972
00:36:49,687 --> 00:36:51,445
Abby.
973
00:36:56,666 --> 00:36:59,602
What was that earlier,
the hand holding?
974
00:36:59,627 --> 00:37:00,697
I was moved by the music.
975
00:37:00,722 --> 00:37:03,532
Yeah, well, let the music
move you and you alone.
976
00:37:03,557 --> 00:37:05,877
But why, when you're
there, right next to me?
977
00:37:05,902 --> 00:37:07,289
Because we're friends...
978
00:37:07,314 --> 00:37:09,521
Friends who do not hold hands.
979
00:37:10,196 --> 00:37:12,438
We're good together, Abby.
980
00:37:12,463 --> 00:37:15,320
Look me in the eye and
tell me we aren't.
981
00:37:15,345 --> 00:37:17,779
[STEVIE WONDER'S "JOY
INSIDE MY TEARS" PLAYS]
982
00:37:17,804 --> 00:37:19,075
[SIGHS]
983
00:37:19,254 --> 00:37:21,354
I have to go.
984
00:37:23,219 --> 00:37:25,787
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
985
00:37:25,843 --> 00:37:27,991
QUINN: Oh, God.
986
00:37:28,016 --> 00:37:31,359
[EXHALES SHARPLY, GROANS]
987
00:37:31,384 --> 00:37:32,984
You're awfully quiet.
988
00:37:33,009 --> 00:37:34,587
[SIGHS] You're never quiet.
989
00:37:34,612 --> 00:37:36,200
You told everyone we were married.
990
00:37:36,225 --> 00:37:37,982
- So...?
- So, we're not.
991
00:37:38,007 --> 00:37:40,443
[SIGHS] It's a really
conservative room, Charlie.
992
00:37:40,468 --> 00:37:42,274
It was easier to tell them
what they wanted to hear.
993
00:37:42,299 --> 00:37:43,601
Why's that such a problem?
994
00:37:43,626 --> 00:37:44,509
It's a problem 'cause
we're not married
995
00:37:44,534 --> 00:37:45,625
and we should've been by now.
996
00:37:45,650 --> 00:37:47,039
You said you were okay with waiting
997
00:37:47,064 --> 00:37:48,228
until we got the firm
back up and running.
998
00:37:48,253 --> 00:37:49,896
I was.
999
00:37:51,298 --> 00:37:52,831
But...?
1000
00:37:52,856 --> 00:37:55,129
♪ So I've tried to ♪
1001
00:37:55,154 --> 00:37:57,426
But maybe it's too late.
1002
00:37:57,450 --> 00:37:58,965
♪ Fall into that line ♪
1003
00:37:58,990 --> 00:38:00,692
[SCOFFS]
1004
00:38:01,490 --> 00:38:03,256
What are you saying?
1005
00:38:03,327 --> 00:38:07,006
I'm saying Quinn and
Charlie were a good match.
1006
00:38:07,031 --> 00:38:10,186
But the New Quinn of Quinn
Perkins and Associates?
1007
00:38:10,218 --> 00:38:11,364
She doesn't need a Charlie.
1008
00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:13,022
She needs a Kevin...
1009
00:38:13,047 --> 00:38:15,354
Kevin who can go to
dinner and schmooze
1010
00:38:15,379 --> 00:38:17,078
and [INHALES] comes from a good family
1011
00:38:17,103 --> 00:38:18,098
that plays polo in Santa Barbara
1012
00:38:18,123 --> 00:38:19,656
and fits into that world
without having to pretend
1013
00:38:19,681 --> 00:38:20,368
that he belongs there?
1014
00:38:20,393 --> 00:38:22,001
I-I can't.
1015
00:38:22,027 --> 00:38:23,492
Not for long, anyway.
1016
00:38:23,533 --> 00:38:25,096
The ruse won't hold, and
I think you know that.
1017
00:38:25,121 --> 00:38:27,308
You just don't want to say it.
1018
00:38:31,371 --> 00:38:33,404
Screw you!
1019
00:38:33,722 --> 00:38:35,607
- You're dumping me?!
- What?
1020
00:38:35,632 --> 00:38:36,832
We're having a baby!
1021
00:38:36,857 --> 00:38:39,473
I am not dumping you!
You're dumping me!
1022
00:38:39,498 --> 00:38:40,966
Why the hell would you
even think that?!
1023
00:38:40,991 --> 00:38:41,559
You hit me!
1024
00:38:41,591 --> 00:38:43,815
Because you're saying stupid things!
1025
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,661
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
1026
00:38:45,686 --> 00:38:47,739
I don't love Kevin.
1027
00:38:47,764 --> 00:38:49,328
Idiot!
1028
00:38:49,353 --> 00:38:51,126
I love you.
1029
00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:53,461
I'm marrying you.
