1 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:12,764 Kate, they want a briefing. 2 00:00:12,764 --> 00:00:15,141 I gotta go. White House wants Hal to brief. 3 00:00:15,141 --> 00:00:16,684 Not me. You. 4 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:20,271 The president is asking you to serve as ambassador to the United Kingdom. 5 00:00:20,271 --> 00:00:23,441 Gonna tell you something five people know. We're gonna lose the vice president. 6 00:00:23,441 --> 00:00:26,694 So we need somebody else. I have a few ideas, but one of them... 7 00:00:26,694 --> 00:00:28,404 I want you to check her out. 8 00:00:28,404 --> 00:00:30,072 Welcome to London, Ambassador Wyler. 9 00:00:30,072 --> 00:00:32,116 You need to lean into the Cinderella thing. 10 00:00:32,116 --> 00:00:34,577 I'm not Cinderella. I'm here for 30 funerals. 11 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:36,704 - Eidra Park. - [Stuart] CIA chief of station. 12 00:00:36,704 --> 00:00:39,916 We can't see markings, but looks like the kind Iran's been stockpiling. 13 00:00:39,916 --> 00:00:42,418 - Means it's Iran. - Means it's an Iranian boat. 14 00:00:42,418 --> 00:00:44,295 Wasn't I sending you to Kabul? 15 00:00:44,295 --> 00:00:47,215 - Ganon's trying to get rid of you. - Know who you can't fire? 16 00:00:47,215 --> 00:00:48,883 - Cinderella. - [Stuart] Wow. 17 00:00:48,883 --> 00:00:50,635 Is Mr. Wyler leaving? 18 00:00:50,635 --> 00:00:52,678 He will get me on my feet... 19 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:55,097 and then he will go. 20 00:00:55,097 --> 00:00:57,767 - You're getting divorced. - No, we're not. 21 00:00:57,767 --> 00:00:59,685 Billie says you're good at this. 22 00:00:59,685 --> 00:01:02,105 And I'm good at this. We can get her there. 23 00:01:02,105 --> 00:01:06,025 You're perfectly safe. This is very mild. You'll be yourself in no time. 24 00:01:09,737 --> 00:01:12,573 [vehicles passing, faint] 25 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:25,253 {\an8}[horns honking] 26 00:01:38,558 --> 00:01:40,810 [honking continues] 27 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:51,320 [camera clicking] 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,573 - [staff 1] Really good. - [staff 2] Oh, yeah, magic. 29 00:01:54,866 --> 00:01:56,284 [photographer] Like that one there. 30 00:01:58,870 --> 00:02:00,746 I think we're done. We're good. 31 00:02:00,746 --> 00:02:02,915 Portraits with Mr. Wyler. 32 00:02:02,915 --> 00:02:05,960 Just a couple with you and Hal. Little more formal. 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,003 We said candids. 34 00:02:07,003 --> 00:02:09,672 - Yes. - Which I have done. For over an hour. 35 00:02:09,672 --> 00:02:11,048 Just a couple more. 36 00:02:12,925 --> 00:02:13,885 Quickly. 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,804 - He's nowhere. - I'm so sorry. 38 00:02:17,513 --> 00:02:19,098 Look harder. 39 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:23,686 Oh, uh, ma'am. Ma'am. 40 00:02:23,686 --> 00:02:25,771 [Kate] I'm taking this dress off for five minutes. 41 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:29,192 - [Pippa] I really wish you wouldn't. - [Kate] Well, I'm going to. 42 00:02:33,946 --> 00:02:34,947 [door closes] 43 00:02:36,908 --> 00:02:38,075 Free his hands. 44 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,212 [in Farsi] He's here. 45 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,675 [staff chattering] 46 00:02:59,555 --> 00:03:00,640 [Stuart] Ma'am? 47 00:03:01,223 --> 00:03:02,850 You should come with me. 48 00:03:09,315 --> 00:03:10,816 [Kate] Did you call the RSO? 49 00:03:13,069 --> 00:03:15,446 Is that what they call it here, the head of security? 50 00:03:15,446 --> 00:03:16,572 Yes. 51 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:21,869 I realize it looks like he's slinking off with a hot young thing, 52 00:03:21,869 --> 00:03:24,330 but Hal doesn't cheat. Something is wrong. 53 00:03:25,456 --> 00:03:28,459 I realize that is what women say who have husbands who cheat. 54 00:03:28,459 --> 00:03:30,252 Mine for some reason does not. 55 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:32,755 I've often wished he did. It might have made things easier. 56 00:03:32,755 --> 00:03:34,548 You don't have to believe me, 57 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:37,593 but if I were in your shoes, I would find the RSO. 58 00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:47,061 Seal the grounds, please. 59 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,361 [indistinct radio chatter] 60 00:04:00,116 --> 00:04:02,326 - Miss Bassett. - We need to check if the guard-- 61 00:04:02,326 --> 00:04:05,746 - Yes, all right. - We were fine... 62 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:07,665 This isn't Charm School, right? 63 00:04:07,665 --> 00:04:09,583 - What? - You would tell me. 64 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,877 You think this is a training exercise? 65 00:04:11,877 --> 00:04:15,339 The ambassador and her husband didn't have time to do the safety course at State. 66 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:17,300 Maybe Chet asked you to throw something together. 67 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:20,219 One, the fact that State does kidnapping drills is bullshit. 68 00:04:20,219 --> 00:04:23,306 They don't have the sac to hold people long enough to simulate a real event. 69 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:26,809 - And two-- - But you would tell me if it was a drill. 70 00:04:27,476 --> 00:04:29,228 I mean, I wouldn't. 71 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:30,563 But this isn't one. 72 00:04:31,981 --> 00:04:35,943 We've got CCTV from outside the gate that tracks the car down here to Culworth, 73 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:38,112 but then they pull over and ditch the license plate. 74 00:04:38,112 --> 00:04:40,031 We lose them at the next light. 75 00:04:40,031 --> 00:04:43,326 There's a parking facility at the end of that block. Probably switched out the car. 76 00:04:43,326 --> 00:04:46,787 - Do we have cameras in that garage? - We're getting surveillance footage. 77 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:49,206 - So these are professionals. - Yeah. 78 00:04:49,206 --> 00:04:52,585 The woman was cleared as part of the stylist's crew, 79 00:04:52,585 --> 00:04:54,920 but the company doesn't have a record of her. 80 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,756 Driver doesn't show up anywhere at all. 81 00:04:56,756 --> 00:04:59,925 - We're gonna bring in MI5-- - I don't want to bring in MI5 just yet. 82 00:04:59,925 --> 00:05:04,347 - That'll just generate more hysteria. - Ma'am, you said you had some names? 83 00:05:04,347 --> 00:05:06,057 Mr. Wyler's been taken before. 84 00:05:06,057 --> 00:05:08,267 Yeah. Hezbollah held him for a week. 85 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:11,145 State has the name. I only know the aliases, and they're out of date. 86 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:13,314 There's an ISIL commander who really does not like him. 87 00:05:13,314 --> 00:05:15,983 Let me write down the name. Spelling is tricky. 88 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:18,194 He's abducted Mr. Wyler before? 89 00:05:18,194 --> 00:05:20,154 Yeah, but Hal escaped. 90 00:05:20,154 --> 00:05:23,157 Made the guy feel like an idiot, so he won't let it drop. 91 00:05:28,537 --> 00:05:30,873 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, 92 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:32,166 Mr. Rasoul Shahin. 93 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:33,209 In Tehran. 94 00:05:38,297 --> 00:05:40,966 - Hi there. - Hal, can you hear me? 95 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:44,345 Yeah, was the hypodermic absolutely necessary? 96 00:05:44,345 --> 00:05:46,430 - What? - They drugged me. 97 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:48,349 With a needle. 98 00:05:49,225 --> 00:05:51,602 - Please put my colleague back on. - Sure. 99 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:54,688 [in Farsi] Yes? 100 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:56,357 You drugged him? 101 00:05:56,357 --> 00:05:58,359 For operational security. 102 00:05:58,359 --> 00:06:00,903 It was supposed to be a casual approach. 103 00:06:01,654 --> 00:06:04,824 In a heavily guarded environment, with no time to prepare. 104 00:06:04,824 --> 00:06:06,826 This is extremely unprofessional. 105 00:06:06,826 --> 00:06:09,036 My thoughts precisely. 106 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:11,205 Put him back on. 107 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:16,377 [in English] Hi. How's your day going? 108 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,797 You have my deepest apologies. 