1 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:04,335 I booked a hotel suite. 2 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:06,167 You did what? 3 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,104 It's pretty close to your apartment. 4 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:11,109 Easy. Scenic. You could run there, run back. 5 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:12,235 Why am I running there? 6 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:13,437 - Booty calls. - Booty calls? 7 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:15,447 You booked a hotel suite and I'm running there for booty calls? 8 00:00:15,515 --> 00:00:17,210 Wait. What is happening? 9 00:00:17,283 --> 00:00:18,545 We're back in D.C. 10 00:00:18,618 --> 00:00:19,710 We're not standing in the sun anymore. 11 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:22,220 I'm not gonna live in your apartment waiting to service you. 12 00:00:22,288 --> 00:00:23,778 I have things to do. I'm busy. 13 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:26,859 But I did book a nice hotel suite for booty calls. 14 00:00:26,926 --> 00:00:28,450 Okay, no. 15 00:00:28,561 --> 00:00:29,858 See, we have to have a conversation about... 16 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:32,223 I don't do booty calls, Jake. 17 00:00:32,298 --> 00:00:35,028 That right there refutes your statement. 18 00:00:35,101 --> 00:00:36,466 That right there is a political booty call. 19 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:39,799 I'll see you later. 20 00:00:41,841 --> 00:00:42,865 OLIVIA: You look good. 21 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:45,134 Healthy. 22 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:47,736 - I'm a vegetarian now. - (LAUGHS) 23 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:49,645 They took meat away from me. 24 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,410 The aides, the housekeeper, 25 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:54,920 my security detail, they all got together with the doctors and... 26 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:56,148 Conspiracy. 27 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:59,087 They won't even stop the car for a drive-through burger. 28 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:00,626 I'm a prisoner. Fascists. 29 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,592 They care about you. They want you to live. 30 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:04,391 Sons of bitches. 31 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,290 You look like crap. 32 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:10,796 No, I don't. 33 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,303 You could let a person know you're back in town. 34 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,429 You knew I was here. 35 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,598 You could call a friend. 36 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:16,232 Are we? 37 00:01:16,309 --> 00:01:17,503 Still friends? 38 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:19,769 I need a favor. 39 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:21,473 I don't do favors for the White House anymore. 40 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:25,415 Then think of it as less of a favor, more of a job. 41 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:26,747 (LAUGHS) 42 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:29,254 I definitely don't work for the White House anymore. 43 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:31,313 Mmm, thing is, 44 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:32,448 you already are. 45 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:34,482 Cyrus... 46 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:37,154 At least, if someone were to take a look at your corporate bank account, 47 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:38,287 they'd think you were. 48 00:01:38,364 --> 00:01:39,422 Because they'd see 49 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:41,933 that a considerable sum has been deposited there 50 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:44,993 by the United States government for services rendered. 51 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:50,700 You can't think I'm above calling in a few favors at the IRS. 52 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:52,639 You're blackmailing me? 53 00:01:52,712 --> 00:01:54,441 Blackmail. 54 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:57,673 (CLEARS THROAT) 55 00:01:57,750 --> 00:01:59,115 OLIVIA: James and Lisa Elliot. 56 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:01,745 Are attending the State of the Union as the President's guests of honor. 57 00:02:01,821 --> 00:02:04,847 A living testament to his newfound commitment to gun control. 58 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:05,947 And? 59 00:02:06,025 --> 00:02:07,492 They've missed two flights from New Mexico. 60 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,891 And they're not returning their calls. 61 00:02:08,995 --> 00:02:10,587 - And the State of the Union... - Is tomorrow night. 62 00:02:10,663 --> 00:02:11,891 Mmm-hmm. 63 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:20,196 Cyrus, you know I'm not afraid of the IRS. 64 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:25,738 I'll tell him you call every day. 65 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:32,143 I'll tell him you call asking about him every day. 66 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:34,482 That you're pining for him. 67 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:39,083 Sorry to be such a bastard, Liv. 68 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:45,329 Craving meat really brings out the worst in me. 69 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Ripped By mstoll 70 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,169 James Elliot is a real, live war hero. 71 00:02:57,243 --> 00:02:59,074 Escaped from a Taliban POW camp. 72 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,942 Hiked 27 miles over the Hindu Kush mountains 73 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:02,708 without shoes or water to reach safety. 74 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:04,580 - A total badass. Right, Huck? - James met Lisa 75 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:06,276 when he came to speak to her first-grade class 76 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:08,047 at Red Hawk Elementary 77 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:09,520 about two years before the shooting. 78 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:10,748 All those kids... 79 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:12,950 Lisa saved at least 50 lives. 80 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:14,117 She hid students in their lockers, 81 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:15,854 led five girls trapped in the line of fire to safety. 82 00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:17,362 Forty-six minutes after the shooting started, 83 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:18,454 she took a bullet to her spine. 84 00:03:18,565 --> 00:03:19,964 Paralyzed her from the waist down. 85 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:21,727 He took her to all those funerals. How many? 86 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:22,893 Twenty-nine. 87 00:03:22,969 --> 00:03:24,834 The tabloids called her "The Angel of the Mesa." 88 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:26,565 Six months after physical therapy, she was well enough... 89 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:27,765 For a fairytale wedding. 90 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:29,205 It was covered worldwide. 91 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:30,970 They told every reporter they were dedicating their lives 92 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,409 to getting guns off the street. 93 00:03:32,478 --> 00:03:33,604 And to each other. 94 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:37,872 (DOORBELL RINGS) 95 00:03:39,852 --> 00:03:41,183 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 96 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:45,648 Hello? 97 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:46,782 HUCK: Everyone loves them. 98 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:49,418 I love them. They're perfect. 99 00:03:49,495 --> 00:03:50,792 OLIVIA: They're about to be the most high-profile 100 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,489 guests of honor at the State of the Union. 101 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,100 So why didn't they get on their plane this morning? 