1 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:08,092 In other news, the automatic recount 2 00:00:08,174 --> 00:00:10,684 in the 27th State Senate District election 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,100 is in its third day 4 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:14,928 and is set to release its final tally results this morning. 5 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,425 The automatic recount was triggered 6 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:18,556 by a final vote count on Election Day 7 00:00:18,643 --> 00:00:20,943 that had Senate Majority Leader Dede Standish 8 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:24,021 leading upstart environmental candidate Payton Hobart 9 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:25,477 by only 23 votes, 10 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:26,777 well within the margin 11 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:29,320 that triggers a hand count under New York State law. 12 00:00:29,404 --> 00:00:31,284 Statements from both the Standish 13 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:32,744 and Hobart campaigns 14 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:35,794 insist that their candidates will emerge the victor. 15 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:37,499 We turn now to Kyle Bernier, 16 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:39,459 who is out front of Standish headquarters, 17 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:41,289 where Payton Hobart is expected to meet 18 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:44,344 with Dede Standish and election board officials any moment. 19 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:47,755 It's a tie. 20 00:00:47,797 --> 00:00:50,277 - No fucking way! - You have got to be kidding! 21 00:00:50,341 --> 00:00:51,511 I am not kidding. 22 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:53,932 The New York State Elections Board is not known 23 00:00:54,012 --> 00:00:55,392 for its collective sense of humor. 24 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:57,812 We take our jobs very seriously. 25 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:58,811 Very seriously. 26 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:01,522 How is a tie even possible? 27 00:01:01,603 --> 00:01:03,523 Well, it happens when the same number of voters 28 00:01:03,605 --> 00:01:06,975 - cast a ballot for each of you. - I know! I am not a fucking imbecile. 29 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:10,147 What she means is, she was up 23 votes. 30 00:01:10,528 --> 00:01:12,068 Where did those votes go? 31 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:13,315 Clearly, they never existed. 32 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:14,906 That tally was preliminary 33 00:01:14,991 --> 00:01:16,951 and obviously an overcount in your favor. 34 00:01:17,035 --> 00:01:19,535 It's quite common for the initial count to not be 35 00:01:19,829 --> 00:01:20,869 totally accurate. 36 00:01:20,955 --> 00:01:22,955 - So, count them again. - We did. 37 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:26,461 Still tied: 45,626 votes apiece. 38 00:01:26,544 --> 00:01:28,214 Well, count them by hand! 39 00:01:28,296 --> 00:01:30,006 It was a hand recount. 40 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,090 Two machine recounts and a hand recount, all with the same result. 41 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:37,473 The board of elections has officially certified this is a tie. 42 00:01:37,555 --> 00:01:39,055 That decision is final. 43 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:41,260 You know what? You know who probably didn't even vote? 44 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:43,909 James. I bet he stayed home out of spite. Bet you a million bucks. 45 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,706 I busted my fucking ass, 46 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:48,230 and I am tied with a fucking theater major? 47 00:01:48,316 --> 00:01:51,526 After six years of working together, he couldn't have shown up on the one day? 48 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,701 Who the fuck with half a brain in their fucking head... 49 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:56,451 So 50 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:59,453 Let's talk next steps, hmm? 51 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:00,536 Anna. 52 00:02:00,578 --> 00:02:03,038 Under New York State law, we have two options, 53 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,833 but both campaigns have to agree. 54 00:02:05,875 --> 00:02:07,785 We redo the election in ten days, 55 00:02:09,712 --> 00:02:10,762 or we flip a coin. 56 00:02:11,714 --> 00:02:13,067 We flip a coin? 57 00:02:13,091 --> 00:02:15,641 I am going to throw myself out that window. 58 00:02:15,718 --> 00:02:17,928 Strictly speaking, it does not have to be a coin flip. 59 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:20,309 We pored through the historical records, 60 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:21,890 and it's actually kind of funny 61 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:24,225 because you could decide it any way you want. 62 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,475 In 2006, 63 00:02:26,563 --> 00:02:29,693 there was a Democratic primary for the 37th House of Representatives, 64 00:02:29,774 --> 00:02:31,734 and Bryce Edgmon won that 65 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:32,818 with a coin flip. 66 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:35,025 - Heads. - Yes! 67 00:02:35,113 --> 00:02:36,113 Fuck! 68 00:02:36,197 --> 00:02:37,657 In 2017, 69 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:40,120 there was a tie in a race for Virginia House of Delegates, 70 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:42,621 so they put both names into film canisters, 71 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:45,424 - and then they pulled it out of a bowl. - David Yancey. 72 00:02:49,460 --> 00:02:52,050 And in Indiana in 1891, 73 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:53,630 a tie for county treasurer 74 00:02:53,715 --> 00:02:55,335 was decided by a footrace. 75 00:02:55,425 --> 00:02:57,215 Thank Providence! 76 00:02:58,469 --> 00:03:01,509 I'm going to, uh, give you a moment to discuss. 77 00:03:03,558 --> 00:03:05,438 I want a revote. 78 00:03:05,768 --> 00:03:09,938 I am not throwing away a 30-year political career 79 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,733 for some frigging coin toss. 80 00:03:11,816 --> 00:03:13,296 Dede, you gotta stay calm. 81 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:14,739 Let's talk about the trend lines. 82 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:16,945 A month ago, we were up 30 points, 83 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,280 then ten. 84 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:19,948 Now, we're tied. 85 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:23,237 He's trending up, we're trending down. 86 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:24,996 In ten days, 87 00:03:26,122 --> 00:03:27,252 he's gonna beat you. 88 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:31,172 But flipping a coin... 89 00:03:31,252 --> 00:03:33,412 Let's do a revote, okay? We can win this thing. 90 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:35,053 - Well, maybe. - Maybe? 