1 00:00:01,364 --> 00:00:02,949 Previously on Designated Survivor... 2 00:00:03,032 --> 00:00:06,119 I think the White House Counsel's office has been vacant for far too long. 3 00:00:06,202 --> 00:00:07,996 I would be honored to work for you, sir. 4 00:00:08,079 --> 00:00:10,540 A silent alarm was tripped at a private residence in Rockville. 5 00:00:11,499 --> 00:00:12,709 Who lives there? 6 00:00:12,792 --> 00:00:14,419 The First Lady's mother. 7 00:00:14,502 --> 00:00:16,671 It sounded like the place was being torn apart. 8 00:00:16,754 --> 00:00:19,716 And I want a detailed report of everything that Lloyd touched, got it? 9 00:00:19,799 --> 00:00:23,177 My family? He's coming after my family? 10 00:00:23,261 --> 00:00:25,013 The FBI conducted a drone strike. 11 00:00:25,096 --> 00:00:28,892 I can now confirm that Patrick Lloyd has been neutralized. 12 00:00:28,975 --> 00:00:30,310 They found Lloyd's computer. 13 00:00:30,393 --> 00:00:32,729 He was uploading something to the cloud when the bomb hit. 14 00:00:32,812 --> 00:00:33,812 Do you know what it was? 15 00:00:41,613 --> 00:00:43,323 Yes, I told him. 16 00:00:43,406 --> 00:00:45,575 But you know men and their boats. 17 00:00:46,993 --> 00:00:48,578 I'll call you back, Jess. 18 00:00:48,661 --> 00:00:51,205 - What's wrong, honey? - My mom. 19 00:00:53,416 --> 00:00:54,542 Ma'am? 20 00:01:05,762 --> 00:01:08,389 Hey, Mom, is something wrong with the coffee? 21 00:01:08,473 --> 00:01:10,099 Yes. I didn't make it. 22 00:01:10,183 --> 00:01:11,434 Come on. 23 00:01:11,517 --> 00:01:13,686 I told you, you can use the kitchen any time. 24 00:01:13,770 --> 00:01:15,605 Someone else's kitchen. 25 00:01:16,230 --> 00:01:17,523 Someone else's coffee. 26 00:01:17,607 --> 00:01:18,900 Eva, it's only been a weekend. 27 00:01:18,983 --> 00:01:20,693 It's gonna take you time to get settled. 28 00:01:20,777 --> 00:01:22,862 Besides, the White House has 132 rooms, 29 00:01:22,945 --> 00:01:25,031 so if you're not happy with the one you're in... 30 00:01:25,114 --> 00:01:26,282 You're so sweet. 31 00:01:26,366 --> 00:01:28,576 And a wonderful host. I just... 32 00:01:29,077 --> 00:01:30,370 I want to go home. 33 00:01:30,453 --> 00:01:33,873 Mom, your house is still an active crime scene. 34 00:01:33,956 --> 00:01:36,626 Your son's bedroom is an active crime scene. 35 00:01:36,709 --> 00:01:39,837 My house is just a place some lunatic broke into, 36 00:01:39,921 --> 00:01:42,006 and he's dead. And I'm not. 37 00:01:42,090 --> 00:01:45,343 I promise you, I give you my word we'll get you home as soon as possible. 38 00:01:45,426 --> 00:01:47,887 Until then, know you have the run of the place. 39 00:01:48,638 --> 00:01:50,139 And I appreciate it. 40 00:01:51,265 --> 00:01:54,185 Why do I get the feeling that my mom likes you better? 41 00:01:54,268 --> 00:01:55,812 Because she likes me better. 42 00:01:59,691 --> 00:02:01,025 Yeah? 43 00:02:01,651 --> 00:02:02,694 I'll be right there. 44 00:02:05,363 --> 00:02:07,156 - Mr. President. - Okay, what do we got? 45 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,451 32 cases in the past 24 hours in South Carroll Parish. 46 00:02:10,535 --> 00:02:11,869 That's 12 fatalities. 47 00:02:11,953 --> 00:02:14,622 - Which means thousands are infected. - So, what's the CDC saying? 48 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:16,624 - Is this as bad as Liberia? - Worse. 49 00:02:16,708 --> 00:02:20,503 It's Influenza "A," likely avian origin. Highly contagious. 50 00:02:20,586 --> 00:02:22,839 Short incubation period facilitates the spread. 51 00:02:22,922 --> 00:02:24,441 Could this be the superbug you've been worried about? 52 00:02:24,465 --> 00:02:25,758 I might have an answer for that 53 00:02:25,842 --> 00:02:28,553 if the CDC had some money for infectious-disease research. 54 00:02:28,636 --> 00:02:30,239 Just like when we were teaching at Columbia. 55 00:02:30,263 --> 00:02:31,970 Always trying to squeeze blood from a stone. 56 00:02:32,015 --> 00:02:35,727 But that was for faculty pensions. This is about lives. 57 00:02:36,310 --> 00:02:38,312 Show me. 58 00:02:39,605 --> 00:02:42,275 This flu appears to be an H7N9 subtype. 59 00:02:42,358 --> 00:02:44,777 Like the Yangtze Delta flu. 60 00:02:44,861 --> 00:02:46,529 And no one here has immunity. 61 00:02:47,739 --> 00:02:49,282 How fast will it spread? 62 00:02:49,365 --> 00:02:52,326 Our simulation says the H7N9 will appear 63 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:55,121 in surrounding states in 36 hours. 64 00:02:55,538 --> 00:02:57,623 In 72 hours... 65 00:03:00,126 --> 00:03:01,436 ...that's what it will look like. 66 00:03:02,336 --> 00:03:03,671 Oh, my God. 67 00:03:03,755 --> 00:03:06,257 We have a shot at containment because the area is so isolated. 68 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:08,801 They didn't even have state roads in some parts until the '70s. 69 00:03:08,885 --> 00:03:11,596 The FAA shut down all airports in a 200-mile radius. 70 00:03:11,679 --> 00:03:13,347 Same for NHTSA and highways. 71 00:03:13,431 --> 00:03:16,100 And I told Governor LaSalle that we're at his disposal. 72 00:03:16,184 --> 00:03:18,478 Okay, good. Aaron, I'm gonna want you to be the liaison 73 00:03:18,561 --> 00:03:20,646 between the World Health Organization and the UN. 74 00:03:20,730 --> 00:03:23,107 We also need to notify the Canadian and Mexican authorities. 75 00:03:23,191 --> 00:03:26,486 HHS has activated the Strategic National Stockpile of vaccines and antivirals, 76 00:03:26,569 --> 00:03:28,613 so hopefully one of them will match this flu strain. 77 00:03:28,696 --> 00:03:29,906 Emily, bring Seth up to speed. 78 00:03:29,989 --> 00:03:32,342 As soon as word leaks out, panic's gonna spread like wildfire. 79 00:03:32,366 --> 00:03:33,659 - Let's get on it. - Yes, sir. 80 00:03:36,412 --> 00:03:41,084 100 years ago, the Spanish flu wiped out 5% of the world's population. 81 00:03:41,167 --> 00:03:42,543 How bad is this? 82 00:03:42,627 --> 00:03:44,837 I'll give you a call when I have boots on the ground. 83 00:03:44,921 --> 00:03:46,130 All right. 84 00:03:48,174 --> 00:03:49,592 Tammy. 85 00:03:51,469 --> 00:03:53,221 Be careful. 86 00:03:53,304 --> 00:03:54,806 Yes, sir. 87 00:04:09,445 --> 00:04:11,155 So I just got off the phone 88 00:04:11,239 --> 00:04:13,783 with an infectious-disease specialist at the CDC. 89 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:18,454 This bug is a rapidly mutating pathogen that accelerates its host's lytic cycle. 90 00:04:18,538 --> 00:04:19,539 English? 91 00:04:19,622 --> 00:04:21,749 Uh, it makes your cells explode. 92 00:04:21,833 --> 00:04:24,043 - Maybe don't tell the press that. - Yep. 93 00:04:24,919 --> 00:04:27,672 Hey, um, did you leave me a blueberry muffin? 94 00:04:27,755 --> 00:04:28,840 I did. 95 00:04:29,632 --> 00:04:30,550 That was really nice. 96 00:04:30,633 --> 00:04:33,344 Yeah, I picked out all the blueberries, so don't make it a big deal. 97 00:04:33,427 --> 00:04:34,846 Well, I won't now. 98 00:04:34,929 --> 00:04:37,723 Oh, uh, that zoologist from the National Museum wants to come by, 99 00:04:37,807 --> 00:04:40,685 the guy who's naming the animal after the president. He wants a photo op. 100 00:04:40,768 --> 00:04:43,247 Bringing an alien species into the White House while we're fighting 101 00:04:43,271 --> 00:04:45,857 a possible pandemic that originated with animals is... 102 00:04:45,940 --> 00:04:46,858 a great idea. 103 00:04:46,941 --> 00:04:48,568 Hey, I just work here. 104 00:04:48,651 --> 00:04:50,778 Hey, new girl. You getting up to speed? 105 00:04:50,862 --> 00:04:53,156 Trying. It's a little, uh... 106 00:04:53,239 --> 00:04:54,365 Intimidating? 107 00:04:54,448 --> 00:04:55,700 That's the word. 108 00:04:55,783 --> 00:04:57,535 Just remember it's another office building. 