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MALE VOICE: Gun!

- HANNAH: No!
-(CROWD SCREAMING)

DOCTOR: Several bullet fragments
lodged in your chest.

We need to operate
as soon as possible.

Sir, you're now the acting
President of the United States.

They found the shooter. They're
waiting for you at Command Ops.

President Kirkman would have
wanted to take him alive.

That's a mistake. Give
the order. Shoot to kill.

- MALE VOICE: Execute!
- (GUNFIRE)

MALE VOICE: Target neutralized.

FEMALE VOICE: Mr. Atwood,
your son will be safe

as long as you do
everything I tell you to do.

Hannah Wells? That's who
they have in custody?

Find out what she knows.

And if the president wants answers,
I'll give them to one person...

The president himself.

Clear the floor!

I understand
you have some things

you want to tell me
about Peter MacLeish.

Yes, sir. I do.

MacLeish was hiding
in a bomb shelter?

Moments before
the explosion,

there was a 34-second
gap in the broadcast feed.

He knew exactly
when to leave his seat.

He was involved
from the very beginning.

What a monster.

The man who shot him...
MacLeish knew him?

Yes. They served
together in Afghanistan.

HANNAH: Former CIA operative
Nestor Lozano, code name "Catalan."

Sir, I don't have
all the pieces,

but I did feel
I had enough to go

to Speaker Hookstraten
before MacLeish was confirmed.

Damn right you did.
What exactly happened there?

I was attacked on the way
to the hearing.

HANNAH: I was on my way
to meet Speaker Hookstraten

-at the Rayburn Building.
-(TIRES SCREECHING)

(CRASHING)

Someone T-boned my car,
tried to strangle me.

I got away,
but he took my file.

Luckily, Agent Ritter was able

to secure another copy
from the agency.

(SIGHS)
I feel so stupid.

MacLeish fooled everyone, sir.

Not her.
She saw right through him.

SETH: Mr. Vice President.

Seth, I thought you'd be
at the hospital.

- Just got back.
- How is he?

Recovering rapidly. The president
should be back in the residence

-by the end of the week.
- Great news.

Speaking of news, sir,
we noticed your team, uh...

that your team scheduled
a press conference for later today.

Yeah, I think the people
need reassurance

that their country remains
in capable hands

with President Kirkman
in charge.

It's an admirable sentiment.
Just, uh, curious about the timing.

Perhaps we could
take a look at your remarks.

It's handled. Thank you, Seth.
Thank you.

(SIREN WAILS)

So, MacLeish was working
with AI-Sakar.

(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPS)

AI-Sakar
isn't behind the bombing.

I beg your pardon?

When I interviewed
Majid Nassar,

he told me that he took
responsibility for the attack

in order to divert us
from the real conspirators.

Well, if it wasn't AI-Sakar,
I mean...

MacLeish couldn't
have done this on his own.

- Who is he working with?
- HANNAH: We don't know yet.

Charles Langdon is involved.

President Richmond's
chief of staff?

I thought he died
in the bombing.

I can personally verify
that he survived the explosion.

- I saw him myself.
-(DOOR OPENS)

In fact, he's hiding
out in some...

- TOM: Hey.
- I'm sorry.

- Agent Wells, this is my wife, Alex.
- Pleased to meet you.

Ma'am.

Please continue.

Respectfully, sir, this information

is only for you
and your security team.

- Agent Wells, I promise you...
- No, no, it's okay, Tom.

I'll...
I'll come back.

(SIGHS) I assure you that wasn't
necessary. Mike, please...

I'm sorry, Mr. President,
but I have to agree with Agent Wells.

The First Lady isn't a part
of your security team.

She doesn't have
code-word clearance.

She knows about
the threat assessment...

And that was
a mistake, sir.

You didn't say that
at the time.

I'm saying it now.

Mr. President, we're dealing
with a conspiracy that's so deep,

so dangerous,
that nobody's safe.

And not only is
sharing information

with outside personnel
a threat to national security.

It also puts the people
you confide in at risk.

Sir, you need
to tighten your circle.

TOM: Okay.

What do we do now? I want MacLeish
in custody as soon as possible.

Ordinarily, I'd say we consult
with the attorney general.

But we don't have
an attorney general.

I know someone we can trust.
Can I reach out to him?

Okay, good.

MIKE: I've got an office
you could use.

We can get you in and out
through covert access, and...

maintain your cover story
you're still in police custody.

