1 00:00:07,425 --> 00:00:11,220 Don't play chicken with a country that's ready to lob a tactical nuke. 2 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:13,389 Try everything before that. 3 00:00:13,389 --> 00:00:14,474 She's got a good idea. 4 00:00:14,474 --> 00:00:19,854 It hasn't escaped me that you are an incredibly attractive, compassionate... 5 00:00:21,481 --> 00:00:22,315 man. 6 00:00:22,315 --> 00:00:25,693 But, at the moment, we have bigger fish to fry. 7 00:00:25,693 --> 00:00:28,321 I gave you 15 years. Give me a chance. 8 00:00:28,321 --> 00:00:30,490 So you're back-seat driving the vice president? 9 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:32,366 So I'm married to you. 10 00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:36,329 We hit Russia, Russia hits back. 11 00:00:36,329 --> 00:00:39,165 But the Lenkov Group isn't Russia, right? 12 00:00:39,165 --> 00:00:43,002 Right now is the one time you get to break shit. 13 00:00:43,002 --> 00:00:44,962 What is it that you think I should break? 14 00:00:44,962 --> 00:00:47,089 The secretary of state. 15 00:00:47,089 --> 00:00:49,926 You may not see that right now, but we're great together. 16 00:00:49,926 --> 00:00:53,638 I feel it too. I can't think when you're in the same room. I can barely breathe. 17 00:00:53,638 --> 00:00:56,224 U.S. and the UK go to war with Russia? 18 00:00:56,224 --> 00:00:58,768 That's the kind of thing where people have babies. 19 00:00:58,768 --> 00:01:02,396 - Are you asking me to have--? - No. That's the whole point. 20 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:04,857 But, a dog? 21 00:01:04,857 --> 00:01:09,278 Do you want to be in a public relationship with me? 22 00:01:09,278 --> 00:01:10,446 Yes. 23 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:12,031 It's better than one, isn't it? 24 00:01:12,031 --> 00:01:12,990 What? 25 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:15,243 Two. 26 00:01:16,202 --> 00:01:17,662 [inaudible dialogue] 27 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:26,754 [Hal sighs] 28 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:29,257 I should go. 29 00:01:29,257 --> 00:01:30,341 [Kate] Where? 30 00:01:30,341 --> 00:01:33,594 [Hal] Back to my room, before the staff find me. 31 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:35,930 You can relax for five minutes. 32 00:01:37,306 --> 00:01:38,850 {\an8}Are you asking me to stay? 33 00:01:39,392 --> 00:01:42,019 {\an8}I'm saying you can relax. 34 00:01:44,772 --> 00:01:46,649 Are you asking me to stay? 35 00:01:46,649 --> 00:01:49,735 Are you asking me to ask you to stay? 36 00:01:49,735 --> 00:01:50,987 Should I? 37 00:01:54,031 --> 00:01:55,116 I don't know. 38 00:01:56,409 --> 00:01:57,368 Maybe. 39 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:01,038 I shouldn't do that to you. 40 00:02:01,038 --> 00:02:02,874 You should do whatever you want to me. 41 00:02:02,874 --> 00:02:05,293 [sighs] I shouldn't. 42 00:02:06,669 --> 00:02:07,837 I'm sorry. 43 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:08,796 Why? 44 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:10,756 I didn't think you could do it. 45 00:02:10,756 --> 00:02:12,383 Because I'm an asshole. 46 00:02:12,383 --> 00:02:16,554 You are an asshole but you had reason to worry. 47 00:02:17,221 --> 00:02:18,639 You were great. 48 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,225 I always am. Sometimes you don't know 'til later. 49 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:25,605 You should not forgive me. 50 00:02:26,189 --> 00:02:27,148 Maybe I won't. 51 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:29,984 - Nah, I will. - Don't do that. 52 00:02:29,984 --> 00:02:34,113 Don't make me be the only one who thinks through the obstacles. 53 00:02:34,113 --> 00:02:35,281 I can handle it. 54 00:02:35,281 --> 00:02:37,783 I can't. I don't like being that angry at you. 55 00:02:41,996 --> 00:02:43,206 So, what worked? 56 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:46,125 Last few days, it worked, right? 57 00:02:46,125 --> 00:02:48,211 - It did. - Yeah, so why? 58 00:02:48,211 --> 00:02:49,795 I don't know. 59 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:51,589 No, you gotta make it clear. 60 00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:53,674 Obviously, I don't always know. 61 00:02:55,426 --> 00:02:56,761 What worked? 62 00:02:58,262 --> 00:02:59,931 I mean, you set the agenda. 63 00:02:59,931 --> 00:03:01,515 You came up with a moonshot. 64 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:05,436 I made a few phone calls to make you feel you weren't in it alone. 65 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:06,646 That's not what you did. 66 00:03:06,646 --> 00:03:07,563 - No? - No. 67 00:03:07,563 --> 00:03:10,107 - So, what did I do? - You made a hundred phone calls. 68 00:03:10,107 --> 00:03:13,736 You made people feel brilliant and important. 69 00:03:13,736 --> 00:03:17,615 - They run after you, desperate to help. - They are brilliant and important. 70 00:03:17,615 --> 00:03:19,659 The guy from Phoenix? 71 00:03:19,659 --> 00:03:21,327 He's just important. 72 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:29,585 You didn't hate it? 73 00:03:31,337 --> 00:03:32,171 What? 74 00:03:33,089 --> 00:03:34,590 Being a backup singer. 75 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:35,883 No, I didn't. 76 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:39,887 I thought I would. 77 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:40,805 But, uh... 78 00:03:41,347 --> 00:03:42,181 no. 79 00:03:42,682 --> 00:03:43,808 It was kind of fun. 80 00:03:47,103 --> 00:03:49,355 I don't want to do nothing. 81 00:03:49,355 --> 00:03:50,773 Well, of course not. 82 00:03:50,773 --> 00:03:52,608 I'm not ready to retire. 83 00:03:53,234 --> 00:03:54,986 I would never think that. 84 00:03:56,988 --> 00:04:00,491 You know, I didn't spend the last decade working on my tan. 85 00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:01,909 Yeah, I know that. 86 00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:04,287 It can be a big job, being a backup singer. 87 00:04:04,287 --> 00:04:06,622 That's not quite what you did. 88 00:04:06,622 --> 00:04:07,665 Humming. 89 00:04:07,665 --> 00:04:09,208 You made it all happen. 90 00:04:09,208 --> 00:04:12,169 Whatever fuck-witted scheme I came up with. 91 00:04:12,837 --> 00:04:16,340 I don't think you should start with making it all happen. 92 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:17,842 - Sure. - That could get tricky. 93 00:04:17,842 --> 00:04:19,010 Jesus, Kate, 94 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:23,055 I attended a two-day emergency meeting of world leaders 95 00:04:23,055 --> 00:04:25,725 and I did not speak unless spoken to. 96 00:04:26,851 --> 00:04:27,685 You were so great. 97 00:04:27,685 --> 00:04:30,563 I spent a shocking amount of time discussing the rain. 98 00:04:31,147 --> 00:04:32,732 You were so great. 99 00:04:36,193 --> 00:04:37,111 Don't go. 100 00:04:38,029 --> 00:04:38,988 Not yet. 101 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:42,533 Do you want me to stay? 102 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:46,787 I don't know. 103 00:04:48,039 --> 00:04:49,665 But I don't want you to go. 104 00:04:55,004 --> 00:04:56,422 Don't freak out. 105 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:57,840 Love it already. 106 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,009 I wanna hit pause on... 107 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:03,846 declaring our relationship status. 