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CORRESPONDENT 1 (ON TV):
As we enter the final week
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of this historic
three-horse race.
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I'm surrounded
by passionate supporters
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of a candidate
who burst onto the scene
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-no more than five months ago.
-ELI: Lucas.
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LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Hey.
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Did you find him?
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-[indistinct chatter]
-Uh, no. Not yet.
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ELI (OVER CELLPHONE):
Where are you?
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I'm by ATB.
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SHARON (ON TV):
A story unheard of
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in the history
of American politics.
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One year ago,
former gold medalist,
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Nate Sterling,
took the political world
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by surprise and by storm
with his best-selling manifesto,
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a Declaration of Independence,
a modern-day common sense.
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CORRESPONDENT 2 (ON TV):
Here we are at Nate Sterling's
biggest rally yet.
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The independent candidate
has created a tsunami,
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thrashing its way through
America's two-party landscape
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as he leads Republican nominee
Patricia Turnbull by two points
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with just one week to go.
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The senior senator
from Tennessee beat out ten
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of her fellow Republicans
in the primary
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by courting both the moderate
and far left.
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CORRESPONDENT 3 (ON TV):
President Archer will need
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to pull off a miracle
to have any hope of securing
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a second term.
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With an approval rating
in the basement,
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some are calling
the Democratic incumbent
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a sitting duck.
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He's about to do a hit
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on Politics Nightly
with Jane Bower.
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JANE (ON TV):
Nate Sterling is set
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to take the stage
any minute now.
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Shit.
Call back when you get him.
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JANE (ON TV):
But until then,
I'm pleased to welcome
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Nicholas Booker,
esteemed columnist
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for the Washington Chronicle
and lion of the fourth state.
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NICK (ON TV):
Oh!
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You're too kind, Jane.
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[Jane chuckling on TV]
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JANE (ON TV):
The election is a dead heat.
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If it's anything
like the last two elections,
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it could come down
to a few thousand votes
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and a handful of swing states,
or if it's a repeat of 2000,
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a few hundred votes.
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Your column is read
by a few million.
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Your readers
really listen to you.
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They trust you.
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I call it like I see it.
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What do you see here?
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[crowd cheering]
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(***)
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(***)
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Well, I have good news
and bad news.
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Which do you want first?
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-SUPPORTER 1: Bad news!
-[Nate scoffing]
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NATE:
Right! Always the bad.
Here it is.
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My little girl
turned 21 yesterday.
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[crowd cheering]
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[sighs]
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And the first thing Alison did
was make sure
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her voter registration
was current.
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[crowd cheering]
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Ah, 21 years.
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Those of you with kids,
you know how fast
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the time goes.
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And as I looked at those
candles
flickering on top
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of that birthday cake,
it brought me back
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to the big moments of her life.
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Her first words,
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her first steps,
her first day of school.
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[crowd cheering]
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But then my mind wandered
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to all she's seen
in her young life.
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Terror reaching our shores.
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Two long and costly wars.
A great recession.
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A deadly global pandemic.
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Classrooms getting shot up
every other month.
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Climate getting harsher
by the day.
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SUPPORTERS:
Yeah!
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Our very capitol,
the people's house, under siege.
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-SUPPORTER 1: Yes!
-And the sad truth
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is one party fuels this rage
while the other sits
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on their hands
and whines about it.
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Now, you want the good news?
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SUPPORTERS:
Yeah!
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The good news is...
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my daughter Alison
turned 21 yesterday.
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[crowd cheering]
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And as she blew out
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those candles on top
of that cake,
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a funny thing happened.
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The flames reignited.
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So, she blew 'em out again.
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And then the flames came back
again.
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And no matter
how hard she tried,
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she couldn't blow
those candles out.
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And that made me think
two things.
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One, my wife
has a wonderful sense of humor.
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-And two,
-[crowd laughing]
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just like those candles,
we always come back.
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America always comes back.
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[crowd cheering]
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And we have to dig deep
and do it again.
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Because Alison deserves better.
Our young people deserve better.
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They deserve to look forward
to the future
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the way we used to, with hope,
with pride, with excitement.
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There's no more time
for cruelty or fear.
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There's no more time
for incompetence or inaction.
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Their time is up!
Our time is now!
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America's time is now!
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[crowd cheering]
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And if you stand with me,
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and you vote for me,
and you keep fighting
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for real change with me,
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I promise we will get
our fire back, too.
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Now, let me tell you
how we're gonna do it.
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ANNOUNCER (ON TV):
The general election
is finally upon us.
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And once again, we're forced
to choose
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between the lesser of two evils.
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On one side,
a Democrat in decline,
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and on the other,
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a Republican in the pockets
of corporate America.
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Oh, boy, our country is mired
in a recession,
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the whole world's on fire,
and these are the best
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two people we can come up with?
I mean, come on!
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Good luck, everyone.
We're going to need it.
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GORDON:
Good news!
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We've been bought again.
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As I'm sure, some of you
have already heard,
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Mr. Jack Hampton
is our newest overlord.
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Of course, I'm gonna try
to minimize the casualties,
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but it's no secret,
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our readership
is, uh, spreading thin.
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If we hope to compete,
we're gonna have to get down
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in the mud with the pigs.
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And how low does Mr. Hampton
want us to go?
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Conspiracy clickbait?
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Ten thousand words
on celebrity pets?
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We have to evolve.
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The only reason
we're not worm feed
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like half the other papers
in this godforsaken country
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is because we do not stop
to tread water.
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If we don't keep swimmin',
we die.
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You.
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I'm looking for new,
innovative ideas.
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Something that will ensure
that we are all still employed
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come Labor Day. Hmm?
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We need to win the battle
for Millenials and Gen Z.
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-Uh-huh.
-We-- we program
around the Facebook algorithm.
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Expand
our social media presence.
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He, whose name I don't care
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to learn, seems to think
that because I've got grandkids
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born before the Internet,
I don't know
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that we need to expand.
Of course.
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I have got a whole
fucking sweatshop
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working like a Russian
troll farm to expand
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our social media presence.
Okay?
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I've also got an army
of halfwits
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twice as smart as you--
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A high school in West Virginia
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is going
to a four-day school week,
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because of budget cuts.
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I had a call
with the principal--
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And how's that gonna sell
papers?
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I thought--
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I mean, cutting a whole day
out of the school week--
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What percentage
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of our readership do you think
has ever set foot
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in West Virginia?
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And as for the banjo-pickers
themselves,
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if it ain't Fox or Infowars,
they ain't readin' it.
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Well, maybe that's why
they don't read the Chronicle.
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They got a point
calling themselves
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the forgotten people
and calling us
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condescending coastal elitists.
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We are elite.
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And if you don't start
acting like it,
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you're gonna be a forgotten
person before you know it.
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The school in question
is 90 percent minority.
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It's gonna make
the achievement gap even wider.
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Of course,
the private school kids
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-are gonna be just fine.
-GORDON: What else?
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Hmm?
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Nate Sterling.
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Ah. You again.
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I hear he's jumping
into the race next week.
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And you think
I haven't heard those rumors?
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It's bullshit.
It's publicity for his book.
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My source on the ground says
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he just hired Kathy Gibbs
as his campaign manager.
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Independents. They're like bees.
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Once they sting, they die.
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If he does announce,
he might buzz around
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the honey jar for a week or
two,
but nobody outside
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the two-party system
has ever cracked
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20 percent of the poles.
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Now, it'd be a fool's errand.
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His camp secretly hired
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a pollster to test his numbers
against potential nominees.
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When Turnbull secured the bid,
they saw a real opening
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for an independent like him.
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They know he's gonna have to
thread the needle,
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but it's not impossible.
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So, what are you suggesting?
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We get in early.
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Prep a cover feature.
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The wave is coming
with this guy.
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We may as well paddle out
to the break.
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Tell me why I would waste
my front page on this neophyte?
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Are you referring to me
or Sterling, sir?
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GORDON:
Both.
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You willing to bet your job
on this fever dream of yours?
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If we short him, we'll be
kicking ourselves later.
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But if we're early to the
party,
we might just sell
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enough papers
to give the Russian trolls
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an extra ten minutes
on their lunch break.
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[breathes deeply]
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Hmm.
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[clicks tongue]
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Fuck it.
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How can I fold
when a wounded cub is all in?
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Ackerman, you take the reins
on the Sterling feature.
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Choose your own co-pilot.
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I'll take Conrad.
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So, you're gonna give me
the source of Sterling's camp?
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Look, look, look, look.
I get it. I get it. All right?
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You wanted that story.
And that was a valiant effort.
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It was. But, you know,
karma is still a bitch.
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-And so am I.
-[chuckles]
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Come on. Look.
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It's a hard time for guys
like me right now.
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I mean, look around you.
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Oh, come on.
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A little awareness maybe--
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Okay. Thanks.
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Make up your mind.
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Either you're a victim
or a big shot.
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Kid gets to scoop Ackerman's
shit on his first cover story.
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And suddenly,
he's schizophrenic.
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[chuckles]
No. I was just--
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Were you just thanking Eli
for the opportunity?
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Yeah.
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I never liked that arrogant
little boat shoe.
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00:11:41,247 --> 00:11:45,335
Email me the best thing
you've ever written.
255
00:11:53,343 --> 00:11:54,386
Which piece did you send him?
256
00:11:54,427 --> 00:11:56,388
The Honduran refugee one?
257
00:11:56,429 --> 00:11:58,973
-Yeah.
-Holy shit. He is gonna love it.
258
00:12:01,184 --> 00:12:02,435
What?
259
00:12:02,477 --> 00:12:03,436
Nothing.
260
00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,359
What is this?
261
00:12:12,487 --> 00:12:14,197
Now, when did you have time to--
262
00:12:14,239 --> 00:12:16,574
You've been working so hard,
I thought,
263
00:12:16,616 --> 00:12:19,244
"He deserves the finest grape
Safeway has on offer."
264
00:12:19,285 --> 00:12:20,787
Mm. [does chef's kiss]
265
00:12:20,829 --> 00:12:22,414
[chuckles]
266
00:12:28,795 --> 00:12:30,255
Penny ships off tomorrow.
267
00:12:30,296 --> 00:12:33,008
So, if my mom breaks down
in tears, don't be too alarmed.
268
00:12:33,049 --> 00:12:34,467
LUCAS:
Your mom? What about you?
269
00:12:34,509 --> 00:12:35,218
Remember the last time
she deployed?
270
00:12:35,260 --> 00:12:36,428
[Eli chuckles]
271
00:12:36,469 --> 00:12:37,262
ELI:
That's smart, buddy.
272
00:12:37,303 --> 00:12:39,264
LUCAS:
Ooh!
273
00:12:39,305 --> 00:12:40,473
-ELI: Hi.
-Hello.
274
00:12:40,515 --> 00:12:41,391
LUCAS:
Hey.
275
00:12:41,433 --> 00:12:44,853
To my beautiful daughters.
276
00:12:44,894 --> 00:12:46,438
Penelope and Elisha.
277
00:12:46,479 --> 00:12:49,107
One makes the news
and one reports it.
278
00:12:49,149 --> 00:12:50,316
[chuckles]
279
00:12:50,358 --> 00:12:53,361
Oh, wow.
You make it sound so romantic.
280
00:12:53,403 --> 00:12:55,613
Most days, I just stand
by the printer
281
00:12:55,655 --> 00:12:57,407
and get paper cuts.
282
00:12:57,449 --> 00:12:59,451
Well, you accepted the risk
when you signed up for the job.
283
00:12:59,492 --> 00:13:00,493
ELI:
Why don't you just go AWOL,
284
00:13:00,535 --> 00:13:01,995
and come bunk up with me
and Lucas?
285
00:13:02,037 --> 00:13:03,288
PENNY:
That'd be fun.
286
00:13:03,329 --> 00:13:04,456
As long as you're cool
with harboring a deserter
287
00:13:04,497 --> 00:13:05,957
with a warrant
out for her arrest.
288
00:13:05,999 --> 00:13:07,459
Let's change the subject,
shall we?
289
00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,170
-Eli has some breaking news.
-Oh.
290
00:13:10,211 --> 00:13:12,922
She managed to get on the radar
of one Nicholas Booker.
291
00:13:12,964 --> 00:13:14,924
Nicholas Booker, huh?
292
00:13:14,966 --> 00:13:16,426
See, now that's what you need.
293
00:13:16,468 --> 00:13:17,969
Your own opinion column.
294
00:13:18,011 --> 00:13:20,597
I'm not on the Daily Tar Heel
anymore, dad.
295
00:13:20,638 --> 00:13:23,141
Columns don't just drop out
of thin air at the Chronicle.
296
00:13:23,183 --> 00:13:25,477
Well, you wanna have a real
impact.
297
00:13:25,518 --> 00:13:28,313
Change minds. You need a pulpit.
298
00:13:28,355 --> 00:13:31,900
A column in the Chronicle
is like the pope's balcony
299
00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:33,568
-for Christ's sake.
-I'm working on it, daddy.
300
00:13:33,610 --> 00:13:36,154
I'm just saying it might take
a couple decades. That's all.
301
00:13:36,196 --> 00:13:40,033
The Dalai Lama was a god-king
at 2.
302
00:13:40,075 --> 00:13:41,284
LUCAS:
Man has a point.
303
00:13:42,494 --> 00:13:43,578
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
304
00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:45,372
Mm. Wow.
305
00:13:45,413 --> 00:13:47,248
Does the man know
that religion and politics
306
00:13:47,290 --> 00:13:48,625
are about the only two topics
to avoid
307
00:13:48,666 --> 00:13:49,918
when you got a dinner guest?
308
00:13:49,959 --> 00:13:51,669
HAL:
Who, Lucas?
309
00:13:51,711 --> 00:13:53,338
He's practically family.
310
00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:56,216
Speaking of, when are you two
gonna make that official?
311
00:13:56,257 --> 00:13:58,051
[chuckles]
312
00:13:58,093 --> 00:14:00,011
LUCAS:
Have you got any new additions
to your collection?
313
00:14:01,596 --> 00:14:01,680
-No, but wait. When are we gonna
make it official?
-No, no, no. This is important.
314
00:14:02,305 --> 00:14:03,515
-[laughs]
-Right.
315
00:14:09,562 --> 00:14:12,899
You know, I never asked you,
which one was your first?
316
00:14:14,025 --> 00:14:15,652
HAL:
The day we realized
317
00:14:15,694 --> 00:14:19,114
the government had been lying
to us all along,
318
00:14:19,155 --> 00:14:21,658
sending me and my friends
halfway around the world
319
00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:23,451
to kill and be killed.
320
00:14:23,493 --> 00:14:27,122
Years after, Nixon knew the war
was unwinnable.
321
00:14:27,163 --> 00:14:28,415
LUCAS:
Do you have a favorite?
322
00:14:28,456 --> 00:14:30,500
He did before it was retracted.
323
00:14:30,542 --> 00:14:32,377
HAL:
That's what happens
when you play fast.
324
00:14:32,419 --> 00:14:33,920
I wasn't playing, dad.
325
00:14:33,962 --> 00:14:36,464
He played me.
There's a difference.
326
00:14:36,506 --> 00:14:39,050
Sweetheart,
you let yourself get played.
327
00:14:39,092 --> 00:14:40,719
Why don't you all come in here,
328
00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,595
so we can give Penny
a proper send-off?
329
00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,441
[indistinct chatter]
330
00:14:54,482 --> 00:14:56,234
RECEPTIONIST:
He's in meetings all day,
but I can give you his card.
331
00:14:56,276 --> 00:14:57,152
ELI:
Thanks.
332
00:14:57,193 --> 00:14:59,571
Oh, there he goes right now.
333
00:14:59,612 --> 00:15:00,989
That'll be on Saturday's draw.
334
00:15:01,031 --> 00:15:02,157
Thank you, Sharon.
335
00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:05,201
ELI:
Mr. Mayfield.
336
00:15:05,243 --> 00:15:07,412
Eli James, Washington Chronicle.
337
00:15:07,454 --> 00:15:09,080
You're the one
who keeps calling.
338
00:15:09,122 --> 00:15:10,248
I'm doing a story
339
00:15:10,290 --> 00:15:11,624
on drastic cuts
in public school budgets,
340
00:15:11,666 --> 00:15:13,168
-and it's my understanding
that--
-I'm sorry.
341
00:15:13,209 --> 00:15:14,294
I'm late for a meeting.
342
00:15:20,633 --> 00:15:22,302
Our boys looked good this year.
343
00:15:22,344 --> 00:15:23,636
We play like we did
against the Tar Heels
344
00:15:24,804 --> 00:15:25,638
in the ACC final, we might
really have a shot next year.
345
00:15:26,139 --> 00:15:27,182
You're a Blue Devil?
346
00:15:27,223 --> 00:15:29,184
Yes, sir. Class of '08.
347
00:15:29,225 --> 00:15:32,228
Ah. Well, I got a few decades
on you as you can...
348
00:15:32,270 --> 00:15:34,064
Bowties never go out of fashion.
349
00:15:35,231 --> 00:15:36,649
Listen, I gotta ask,
350
00:15:36,691 --> 00:15:38,735
how has the recession
affected your jackpots?
351
00:15:38,777 --> 00:15:40,362
Oh, as it affected all of us.
352
00:15:40,403 --> 00:15:41,363
The numbers might have dipped
but--
353
00:15:41,404 --> 00:15:42,614
Well, I would have thought that
354
00:15:42,655 --> 00:15:44,699
jackpots would rise in the
recession.
355
00:15:44,741 --> 00:15:45,950
How's that?
356
00:15:45,992 --> 00:15:48,161
You know, a lot
more desperate daydreamers.
357
00:15:49,704 --> 00:15:52,665
I think you mean grown adults
and valued customers.
358
00:15:54,667 --> 00:15:56,795
You should go grab a ticket
yourself.
359
00:15:56,836 --> 00:15:58,630
Gotta be in it to win it.
360
00:15:58,672 --> 00:16:07,597
(***)
361
00:16:13,019 --> 00:16:16,648
[indistinct chatter]
362
00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:19,109
8:00 p.m. tonight at The Monaco.
363
00:16:19,150 --> 00:16:21,277
If you're not early,
you're late.
364
00:16:21,319 --> 00:16:23,488
[indistinct chatter]
365
00:16:37,502 --> 00:16:39,045
I don't have time
for pleasantries.
366
00:16:39,087 --> 00:16:41,089
I've got a hit on CNN
at 10:00 p.m.
367
00:16:42,173 --> 00:16:44,259
What are you staring at?
368
00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:47,095
I'm sorry. I just have read
every single one of your columns
369
00:16:47,137 --> 00:16:49,222
-since I was in seventh grade--
-I don't need idol worship.
370
00:16:49,264 --> 00:16:52,142
I need something else from you.
Sit down.
371
00:16:55,854 --> 00:16:58,189
I'm getting out.
372
00:16:58,231 --> 00:17:00,316
As soon as this election's
over, I'm turning in my quill,
373
00:17:00,358 --> 00:17:01,443
and moving to the country.
374
00:17:01,484 --> 00:17:04,279
What? No, you can't retire yet.
375
00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:05,572
Who are you, my accountant?
376
00:17:06,698 --> 00:17:06,740
Well, what good are you gonna
do
out in retirement?
377
00:17:07,574 --> 00:17:08,408
I'll bury myself in Bourbon.
378
00:17:09,075 --> 00:17:10,326
I can read fiction for a change.
379
00:17:11,244 --> 00:17:12,412
And I might even watch golf
on Sundays.
380
00:17:12,454 --> 00:17:13,747
Institutions are crumbling.
381
00:17:13,788 --> 00:17:15,540
Okay? Reality is under attack.
382
00:17:15,582 --> 00:17:18,293
You're one of the only voices
whCome on. Come on.--
383
00:17:18,334 --> 00:17:21,463
Tweets with cats boxing yarn
get more eyeballs
384
00:17:21,504 --> 00:17:23,465
than a column these days.
385
00:17:23,506 --> 00:17:25,091
I've had a good run.
386
00:17:25,133 --> 00:17:28,261
But what journalism's become,
I'm done with it.
387
00:17:29,596 --> 00:17:31,723
There's a reason they tell you
not to meet your heroes.
388
00:17:31,765 --> 00:17:33,433
Then why did you invite me here?
389
00:17:33,475 --> 00:17:35,268
ENRIQUE:
Mr. Booker!
390
00:17:35,310 --> 00:17:36,311
And how are we tonight?
391
00:17:36,353 --> 00:17:38,813
Ah! Can't complain, Enrique.
392
00:17:38,855 --> 00:17:40,690
Isn't that your job, sir?
393
00:17:40,732 --> 00:17:42,359
Best steak in town.
394
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,735
Only reason I allow him
to get away
395
00:17:43,777 --> 00:17:44,861
with being such a smartass.
396
00:17:44,903 --> 00:17:46,321
[Enrique chuckles]
397
00:17:47,364 --> 00:17:49,115
Oh, right. Um,
398
00:17:50,325 --> 00:17:51,618
I...
399
00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:55,455
I'll just have the house salad.
