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- Hi there.
- Are you here to see me?
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- No, sadly.
- Balakin.
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The Lenkov Company
is a wholly independent entity.
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Like many organizations
of well-armed illiterate men,
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claims to have connections
at the highest levels in the Kremlin.
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[woman] Roman Lenkov has a child
with a woman in Cap d'Antibes.
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He will be there
on the 30th of this month.
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- They're offering us Lenkov.
- Russia... didn't do it?
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- Are you replacing Ganon?
- What are you talking about?
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The secretary of state takes a long walk
off a short pier... it should be you.
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- We're a yes.
- Same.
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- The PM isn't gonna love this.
- [Ganon] He'll get there.
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The president wants
what's best for the UK.
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Does he actually believe that the arrest
of some nameless Russian mafioso
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will answer the deaths of 40 servicemen?
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- What did you say?
- I stood quietly, like a fucking moron,
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while Ganon drove a tractor over my face.
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I need to call Dennison
and tell him where we're at.
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You can call him in the morning.
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[somber music playing]
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[Austin] Ambassador?
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- [indistinct office chatter]
- [phones ringing]
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[Austin] Something odd's happened.
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You spoke to the PM last night
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- about arresting Lenkov?
- Yeah.
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- And he was unhappy?
- Yes.
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And come the dawn, he's in love with it.
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- Really?
- Thrilled.
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- With arresting one man.
- And not killing a bunch of Russians.
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Odd. No?
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He called me an embarrassment
when I raised it.
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Remember when you told him that I was
setting him up to be a great statesman?
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- Which I most certainly was not.
- It's a good line though, right?
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It was.
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Do you think he actually bought into it?
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Maybe.
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Roylin said his real problem
is some election in Scotland.
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Off-cycle.
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- By-election.
- Does the arrest help him?
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A trial does put Britain
back on the world stage.
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It's quite good.
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It's great.
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It backs us off war with Russia.
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Ganon and I are traveling to Paris,
to speak to the French.
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About the arrest?
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Yeah. The PM wants
British Special Forces involved.
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Photo op.
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Our warriors decked in deadly gear,
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marching Lenkov off to justice,
it's, um...
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Well, the French will hate it.
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Yeah. I mean, they'll come around.
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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- Wanna go to Paris?
- With you?
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Sadly, no. With...
We don't have to get into that now.
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Uh, well, now we do.
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Anu Kapoor.
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- From the Foreign Office?
- Yeah.
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Little guy who's afraid of his own shadow?
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I think he's a regularly-sized guy.
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Why am I going to Paris with him?
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Ganon doesn't think
he and Dennison should make the ask.
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- He thinks that you should.
- With Anu?
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Maybe he wants
a stronger American presence
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and a less significant British presence
because France will respond to that.
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I'll get you briefing books on Fournier.
That's who you're meeting with.
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Minister of the Interior.
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I should tell Dennison.
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- I can.
- I was just in there,
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talking about this,
about him and Ganon going to Paris.
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Okay.
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It's just kind of weird,
the whole thing is now me and not him,
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and I'm not even calling him?
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Is it?
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You have a meet-and-greet
with representatives
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from the National Federation
of Fishermen's Organizations.
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- [Billie] Hey.
- How's it going?
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- Hal Wyler.
- Did Langley...?
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Flagged it.
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- I think he could be helpful.
- More.
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He's able to provide a lot of context.
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On a bunch of things.
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Eidra.
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He used to work
with a guy named Lewis Quainton.
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- They ran into each other at the embassy.
- Okay.
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We think Lewis Quainton
is working with the Saudis.
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Off the books.
He was here at the embassy...
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- You can't use Hal Wyler.
- It'd be a couple conversations.
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- Nothing complicated.
- It's a no.
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- Why?
- Doesn't matter.
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- Thanks for...
- Ma'am?
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Why?
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The ambassador's on a short list.
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- She or he?
- She.
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- For what?
- For something high profile.
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Something that she can't do
if her husband is a CIA asset.
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Talk to Hayford.
Tell him I said that he could read you in.
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Hands off Hal.
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[knocking on door]
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- [Stuart] Hi.
- Hi.
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I'm gonna get you a copy of the report
on Lenkov activity in Mali.
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State put something out.
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- Okay.
- So when you're talking to the French,
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you'll wanna remind them how
they got routed by Lenkov troops in Mali.
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I called Dennison's office
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and I explained the whole deal
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with Ganon wanting somebody
lower in the order. So you and Anu.
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And Dennison said
that Ganon already called,
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and he doesn't like
Ganon's thinking on this,
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so he's gonna go on the trip himself.
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With you.
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Okay.
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- Hi.
- Oh! Oh, God. I... I wasn't...
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- I'm... I'm sorry.
- No, it's okay.
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I'm packing her...
I was asked to pack the ambassador.
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Uh-huh.
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Are you going? I can pack you both.
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- Uh, where?
- Paris.
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Um, I don't know, maybe.
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She has a meeting
at the Ministry of the Interior.
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That's a lot
for the Ministry of the Interior.
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There's some sort of event in the evening.
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She's always wearing black.
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The office hoped
for something more vibrant.
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- Will she hate it?
- She won't wear it.
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- What's the dress code?
- Oh, I'm not quite sure of the wording,
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but apparently the foreign secretary
is wearing a dinner jacket.
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- [Stuart] Hey, you ready?
- Sit.
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- You get the sandwiches?
- Not yet.
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We can get something
and head back here, huh?
