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He's sleepwalking into oblivion.
Uncontrolled migration,

hyperinflation,
rampant crime...

Here we go.
The 5 PM.

- All good?
- Yeah, I'm good.

Greg, considering it's my first
post-Logan election,

and I have Cyd running around town,

spitting poison like a fucking
king cobra with an iPhone.

I have PGN to the left of me.
I have FVA to the right.

I gotta deliver
the best election numbers ever,

'cause my bosses want to rip my heart
out as a peace offering

to all Congress. So, Greg, you know,
I'm a little bit tense.

Just a little bit tense.

Well, yeah, I'm feeling pretty good.

- Hey, Tom.
- Hey, Ken.

You good? You feeling good?

Needs to be gangbusters tonight,
man, yeah?

Yeah, you got it. You got it.

All right, need those numbers, T.

Really want to see those
numbers, Tom, okay?

Market's watching.
First Super Bowl.

How are we gonna cope
without the king, right?

Okay, got it, Ken. All good, all good.
Hey, Pam, how's it looking?

A bit of crackle.

We have a news van
and a bit of trouble in Oregon.

Things looking fighty in Milwaukee.

Did you see the viral thing about
the woman who voted,

like, 40 times for Jimenez
under her dead mom's name?

We tracked her down.
Not super reliable.

She's not a well person.

Well, you're not a doctor, Pam.

Until you qualify,
why don't you get her on the air?

Long night in dress shoes?

Cyd used to go for these sort
of slip-ons with a padded sock.

Probably 'cause she couldn't get
her cloven hooves in regular shoes.

I'm perfectly comfortable, Pam.

I've got good arches.
They've been remarked upon.

- 5 PM exit polls. Come on.
- Hey, Darwin.

You know... They're cool.

You don't do anything
special tonight, do you?

Just somebody who was
talking about adult diapers.

I think there's always time
for the bathroom.

Okay, thanks.

Okay, excuse me.
Coming through, coming through here.

Hey, everybody,
so terms and conditions.

Forgive me, those of you
who already know this.

- You get some rest, though?
- No.

- Marital strife.
- Can I hear a "got it"?

- Got it!
- Thank you.

- How was your night?
- With Matsson? Pretty monstrous.

His crew knows some unseemly
venues. I danced with an old man.

He didn't want to dance,
but they made us dance.

He was so confused.

I drank things
that aren't normally drinks.

And I got the impression...

Do you know about Matsson with Shiv

and their business alliance agreement?

Well, I'm sure I don't know
what you're talking about.

Okay, I didn't think so.
You want to strategize?

You want to fry her ass up?

Information, Greg.
It's like a bottle of fine wine.

You store it, you hoard it,

you save it for a special occasion,

and then you smash someone's
fucking face in one.

So what we're hearing is,
and remember, this is not decisive.

What we're seeing is
Mencken may be overperforming

in Georgia and Arizona.

So our early read would be,
"closer than polls have suggested".

Close, but Jimenez likely
edging on what we've seen.

Listen, this is privileged information.

Leaks that suppress or encourage
turnout could result in our ejection

from the national election pool, okay?

You heard the man. Zip it.

That's great.

Okay, Tom says, "exit polls say
looks like Jimenez".

- No leaks.
- That's great.

I mean, I got four smileys from Gil.
They think they've got it.

Well, I have got eggplant,
eggplant, flag from Mencken.

Well, two eggplants is not as much
as four smileys, obviously.

Four smileys is symptomatic
of the complacency

at the heart
of his out-of-touch campaign.

Eggplant, eggplant, flag reeks
of the misogynistic bravado

that has so repelled the median voter.

Jesus. I feel sick.

Why? It's fun.
My team's playing your team.

It's only spicy 'cause if my team
wins, they're gonna shoot your team.

Okay, but what are you hearing?

Seriously, are these your vans,
the Nazi vans?

The fun vans?
The fun buses, yeah.

Yeah, in Florida, they picked people
up telling them they were taking them

to vote and then a kid got left
by the highway.

- It's fucking kidnapping, Rome.
- It's fucking kidnapping now?

False flag. Nice try.
Kidnapping? It's kidnapping.

- Hey.
- Lukas. Hey!

So, it's looking like Jimenez,
which is good for democracy

and great for us.

So, either way, I think that
we consider releasing

your, you know, your funky numbers
maybe tomorrow, day after tomorrow.

Just get ahead of the numbers,

and I can come up
with some language.

I was talking last night

to Oskar and Gregory Peggory
about that.

I'm sorry, you spoke
to Greg about this?

He was part of a conversation,
just as a normalist,

and then I was wondering,

maybe we keep my terrible secret
a secret, you know?

Okay. Yeah, look,
let me have a think about that.

I gotta take this.
I'll call you back.

Nate, how's things
in Mission Control Denver?

You in at ATN, Shiv?

Upstairs. Leave it to them.
Dad's rules.

Well, they need to be covering
the intimidation. Pretty dark, Shiv.

Who watches the watchmen?
I fucking do.

You getting good numbers?

Good. I'm just watching the weather.
Storm clouds in Nevada.

We got people in line.

Disturbance in Wisconsin,
but, yeah, yeah.

Scared, but good.

Precinct data is...

Pennsylvania, Arizona could be tough.

Let's keep this channel open

on all things Matsson and me
and the new ATN, yeah?

All things good.

All right, so Jimenez wins,

and he just waves the fucking
deal through. And then we're what?

I guess fucking last ditch?
The board? The shareholders?

Okay, Jeryd wants face to face.

Okay, me too?

I doubt it. I'm asking.
Do you want to try Gil?

- Or maybe direct Jimenez?
- Feels kind of sweaty.

Maybe I'll wait a day.

I guess today's the fucking day, right?

Like, today's the day the rooster
puts his head in our hands,

and today is the moment
of maximum leverage.

No, it looks like just me.
It's a bit tight for both of us.

Fuck him.

All right, go, go, go. Sure.

Let me know what you come up with.