91 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:38,131 Maybe we could win a revote, but it's probably less than a 50-50 chance. 92 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,428 - What? - We got out every possible vote for you, 93 00:03:40,511 --> 00:03:41,591 we still couldn't beat her. 94 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:44,783 And we'd struggle to repeat that turnout. I mean, most of your voters are young. 95 00:03:44,807 --> 00:03:47,287 Young people don't like voting, and what they really don't like 96 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:48,192 is voting twice. 97 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:50,229 You think we have better odds if we flip a coin? 98 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:51,363 Yeah, kinda. 99 00:03:51,439 --> 00:03:54,859 Maybe we could get them to use, like, a weighted coin. 100 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:56,443 One that always comes up heads. 101 00:03:56,527 --> 00:03:58,277 No. I'm not cheating. 102 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:00,587 So, here's what we would like to suggest. 103 00:04:01,449 --> 00:04:03,949 Let's honor this moment in political history 104 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:05,445 with a commemorative coin. 105 00:04:06,454 --> 00:04:08,974 One that my campaign is happy to be responsible for fabricating. 106 00:04:08,998 --> 00:04:10,998 We'll put my face on one side, Dede's on the other. 107 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:13,714 We'll use that coin, leave the rest to chance. 108 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:17,295 That's bullshit. You think we're actually gonna let you make the coin 109 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:18,632 that decides the election? 110 00:04:18,716 --> 00:04:22,006 God, that is just unbelievable! 111 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:24,385 Well, let's just do a revote. We'd love to do a revote. 112 00:04:24,472 --> 00:04:26,022 - Okay, that's fine. - Great. 113 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:28,639 - Fine. - Wait! That's not an official answer. 114 00:04:28,726 --> 00:04:30,086 Hold it, I just have to text here. 115 00:04:30,144 --> 00:04:32,364 My grandson has croup. Oh, God. 116 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,566 "Plenty of fluids, 117 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:35,649 steam." 118 00:04:35,984 --> 00:04:39,034 And 119 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:40,112 send. 120 00:04:40,571 --> 00:04:42,911 Oh, so sorry. He is the apple of my eye. 121 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:44,449 Okay. 122 00:04:45,201 --> 00:04:46,201 Okay. 123 00:04:47,161 --> 00:04:48,501 I propose 124 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,790 rock paper scissors. 125 00:04:52,917 --> 00:04:53,917 What? 126 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:56,796 - Really? - Really. 127 00:04:56,879 --> 00:04:59,879 I mean, let's be honest. You're not gonna win a footrace 128 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,546 or flipping a cheater-Payton coin. 129 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:05,604 Let's do the old roshambo! 130 00:05:06,055 --> 00:05:07,135 Best two out of three. 131 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:10,273 - Right now? - No, no, no, no. Friday, at noon, 132 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:13,595 so we have enough time to invite the camera crews and the press. 133 00:05:13,896 --> 00:05:15,106 Make it a big event. 134 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:17,149 I mean, this is so ridiculous, 135 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:18,483 but let's make it a thing. 136 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:20,898 Come on! It'll be fun. 137 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,704 Yay, democracy, yay, yay, yay! 138 00:05:27,368 --> 00:05:29,118 Okay. Deal. 139 00:05:29,912 --> 00:05:30,962 Deal. 140 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:03,630 There's an angle. 141 00:07:04,298 --> 00:07:05,298 How do you know? 142 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:09,048 Hadassah would never suggest something as out of the box as rock paper scissors 143 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:11,387 unless she had an angle. She is a calculating 144 00:07:11,722 --> 00:07:13,722 mmm... merciless operator, and I know that 145 00:07:13,808 --> 00:07:16,808 because I'm a calculating, merciless operator, and I would never suggest 146 00:07:16,894 --> 00:07:18,734 a game of chance to decide an entire election 147 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:20,443 unless I knew I could game the system. 148 00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:23,083 We should hire a private investigator and a team of psychiatrists 149 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,819 to do a psychological profile on Dede Standish to determine 150 00:07:25,903 --> 00:07:27,533 which option she's most likely to play. 151 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:29,493 She strikes me as a scissors kind of gal. 152 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:30,874 Mm-mm. Mm-mm. 153 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,590 We don't have time for any of that, okay? 154 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:35,040 We can't analyze the player, we need to analyze the game. 155 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,121 How do we do that? 156 00:07:37,915 --> 00:07:39,375 We need to talk to an expert. 157 00:07:58,269 --> 00:07:59,689 Okay. Uh, hi, Ricardo. 158 00:08:00,396 --> 00:08:02,856 You're... You're looking really good. It's good to see you. 159 00:08:03,191 --> 00:08:04,401 Uh, did you lose weight? 160 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:07,239 We heard that you were doing theater in here. 161 00:08:07,570 --> 00:08:08,610 That's nice. 162 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:10,822 Guys and Dolls. 163 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:14,791 But we had to cancel the show 'cause the guy playing Miss Adelaide 164 00:08:15,244 --> 00:08:17,124 shanked the guy playing Nathan Detroit. 165 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:19,525 Probably not the first time something like that's happened. 166 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:20,624 How's Infinity? 167 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:23,287 She told me she was gonna come visit, but 168 00:08:23,794 --> 00:08:24,924 she must be real busy. 169 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:26,924 She's... She's great. 170 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:28,588 She, um... She wrote a book. 171 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:30,892 We'd be happy to get you a copy. 172 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:32,887 On tape, if you prefer. 173 00:08:33,429 --> 00:08:35,269 Now she's busy, uh, saving the planet. 174 00:08:35,306 --> 00:08:36,346 Enough of the chitchat. 175 00:08:36,432 --> 00:08:37,432 We need your help. 176 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:40,385 Teach us how to win at rock paper scissors. 177 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:44,399 Roshambo. 178 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:45,782 You came to the right place. 