400
00:17:57,374 --> 00:17:58,833
Bring us two rib-eye.
401
00:17:58,875 --> 00:18:00,168
ENRIQUE:
Rare?
402
00:18:00,210 --> 00:18:01,503
NICK:
Bloody.
403
00:18:01,544 --> 00:18:04,130
Rule number one,
you want the rib-eye,
404
00:18:04,172 --> 00:18:05,298
get the rib-eye.
405
00:18:06,299 --> 00:18:07,550
And that's the last time
I'm doing it for you.
406
00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:10,637
Excuse me, Enrique?
407
00:18:12,931 --> 00:18:14,182
Give me the house salad.
408
00:18:15,266 --> 00:18:17,435
And the lobster tail.
409
00:18:17,477 --> 00:18:18,812
And may I?
410
00:18:21,398 --> 00:18:25,151
A bottle of the '04 Chablis.
Feels like a good vintage.
411
00:18:26,653 --> 00:18:30,198
[laughs]
412
00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,282
-How are you?
-ELI: Oh.
413
00:18:31,324 --> 00:18:32,450
Lovely to see you.
414
00:18:32,492 --> 00:18:33,785
Hi, Gregg.
415
00:18:33,827 --> 00:18:35,912
Oh, fuck me. She's coming over.
416
00:18:39,499 --> 00:18:40,583
Who are you?
417
00:18:42,210 --> 00:18:45,171
-Eli James. Pleasure to meet
you.
-A pleasure.
418
00:18:45,213 --> 00:18:46,589
NICK:
Your campaign finance bill
419
00:18:46,631 --> 00:18:48,299
proved quite the battle,
Senator.
420
00:18:48,341 --> 00:18:50,427
Passed just in time
for the run-up to the generals.
421
00:18:50,468 --> 00:18:51,678
Flawless orchestration.
422
00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,680
Nicky never was one
for small talk.
423
00:18:53,722 --> 00:18:55,473
NICK:
I gave you a gold star
424
00:18:55,515 --> 00:18:57,600
for pulling your party
out of the insane asylum,
425
00:18:57,642 --> 00:18:59,519
-but this bill...
-Good bill, Nick.
426
00:18:59,561 --> 00:19:02,313
It's Citizens United on meth.
427
00:19:02,355 --> 00:19:04,482
First, corporations,
and now, individuals?
428
00:19:04,524 --> 00:19:06,943
Oh! She's feisty, this one.
429
00:19:06,985 --> 00:19:08,528
NICK:
But she's not wrong.
430
00:19:09,696 --> 00:19:10,905
How many of your billionaire
boy toys are bidding a path
431
00:19:11,865 --> 00:19:12,824
towards your bedroom
door now that you've cut
432
00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:14,993
the chastity belt
off their checkbooks?
433
00:19:15,035 --> 00:19:17,871
Before you go defaming the FSCA,
434
00:19:17,912 --> 00:19:20,540
you might want to look up
the word, freedom,
435
00:19:20,582 --> 00:19:22,208
in your pocket dictionary.
436
00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:22,876
Turns out, people like it.
437
00:19:22,917 --> 00:19:24,627
Oh, relax. Relax.
438
00:19:24,669 --> 00:19:27,547
I'm not gonna write about
your Free Speech Campaign Act.
439
00:19:27,589 --> 00:19:29,549
No? What you gonna write about?
440
00:19:29,591 --> 00:19:31,760
Your Fuck Small Contributions
Act.
441
00:19:31,801 --> 00:19:33,511
[Turnbull laughs]
442
00:19:33,553 --> 00:19:35,555
Listen,
I'd love to flirt all night,
443
00:19:35,597 --> 00:19:37,932
but my husband's a jealous man.
444
00:19:37,974 --> 00:19:39,851
I just came by to say,
I look forward
445
00:19:39,893 --> 00:19:41,478
to Sunday's column.
446
00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:43,855
A good shellacking
from Nicholas Booker
447
00:19:43,897 --> 00:19:47,692
is the best endorsement
a candidate could ask for.
448
00:19:47,734 --> 00:19:50,862
If you need help clarifying
the fine print on the bill,
449
00:19:50,904 --> 00:19:51,863
door's always open.
450
00:19:51,905 --> 00:19:54,324
I'll call your aide tomorrow.
451
00:19:54,366 --> 00:19:55,533
I wasn't talking to you.
452
00:19:56,951 --> 00:19:58,328
Call anytime.
453
00:19:59,746 --> 00:20:00,872
Don't be shy.
454
00:20:03,333 --> 00:20:04,542
NICK:
Rule number two,
455
00:20:04,584 --> 00:20:06,586
Congressmen think
they're presidents,
456
00:20:06,628 --> 00:20:08,880
senators think they're kings,
457
00:20:08,922 --> 00:20:10,924
and presidents think
they're god.
458
00:20:10,965 --> 00:20:13,593
Yeah, well, I'm an atheist.
459
00:20:13,635 --> 00:20:14,594
NICK:
Hmm.
460
00:20:15,679 --> 00:20:17,013
-You married?
-ELI: No.
461
00:20:17,055 --> 00:20:19,974
-NICK: Good. Don't.
-Is that a rule or a suggestion?
462
00:20:20,016 --> 00:20:22,519
I'm getting divorced again.
463
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,479
-Fool me twice.
-ELI: Oh, I'm sorry.
464
00:20:24,521 --> 00:20:25,397
Oh, no, no.
465
00:20:25,438 --> 00:20:26,690
It's uh-- [chuckles]
466
00:20:26,731 --> 00:20:28,733
Congratulations
is more appropriate.
467
00:20:28,775 --> 00:20:29,984
Oh, well...
468
00:20:34,656 --> 00:20:36,032
I think you're the one.
469
00:20:37,575 --> 00:20:40,036
What does that mean exactly?
470
00:20:40,078 --> 00:20:43,748
I need someone in my corner
on these next few columns.
471
00:20:43,790 --> 00:20:45,500
Gonna be short on time
472
00:20:45,542 --> 00:20:48,545
with the old lady trying
to nail me to the cross.
473
00:20:48,586 --> 00:20:51,297
Plus, my TV schedule
is wall to wall
474
00:20:51,339 --> 00:20:53,633
with the general heating up.
475
00:20:54,843 --> 00:20:58,304
You be my Angelo Dundee now,
476
00:20:58,346 --> 00:21:01,599
and I'll be your Don King
when I get my life back.
477
00:21:01,641 --> 00:21:02,976
You-- you want me to--
478
00:21:03,018 --> 00:21:05,311
I want you to help me
with my columns.
479
00:21:07,022 --> 00:21:08,481
[chuckles]
480
00:21:09,524 --> 00:21:10,650
NICK:
I'll-- I'll tell you
what I wanna cover.
481
00:21:11,651 --> 00:21:14,112
You assist with research,
uh, share your notes.
482
00:21:14,154 --> 00:21:16,364
[clears throat]
Proof my drafts.
483
00:21:16,406 --> 00:21:17,949
Why me?
484
00:21:17,991 --> 00:21:19,617
NICK:
Don't fish. It's unseemly.
485
00:21:19,659 --> 00:21:20,994
No, I just--
486
00:21:21,036 --> 00:21:22,704
NICK:
Look. You stood up
to Gordon yesterday
487
00:21:22,746 --> 00:21:25,123
when most guys
who'd been there two decades
488
00:21:25,165 --> 00:21:27,042
sat with pricks in their hand.
489
00:21:27,083 --> 00:21:30,503
And your writing,
it's got punch.
490
00:21:30,545 --> 00:21:33,340
It's raw,
but there's something there.
491
00:21:36,676 --> 00:21:37,761
Wow.
492
00:21:39,512 --> 00:21:40,930
In the interest
of full disclosure,
493
00:21:40,972 --> 00:21:43,641
I was fired from the Globe.
494
00:21:43,683 --> 00:21:46,936
NICK:
You wanted that felon's sob
story to be true,
495
00:21:46,978 --> 00:21:47,979
because you had something
to say about
496
00:21:48,021 --> 00:21:49,898
the criminal justice system.
497
00:21:49,939 --> 00:21:52,984
You let ambition and bias
blind you to the fact
498
00:21:53,026 --> 00:21:55,653
that that fuckwit had something
to gain by bullshitting you.
499
00:21:56,988 --> 00:22:00,992
Moral of the story,
always follow the facts,
500
00:22:01,034 --> 00:22:02,786
wherever they lead.
501
00:22:02,827 --> 00:22:04,579
Sometimes,
it's not where you wanna go.
502
00:22:04,621 --> 00:22:06,414
But you go anyway.
503
00:22:07,665 --> 00:22:08,708
Is that rule number four?
504
00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:10,960
No, that's not a rule.
505
00:22:11,002 --> 00:22:13,046
That's a commandment.
506
00:22:13,088 --> 00:22:16,841
Besides, that felon
had three strikes to his name.
507
00:22:16,883 --> 00:22:18,176
Why shouldn't you?
508
00:22:18,218 --> 00:22:21,680
Mistakes
used to make you better.
509
00:22:21,721 --> 00:22:24,599
Now, you're not allowed
to be human.
510
00:22:24,641 --> 00:22:26,393
Well, fuck that!
511
00:22:26,434 --> 00:22:30,146
You learned your lesson,
and I'm buying the dip.
512
00:22:30,188 --> 00:22:31,606
What do you say?
513
00:22:34,442 --> 00:22:35,568
Yeah.
514
00:22:35,610 --> 00:22:36,695
Wonderful.
515
00:22:36,736 --> 00:22:37,696
Now,
516
00:22:38,947 --> 00:22:40,782
I'll need your notes
on Sunday's column
517
00:22:40,824 --> 00:22:42,409
by noon tomorrow.
518
00:22:42,450 --> 00:22:44,160
What's our angle?
519
00:22:44,202 --> 00:22:45,704
Reporters
use their eyes and ears,
520
00:22:45,745 --> 00:22:47,747
columnists use their brains.
521
00:22:47,789 --> 00:22:51,000
We'll know what my angle
is by noon tomorrow, won't we?
522
00:22:53,712 --> 00:22:55,630
Yeah.
523
00:22:55,672 --> 00:22:57,132
ANNOUNCER(ON TV):
Well, if you think Archer
524
00:22:58,550 --> 00:22:59,259
has a grasp on foreign policy,
then tell me why he refuses
525
00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:01,636
to stand up to China.
526
00:23:01,678 --> 00:23:04,889
I mean, we've got ten times
the military spending of Russia,
527
00:23:04,931 --> 00:23:07,100
and yet he cowers in the face
of the Kremlin.
528
00:23:07,142 --> 00:23:09,519
Look,
he's just a weak president.
529
00:23:09,561 --> 00:23:11,521
I'm just gonna--
I won't say it.
530
00:23:11,563 --> 00:23:14,607
Republicans know it,
our allies, and we all know it.
531
00:23:14,649 --> 00:23:15,442
And let's be honest,
the Democrats know it, too.
532
00:23:15,483 --> 00:23:16,985
[hums]
533
00:23:17,027 --> 00:23:18,611
What are you so giddy about?
534
00:23:18,653 --> 00:23:19,988
-Wouldn't you like to know?
-LUCAS: Oh!
535
00:23:20,030 --> 00:23:21,740
[Lucas chuckles]
536
00:23:21,781 --> 00:23:23,950
[hums]
537
00:23:23,992 --> 00:23:25,118
LUCAS:
How'd it go?
538
00:23:29,122 --> 00:23:30,081
[chuckles]
539
00:23:30,123 --> 00:23:33,752
[hums]
540
00:23:33,793 --> 00:23:35,128
-LUCAS: No.
-Oh, yeah. It's coming down.
541
00:23:35,170 --> 00:23:37,130
LUCAS: Get outta here.
It's coming down.
542
00:23:37,172 --> 00:23:38,006
LUCAS:
No.
543
00:23:38,048 --> 00:23:39,507
[chuckles]
544
00:23:39,549 --> 00:23:40,717
-Go away.
-[kisses]
545
00:23:40,759 --> 00:23:42,093
-ELI: I got you something.
-Oh, yeah?
546
00:23:42,135 --> 00:23:45,513
It's probably worth $44 million.
547
00:23:45,555 --> 00:23:46,598
My own private island,
548
00:23:46,639 --> 00:23:48,933
so I can have some peace
and quiet?
549
00:23:48,975 --> 00:23:52,604
Aw! Where's yours?
You didn't get one for yourself?
550
00:23:52,645 --> 00:23:55,940
I already won the lottery,
because I have you.
551
00:23:55,982 --> 00:23:58,151
How come you're never this
sweet
to me when you're sober?
552
00:23:58,193 --> 00:24:00,945
Koalas are sweet.
553
00:24:00,987 --> 00:24:02,572
I am a lion.
554
00:24:02,614 --> 00:24:04,282
-Oh, is that right?
-A lion.
555
00:24:04,324 --> 00:24:06,034
-Oh?
-A hungry lion.
556
00:24:06,076 --> 00:24:08,244
Oh. [chuckles]
557
00:24:08,286 --> 00:24:09,537
-[smooches]
-Very hungry.
558
00:24:09,579 --> 00:24:10,705
Oh.
559
00:24:10,747 --> 00:24:12,540
Very hungry.
560
00:24:14,042 --> 00:24:15,794
CORRESPONDENT 4 (ON TV):
Breaking news
out of the Washington Chronicle.
561
00:24:16,961 --> 00:24:18,505
Olympic gold medalist
and best-selling author,
562
00:24:19,839 --> 00:24:21,216
Nate Sterling is set to launch
an independent campaign
563
00:24:22,342 --> 00:24:23,593
for president next Sunday
in his hometown
564
00:24:23,635 --> 00:24:25,053
of Portsmouth, Ohio.
565
00:24:25,095 --> 00:24:27,013
The reporting
out of the Washington Chronicle
566
00:24:27,055 --> 00:24:29,808
claims that Sterling has hired
the highly sought-after
567
00:24:29,849 --> 00:24:32,686
Kathy Gibbs
as his campaign manager.
568
00:24:32,727 --> 00:24:35,689
While history tells us
that an independent bid faces--
569
00:24:35,730 --> 00:24:37,065
The Chronicle?
570
00:24:38,692 --> 00:24:39,901
Oh, Eli, what the fuck?
571
00:24:39,943 --> 00:24:41,945
Come on. Everybody knew he was
running.
572
00:24:41,986 --> 00:24:43,238
It was like the worst-kept
secret.
573
00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:45,907
Kathy Gibbs. Nobody knew about
Kathy Gibbs. Eli.
574
00:24:45,949 --> 00:24:47,534
ELI:
I have other sources.
575
00:24:47,575 --> 00:24:50,036
I wouldn't have pitched it
if I hadn't double-checked--
576
00:24:50,078 --> 00:24:52,080
Am I your source
or am I your boyfriend?
577
00:24:52,122 --> 00:24:53,998
You never said
it was off the record.
578
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,125
You can't be serious.
579
00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:56,918
Sorry, Lucas. I really am.
580
00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,088
I just-- it just came out.
I-- I didn't even plan on it.
581
00:25:00,130 --> 00:25:03,174
And then it was out. I just...
582
00:25:03,216 --> 00:25:05,760
Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck.
583
00:25:05,802 --> 00:25:08,763
Fuck, fuck.
Who are you calling?
584
00:25:09,889 --> 00:25:10,932
Eli.
585
00:25:10,974 --> 00:25:12,308
Senator Turnbull, please.
586
00:25:12,350 --> 00:25:13,977
What?
587
00:25:14,019 --> 00:25:16,980
Eli James
from the Washington Chronicle.
588
00:25:17,022 --> 00:25:20,650
Senator Turnbull.
I'm sorry to call you so late.
589
00:25:20,692 --> 00:25:22,819
I was just wondering
if you had any thoughts
590
00:25:22,861 --> 00:25:25,697
on Nate Sterling
entering the race.
591
00:25:26,906 --> 00:25:28,033
Right now?
592
00:25:29,075 --> 00:25:31,786
Uh, yeah. Of course.
593
00:25:31,828 --> 00:25:33,038
I'll be right there.
594
00:25:33,079 --> 00:25:35,707
Eli. What the fuck?
595
00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:41,171
I just got an interview
with Patricia Turnbull.
596
00:25:41,212 --> 00:25:42,881
Now?
597
00:25:42,922 --> 00:25:44,799
Are you serious? You're drunk!
598
00:25:44,841 --> 00:25:47,677
Buzzed. And I wouldn't have
this interview
599
00:25:47,719 --> 00:25:50,055
if it wasn't for you,
so thank you so much.
600
00:25:50,096 --> 00:25:50,972
I love you.
601
00:25:51,014 --> 00:25:52,390
-[smooches]
-Wait.
602
00:25:52,432 --> 00:25:54,225
-Cold shower now.
-I don't have time.
603
00:25:54,267 --> 00:25:57,187
No, now! Give me the keys.
604
00:25:58,897 --> 00:26:00,648
Do not go easy on her, okay?
605
00:26:01,691 --> 00:26:02,776
Okay.
606
00:26:04,694 --> 00:26:05,820
Here.
607
00:26:07,989 --> 00:26:08,907
-Listen to me.
-Yes.
608
00:26:08,948 --> 00:26:10,158
Anything you have seen,
609
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,785
heard, or read
under this roof...
610
00:26:11,826 --> 00:26:13,411
-ELI: Mm-hmm.
-Is of the fucking record...
611
00:26:13,453 --> 00:26:16,206
-Yeah, yeah.
-Okay?
Especially in Turnbull's office.
612
00:26:16,247 --> 00:26:17,832
-Yeah.
-Eli!
613
00:26:17,874 --> 00:26:18,958
Scout's honor.
614
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,085
Yeah. Scout's--
615
00:26:20,126 --> 00:26:20,877
[smooches]
616
00:26:22,962 --> 00:26:25,757
Just global response.
No, we don't go for that.
617
00:26:25,799 --> 00:26:27,717
ELI:
Eli James for Senator Turnbull.
618
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:29,344
RECEPTIONIST 2:
Please sign in.
619
00:26:29,386 --> 00:26:30,929
She's expecting you.
620
00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:32,180
TURNBULL:
Come on in, hon!
621
00:26:33,723 --> 00:26:34,683
Where is...
622
00:26:36,851 --> 00:26:37,852
ELI:
Evening, Senator.
623
00:26:37,894 --> 00:26:39,104
Good evening!
624
00:26:39,145 --> 00:26:41,773
I noticed a Tom Mayfield
on your sign-in log.
625
00:26:41,815 --> 00:26:44,359
Is that the same Mayfield
from SuperMillions?
626
00:26:44,401 --> 00:26:45,402
You know Tom?
627
00:26:45,443 --> 00:26:47,028
ELI:
I'm writing a story on lotto.
628
00:26:47,070 --> 00:26:48,071
TURNBULL:
Oh, dear.
629
00:26:48,947 --> 00:26:50,115
That sounds like a real
tour de force.
630
00:26:50,156 --> 00:26:51,825
How do you know Mr. Mayfield?
631
00:26:53,827 --> 00:26:55,328
TURNBULL:
You see the one in the bowtie?
632
00:26:55,370 --> 00:26:57,288
ELI:
Oh, my God. Is that you? Wow.
633
00:26:57,330 --> 00:26:58,832
He thinks because we dated
634
00:26:58,873 --> 00:27:01,000
30 years ago,
he can drop by unannounced
635
00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:03,128
with all kinds of suggestions.
636
00:27:03,169 --> 00:27:04,421
[laughs]
637
00:27:04,462 --> 00:27:05,964
I love this town.
638
00:27:06,006 --> 00:27:08,383
It'll even turn ex-boyfriends
into lobbyists.
639
00:27:08,425 --> 00:27:09,926
ELI:
Hmm.
640
00:27:13,847 --> 00:27:15,181
What is your reaction
to Nate Sterling
641
00:27:15,223 --> 00:27:16,349
entering the race?
642
00:27:17,851 --> 00:27:19,144
I look forward to a healthy,
643
00:27:19,185 --> 00:27:23,023
robust debate on the future
of our great nation.
644
00:27:23,064 --> 00:27:25,775
I'm not too familiar
with Mr. Sterling personally,
645
00:27:25,817 --> 00:27:28,319
but anyone who aspires
to serve his or her country,
646
00:27:28,361 --> 00:27:31,865
whether it's an Olympian,
or a lieutenant, or a president,
647
00:27:31,906 --> 00:27:35,035
it is okay by me.
Off the record?
648
00:27:36,244 --> 00:27:39,456
Mr. Sterling is swimming
with sharks,
649
00:27:39,497 --> 00:27:41,166
and he can't afford a cage.
650
00:27:47,213 --> 00:27:48,506
How would you describe
651
00:27:48,548 --> 00:27:51,176
your relationship
with Harvey Altman?
652
00:27:51,217 --> 00:27:54,179
Harvey was my senior advisor
for many years.