- Hey, Rava.
- Hey, listen.

We are all okay,
but we're a bit freaked out.

There is an SUV.
We think there's an SUV,

and it's following.
So can we come to the office?

Because you have
good security at the office.

- What's the license plate?
- The license...

Is it TR...
It's probably mine.

I didn't want Sophie to freak,
so I just actioned it.

Oh, my God,
you're having me followed?

The covert surveillance to show
you care? The actual fuck, Ken?

An extra layer of bubble wrap for her
and Ivey.

Are you guys okay? You okay?

- Is she okay?
- She's scared, Ken.

I am scared. I don't...
There is shit burning.

- There is intimidation.
- Relax, okay? Relax.

Tell Sophie I love her,
and that is why I do everything I do.

Hey, Soph?
Soph, I love you, sweetie, okay?

Nothing's gonna happen.

Exit polls say Jimenez, okay?

I won't let the world push you,
okay, sweetie? Okay.

Ken.

Hey, man, just calling
to say good luck.

- Great numbers.
- Thanks, man.

And, listen, apologies
if things got a bit heated.

A lot of shit going down.

Victory vans and shitheads
kicking off in Milwaukee.

- ATN wanna cover?
- Yeah.

I'll talk, but gotta
let them do their thing, but yeah.

Listen, you got Daniel there?

You know, let me see.

Yeah, come in.

Sir, you here for Kendall Roy?

- Hey, Kendall.
- Hey, Dan.

Hey, man. Good luck.

Just best of luck.

Thanks, man. Great to speak.

But when this is over,

I think there needs to be a big
conversation about tech, is all I'd say.

Great to speak.
I'm gonna put Nate back on.

Sure, and may the best man who will
protect American jobs

and reign in tech and is called
Daniel win, you know?

Let's catch up.
Have a good one, man.

Yeah, sure. Sure, man.

You know, tonight,
my eye is just right here,

making sure it's fair as fuck.
All right?

Have a good night, man.
Stay hydrated.

- Hey, come on in.
- Thank you.

Busy, busy. Hello, hello.
Look at you, losing it.

- Like a massive fucking loser.
- Yeah, well, I blame you.

Couldn't deliver Connor, huh?

ATN scared to run all the fraud.

Well, I keep my hands out, you know?
Fuck you. What is this?

'Cause, you know, I'm quite busy.

- You're busy?
- Yes, I am busy.

I don't run around town like
some fucking food-bike guy.

Just wanted to say a couple things.

Very directly...

- We still think we can win.
- Sure.

- But I am very focused on losing.
- All right.

Winning is easy.
Winning would take care of itself.

But if I lose, I need to work on what
assholes would call the narrative.

Like insurgent campaign,
unfairly maligned as extremist

by the Coastal Masturbation Factory.

Exactly. If I lose, I want
it correctly characterized

as a huge victory,
over-performed, right?

I want to be the president.
I want you to be a partner in that,

and if it isn't tonight,
it will be next time.

Even if you're not going
to be the president,

you're going to be our president.

Exactly. You, me will go far.

Over the road and into the bar.

So listen, at some point tonight,
could we do a chat,

in terms of the me of things
and, like, how to play it?

Because Matsson, he treated me
quite abominably,

but it felt like trusting,
and he was saying a lot of things.

Okay, enough, enough, enough.
Where's my coffee?

- Tom, I don't do coffee anymore.
- No, Greg.

Greg, I have to be clear.
I have to.

If I get drowsy,

and I miscall Colorado,
instability, right?

Then the US loses credibility, China
spots an opportunity, invades Taiwan,

tactical nukes, fucking shit goes
kablooey, and we're back to amoeba.

It's a long way back from pond life.

'cause you failed to get me
a double shot, okay?

Okay, well, do you want some
of what you asked for?

No, I don't think so.
What do you think?

Maybe, no, election night...

- Your call, I mean...
- Yeah, hit me.

But this is not a thing, okay?
It's not going in a book.

- Let's just...
- Yeah, okay. Quick as a whistle.

What do we have here?
What's on the board?

Just rubbing the board, innocently,
simply cleaning the whiteboard here.

- Here you go.
- No, no, not for me.

I'm just starting to feel normal
from last night.

You'll do it with Matsson,
but not with me?

I don't want you looking all judgy
all night. Come on.

No, I need a clear head, and
I don't want to get addicted.

Shut up, Greg. Don't be Mom.
Come on.

I don't want to. Please.

Greg, it's medically good
for your brain. It is.

What are you saying?
All Aztecs is stupid?

Don't be a racist little
bitch about it. Come on.

Yeah, okay.

What? Are you pretending?
Are you pretending to do coke?

- Some got up.
- Fucking do it.

There. God!

What the fuck is that?

I guess they were ordering some
for folks.

I said, "Why not get you one?".

Bodega sushi?
Are you insane?

That's not me. That's Samson.

No, not Samson, Greg!
Not Samson! Not!

I want you Gregging for me.

You're busted back
down to Greg tonight.

Yeah, tonight, my digestive
system is basically part

of the Constitution, okay?

Microwave milk and ginger shots,
American bottled water,

spaghetti, and olive oil, okay?

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Hey, Con.
- Tom.

Yeah, I got this crew here.

And they're filming the stuff,
but none of it is making it on the show.

Dude, is there any film
in these cameras?

Yeah, I think we are planning
to feature, Con.

Well, no, because I'm watching.

Now, I expected to be frozen out

by all those other mooks,
but you guys, come on.

Give me some sugar, man.
Maybe everyone voted for me.

- We don't know.
- Schrodinger's cat.

Schrodinger's cat, Tom.

Until we open the boxes, I'm just as
much president as the other two, yeah?

Come on. If I do it,
that's the story of all time.

Okay, I've got to go, but I'll see
what I can do.

But I've got to go,
'cause the polls are closing.

Okay, if it's gonna happen anywhere,
it's gonna happen in Kentucky.

Anything can happen.

So glad I didn't drop out.