109 00:04:57,618 --> 00:05:00,705 Whose halls were walked by Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy. 110 00:05:00,788 --> 00:05:02,123 You'll get used to it. 111 00:05:02,206 --> 00:05:03,666 - Really? - No. 112 00:05:03,749 --> 00:05:05,501 We're starting you slow, though. 113 00:05:05,585 --> 00:05:07,670 Right. The Emmitt Akin statue. 114 00:05:07,753 --> 00:05:11,174 Yes, a simple Confederate monument located on federal property. 115 00:05:11,257 --> 00:05:12,842 Some want to keep it. Some don't. 116 00:05:12,925 --> 00:05:15,344 Well, a federal statue means federal issue. 117 00:05:15,428 --> 00:05:16,971 This is important to the president. 118 00:05:17,054 --> 00:05:19,599 - I thought you were starting me slow. - That is slow. 119 00:05:19,682 --> 00:05:21,392 How dare you?! That is racist! 120 00:05:21,475 --> 00:05:24,020 I've been telling you for an hour, it is not racist! 121 00:05:24,103 --> 00:05:26,189 People, can we just...? 122 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:28,983 No! 123 00:05:31,027 --> 00:05:33,362 We were making progress here. 124 00:05:34,739 --> 00:05:38,409 Look, Emmitt Akin was the Mayor of Chattanooga. 125 00:05:39,118 --> 00:05:42,079 He's an historic figure to many Tennesseans. 126 00:05:42,163 --> 00:05:44,707 That is the Southern Legacy Foundation's whole point. 127 00:05:44,790 --> 00:05:46,334 He was also a slave holder 128 00:05:46,417 --> 00:05:49,211 who fought to preserve an oppressive institution. 129 00:05:49,295 --> 00:05:52,214 The erection of his statue post-Reconstruction 130 00:05:52,298 --> 00:05:55,051 is seen by many as a monument to Jim Crow. 131 00:05:55,134 --> 00:05:57,555 The statue's smack dab in front of the old federal courthouse. 132 00:05:57,637 --> 00:05:59,722 It's an official endorsement of racism. 133 00:05:59,805 --> 00:06:01,849 So we've agreed on a middle ground: 134 00:06:01,933 --> 00:06:04,352 to find a less-trafficked area for the statue 135 00:06:04,435 --> 00:06:08,272 that still honors Tennessee history while respecting the sensibilities 136 00:06:08,356 --> 00:06:11,317 of those who find it a reminder of a painful past. 137 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,570 The only party we haven't heard from is Reverend Dale. 138 00:06:20,785 --> 00:06:24,497 I have spent my life leading protests. 139 00:06:25,539 --> 00:06:29,502 But this issue has caused me great consternation. 140 00:06:30,378 --> 00:06:33,089 The statue is an emblem 141 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:36,926 of a dark period in American history. 142 00:06:37,802 --> 00:06:40,388 It enshrines racism. 143 00:06:41,138 --> 00:06:46,727 So it is easy to view it as a symbol of injustice. 144 00:06:47,770 --> 00:06:50,773 But I see it as a reminder, 145 00:06:51,607 --> 00:06:55,403 and our past must not be... whitewashed. 146 00:06:56,487 --> 00:06:58,906 The statue must not be moved. 147 00:06:58,990 --> 00:07:01,051 - There you go. - He doesn't want it touched, either! 148 00:07:01,075 --> 00:07:03,536 Have you lost your mind?! 149 00:07:07,123 --> 00:07:09,458 - It makes no sense. - Nope. 150 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,671 Lloyd's on the run for six months, and the last thing he does 151 00:07:13,754 --> 00:07:17,341 before he holes himself up in a bunker is trash the First Lady's mother's house? 152 00:07:17,425 --> 00:07:18,634 Why? 153 00:07:18,718 --> 00:07:22,471 Because he wanted to show your president that he could get to his family? 154 00:07:22,555 --> 00:07:27,727 Or - and, uh, just spitballing here - because he was a psychopath. 155 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:30,938 Personally, I'm much more interested in what he was trying to upload. 156 00:07:31,022 --> 00:07:33,983 Look, Lloyd sent that file across three continents four times 157 00:07:34,066 --> 00:07:37,737 before I located it in a cloud account on an Australian server. 158 00:07:37,820 --> 00:07:40,823 It's so corrupted that I need to write a program just to render it. 159 00:07:40,906 --> 00:07:41,991 Yeah. 160 00:07:42,491 --> 00:07:44,618 No problem. Glad you're on it. 161 00:07:44,702 --> 00:07:45,702 Yeah. 162 00:07:45,745 --> 00:07:48,289 So, you must miss London, huh? 163 00:07:48,372 --> 00:07:49,832 Always. 164 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:53,377 - How long you here for? - Well, that depends on Hannah. 165 00:07:53,461 --> 00:07:55,838 I can't tell my government the threat he posed is over 166 00:07:55,921 --> 00:07:57,715 until your government says it is. 167 00:07:57,798 --> 00:08:01,469 And you being the lead investigator, you're "your government." 168 00:08:01,552 --> 00:08:03,804 My government says to keep digging. 169 00:08:05,931 --> 00:08:07,224 See you later! 170 00:08:08,434 --> 00:08:11,103 Much. 171 00:08:13,064 --> 00:08:15,816 Evidence-response team tagged everything Lloyd touched. 172 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:17,109 Why? 173 00:08:17,193 --> 00:08:18,903 He was throwing a tantrum. 174 00:08:21,447 --> 00:08:22,907 What if he wasn't? 175 00:08:22,990 --> 00:08:25,368 Whatever he did, he always had a method. 176 00:08:25,451 --> 00:08:26,660 Lloyd was meticulous. 177 00:08:27,661 --> 00:08:29,872 He cut a clear pathway through the house... 178 00:08:31,207 --> 00:08:32,541 and never doubled back. 179 00:08:48,682 --> 00:08:50,684 Every drawer in here is tossed except for the desk. 180 00:08:50,768 --> 00:08:52,603 Did he run out of time? 181 00:08:52,686 --> 00:08:54,146 Or he wanted to lead us here. 182 00:09:03,989 --> 00:09:06,492 It's a medical record from 1987 183 00:09:06,575 --> 00:09:09,120 for a heart-transplant operation for Andrew Booker. 184 00:09:09,537 --> 00:09:11,580 That's the First Lady's father. 185 00:09:11,664 --> 00:09:14,125 Why would Mrs. Booker leave a 30-year-old file 186 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:16,544 - just randomly lying on top? - He left it here. 187 00:09:16,627 --> 00:09:19,296 He wasn't looking for something. He was leaving us something. 188 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:22,425 But why would he give a toss about Andrew Booker's heart? 189 00:09:23,134 --> 00:09:25,302 I don't know. But I'm gonna find out. 190 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:41,054 10 more dead? 191 00:09:41,137 --> 00:09:43,598 And 11 more in the ICU hanging on. 192 00:09:43,682 --> 00:09:46,768 The mortality rate of the patients in the hospital will be about 40%. 193 00:09:47,394 --> 00:09:49,104 Have we made any progress? 194 00:09:49,187 --> 00:09:50,230 No. 195 00:09:50,313 --> 00:09:52,357 The viral gestation cycle is short. 196 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,417 The patient's lungs are damaged, and the oxygen loss leads to organ failure. 197 00:09:55,485 --> 00:09:57,195 What about our antiviral stockpile? 198 00:09:57,279 --> 00:09:59,614 The South Carroll Parish strain is resistant. 199 00:09:59,698 --> 00:10:01,283 What about creating a new vaccine? 200 00:10:01,366 --> 00:10:05,120 Even if you threw every brain from the CDC at it, it would take months. 201 00:10:05,203 --> 00:10:07,038 But... I do have an idea. 202 00:10:07,122 --> 00:10:10,041 - We're all ears. - I read an abstract recently 203 00:10:10,125 --> 00:10:12,085 about an experimental cancer drug called Extasis 204 00:10:12,168 --> 00:10:13,795 with interesting antiviral properties 205 00:10:13,878 --> 00:10:15,797 that seem to reduce the ability of viruses 206 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,009 with a genome similar to the H7N9 to replicate. 207 00:10:19,092 --> 00:10:20,969 So not a prevention but a treatment. 208 00:10:21,052 --> 00:10:22,971 That sounds promising. Where do we get it? 209 00:10:23,054 --> 00:10:24,431 A guy named Carlton Mackie. 