653
00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:55,472
Isn't it odd
654
00:27:55,513 --> 00:27:58,391
that your most trusted advisor
splits to found
655
00:27:58,433 --> 00:28:00,769
UpRight Super PAC
just a few weeks
656
00:28:00,810 --> 00:28:02,228
before you announce
your candidacy?
657
00:28:02,270 --> 00:28:03,188
What's odd about it?
658
00:28:03,229 --> 00:28:05,231
Well, UpRight is raking in
659
00:28:05,273 --> 00:28:07,776
loads of cash
from high-dollar donors.
660
00:28:07,817 --> 00:28:08,943
As is their legal right.
661
00:28:08,985 --> 00:28:10,195
Thanks to your bill.
662
00:28:10,236 --> 00:28:12,155
My bill gives Americans
663
00:28:12,197 --> 00:28:14,074
the freedom to do
what they please
664
00:28:14,115 --> 00:28:15,241
with their hard-earned money.
665
00:28:15,283 --> 00:28:17,202
You seem very fond of that word.
"Freedom."
666
00:28:17,243 --> 00:28:18,244
Oh, yes, I am.
667
00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:20,205
It's what this country
was built on.
668
00:28:20,246 --> 00:28:21,790
For some.
669
00:28:21,831 --> 00:28:22,832
Hmm.
670
00:28:24,334 --> 00:28:25,502
There are reports that Upright
671
00:28:26,586 --> 00:28:29,172
has raised upwards of
$80 million in just four months.
672
00:28:29,214 --> 00:28:30,965
-And?
-Won't that give the rich
673
00:28:31,007 --> 00:28:33,760
an outsized influence
in a Turnbull administration?
674
00:28:33,802 --> 00:28:37,013
Oh, hon. You talk about the rich
as if they're inhuman.
675
00:28:37,055 --> 00:28:39,015
I started my company
40 years ago
676
00:28:39,057 --> 00:28:42,811
with one truck
and a whole lot of elbow grease.
677
00:28:42,852 --> 00:28:45,480
Surely, the American dream
don't make me a bad person.
678
00:28:45,522 --> 00:28:48,441
I see that same fire
in your eyes right now.
679
00:28:48,483 --> 00:28:50,485
You didn't answer my question,
Senator.
680
00:28:52,278 --> 00:28:53,488
Listen, Eli.
681
00:28:56,241 --> 00:28:59,577
Five million from a fat wallet
and a searing column
682
00:28:59,619 --> 00:29:02,831
from Nicholas Booker
are one in the same.
683
00:29:02,872 --> 00:29:05,208
Both might get me off
on a good day.
684
00:29:05,250 --> 00:29:08,211
But if you think they so much
as sway my stance
685
00:29:08,253 --> 00:29:11,131
on the renaming of a post
office
686
00:29:11,172 --> 00:29:13,299
in Wasilla, Alaska,
687
00:29:13,341 --> 00:29:15,218
then you haven't done
your homework.
688
00:29:17,429 --> 00:29:19,431
Why did you invite me
here tonight?
689
00:29:19,472 --> 00:29:21,891
[chuckles] Oh, honey. Relax.
690
00:29:21,933 --> 00:29:23,977
This ain't the principal's
office.
691
00:29:24,019 --> 00:29:25,520
You're here,
because if there's one thing
692
00:29:25,562 --> 00:29:27,897
I've learned over two decades
in these chambers,
693
00:29:27,939 --> 00:29:30,108
it's to keep your friends close.
694
00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:33,278
And seeing as you'll be helping
with the most widely-read
695
00:29:33,319 --> 00:29:36,489
op-ed column in this country,
I figured we might get to know
696
00:29:36,531 --> 00:29:37,824
one another.
697
00:29:40,618 --> 00:29:44,080
Nick is a cheapskate.
I tip Enrique way better.
698
00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:49,544
[indistinct chatter]
699
00:29:49,586 --> 00:29:58,511
(***)
700
00:30:07,604 --> 00:30:16,529
(***)
701
00:30:25,622 --> 00:30:29,542
(***)
702
00:30:32,962 --> 00:30:33,672
[door knocking]
703
00:30:33,713 --> 00:30:35,340
Mm-hmm.
704
00:30:35,382 --> 00:30:37,008
Nick, can I ask you something?
705
00:30:38,551 --> 00:30:41,262
There's something gnawing at me
with this whole lotto.
706
00:30:41,304 --> 00:30:42,639
What about my column?
707
00:30:43,973 --> 00:30:45,392
ELI:
Wrote up my notes last night.
708
00:30:46,643 --> 00:30:48,019
You were drunk last night.
709
00:30:48,061 --> 00:30:49,145
ELI:
Just hear me out.
710
00:30:50,063 --> 00:30:52,440
Lotto jackpots increase
during recessions.
711
00:30:52,482 --> 00:30:56,277
They have for every economic
downturn as far back
712
00:30:56,319 --> 00:30:57,362
as the data goes.
713
00:30:57,404 --> 00:30:58,530
And why should I care?
714
00:30:58,571 --> 00:31:01,032
Because not this time.
715
00:31:01,074 --> 00:31:03,451
Since the recession hit,
SuperMillions' jackpots
716
00:31:03,493 --> 00:31:05,662
have fallen
close to five percent.
717
00:31:05,704 --> 00:31:07,997
-Tragic.
-It's a complete 180.
718
00:31:08,039 --> 00:31:10,583
A behavioral impossibility.
719
00:31:10,625 --> 00:31:13,044
Human nature
doesn't just reverse itself.
720
00:31:13,086 --> 00:31:15,463
And SuperMillions
is the only lottery
721
00:31:15,505 --> 00:31:16,965
that's had that kind
of inversion.
722
00:31:18,091 --> 00:31:19,551
Wherever you're going with
this,
get there faster.
723
00:31:19,592 --> 00:31:21,219
Public schools that rely
724
00:31:21,261 --> 00:31:23,221
on that money
are getting stiffed.
725
00:31:23,263 --> 00:31:25,724
So, where is the missing money
going?
726
00:31:25,765 --> 00:31:27,559
NICK:
This better be good.
727
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,022
The director of SuperMillions
is a guy named Tom Mayfield.
728
00:31:32,063 --> 00:31:36,276
Duke alum. Class of '82.
Senator Turnbull's alma mater.
729
00:31:36,317 --> 00:31:37,569
They dated in college.
730
00:31:39,612 --> 00:31:42,032
I hope you're not suggesting
what I think you're suggesting.
731
00:31:42,073 --> 00:31:43,199
ELI:
The same accounting firm,
732
00:31:43,241 --> 00:31:45,702
Meyers & Goldstein,
handles the books
733
00:31:45,744 --> 00:31:48,705
for both SuperMillions
and UpRight.
734
00:31:50,457 --> 00:31:53,501
You think that
Mayfield and Turnbull
735
00:31:53,543 --> 00:31:55,587
are embezzling funds
from the lottery,
736
00:31:55,628 --> 00:31:58,715
and smuggling
into her largest Super PAC?
737
00:31:58,757 --> 00:32:00,633
At the expense of our nation's
public schools.
738
00:32:02,010 --> 00:32:04,220
[laughs]
739
00:32:04,262 --> 00:32:07,057
Everything's a fucking
conspiracy.
740
00:32:07,098 --> 00:32:09,392
UpRight's books are sealed shut.
741
00:32:09,434 --> 00:32:11,227
Thanks to Turnbull's bill,
they don't have to report
742
00:32:11,269 --> 00:32:12,395
where the money comes from.
743
00:32:13,355 --> 00:32:13,980
It could all be happening
under the same roof,
744
00:32:14,898 --> 00:32:15,982
-behind closed doors.
-Don't be that guy.
745
00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:18,651
-What guy?
-The bug-eyed virtual vigilante,
746
00:32:18,693 --> 00:32:22,113
running a bullshit blog
and a libelous YouTube channel
747
00:32:22,155 --> 00:32:23,615
out of her parents' basement.
748
00:32:23,656 --> 00:32:26,785
Okay. Tom Mayfield was
in Turnbull's office last night.
749
00:32:26,826 --> 00:32:28,411
I saw his name on the log-in.
750
00:32:28,453 --> 00:32:29,746
-Maybe they're still fucking.
-ELI: Nick.
751
00:32:29,788 --> 00:32:30,997
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
752
00:32:31,915 --> 00:32:33,708
-Um, reigniting the spark.
-I'm serious.
753
00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:36,586
Turnbull's a bully
and a misguided idea log.
754
00:32:36,628 --> 00:32:37,545
She's not a crook.
755
00:32:39,547 --> 00:32:42,676
All I'm asking you to do
is to, you know,
756
00:32:42,717 --> 00:32:44,636
go into that legendary rolodex
of yours,
757
00:32:44,678 --> 00:32:46,513
and make one or two calls.
758
00:32:46,554 --> 00:32:48,473
See if there's a relationship
between the top brass
759
00:32:48,515 --> 00:32:51,476
at Meyers & Goldstein
and anyone in Turnbull's camp.
760
00:32:51,518 --> 00:32:55,021
If there's nothing there,
I will drop it. I promise.
761
00:32:58,274 --> 00:33:00,402
GIBBS:
How the fuck did this leak?
762
00:33:00,443 --> 00:33:01,194
NATE:
All right. It's done.
763
00:33:01,236 --> 00:33:02,362
Let's move forward.
764
00:33:02,404 --> 00:33:03,655
This might actually help us?
765
00:33:03,697 --> 00:33:05,031
GIBBS:
How's that?
766
00:33:05,073 --> 00:33:09,661
A full week for the word
to spread means more people.
767
00:33:09,703 --> 00:33:11,830
A ton more people.
768
00:33:11,871 --> 00:33:13,581
Bigger crowd means
more media attention,
769
00:33:13,623 --> 00:33:15,709
which might bring us
an air of legitimacy
770
00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:16,710
from the jump.
771
00:33:19,421 --> 00:33:22,173
I drafted a statement
last night.
772
00:33:22,215 --> 00:33:24,259
Get it out ASAP and get to work
773
00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:28,221
on as many appearances
as you possibly can.
774
00:33:28,263 --> 00:33:31,725
Uh, local morning shows,
county fairs. You name it.
775
00:33:31,766 --> 00:33:35,186
We play this right,
soon, it'll be Late Night.
776
00:33:35,228 --> 00:33:39,274
And if we're lucky,
SNL will come calling.
777
00:33:39,315 --> 00:33:40,817
Got it?
778
00:33:40,859 --> 00:33:42,444
Good. Let's get to work.
779
00:33:42,485 --> 00:33:44,571
Oh. And, Lucas, pack your bags.
780
00:33:44,612 --> 00:33:46,698
What?
781
00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:47,907
You're gonna be living
782
00:33:47,949 --> 00:33:49,743
on the campaign bus
for the next few months.
783
00:33:49,784 --> 00:33:52,162
I hope you like
cornfields and Big Macs.
784
00:33:54,122 --> 00:33:55,790
Who doesn't?
785
00:33:55,832 --> 00:33:56,750
NATE:
Lucas.
786
00:34:01,296 --> 00:34:02,547
You know that I know, right?
787
00:34:02,589 --> 00:34:03,673
Nate, I am so sorry.
788
00:34:03,715 --> 00:34:05,216
NATE:
That's all right.
789
00:34:05,258 --> 00:34:06,217
Wouldn't be here without you.
790
00:34:07,635 --> 00:34:08,803
And if I can't roll
with the punches,
791
00:34:08,845 --> 00:34:10,138
I shouldn't be running
for president.
792
00:34:11,306 --> 00:34:14,309
But we're building
something here.
793
00:34:14,351 --> 00:34:15,477
Something bigger than ourselves.
794
00:34:17,145 --> 00:34:19,481
So, from here on out,
let's just keep things
795
00:34:19,522 --> 00:34:21,358
close to the chest, okay?
796
00:34:21,399 --> 00:34:22,442
Even in your own house.
797
00:34:25,612 --> 00:34:28,448
Pretend you're in the CIA.
See you on the campaign bus.
798
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,245
[exhales deeply]
799
00:34:34,287 --> 00:34:36,581
[indistinct chatter]
800
00:34:47,676 --> 00:34:49,386
You double-checked
the lotto stats?
801
00:34:49,427 --> 00:34:50,804
Triple-checked.
802
00:34:50,845 --> 00:34:51,805
Let's go.
803
00:34:55,266 --> 00:34:59,521
The CEO of Meyers & Goldstein
hosted two private fundraisers
804
00:34:59,562 --> 00:35:01,606
for Turnbull
at his country house
805
00:35:01,648 --> 00:35:02,649
during the primaries.
806
00:35:02,691 --> 00:35:04,442
It's probably
just a coincidence.
807
00:35:04,484 --> 00:35:07,779
But fishy enough for us
to follow the scent.
808
00:35:07,821 --> 00:35:10,615
Well, there's still something
I can't wrap my head around.
809
00:35:10,657 --> 00:35:12,575
If they really are cooking
the books,
810
00:35:12,617 --> 00:35:14,536
why are they willing to risk
years behind bars?
811
00:35:14,577 --> 00:35:16,955
Government shells out
500 billion a year
812
00:35:16,996 --> 00:35:18,957
in contracts
to the private sector.
813
00:35:18,998 --> 00:35:20,625
Meyers & Goldstein's
bread and butter.
814
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:22,794
Right. So, what now?
815
00:35:22,836 --> 00:35:24,212
NICK:
Well, we get someone
816
00:35:24,254 --> 00:35:27,966
on the inside to help us
find proof and blow the whistle.
817
00:35:28,008 --> 00:35:29,926
ELI:
How do we do that?
818
00:35:29,968 --> 00:35:31,594
NICK:
That's a good question.
819
00:35:33,346 --> 00:35:35,306
I've got a neighbor
who pushes paper
820
00:35:35,348 --> 00:35:36,599
for Meyers & Goldstein.
821
00:35:37,851 --> 00:35:39,728
Got his kid into kindergarten.
822
00:35:39,769 --> 00:35:40,478
[chuckles]
823
00:35:41,021 --> 00:35:43,606
Fuck, I love this town.
824
00:35:44,983 --> 00:35:48,945
I help this poor guy piss away
30K in glorified daycare,
825
00:35:48,987 --> 00:35:50,905
and he owes me a favor.
826
00:35:50,947 --> 00:35:52,323
So, you'll get him
to fish around?
827
00:35:52,365 --> 00:35:53,658
No, no, no, no.
828
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:54,701
He wouldn't do that.
829
00:35:56,369 --> 00:35:58,621
He thinks that Turnbull
is Reagan in pearls.
830
00:35:58,663 --> 00:35:59,581
[chuckles softly]
831
00:35:59,622 --> 00:36:01,332
No.
832
00:36:01,374 --> 00:36:04,586
But I have got you an interview
with his associate in PR.
833
00:36:04,627 --> 00:36:08,590
So, go! Go.
Recruit us a double agent.
834
00:36:08,631 --> 00:36:10,342
Ooh. Where are you going?
835
00:36:10,383 --> 00:36:12,510
I've got my own interview.
836
00:36:12,552 --> 00:36:13,678
ELI:
With who?
837
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,306
At worst,
your generation's Ralph Nader.
838
00:36:16,348 --> 00:36:18,516
At best,
the second coming of Christ.
839
00:36:18,558 --> 00:36:22,395
Although something tells me,
he's somewhere in between.
840
00:36:22,437 --> 00:36:31,404
(***)
841
00:36:40,455 --> 00:36:49,422
(***)
842
00:36:52,676 --> 00:36:54,302
JENNIFER:
We're a perennial benefactor
843
00:36:54,344 --> 00:36:56,721
of the Boys and Girls Club
of DC, and this year,
844
00:36:56,763 --> 00:36:58,640
we've implemented
a company-wide day of service
845
00:36:58,682 --> 00:37:00,058
with Habitat for Humanity.
846
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:01,601
Wow.
847
00:37:01,643 --> 00:37:04,729
It must be so rewarding,
giving inner-city kids
848
00:37:04,771 --> 00:37:05,730
safe places to grow.
849
00:37:05,772 --> 00:37:07,273
Hmm. It really is.
850
00:37:07,315 --> 00:37:07,982
[chuckles]
851
00:37:08,024 --> 00:37:08,942
Is that your little one?
852
00:37:10,068 --> 00:37:11,611
JENNIFER:
Mm!
[chuckles]
853
00:37:11,653 --> 00:37:12,737
That's my Maya.
854
00:37:12,779 --> 00:37:14,989
ELI:
She is really beautiful.
855
00:37:15,031 --> 00:37:16,032
Isn't she? [laughs]
856
00:37:16,074 --> 00:37:17,742
Look at those cheeks!
857
00:37:17,784 --> 00:37:19,452
You're so sweet.
Do you have kids?
858
00:37:19,494 --> 00:37:20,495
Maybe one day.
859
00:37:20,537 --> 00:37:22,956
But for now, this is my baby.
860
00:37:24,374 --> 00:37:25,709
So, Ms. Cooke--
861
00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:27,502
Oh, please call me, "Jennifer".
862
00:37:28,628 --> 00:37:30,296
Jennifer.
863
00:37:30,338 --> 00:37:32,757
How do your company's
charitable donations compare
864
00:37:32,799 --> 00:37:34,634
to its political donations?
865
00:37:36,511 --> 00:37:38,388
I knew you'd throw
a hard ball sooner or later.
866
00:37:38,430 --> 00:37:39,472
[chuckles]
867
00:37:39,514 --> 00:37:41,766
But I'm not privy
to that information.
868
00:37:41,808 --> 00:37:43,643
If you'd like to chat
about our sustainability--
869
00:37:43,685 --> 00:37:46,896
What is your opinion
on Senator Patricia Turnbull?
870
00:37:46,938 --> 00:37:48,440
You mean personally?
871
00:37:48,481 --> 00:37:50,316
I, uh... [chuckles nervously]
872
00:37:50,358 --> 00:37:51,609
-What does this have to do--
-Some people think
873
00:37:51,651 --> 00:37:53,319
she would set the country
back 50 years.
874
00:37:55,321 --> 00:37:56,865
Listen. Between you and me,
I think she'd set
875
00:37:56,906 --> 00:37:58,908
the country back 100 years.
876
00:37:58,950 --> 00:38:01,369
But I don't understand
why you wanna talk to me--
877
00:38:01,411 --> 00:38:02,454
ELI:
Meyers & Goldstein
878
00:38:02,495 --> 00:38:04,581
handles the books
for SuperMillions
879
00:38:04,622 --> 00:38:08,585
and for Turnbull's Super PAC,
UpRight.
880
00:38:08,626 --> 00:38:09,627
Isn't that correct?
881
00:38:10,837 --> 00:38:12,922
I'm sorry. I can't discuss--
882
00:38:12,964 --> 00:38:15,133
Who handles those accounts?
883
00:38:15,175 --> 00:38:17,469
-I'm not authorized--
-Does the same executive
cover both?
884
00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:18,845
Okay. I think
I'm gonna have to ask you
885
00:38:18,887 --> 00:38:20,388
-to leave--
-Please. Jennifer.
886
00:38:20,430 --> 00:38:21,598
If you don't tell me
what this is about--
887
00:38:21,639 --> 00:38:23,141
I, too, think Patricia Turnbull
888
00:38:23,183 --> 00:38:26,478
is on the wrong side of
history,
and potentially, the law.
889
00:38:27,979 --> 00:38:29,689
I think
you're gonna wanna see this.
890
00:38:33,693 --> 00:38:37,447
[pants]
891
00:38:37,489 --> 00:38:38,990
Planning for a comeback?
892
00:38:39,032 --> 00:38:41,034
NATE:
Running for president
893
00:38:41,076 --> 00:38:43,453
is more grueling
than decathlon.
894
00:38:43,495 --> 00:38:45,455
[grunts]
895
00:38:45,497 --> 00:38:48,917
I'm surprised
you didn't cancel our interview.
896
00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:50,835
Why? 'Cause your team
did a better job than mine?
897
00:38:50,877 --> 00:38:52,087
Hmm.
898
00:38:53,630 --> 00:38:55,465
My day maybe a bit more hectic
thanks to the Chronicle,
899
00:38:55,507 --> 00:38:57,425
but I always keep
my commitments.
900
00:38:57,467 --> 00:38:58,385
NICK:
All right.
901
00:38:59,469 --> 00:39:00,553
First question.
902
00:39:02,389 --> 00:39:03,556
Why?
903
00:39:03,598 --> 00:39:04,849
Why? [chuckles]
904
00:39:04,891 --> 00:39:06,017
NICK:
Yeah. I mean, you could earn
millions,
905
00:39:06,059 --> 00:39:07,936
slapping your face
on that protein shake,
906
00:39:07,977 --> 00:39:09,854
and spending your time
golfing and fishing.
907
00:39:09,896 --> 00:39:11,189
You know, not a bad life.
908
00:39:11,231 --> 00:39:13,525
So, again, I ask you, why?
909
00:39:15,151 --> 00:39:16,111
Because I suck at golf.
910
00:39:16,152 --> 00:39:18,029
[chuckles]
911
00:39:18,071 --> 00:39:19,072
NICK:
We've seen what happens
912
00:39:19,864 --> 00:39:21,074
when a narcissist
with no experience
913
00:39:22,033 --> 00:39:23,660
turns delusions of grandeur
into reality.
