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[indistinct air traffic control chatter]
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[radio chatter continues]
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[metal groaning]
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[alarm blaring]
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- [Hal] You want me there on day one.
- [Kate] I should've dry-cleaned this.
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[Hal] What's the point?
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- [Kate] In waiting a week?
- Yeah.
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I will no longer be jet-lagged.
I will be able to focus
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and graciously accept your help
getting me on my feet.
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But the first week is when you do that.
That's when you get on your feet.
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It wouldn't kill you to take a couple days
and just like... sit here and think.
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Figure out the next move.
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Maybe it's Kabul.
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Maybe that's the next move.
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Oh, you think the nation of Afghanistan
is not big enough for the both of us?
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- It isn't.
- What the fuck is this?
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- Put a few in my wallet.
- It should say "ambassador."
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- Not yet it shouldn't.
- I'm gonna write "ambassador" on there.
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[cell phone buzzing]
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Hello? Hi. She thinks she has to wait
for the embassy in Kabul to open
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before she can call herself "ambassador."
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Well, that's really fucking stupid.
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Kate, it's Tim.
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He's writing "ambassador" on my cards.
It looks like "ambulance."
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[reporter on video]
Off the coast of Iran, a massive explosion
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aboard British aircraft carrier
HMS Courageous
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has killed
at least 25 Royal Navy personnel.
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Britain's Ministry of Defence is expected
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- to give a statement imminently.
- What the fuck?
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- Tim, hang on a sec.
- Earliest reports indicate the damage...
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Hello?
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- [man] Ms. Wyler?
- Yes.
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I have the chief of staff calling
from the White House.
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- He's right here.
- Ma'am...
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- Hey, I'm back.
- Hello?
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- Why?
- Yeah.
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No, I get them going after us,
but why the Brits?
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Kate, they want a briefing.
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- At State?
- No, the White House.
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Okay. I gotta go.
White House wants Hal to brief.
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It'll take me ten minutes
to prep him. I'll call you back.
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Katie.
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Not me, you.
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Hello?
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[Billie] Hey.
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- Come on in.
- Can your guy make two copies of this?
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I made a list of who in Tehran
could order a strike on a British vessel
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and who seemed pissed off
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- we took their tanker.
- I think they're all pissed off.
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But some tweeted about it
and not who you'd expect.
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- [Rayburn] Billie.
- We gotta go.
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I guess you can share one.
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[Billie] This is Katherine Wyler.
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She was our number two
in Beirut and Islamabad.
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When we seized the tanker last week,
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the Iranian regime signaled its outrage
in a couple of unusual ways.
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What is she doing?
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She knows a lot about Iran. I didn't get
into what we wanted to discuss.
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This would be easier
if you each had your own copy.
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Have a seat.
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Okay.
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- How's Hal?
- He's good.
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- [Rayburn] He's a good man.
- Thank you.
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- Did great work in Afghanistan.
- Sure did.
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- We don't have anyone in London.
- Mm-hm.
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- A bad time not to have anyone in London.
- Right.
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Twenty-five of their sailors get killed
because Iran wants to send me a message.
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- We don't know it was Iran.
- Whoever it was,
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we need someone substantial
to be the ambassador in London.
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- He'll be great. He's a great choice.
- I'm sorry?
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Hal. And you didn't have to ask me.
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- We worked in different countries before.
- We're not talking about Hal.
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You're experienced.
You'd signal we're taking this seriously.
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You'd be at every funeral, memorial--
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Sorry, I'm going to Kabul.
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We'll take care of that.
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They'll love Hal in London.
He's good at all that.
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- It's not gonna be Hal.
- Why not?
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Because he called
the secretary of state a war criminal.
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I promised
I wouldn't send him anywhere ever again.
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I realize London
has a ceremonial component to it
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and you were ready
to do more substantive work in Kabul.
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I'm hoping to save a shred of what
we spent 2400 American lives building.
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It feels substantive.
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- Billie.
- I'm just saying it's hard to imagine.
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- She can't imagine it.
- The president is asking you to serve
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as ambassador to the United Kingdom.
We have a plane waiting.
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We'd like you to get on it.
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It is an honor and a privilege.
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That's more like it.
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It's exactly what they wanna hear. They've
been hosting garden parties for 50 years.
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The president
is asking you to take it up a notch.
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Mm-hm.
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- He picked you because you're experienced.
- He wants an experienced person
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- to show up and look sad.
- You're such a fucking snot.
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There was an argument
between Billie and the president
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about whether my mission
was to look guilty or just sad.
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People died. Showing up matters.
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I am an emotional support dog.
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- It was probably Iran.
- Please. They're broke.
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They don't want to bomb somebody for
taking their oil. They want the oil back.
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- So who?
- Russia, China, ISIS.
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Russia is not gonna torpedo
a British aircraft carrier.
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- Why not?
- Because they're busy.
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Takes the focus off Eastern Europe.
Gets the president bogged down
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in the Middle East,
makes him look like an asshole.
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It's a British vessel.
You don't wanna consider the possibility
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it was attacked
because someone doesn't like the British?
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- My hands are swelling. This is not good.
- Whoever it was, the Gulf is on fire.
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The president is sending you to stop a war
before it starts, not... butter a crumpet.
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[man] White House wants you in the SCIF.
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We're screening imagery
from the Pentagon, NSA and NGA,
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- see if we can figure out who did it.
- I have a guess.
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- We're not guessing.
- My guess is Iran.
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[Billie] Is the door closed?
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[door closes]
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- Yeah.
- Still seeing that girl?
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Twenty-five British sailors just died.
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Gonna tell you something five people know.
You're six. I don't want her to be seven.
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- I won't tell her.
- We're gonna lose the vice president.
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Like, die?
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Resign. Something will come out,
she'll get knocked around for awhile,
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then step down. Maybe six months.
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- Whoa.
- Yeah. So we need somebody else.
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And I have a few ideas.
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But one of them...
I want you to check her out.
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Tell me if I'm crazy.
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Her corridor rep is fantastic,
but she's a little...
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- What?
- I don't know.
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- Needs a haircut.
- Pfft. No.
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I'm not asking
for "return of the kingmaker."
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- Just take a look. Tell me what you think.
- When you call me that, it makes it worse.
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- Kingmaker? I'm sorry.
- No, you're not.
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You're right. I'm not. I'm asking you
a favor and you're being a pain in my ass.
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And you're being a bully. No means no.
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You can't say no. I put her on a plane.
She's gonna be your new ambassador.