- You need to stay in the shadows.
- Okay.

I want you to come back to me
with a plan on how to get MacLeish.

The son of a bitch is gonna pay.

EMILY: You can't stop him?

The vice president
has the authority

to schedule his own
press conferences.

Hey, what's this about a
MacLeish press conference?

The vice president has the authority
to schedule his own press...

I understand that, but why now?

You'd have to take
that up with MacLeish.

Well, I'd like to,
but I have a laundry list

of action items from POTUS.

- When did you speak to him?
- About an hour ago.

And, no, he didn't say why you
were looking into the phone calls

I made two
and a half years ago.

And, frankly, I didn't think
it was the right time to ask.

Keep me posted, all right?

Am I missing something here?

Anyone?

Why me?

Because you're
a former U.S. attorney.

You're a man of absolute integrity.
And right now,

the president needs a legal advisor
who's above reproach.

What you're asking is just a little
above my pay grade.

Well, it's above
all of our pay grades.

What we're talking about
is completely unprecedented.

But the president
needs counsel,

and... I might have already told him
that we can count on you. So...

Can we?

Well, when you sweet-talk
a guy like that, how can I refuse?

Through these past weeks,

President Kirkman has shown himself
to be a leader we can trust,

a leader who has
the virtue and strength

to keep this nation united,

and I couldn't be more thrilled
to be welcoming him back to the helm.

The assassination attempt
and the Capitol bombing

were attacks on the very foundations
of this democratic republic,

and they failed...

- Did you know about this?
- Seth gave me a heads-up.

Wow! He's got some nerve
going out on his own like that.

PETER MACLEISH: ...woven together
through common values and hope.

I'd like to thank the brave
law-enforcement officers

who brought the go...

I need to go back
to the White House.

Yeah, well, you'll be
out of here soon enough.

No. I mean now.
I can't just sit here.

Tom, you just got shot.
You are lucky to be alive.

Alex, the people that are behind this
are still out there.

There's a traitor
in the White House.

I am not gonna find them
by just sitting here.

(SIGHS)

Okay, Tom. I need
to tell you something.

What?

Minutes before you got shot,

Emily found out that it was Aaron
who made that call to the Pentagon.

What?

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

Why the hell is Emily talking
to you about stuff like this?

Why didn't she come to me?

This is the first opportunity
that we've had.

(EXHALES) And with
regards to Aaron,

there has to be
some kind of explanation.

I mean, any number of people could
have asked him to make that call.

Okay, but we have to consider
the possibility that it is him.

Fine, then I'll talk to him,
confront him with the evidence,

-and he can explain himself.
- You can't.

Tom, you yourself said
just the other day,

we can't trust anyone.

I watched Aaron
fight tooth and nail

to protect and secure
my presidency.

I know. I know.

If Aaron is involved
with the terrorists... if...

And you confront him,
and you show him your hand,

you're putting yourself
at even more risk.

Well, it's not exactly
like I can freeze him out

until I get to the bottom
of this. I need his help.

But there has to be a way
to keep him at arm's length

without arousing suspicion.

This is unbelievable.

I mean, the resources
involved and the planning...

A conspiracy that reaches all
the way to the vice president.

(PAPERS RUSTLE)

I'm sorry I doubted you.

It's not just the bureau. The
whole country

owes you a great debt. (SIGHS)

Thank you, sir.

- Unfortunately, this isn't enough.
- What? Why?

It's one thing to know
that MacLeish is guilty.

It's another one
to nail him for it.

What more do we need?
I have the photos. I have the...

You're talking about accusing

the vice president
of the United States

of being involved in one
of the greatest crimes in history.

We need direct evidence
tying him to the conspiracy.

We don't even have enough
to detain him,

much less make him sweat.

Then we find grounds.
We... We get someone

to... to apply the heat,
and we flush him out.

Who?

The gunman was our best bet.
He's dead.

MacLeish has
other partners.

Right. I thought you said you didn't
have a lead on her.

I don't,
but Jason Atwood might.

(BUZZER SOUNDS)

Jason.

- Hannah.
- Leave us now. Thank you.

-(DOOR CLOSES)
-(BUZZER SOUNDS)

I had them turned off.
No eyes, no ears, just you and me.

It's good to see you.

(SIGHS)

How... How are you?
What happened to you?

It's nothing. I'm okay.
How are you?