179 00:08:45,858 --> 00:08:48,148 On the inside, roshambo is life. 180 00:08:48,236 --> 00:08:49,486 Everything's decided 181 00:08:49,570 --> 00:08:50,780 through roshambo: 182 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,413 Property disputes, 183 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:53,810 settling beefs. 184 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:56,334 Winner! 185 00:08:56,410 --> 00:08:58,830 There's even underground games that the guards organize 186 00:08:58,913 --> 00:09:00,673 for gambling purposes. 187 00:09:00,748 --> 00:09:02,118 Oh! 188 00:09:04,752 --> 00:09:06,172 You wanna know something? 189 00:09:07,588 --> 00:09:08,668 I like being in prison. 190 00:09:09,298 --> 00:09:10,968 Out in the world, I'm nobody. 191 00:09:11,759 --> 00:09:13,429 Just some punk 192 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:16,141 with no job and a cool mustache. 193 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:17,973 But in here, 194 00:09:18,474 --> 00:09:19,774 I'm like a duke 195 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:20,850 or a lord 196 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:22,227 or something. 197 00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:23,233 You know why? 198 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:27,192 Because I figured out the secret to always win at roshambo. 199 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:28,525 There is no strategy 200 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:29,819 to rock paper scissors. 201 00:09:30,861 --> 00:09:33,451 - It's a game of chance. - Tell that to the researchers 202 00:09:33,531 --> 00:09:37,161 of the China State Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics. 203 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,623 They wrote a paper on how humans make decisions 204 00:09:39,704 --> 00:09:41,374 in non-competitive, 205 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:44,785 - noncooperative, strategic actions. - English, Hadassah. 206 00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:48,455 They had a few hundred students play 60 games of rock paper scissors each 207 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:50,046 to see if any patterns emerged. 208 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:51,171 And, guess what? 209 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:52,337 They did. 210 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,755 I cracked the code. 211 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:55,013 When I first got here, 212 00:09:55,094 --> 00:09:56,474 I played it real cool and quiet. 213 00:09:56,554 --> 00:09:57,934 Roshambo! 214 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:00,429 Hands in pockets, no eye contact, 215 00:10:00,516 --> 00:10:02,016 never say yes to a favor. 216 00:10:02,810 --> 00:10:04,900 But what I did do is watch. 217 00:10:05,896 --> 00:10:08,106 And that's when I started noticing patterns. 218 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:11,903 Men almost always start with a rock. 219 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:13,736 Of course they do. 220 00:10:13,821 --> 00:10:17,071 It's their solution to everything: Just bash it into submission. 221 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:19,793 But assuming Payton starts 222 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:21,536 with rock, 223 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,961 that means we win round one, 224 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:27,001 but this is best two out of three. 225 00:10:27,084 --> 00:10:28,924 Well, here's where it gets juicy. 226 00:10:29,378 --> 00:10:30,958 Research found 227 00:10:31,088 --> 00:10:33,668 that if a player wins a round 228 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:36,298 they're more likely to play the same play the next round. 229 00:10:36,844 --> 00:10:38,224 So, if you win with paper, 230 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:41,894 you're feeling good about yourself, and you wanna keep feeling good, 231 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:45,734 so you unconsciously choose paper again. 232 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:48,811 Okay, so what happens to the loser's play after they lose? 233 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:51,978 If they lose two in a row, they get fixated on what's beating them, 234 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:55,318 so they switch to the thing that will beat what just beat them. 235 00:10:55,571 --> 00:10:56,571 What? 236 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:58,866 Dede, this is so simple. 237 00:10:58,949 --> 00:11:00,949 If you lose the first round, 238 00:11:01,118 --> 00:11:05,038 you switch to the thing that will beat what just beat you. 239 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:07,422 If you win, you should switch to the thing 240 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:10,020 that would win against the thing that you played the first time. 241 00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:12,801 I'm sorry, can you say that last part again, more slowly? 242 00:11:18,719 --> 00:11:21,599 If you win with rock, 243 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,808 play scissors. 244 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:28,478 If you lose with scissors, 245 00:11:28,938 --> 00:11:30,898 play paper. 246 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:33,815 Jesus! 247 00:11:33,901 --> 00:11:36,201 You guys wouldn't last five minutes in prison! 248 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:41,581 This is brilliant, but there's only one thing 249 00:11:41,659 --> 00:11:43,869 that could throw a wrench into this master plan. 250 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:44,833 Mmm? 251 00:11:44,912 --> 00:11:47,162 What if Payton knows about this study as well? 252 00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:51,464 - What is he doing here? - I called him. 253 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,461 This is a campaign emergency, 254 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,756 and I wanted everyone involved to be here to figure out what to do. 255 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,761 Well, I fired him. For cause. 256 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,103 Sorry I went behind your back and talked to the Times. 257 00:12:01,178 --> 00:12:03,378 I made an executive decision, which, considering the way 258 00:12:03,431 --> 00:12:06,481 the race tightened on Election Day, was probably really wise and productive. 259 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,599 Yes, one that you only made because I called you out 260 00:12:08,644 --> 00:12:09,924 for not being aggressive enough. 261 00:12:10,354 --> 00:12:12,374 I don't know if I wanna work with someone who can be baited into 262 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:13,858 an emotional action that easily. 263 00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:17,401 Yes, because we are all just usually so emotionally stable. 264 00:12:17,486 --> 00:12:20,486 Enough. Skye, you said it was an emergency. 265 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:23,366 If you think it's serious enough to warrant James being here, 266 00:12:23,451 --> 00:12:24,621 then James should be here. 267 00:12:24,702 --> 00:12:25,702 Thank you. 268 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,495 An hour ago, I got a visit from Infinity Jackson. 269 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:30,415 She gave me this. 270 00:12:38,841 --> 00:12:40,761 Is that an official ballot box? 271 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:47,392 It's still locked. 