1030
00:38:53,615 --> 00:38:55,761
And I'm not waiting
another damn minute.
1031
00:38:55,786 --> 00:38:59,187
♪ You, you, you ♪
1032
00:38:59,508 --> 00:39:02,711
♪ Made life's history ♪
1033
00:39:02,736 --> 00:39:03,802
We might have to wait a few minutes,
1034
00:39:03,827 --> 00:39:04,846
because I haven't applied
for a marriage license.
1035
00:39:04,871 --> 00:39:06,268
- Do you want to get hit again?
- Not particularly.
1036
00:39:06,293 --> 00:39:11,311
♪ Because you've brought
some joy inside my tears ♪
1037
00:39:11,336 --> 00:39:13,069
Sir, a package came for you.
1038
00:39:13,094 --> 00:39:14,098
I didn't know what to do with it,
1039
00:39:14,123 --> 00:39:15,618
so I put it in your office.
1040
00:39:15,643 --> 00:39:17,923
♪ And you have done ♪
1041
00:39:17,948 --> 00:39:21,283
♪ What no one thought could be ♪
1042
00:39:21,308 --> 00:39:22,441
It's a nice painting.
1043
00:39:22,466 --> 00:39:24,655
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1044
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,160
It's not...
1045
00:39:27,598 --> 00:39:30,671
a painting.
1046
00:39:30,696 --> 00:39:32,162
It's the painting.
1047
00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:35,074
It's the "Boy In The
Red Vest" by Cèzanne.
1048
00:39:35,099 --> 00:39:36,575
He shaped modern...
1049
00:39:36,716 --> 00:39:38,769
Nev... Never mind.
1050
00:39:38,794 --> 00:39:39,976
Cool.
1051
00:39:40,001 --> 00:39:42,003
Oh, and there was a note, too.
1052
00:39:42,430 --> 00:39:45,222
♪ To go past yesterday ♪
1053
00:39:45,246 --> 00:39:46,730
♪ And start for today ♪
1054
00:39:46,755 --> 00:39:49,383
_
1055
00:39:49,407 --> 00:39:50,570
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
1056
00:39:50,595 --> 00:39:51,734
[SCOFFS]
1057
00:39:51,759 --> 00:39:54,028
♪ I feel that lasting moments ♪
1058
00:39:54,053 --> 00:39:58,016
- [CHUCKLES]
- ♪ Are coming far and few between ♪
1059
00:39:59,340 --> 00:40:00,862
Sarah, right?
1060
00:40:00,887 --> 00:40:01,847
You're Olivia Pope.
1061
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:02,871
I know.
1062
00:40:02,896 --> 00:40:04,793
I've heard such good
things about you, Sarah.
1063
00:40:04,818 --> 00:40:06,113
It's nice to meet you.
1064
00:40:06,138 --> 00:40:07,113
Can I borrow him for just a second?
1065
00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,743
Thank you.
1066
00:40:10,763 --> 00:40:12,722
That was unexpected.
1067
00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:14,302
I'm ready to give you
that comment now.
1068
00:40:14,327 --> 00:40:14,920
Okay.
1069
00:40:14,945 --> 00:40:16,745
Only it's for a different story...
1070
00:40:16,770 --> 00:40:18,170
a new story, a better story,
1071
00:40:18,195 --> 00:40:20,085
the story of how President
Grant is going to bring
1072
00:40:20,109 --> 00:40:22,436
both Bashran and its
neighboring country of Dakal
1073
00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:25,176
together in one room
for a nuclear summit.
1074
00:40:25,201 --> 00:40:26,768
That's... that's huge.
1075
00:40:26,793 --> 00:40:29,427
It's unprecedented.
1076
00:40:29,452 --> 00:40:30,956
Also...
1077
00:40:31,279 --> 00:40:33,809
cause for celebration.
1078
00:40:34,021 --> 00:40:37,874
And which hotel gets the honor
of hosting this celebration?
1079
00:40:37,899 --> 00:40:39,031
None of them.
1080
00:40:39,056 --> 00:40:42,689
♪ You've brought some
joy inside my tears ♪
1081
00:40:42,714 --> 00:40:45,861
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
1082
00:40:46,721 --> 00:40:48,360
You're taking me to your place?
1083
00:40:48,385 --> 00:40:49,497
Stop talking.
1084
00:40:49,522 --> 00:40:52,190
♪ You've brought some
joy inside my tears ♪
1085
00:40:52,215 --> 00:40:54,296
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
1086
00:40:54,321 --> 00:40:57,388
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
1087
00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:02,766
♪ You brought some joy inside my ♪
1088
00:41:02,791 --> 00:41:06,426
♪ Tears ♪
1089
00:41:06,451 --> 00:41:08,802
Hi.
1090
00:41:12,343 --> 00:41:16,859
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