914
00:39:23,702 --> 00:39:26,538
So, you tell me
why this isn't anything
915
00:39:26,579 --> 00:39:27,789
more than a vanity run?
916
00:39:27,831 --> 00:39:29,541
Look, I think it's only fair
917
00:39:29,582 --> 00:39:30,834
you give me an honest
evaluation
before you diagnose me,
918
00:39:30,875 --> 00:39:32,419
Mr. Booker.
919
00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:33,670
I'm not just coming
from the locker room
920
00:39:33,712 --> 00:39:35,046
to the debate stage.
921
00:39:35,088 --> 00:39:35,922
I went to Yale.
922
00:39:36,631 --> 00:39:37,424
NICK:
Oh, yeah. Law school.
923
00:39:38,299 --> 00:39:38,800
And your foundation's done
a lot of good,
924
00:39:39,634 --> 00:39:40,969
but you're up against
two candidates
925
00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,887
with damn near
a century's experience
926
00:39:42,929 --> 00:39:43,930
between them.
927
00:39:44,723 --> 00:39:45,849
How's that worked out for us,
huh?
928
00:39:46,766 --> 00:39:48,435
You checked your
retirement portfolio lately?
929
00:39:48,476 --> 00:39:49,686
Have you been
to any of these towns
930
00:39:49,728 --> 00:39:51,896
destroyed by flash floods
or forest fires?
931
00:39:51,938 --> 00:39:54,733
You checked the numbers
on drug overdoses or suicides?
932
00:39:54,774 --> 00:39:56,985
Shit! Life expectancy's gone
down for the first time
933
00:39:57,027 --> 00:39:57,944
in decades.
934
00:40:00,155 --> 00:40:02,615
People are desperate out there.
935
00:40:02,657 --> 00:40:03,950
They want somebody
to do something about it.
936
00:40:03,992 --> 00:40:05,702
Somebody to invest
in our future,
937
00:40:05,744 --> 00:40:08,121
not for the next four years,
but for the next 40 years.
938
00:40:12,876 --> 00:40:14,669
What, do I have something
in my teeth?
939
00:40:14,711 --> 00:40:16,254
NICK:
No.
940
00:40:16,296 --> 00:40:18,631
I'm just trying to figure out if
you're for real or full of shit.
941
00:40:18,673 --> 00:40:19,591
That is for you to decide.
942
00:40:20,759 --> 00:40:22,260
I assure you,
my work was very real
943
00:40:22,302 --> 00:40:24,471
to tens of thousands
of grieving families.
944
00:40:24,512 --> 00:40:26,681
Well, you surely made
some very powerful enemies.
945
00:40:26,723 --> 00:40:28,475
NATE:
Who? Big drug companies?
946
00:40:28,516 --> 00:40:29,976
They were selling
bold-faced lies.
947
00:40:30,018 --> 00:40:32,937
Claiming oxy wasn't addictive.
Let me ask you a question.
948
00:40:32,979 --> 00:40:34,981
How much do you think the NRA
spend on lobbying every year?
949
00:40:35,023 --> 00:40:36,107
Two, three million?
950
00:40:36,149 --> 00:40:37,317
NATE:
Correct.
951
00:40:37,359 --> 00:40:38,818
What do you think big pharma
spent last year?
952
00:40:40,528 --> 00:40:42,238
300 million.
953
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,616
-They say they got nothing
to hide?
-[Nick chuckles]
954
00:40:44,657 --> 00:40:47,535
And that's why my heart
medicine
costs more than my alimony.
955
00:40:47,577 --> 00:40:49,204
-[Nate chuckles]
-We're gonna do something
about that, too.
956
00:40:49,245 --> 00:40:50,246
Oh, my ex-wife?
957
00:40:50,288 --> 00:40:51,164
Please, please do.
958
00:40:51,206 --> 00:40:52,832
[chuckles]
959
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,130
Look me in the eye.
960
00:40:59,172 --> 00:41:00,924
And tell me why you think
you can win.
961
00:41:02,842 --> 00:41:04,636
'Cause I'll tell you
what Vegas thinks.
962
00:41:05,804 --> 00:41:07,806
You don't stand a chance.
Then what?
963
00:41:07,847 --> 00:41:10,058
You peel off enough votes
from the president
964
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:13,520
to hand Turnbull the election
on a silver platter.
965
00:41:14,938 --> 00:41:15,939
I don't play for silver.
966
00:41:20,193 --> 00:41:21,736
ELI:
If you are able
967
00:41:21,778 --> 00:41:23,822
to get me any information
at all,
968
00:41:23,863 --> 00:41:26,116
emails, financials,
expense reports, don't--
969
00:41:26,157 --> 00:41:28,576
Okay, listen. I'm gonna stop you
right there.
970
00:41:28,618 --> 00:41:29,744
There has to be another way
for you
971
00:41:29,786 --> 00:41:30,704
to get
the information you need.
972
00:41:30,745 --> 00:41:31,996
And what if I can't?
973
00:41:32,038 --> 00:41:33,289
Then what?
974
00:41:33,331 --> 00:41:35,250
Do we just let them get away
with it?
975
00:41:35,291 --> 00:41:37,001
Your bosses could be committing
a crime
976
00:41:37,043 --> 00:41:39,003
that has devastating
ripple effects,
977
00:41:39,045 --> 00:41:42,090
and it would be a crime
with no consequence,
978
00:41:42,132 --> 00:41:44,050
no punishment,
no accountability.
979
00:41:45,635 --> 00:41:47,345
But that's just the way
the world works I guess. Right?
980
00:41:47,387 --> 00:41:48,930
Nothing we can do about it.
981
00:41:48,972 --> 00:41:51,182
Pardon me, but fuck that.
982
00:41:51,224 --> 00:41:52,726
This time, we can.
983
00:41:54,227 --> 00:41:56,604
I'm sorry.
984
00:41:56,646 --> 00:41:57,856
I have my daughter
to think about.
985
00:42:02,652 --> 00:42:03,611
Of course.
986
00:42:15,749 --> 00:42:19,002
I hear there's a real bad cold
going around.
987
00:42:19,044 --> 00:42:21,087
If you have to cough, it's
okay.
I'll understand.
988
00:42:24,174 --> 00:42:27,844
Robert Friedman,
Rebecca Carter...
989
00:42:29,721 --> 00:42:32,682
Ben Florence, Amy Parker...
990
00:42:34,267 --> 00:42:35,226
Spencer Erickson.
991
00:42:35,268 --> 00:42:36,186
[Jennifer coughs]
992
00:42:39,022 --> 00:42:39,939
You need to leave.
993
00:42:41,775 --> 00:42:44,027
Please. Don't contact me again.
994
00:42:47,072 --> 00:42:48,073
Thank you.
995
00:42:48,114 --> 00:42:52,035
(***)
996
00:42:56,289 --> 00:42:57,290
[sighs]
997
00:42:59,417 --> 00:43:01,294
[indistinct chatter]
998
00:43:12,055 --> 00:43:13,348
SPENCER:
I spoke with Tom this morning.
999
00:43:14,432 --> 00:43:16,101
That's right.
1000
00:43:16,142 --> 00:43:18,269
Okay, I'll talk to Dean,
and have him CC you
1001
00:43:18,311 --> 00:43:20,814
on the latest approval,
so we're all on the same page.
1002
00:43:20,855 --> 00:43:29,823
(***)
1003
00:43:38,873 --> 00:43:47,841
(***)
1004
00:43:56,099 --> 00:43:57,058
[indistinct chatter]
1005
00:44:01,104 --> 00:44:02,272
NICK:
You're kidding me.
1006
00:44:03,356 --> 00:44:04,399
Yeah. Gordon didn't have
the decency to do it himself.
1007
00:44:06,276 --> 00:44:07,861
Son of a bitch.
1008
00:44:07,902 --> 00:44:11,865
(***)
1009
00:44:12,949 --> 00:44:14,325
You cut our three best
1010
00:44:14,367 --> 00:44:16,161
investigative reporters
and leave
1011
00:44:16,202 --> 00:44:18,413
the whole damn sports page
intact?
1012
00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:19,706
Relax, Nick.
1013
00:44:20,665 --> 00:44:22,000
Nothing I can do.
This came down from above.
1014
00:44:22,042 --> 00:44:23,877
Oh, yeah.
Like the Ten Commandments.
1015
00:44:23,918 --> 00:44:25,712
And you sure as fuck
didn't follow any of those.
1016
00:44:25,754 --> 00:44:27,172
Look, we're bleeding cash.
1017
00:44:27,213 --> 00:44:29,007
And the investigative team
is among
1018
00:44:29,049 --> 00:44:30,717
the highest-salaried employees.
1019
00:44:30,759 --> 00:44:33,011
First, they came
for the journalists.
1020
00:44:33,053 --> 00:44:34,471
We don't know what happened
after that.
1021
00:44:34,512 --> 00:44:36,014
Don't be so goddamn dramatic.
1022
00:44:36,056 --> 00:44:38,475
Well, you're the one
who dropped the fucking curtain!
1023
00:44:38,516 --> 00:44:41,019
Soon, we'll be no better
than the National Enquirer.
1024
00:44:41,061 --> 00:44:42,437
I told you,
1025
00:44:42,479 --> 00:44:43,521
we're gonna have to get down
in the mud with the pigs.
1026
00:44:43,563 --> 00:44:45,148
Times have changed.
1027
00:44:45,190 --> 00:44:46,232
NICK:
Oh, yeah?
1028
00:44:46,274 --> 00:44:47,776
What do you suggest
we do about it?
1029
00:44:47,817 --> 00:44:49,069
I suggest you keep
your head down,
1030
00:44:49,110 --> 00:44:50,528
and let me worry about it.
1031
00:44:50,570 --> 00:44:52,072
This is so weak, Gordon.
1032
00:44:53,865 --> 00:44:55,033
I always knew you were a prick,
1033
00:44:55,075 --> 00:44:56,868
but I never thought
you were a pushover.
1034
00:44:56,910 --> 00:44:59,454
We need to hold
our best reporters tight.
1035
00:45:00,914 --> 00:45:02,916
If there's no one to defend
the truth,
1036
00:45:02,957 --> 00:45:05,210
then we live
in a fact-free world.
1037
00:45:05,251 --> 00:45:07,087
And that's a scary fucking
place
to live.
1038
00:45:08,254 --> 00:45:10,090
What's your column
about this week?
1039
00:45:13,343 --> 00:45:15,053
You've never asked that before.
1040
00:45:15,095 --> 00:45:17,889
Mr. Hampton would strongly
1041
00:45:17,931 --> 00:45:20,100
prefer you stay out
of the New York senate race.
1042
00:45:20,141 --> 00:45:21,393
Oh, well, then you can tell
1043
00:45:21,434 --> 00:45:24,020
Mr. Hampton
that I strongly prefer
1044
00:45:24,062 --> 00:45:25,480
he go fuck himself.
1045
00:45:27,315 --> 00:45:28,274
Yeah.
1046
00:45:37,951 --> 00:45:46,918
(***)
1047
00:45:55,969 --> 00:46:04,936
(***)
1048
00:46:13,987 --> 00:46:22,954
(***)
1049
00:46:32,005 --> 00:46:40,972
(***)
1050
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,226
-MAN: Yeah, I got it.
-SPENCER: All right?
1051
00:46:45,268 --> 00:46:46,978
I wish you'd gotten
that promotion.
1052
00:46:47,020 --> 00:46:48,480
Please get it done, okay?
Thank you.
1053
00:46:48,521 --> 00:46:52,484
(***)
1054
00:46:55,653 --> 00:46:56,905
[Spencer grunts softly]
1055
00:46:56,946 --> 00:47:00,867
(***)
1056
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:10,543
-Hey, hon.
-[woman speaking indistinctly]
1057
00:47:10,585 --> 00:47:12,629
SPENCER:
I'm at the office late tonight.
1058
00:47:12,670 --> 00:47:14,631
[woman speaking indistinctly]
1059
00:47:14,673 --> 00:47:17,175
Okay. Okay. I'll pick him up.
1060
00:47:17,217 --> 00:47:19,969
But I'm gonna drop him home
and head right back in.
1061
00:47:20,011 --> 00:47:23,098
-[woman speaking indistinctly]
-SPENCER: Yeah, it's killing me.
1062
00:47:23,139 --> 00:47:24,516
-WOMAN 1 (OVER CELLPHONE): Love
you.
-SPENCER: Love you, too.
1063
00:47:24,557 --> 00:47:33,525
(***)
1064
00:47:37,404 --> 00:47:39,030
CORRESPONDENT 5 (ON TV):
Senator Patricia Turnbull
1065
00:47:39,072 --> 00:47:41,366
has altered
her campaign schedule,
1066
00:47:41,408 --> 00:47:43,910
adding a stop in Ohio
next Sunday in what appears...
1067
00:47:43,952 --> 00:47:44,911
Yeah.
1068
00:47:48,415 --> 00:47:49,416
ELI:
There's your haystack.
1069
00:47:51,543 --> 00:47:52,919
Holy shit!
1070
00:47:54,421 --> 00:47:55,338
Who's your source?
1071
00:47:56,673 --> 00:47:58,425
That's confidential.
1072
00:47:58,466 --> 00:48:00,260
Is it the PR associate?
1073
00:48:01,970 --> 00:48:03,179
I got you the damn interview.
1074
00:48:04,264 --> 00:48:06,182
What's your angle?
1075
00:48:06,224 --> 00:48:07,017
You want top byline?
1076
00:48:07,058 --> 00:48:08,935
No. I just-- I don't think--
1077
00:48:08,977 --> 00:48:11,438
Who is the goddamn
whistleblower?
1078
00:48:16,276 --> 00:48:17,235
You stole it?
1079
00:48:17,277 --> 00:48:18,194
It's everything we need.
1080
00:48:24,034 --> 00:48:26,703
They don't give Pulitzers
to fucking shoplifters.
1081
00:48:26,745 --> 00:48:28,496
I hit a dead-end.
1082
00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:30,248
And so, I made a judgment call.
1083
00:48:30,290 --> 00:48:32,250
Something this big,
the ends justify the means.
1084
00:48:32,292 --> 00:48:35,128
The ends? For who?
1085
00:48:35,170 --> 00:48:37,964
-For you!
-No! The American people!
1086
00:48:38,006 --> 00:48:39,424
NICK:
Bullshit!
1087
00:48:39,466 --> 00:48:41,092
I should have you fired.
1088
00:48:41,134 --> 00:48:42,594
ELI:
You're the one
who should be fired.
1089
00:48:42,635 --> 00:48:44,179
You are phoning it in
right in the middle
1090
00:48:44,220 --> 00:48:45,347
of one of the most crucial
elections
1091
00:48:45,388 --> 00:48:47,057
of both of our lifetimes.
1092
00:48:47,098 --> 00:48:48,266
Where is the integrity in that?
1093
00:48:48,308 --> 00:48:50,101
Have fun
back at the kids' table,
1094
00:48:50,143 --> 00:48:52,729
scooping up
Kevin Conrad's scraps!
1095
00:48:52,771 --> 00:48:55,774
Please! Somewhere in that pile
is the story of a lifetime.
1096
00:48:55,815 --> 00:48:57,734
I have no desire to commit
1097
00:48:57,776 --> 00:49:00,445
career suicide just before
the Lifetime Achievements
1098
00:49:00,487 --> 00:49:02,405
start rolling in
on the back of my pension.
1099
00:49:03,573 --> 00:49:05,992
Literal suicide
is a different question.
1100
00:49:06,034 --> 00:49:09,454
But you're not my therapist.
Now, get out of my office!
1101
00:49:09,496 --> 00:49:10,789
We're done!
1102
00:49:10,830 --> 00:49:13,583
-[indistinct chatter]
-[breathes shakily]
1103
00:49:13,625 --> 00:49:22,550
(***)
1104
00:49:31,643 --> 00:49:40,568
(***)
1105
00:49:42,696 --> 00:49:43,780
CORRESPONDENT 6 (ON TV):
Senator Turnbull leads
1106
00:49:44,823 --> 00:49:46,199
all candidates
in total campaign spend,
1107
00:49:47,492 --> 00:49:48,827
having raised more cash
than both Sterling and Archer
1108
00:49:48,868 --> 00:49:50,078
for the third month in a row.
1109
00:49:51,162 --> 00:49:51,204
CORRESPONDENT 7 (ON TV):
In a surprise to many,
1110
00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:54,124
Nate Sterling has gained steam
heading into July.
1111
00:49:55,458 --> 00:49:57,419
He now sits just six points
back from President Archer
1112
00:49:57,460 --> 00:49:59,337
and eight points back from...
1113
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:01,423
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Eli, something special
is happening here.
1114
00:50:02,507 --> 00:50:02,549
The stump speeches
are starting to feel
1115
00:50:03,258 --> 00:50:04,676
like rock concerts.
1116
00:50:04,718 --> 00:50:06,386
I wish you were here to see it.
1117
00:50:08,096 --> 00:50:11,349
CORRESPONDENT 8 (ON TV):
Some school districts are moving
to a four-day school week.
1118
00:50:11,391 --> 00:50:12,851
School boards
and superintendents
1119
00:50:12,892 --> 00:50:15,353
across the nation blame
the recession,
1120
00:50:15,395 --> 00:50:18,606
which has caused local tax
revenues to fall off the cliff.
1121
00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:21,401
Teachers have have taken
to GoFundMe campaigns
1122
00:50:21,443 --> 00:50:24,404
just to acquire the bare minimum
of school supplies.
1123
00:50:26,614 --> 00:50:28,825
WOMAN 2:
So the truth is I just
didn't think it was worth it.
1124
00:50:28,867 --> 00:50:30,160
-SPENCER: Yeah.
-WOMAN 2: Yeah.
1125
00:50:30,201 --> 00:50:32,078
[indistinct speech]
1126
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,622
-Take it easy.
-WOMAN 1: Take care.
1127
00:50:34,664 --> 00:50:36,583
I'm headed to dinner
with Harvey Altman.
1128
00:50:37,709 --> 00:50:38,626
How do I look?
1129
00:50:40,336 --> 00:50:41,379
Like a man in a tie.
1130
00:50:41,421 --> 00:50:42,797
[chuckles]
1131
00:50:44,049 --> 00:50:45,717
It wouldn't hurt to give a guy
a compliment once in a while.
1132
00:50:45,759 --> 00:50:47,510
Uh, about this email
1133
00:50:47,552 --> 00:50:49,596
encouraging us to donate
to UpRight Super PAC...
1134
00:50:49,637 --> 00:50:51,723
Yeah.
I already gave 'em five grand.
1135
00:50:51,765 --> 00:50:53,808
I don't exactly feel
comfortable.
1136
00:50:53,850 --> 00:50:55,685
Don't be cheap.
Just throw 'em a few bucks.
1137
00:50:55,727 --> 00:50:57,437
Keep the boss happy.
1138
00:50:57,479 --> 00:50:58,438
And if I don't?
1139
00:50:59,898 --> 00:51:02,400
You never talked back
when you were my assistant.
1140
00:51:02,442 --> 00:51:03,526
I kinda like it.
1141
00:51:05,487 --> 00:51:08,490
[breathes deeply]
1142
00:51:13,495 --> 00:51:22,462
(***)
1143
00:51:31,513 --> 00:51:35,475
(***)
1144
00:51:40,814 --> 00:51:43,233
[indistinct chatter]
1145
00:51:43,274 --> 00:51:52,242
(***)
1146
00:52:01,292 --> 00:52:10,260
(***)
1147
00:52:19,310 --> 00:52:28,278
(***)
1148
00:52:37,328 --> 00:52:46,296
(***)
1149
00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:51,676
Oh, God.
1150
00:52:51,718 --> 00:52:56,348
(***)
1151
00:52:56,389 --> 00:52:57,349
Hello?
1152
00:52:57,390 --> 00:53:01,353
(***)
1153
00:53:02,896 --> 00:53:03,897
How long have you known?
1154
00:53:05,940 --> 00:53:07,484
Six months.
1155
00:53:07,525 --> 00:53:09,361
Why didn't you tell me?
1156
00:53:09,402 --> 00:53:11,529
You had enough to worry about.
1157
00:53:11,571 --> 00:53:14,824
And Penny
was going back overseas.
1158
00:53:14,866 --> 00:53:16,326
How bad is it?
1159
00:53:16,368 --> 00:53:17,786
That's why I called.
1160
00:53:18,995 --> 00:53:21,581
I met with the oncologist
this morning, and...
1161
00:53:23,875 --> 00:53:24,834
well...
1162
00:53:29,756 --> 00:53:31,591
HAL:
Go ahead, Eli.
1163
00:53:32,634 --> 00:53:33,635
You can say it.
1164
00:53:34,469 --> 00:53:35,845
I mean,
I should've quit years ago.
1165
00:53:39,265 --> 00:53:41,893
We'll find the best doctors.
We-- we--
1166
00:53:41,935 --> 00:53:43,728
I'm on top of it.
