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Previously on The West Wing:
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JOSH:
We offer a cabinet position
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to a Republican
who can't possibly
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accept it?
Barry thought
it was a good idea.
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Barry is wrong.
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So it's okay to have sex
in a hotel,
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but not in my apartment?
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It's a step--
some people get uncomfortable.
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I assumed you'd be
one of those people.
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Uncomfortable with
sex in my apartment?
Are you really gonna try
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to convince me
that I'm the one
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who finds this all awkward
and hard to navigate?
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You're blowing any political
capital we might have.
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by forcing us
to fight a war.
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What's your exit strategy?
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I don't have one.
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( suppressed sneezing )
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Whoa. Oh, sorry.
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No problem.
Thanks.
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Sorry.
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You know, there's room here,
if you want.
No, no.
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Thanks, I'm fine.
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A lot happening
over there.
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Yeah, it's my contribution
to the chaos theory.
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I try to keep the
experiment from
escaping the lab.
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( cup tumbles )
Ooh. Sorry.
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SANTOS:
Great Britain has always
been first among friends,
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and I look forward
to continuing
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our nations'
special relationship.
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I thank you for your call,
Madam Prime Minister.
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Who's next?
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Oh, that phone sheet
is a mile long.
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Traditionally,
the President-Elect
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returns all the calls
from the G8 leaders.
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The Surinames of the world
can be dealt with
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by your chief
foreign policy advisor.
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Then we'd better hire one.
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Yes, Congressman.
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Mister... sir.
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I've seen you on TV.
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Yeah?
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You look younger.
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Uh, TV ages you--
it's the lighting.
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I meant on TV you look younger.
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Okay.
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I voted for the other guy.
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Yeah, a lot of people did.
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Didn't want
my taxes raised.
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( clears throat ):
We're not gonna
raise your taxes.
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Well, Vinick was gonna cut them.
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Not for you.
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For the guys you drive around.
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Like you?
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Hey, you think
I could afford
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to travel like this on my own?
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You just let
the American public pay.
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We almost there?
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( elevator bell dings )
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SANTOS:
Thank you, Chancellor.
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The German-U.S. relationship
couldn't be more important,
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both within and independent
of the EU.
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Oh, I very much look forward
to our working together, sir.
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Bye.
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Next.
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Russian President Chigorin.
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He's one of the G8's.
He's also leader
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of a nation we may
find ourselves
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exchanging hostile
fire with any minute.
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Call him.
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MAN:
It's a general partnership,
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so they're looking
at a prolonged windup.
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You told them they're
liable for all new business
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until notice
of dissolution
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has been given to
all their creditors?
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Nah, 'cause I've only been
doing this for 28 years.
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Look, Leiter is hell-bent
on a dissolu...
( door opens )
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I'm sorry.
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Can we help you?
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If you'll all excuse me
for a moment.
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( softly ):
I thought you'd never call.
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JOSH:
Well, you knew
you'd hear from me.
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SAM:
Gave me a chance
to hone my turndown.
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That's why I didn't
do it over the phone.
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Your showing up does have
a nice nostalgic symmetry.
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Style points.
If nothing else.
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Substance, too.
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This guy's
the real deal.
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You said that last time.
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Yeah, look how
right I was.
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Tell me you
don't miss it.
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I don't miss it.
Liar.
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Attorney.
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An amazing thing,
what you did.
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Well, that's the easy part.
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It's what you do with it
that counts.
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Do you know how
much I'm making now?
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It's gonna make me
want to puke.
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Not make you want to.
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You'll actually puke.
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So you can afford to come back
to Washington
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and work
for a government wage.
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I can afford to
do good right here.
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You wouldn't believe what
I've gotten the firm to do.
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You should come
work with me.
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Democratic House,
we never had that.
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Republican Senate.
Moveable.
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Conceivably.
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I almost lost, though, you know?
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Makes you
appreciate the shot.
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I can't do it.
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It can't just be the money.
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There's my love life.
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That's a moveable feast.
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Not entirely.
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I'm getting married.
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I've heard it before.
Nice!
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Congratulations
is what I mean.
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What about your life?
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What was I thinking?
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I've been
somewhat busy.
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That explains the...
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The what?
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Your general...
What?
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It's the hairline,
isn't it?
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It's retreated.
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It's routed,
like Napoleon out of Moscow.
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There's also a pallor issue.
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You live
in melanoma central.
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"Healthy glow"
turns out to be oxymoronic.
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Look, I'd be glad
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to help with the
inaugural speech.
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Great, but that's not
what I flew out here to ask.
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Deputy Chief of Staff.
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Your "me" to my "Leo."
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Think about it.
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Josh...
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At least give me that.
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I did...
Fly all the way out here?
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That's how much
I want you.
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I'm willing
to channel my mother.
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I'll think about it.
Great.
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You done?
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Josh!
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What's to think about? Really.
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For one thing,
whether I want to...
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end up looking like you.
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C.J.:
The numbers
for the San Andreo cleanup
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won't make you happy.
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Wait till the Santos
folks get a load
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of the figures
for Kazakhstan.
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They'll demand a recount.
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Santos is coming by
for an in-depth
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Sit Room briefing
on the intervention.
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Okay. I want you to be
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as helpful as possible
to the transition team.
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Transitions are bumpy
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at best, even when the incoming
and the outgoing administrations
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are of the same party.
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And I don't want to hear
of any pranks--
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cutting of cables to
computers, and such.
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That turned out
to be apocryphal.
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No apocrypha, either.
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We're going to leave
with some class.
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( knock at door )
Yeah!
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Uh, sir, Marine
One is waiting.
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It's not going
anywhere without me.
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Thank you, C.J.
Thank you,
Mr. President.
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DRIVER:
You just come out here
for the day?
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Uh, yeah.
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Expensive.
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I got a frequent flier thing.
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Hey, it's me!
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I got clients
who come out for the day
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just to get their hair cut.
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I didn't get a haircut.
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No, I-I wasn't talking to you.
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They go shopping...
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You know what--
I'm on the phone.
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All right.
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Tell me this novel
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you sent me isn't really
my call sheet.
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OTTO:
It's not.
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Two more pages came in
since then,
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mostly congratulations.
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They're not congratulatory,
they're predatory.
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They're sniffing around
for a job.
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It's like I'll say,
"Oh, yeah, Jim Blier..."
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He'd make a good director
of Intergovernmental Affairs."
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Uh, on that subject,
any thoughts as to my position
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in the Santos Administration?
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Yeah, you're on the short list
for V.P.
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Uh, set up a meeting
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with Lou for when I get back.
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Yeah.
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They're all mansions.
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Fit for the incoming
First Family.
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This kitchen is bigger
than the house I grew up in.
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The bedrooms
are lovely.
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Yeah, just not sure they're all
in the same time zone.
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Here's one; this
looks smaller.
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( chuckling ):
It's palatial.
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( chuckles )
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If you don't like these,
there are half a dozen more.
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( phone rings )
Excuse me, ma'am.
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Did you just "ma'am" me?
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I-I seem to have.
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Don't do that again.
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Hello.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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How are you doing?
Okay.
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What did Sam say?
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Uh, he's thinking.
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That's good.
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Yeah, I guess.
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You didn't expect him to say yes
just like that.
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( sighs ):
Kind of.