It just makes an election so much
more interesting when you're in it.

You gotta be in it to win it.

And it is 7 o'clock on the East Coast,

which means polls have just
closed in half a dozen states.

The most closely watched states
at this hour,

Georgia, with its 16 electoral votes,

and Virginia with its 13,
both key battleground states.

As of this moment, it is too early
to project a winner in either.

But our decision desk
can announce at this hour

that Representative Jeryd Mencken
will defeat Governor Daniel Jimenez

in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
as well as in the state of Indiana,

where Mencken has enjoyed
a lead over Jimenez

in the pre-election polling.

Governor Jimenez will win
in the state of Vermont.

No big surprises there
in the early part of the evening.

We will need to look at more data
before we can make a projection.

Hey, fuck Kentucky, Con!

- No.
- Yes, fuck.

No.
I shan't become that, no.

Alas, Kentucky, Willa.

Alas, vanity.

Voters have made their voices heard.

This could be the most important
election in our lifetime.

So with polls about to close...

No, I told you.
You can give it to me, Billy. Thank you.

As we heat up, Tom, how much
do you want to give

to a fair bit of intimidation,
his folks and ours?

So, like fire in Wisconsin,
in Milwaukee, could be nasty.

Could be electrical failure.
Might be Menckenists.

Camera smash,
crew harassed in Portland. That's them.

I trust you.

All these counties here, again,
a little board malfunction here.

What's he doing? What's this?
Hey, Pam?

The touch screen. What's happening
with the touch screen?

Tell him to stop touching
the touch screen.

We have a replacement in place.

- It's fine.
- It's not fine.

You can see that it's not fine.
It's malfunctioning. Fuck!

Touch screen's malfunctioning.

Touch screen's malfunctioning.

And we're gonna zoom in.
You can see right here...

- The board seems to be acting up.
- What's going on?

The touch screen is malfunctioning.

What's going on?
What the fuck is going on?

We're on it. Graphics generator
just shat the bed.

- Where is my touch screen?
- You're losing it, Dave.

Don't lose it, Dave.
Don't lose it tonight, Dave.

It is now 9 PM on the East Coast.

Can we get an ET
on that replacement?

What the fuck's going on
with the touch screen? Tom?

- I'm on it. I'm all over it.
- You're not on it. Fucking get on it.

Figure it out.
Yeah, figure it out.

- Now.
- It's happening.

- Ken, it's happening.
- We're about to get a new batch.

And if we drop numbers now,
I'm gonna come down there

and put your fucking head
through that touch screen.

- Fix it, fix it, fix it!
- No need to catastrophize.

Where's the touchscreen?
Is it loading up?

- It's loaded up.
- Well, get it on air.

We're gonna be hemorrhaging.
We're gonna be a laughing stock.

We're on it, Tom.
No one will notice, okay?

We've done this before.
We have three, and they're all lined up.

No one will notice?
I noticed. Am I no one?

Do I look like no one? Do I?

I mean, how the fuck
are we behind social media on this?

We need to be leading this.

Hey, Tom.
You got this fire in Wisconsin.

You got this?

Yes, I think we have that.
Yeah, electrical.

Why aren't we covering, Tom?

Well, because we always
have to choose what to focus on,

and just because something
is on fire doesn't make it new.

- Electrical failure?
- Not what we hear.

No, it's not what Nate hears, Tom.

- Well, bully for Nate.
- Hey, Tom.

- Hey, Nate.
- We need to be all over this, Tom.

Yeah, okay, I just think it's important
to keep our unique perspective,

because we are getting
conflicting reporting.

What about the actual photos
I can see of it happening?

There are many, many things
happening in this nation right now.

There are a million data points,

and we have to select the ones
that are consequential.

If these nutjobs are going
paramilitary, we could say that.

But yes, we just need to respect
our viewership.

By not telling them anything
they don't want to hear?

You guys get this about the
Antifa firebombing in Milwaukee?

No, we hear it's his people,
Mencken's.

Okay, when it becomes a story,
then we'll run the story.

Well, this is happening in, what,
a vote counting center?

Yeah, it's a story,
Tom, it's a story.

- Do not micromanage me, please.
- Tom !

They're evacuating.

We've got a local chopper up
and a reporter on the way.

Guys, I've got to manage this.
I'll keep you looped, yeah?

Talk to Greg, yeah?

Yeah, hey, hey.

We're not talking to Greg.

Amateur hour down there.

Okay, so if it happened
in Milwaukee,

and if it's deliberate,
then it's Menckenists.

False flag, could be.

You can't just say false flag every time
you don't fucking agree with something.

Okay, guys.

We want a report about a fire
in Milwaukee,

initially thought to have been caused
by an electrical failure,

but now there are claims
and some counterclaims

made by groups who are protesting
alleged voting irregularities.

Hey, okay, well, do you know
if any of the ballots are intact?

- It doesn't look likely.
- Where you at?

Depends how many votes have gone.

- But ballots have been lost?
- Yeah.

We're chartering flights to Milwaukee.

A ton of number crunching
by our analytics team.

We're trying to check the
Milwaukee County voter rolls

to see who's voted so far,
but can you help with the narrative?

Yeah.

Have you got all the bodies
that you need?

Yeah, yeah.
We have a SWAT team on it.

They're interfacing
with the Wisconsin team.

Apparently he's just touching too hard
for it.

He's touching with...

No, Rome. Roman,
no brass on the battlefield, okay?

That's one of Logan's
Geneva Conventions. Please, please.

They evacuated the count center?

I don't know. I'm down on my last
fucking touchscreen.

What's going on?

Nothing. Tom just thinks that
China's hacking his tech.

I do not, but I do think he would
be more comfortable upstairs.

Greg, will you please
help them upstairs?

I think you would be more
comfortable upstairs.

- Hello, Tom!
- Can I just wrangle you?

- Wrangle?
- The ballots are still in there?

- Okay, where are we?
- What's going on?

Greg, can you please take
the VIPs to an upstairs setting?

Can I grab the three of you...