[chuckles]
1167
00:53:43,770 --> 00:53:44,979
You don't need to worry.
1168
00:53:45,021 --> 00:53:46,523
Don't worry?
1169
00:53:46,564 --> 00:53:48,358
-Dad, we need to act fast--
-HAL: Elisha.
1170
00:53:49,567 --> 00:53:50,694
I said I'm handling it.
1171
00:53:56,574 --> 00:53:59,327
You need to focus on your work.
1172
00:53:59,369 --> 00:54:03,331
You know, I was thinking
why don't you pitch
1173
00:54:03,373 --> 00:54:05,959
-Nicholas Booker about a column?
-Dad! Dad! Mom!
1174
00:54:08,378 --> 00:54:11,423
Look. I've been talking
about cancer all day.
1175
00:54:11,464 --> 00:54:13,425
-LYNN: Hal.
-I'm sick of it.
1176
00:54:29,983 --> 00:54:32,444
Nick and I are working
on something really big, dad.
1177
00:54:34,821 --> 00:54:35,780
That's good.
1178
00:54:35,822 --> 00:54:36,781
ELI:
Yeah.
1179
00:54:36,823 --> 00:54:40,785
(***)
1180
00:54:42,829 --> 00:54:44,873
[sobs, sniffles]
1181
00:54:48,668 --> 00:54:49,711
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Hey, babe.
1182
00:54:50,837 --> 00:54:50,879
My plane's about to take off.
What's up?
1183
00:54:54,507 --> 00:54:55,675
Eli, can-- can you hear me?
1184
00:54:57,510 --> 00:54:58,970
[stewardess speaking
indistinctly]
1185
00:54:59,012 --> 00:54:59,888
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Oh, shit.
1186
00:55:01,473 --> 00:55:03,975
Eli? Is everything all right?
1187
00:55:04,017 --> 00:55:04,976
It's my dad.
1188
00:55:06,519 --> 00:55:08,355
He's sick.
1189
00:55:08,396 --> 00:55:10,648
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Sick? How sick?
1190
00:55:11,358 --> 00:55:12,067
STEWARDESS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Sir.
1191
00:55:12,984 --> 00:55:13,651
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Oh, shit.
1192
00:55:14,903 --> 00:55:14,986
Listen. I'm gonna catch
the first flight back, okay?
1193
00:55:15,612 --> 00:55:15,653
No! No, no, no, no.
1194
00:55:17,030 --> 00:55:19,741
We're taking care of it.
You're where you need to be.
1195
00:55:21,034 --> 00:55:21,910
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Okay.
1196
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:24,037
I love you.
1197
00:55:25,497 --> 00:55:27,123
I love you, too, babe.
1198
00:55:28,625 --> 00:55:28,708
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Eli, I'm gonna lose you
until we land.
1199
00:55:29,876 --> 00:55:29,918
I'm calling you back
as soon as I can.
1200
00:55:30,293 --> 00:55:33,797
[sobs]
1201
00:55:33,838 --> 00:55:42,764
(***)
1202
00:55:58,154 --> 00:55:59,781
Who's your source?
1203
00:55:59,823 --> 00:56:01,449
Jennifer Cooke in PR.
1204
00:56:03,159 --> 00:56:04,411
Let's get to work.
1205
00:56:04,452 --> 00:56:08,415
(***)
1206
00:56:12,711 --> 00:56:15,839
CORRESPONDENT 9 (ON TV):
As summer fades to fall,
the race has never been tighter.
1207
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,007
CORRESPONDENT 10 (ON TV):
I mean, the man's trying
1208
00:56:18,174 --> 00:56:19,426
to do something
that's never been done before.
1209
00:56:20,635 --> 00:56:20,969
And I'm just not convinced
that he can pull it off.
1210
00:56:21,928 --> 00:56:22,012
CORRESPONDENT 11 (ON TV):
Whoa! Hold on.
1211
00:56:23,179 --> 00:56:24,597
He sold out the big house
in Michigan.
1212
00:56:25,598 --> 00:56:28,143
That's a 110,000
for a political rally.
1213
00:56:28,184 --> 00:56:29,894
I've never seen anything
like it.
1214
00:56:29,936 --> 00:56:31,604
CORRESPONDENT 12 (ON TV):
Okay. I mean, it is impressive.
1215
00:56:31,646 --> 00:56:33,148
But it's not like
Senator Turnbull's just
1216
00:56:33,189 --> 00:56:34,107
gonna roll over.
1217
00:56:35,108 --> 00:56:36,443
She's had the lead
since day one.
1218
00:56:37,527 --> 00:56:37,610
REPORTER (ON TV):
Who do you plan to vote for?
1219
00:56:38,653 --> 00:56:39,487
YOUNG VOTER (ON TV):
Nate Sterling.
1220
00:56:40,947 --> 00:56:41,656
REPORTER (ON TV):
Do you usually vote Democrat
or Republican?
1221
00:56:42,699 --> 00:56:42,782
YOUNG VOTER (ON TV):
I've never voted before.
1222
00:56:43,825 --> 00:56:43,867
And this is my first time
voting.
1223
00:56:44,409 --> 00:56:47,996
(***)
1224
00:56:50,165 --> 00:56:51,791
[sighs]
1225
00:57:20,820 --> 00:57:21,988
Nick.
1226
00:57:22,030 --> 00:57:22,989
Huh?
1227
00:57:24,157 --> 00:57:24,949
ELI:
Does it make any sense
1228
00:57:25,658 --> 00:57:26,993
for the director
of SuperMillions
1229
00:57:27,952 --> 00:57:29,537
to send an expense report
for a holiday party
1230
00:57:29,579 --> 00:57:32,540
to a partner
at Meyers & Goldstein?
1231
00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:34,542
No.
1232
00:57:34,584 --> 00:57:37,504
An assistant would perform
those menial tasks. Why?
1233
00:57:55,188 --> 00:57:56,690
I think these invoices
are fakes.
1234
00:57:58,733 --> 00:58:01,236
They each contain
a four, an eight, or both.
1235
00:58:01,277 --> 00:58:02,028
That's the tell.
1236
00:58:02,570 --> 00:58:03,988
Well, it's human nature
1237
00:58:04,030 --> 00:58:05,990
to prefer some numbers
over others.
1238
00:58:06,032 --> 00:58:08,702
This is how companies spot
expense-account fraud.
1239
00:58:08,743 --> 00:58:11,746
I mean, I'm willing to bet
that the Memorial Day retreat
1240
00:58:11,788 --> 00:58:12,706
didn't even happen.
1241
00:58:12,747 --> 00:58:13,873
NICK:
Well, any real invoices
1242
00:58:13,915 --> 00:58:15,166
from Patriot Catering
1243
00:58:15,208 --> 00:58:17,794
sure didn't pass
through these execs.
1244
00:58:21,256 --> 00:58:25,218
ELI:
174684.
1245
00:58:28,221 --> 00:58:37,147
(***)
1246
00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:44,863
The average SuperMillions
jackpot is $20 million.
1247
00:58:44,904 --> 00:58:48,033
In recessions, jackpots
increase by approximately
1248
00:58:48,074 --> 00:58:49,868
eight percent.
1249
00:58:49,909 --> 00:58:52,078
So, that means
that the average jackpot
1250
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,122
-should be...
-21.6 million.
1251
00:58:55,373 --> 00:58:58,168
Correct. 21.6 million.
1252
00:58:58,209 --> 00:59:02,714
But it's holding steady
at 19 million.
1253
00:59:02,756 --> 00:59:05,717
Well, that's a gap
of 2.6 million per drawing.
1254
00:59:09,679 --> 00:59:12,098
ELI:
Right. The first
Patriot trading invoice
1255
00:59:12,140 --> 00:59:16,061
goes back to 34 weeks ago.
1256
00:59:17,729 --> 00:59:19,397
Two drawings a week. That's...
1257
00:59:19,439 --> 00:59:20,357
ELI:
That is...
1258
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:24,319
God.
1259
00:59:27,614 --> 00:59:30,367
-Pretty damn close to bulls-eye.
-Holy fuck.
1260
00:59:31,701 --> 00:59:34,954
For every $1,000 embezzled
1261
00:59:34,996 --> 00:59:36,081
from the SuperMillions lottery
1262
00:59:36,998 --> 00:59:38,375
and transferred to UpRight,
the invoice...
1263
00:59:38,416 --> 00:59:40,043
Show a buck.
1264
00:59:40,085 --> 00:59:40,960
Yeah.
1265
00:59:41,002 --> 00:59:42,921
That's their fucking code.
1266
00:59:44,798 --> 00:59:45,340
[sighs]
1267
00:59:45,382 --> 00:59:46,424
ELI:
Erickson.
1268
00:59:46,466 --> 00:59:49,761
Erickson fudges the books, okay?
1269
00:59:49,803 --> 00:59:52,722
The money moves
in the dark of night.
1270
00:59:52,764 --> 00:59:56,976
The-- the-- the-- the invoices
track the spoils,
1271
00:59:57,018 --> 01:00:00,271
letting them communicate
without having to type fraud
1272
01:00:00,313 --> 01:00:01,690
in the subject line.
1273
01:00:01,731 --> 01:00:02,774
[Nick chuckles]
1274
01:00:02,816 --> 01:00:04,234
A barn full of haystacks.
1275
01:00:05,735 --> 01:00:08,363
And you found
the fucking needle.
1276
01:00:08,405 --> 01:00:09,698
[chuckles softly]
1277
01:00:09,739 --> 01:00:10,281
[indistinct chatter]
1278
01:00:10,865 --> 01:00:11,157
COLLEGE KID:
Thank you.
1279
01:00:11,574 --> 01:00:20,166
(***)
1280
01:00:23,837 --> 01:00:26,297
Hey, can I bum a cigarette?
1281
01:00:26,339 --> 01:00:27,298
COLLEGE KID:
Oh, yeah.
1282
01:00:30,343 --> 01:00:31,302
ELI:
Thanks.
1283
01:00:31,344 --> 01:00:33,096
Oh, so, you're the caterer.
1284
01:00:33,138 --> 01:00:34,806
-COLLEGE KID: Yeah.
-Excellent job inside.
1285
01:00:34,848 --> 01:00:36,725
Those deviled eggs
look delicious.
1286
01:00:36,766 --> 01:00:37,851
COLLEGE KID:
Thanks.
1287
01:00:38,727 --> 01:00:38,810
I wish I could tell you
that I made them,
1288
01:00:39,894 --> 01:00:41,021
but I just load 'em in
and hand 'em out.
1289
01:00:41,062 --> 01:00:42,480
[exhales]
1290
01:00:42,522 --> 01:00:44,733
"Patriot Catering." [chuckles]
1291
01:00:44,774 --> 01:00:46,860
-COLLEGE KID: That's us.
-Haven't seen you guys before.
1292
01:00:46,901 --> 01:00:47,944
Have you been in business
for a long time?
1293
01:00:47,986 --> 01:00:50,155
Uh, coming up to a year.
1294
01:00:50,196 --> 01:00:52,198
-ELI: Wow. Really new.
-Mm-hmm.
1295
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:53,992
-ELI: Family-owned?
-Nope.
1296
01:00:54,034 --> 01:00:55,910
This dude named Dean owns it.
1297
01:00:55,952 --> 01:00:57,996
Wait. Not Dean Bender.
1298
01:00:58,038 --> 01:01:00,749
No. Dean Clifton.
1299
01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:03,084
Oh, gotcha. Clifton.
1300
01:01:03,126 --> 01:01:04,252
Yeah.
1301
01:01:04,294 --> 01:01:06,087
So, you got a lot of events
coming up?
1302
01:01:06,129 --> 01:01:08,757
-Rubbing elbows with D.C.
big wigs?
-[college kid chuckles]
1303
01:01:08,798 --> 01:01:10,175
COLLEGE KID:
We got some big ones coming up.
1304
01:01:11,384 --> 01:01:12,635
But honestly, they're, like,
all the same to me, you know?
1305
01:01:12,677 --> 01:01:15,889
Same bacon-wrapped scallops.
Same penguin suit.
1306
01:01:15,930 --> 01:01:17,807
Same rich folks
boring up the place.
1307
01:01:17,849 --> 01:01:20,518
[chuckles]
1308
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:22,103
You got a card?
1309
01:01:22,145 --> 01:01:23,855
COLLEGE KID:
Oh, yeah.
1310
01:01:23,897 --> 01:01:26,858
Just you know, somewhere here.
1311
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:29,069
Here.
Uh, the menu's in that link.
1312
01:01:30,445 --> 01:01:32,781
So, if you ever throw a bash,
you know, we're around.
1313
01:01:33,531 --> 01:01:35,075
Cool. Thanks.
1314
01:01:35,116 --> 01:01:36,284
-Yeah.
-And thanks.
1315
01:01:36,326 --> 01:01:38,244
-Yeah. Have a good one.
-You, too.
1316
01:01:42,332 --> 01:01:43,958
MODERATOR:
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
1317
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,127
We need to move on,
and I wanna give
1318
01:01:46,169 --> 01:01:49,422
Mr. Sterling a chance to
respond
before closing statements.
1319
01:01:49,464 --> 01:01:51,007
Let's face it.
1320
01:01:51,049 --> 01:01:52,884
Washington's got one foot
so far left
1321
01:01:52,926 --> 01:01:56,221
and the other so far right,
that it can't stand up straight.
1322
01:01:56,262 --> 01:01:58,473
Congress is doing a split
in the quicksand,
1323
01:01:58,515 --> 01:01:59,974
and I'm the only guy
that can pull us out
1324
01:02:00,016 --> 01:02:01,142
of this partisan quagmire.
1325
01:02:01,184 --> 01:02:04,062
Why?
Because I'm free.
1326
01:02:04,104 --> 01:02:06,940
Free of special interests.
Free of party-power brokers.
1327
01:02:06,981 --> 01:02:09,401
And I'm free to explore
the best ideas
1328
01:02:09,442 --> 01:02:11,152
from both sides of the aisle.
1329
01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:13,029
Because I don't sit
on either one.
1330
01:02:13,071 --> 01:02:14,114
I stand proudly in the middle.
1331
01:02:17,075 --> 01:02:18,243
Credentials to the debate?
1332
01:02:20,954 --> 01:02:21,871
TURNBULL (ON TV):
Sure.
1333
01:02:23,123 --> 01:02:24,958
What's it being Booker's
lapdog,
eh?
1334
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:28,420
[barks]
1335
01:02:28,461 --> 01:02:30,046
TURNBULL:
But what you don't seem
to understand, sir,
1336
01:02:30,088 --> 01:02:31,840
we're talking about decisions
1337
01:02:31,881 --> 01:02:34,009
that can mean the difference
between life and death.
1338
01:02:34,050 --> 01:02:35,927
-The wisdom...
-Tell me the truth, though.
1339
01:02:35,969 --> 01:02:39,180
Has, um...
has the old man lost a step?
1340
01:02:41,057 --> 01:02:42,976
You know, just putting
so much time
1341
01:02:43,018 --> 01:02:45,520
into a cub with a rap sheet.
1342
01:02:47,188 --> 01:02:49,566
If I were you, I would just
keep
asking myself why?
1343
01:02:50,942 --> 01:02:53,111
I'm trying to watch the debate.
1344
01:02:53,153 --> 01:02:55,280
Take it easy, Patricia.
1345
01:02:55,321 --> 01:02:57,449
Mr. Sterling represented
our country proudly.
1346
01:02:57,490 --> 01:02:58,867
TURNBULL:
Oh, oh, oh.
1347
01:02:58,908 --> 01:03:00,577
I beg your pardon,
Mr. President.
1348
01:03:00,618 --> 01:03:03,079
The only reason you're giving
his lack of experience
1349
01:03:03,121 --> 01:03:05,915
a hall pass is because you see
in the polls
1350
01:03:05,957 --> 01:03:08,877
that he's gonna steal more
votes
from me than he is from you
1351
01:03:08,918 --> 01:03:10,879
in key battleground states.
1352
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:14,841
But this election
is about so much more
1353
01:03:14,883 --> 01:03:15,842
than politics.
1354
01:03:17,093 --> 01:03:19,304
And I'm not even talking
about what it'll mean
1355
01:03:19,346 --> 01:03:23,183
to millions of little girls
to see a woman take
1356
01:03:23,224 --> 01:03:25,935
the oath of office
for the very first time
1357
01:03:25,977 --> 01:03:27,228
in this country.
1358
01:03:27,270 --> 01:03:30,023
That's significant. Oh!
1359
01:03:30,065 --> 01:03:31,983
Yes, it is.
1360
01:03:32,025 --> 01:03:34,402
But let's leave that discussion
to the history books,
1361
01:03:34,444 --> 01:03:36,029
'cause what I wanna talk
about right now
1362
01:03:37,405 --> 01:03:39,282
is what my administration
is gonna do
1363
01:03:39,324 --> 01:03:42,535
to make your lives better.
Plain simple.
1364
01:03:42,577 --> 01:03:45,038
Like fixing that pothole
on your street.
1365
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:48,333
Getting your 401K moving up
and to the right again.
1366
01:03:48,375 --> 01:03:50,668
Keeping you
and your children safe
1367
01:03:50,710 --> 01:03:52,629
from enemies,
foreign and domestic.
1368
01:03:52,670 --> 01:03:55,382
Pulling us out of this
recession
once and for all.
1369
01:03:56,508 --> 01:04:00,011
And most importantly,
shining a light
1370
01:04:00,053 --> 01:04:03,014
on the working people
of this country
1371
01:04:03,056 --> 01:04:05,600
who have been invisible
for far too long.
1372
01:04:07,102 --> 01:04:09,062
That's what
I'm gonna talk about.
1373
01:04:09,104 --> 01:04:10,897
[crowd cheering, whistling]
1374
01:04:10,939 --> 01:04:11,898
Thank you.
1375
01:04:13,149 --> 01:04:14,567
What will it mean
1376
01:04:14,609 --> 01:04:17,237
for millions of little girls
to see a female president?
1377
01:04:19,239 --> 01:04:20,407
Far more than I could ever
comprehend.
1378
01:04:21,991 --> 01:04:24,369
But what's it gonna mean
for our environment,
1379
01:04:24,411 --> 01:04:28,289
for our teachers,
for our poor and middle class
1380
01:04:28,331 --> 01:04:30,291
to see you as president,
Senator Turnbull?
1381
01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:34,337
We are long overdue for a woman
in the White House.
1382
01:04:34,379 --> 01:04:36,464
But it can't just be any woman.
1383
01:04:36,506 --> 01:04:38,425
It's gotta be the right woman.
1384
01:04:38,466 --> 01:04:39,968
Not a woman that denied
climate change
1385
01:04:40,010 --> 01:04:41,261
is real till just last year.
1386
01:04:43,930 --> 01:04:45,515
And that is precisely
why my cabinet
1387
01:04:45,557 --> 01:04:47,017
will be made up
of 50 percent women
1388
01:04:47,058 --> 01:04:47,976
at the very minimal.
1389
01:04:48,018 --> 01:04:50,145
[crowd cheering]
1390
01:04:53,023 --> 01:04:55,066
[indistinct chatter]
1391
01:04:55,108 --> 01:04:57,027
-You look nice.
-LUCAS: Thanks.
1392
01:04:57,068 --> 01:04:58,945
I can't believe we're actually
in the same state.
1393
01:04:58,987 --> 01:05:00,363
I kinda like it.
1394
01:05:00,405 --> 01:05:02,198
Think you might wanna ditch
your credentials.
1395
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:04,409
You'll scare the personality
out of everyone.
1396
01:05:04,451 --> 01:05:06,202
Hey, Nate.
1397
01:05:06,244 --> 01:05:07,454
-Awesome job.
-[Nate chuckles]
1398
01:05:07,495 --> 01:05:09,247
Thank you.
What are the mosquitos sayin'?
1399
01:05:09,289 --> 01:05:11,332
Well, most of the pundits
are calling it for you,
1400
01:05:11,374 --> 01:05:13,251
and Twitter's looking
pretty bullish.
1401
01:05:13,293 --> 01:05:15,086
You remember my girlfriend,
Eli.
1402
01:05:15,128 --> 01:05:16,504
[chuckles]
That I do.
1403
01:05:18,173 --> 01:05:20,008
I hear you're making big waves
over at the Chronicle.
1404
01:05:20,050 --> 01:05:21,134
[chuckles]
1405
01:05:21,176 --> 01:05:23,345
Splashing about
in the shallow end,
1406
01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:25,055
but I'm trying.
1407
01:05:25,096 --> 01:05:25,972
NATE:
I'm sure you had to disclose
1408
01:05:26,806 --> 01:05:27,140
that you're dating
this handsome guy.
1409
01:05:27,182 --> 01:05:28,641
I did.
1410
01:05:28,683 --> 01:05:30,643
But it helps that I'm not
covering your campaign.
1411
01:05:31,978 --> 01:05:32,937
NATE:
Of course.
1412
01:05:32,979 --> 01:05:33,688
What did you think
of the debate?