210 00:10:24,514 --> 00:10:27,976 He heads up this cutting-edge pharma firm in Delaware called Benevax. 211 00:10:28,059 --> 00:10:29,477 - We're on it. - Meantime, 212 00:10:29,603 --> 00:10:32,230 we need to widen the quarantine to neighboring counties. 213 00:10:32,314 --> 00:10:34,024 This thing's getting away from us. 214 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:42,490 What kind of PR bump do you think the president will get off of an animal? 215 00:10:42,574 --> 00:10:43,783 A small one. 216 00:10:43,867 --> 00:10:45,660 I'd prefer a constellation, 217 00:10:45,744 --> 00:10:48,413 but, uh, this is what you get when you defund NASA. 218 00:10:48,496 --> 00:10:50,790 I'm gonna ask people to just keep your voices down 219 00:10:50,874 --> 00:10:53,293 and, please, don't get too close to the terrarium. 220 00:10:53,376 --> 00:10:58,006 From the Amazonian rainforest, I present Hylidae kirkmanus. 221 00:11:00,550 --> 00:11:02,719 What is it? Where is it? 222 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,681 No, no, no, no, no. You can't name that thing after the president. 223 00:11:06,765 --> 00:11:09,726 - We already have. - Don't you have something better? 224 00:11:09,809 --> 00:11:12,645 Like a... like a crested eagle or a panther? 225 00:11:12,729 --> 00:11:14,647 It's not a flea market, Mr. Boone. 226 00:11:14,731 --> 00:11:17,442 Well, see, a flea would be better 'cause then, no one would see it. 227 00:11:17,525 --> 00:11:18,443 - Understand? - Okay, sorry. 228 00:11:18,526 --> 00:11:20,487 Dr. Chen, I think what Lyor is trying to say... 229 00:11:20,570 --> 00:11:23,299 - You and Kermit need to leave right now. - Oh, we can't... Oh, don't... 230 00:11:23,323 --> 00:11:25,384 That's not gonna be possible 'cause it's already travelled 231 00:11:25,408 --> 00:11:28,745 6,000 miles in the last 3 days. If I move it before it habituates 232 00:11:28,828 --> 00:11:30,705 to its new surroundings; it could die of shock. 233 00:11:30,789 --> 00:11:32,707 Well, so could the president. 234 00:11:32,791 --> 00:11:35,001 Uh, so... how long, uh, does he have to stay here? 235 00:11:35,085 --> 00:11:37,921 It's a hermaphrodite, so it's not a "he." 236 00:11:38,004 --> 00:11:40,882 - Well, this gets better and better. - Well, I can move it tomorrow. 237 00:11:40,965 --> 00:11:42,175 Great. Thank you so much. 238 00:11:42,258 --> 00:11:43,944 - What about a picture with the president? - No. 239 00:11:43,968 --> 00:11:45,488 We'll see if he's available in the schedule. 240 00:11:45,512 --> 00:11:47,514 He's not gonna be available for that ever. 241 00:11:54,020 --> 00:11:56,398 Is Reverend Dale in there? I was hoping to meet him. 242 00:12:02,570 --> 00:12:03,696 I'll come back. 243 00:12:05,115 --> 00:12:07,242 - Oh, my God! - Hey. 244 00:12:07,325 --> 00:12:09,494 - How's this thing going? - Good. 245 00:12:09,577 --> 00:12:11,871 - Screw you! - Screw you, too! 246 00:12:11,955 --> 00:12:14,833 - Yeah. Sounds good. - It's a contentious issue. 247 00:12:14,916 --> 00:12:16,418 Do you like frogs? 248 00:12:16,501 --> 00:12:17,502 Frogs? 249 00:12:18,253 --> 00:12:19,504 Exactly. No one does. 250 00:12:19,587 --> 00:12:21,423 So, uh, your thing... 251 00:12:21,506 --> 00:12:23,007 the, uh, Congressional Black Caucus 252 00:12:23,091 --> 00:12:25,194 and civil rights groups are watching how we handle this. 253 00:12:25,218 --> 00:12:28,471 - A test case. I know. Emily told me. - Did she mention the dovetailing optics? 254 00:12:28,555 --> 00:12:30,306 - Sorry? - The outbreak. 255 00:12:30,390 --> 00:12:33,017 South Carroll Parish is 76% African-American. 256 00:12:33,101 --> 00:12:36,312 So... people of color are dying in one part of the country 257 00:12:36,396 --> 00:12:38,982 while racist monuments are protected in another? 258 00:12:39,065 --> 00:12:40,316 No bueno. 259 00:12:41,025 --> 00:12:42,735 - I'm on it. - You are racist! 260 00:12:42,819 --> 00:12:45,155 - No, you're racist! - Yeah. 261 00:12:49,284 --> 00:12:51,161 Dr. Bruner is right. 262 00:12:51,244 --> 00:12:54,038 Extasis could work on H7N9. 263 00:12:54,497 --> 00:12:57,000 That's great. Carlton, that's excellent news. 264 00:12:57,083 --> 00:13:00,670 You're suggesting an un-tested off-label use not approved by the FDA. 265 00:13:00,753 --> 00:13:02,547 If it doesn't work, if it kills someone, 266 00:13:02,630 --> 00:13:04,966 Benevax's liability could be catastrophic. 267 00:13:05,049 --> 00:13:08,928 I understand, which is why I had the White House counsel's office draw this up. 268 00:13:09,012 --> 00:13:10,346 It's an indemnification. 269 00:13:11,473 --> 00:13:12,891 I appreciate that, Mr. President. 270 00:13:13,892 --> 00:13:15,977 But it will take my lawyers weeks to vet this. 271 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:17,437 We don't have weeks. 272 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,191 We... we have hours. People are dying. Carlton, I'm asking you to trust me. 273 00:13:24,068 --> 00:13:25,069 All due respect, sir, 274 00:13:25,820 --> 00:13:29,616 I have an obligation to my shareholders, and I don't satisfy that obligation 275 00:13:29,699 --> 00:13:32,285 by saying somebody from the government said, "Trust me." 276 00:13:33,703 --> 00:13:35,538 Even if that somebody is the president. 277 00:13:35,622 --> 00:13:39,042 I respect that. Honestly, I-I do. 278 00:13:40,418 --> 00:13:42,086 But there are times in our society 279 00:13:42,170 --> 00:13:45,548 where we have to act in faith on behalf of the greater good. 280 00:13:45,924 --> 00:13:47,967 And unfortunately, this is one of them. 281 00:13:51,721 --> 00:13:55,183 I have 10,000 doses in our Atlanta storage facility. 282 00:13:55,266 --> 00:13:57,143 Which may be enough to contain this. 283 00:13:57,227 --> 00:13:59,187 I can have HHS expedite the transfer 284 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:01,940 - to South Carroll Parish. - Okay. 285 00:14:02,023 --> 00:14:05,109 Carlton, thank you. I-I know this isn't easy. 286 00:14:05,610 --> 00:14:07,111 Mr. President. 287 00:14:12,242 --> 00:14:15,078 - He did not look happy. - No. 288 00:14:15,912 --> 00:14:19,249 Neither do the families in Louisiana who are burying their loved ones. 289 00:14:21,751 --> 00:14:24,254 The First Lady's father died in 2002. 290 00:14:24,337 --> 00:14:26,548 Why would Lloyd leave us a breadcrumb trail 291 00:14:26,631 --> 00:14:28,466 to an old medical document? 292 00:14:28,550 --> 00:14:32,136 Because if we find it, it's evidence, and we're obligated to investigate it. 293 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:35,098 Evidence of what? And that's assuming it's not a plant. 294 00:14:35,181 --> 00:14:38,309 There's only one way to find out: talk to the First Lady. 295 00:14:38,393 --> 00:14:40,603 - What are you gonna tell her? - As little as possible. 296 00:14:40,687 --> 00:14:43,606 I don't want to drag her into this if I'm following a Lloyd fabrication. 297 00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:49,195 Okay, so this is an invoice for my mom's trip down the Danube 298 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:51,739 with her friend Marlene a couple years ago. 299 00:14:53,324 --> 00:14:55,326 Another old utility bill. 300 00:14:55,410 --> 00:14:57,579 She stockpiles them. Don't ask me why. 301 00:14:57,662 --> 00:15:00,039 Agent Wells, is this really necessary? 302 00:15:00,123 --> 00:15:01,875 Yes, ma'am. It is. I'm sorry. 303 00:15:01,958 --> 00:15:04,252 We have to vet everything that Patrick Lloyd touched. 304 00:15:04,794 --> 00:15:06,504 We need to close the loop. 305 00:15:06,588 --> 00:15:07,797 Wow! 306 00:15:08,423 --> 00:15:09,799 That's weird she kept this. 307 00:15:09,883 --> 00:15:11,384 What is it? 308 00:15:11,467 --> 00:15:14,804 It's the insurance form for my dad's, um, heart transplant. 