272 00:12:48,392 --> 00:12:50,442 Oh, my God. This is a stolen ballot box. 273 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:52,859 Being in possession of this is a federal crime, okay? 274 00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:55,584 We have to get out of here so we can maintain plausible deniability. 275 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:57,688 Wait, wait. How did Infinity get this? 276 00:12:58,944 --> 00:12:59,944 I stole it. 277 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,110 Well, we stole it. 278 00:13:02,198 --> 00:13:04,528 We being my secret climate action group 279 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,577 called the Climate Underground. 280 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,580 I wanted to call it the Weather Underground, 281 00:13:08,662 --> 00:13:10,042 but apparently, the name was taken 282 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,267 by some jerks who don't even care about climate change. 283 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:15,041 Anyway, I came up with the ballot-stealing idea all on my own. 284 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:17,127 I called it "Operation Steal our Planet 285 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:18,933 from the Boomers Who are Trying to Kill It." 286 00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:22,216 Mmm, aren't code names supposed to be, like, shorter than that? 287 00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:24,681 - Yeah, like, an acronym or something? - Or be clever? 288 00:13:24,762 --> 00:13:27,562 Can we get back to the crime that could put us in jail for a decade? 289 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:28,640 Payton, 290 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:32,940 Dede Standish cannot win this election. 291 00:13:33,729 --> 00:13:36,189 We are in a climate emergency, 292 00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:38,983 and you are the only candidate that can stop it, so... 293 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:41,739 I thought to myself, "Infinity", 294 00:13:42,404 --> 00:13:45,204 how can you stop her from winning this election? 295 00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:48,287 I mean, you could assassinate her, 296 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:51,039 "but that feels extreme even under these circumstances." 297 00:13:51,121 --> 00:13:54,331 Yeah, I agree with that. Assassination is never the answer. 298 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:55,416 Huh. 299 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:58,126 Then I realized, 300 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:00,511 this is a local election. 301 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:02,977 It'll be decided by just a handful of votes. 302 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:04,758 What if we made sure 303 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:07,304 that a bunch of Standish votes were never counted? 304 00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:09,221 It could throw the election 305 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:10,557 to you. 306 00:14:11,308 --> 00:14:13,078 How do you know that is full of Standish votes? 307 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:15,782 I found the polling place with the highest percentage of old voters. 308 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:16,733 I know that place. 309 00:14:16,814 --> 00:14:19,484 We canvased it. When we asked what they thought of the environment, 310 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:21,987 their response was, because their grandchildren never visit, 311 00:14:22,069 --> 00:14:24,449 they hope to leave behind a hellhole for them to live in. 312 00:14:25,906 --> 00:14:28,196 I read this study by these Canadian scientists 313 00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:31,164 that said old people are more easily distracted 314 00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:34,125 because a part of their brain called the locus coeruleus is deteriorated, 315 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:37,666 so I knew it wouldn't take much to draw their attention. 316 00:14:43,257 --> 00:14:45,797 Also, if there's one thing 317 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:48,760 that old people cannot resist, 318 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:50,893 it's mimes. 319 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:04,320 There are probably 300 ballots in this box. 320 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,743 That's more than enough to give the election to Dede. 321 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:08,622 This is bad. 322 00:15:08,699 --> 00:15:09,869 Oh, God, this is really bad. 323 00:15:09,950 --> 00:15:11,510 Worse than when you didn't have cancer, 324 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:13,221 - and I didn't tell anyone. - Th... That bad? 325 00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:15,325 It's that bad, Infinity. We are all going to jail. 326 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:16,254 I'm not. 327 00:15:16,332 --> 00:15:18,792 I'd turn on all of you in a heartbeat. 328 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:20,329 You saw that election board. 329 00:15:20,377 --> 00:15:22,587 They told us they don't have a sense of humor, right? 330 00:15:22,671 --> 00:15:25,171 Don't think you're gonna find stealing their ballot box funny. 331 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:28,177 In fact, I think they'd probably find it definitively unfunny. 332 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:29,350 Payton, we are at war. 333 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:31,558 The biggest, most important war of all time. 334 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:32,719 Every single day counts. 335 00:15:32,806 --> 00:15:34,976 Two years with you with the power to do something 336 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:36,899 could be the difference between life and death. 337 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:39,646 Our planet is being murdered by people like Dede Standish. 338 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:40,810 Okay? This is 339 00:15:42,024 --> 00:15:43,024 not a crime. 340 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:46,400 It's self-defense. 341 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:51,121 Okay, so? What are we gonna do? 342 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:53,202 Like it or not, we're in it now. 343 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:55,285 We could crack it open and count the votes, 344 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:57,371 and if it helps us, we turn it in anonymously, 345 00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:58,786 and if not, we burn them. 346 00:15:58,874 --> 00:16:00,254 Okay. Now that we've considered 347 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,674 the most dishonest version of what we should do, 348 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:03,873 what are some other options? 