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I'm sure he's got
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stuff to figure out.
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What stuff?
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It's service to the President.
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What stacks up against that?
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Well, not everyone's like you.
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So...
Dedicated?
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Monomaniacal.
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Was there, um...
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something else?
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There must've been something...
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Oh, yeah, um...
are you going to be around?
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When?
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You know, generally.
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Yes.
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Generally,
I'm going to be around.
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At some point,
we should probably...
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Yeah.
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Talk.
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That'd be good.
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About... you know.
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At some point.
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"At some point" would be good.
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Okay, then. Okay.
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Have a good flight.
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Yeah, you, too.
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I mean, not, "you, too."
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Obviously.
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Bye.
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( device beeps, latch clicks)
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Mr. President-Elect.
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C.J., everyone.
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Secretary Hutchinson
and Dr. McNally
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will catch you up on the current
situation in Kazakhstan.
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HUTCHINSON:
We're approaching
full deployment,
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with 80,000 ground
and 30,000 support personnel
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taking position in a buffer zone
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around Astana,
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between the Russian
and the Chinese forces.
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The last of our troops are
staging out of Manas Air Base
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in Kyrgyzstan,
as well as the 172nd
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Stryker Brigade.
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C-130s are airlifting them
to our forward base at Ayaguz.
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HUTCHINSON:
M1A2 Abrams tanks from the 1st
Armored Division in Germany
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are being flown directly
into Ayaguz by C-5 Galaxies.
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Those only carry
two tanks per sortie.
264
00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,672
Flying 15 to 20
sorties per day.
265
00:10:38,739 --> 00:10:40,573
The, uh, no-fly zone?
266
00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:41,574
McNALLY:
300 miles wide.
267
00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,243
20 to 30 sorties per day.
268
00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:47,948
HUTCHINSON:
F-16s and F-15s forward deployed
to Manas and Ayaguz.
269
00:10:48,015 --> 00:10:49,717
F-22As out of Langley.
270
00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,785
Air refueling, KC-135s?
271
00:10:51,852 --> 00:10:53,520
Out of Incirlik Air Base,
Turkey.
272
00:10:53,586 --> 00:10:55,923
Situation on the ground?
HUTCHINSON:
Thus far, no incidents reported.
273
00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:58,792
But also, so far, no pullback
of Russian and Chinese forces.
274
00:10:58,859 --> 00:11:00,393
But they have stopped advancing.
275
00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,163
Then what?
276
00:11:04,865 --> 00:11:07,567
That's up to the Russians
and the Chinese.
277
00:11:07,634 --> 00:11:10,804
Well, I can't say I care
very much for that answer.
278
00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:12,906
Our guys are supposed
to just sit there
279
00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:16,243
with targets on their backs
and hope some trigger-happy
280
00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:19,112
Russian noncom,
who's abused his vodka ration,
281
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:22,182
doesn't get reckless
or bored or just
282
00:11:22,249 --> 00:11:25,285
stir-crazy stupid and decide
to start World War III?
283
00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:28,789
I have a problem with that.
284
00:11:28,856 --> 00:11:30,791
I have a problem
with this entire adventure,
285
00:11:30,858 --> 00:11:32,492
as I've already expressed
286
00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,794
to the President.
287
00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:35,362
Are the parties
negotiating?
288
00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:38,498
Our deployment is intended
to drive them to the table.
289
00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:40,433
But they're not, at present?
290
00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:41,334
Still posturing.
291
00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:42,903
Half a million troops
292
00:11:42,970 --> 00:11:44,872
is a hell of a posture.
293
00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:46,539
Third party contact?
294
00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:47,741
Anything?
Not at present.
295
00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:49,476
And we would know.
296
00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:51,544
We are paying somewhat
careful attention.
297
00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:53,580
Thank you
298
00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,548
all...
299
00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:58,118
for your time.
300
00:12:03,123 --> 00:12:06,226
The NSA picked up
the President-Elect's
301
00:12:06,293 --> 00:12:08,862
congratulatory phone call
with the Russian President.
302
00:12:08,929 --> 00:12:10,430
We're tapping his phone?
303
00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:11,865
In the current crisis,
304
00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:13,566
the NSA's monitoring all
contact with the Russian
305
00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:16,236
and Chinese governments
as a matter of course.
306
00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:17,570
And?
307
00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:20,040
The Santos call contained
nothing improper.
308
00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:32,019
( sighs )
309
00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:35,422
( inhales deeply )
310
00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:44,798
( sighs )
311
00:12:44,865 --> 00:12:47,801
( knock at door )
312
00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:53,240
( knocking continues )
313
00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:55,809
( sighs )
314
00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:03,516
Hi.
315
00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:06,887
When I said we needed to
talk, I wasn't necessarily
316
00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:08,088
thinking
about tonight.
317
00:13:08,155 --> 00:13:09,256
I'm kind of fried.
318
00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:11,558
Who said anything
about talking?
319
00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:18,565
Mmm.
320
00:13:29,376 --> 00:13:31,244
Morning. Almost.
321
00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,546
On the education plan,
do we hit full on,
322
00:13:33,613 --> 00:13:36,349
or do we step it out--
start with teacher tenure,
323
00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:40,053
get some traction before we try
extending the school year?
324
00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,356
Conservatives are
already laying for us.
325
00:13:43,423 --> 00:13:45,425
They're comparing it to
avoiding the word Christmas,
326
00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:47,928
which I don't
begin to understand.
327
00:13:47,995 --> 00:13:49,496
How long have you been up?
328
00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:51,164
Oh, you know.
329
00:13:51,231 --> 00:13:52,799
I don't actually.
330
00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:54,334
Why I asked.
331
00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,904
A... couple hours.
332
00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:02,910
So last night was-was nice.
333
00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:06,046
Nice. It was...
it was really nice.
334
00:14:06,113 --> 00:14:08,081
On the nice scale,
it was way up there
335
00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:10,817
in terms of, you know, niceness.
336
00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:12,953
Be still and
listen to me.
337
00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:18,625
I don't know what this
is, and you don't, either,
338
00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:21,461
which is perfectly fine
and understandable.
339
00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:23,463
Whatever the buildup,
it's all happened
340
00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,465
amid absurdly heightened
emotional circumstances.
341
00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:27,267
The election,
Leo's death.
342
00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:30,203
There's been no moment to
so much as take a breath,
343
00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,405
much less figure
any of this out.
344
00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:36,076
And now this roller
coaster's plunging
into the transition,
345
00:14:36,143 --> 00:14:37,810
with its
time-pressured demands,
346
00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,479
and then the inauguration, and
it's hit-the-ground-running,
347
00:14:39,546 --> 00:14:41,348
and the first 100 days,
and before you know it,
348
00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,350
the mid-terms, and
the new Congress.
349
00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:45,285
And then we're running again,
and four years becomes eight,
350
00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:46,753
and we've never
had the talk.
351
00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:49,256
And you can lose that look
of panic in your eyes.
352
00:14:49,322 --> 00:14:50,991
We're not going
to have it now.
353
00:14:51,058 --> 00:14:52,725
We don't ever
have to have it.
354
00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:54,527
But there's a window.
355
00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:58,631
I'd say, four weeks.