109 00:06:20,381 --> 00:06:23,050 These are operatives not of my choosing. 110 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,426 I'm getting that. 111 00:06:25,136 --> 00:06:27,596 I have Naziri's support in this, 112 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:31,642 but Farhad Mashkour and his band of doorstops 113 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:33,477 remain impervious to reason. 114 00:06:33,477 --> 00:06:34,520 Rasoul. 115 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,606 This man is going to give you some information. 116 00:06:37,606 --> 00:06:39,316 This is highly unusual, 117 00:06:39,316 --> 00:06:42,903 and it's meant to communicate our profound concern 118 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:45,823 that the situation may grow catastrophic. 119 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:48,742 How's your stomach? 120 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,078 Very bad. 121 00:06:52,121 --> 00:06:56,584 Please assure me you will make it clear to your people. 122 00:06:58,169 --> 00:06:59,211 Yeah, I will. 123 00:07:10,222 --> 00:07:12,183 Iran had nothing to do with the attack 124 00:07:12,183 --> 00:07:14,935 on the already incapacitated British warship. 125 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:16,687 To impress this upon you, 126 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:19,565 I have been ordered, by Deputy Minister Shahin 127 00:07:19,565 --> 00:07:20,900 to make a gesture. 128 00:07:21,525 --> 00:07:23,235 Over my strenuous objection. 129 00:07:23,235 --> 00:07:26,155 Over the objection also of the IRGC Intelligence. 130 00:07:26,155 --> 00:07:28,032 It's controversial. I get that. 131 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:36,415 The man is retired U.S. General Bradford Symes. 132 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:38,334 His home. 133 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:40,294 His office. 134 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:43,631 His daughter, studying at King's College. 135 00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:45,966 His arrival at Heathrow last evening. 136 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:47,968 His hotel, 137 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:51,055 whereupon emerging from at precisely 7:45 this morning 138 00:07:51,055 --> 00:07:53,807 to meet his daughter for breakfast, he was to be assassinated. 139 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:55,518 By me. 140 00:07:57,561 --> 00:08:01,440 For his participation in the murder of Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani. 141 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:06,529 A retaliation wholly proportional, and three years in meticulous planning, 142 00:08:06,529 --> 00:08:08,697 which I cannot now execute, 143 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:10,908 because of the assumption that Iran has engaged 144 00:08:10,908 --> 00:08:12,993 in a reckless act of war at sea. 145 00:08:14,203 --> 00:08:15,955 I'm sorry for your loss. 146 00:08:15,955 --> 00:08:21,335 Mr. Wyler, military action against Iran will not be considered a retaliation. 147 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:24,255 It will be seen as an unprovoked attack. 148 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:26,215 Iran will then respond, 149 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:28,884 as your country would to an unprovoked attack, 150 00:08:28,884 --> 00:08:31,387 with every tool at our disposal. 151 00:08:34,890 --> 00:08:36,225 [indistinct chatter] 152 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:50,823 Sorry, sir. Visitors are not being allowed at this time. 153 00:08:51,282 --> 00:08:55,619 - Uh, they may make an exception for me. - I've worked at Winfield for eight years. 154 00:08:55,619 --> 00:08:57,705 I've learned every American is exceptional. 155 00:08:57,705 --> 00:09:00,374 - A lot of action in there today, huh? - Indeed. 156 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:03,127 I'm the one they're looking for. 157 00:09:04,253 --> 00:09:05,671 Sir, we're so relieved. 158 00:09:05,671 --> 00:09:08,090 - Do we have a doctor? - I don't need one. 159 00:09:08,090 --> 00:09:09,425 Sir, what can we get you? 160 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:12,344 - Coffee, water and scotch. - I don't love their coffee. 161 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:13,679 Sit the fuck down. 162 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,180 Doctor's on her way. 163 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:18,767 - Where did they dose you? - Uh... 164 00:09:20,936 --> 00:09:22,896 - Ow! - Jesus fucking Christ. 165 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:24,982 Well, if you don't stab it, it's fine. 166 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:28,027 - Do they do banana bags here? - Someone's gonna show up with a banana. 167 00:09:28,027 --> 00:09:29,778 It's an IV, with vitamins. 168 00:09:29,778 --> 00:09:31,488 - Good for a hangover. - Let me check. 169 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:33,407 - Does your head hurt? - Hey. 170 00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:37,202 Hi. 171 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:39,204 I'm okay. 172 00:09:48,589 --> 00:09:49,590 - Air-gapped? - Yeah. 173 00:09:50,591 --> 00:09:52,551 - This is the only thing they gave you? - [Hal] Yeah. 174 00:09:52,551 --> 00:09:54,261 We picked up the general and his daughter. 175 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:56,639 We'll keep them at the embassy until we get them on a plane. 176 00:09:56,639 --> 00:09:58,891 - Need someone on his house when he's back. - Yeah. 177 00:10:03,312 --> 00:10:05,689 Howard will take down a description of the operatives. 178 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:07,483 We'd like to find them before they disappear. 179 00:10:07,483 --> 00:10:09,693 It was a pull-aside. You can't. 180 00:10:09,693 --> 00:10:12,196 She won't waterboard them. You gotta verify the story. 181 00:10:12,196 --> 00:10:13,947 They're probably feeding you a load of shit. 182 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:16,367 - Those the shoes he wore? - Take off your shoes. 183 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:18,952 If they're gonna bug the residence, the shoes are not the way. 184 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:23,332 - If it's disinformation, it's inefficient. - Take off your shoes. Give them to him. 185 00:10:23,332 --> 00:10:25,626 We confirmed Deputy Minister Shahin's in Tehran, 186 00:10:25,626 --> 00:10:27,628 - so if it was him-- - It was him. 187 00:10:27,628 --> 00:10:30,172 You have no idea who was on the other end of that phone. 188 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:31,423 Christ, Kate. 189 00:10:31,423 --> 00:10:34,134 I asked him how his stomach was, he said it was awful. 190 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,136 I think we're drifting. 191 00:10:40,015 --> 00:10:44,520 We got Shahin a GI surgery in Geneva two years ago. 192 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,230 He was genuinely grateful, 193 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:49,191 but ask how his stomach is, and without fail, 194 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,068 he'll say it's worse than ever. 195 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:55,364 They're terrified that British sailors are gonna start washing up on their shore. 196 00:10:55,364 --> 00:10:57,074 They tried backchannels. 197 00:10:57,074 --> 00:11:00,077 They told the Swiss there's no way they'd shoot at a British warship. 198 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:01,745 But no one was buying, so... 199 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:05,457 How do we know Shahin didn't have five guys with guns pointed at his head? 200 00:11:05,457 --> 00:11:08,001 We don't. That's why they're gonna investigate it. 201 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:12,214 All right. 202 00:11:12,965 --> 00:11:13,841 Come on. 203 00:11:18,595 --> 00:11:21,306 If it's all right, we'd like to bring you into the station tomorrow. 204 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:22,516 - Sure. - Sorry. 205 00:11:22,516 --> 00:11:24,685 It's an awkward pivot, from you as a guest to-- 206 00:11:24,685 --> 00:11:27,729 - Person of interest. Don't apologize. - Go. 207 00:11:28,647 --> 00:11:29,648 Yeah. 208 00:11:34,236 --> 00:11:36,572 Nobody who was at the gate during the breach is still here. 209 00:11:36,572 --> 00:11:39,533 We got guys on the roof, every door to the house, all over the perimeter. 210 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:40,993 Who hears about this? 211 00:11:40,993 --> 00:11:42,911 Until we vet it, no one. 212 00:11:42,911 --> 00:11:45,122 Not gonna whisper it up the chain? 