1413
01:05:35,148 --> 01:05:36,149
Honestly?
1414
01:05:37,442 --> 01:05:38,777
I'd be surprised
if you didn't poach
1415
01:05:38,818 --> 01:05:40,403
a point or two
from both parties.
1416
01:05:42,364 --> 01:05:43,406
-She's a keeper.
-LUCAS: Hmm.
1417
01:05:43,448 --> 01:05:44,991
And you, miss,
1418
01:05:45,033 --> 01:05:46,493
you are lucky to have a guy
like this by your side.
1419
01:05:47,327 --> 01:05:48,620
As are you.
1420
01:05:49,746 --> 01:05:50,413
Speaking of which, Lucas,
can I steal you for a second?
1421
01:05:51,206 --> 01:05:51,289
There's somebody
I want you to meet.
1422
01:05:51,706 --> 01:05:52,499
Thank you.
1423
01:05:58,046 --> 01:05:58,505
LUCAS:
Hey.
1424
01:05:59,005 --> 01:06:00,715
[indistinct chatter]
1425
01:06:04,678 --> 01:06:05,720
COLLEGE KID:
May I take these?
1426
01:06:07,514 --> 01:06:09,516
Hey. Patriot Catering?
1427
01:06:09,557 --> 01:06:11,393
[chuckles] I'll be damned.
1428
01:06:11,434 --> 01:06:12,602
-[Eli chuckles]
-How goes it?
1429
01:06:12,644 --> 01:06:14,145
[Eli gasps]
1430
01:06:14,187 --> 01:06:15,647
-Wait. This is the big event?
-COLLEGE KID: Yeah.
1431
01:06:15,689 --> 01:06:18,316
The most exciting night
of your life, right?
1432
01:06:18,358 --> 01:06:19,526
So boring.
1433
01:06:19,567 --> 01:06:21,653
You might just be serving
the next president
1434
01:06:21,695 --> 01:06:23,154
of the United States of America.
1435
01:06:23,780 --> 01:06:25,365
That dude?
1436
01:06:25,407 --> 01:06:27,033
We've been catering for him
since before he entered
1437
01:06:27,075 --> 01:06:27,742
the race.
1438
01:06:27,784 --> 01:06:29,035
The lustre's worn off.
1439
01:06:30,036 --> 01:06:31,079
Plus, the boss doesn't want me
to spread around.
1440
01:06:32,747 --> 01:06:34,499
Makes sense.
1441
01:06:34,541 --> 01:06:36,710
I mean, you probably do
business
with the Republicans, too.
1442
01:06:36,751 --> 01:06:38,169
No, just Sterling.
1443
01:06:38,211 --> 01:06:39,379
Dean's loyal like that.
1444
01:06:39,421 --> 01:06:41,423
I should probably get back
to work.
1445
01:06:41,464 --> 01:06:43,508
He likes us to move around.
1446
01:06:43,550 --> 01:06:45,468
-Dean is here?
-Yeah.
1447
01:06:45,510 --> 01:06:48,513
Talking to Sterling
and Jack Hampton.
1448
01:06:48,555 --> 01:06:50,724
He's looking over here.
I better keep moving.
1449
01:06:54,185 --> 01:06:55,395
I'll see you at the next one.
1450
01:06:57,814 --> 01:07:00,692
-MAYFIELD: Hey! Gentlemen!
-NATE: Hey! How are you, sir?
1451
01:07:02,444 --> 01:07:03,361
-Tom Mayfield.
-LUCAS: I'm Lucas.
1452
01:07:03,403 --> 01:07:04,279
Nice to meet you.
1453
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:08,241
(***)
1454
01:07:12,203 --> 01:07:13,580
LUCAS:
Hey.
1455
01:07:13,621 --> 01:07:16,458
That was the owner
of your paper.
1456
01:07:16,499 --> 01:07:18,334
Don't worry.
I didn't embarrass you.
1457
01:07:18,376 --> 01:07:19,335
Who else is there?
1458
01:07:20,587 --> 01:07:21,588
Bunch of big donors.
1459
01:07:22,797 --> 01:07:24,257
The guy on the right
owns a slew
1460
01:07:24,299 --> 01:07:25,759
of catering companies.
1461
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:29,304
Nate says that he is
a culinary mastermind.
1462
01:07:29,346 --> 01:07:30,555
What's his name?
1463
01:07:30,597 --> 01:07:32,307
Uh, Dean something.
1464
01:07:32,349 --> 01:07:33,433
Everyone calls him "The Chef."
1465
01:07:34,809 --> 01:07:36,811
-I gotta go.
-Hey. What? We just got here.
1466
01:07:36,853 --> 01:07:38,688
Lucas, I gotta go.
1467
01:07:38,730 --> 01:07:40,273
I haven't seen you in weeks
and you're leaving?
1468
01:07:40,315 --> 01:07:41,316
Eli!
1469
01:07:41,358 --> 01:07:50,325
(***)
1470
01:07:59,376 --> 01:08:08,343
(***)
1471
01:08:18,770 --> 01:08:19,771
How was it?
1472
01:08:19,813 --> 01:08:21,606
ELI:
Nick, we need to talk.
1473
01:08:21,648 --> 01:08:24,275
Turnbull isn't embezzling money
from SuperMillions.
1474
01:08:24,317 --> 01:08:25,318
Sterling is.
1475
01:08:27,153 --> 01:08:28,238
You think that's funny?
1476
01:08:28,279 --> 01:08:29,322
ELI:
No, I'm serious.
1477
01:08:30,824 --> 01:08:33,785
Patriot Catering worked
his debate afterparty.
1478
01:08:33,827 --> 01:08:36,371
They have catered
all of Sterling's events
1479
01:08:36,413 --> 01:08:38,623
since before he entered
the race.
1480
01:08:38,665 --> 01:08:40,875
It was right in front
of our faces the whole time.
1481
01:08:40,917 --> 01:08:42,585
Meyers & Goldstein,
they handled the books
1482
01:08:42,627 --> 01:08:43,962
for Sterling's Super PAC
as well.
1483
01:08:44,003 --> 01:08:46,297
Sterling reject
the Super PAC on principle.
1484
01:08:46,339 --> 01:08:47,674
ELI:
In the first month
of his campaign,
1485
01:08:47,716 --> 01:08:48,633
he made a big show of it.
1486
01:08:48,675 --> 01:08:49,884
But that did not last long.
1487
01:08:53,179 --> 01:08:54,973
NICK:
Integrity Super PAC?
[scoffs]
1488
01:08:55,015 --> 01:08:56,599
That's an oxymoron.
1489
01:08:57,851 --> 01:08:58,643
Yeah. He named it something
generic to keep a low profile--
1490
01:08:59,769 --> 01:09:01,229
Yeah. Still, still, still,
this isn't definitive proof
1491
01:09:01,271 --> 01:09:03,523
that he--
Why would he be that bold?
1492
01:09:03,565 --> 01:09:06,317
Juice isn't worth the squeeze.
He's up three points.
1493
01:09:06,359 --> 01:09:07,569
He is now.
1494
01:09:07,610 --> 01:09:08,820
But this time last year,
his name
1495
01:09:08,862 --> 01:09:10,196
wasn't on a single poll.
1496
01:09:11,531 --> 01:09:13,241
What's the only way to win
the New York City Marathon
1497
01:09:13,283 --> 01:09:14,200
without any training?
1498
01:09:15,326 --> 01:09:17,579
Take the subway,
sneak under the rope
1499
01:09:17,620 --> 01:09:18,955
-on mile 18.
-On mile 18.
1500
01:09:21,499 --> 01:09:24,586
But Mayfield,
that bow-tied prick.
1501
01:09:24,627 --> 01:09:27,255
I mean, he's a Republican.
It doesn't make any sense.
1502
01:09:27,297 --> 01:09:28,506
I thought the same thing.
1503
01:09:28,548 --> 01:09:30,759
So, I checked out
his voting records.
1504
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:33,386
And it turns out,
he left the Republican Party
1505
01:09:33,428 --> 01:09:36,014
right after Reagan rode off
into the sunset.
1506
01:09:36,056 --> 01:09:38,725
The man has been an independent
for the last three decades.
1507
01:09:38,767 --> 01:09:41,519
And then he reregistered
as a Republican the same month
1508
01:09:41,561 --> 01:09:43,521
that Sterling's book
hit the best-seller list.
1509
01:09:43,563 --> 01:09:45,648
It was all calculated.
1510
01:09:45,690 --> 01:09:46,900
He must have thought
if people like us picked up
1511
01:09:47,901 --> 01:09:48,610
a scent, it would throw us
off the trail, and...
1512
01:09:49,944 --> 01:09:50,904
it worked.
1513
01:09:52,405 --> 01:09:53,990
What the fuck do we do now?
1514
01:09:57,410 --> 01:09:58,953
Follow the facts
wherever they lead.
1515
01:10:00,288 --> 01:10:01,539
Sometimes,
it's not where you wanna go,
1516
01:10:01,581 --> 01:10:02,832
but you go anyway.
1517
01:10:06,920 --> 01:10:08,296
[sighs]
1518
01:10:08,338 --> 01:10:09,839
CORRESPONDENT 13 (ON TV):
With just one week to go,
1519
01:10:11,091 --> 01:10:12,550
Nate Sterling has pulled ahead
of Senator Turnbull
1520
01:10:13,593 --> 01:10:15,261
for the first time
in national polling.
1521
01:10:16,596 --> 01:10:17,889
While the lead is still
within the margin of error...
1522
01:10:17,931 --> 01:10:19,974
Sterling is our megaphone,
1523
01:10:20,016 --> 01:10:22,894
our voice of reason,
our moral compass,
1524
01:10:22,936 --> 01:10:24,604
and our hope
for a better tomorrow.
1525
01:10:31,319 --> 01:10:32,278
Shit, Eli.
1526
01:10:33,655 --> 01:10:34,656
Where did you run off to?
1527
01:10:37,784 --> 01:10:38,785
What's wrong?
1528
01:10:42,288 --> 01:10:43,039
You see your dad?
1529
01:10:45,291 --> 01:10:47,460
-You're gonna have to scrap
that speech.
-Why? The town hall's tomorrow--
1530
01:10:47,502 --> 01:10:48,712
Because you're not a liar.
1531
01:10:48,753 --> 01:10:50,463
What are you talking about?
1532
01:10:50,505 --> 01:10:52,757
-He's funding his campaign
with stolen money.
-What? Who?
1533
01:10:52,799 --> 01:10:54,342
Sterling.
1534
01:10:54,384 --> 01:10:56,302
-What are you saying?
-I have hard evidence.
1535
01:10:56,344 --> 01:10:59,723
He's embezzling money
from the lottery,
1536
01:10:59,764 --> 01:11:00,932
and funneling
it to his Super PAC.
1537
01:11:00,974 --> 01:11:02,684
What? That's crazy.
1538
01:11:02,726 --> 01:11:03,977
It's the truth.
1539
01:11:04,019 --> 01:11:05,061
Nick and I have been working
this story--
1540
01:11:05,103 --> 01:11:07,689
No. Why are you telling me this?
1541
01:11:07,731 --> 01:11:09,024
I guess I thought
1542
01:11:09,065 --> 01:11:10,066
you might like to know
that your hero is a fraud.
1543
01:11:10,108 --> 01:11:11,735
Hey. Stop!
1544
01:11:11,776 --> 01:11:13,737
ELI:
And because I need your help.
1545
01:11:13,778 --> 01:11:15,780
Are you--
are you listening to yourself?
1546
01:11:15,822 --> 01:11:18,658
I need someone on the inside
to prove he signed off on it.
1547
01:11:20,493 --> 01:11:21,870
Here.
1548
01:11:21,911 --> 01:11:23,663
I need you to fill this
with Sterling's hard drive.
1549
01:11:23,705 --> 01:11:25,373
-We don't have much time.
-LUCAS: You're delusional.
1550
01:11:25,415 --> 01:11:26,499
ELI:
Goddammit, Lucas!
1551
01:11:26,541 --> 01:11:28,043
You're in denial.
1552
01:11:28,084 --> 01:11:29,836
LUCAS:
No. You can't fucking
help yourself, can you?
1553
01:11:29,878 --> 01:11:31,796
Only this time,
when you blow yourself up,
1554
01:11:31,838 --> 01:11:33,631
you could take me
and the whole goddamn country
1555
01:11:33,673 --> 01:11:34,799
-down with you.
-No. This is different.
1556
01:11:34,841 --> 01:11:35,842
This is real.
1557
01:11:37,010 --> 01:11:38,845
Okay. Let's say that it is real.
1558
01:11:40,972 --> 01:11:42,640
You go from reporting
back-page news
1559
01:11:42,682 --> 01:11:44,351
to being front-page news.
1560
01:11:45,435 --> 01:11:46,936
I get what?
1561
01:11:46,978 --> 01:11:49,773
A seat on the witness stand
in the trial of the century
1562
01:11:49,814 --> 01:11:51,024
when the only thing
I have witnessed
1563
01:11:51,066 --> 01:11:53,360
is a good man
trying to save his country.
1564
01:11:54,736 --> 01:11:56,488
We get hate mails
from our friends,
1565
01:11:56,529 --> 01:11:57,489
the people we respect.
1566
01:11:57,530 --> 01:11:58,656
And then what?
1567
01:11:59,574 --> 01:12:01,576
Gun-toting, gay-bashing,
autocratic zealots,
1568
01:12:01,618 --> 01:12:04,079
they declare us heroes,
and the navel-gazing,
1569
01:12:04,120 --> 01:12:05,997
holier-than-thou woke mob,
they throw us
1570
01:12:06,039 --> 01:12:06,915
a fucking parade,
1571
01:12:07,707 --> 01:12:08,583
congratulations
to the both of us?
1572
01:12:09,542 --> 01:12:10,085
ELI:
Lucas, please calm down.
And just think--
1573
01:12:10,502 --> 01:12:11,503
No, you think!
1574
01:12:15,548 --> 01:12:18,677
Are you willing to keep Penny
at war for the next ten years?
1575
01:12:18,718 --> 01:12:21,971
No. Are you willing to sit
on your hands
1576
01:12:22,013 --> 01:12:24,391
while the fucking Earth fries,
because I'm not.
1577
01:12:24,432 --> 01:12:26,685
The money that he is stealing
1578
01:12:26,726 --> 01:12:28,061
is coming from schools,
like that one in--
1579
01:12:28,103 --> 01:12:29,813
that one in West Virginia.
1580
01:12:29,854 --> 01:12:31,940
Okay? Those kids,
Black and brown kids
1581
01:12:31,981 --> 01:12:33,024
are losing access to a fair
and equal education.
1582
01:12:33,066 --> 01:12:35,026
Eli, it is so much bigger than--
1583
01:12:35,068 --> 01:12:37,112
Don't you fucking finish
that thought!
1584
01:12:39,406 --> 01:12:40,156
Why doesn't this matter to you?
1585
01:12:40,198 --> 01:12:41,908
They matter!
1586
01:12:41,950 --> 01:12:43,201
Everyone else in this country
can act like they don't exist--
1587
01:12:43,243 --> 01:12:45,161
LUCAS:
He is what this country needs!
1588
01:12:45,203 --> 01:12:47,580
A liar is the last thing
this country needs!
1589
01:12:48,748 --> 01:12:50,125
Liars are what fucked
this country up
1590
01:12:50,166 --> 01:12:51,167
in the first place.
1591
01:12:52,919 --> 01:12:55,714
Iraq has stockpiles of WMDs.
1592
01:12:55,755 --> 01:12:57,590
The housing market
will continue to rise.
1593
01:12:57,632 --> 01:12:59,759
The election was rigged.
Redlining.
1594
01:13:01,177 --> 01:13:03,179
The war on drugs,
voter suppression!
1595
01:13:04,848 --> 01:13:08,143
Everywhere you look, lobbyists,
pundits, bankers, preachers,
1596
01:13:08,184 --> 01:13:11,438
billion-dollar industries
that run on lies.
1597
01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:12,814
LUCAS:
What is it that you want, Eli?
1598
01:13:12,856 --> 01:13:14,899
-I want-- I want the truth.
-LUCAS: Yeah.
1599
01:13:14,941 --> 01:13:16,526
Well, you've been duped before,
so.
1600
01:13:17,944 --> 01:13:18,987
[sighs]
1601
01:13:23,241 --> 01:13:24,909
Did you know, Lucas?
1602
01:13:28,163 --> 01:13:29,706
I can't believe
you would even think that.
1603
01:13:31,666 --> 01:13:33,001
[exhales shakily]
1604
01:13:35,128 --> 01:13:37,881
I'm publishing this story
with or without your help.
1605
01:13:41,885 --> 01:13:42,844
You publish this story,
1606
01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:44,596
I don't want anything
to do with you.
1607
01:13:45,597 --> 01:13:46,139
-That is not fair.
-What do you want me to say?
1608
01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:48,683
Love fades, values don't.
1609
01:13:48,725 --> 01:13:57,650
(***)
1610
01:13:59,652 --> 01:14:01,196
That's my fucking jacket!
1611
01:14:01,237 --> 01:14:05,158
(***)
1612
01:14:06,534 --> 01:14:07,494
LUCAS:
Nice.
1613
01:14:07,535 --> 01:14:11,498
(***)
1614
01:14:13,917 --> 01:14:14,918
[sighs]
1615
01:14:14,959 --> 01:14:23,885
(***)
1616
01:14:31,643 --> 01:14:32,602
Meet me at Recessions.
1617
01:14:34,062 --> 01:14:35,855
Two blocks northwest
of Farragut Square.
1618
01:14:37,232 --> 01:14:38,191
I have something.
1619
01:14:39,317 --> 01:14:40,819
[indistinct chatter]
1620
01:14:44,864 --> 01:14:46,658
We prove that Sterling knew.
1621
01:14:46,700 --> 01:14:47,826
-NICK: Eli.
-ELI: I'm going tonight.
1622
01:14:47,867 --> 01:14:49,661
Well, Jesus Christ, Eli.
1623
01:14:49,703 --> 01:14:51,079
You're being irrational.
1624
01:14:51,121 --> 01:14:52,747
There's a right way
and a wrong way.
1625
01:14:52,789 --> 01:14:54,582
If you want the ribeye,
you go get the ribeye.
1626
01:14:54,624 --> 01:14:56,000
Not if it's contaminated.
1627
01:14:56,042 --> 01:14:57,961
That ends a career
before it starts.
1628
01:14:58,002 --> 01:14:59,713
Well, already lost
my relationship.
1629
01:14:59,754 --> 01:15:01,006
I'm losing my dad.
1630
01:15:01,047 --> 01:15:02,841
So, why not throw in a career
for good measure?
1631
01:15:02,882 --> 01:15:04,217
You're losing your mind
is what you're losing.
1632
01:15:05,260 --> 01:15:06,219
Wait.
1633
01:15:07,262 --> 01:15:08,221
Relationship?
1634
01:15:09,931 --> 01:15:10,890
Lucas refuses to--
1635
01:15:10,932 --> 01:15:12,851
Oh, fuck, Eli!
1636
01:15:12,892 --> 01:15:14,102
You told him?
1637
01:15:14,144 --> 01:15:15,395
[sighs]
1638
01:15:15,437 --> 01:15:18,148
They'll have the place
power-cleaned in an hour.
1639
01:15:18,189 --> 01:15:20,650
Shit! Shit!
1640
01:15:20,692 --> 01:15:21,651
You're right.
1641
01:15:21,693 --> 01:15:25,655
(***)
1642
01:15:28,658 --> 01:15:29,868
Eli! Shit!
1643
01:15:31,661 --> 01:15:32,620
Fuck.
1644
01:15:33,747 --> 01:15:34,289
Hello?
1645
01:15:34,873 --> 01:15:36,708
Eli. Wait. Who is this?
1646
01:15:36,750 --> 01:15:37,917
-Nick, put Eli on.
-Hang on.
1647
01:15:41,046 --> 01:15:44,591
Just talk to Eli.
I'm sorry, Lucas.
1648
01:15:44,632 --> 01:15:46,051
She just doesn't wanna talk
to you.
1649
01:15:46,092 --> 01:15:46,968
Where are you?
1650
01:15:47,761 --> 01:15:49,220
We're at Recessions
on 18th and L.
1651
01:15:49,262 --> 01:15:50,055
LUCAS:
Bullshit!
1652
01:15:50,722 --> 01:15:51,222
You're at the campaign office.
1653
01:15:51,264 --> 01:15:52,390
I'm on my way.
1654
01:15:52,432 --> 01:15:53,892
Don't do anything stupid.
1655
01:15:53,933 --> 01:15:56,186
They sing karaoke this good
at the campaign?
1656
01:15:56,227 --> 01:15:58,646
[indiscernible singing]
1657
01:15:59,939 --> 01:16:01,232
Shit! All right.
1658
01:16:01,274 --> 01:16:03,026
Just tell her to stay
right there.