Tom! Reporter on the way.
Three, four out.

- All right, all right.
- Tom? Can I have a word?

- Won't take long, Tom.
- I really can't.

I know. Can you please?
I just wanted to apologize

for some of the things
that I said last night, okay?

Okay.

And to, you know,
give you an opportunity to...

Well, I can't do it to that, so...

How should I frame my face? Huh?

You scared that I'm gonna
blab about you and Matsson?

- Jesus fucking Christ, Tom.
- What?

- My father just died, yeah?
- Yeah.

My father just died.

So maybe, you know, I can
get a little consideration on that

and for, you know, a number of reasons
I've been feeling off-kilter,

so I'm sorry, but...

- Sure.
- What does that mean? Sure?

- It means you hated him, Siobhan.
- I didn't hate him. I loved him.

Well, it was complicated,
but sometimes you certainly hated him,

and you also sort of killed him.

- What the...
- Sort of.

Yeah, sort of. That's the part
that I'm gonna remember.

Thanks. No, thank you.

Okay, you know what?
Actually, also, I'm pregnant.

Yeah, by you.

And there's never a good time
to say, but you need to know,

so okay. Now you know.

Right.

Is that even true?

What?

Like, is that even true?

Or is that, like, a new position
or a tactic? Or what?

Okay.

Wait, so we have an area.
Is it upstairs?

Yeah. Uh-huh, yeah.
I think things are tough.

- With my situation and Tom.
- You want us to have him killed?

- I could do that.
- Yeah, maybe.

I mean, I think
he's just a piece of filth,

and there's stuff I would
like to tell you, but...

Hey, I've been trying to get them to
move not in an aggressive way, but...

Yeah, I mean, you just can't trust him.

We got you.

In terms of the fire,
it is still burning,

and crews are struggling to contain,
let alone extinguish.

Are there any reports
so far of injuries?

None for now, fortunately. The building
was evacuated immediately

and all workers
have been accounted for.

Well, I'm gonna sneak
now that we're all in here.

Who's responsible?
That's the story, right?

Who burnt this place down?

Yeah, to me, it always comes down
to a couple of favorites,

the blacks or the Jews.

- I'm kidding. It's a fucking joke.
- Will you please...

Got it. Hey, Connor.

Rome.

Jeryd isn't picking up.

Yeah.
It's a busy night for him.

Because I wondered
if what we talked about

might still be on offer,
ambassadorship wise.

Well, that was kind
of a yesterday offer, Connor.

You know if he doesn't make this,

you're gonna be partially responsible.
I hope you're cool with that.

Rome, I spent, like,
a hundred mil here.

Couldn't I get a sniff
of even a little guy?

Organize a little coup
down in old Peru?

Put me in a Van to Tajikistan?

Couldn't I just be our fun guy
in Uruguay?

Your rhymes are compelling,
but what's in it for him, Con?

Maybe just one of the finest political
operators of his generation

sorting shit out.

- I'll get back to you.
- Just this one.

Every four years, in fact,

it's probably going to come down
to a handful of states

like Wisconsin, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona.

Ignore the narratives early on
and just realize

that we're going to be in
for a dogfight,

for a late night in those last couple
of states.

It is 11 PM on the East Coast.

Polls have just closed
in four more key states.

Okay, thanks.

The ATN decision desk
can now project that...

So under state law,
the vote can't be certified

until the absentee ballots are counted.

So no Wisconsin result is valid
until the absentee ballots are counted.

- And how does Daniel feel?
- Confident, but terrified.

I don't know, is there a name for that
feeling?

Cuspy?

Rome, so under Wisconsin law,
the vote can't be certified.

Mencken says Wisconsin's done.
That's their position.

But, well, no, there's, like, 100 000
absentee Milwaukee ballots missing.

So we have to figure out a way
to go forward.

Well, go forward to undermine
Mencken's lead?

- Does he have a lead?
- Yep, yes.

An artificial lead with 100 000
Milwaukee absentee ballots missing.

Every vote must be counted.

I think she's right.

Well, yeah, okay, but we can count
the votes that we have.

However, unfortunately,
some are lost, so...

Unfortunately some are lost?

Meaning what?
Fascist fuckheads burnt them.

We literally do not know that.
It could very easily be your fucks.

You're making hay
for political violence.

Or your guys knew
they were going to lose,

so they did something crazy to throw it
into question and get a revote.

- You don't believe that.
- Yeah, maybe I do. I don't know.

Jimenez is gonna take Pennsylvania
and Michigan and Arizona,

so I don't know why you're getting
so fucking uppity about this shit.

Why are you getting so uppity
about this shit if you're so confident?

Because if Mencken wins,
it's the end of the world, okay?

I'd like a little fucking cushion.

Jimenez won't block the GoJo deal,
so fuck the guy, right?

Who knows? Maybe he would.
We cannot let that be the thing...

That's not the thing, right, Ken?

I don't know.

- Ken...
- I don't know.

Don't get cynical.

Not cynical, no, it's just...

What's happening is happening.
I'm a realist.

Yeah, says a man who'd cut
his son's throat

and then eat him on the high pass.

- We can all say nasty shit.
- Jesus fucking Christ.

Hey, so, FVA is saying
they have enough vote reported

to call Wisconsin, so Freedom Voice
America and VariNews are calling.

Great, the maniacs.

Well, can't get out-flanked,
we need to be fast,

so I think we should call it, right?

No, no, no!

Tom, what is, an independent...

Can you get us
Decision Desk Darwin ?

Yep.

I want to say a few words about
the emerging situation in Milwaukee,

the situation the American people
are watching with increasing concern.

We have a process...

Respect the process,
count every vote.

He's so fucking dull.

Flop your dick out,
pop a nut, do something.

That decision will have no legitimacy
if it does not account

for all the ballots cast.

Okay, Dar, thank you,

and we have some thoughts
and some questions.

Thank you, Darwin.

Do you have a result
as it stands in Wisconsin?

