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You have made
a very big mistake,

Mr. Dalton.

I can't imagine what
you hoped to achieve

with this vicious
and unwarranted attack

but I promise you,

we will meet you
in equal measure.

President Ostrov,
I can assure you

that the United States
is just learning of this

with the rest of the world.

Your lies are beneath you.

And they are an insult to myself
and the Russian people.

You will pay for this.

I am flattered that you think we
could organize a cyber attack

capable of crippling a city
of Moscow's power and magnitude.

If we had managed
to pull that together,

it would have to be in response

to something equally
unprecedented.

Like someone hacking into

the navigation
and communication system

on Air Force One,

putting the lives
of all on board at risk.

You are insane.

Russia never hacked
Air Force One.

And the U.S.
didn't black out Moscow.

So we can part
on neutral ground.

No, we will part on my promise

that Russia will not stand for
this affront to its sovereignty,

and retaliatory measures
will be taken immediately.

(computer beeps)

Well, I like her.

She's got moxie.

WARE:
Mr. President, I think
we can file that one

under "message received."

ELIZABETH:
Am I the only one

concerned
about her subtle

vows of retaliation?

DALTON:
Par for the course.

That's pretty much
the clarion call

of any aggrieved demagogue.

JACKSON:
Actually, the smart thing

for her to do would be to
deny the U.S.'s involvement.

Spare herself the embarrassment
of taking the hit.

So we're betting on smart?

The fact that she's even running
the show is theater.

She's gonna listen
to the counsel

of her generals
and advisors.

They understand
the cost

of a military
response.

WARE:
And we can track any
movement in that regard.

But we're not too concerned.

She's been put
in her place.

And she knows we won't
tolerate any signs

of aggression
toward us or Ukraine.

All right. Well...

I'll get to work on State's
non-denial denial.

JACKSON:
Make it a full-throttle denial.

Lying to save the world
is allowed.

It's in the Constitution.

ELIZABETH:
Okay.

Where the cyber attack
is concerned,

we're in the dark
right along with them.

That's good.

I'm not really
going to say that.

I would.

Thanks, everyone.

ELIZABETH:
Is it wrong to eat
cereal for dinner?

I don't care.

So how was
your day, Slugger?

Or... Boomer.

What is the universal
linebacker nickname?

Brainless.
Be nice.

So this horse

walks into the doctor's office.
(sighs)

The doctor says...

why the long face?
...why the long face?

I don't know.

I just love that.

It gets me every time.

Thank you.
Yeah.

So?

What's up?

I, uh, just got some bad news
from the coach.

Oh, no.

Is he cutting you?
No.

He's, uh, he's starting me.

Well...
Wow.

...hey, that's great.
I mean...

I'd think you'd be
excited about that.

JASON:
We're facing
the biggest team

in the league,
with the playoffs on the line,

and suddenly it's my turn?

Well, Jason,
he must have seen

a lot of progress
in practice.

Otherwise, he wouldn't
put you in.
Yeah.

Nice try, Dad.

Derrick got benched
for a "D" in geometry,

Eli broke his arm and
Gabe's moving to Florida.

So I'm sort of
forced into this one.

Are you afraid
you're going to get hurt?

No, I'm worried
about being humiliated

and letting the whole team,

and in fact the whole school,
down.

I mean, I did this
to make friends

and I'm about to alienate
everyone I know.

Jace, it's gonna be okay.

Or maybe you won't even play.

Everyone's saying that
Russia's going to retaliate

for the cyber attack.

Hard to have Friday Night Lights
with no lights.

ELIZABETH:
What cyber attack?

Where did you
get this?

Um... every
major news outlet?

Yeah, well,
it's all speculation.

There's no evidence
of an attack.

Why don't you kids go eat
in front of the TV? Sound good?

Okay, now I know
the world is ending.

So...

Was it us?

Russia has an antiquated
infrastructure.

The blackout could be

the Chernobyl of
the power grid.

Okay, I know that
we can't divulge stuff,

but I didn't know we'd moved on
to spinning each other.

I'm just giving you

what the White House's
official position is.

Okay, let's try this:

If it was us, was it in response

to what happened
on Air Force One?

Solar flares happened
on Air Force One.

I was read in to that one.

I know about the malware.

Well... but not
who was behind it,

because we didn't know.

HENRY:
And we do now?

Are you okay?

'Cause I know that you've
been very stressed out.

Don't gaslight me.

I... You're the one
who's been all worried

about us keeping secrets.