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You can't sit for three seconds?
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My stomach is, like, roaring.
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Billie Appiah wants you to read me in
on the ambassador and her short list.
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Oh.
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Secretary of state?
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No.
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Vice president.
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Okay. Swanky.
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- Why are you being weird?
- She said I should read you in?
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Yeah.
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The vice president is getting tossed.
And they may want Kate to step in.
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Like, soon... ish.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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Six people know. And now you.
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- Worried I can't keep it under my hat?
- No.
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Why are you read in?
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- You're one of six?
- Well, now seven.
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Because why?
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Because she's not VP material.
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They want you to do your thing.
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Yeah.
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That's great!
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I'm really hungry.
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Congratulations.
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I'd go back to D.C.
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If it worked out.
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When?
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I don't know.
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A week, a month, a year?
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No. Maybe four months, you know.
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If it happens.
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You know, the ambassador
fucking hates the idea.
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I heard she wore a gray suit.
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- The ambassador.
- Yeah.
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That was you?
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I got her a suit, it's not a ring.
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You told me not to go to Cairo.
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It's not like it was a premeditated thing.
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Fucking of my career?
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I'm sorry. If you think there was any way
I would ever, ever...
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You wanted to go public
with a relationship that's about to end.
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- How about you sit down?
- Why would you do that?
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It's not about to end.
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- I kind of think it just did.
- Eidra.
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Howard,
can you bring in the Tuesday report?
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I wanna go over it with you.
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Eidra.
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You gotta walk out of my office right now.
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I don't think this is where we'll land,
but it's worth taking a look before...
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Oh, sorry.
I can't talk about this with you here.
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[Kate] Darya called me
and I didn't call back. Twice.
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- Have Jill call her.
- Jill's busy.
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So are you.
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Jill's trying to re-open
our diplomatic mission in Afghanistan.
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Jill is trying to get people out.
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Jill is doing everything
I was supposed to be doing.
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- You want me to call Darya?
- Not the point.
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- I mean, yeah, but...
- What's the point?
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I fucking dumped her.
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Like everyone else has done
to every democracy-oriented Afghan
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throughout time.
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You mentored her, right?
She knows how to apply for a grant.
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She won't get it.
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- Everyone's moved on to something else.
- Yeah.
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Trying to avoid armed conflict
between Russia and NATO.
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You're getting it everywhere.
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- I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
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They'll kick us out
when they realize we're soiling the place.
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I don't think you should be eating
shitty British croissants.
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You're gonna be having
the real deal tomorrow.
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In your Parisian boudoir.
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I know,
but I'm kind of into the British version.
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They're bready. I like it.
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Me and Pensy packed you.
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For Paris.
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Okay. Thanks.
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She made some bold choices,
I thought I should weigh in.
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- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
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Red gown.
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- For fuck's sake.
- Why not?
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For the Minister of the Interior?
Red is not the move.
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I think it was for the ball
you're going to with Austin Dennison.
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It's not a ball.
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Yeah. Long dress.
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- Red?
- Yeah.
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I told her to pack a black one.
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Just in case you want
to dial it down, you know.
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Mm.
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So it's not the prom, I can wear my suit.
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Well, I wouldn't go that far.
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What's happening right now?
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With me? Nothing.
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Literally, nothing.
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Okay.
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I packed your bag.
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Nobody asked you to do that.
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Frances is going to
the Chelsea Flower Show to choose bulbs.
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She asked me to come along.
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Don't go.
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I don't have
any fucking other thing to do.
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That is not what I meant
when I said we'd find stuff for you to do.
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What did you mean?
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Well, I don't know.
I haven't figured out every piece of it.
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I don't have
a ton of brain space right now.
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Do you wanna come? On the trip?
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- To Paris?
- Yeah.
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To keep my mouth shut in Paris
instead of London?
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Hal.
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Sit in a hotel room,
fuck you when you get back?
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Is that so bad?
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Will you put on the red dress?
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I don't want us to turn into some bizarro,
trying-to-keep-it-fresh couple
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on the far side of the hill.
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- It was your idea.
- To come on the trip.
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Not on the red dress.
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Not nice.
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I knew this was a bad idea.
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- What?
- Another ride on the merry-go-round.
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Fuck you, Kate.
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I mean it.
251
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I don't know how we'll fix this marriage,
but it's not something we've done before.
252
00:13:04,825 --> 00:13:08,412
Common courtesy dictates
that if we're gonna make this work,
253
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you don't yell "divorce"
every time I open my mouth.
254
00:13:11,248 --> 00:13:13,292
But the things you say are so stupid.
255
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It was a joke.
256
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It wasn't funny.
257
00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:26,138
I was supposed to do a speech
at Chatham House.
258
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But I can't do it
because of the trip to Paris.
259
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You're supposed to say you're proud of me
because I agreed to do a speech.
260
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- I hate speeches.
- Do you?
261
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I said yes because I listen to you.
262
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Makes all the difference.
263
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You do it.
264
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The speech.
265
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You'll kill it. It's all upside.
266
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You don't want that.
267
00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:54,124
I do, actually.
268
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I did stuff I was good at
when you were ambassador.
269
00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:03,884
You weren't threatened by it,
you were thrilled.
270
00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:06,720
I'm trying to rise to the occasion.
271
00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:08,222
You're placating me.
272
00:14:08,305 --> 00:14:09,974
Maybe. Is it working?
273
00:14:12,935 --> 00:14:14,144
That's not fair.
274
00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:15,938
It is working.