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[Kate] Thank you.
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Welcome to London, Ambassador Wyler.
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I'm Stuart Hayford,
your deputy chief of mission.
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I guess this is what
arranged marriage feels like.
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- Gwen Hempill from the Foreign Office.
- Such a pleasure.
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I'm so sorry.
What a terrible thing that's happened.
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Ambassador Wyler, it is an honor.
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Call me Hal. One ambassador is plenty.
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- Have the numbers changed?
- Twenty-eight casualties.
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Search and rescue is still looking.
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Jesus Christ.
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This is Frances Munning,
the residence manager.
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- Welcome to Winfield House, ambassador.
- Thank you.
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Hello, everyone.
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[staff] Hello, ma'am.
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- And welcome to you, Ambassador Wyler.
- Call me Hal. One ambassador's plenty.
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Perhaps Mr. Wyler.
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Please. Follow me.
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We gonna do this every time?
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The house was purchased by Barbara Hutton
shortly before her marriage to Cary Grant.
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Big piece of land
for right in the middle of London.
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Miss Hutton moved to Winfield
with her young son
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just after the abduction
of the Lindbergh baby.
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Regent's Park provided,
you know, a reassuring perimeter.
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The only private garden in London
larger than Winfield is Buckingham Palace.
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Oh, for God's sake.
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[reporter on video]
The vice president was missing
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from yesterday's Situation Room meeting.
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Her office cited schedule constraints,
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but there's a growing sense of frustration
among supporters...
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The president is talking to the PM
at 12:00. He wants her on the call.
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- Holy shit.
- Fancy.
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- Ambassador Vayle wasn't on those calls.
- Yeah.
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Everything all right?
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I showed them around.
She checked the sheets in the Adams Suite.
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- Okay.
- To see if they were on the bed.
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Were they?
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Yes.
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After your call
with the president and prime minister,
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you'll go to the Foreign Office
and present a copy of your credentials.
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Is the secretary of state
on the call with the president?
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Ganon? He shouldn't be.
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- Neither should I.
- He's not.
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In the afternoon,
you'll visit the Greenwich Naval Memorial.
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To lay a wreath
in honor of the fallen sailors.
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- Right.
- And at the end of the day,
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we'll have a rehearsal for
the official presentation of credentials.
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- Why are we doing it twice?
- [Stuart] You can't start work
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until you give a copy of your credentials
to the Foreign Office.
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Then you'll submit them officially
at Buckingham Palace.
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We try to do a dry run with all the gear.
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There have been issues
getting in and out of the carriage.
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- Carriage?
- Mrs. Vayle split her skirt up the back.
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- Then the horses--
- Nothing to worry about.
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Did you pack a dress, maybe tea-length?
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No.
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- Pippa.
- We have a stylist.
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She'll come by the embassy.
You get a top hat and tails.
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This is today? When is the ceremony?
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We're not sure exactly, but if we can run
the rehearsal, we'd like to.
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So you can photograph it?
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Inviting a couple reporters?
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- One. She's good, she'll do a feature.
- Push it.
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Give them a break.
They need a picture for the website.
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- On a horse?
- [Hal] They'll do before and after photos.
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First-time ambassador.
Lean into the Cinderella thing.
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I am not Cinderella.
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I'm here for 30 funerals. The only
tea-length garment I packed is a burka.
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I have a black suit
and another black suit,
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and I'm not getting dressed
by someone named Pippa
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so a women's magazine
can ask who I'm wearing
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and what advice I have for little girls.
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It's fine. We'll ditch it.
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- [Kate] Great.
- We're gonna head over to the embassy.
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If you'd like to join us,
sit in on a briefing?
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- Sure.
- Okay, Hal?
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I think I'm gonna stretch my legs.
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My husband was an ambassador for
a long time. This will be an adjustment.
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Of course.
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- Him tagging along is not--
- Copy.
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- Let's get the cars.
- [Alysse] She'll need a minute to change.
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[Stuart] Uh-huh.
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Into...?
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Something... more?
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[sighs]
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Get your feet off the furniture.
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Barbara Hutton fucked Cary Grant
on this table.
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They want you at the memorial at 3:00.
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I'll have them call
if we're running behind.
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You are no longer in charge
of my movements.
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Yeah, but I don't wanna wait for an hour
because no one can find you.
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Not great.
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Call Darya, tell her to stop saying,
"Afghan women's health."
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She has to use words
like "atrocity, dismemberment."
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- Who's she talking to?
- I don't know, UNHCR.
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Someone in Pakistan.
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"Sit in on a briefing"?
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It would have been rude of him
not to offer.
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You didn't have to say yes.
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Did you or did you not ask me
to help get your feet on the ground
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or your ass in the saddle
or whatever it was?
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Is that okay?
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- Better.
- Sure? I can do the pit wash.
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You don't need it.
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- Is it bad?
- No, it's good.
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Oh, my God, stop. Stop.
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You're perfect.
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Fuck you. Am I okay?
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What are you gonna say to him?
The prime minister.
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I am a listener on the call.
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That is the opposite
of ass in the saddle, Kate.
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More than once, I've told you,
when you land in a new post,
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there is some wisdom
in spending a week or a month
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- with your mouth shut, listening.
- I never did it. It was a dumb idea.
252
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Rayburn is gonna talk about NATO,
253
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but you're here
to patch things up with the Brits.
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- Keep the focus tight.
- I'm not doing this the way you would.
255
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That's fine. Just don't do it wrong.
256
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Morning, ambassador. Morning, sir.
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Welcome to Embassy London.
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We'll show you your office later.
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We need to get you on the call
with the president.
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Good morning, ambassador. Eidra Park.
Welcome to Embassy London.
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CIA chief of station.
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- [Kate] You are having a day.
- We are.
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These are the latest images
of the carrier.
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- From?
- Air Force drones in the Gulf.
265
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And this is yesterday,
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HMS Courageous on its way to joint
exercises with us in the Indian Ocean.
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They clocked some instability
in a propeller
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and diverted to the Royal Navy Base
in Bahrain for repairs.
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- Nobody spent a long time planning this.
- [Eidra] No.
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- Weapon fragments?
- [Howard] Not yet.
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The investigation hasn't ramped up.
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- Still pulling bodies out of the water.
- [Alysse] Yeah. I've got her.
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The president and the prime minister
will be on in a second.
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Thank you.
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[woman 1] Good morning.
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I have President Rayburn
and Ambassador-designate Wyler
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for Prime Minister Trowbridge.