(SIGHS) How's my family?
How's Luke?

- Nobody told you?
- Tell me what?

I've been in solitary.
What happened?

- Jason, Luke is still missing.
- What?

Oh!

- No, that wasn't the deal. No.
- Jason, listen to me.

I told the president everything,

about MacLeish, Catalan,
the blueprints.

There is nothing left
for you to protect.

Tell me what you know
about her. Jason?

- Where did you get that?
- I took it.

You gave me the lead, remember?
The Weddle case.

I knew they had Luke.
I also knew this is how they got you

to confess to Nassar's murder.
Jason...

Take your statement back.
Tell me everything you know.

Listen to me, if they know
that I'm cooperating with you...

They won't.

They had Nassar in a federal
maximum-security prison

-and still got to him.
- They're exposed now.

We know about MacLeish.

- Jason...
- Hannah...

Please. We need your help.

-(POUNDING ON DOOR)
-(BUZZER SOUNDS)

You want to help me...
Find my son.

(DOOR CLOSES)

All I know is what the White House
switchboard operator told me.

That Aaron made the call
to the secretary of defense

right before the threat-assessment
memo was recalled by the Pentagon.

And he confronted you?

Yes. He found out I was
making inquiries. He was very upset.

He asked what I was doing.
I told him he needed to talk to you.

Okay, I'm... I'm sorry
I put you in this position,

but I'll handle it from here.

Are you sure you don't
want me to follow up? I can...

No, I've got it. Thank you.

(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING)

Emily.

I need you to keep this conversation
between us. Understood?

- Of course.
- Thank you.

Sir, you don't... really think
he's a traitor, do you?

No. No, I don't.

But until I can prove
that definitively,

I have to keep my guard up,
and so do you.

We're living in a different world
today than we were yesterday.

AARON SHORE: Yeah?

AIDE: Speaker Hookstraten
is here, sir.

All right, send her in.

Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice.

Of course, Madam Speaker.

Now, as I said before, I can
only give you a few minutes.

This will take 3O seconds.
I need to see the president.

-(SCOFFS) Ma'am...
- I wouldn't be asking

if it wasn't important.

I understand, but the president's
still in recovery right now.

Clearly, he's still
conducting business.

- Yes, but...
- So... I need to see him.

Why don't you tell me
what it's regarding?

And I'll relay it to him.

What this is regarding is strictly
between me and the president.

Okay. Respectfully,

Madam Speaker,
I'm his chief of staff.

- It's my job to know what's going on.
- Perhaps, but not from me.

He'll know
what this is about.

He can tell you if he wants, but I
am not gonna betray his confidence.

I'll try
and schedule you in.

Thank you.

Try hard.

FOERSTEL: Absolutely not.

I can help find Luke Atwood.

- Let me liaise with state police...
- Don't make this personal.

It is personal.

I promised Jason I would
do everything I can.

Yes, and the boy has been

a state-wide priority
since he was taken.

You just saw me put
three more agents on it myself.

Now, each one of them
is more qualified

in missing persons
than you.

Your job, right now, is to come up
with a plan for the president.

You can't afford
to have feelings.

I'm right.
And you know it.

Now, let's get
back to work.

Mr. President,
let me say again

how relieved Beth and I
are to know you're okay.

That means a great deal.

You catch my remarks
this morning?

Yes, I did, and I appreciated them.
Thank you.

In regards
to last night,

you may have heard that there was
some internal disagreement.

PETER: I gave
the shoot-to-kill order

'cause I didn't want to see
more innocent people get hurt.

All the intel suggested
this guy was a pro,

-he wasn't gonna be taken alive.
- I understand.

I might have
handled it differently.

But if there's one thing
that I've learned

since becoming president,

it's how difficult it is to make
life-and-death decisions

-under extreme pressure.
- Thank you, sir.

You know, I only held
the job for a day,

but it did make
me appreciate

everything you've done
for this country.

(CHUCKLES)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

BETH: And then what
did he say?

He thanked me, and he
told me he wants me to take over

his public schedule
for the rest of the month,

till he's back
at full strength.

Ah, that's excellent.
That's what you'll do.

- Yeah.
- And for the moment,

we lay low until
further instruction.

What kind of instructions?
Another attempt?

I doubt it. I think we consolidate
our gains in the short term.

Beth, there are
so many loose ends.

And the loose ends are
being attended to, Peter.