275
00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:19,942
You can't buy me off
with a speech at Chatham House.
276
00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:24,530
There is significant evidence
to the contrary.
277
00:14:27,992 --> 00:14:29,952
The draft title
was "Talking to Terrorists,"
278
00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:32,413
which is sort of counter to U.S. policy,
279
00:14:32,496 --> 00:14:35,916
so I went to Public Affairs
and they like "Communication is Key."
280
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,126
What is this?
281
00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:38,794
The Chatham House speech.
282
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,922
It'll start with the general idea that,
well, communication is key,
283
00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:45,885
then get into specifics from the fall
of the Soviet Union, the Bosnia talks.
284
00:14:45,968 --> 00:14:49,346
Ronnie, she's going to Paris.
She's not doing the Chatham House speech.
285
00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:50,806
No, he is.
286
00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:51,765
Mr. Wyler.
287
00:14:51,849 --> 00:14:55,394
That's why it's back on your calendar.
He's gonna waive the Chatham House Rule.
288
00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:57,563
And he asked me to send a copy
to Billie Appiah.
289
00:14:57,646 --> 00:15:00,232
I don't wanna do that
if you're not happy with the title.
290
00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:06,572
Ma'am, there's been a mix-up.
291
00:15:07,615 --> 00:15:09,366
I take responsibility.
292
00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:13,621
I've been distracted with Paris
and everything else.
293
00:15:14,538 --> 00:15:16,999
Somebody thought it would be a good idea
294
00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:19,168
for Mr. Wyler to do your speech.
295
00:15:20,044 --> 00:15:21,670
The Chatham House speech.
296
00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,422
Yeah. Me.
297
00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:26,884
- Ma'am.
- Hal's like a racehorse.
298
00:15:26,967 --> 00:15:29,386
You gotta run him,
or he'll tear down the barn.
299
00:15:33,140 --> 00:15:36,101
Are you familiar
with the Chatham House Rule?
300
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:39,647
Anything you say can be cited,
301
00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,732
but it can't be attributed to you.
302
00:15:41,815 --> 00:15:44,568
It's bad for public image building.
303
00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:45,652
Okay.
304
00:15:47,071 --> 00:15:50,741
Mr. Wyler asked to waive
the Chatham House Rule for the speech.
305
00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:54,410
Okay.
306
00:15:56,246 --> 00:15:59,500
He asked to have
the speech sent to Billie Appiah.
307
00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,467
Thank you.
308
00:16:12,888 --> 00:16:13,888
[knocking on door]
309
00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:15,933
Ma'am, it's time to go.
310
00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:28,195
[Grove] Our original scheduled speaker
was abruptly called away.
311
00:16:28,278 --> 00:16:30,364
Struggling to fill her shoes
312
00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:33,617
is her husband, Ambassador Hal Wyler.
313
00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:34,994
[audience applauding]
314
00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,375
Thank you.
315
00:16:47,047 --> 00:16:50,175
We started the Bosnia talks
316
00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:55,681
a few days after Suljic launched
a bombing campaign
317
00:16:55,764 --> 00:16:59,143
that very nearly killed
the woman who's now my wife.
318
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:05,733
It was my lot to spend more hours
in locked rooms with that man
319
00:17:05,816 --> 00:17:07,651
than in the hospital with Kate.
320
00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:12,031
First time I met him,
I refused to shake his hand.
321
00:17:14,450 --> 00:17:15,450
Rookie move.
322
00:17:16,785 --> 00:17:19,038
It probably set the peace back a year.
323
00:17:21,957 --> 00:17:23,625
Communication isn't the key.
324
00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:28,505
Diplomacy doesn't open doors
with a twist of the wrist.
325
00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:31,091
Diplomacy never works.
326
00:17:32,926 --> 00:17:34,303
It never fucking works.
327
00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:39,725
Diplomacy is 40 days and nights
in a Vienna hotel room,
328
00:17:39,808 --> 00:17:43,187
listening to the same
empty talking points.
329
00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:44,980
Getting trashed at the minibar.
330
00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:51,278
It's getting to "no"
over, and over, and over.
331
00:17:51,361 --> 00:17:53,864
The answer will be "no,"
so don't stop when you hear it.
332
00:17:53,947 --> 00:17:56,347
You can ask me to leave the room.
That'll take it up a level.
333
00:17:56,408 --> 00:18:00,162
Then mention the fact that I was sent here
as an insult to both of you,
334
00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:01,705
but maybe you rise above it.
335
00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:04,208
Diplomacy never works.
336
00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,586
Until it does.
337
00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:15,135
I've given 30 years of my life
for two moments.
338
00:18:16,887 --> 00:18:21,475
When enemies stood
on blood-soaked ground...
339
00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:23,977
and grasped hands.
340
00:18:24,978 --> 00:18:26,188
I'd give it 30 more.
341
00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:31,527
The second round of talks with Suljic...
342
00:18:32,694 --> 00:18:33,821
I shook his hand.
343
00:18:34,863 --> 00:18:40,536
Two years later,
he was a tired man hoping for peace,
344
00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:43,163
and together...
345
00:18:44,915 --> 00:18:45,916
we ended the war.
346
00:18:47,501 --> 00:18:51,922
One of the boneheaded truisms
of foreign policy
347
00:18:52,005 --> 00:18:56,218
is that talking to your enemies
legitimizes them.
348
00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:59,179
Talk to everyone.
349
00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:02,766
Talk to the dictator,
and the war criminal.