102 00:03:55,768 --> 00:03:57,258 LISA: One more insult and I will kill you. 103 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:59,100 - Like hell you will. - Get away from me! 104 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,230 Lisa! 105 00:04:00,306 --> 00:04:01,534 (LISA GRUNTS) 106 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:04,433 Suck on that, you stupid son of a... 107 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:06,605 Hey! 108 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:07,737 OLIVIA: Thank you. 109 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:09,281 I think we've had enough, right? 110 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,941 ELLIOT: I'm sick and tired of being the guy 111 00:04:11,017 --> 00:04:12,484 that makes sure the lady in the wheelchair 112 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:13,609 gets whatever she wants 113 00:04:13,686 --> 00:04:15,586 whenever she wants it, that's why. 114 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:16,781 LISA: Oh, here we go again. 115 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,983 I love this wheelchair. I can't get enough of this wheelchair! 116 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:20,855 I'm the bitch who somehow came up with the crazy idea 117 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,018 to get shot in the spine! 118 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:23,823 That wheelchair made you a star! 119 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:26,131 And that wheelchair is your freaking throne! 120 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:28,793 It's like you sit in there and you rule over your little... 121 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:30,461 Paralyzed kingdom. 122 00:04:30,536 --> 00:04:31,628 You're such a whiner. 123 00:04:31,704 --> 00:04:33,296 I'm a whiner? I'm a whiner? 124 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:35,273 I was in a POW camp for two years. 125 00:04:35,341 --> 00:04:37,172 Oh, my God, will you stop it with the POW camp already? 126 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:38,801 - Whiner! - Okay, that's enough. 127 00:04:38,878 --> 00:04:40,709 - I was tortured by the Taliban. - LISA: Oh. 128 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:43,611 "I was in a POW camp. I was tortured by the Taliban." 129 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:44,945 What is your point, James? 130 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:46,645 - Where's your Taliban now? - OLIVIA: All righty. 131 00:04:46,719 --> 00:04:47,811 Let's pause... 132 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:50,822 I was tortured by the Taliban and it was better than this! 133 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,824 The Taliban is better than you! 134 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:53,984 That is it, you son of a... 135 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:56,824 Wait, wait, wait! I am the only one who talks! 136 00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:58,322 (SIGHS) 137 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:01,723 Just about 30 hours from now, 138 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:04,029 the President of the United States of America 139 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:07,163 is going to stand up and give the State of the Union address. 140 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,003 He'll be discussing gun control! 141 00:05:09,075 --> 00:05:10,667 To do that, he needs to point to the two of you 142 00:05:10,743 --> 00:05:12,506 because despite whatever is happening here, 143 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:15,138 you are the face of gun control to the American people. 144 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:17,409 So the President needs your asses in those seats. 145 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:18,643 The law depends on it. 146 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:19,776 Lives depend on it. 147 00:05:19,852 --> 00:05:21,877 So let's knock off the bickering, 148 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:25,082 pack our bags, and go serve our country, shall we? 149 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:32,060 - You can't do this. - Can't do what? 150 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,189 Make gun control 151 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,359 the centerpiece of your State of the Union address. 152 00:05:35,435 --> 00:05:36,561 Why not? 153 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:37,967 Because we're Republicans! 154 00:05:38,037 --> 00:05:39,504 You held your tongue on Equal Pay. 155 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:40,869 Yes, and then you nominated 156 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,840 a Democrat to be your Attorney General. 157 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:44,934 Cy, Lizzie's just trying to keep the party together. 158 00:05:45,044 --> 00:05:46,136 That's the speech. 159 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:48,737 Why isn't the President here to defend this himself? 160 00:05:48,848 --> 00:05:51,544 Because he's not at your beck and call, like this one. 161 00:05:51,984 --> 00:05:53,008 All right, that is enough. 162 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,713 You made your point. 163 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:56,210 Stand and clap, Andrew! 164 00:05:56,322 --> 00:05:57,755 - That's your job tomorrow night! - (DOOR OPENS) 165 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:59,149 Stand and clap! 166 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,217 Cyrus. 167 00:06:02,261 --> 00:06:03,421 Where is the President? 168 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:06,157 Busy. The President is busy. 169 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:09,966 (INAUDIBLE) 170 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:11,160 (KNOCK ON GLASS) 171 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,403 Yes, Dave? 172 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:15,406 The First Lady would like her chips, sir. 173 00:06:20,012 --> 00:06:21,036 Thank you, sir. 174 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:31,714 Here you go, ma'am. 175 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:34,889 Ah, thank you, Dave. (SIGHS) 176 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:39,696 (CRUNCHES) 177 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,201 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 178 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:02,081 MAN: Has the First Lady been diagnosed by doctors? 179 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:03,554 Mental health professionals. 180 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:06,148 The First Lady is grieving, Jim, not crazy. 181 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:08,487 Is the President considering stepping down to care for his wife? 182 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:09,583 Carol, the President... 183 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:10,754 OLIVIA: This is bad, Cy. 184 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:12,092 Not for potato chip sales. 185 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:13,257 Don't joke. 186 00:07:13,332 --> 00:07:15,197 So you're saying Mrs. Grant hasn't sought medical help? 187 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:16,326 No, Carol. 188 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:18,370 Well then how can you be sure of her mental health? 189 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:19,837 Easy, Jim, I compared her to you. 190 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:20,997 (LAUGHTER) 191 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,233 See? She's funny. 192 00:07:22,341 --> 00:07:24,002 She's just adding fuel to the fire. 193 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:28,276 Just trying to lighten the mood in here, Jim. No hard feelings. 194 00:07:28,347 --> 00:07:30,406 - Next question. - Come on, Abby, don't dodge me. 195 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:31,472 These are serious questions. 196 00:07:31,584 --> 00:07:33,814 She could shut this whole thing down with something like, 197 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,581 "Just because a private moment has been made public 198 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:37,350 "doesn't give us the right to pass judgment." 199 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:38,617 Don't tell me how to run my people. 200 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:40,955 Just tell me I don't have to worry about the Elliots. 201 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:42,119 Oh, you do. 202 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:44,459 America's sweethearts hate each other. 203 00:07:44,530 --> 00:07:46,930 Like really deeply hate each other. And I totally get why. 204 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:48,762 They're horrible people, Cyrus. Both of them. 205 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:49,859 But you'll fix them. 206 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:51,459 I'm afraid that's all we have time for right now. 207 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:52,970 Gotta go. 208 00:07:54,373 --> 00:07:55,863 Watch your tone. Less combative. 