108 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:07,016 - Just 'til the Russia thing plays out. - Okay. 109 00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:08,976 Is it? 110 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:09,894 Yeah. 111 00:05:10,728 --> 00:05:11,812 What? 112 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:13,439 I'm cool, it's just... 113 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,316 What? 114 00:05:15,316 --> 00:05:18,319 People have waited a long time for the Russia thing to play out. 115 00:05:18,319 --> 00:05:19,278 I'm talking a week. 116 00:05:19,278 --> 00:05:22,782 Napoleon told Joséphine he wanted to wait 'til the Russia thing played out. 117 00:05:22,782 --> 00:05:24,867 I knew this was gonna be a problem. 118 00:05:25,785 --> 00:05:27,578 I don't love lying to my boss. 119 00:05:27,578 --> 00:05:32,166 She's been your boss for ten minutes. You can not love it a little longer. 120 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:35,586 I'm in that zone where it would've been weird to say something right off. 121 00:05:35,586 --> 00:05:37,630 Now it's weird I haven't mentioned it yet. 122 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:40,383 - I don't mention things for a living. - Yeah, it's fucking weird. 123 00:05:40,383 --> 00:05:42,343 I don't live under the misconception 124 00:05:42,343 --> 00:05:45,638 that anybody knows the whole story of anything, ever. 125 00:05:45,638 --> 00:05:49,391 So I'm not compelled to share everything I think I know. 126 00:05:49,391 --> 00:05:50,643 I can leave stuff out. 127 00:05:50,643 --> 00:05:51,894 Everybody does it. 128 00:05:51,894 --> 00:05:53,479 I'm just cognizant of it. 129 00:05:53,479 --> 00:05:55,231 This is some high-end rationalizing. 130 00:05:55,231 --> 00:05:58,109 Nobody needs the distraction is the bottom line. 131 00:05:58,109 --> 00:05:59,360 That's fine. 132 00:06:03,906 --> 00:06:06,200 She's meeting Oleg Balakin today, right? 133 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:08,452 - Yeah. - Good. 134 00:06:13,249 --> 00:06:16,127 We're messaging Russia through every plausible official channel 135 00:06:16,127 --> 00:06:18,629 because every non-official channel's gone cold. 136 00:06:18,629 --> 00:06:20,840 Langley's been calling old deconfliction lines 137 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,883 and the phones just keep ringing. 138 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:26,303 Are you throwing me a bone? 139 00:06:28,305 --> 00:06:29,515 It's a fact. 140 00:06:30,099 --> 00:06:33,185 Relevant to both of our professional portfolios. 141 00:06:33,185 --> 00:06:35,688 This is worse than a mercy-fuck. 142 00:06:35,688 --> 00:06:39,692 This is a mercy declassification of eyes-only intelligence. 143 00:06:40,651 --> 00:06:42,862 I'm never telling you anything again. 144 00:06:42,862 --> 00:06:44,905 So all our backchannels are dead? 145 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:46,031 I don't know. 146 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:48,284 - Wait for the briefing. - Come on. 147 00:06:48,284 --> 00:06:51,245 I was all set to parade around with my girl on my arm. 148 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:53,539 This just keeps getting better. 149 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:54,999 Go to dinner with me tonight? 150 00:06:54,999 --> 00:06:56,083 Maybe. 151 00:06:56,625 --> 00:06:58,502 Will you look at me over candlelight? 152 00:06:58,502 --> 00:07:01,714 Talk about Russian non-government paramilitary organizations? 153 00:07:01,714 --> 00:07:03,674 You know I will. 154 00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:13,976 You'll meet Russian Ambassador Oleg Balakin at the Foreign Office. 155 00:07:13,976 --> 00:07:16,979 Inform him Britain knows that the Lenkov Company, 156 00:07:16,979 --> 00:07:21,108 commissioned by the Russian government, carried out the attack on HMS Courageous. 157 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:25,613 And that Britain intends to take action against Lenkov troops in Libya, 158 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:27,948 with our blessing, in the next 24 hours. 159 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:30,868 And that will be the period at the end of the sentence. 160 00:07:30,868 --> 00:07:33,204 Not the next in a series of escalating moves. 161 00:07:33,204 --> 00:07:34,205 [Hal] Morning. 162 00:07:34,205 --> 00:07:35,581 And to you, sir. 163 00:07:39,752 --> 00:07:40,669 All good? 164 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:41,712 [Hal] It is. 165 00:07:42,338 --> 00:07:43,255 Hmm. 166 00:07:43,923 --> 00:07:45,341 You can keep going. 167 00:07:46,509 --> 00:07:48,052 - Keep going. - I'll wait. 168 00:07:48,052 --> 00:07:50,179 He can sit in on the briefing. 169 00:07:51,931 --> 00:07:53,516 All right, then. Um... 170 00:07:53,516 --> 00:07:56,018 You'll have talking points from State. 171 00:07:56,018 --> 00:07:59,730 The same conversation is happening mil-to-mil, intel-to-intel, 172 00:07:59,730 --> 00:08:01,023 every U.S. ambassador 173 00:08:01,023 --> 00:08:03,150 to every Russian ambassador in every country. 174 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,653 Why are you doing a démarche at the Foreign Office? 175 00:08:05,653 --> 00:08:06,904 Yeah, it's kind of weird. 176 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:09,031 United front. Us and the UK. 177 00:08:09,031 --> 00:08:11,825 Why do you put eggs on top of the berries? Now there's eggs on them. 178 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,285 [Hal] I'll separate it for you. 179 00:08:13,285 --> 00:08:14,912 - Is that better? - [Kate] Thank you. 180 00:08:14,912 --> 00:08:17,081 - United front? - Yes. 181 00:08:17,081 --> 00:08:19,875 Making it clear there's no daylight between us. 182 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,670 He'll be meeting with Dennison before he meets with you. 183 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,964 - What's his name? Belkin? - [Stuart] Balakin. 184 00:08:24,964 --> 00:08:26,382 Oleg Balakin. 185 00:08:26,382 --> 00:08:27,925 Russian ambassador to... 186 00:08:28,884 --> 00:08:29,969 this place. 187 00:08:30,594 --> 00:08:32,096 - You know him? - No. 188 00:08:32,096 --> 00:08:34,723 You wanna call Sergei, find out if there's an angle? 189 00:08:34,723 --> 00:08:37,101 - Sure. - Okay. What kind of angle? 190 00:08:37,101 --> 00:08:41,021 Whatever, you know? He likes toast. He doesn't like toast. 191 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:43,816 He's a representative of the Russian Federation. He likes alcohol. 192 00:08:43,816 --> 00:08:45,401 Didn't see it coming. 193 00:08:45,985 --> 00:08:47,278 [Hal] Be nice. 194 00:08:47,278 --> 00:08:48,612 He's nervous. 195 00:08:48,612 --> 00:08:50,114 Me? No. 196 00:08:50,781 --> 00:08:53,409 - I'll stick to the talking points. - Thank you. 197 00:08:53,409 --> 00:08:55,536 Period at the end of the sentence. 198 00:08:55,536 --> 00:08:56,954 That's great. 199 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:01,750 He's trying to figure out how long he should wait 200 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:04,628 before he asks if this is a sign you're serious about VP. 201 00:09:04,628 --> 00:09:07,131 - What, you and me getting along? - Yeah. 202 00:09:07,131 --> 00:09:09,049 Tell him to be cool and try not to ruin it. 203 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:12,428 Okay. 204 00:09:27,234 --> 00:09:28,652 We do. Obviously, they-- 205 00:09:28,652 --> 00:09:29,612 Hi there. 206 00:09:29,612 --> 00:09:32,072 - Good morning. - Oh. Morning, sir. 207 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,574 Are you here to see me? 208 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:34,908 No, sadly. 209 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,035 Balakin. 210 00:09:36,035 --> 00:09:38,120 Oh. I just saw him myself. Good luck. 211 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,663 - It requires luck? - [Austin] It might. 212 00:09:39,663 --> 00:09:42,082 - Shit. - Well, you'll be fine. 213 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:44,293 - He's mean, but... - I'm meaner? 