350
00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:06,353
Talk to the poor schmuck three levels down
who's so pissed he has to sit
351
00:19:06,436 --> 00:19:08,897
in the back of the second car,
he may be ready to turn.
352
00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,440
Talk to terrorists.
353
00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:12,317
Talk to everyone.
354
00:19:12,401 --> 00:19:15,320
Fail, and fail again.
355
00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:19,032
And brush yourself off.
And fail again. Because maybe...
356
00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:21,952
Maybe.
357
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:23,996
[woman] Yeah.
358
00:19:24,079 --> 00:19:25,706
[audience applauding]
359
00:19:31,044 --> 00:19:33,589
[Fournier]
I wish we could be of assistance.
360
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:36,925
But, I regret to say,
what you request is quite impossible.
361
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:37,843
Why is that?
362
00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:41,889
Our government is not prepared
to further strain relations with Russia.
363
00:19:41,972 --> 00:19:43,682
- Nor is ours.
- [Fournier] Of course.
364
00:19:43,765 --> 00:19:48,937
But we hope to play a key role
in the end of Russia's regional conflicts.
365
00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:54,610
We've invested significant time
building bridges between the parties.
366
00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:59,823
We've received a strong indication that
this would not unduly displease Moscow.
367
00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:03,744
Whether or not
Moscow is privately relieved,
368
00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:07,039
their public reaction
is unlikely to reflect that.
369
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:10,042
The Lenkov Company
framed your soldiers in Mali
370
00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:12,628
for a massacre
they perpetrated themselves.
371
00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:16,632
And now it looks like they framed Iran
for an attack on Britain.
372
00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,009
How is this not
an attractive proposition...?
373
00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:21,053
If we had assurances
374
00:20:21,136 --> 00:20:24,890
that Moscow would not condemn the arrest,
375
00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:29,144
would you give the proposal
a more serious consideration?
376
00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:35,484
In times like this, we wish you were still
a member of the European Union.
377
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,362
We perhaps could've found
a solution as a group.
378
00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:42,366
For France alone,
with deepest sympathies for your loss,
379
00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:45,202
I'm afraid the answer remains "no."
380
00:20:50,207 --> 00:20:51,887
- [man] Truly inspiring.
- [Hal] Thank you.
381
00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:55,087
- Nice to see you. Thank you.
- Mr. Wyler.
382
00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:58,423
- Congratulations. That was great.
- Look how surprised you are.
383
00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:00,968
- [Stuart chuckles]
- Excellent address. Truly impressive.
384
00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:02,552
Thank you. A great crowd here.
385
00:21:02,636 --> 00:21:04,636
Uh, I wonder if I could take
a moment of your time.
386
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,764
Sure.
387
00:21:05,847 --> 00:21:07,849
I'm not sure this is the place.
388
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:10,495
- [Austin] Find something to eat?
- [Kate] I should go to the hotel
389
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,271
- and get some work done.
- All right.
390
00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:18,527
I realize we knew
this was an exercise in futility,
391
00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,404
but it would've helped things on my end
392
00:21:20,487 --> 00:21:22,447
if I were able
to go back to the White House
393
00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:23,782
and say I did what I could.
394
00:21:23,865 --> 00:21:27,536
- Did you not?
- I think I looked disapproving.
395
00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:29,496
And that's been known to shake the earth.
396
00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:34,126
But if I'd had an opportunity to actually,
I don't know, speak...
397
00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:36,169
She was never gonna budge
with both of us there,
398
00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,422
as you said
when we walked through the door.
399
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:41,508
She looked for an opportunity
to tut-tut me about Brexit.
400
00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:44,219
- She'll say yes when it's one-on-one.
- Great.
401
00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:47,597
You can pull her aside
at the event tonight, wrap it up.
402
00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:48,765
Not me, you.
403
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:51,393
I interrupted you.
404
00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:54,396
And then gave you
a chiding shake of the head.
405
00:21:55,063 --> 00:21:56,565
Makes women furious.
406
00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:58,317
She clocked it too.
407
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,110
You never have to mention it,
408
00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:04,197
but you'll have an unspoken bond
built around your shared irritation.
409
00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,074
With me.
410
00:22:10,537 --> 00:22:11,955
Let's get some food.
411
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:13,581
Hmm.
412
00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,588
You don't think it's a little simplistic?
413
00:22:21,256 --> 00:22:22,090
I... What?
414
00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:25,677
I'm gonna walk in there
and roll my eyes and say, "Men."
415
00:22:25,761 --> 00:22:28,597
And then she's gonna be like,
"I know, mon dieu."
416
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,934
- When you put it like that...
- How should I put it?
417
00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:36,063
Like the U.S.
has no voice in the EU anymore.
418
00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:38,857
We were that, then we Brexited
419
00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:43,153
in one of the great self-inflicted wounds
of modern history.
420
00:22:43,236 --> 00:22:47,449
And now you have no inside ear
or eye or mouthpiece.
421
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:48,784
At the EU?
422
00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:49,910
Yeah.
423
00:22:49,993 --> 00:22:52,037
You weren't a mouthpiece.
424
00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,414
Nobody described it that way
in our absence?
425
00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:55,624
Um...
426
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,500
Well, maybe.
427
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:02,005
We're no longer that window for you.
428
00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:03,506
Into Europe.
429
00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:04,674
France could be.
430
00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:06,927
I'm not inventing the wheel.
431
00:23:07,010 --> 00:23:09,805
Rayburn mentioned it
in a speech a few days ago.