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[woman 2] Thank you so much.
I'll connect the prime minister.
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- [line beeps]
- [Trowbridge] Mr. President?
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[Rayburn]
Nicol, what a fucking horror show.
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[Pensy] Sorry about the wall.
282
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It's frightfully bare.
283
00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:04,608
There was a Jackson Pollock up there.
284
00:17:04,608 --> 00:17:07,527
It was a bit of a zing
among all the old masters.
285
00:17:08,111 --> 00:17:11,198
- The Vayles took most of their art home.
- Mm-hm.
286
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They left the Titian in the drawing room.
Donation to the house.
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- Generous.
- Isn't it?
288
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Have you and Ambassador Wyler
arranged for the shipping of yours,
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or is that something with which
I could be of assistance?
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Our art?
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Mm-hm.
292
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Kate's a career officer.
Not a political appointee.
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Ronald Vayle, he became ambassador,
294
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because he raised $2 million
for the president.
295
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Like most American ambassadors
in gorgeous European posts.
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Goodness.
297
00:17:45,607 --> 00:17:50,112
Kate and I are like British ambassadors.
Lot of experience in crisis zones.
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- No art.
- I'm so sorry.
299
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We're okay with it.
300
00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:59,121
Could you direct me toward my driver?
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- Pardon?
- Driver of my car.
302
00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:05,460
I'm sorry, you don't have one. Or a car.
Mrs. Vayle purchased a Jaguar
303
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and hired a driver,
but she's had it sent back to the States.
304
00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:12,175
The Jaguar. Not the driver.
305
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,846
Shall I call you a taxi?
306
00:18:19,558 --> 00:18:23,728
Death toll's up to 32, and the president
offered to carpet-bomb Tehran.
307
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:27,607
- What did the PM say?
- He was polite but I'm sure he's worried.
308
00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:30,235
I'll try to dial it down when we speak
to the foreign secretary.
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That could take a moment.
To get to the foreign secretary.
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Secretary of state hasn't called him yet.
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And likely won't until he's had a chance
to speak with the Saudis and the UAE.
312
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- Secretary Ganon hasn't called him yet?
- No.
313
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So I can't call him.
314
00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:46,293
Yeah, you really can't call anyone.
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The whole thing is not ideal.
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This is your wing.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Ambassador-designate Katherine Wyler.
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- Welcome, ambassador.
- Welcome, ma'am.
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- Nice to meet you.
- It's an honor, ma'am.
320
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- Nice to meet you. Wow.
- Nice to have you here.
321
00:19:19,242 --> 00:19:23,580
- Morning. There are a lot of you. Hi.
- [Ronnie] Welcome to the embassy.
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Ma'am, I have Ambassador Wyler
on the phone for you.
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- Would you like to take it in your office?
- Um...
324
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It's that one, right there.
325
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Yup.
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- I'll connect you.
- Thanks.
327
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[phone ringing]
328
00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:00,492
Hi.
329
00:20:00,992 --> 00:20:02,994
- How did it go?
- Fine. What's wrong?
330
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,456
- You had a driver in Beirut, right?
- Yes.
331
00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:10,085
This place has six gardeners,
and the wife doesn't get a car.
332
00:20:10,085 --> 00:20:11,711
We were not married in Beirut.
333
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,381
I had a driver
because I was a deputy chief of mission.
334
00:20:14,381 --> 00:20:16,549
- None of the wives gets a car?
- I swear to God.
335
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:19,844
I need to get out,
let people know you're here.
336
00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:22,430
No, you don't.
Neither of us can do anything,
337
00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:24,975
because Ganon isn't calling the Brits
till this afternoon.
338
00:20:24,975 --> 00:20:25,934
What?
339
00:20:25,934 --> 00:20:28,561
Too busy whipping the Sunni coalition
into a frenzy.
340
00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:30,480
He's a fucking moron.
341
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,690
Well, he's my boss.
342
00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:32,774
He shouldn't be.
343
00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:35,360
- [sighs] Did you call Darya?
- No.
344
00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,779
- I will. I will.
- I should be in Kabul.
345
00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:40,156
Ganon isn't repairing
the North Atlantic Alliance.
346
00:20:40,156 --> 00:20:42,158
He's swinging his dick
around the Persian Gulf.
347
00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:44,536
Washington doesn't have
a UK problem, Kate.
348
00:20:44,536 --> 00:20:47,747
Washington has an Iran problem.
You're the one with the UK problem.
349
00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:50,834
If you think the foreign secretary
needs attention, call him.
350
00:20:51,459 --> 00:20:54,379
- Ganon would shit a live ostrich.
- Why?
351
00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:58,717
Any idea how much planning went into
the batting order on your phone sheet?
352
00:20:59,301 --> 00:21:00,427
It sounds scintillating.
353
00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:03,888
The president calls, the secretary
of state calls, the Pentagon calls.
354
00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:06,725
- Jesus Christ.
- Don't act like it's bullshit.
355
00:21:06,725 --> 00:21:10,437
It's about fundamental respect
for institutional norms.
356
00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:12,355
You're covering Ganon's ass for him.
357
00:21:12,355 --> 00:21:15,483
It's not a betrayal
of rules-based democracy.
358
00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:17,527
You're gonna be in Dennison's office.
Do a pop-by.
359
00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:18,903
Okay. Hal, I gotta go.
360
00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,439
Ready to tie the knot?
361
00:21:56,524 --> 00:22:00,487
Robin will memorialize the moment,
if I can locate our spot--
362
00:22:00,487 --> 00:22:04,616
We like to do it in front
of Britannia grasping hands with America,
363
00:22:04,616 --> 00:22:06,993
but more and more
we find it's problematic.
364
00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:10,789
Africa as a young naked boy,
and Australia in nothing but a bush hat.
365
00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:13,249
Good afternoon. Mind if I say hello?
366
00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,753
Oh, wonderful. Foreign Secretary
Austin Dennison, this is--
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00:22:16,753 --> 00:22:19,464
Ambassador Wyler,
if she's handed over that document.
368
00:22:19,464 --> 00:22:22,384
She's done it, but we've not yet
photographed it, so it may not be real.
369
00:22:23,134 --> 00:22:26,012
- Sir, it's an honor to meet you.
- Pleasure. Stuart.
370
00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,180
Good to see you, sir.
371
00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:30,350
Gwen, mind if I steal her for a moment,
or does that muck up your day?
372
00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:32,977
Of course. What a stroke of luck.