209 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:57,840 Don't add fuel to the fire. 210 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,469 Just because a private moment has been made public 211 00:08:00,546 --> 00:08:02,138 doesn't give us the right to pass judgment. 212 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:03,375 - Got it. - Good. 213 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:09,149 I need everything you can get me on the murders 214 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:10,689 of Harrison Wright and Adnan Salif. 215 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:12,724 Paperwork. Crime scene photos. 216 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:13,917 All of it. 217 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:16,256 I looked it over myself. That investigation was clean. 218 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:18,661 Clean and factual are very different things. 219 00:08:18,731 --> 00:08:21,199 Those two made it all the way from D.C. To Arizona 220 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:23,700 before Ivan Yushkin tracked them down and shot them? Fine. 221 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:25,327 But I want to see the paper trail for myself. 222 00:08:25,404 --> 00:08:28,305 How noble of you, but right now, I've really got a lot on my plate. 223 00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:32,003 Rowan was at Wright's funeral. 224 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:34,478 And I don't think he was there to be a supportive dad. 225 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:36,872 I'm about to go through a Senate confirmation hearing, 226 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,848 and I don't think being a known associate 227 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:42,046 of a prolific assassin is gonna be great for my chances. 228 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,525 Fine. I'll do what I can. 229 00:08:48,728 --> 00:08:50,855 Can I go now, please? 230 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:57,463 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 231 00:08:57,637 --> 00:08:59,400 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 232 00:09:02,041 --> 00:09:03,167 Hey. 233 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,404 Hey. 234 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:07,706 Liv's back from New Mexico with the Elliots. 235 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,212 Apparently, they're awful. 236 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:15,345 Just horrible, awful people who hate each other. 237 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:17,082 That's what the problem is. 238 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:24,728 So, Liv's putting them in adjoining rooms at the Hay-Adams. 239 00:09:24,797 --> 00:09:27,630 And she's doing their press for them. And she asked us to babysit. 240 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:33,136 Because working together is what we do best. 241 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,774 Look, you don't have to treat me like this. 242 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:39,738 Yes, I do. 243 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:43,481 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 244 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:48,751 The Elliots are a remarkable couple, 245 00:09:48,821 --> 00:09:51,415 who serve to remind us all of the necessity 246 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:52,479 of stricter gun control laws. 247 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:54,651 Something I know the President cares deeply about. 248 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,751 Speaking of the President, you've worked for him in the past. 249 00:09:56,829 --> 00:09:58,490 What do you make of the state of the First Family? 250 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:00,659 Well, I don't work at the White House currently. 251 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:04,463 But I do feel that just because a private moment is made public 252 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:06,299 doesn't give us the liberty to pass judgment. 253 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:09,104 In fact, I think where we should be focusing our priorities... 254 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:11,166 "Just because a private moment is made public 255 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:13,245 "doesn't give us the liberty to pass judgment"? 256 00:10:13,312 --> 00:10:14,802 I thought you could use the help. 257 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,848 You don't work here anymore, Liv. 258 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:17,973 I do. 259 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:19,677 And I will do things my own way 260 00:10:19,752 --> 00:10:21,913 because you know what? You don't know everything. 261 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:23,649 You don't know anything! 262 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:25,314 Harrison dies, the firm falls apart, 263 00:10:25,424 --> 00:10:27,119 Huck and Quinn were incesting 264 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:29,252 all over the office for God knows how long, 265 00:10:29,328 --> 00:10:30,761 and you had no idea. 266 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:32,821 - Huck and what? - Uh-huh. Yeah. 267 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:41,132 Mmm. Mmm. 268 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:46,174 Fried chicken. 269 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,438 Chef will make you fried chicken. 270 00:10:47,513 --> 00:10:49,981 All you got to do is pick up the phone and ask, and... Bam! 271 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:53,610 Fried chicken. Southern fried. Real. You want some? 272 00:10:53,686 --> 00:10:55,119 - No, thank you. Mellie, I need... - (MELLIE CHUCKLES) 273 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:56,518 (CLEARS THROAT) We need... 274 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:57,884 I'd like to have a discussion with you about... 275 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:59,218 Mellie, ma'am, 276 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,793 this photo of you looking crazy is in every paper in America 277 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,988 and we have a huge problem because the State of the Union... 278 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:05,462 Cyrus! 279 00:11:06,198 --> 00:11:08,860 Someone took this of me at Jerry's grave? 280 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:10,401 I'm sorry. 281 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,130 We don't know how they got through with all the security. 282 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:15,537 It should be private. You should have your privacy. 283 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,302 But it's out there. 284 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:19,674 And now the State of the Union is in 24 hours. 285 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:20,973 You want me to go to the State of the Union? 286 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:22,480 Yes. 287 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:24,743 It will shut this down. Keep the focus on the speech. 288 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:26,249 If you don't go, your absence, 289 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:29,844 your "state of mind" will be all anyone will be talking about. 290 00:11:33,325 --> 00:11:34,656 (CHUCKLES) 291 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:37,453 - Mellie. - (LAUGHING) 292 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:43,792 Oh, honey, baby. 293 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:47,737 Do you actually think I give a damn what anyone thinks of me anymore? 294 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:48,898 Mellie. 295 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:51,807 And for you to come here and pretend that this is all about me 296 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:56,075 when, really, let's face it, baby, this is all about you. 297 00:11:56,182 --> 00:12:00,050 This is The Fitzgerald Grant Show, starring Fitzgerald Grant. 298 00:12:00,152 --> 00:12:02,746 And you just want me to play my part. The co-star, the dutiful wife, 299 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:05,356 who smiles and applauds and looks so proud of you 300 00:12:05,424 --> 00:12:07,187 and doesn't eat chicken or wear sweatpants, 301 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:09,159 or hang out on graves. 