349 00:16:03,921 --> 00:16:04,921 We could just 350 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:06,890 leave it on the doorstep of a police station, 351 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,376 like an unwanted baby. 352 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:10,987 And risk them using DNA and fingerprints to find out who did it? Mm-mm. 353 00:16:11,011 --> 00:16:12,891 Or we could do a full Frank Capra integrity play 354 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,932 and hold a press conference and tell the truth. 355 00:16:15,015 --> 00:16:16,805 Yeah, and then I go to jail, so... 356 00:16:17,393 --> 00:16:18,983 Oh, God, I need time to think. 357 00:16:19,061 --> 00:16:21,247 There is no time. We're in possession of stolen ballots. 358 00:16:21,271 --> 00:16:23,191 Don't you think I know? Do I look like an idiot? 359 00:16:23,273 --> 00:16:24,533 I'll look after it. 360 00:16:24,608 --> 00:16:26,608 I'd like to regain your trust. 361 00:16:28,028 --> 00:16:29,028 If you'll let me. 362 00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:33,779 I don't wanna know where you're keeping them. 363 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:37,003 Nobody talks to each other or about this until we can fix it. 364 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:42,540 Astrid, I never... 365 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:46,209 I never thanked you for not causing any trouble for Payton 366 00:16:46,296 --> 00:16:47,376 before the election. 367 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,428 It's probably just pregnancy hormones. 368 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:50,717 That's not true. 369 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:53,219 Our reaction to your baby news was cruel. 370 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:58,433 - I'm sorry. - That's fine. 371 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:01,227 - It happens to me all the time. - It's not because I'm pregnant. 372 00:17:01,311 --> 00:17:03,651 Well, it is, but. 373 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,148 It's because... 374 00:17:07,609 --> 00:17:10,399 I don't like the parents that this baby is gonna have. 375 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,738 No, you and Payton will be great parents. 376 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,083 Pretty good ones, at least. 377 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,406 You'll definitely be better than mine. 378 00:17:19,496 --> 00:17:22,206 I don't like who we've become. 379 00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:25,001 What politics has turned us into. 380 00:17:25,502 --> 00:17:27,882 Payton is exactly the same as he's always been. 381 00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:30,047 What it's turned me into. 382 00:17:31,508 --> 00:17:33,718 I'm selfish, 383 00:17:34,762 --> 00:17:35,932 I'm unkind, 384 00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:39,643 I'm willing to cheat, 385 00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:42,767 to... wreck lives, if necessary. 386 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,863 How do you know that's not just who you are? 387 00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,733 Politics hasn't changed you. 388 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,738 It just so happens to be the perfect job 389 00:17:50,819 --> 00:17:53,279 for your particular moral and ethical skill set. 390 00:17:54,698 --> 00:17:56,078 I got into Harvard. 391 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,487 Payton didn't. 392 00:18:00,370 --> 00:18:03,000 I was the one who told him to run on the climate. 393 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:06,422 I was the one encouraging him to play fair. 394 00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:10,585 I've deferred my entire life to him. 395 00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:14,221 Taken on his worst qualities to serve 396 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:17,051 his dreams, 397 00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:19,263 and ego. 398 00:18:27,648 --> 00:18:30,478 I can't argue with you there. You've been his bitch since I met you. 399 00:18:31,568 --> 00:18:33,755 Thank you for always speaking straight to me. 400 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:36,489 My father always said my coldness was my greatest asset. 401 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:41,826 Screw Payton. 402 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:43,749 Screw everyone. 403 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,003 We should just get out of this town and never look back. 404 00:18:51,255 --> 00:18:53,795 Running away isn't gonna help anything. 405 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,763 Running away was the best thing I did with my life. 406 00:18:56,844 --> 00:19:00,064 When I got far enough, I realized I wasn't running from anything important, 407 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:02,559 I was running to the life I actually wanted. 408 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:12,034 Is the fetus going with him? 409 00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:15,110 I don't think so. 410 00:19:17,072 --> 00:19:18,072 You know 411 00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:20,578 uh, this may sound strange, Hadassah, 412 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:23,949 but even though Marcus lied to me, I still feel terrible for him. 413 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,463 He's losing his wife, his home, 414 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:31,036 and his young, gay lover, all in the span of a few days. 415 00:19:31,753 --> 00:19:34,213 He'll probably lose his job, too. 416 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:37,090 Writing those papers for those students. 417 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,296 Please. He has tenure. 418 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,600 He could be murdering cats on the Internet 419 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,430 and he'd still keep his teaching job. 420 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:45,675 - Oh, God. - Look, it's the right thing, Dede. 421 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:48,688 Politically, Marcus was gonna drag you down 422 00:19:48,770 --> 00:19:50,690 like a tweed-blazered anchor. 423 00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:52,018 But, personally, 424 00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:54,567 he's a liar! 425 00:19:54,651 --> 00:19:57,451 And he clearly leans very heavily 426 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,323 towards the gay end of the Kinsey spectrum. 427 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:01,741 Clearly. 428 00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:06,958 I am, 429 00:20:08,123 --> 00:20:12,213 so tired, Hadassah, of the game. 430 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:15,634 You can't be tired of the game. 431 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,014 That's like saying you're tired of breathing. 432 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,350 Or you're tired of the chicken parm at Elio's. 433 00:20:21,428 --> 00:20:23,428 You are the game. You've been defined by the game 434 00:20:23,513 --> 00:20:25,853 for four decades. 435 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:28,643 - What are you gonna do? Take up golf? - No. 436 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,557 Or play Rummikub at... at the nursing home? 437 00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:34,017 You gonna join the board of a bullshit start-up? 438 00:20:34,107 --> 00:20:36,777 Oh, God, just saying those words gives me the creeps. 