373
00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,396
- [Austin] Tell Davies to go ahead.
- Ma'am.
374
00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:37,148
- I know.
- Small talk. Weather.
375
00:22:42,946 --> 00:22:44,739
I'm so sorry for your loss.
376
00:22:44,739 --> 00:22:47,033
We're grateful to have you
jumping into the fray.
377
00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:48,243
Of course.
378
00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:50,954
The prime minister was moved,
speaking with President Rayburn.
379
00:22:50,954 --> 00:22:53,957
I believe he's very much
on the front foot.
380
00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:57,627
He is. I know the secretary of state
is eager to talk to you.
381
00:22:57,627 --> 00:23:02,132
I think he just wants to make sure
his ducks are in a row before he does.
382
00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:06,052
The carrier is drifting, I've learned.
Rather unfortunate.
383
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,346
- Which way?
- Towards Iran.
384
00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:12,058
- Oh, God.
- It's quite vulnerable out there.
385
00:23:12,851 --> 00:23:15,770
We need to be sure
we're keeping the temperature low.
386
00:23:15,770 --> 00:23:17,981
I'll inform the secretary of state.
387
00:23:17,981 --> 00:23:21,484
I was just about to brief
the prime minister. Can you join?
388
00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:24,571
- You met him on the phone.
- I'm not sure that's a great idea.
389
00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:29,450
- [Austin] Sorry to disturb.
- Ah!
390
00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:32,078
Not at all, we were due a break.
391
00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:34,831
That or ritual suicide.
392
00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:38,001
Ambassador Katherine Wyler,
Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge.
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00:23:38,001 --> 00:23:40,670
Welcome, welcome.
We hear wonderful things.
394
00:23:40,670 --> 00:23:43,423
- Sir, it's an honor to meet you.
- Ah. Honor to be met.
395
00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:46,926
- Rayburn didn't let you get a word in.
- Ah.
396
00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:50,513
Brilliant of him sending you.
Experienced. Professional. Female.
397
00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:52,390
I am many of those things.
398
00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:53,933
- [Trowbridge chuckles]
- I'm so sorry--
399
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,477
You know the last female ambassador
to the Court of St. James's?
400
00:23:56,477 --> 00:23:59,063
- Long time ago.
- Over a hundred years.
401
00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,441
- Fifty, but yes.
- What a proud tradition you've had.
402
00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:06,362
Captains of industry spending a year
on holiday whilst we've got work to do.
403
00:24:07,322 --> 00:24:09,365
You and I, I'm sure,
will accomplish things together.
404
00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:11,201
I certainly hope we will.
That's why I'm here.
405
00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:14,537
There's a mess in the Gulf, but you know
the players. You'll be a great help.
406
00:24:15,330 --> 00:24:19,918
We should-- Let's hole us up
somewhere where they can't find us.
407
00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:23,129
[clears throat]
408
00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:30,678
Good afternoon.
409
00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:34,849
- Good day, sir.
- Hal Wyler. Nice to meet you.
410
00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:38,895
- I'm the ambassador's wife.
- Oh. Oh, not at all, sir.
411
00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:43,024
We're the Metropolitan Police,
here to keep you and the ambassador safe.
412
00:24:43,024 --> 00:24:44,776
And we couldn't be more grateful.
413
00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:48,863
- Is that your car?
- Uh, it is, sir. Yeah.
414
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:54,452
- Trouble you for a lift?
- Wish I could. Official business only.
415
00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:55,662
Okay, I understand.
416
00:24:55,662 --> 00:24:59,582
- Might I book you a cab?
- Oh, I'm gonna take a walk.
417
00:24:59,582 --> 00:25:01,626
- Nice to meet you.
- You too, sir.
418
00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:10,051
- Sir! Sir!
- [tires screeching]
419
00:25:11,094 --> 00:25:14,305
Oh, my goodness, I am so sorry.
420
00:25:14,305 --> 00:25:16,641
Of course, you drive
on the other side of the road.
421
00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:28,569
The president freaked them out.
422
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,989
They're worried he's gonna
threaten to bomb Tehran.
423
00:25:30,989 --> 00:25:32,282
Then they're really in it.
424
00:25:32,282 --> 00:25:34,867
I'm sure he's trying to make them feel
like he's paying attention.
425
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:37,453
They want him to keep quiet.
Let the Brits set the tone.
426
00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:40,957
- Okay. Ganon can get into it.
- They want me to handle it.
427
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:42,625
That isn't great.
428
00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:45,336
This is exactly what Hal did
to Ganon in Tel Aviv.
429
00:25:45,336 --> 00:25:47,297
Blew in and made
the whole American delegation
430
00:25:47,297 --> 00:25:49,966
look like they were sitting around
with their thumbs up their asses.
431
00:25:49,966 --> 00:25:52,760
But this isn't you
charging into the PM's office.
432
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,722
The foreign secretary tracked you down.
That was his idea.
433
00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:57,598
Was it?
434
00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:00,435
Hal.
435
00:26:00,935 --> 00:26:01,936
- Really?
- Yup.
436
00:26:03,021 --> 00:26:04,063
You think your husband--?
437
00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:08,651
Pulled me out of a photo op
and dumped me in the PM's lap? Yeah.
438
00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:11,738
Okay. Wow. Impressive.
439
00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:14,741
You say that now. Always comes at a cost.
440
00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:16,909
- Which is what?
- You don't know until you know.
441
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:19,412
But then you definitely know.
442
00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:25,209
Well, at this point,
they're asking you to step in.
443
00:26:25,209 --> 00:26:26,419
You kind of have to.
444
00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:31,632
[Kate] Mr. Secretary,
the prime minister understands
445
00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:34,218
the attack may have been a message for us.
446
00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:37,638
But the president signaled
quite a lot of outrage
447
00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:39,766
when he spoke to the prime minister,
448
00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:43,436
and they're worried he may make
a public statement before they're able--
449
00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:45,396
It was a condolence call
for 30 servicemen.
450
00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:48,608
Exactly what was he supposed
to signal if not outrage?
451
00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:51,611
I think what troubled them
was the statement,
452
00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:56,908
"If I find out it was Iran, I swear,
we're gonna light the place up."
453
00:26:56,908 --> 00:26:59,202
I'm sure that's not what he said.
454
00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:02,288
It's exactly what he said.
455
00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:03,456
You got a readout?
456
00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:07,794
I was on the call.
457
00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:11,923
Wasn't I sending you to Kabul?
458
00:27:11,923 --> 00:27:17,011
Sir, no one is more surprised
to find me here than I am.