302 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:12,062 (LAUGHING) 303 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:15,625 (CHUCKLES) 304 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:28,444 You're supposed to be a vegetarian. 305 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:31,274 So I die of a heart attack. Big deal. 306 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:35,784 At least I'll be with James. 307 00:12:36,555 --> 00:12:37,783 (SIGHS) 308 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,725 It's not the same. 309 00:12:41,627 --> 00:12:43,618 My child. Your husband. 310 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:46,625 (SIGHS) 311 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:49,127 It's not the same. 312 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:53,895 I keep hearing that. 313 00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:01,269 "The loss of a child is greater." 314 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:03,780 I resent that. Never having lost a child. 315 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:10,281 I resent having to feel like losing the love of my life, 316 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:13,881 the only someone who ever made me feel like I was 317 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:15,483 truly me, 318 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:18,953 is less of a loss. 319 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:21,430 Is smaller than your loss. 320 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,468 I am now broken. 321 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,096 Now not me. 322 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,904 I'm now forever changed. I'm undone. 323 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:34,337 A broken heart is a broken heart. 324 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:36,573 To take a measure is cruelty. 325 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:44,983 I'm not going tomorrow. 326 00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:51,356 I'm not putting on a dress. I'm not waving for the cameras. 327 00:13:51,463 --> 00:13:53,431 I'm done, Cyrus. I'm through. 328 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,769 And we are not the same. 329 00:14:05,811 --> 00:14:06,800 (MOUTHING) 330 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,196 I wasn't sure you'd make it. 331 00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:25,490 To my office? 332 00:14:25,564 --> 00:14:26,895 I know you've got a lot on your plate. 333 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:28,691 I'm fine. 334 00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:34,664 So, Senate Confirmation hearing for the office of Attorney General. 335 00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:37,139 (CLEARS THROAT) Let's get started. 336 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:41,177 What can you tell this Committee about the trial of the Molotov Mistress? 337 00:14:42,481 --> 00:14:44,142 Aren't they going to ease into this a little? 338 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:45,478 Ask me where I went to college? 339 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,985 BRYAN: I understand you went to Dartmouth, Mr. Rosen. 340 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:49,179 - So did I. - DAVID: Ah! 341 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:53,090 "It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, 342 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:56,025 - "and yet there are those who love it!" - "And yet there are those who love it!" 343 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:57,494 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 344 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,156 What can you tell this Committee 345 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,358 about the trial of the so-called Molotov Mistress? 346 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:04,301 ABBY: The most important vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee 347 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:05,701 is Al Watson. 348 00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:09,068 Not an ally, but if we can convince him, we're home free. 349 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:10,232 He's savage. 350 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:12,537 You were fired, Mr. Rosen, correct? 351 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:16,741 For pursuing some loony conspiracy theory about election-rigging. 352 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:18,840 I told you I left to pursue another career. 353 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:22,012 You left a prestigious job as a United States Attorney 354 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:23,611 to teach public high school? 355 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:26,122 Michael Jordan left the Bulls to play minor league baseball. 356 00:15:26,225 --> 00:15:27,317 These things happen. 357 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:28,655 You're comparing yourself to Michael Jordan? 358 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:31,855 I'm comparing myself to anyone who's ever followed a dream, Senator. 359 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,274 So, do you like sports? 360 00:15:50,382 --> 00:15:51,815 No. 361 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,475 Okay. 362 00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:54,609 How about a drink? Do you drink? 363 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,924 He was such a hero, you know? 364 00:16:01,393 --> 00:16:02,417 I mean, all those years as a POW 365 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:06,089 and he comes home without a trace of bitterness. 366 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,994 Which is hard to believe now. 367 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:12,093 But then he was perfect. 368 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:16,141 And he thought I was perfect. 369 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:17,940 (SIGHS) 370 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:21,144 And we were in love. 371 00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:24,607 Before 372 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:27,608 all this. 373 00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:32,383 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 374 00:16:34,126 --> 00:16:35,457 We were in love. 375 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:47,703 (INAUDIBLE) 376 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,859 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 377 00:17:12,731 --> 00:17:13,789 - Liv. - OLIVIA: Hey. 378 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,333 Did I catch you at a bad time? 379 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:17,301 - No, what's up? - Nothing. 380 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:19,528 Is this a booty call? 381 00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:20,962 No. 382 00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:23,707 There was no reason for you to get a hotel room. 383 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:25,003 Well, I'm not your boyfriend. 384 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:27,704 And I'm not gonna sleep in your bed like some kept man. 385 00:17:27,846 --> 00:17:30,041 You were fine staying with me. I was fine with it. 386 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:31,377 You should come back. 387 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:33,884 - Are you summoning me? - No. 388 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:36,378 Possibly. 389 00:17:36,488 --> 00:17:38,786 You can't summon me. 390 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:39,881 Get over here. 391 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:41,791 You are not in charge of me. 392 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,521 You are not in charge of me. 393 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:44,687 I never said I was. 394 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:47,357 I did, however, let you know that I'm available for booty calls. 395 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:48,524 All the booty calls you want. 396 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,726 - At my hotel. - (SIGHS) 397 00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:51,361 In room 207. 398 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,568 I don't like this. 399 00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:56,071 Don't like it then. 400 00:17:59,178 --> 00:18:00,406 (SIGHS) 401 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,035 - Elizabeth! To what do I... - (DOOR CLOSES) 402 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,127 Why are you here? 403 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:28,671 I know you won't believe me, but I'm sorry. 