1659
01:16:03,068 --> 01:16:05,737
(***)
1660
01:16:09,657 --> 01:16:18,625
(***)
1661
01:16:27,676 --> 01:16:36,643
(***)
1662
01:16:45,694 --> 01:16:49,656
(***)
1663
01:16:49,698 --> 01:16:50,657
ELI:
Shit!
1664
01:16:50,699 --> 01:16:53,952
(***)
1665
01:16:56,413 --> 01:16:58,790
What the hell
are you doing here?
1666
01:16:58,832 --> 01:17:02,127
-It's past midnight.
Lucas isn't--
-I have numbers, emails, names.
1667
01:17:02,168 --> 01:17:03,962
[scoffs] Sorry, what?
1668
01:17:04,003 --> 01:17:08,133
Tom Mayfield, Spencer Erickson,
Dean Clifton, Patriot Catering.
1669
01:17:08,174 --> 01:17:11,052
I have concrete evidence
of all parties involved.
1670
01:17:11,094 --> 01:17:12,053
You give me one good reason
1671
01:17:12,971 --> 01:17:13,388
right now I shouldn't call
Secret Service
1672
01:17:13,930 --> 01:17:14,681
and throw you in jail.
1673
01:17:15,557 --> 01:17:16,766
-We'd be sharing a cell.
- NATE: Bullshit.
1674
01:17:16,808 --> 01:17:18,977
I would think twice
before you call security.
1675
01:17:19,019 --> 01:17:21,479
The story is already written.
It's in the drafts.
1676
01:17:21,521 --> 01:17:24,983
You have me arrested,
it goes on Twitter instantly.
1677
01:17:25,025 --> 01:17:26,818
Newspapers in the morning.
1678
01:17:26,860 --> 01:17:28,278
What's this little story about?
1679
01:17:28,319 --> 01:17:30,113
-You know what it's about.
-Enlighten me.
1680
01:17:30,155 --> 01:17:31,823
ELI:
What it's always about.
1681
01:17:31,865 --> 01:17:32,824
Money.
1682
01:17:35,869 --> 01:17:37,912
-Did you know?
-NATE: Know what?
1683
01:17:37,954 --> 01:17:40,498
All I know is I love my country.
1684
01:17:40,540 --> 01:17:41,750
All right? I'm our best hope.
1685
01:17:42,876 --> 01:17:44,044
I give us a fighting chance.
1686
01:17:47,714 --> 01:17:48,715
Wow.
1687
01:17:48,757 --> 01:17:52,719
(***)
1688
01:17:57,849 --> 01:17:59,267
Are you a patriot, Eli?
1689
01:17:59,309 --> 01:18:02,020
Patriots don't steal
from the American people.
1690
01:18:02,062 --> 01:18:03,480
Who are you to accuse anyone of
stealing,
1691
01:18:03,521 --> 01:18:05,482
you fucking hypocrite?
1692
01:18:05,523 --> 01:18:06,441
Give it to me.
1693
01:18:14,074 --> 01:18:16,034
[sighs]
1694
01:18:16,076 --> 01:18:18,370
You know, I think you and I
have a lot in common, Eli.
1695
01:18:18,411 --> 01:18:20,372
And for one,
we both lack experience.
1696
01:18:20,413 --> 01:18:22,082
Turnbull and Archer are
canaries
with that attack line.
1697
01:18:22,123 --> 01:18:25,043
I'm ahead
in every one of the polls,
1698
01:18:25,085 --> 01:18:28,046
economy, hot buttons,
but the race, still a dead heat.
1699
01:18:28,088 --> 01:18:29,381
Why is that?
1700
01:18:29,422 --> 01:18:31,800
'Cause unfortunately,
for me and for you,
1701
01:18:31,841 --> 01:18:32,842
experience seems to matter.
1702
01:18:34,886 --> 01:18:35,512
The way I see it,
1703
01:18:36,805 --> 01:18:39,057
your story
might cause a little stir.
1704
01:18:39,099 --> 01:18:41,476
When it comes down to it,
who's gonna believe you?
1705
01:18:41,518 --> 01:18:43,395
You lack the most vital asset
a journalist must have,
1706
01:18:43,436 --> 01:18:45,313
credibility.
1707
01:18:45,355 --> 01:18:47,899
Looks like I'm late
to the party.
1708
01:18:47,941 --> 01:18:50,276
-Uh, Mr. Booker.
What a surprise--
-Sit the fuck down.
1709
01:18:51,945 --> 01:18:52,946
Now...
1710
01:18:54,322 --> 01:18:57,325
let us all take a deep breath
1711
01:18:57,367 --> 01:18:59,411
and talk this out
1712
01:18:59,452 --> 01:19:02,247
like the rational people we are.
1713
01:19:02,288 --> 01:19:03,373
Nate, don't say a word.
1714
01:19:03,415 --> 01:19:04,582
Eli records everything
on her phone.
1715
01:19:04,624 --> 01:19:06,000
-What?
-Let me see.
1716
01:19:06,042 --> 01:19:07,168
Get off! It's not on me.
1717
01:19:09,462 --> 01:19:10,797
Hey! No, no. Leave him out.
1718
01:19:11,756 --> 01:19:12,966
-NICK: That won't be necessary.
-NATE: Hey!
1719
01:19:13,008 --> 01:19:13,925
You wanna talk or what?
1720
01:19:21,182 --> 01:19:22,183
What the fuck?
1721
01:19:22,225 --> 01:19:23,810
NATE:
All right.
1722
01:19:23,852 --> 01:19:24,269
All right?
1723
01:19:26,479 --> 01:19:27,439
Let's just take a deep breath.
1724
01:19:29,482 --> 01:19:31,109
Sit down and talk this out,
okay?
1725
01:19:31,151 --> 01:19:33,319
This is obviously some sort
of huge misunderstanding.
1726
01:19:33,361 --> 01:19:34,612
NICK:
We know what you did.
1727
01:19:34,654 --> 01:19:35,822
NATE:
Okay.
1728
01:19:36,656 --> 01:19:36,990
With all due respect,
I have no idea
1729
01:19:37,657 --> 01:19:38,158
what you guys are talking about.
1730
01:19:38,700 --> 01:19:39,242
NICK:
Maybe you don't.
1731
01:19:40,076 --> 01:19:42,037
But right now,
there are two assholes
1732
01:19:42,078 --> 01:19:44,205
saying you do.
1733
01:19:44,247 --> 01:19:46,916
There's no need for us to
bluff.
We don't have a smoking gun.
1734
01:19:46,958 --> 01:19:49,627
But as my esteemed colleague
has no doubt informed you,
1735
01:19:49,669 --> 01:19:51,296
we've got the bullets,
the casings,
1736
01:19:51,337 --> 01:19:54,049
and the goddamn forensic report.
1737
01:19:54,090 --> 01:19:58,636
The whole story tied in a bow,
just waiting for the proof
1738
01:19:58,678 --> 01:20:00,388
that you knew about it.
1739
01:20:01,931 --> 01:20:06,019
If we do decide to print,
you got every news outlet
1740
01:20:06,061 --> 01:20:09,439
in the country
on a scavenger hunt for proof
1741
01:20:10,940 --> 01:20:11,858
of your involvement.
1742
01:20:12,692 --> 01:20:13,360
There is no proof
of my involvement.
1743
01:20:14,569 --> 01:20:16,446
The allegation itself knocks
you
out of the White House.
1744
01:20:16,488 --> 01:20:18,198
You'll spend the next few years
in court.
1745
01:20:19,157 --> 01:20:20,867
And if you did know,
1746
01:20:20,909 --> 01:20:22,577
the next couple of decades
in prison.
1747
01:20:23,953 --> 01:20:27,207
So, the way I see it,
if you want any hope
1748
01:20:27,248 --> 01:20:31,252
of reversing this unfortunate
chain of events,
1749
01:20:31,294 --> 01:20:34,464
you will tell us
the God's honest truth
1750
01:20:34,506 --> 01:20:36,549
right here and now.
1751
01:20:37,592 --> 01:20:38,510
Okay. Uh--
1752
01:20:38,551 --> 01:20:41,388
But before you do,
1753
01:20:43,264 --> 01:20:45,183
a disclaimer.
1754
01:20:45,225 --> 01:20:47,602
I've worked in this town
for 52 years.
1755
01:20:49,062 --> 01:20:52,357
That makes me one
of the world's foremost experts
1756
01:20:52,399 --> 01:20:54,609
at spotting a liar.
1757
01:20:54,651 --> 01:20:57,904
Lie to me, and you lose...
1758
01:20:59,572 --> 01:21:01,991
the election and your freedom.
1759
01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:06,413
But lucky for you,
1760
01:21:06,454 --> 01:21:10,583
the truth may still set you
free
because believe it or not,
1761
01:21:10,625 --> 01:21:14,587
I'm still grappling
with a truly punishing question.
1762
01:21:16,339 --> 01:21:17,340
Is it worth it?
1763
01:21:17,382 --> 01:21:21,302
(***)
1764
01:21:27,350 --> 01:21:28,268
I don't have a party war chest.
1765
01:21:28,309 --> 01:21:29,102
Okay?
1766
01:21:31,229 --> 01:21:32,272
This thing
was just a temporary fix
1767
01:21:32,313 --> 01:21:34,065
to get me to the starting line.
1768
01:21:34,107 --> 01:21:35,400
We were gonna give it all back
as soon as we're in a position
1769
01:21:35,442 --> 01:21:36,484
to do so.
1770
01:21:39,279 --> 01:21:40,697
This is no harm, no foul.
It's victimless.
1771
01:21:40,739 --> 01:21:41,698
Tell that to the class
1772
01:21:41,740 --> 01:21:43,950
of invisible kids
in West Virginia.
1773
01:21:46,202 --> 01:21:48,038
I don't know.
1774
01:21:48,079 --> 01:21:48,955
How do we make this okay? Huh?
1775
01:21:51,499 --> 01:21:53,543
First interview
after I'm sworn in.
1776
01:21:53,585 --> 01:21:56,171
Exclusives for eight years
after that.
1777
01:21:56,212 --> 01:21:57,714
If there's a leak
coming from the White House,
1778
01:21:57,756 --> 01:21:59,549
you're the two pots catching
it.
You have my word!
1779
01:22:02,594 --> 01:22:03,553
Eli.
1780
01:22:04,721 --> 01:22:05,472
What about Penny?
1781
01:22:07,098 --> 01:22:08,600
You worry
for your sister's safety
1782
01:22:08,641 --> 01:22:10,602
every day
that she's serving overseas.
1783
01:22:10,643 --> 01:22:12,562
And with your father
undergoing chemotherapy...
1784
01:22:16,566 --> 01:22:19,486
I can't imagine how hard
that must be.
1785
01:22:21,112 --> 01:22:22,364
And your sister, Penny, is it?
1786
01:22:22,405 --> 01:22:24,491
Lieutenant Penelope James.
1787
01:22:25,617 --> 01:22:27,160
We can work out
1788
01:22:27,202 --> 01:22:29,579
an honorable discharge for her
the day I'm sworn in.
1789
01:22:29,621 --> 01:22:31,122
Your sister deserves
to be with your dad
1790
01:22:31,164 --> 01:22:32,165
during his treatments.
1791
01:22:33,541 --> 01:22:35,418
If I wasn't so inexperienced,
1792
01:22:36,711 --> 01:22:38,505
I would think you were using
a commissioned officer
1793
01:22:38,546 --> 01:22:40,382
as collateral in a bribe.
1794
01:22:45,136 --> 01:22:47,681
I would more call it
an agreement amongst friends.
1795
01:22:49,516 --> 01:22:50,517
Look, I feel for you, Eli.
1796
01:22:52,686 --> 01:22:53,812
[sighs softly]
1797
01:22:53,853 --> 01:22:56,022
Cancer took my mom.
1798
01:22:56,064 --> 01:22:58,274
And the emotional toll is hard.
1799
01:22:59,359 --> 01:23:00,276
But the treatments add up.
1800
01:23:01,736 --> 01:23:03,363
And until we can get in there
and reform
1801
01:23:03,405 --> 01:23:06,241
the healthcare system,
I don't want your parents
1802
01:23:06,282 --> 01:23:08,034
to be crushed under the weight
of medical bills.
1803
01:23:09,619 --> 01:23:11,329
And we can make sure
that doesn't happen.
1804
01:23:12,539 --> 01:23:14,374
We are on the same team here.
1805
01:23:15,750 --> 01:23:17,711
And if you wanna make real,
lasting change,
1806
01:23:17,752 --> 01:23:20,672
well, you just gotta play
the game,
1807
01:23:20,714 --> 01:23:21,756
and that's the reality of it.
1808
01:23:25,135 --> 01:23:26,803
You were supposed to change
the game.
1809
01:23:26,845 --> 01:23:35,770
(***)
1810
01:23:44,863 --> 01:23:53,788
(***)
1811
01:23:55,206 --> 01:23:57,834
I had a hunch I'd find you here.
1812
01:23:57,876 --> 01:23:59,502
ELI:
I'm getting it all down.
1813
01:23:59,544 --> 01:24:01,546
Everything that crooked,
fucking conman's done.
1814
01:24:01,588 --> 01:24:03,798
We don't have enough to publish.
1815
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:05,508
[sighs]
1816
01:24:05,550 --> 01:24:08,136
-But he just admitted--
-Unless we find hard evidence
1817
01:24:08,178 --> 01:24:12,182
that Sterling himself knew,
we're just a couple of trees
1818
01:24:12,223 --> 01:24:13,683
falling in the woods.
1819
01:24:13,725 --> 01:24:14,684
So, what do we do now?
1820
01:24:16,102 --> 01:24:17,187
NICK:
Tear it all up.
1821
01:24:17,228 --> 01:24:19,147
Everything we know.
1822
01:24:19,189 --> 01:24:21,441
I'll track Sterling to his
rally
in Atlanta,
1823
01:24:21,483 --> 01:24:25,445
and see if we can crack
the safe.
1824
01:24:25,487 --> 01:24:34,454
(***)
1825
01:24:43,505 --> 01:24:52,472
(***)
1826
01:25:01,272 --> 01:25:03,650
ELI:
Mom! Dad! Where are you?
1827
01:25:05,276 --> 01:25:06,152
I'm calling the police.
1828
01:25:06,986 --> 01:25:07,487
They-- they trashed
my apartment!
1829
01:25:09,823 --> 01:25:12,200
[pants]
1830
01:25:12,242 --> 01:25:14,202
-What are you doing here?
-Thank God you're okay.
1831
01:25:14,244 --> 01:25:16,746
-I looked everywhere.
-No. Get out, Lucas.
1832
01:25:16,788 --> 01:25:19,290
-HAL: Eli, calm down,
sweetheart--
-ELI: Daddy.
1833
01:25:19,332 --> 01:25:21,376
-HAL: Lucas told us.
-No. Okay?
1834
01:25:21,418 --> 01:25:22,836
Don't believe a word
that he has to say. Okay?
1835
01:25:24,212 --> 01:25:24,295
NATE (ON RECORDING):
This thing was just
a temporary fix
1836
01:25:25,130 --> 01:25:25,171
to get me to the starting line.
1837
01:25:26,047 --> 01:25:26,089
We're gonna give it all back
1838
01:25:27,340 --> 01:25:27,382
as soon as we're in a position
to do so.
1839
01:25:29,759 --> 01:25:31,511
This is no harm, no foul.
It's victimless!
1840
01:25:32,971 --> 01:25:33,013
ELI (ON RECORDING):
Tell that to the class
of invisible...
1841
01:25:33,430 --> 01:25:33,888
[gasps]
1842
01:25:36,391 --> 01:25:37,434
Oh, my God.
1843
01:25:39,686 --> 01:25:40,395
Did Nick know?
1844
01:25:40,437 --> 01:25:42,188
LUCAS:
No.
1845
01:25:42,230 --> 01:25:43,398
He still doesn't.
1846
01:25:44,733 --> 01:25:46,776
I had to commit, or his face
would have given me away.
1847
01:25:48,361 --> 01:25:50,405
And honestly,
I didn't decide to do it
1848
01:25:50,447 --> 01:25:52,198
until I was standing
outside of the office.
1849
01:25:57,871 --> 01:25:58,997
[sighs]
1850
01:25:59,039 --> 01:26:01,416
You know,
this doesn't fix everything.
1851
01:26:01,458 --> 01:26:02,667
LUCAS:
I know.
1852
01:26:02,709 --> 01:26:04,210
I needed you to be wrong.
1853
01:26:06,921 --> 01:26:07,881
I love you.
1854
01:26:10,675 --> 01:26:11,593
It's all I got.
1855
01:26:13,303 --> 01:26:14,262
[sighs]
1856
01:26:16,014 --> 01:26:17,766
I need to tell Nick.
1857
01:26:17,807 --> 01:26:20,477
He's on his way
to Sterling's rally right now.
1858
01:26:20,518 --> 01:26:21,603
I'm flying with the campaign.
1859
01:26:21,644 --> 01:26:23,271
I'll track him down
and tell him.
1860
01:26:23,313 --> 01:26:24,856
-You go work on your story.
-I'll just call him.
1861
01:26:24,898 --> 01:26:26,232
LUCAS:
That might be difficult.
1862
01:26:26,274 --> 01:26:27,317
The last time I saw
Nick's phone,
1863
01:26:28,193 --> 01:26:29,652
it was floating
in Sterling's coffee.
1864
01:26:29,694 --> 01:26:30,653
[sighs]
1865
01:26:31,905 --> 01:26:33,239
Right.
1866
01:26:35,575 --> 01:26:36,785
CORRESPONDENT 14 (ON TV):
Nate Sterling
1867
01:26:38,036 --> 01:26:39,287
will be in Atlanta tonight
while Senator Turnbull
1868
01:26:39,329 --> 01:26:41,706
travels to Florida.
1869
01:26:41,748 --> 01:26:44,000
CORRESPONDENT 15 (ON TV):
And Nate Sterling is trending on
social media as excitement...
1870
01:26:44,042 --> 01:26:45,251
CORRESPONDENT 16 (ON TV):
Senator Turnbull leads
1871
01:26:46,252 --> 01:26:47,545
all candidates
in total campaign spend,
1872
01:26:48,838 --> 01:26:50,340
having raised more cash
than both Sterling and Archer
1873
01:26:50,382 --> 01:26:51,841
for the third month in a row.
1874
01:26:53,968 --> 01:26:54,886
ELI:
Lucas.
1875
01:26:55,679 --> 01:26:55,762
LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE):
Hey.
1876
01:26:56,304 --> 01:26:56,763
Did you find him?
1877
01:26:57,597 --> 01:26:59,057
-[indistinct chatter]
-Uh, no. Not yet.
1878
01:26:59,099 --> 01:27:00,975
ELI (OVER CELLPHONE):
Where are you?
1879
01:27:01,017 --> 01:27:02,977
I'm by ATB.
1880
01:27:03,019 --> 01:27:05,021
CORRESPONDENT 17:
...A declaration
of Independence.
1881
01:27:07,899 --> 01:27:10,610
And some are calling Sterling
the most influential...
1882
01:27:10,652 --> 01:27:11,903
ELI (OVER CELLPHONE):
Nothing?
1883
01:27:11,945 --> 01:27:14,364
It's like a zoo with no cages.
1884
01:27:14,406 --> 01:27:17,492
CORRESPONDENT 18:
Here we are at Nate Sterling's
biggest rally yet.
1885
01:27:17,534 --> 01:27:18,493
He's about to do a hit
1886
01:27:19,285 --> 01:27:19,953
on Politics Nightly
with Jane Bower.
1887
01:27:20,787 --> 01:27:21,287
CORRESPONDENT 19:
...Tramping its way
1888
01:27:22,330 --> 01:27:22,914
through America's
two-party landscape.
1889
01:27:23,415 --> 01:27:25,458
[indistinct speech]
1890
01:27:25,500 --> 01:27:28,336
...by two points
with just one week to go.
1891
01:27:28,378 --> 01:27:30,463
[indistinct speech]
1892
01:27:36,344 --> 01:27:37,303
I got him.
1893
01:27:39,848 --> 01:27:41,349
CORRESPONDENT 1:
...Just over a year ago.
1894
01:27:41,391 --> 01:27:42,976
[indistinct shouting]
1895
01:27:45,520 --> 01:27:47,605
LUCAS:
I-- I-- I--
I need to talk to him.
1896
01:27:47,647 --> 01:27:49,357
-I need to talk to Mr. Booker.
-No access here, sir.
1897
01:27:49,399 --> 01:27:50,734
JANE (ON TV):
Nate Sterling is set to take
1898
01:27:52,027 --> 01:27:52,610
the stage any minute now
to make his closing arguments.
1899
01:27:53,361 --> 01:27:54,904
Shit. Call back when you get
him.
1900
01:27:56,322 --> 01:27:56,364
JANE (ON TV):
... by Nicholas Booker,
esteemed columnist
1901
01:27:57,991 --> 01:28:00,452
for the Washington Chronicle
and lion of the fourth state.
1902
01:28:00,493 --> 01:28:01,911
The election is a dead heat.