That was just venting.

This is real world.

Henry, we almost went to...

to prison for sharing
classified information.

So we cannot talk.

I thought maybe being on
the verge of World War III

might change the rules.

Nope.

Can we maybe just...
stop talking

about what we may or
may not be talking about?

Sure.

Where are you going?

Can't talk about it.

Do you know anything
about the situation in Russia?

Nothing.

I could speculate,
but DIA hasn't

read me into
anything.

Any word from Dmitri?
No.

I don't know how long
he stayed in Moscow

after he contacted us.

Did he feel like
he'd been compromised?

He didn't say
anything,

but it could be the reason
that he wanted out.

That would be unfortunate.

Has the president seen
the battle plan report

from Doroshevich?

The president? No.

Uh, why would he?

He might be
interested to know

about a planned attack
on Ukraine.

You think he doesn't know
Russia has designs on Ukraine?

He might also be interested
in what wasn't in the report.

What would that be?

Any plan to attack the computer
system of Air Force One.

Okay, I'm not connecting
the dots here.

If the blackout was
an attack by the U.S.,

they went under the assumption

that Russia was behind
the hack of Air Force One.

Okay.

The playbook
that Dmitri gave us

laid out Russia's
entire strategy

for the invasion of Ukraine,

including aggressive
diversionary tactics

to deter U.S. involvement.

Okay, what is your ETA
on the point, Henry?

Gamed out every crazy scenario,

from taking over
Arctic drilling sites

to instigating
conflict with ISIS.

But there was
nothing...

nothing about a hack
of Air Force One.

Just because they didn't
put it in the report

doesn't mean they didn't do it.

You're trying
to prove a negative.

You don't want to get into
a dialectic with me.

Okay. You're right.

I don't even want
to have this conversation.

You're crossing lines.

Just tell me
you'll make an effort

to get this report
to the White House.

How?

Call the President.

Demand
to see him.

Henry, you might be coming
a little unglued.

I know you're upset
about Dmitri.

At least get it into the hands
of Ephraim Ware.

The DNI needs
to know about this.

Stop. You're getting above
your pay grade.

And mine.

You've done your
duty, Professor.

Let us handle this.

(engine starts)

KOHL:
These three pipelines
went off-line

approximately two hours ago.

We've received
reliable verification

from both U.S. and
European intelligence

that the pipelines
were shut down

by direct order of Maria Ostrov.

Those particular pipelines

provide 40% of Western Europe's
supply of gas.

Just as they're heading into

one of the fiercest winters
predicted in decades.

So much for blustering.

It's a clear message

that she's not playing
by the rules.

She's escalating the conflict.

Turning America's NATO allies
into collateral damage.

KOHL:
Mr. President, they want
to break the alliance

so they can run
the table with Eastern Europe.

It's something
Pavel Ostrov coveted

and now she's trying
to make it happen.

This has stopped
being a dialogue.

It's a march to war.

Then we need to retaliate.

And we need to hit them hard.

*

KOHL:
We can neutralize
the targets in Crimea.

Air strikes to follow,

to address any aggression

on the Ukraine border.

And, worst-case scenario,

boots on the ground.

Just enough to make a point.

And what point is that?

That we're willing
to use military force.

ELIZABETH:
But I thought the point
of the power grid attack

is that we weren't willing
to do that.

That was before
this latest action.

You had to know
they would respond.

JACKSON:
We honestly thought

it would be much
more measured.

This...
this is extreme.

They escalated, so we have to.

Why can't we reach out
to our allies?

Western Europe's holding us
fully accountable.

They're blaming us
for all of it.

Well, of course they are.

Because no one knows
what's going on.

We're still
calling

Air Force One solar flares.

What are you proposing?

I want to go before the UN.

I want to give them
a lay down speech

and spell it out for them,

step by step.

We give evidence of military
overreach by Russia

against the U.S.
and Ukraine.

We divulge
all of their aggression.

The attack on Air Force One,

the Poloniumed hacker,

the financial records
that point to Russian GRU.

WARE: Mr. President,
that is a radical

roll of the dice.

Putting all our cards
on the table

leaves us nowhere else to turn

if the allies don't go for it.

JACKSON: Which, given
the current climate,

I think it's a pretty safe bet
they won't.

ELIZABETH:
Nowhere else to turn?

You mean, as opposed to

all those other
comfortable options

we'll have after we launch

a full-scale military campaign

against the world's
second biggest nuclear power?