213 00:11:45,122 --> 00:11:47,666 I don't whisper unverified information. 214 00:11:47,666 --> 00:11:51,503 - Makes me look like a dumb broad. - Ma'am, I am so sorry. 215 00:11:51,503 --> 00:11:54,131 This is my fault. We were rushing the photoshoot. 216 00:11:54,131 --> 00:11:58,051 - Security didn't have time to check-- - You should offer to resign. 217 00:11:58,051 --> 00:11:59,136 In writing. 218 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:03,265 Of course. 219 00:12:04,892 --> 00:12:07,144 Oh, Jesus, look at your face. Not a real one. 220 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:11,565 You write it, I refuse to accept it. Makes you look like a stand-up guy. 221 00:12:13,442 --> 00:12:15,444 - I would fire me. - I would too. 222 00:12:31,502 --> 00:12:33,003 Get in bed. 223 00:12:37,049 --> 00:12:39,426 [radio switching between channels] 224 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,845 [jazz music playing] 225 00:13:17,339 --> 00:13:19,800 If Shahin was calling from Tehran, 226 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,885 a lot of people were listening. 227 00:13:21,885 --> 00:13:23,220 Yep. 228 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:26,890 Which means he had buy-in from somebody with a lot of wasta. 229 00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:30,185 The guy who picked me up was not a fan. 230 00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,521 Shahin took a huge risk doing this. 231 00:13:33,897 --> 00:13:35,649 I told you it wasn't Iran. 232 00:13:36,775 --> 00:13:37,693 You did. 233 00:13:40,779 --> 00:13:43,448 The economy's a wreck. They want us lifting sanctions. 234 00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:46,702 Neither an attack at sea nor an abduction of an American diplomat-- 235 00:13:46,702 --> 00:13:48,620 - It wasn't an abduction. - Whatever it was. 236 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:52,040 - It wasn't. It was a pull-aside. - Yeah, well, with sedatives. 237 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,501 - Short-acting. - Sounds like an abduction. 238 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,503 But if you call it that, all hell breaks loose. 239 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,589 It's the opposite of what Shahin's trying to achieve. 240 00:13:58,589 --> 00:14:00,465 Shouldn't have stabbed you in the neck. 241 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:03,051 Shahin agrees. He was upset. 242 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:05,512 Tell him to fuck himself. I was upset. 243 00:14:06,888 --> 00:14:08,015 You were worried? 244 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:11,101 Yeah. I was. 245 00:14:12,311 --> 00:14:14,855 - Should've planned it myself. - You're funny. 246 00:14:17,983 --> 00:14:19,526 Did you call Shahin? 247 00:14:22,654 --> 00:14:23,614 No. 248 00:14:24,448 --> 00:14:25,365 You sure? 249 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,786 - Yeah. - If you did-- 250 00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:31,788 - I didn't. - If you freelance lob a call 251 00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:34,708 to a country with whom we have no diplomatic relations... 252 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:36,710 - I didn't. - ...it's a federal offense. 253 00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:39,379 Neither of us would work for the government again. 254 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,007 Well, the pay is shit. It might be worth it. 255 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:43,926 I didn't call him. 256 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,973 Why not? It's what I would have done. 257 00:14:49,973 --> 00:14:52,100 - No, you wouldn't. - Maybe. 258 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,435 It'd be a smart move. 259 00:14:53,435 --> 00:14:56,772 You think I'm that shallow, you throw "smart" out there, I roll over? 260 00:14:56,772 --> 00:14:59,733 You are absolutely that shallow. 261 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:02,945 I didn't call Shahin. 262 00:15:10,619 --> 00:15:12,955 - Stay. - [radio turns off] 263 00:15:15,791 --> 00:15:17,125 Get some sleep. 264 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:21,171 Get a little sorry-you-were-abducted sex? 265 00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:24,716 It wasn't an abduction. 266 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,168 Do we need to have a conversation? 267 00:16:02,504 --> 00:16:04,589 - About what? - Cairo. 268 00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:05,924 Taking it up a notch. 269 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:09,511 You said no. I think that's the end of the conversation. 270 00:16:09,511 --> 00:16:12,097 It wasn't a blanket no. 271 00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:15,475 - It's just not a great time. - Yeah. I got it. 272 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:23,734 We're supposed to go to Brize Norton tomorrow. 273 00:16:23,734 --> 00:16:25,318 Meeting the caskets? 274 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:26,695 Looks shitty to bail, 275 00:16:26,695 --> 00:16:29,906 but I don't want her out of the embassy until we know what happened. 276 00:16:29,906 --> 00:16:31,533 She's gonna be bubble-wrapped. 277 00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:33,994 Double the security, twice as visible. 278 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:36,621 And she's going to a military base. It's totally safe. 279 00:16:36,621 --> 00:16:38,081 That's what we said about Winfield. 280 00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:41,334 You are not responsible for a security breach at Winfield. 281 00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:44,087 - Okay. - You're not. 282 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:47,007 Security had to clear too many people in not enough time. 283 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:48,091 It's your job to ask. 284 00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:50,802 If they can't handle it, it's their job to say no. 285 00:17:00,979 --> 00:17:01,980 [man] Morning, sir. 286 00:17:05,275 --> 00:17:06,777 [doorbell rings] 287 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:12,699 Good morning, Mr. Hayford. 288 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:14,451 - Good morning. - May I take your coat? 289 00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:16,495 Oh, I'm good. We're gonna head out soon. 290 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:22,375 - Thank you so much. - Sure. 291 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:25,629 [doorbell rings] 292 00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:29,508 - Good morning, Ms. Park. - Good morning. 293 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:31,676 Hello. 294 00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:33,011 And hello to you. 295 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,600 Do we know anything? 296 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,019 We know Rasoul Shahin was in Tehran. 297 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:44,689 Sources tell us that revenge for Soleimani is a live issue. 298 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:47,150 They were waiting for the right time, 299 00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:48,735 which yesterday would've been, 300 00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:50,779 had it not been on the heels of the carrier attack. 301 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:52,864 - Has this gone to State? - Not yet. 302 00:17:52,864 --> 00:17:54,407 They have to vet it. Thoroughly. 303 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,827 I say that, he never believes me. 304 00:17:56,827 --> 00:18:00,205 There's a guy at the embassy in Beirut who can speak to Shahin's relationship 305 00:18:00,205 --> 00:18:02,541 with the Supreme National Security Council. 306 00:18:02,541 --> 00:18:04,835 Verify that this is information he'd have. 307 00:18:04,835 --> 00:18:07,045 I'll call him as soon as we get to the office. 308 00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:10,090 - You're going straight to Brize Norton. - Shit. Okay. 309 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:13,051 Anything from here? 310 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:15,512 - Hmm? - [Kate] Phone records? 311 00:18:16,179 --> 00:18:19,558 Someone helped a freelance intelligence operative onto the property, 312 00:18:19,558 --> 00:18:21,059 with a horse sedative in her purse. 