Catalan is dead.
Agent Wells is in custody.

She'll be taken care of.

We'll get through this.
We always do.

I've never felt anger
like this before.

(SIGHS)

You know, I've never even
hit someone in my entire life,

not even in grade school.
I was always the peacemaker.

When I saw him just
standing there, smiling,

I wanted to reach out
and strangle him.

Honestly, I think
I could have killed him.

You hid it well, sir.

He thinks he's playing you,

but in reality,
he's a prisoner in plain sight,

in full view
of the American public,

not to mention a phalanx
of Secret Service agents.

We just got to be patient.

He'll make a mistake,
lower his guard.

- And when he does...
- He's mine.

AARON: How are you feeling,
Mr. President?

Much better. Thank you.

All right.
Where would you like to start?

Let me begin.

I understand there's some tension
between you and Emily.

She's been looking
into my phone records.

At my direction.

I also asked her to keep you
out of the loop.

May I ask why?

Of course. You...
You deserve an explanation.

You're my chief of staff.

The truth is, at the request
of the Secret Service,

I have had to re-vet
my entire inner circle.

Because of the bombing. One thousand
people died that night, and...

And it left more questions than
answers. I hope you understand.

- Yeah. Of course, sir.
- I asked Emily

to coordinate your background check.
So naturally,

she couldn't divulge what she
was doing because it was classified.

Understood.

And I apologize
for any confusion,

but it was my call,
not Emily's.

Mr. President, there's
no need for apologies.

It all makes
perfect sense now.

Okay. Great.
What have you got?

Um... Speaker Hookstraten
came to see me,

and she said
she needed to talk to you,

that you would know
what it's about.

Something's here. We shake
this tree hard enough,

it'll fall out.

How can you
be so sure?

The eight surviving members
of MacLeish's army unit

have all been lying
for a decade.

There's got to be a weak link
in here somewhere,

someone with personal problems.
Drugs, booze, something.

So what are you thinking?

We find that person
and break him, but carefully.

We can't afford
to tip MacLeish off.

We need to rattle his cage,
not shatter it.

Right.

(GUNSHOT)

(CROWD SCREAMING)

No! Help!

(SIGHS)

-(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPS)
-(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPS)

(SCREAMS)

No!

-(EXHALES SHARPLY)
-(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPS)

- Hey.
-(PANTING) I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

.L-ley-
.l-ley-

- Are you okay, Daddy?
- Yeah. (BREATHES HEAVILY)

I just, uh...
I had a bad dream.

- What do you got there?
- I drew it for you.

For me?

TOM: Wow!

It's beautiful. Did you
steal it from a museum?

No. I drew it.

(CHUCKLES)

- Daddy screamed.
- He did not.

(PIANO PLAYING)

(PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING)

(STUMBLES ON NOTE)

(CLAPS)

Hi. Uh, how...

How long have you been
standing there?

Long enough to hear
how good you are.

I didn't know
you played.

I was serious about it for a while,
but now I just...

play to release stress.

And does it work?

Sometimes.

So, I just got back
from the hospital.

Listen, I-| get why
you're being so cagey.

It was a matter of national security.
Aaron, he asked me to vet you.

It was strictly classified,
so when you confronted me,

I couldn't tell you
what was going on.

I know. No, he told me.

I'm...

I'm sorry.
I-| was a bit of a jerk.

I get it. It was
stressful for both of us.

(\NHISPERS) Yeah.

So, you, uh...
You take any requests?

I should get back.

Yeah. Yeah, me too.

- See you around.
- Yeah.

Yeah.

-(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
-(\NRENCH CRANKING)

XL12OOC Sportster.
That's a nice ride.

Yeah. I can get you a good price
on her once I'm through.

I think it's a little bit
too much bike... for me.

(LAUGHS)

- Alvin Joyner?
- Yeah.

Special Agent
Johnson, FBI.

I already talked to the FBI,
weeks ago, about Captain MacLeish.

Oh, it's just a routine follow-up
on our background check, Alvin.

The bureau doesn't like
to get anything wrong,

especially when it involves

the vice president
of the United States.

But I need to cross
a few Ts and dot a few Is

before we can officially
close the file. Is that okay?

Yeah, sure. Shoot.

About this mission to Kunar Province,
November 14, 2005,

your after-action report says you
set outwith 2O men. Is that correct?

Yeah. Three squads.
But we weren't full strength.