439 00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:38,860 Oh, so does staying the course. 440 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:40,661 You know I love governing. 441 00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:44,699 It's the campaigning part of the job that I never liked. 442 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:46,615 And one of the only things that kept me going 443 00:20:46,703 --> 00:20:49,873 was that I didn't have to worry about running again. God. 444 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,378 Oh, my God. 445 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,554 Ugh. 446 00:21:01,635 --> 00:21:04,465 It's a new world, Hadassah. 447 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,350 Since AOC, 448 00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:08,181 no incumbent is safe. 449 00:21:11,144 --> 00:21:13,024 We may win this, 450 00:21:14,398 --> 00:21:16,108 but we've shown weakness. 451 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:22,240 No one is ever going to let us run unopposed again. 452 00:21:22,322 --> 00:21:23,322 You were excited. 453 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:24,868 You were excited about running 454 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,120 - for vice president. - Yes, of course I was! 455 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:29,542 But you and I know what makes that different. 456 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,501 We would be busting our asses, 457 00:21:31,581 --> 00:21:34,291 flying around the globe on Air Force Two. 458 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:38,546 We would be negotiating giant deals with major leaders. 459 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:41,797 I would be the first woman 460 00:21:42,509 --> 00:21:46,509 to be this close to the presidency. 461 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:49,598 I just... It's a little different 462 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,438 than busting our asses 463 00:21:51,518 --> 00:21:52,808 up in Albany 464 00:21:52,894 --> 00:21:55,024 to try to pass some fucking bill 465 00:21:55,105 --> 00:21:56,395 to get some light bulbs 466 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:58,361 - in some fucking street lamps. - No. 467 00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:01,145 You're not giving up yet. You'll miss it too much. 468 00:22:01,236 --> 00:22:03,816 The... The... The fame, the respect, the driver. 469 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:05,275 The luggage tags 470 00:22:05,365 --> 00:22:07,825 that say "Senate Leader Standish" on them? 471 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:10,793 And, woman to woman, I won't let you. 472 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:13,416 Look at those old farts in Congress. 473 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:16,588 Nothing but big, swollen prostates and Brooks Brothers suits. 474 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:19,248 You don't see them walking away because they're tired. 475 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:22,008 No! They hang on to power, 476 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:26,094 even if it means wetting themselves at the State of the Union. 477 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,520 - Take a lesson. - You... 478 00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:32,933 Hadassah 479 00:22:34,644 --> 00:22:36,024 this is gonna be good for you. 480 00:22:36,897 --> 00:22:37,897 Yeah. 481 00:22:38,648 --> 00:22:39,858 Just think 482 00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:43,784 how a new candidate could recharge you. 483 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:44,862 You... 484 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,657 You've been with me for so long. 485 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:51,754 A fresh start will be good for you. 486 00:22:51,995 --> 00:22:54,455 But I don't wanna work for anybody but you. 487 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:57,790 I wanna keep going until we go over the cliff. 488 00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:00,295 Like Thelma and Louise. 489 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:04,630 I wanna win this, 490 00:23:05,675 --> 00:23:06,795 you know I do, 491 00:23:08,011 --> 00:23:09,431 but no matter what, 492 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,680 I'm sorry. 493 00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,642 It's the last race I'm gonna run. 494 00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:31,794 Made any progress? 495 00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:35,158 I'm just playing out every possible scenario in my mind. 496 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:38,077 Like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, but every ending sucks. 497 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:40,132 To be, or not to be. 498 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:41,710 Exactly. 499 00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:45,295 Oh, and the worst part of this is, we didn't even make this mess. 500 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,835 It was thrust upon us. 501 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:49,260 Maybe. 502 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:52,507 Nobody asked Infinity to steal that ballot box. 503 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:53,597 But 504 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:57,136 maybe we created an environment of moral ambiguity 505 00:23:57,227 --> 00:23:59,897 that made her think that doing that for us was okay. 506 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,270 Alice, this is hard enough without you blaming us for it. 507 00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:06,527 I'm leaving... 508 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,067 Manhattan, this campaign 509 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:11,866 you. 510 00:24:12,367 --> 00:24:13,987 I think that maybe 511 00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:17,292 we are bad people. 512 00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:18,577 No, that's not right. 513 00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:20,498 I think that I've 514 00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:23,341 become a bad person. 515 00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:24,920 Because you're with me? 516 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:26,839 Yes. 517 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,966 I don't think that you're a bad person. 518 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:33,853 I think that you're indifferent 519 00:24:34,347 --> 00:24:35,967 to morality and ethics. 520 00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:38,887 I think that you struggle with these kinds of ethical conundrums 521 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:40,847 because you think that you're supposed to, 522 00:24:40,937 --> 00:24:43,187 but you only choose the side of light when it means 523 00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:45,653 that you'll still probably get what you want. 524 00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:46,734 That's not true. 525 00:24:46,776 --> 00:24:48,066 Do you want examples? 