432
00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:11,348
Yeah.
433
00:23:11,431 --> 00:23:14,351
So it's not them doing something for us,
434
00:23:14,434 --> 00:23:18,396
it's them doing something
for their new silent partner, you.
435
00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:24,652
Go ahead.
436
00:23:25,153 --> 00:23:26,153
What?
437
00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:30,367
I'm waiting
for the deluge of withering dissent.
438
00:23:31,827 --> 00:23:35,413
No. I think you're right.
Which is me agreeing with you.
439
00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:40,377
So... objection is rapid-fire and loud
440
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:43,213
while approval
is best conveyed in silence.
441
00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:45,340
I was eating.
442
00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:47,884
You do it without food.
443
00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:51,263
I know when you agree because
you walk away without saying a word.
444
00:23:51,346 --> 00:23:52,346
I do not.
445
00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:55,267
I do.
446
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:56,893
It's terrible.
447
00:23:57,477 --> 00:23:58,477
It's endearing.
448
00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,397
Once you know what's going on.
449
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,274
Before that, it can be hard to follow.
450
00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:06,528
Were you ever staff?
451
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:09,489
I know the answer.
452
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:11,741
I read about you on the Internet.
You weren't.
453
00:24:12,409 --> 00:24:13,618
I suppose not.
454
00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:18,165
You went from big leadership position
to bigger leadership position.
455
00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,459
Staff learns to talk fast,
456
00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:25,881
reduce complexity into a phrase
someone can memorize while they're peeing.
457
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,966
That is beautiful.
I will always remember it.
458
00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:31,678
It's true. Nobody wants to be briefed.
You gotta chase them into the toilet.
459
00:24:31,761 --> 00:24:34,723
Especially if it's about women
getting their tongues cut out.
460
00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:35,891
It's a buzzkill.
461
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,184
[cell phone buzzing]
462
00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:40,394
Sorry, it's Hal.
463
00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:42,063
[Austin] Go ahead.
464
00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:46,318
Hey.
465
00:24:46,401 --> 00:24:47,402
How did it go?
466
00:24:47,485 --> 00:24:48,653
[sighs] As expected.
467
00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:51,364
We're gonna take another crack
at her tonight at the thing.
468
00:24:52,532 --> 00:24:53,867
How did the speech go?
469
00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:55,410
Oh, fine.
470
00:24:55,493 --> 00:24:57,287
Uncharacteristically modest.
471
00:24:57,370 --> 00:24:59,456
No, you're right. It went great.
472
00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:04,169
I... There was this Tory MP.
473
00:25:04,252 --> 00:25:06,880
He came up to me after.
He was desperate to talk.
474
00:25:06,963 --> 00:25:09,341
- I'm gonna meet him for a drink tonight.
- Who?
475
00:25:09,424 --> 00:25:10,634
Um, Merritt Grove?
476
00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:11,843
Grave? Grove?
477
00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:13,845
And you're meeting him?
478
00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:15,889
- He said it was urgent.
- Hal, Jesus.
479
00:25:15,972 --> 00:25:18,058
He wanted to talk to you,
but you're not here.
480
00:25:18,141 --> 00:25:21,603
If he's asking to talk to me, it's not
'cause he wants a Wyler's perspective.
481
00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:24,856
He wants a representative
of the president of the United States.
482
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:28,151
Take a breath, please.
I told him. I said exactly that.
483
00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:32,197
I said, "Look, I'm not fucking anyone.
I'm a trophy wife."
484
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,366
I offered to put him
on the phone with Billie,
485
00:25:34,449 --> 00:25:37,285
- but he didn't want that.
- Tell me you didn't.
486
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:39,120
I didn't. He didn't wanna talk to her.
487
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,457
Tell me you didn't offer
to call the White House chief of staff
488
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,793
for somebody
who sucked up to you at a party.
489
00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:46,562
- Kate.
- How many ways are you gonna find to
490
00:25:46,586 --> 00:25:51,132
- wag your ass in front of Billie Appiah?
- I told you twice and I'll say it again,
491
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,260
he did not wish to speak to Billie Appiah.
492
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,389
You're chasing secretary of state.
493
00:25:59,349 --> 00:26:00,183
What?
494
00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:01,977
You told me to burn him.
495
00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:05,355
You told me to take down
the fucking secretary of state.
496
00:26:05,438 --> 00:26:06,273
This is why?
497
00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:09,192
- Because you wanna be secretary of state?
- Jesus Christ.
498
00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:11,611
Me as vice president
was something to keep you busy
499
00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:13,530
until you found a better job?
500
00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:15,699
- This is delusional.
- Listen to me.
501
00:26:15,782 --> 00:26:18,159
- You will not meet him. Understand?
- No.
502
00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,829
I don't because that'd make me
look like a fucking tool.
503
00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:23,498
- What was his name? The guy?
- Merritt Grove.
504
00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:25,750
My office will call him
and cancel your meeting.
505
00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,129
You will not call him.
You'll call no one. You hear me?
506
00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:30,130
You know what, Kate?
507
00:26:30,213 --> 00:26:31,464
- No one.
- [call drops]
508
00:26:43,643 --> 00:26:44,894
[line ringing]
509
00:26:45,895 --> 00:26:47,772
[Roylin] Ah. Now we're chums.
510
00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:50,025
- Calling for a chin wag?
- Okay.
511
00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:51,692
You all right?
512
00:26:52,485 --> 00:26:53,862
Who's Merritt Grove?