309 00:15:14,888 --> 00:15:16,306 He had a transplant? 310 00:15:16,389 --> 00:15:19,142 Yeah, it was one of the first in the DC area, actually. 311 00:15:19,225 --> 00:15:20,685 I-I was only about 10. 312 00:15:20,768 --> 00:15:22,228 I don't remember a whole lot, 313 00:15:22,312 --> 00:15:25,607 but I-I do remember he was far down on the recipient list, 314 00:15:25,690 --> 00:15:28,860 and then at the last minute, you know, it all came together. 315 00:15:29,611 --> 00:15:31,821 - Wow. - Yeah. 316 00:15:46,002 --> 00:15:47,128 Excuse me. 317 00:15:48,504 --> 00:15:50,256 Did the medication come yet? 318 00:15:54,177 --> 00:15:56,429 Yeah. What? He did what?! 319 00:15:58,056 --> 00:15:59,641 Son of a bitch. 320 00:16:00,558 --> 00:16:02,900 What do you mean Carlton Mackie didn't deliver the medicine? 321 00:16:02,977 --> 00:16:05,063 He reneged, sir. He found another buyer. 322 00:16:05,146 --> 00:16:07,690 Pharmacies whose clientele are willing to pay 2 grand a dose. 323 00:16:07,774 --> 00:16:10,526 The residents of South Carroll Parish will not get the medicine, 324 00:16:10,610 --> 00:16:12,362 while the residents in Cameron Parish will. 325 00:16:12,445 --> 00:16:14,489 It's all about the money; who has it, who doesn't. 326 00:16:14,572 --> 00:16:16,532 It's like Katrina on steroids, Mr. President. 327 00:16:16,616 --> 00:16:19,577 Not if I can help it. Tell Kendra I'm gonna need her in federal court 328 00:16:19,661 --> 00:16:21,162 - as soon as possible. - Yes, sir. 329 00:16:22,246 --> 00:16:23,873 Yeah, it's the president. 330 00:16:25,774 --> 00:16:27,526 I'm sorry, your honor. 331 00:16:27,609 --> 00:16:29,361 It's your motion, Ms. Daynes. 332 00:16:29,445 --> 00:16:32,531 Yes, for specific enforcement of a contract. 333 00:16:32,614 --> 00:16:34,533 There's no contract here, judge. 334 00:16:34,616 --> 00:16:36,660 Just a handshake extracted under duress 335 00:16:36,744 --> 00:16:40,289 in the Oval Office by the leader of the free world. 336 00:16:40,372 --> 00:16:41,915 That's not the contract at issue. 337 00:16:41,999 --> 00:16:44,460 - I'm listening. - It's a compulsory contract. 338 00:16:44,543 --> 00:16:47,379 The Defense Production Act requires businesses 339 00:16:47,463 --> 00:16:52,092 essential to the national defense - like drug manufacturers - to sign agreements 340 00:16:52,176 --> 00:16:54,178 when necessary for the national defense. 341 00:16:54,261 --> 00:16:55,637 "When necessary." 342 00:16:55,721 --> 00:16:59,141 Mr. Mackie has already made Extasis available to the population. 343 00:16:59,224 --> 00:17:02,686 To the rich. And the rich are predominantly white. 344 00:17:02,770 --> 00:17:05,564 Socioeconomic status is a proxy for race here. 345 00:17:05,647 --> 00:17:07,649 That's not Benevax's concern. 346 00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:08,984 But it's the government's. 347 00:17:09,068 --> 00:17:12,654 South Carroll Parish, a black community, has 95% of the cases. 348 00:17:12,738 --> 00:17:15,324 The president can decide how to distribute a drug 349 00:17:15,407 --> 00:17:17,993 during a public health crisis and at what price. 350 00:17:18,077 --> 00:17:21,246 Why should he be allowed to substitute his judgment for the private sector's? 351 00:17:21,330 --> 00:17:24,583 Freedom of contract is a hallmark of our democracy. 352 00:17:24,666 --> 00:17:28,420 But not when the government is facing down a public-health emergency. 353 00:17:28,504 --> 00:17:33,842 Mr. Mackie, you will relinquish 10,000 doses to the federal government now. 354 00:17:37,846 --> 00:17:38,972 This is weird. 355 00:17:39,598 --> 00:17:40,641 What do you have, Chuck? 356 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,853 I rendered the top two inches of that document Lloyd uploaded. 357 00:17:44,937 --> 00:17:46,730 It's a nine-digit number. 358 00:17:46,814 --> 00:17:48,690 - What's it for? - No idea. 359 00:17:48,774 --> 00:17:51,151 But you can also make out a date. June 3, 1987. 360 00:17:51,235 --> 00:17:52,528 1987 again. 361 00:17:52,611 --> 00:17:54,672 That's the year of the First Lady's father's transplant. 362 00:17:54,696 --> 00:17:57,616 Almost to the day. The transplant was June the 9th. 363 00:17:57,699 --> 00:17:59,535 That document still could have been a plant. 364 00:18:00,244 --> 00:18:02,830 Maybe, but it's real. The First Lady confirmed it. 365 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:06,041 Chuck, where were... 366 00:18:06,125 --> 00:18:08,460 Bethesda-Sinai's records pre-2000 haven't been digitized. 367 00:18:08,544 --> 00:18:11,004 The hard copies are in a storage facility in Virginia. 368 00:18:11,088 --> 00:18:13,590 - I'm texting you guys the address. - Nice. 369 00:18:13,674 --> 00:18:16,176 See if you can render the rest of that document. 370 00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:17,886 Yeah, that's the plan. 371 00:18:19,888 --> 00:18:21,306 What's up with you guys? 372 00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:24,518 What? I don't know what you're talking about. 373 00:18:27,855 --> 00:18:29,982 Hey, I'm hearing you're a pretty good lawyer. 374 00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:31,441 Thanks. It... It went well. 375 00:18:31,525 --> 00:18:33,485 - Good. And the statue thing? - Um... 376 00:18:33,569 --> 00:18:35,237 - You're killing it, right? - Right. 377 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,323 Good. Because we are un-conquerable. The crème de la crème. 378 00:18:38,407 --> 00:18:40,284 The ne plus ultra. 379 00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:42,119 - Kendra? - Yes? 380 00:18:42,202 --> 00:18:45,205 - That door. - Right. 381 00:18:45,289 --> 00:18:47,249 Thanks. 382 00:18:48,584 --> 00:18:49,960 Come on, stop with that! 383 00:18:52,087 --> 00:18:55,591 The proposal on the table is a compromise solution. 384 00:18:55,674 --> 00:18:58,135 The statue will be moved from the courthouse 385 00:18:58,218 --> 00:19:00,512 to the Chickamauga National Forest. 386 00:19:02,097 --> 00:19:03,557 Reverend Dale? 387 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,687 I appreciate your efforts at conciliation, Ms. Daynes. 388 00:19:09,605 --> 00:19:12,733 But I still remain fundamentally opposed 389 00:19:12,816 --> 00:19:14,526 to the relocation of that statue. 390 00:19:16,236 --> 00:19:19,281 At least we know the price for the great Tramer Dale selling out. 391 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:22,326 A trip to the White House. 392 00:19:23,076 --> 00:19:24,411 Young lady... 393 00:19:25,162 --> 00:19:26,788 you mean well. 394 00:19:27,581 --> 00:19:31,960 You declare this is racist and that is racist. 395 00:19:32,044 --> 00:19:36,173 But you are young, white, and living in America. 396 00:19:37,216 --> 00:19:40,135 You don't know what it's like to walk in my shoes. 397 00:19:40,928 --> 00:19:43,722 And I won't always be around to tell you, 398 00:19:44,723 --> 00:19:47,226 but that statue will. 399 00:19:48,936 --> 00:19:50,812 It stays. 400 00:19:54,942 --> 00:19:55,984 How's it going down there? 401 00:19:56,068 --> 00:19:57,986 The drugs arrived late this afternoon. 402 00:19:58,070 --> 00:20:01,156 My team spent the rest of the day titrating the proper dose. 403 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:02,991 You think it's gonna work? 404 00:20:03,075 --> 00:20:06,036 I don't know, sir. We're administering it now. 405 00:20:07,287 --> 00:20:09,039 I don't even have the words. 406 00:20:09,748 --> 00:20:10,999 Sir? 407 00:20:11,083 --> 00:20:13,377 To tell you how grateful I am. 408 00:20:14,419 --> 00:20:17,422 The greatest enemy we face these days is one we can't even see, 409 00:20:17,506 --> 00:20:19,925 and I send you down there behind enemy lines. 410 00:20:20,008 --> 00:20:21,260 And you go. 411 00:20:22,094 --> 00:20:24,763 Without hesitation, no questions asked. 