313 00:18:21,059 --> 00:18:23,687 That's Regional Security's area. Or FBI. 314 00:18:23,687 --> 00:18:27,482 Sure, but you'll have an easier time getting a call list from GCHQ. 315 00:18:27,482 --> 00:18:29,943 - FBI's gonna get a run-around, right? - Yeah. 316 00:18:29,943 --> 00:18:31,903 So maybe help them out. 317 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:34,322 - [Hal] Good morning. - Morning, sir. 318 00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:35,740 I wanna call Danny in Beirut, 319 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:38,076 but I won't be at the embassy till this afternoon. 320 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:41,288 Is that something Mr. Wyler could do? If it's someone you both know-- 321 00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:44,749 This is a guy who can help confirm details of Hal's story. 322 00:18:44,749 --> 00:18:46,209 You want Hal making the calls? 323 00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:48,712 The deputy minister's story is what we're focused on. 324 00:18:48,712 --> 00:18:51,840 You should be treating Hal like any other source. 325 00:18:52,841 --> 00:18:55,844 Ganon is gonna hate that they approached you and not him. 326 00:18:55,844 --> 00:18:59,556 If this story's gonna hold, we have to verify it with a third party. 327 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:01,474 We should go. 328 00:19:02,517 --> 00:19:03,643 [Kate sighs] 329 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,021 Ganon doesn't like him. 330 00:19:06,021 --> 00:19:07,272 At all. 331 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:08,273 Noted. 332 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:13,862 Howard will take you to the embassy, talk through what happened. 333 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,071 - My interrogator. - Yes, sir. 334 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:17,324 You're getting your own car and driver, but until then... 335 00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:18,742 - You have me. - [Kate] Your own car? 336 00:19:18,742 --> 00:19:20,076 I was kidnapped. 337 00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:21,703 I'm a high-value target. 338 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:28,251 Excuse me. 339 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:31,463 He goes to the embassy and back here. 340 00:19:31,463 --> 00:19:33,548 - Nowhere else. - Just nod. 341 00:19:33,548 --> 00:19:34,799 Walk away. 342 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,472 She likes to get involved. 343 00:19:40,472 --> 00:19:42,515 - She does. - She knows she's not CIA, right? 344 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:43,975 - Steady. - It all happened fast, 345 00:19:43,975 --> 00:19:45,477 maybe nobody told her. 346 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:48,480 [cars starting] 347 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:11,628 The boat itself is a 13-meter-long attack craft 348 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:13,838 with a rocket strapped to its back. 349 00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:15,340 Lines up with what we've seen 350 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,051 coming out of the Shahid Mahallati Shipyard. 351 00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:21,388 You can spot there, a flash coming off the fast boat. 352 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:24,349 Probably a short-range anti-ship missile. 353 00:20:24,349 --> 00:20:25,433 [Simms] Is this ours? 354 00:20:26,101 --> 00:20:27,185 India's. 355 00:20:27,185 --> 00:20:29,521 They had a satellite trolling for... 356 00:20:29,521 --> 00:20:31,481 - They won't tell. - They won't. 357 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:33,108 But it caught the launch. 358 00:20:33,108 --> 00:20:37,612 The Iranians have reverse-engineered the Chinese 802 missile. 359 00:20:37,612 --> 00:20:39,281 That's probably what we're looking at. 360 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:41,950 It'll have the Quds Force initials on the side, if it's theirs. 361 00:20:41,950 --> 00:20:44,327 Thought they wrote "Death to Israel" on the side. 362 00:20:44,327 --> 00:20:45,245 Room for both. 363 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:49,457 We're still hunting for fragments. We'll keep an eye out for all the above. 364 00:20:49,457 --> 00:20:51,793 If it's Iran and they've signed their own missile, 365 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:53,837 why bother with a denial? 366 00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:56,089 - Habit. - Or it's not Iran. 367 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:58,091 A counter-indication surfaced. 368 00:20:58,091 --> 00:21:00,635 If it's credible, I'd love to share the news. 369 00:21:00,635 --> 00:21:03,763 Too raw to report, but it came in through a credible source. 370 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:05,724 As would any disinformation ploy. 371 00:21:05,724 --> 00:21:07,350 This one got my attention. 372 00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:10,520 It's under-baked, but if it holds up, I'll bring it in. 373 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,564 It quacks like a duck, Ms. Park. 374 00:21:12,564 --> 00:21:14,899 We must consider the possibility it might be one. 375 00:21:14,899 --> 00:21:16,109 Is the duck Iran? 376 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:19,279 The United States commandeered an Iranian oil vessel, 377 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:22,282 and they'd rather retaliate against us than the Americans. 378 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:25,076 - The duck is Iran. - Thank you, gentlemen. 379 00:21:26,036 --> 00:21:26,870 Moving on. 380 00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:36,796 [Hal] Shahin and I worked on the Iran Deal together. 381 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:38,298 He was your counterpart? 382 00:21:38,757 --> 00:21:41,593 Lot of time spent hanging out while our principals talked past each other, 383 00:21:41,593 --> 00:21:44,929 in rooms we felt would've benefited from our presence. 384 00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:47,849 - It's bonding. - Has he done this before? 385 00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:49,392 Nothing like this, no. 386 00:21:49,392 --> 00:21:51,811 Tried to get a hotline going, once upon a time, 387 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:54,939 like the red phone with the Soviets. Died on the vine. 388 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:59,736 Uh, tell her the thing about General Symes. 389 00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:02,405 I was saying Iran doesn't assassinate people in London. 390 00:22:02,405 --> 00:22:04,282 - Karachi, maybe. - London's unusual, 391 00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:06,034 but Symes is worth the risk. 392 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:08,495 - Is he? - No one knows who he is. 393 00:22:08,495 --> 00:22:11,289 He's not standing behind the president when announcing a troop surge, 394 00:22:11,289 --> 00:22:13,500 but when they ask for three targets, 395 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:16,169 Brad Symes is the one who picks the targets. 396 00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:20,006 Tehran wants us to know they're reading our e-mail. 397 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:21,591 Mr. Wyler was also saying 398 00:22:21,591 --> 00:22:24,969 Quds Force likes using meteorological metaphors when talking about an op. 399 00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:26,888 They're convinced it's vague, 400 00:22:26,888 --> 00:22:29,766 but they live in a place where weather doesn't change a lot, 401 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:31,184 so it jumps out. 402 00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:37,398 Hey, call NSA, see if they caught anything 403 00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:40,485 in Quds Force comms about the weather last few days. 404 00:22:40,485 --> 00:22:42,779 Inconsistent with the actual weather. 405 00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:04,384 Do you want to use the facilities? 406 00:23:04,968 --> 00:23:07,762 Did Ambassador Vayle need to be reminded to pee? 407 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:09,931 - Absolutely. - So good of you to come. 408 00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:11,724 Good to see you. 409 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:15,061 - Ambassador Wyler. - The foreign secretary's talking to you. 410 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:17,272 - To me? - Can I show you where you'll be? 411 00:23:17,272 --> 00:23:19,190 - [Stuart] Yes. - We want you both visible. 