- We've tallied the vote totals so far.
- Yeah, I know, and?

Margin for Mencken is significant.

Couldn't be made up by outstanding,
existing, uncounted votes,

only the ones destroyed.

Okay, and we're not waiting
for burned votes, so we call it.

- Right?
- I think they have to hold it again.

A revote.

I would say revote
is incredibly rare and complex,

because while we theoretically know

everyone who requested
an absentee ballot,

we don't entirely know
how many turned them in,

and there's nothing in Wisconsin law
that really covers what to do.

Exactly. You can't do it. Boom.
Mencken, thank you.

But of course, the team knows.

We know how the missing votes would
have broken down.

Well, they're gone.

There's no way to know
what was on those ballots.

Well, we do know,
because past elections,

Milwaukee overwhelmingly votes Democrat.

- But you don't actually know.
- Sure.

- I just basically do know.
- We do know.

Because you're so plugged in, you
know how all the little peasants vote?

This is the grown-ups' table,
be serious.

This is serious.
Ballots get lost every election.

- You can't get burnt ballots back.
- Bullshit. Just bullshit.

It's full of fucking bullshit.
What?

- You sound a little unhinged.
- You fucking watch it, Tom.

There's no way to say in here
how people would have voted.

You want to just run your model
and not bother with all the people?

We're saying, historically,
people overwhelmingly...

Historically, people used to burn
witches. We should do that?

Burn witches?
Rome, look!

We just know that the fire would have
destroyed a lot of Jimenez's ballots.

So the fire favors GOP,
claims mad witch.

- We just know.
- We're not gonna rerun the election.

And if the right gets
wrongly blamed for this,

what would that do? If the left does,
could get nasty.

- Where are you going?
- I am going to the bathroom to shit.

Would you like me to livestream it?

Ken, you want to weigh in?

Mark Raven had had some thoughts
about what we've been seeing.

- I just think it's hard.
- But we know. We just do.

That if the lost votes were counted,
Jimenez would take the state.

Mark is commenting directly.
ATN voice.

Isn't this funny?
With polls which undercount support

for traditional values.

So, yeah, maybe some of the crazies
heard they were underperforming

and decided to stop the counting
and destroy the evidence.

And so, yeah, you just stay quiet.

Roman sent talking points.

We'll guess what we think was
on those ballots.

- We'll decide, yeah?
- Is he down there?

They know best, right?

And you'll eat what's for dinner
because they don't really care

for folks who answer back
or ask too many questions. Shut up!

Innumerate residuum.

We'll figure it out and issue you

with your new government to march into
your homes and take whatever we want

in the way of your
mechanisms of self-defense

and tell your son
she's actually your daughter

or the other way around.

Hey, Shiv, do you mind
actually not going on the floor?

- It's all just peachy.
- Shiv!

And the new president is opening
up his borders to his friends.

Bullshit, Roman, fuck you.

It's obvious, painful,
we need to be smarter than this,

better than this, we need
a fucking opposing viewpoint.

Do we call security?

Sorry, you can't come down here.

- It's not me.
- Hey, Lukas.

What the fuck is going on?

Yeah, great fucking question.

- Powerful commentary, huh?
- I don't feel good necessarily.

Shucks.

Is it okay?
Do I need to hustle?

Do I need to get ready to be cozy
with this fucking Mr. Scary?

No, no, I can handle it.

Greg tells me it's getting
kind of hairy in there.

Don't let him break my toy, Shiv, okay?

Okay. I'll be in touch.

Sorry, we just need you
off the floor if that's okay.

Yeah, got a minute?

And now, apparently
the Democrats are accusing

this fire of being biased.

That's right, yeah, that sounds pretty
much something out of their camp.

It only burned Democratic votes, yeah?

You know, it's one
of those picky fires.

- Come on in.
- Yeah.

Yeah, just wanted
to check in, you know?

- It's been busy, so...
- Right, yeah, on election day.

Yeah.

So how was your night last night
with Lukas?

Shiv, I went for a drink with him.
That's not my fault.

Do you find me attractive, Gregory?

I don't think of things such as that.

I thought you were
a "disgusting brother".

Was that too disgusting for you?

This is not appropriate.

Yeah, I'm sorry...

'Cause I'm just letting you know

that if you try to fuck me,
I'll kill you.

Got it.

Got it, sorry, yeah.

I guess my only question would be

if anything did come to pass in terms
of you and he,

you know, silence is golden.

Like how golden?

- Is there an offer?
- Yeah.

How about I offer for you to keep
all your internal organs

rather than I pull them out
your asshole?

Go on, you're lumber.
Keep your snout out.

Simultaneously destroying diversity
of opinion wherever possible.

Hey, guess what?
Mencken will block the deal.

Sraight up, he'll kill it.

If he wins, he'll refer it to FTC, whatever,

new law, foreign ownership tightening.

He'll screw it up in exchange
for our support tonight.

In so many words?

Those words.
Shall I get Tom?

Shall I get the human abacus,
shall I? Let's do it.

This is good news.

Hey, hey.
So, thanks for whatever.

We have the votes,
so can't rerun fairly

and can't let lefty terrorism
affect this, so let's call it.

On what precedent?
By what authority?

By the power of me,
the CEO of Waystar,

telling you what to put on the telebox
mouth people.

I don't think we can do that, guys.

I think we can do it, Dar.

If we call it, and the others
went his way...

Right, well, look, there
are still outstanding states.

There's Michigan,
Ohio, Georgia, Arizona.

It's really not that big a deal.
It's one state.

I'm worried it's not a decision
that I could necessarily...

Yeah, thank you, and everyone
respects you, Darwin,

but this isn't actually
a numbers thing.

I mean, the Wisconsin
Elections Commission,

the Milwaukee Election Commission
will go to court,

and the camps will litigate it,
and it'll be a jurisdiction fight

that I think Mencken might shake,
but, you know, we can't...

Yeah, that's great,
but I'm just gonna say we're good,

and that's on me.

The votes that exist have been tallied,
and that gives Mencken the state.