214 00:09:44,293 --> 00:09:45,711 I didn't say that. 215 00:09:46,629 --> 00:09:47,463 I didn't. 216 00:09:47,463 --> 00:09:48,756 [Kate] You thought it. 217 00:09:48,756 --> 00:09:51,133 The policing of thought has gone out of fashion. 218 00:09:51,133 --> 00:09:53,344 It never goes out of fashion. 219 00:09:57,765 --> 00:10:00,476 Amba-- Ambassador Balakin's already in there. 220 00:10:00,476 --> 00:10:01,393 Shall we? 221 00:10:01,393 --> 00:10:03,312 I'm not going in. You can do the windup. 222 00:10:03,312 --> 00:10:04,229 Myself? 223 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:06,649 Then you step out and it's just the two of them. 224 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:08,359 Or you could do it. 225 00:10:08,359 --> 00:10:10,152 I can't welcome them. 226 00:10:10,152 --> 00:10:11,403 It's your building. 227 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:13,072 Yeah. 228 00:10:20,496 --> 00:10:22,373 On behalf of His Majesty's government, 229 00:10:22,373 --> 00:10:25,501 it is my honor to introduce the Russian ambassador 230 00:10:25,501 --> 00:10:28,587 to the Court of St. James's, Oleg Balakin, to the American-- 231 00:10:28,587 --> 00:10:29,588 That's enough. 232 00:10:31,215 --> 00:10:32,049 Yeah. 233 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:36,053 Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me, Ambassador. 234 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:37,930 [door closes] 235 00:10:39,390 --> 00:10:40,349 [Kate sighs] 236 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:45,270 I understand the United Kingdom has shared its plans 237 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:47,815 to end Lenkov Company violence in Libya. 238 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:54,863 My government would like to convey our firm expectation 239 00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:57,866 that this will be treated as an isolated incident. 240 00:10:57,866 --> 00:11:01,203 Russian retaliation toward the United Kingdom 241 00:11:01,203 --> 00:11:06,208 would inevitably draw in the United States in support of its longtime ally. 242 00:11:14,633 --> 00:11:15,718 [clears throat] 243 00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:21,682 American arrogance is once again matched only by its simplicity. 244 00:11:23,142 --> 00:11:27,688 By the breathtaking assumption that a moment in time marked by tragedy 245 00:11:27,688 --> 00:11:29,815 can be stripped of its infinite complexity 246 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:33,152 by the clarity of your dislike for the outcome. 247 00:11:33,777 --> 00:11:38,073 The Lenkov Company is a wholly independent entity, 248 00:11:38,073 --> 00:11:40,617 unaffiliated with the Russian government. 249 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:44,371 Shall I hold you accountable for the actions of Blackwater? 250 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:45,956 Or the Proud Boys? 251 00:11:45,956 --> 00:11:48,625 - Sir-- - You will wait patiently 252 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:52,129 through my lecture, as I have waited countless times 253 00:11:52,129 --> 00:11:53,964 through the moralizing of a nation 254 00:11:53,964 --> 00:11:57,384 that not only manufactures weapons of mass destruction, 255 00:11:57,384 --> 00:12:03,849 but sells them in establishments called, without irony, convenience stores. 256 00:12:05,601 --> 00:12:08,812 {\an8}The Lenkov Company, like many organizations 257 00:12:08,812 --> 00:12:11,398 {\an8}of well-armed illiterate men, 258 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:14,693 claims to have connections at the highest levels in the Kremlin, 259 00:12:14,693 --> 00:12:20,157 not unlike the sycophants who insist they have the ear of your president, 260 00:12:20,157 --> 00:12:23,243 when, in fact, they have nothing but a photo 261 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,787 with Mr. Rayburn's least intelligent son, 262 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:30,751 a post for which there appears to be constant and spirited competition, 263 00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:32,878 like all such bodies... 264 00:12:32,878 --> 00:12:35,172 [Balakin continues speaking indistinctly] 265 00:12:35,172 --> 00:12:37,466 [tense music playing] 266 00:13:20,801 --> 00:13:24,846 Roman Lenkov has a child with a woman called Laurissa Safonova. 267 00:13:24,846 --> 00:13:29,434 She lives in a villa he owns in Cap d'Antibes called La Colline. 268 00:13:29,434 --> 00:13:33,313 He will be there on the 30th of this month for three days. 269 00:13:35,899 --> 00:13:37,150 When will he be there? 270 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:39,903 The 30th, for three days. 271 00:13:39,903 --> 00:13:42,698 - Where? - Cap d'Antibes. 272 00:13:42,698 --> 00:13:43,865 Villa... 273 00:13:43,865 --> 00:13:45,284 La Colline. 274 00:13:46,118 --> 00:13:47,202 La Colline. 275 00:14:02,801 --> 00:14:04,219 [Balakin] ...we are not interested 276 00:14:04,219 --> 00:14:08,056 in indulging another excuse for the hegemonic aspirations 277 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:12,102 that live on in the increasingly brittle memories of your president. 278 00:14:12,102 --> 00:14:14,313 The next time you wish to educate us 279 00:14:14,313 --> 00:14:18,734 as to the limits of our right to protect our citizens, at home and abroad, 280 00:14:18,734 --> 00:14:23,155 please take a moment to exercise the imagination it may take 281 00:14:23,155 --> 00:14:24,531 to ponder the idea 282 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:27,868 that things are not as simple as you declare them to be. 283 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:31,496 That the wishes of the Kremlin may bear no resemblance 284 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:33,040 to those you believe them to be. 285 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,460 And that the opportunity for a peaceful and stable future 286 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:40,589 is unlikely to be found in an attack on the employees of an individual 287 00:14:40,589 --> 00:14:41,798 like Roman Lenkov, 288 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:44,092 who is not an arm of my government, 289 00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:48,096 but simply an internationally recognized common criminal. 290 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:50,307 Good day, madam. 291 00:14:50,307 --> 00:14:53,268 And please convey my warm regards to your president. 292 00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:03,528 That sounded bad. 293 00:15:04,696 --> 00:15:05,656 You okay? 294 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:11,536 Would it be possible to speak with the foreign secretary for a moment? 295 00:15:11,536 --> 00:15:14,957 I'm afraid Mr. Dennison is quite tightly booked today. 296 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:17,542 Is there anything I can help with? 297 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:18,877 No, thanks. 298 00:15:18,877 --> 00:15:19,795 We should go. 299 00:15:19,795 --> 00:15:21,213 Sorry for the fuss. 300 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:30,597 I'd like to stretch my legs. 301 00:15:31,098 --> 00:15:32,182 She's on the run. 302 00:15:33,225 --> 00:15:34,267 This happens. 303 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:35,352 You can come. 304 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:47,364 They're offering us Lenkov. 305 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:48,448 The Russians. 306 00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:50,409 They're giving him up. 307 00:15:50,409 --> 00:15:54,037 He'll be in France in ten days. They're telling us to arrest him. 308 00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:55,831 - What does that...? - Mean? 309 00:15:57,416 --> 00:16:00,210 Either the Kremlin's fucking with us... 310 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:04,006 or they didn't do it. 311 00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:05,298 Russia... 