356
00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:01,068
If we can't get it
together in that time
357
00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:03,636
to figure out what we
want from each other,
358
00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,105
then clearly, it's
not worth the trouble.
359
00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:08,308
Meanwhile, last
night was lovely.
360
00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:10,210
I've already called a cab.
361
00:15:10,277 --> 00:15:13,513
You should put on
some coffee, and I'll
see you at the office.
362
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,621
( door opens, closes )
363
00:15:21,688 --> 00:15:24,591
Bye.
364
00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,065
You like any
of the houses?
365
00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:33,600
Yeah, they're incredible.
366
00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,867
Seeing some more today.
367
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,269
I'm sure
they'll be incredible, too.
368
00:15:36,336 --> 00:15:37,670
Maybe even more incredible.
369
00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:40,040
The thing I find
most incredible
is this notion
370
00:15:40,107 --> 00:15:42,075
that this is what the
American people want
371
00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:43,343
and expect of us.
372
00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:44,444
What?
373
00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:46,346
To spend the next two
and a half months
374
00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:47,880
in some rich mucky-muck's
loaner mansion.
375
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,250
A place he can afford to make
available because, evidently,
376
00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,785
he has someplace just as
or even more swell
377
00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:55,989
to decamp to while he's
bestowing upon us this largesse.
378
00:15:56,056 --> 00:15:57,957
Not much of a populist message.
379
00:15:58,025 --> 00:15:59,526
Not notably.
380
00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:00,893
Yeah, right.
381
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,929
I'll-I'll have the staff
look into alternatives.
382
00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,531
Staff?
383
00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:06,966
If you prefer, my minions.
384
00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:08,835
This is going
to be weird.
385
00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:10,170
Okay, come on.
386
00:16:10,237 --> 00:16:11,704
As a Congressman, I had staff.
387
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,740
As the Mayor.
Very weird.
388
00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:16,876
( sighs )
389
00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:19,512
Donna ma'amed me.
390
00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:21,481
First Lady.
391
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:22,982
In waiting.
392
00:16:23,050 --> 00:16:26,186
Makes me sound like something
out of The Lady of Shalott.
393
00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:27,354
( laughs )
394
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:28,588
You get all the
cool names.
395
00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,023
Mr. President.
Mm.
396
00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:31,791
Commander-in-Chief.
That one-- that's
kind of hot.
397
00:16:31,858 --> 00:16:32,992
Yeah?
Mm.
398
00:16:33,060 --> 00:16:34,361
Got time for a
little incursion?
399
00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:35,862
Oh.
No!
400
00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,364
Not even
for a surgical strike.
401
00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:39,432
I had in mind more
of shock and awe.
402
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,368
Oh, yeah? After 15 years
of marriage,
403
00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:43,303
I'd be shocked
if you were awed.
404
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,575
( sighs )
405
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,478
The Congressman
find his glove?
406
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:54,247
Uh, no, but
the President-Elect did.
407
00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:56,049
I did it again?
You did it again.
408
00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:57,817
Oh.
409
00:16:57,884 --> 00:16:59,686
Oh, God!
What?
410
00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:01,654
I didn't even know
you were here.
( coughs )
411
00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,290
What time did you get in?
412
00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:04,724
( sighs ):
6:00, 6:15.
413
00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:06,025
Whoa.
414
00:17:06,093 --> 00:17:08,295
Yeah. Traveling threw me.
I was an hour off.
415
00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:09,629
Usually,
7:00-ish.
416
00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:10,863
5:00-ish.
417
00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,632
Get me a meeting
with Graden.
418
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:23,610
This doesn't reflect
well on your hopes
for advancement.
419
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:25,412
Congressman Graden.
420
00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,247
Ranking Democrat
on Ways and Means.
421
00:17:27,314 --> 00:17:29,849
Takes over the chairmanship
in the new Congress.
422
00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:32,485
Any time's good, as long
as it's 3:00 today.
423
00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:36,889
Goodwin's coming
over at 9:00.
424
00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,558
Hmm. You like
Babish for A.G.?
425
00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:40,560
He just decamped
to Brayton, Connelly.
426
00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:42,762
To be Attorney General,
I think you come back.
427
00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:43,796
Thank you.
428
00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:45,165
Smart and tough.
429
00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:46,499
Could be a bumpy
confirmation.
430
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,401
What, the MS,
Toby Ziegler leak?
431
00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:50,137
They were both handled
by the book,
432
00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:52,105
but if they want
to make some noise.
433
00:17:52,172 --> 00:17:53,240
Yeah, and
they will.
434
00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:56,109
Just for practice.
435
00:17:56,176 --> 00:17:57,510
But he gets
confirmed, right?
436
00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:59,979
Yeah, more of a problem
for Bartlet than for us.
437
00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:01,414
Last licks.
438
00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:03,216
It'd be nice
to have an attorney general
439
00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:04,717
that didn't hate us.
440
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,786
How'd you guys
live with it?
Good question.
441
00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:09,522
Josh?
Yeah.
442
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,891
How's the, uh, White
House staffing going?
443
00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:15,094
Uh, set Crandall
to head D.P.C.
444
00:18:15,162 --> 00:18:16,729
Courtesy call
to Graden later
445
00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:19,132
to bless Vukovich
for legislative liaison.
446
00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,600
How was the
447
00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,034
Kazakhstan briefing?
448
00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:23,470
It's a mess.
449
00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:25,438
And they're depositing it
on our doorstep.
450
00:18:25,505 --> 00:18:27,707
Can't do anything about it
until we take office.
451
00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:28,908
( knock at door )
452
00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:29,909
RONNA:
Excuse me, sir.
453
00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:31,110
Josh, your meeting
454
00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:32,245
with C.J.?
455
00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:33,613
JOSH:
Yup.
Thanks, Josh.
456
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,747
Thank you, sir.
457
00:18:34,814 --> 00:18:36,349
Ronna?
Yes?
458
00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:38,084
I need you to get Goodwin
for me.
459
00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:39,586
Yes, sir.
460
00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:41,087
And then there's one other
international call
461
00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:43,590
that I want to return.
462
00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:46,125
Uh, China's not one
of the G8 countries.
463
00:18:46,193 --> 00:18:47,827
I'm aware.
464
00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:51,398
Right away, sir.
465
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,704
( sighs )
466
00:18:57,770 --> 00:19:01,140
C.J.:
Per the President,
we put out a directive
467
00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:03,109
that White House
personnel be as
helpful as possible
468
00:19:03,176 --> 00:19:04,711
to the incoming
Santos team.
469
00:19:04,777 --> 00:19:07,079
No desk drawers
super-glued shut?
That was urban legend.
470
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:10,217
First day,
I needed a crowbar.
Well, none of that.
471
00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:11,584
The President-Elect
would like
472
00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:12,985
to move his family
into Blair House.
473
00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:14,354
Shouldn't be
a problem.
474
00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,822
I'll have Margaret
get right into it.
475
00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:17,257
I appreciate it.
See how much fun
this is going to be?
476
00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:19,025
Most of it's going
to be pretty easy.
477
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:21,194
I mean, it's not like you don't
know your way around this place.
478
00:19:21,261 --> 00:19:22,729
But if any of your people
want to come hang out
479
00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:24,597
with their counterparts
for a couple of hours, I'm sure
480
00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,733
it can be worked out
on an individual basis.