But you don't make the call.
I make the call.

We're gonna make the call together.

You can't make the call
till I make the call.

Okay, so, and I'm not
gonna make you do anything.

This is the situation in Wisconsin.
How would you feel

if we were to not call it,
call it, but...

Like, pending.
We could call it pending.

You could even explain it.

We can get a camera on you
to explain it to people.

I could explain.

And could there be a graphic
that makes it clear the call

isn't a "call" call?

Pending call.

- All right, so...
- Yeah? Satisfied?

- We can.
- Great.

- What's up?
- You okay?

There's something in my eyes.

Greg. Hey, wasabi.

Is it wasabi?
Is wasabi in my eyes?

- I've got wasabi in my eyes?
- Wait, wait, wait.

No, it's gone more in!

- What's going on?
- It's on my fingers.

What'd you do to him?

Greg!
Get some water or something, Greg!

Fuck me slowly, this smarts.

Greg, put water in.
Put water in.

That's lemon!
It's lemon, Greg!

- That's clear. It's La Croix.
- Greg, what are you doing?

- It's lemony!
- Jesus H. Christ.

No, it's natural, like medical.

Give it to me.

It's not that lemony.
It's just a hint of lemon.

Darwin, you good to call it?

He can't fucking call it, Rome.

We're calling it, Shiv.
He just called it, okay?

Greg, do not put any more lemon
water or wasabi in his eyes, okay?

Hey, Con, you shouldn't really
be in here.

And a very good evening to you too.

- Hey, Presidente.
- Rome. Sweetheart, one second.

Would you wait over here
for me a second?

Fellas, would you wait over here
for me a second?

Rome. How about I concede
in his direction?

I scratch his balls,
he scratches mine.

That's interesting. Perhaps-ish.
Let me check on that.

- Perhaps-ish?
- Perhaps-ish, yeah. Come on.

Pam, we're calling Wisconsin
for Mencken. Get the graphics up.

Dave, let me know we're five out
from calling Wisconsin.

All right, we are calling Wisconsin
for Mencken, five minutes.

Is that graphic ready?

There is a big old call
to make right now,

and that is ATN is projecting that
Jeryd Mencken has won

the state of Wisconsin.

We've been reporting on that fire
in the Milwaukee Vote Count Center.

Nonetheless, our decision desk
is confident in making this call.

Jeryd Mencken has won the state
of Wisconsin,

and there goes the blue wall.
That's 10 electoral votes.

That brings Mencken up to 246...

Okay, man. Okay,
there's something there.

Sordid backseat fuck job.

Tell me more.

He wants to keep up the momentum.

He is now 24 electoral votes away
from winning the presidency.

- Do you really want it?
- Slovenia, Willa.

I am torn, and he's very right-wing.

But Vienna for lunch,
Venice for dinner.

And Dubrovnik for breakfast.

My fellow Americans, it's becoming
clear tonight

that as far as we can tell,

Mr. Jeryd Mencken will likely be the
next president of the United States.

And I, for one, wish him well.

Conner was running for president?

Although I set out a clear
and compelling path,

America, under divine wisdom,
has chosen to take another.

Well, good luck.

And I'd like to say to my first running
mate, who I will not dignify

with a name check, but had
that woman not dropped out,

and then had I not had to replace
her with another figure

who turned out not to be able
to bear the weight of public scrutiny,

had I not been betrayed by those
two jackrabbits, who knows?

Politics of envy, ugly game.

I happen to be a billionaire. Sorry.

But honestly, America, you flunked it.

I guess you're gonna have to find some
other poor mook's paps to suckle on.

The corrupt bipartisan system zombie
marches on.

And so I call out to my friends
tonight, to my people,

I say, Conheads, I salute you.
And America, be afraid.

Be warned,
for the Conheads are coming.

Thank you. God bless America.

ATN decision desk is now projecting
Daniel Jimenez has won

the state of Michigan
over Jeryd Mencken.

That's 15 electoral votes.

Our tally now goes,
are you ready for this,

262 for Mencken
and 262 for Daniel Jimenez.

A dead heat.

Polls will be closing soon in Alaska,
the only state yet to be called

other than Arizona,
and its 11 electoral votes.

Guys, just a heads up.

We hear, we are getting it
from the campaigns,

the data nerds are hearing that...
Dar, you say.

So Arizona is gonna go red.

All right, well then
that would be it, right?

I mean, we're kind of boxed in
because of Wisconsin.

I mean, I don't feel comfortable
calling it.

PGN is gonna be calling it,
right, Tom?

They're going to call Arizona.

Because if we call it...
We called Wisconsin pending.

We already called Wisconsin, okay?
We can't uncall Wisconsin, can we?

That would make us all look
pretty unprofessional.

So, Arizona,
we're calling the election?

- Yeah.
- No, no.

- No?
- No.

- It's math, dude.
- Will you guys give us a minute?

Sure, okay.

One minute,
be back in one minute, please. What?

- That's it.
- I don't know.

Like, maybe, maybe we revisit Wisconsin.

That was kind of... Right?

I get it. No, you're gonna like
big brother it right now.

- That's what you're gonna do?
- No, like what?

Like when, you know, if you want
roast chicken and I wanted steak,

we always had chicken.

Because you'd freak out,
you'd tantrum, so they thought...

I would fucking tantrum
because I never had fucking steak.

Well, I think they got scared
if you tantrum,

then you'd think you'd won,
so they couldn't let you have steak.

Because we had so much chicken,
I have to like the fascist?

Yeah.

If we don't call it early and he wins
anyway, which is perfectly possible,

but without us anyway,
think about that.

With FVA and VariNews
backing him,

we're left the most dickless eunuchs
in cuck town.

If we call this,
if we push it...

Maybe it happens.

Yeah, we give it to Mencken,
Mencken blocks the deal.

He's not fucking wishy-washy,
he's a guy.

I don't know, dude, I mean...

My kids, the whole thing...

America!

Well, I mean, it is kind of a nice idea,
all the different people together.