312 00:16:06,216 --> 00:16:07,551 didn't do it? 313 00:16:10,345 --> 00:16:11,388 [line ringing] 314 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,807 - [Ronnie] Hello? - Ronnie, could you tell Ms. Park 315 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,935 that we need to have a meeting of the Tax Structure Review Team? 316 00:16:16,935 --> 00:16:17,853 - Today? - Yeah. 317 00:16:17,853 --> 00:16:18,937 - Right away. - On it. 318 00:16:25,819 --> 00:16:27,696 That's okay. I'm just reading the paper. 319 00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:30,866 - Absolutely. Sorry, sir. - No, you don't need to... 320 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,285 What does this mean? 321 00:16:34,786 --> 00:16:37,831 They'd like to see you at the embassy. 322 00:16:38,415 --> 00:16:39,416 Who's "they"? 323 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:43,420 Uh, I'm afraid I don't know. 324 00:16:44,087 --> 00:16:45,505 Did they say why? 325 00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:48,592 Again, sorry. 326 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:51,428 They've just asked that you come in. 327 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:54,681 Was it Kate? If it wasn't Kate, someone should tell her they asked. 328 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,184 I don't want her to think I'm horning in. 329 00:16:57,184 --> 00:16:59,561 You don't know. It's fine. Thank you. 330 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:01,980 [softly] Thank you. 331 00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:09,237 They're giving him up. They're telling us to arrest him. 332 00:17:09,237 --> 00:17:11,156 They gave me a fucking address. 333 00:17:11,156 --> 00:17:13,784 - And this is because...? - They didn't do it. 334 00:17:13,784 --> 00:17:15,368 That's the message. 335 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:17,204 They may be fucking with you. 336 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:20,165 Absolutely. 337 00:17:20,165 --> 00:17:22,542 - Or they didn't do it. - Yeah. 338 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,545 Lenkov's a well-guarded guy. Nobody ever knows where he is. 339 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:26,963 This is something. 340 00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:28,715 Maybe they didn't do it. 341 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:31,843 But they're not saying, like, Cuba did it. 342 00:17:31,843 --> 00:17:33,345 They're saying Lenkov did. 343 00:17:33,345 --> 00:17:35,555 He's a gun for hire. Somebody else hired him. 344 00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,681 That could be anybody. 345 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:38,600 Lenkov knows who hired him. 346 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,895 They're saying arrest the guy and he'll tell you who hired him. 347 00:17:41,895 --> 00:17:43,730 Or he's a scapegoat. 348 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:46,108 Maybe we take the scapegoat and call it a day. 349 00:17:46,108 --> 00:17:47,859 I mean, he's a bad guy. 350 00:17:47,859 --> 00:17:48,777 Lenkov? 351 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:50,028 - Yeah. - Yeah. 352 00:17:50,612 --> 00:17:52,489 I need to talk to Dennison. 353 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:56,076 - You need to talk to the White House. - [Eidra] And Langley. 354 00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:59,621 And I'm not sure this should happen over airwaves. Maybe you go there. 355 00:17:59,621 --> 00:18:00,664 [Stuart] Can I just...? 356 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,167 - Why her? - I'm approachable. 357 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:06,753 - Are you? - Yes. 358 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,214 [Eidra] The Iran thing gave her some buzz and... 359 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:11,091 And what? 360 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:13,176 You're the right level. 361 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,888 You're not nobody, but not really somebody either. 362 00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:18,014 That's... 363 00:18:19,141 --> 00:18:20,350 fair. 364 00:18:20,350 --> 00:18:22,185 They don't want this going wide. 365 00:18:22,185 --> 00:18:23,311 The Kremlin? 366 00:18:23,311 --> 00:18:25,355 They love their reputation. 367 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:28,066 They're badasses. They'll shoot at anyone. 368 00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:29,359 Ukraine, UK. 369 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,319 They don't wanna call the White House and say, 370 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:33,864 "We're innocent and that nasty Lenkov got us in trouble." 371 00:18:33,864 --> 00:18:37,617 So you quietly tell somebody who's not really anybody. 372 00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:41,663 We should get somebody from the Russia desk in here to brief you. 373 00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:44,249 And then let's get you on a plane to D.C. 374 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,252 We don't know what it's about, exactly, 375 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:50,005 but they asked us to get you on a secure line. 376 00:18:50,589 --> 00:18:51,423 Hal? 377 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:54,092 - Jesus fucking Christ. - [chuckling] 378 00:18:54,092 --> 00:18:56,303 I heard you were knocking around. I didn't believe it. 379 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:57,888 - What are you doing here? - I live here. 380 00:18:57,888 --> 00:18:59,931 - What the fuck is this? - You're an asshole. 381 00:18:59,931 --> 00:19:01,349 So you around? Can I take you out? 382 00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:03,560 - Get you plastered? - I'm so sorry, sir. Just-- 383 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,688 Oh. I got the White House on the horn. She'll take your number. 384 00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:08,773 I'll take you out for an overcooked English steak. 385 00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:09,691 [Hal] Deal. 386 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:15,280 - [Dan] Morning. - Hey, Dan. 387 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:18,950 She's stepping in. 388 00:19:20,869 --> 00:19:21,703 Hey. 389 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,915 I'm gonna get into trouble for this. 390 00:19:24,915 --> 00:19:27,626 - Why? - I'm trying to keep out of her hair. 391 00:19:27,626 --> 00:19:28,585 Really? 392 00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:30,795 Is that what you did at the country house 393 00:19:30,795 --> 00:19:33,840 with the 19-part plan to liberate Libyans in Libya? 394 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,217 Singing backup. 395 00:19:36,134 --> 00:19:37,427 What happened with Ganon? 396 00:19:37,427 --> 00:19:38,595 He's a fuck face. 397 00:19:38,595 --> 00:19:40,222 Can you be more specific? 398 00:19:40,222 --> 00:19:44,267 You know what happened. He's launching a presidential campaign 399 00:19:44,267 --> 00:19:46,853 and he's trying to hide it from a president 400 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,856 who's stated clearly he does not like being used as a step-stool, 401 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:52,484 which is disqualifying on loyalty grounds. 402 00:19:52,484 --> 00:19:55,779 Much worse is he can't even cover his own tracks, 403 00:19:55,779 --> 00:19:58,323 which is disqualifying on he's-a-fucking-idiot grounds. 