481
00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,469
I'll have Margaret designate
a point person
482
00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:31,037
you can run those sort
of requests through.
483
00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,472
( sighs )
484
00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:35,708
You're rearranging
the furniture
485
00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:36,709
in your head,
aren't you?
486
00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:37,844
No. Don't...
487
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,712
You ever thought of putting
the desk over there?
488
00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:42,682
( laughs ):
Come January 20th, you
can have it moved daily.
489
00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:45,084
Like alternate side
of the street parking.
490
00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:46,553
The inauguration?
491
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:47,954
Yeah, we need more VIP tickets
for the parade.
492
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,056
The President has a
lot of people to thank.
493
00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:51,224
New administration.
494
00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:52,359
We need to curry favor.
495
00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:53,860
The future trumps the past.
496
00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:55,628
We can give some of the
President's allotment
497
00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,764
to the President-Elect,
the key word being "some."
498
00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:58,898
Contingencies?
499
00:19:58,965 --> 00:20:01,234
In case of snow,
the military task force
500
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:03,169
will have plows,
coats, hot beverages.
501
00:20:03,236 --> 00:20:05,004
Toddies, hot buttered rum?
502
00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:06,072
Coffee and cocoa.
503
00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:07,206
They call that a party?
504
00:20:07,274 --> 00:20:08,541
Injuries,
standard military
505
00:20:08,608 --> 00:20:10,777
paramedic procedure:
scoop and move.
506
00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:13,045
If one of the 389
horses should keel over,
507
00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:15,382
there'll be a team of
veterinarians and a forklift
508
00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:16,549
standing by.
Forklift?
509
00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:17,984
Which should be
a lovely sight
510
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,319
for the children
in the crowd.
511
00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:20,920
We should have the Supreme Court
in clown makeup
512
00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:22,389
in case we have to send them in.
513
00:20:22,455 --> 00:20:24,391
A memo outlining everything
will be on your desk
514
00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:25,725
by this afternoon.
515
00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,126
And obviously,
don't hesitate,
516
00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:27,960
et cetera, et cetera.
517
00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:29,296
Thanks.
518
00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:32,098
So, I'm trying
to bring Sam back in.
519
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,267
Getting together the old band.
520
00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,035
Goes without saying--
521
00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:37,704
any job you want.
522
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:38,771
Oh.
523
00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:40,072
( laughs )
I'm dead serious.
524
00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:41,274
Very kind.
525
00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:42,942
( clears throat )
526
00:20:43,009 --> 00:20:44,076
Should we talk about this?
527
00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:45,445
I have no idea.
528
00:20:45,512 --> 00:20:46,713
No.
529
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:48,315
Well, I'm not done asking.
530
00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:50,016
Well, I'm done answering
for the moment.
531
00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,685
I'll have someone call Margaret
about the Blair House thing.
532
00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:55,422
Has your boss said anything
to you about Kazakhstan?
533
00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:56,756
Just that he's
not crazy
534
00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:58,425
about what you
guys are doing.
535
00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,360
I assume it goes
without saying
536
00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:01,928
that the President expects
the President-Elect
537
00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,531
to keep whatever reservations
he has about this policy
538
00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,499
to himself
during the transition?
539
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:10,269
Goes without saying.
540
00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,307
To comment on any V.P. name
541
00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:15,742
would be speculating
about speculation.
542
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,244
Guess if you're going
to get me to do that...
543
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:20,179
I promise to tell you
just as soon
544
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:21,348
as we decide to tell you.
545
00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:22,782
( intercom rings )
546
00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:24,551
If you'll excuse me,
I have someone else
547
00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,586
to equally exasperate
on the other line. Thanks.
548
00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:27,587
Hello?
549
00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:29,889
Yes, sir, of course.
550
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,061
( knock at door )
551
00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:36,295
Come in, Donna.
552
00:21:36,363 --> 00:21:38,765
Mr. President-Elect.
553
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,068
Josh seem all right to you?
554
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:45,037
Uh, a little tired.
555
00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:46,806
He looks like
a zombie.
556
00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:49,342
( chuckles ):
He may be going through
a bit of an undead phase.
557
00:21:49,409 --> 00:21:51,511
So you've seen him
like this before.
Hard to say.
558
00:21:51,578 --> 00:21:53,380
He can get
pretty tunnel-visioned.
559
00:21:53,446 --> 00:21:55,515
I think he needs
to power down a little.
560
00:21:55,582 --> 00:21:57,316
Is he seeing anybody?
561
00:21:57,384 --> 00:21:59,218
Is he having any fun?
562
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:00,687
Sir?
563
00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:03,756
That's weird to ask.
564
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:04,824
No, no.
565
00:22:04,891 --> 00:22:06,258
I have no idea.
566
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:08,094
I'm just worried
about him.
567
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,662
It's just him, truly.
568
00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:13,400
He's just amped up to
a particular peak of Josh-ness.
569
00:22:15,234 --> 00:22:16,803
Thank you.
570
00:22:19,005 --> 00:22:21,073
Don't tell him I asked.
571
00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,975
Oh, of course not, sir.
572
00:22:27,246 --> 00:22:29,015
( knocking )
573
00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:30,517
Mr. President.
574
00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,719
Do you know we have as many
diplomats in Germany--
575
00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:34,987
population 80 million--
as we do in India--
576
00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:37,457
population of
over one billion?
577
00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:39,726
Does that sound like
a sensible allocation
578
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,061
of diplomatic assets
for the 21st century?
579
00:22:42,128 --> 00:22:43,262
It does not.
580
00:22:43,329 --> 00:22:44,697
Sir, we have a problem.
581
00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:47,166
NSA monitors picked up
a phone conversation
582
00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:50,269
between President-Elect Santos
and Chinese President Lian.
583
00:22:50,336 --> 00:22:51,404
Yeah.
584
00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:52,405
C.J.:
Sir, you're not
585
00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:53,873
going to like what he said.
586
00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,563
JOSH:
Bartlet's NEC Directors
were working with a guy
587
00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:18,264
who had a Nobel Prize
in Economics.
588
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:19,632
So it was a bit of a challenge.
589
00:23:19,699 --> 00:23:21,167
So I've heard.
590
00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:22,669
JOSH:
President-Elect
won't always agree
591
00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,103
with what he's told,
592
00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:25,905
but it won't devolve
into a 40-minute lecture
593
00:23:25,972 --> 00:23:28,140
on all the Post-Keynesian
macroeconomic reasons
594
00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:29,509
why you're wrong.
595
00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:32,011
Everyone says the same
thing starting out--
596
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:35,915
"We're going to play
error-free ball."
597
00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:38,985
What matters then is how
good an audible you call.
598
00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:41,253
The difference between
a successful Presidency
599
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,892
and a historical footnote is how
well you roll with the punches--
600
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,594
just to complete my tour
of sports metaphors.
601
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,195
C.J. Cregg's on the line.
602
00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,630
Thank you for coming in, Howard.
603
00:23:50,697 --> 00:23:52,865
We'll let you know.
604
00:23:57,336 --> 00:23:58,805
You let them talk,
too, right?
605
00:23:58,871 --> 00:24:01,273
Sassing your
potential benefactor,
606
00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:03,476
that's an unconventional
advancement technique.
607
00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:05,978
Line three.