What?
All right, what would Dad do?

- I don't know, I don't actually know.
- Yes, you fucking do, man.

The guy in the pocket,
the guy that's gonna answer our calls,

the fucking guy printing US dollars.

This is all upside.

Apart from the matter of him smashing
the country to pieces.

Oh, God, don't be
such a fucking prissy.

Okay, maybe we could deal
with a dose of that, right?

Like a nice little dose
of the frighteners, wind shit back 20?

One of those fucking guys
pushed my daughter.

She's okay?

If we do this,
people are gonna say shit.

Yeah, we'll be in the West Wing.
Nothing matters, Ken.

Nothing fucking matters.

Dad's dead and the country's just a big
pussy waiting to get fucked.

Fucking action, okay?
We can pay for any damages.

Let's just jam our fucking heads
in the bosom of history

and just... Right?

Or we sit on our hands like a couple
of damsels in distress

and let our chance slip away.

PGN has a major projection
to announce

and that is that Jeryd Mencken
will win Arizona.

So he is the winner of 11 electoral
votes in Arizona.

Jeryd Mencken wins
the state of Arizona.

Can we talk for a minute?

Yeah, we're fucked, Ken.

We're fucked because
we called, it's fucked.

I don't know what we should do.

I feel like my head is just like...
I can't get the scale of it,

what this is.

We can recant, yeah?

His team is being very direct.
They will block Matsson's deal.

Well, he says he will.

We call it for him. That gives him
legitimacy to declare.

I mean, we're in bed with him,
I think, yeah.

I mean, it'll get ground out
in the courts, whatever we say.

Sure, right, but...

Shall we be totally honest in here?

I have sometimes felt like
I could do it,

like I should do it, me.

Just me.

But I don't want that to be an end
to the family thing.

I would like to be able to talk openly
about that feeling, maybe.

Sure, yeah, no,
I appreciate that.

Mencken is kind of Roman's guy,
so that's complicated.

Yeah, right.

And honestly, I feel threatened,
maybe, by their relationship,

and a piece of me wants
to not support that,

and that's maybe in there,
pulling away from Mencken.

- But also, you're a good guy.
- Well, I don't know.

- Sure, you are.
- Thank you.

No, essentially,
you're a good guy.

But we all want to stop Matsson,
right? That's the thing?

- Yeah.
- Go on.

Well, I think whatever advantage
to us as corporate players

in the short term, you know,
Mencken's the nightmare.

Yeah?
Plausible in a decadent era.

He says the bad shit,
he believes the bad shit.

We wouldn't actually
be making him president.

Sure, we might not be able to crown
him, but we can stop him.

He gets momentum tonight,
it makes it possible.

He needs our call.

I don't think I'm a very good father.

You are.

You're okay.
You've tried.

That's all we can do.

- Maybe the poison drips through.
- No.

No. You know what?

I don't think even Dad
would back him tonight.

He basically picked him.

Sure, but we throw the papers
and the whole thing in for him,

and then in a month, a week from
now, the courts go the other way?

We're essentially done
as a news organization.

It's just hard to think we'd give
it all away to Matsson.

Could we try?
Could you try once,

direct to Nate, to get something
from them to block the deal?

Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Sure.

- One of these?
- Yeah.

You're a good guy.

Hey, Nate! Just calling...

I'm just wondering if Jimenez can...

Try to call again.

So, Shiv is seeing
what we can get from de Dems.

Get the fuck out of here. Why?

We really need to know
what we're doing, guys.

- If we want to stick with Wisconsin...
- One moment, Tom.

So, you talk to him?

Yeah. I think
there's something there.

- No, there's not.
- Like...

Like they might be...
They are willing to think.

They might be, or maybe
they are willing to think?

- That sounds like horseshit.
- No, Rome, they're just not so direct.

Yeah, I think we can probably
get them to stop it.

Probably... Sorry, no.
Game over. Bullshit.

No, we have to call it.
Mencken is rock solid.

Roman, even Dad, in this situation
would respect the process.

Dad did whatever
the fuck he wanted.

One fact, he took out a government.
He did it.

"Fuck Lyle". Send.
And that was it.

That's all it took.
Fucking Canada here.

- He didn't give a shit.
- He liked stability, Rome.

He pushed, but
he didn't want shit to unravel.

- He ended wars.
- He ended wars that he started.

- He did whatever the fuck he wanted.
- What did Nate actually say?

He said they would talk, and that
they could see the arguments,

and I think it's encouraging.

- You felt like it was encouraging?
- It was encouraging.

It was a feeling.
I got something real.

This is fucking pointless.
What a waste of time.

I'm gonna call.

I'm gonna be very direct.
We just need a little bit more.

- Don't call him.
- Why?

They're busy.

Can't have uncertainty.
Can't. Fucking market.

The chaos of trying
to rerun an entire election

could just send the country
into meltdown.

Okay, bad faith argument.

You can't have uncertainty.
China is coming.

- China is coming?
- China's coming.

China's already been. Next.

It's not like the fucking
final final anyway, okay?

There's the court shit, and it all
kind of just fuzzes along, you know?

It's a waste of fucking time.
That we don't have, by the way.

- Greg, can I ask you a question?
- What's up?

Do you know if there's something
going on...

What else Nate and Gil
and fucking Jimenez offer you?

Unlimited social spending
spending with this one weird trick?

How was that call?

What'd you get?
Whole bunch of not much?

- Really?
- What?

"I think you're a good guy"?

I found it hard to get Nate,
so I summarized some impressions.

Right, right, right. Smart.
Really good, Shiv.

But you lied. Right?

She didn't get anything from Nate.
She didn't speak to Nate.

And she's in with Matsson.

- Sorry, what?
- No, I...

No, I did what we all agreed to,

I got close to him,
so that I could help.

Shiv's fucking us, right?
Right, Shivy?

No. No, no, no, no.

I...

I fucking asked you
some real questions, Shiv.