404 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,576 How's Kate? 405 00:20:01,576 --> 00:20:02,994 She's good. Yeah. 406 00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:04,037 Great. 407 00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:04,955 Is she? 408 00:20:04,955 --> 00:20:06,039 Yeah. 409 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:09,251 Is the VP idea taking root? 410 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,337 Uh, yeah, it is, actually. 411 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:13,255 I think it is. 412 00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:15,173 She did what she set out to do. 413 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:17,175 She made London into a real job. 414 00:20:17,175 --> 00:20:21,638 Yeah, she did. She's turned it into something pivotal. 415 00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:24,140 - You're proud. - Yeah, I am. 416 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,476 She deserves it. 417 00:20:26,476 --> 00:20:27,978 And she's good at it. 418 00:20:27,978 --> 00:20:29,062 Good. 419 00:20:30,063 --> 00:20:32,774 - That's it? - I just wanna make sure she's solid. 420 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,986 'Cause things are gonna get bumpy. 421 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:38,780 Why? 422 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:43,201 I'm glad we're not going to war with Russia. 423 00:20:43,201 --> 00:20:44,494 Oh, yeah? 424 00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:46,246 I wasn't up for it. 425 00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:48,665 I think we were all pretty freaked out. 426 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:50,375 People... 427 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:57,507 I heard somebody talking about getting, like, a dog. 428 00:20:57,507 --> 00:20:59,801 - Or a baby. - No. 429 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,388 Because we were gonna go to war with Russia? 430 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:04,431 Apocalypse babies. 431 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:06,391 - That's a terrible idea. - Isn't it? 432 00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:07,851 War with Russia is nuclear. 433 00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:09,853 Those babies are gonna get irradiated. 434 00:21:09,853 --> 00:21:11,438 It's fucking ridiculous. 435 00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:14,316 I like dogs, though. 436 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:18,320 Did you start, like, trolling for strays online? 437 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,321 No. 438 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:21,448 I kind of knew. 439 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:23,700 That they didn't do it. 440 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,243 - Russia? - [Eidra] Yeah. 441 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:29,122 Everyone in the Russian establishment was like, "We did it. 442 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:32,250 Not my office, but clearly, something we'd do." 443 00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:34,919 We couldn't find the origin of the order. 444 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:37,964 Intelligence chiefs, oligarchs, generals, 445 00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:39,799 nobody was read in. 446 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,218 And these are people who are read in. 447 00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:43,303 That's weird. 448 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:46,014 It's less weird if Russia didn't do it. 449 00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:47,640 Ah. Yeah. 450 00:21:49,059 --> 00:21:50,935 You can still get a dog. 451 00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:52,228 I don't want a dog. 452 00:21:53,897 --> 00:21:56,107 - The Russia guy? - Yeah, you ready? 453 00:21:56,107 --> 00:21:58,276 - Yeah. - We're not telling the Russia guy? 454 00:21:58,276 --> 00:22:00,695 We're not. We're asking questions about Lenkov. 455 00:22:00,695 --> 00:22:03,448 Which we'd have asked even if we were still going with the Libya plan. 456 00:22:03,448 --> 00:22:04,491 Okay. 457 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,701 Carly Green from the Russia desk. 458 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:09,579 - Hi. - Hi. 459 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:11,289 Is Carly...? 460 00:22:11,289 --> 00:22:12,582 The Russia person. 461 00:22:12,582 --> 00:22:14,959 - Okay. Great. - I'm older than I look. 462 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:18,171 - You'd have to be. - I was number six at the Russia desk, 463 00:22:18,171 --> 00:22:21,007 then everyone got moved to Langley or Kyiv. 464 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,008 Wow. 465 00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:25,345 The Agency spent 25 years training Middle East specialists. 466 00:22:25,345 --> 00:22:28,348 Then it was all-hands on Russia. There weren't a lot of hands to be had. 467 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:32,227 - Those of us who speak Russian moved up. - Is your background Cold War or post-'91? 468 00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:35,688 Uh, my background is Tolstoy's influence on the later work of Chekhov. 469 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:41,319 - Sorry. Ma'am, could you--? - Not a great time. Can it wait? 470 00:22:41,319 --> 00:22:43,154 - Uh-- - Is it Mr. Hayford? 471 00:22:43,154 --> 00:22:45,281 No. It's Mr. Wyler. 472 00:22:49,828 --> 00:22:51,079 [door opens, then closes] 473 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,206 - Are you fucking kidding me? - [Hal] No. 474 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:55,291 When you said you didn't know where the line is, 475 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:57,001 it's like eight feet behind you. 476 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,379 The president wants to fire the secretary of state. 477 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:02,966 - Because of her? - [Hal] No. 478 00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:05,468 - [Kate] What, are you fucking stupid? - It's not because of you. 479 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:07,470 It absolutely is. I served him up on a platter. 480 00:23:07,470 --> 00:23:09,514 Let me put this in the way you would to me. 481 00:23:09,514 --> 00:23:13,852 The narcissism involved in assuming that you managed 482 00:23:13,852 --> 00:23:16,813 - to get the secretary of state canned-- - He's not canned, right? 483 00:23:16,813 --> 00:23:19,566 No. But I don't like his odds. 484 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:20,984 Fuck me. 485 00:23:20,984 --> 00:23:23,570 The president has been waiting for Miguel Ganon 486 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,738 to stab him in the back since the day he hired him. 487 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,158 He's secretary of state 'cause you keep your enemies closer. 488 00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:31,452 I thought he'd get benched for a week. I didn't want him fired. 489 00:23:31,452 --> 00:23:33,288 - It'll fuck up his whole life. - No. 490 00:23:33,288 --> 00:23:36,249 He does this chin tucking thing every time the president talks. 491 00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:37,167 Ganon? 492 00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:40,461 It's like he's trying to disappear down his own neck. 493 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:41,838 The man's not subtle. 