412 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:22,026 A personal thanks for lobbying the president on our behalf. 413 00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:26,281 I'm not sure a one-day moratorium on American bluster merits thanks. 414 00:23:26,281 --> 00:23:27,782 It does. 415 00:23:27,782 --> 00:23:30,076 - Are you speaking? - Here? No. 416 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:32,287 - The PM is, actually. - Oh, great. 417 00:23:32,829 --> 00:23:35,248 Yeah. Wordsmith. 418 00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:36,166 Excuse me. 419 00:23:39,127 --> 00:23:40,879 Cuts a figure, doesn't he? 420 00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:43,965 - Hmm? - Pardon? 421 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:46,634 - Sorry, I thought you were-- - Margaret Roylin. 422 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:50,847 We nearly met yesterday but you were abruptly needed elsewhere. 423 00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:52,015 Oh, God. 424 00:23:52,015 --> 00:23:53,433 Meg, among friends. 425 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:55,977 Kate Wyler. 426 00:23:55,977 --> 00:23:58,188 You shouldn't, with all the cameras. 427 00:23:58,730 --> 00:24:00,815 Your deputy was not entirely wrong. 428 00:24:00,815 --> 00:24:03,693 I always find clasping hands behind the back, 429 00:24:03,693 --> 00:24:07,071 along with a vague head tilt, gets the job done. 430 00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:09,032 Polite but illegible. 431 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:10,909 It really is. 432 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:14,078 Your husband can reach me 433 00:24:14,078 --> 00:24:16,789 if there's anything I can do to be of help. 434 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,709 It'll be Christmas before you get anything from this government 435 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:23,379 beyond bromides so assiduously scrubbed of meaning, 436 00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:25,757 you'll think you were hearing the wind. 437 00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:28,343 I'm prepared to interpret. 438 00:24:28,343 --> 00:24:30,553 Provide you with some background. 439 00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:33,223 - I thought you were... - On the Naughty Step? 440 00:24:33,848 --> 00:24:35,642 They revile me in public, 441 00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:37,977 but I can't seem to get them off my telephone. 442 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,687 [indistinct PA announcement] 443 00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,606 Very kind offer. Thank you. 444 00:24:41,606 --> 00:24:42,690 You should go in. 445 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:44,609 They'll have a seat for you in the front. 446 00:24:44,609 --> 00:24:46,569 - Oh, I'd rather stand. - You can't. 447 00:24:47,570 --> 00:24:50,156 You have a place. It means something. 448 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:52,408 And fix your blouse. 449 00:24:58,790 --> 00:24:59,624 [Stuart] Ambassador. 450 00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:01,960 Yes. Coming. 451 00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:14,973 [soldier playing "The Last Post" on bugle] 452 00:25:56,139 --> 00:25:57,974 [music continues] 453 00:26:28,129 --> 00:26:29,964 [music fades] 454 00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:44,312 The men and women aboard the mighty Courageous 455 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:48,024 honored us with their service 456 00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:52,862 and defended us with their very lives. 457 00:26:55,073 --> 00:26:56,366 In their honor, 458 00:26:57,533 --> 00:27:01,162 in their defense, we shall give no quarter. 459 00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:05,124 We shall not flag nor fail 460 00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:11,756 as we hunt down the source of this barbaric attack. 461 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:21,641 Let no man question our fortitude or our fury. 462 00:27:23,434 --> 00:27:27,772 Our cowardly enemies shall not rest between air and earth, 463 00:27:27,772 --> 00:27:29,774 but we shall find them. 464 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:33,903 And justice shall be served. 465 00:27:50,253 --> 00:27:51,963 [Trowbridge] I'm so sorry for your loss. 466 00:27:51,963 --> 00:27:54,799 I'm sure you'll make your father very proud. 467 00:27:57,051 --> 00:27:59,303 [woman] He's a fucking disgrace. 468 00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:02,098 - You're a disgrace. - [man] Madam, please. 469 00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:06,519 You know who did it. My husband was blown to bits. 470 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:07,812 For goodness' sake. 471 00:28:07,812 --> 00:28:10,440 [woman] You know exactly who it is. 472 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,608 - [man 1] It's shameful. - [man 2] That's enough. 473 00:28:12,608 --> 00:28:16,070 It's all right. Leave her be. She has a right to be angry. 474 00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:19,407 The Americans piss off Iran. Two days later, this happens. 475 00:28:19,407 --> 00:28:22,952 - I understand, but-- - Iran murdered this child's father. 476 00:28:24,162 --> 00:28:27,039 You don't even have the spine to say their name. 477 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:32,670 I can assure you that I am sickened and enraged by this brutal crime. 478 00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:34,964 And... 479 00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:40,887 If this was Tehran, then mark my words... 480 00:28:43,097 --> 00:28:44,891 I will rain hellfire upon them. 481 00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:47,018 - [crowd applauding] - [cameras clicking] 482 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,794 - What the fuck happened? - [Stuart] You heard? 483 00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:16,172 - It's all over Twitter. - [Trowbridge] I will rain hellfire. 484 00:29:16,172 --> 00:29:18,591 [repeating] Hellfire. 485 00:29:19,592 --> 00:29:22,053 Jesus Christ. Fucking great. 486 00:29:22,553 --> 00:29:23,554 Shit. 487 00:29:23,554 --> 00:29:26,349 - [Hal] Call State. Give them a heads up. - About? 488 00:29:26,349 --> 00:29:30,311 My thing, Shahin. This guy's throwing gasoline all over the fire. 489 00:29:30,311 --> 00:29:32,563 - Do you have enough to report? - To State? 490 00:29:32,563 --> 00:29:35,358 We're getting there. This is from Forensics. 491 00:29:35,358 --> 00:29:36,901 Preliminary. 492 00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:40,071 - If you're not done with it... - No, I'm good. 493 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:42,532 [Trowbridge] Hellfire. Hellfire. Hellfire... 494 00:29:44,784 --> 00:29:45,868 Hellfire-- 495 00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:46,994 [video stops] 496 00:29:50,373 --> 00:29:52,375 How are we doing on the local investigation? 497 00:29:52,375 --> 00:29:54,961 You were gonna have the FBI look into possible contact 498 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:56,796 between the operatives and Winfield? 499 00:29:56,796 --> 00:29:58,798 I was speaking to Ambassador Wyler earlier. 500 00:29:58,798 --> 00:29:59,757 Call him Hal. 501 00:29:59,757 --> 00:30:03,928 He rightly pointed out that treating a diplomatic pull-aside like a felony 502 00:30:03,928 --> 00:30:06,305 - is a bad move. - Did he? 503 00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:09,767 Ma'am, I understand you come here with a great deal of experience 504 00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:12,812 collaborating with the CIA in your previous posts. 505 00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:15,857 But you need to let me handle the investigation. 506 00:30:15,857 --> 00:30:18,860 She's concerned you're not sufficiently investigating me. 507 00:30:19,902 --> 00:30:21,404 You have my phone number. 508 00:30:21,404 --> 00:30:24,740 Did you get the NSA to run a check on my phone records, 509 00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:27,243 make sure I didn't call Tehran myself? 510 00:30:28,202 --> 00:30:30,580 If you need to look at my text messages, 511 00:30:31,122 --> 00:30:35,459 - code's 5283. It spells "Kate." - It's not necessary. 512 00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:37,503 - Yeah, it is. - [Eidra] Ma'am... 513 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,964 I ran a check on his phone. 