608
00:24:12,485 --> 00:24:13,620
What's up?
609
00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:15,221
Could you come
right over please?
610
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,556
I was just there.
611
00:24:16,623 --> 00:24:18,124
And now I'm asking you
to come back.
612
00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,526
Can I ask why?
613
00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:20,860
It's about my asking
and you complying.
614
00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:22,128
And don't tell me you're busy.
615
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:23,930
I'll go you phone sheet
for phone sheet.
616
00:24:23,996 --> 00:24:26,198
In that case, can we do it
over the phone?
617
00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:27,199
It's five minutes.
618
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,901
Make it. I'll time you.
619
00:24:32,238 --> 00:24:33,239
Hey.
620
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:36,208
Hey, yourself.
621
00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:37,877
Can you wait?
Yeah, I'm okay to hang.
622
00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:39,111
Okay, shouldn't take long.
623
00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:40,780
( knocking )
624
00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:43,883
Donna.
Thanks for coming over.
625
00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:45,017
Of course.
626
00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:45,985
Can I get you something?
627
00:24:46,052 --> 00:24:47,353
Uh, no, thank
you, ma'am.
628
00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:48,387
Oh, thought we talked
about that.
629
00:24:48,454 --> 00:24:49,789
( chuckles )
630
00:24:49,856 --> 00:24:51,658
Due respect, you may
have to get used to it.
631
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,960
Comes with the territory.
632
00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:54,761
So I understand
633
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:56,462
that I need a Chief of Staff.
634
00:24:56,529 --> 00:24:58,565
To do what, I am not sure.
635
00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:01,400
Again, that gets into the kind
of First Lady you intend to be.
636
00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:03,169
Please, go on.
637
00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:07,139
Well, there's
the activist model,
638
00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:10,242
with your own policy
agenda and objectives.
639
00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:12,679
In concert, of course, with
the President's wishes,
640
00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:14,080
but not dependent
641
00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:16,048
upon his staff for pursuit
or implementation.
642
00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:17,784
A separate power
base, if you will.
643
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,151
Or?
644
00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,954
A more traditional, chiefly
ceremonial presence.
645
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,590
Representing the country
as kind of a hostess,
646
00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:26,793
good-will ambassador, without
any particular policy focus.
647
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:28,327
Mm. And those are my choices?
648
00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:29,596
The extremes.
649
00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:30,963
Without presuming
to speak for you,
650
00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,965
I imagine you charting
some middle course.
651
00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:35,134
Well, I would like you
to help with that.
652
00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:37,904
I'd be happy to be a sounding
board, of course, anytime.
653
00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:40,406
I actually want you
to help do it.
654
00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,074
Sorry?
655
00:25:42,141 --> 00:25:43,342
Well, I need someone,
656
00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:45,111
and you know the terrain.
657
00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:46,512
You're asking me?
658
00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:48,214
Well, apparently,
not very clearly.
659
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,516
( chuckles )
To be your
Chief of Staff?
660
00:25:50,583 --> 00:25:51,784
I think you are
extremely capable,
661
00:25:51,851 --> 00:25:53,820
I feel that we have a rapport.
662
00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:56,789
I'm flattered,
of course.
663
00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:58,791
But I'm not sure I have
the requisite experience.
664
00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,860
Oh, I've watched you
these past months.
665
00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:02,194
My husband sings your praises.
666
00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:03,329
That's very nice.
667
00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:04,964
He's going
to be P.O.'d,
668
00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:07,667
in fact, that I'm stealing you,
just to sweeten the deal.
669
00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:11,337
Please just think about it.
670
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:14,106
And, uh, just wanted
to stake my claim, I guess.
671
00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:15,341
Thank you for
considering me.
672
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,382
C.J.:
Did we or did we not have
a discussion only hours ago
673
00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:25,384
about how you people were
going to comport yourselves
674
00:26:25,451 --> 00:26:27,586
regarding the international
security situation
675
00:26:27,654 --> 00:26:29,021
in Kazakhstan?
676
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,223
I don't know
what you're talking about.
677
00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,793
The NSA reported he placed
a call to China in which
678
00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,728
he apparently made it
clear to President Lian
679
00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:36,863
he has significant qualms
680
00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,030
about this
intervention.
681
00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:40,366
Back up. The NSA is
bugging our calls?
682
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:42,835
Did you or did you not sing
an aria this morning
683
00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:43,836
about how
the President wants
684
00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:45,738
a hearts and flowers transition?
685
00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:47,674
Wiretapping is an odd way
686
00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:49,375
of showing the love.
Don't overdramatize.
687
00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:50,777
The NSA is monitoring
all communication
688
00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:52,378
with the Russian and
Chinese governments.
689
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:54,480
We're this far from being
in a state of war with one
690
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:55,715
or both of them.
691
00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:56,949
You need to talk
to the Congressman
692
00:26:57,016 --> 00:26:58,417
about mixed messages,
693
00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:00,019
or the President will.
694
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,754
It's not Congressman,
it's President-Elect.
695
00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:04,523
Fine. Have him start
behaving like it.
696
00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:08,294
( phone ringing )
697
00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,296
Thank you.
698
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:11,898
24 whole hours.
699
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,499
Way to give me some space.
700
00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:14,633
It's been 28.
701
00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:16,135
Little credit.
702
00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:17,970
You can't count
the different time zones.
703
00:27:18,037 --> 00:27:19,571
Whatever, it's transition.
704
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:20,807
These are like dog hours.
705
00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:22,675
A day is like
one of your human weeks.
706
00:27:22,742 --> 00:27:24,977
That's quite a selling point.
707
00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:26,412
I've been thinking,
so you're engaged.
708
00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:30,416
People do this
and have marriages.
709
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,718
Yeah? Who.
710
00:27:31,784 --> 00:27:33,052
You know, theoretically.
711
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:34,320
She's an attorney, right?
712
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,022
Yeah.
713
00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:38,290
Gee, I wonder if she'll be able
to find gainful employment
714
00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:39,325
in the lawyer capital
715
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,861
of the known universe.
716
00:27:41,928 --> 00:27:43,395
She'd have to take
the bar again.
717
00:27:43,462 --> 00:27:44,864
Would you?
718
00:27:44,931 --> 00:27:46,966
Well, I assume there are
a number of things she would
719
00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,400
do for you
that I would balk at.
720
00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:53,773
She doesn't hate the idea.
721
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,641
I'll see you tomorrow.
722
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,009
I still need to think it over.
723
00:27:57,076 --> 00:27:58,644
Think it over on the plane.
724
00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:00,146
Not that I'm begging.
725
00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:01,680
I don't think you're begging.
726
00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:02,681
Would that work?
727
00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:03,716
I can do begging.
728
00:28:03,783 --> 00:28:05,852
Humiliation is not beneath me.
729
00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:07,353
Just get on a plane!
730
00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:08,654
Nothing's irrevocable.
731
00:28:08,721 --> 00:28:09,956
If you hate it,
they have return flights.
732
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,657
Don't make me wait.
733
00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:14,293
They're going to find me in a
fetal position sucking my thumb.
734
00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,195
Okay, I think
we've moved into begging.
735
00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:18,464
I told you; I have no threshold
of embarrassment here.
736
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:19,498
I'm prepared to abase myself
737
00:28:19,565 --> 00:28:20,566
until you submit.