494 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:44,090 Try not to sound excited. Okay? 495 00:23:44,716 --> 00:23:45,675 [Hal sighs] 496 00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:48,094 I gotta get on a plane. 497 00:23:48,678 --> 00:23:49,929 - Where? - [Kate] D.C. 498 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,764 - [Hal] What, because of Ganon? - No. 499 00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:55,101 You can't march into the Oval Office and demand he doesn't fire Ganon. 500 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:57,979 - It's not why I'm going. - Why are you going? 501 00:23:58,563 --> 00:24:00,940 Sweetheart, it's fucking classified. 502 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:03,109 [door opens] 503 00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:04,402 [door closes] 504 00:24:04,402 --> 00:24:06,404 You'll head straight to Langley from the airport, 505 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:08,406 brief Michelle, brief Roger Post. 506 00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:11,451 They'll put it through the mill while you go to State to brief Tim and Ganon. 507 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:13,578 [Kate] Okay. Say what you just said to me. 508 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:16,122 She goes to Langley to brief Roger and Michelle. 509 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:19,125 They'll put it through the mill while she goes to brief Tim and Ganon. 510 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:23,213 - Oh. Can somebody else brief Ganon? - Tim can brief Ganon. 511 00:24:23,213 --> 00:24:24,505 [Eidra] I guess. 512 00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:27,759 It's a big get. You sure you don't wanna bring it in? 513 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:29,928 Ah, might be better coming from Tim. 514 00:24:31,012 --> 00:24:32,847 I'm on his shit list. 515 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:34,557 - Ganon's? - It's fine. 516 00:24:35,433 --> 00:24:37,852 Okay. Tim brings it through State, 517 00:24:37,852 --> 00:24:39,979 you go to the White House, brief in the Oval. 518 00:24:42,732 --> 00:24:44,150 - You okay? - Yeah. 519 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:46,361 Just a big pivot after all that. 520 00:24:46,361 --> 00:24:48,238 - Yeah. - [Kate] Trowbridge will hate it. 521 00:24:48,238 --> 00:24:50,073 [Eidra] That's tomorrow's problem. 522 00:24:50,073 --> 00:24:53,201 Today, you wanna show the Russians we're taking the tip seriously. 523 00:24:53,201 --> 00:24:55,912 Hand-delivering it to D.C. is a meaningful sign. 524 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:57,372 Who tells Trowbridge? 525 00:24:57,372 --> 00:25:00,250 I'm heading to MI6 as soon as you're in the air. 526 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:02,794 - They'll bring it to Number 10. - And Dennison? 527 00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:05,004 They'll tell him. 528 00:25:10,593 --> 00:25:12,095 We've built a relationship. 529 00:25:12,095 --> 00:25:14,430 I'm here to tell him things. That's the point. 530 00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:21,521 [Hal] Don't look at me like I'm being a shit. 531 00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:22,814 You are. 532 00:25:22,814 --> 00:25:25,733 The president's watching you. You can't be wringing your hands 533 00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:28,236 'cause you just discovered actions have consequences. 534 00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:30,321 - This is the bigs. - [knocking on door] 535 00:25:35,243 --> 00:25:36,244 For the trip. 536 00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:42,375 I prefer black. 537 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:43,876 I'm aware of that. 538 00:25:49,841 --> 00:25:52,552 - I'm starting at the beginning? - They know what you told me. 539 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:54,971 - But if they have questions... - Got it. 540 00:25:56,514 --> 00:25:58,558 - What'd you have for lunch? - Um... 541 00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:01,477 - Yogurt. - You're wearing it. 542 00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:02,770 - [door opens] - [Billie] Hi. 543 00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:04,272 You, for a second. 544 00:26:06,566 --> 00:26:07,775 - Fuck. - [door closes] 545 00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:23,541 [scoffs] 546 00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:28,212 No. No, no, no. 547 00:26:30,006 --> 00:26:31,674 - No, no. - [woman] Kate? 548 00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:35,053 - Jill. Hi. - Oh, hey. 549 00:26:36,888 --> 00:26:37,847 I didn't pee. 550 00:26:37,847 --> 00:26:39,974 - Okay. - This. 551 00:26:39,974 --> 00:26:42,101 - Oh. - This suit is not black. 552 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:43,811 Do you want a towel? 553 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,646 No. It'll probably air dry. 554 00:26:47,065 --> 00:26:50,109 - Maybe cover it. - Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. 555 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:52,278 Are you around? Can we get a drink? 556 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,155 - Ambassador? - Yeah, sure. 557 00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:55,198 Um... 558 00:26:55,907 --> 00:26:58,117 I-- I'll call you after this. 559 00:26:58,117 --> 00:26:59,369 Okay. 560 00:26:59,369 --> 00:27:01,829 - [Billie] Tell me we confirmed her tip. - [Roger] We confirmed. 561 00:27:01,829 --> 00:27:03,706 - [general] With who? - [Roger] Source in Prague. 562 00:27:03,706 --> 00:27:05,750 He took a trip to Coventry. It lines up. 563 00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:09,462 Good to see each and every one of you. 564 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:11,464 Anything we didn't know an hour ago? 565 00:27:11,464 --> 00:27:13,591 - [Roger] We're double sourced. - [Rayburn] Thoughts? 566 00:27:13,591 --> 00:27:15,343 - We're a yes. - Same. 567 00:27:16,052 --> 00:27:18,846 - France will light their hair on fire. - We're getting into it. 568 00:27:18,846 --> 00:27:21,891 They like to be asked and say no a few times before they say yes. 569 00:27:21,891 --> 00:27:24,685 - We'll make a fuss, make it feel good. - How about the Brits? 570 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,270 - They'll get there. - The-- 571 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,273 Are we putting a pin in the Libya plan or full-on scrapping it? 572 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:31,901 - No pin. - [Kate] The PM isn't gonna love this. 573 00:27:31,901 --> 00:27:35,738 His agenda on the domestic side makes the previous option a lot more attractive. 574 00:27:35,738 --> 00:27:38,408 - Until we've spoken to him-- - Secretary Ganon did. 575 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,243 - [Leiber] He's in? - He'll get there. 576 00:27:40,743 --> 00:27:42,787 [general] I don't love cleaning house for the Kremlin. 577 00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:45,581 It's the Brits, and the alternative was a harebrained scheme 578 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,333 to lose our pants in Libya. 579 00:27:48,209 --> 00:27:51,045 - Talk to the French. - Thanks, everybody. 580 00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:53,423 Really great work. Danny? Tokyo. 581 00:27:53,423 --> 00:27:55,007 [Danny] Make it clear we're not happy. 582 00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,135 [Rayburn] Why can't Australia scold Tokyo? 583 00:27:57,135 --> 00:27:58,928 [Ganon] Australia doesn't wanna get involved. 584 00:27:58,928 --> 00:27:59,929 [Rayburn] Neither do I. 585 00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:02,557 [Billie] The president can weigh in but if it'll eat the meeting... 