526 00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:52,491 When we go to the movies, you put your jacket on the chair next to you 527 00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:56,334 - to make sure no one else takes it. - Uh, excuse me. Is someone sitting there? 528 00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:58,773 Oh, yeah, I think so. He just dropped his coat and ran out. 529 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:00,290 I think he's at concession stand. 530 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:07,011 Seriously? 531 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:09,128 That's the evidence that I'm morally bankrupt? 532 00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:11,006 That I don't want to share an armrest? 533 00:25:11,092 --> 00:25:12,302 It's the principle. 534 00:25:12,385 --> 00:25:14,545 We are members of a community in a theater. 535 00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:16,388 You are putting your comfort 536 00:25:16,473 --> 00:25:18,483 over the comfort of every other member. 537 00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:20,643 You also lie. 538 00:25:21,102 --> 00:25:22,022 A lot. 539 00:25:22,103 --> 00:25:25,443 You're always telling people you can be somewhere, even if you can't. 540 00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:27,895 And then you lie about why you can't make it. 541 00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:30,954 Yes. Yes, no, Rabbi, I know I promised to attend Sukkoth services 542 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,029 in exchange for your endorsement. Here's the thing. 543 00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:35,953 Some shiksa waitress served me real bread instead of gluten-free bread 544 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:38,754 at breakfast today, and I'm in the worst gastrointestinal distress, 545 00:25:38,828 --> 00:25:41,078 and... yeah. Uh-huh. Yes, exactly. 546 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,804 Serves me right for being born Ashkenazi. 547 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,828 Okeydokey, thank you for understanding. 548 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:50,301 That's not lying, that's politics. 549 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,422 You promise everything, 550 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,588 and then you embellish when you can't follow through. 551 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:56,555 For God's sakes, Alice, people expect me to lie to them about that stuff. 552 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,138 How about the fact that this office has been stealing Wi-Fi 553 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,774 from the Indian restaurant downstairs since we moved in? 554 00:26:01,851 --> 00:26:03,901 We're running on a shoestring budget here. Okay? 555 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:07,609 If we win, I'll report the Wi-Fi to the FEC as an in-kind contribution. 556 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:11,111 There's always a rationalization for everything. 557 00:26:12,362 --> 00:26:15,952 Don't you see that that's why Infinity thought 558 00:26:16,032 --> 00:26:18,242 it was okay to steal the election for you? 559 00:26:18,326 --> 00:26:21,786 That she was just following your lead and rationalizing away any guilt? 560 00:26:21,871 --> 00:26:25,791 Just like you did when you put her life in danger in high school. 561 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:28,085 Just like you did 562 00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:32,419 when you didn't turn around to look at me when we passed each other in the hall. 563 00:26:32,507 --> 00:26:33,967 Is that what this is all about? 564 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,180 Have you really not forgiven me for that yet? 565 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:39,926 You know that's the biggest regret of my life. 566 00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:42,234 It's that. 567 00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:46,517 It's also the fact that I have been there 568 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,645 for every one of those things. 569 00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:52,399 I'm an even worse rationalizer than you are. 570 00:26:52,485 --> 00:26:54,445 I... I have turned to the dark side 571 00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:58,369 and lost any concept of a moral code for anything. 572 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,620 I mean, at least you can tell yourself you're doing it for your dream. 573 00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:04,333 Our dream. Our dream. 574 00:27:04,414 --> 00:27:06,004 No, your dream. 575 00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:10,627 I don't even know what mine is. 576 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:11,712 Okay. 577 00:27:12,422 --> 00:27:14,382 So then, let's figure out what that is. 578 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,800 Right? And then... And then, I promise you, 579 00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:21,555 I will do everything in my power to make that come true. Okay? 580 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,640 I owe you that. 581 00:27:23,350 --> 00:27:24,730 After the election. 582 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:25,809 Yeah, of course. 583 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:31,940 And what if 584 00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:35,856 my dream interferes with yours? 585 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:40,994 Are you willing to put yours on hold to make mine come true? 586 00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:43,410 But why would we have to do that? 587 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,115 I'm asking if you would. 588 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:50,131 Yeah, yes, yeah. Absolutely, yes. 589 00:27:53,963 --> 00:27:54,963 Okay? 590 00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:05,769 I'm not some rabbi looking for you to come to temple 591 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,440 in exchange for an endorsement. 592 00:28:13,274 --> 00:28:15,494 Okay. Yeah, just go. Just walk out. 593 00:28:15,568 --> 00:28:18,198 You got practice leaving men as things are about to get serious. 594 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:19,909 I left Thad for you! 595 00:28:19,989 --> 00:28:22,529 You're the one who wanted to bring Astrid into our bed 596 00:28:22,617 --> 00:28:25,137 so that you could shut her up, okay? You're no better than I am! 597 00:28:25,161 --> 00:28:26,251 You're right. 598 00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:30,080 But leaving you is the only way I can be certain. 599 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:34,752 Goodbye, Payton. 600 00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:45,266 I didn't come all the way across the country 601 00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:46,848 to watch you starve yourself. 602 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:50,023 I'm in a constant state of nausea. 603 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:53,650 I've never experienced this complicated a moral dilemma. 604 00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:58,210 Or is it an ethical dilemma? I can never remember the difference. 