459
00:27:17,011 --> 00:27:20,306
I don't know, ambassador.
I haven't called the foreign secretary.
460
00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:25,269
You've been at post for an hour and
you talked to the prime minister. Twice.
461
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:26,687
They want us involved,
462
00:27:26,687 --> 00:27:31,234
but not if we're planning to attack
an unstable regime without any evidence.
463
00:27:31,234 --> 00:27:34,028
Inform your friend the PM
that Rayburn's a lot of talk.
464
00:27:34,028 --> 00:27:36,739
He's not planning to "light up"
the Republic of Iran.
465
00:27:36,739 --> 00:27:39,951
They need to hear it from you.
On its face, it's credible.
466
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:44,455
We have an elderly president
who just lost the House
467
00:27:44,455 --> 00:27:48,918
and we have a young VP who'd be
glad to prove she likes to blow things up.
468
00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:52,672
That is my problem. Not yours.
469
00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:57,385
Not if they can't get you on the phone,
sir, then apparently it's mine.
470
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,099
He'll keep the president
off the air for a day.
471
00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:06,310
- One?
- Doesn't help, does it?
472
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,107
It's not nothing.
They'll appreciate its non-nothingness.
473
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:13,609
Very close to nothing.
474
00:28:41,179 --> 00:28:43,347
[man] Raymond Braysdale, MP Aberconwy.
475
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,313
[Stuart] Ambassador Wyler, United States.
476
00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:00,364
[inaudible dialogue]
477
00:29:08,456 --> 00:29:09,540
Ma'am, look at me.
478
00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:12,335
Mr. Wyler's here. Does he know Meg--?
479
00:29:12,335 --> 00:29:13,544
Don't look over there.
480
00:29:14,212 --> 00:29:16,380
- Does he know Meg Roylin?
- I don't know.
481
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,966
- Is he talking to Meg whoever?
- Roylin.
482
00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:21,803
- Is that a problem?
- She's a Tory operative.
483
00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:24,472
She built the strategy
behind Trowbridge's campaign.
484
00:29:24,472 --> 00:29:26,516
Then he fired her
when the papers started saying
485
00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:28,601
she was the brains behind the operation.
486
00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:31,979
She takes racists
and turns them into lovable guys
487
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,482
you wish had time to coach peewee soccer.
488
00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:38,361
Remember I told you
there would be a price? For Dennison?
489
00:29:40,738 --> 00:29:41,948
[cell phone ringing]
490
00:29:46,869 --> 00:29:48,871
- [Hal] Hey.
- Stop moving.
491
00:29:48,871 --> 00:29:52,333
- How did it go at the Foreign Office?
- You know exactly how it went.
492
00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:55,503
I'll be right there,
but I got someone I want you to meet.
493
00:29:55,503 --> 00:29:57,880
- No. Absolutely no.
- [Hal] Uh-oh.
494
00:29:58,548 --> 00:30:01,008
Bad connection. Come on.
495
00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:04,220
Now you've met my husband.
496
00:30:08,683 --> 00:30:09,517
Pull her.
497
00:30:10,935 --> 00:30:11,936
Really?
498
00:30:11,936 --> 00:30:15,481
Your first media hit in the country
can't be a candid with Meg Roylin.
499
00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:17,775
Pardon us. Thank you, thank you.
500
00:30:18,776 --> 00:30:21,612
Step aside, please.
Pardon us. Step aside, please.
501
00:30:21,612 --> 00:30:24,073
- This way, ma'am.
- Step aside. Metropolitan Police.
502
00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:25,533
- This is a lot.
- This way.
503
00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:27,618
She's not in cardiac arrest.
We're just trying to go.
504
00:30:27,618 --> 00:30:29,287
[Martin] Sir? Thank you, sir.
505
00:30:31,747 --> 00:30:32,957
- Not today.
- So sorry.
506
00:30:32,957 --> 00:30:35,418
Not to worry. I'll call you. Thank you.
507
00:30:42,174 --> 00:30:45,428
- [man] Sir, your name, please?
- Ambassador Wyler, United States.
508
00:30:48,723 --> 00:30:50,182
[camera shutter clicks]
509
00:31:00,109 --> 00:31:02,778
- Are you okay?
- Twitter said it was a threat on her life.
510
00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:07,241
We had Meg Roylin coming from one side and
Jamie Taro of the Daily Mail on the other.
511
00:31:07,241 --> 00:31:09,452
I can't have that be the first image
that shows up
512
00:31:09,452 --> 00:31:11,537
when you google
"Ambassador Katherine Wyler."
513
00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:15,708
It says Ambassador Wyler's leaving
the memorial right now. In a police car.
514
00:31:16,459 --> 00:31:19,086
- Clearly she's not.
- Is it, perhaps, the other one?
515
00:31:20,338 --> 00:31:22,173
The other Ambassador Wyler.
516
00:31:23,257 --> 00:31:24,717
We got a call earlier.
517
00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:27,011
Mr. Wyler borrowed a vehicle.
518
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:28,763
From the police?
519
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:34,101
Oh. The press office sent a nice piece
about you at the memorial-- Hang on.
520
00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:36,687
Uh, "U.S. Ambassador Wyler
521
00:31:36,687 --> 00:31:39,231
pays his respects
at the Greenwich Naval Memorial
522
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:42,944
on his first day as representative
to the Court of St. James's."
523
00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:44,487
[phone rings]
524
00:31:44,487 --> 00:31:46,238
- Hmm.
- [Ronnie] Stuart Hayford's office.
525
00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:48,783
Eidra.
526
00:31:51,077 --> 00:31:52,036
- Hi.
- Hi.
527
00:31:52,703 --> 00:31:54,872
Members of parliament
are canceling visits to Greenwich.
528
00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:57,500
Security concerns raised
by your hasty exit.
529
00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:59,126
It was a misunderstanding.
530
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:00,836
It's a fast boat. We can't see markings,
531
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,547
but it definitely looks like
the kind Iran's been stockpiling.
532
00:32:04,298 --> 00:32:05,257
Shit.
533
00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:06,717
- Yeah.
- Why?
534
00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:07,760
Means it's Iran.
535
00:32:08,552 --> 00:32:10,262
Means it's an Iranian boat.
536
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:13,057
Israeli satellites clocked it
off the coast near Sirik.
537
00:32:13,057 --> 00:32:14,558
- Which is...?
- In Iran.
538
00:32:15,393 --> 00:32:17,144
Is that something everyone knows?