586 00:28:02,557 --> 00:28:03,474 [Ganon] It shouldn't. 587 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:16,028 [rock music playing] 588 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:29,083 Oh. Sorry, sorry, sorry. 589 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:30,877 No, don't worry. I was early. 590 00:28:30,877 --> 00:28:33,963 The meeting ended sooner than I thought. 591 00:28:33,963 --> 00:28:35,173 Oval Office. 592 00:28:35,173 --> 00:28:37,550 - Fancy-pants-y. - Yeah, fuck that. 593 00:28:40,011 --> 00:28:40,970 Hi. 594 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:43,014 So how's it going? 595 00:28:43,014 --> 00:28:45,099 I mean, have you been over there? 596 00:28:45,099 --> 00:28:47,310 Ah, I've been to Doha. 597 00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:49,145 They won't let me into Kabul. 598 00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:52,857 - They were gonna let all of us in. - They were. 599 00:28:52,857 --> 00:28:56,778 And then when your appointment got scrapped, they pushed pause. 600 00:28:57,403 --> 00:28:58,321 Shit. 601 00:28:59,864 --> 00:29:01,866 Have you talked to Bazya? 602 00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:03,159 No. 603 00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:06,746 I wanted to call her, but things got so... 604 00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:08,539 - Busy? - Insane. 605 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:09,749 I'm sure. 606 00:29:09,749 --> 00:29:12,251 - I'll call her. - You don't have to call her. 607 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:15,421 - No. Of course I'm gonna fucking call her. - Bazya doesn't have a phone. 608 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:18,049 They took away her phone and her computer. 609 00:29:18,049 --> 00:29:19,091 Fuck. 610 00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:21,928 She's not allowed to leave the house without Hussein. 611 00:29:21,928 --> 00:29:25,306 Hey, excuse me? Do you have a chardonnay? Thanks. 612 00:29:26,390 --> 00:29:27,809 So, what are you doing? 613 00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:29,435 Trying to get people out. 614 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:31,479 How many are still left? 615 00:29:31,479 --> 00:29:34,857 Uh, people who can prove that they worked for us 616 00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:38,194 and have a legitimate fear for their lives if they stay in the country? 617 00:29:38,194 --> 00:29:39,779 About 35,000. 618 00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:44,325 - I wanna hear what you're doing in London. - I'm doing nothing. 619 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:45,743 Did Par get out? 620 00:29:45,743 --> 00:29:48,037 - Kate, well... - Yes or no? 621 00:29:49,664 --> 00:29:53,626 She went to a protest and the Taliban beat the shit out of her with a rubber pipe. 622 00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:55,920 But only on her boobs and her crotch, 623 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,215 so she couldn't take pictures to prove to anyone that it had happened. 624 00:29:59,215 --> 00:30:01,467 Then she went to another protest, 625 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,970 and they took her away. 626 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:05,555 Probably she's dead. 627 00:30:08,224 --> 00:30:10,059 We like to think she's in jail. 628 00:30:18,901 --> 00:30:21,487 It's smart. Two of you for the price of one. 629 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,657 - It's just Kate. It is. - Ah? Are you really not helping? 630 00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:28,619 You're not telling her how to suck up to Brussels without emasculating the French? 631 00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:30,204 She doesn't need my help. 632 00:30:30,204 --> 00:30:32,582 Yeah? Well, curl up with me and talk about my problems. 633 00:30:32,582 --> 00:30:34,417 Come work at the Institute. 634 00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:36,878 I'm surrounded by children with PhDs in history, 635 00:30:36,878 --> 00:30:39,463 trying to teach me the lessons of Vietnam. 636 00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:41,883 - That's gotta have an upside. - It doesn't. 637 00:30:41,883 --> 00:30:43,843 You can't fuck anybody anymore. 638 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:45,803 You can't even marry anybody. 639 00:30:45,803 --> 00:30:48,806 That shit you pulled with Kate? Keep it quiet for months, 640 00:30:48,806 --> 00:30:50,600 then invite everybody to the wedding? 641 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,977 - Those days are over. - Saddest story I ever heard. 642 00:30:52,977 --> 00:30:55,813 Whitehall is a mess. The SNP want our nukes out of Scotland. 643 00:30:55,813 --> 00:30:58,441 GCHQ is shitting their pants about China. 644 00:30:58,441 --> 00:30:59,775 There's a ton of work for you. 645 00:30:59,775 --> 00:31:03,154 I'd love to. But I'm not ready to take a job. 646 00:31:06,324 --> 00:31:07,783 Are you replacing Ganon? 647 00:31:10,703 --> 00:31:12,330 What are you talking about? 648 00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:15,666 Ganon burned the president on something. Larry said it was about Mexico. 649 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:17,919 Larry? Larry makes shit up. 650 00:31:17,919 --> 00:31:19,003 Yeah? 651 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:22,840 The secretary of state takes a long walk off a short pier... 652 00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:25,343 it should be you. 653 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:30,056 Can you get this guy another drink, see if we can get him to pass out? 654 00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:32,058 [Lewis chuckling] 655 00:31:36,646 --> 00:31:37,730 Still not back? 656 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,148 She's in the elevator. 657 00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:43,402 Welcome back. 658 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:46,697 - Why don't I send Dr. Brady up? - Byron, I swear to God. 659 00:31:46,697 --> 00:31:49,158 - I suggested we start at the house. - What's going on? 660 00:31:49,158 --> 00:31:52,244 Byron's never seen a woman with a hangover before. 661 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:56,457 - [Ronnie] Welcome back. - Morning, Ronnie. 662 00:31:56,457 --> 00:31:57,959 [Ronnie] It's not morning, ma'am. 663 00:31:57,959 --> 00:32:01,045 The prime minister wants to see you in an hour. 664 00:32:09,095 --> 00:32:10,221 Where? 665 00:32:11,347 --> 00:32:13,599 Uh, he has an event at the IoD. 666 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:15,601 He'll find a minute to step out. 667 00:32:23,234 --> 00:32:24,944 Is Dennison gonna be there? 668 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:26,821 I don't know. 669 00:32:26,821 --> 00:32:28,239 Well, he should be. 670 00:32:28,239 --> 00:32:31,367 The PM is gonna lose his fucking mind. 671 00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:34,161 [Stuart] Somebody taught me that if you are really tired 672 00:32:34,161 --> 00:32:35,913 and you change your shoes, 673 00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:38,082 you trick your body into thinking it's morning. 674 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:42,128 Maybe change your shoes... and everything else. 675 00:32:48,217 --> 00:32:49,468 Do you see this? 676 00:32:50,845 --> 00:32:52,013 [Stuart] Yeah, I do. 677 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:54,432 This is why I wear a black suit. 678 00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:58,853 This doesn't show on a black suit. 679 00:33:01,564 --> 00:33:03,399 It makes me look insane. 680 00:33:06,277 --> 00:33:08,696 - How about I get you something black? - Great. 