Elizabeth,
it's an enormous gamble.

For starters,
it would have to be

the speech of your life,

right up there
with Adlai Stevenson

in the Cuban
Missile Crisis.

I think that's an apt analogy.

And I think I'm up to it.

I don't see
what we have to lose.

KOHL:
Sir?

All due respect,
everything.

The upper hand,
the element of surprise--

DALTON: General, we forfeited
all that with the cyber attack.

Now we're being
pulled into Russia's game.

Escalating the conflict
is our only choice,

unless we can get the allies
to circle the wagons.

It's...

it's gonna take the world's
commitment to war

in order to actually
stop the war.

JACKSON: It has to happen
in the next 24 hours.

We-we cannot give Russia time
to one-up our show of force

should decide
to go there.

Agreed.

Let's get on the line
with President Bozek.

We can't do this alone.

We need to get Ukraine
on board.

I appreciate you taking me into
your confidence, Mr. President.

Tell me, what is your plan.

We intend to draw
a line in the sand.

And that line
is the Ukrainian border.

In addition to the, uh, lethal
aide we've already provided,

we plan to send American
advisors to the east

and enforce a no-fly zone
over Ukrainian airspace.

You don't know how long

I've waited to hear these words
of support from you.

Tell me, what can I do
in return?

I'm-I'm glad you asked, Mikhail.

All of this will depend
on the support of our allies,

which I have to rally
in the next 24 hours.

It won't be easy, so the more
evidence that we have

to convince them that Ostrov
was behind the cyber attack

on your plane and ours,
the better.

I'll need any information
that you have.

That is easily provided,
Madam Secretary.

And I will need you at my side

when I make the address
at the U.N.

I will make preparations to fly
to New York right away.

Thank you.

Better get your staff to work

on the speech of your life.

ELIZABETH:
The objective is simple.

Convince the entire world--

particularly our allies--

that we are justified
and willing to go to war

to contain Russian aggression.

So, your basic
St. Crispin's Day speech.

Yes.

Hopefully without having
to go into battle.

Once we have the authority,

the idea is that we won't
have to enforce it.

That's a big risk.

We're aware.

MATT: How much of
the classified stuff

do you want me to use?

Outside of sources
and methods,

the president has
authorized all of it.

All of it all if it?

We're giving up George
Lasko as the guy

who hacked Air Force One?

His connection to Russia?

The attack on President
Bozek's plane?

The Polonium
assassination--?

That pretty much covers
what I mean by "all of it."

If we are showing
our entire hand,

it means the end
of any kind of negotiation.

That's why this speech
has to work.

Hi, welcome
to Smokin' Al's.

I only have ten minutes.

That's all I need.

I have to admit I never expected
you to be in a place like this.

Well, that's why we're here.

Does your wife know
that you eat like that?

Of course not.

What can I do for you, Henry?

I need to bring you
some intelligence

that I've uncovered.

I've taken it as far as I
can with DIA, but it stalled.

I assume you talked
to Jane Fellows about this?

She essentially terminated
my assignment,

but you're my
original recruiter.

That's where it ends.

Russell, my asset
managed to lift

Russia's entire playbook
for the invasion of Ukraine.

They spell out every
scenario imaginable,

including a number of ways
to manage the U.S. reaction.

Yet nowhere is this
exhaustive document

is there any mention of
hacking Air Force One.

Why are you telling me this now
when we are right in the middle

of a military campaign
against Maria Ostrov?

Before the Challenger
exploded...

The space shuttle?
What kind...? What is...?

Low-level engineers

discovered serious design
flaws with the shuttle;

particularly related
to the O-rings,

which they knew
could not withstand

extreme changes
in temperature.

They kept pushing the
information upstairs,

but it stalled.

Or 9/11--

Here we go.

The CIA and FBI

may have had enough
foreknowledge

of al-Qaeda's plan
to stop the attack,

but because of
bureaucratic intransigence,

they never even
spoke to one another.

So what, so in this parable,
I'm the lackey,

who waves you off and says
it's above my pay grade?

No, that was Jane Fellows.
You're the guy that never

got the information
in the first place.

You have the power
to stop this.

Stop what?

We've already engaged.

You mean the cyber attack
on the power grid?

The entire intelligence
community believes

Russia was behind
Air Force One.

So even if they
didn't do it,

they did it, understand--?

There you go.

And you're willing to go
to war over that?

We are trying
our damnedest to stop a war

by creating a united front--
do you get that?!