412 00:20:25,681 --> 00:20:27,224 Do you know why I do it? 413 00:20:27,307 --> 00:20:28,433 Why? 414 00:20:29,393 --> 00:20:30,978 Because I know that you would. 415 00:20:33,355 --> 00:20:36,149 - I'll update you in the morning. - Thanks, Tammy. 416 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:39,945 Bye. 417 00:20:57,212 --> 00:20:59,423 I already reconnoitered the place. 418 00:20:59,506 --> 00:21:01,758 Crap security, and no one on site. 419 00:21:03,218 --> 00:21:05,220 You sure you don't want to go the subpoena route? 420 00:21:05,304 --> 00:21:06,847 Well, they're medical records. 421 00:21:06,930 --> 00:21:09,433 It would take months to get through the HIPAA regulations. 422 00:21:09,516 --> 00:21:12,144 The enduring charm of American bureaucracy. 423 00:21:13,228 --> 00:21:15,731 Let's head around back. I cut a hole in the fence. 424 00:21:16,815 --> 00:21:18,191 Oh, subpoena, huh? 425 00:21:18,275 --> 00:21:20,319 I didn't say I needed one. 426 00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:25,824 We should find the main office. 427 00:21:25,907 --> 00:21:28,285 There's got to be a computer here with a directory. 428 00:21:28,368 --> 00:21:29,494 It's alphabetized. 429 00:21:29,578 --> 00:21:31,330 Floors are organized by month and year. 430 00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:37,377 Is that a light on? 431 00:21:39,087 --> 00:21:40,213 Hannah! 432 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,823 Do you guys want to tell me what you're doing on private property after hours? 433 00:22:19,847 --> 00:22:20,932 No. 434 00:22:21,432 --> 00:22:22,725 Want to start again? 435 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:25,311 'Cause right now I got you on B&E and torching the place. 436 00:22:26,187 --> 00:22:28,356 That supposed to impress me, Agent Wells? 437 00:22:28,439 --> 00:22:30,942 No, it's to show you that we're working a federal investigation 438 00:22:31,025 --> 00:22:33,236 and that I don't have to answer any of your questions. 439 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:34,737 Well, this isn't federal property. 440 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,155 Well, I am. 441 00:22:36,239 --> 00:22:38,184 So call the White House and verify my credentials. 442 00:22:40,868 --> 00:22:43,496 I'm still gonna need a statement from both of you. 443 00:22:43,579 --> 00:22:45,164 We'll send one over. 444 00:22:47,041 --> 00:22:49,126 - You good? - Yeah. 445 00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:53,923 Hanging around with you should qualify me for hazard pay. 446 00:22:54,006 --> 00:22:56,717 I've been shot, knocked unconscious. 447 00:22:56,801 --> 00:22:58,594 Not stabbed, though. 448 00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:01,055 No, not yet. 449 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,433 As of 8:00 a.m., 450 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:07,311 we have a total of 74 fatalities attributed to the virus. 451 00:23:07,395 --> 00:23:10,106 There are 64 in South Carroll Parish, 452 00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:14,402 8 in Cameron Parish, and 2 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. 453 00:23:14,485 --> 00:23:16,779 It spread to Mississippi? 454 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,865 Yes, we have a small cluster of cases in Mississippi and Texas. 455 00:23:19,949 --> 00:23:21,075 So it's an epidemic. 456 00:23:21,158 --> 00:23:23,953 No. According to CDC parameters, this is still a localized outbreak. 457 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:25,037 That crossed state lines. 458 00:23:25,121 --> 00:23:27,081 That the federal government, in concert with 459 00:23:27,164 --> 00:23:29,583 local and state authorities, is aggressively containing. 460 00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:33,087 - Seth's good. - Yep. 461 00:23:33,170 --> 00:23:35,006 - The virus is better. - Yep. 462 00:23:35,089 --> 00:23:37,341 The NAACP wants to know why eight times as many people 463 00:23:37,425 --> 00:23:39,593 have died in a black parish than a white parish. 464 00:23:39,677 --> 00:23:41,345 That's a fair question. 465 00:23:41,429 --> 00:23:43,240 I'm saying the president needs to devote more resources... 466 00:23:43,264 --> 00:23:45,808 Look, we have the CDC, HHS, NIH, FEMA... 467 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:48,436 I don't think we can contain this with acronyms, Emily. 468 00:23:49,103 --> 00:23:51,897 Good morning, doc. Did you get any sleep? 469 00:23:51,981 --> 00:23:53,566 No, sir. You? 470 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:56,611 No, not really. How are we doing? 471 00:23:56,694 --> 00:23:57,862 The Extasis is working, sir. 472 00:23:57,945 --> 00:23:59,530 It dramatically reduces the viral load 473 00:23:59,613 --> 00:24:01,907 so that the body's immune system has a fighting chance. 474 00:24:01,991 --> 00:24:04,952 The patients that we've administered it to are recovering. 475 00:24:05,036 --> 00:24:06,037 Thank God. 476 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,747 The problem is we don't have enough. 477 00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:10,124 - Not anymore. - Well, we lost a lot of time. 478 00:24:10,207 --> 00:24:12,501 We had to chase that son of a bitch into court. 479 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:15,713 Yes, sir, and this virus is moving much faster than we thought. 480 00:24:15,796 --> 00:24:17,340 We need more medicine. 481 00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:19,800 Unfortunately, Mackie gave us everything that he had. 482 00:24:19,884 --> 00:24:22,928 - 10,000 doses, right? - That's correct. 483 00:24:23,012 --> 00:24:25,556 - I don't think that's all he had. - Why? 484 00:24:26,182 --> 00:24:28,476 This medication is extremely expensive to develop. 485 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,271 10,000 doses is simply not a cost-effective production, 486 00:24:32,355 --> 00:24:35,733 especially for a company that invests as much into R&D as Benevax. 487 00:24:35,816 --> 00:24:39,820 Right. We'll look into it. I'll get back to you as soon as we can. 488 00:24:40,363 --> 00:24:41,864 - Emily, I want... - On it, sir. 489 00:24:49,205 --> 00:24:52,416 So this is the famous Kirkman toad? 490 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,585 South American tree frog? Yes. 491 00:24:55,252 --> 00:24:58,798 Yeah, it's not a particularly robust example of the genus. 492 00:24:58,881 --> 00:25:02,301 I don't think you're qualified to opine about its robustness. 493 00:25:03,094 --> 00:25:04,387 It's spindly. 494 00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:10,184 And now it's not spindly. 495 00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:12,019 It's a fight-or-flight response. 496 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:14,563 Maybe if you stop staring at it... 497 00:25:14,647 --> 00:25:17,608 I don't think it's smart enough to view me as a threat. 498 00:25:17,691 --> 00:25:20,528 Yeah, brain-to-body mass, frogs are very low on the evolutionary scale. 499 00:25:20,611 --> 00:25:24,281 They're stupid, even by the modest standards of amphibians. 500 00:25:24,907 --> 00:25:26,242 Do you need to be here? 501 00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:28,119 Tasty, though. Yeah. 502 00:25:28,202 --> 00:25:31,956 I sampled the related frog, xenopus levis, on safari in Angola. 503 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:33,999 And I must tell you... 504 00:25:34,708 --> 00:25:36,794 they go wonderfully with tamarind. 505 00:25:37,420 --> 00:25:40,798 - You're a total disgrace. - Excuse me, Kendra. 