681 00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,950 Pants. 682 00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:15,578 No fucking dresses. 683 00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:20,041 [door closes] 684 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,960 - [knocking on door] - Yeah? 685 00:33:31,802 --> 00:33:35,056 They marched into Ukraine, and thought to buy our assent 686 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,183 with the price of petrol. 687 00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:39,685 We thought, no. 688 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:42,563 We ended the import of Russian oil. 689 00:33:44,106 --> 00:33:47,735 And though the winds grew cold and fuel grew dear, 690 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:49,945 our homes blazed forth 691 00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:53,032 - with the bright lights of freedom. - Yeah, just hang on. I'm stepping outside. 692 00:33:53,032 --> 00:33:55,201 [Trowbridge] Cold winds blew through the land... 693 00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:58,120 No, still here. Yeah. 694 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,039 [mouthing words] 695 00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:02,583 - [Trowbridge] Thank you. - [crowd applauding] 696 00:34:19,642 --> 00:34:20,851 [door closes] 697 00:34:22,770 --> 00:34:24,688 - Twelve minutes. - Prime Minister. 698 00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:27,149 Twelve minutes 699 00:34:27,149 --> 00:34:30,736 after I told Libya I was saving them from the Lenkov troops. 700 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:33,697 That's when I got the Ganon call. 701 00:34:34,782 --> 00:34:38,369 I had already accepted Libya's thanks, kissed the royal ring. 702 00:34:38,953 --> 00:34:41,288 And 12 minutes later, 703 00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:45,876 in a phone call lasting one minute and 42 seconds, thank you kindly, 704 00:34:45,876 --> 00:34:48,963 Ganon told me, in no uncertain terms, to pull back. 705 00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:54,260 Turned the words to soap in my mouth. 706 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:57,888 Informed me to inform Libya to sit tight 707 00:34:57,888 --> 00:35:00,766 whilst the Americans changed our minds for us. 708 00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:04,019 The president wants what's best for the UK. 709 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:05,271 Don't embarrass yourself. 710 00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:07,439 He didn't feel we could ignore the possibility 711 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,984 that the Russian state was not behind the attack. 712 00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:13,195 We're not going after the Russian state. We're going after naughty mercenaries. 713 00:35:13,195 --> 00:35:14,613 Does this ring a bell? 714 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,907 If there is any way to de-escalate-- 715 00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:18,993 What happened to deterrence? 716 00:35:18,993 --> 00:35:20,911 - He lost interest? - No. 717 00:35:20,911 --> 00:35:23,789 I was led to believe-- by, if memory serves, you-- 718 00:35:23,789 --> 00:35:27,585 that the president also thought that peace in Libya was worth our time. 719 00:35:28,294 --> 00:35:31,589 Does he believe that the arrest of some nameless Russian mafioso 720 00:35:31,589 --> 00:35:35,384 by a posse of frogs will answer the deaths of 40 servicemen? 721 00:35:35,384 --> 00:35:39,221 If we bring in Lenkov, he will tell us who actually hired him. 722 00:35:39,221 --> 00:35:40,931 That will take forever. 723 00:35:41,891 --> 00:35:45,686 The president understands that, and he's not thrilled about it. 724 00:35:45,686 --> 00:35:49,440 I told Ganon, in no uncertain terms, that an extended delay was not acceptable. 725 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,234 It was not responsive to the needs of the United Kingdom. 726 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:54,153 Ganon brought up your concerns. 727 00:35:55,154 --> 00:35:56,238 And so did I. 728 00:35:58,449 --> 00:35:59,450 To the president? 729 00:35:59,450 --> 00:36:01,202 In the Oval Office. 730 00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:05,789 Nobody is ignoring the trade-offs. 731 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:11,795 The president is incredibly grateful for your patience. 732 00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:17,134 He does not have it. 733 00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:22,223 There was something refreshing about the days 734 00:36:22,223 --> 00:36:25,100 when America looked us in the face and said we should go fuck ourselves. 735 00:36:26,185 --> 00:36:29,855 Now we're back to getting dry-buggered and told it's love. 736 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:32,650 [door opens] 737 00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:35,569 [somber music playing] 738 00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:48,874 - How did it go? - [Kate] Great. 739 00:36:51,168 --> 00:36:53,379 Did you talk about the vice presidency? 740 00:36:54,004 --> 00:36:54,838 No. 741 00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,466 Not even with Billie? 742 00:36:57,466 --> 00:36:58,384 Nope. 743 00:37:02,054 --> 00:37:03,764 She say anything about Ganon? 744 00:37:04,515 --> 00:37:05,516 She did not. 745 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,020 Did you ask? 746 00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:14,024 I said no words, Hal. Not to the president, not to Billie. 747 00:37:14,024 --> 00:37:17,611 I briefed at Langley. They put my information into the mill. 748 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:21,448 I was in the Oval Office with 90 other people for 40 seconds, 749 00:37:21,448 --> 00:37:23,200 and then I was gone. 750 00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:25,160 Oh, shit. 751 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,955 Then Trowbridge requested my presence 752 00:37:27,955 --> 00:37:32,334 for a blow-by-blow of how the plan I shoved down his throat vaporized. 753 00:37:32,334 --> 00:37:34,169 - Libya? - They're going another way. 754 00:37:34,169 --> 00:37:36,171 - A better way? - Not if you ask Trowbridge. 755 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:39,383 - What did you say? - I said I tried. 756 00:37:39,383 --> 00:37:41,969 I said the president feels his pain. 757 00:37:41,969 --> 00:37:45,264 I said I fell to my knees in front of the Resolute Desk 758 00:37:45,264 --> 00:37:47,474 and begged the president to reconsider. 759 00:37:47,474 --> 00:37:49,727 But on further reflection, 760 00:37:49,727 --> 00:37:54,315 it's clear that this is really what's best for the United Kingdom. 761 00:37:55,149 --> 00:38:00,112 I definitely didn't say I stood quietly in the Oval like a fucking moron 762 00:38:00,112 --> 00:38:02,656 while Ganon drove a tractor over my face. 763 00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:14,084 I saw Jill. 764 00:38:17,338 --> 00:38:18,297 Klein? 765 00:38:23,177 --> 00:38:24,011 Bad? 766 00:38:25,512 --> 00:38:26,764 [scoffs] 767 00:38:26,764 --> 00:38:28,599 What the fuck do you think? 768 00:38:36,065 --> 00:38:39,276 I need to call Dennison and tell him where we're at. 769 00:38:41,695 --> 00:38:42,696 [Kate sighs] 770 00:38:45,908 --> 00:38:47,368 Bit late, no? 771 00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:54,124 Trowbridge is gonna try to blow it all up, so... 772 00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:01,882 You can call him in the morning. 773 00:39:49,972 --> 00:39:51,974 [somber music playing] 774 00:40:12,202 --> 00:40:14,204 [theme music playing]