1903
01:28:01,953 --> 01:28:03,204
JANE:
If it's anything
1904
01:28:03,246 --> 01:28:04,998
like the last two elections,
it could come down
1905
01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:07,375
to a few thousand votes
in a handful of swing states,
1906
01:28:07,417 --> 01:28:11,880
or if it's a repeat of 2000,
a few hundred votes.
1907
01:28:11,921 --> 01:28:14,674
Your column is read
by a few million.
1908
01:28:14,716 --> 01:28:16,092
Your readers
really listen to you.
1909
01:28:16,134 --> 01:28:17,385
They trust you.
1910
01:28:17,427 --> 01:28:18,845
I call it like I see it.
1911
01:28:18,887 --> 01:28:19,888
What do you see here?
1912
01:28:23,683 --> 01:28:25,935
[crowd cheering]
1913
01:28:25,977 --> 01:28:34,903
(***)
1914
01:28:43,995 --> 01:28:51,920
(***)
1915
01:28:52,962 --> 01:28:56,174
[chuckles]
1916
01:28:56,216 --> 01:29:00,011
Well, I have good news
and bad news.
1917
01:29:00,053 --> 01:29:01,596
Which do you want first?
1918
01:29:01,638 --> 01:29:02,889
SUPPORTER (ON TV):
The bad!
1919
01:29:02,931 --> 01:29:03,973
NATE (ON TV)
Right!
1920
01:29:04,015 --> 01:29:06,893
Okay, here it is.
1921
01:29:08,603 --> 01:29:11,856
My little girl
turned 21 yesterday.
1922
01:29:13,566 --> 01:29:15,068
And the first thing Alison did
was make sure
1923
01:29:15,110 --> 01:29:16,945
her voter registration
was current.
1924
01:29:16,986 --> 01:29:18,738
[crowd cheering]
1925
01:29:21,783 --> 01:29:22,742
Hello.
1926
01:29:23,868 --> 01:29:25,412
No. No, no, no, no.
Slow down.
1927
01:29:31,501 --> 01:29:32,460
Okay.
1928
01:29:33,753 --> 01:29:34,754
Okay.
1929
01:29:34,796 --> 01:29:43,763
(***)
1930
01:29:52,814 --> 01:29:56,776
(***)
1931
01:30:00,905 --> 01:30:02,240
...And the other just sits
on its hands
1932
01:30:02,282 --> 01:30:03,199
and whines about it.
1933
01:30:08,455 --> 01:30:09,789
'Cause Alison deserves better.
1934
01:30:09,831 --> 01:30:12,792
Our young people deserve better.
1935
01:30:12,834 --> 01:30:14,836
They deserve to look
forward to the future
1936
01:30:14,878 --> 01:30:19,090
the way we used to with hope,
with pride, with excitement.
1937
01:30:19,132 --> 01:30:20,091
Holy shit.
1938
01:30:20,133 --> 01:30:21,092
GORDON:
"Holy shit" what?
1939
01:30:21,134 --> 01:30:25,096
(***)
1940
01:30:26,139 --> 01:30:27,140
Holy...
1941
01:30:28,183 --> 01:30:28,933
This is unreal.
1942
01:30:42,655 --> 01:30:43,823
LUCAS:
Oh. Hey, Lynn. I got it.
1943
01:30:46,284 --> 01:30:47,660
[sighs]
1944
01:30:52,207 --> 01:30:55,085
So sorry for your loss,
Mrs. James.
1945
01:30:55,126 --> 01:30:56,711
LYNN:
Thank you.
1946
01:30:56,753 --> 01:30:59,631
And thank you for being so good
to my daughter.
1947
01:30:59,673 --> 01:31:02,717
You and your husband have
raised
a fine young woman.
1948
01:31:10,266 --> 01:31:12,268
Let's...
1949
01:31:12,310 --> 01:31:14,020
How fast can you finish
the story?
1950
01:31:17,941 --> 01:31:19,526
I'm about to bury my dad.
1951
01:31:23,196 --> 01:31:24,614
Maybe you should just take over.
1952
01:31:25,990 --> 01:31:28,118
It's your story.
1953
01:31:28,159 --> 01:31:30,870
You found it. You pushed it.
You're writing it.
1954
01:31:33,540 --> 01:31:36,042
And if we're doing it,
we gotta be quick.
1955
01:31:36,084 --> 01:31:37,836
We've got 24 hours, tops.
1956
01:31:38,878 --> 01:31:40,797
And it's gotta be airtight.
1957
01:31:41,881 --> 01:31:43,049
I'll take care of the rest.
1958
01:31:45,301 --> 01:31:46,219
And...
1959
01:31:49,556 --> 01:31:50,724
I'm sorry about your father.
1960
01:32:07,782 --> 01:32:09,284
Hello, Eli.
1961
01:32:09,325 --> 01:32:10,577
ELI (OVER PHONE):
Nick and I have a story
1962
01:32:11,745 --> 01:32:12,746
ready for publication
that just might decide
1963
01:32:13,621 --> 01:32:15,165
the next president
of the United States.
1964
01:32:15,206 --> 01:32:17,042
Is that so?
1965
01:32:17,083 --> 01:32:18,710
Should I be worried?
1966
01:32:18,752 --> 01:32:21,212
Why do you wanna be president,
Senator Turnbull?
1967
01:32:22,339 --> 01:32:23,840
TURNBULL (OVER PHONE):
Look, Eli.
1968
01:32:23,882 --> 01:32:27,385
I assume we don't agree
on most policy.
1969
01:32:27,427 --> 01:32:30,638
But one thing we do both value
is the truth.
1970
01:32:30,680 --> 01:32:32,724
So, I'm gonna give you mine.
1971
01:32:32,766 --> 01:32:36,061
Right now, I am running
as the leader of my party,
1972
01:32:36,102 --> 01:32:37,896
but should
I be fortunate enough
1973
01:32:37,937 --> 01:32:39,981
to take that oath
on January 20,
1974
01:32:41,024 --> 01:32:44,319
I will be governing
as the leader of my country.
1975
01:32:46,154 --> 01:32:48,031
Our democracy is fragile.
1976
01:32:49,616 --> 01:32:52,911
You protect it from the outside
by doing what you do.
1977
01:32:52,952 --> 01:32:55,163
And if I get the chance,
I'm going to protect it
1978
01:32:55,205 --> 01:32:58,792
from the inside
with everything I've got.
1979
01:33:00,293 --> 01:33:01,294
ELI:
And off the record?
1980
01:33:04,172 --> 01:33:05,173
Take care, Eli.
1981
01:33:12,305 --> 01:33:21,272
(***)
1982
01:33:30,323 --> 01:33:34,285
(***)
1983
01:33:40,208 --> 01:33:41,960
[chuckles softly]
1984
01:33:42,001 --> 01:33:50,969
(***)
1985
01:34:00,020 --> 01:34:08,987
(***)
1986
01:34:18,038 --> 01:34:27,005
(***)
1987
01:34:28,214 --> 01:34:29,507
I don't understand.
1988
01:34:29,549 --> 01:34:32,093
What's-- what's so special
about this one?
1989
01:34:36,139 --> 01:34:37,265
LYNN:
The day you were born.
1990
01:34:40,977 --> 01:34:41,936
[sighs]
1991
01:34:45,148 --> 01:34:46,483
I never got to say goodbye.
1992
01:34:48,068 --> 01:34:50,487
We thought it was another
false alarm from the chemo.
1993
01:34:52,989 --> 01:34:55,200
He knew that you were
at the Chronicle, writing.
1994
01:34:55,241 --> 01:34:56,785
[sighs]
1995
01:34:56,826 --> 01:34:58,036
LYNN:
He insisted
1996
01:34:58,078 --> 01:34:59,913
that that was where you needed
to be.
1997
01:35:02,957 --> 01:35:04,751
He loved you.
1998
01:35:07,337 --> 01:35:08,922
He's so proud.
1999
01:35:12,342 --> 01:35:13,343
[kisses]
2000
01:35:13,385 --> 01:35:21,935
(***)
2001
01:35:22,977 --> 01:35:25,105
[chuckles softly]
2002
01:35:25,146 --> 01:35:26,106
Daddy.
2003
01:35:26,147 --> 01:35:35,115
(***)
2004
01:35:38,368 --> 01:35:39,327
Okay.
2005
01:35:44,124 --> 01:35:45,083
[sniffles]
2006
01:35:45,125 --> 01:35:54,050
(***)
2007
01:36:03,143 --> 01:36:12,068
(***)
2008
01:36:15,864 --> 01:36:16,906
[sniffles]
2009
01:36:16,948 --> 01:36:18,950
[phone rings]
2010
01:36:24,372 --> 01:36:25,457
KEVIN (OVER CELLPHONE):
Where are you?
2011
01:36:25,498 --> 01:36:27,375
-Kevin?
-Hey, where are you?
2012
01:36:27,417 --> 01:36:28,543
ELI (OVER CELLPHONE):
I'm at my parents' house.
2013
01:36:28,585 --> 01:36:29,961
All right.
2014
01:36:30,003 --> 01:36:30,503
Meet me at the diner
on 4th and Delaware
2015
01:36:31,087 --> 01:36:32,422
in 20 minutes. All right?
2016
01:36:33,882 --> 01:36:33,965
-I'm not doing that.
-KEVIN (OVER CELLPHONE): It's an
emergency.
2017
01:36:34,591 --> 01:36:34,632
What is this about?
2018
01:36:35,258 --> 01:36:36,301
Look, I was fired.
2019
01:36:36,343 --> 01:36:37,260
Why?
2020
01:36:37,302 --> 01:36:38,887
Because I-- I know the names,
2021
01:36:38,928 --> 01:36:41,264
Tom Mayfield, Dean Clifton,
and Spencer Erickson.
2022
01:36:46,186 --> 01:36:47,979
[indistinct chatter]
2023
01:36:51,483 --> 01:36:53,485
How the fuck do you know
those names?
2024
01:36:53,526 --> 01:36:55,320
The-- the um-- the other night
2025
01:36:55,362 --> 01:36:58,031
when you got that call
and you left in a hurry,
2026
01:36:59,616 --> 01:37:03,578
well, you didn't log out.
And Gordon assumed it was mine.
2027
01:37:05,330 --> 01:37:08,500
Look, I didn't say anything,
'cause I was in shock
2028
01:37:08,541 --> 01:37:10,251
and Gordon flipped for it.
2029
01:37:10,293 --> 01:37:11,294
I thought I'd be waking up
to a headline
2030
01:37:12,170 --> 01:37:13,380
that would change
the course of history.
2031
01:37:14,339 --> 01:37:15,632
So, why did I instead wake up
to an email
2032
01:37:16,883 --> 01:37:18,134
informing me that the Chronicle
was terminating my contract?
2033
01:37:18,843 --> 01:37:19,344
I mean, I rushed to the office,
2034
01:37:20,387 --> 01:37:21,096
and security wouldn't even
let me in the building.
2035
01:37:22,222 --> 01:37:23,932
Apparently, Gordon had HR
clean out my desk
2036
01:37:23,973 --> 01:37:25,183
and wipe my desktop.
2037
01:37:25,225 --> 01:37:27,102
Gordon killed the story
to save his own ass.
2038
01:37:28,478 --> 01:37:30,522
-Why-- why would he--
- ELI: Jack Hampton.
2039
01:37:30,563 --> 01:37:32,524
He's a huge Sterling supporter.
2040
01:37:32,565 --> 01:37:33,525
Gordon prints the story,
2041
01:37:34,359 --> 01:37:35,068
Hampton orders
his head on a platter.
2042
01:37:35,902 --> 01:37:37,362
Gordon kills the story,
Sterling wins.
2043
01:37:37,404 --> 01:37:38,530
Guess which paper
has a direct line
2044
01:37:38,571 --> 01:37:39,531
to the Oval Office.
2045
01:37:42,575 --> 01:37:45,286
So, Gordon is playing politics
2046
01:37:45,328 --> 01:37:47,997
dirtier
than the goddamn politicians?
2047
01:37:50,417 --> 01:37:51,376
[scoffs]
2048
01:37:54,629 --> 01:37:57,424
Please nail that motherfucker.
2049
01:37:58,508 --> 01:37:59,592
I can't believe
2050
01:37:59,634 --> 01:38:01,011
you let Gordon think
it was your story.
2051
01:38:03,221 --> 01:38:06,599
Look. I never said that it was.
2052
01:38:06,641 --> 01:38:08,977
And as it turns out,
I did you a favor.
2053
01:38:10,562 --> 01:38:12,564
So, you're welcome. Hmm?
2054
01:38:19,612 --> 01:38:21,114
No, Eli. I got it. Please.
2055
01:38:22,240 --> 01:38:23,241
You're unemployed.
2056
01:38:23,283 --> 01:38:25,285
It wouldn't be right. Prick.
2057
01:38:30,957 --> 01:38:32,125
Have you shown Gordon the story?
2058
01:38:33,126 --> 01:38:33,209
NICK (OVER CELLPHONE):
I'm waiting for you.
2059
01:38:34,502 --> 01:38:34,544
You should get to see
the look on his face.
2060
01:38:35,837 --> 01:38:36,713
-Where the fuck are you?
-I'm on my way.
2061
01:38:37,547 --> 01:38:39,090
Whatever you do,
don't talk to Gordon.
2062
01:38:43,094 --> 01:38:45,472
And I thought I'd seen it all.
2063
01:38:50,393 --> 01:38:51,394
We're doing this?
2064
01:38:51,436 --> 01:38:53,021
[chuckles]
2065
01:38:54,314 --> 01:38:56,232
ELI:
What?
2066
01:38:56,274 --> 01:38:58,568
The weight of the world
lies in the palm of my hand.
2067
01:38:58,610 --> 01:39:00,487
I guess I thought
it'd be a bit heavier.
2068
01:39:01,571 --> 01:39:03,323
[chuckles softly]
2069
01:39:03,365 --> 01:39:07,077
You know what this means
if we go through with this.
2070
01:39:11,539 --> 01:39:13,166
And you're willing?
2071
01:39:13,208 --> 01:39:16,211
I guess that's why they call it
the moment of truth.
2072
01:39:18,755 --> 01:39:20,006
It's your story.
2073
01:39:23,301 --> 01:39:24,678
What?
2074
01:39:24,719 --> 01:39:27,597
No. I-- I stumbled upon it,
yeah, but you guided me.
2075
01:39:30,767 --> 01:39:32,811
If you hadn't have gotten me
that interview
2076
01:39:32,852 --> 01:39:35,605
-at Meyers & Goldstein--
-You would have gotten it
in some other way.
2077
01:39:35,647 --> 01:39:36,690
I doubted you.
2078
01:39:38,400 --> 01:39:40,402
You fought through the doubt.
2079
01:39:40,443 --> 01:39:41,528
You took me for the ride.
2080
01:39:43,154 --> 01:39:45,615
I didn't provide anything
that you didn't already--
2081
01:39:45,657 --> 01:39:47,367
You can now.
2082
01:39:47,409 --> 01:39:48,201
What?
2083
01:39:48,243 --> 01:39:49,244
Credibility.
2084
01:39:50,537 --> 01:39:52,747
Sterling was right.
Nobody knows my name.
2085
01:39:52,789 --> 01:39:56,334
And those that do
aren't so fond of it.
2086
01:39:56,376 --> 01:39:58,294
If I were to publish this
on my own,
2087
01:39:58,336 --> 01:40:01,548
it wouldn't get any traction.
Or worse, it'll get dismissed.
2088
01:40:03,258 --> 01:40:06,720
But coming from Nicholas
Booker,
it'll be on every front page
2089
01:40:06,761 --> 01:40:08,596
and television network
in minutes.
2090
01:40:09,848 --> 01:40:11,391
We need to do this together.
2091
01:40:12,809 --> 01:40:15,395
And after we break the story,
we can set up our own shop.
2092
01:40:16,855 --> 01:40:19,232
No editor or parent corporation
2093
01:40:19,274 --> 01:40:21,526
to tell us what
we can and can't print.
2094
01:40:21,568 --> 01:40:25,530
A publication that answers
to nothing but the facts,
2095
01:40:25,572 --> 01:40:26,573
wherever they lead.
2096
01:40:28,616 --> 01:40:29,659
What would we call it?
2097
01:40:32,203 --> 01:40:33,121
The Independent.
2098
01:40:36,666 --> 01:40:37,792
The Independent.
2099
01:40:37,834 --> 01:40:46,760
(***)
2100
01:40:54,768 --> 01:40:56,728
[breathes deeply]
2101
01:40:56,770 --> 01:41:06,738
(***)
2102
01:41:13,203 --> 01:41:14,412
You do the honors.
2103
01:41:14,454 --> 01:41:23,421
(***)
2104
01:41:33,848 --> 01:41:34,849
[chuckles]
2105
01:41:36,643 --> 01:41:37,602
Thank you.
2106
01:41:37,644 --> 01:41:46,611
(***)
2107
01:41:49,656 --> 01:41:50,740
Now, what?
2108
01:41:51,950 --> 01:41:53,326
What do you say
we get the hell out of here?
2109
01:41:55,328 --> 01:41:56,788
And go where?
2110
01:41:56,830 --> 01:41:58,790
Watch the fireworks
from the hill.
2111
01:41:58,832 --> 01:42:02,794
(***)
2112
01:42:04,462 --> 01:42:08,383
[journalists clamoring]
2113
01:42:08,425 --> 01:42:17,392
(***)
2114
01:42:26,443 --> 01:42:35,410
(***)
2115
01:42:36,494 --> 01:42:37,704
50 years, Gordon.
2116
01:42:39,330 --> 01:42:40,707
I didn't know you had it in you.
2117
01:42:44,961 --> 01:42:49,299
I was just trying to protect
everyone in here.
2118
01:42:49,341 --> 01:42:52,844
And I'm just trying to protect
everyone out there.
2119
01:42:52,886 --> 01:43:01,811
(***)
2120
01:43:02,896 --> 01:43:03,855
Take care, Gordon.
2121
01:43:07,859 --> 01:43:09,444
Think they'll read this one
in West Virginia?
2122
01:43:11,738 --> 01:43:12,697
Hmm.
2123
01:43:12,739 --> 01:43:21,706
(***)
2124
01:43:28,588 --> 01:43:31,299
* Oh, beautiful *
2125
01:43:31,341 --> 01:43:34,969
* For heroes proved
in liberating strife *
2126
01:43:46,731 --> 01:43:50,568
* Who more than self
their country loved *
2127
01:43:54,739 --> 01:43:58,910
* And mercy more than life *
2128
01:44:05,792 --> 01:44:09,713
* America, hmm, America *
2129
01:44:14,092 --> 01:44:17,721
* May God thy gold refine *
2130
01:44:20,056 --> 01:44:23,852
* Till all success be nobleness
and every gain divined *
2131
01:44:36,031 --> 01:44:37,532
* And you know,
when I was in school *
2132
01:44:37,574 --> 01:44:38,658
* We used to sing it
something like this *
2133
01:44:38,700 --> 01:44:39,951
* Listen here *
2134
01:44:39,993 --> 01:44:43,872
* Oh, beautiful
for spacious skies *
2135
01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:53,923
* For amber waves of grain *
2136
01:44:59,346 --> 01:45:03,016
* For purple mountain,
majesties *
2137
01:45:08,063 --> 01:45:12,025
* Above the fruited plain *
2138
01:45:13,777 --> 01:45:14,694
* But now, wait a minute *
2139
01:45:16,029 --> 01:45:19,866
* I'm talking about America,
sweet America *
2140
01:45:26,498 --> 01:45:30,126
* You know, God done
shed his grace on thee *
2141
01:45:33,004 --> 01:45:36,800
* He crowned thy good,
yes, he did, in brotherhood *
2142
01:45:42,764 --> 01:45:46,643
* From sea to shining sea *
2143
01:45:48,812 --> 01:45:50,647
* You know
I wish I had somebody *
2144
01:45:50,689 --> 01:45:51,731
* To help me sing this *
2145
01:45:51,773 --> 01:45:55,610
* America *
2146
01:45:55,652 --> 01:45:56,695
* America *
2147
01:45:58,530 --> 01:46:00,907
* I love you, America *
2148
01:46:00,949 --> 01:46:02,409
* God shed his grace on the *
2149
01:46:03,535 --> 01:46:05,495
* You see, my God, he done shed
His grace on thee *
2150
01:46:07,956 --> 01:46:09,624
* And you oughta love him
for it *
2151
01:46:09,666 --> 01:46:13,086
* 'Cause he, he, he, he crowned
thy good *
2152
01:46:14,170 --> 01:46:17,882
* He told me he would
with brotherhood *
2153
01:46:19,426 --> 01:46:23,138
* From sea to shining sea *
2154
01:46:26,433 --> 01:46:30,103
* Oh Lord, oh Lord,
I thank you, Lord *
2155
01:46:31,771 --> 01:46:35,734
* Shining sea *
2156
01:46:35,775 --> 01:46:44,701
(***)
2157
01:46:53,793 --> 01:47:02,719
(***)
2158
01:47:11,811 --> 01:47:20,737
(***)
2159
01:47:29,829 --> 01:47:38,755
(***)