738
00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:21,734
She passed the bar once, right?
739
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:24,403
Good-bye.
740
00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:28,207
Sorry.
741
00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:29,375
Uh, one more.
742
00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:31,710
Could you call...?
743
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,014
Sir, Josh to see you.
744
00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:38,985
This will just, you know...
745
00:28:40,787 --> 00:28:42,989
( knocking )
746
00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:57,236
What did you say to the Chinese
about Kazakhstan?
747
00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:58,971
And, more importantly,
why aren't you and I
748
00:28:59,038 --> 00:29:01,040
discussing it first?
749
00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:04,076
I need to say
"mother-may-I"
750
00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:05,511
before talking to
foreign leaders?
751
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,146
If you're about to undercut
the sitting President
752
00:29:07,213 --> 00:29:08,580
when we're practically
in a state of war,
753
00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:10,082
it might be worth
kicking around.
754
00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:13,786
I have serious objections
to this military action.
755
00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:15,554
It's ill-conceived
and ill-defined.
756
00:29:15,621 --> 00:29:18,991
This isn't the U.N. putting
peacekeepers on the ground
757
00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:20,259
to keep African
tribesmen
758
00:29:20,326 --> 00:29:22,228
from hacking each
other with machetes.
759
00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:26,332
It's placing U.S. soldiers smack
in the middle of a no-man's-land
760
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:29,335
between two modern armies,
hoping they both blink.
761
00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:31,603
Employing American
fighting men and women
762
00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:33,772
as the tactical equivalent
to a tethered goat.
763
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,641
You didn't say this
to the Chinese?
764
00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:37,576
I made it clear I had concerns.
765
00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:41,013
What I wanted to say was that
in addition to this making
766
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,648
no tactical military sense,
767
00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:44,516
it is a complete strategic
blunder geopolitically.
768
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:48,087
It's a potential reversion
to a state of hostility
769
00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:51,123
with the second largest energy
producer in the world in Russia.
770
00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:53,492
And the risk of serious
damage to relations
771
00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:55,227
between the U.S and China--
a relationship that,
772
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:56,829
for better or worse,
is going to define
773
00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:57,897
the 21st century.
774
00:29:57,964 --> 00:29:59,298
We're stuck with this.
775
00:29:59,365 --> 00:30:01,433
It's not just about
opposing it philosophically;
776
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:02,568
it isn't working.
777
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,436
It's a high-stakes
game of chicken
778
00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:06,072
designed to bring both
parties to the table,
779
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,606
and it hasn't done it.
780
00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:10,009
Then you can deal with this
on the day that you take office.
781
00:30:10,076 --> 00:30:11,743
Which is what makes this
an impossible situation.
782
00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,480
I'm going to be this country's
President in two months,
783
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,315
and everybody in
the world knows it.
784
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:18,317
And meanwhile, I'm supposed
to just sit back and shrug
785
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:20,920
while this administration
commits this country
786
00:30:20,987 --> 00:30:23,622
to a military situation
it admits
787
00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:25,291
it has no exit strategy for.
788
00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:28,527
It's going to
be my problem.
789
00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:29,528
Our problem, yes, sir.
790
00:30:29,595 --> 00:30:31,430
No, mine.
791
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,432
I'm going to be the guy
in the history books
792
00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:35,201
whose presidency never
got off the ground
793
00:30:35,267 --> 00:30:37,203
because he inherited
his predecessor's
794
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:39,071
11th hour misadventure
in Central Asia.
795
00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:42,074
You can address that
796
00:30:42,141 --> 00:30:43,342
at 12:01 p.m.
on January 20th.
797
00:30:43,409 --> 00:30:44,810
Well, that'll be too late.
798
00:30:44,877 --> 00:30:46,812
We have, you have
no choice, sir.
799
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:50,649
Anything else will be spun as
lack of support for our troops.
800
00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:53,185
And there goes all backing
for anything else we want
801
00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:55,421
to accomplish,
Democratic House or not.
802
00:30:55,487 --> 00:30:58,524
For now, we line up
behind the President, sir.
803
00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:03,963
How does anyone know what I said
to the Chinese anyway?
804
00:31:04,030 --> 00:31:05,965
The NSA is eavesdropping
on all calls
805
00:31:06,032 --> 00:31:07,799
to Russia or China.
806
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:10,269
I want you to get me a meeting
with the President.
807
00:31:10,336 --> 00:31:12,104
Everybody's calls, sir,
not just ours.
808
00:31:12,171 --> 00:31:15,341
I want that meeting.
809
00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:16,408
Set it up.
810
00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:25,851
Call C.J. Cregg's office.
811
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:27,186
See when the President
might have time
812
00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:28,587
for the President-Elect.
813
00:31:28,654 --> 00:31:30,322
( sighs )
814
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,191
Okay, I'm sorry
about that.
815
00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:32,992
Rough day?
816
00:31:33,059 --> 00:31:36,562
Ugh. Typical.
817
00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,197
I'm the same way.
818
00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:40,132
Everybody tells me to get a
life, although I don't know why.
819
00:31:40,199 --> 00:31:41,733
I find life to be
terribly overrated.
820
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,936
It's actually quite boring
when it's not disappointing.
821
00:31:44,003 --> 00:31:45,037
Say what you will about
822
00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:46,438
what we do,
but boring, it is not.
823
00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:48,607
I know that you can parlay
this Santos win
824
00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:49,875
into a doubling of your fee.
825
00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:52,111
Tripling, if it figures
into your memoirs.
826
00:31:52,178 --> 00:31:53,445
Nothing is going
to top this.
827
00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,247
Everything else is
going to be a letdown.
828
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:56,615
Letdowns that make me
semi-rich--
829
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:58,750
that's a trade-off
I'm willing to endure.
830
00:31:58,817 --> 00:31:59,851
You don't care about money.
831
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,853
Who doesn't?
You.
832
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:02,754
Not as such.
833
00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:03,855
As what?
834
00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,424
Score-keeping.
835
00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:07,793
Quantitative evidence
that I'm smarter than you.
836
00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:08,694
Not you.
Who?
837
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:09,895
Everybody else.
838
00:32:09,962 --> 00:32:11,497
Come on board as
Communications Director.
839
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,565
Thank you, but no.
840
00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:14,733
Finish what you started.
841
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,102
I'm not interested
in governing.
842
00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:17,203
Campaigning's
about promise.
843
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,405
Governing is about achievement.
844
00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:21,040
It's tougher
and a lot less romantic,
845
00:32:21,107 --> 00:32:22,508
but it's not boring.
846
00:32:22,574 --> 00:32:24,043
I already think you're
smarter than everyone.
847
00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:25,444
That's why I want
you down the hall.
848
00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:27,679
Come on, it's not like
getting a life.
849
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:30,482
That's true, look at you.
850
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:33,552
We'd have to distill
the Democratic message
851
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:36,088
from what we ran on,
852
00:32:36,155 --> 00:32:39,191
customize and prioritize it
for the first 100 days.
853
00:32:45,731 --> 00:32:47,133
( buzzing )
854
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,577
I may have forgotten
about the hours.
855
00:32:58,644 --> 00:32:59,611
You're here.
856
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,881
It would seem.
Outstanding.
857
00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:04,516
Ooh! Here you go.