506 00:25:40,881 --> 00:25:44,844 The Congressional Black Caucus wants an update on the statue negotiations. 507 00:25:45,386 --> 00:25:46,470 Update. 508 00:25:47,221 --> 00:25:48,221 Right. 509 00:25:53,144 --> 00:25:55,438 Lyor, can I borrow you for a minute? 510 00:25:57,773 --> 00:25:59,608 I'm just offering another perspective. 511 00:25:59,692 --> 00:26:02,653 By accusing us all of profiting from slavery? 512 00:26:02,736 --> 00:26:04,029 Well, you have. 513 00:26:04,113 --> 00:26:05,281 - Richly. - How dare you! 514 00:26:06,031 --> 00:26:07,950 You... you and the Progressive Committee, 515 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,870 you wouldn't be in business without the oppression of African Americans. 516 00:26:10,953 --> 00:26:12,955 - You'd be saving the whales. - That's slander. 517 00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:16,083 And, Reverend Dale, I've admired you since reading Hear the Trumpets Blow, 518 00:26:16,167 --> 00:26:18,961 but without slavery, you're preaching in a one-room church 519 00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:20,856 and selling raffle tickets to keep the heat on. 520 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,924 - Let me tell you something, son... - And the Southern Legacy Foundation? 521 00:26:24,008 --> 00:26:25,968 Well... "Southern Legacy." 522 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:28,304 Who the hell do you think you are? 523 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:32,016 A cynical and sad human being. 524 00:26:32,266 --> 00:26:35,936 And I am not prepared to continue with him in the room. 525 00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:37,938 - Get him out of here! - That's right. 526 00:26:38,022 --> 00:26:40,691 Please, just get him out of here! 527 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,069 - Thank you, Lyor. - You're welcome. 528 00:26:44,153 --> 00:26:46,697 Did you and Damian break into a storage unit? 529 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:48,923 We were following up on a lead regarding Patrick Lloyd. 530 00:26:48,991 --> 00:26:50,284 With a burglary. 531 00:26:51,076 --> 00:26:52,953 Aaron, I can't get into the details. 532 00:26:53,037 --> 00:26:54,371 Hannah, you answer to me. 533 00:26:54,455 --> 00:26:56,248 And you answer to the president. 534 00:26:56,332 --> 00:26:59,543 - Your point being...? - That this is about his family. 535 00:26:59,627 --> 00:27:02,004 And until I know exactly what I'm dealing with... 536 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:04,924 - You don't want to expose me. - Yeah. 537 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,800 Okay. 538 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:10,679 All right. 539 00:27:10,763 --> 00:27:13,307 I'll trust you on this, Hannah, and I'll run interference, 540 00:27:13,390 --> 00:27:15,351 but what I can't do is run interference 541 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:17,181 for someone who works for another government. 542 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:20,481 Surveillance cameras on the factory across the street 543 00:27:20,564 --> 00:27:22,483 caught him breaking through that fence. 544 00:27:22,983 --> 00:27:25,444 He can answer for that, or he can leave. 545 00:27:25,528 --> 00:27:27,947 All right. I'll tell him. 546 00:27:32,701 --> 00:27:35,162 Reverend Dale, this is a great honor for me. 547 00:27:35,246 --> 00:27:36,747 The honor is mine, sir. 548 00:27:37,331 --> 00:27:38,791 I also wanted to thank you 549 00:27:38,874 --> 00:27:41,418 for your willingness to compromise on the statue. 550 00:27:41,502 --> 00:27:44,755 In the end, we moved it to an area that was less trafficked. 551 00:27:45,548 --> 00:27:46,898 I know that's not what you wanted. 552 00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:50,469 No, sir. I believe we sanitize history at our peril. 553 00:27:50,553 --> 00:27:53,347 It's nice when it's history we don't like. 554 00:27:53,430 --> 00:27:56,684 - But not when it's something we do. - Yes, sir. 555 00:27:56,767 --> 00:27:59,478 It's a dangerous precedent we set here today, sir. 556 00:27:59,562 --> 00:28:01,689 I don't disagree with you, but sometimes, 557 00:28:01,772 --> 00:28:04,775 compromise seems to be the only way to move forward. 558 00:28:04,858 --> 00:28:05,901 Yeah. 559 00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:08,696 Well, you can thank your pistol of a young lawyer here 560 00:28:08,779 --> 00:28:10,781 for bringing me around. 561 00:28:11,782 --> 00:28:15,995 She reminded me that there's no virtue in absolutism. 562 00:28:16,620 --> 00:28:19,415 Old lions like me can be stubborn. 563 00:28:20,374 --> 00:28:21,834 Yet they still roar. 564 00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:26,171 - Mr. President. - Reverend, please. 565 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:30,342 Reverend Dale, may I lead you out, sir? 566 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:33,178 No. But you may walk with me. 567 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,226 How'd you turn them around? 568 00:28:39,935 --> 00:28:44,148 I unified them by giving them a common figure to hate. 569 00:28:44,231 --> 00:28:45,316 Huh. 570 00:28:45,399 --> 00:28:47,526 Sadly, I'm starting to realize that 571 00:28:47,610 --> 00:28:50,571 that's one of the great secrets of good governance. 572 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:55,075 Sir, Carlton Mackie's in the West Wing. Want me to bring him in? 573 00:28:55,159 --> 00:28:58,412 No, he doesn't set foot in the Oval Office ever again. 574 00:28:59,163 --> 00:29:00,623 Excuse me. 575 00:29:04,627 --> 00:29:06,086 You recognize this? 576 00:29:06,170 --> 00:29:08,589 It's a bill of lading from the United States Postal Service 577 00:29:08,672 --> 00:29:13,093 for the shipment of 30,000 doses of Extasis to a warehouse in Jacksonville. 578 00:29:13,177 --> 00:29:15,012 You're in violation of a court order. 579 00:29:15,095 --> 00:29:17,640 No, sir. Court order covered exactly 10,000 doses. 580 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:19,058 Because you misled us. 581 00:29:19,141 --> 00:29:21,268 You allowed us to believe that's all you had. 582 00:29:21,352 --> 00:29:23,604 You failed to acknowledge the 30,000 doses 583 00:29:23,687 --> 00:29:25,356 that you were holding in reserve. 584 00:29:25,439 --> 00:29:27,358 I provided an amount I was told was sufficient. 585 00:29:27,441 --> 00:29:30,778 Which very well might have been if we didn't have to hunt you down to get it. 586 00:29:30,861 --> 00:29:32,571 Lives are at stake here, Mr. Mackie. 587 00:29:32,655 --> 00:29:33,989 I understand that, 588 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:36,367 which is why I'm making additional doses available. 589 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:38,577 So you and your company can line your pockets. 590 00:29:38,661 --> 00:29:40,663 Respectfully, sir, it is not that simple. 591 00:29:40,746 --> 00:29:44,208 Extasis is an experimental drug. Our patent is pending. 592 00:29:44,291 --> 00:29:46,293 But now the drug is in circulation, 593 00:29:46,377 --> 00:29:49,171 meaning every lab in America will be reverse-engineering it by Monday. 594 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,548 We spent 1 billion in R&D on this drug. 595 00:29:51,632 --> 00:29:54,259 If that investment is gone, so is my company. 596 00:29:54,343 --> 00:29:55,928 That is absolutely ridiculous. 597 00:29:56,011 --> 00:29:58,806 You're gonna peddle some kind of corporate doomsday scenario 598 00:29:58,889 --> 00:30:00,808 while the country is really dealing with one?! 599 00:30:00,891 --> 00:30:02,810 Pharmaceutical companies have made billions 600 00:30:02,893 --> 00:30:06,480 upon billions of dollars profit every year on the backs of the American people 601 00:30:06,563 --> 00:30:08,816 with the understanding that if there is ever a crisis - 602 00:30:08,899 --> 00:30:11,652 a real emergency - you people would finally step up 603 00:30:11,735 --> 00:30:14,279 and do the right thing and make a sacrifice! 