539
00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:19,647
It's a very small coastal village in Iran.
540
00:32:20,231 --> 00:32:22,817
They lose track of it here,
but the timing lines up.
541
00:32:23,734 --> 00:32:25,736
- When did this come in?
- Few minutes ago.
542
00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:27,196
- Does State have it?
- Ganon?
543
00:32:27,196 --> 00:32:30,658
- I'm sure he got it when we did.
- You think my day holds?
544
00:32:31,242 --> 00:32:35,037
The Brits asked her to keep the president
quiet until the carrier's in a safer spot.
545
00:32:35,037 --> 00:32:37,039
- And the White House agreed?
- Ganon agreed.
546
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:40,626
For a day. When there wasn't
real evidence pointing at Iran.
547
00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,920
It's not an indictment. It's a boat.
548
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,548
In the right place at the right time.
549
00:32:45,548 --> 00:32:48,342
I should tell Dennison I got the day
before it's gone.
550
00:32:48,342 --> 00:32:50,720
We gotta get you to your town hall.
551
00:32:51,595 --> 00:32:52,471
Your speech.
552
00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,933
Kill it. I hate speeches.
553
00:32:56,892 --> 00:32:58,477
Can you hang back a minute?
554
00:33:00,730 --> 00:33:02,773
The job is like 80% speeches.
555
00:33:05,526 --> 00:33:08,988
- They asked me to slow-roll her clearance.
- Who?
556
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:14,118
Ganon?
557
00:33:17,163 --> 00:33:18,164
Shit.
558
00:33:19,749 --> 00:33:21,584
There could be plenty of reasons for that.
559
00:33:21,584 --> 00:33:22,501
Really?
560
00:33:24,879 --> 00:33:26,922
No. He wants to get rid of her.
561
00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:29,842
Shit.
562
00:33:32,595 --> 00:33:35,473
- Why give her a day?
- Probably thought it'd take that long
563
00:33:35,473 --> 00:33:38,601
to find a reason to get her out,
but now we have her husband
564
00:33:38,601 --> 00:33:42,146
stealing a police car
and conspiring with shady Tories.
565
00:33:42,146 --> 00:33:43,355
Can I use the SCIF?
566
00:33:47,985 --> 00:33:49,070
What do you think?
567
00:33:49,737 --> 00:33:50,571
- Of her?
- Yeah.
568
00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:54,909
I'm impressed. I was dubious at first,
but she turned me around.
569
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:59,038
I think I'll ditch my plans to move to
a place with better career opportunities
570
00:33:59,914 --> 00:34:02,500
so I can stand by her side
for a tour that'll reinvigorate
571
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:05,294
the special relationship
and usher in a new American century.
572
00:34:06,295 --> 00:34:07,213
Give her a chance.
573
00:34:08,130 --> 00:34:11,967
I'm not fucking her, I'm fucking you.
I'm trying to give you a chance.
574
00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:18,140
[phone ringing]
575
00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:21,435
What happened?
576
00:34:21,435 --> 00:34:23,687
The five people
who know what's going on here...
577
00:34:23,687 --> 00:34:25,981
- Yeah.
- The secretary of state's one of them.
578
00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:26,899
Right?
579
00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:32,029
- No.
- What the fuck, Billie?
580
00:34:32,029 --> 00:34:34,532
- He doesn't need to know.
- He's trying to shitcan her.
581
00:34:34,532 --> 00:34:38,202
- I'm sure he's not.
- She wound up in a sit-down with the PM,
582
00:34:38,202 --> 00:34:41,372
thanks to the husband,
who by the way, Jesus fucking Christ.
583
00:34:41,372 --> 00:34:43,290
He's a handful, but people love him.
584
00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,251
Ganon thinks she's eating off his plate.
585
00:34:45,876 --> 00:34:48,963
The president needs to say out loud
that he asked her to take the lead here.
586
00:34:48,963 --> 00:34:50,464
It's not gonna happen.
587
00:34:50,464 --> 00:34:54,051
It's a test. The president wants to see
if she can handle herself.
588
00:34:54,677 --> 00:34:57,263
- If she's afraid of Ganon...
- She's not.
589
00:34:57,263 --> 00:34:59,265
That's the kind of information I need.
590
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:00,724
It's why I read you in.
591
00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:05,563
Is that why you read me in?
592
00:35:05,563 --> 00:35:07,815
Or are you asking me
to turn her into something?
593
00:35:08,899 --> 00:35:11,110
I don't know. Maybe.
594
00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:14,905
- That's the clarity I'm looking for.
- I don't have a lot of clarity.
595
00:35:14,905 --> 00:35:16,615
I just spent three years building a VP
596
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:19,201
who could take the torch from an old man
and get us another term.
597
00:35:19,201 --> 00:35:21,120
This was not my plan.
598
00:35:22,121 --> 00:35:24,623
She handles things.
We get people who can campaign.
599
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,458
They can't handle anything
and we're drowning.
600
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:30,171
Oh, fuck that. You see an opportunity,
you can't let it go by.
601
00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:33,424
Yeah, I can't.
Who do you think taught me that?
602
00:35:37,136 --> 00:35:38,429
No, "atrocity."
603
00:35:39,013 --> 00:35:42,766
Atrocity. It means "killing people
and hacking them up into little pieces."
604
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,229
Darya, if you say "women's health,"
605
00:35:47,229 --> 00:35:50,107
they think they're funding a yoga studio
in Jalalabad.
606
00:35:51,108 --> 00:35:53,194
Listen, I gotta go. Okay.
607
00:35:55,321 --> 00:35:56,989
Ganon's trying to get rid of you.
608
00:36:00,576 --> 00:36:01,744
That was fast.
609
00:36:01,744 --> 00:36:03,913
An apology could take the edge off.
610
00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:08,042
He's trying to keep the Gulf
from boiling over.
611
00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:10,628
I'm not calling him
to say I made an oopsie.
612
00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:12,504
Might be worth it.
613
00:36:14,465 --> 00:36:17,509
Hmm. In a week,
the Brits will have set the tone.
614
00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:20,387
- Ganon won't remember any of this.
- Ma'am...
615
00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,518
you are not gonna be here in a week.
616
00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:28,270
You're not on the books yet.
617
00:36:28,812 --> 00:36:31,815
Ganon will have to do some explaining,
but he'll blame Hal,
618
00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:33,567
which won't take much convincing.
619
00:36:35,611 --> 00:36:36,737
You called him Hal.