858
00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:05,751
( sighs wearily )
Hey.
859
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:07,019
Stop.
860
00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:09,355
Your sentimentality is
embarrassing us both.
861
00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,590
When was the last time
you took a vacation?
862
00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:14,226
Vacation?
863
00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:16,062
Time off from labor?
864
00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:17,396
Thought to be restorative?
865
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:18,730
Salubrious for body and soul?
866
00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:20,032
Not to mention
mental health.
867
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:21,033
I don't remember.
868
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:22,434
Okay, if I'm your boss,
869
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:24,670
that's really the wrong answer.
870
00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:26,205
Neuroscientists
have found
871
00:33:26,272 --> 00:33:27,739
that when people
who describe themselves
872
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:29,741
as politically committed
listen to political statements
873
00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:31,877
they respond only with the
emotional side of their brain.
874
00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:35,614
The area of the cortex where
reasoning occurs stays quiet.
875
00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,716
So those people screaming
at each other on cable
876
00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:38,717
really can't help it.
877
00:33:38,784 --> 00:33:40,152
And guys like you and me
878
00:33:40,219 --> 00:33:42,454
are quantifiably
a little nuts.
879
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,356
And, so, could benefit
from the occasional break.
880
00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:46,592
You people don't take office
for another ten weeks.
881
00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:48,727
I think you could afford
to spend one of them
882
00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:50,629
laying on a beach
somewhere.
( phone rings )
883
00:33:50,696 --> 00:33:51,763
Yeah?
884
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:52,531
Yeah.
885
00:33:52,598 --> 00:33:54,166
I got a thing.
886
00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:55,634
I've starred
which are meetings,
887
00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:57,503
I've X-ed out
which are blow-offs.
888
00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:58,870
I haven't officially
said I'm in.
889
00:33:58,937 --> 00:34:00,172
Yeah, no,
absolutely.
890
00:34:00,239 --> 00:34:02,040
Ladies and gentlemen,
Sam Seaborn,
891
00:34:02,108 --> 00:34:03,775
our new Deputy
Chief of Staff.
892
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:05,844
( applause )
893
00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:07,146
Knock 'em dead,
tiger.
894
00:34:12,017 --> 00:34:13,352
You look terrible.
895
00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:16,622
You know, I never get
tired of hearing that.
896
00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:19,958
Mrs. Santos asked me
to be her Chief of Staff.
897
00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:21,793
Wow.
898
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:23,695
That's... great.
899
00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:25,364
I'm to think it over.
900
00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:26,632
I wanted to talk to you.
901
00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:28,400
I was thinking
Deputy Press Secretary.
902
00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:29,935
Lou's going to be
Communications Director.
903
00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,471
So, it'd be an extension of
what we had on the campaign.
904
00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:36,608
One thing I know for sure
is I can't work for you.
905
00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:38,310
If something's happening
with us personally,
906
00:34:38,377 --> 00:34:39,345
it won't work.
907
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:40,746
And if something isn't...
908
00:34:40,812 --> 00:34:42,981
well, that won't
work so good, either.
909
00:34:43,048 --> 00:34:44,015
Yeah, about that.
910
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:45,851
Um...
911
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,453
Things are insane.
912
00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:49,855
There is no way I'm gonna
be able to get a handle on
913
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,457
what's going on
between the two of us
914
00:34:51,523 --> 00:34:52,858
in the time frame you laid out.
915
00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,926
Three weeks, six days to go.
916
00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:56,195
We'll see.
917
00:34:57,863 --> 00:34:59,131
I-I got to...
918
00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:23,322
Otto!
919
00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:28,260
There's an intercom.
920
00:35:28,327 --> 00:35:29,695
I'd use the intercom.
921
00:35:29,761 --> 00:35:31,230
I can't find
my BlackBerry.
I've got it.
922
00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:33,199
What?!
923
00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:34,300
I'm updating it.
924
00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:36,001
I been looking for it
for an hour!
925
00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:37,536
I just took it
ten minutes ago.
926
00:35:37,603 --> 00:35:39,070
Were you planning on
telling me?
927
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:40,706
You handed it to me.
Why would you think
it would be okay
928
00:35:40,772 --> 00:35:42,341
for me to be cut off
from the world like that?
929
00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:43,475
Well, I figured you had
your office E-mail...
930
00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:44,476
Don't "figure," okay?
931
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,378
Don't use "initiative."
932
00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,214
It's a highly
overrated quality
933
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,515
when it comes to
assistant work.
934
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:50,316
Well, I don't want to be
an assistant.
935
00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:51,417
You want to know
936
00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:52,951
how to get to not be
an assistant?!
937
00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:54,253
By doing it great!
938
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,521
Not by leaving your boss
939
00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:57,689
electronically stranded
for ten minutes,
940
00:35:57,756 --> 00:35:58,757
it feels like an hour!
941
00:35:58,824 --> 00:35:59,725
This isn't a campaign!
942
00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:02,594
This isn't
airplanes and hotels,
943
00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,896
and "Guess where
I am now, ma"!
944
00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:07,266
This is
grind-it-out time!
945
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,535
It's three yards
and a cloud of dust!
946
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:11,503
And if you can't hack
what I need from you now,
947
00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:12,738
you sure as hell
aren't going to be asked
948
00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:13,405
to do anything more!
949
00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:14,806
Get the BlackBerry now.
950
00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:16,208
Go!
951
00:36:32,724 --> 00:36:34,593
I got it.
952
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:42,601
Otto give you that?
953
00:36:42,668 --> 00:36:44,436
What, are you scared
to face me?!
954
00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:45,971
You little...
Josh!
955
00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:49,107
I need that.
956
00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:51,843
In a minute.
957
00:36:55,614 --> 00:36:57,148
I didn't come here
958
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:59,518
'cause you're such
a silver-tongued recruiter,
959
00:36:59,585 --> 00:37:03,922
or 'cause I got tired
of summer in January.
960
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:07,125
Santos may be the future
this country wants.
961
00:37:07,192 --> 00:37:09,295
For all the partisan noises
made on the margin,
962
00:37:09,361 --> 00:37:10,496
we're a nation of centrists,
963
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,230
and he may just be
that right man
964
00:37:12,298 --> 00:37:13,865
with the right message
at the right time,
965
00:37:13,932 --> 00:37:15,867
and if he is...
966
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:17,569
I want to be a part of it.
967
00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,407
But he can't do it
without you.
968
00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:23,208
Liberal Democrats are going
to try to force him left,
969
00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:25,644
moderate Republicans are
going to fence-sit
as long as they can.
970
00:37:25,711 --> 00:37:27,946
You're the one
who's got to make this go.
971
00:37:28,013 --> 00:37:29,114
Who's got to cut through
972
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:31,016
the reflexive demagoguery
and timidity
973
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,018
and make people do what
they were sent here to do--
974
00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:34,520
actually govern.
975
00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,888
Serve the voter's interests.
976
00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:41,293
Instead of striking poses
and playing "gotcha."
977
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,594
And it's going to be
next to impossible
978
00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:44,330
if you're
at your best and--
979
00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:45,664
what may only be news
to you at this point--
980
00:37:45,731 --> 00:37:47,866
you are nowhere near your best.
981
00:37:48,867 --> 00:37:50,969
Take the vacation.