605 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:01,866 Ethics are the rules that social systems provide us, 606 00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:06,623 and morals are the principles which we govern ourselves by. 607 00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:08,075 That's why I'm struggling. 608 00:29:08,163 --> 00:29:10,083 Am I confused about what I'm supposed to do 609 00:29:10,498 --> 00:29:13,208 because the culture says that it matters that I do the right thing, 610 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:15,711 or does doing the right thing 611 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:17,763 actually matter to me? 612 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:19,049 Who cares? 613 00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:20,132 I care, Mom. 614 00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:22,335 This is a defining moment in my life and career. 615 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,474 Every politician has his or her crossroads 616 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:27,684 when they finally have to choose one path or the other. 617 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:31,476 So do I tell myself that, no matter what I have to do, 618 00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:32,853 what rules I break, 619 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,857 or people I have to kill, 620 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,399 backroom deals I have to cut, 621 00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:39,153 I'm still a white knight because I'm fighting for what's right? 622 00:29:39,235 --> 00:29:41,195 Or am I a man of core values? 623 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,369 Am I a champion of truth and integrity 624 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:47,489 who's willing to sacrifice what's good for what's right? 625 00:29:47,577 --> 00:29:49,657 Am I ethical or moral? 626 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:52,039 Or neither? 627 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:55,294 You know, am I Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton? 628 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:56,672 Or Lyndon Johnson? 629 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,093 Clinton was reelected. 630 00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:02,844 Ethics says you should turn this ballot box over 631 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:04,256 and explain what happened. 632 00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,012 There will be an investigation, 633 00:30:07,096 --> 00:30:10,096 Infinity will probably get arrested, and they will count the votes. 634 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:13,103 I'd lose and be tainted, and I'd send my friend to jail. 635 00:30:14,562 --> 00:30:16,152 - What's the moral thing? - I told you. 636 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,441 Morality is how we govern ourselves. 637 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:21,688 You can throw that ballot box in the East River, 638 00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:25,568 but can you live with the consequences to your conscience? 639 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:27,635 What if I hear the ballots from down there constantly? 640 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,219 Like that guy from The Tell-Tale Heart? 641 00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:34,581 You once said that my ambition frightened you. 642 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:37,186 Is that what you're talking about? Did you always know that I... 643 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:39,499 Had the capacity to live 644 00:30:39,587 --> 00:30:42,587 outside the normal boundaries of ethics and morals? 645 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:45,548 When you were a little boy, 646 00:30:45,635 --> 00:30:49,715 you used to love to steal cookies and candy from the pantry. 647 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,725 Your father never really noticed any of you, 648 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:56,059 but he was a true prude about sweets. 649 00:30:57,146 --> 00:30:58,476 I'm not sure if it was 650 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:03,901 that he was worried about obesity or he was shorting sugar stocks 651 00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:05,987 or maybe it was that Katie Couric documentary, 652 00:31:06,072 --> 00:31:07,782 but he was adamant. 653 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:11,203 I outwardly agreed, but then looked the other way 654 00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:12,746 when you did your pilfering. 655 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:16,669 Are you saying that you think it's okay to steal under certain circumstances? 656 00:31:16,749 --> 00:31:17,749 I would watch you 657 00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:21,594 after you took a sleeve of Oreos or a bag of Swedish Fish, 658 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:24,671 and for the first hour or so, 659 00:31:24,757 --> 00:31:28,847 you would be paranoid and agitated and upset. 660 00:31:28,928 --> 00:31:33,888 At first, I thought that you felt guilty over being dishonest, 661 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,885 but after a while, 662 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:39,311 when you realized that you hadn't been caught, 663 00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:41,943 you would start to relax. 664 00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:46,815 Not only relax, you would get a skip in your step. 665 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,699 - Sugar high? - No. 666 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:51,872 Because I think, for you, 667 00:31:52,702 --> 00:31:55,832 the best part was realizing that you had gotten away with it. 668 00:31:57,624 --> 00:31:59,174 You are who you are, Payton. 669 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,790 I think you've known exactly what you're going to do 670 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:04,168 with that ballot box from the moment you saw it. 671 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:08,969 Your struggle isn't deciding what you're going to do. 672 00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:13,644 It's accepting who you are. 673 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,937 Congratulations on winning your election, Mom. 674 00:32:25,026 --> 00:32:26,316 I'm very proud of you. 675 00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:29,362 Are you gonna eat anything? 676 00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,409 I'm gonna get stoned and have a bath. 677 00:32:46,255 --> 00:32:49,005 - We're gonna do nothing about the box. - Are you sure? 678 00:32:50,009 --> 00:32:51,009 Alice left me. 679 00:32:52,178 --> 00:32:53,548 All I have left is my career 680 00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:55,639 and my dream, 681 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,141 so I will make it to the White House. 682 00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:03,607 Even if I have to lie and cheat 683 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,985 and... burn the world down to get there.