Uh, Morrow had a bad knee,
and Rodriguez...

(VOICE BREAKS)
was on family leave.

Okay, uh...

so, why does the outbound helicopter
manifest say 21 troops?

I don't know.

Maybe somebody
made a mistake.

You know, I thought
that, so I asked

the warrant officer involved,
and he said absolutely not.

He said they can't afford
to make mistakes like that.

Lives depend on it.

I don't know
what to tell you.

Is it possible someone else

joined your mission
that night, Alvin?

- No. No. No way.
- You sure?

Because the warrant officer
said that sometimes

outside personnel will
be assigned to missions.

Uh, intelligence officers,
CIA, stuff like that.

Nope. Never happened.

All right.

Well, I guess
we're done here then.

- Good luck.
- Thanks for your time.

Tell the president
it's game on.

HANNAH: He's gonna run
to MacLeish.

Mr. president, I appreciate
that you have a job to do,

But I wouldn't be doing mine
if I didn't advise you

against leaving the hospital
so soon after surgery.

Captain,
I understand completely.

But I really do have to get back.
It's a matter of national security.

And you were the one who said you
were really happy with my progress.

True, but I also cautioned
against undue stress.

Well, I'm afraid I've got
the wrong job for that.

See? You're not going
to win with him.

So I'm discovering.

Look, I promise you, I will
do everything I can to take it easy.

Besides, last time I checked,
I think I outrank you.

(CHUCKLES)

Alex, I know
you're mad at me,

but I really do need to get back.
You're going to have to trust me.

Tom... I saw the way you looked
watching that press conference.

What is going on?

- Is it MacLeish?
- I can't tell you.

- I can handle it.
- Alex, you're not hearing me.

I can't tell you.

You mean,
the president can't tell me.

Right now,
we're one and the same.

Yeah, we're just coming
back from Norfolk now.

Oh, it was fine.
Shook a lot of hands,

broke a champagne bottle
on a destroyer's bow.

It was strictly routine.

Yeah, I love you, too.

(DIALING)

-(LINE RINGING)
-(SIGHS)

MALE VOICE: Hey.

I saw your chalk mark.
What's up?

It's Joyner.
He wants to see you.

Why?

The FBI came
to see him again today.

Again? What about?

Said it was a routine follow-up,

something to do with the helicopter
manifest and the Kunar mission.

Helicopter manifest?

Yeah. It sounds like
bureaucratic busywork to me.

Well, it sounds like
the end of it then.

Yeah, except for Joyner.
You know Alvin, cap.

He took it harder
than the rest of us.

He's been in and out of rehab.

Wouldn't take much to
push him over the edge.

I hate to put you in this position,
but he wouldn't listen to me,

-he insisted that he had to...
- No. No, no, no, no, no.

- Of course I'll see him.
- I'm sorry, captain.

It's okay. Improvise, adapt,
overcome, right?

Tell him I'll, uh...

Yeah. I'll meet him at the, uh,
same place as last time.

- Tonight, 21:00.
- Roger that.

Okay.

AARON: I told the president
you wanted to see him.

- And?
- And he said he'd

-get back to you when he can.
- Not good enough.

The president just
changed his plans, ma'am.

He's getting out
of the hospital tonight.

Tonight? Why?

Because he wants
to get back to work.

Now, listen, if what you want
to share with him is time-sensitive,

-just tell me.
- It's about the gunman.

What about the gunman?

I want to know why the FBI blew away
our own Lee Harvey Oswald.

The suspect posed an immediate
threat to law enforcement.

Oh, come on.
It was a cluster of epic proportions.

Was the shooter a lone wolf,
part of a group?

We'll never know now.

But there was Vice President
MacLeish this morning

turning it
into a victory lap.

- Why?
- You weren't in the room, ma'am.

But you were, Aaron.
What happened?

Was MacLeish involved?
Yes or no?

Even the president
has his suspicions about MacLeish.

He told me so himself.

Or didn't he fill you in?

What... What are you talking about?
Of course he told me.

Well, then you know that he asked me
to keep an eye on MacLeish.

I need to be
in the loop, Aaron.

- I'm sorry. I can't...
- If the White House

doesn't cooperate, I'll just call
a congressional hearing.

Or maybe
a press conference.

- No, you can't go public with this.
- What are you trying to protect?

Or should I say "Who"
are you trying to protect?

After all, it was you

who pushed MacLeish for VP
more than anyone else.