604 00:30:14,363 --> 00:30:16,281 It isn't just my sacrifice. 605 00:30:16,365 --> 00:30:19,159 We have heart-disease drugs in the pipeline, diabetes drugs. 606 00:30:19,243 --> 00:30:21,620 Whatever happens with this outbreak, if we go bankrupt, 607 00:30:21,704 --> 00:30:25,541 more people will die from the drugs that we do not develop than from this bug. 608 00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:28,210 I took an oath to protect the American people. 609 00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:32,214 My job is to save lives now, today, and I will not let you get in the way. 610 00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:34,133 I know what you think of me, sir, 611 00:30:34,216 --> 00:30:36,301 but I'm not a racist; I'm a capitalist. 612 00:30:36,385 --> 00:30:40,681 Yet the fact still remains the community that is suffering from this right now... 613 00:30:42,683 --> 00:30:44,601 ...is made up of minorities. 614 00:30:44,685 --> 00:30:48,022 And I want to help them. But I don't run a charity. 615 00:30:48,105 --> 00:30:50,024 So pay me what I deserve 616 00:30:50,107 --> 00:30:51,734 or have me arrested for contempt of court, 617 00:30:51,775 --> 00:30:54,236 but your lawyers better be ready for a fight. 618 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:57,823 In the meantime, Mr. President, I have a business to run. 619 00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:01,535 Just like you. 620 00:31:08,292 --> 00:31:11,462 He's got us, sir. By the time we get our hands on his supply, 621 00:31:11,545 --> 00:31:13,338 it'll be a drop in the bucket. 622 00:31:20,012 --> 00:31:21,472 Get me Reverend Dale. 623 00:31:21,555 --> 00:31:24,099 See if the old lion has one roar left in him. 624 00:31:25,515 --> 00:31:28,018 Equal treatment for all people. 625 00:31:28,810 --> 00:31:32,397 A principle for which so many have fought and died. 626 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,692 But Carlton Mackie doesn't believe in that. 627 00:31:35,775 --> 00:31:37,485 He believes only the rich 628 00:31:37,569 --> 00:31:40,488 should benefit from the healing powers of modern medicine. 629 00:31:40,572 --> 00:31:43,617 The rest of us can be left to sicken and die. 630 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,203 Like the good people of South Carroll Parish. 631 00:31:48,413 --> 00:31:51,041 - Do you know what you've done? - Yes. 632 00:31:51,458 --> 00:31:53,668 I've ruined your reputation. 633 00:31:53,752 --> 00:31:56,838 But I'm gonna give you a chance to get it back. 634 00:31:57,297 --> 00:31:59,132 Today, Carlton Mackie will be providing 635 00:31:59,215 --> 00:32:02,385 Benevax's entire stockpile of Extasis to the government. 636 00:32:03,511 --> 00:32:06,097 And a grateful nation is in his debt. 637 00:32:06,181 --> 00:32:10,310 To me, this is not just responsible corporate citizenship. 638 00:32:10,393 --> 00:32:14,898 This is what it means to be an American - a great American. 639 00:32:14,981 --> 00:32:17,359 Ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, 640 00:32:17,442 --> 00:32:20,737 it is my privilege to introduce Carlton Mackie. 641 00:32:23,531 --> 00:32:26,576 The most powerful man in the world sucking up to the guy 642 00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:28,828 who lied to his face and tried to shake him down. 643 00:32:28,912 --> 00:32:31,706 - You know what you call that? - Leadership. 644 00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:33,416 Damn straight. 645 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,794 Thank you. 646 00:32:35,877 --> 00:32:39,464 One-way ticket and 12 hours to leave the country? 647 00:32:40,131 --> 00:32:42,300 Your government's pretty ungrateful. 648 00:32:42,384 --> 00:32:46,054 Yeah, in England, you'd get a-a ceremony, right? 649 00:32:46,137 --> 00:32:48,264 In England, I'd be knighted. 650 00:32:48,348 --> 00:32:50,809 Well, we don't think much of burglars here, I guess. 651 00:32:50,892 --> 00:32:54,396 Yeah, well, I don't think much of not finishing a job. 652 00:32:54,479 --> 00:32:56,272 I'll keep you posted. Don't worry. 653 00:32:59,442 --> 00:33:00,652 Wells. 654 00:33:01,444 --> 00:33:02,654 No, I'm gonna walk you out. 655 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,991 I'm touched. 656 00:33:06,074 --> 00:33:07,409 Don't be. 657 00:33:07,492 --> 00:33:09,661 They wanted me to make sure you got in the cab. 658 00:33:11,913 --> 00:33:13,289 Charles. 659 00:33:14,499 --> 00:33:15,917 Cheerio, mate. 660 00:33:21,923 --> 00:33:23,216 Hey, slow down. 661 00:33:23,299 --> 00:33:26,302 24 hours on the button. If that thing's still here, 662 00:33:26,386 --> 00:33:28,888 I'm gonna frog-walk it down Pennsylvania Avenue myself. 663 00:33:28,972 --> 00:33:30,140 That's a little harsh. 664 00:33:30,223 --> 00:33:34,060 Well, you want to write a release about a swollen, sexually ambiguous toad 665 00:33:34,144 --> 00:33:36,580 named after the president, whose defining characteristic, by the way, 666 00:33:36,604 --> 00:33:38,940 is that it expectorates on its insect prey? 667 00:33:39,607 --> 00:33:40,608 Not so much. 668 00:33:43,903 --> 00:33:45,530 Hey. 669 00:33:45,613 --> 00:33:48,992 Dr. Chen was just filling me in on our little friend here. 670 00:33:49,075 --> 00:33:49,909 Yes, indeed. 671 00:33:49,993 --> 00:33:51,870 He's incredibly resilient. 672 00:33:51,953 --> 00:33:55,331 Can fight off a wide variety of enemies, holds his ground. 673 00:33:55,415 --> 00:33:57,292 It's fiercely protective of its family. 674 00:33:57,375 --> 00:33:59,669 And doesn't sleep much. I think he's a perfect namesake. 675 00:33:59,753 --> 00:34:01,379 We thought so too, sir. 676 00:34:01,463 --> 00:34:03,757 Seth, why don't you get the White House photographer? 677 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,885 Hylidae kirkmanus is ready for his close-up. 678 00:34:07,677 --> 00:34:09,971 Yes. While we're young, Seth. 679 00:34:10,055 --> 00:34:12,724 America's waiting. 680 00:34:16,352 --> 00:34:18,438 Just beautiful. 681 00:34:21,316 --> 00:34:23,443 A defense-department purchase order. 682 00:34:23,526 --> 00:34:25,403 Yeah, for a contractor called Icarus Astrotech. 683 00:34:25,487 --> 00:34:28,406 First Lady mentioned that her mother was a government secretary. 684 00:34:28,490 --> 00:34:29,783 - Where did she work? - D.O.D. 685 00:34:29,866 --> 00:34:31,326 Contract Oversight Services. 686 00:34:31,409 --> 00:34:33,495 Her department would have handled Icarus bids. 687 00:34:33,578 --> 00:34:35,246 And which Icarus employee signed this? 688 00:34:36,623 --> 00:34:39,125 Contracts officer named Eric Little. 689 00:34:39,209 --> 00:34:40,835 Still works there, actually. 690 00:34:40,919 --> 00:34:43,963 So the First Lady's dad gets a heart transplant... 691 00:34:44,964 --> 00:34:46,508 around the same time that her mother 692 00:34:46,591 --> 00:34:49,511 is handling the paperwork for a defense contract. 693 00:34:50,512 --> 00:34:53,223 Why does Patrick Lloyd want us to know this? 694 00:34:56,684 --> 00:34:57,936 Chuck...? 695 00:34:58,019 --> 00:35:00,980 Look, there's a difference between correlation and coincidence. 696 00:35:01,064 --> 00:35:03,024 Tell me what you correlated. 697 00:35:05,026 --> 00:35:08,655 I looked into Eric Little. In 1987, he was on the board of the hospital 698 00:35:08,738 --> 00:35:10,406 where Alex's dad got his transplant. 