514 00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:47,388 [Hal] I'm going back to my gracious home. 515 00:30:52,977 --> 00:30:54,520 The Vogue spread's online. 516 00:30:57,565 --> 00:30:59,108 Look how cute you are. 517 00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:05,156 Nobody's firing that gal. 518 00:31:10,953 --> 00:31:14,040 [TV news anchor] Facing a distraught mourner as he left the ceremony, 519 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,710 Prime Minister Trowbridge vowed to "rain hellfire" on Iran 520 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:22,131 should the nation prove to be responsible for the attack on the carrier. 521 00:31:22,131 --> 00:31:25,301 The PM appears to have met the moment. 522 00:31:25,301 --> 00:31:28,888 It's no secret that there are those, even among his party, 523 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:33,392 who have harbored doubts about his fortitude, his resolve, 524 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,561 about, frankly, his backbone. 525 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,438 As in, did he possess one? 526 00:31:37,438 --> 00:31:41,025 He's resoundingly answered that in the bellicose affirmative. 527 00:31:41,025 --> 00:31:44,028 - He was a punch line. Now he's Churchill. - The country's finally seeing 528 00:31:44,028 --> 00:31:45,571 a bolder Trowbridge. 529 00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:47,657 But what about his party? 530 00:31:47,657 --> 00:31:50,534 In a moment, we'll be joined by Will Johnston 531 00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:53,079 of the Hagan Institute for his thoughts-- 532 00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:58,960 [cell phone buzzing] 533 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:03,965 - Fuck. - What? 534 00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:07,426 Some asshole ran over a family outside New Peckham Mosque screaming, 535 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,762 - "Go back to Iran." - Fuck. 536 00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:11,347 - [cell phone buzzes] - [groans] 537 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:24,443 Morning, ma'am. 538 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:25,778 - It was a car? - A van. 539 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:27,905 A family of four. 540 00:32:27,905 --> 00:32:29,323 - Ambassador. - Ma'am. 541 00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:32,493 Mom was killed. The other three are in the hospital. 542 00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:33,911 [elevator bell dings] 543 00:32:33,911 --> 00:32:35,705 - Morning, ma'am. - [Kate] Hello. 544 00:32:35,705 --> 00:32:38,040 Howard will brief you on the attack at the mosque. 545 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,626 I need to get on the phone with Langley, feed some of the details 546 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,586 of Mr. Wyler's encounter into the pipeline. 547 00:32:43,087 --> 00:32:45,923 - Now? - Yes, given the circumstances. 548 00:32:45,923 --> 00:32:49,802 The circumstances may be different. That doesn't mean we have any facts. 549 00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:51,262 I think we have enough. 550 00:32:52,930 --> 00:32:56,183 - Where were you in 2003? - Norway. 551 00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:59,603 I was watching Colin Powell talk about aluminum tubes at the UN. 552 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:03,524 And then me and 175,000 of my friends invaded Iraq. 553 00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:06,402 I have pretty strong feelings about undercooked intelligence. 554 00:33:06,402 --> 00:33:08,320 I'm not taking it to the press. 555 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,742 Once you name Hal Wyler as your source, this gets a life of its own. 556 00:33:12,742 --> 00:33:14,535 Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. 557 00:33:27,465 --> 00:33:28,591 [door closes] 558 00:33:33,512 --> 00:33:34,680 Ma'am... 559 00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:39,602 It can't be easy having a spouse that attracts that much attention. 560 00:33:40,478 --> 00:33:43,230 And the idea that in a crisis, he was tapped-- 561 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:47,735 Are you concerned I'm jealous? Of my husband's star power? 562 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:58,829 Intelligence is a story. Even she will tell you that. 563 00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:03,042 A story based on incomplete facts. 564 00:34:03,626 --> 00:34:07,254 Life or death decisions turn on whether people buy the story. 565 00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:08,339 Sure. 566 00:34:09,048 --> 00:34:11,509 Some members of the administration 567 00:34:11,509 --> 00:34:17,389 have had mixed experiences with jaw-dropping stories that come from Hal. 568 00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:21,060 - Just because Ganon doesn't-- - It's not just Ganon. 569 00:34:25,356 --> 00:34:29,360 Half of State will tell you about Hal Wyler, 570 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,405 bravely flying from Kabul to Mazār-e Sharīf, middle of the night, 571 00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:38,953 convincing Taliban leadership to hold back the seizure of Kabul by one more day. 572 00:34:40,538 --> 00:34:45,751 The other half will tell you he did that by commandeering a plane 573 00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:50,047 that was meant to evacuate Afghans who worked for U.S. forces. 574 00:34:51,465 --> 00:34:54,135 People we swore we'd protect. 575 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,972 Three hundred and thirty-two people 576 00:34:57,972 --> 00:35:02,685 who didn't get on a plane because Hal Wyler went to do something brave. 577 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:10,860 A lot hinges on whether we believe this is Iran or we believe it's someone else. 578 00:35:10,860 --> 00:35:14,738 When it's Hal, you have to be really fucking sure. 579 00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:21,287 - [knocking on door] - Yeah? 580 00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:24,331 Sorry. Excuse me. 581 00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:27,042 [whispering] 582 00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:34,925 Um... 583 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,015 How's it going there, pal? 584 00:35:43,017 --> 00:35:44,226 The president's coming. 585 00:35:46,395 --> 00:35:47,897 Of the United States? 586 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,651 - Ma'am. Ambassador Wyler. - I'm taking a walk. 587 00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:55,779 - The ambassador would like to take a walk. - I don't need a chaperone. 588 00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:58,866 Uh, Byron is suggesting this afternoon. 589 00:35:58,866 --> 00:36:01,285 Tell Byron to fuck himself in the face. 590 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,122 Byron, I think she'd rather go now. 591 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:09,668 [Stuart] President Rayburn, 592 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:12,755 on his way to his formally scheduled two-day Berlin trip, 593 00:36:12,755 --> 00:36:13,881 will, and I quote, 594 00:36:13,881 --> 00:36:17,384 "stop by" for a visit with Prime Minister Trowbridge 595 00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:21,972 to express his solidarity in the wake of the attack on the HMS Courageous. 596 00:36:22,473 --> 00:36:27,102 The president will spend 90 minutes on the ground, 70 at Winfield. 597 00:36:28,270 --> 00:36:32,399 Most of his 800-person entourage will remain on the planes at Heathrow, 598 00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:35,986 while Marine One brings the president and a handful of lucky winners 599 00:36:35,986 --> 00:36:38,614 to Winfield for lunch with the PM. 600 00:36:38,614 --> 00:36:44,411 So, Don, Christine, Joanne, Paul, we're talking to Heathrow in half an hour. 601 00:36:45,287 --> 00:36:47,081 Ronnie, Bruce, Jen, and Mike, 602 00:36:47,081 --> 00:36:50,542 you'll liaise with the prime minister's office about security en route. 603 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,169 And Gary, where's Gary? 604 00:36:52,169 --> 00:36:53,879 Gary. Is Gary here? Ah. 605 00:36:54,588 --> 00:36:56,799 This is gonna be the longest 70 minutes of your life. 606 00:36:57,508 --> 00:36:59,343 - I need to pee. - Heading back. 607 00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:00,511 Badly. 608 00:37:01,762 --> 00:37:03,389 Ma'am, give me a moment. 609 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:19,238 Sorry. Hello. Thank you. 610 00:37:21,448 --> 00:37:24,451 - Just through to the left, ma'am. - Hello. 