513
00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:54,945
He's an MP.
514
00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:59,117
Tory. You'd describe him
as a compassionless conservative.
515
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,577
We just call him old.
516
00:27:00,660 --> 00:27:03,246
- Did you work with him?
- Glancingly.
517
00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:04,914
- Okay.
- Are you ill?
518
00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:09,919
No. Hal met him at an event and tried
to put him in touch with the White House.
519
00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:12,005
He wanted to speak with the president?
520
00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:14,734
I don't know what he wanted.
He wanted to talk to someone right away
521
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:17,677
and Hal offered
the White House chief of staff,
522
00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:21,181
which, apparently,
even Mr. Grove knew was absurd.
523
00:27:21,264 --> 00:27:24,434
So then Hal offered Hal.
524
00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:25,518
Ah.
525
00:27:25,602 --> 00:27:27,937
I can't meet with him
for a couple of days. I'm in Paris.
526
00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:31,691
Things with Grove are always urgent.
He's a bit of an hysteric.
527
00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:34,778
Can I push him off
or send someone to talk to him?
528
00:27:34,861 --> 00:27:36,196
Of course. Delegate.
529
00:27:36,279 --> 00:27:38,031
- I'm not burning a bridge?
- No.
530
00:27:38,114 --> 00:27:39,991
Godspeed with the Gauls.
531
00:27:46,539 --> 00:27:50,001
I'm sorry, I do...
I just need to walk for a minute.
532
00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:52,379
- We can walk.
- You don't have to come.
533
00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,216
Of course.
534
00:27:58,093 --> 00:27:59,803
It's not what I meant. I'm...
535
00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:02,137
Let's walk.
536
00:28:03,807 --> 00:28:05,433
Warren, we're talking on the go.
537
00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:19,364
Everything all right?
538
00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:22,951
I'm fine. Don't worry about it. It's a...
539
00:28:24,619 --> 00:28:26,329
personal... whatever.
540
00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:30,333
I didn't mean to pry.
541
00:28:31,209 --> 00:28:34,337
You're not.
I'm melting down in front of you.
542
00:28:34,921 --> 00:28:36,881
We should be talking about the French.
543
00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:39,926
Is this what melting down looks like?
544
00:28:40,009 --> 00:28:41,803
- You don't think so?
- No.
545
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:45,140
When you run, sweating,
into my office with instruction,
546
00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:47,559
- that looks like melting down.
- Oh, God.
547
00:28:47,642 --> 00:28:51,438
Again, endearing once decoded.
548
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,523
I sweat a lot.
549
00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:55,734
It's not tied to my emotional state.
550
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,575
My marriage is ending.
551
00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:05,451
Again.
552
00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:09,831
I thought that was already underway.
553
00:29:10,957 --> 00:29:12,125
It was, and then...
554
00:29:14,377 --> 00:29:15,295
it wasn't.
555
00:29:15,378 --> 00:29:16,378
Oh, God.
556
00:29:17,380 --> 00:29:18,214
I'm gonna vomit.
557
00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:21,301
I'm not walking on the Seine
and bitching to you about my marriage.
558
00:29:21,384 --> 00:29:23,011
It's like, ugh.
559
00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:24,846
- We could stand still.
- No.
560
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,973
I invite you to get it off your chest
561
00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:32,937
because the sweating is in fact tied
to your emotional state and has begun.
562
00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:41,571
I feel like the stand-up thing to do
563
00:29:41,654 --> 00:29:46,034
is to give a relationship
every possible chance. Right?
564
00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:50,914
I mean, it's the whole fucking definition
of my life's work.
565
00:29:50,997 --> 00:29:53,082
There's nothing you can't talk out.
566
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:54,583
Of course.
567
00:29:55,877 --> 00:29:57,378
But at a certain point...
568
00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:04,761
I'm a moron for failing to learn a lesson
I have been taught a thousand times.
569
00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:05,844
No.
570
00:30:07,013 --> 00:30:09,682
At this point, I'm a fucking moron.
571
00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:13,728
Perhaps you're just a decent person
572
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:18,316
in a time when decency has lost its hold
on the public imagination.
573
00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:24,197
Standing room only apparently.
574
00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:27,502
- I'll send you a clip.
- [knocking on door]
575
00:30:29,410 --> 00:30:30,745
I gotta go.
576
00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:31,704
Okay.
577
00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:33,665
- Well, she call you?
- [Stuart] Yeah.
578
00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:35,457
In a tizzy?
579
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,126
She's just trying to be careful.
580
00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:42,423
Well, she's probably undercaffeinated.
It's a disservice to the nation.
581
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,551
I'll meet the guy from Chatham House.
582
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:48,137
Ronnie will come along and take notes,
make it feel like embassy business.
583
00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:49,055
Really?
584
00:30:49,138 --> 00:30:50,974
[Stuart]
Yeah. It's best way to learn, right?
585
00:30:51,057 --> 00:30:52,057
Um...
586
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,604
How about I come along,
just do a bit of a handover?
587
00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:00,525
Sir, I'm not having a great day.
Can we just go with a no?
588
00:31:00,608 --> 00:31:04,487
You think a five-minute handoff
is gonna bring down the republic?
589
00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:08,658
Fine. Five minutes.
590
00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:14,706
The whole enterprise is... is porous.
591
00:31:15,498 --> 00:31:16,332
Intentionally.
592
00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:19,127
We throw parties,
people come to the house.