- No. Now...now that's low.
- But accurate.

What happened last night?

Fine.

I'll see you in committee.

We had the shooter contained.

FBI was ready to apprehend,

but MacLeish overruled them.

Why?

He said he wanted to protect
the lives of the men on the ground.

I told him the president
would want to take him alive,

but he... He gave
the order anyway.

What order?

Shoot to kill.

And that's for your ears only,
all right?

Of course.

MIKE: We start
by limiting his access

to national-security documents
and intelligence briefings.

We do it under the guise
of a staff-wide security review.

Aaron won't know
he's being targeted.

Okay, good.
I want to keep it that way.

I also recommend we renew
his TS/SCI clearance.

That'll give us access
to his finances,

recent travel,
personal contacts.

Okay. Just remember,
we want to clear him, not bury him.

Affirmative, sir.

Where does that put us
with MacLeish?

Trap has been set.

Agent Wells is sitting on one
of MacLeish's old army buddies,

just waiting for him
to make a move.

In the meantime,
I've filled in his security detail,

told them to give the vice president
a wide berth, should he request it.

I guess the only thing
left to do is wait.

- It's always the hardest part, sir.
- Yeah.

BETH: You can't be serious.

I told you every move we make now
has to be cautious.

Exposing yourself
like this... It's too risky.

I've been down this road
with Joyner before.

- It's not...
- It's not worth it, Peter.

You're a heartbeat away
from the presidency.

Let someone else
fix the problem.

I'm the only one
he'll talk to.

That's not
what I mean.

No.

If he's in as much pain as you say,
we'll be doing him a favor.

No.

You're not in the army
anymore, Peter.

We pledged ourselves
to a higher cause.

Beth, he's one
of my men.

We've been
through hell together.

And now he becomes
another casualty of war.

A casualty of war?

- Are you hearing yourself?
- Are you?

- The FBI came to see him...
- On a routine follow-up.

The guy just needs some reassurance.
I can give it to him.

Fine.

Talk to him this once.

But if it doesn't work,
the problem has to be eliminated.

No victory without sacrifice,
remember?

I remember.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

- Atwood.
- I got nothing to say to you.

Jason, it's about Luke.

(SIREN WAILING)

FOERSTEL: Jason! Wait!

Sir. Sir!

No! Let him go! Let him...

(JASON SOBS)

(CONTINUES CRYING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Yeah.

Car's ready,
Mr. Vice President.

Thanks, Rich.

- It's just the two of you, right?
- As you requested, sir.

I'll be right down.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- SETH: Hey.
- EMILY: Hey.

- You okay?
- You got anything to drink?

- That good, huh?
-(EMILY CHUCKLES)

Go ahead.

I mean, that... Okay.

That's an 18-year Macallan,
but, yeah, help yourself.

Thank you.
(SNIFFLES)

- Is this about Aaron?
-(CHAIR DRAGS ON FLOOR)

Okay. I'll take
"political malaise" for $20.

- Oh, you suck.
- Thank you.

I thought I knew
how this town worked,

but it doesn't
make sense anymore.

You know, every...
everyone I thought I could count on,

everything...
It doesn't matter.

The system wins
in the end, right?

I don't know.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm naive.

Maybe I'm both.
Who knows?

Did I ever tell you about how I got
my first job at the White House?

Harvard Lampoon
connection.

I told you?

Seth, nobody can have
a personal conversation with you

without Harvard coming up,
usually within the first 3O seconds.

That's not true. I always say I went
to school in Cambridge.

Anyway, I'm ignoring that.
My point is that...

when I first started here,
I mean, I was floored.

All right, I couldn't walk
more than 5O feet without stopping.

Here I was
at the White House, right?

The son of immigrants.
I mean, I couldn't believe...

Wait. Hold on. I thought
your dad's a successful engineer.

Don't interrupt.
What I'm saying was

that I couldn't believe
that I was here.

And then work
took over,

and reality
reared its ugly head.

And I started to realize
why Washington is the way it is.

And then I bump into Tom Kirkman
in the bathroom

after the entire government's
been blown up,

and he's nothing
but decency and compassion.

I mean, this guy is
service over ambition,

integrity above expedience.

And it reminded me
what it felt like

to be part of something
bigger than yourself.

What it felt like to be
part of the kind of America that...

you want to believe in.

I still feel
that way tonight.