620
00:36:37,446 --> 00:36:38,280
First time.
621
00:36:40,574 --> 00:36:41,408
Sorry.
622
00:36:41,992 --> 00:36:45,788
Everyone does once they really know him.
Guess you got the idea.
623
00:36:47,248 --> 00:36:48,374
I did.
624
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:56,799
Maybe it's all right.
625
00:36:58,467 --> 00:36:59,718
What does that mean?
626
00:37:00,928 --> 00:37:05,557
You don't seem to be all that thrilled
to be here. It's not Jalalabad.
627
00:37:06,350 --> 00:37:09,728
Someone is shooting missiles
at boats in the Persian Gulf.
628
00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:12,648
Even I can get it up
for averting another bloodbath
629
00:37:12,648 --> 00:37:14,441
- in the motherfucking Gulf.
- Sorry.
630
00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:16,527
I was just asking.
631
00:37:24,410 --> 00:37:26,120
Who was gonna do the feature?
632
00:37:27,454 --> 00:37:28,289
The rehearsal.
633
00:37:28,289 --> 00:37:30,708
Me in a gown, with a horse.
634
00:37:30,708 --> 00:37:32,918
- British Vogue.
- [groans]
635
00:37:34,878 --> 00:37:36,213
God, I hate this shit.
636
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:40,843
What?
637
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:44,555
You know who you can't fire?
638
00:37:46,557 --> 00:37:47,558
Cinderella.
639
00:37:52,146 --> 00:37:56,859
I'm not sure if this is the same schedule.
I don't think anything has changed.
640
00:37:56,859 --> 00:37:59,445
Pensy, find Leonard if you could, please.
641
00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:06,535
The article won't be online till tomorrow,
but they'll put pictures on the website.
642
00:38:06,535 --> 00:38:09,830
It's fucking brilliant.
A media darling by sunup.
643
00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:11,957
- Fucking brilliant.
- [Hal] It is.
644
00:38:13,042 --> 00:38:14,460
Told you you were ready.
645
00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:17,504
You and I did all the things we do
to launch you.
646
00:38:18,339 --> 00:38:20,424
Drop-kicked me
into the center of the action,
647
00:38:20,424 --> 00:38:24,345
so I can make promises I can't keep,
while alienating my superiors
648
00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:27,389
for a strategically insignificant
moment of access.
649
00:38:28,182 --> 00:38:32,186
And now we're distracting
from the clusterfuck with a media splash
650
00:38:32,186 --> 00:38:34,688
designed to make me
more attractive to women.
651
00:38:34,688 --> 00:38:35,689
You're a snob.
652
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:37,274
Zip this.
653
00:38:37,274 --> 00:38:38,359
And a misogynist.
654
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,613
You're the prime minister's new
best friend and you're gonna be famous.
655
00:38:42,613 --> 00:38:44,698
I should be getting a blow job
for that phone call.
656
00:38:44,698 --> 00:38:48,786
I didn't wanna be famous. You're so famous
nobody wants to work with you.
657
00:38:57,044 --> 00:39:01,173
How is this a $1600 piece of clothing?
It doesn't even have pockets.
658
00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:03,759
Makes your ass look fantastic.
659
00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:13,060
We look good.
660
00:39:24,947 --> 00:39:26,115
[Stuart] Wow.
661
00:39:26,115 --> 00:39:27,699
I'm not a dress person.
662
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:30,035
- You're faking it spectacularly.
- Okay.
663
00:39:30,661 --> 00:39:32,996
We'll start with candids
for the Vogue spread,
664
00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:35,416
and then some formal portraits for us.
665
00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:37,251
The body count went up, 41 dead.
666
00:39:37,251 --> 00:39:38,544
Yeah.
667
00:39:38,544 --> 00:39:42,047
Oh, ma'am, ma'am.
Uma is outside, whenever you're ready.
668
00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:43,257
- Uma?
- The reporter.
669
00:39:43,257 --> 00:39:46,677
Okay. They may want more help
with the search.
670
00:39:46,677 --> 00:39:49,555
There's a guy
I should call at the Pentagon.
671
00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:51,682
Ma'am, I'll talk to the guy.
672
00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:55,602
And I talk to Uma.
673
00:39:55,602 --> 00:39:56,812
Give me your phone.
674
00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:02,025
His name is Gerald Tober.
He runs maritime search and rescue.
675
00:40:05,612 --> 00:40:06,947
I used to do your job.
676
00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:09,241
It is better than this one.
677
00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:12,077
Ma'am...
678
00:40:13,162 --> 00:40:14,705
I am sorry about today.
679
00:40:14,705 --> 00:40:17,249
- You knew the thing with Dennison was--
- Don't worry about it.
680
00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:22,421
- Hal makes a lot of magic. Hard to resist.
- Well, next time I'll know.
681
00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:25,174
You won't.
It's like a drug. You can't say no.
682
00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:27,718
It's okay, he'll be gone soon.
683
00:40:29,011 --> 00:40:32,347
- He will?
- Let's get a look at you. It's perfect.
684
00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:35,225
- I think it is. Right?
- Absolutely.
685
00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:37,227
- Let's look at you in the light.
- [Kate] Okay.
686
00:40:41,231 --> 00:40:42,065
Frances?
687
00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:43,192
Mr. Hayford.
688
00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:47,946
Why did you tell me about the sheets?
689
00:40:49,031 --> 00:40:52,367
- You said she checked the sheets.
- In the Adams Suite.
690
00:40:52,868 --> 00:40:56,163
You asked for relevant information.
It's a guest suite.
691
00:40:57,831 --> 00:40:59,791
They don't sleep in the same bed.
692
00:41:07,049 --> 00:41:10,260
[Kate] I don't wanna make your job
any harder than it already is,
693
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:13,931
but it would be great
if there weren't any shots of me
694
00:41:13,931 --> 00:41:18,101
looking wistfully into the distance
as I caress my own neck.
695
00:41:18,101 --> 00:41:20,562
- Ma'am, could I borrow you?
- Mm-hm.
696
00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:27,277
Is Mr. Wyler leaving?
697
00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:32,199
Yes.
698
00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:35,202
Um...
699
00:41:35,953 --> 00:41:37,037
Is he coming back?
700
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,919
He will get me on my feet,
and then he will go.
701
00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:47,256
It is a two-person job.
702
00:41:47,256 --> 00:41:50,926
Mrs. Dursley can plan a menu
without the help of Hal Wyler.
703
00:41:50,926 --> 00:41:53,470
- Yes, but--
- The president asked me to do him a solid.