404 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:32,073 I was just slipped this by a friend in Senator Watson's office. 405 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:33,735 It seems a copy was sent to him this afternoon. 406 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:36,407 CYRUS: Rosen? 407 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,280 Domestic abuse? 408 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:39,850 It's toxic, Cyrus. 409 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:41,215 Watson moves forward on this, 410 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:43,777 and the President's entire agenda comes crashing down. 411 00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:47,358 It's one brick in a wall, Liz. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. 412 00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:49,519 A man who would nominate an Attorney General 413 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:51,859 who beats women is either a monster 414 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:54,922 or someone whose attention isn't where it's supposed to be. 415 00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:57,699 Too busy caring for his wife, perhaps? 416 00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:01,938 Have Rosen decline the nomination at tomorrow's hearing. 417 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:03,772 It's the only choice. 418 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,872 You're right. 419 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:09,743 I don't believe you're sorry at all. 420 00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:19,523 (DOOR CLOSES) 421 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:28,630 But this is fabricated. You know this is fabricated. 422 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,224 Olivia Pope had Harrison plant this. 423 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:32,327 - He paid a girl to say I beat her. - It doesn't matter. 424 00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:34,064 - She's lying. I never... - David. 425 00:19:34,139 --> 00:19:35,265 I thought you said Harrison Wright buried this. 426 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,900 I thought he did. I don't know how anyone found it. 427 00:19:37,976 --> 00:19:39,637 It doesn't matter. Someone did. 428 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,272 The President likes you, but it's over. 429 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:44,746 I'm sorry. 430 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:46,544 (DOOR OPENS) 431 00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:50,578 - (DOOR CLOSES) - I'm sorry, David. Really. 432 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:54,683 Thanks. 433 00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:58,119 Olivia Pope. 434 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,461 For all her talk of white hats 435 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:03,433 and doing good, she just gets whatever she wants. 436 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:04,969 And sometimes you're just collateral damage. 437 00:20:06,104 --> 00:20:07,128 Admit it. 438 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:09,103 Come on, you don't work there anymore. 439 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:11,272 She has no loyalty. 440 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:13,607 She gets what she wants because she's a winner. 441 00:20:13,679 --> 00:20:14,839 And she doesn't sit around wondering 442 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,676 whether or not she played the game the right way. 443 00:20:16,848 --> 00:20:19,146 We have to come up with a statement. Where are you going? 444 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,617 I'm gonna go win. 445 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:24,851 (SIGHS) 446 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:31,826 Excuse me. Uh... 447 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,296 Can I get a, uh... 448 00:20:34,666 --> 00:20:37,464 What is that? Is that vodka? 449 00:20:37,536 --> 00:20:40,733 From England. Made from cow's milk, apparently. 450 00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:42,864 Actually kind of creamy. 451 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:47,706 In fact, can I have another, please? 452 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:48,837 Thanks. 453 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:53,347 Here. (CLEARS THROAT) 454 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:54,843 Let me get those. 455 00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:58,488 No. No, that's okay. 456 00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:02,026 I'm not interested. 457 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:03,891 Not that I wouldn't be. 458 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:05,824 (SIGHS) 459 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:09,164 - I just... - Oh, you're, uh... 460 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:11,930 You're with someone? 461 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,800 - I get it. - No. Um... 462 00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:16,568 Well, not really. 463 00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:23,672 But 464 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,678 I can't. (SIGHS) 465 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,089 It's okay. 466 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,724 Mmm. 467 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,031 - This is delicious. - (CHUCKLES) 468 00:21:45,203 --> 00:21:46,227 Goodnight. 469 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,440 (JAMES AND HUCK SINGING) For where'er we go 470 00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:56,639 You will always know 471 00:21:56,748 --> 00:21:59,216 That the Army goes rolling along 472 00:21:59,284 --> 00:22:00,615 What the hell are you doing? 473 00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,152 Singing the Army song. What the hell are you doing? 474 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,278 - Are you drunk? - No. 475 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:04,377 - I am. - Shut up. 476 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:06,321 Why don't you mind your own business for once? 477 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:14,395 I didn't know what else to do. 478 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:16,991 Huck, I thought you'd wanna know about your family. 479 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,160 I was trying to help you. 480 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:20,067 But I don't know why I bothered. 481 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:22,163 We were never a normal couple. 482 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:24,640 You're always going to be the guy who pulled my teeth out. 483 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:27,678 I pulled your teeth out because you couldn't mind your own business. 484 00:22:27,779 --> 00:22:30,304 You could never mind your own business, Quinn. 485 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:35,819 And if I had to do it again to teach you that one very valuable lesson, 486 00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:37,979 - I would. - (BREATHING HEAVILY) 487 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:41,352 (ELLIOT SCREAMING) 488 00:22:43,228 --> 00:22:44,388 (GROANS) 489 00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:47,595 God. You bitch! 490 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:52,637 Lisa, why don't you open this door so we can all have a conversation? 491 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:54,534 LISA: I'm not talking to him. OLIVIA: Lisa. 492 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:57,141 Don't bother. Just put me on the next plane to ABQ. I'm done. 493 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,803 James, we're all just gonna take a minute here. 494 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:02,813 I'm serious. Screw her and screw gun control. 495 00:23:07,452 --> 00:23:08,612 What the hell happened in there? 496 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:10,518 Ask Huck. Maybe he'll sing you a song about it. 497 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:17,161 (DOOR CLOSES) 498 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:19,023 Huck, what's going on with you and Quinn? 499 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:20,988 - Nothing. - Not nothing. 500 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,892 Do you want to tell me, or am I going to have to tell you? 501 00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:28,329 It was only... 502 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:31,407 It was only a couple of times. 