I wondered why you looked like
a goose trying to shit a house brick,

you piece of dirt.

You got yourself
a little fucking side deal here?

No, no, I have some options.

I was going through with the plan,
and then you two...

Mencken.
Mencken, right?

- Mencken.
- No, what?

Tom!

No, you even wanted to push us
out of fucking nest.

Please.

Ken, aside from all this,
this is not the right thing.

Aside from the fact that you lied to us

and that doing what you want precisely
plays into your own interests, yeah?

This doesn't? Yeah?

Ken, please, come on.
Come on!

Who are we?

- Will no one think of the children?
- I'm not gonna let this happen.

There comes a time
where you have to stand...

Seriously, this is real, okay?

I have concern for the state
of the republic

and pluralism
and the future of this country...

You're such a bore Shiv, Jesus.

Fuck you! Ken.

- He's right.
- Yeah, you're boring.

And you don't have a pass for in here.

Okay, well, fine. You know what?
Maybe I'll go public.

I'll go to the papers and tell them
what you're actually fucking doing.

If we're gonna just be hysterical,

we're gonna have to ask you to leave.

People are trying to do
some serious work in here.

Fuck you. This is about
the future of the country.

No, I think it's because
you broke up with your boyfriend.

- Jesus, you're a prick.
- Hello.

Hey, Tom.

So, call it.
You can call it.

- No.
- We're calling it?

Yeah, we called Wisconsin.
Now we're gonna call Arizona,

so we call the election.
We call the election?

Call it.

No, Tom, no.
You're making a terrible mistake.

- Please don't.
- Hey, guys, it's not my call.

It's your call.
It's up to you.

- If you say so, I say so.
- I say so.

- Fucking Pontious Pilate!
- No one cares.

Hey.
Tell them I'm coming down.

Yes. We're gonna call it.
Yeah, we're calling from Mencken.

Okay, tell them I'm coming.

- Great work, Tom.
- Thank you.

Good stuff. Great night.

Fuck!

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I have to go tell them

we're calling it. For Mencken.

Yeah.

So, I should go.
I'll get in trouble if I don't go.

Okay, dude. I mean...

I mean, it's not really
my choice, right?

Sure. I mean, right. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm just pressing the button.
Or I'm not even pressing the button.

I'm asking them to prepare
to press the button.

And this is just like
launch a nuclear attack.

It's not gonna change
anything if I don't go. So...

- A couple minutes.
- Right, right.

Realistically...

- Crazy.
- Yeah.

Crazy one.

So Tom just told me. Everybody,

calling it from Mencken.
He's calling it from Mencken.

- So he said, yeah?
- I just said.

I'm calling it from Mencken.
Okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

Okay. Well, then, Dave...

Okay. Lydia, get me
"Mencken wins".

Get the ticker going on ATN citizens.

Let the people know two mins
and ATN is gonna call it.

We are gonna make this call now.

The ATN decision desk
has looked at the numbers

and is ready to declare Arizona
for Jeryd Mencken.

This means that Mencken will be
the next president of the United States,

winning the most unreal, surreal
election we have ever seen.

His candidacy starting in Virginia
only six months ago

against a dozen other Republican candidates

in the wake of the president saying
he wasn't going to run for reelection.

What started off as an unlikely impossibility,

now a reality, it is Mencken.

Well, it's now clear I have
won sufficient electoral votes

to be declared the next president
of the United States.

And I find the responsibility awesome.

Now I know there
are some who feel

there's something left
to contest, but votes have been cast.

Votes have been tallied.

On another day, in another time, they
might have fallen in another fashion.

The election has been called
by an authority of known integrity.

Maybe we should get
like a history guy.

Like a real brainiac to say

why this sort of thing has happened
in the past

and that it'll all be fine.

To my critics,
I am not a demagogue.

I am a defender of democracy.

But democracy, it has this tendency
that we have to beware

to become mere transaction.

I give you this, you give me that.

I come begging for your vote,
welfare checkbook out,

crowning the welfare kings
and queens

till everyone's become a little tyrant
crowned by the state.

The model that I follow

isn't from the scorched marketplace

where cunning men
haggle for the best price.

That's not me.

The democracy I believe in is where
a leader emerged from the people,

willed almost into being,
brought forth

by the great sweetness
of the virtue of the combined wisdom

of the good people of this republic.

Don't we long sometimes for something
clean once in this polluted land?

That's what I hope to bring.

Not something grubby
with compromise.

Something clean
and true and refreshing.

He's a guy we can do business with.

Yeah.

Something proud and pure.

He'll play ball. You should hear him
talk semiconductors.

The market's holding the leash.

We just made a night of good TV.
That's what we've done.

Nothing happens.

Things do happen, Rome.

President calling.

Yo, Hocus POTUS, sitting
in the POTUS position. What's up?

Hey man, look, no time, just thanks.

You and me, man, we'll go far.

Over the road and into the bar.

An election unlike anything
we've ever seen.

followed by a speech for the ages.

The legal process
is gonna be lengthy.

When do you think it'll all be over?

This could be going on
for the next three months.

Hey, Tom, your phone,
it's red hot, Tom.

A lot of very important people...

A lot of very important
people wanna scream at you.

This is a little pointed.

The call was made personally
by ATN boss Tom Wambsgans.

Darwin wants to know
when to do his caveats.

Is there time for him to do it?
No.

Hello? No.

He is, of course, known to be
an associate of Jeryd Mencken.

Jesus fucking Christ,
what's going on ?

Those funky numbers,
I'm sending you words, yeah?

Let's get 'em out in the next 24.
A lot of fucking news.

You guys are crazy.

Yeah, it's more than
just fucking crazy, Lukas.

No, but this is crazy!

Well, we're gonna do a number on 'em.

We're gonna fuck them so hard,
we're gonna fix this, yeah?

Fuck!

Can I come see the kids?

They're asleep.

Well, I can wait up for them.

I should be asleep, but I can't.

Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.
I'll see you at the funeral, okay?

Some people just can't cut a deal, Fikret.