611 00:37:37,256 --> 00:37:38,507 [keypad clacking] 612 00:37:39,091 --> 00:37:40,259 [line ringing] 613 00:37:42,136 --> 00:37:43,220 - [Carole] Hey. - Carole. 614 00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:47,349 Rodney says that you're in London. Is that some kind of a joke? 615 00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,894 It is not a fucking joke. London, England. 616 00:37:58,444 --> 00:37:59,653 Should we check on her? 617 00:38:09,788 --> 00:38:12,666 Can you get into GCHQ from there, or do you have to go through NSA? 618 00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:14,376 - [Carole] Oh, give me a second. - [knocking] 619 00:38:14,376 --> 00:38:16,587 - [Byron] Ma'am? - I'm not done. 620 00:38:17,171 --> 00:38:18,964 [clattering] 621 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:22,551 - Everything all right? - I could use some privacy. Thank you. 622 00:38:28,474 --> 00:38:31,560 - I'm gonna kill myself. - They don't let you crap on your own? 623 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,855 I'm in a deli. I had to get out of the embassy cell tower range. 624 00:38:34,855 --> 00:38:37,524 Now they're worried I'm having an aneurysm on the terlet. 625 00:38:37,524 --> 00:38:39,943 - This is gonna be a long tour for you. - Yeah. 626 00:38:39,943 --> 00:38:42,654 We're in the phase where everyone wants a selfie with Hal. 627 00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:44,239 It'll be easier when he's gone. 628 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,617 Been hearing that one for a long time. 629 00:38:46,617 --> 00:38:48,369 This time it's true. 630 00:38:49,161 --> 00:38:50,913 Kabul tipped the scales. 631 00:38:50,913 --> 00:38:53,123 - For real? - Yeah. 632 00:38:53,123 --> 00:38:56,085 Oh, honey. Well. Good for you. 633 00:38:56,085 --> 00:38:58,462 Good for me. You find anything? 634 00:38:58,462 --> 00:39:02,049 - You know what helps? When you rush me. - I'm sorry. You're pretty. 635 00:39:02,049 --> 00:39:03,926 - You're the prettiest. - Better. 636 00:39:03,926 --> 00:39:07,012 Okay, there was a call from the zone in question, 637 00:39:07,638 --> 00:39:10,140 uh, the day of the approach. 638 00:39:10,641 --> 00:39:11,725 On a burner. 639 00:39:11,725 --> 00:39:13,894 A call to the belligerent nation? 640 00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:15,646 No. A call to Rome. 641 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:17,564 Fuck. 642 00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,027 Mr. Hayford. 643 00:39:23,362 --> 00:39:24,947 - Hi. - [Stuart] Are you okay? 644 00:39:24,947 --> 00:39:26,740 Thanks. I went for a walk. 645 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:28,659 They're asking if they should call an ambulance. 646 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:32,037 - No. Why are you calling an ambulance? - It was 35 minutes. 647 00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:36,500 - Is it maybe something you ate? - I need to see my husband right away. 648 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,710 If you could have somebody go to the residence. 649 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:39,962 He's here at the embassy, 650 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:43,549 helping the folks down the hall get in touch with a contact in Uzbekistan. 651 00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:45,300 Of course he is. 652 00:39:55,352 --> 00:39:56,353 [door closes] 653 00:40:05,487 --> 00:40:09,825 I'm not doing anything other than trying to be helpful at the margins. 654 00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:11,452 Okay. Hey. 655 00:40:12,161 --> 00:40:13,078 What are you--? 656 00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:19,751 You called Niccolo. 657 00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:24,965 Do us both a stupendous favor and don't waste time denying it. 658 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:28,051 Yes. 659 00:40:28,051 --> 00:40:30,429 And he called Shahin. 660 00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:34,558 - To let him know we're here. - I asked you 12 times. 661 00:40:34,558 --> 00:40:37,060 If I called Shahin, which I didn't. Niccolo did. 662 00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:40,355 Italy has diplomatic relations with Iran. No one will raise an eyebrow. 663 00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:42,608 It took me exactly one phone call. 664 00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:45,736 Only you know a call to an Italian landscape architect from a burner 665 00:40:45,736 --> 00:40:47,613 in Regent's Park is a red flag. 666 00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:51,074 I didn't tell you because if it gets out, I wanted you insulated. 667 00:40:51,074 --> 00:40:53,202 Meanwhile, it fucking paid off. 668 00:40:53,202 --> 00:40:56,872 You don't want the White House near it. Now the president's on his way. 669 00:40:56,872 --> 00:40:58,123 I knew something was off. 670 00:40:58,123 --> 00:41:01,752 And I knew when a hot tip comes from you, it cuts more than one way. 671 00:41:01,752 --> 00:41:04,171 No one knows how until they know, but then-- 672 00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:05,464 "They definitely know." 673 00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:07,966 Don't fucking act like it doesn't matter. 674 00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:10,052 Shahin put his neck on a rail. 675 00:41:10,052 --> 00:41:12,554 - We blow this, he'll get executed. - Yeah. 676 00:41:12,554 --> 00:41:15,349 So. Now you know. I called Niccolo. 677 00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:18,060 He called Shahin, or sent him a smoke signal, I don't know. 678 00:41:18,060 --> 00:41:19,061 That's the whole story. 679 00:41:19,061 --> 00:41:20,229 - Is it? - Yeah. 680 00:41:23,232 --> 00:41:26,360 So... onward. 681 00:41:27,903 --> 00:41:29,404 - Oh, that's it? - [Hal] Uh-huh. 682 00:41:29,404 --> 00:41:33,200 I just march out and say, "Hey, I rethought it. Let's go wide." 683 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,910 - Yeah. - Based on what? 684 00:41:34,910 --> 00:41:39,331 My husband snuck out and called Iran? And then lied to me about it? 685 00:41:39,331 --> 00:41:42,584 - How do you think that fucking looks? - Who cares? 686 00:41:42,584 --> 00:41:43,544 [shouts] 687 00:41:44,086 --> 00:41:47,381 I care! I am supposed to run this place. 688 00:41:47,381 --> 00:41:51,426 I was almost fired by the secretary of state on day one. 689 00:41:51,426 --> 00:41:53,011 Hat tip, Hal Wyler. 690 00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:57,182 And day two, I'm a Vogue model at the mercy of tidal hormones. 691 00:41:57,766 --> 00:42:01,687 Smart people listen to other smart people, and change their minds. 692 00:42:01,687 --> 00:42:07,317 I told the chief of station she was like Colin Powell selling WMD. 693 00:42:07,317 --> 00:42:11,029 My DCM thinks I'm so upset you've eclipsed me, 694 00:42:11,029 --> 00:42:12,656 I actually shit my pants. 695 00:42:12,656 --> 00:42:14,866 Thanks to your intervention, 696 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:18,537 I appear, to the two most important colleagues I have in this mission... 697 00:42:18,537 --> 00:42:20,872 [yelling] like a fucking psychotic! 698 00:42:30,090 --> 00:42:33,218 [in normal voice] I'd like to speak to the secretary of state, please. 699 00:42:37,681 --> 00:42:38,765 [Ganon] Ambassador. 700 00:42:38,765 --> 00:42:43,103 Iranian denials haven't convinced since... I'm trying to remember a time. 701 00:42:43,103 --> 00:42:47,149 Calling off an assassination is a not-insignificant gesture. 702 00:42:47,149 --> 00:42:48,483 I find it very moving. 703 00:42:48,483 --> 00:42:52,112 The source was compelling. On both ends of the reach out. 704 00:42:52,112 --> 00:42:55,115 - CIA is still vetting it. - That's my fault. 705 00:42:55,115 --> 00:42:57,117 It's why I contacted you myself. 706 00:42:57,117 --> 00:43:00,787 I'm hoping you can put some stock in my word. 707 00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:04,416 My wife says that Vogue named you the future of diplomacy. 708 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:05,834 So I'd better listen. 709 00:43:07,961 --> 00:43:11,173 Sir. It was Hal. 710 00:43:12,716 --> 00:43:13,925 Wyler. 711 00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:16,428 Jesus. 712 00:43:16,428 --> 00:43:19,514 Knowing it might be greeted with some skepticism, 713 00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:22,643 I asked them to dot all their I's before they brought it to you. 714 00:43:23,310 --> 00:43:24,603 Shit. 715 00:43:24,603 --> 00:43:29,191 - Tell the president he shouldn't come. - Are you kidding? 