503 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:34,042 Huck. Look at me. 504 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,038 Look at me. 505 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,347 - Huck. - I'm fine. Don't touch me. 506 00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:20,218 DAVID: Hawley, Pennsylvania. 507 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:21,919 - Senator Watson. - What about it? 508 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:24,091 I've been doing some reading. 509 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:25,422 Turn to page three. 510 00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:28,594 Or maybe just skip right to the end, where we find a couple million in bribes 511 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,294 tucked under the venison in your garage freezer. 512 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:32,895 This is blackmail. 513 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,736 I like to think of it as winning. 514 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:44,005 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 515 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,243 David Rosen 516 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,412 has shown himself to be highly qualified, 517 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:52,480 and I am confident that my fellow senators will agree 518 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:55,617 and vote in favor of Mr. Rosen for Attorney General. 519 00:24:56,461 --> 00:24:57,758 What the hell is that? 520 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:01,429 Get me Watson's office. Right now. 521 00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:04,166 Tonight, the President heads to the Capitol Building 522 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:06,066 for what insiders are suggesting 523 00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:08,605 will be an historic State of the Union address. 524 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,073 While rumors still swirl as to the mental health of the First Lady 525 00:25:11,142 --> 00:25:13,508 and the emotional state of the entire First Family, 526 00:25:13,612 --> 00:25:14,636 White House watchers 527 00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:16,941 are hoping to catch a glimpse of Mellie Grant tonight. 528 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,915 ...under siege from his own party for his recent attempts 529 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:20,076 to reach across the aisle, 530 00:25:20,151 --> 00:25:22,619 including what seems to be an imminent confirmation 531 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:24,985 of Democratic Attorney General David Rosen, 532 00:25:25,156 --> 00:25:27,090 President Grant is expected to double down 533 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:29,649 on several formerly Democratic causes, 534 00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:31,752 most especially gun control. 535 00:25:34,132 --> 00:25:35,326 (DOOR OPENS) 536 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:40,096 Good news, or the usual? 537 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:41,195 Olivia called. 538 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:43,604 The Elliots won't be attending the pre-reception. 539 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:45,199 Which means the cameras won't catch them 540 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:46,334 going into the Capitol. 541 00:25:46,444 --> 00:25:49,004 Which means when the networks do their intros tonight, 542 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:52,106 they'll have no B-roll to go along with their stories of true love 543 00:25:52,183 --> 00:25:54,117 triumphing over the evil of guns. 544 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:55,813 They're not gonna show. 545 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,412 Liv's on it. 546 00:25:58,623 --> 00:26:00,887 You're not even a little concerned? 547 00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:02,687 Oh, I'm concerned. 548 00:26:03,128 --> 00:26:04,425 (SIGHS) 549 00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:07,665 I'm concerned that Fitzgerald Grant's second term 550 00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:11,668 as President of these United States is about to be derailed 551 00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:13,897 because his wife won't stop eating fried chicken 552 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:16,030 long enough to put on a cocktail dress. 553 00:26:16,141 --> 00:26:20,976 I'm concerned that our enemies are sharpening their long knives 554 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:22,206 for the rapidly approaching moment 555 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:24,908 when it becomes politically acceptable to point out that maybe, 556 00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:27,041 just maybe, the President's home life 557 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:29,245 has begun to affect his decision-making. 558 00:26:29,354 --> 00:26:31,822 I am concerned 559 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:35,826 that everything I've devoted far more of my soul to 560 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:40,194 than has ever been right or healthy, or appropriate, 561 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:43,598 is about to come crashing down on a 16-year-old's grave. 562 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:44,794 But, no, 563 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:47,734 I am not concerned that Olivia Pope will fail. 564 00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:52,368 I am never concerned that Olivia Pope will fail. 565 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:54,639 The Elliots will be at the State of the Union. 566 00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:56,270 Mellie, 567 00:26:56,381 --> 00:26:57,473 not so much. 568 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:08,558 What are you doing? Why aren't you dressed? 569 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,123 I can't do this anymore. I'm sorry, I just can't. 570 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,065 Quinn, open the door. 571 00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:24,908 James. Lisa. 572 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,603 What you need is a divorce. 573 00:27:27,078 --> 00:27:28,136 - ELLIOT: What? - We can't. 574 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,337 You can. 575 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:30,937 Get a divorce. Get out. 576 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:33,314 Before this kills you both. It'll be hard. 577 00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:35,318 You'll have to pay back the advance for your second book, 578 00:27:35,453 --> 00:27:36,647 sell the house, take the loss. 579 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:39,086 But I will spin this for you. 580 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:40,852 I will make sure that when it's over, 581 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,189 you can still make a living off of individual speaking engagements. 582 00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:44,784 I will keep the public on your side, 583 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:46,490 both of your sides. 584 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,656 I will give you a way out. 585 00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:48,924 I can do that. 586 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:51,025 Unless you're only staying together for the fame. 587 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,262 In which case, you deserve each other, 588 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,305 and I wish you both a long and miserable life. 589 00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:14,483 Mrs. Grant? 590 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:20,558 Mrs. Grant? 591 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:22,557 I don't know who you are, 592 00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:24,498 but you're obviously some sort of desperate Hail Mary 593 00:28:24,569 --> 00:28:26,560 from my husband, or from Cyrus, or from someone else 594 00:28:26,671 --> 00:28:28,400 who thinks there is a chance in hell 595 00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:32,203 of getting me to put on that stupid dress and go to that stupid speech. 596 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:35,641 I'm not interested in whatever it is you came here to say. 597 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,909 So save it. And go away. 598 00:28:38,016 --> 00:28:39,415 It's not happening. 599 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:48,856 Children die, Mrs. Grant. 