699 00:35:10,490 --> 00:35:13,159 - A bribe? - If you're reaching, yeah. 700 00:35:13,243 --> 00:35:15,078 So let's play this out. 701 00:35:15,161 --> 00:35:17,539 The First Lady's mother gives inside info 702 00:35:17,622 --> 00:35:20,583 to a government contractor in order to win a bid. 703 00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:23,753 So the First Lady's father could move up the transplant list? 704 00:35:25,421 --> 00:35:27,757 It's a pretty circumstantial case. 705 00:35:27,841 --> 00:35:29,884 Which is why we need to speak to Eric Little. 706 00:35:32,387 --> 00:35:34,806 Eric Little's address. Reston, Virginia. 707 00:35:38,852 --> 00:35:39,936 Hey. 708 00:35:41,312 --> 00:35:42,312 You coming? 709 00:35:48,027 --> 00:35:49,946 Tammy, it's Tom. Can you hear me? 710 00:35:50,029 --> 00:35:52,198 We got the rest of the medication, sir. 711 00:35:52,282 --> 00:35:55,994 - We're administering it as we speak. - Is it working? 712 00:35:56,077 --> 00:35:58,788 I think we might have this bastard on the run. 713 00:35:58,872 --> 00:36:00,707 That is fantastic news. 714 00:36:01,457 --> 00:36:05,003 - Your country owes you a great debt. - Not just me, sir. 715 00:36:05,086 --> 00:36:06,337 All of us. 716 00:36:06,421 --> 00:36:09,507 The doctors and the nurses and all the volunteers 717 00:36:09,591 --> 00:36:13,219 who've stayed up for 48 hours trying to beat this thing. 718 00:36:13,678 --> 00:36:15,597 Tammy, what's wrong? You don't look well. 719 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,433 - It's not what you think. - What is it? 720 00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:21,936 - It's kidney failure. - What? 721 00:36:22,020 --> 00:36:23,062 How? 722 00:36:24,105 --> 00:36:28,276 I had to test out the antiviral on myself to determine its toxicity, 723 00:36:28,359 --> 00:36:30,778 and I knew the quickest way to do it. 724 00:36:31,321 --> 00:36:35,241 Turns out the proper dosage is only one milliliter, not two. 725 00:36:35,325 --> 00:36:37,827 I want you out of there. I'm bringing you back to Walter Reed. 726 00:36:37,911 --> 00:36:39,996 - You're coming home. - No, Mr. President. 727 00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:41,789 - I'm not asking. - I know, sir. 728 00:36:41,873 --> 00:36:43,917 But we're still fighting here. 729 00:36:44,459 --> 00:36:48,004 A good soldier doesn't leave the field early. 730 00:36:48,087 --> 00:36:50,715 She stays until the last shot is fired. 731 00:36:52,258 --> 00:36:53,593 It's what you would do. 732 00:36:53,676 --> 00:36:56,346 - You told me yourself... - I have to see this through, sir. 733 00:36:58,348 --> 00:37:00,016 I'll check in with you in the morning. 734 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:11,681 Two Air Force muscleheads are telling me I got to get on a plane, 735 00:37:11,764 --> 00:37:15,851 that they're gonna carry me out if I resist. That's called kidnapping. 736 00:37:15,935 --> 00:37:18,980 Well, you're gonna have to take that up with a higher authority. 737 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,400 Wait a second, I am the higher authority. 738 00:37:22,483 --> 00:37:25,194 Come on, Tammy. They were following orders. They were trying to help. 739 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:26,404 Yeah, I suppose. 740 00:37:26,487 --> 00:37:28,698 The doc says you're gonna make a full recovery. 741 00:37:31,492 --> 00:37:33,494 I didn't get the job done. 742 00:37:34,245 --> 00:37:38,374 I am a soldier who left the field of battle before the battle was won. 743 00:37:38,457 --> 00:37:39,875 Think of it like this. 744 00:37:39,959 --> 00:37:42,878 I'm a general who refuses to leave anyone behind, 745 00:37:42,962 --> 00:37:44,547 and I outrank you. 746 00:37:48,134 --> 00:37:50,511 Now, I want you to behave yourself. 747 00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:54,432 Listen to the nurses and do what they tell you 748 00:37:54,515 --> 00:37:57,935 because if I have to come back, it is not going to be pretty. 749 00:37:58,519 --> 00:37:59,937 Yes, sir. 750 00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:06,318 She's gonna need some more Jell-O. 751 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:15,411 Looks about right. 752 00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:17,955 I hear you're off to a pretty good start. 753 00:38:18,039 --> 00:38:20,207 Oh, no, I guess. Maybe I'm just off. 754 00:38:20,291 --> 00:38:23,294 You negotiated a settlement for the Emmitt Akin statue. 755 00:38:23,377 --> 00:38:25,337 That no one's really happy with. 756 00:38:25,421 --> 00:38:28,549 You went to court to get medicine distributed to sick people. 757 00:38:28,632 --> 00:38:30,051 A bunch of whom died 758 00:38:30,134 --> 00:38:33,095 because we didn't get it there fast enough. 759 00:38:33,179 --> 00:38:36,015 See, firing on all cylinders. 760 00:38:36,098 --> 00:38:39,060 Feels like the whole job around here is just putting out fires. 761 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:40,728 Is it always like this? 762 00:38:41,353 --> 00:38:42,563 No. 763 00:38:42,646 --> 00:38:44,732 Usually, the flames are much higher. 764 00:38:50,696 --> 00:38:53,240 Did you get a chance to talk to the reverend? 765 00:38:53,324 --> 00:38:55,868 Yes, sir. And I shook his hand. 766 00:38:56,577 --> 00:38:59,163 It's one of the many things I'll get to tell my grandchildren. 767 00:38:59,246 --> 00:39:02,333 He's seen so much. 768 00:39:02,416 --> 00:39:07,379 I can't help but wonder what he honestly thinks about where we are. 769 00:39:07,463 --> 00:39:09,006 What about you, Mike? 770 00:39:09,799 --> 00:39:11,801 What do you think about where we are? 771 00:39:14,386 --> 00:39:18,599 Sir, this country's constitution originally said I was 3/5 of a person. 772 00:39:19,683 --> 00:39:21,352 That's where we started. 773 00:39:22,019 --> 00:39:24,230 But I'm more interested in where we're headed. 774 00:39:25,606 --> 00:39:28,234 - We need to do better. - Yeah. 775 00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:31,278 But we've also come a long way. 776 00:39:31,362 --> 00:39:33,823 My great-grandfather was a sharecropper, 777 00:39:33,906 --> 00:39:35,908 and my dad was an auto mechanic. 778 00:39:35,991 --> 00:39:40,371 And I'm in the Oval Office talking to the President of the United States. 779 00:39:42,248 --> 00:39:45,626 You didn't mention your grandfather. What happened to him? 780 00:39:45,709 --> 00:39:46,836 He was a drunk. 781 00:39:47,837 --> 00:39:49,839 Progress can sometimes skip a generation. 782 00:39:49,922 --> 00:39:51,674 Yeah. 783 00:39:52,424 --> 00:39:55,219 It's 2017. 784 00:39:55,302 --> 00:39:58,806 We should be talking about anything and everything but this. 785 00:39:59,849 --> 00:40:01,058 But we're not, sir. 786 00:40:02,268 --> 00:40:04,019 And as long as we're having the conversation, 787 00:40:04,103 --> 00:40:06,564 you're the person I want to be having it with. 788 00:40:06,647 --> 00:40:08,941 You've got the boat pointed in the right direction. 789 00:40:09,441 --> 00:40:10,651 Thank you, Mike. 790 00:40:12,444 --> 00:40:15,281 Well, here's to hoping one day, we can all learn to row together. 791 00:40:15,865 --> 00:40:17,408 It's all we can do, sir. 792 00:40:18,075 --> 00:40:19,451 Yeah. 793 00:40:31,005 --> 00:40:34,717 All this stuff happened 30 years ago. How did Lloyd find out about all of it? 794 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,721 He's definitely looking for something to compromise the president with. 795 00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:40,973 Well, he found a vulnerability. 796 00:40:41,056 --> 00:40:43,434 One that he's making us investigate. 797 00:40:43,517 --> 00:40:45,269 He knows law enforcement can't bury it. 798 00:40:45,352 --> 00:40:47,271 - Yeah, the problem with transparen... - Shh. 799 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:26,977 Eric Little.