593
00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:22,881
I go to fucking literary societies,
ramble about conflict resolution
594
00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:25,884
while drinking port
that is very old and not good,
595
00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,678
and someone wants to talk.
596
00:31:28,761 --> 00:31:31,639
It's actually what we're after, right?
597
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,726
You're sharp as a tack,
and one day you're gonna run this place,
598
00:31:34,809 --> 00:31:39,105
but Archibald Highnostril
is not gonna say a fucking thing
599
00:31:39,188 --> 00:31:42,233
with 12-year-old Ronnie taking notes.
600
00:31:46,696 --> 00:31:47,696
There's a line.
601
00:31:48,531 --> 00:31:50,408
It's porous, but it's there.
602
00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:54,245
And when you vault all the way over it,
603
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:57,624
the rest of us
spend all our time compensating.
604
00:31:57,707 --> 00:32:01,794
Then people like Ronnie have to
sit in meetings and awkwardly take notes
605
00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:06,925
to prove to the world that the White House
is not a fee-for-services organization.
606
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:17,226
I think you should take a moment
and decide if you really wanna suggest...
607
00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:20,563
that I'm selling access, Stuart.
608
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:34,911
[Stuart] I told him not to come.
But he said five minutes.
609
00:32:34,994 --> 00:32:36,454
- [sighs]
- I'm really sorry.
610
00:32:36,537 --> 00:32:38,581
I can try to cancel the whole thing.
611
00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:40,541
Don't worry about it.
612
00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:42,126
Five and he's out.
613
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:44,587
[chuckles] Yeah. Good luck with that.
614
00:32:44,671 --> 00:32:45,672
Thank you, ma'am.
615
00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:06,567
[line ringing]
616
00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:07,527
[man] Ambassador?
617
00:33:07,610 --> 00:33:10,571
Could you tell the foreign secretary
to go on ahead without me?
618
00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:12,490
- Of course, ma'am.
- Thanks.
619
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,834
[rock music playing]
620
00:33:55,324 --> 00:33:57,326
[indistinct chatter]
621
00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:46,584
[classical music playing]
622
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,046
[Kate] It's nice to see you.
623
00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:51,672
[Fournier] I'm glad you could join us.
624
00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:54,342
- [Kate] Could we talk for a minute?
- [Fournier] Of course.
625
00:34:56,469 --> 00:35:01,599
I come to events here and give myself
a few minutes alone with one of them.
626
00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,937
I try to treat them as individuals.
627
00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:07,729
Not a horde.
628
00:35:13,569 --> 00:35:15,363
He crowned himself.
629
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,239
Napoleon.
630
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:20,660
Simplified matters considerably.
631
00:35:20,743 --> 00:35:21,953
It did.
632
00:35:22,745 --> 00:35:24,539
You will ask me for a favor.
633
00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,917
It will, no doubt, improve my life.
634
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,000
Mm.
635
00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:32,296
Have you given
any more thought to the proposal?
636
00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:36,676
Yes. However, this British request
is not as you describe.
637
00:35:36,759 --> 00:35:37,593
Why not?
638
00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:42,598
Typically, an arrest on French soil
would be conducted by French police.
639
00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:49,730
London has asked that
their special operatives take the lead.
640
00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:52,400
They need to avenge the 41 fallen sailors.
641
00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:56,988
British Special Forces on the scene
when Lenkov is taken into custody...
642
00:35:57,989 --> 00:35:58,906
it's a start.
643
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:02,160
This highly unorthodox request...
644
00:36:03,369 --> 00:36:07,540
being of import to our great
and good friend, the United States,
645
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,752
we shall reluctantly grant it.
646
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,004
We appreciate that.
647
00:36:13,087 --> 00:36:17,133
But one must register surprise
that the present U.S. administration,
648
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:20,511
after pointedly proclaiming
a break with the past,
649
00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:25,099
would so strongly lobby
for an extrajudicial assassination.
650
00:36:25,933 --> 00:36:28,561
We're talking about an arrest.
651
00:36:28,644 --> 00:36:31,314
My colleagues on the intelligence side
652
00:36:32,273 --> 00:36:37,445
tell me that the British do not intend
to let Roman Lenkov walk out alive.
653
00:36:40,656 --> 00:36:43,826
[Austin] We applaud you
for returning the 26 statues.
654
00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:46,412
Britain will follow suit.
655
00:36:46,495 --> 00:36:47,914
So many excuses.
656
00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:56,714
...to your commitment to leadership?
Is that a thing of the past?
657
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,966
- Excuse me.
- Okay.
658
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,553
[Austin] Kate?
659
00:37:03,512 --> 00:37:04,512
Ambassador.
660
00:37:05,806 --> 00:37:06,807
She signed off.
661
00:37:08,267 --> 00:37:09,267
Well done.
662
00:37:10,102 --> 00:37:13,231
They... They have champagne up there.
Perhaps a toast...
663
00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:15,608
I don't feel great.
I'm gonna go back to the hotel.
664
00:37:15,691 --> 00:37:17,526
- Well, I'll walk you.
- That's all right.
665
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:21,072
[Austin] Kate.
666
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:27,286
[Ronnie] I have the DCM for Ms. Park,
is she available?
667
00:37:29,163 --> 00:37:29,997
Unbelievable.
668
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,583
Can you ask her to get back to us
when she has a moment?
669
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:33,668
Not gonna happen.
670
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,103
[Ronnie] Maybe she's sick or something.
671
00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:38,673
- She's not answering any of our calls.
- [cell phone buzzing]
672
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:39,632
Mr. Wyler?