600 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:50,387 I don't have children, 601 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,429 so you may think it's horrible for me to say that, 602 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:54,327 and maybe it is, but it's also a fact. 603 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,162 That of all the millions of Americans 604 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:59,032 who'll be watching and listening to the State of the Union address tonight, 605 00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:01,538 there are thousands of people out there whose children have died. 606 00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:02,862 Just like yours. 607 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,738 But unlike you, they didn't get to spend three months 608 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:06,743 flipping through trash and eating potato chips. 609 00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:09,006 They got three days to grieve, three weeks, 610 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,344 if they were lucky, or they would lose their jobs. 611 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:14,214 And make no mistake, Mrs. Grant, you have a job. 612 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:16,009 You're the First Lady of the United States, 613 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:17,111 and it might not pay, 614 00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:18,211 but it is a job, 615 00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:21,850 and if Jackie Kennedy could be in a car with her husband's brains 616 00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:23,518 splattered across her lap one minute 617 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:24,857 and standing next to LBJ 618 00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:27,193 as he was sworn in to replace her dead husband 619 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,028 just 99 minutes later, 620 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:32,035 you can put on a dress, and stand in your private box, 621 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,866 and show all the people in our nation 622 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:36,964 who share the horrible burden of losing a child with you 623 00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:39,373 that the First Family may be devastated, 624 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:41,207 but it has not forgotten the American people 625 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,248 who voted for your husband and who need to see that you're okay. 626 00:29:44,315 --> 00:29:45,942 Whether or not it's the truth. 627 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:56,416 That is what I came here to say. 628 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:00,787 And I will let myself out. 629 00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:11,333 OLIVIA: All right. 630 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:13,343 From here, an aide will take you to your seats. 631 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:15,673 This is the finish line. 632 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:21,445 Sorry, ma'am. Gonna need you to stay put. 633 00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:28,649 OLIVIA: Mr. President. 634 00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:30,019 Abby. 635 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:31,951 - Olivia. - Hi, Liv. 636 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:34,192 This is James and Lisa Elliot. 637 00:30:34,632 --> 00:30:36,998 Thank you both so much for your service to your country. 638 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:38,193 Thank you. 639 00:30:38,303 --> 00:30:40,771 Mr. And Mrs. Elliot, I'll take you to your seats. 640 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:52,274 Well. 641 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:53,677 Well. 642 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:55,013 Thank you for the Elliots. 643 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:56,882 - Not a problem. - WOMAN: Ms. Whelan, 644 00:30:57,021 --> 00:30:59,455 we need the President's final remarks for the teleprompter. 645 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:00,684 Got them right here. 646 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:02,054 No. Wait. Just a second. 647 00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:04,953 Can Ms. Pope and I have the room? 648 00:31:05,663 --> 00:31:07,631 - That is not necessary. - Can Ms. Pope and I have the room? 649 00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:20,476 That was not a good idea. 650 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:21,569 Gabby'll be fine. 651 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:26,313 I need to hear what you think. 652 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:28,318 Before I go out there and talk to the country, 653 00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:31,048 I need to know what you think. 654 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:32,486 No. 655 00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:37,085 Don't you think you owe me at least this much? 656 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:41,991 MAN: Mr. Speaker, 657 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,260 the President of the United States. 658 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:47,668 (CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING) 659 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:53,876 FITZ: We honor the lives we've lost in service to this great nation. 660 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:55,779 (APPLAUSE) 661 00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:01,552 But not every death is a sacrifice. 662 00:32:01,619 --> 00:32:03,553 Not every death has meaning. 663 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:05,780 Just ask Lisa Elliot. 664 00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:10,088 Who scooped up a first grader named Joelle Brandt, 665 00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:11,718 and carried her to safety 666 00:32:12,463 --> 00:32:16,024 only to watch her die from one of the 102 rounds 667 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:18,866 unloaded at Red Hawk Elementary. 668 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:34,879 I wasn't planning on talking about this tonight. 669 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,613 It's fine. 670 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:38,219 I know you. 671 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:40,223 "It's fine" never means it's fine. 672 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:42,554 (SIGHS) 673 00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:44,417 Okay. 674 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,824 This isn't right. 675 00:32:51,502 --> 00:32:53,231 - It's not? - It's not. 676 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,068 It's not, um... 677 00:32:57,575 --> 00:32:59,475 It's not the speech on my teleprompter. 678 00:32:59,677 --> 00:33:00,735 So tell me how to fix it. 679 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:02,940 And I can tell you that right about now, 680 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,982 there are any number of staffers having heart attacks 681 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:06,414 wondering what I'm about to say. 682 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,576 (LAUGHTER) 683 00:33:07,952 --> 00:33:10,352 No one is going to care about James and Lisa Elliot 684 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:13,481 if they're too busy wondering about Fitz and Mellie Grant. 685 00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:14,751 She's still grieving. 686 00:33:15,593 --> 00:33:17,686 The world knows she's still grieving. 687 00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:19,589 So be honest. 688 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:20,992 But here's the truth. 689 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:26,263 My family and I 690 00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:29,431 have been through something unspeakable. 691 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,835 Something that no parent, 692 00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:35,708 no human being should ever have to experience. 693 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,176 And we are, 694 00:33:42,286 --> 00:33:46,552 all of us, dealing with our loss in the best ways we know how. 695 00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:49,118 Me, 696 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:51,460 our daughter, Karen, 697 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,130 our little son, Teddy, 698 00:33:55,199 --> 00:33:59,397 and my lovely, amazingly strong wife, Mellie, 699 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:03,167 who is here to support our nation tonight. 