So, how come I don't?

'Cause you're
a perfectionist.

And suddenly things
don't seem so perfect.

No. I'm not a child, Seth.
I know things aren't perfect.

Yes, but you think
you can make things perfect.

Well...
It's not that I...

- Maybe.
- Maybe.

Emily, come on.
You're doing a great job.

Even perfectionists
have their ups and downs.

Not to oversimplify
it, but...

I think you're probably sad.
We're all really sad.

There's nothing
wrong with that.

You need to go home,

get home safely,
get a really good night's sleep.

That is all of my advice
at this hour.

You get more tomorrow.

- Thank you.
- No, no, no, no.

- Shut up. Good night.
- Good night.

-(PHONE RINGING)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Yes, ma'am, can I help you?
- I hope so.

My name is
Angela Lindsay.

I'm an attorney
with Payton, Stein and Gossett.

You have an FBI agent
in custody, Hannah Wells.

We've been retained
by her family.

I need to see her
immediately, please.

(PHONE VIBRATING)

(DIALING NUMBER)

(LINE RINGING)

- MALE VOICE: Yeah.
- It's Beth.

You shouldn't be calling me.

The FBI agent who questioned Joyner,
who was it?

I don't know. Joyner didn't say.

Was it a man or a woman?

A woman. Asian woman,
I think he said. Why?

-(LINE DISCONNECTS)
-(DIALING NUMBER)

-(LINE RINGING)
- Come on, Peter. Pick up.

The subscriber
you are trying to reach...

Damn it.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Alvin, these are Agents
Damashek and Palmer.

AGENT DAMASHEK:
Hold your arms out, please, sir.

(METAL DETECTOR BEEPS)

PETER: Thanks, gentleman.
Be with you in a few minutes.

Let's take a walk.

ALVIN: I'm... I'm sorry, cap.

PETER: No, no, no.
Don't be sorry.

- What's going on?
- I get nervous, you know?

Someone's gonna find out.

ALVIN: The FBI...
They got this manifest.

PETER: It's paperwork, red tape.

- PETER: You know the army.
- ALVIN: I know, cap,

- ALVIN: but the truth...
- PETER: The truth got buried

- PETER: a long time ago, Alvin.
- ALVIN: Not for me.

Not in here.

I still see all their faces,
what we did. (CRIES)

You got to pull yourself
together, man.

I wish I'd died
there, captain.

- Oh, come on.
- I swear.

I wish I never
came back.

What happened that day
was not your fault.

PETER". We were betrayed,
remember?

PETER". We had
to defend ourselves.

PETER". We did what we had
to do to save each other.

This new office
I'm in, I mean...

I can't be making visits like this
anymore, so I need to know...

Can I count on you?

- ALVIN: John 8:32.
- PETER: Oh.

PETER: Alvin, no. Alvin.

-"And you will know the truth."
- PETER: This is important.

ALVIN: "And the truth
will set you free."

PETER: That's the Bible.
It's not the government.

The government's not
interested in truth.

PETER". It's the government
that lies.

They sent us
into a slaughterhouse,

and then they
covered it up.

They used us,
so we used them.

Yes, you lied.
We all did, Alvin.

I lied to Congress to protect
the unit, to protect you.

- You got to live up to your end...
- That's it. Go!

'Cause if you fail to do that,
you're not only gonna destroy us...

HANNAH: FBI! Freeze!
Don't move!

Vice President MacLeish,
I'm arresting you for perjury

in front of the
United States Congress.

Put your hands
on your head.

- Now.
- ALVIN: Run, cap!

(GRUNTING)

DAMASHEK: Let's go.
Target is 200 yards out.

-(ALVIN GROANS)
-(HANNAH GRUNTS)

(GUNSHOT)

The next one counts.

You're not
gonna shoot me.

Put your hands
on your head.

- You got nothing, Wells.
- On your knees.

On your knees!

I'm the vice president
of the United States.

You're just a cop.

(GUNSHOT)

- No!
-(GUNSHOT)

-(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
-(SIRENS WAILING)

(APPLAUSE)

- Thank you.
- Don't work too hard.

- Thank you. Take care.
- Thank you...

(PIANO PLAYS)

(PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING)

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(INAUDIBLE)

(PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING)

-(PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING)
-(KEYBOARD CLICKING)

I have to meet
you at the car.

-(DOORS CLOSE)
-(PIANO STOPS)