716 00:43:29,191 --> 00:43:32,110 The optics of him and Trowbridge shoulder to shoulder 717 00:43:32,110 --> 00:43:33,612 after the hellfire rant-- 718 00:43:33,612 --> 00:43:37,324 The optics are that it looks like the president is ready to march on Tehran. 719 00:43:37,324 --> 00:43:41,912 If your husband's right, 24 hours later, we'll have to roll that all back. 720 00:43:41,912 --> 00:43:44,164 The optics of that are he looks like an idiot. 721 00:43:44,164 --> 00:43:45,874 Around here, we call that Tuesday. 722 00:43:45,874 --> 00:43:49,211 - Muslims are being attacked in the street. - Is that on me too? 723 00:43:49,211 --> 00:43:52,506 The president wanted to look like a hero, throw his arm around the Brits, 724 00:43:52,506 --> 00:43:54,466 show everyone we're the ally we used to be 725 00:43:54,466 --> 00:43:56,968 before we lost interest in the whole fucking world. 726 00:43:56,968 --> 00:44:00,347 That's my job, if it's anyone's. But he wanted it, so he's got it. 727 00:44:01,139 --> 00:44:04,935 Sir. I'm not sure "he made his bed, now let's let him lie in it" 728 00:44:04,935 --> 00:44:07,104 is the best thing for global stability. 729 00:44:07,104 --> 00:44:10,065 Canceling the trip, that's good for global stability? 730 00:44:10,899 --> 00:44:12,150 It's not ideal. 731 00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:17,531 If you'd come to me before we announced the visit, maybe. 732 00:44:17,531 --> 00:44:19,825 Now, it's too late. 733 00:44:27,833 --> 00:44:30,043 They're for you. What did Ganon say? 734 00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:33,046 I need to talk to the foreign secretary. 735 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,048 Ganon said that? 736 00:44:35,757 --> 00:44:37,634 No. I'm saying that. 737 00:44:38,677 --> 00:44:40,721 You'll see the foreign secretary tomorrow. 738 00:44:40,721 --> 00:44:44,558 At the lunch, to which the president is wearing a charcoal suit. 739 00:44:44,558 --> 00:44:46,351 So you can't wear charcoal. 740 00:44:46,852 --> 00:44:48,478 - Any of these grab you? - No. 741 00:44:48,979 --> 00:44:52,065 Ma'am, I don't love me in this conversation either, 742 00:44:52,065 --> 00:44:54,109 but the stylist is now a person of interest 743 00:44:54,109 --> 00:44:56,236 in the biggest security breach we've had at Winfield. 744 00:44:56,236 --> 00:44:58,989 - We'll have to muscle through on our own. - Alysse? 745 00:44:59,489 --> 00:45:01,241 After the Foreign Office. 746 00:45:01,950 --> 00:45:03,160 Car. Cars. 747 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:05,495 You can't drop in on the foreign secretary. 748 00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:08,874 You've spent more time with the guy than your predecessors did in a year. 749 00:45:08,874 --> 00:45:10,417 It's been a big day. 750 00:45:10,417 --> 00:45:12,169 You've got to stop. 751 00:45:23,513 --> 00:45:24,681 [phone rings] 752 00:45:24,681 --> 00:45:27,476 [receptionist] Foreign secretary's office. How may I help you? 753 00:45:31,146 --> 00:45:32,731 Tongues will start to wag. 754 00:45:32,731 --> 00:45:35,775 - Sorry to barge in. I know you're swamped. - Not at all. 755 00:45:35,775 --> 00:45:38,820 I wanted to touch base about President Rayburn's visit. 756 00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:40,530 A moving show of support. 757 00:45:40,530 --> 00:45:44,409 The atmosphere around the meeting might be improved from our standpoint, 758 00:45:44,409 --> 00:45:47,954 with a clarification of the prime minister's remark about Iran. 759 00:45:47,954 --> 00:45:51,166 As I understand it, the prime minister was repeating 760 00:45:51,166 --> 00:45:53,543 what he'd heard from President Rayburn. What was the phrase? 761 00:45:53,543 --> 00:45:56,713 - That was one head of state to another. - "Light the place up." 762 00:45:56,713 --> 00:45:57,923 On a private call. 763 00:45:57,923 --> 00:46:00,675 This was dropped into a sea of microphones. 764 00:46:00,675 --> 00:46:03,887 Sympathy for a grieving widow, sadly misconstrued. 765 00:46:03,887 --> 00:46:05,222 We are way past sad. 766 00:46:05,222 --> 00:46:08,016 Four people were mowed down in the street, two are children, 767 00:46:08,016 --> 00:46:10,393 - their mother is dead. - As is their father. 768 00:46:12,437 --> 00:46:14,147 About half an hour ago. 769 00:46:15,941 --> 00:46:17,359 I'm sorry. 770 00:46:19,778 --> 00:46:23,907 Look, no one is more disturbed about violence in our streets 771 00:46:23,907 --> 00:46:26,243 - than Prime Minister Trowbridge. - Of course. 772 00:46:26,243 --> 00:46:29,204 But an unprovoked attack on our troops 773 00:46:29,204 --> 00:46:31,706 from a nation with a history of aggressive-- 774 00:46:31,706 --> 00:46:32,874 It's not Iran. 775 00:46:36,836 --> 00:46:37,754 It's not Iran. 776 00:46:39,256 --> 00:46:41,007 Well, then, our mistake. 777 00:46:42,926 --> 00:46:45,053 You're going to ask me how I know... 778 00:46:45,053 --> 00:46:48,306 You won't say, but fortunately, I have your word. 779 00:46:54,938 --> 00:46:57,899 They kidnapped my husband and called off a hit. 780 00:46:59,943 --> 00:47:03,572 They were going to assassinate an American general and didn't. 781 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:08,285 It was an offering, like a dead squirrel on the doorstep. 782 00:47:08,285 --> 00:47:09,703 It wasn't Iran. 783 00:47:11,705 --> 00:47:14,958 The president of the United States can't stand next to a prime minister 784 00:47:14,958 --> 00:47:19,212 who has just hocked up an Islamophobic war whoop. 785 00:47:20,213 --> 00:47:21,798 He has to walk it back. 786 00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:28,388 Ambassador, Number 10 will walk back nothing. 787 00:47:29,514 --> 00:47:30,432 Nothing. 788 00:47:32,267 --> 00:47:35,645 If you're concerned, I urge you to speak with President Rayburn, 789 00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:38,773 who clearly has a great deal of influence over the prime minister. 790 00:47:42,027 --> 00:47:43,486 Thank you for coming. 791 00:47:52,370 --> 00:47:55,248 [staff clamoring] 792 00:48:07,302 --> 00:48:09,512 Right after lunch. I have the time... 793 00:48:13,892 --> 00:48:17,103 [Frances] Oh, to the dining room. The mantel, not the table. 794 00:48:17,103 --> 00:48:20,607 I always gave Mrs. Vayle a copy of the menu on the day of a formal meal. 795 00:48:20,607 --> 00:48:24,444 She liked to put them in her memory book. Should I give one to Mr. Wyler? 796 00:48:24,944 --> 00:48:28,448 Mr. Wyler does not keep a memory book. 797 00:48:30,283 --> 00:48:31,951 [Hal] You can salvage this. 798 00:48:31,951 --> 00:48:34,621 Buttonhole the president as soon as he arrives 799 00:48:34,621 --> 00:48:37,332 and you talk him out of the lunch. 800 00:48:38,166 --> 00:48:41,961 At the very least out of the photo op with him and Trowbridge side by side 801 00:48:41,961 --> 00:48:44,964 like some dark acid flashback of the road to Iraq. 802 00:48:44,964 --> 00:48:46,549 You need to leave. 803 00:48:46,549 --> 00:48:49,469 - Eat something. You've been bottoming out. - Leave this country. 804 00:48:49,469 --> 00:48:52,764 As soon as this lunch is over, get on some plane going someplace 805 00:48:52,764 --> 00:48:54,974 - and not be here anymore. - What? 806 00:48:54,974 --> 00:48:57,852 You made an inappropriate outreach to a hostile power 807 00:48:57,852 --> 00:49:00,480 with whom we have no diplomatic relations. 808 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,525 You made an investigation exponentially more difficult. 809 00:49:04,192 --> 00:49:08,613 You have so thoroughly fucked with my head, I-- I can't think straight 810 00:49:08,613 --> 00:49:12,659 or analyze information or provide objective counsel. 811 00:49:13,326 --> 00:49:17,747 I can't do the fucking job if you are within a 100-mile radius. 812 00:49:18,331 --> 00:49:20,834 I am begging you. Go. 813 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:24,796 Katherine. 814 00:49:25,755 --> 00:49:26,923 Katie. 815 00:49:26,923 --> 00:49:29,467 Oh, come on. Let's talk about it later. 816 00:49:29,467 --> 00:49:31,845 I'm not discussing it ever again. 817 00:49:31,845 --> 00:49:34,723 The president will greet Hal first, then you. 818 00:49:34,723 --> 00:49:38,101 Unless he does it the other way around. Just basically go with whatever. 819 00:49:38,101 --> 00:49:39,269 Thank you. 820 00:49:39,269 --> 00:49:43,565 Katie, I can't leave. I'm so sorry. 821 00:49:43,565 --> 00:49:45,692 [Kate] I don't want to hear this shit anymore! 822 00:49:45,692 --> 00:49:48,987 - You can't divorce me. - Get a fucking grip! 823 00:49:48,987 --> 00:49:50,864 We decided that months ago. 824 00:49:51,406 --> 00:49:53,450 Katie, the vice president's gonna resign. 825 00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:56,119 They want you to replace her. You can't be divorced. 826 00:50:10,884 --> 00:50:11,885 Close your mouth. 827 00:50:13,344 --> 00:50:14,512 Turn your head. 828 00:50:21,394 --> 00:50:23,396 [theme music playing]