700 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:04,970 (APPLAUSE) 701 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,323 I was going to wear blue, 702 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,723 but I heard the Elliots are wearing blue. 703 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:25,352 So I decided to go with red. 704 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,009 My son Jerry's death 705 00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:47,683 was a horrible fluke. 706 00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:51,217 But it was just that, a fluke. 707 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:53,451 An accident. 708 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:56,459 A bacterial strain that we do not yet have the capacity 709 00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:58,552 to keep our loved ones safe from. 710 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:03,932 But there were thousands of people last year 711 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:07,937 who lost their lives in a completely avoidable way. 712 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:12,572 The right to bear arms. 713 00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:17,704 Set in stone in the Constitution by our founding fathers. 714 00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,947 So was slavery, by the way. 715 00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,212 The right to bear arms 716 00:35:26,591 --> 00:35:28,149 seems indisputable. 717 00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:31,761 Until the shooter comes. 718 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:36,058 Until you're Lisa Elliot, 719 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,567 covered in blood, 720 00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:41,332 watching a little girl take her last breath. 721 00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:45,901 Watching the light go out of her eyes. 722 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:53,643 And that... 723 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:59,283 That is where the argument ends. 724 00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:02,152 That is when the debate 725 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:04,254 is over. 726 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:12,993 My son... 727 00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:17,165 My son is dead. 728 00:36:19,977 --> 00:36:21,001 And I ask you, 729 00:36:21,445 --> 00:36:22,707 here tonight, 730 00:36:23,781 --> 00:36:25,942 without a teleprompter, without a speech, 731 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:29,180 without anything but my love as a husband, 732 00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:31,482 and a father, 733 00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:33,479 and an American. 734 00:36:35,826 --> 00:36:39,887 How many other people's children are we going to let die 735 00:36:39,997 --> 00:36:42,864 before we put a stop to this? 736 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:44,998 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 737 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,421 Are you all right, ma'am? 738 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:07,548 I'm fine. 739 00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:11,290 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 740 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,937 (PEARLS CLATTER) 741 00:37:29,647 --> 00:37:30,773 (SOBBING) 742 00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:31,872 Ma'am? 743 00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:35,583 (SOBBING) Leave me be. 744 00:37:35,686 --> 00:37:37,711 - Just leave me be! - FITZ: Mel? 745 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:39,515 Mellie? 746 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:40,952 (CRYING) 747 00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:42,424 Get out of here. 748 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:45,786 I'm sorry. 749 00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:48,062 I'm so sorry. 750 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:50,197 It's okay. 751 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,634 It's all right. It's all right. 752 00:37:54,739 --> 00:37:56,104 I'm so sorry. 753 00:37:56,707 --> 00:37:57,731 I'm so sorry. 754 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:24,060 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 755 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:30,339 - What's this? - It's the '94 du Bellay. 756 00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:32,170 The last bottle from the island. 757 00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:35,636 You came over here to give me a bottle of wine? 758 00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:36,974 I thought about wearing a bikini. 759 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:39,174 I thought about bringing a coconut or a pineapple, 760 00:38:39,283 --> 00:38:41,251 or one of those cheesy little bottles full of sand. 761 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,651 - But we're not on the island. - No. 762 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:45,085 And we're not standing in the sun. 763 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:46,478 No. 764 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:48,286 - This is not a booty call. - Okay. 765 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:50,326 And if I want to summon you, I will summon you. 766 00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:51,759 - Olivia... - Come here to me. 767 00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:15,145 (INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION) 768 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:47,349 (MOANS) 769 00:39:49,353 --> 00:39:50,911 - Are you okay? - Yeah. 770 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:55,318 (BREATHING HEAVILY) I just haven't done this in a really long time. 771 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,655 You'd never know it. 772 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:02,058 And I have to admit, 773 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:04,999 I have never actually done this. (LAUGHS) 774 00:40:05,369 --> 00:40:09,533 No, I mean, I've done this. What we're about to do. (LAUGHS) 775 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:12,269 I have just never done that thing where 776 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:15,743 one second you're sitting in a bar 777 00:40:15,846 --> 00:40:19,577 and the next second, you're getting naked in a hotel room. 778 00:40:19,683 --> 00:40:21,116 Have you? (CHUCKLES) 779 00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:22,549 Not that it's any of my business. 780 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,545 Well, 781 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:26,780 yeah. 782 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:28,724 It's, uh... 783 00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:31,024 It's kind of what I do. 784 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,797 Oh, my God. 785 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:43,730 (STUTTERS) You're a, uh... 786 00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:45,435 Sex worker, 787 00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:49,206 I think, is the politically correct term nowadays. 788 00:40:49,713 --> 00:40:51,112 (CHUCKLES) 789 00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:53,273 (SIGHS) And while we're at it, 790 00:40:54,985 --> 00:40:57,146 my name is Michael. (CHUCKLES) 791 00:40:57,388 --> 00:40:58,821 Right. Well. 792 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:01,382 Michael. 793 00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:04,720 (SIGHS) I did not know that. 794 00:41:07,565 --> 00:41:10,625 And I'm so sorry to have wasted your time. 795 00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:14,502 But I can't be here right now. 796 00:41:15,406 --> 00:41:16,600 I can't stay, so... 797 00:41:17,074 --> 00:41:18,063 You... 798 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:20,576 You don't want to? 799 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:22,737 I... 800 00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:28,084 It's not that at all. 801 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:29,176 Well, then... 802 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:43,762 What's stopping you? 803 00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:01,679 You were right. He's lonely. 804 00:42:02,686 --> 00:42:05,154 - And did you? - Not yet. But we'll get there. 805 00:42:06,123 --> 00:42:08,114 Good work. Keep me updated. 806 00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:09,316 Will do. 807 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:20,500 Ripped By mstoll