673
00:37:39,715 --> 00:37:41,755
[Hal] You should give me
a half hour alone with him.
674
00:37:41,801 --> 00:37:43,427
- Let me explain.
- [Stuart] Sir, no.
675
00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:45,137
Go tell the guy I'm coming.
676
00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:47,265
The ambassador...
677
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:49,892
The ambassador blows her coat
every time I open my mouth.
678
00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:51,435
- Don't let it rattle you.
- Hal.
679
00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:53,854
She's got you convinced
I'm a monkey with a shotgun,
680
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:56,482
but sometimes
an apology is just an apology.
681
00:37:56,565 --> 00:37:59,860
"I was gonna buy you a drink,
now I'm not gonna buy you a drink. Sorry."
682
00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:02,446
- I'll buy him two drinks.
- He doesn't want two from you.
683
00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:05,866
You work for the State Department.
You'll buy him a shitty cabernet. Twice.
684
00:38:12,331 --> 00:38:15,835
Mr. Grove, I'm Ronnie Buckhurst.
I work with Stuart Hayford.
685
00:38:15,918 --> 00:38:18,212
- He's stuck on a call. He'll be right in.
- Who?
686
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:21,382
Stuart Hayford.
Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy London.
687
00:38:22,049 --> 00:38:23,049
Where's Mr. Wyler?
688
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:26,178
Mrs. Wyler is the ambassador.
She asked Mr. Hayford to meet with you.
689
00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:28,389
No.
690
00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:31,225
[Kate] I would appreciate a moment alone.
691
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,185
[Austin]
At least take my coat. It's freezing.
692
00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:34,269
I'm fine.
693
00:38:34,687 --> 00:38:35,687
I can see that.
694
00:38:37,523 --> 00:38:39,191
Okay, give me your fucking coat.
695
00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:47,950
- Have you been playing me?
- What on...?
696
00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:50,411
Asking for an arrest
when all along it's been a hit?
697
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,747
I haven't the slightest idea
what you're talking about.
698
00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:55,124
Lenkov's assassination.
699
00:38:55,207 --> 00:38:58,294
French police
have been instructed to stand down.
700
00:38:58,377 --> 00:39:01,797
While British Special Forces
conduct a bin Laden-style raid
701
00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:03,632
to take out Roman Lenkov.
702
00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:05,593
- That's absurd.
- It's what's happening.
703
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:08,095
- We don't assassinate people.
- We don't either.
704
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,472
Except when we do.
705
00:39:09,555 --> 00:39:12,725
Trowbridge wouldn't.
It would bring down his government.
706
00:39:12,808 --> 00:39:13,893
And why?
707
00:39:13,976 --> 00:39:16,270
If he can arrest Lenkov,
708
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:19,273
learn who hired him,
and rain hellfire on them,
709
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,067
that is worth something.
710
00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:24,195
A dead Lenkov doesn't do him any good.
711
00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:25,404
He said it was too slow.
712
00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:28,074
- An arrest.
- So he issued a kill order?
713
00:39:28,157 --> 00:39:29,367
- Apparently.
- No.
714
00:39:30,117 --> 00:39:31,117
Unless he...
715
00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:32,453
What?
716
00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:35,081
There's an exception,
under the Intelligence Services Act.
717
00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:38,000
But that... that requires authorization.
718
00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:39,585
- He authorized it.
- He can't.
719
00:39:39,668 --> 00:39:42,296
- It needs approval and a signature.
- From who?
720
00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:44,339
Me.
721
00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:48,219
Maybe there's a request I missed.
722
00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:50,346
They won't put a kill request
in your e-mail.
723
00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:54,517
Yes, but a request for a certain type
of meeting, where it would be authorized.
724
00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:57,603
- Is that your work phone?
- Yes.
725
00:39:57,686 --> 00:40:00,040
- A government-issued phone?
- It's where they would send it.
726
00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:02,858
- Give it to me.
- Just give me one moment.
727
00:40:02,942 --> 00:40:05,302
- ["The Great Gig in the Sky" playing]
- What are you doing?
728
00:40:06,612 --> 00:40:09,365
- Warren!
- [Austin] What the fuck?
729
00:40:09,448 --> 00:40:12,827
Listen to me. A dead Lenkov is only good
for the people who hired him.
730
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:17,915
A dead Lenkov is only good
for the people who hired him.
731
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,962
If Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
wants him dead...
732
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,049
Nicol Trowbridge hired him.
733
00:40:27,716 --> 00:40:29,552
[music continues]
734
00:40:30,177 --> 00:40:32,054
I was expecting Mr. Wyler.
735
00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:34,890
I do not wish to speak
to anyone from your embassy.
736
00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:37,601
- Mr. Grove. Sorry I'm late.
- Mr. Grove. Merritt!
737
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:50,823
[inaudible dialogue]
738
00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:11,719
[music continues]
739
00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:32,314
[man on radio] Any station this channel,
740
00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:34,385
this is Dolphin 3-6,
transmitting in the blind.
741
00:42:37,846 --> 00:42:39,223
Any station this channel,
742
00:42:39,306 --> 00:42:41,684
this is Dolphin 3-6,
transmitting in the blind.
743
00:42:46,772 --> 00:42:48,399
Any station, this is Dolphin 3-6.
744
00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:51,151
We suspected comms failure.
Transmitting in the blind.
745
00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:57,283
Dolphin 3-6, nothing heard. Out.
746
00:43:01,161 --> 00:43:03,163
[somber music playing]