704
00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:57,140
At what point do you think I should have
raised the epic failure of my marriage?
705
00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,434
- Ma'am--
- This was fun, I feel like we're closer.
706
00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:01,812
I need to step away and change my shoes
707
00:42:01,812 --> 00:42:06,400
because Uma and Pippa think
I'll project more power in a block heel.
708
00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:11,446
- [knocking on door]
- [Hal] Yeah.
709
00:42:13,615 --> 00:42:15,158
You're getting divorced.
710
00:42:16,451 --> 00:42:17,286
No, we're not.
711
00:42:17,286 --> 00:42:20,872
- Does the White House know?
- There's nothing to know.
712
00:42:21,373 --> 00:42:24,418
The ambassador says your--
Your marriage is over.
713
00:42:25,711 --> 00:42:26,795
Ever been married?
714
00:42:27,421 --> 00:42:30,007
This doesn't work
if she's getting divorced.
715
00:42:30,007 --> 00:42:33,552
You can't slot someone in the
vice presidency if she's getting divorced.
716
00:42:33,552 --> 00:42:34,845
She'll take me back.
717
00:42:36,805 --> 00:42:38,932
Okay. I gotta talk to Billie.
718
00:42:38,932 --> 00:42:40,767
You work it out with her
and the president--
719
00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:43,687
No. You don't tell anyone.
She will take me back.
720
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:45,314
I...
721
00:42:46,857 --> 00:42:53,113
do things that make her want to leave me,
and I will not do them again.
722
00:42:53,905 --> 00:42:57,367
You were here two hours, made one call.
The secretary of state wants to fire her.
723
00:42:57,367 --> 00:43:00,787
I'm a big pain in the ass
but it doesn't work without me.
724
00:43:01,413 --> 00:43:02,247
Okay.
725
00:43:02,831 --> 00:43:06,752
Then tell her. If she wants it, fine,
but I am not sneaking around.
726
00:43:06,752 --> 00:43:09,504
I can't tell her, she'll blow it!
727
00:43:10,297 --> 00:43:14,843
She hates cameras
and microphones and people.
728
00:43:15,344 --> 00:43:17,471
Right now, she is cutting a fucking ulcer
729
00:43:17,471 --> 00:43:19,765
because she has to make nice
with a reporter.
730
00:43:19,765 --> 00:43:22,309
Then who the fuck thought
she should be vice president?
731
00:43:22,309 --> 00:43:23,810
She is the one you want.
732
00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:26,605
Not Grace Penn, not me.
733
00:43:26,605 --> 00:43:31,526
No one with the temperament to win a
campaign should be in charge of anything.
734
00:43:31,526 --> 00:43:35,155
It's the most obvious rule in the world.
No one who likes power should have it.
735
00:43:35,155 --> 00:43:38,158
You can't eliminate
every public-facing piece of the job.
736
00:43:38,158 --> 00:43:39,576
That's why we're here.
737
00:43:40,869 --> 00:43:42,871
In a land of hats.
738
00:43:42,871 --> 00:43:46,917
She is a frog in a pot of water.
We have six months.
739
00:43:46,917 --> 00:43:49,294
We can turn the heat up slowly,
and she won't jump out.
740
00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:51,922
But you can't tell her
you're boiling her alive.
741
00:43:52,881 --> 00:43:55,384
This metaphor gives me
a lot of confidence.
742
00:43:55,384 --> 00:43:57,511
Billie says you're good at this.
743
00:43:57,511 --> 00:44:01,723
And I'm good at this, which we all know,
despite the chaos which reigns around me.
744
00:44:01,723 --> 00:44:02,891
We can get her there.
745
00:44:03,934 --> 00:44:05,686
Not if she doesn't want it.
746
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:07,354
Or you.
747
00:44:08,105 --> 00:44:10,315
Of course she wants me.
She fucking loves me.
748
00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:14,152
You can't think about it too hard.
It'll break your heart.
749
00:44:18,407 --> 00:44:21,785
[Frances] Step away please, if we could,
while we have the light.
750
00:44:21,785 --> 00:44:23,036
Thank you.
751
00:44:23,662 --> 00:44:25,580
[photographer] To me. That's nice.
752
00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,999
Moving on to the carriage now,
if you please.
753
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:30,335
Thank you. I believe you have enough.
754
00:44:30,335 --> 00:44:32,504
Hey. Psst.
755
00:44:37,592 --> 00:44:38,927
They keep touching me.
756
00:44:40,137 --> 00:44:41,221
That's part of it.
757
00:44:42,097 --> 00:44:45,559
I scratched my face and picked a wedgie.
I think I have lipstick on my ass.
758
00:44:46,643 --> 00:44:47,811
- Nothing.
- Okay.
759
00:44:49,104 --> 00:44:49,938
Hey.
760
00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:54,276
You look incredible.
761
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:57,154
Shall we go for a ride?
762
00:45:00,699 --> 00:45:03,076
Um... yeah.
763
00:45:03,785 --> 00:45:05,912
Mm-hm. Got it.
764
00:45:30,687 --> 00:45:31,688
[Pensy] Look at her.
765
00:45:34,691 --> 00:45:36,026
Just like a princess.
766
00:45:45,368 --> 00:45:46,369
Ambassador.
767
00:45:58,715 --> 00:46:01,760
If you put them back on and walk,
they might soften.
768
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,762
I think it will break my pelvis.
769
00:46:03,762 --> 00:46:05,931
This feels small. Is it a bit small?
770
00:46:05,931 --> 00:46:08,099
- It's a bit roomy in the shoulders.
- Yeah.
771
00:46:08,099 --> 00:46:11,311
Why don't we get Jonathan to take us up
to the van and get the tailor.
772
00:46:11,311 --> 00:46:13,897
- Are my pants a little short?
- We'll take a look at that too.
773
00:46:13,897 --> 00:46:15,815
Okay. How are you doing?
774
00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:17,859
Thank you.
775
00:46:24,616 --> 00:46:25,742
May I fix your tie?
776
00:46:26,243 --> 00:46:28,787
- Yeah. I think I screwed up the knot.
- Okay.
777
00:46:30,622 --> 00:46:31,957
[grunts]
778
00:46:31,957 --> 00:46:35,627
You're perfectly safe. This is very mild.
You'll be yourself in no time.
779
00:46:35,627 --> 00:46:37,712
[suspenseful music playing]
780
00:46:55,814 --> 00:46:57,816
[music continues]