982
00:37:51,036 --> 00:37:54,373
I haven't said I'm signing on,
but I can tell you this...
983
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,575
I won't stay unless you go.
984
00:37:57,876 --> 00:38:00,245
One of us is getting
on a plane tonight.
985
00:38:00,312 --> 00:38:02,481
If it's you,
you're back in a week.
986
00:38:02,548 --> 00:38:05,784
If it's me,
I'm gone, adios, for good.
987
00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:09,321
Your call.
988
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,431
DEBBIE:
Exciting time for you.
989
00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:22,000
Very much so.
990
00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:24,336
I always forget
991
00:38:24,403 --> 00:38:25,804
how tall you are.
Mm.
992
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:28,106
Did you play sports
at Annapolis?
Football.
993
00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:29,274
Till I, uh,
messed up my knee.
994
00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:30,909
What position?
995
00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:32,177
Wideout.
Not great speed,
996
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:34,380
but, uh, pretty good hands.
997
00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:37,315
My sister thinks that
you are very attractive.
998
00:38:37,383 --> 00:38:38,417
She doesn't have
a sister.
999
00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:40,018
Morning, Matt,
come on in.
1000
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,325
I understand
you've been speaking
1001
00:38:47,393 --> 00:38:48,994
to the Chinese.
1002
00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:50,028
Yes, sir.
1003
00:38:50,095 --> 00:38:51,397
How'd you play it?
1004
00:38:51,463 --> 00:38:54,232
You can probably
just read the transcript.
1005
00:38:54,299 --> 00:38:55,233
Yeah.
1006
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:56,868
Sorry about that.
1007
00:38:56,935 --> 00:39:00,906
It may be advantageous,
all things considered.
1008
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:01,840
But, seriously,
1009
00:39:01,907 --> 00:39:04,275
I need to know
exactly what you said.
1010
00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,477
I haven't seen the transcript,
1011
00:39:05,544 --> 00:39:07,112
I didn't want to seem...
1012
00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:09,047
overly interested.
1013
00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:11,450
Well, I thanked
President Lian for
his good wishes,
1014
00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:12,418
then I brought
the conversation
1015
00:39:12,484 --> 00:39:13,519
around to Kazakhstan.
1016
00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:15,220
I portrayed myself
as being
1017
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:17,523
impatient with
our intervention,
1018
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:19,558
mystified as to
the endgame.
1019
00:39:19,625 --> 00:39:21,560
I might have
referred to you
1020
00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:22,794
as an "incrementalist."
1021
00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:26,598
I've been called worse.
1022
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:32,003
You may have to call me worse
if this is going to work.
1023
00:39:33,338 --> 00:39:34,372
It was a great
idea, sir,
1024
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,543
to exploit the
inherent awkwardness
1025
00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:39,010
of transition this way.
1026
00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:42,948
Use it to play a little
geopolitical good-cop, bad-cop.
1027
00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:44,750
But you know, you're
going to have to make
1028
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:46,952
some really loud
saber-rattling
1029
00:39:47,018 --> 00:39:48,787
if we're going
to pull this off.
1030
00:39:48,854 --> 00:39:50,689
Canadian Prime Minister
Dallaire's coming in to meet.
1031
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:52,591
I'll blow off some steam
1032
00:39:52,658 --> 00:39:55,326
about this reckless
Kazakhstan intervention.
1033
00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,327
Lean on my
military background.
1034
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:57,863
Make it clear that,
1035
00:39:57,929 --> 00:39:59,264
while I wouldn't have
necessarily have gone in,
1036
00:39:59,330 --> 00:40:00,899
once our troops are there,
1037
00:40:00,966 --> 00:40:03,001
I have no intention
of just keeping
them in place,
1038
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,003
open-ended, waiting
to get shot at.
1039
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,672
They're deployed, I'm gonna
give 'em something to do,
1040
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,306
like roll people back
across their own borders.
1041
00:40:08,373 --> 00:40:11,142
I'll suggest
that the Russians
and the Chinese
1042
00:40:11,209 --> 00:40:12,711
are going to look back
on the Bartlet Plan
1043
00:40:12,778 --> 00:40:14,446
as the good old days.
1044
00:40:14,513 --> 00:40:16,147
Which he might
want to find a way
1045
00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:17,783
to artfully communicate
to them both.
1046
00:40:19,885 --> 00:40:21,487
Sounds good.
1047
00:40:21,553 --> 00:40:24,956
You make that case
with seeming conviction.
1048
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:33,665
Yes, sir.
1049
00:40:33,732 --> 00:40:36,334
Sir, this is
Sam Seaborn.
1050
00:40:36,401 --> 00:40:39,104
He'll be
covering for me
this next week.
1051
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:40,371
Sorry?
1052
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:41,439
Goodwin's doing
the transition,
1053
00:40:41,507 --> 00:40:42,841
I set some
Senior Staff,
1054
00:40:42,908 --> 00:40:44,643
Sam knows the players
for the rest.
1055
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:46,411
In any event, none
of our candidates
1056
00:40:46,478 --> 00:40:47,813
are going
anywhere--
1057
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:49,014
it's not like
they're going to take
1058
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,415
Director of Cabinet
Affairs jobs
1059
00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:51,683
in the Benelux countries.
1060
00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:54,520
Lou will be honing
our message plan.
1061
00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:58,223
Um, I...
yelled at Otto
1062
00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,390
for no reason.
1063
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:01,860
I haven't had
a vacation in, well,
1064
00:41:01,927 --> 00:41:02,594
basically, ever.
1065
00:41:02,661 --> 00:41:03,662
And I will be better able
1066
00:41:03,729 --> 00:41:05,230
to serve you and
your presidency,
1067
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,899
not to mention
the country, if I...
1068
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,334
unfog my head.
1069
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,268
Sam's getting married.
1070
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:11,503
SANTOS:
Congratulations.
1071
00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:12,671
SAM:
Thank you.
Lou's right,
1072
00:41:12,738 --> 00:41:14,305
I have
no life.
1073
00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:17,676
And I don't know if that's
really how I want it,
1074
00:41:17,743 --> 00:41:19,911
or if it's just
some borderline--
1075
00:41:19,978 --> 00:41:26,284
or not-so-borderline-- pathetic,
pathologic avoidance thing.
1076
00:41:26,351 --> 00:41:28,687
If it's, you know...
1077
00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:29,921
okay with you.
1078
00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:31,690
If it didn't involve
a motorcade,
1079
00:41:31,757 --> 00:41:33,525
I'd drive you to
the airport myself.
1080
00:41:36,127 --> 00:41:37,663
Thank you, sir.
1081
00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:44,169
Nice to meet you.
1082
00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:46,104
You, too.
1083
00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:47,172
Big fan.
1084
00:42:07,793 --> 00:42:09,761
( sighs )
1085
00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:17,002
Hey.
1086
00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:21,539
May I just say,
a truly excellent notion.
1087
00:42:21,607 --> 00:42:23,074
Sam's.
1088
00:42:23,141 --> 00:42:24,075
Of course.
1089
00:42:24,142 --> 00:42:26,578
The vacation.
1090
00:42:26,645 --> 00:42:28,246
Going-with-you part
was all me.
1091
00:42:40,726 --> 00:42:42,160
( BlackBerry rings
and vibrates )
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