If you tell your wife

any of this
"Russia didn't do it" nonsense,

based on classified intel
from DIA,

you'll be thrown in prison

for the rest
of your mortal days.

Both of you, understood?

Just keep your head down
and your mouth shut.

For God's sake,
just do what we tell you to do.

ELIZABETH:
Well, whoever she is,

I hope she fed you.

We finished off
the Kung Pao chicken.

She was an endless seminar
on the Sino-Soviet split

and its effect on the
end of the Cold War,

which is ironic given
the day's headlines.

Might be a spring roll
or two left.

You could have that.

We have to talk.

No, we really don't.

I understand you're scheduled
to speak at the U.N. tomorrow.

That's right.

What if I knew something
that would change
Stop!

the way that you
approach this?

Henry, I-I don't
make the decisions

on how to approach this.

You're gonna reveal
Russia's involvement

in the Air Force One
hack in hopes

of getting the allies
to fall into place.

And if you do
your job well,

which you have a track
record of doing,

then the world will be
poised to go to war

with a country that is
just unstable enough

to take the bait.

If you're wrong,

do you really want to be
on the side of that?

Well, obviously I wouldn't
make this speech

if I thought I were wrong.

At what point would
you be willing

to violate this cone
of silence between us?

What would it take?

Would millions of lives
have to be at stake?

Because that's where we are.

You're scaring me, Henry.

Good, because this is scary.

I'm willing to roll the dice
on going to prison.

But what I'm not
willing to do

is live with what might happen
if we don't talk.

We know things

that can help each other.

That's not the point.

Actually,
that is the point--

I don't think the Russians
hacked Air Force One.

Look, we have
incontrovertible proof.

Do you?

On multiple fronts.

Then explain this to me.

If Russia hacked Air Force One,

then they have the most
advanced cyber capabilities

of any country on the planet.

And what is their response

to a counter-cyber attack
by the United States?

They shut off the gas.

You have more to go on
than speculation?

I mean, if we're gonna
go all the way with this...

I have an asset,

who works for a top advisor
to Ostrov.

If Russia didn't do this,

if they're not behind it,
then who?

I don't know.

Does it really matter?

I have to present
some plausible theory

to get them off of this path--

I haven't gotten that far.

But, babe,
I know this is a leap.

And I know there's a
chance that I'm wrong.

But what if I'm not?

ELIZABETH:
I need you guys to streamline

whatever we have
that directly links

Lasko with the Russians.

Primarily it's
the money.

An e-mail on his computer
from a Russian bank--

one associated with GRU--
informing him of a wire transfer

to his Cayman Islands
bank account.

Okay, it says here the NSA
was monitoring this bank

for criminal activity.

So where's the record of
a transfer from Russia?

Uh...

NSA has no corresponding record
of a wire transfer.

But they're not perfect.

It's, you know, often these
shady banks have multiple--

If NSA has no record
of a wire transfer,

then how do we know that
the e-mail is legitimate?

We traced its IP address
back to Moscow servers.

IP addresses can be faked

to look like they
come from anywhere.

Sure, but it's
a convergence of evidence.

Ma'am, the odds of all this
being counterfeit are very slim.

It's like he says--
"a convergence of evidence."

I heard him.

And I'm gonna ask you
both to stop saying that.

Because "convergence
of evidence"

is beginning to sound eerily

like the new "weapons
of mass destruction."

So, Oliver, I'm
gonna ask you again.

On the eve of my telling

the entire world that

Russia is behind the greatest
cyber attack in human history,

prompting actions
that could lead us all

into the greatest world conflict
in human history--

there's a chance that
all the evidence we have here

is fake?

Yes, ma'am.

There is a chance.

It's a little long.

I could definitely
take some trims.

I might've used, uh,
JFK too many times.
(phone chimes)

But I think it will
get the point across.

Madam Secretary,
Russell Jackson's office

is demanding to see
a draft of the speech.

He wants to vet it
in time for changes.

I'm sure he does.

And, uh, you are
scheduled to leave

from the White House lawn
in two hours.

Four major networks cleared time
for a breaking news segment.

I'm gonna, uh,

take this little window of time.

I'm just gonna say this.

What if we're wrong?

About what?

Oh, I don't know.

Everything. All of it.

What if Russia wasn't behind
the Air Force One hack?

Isn't it a little late
in the game for that?

Oh, no. I-I think it's exactly
the right point in the game.

It's, uh, fair to say

that Russia is not
an utter certainty,

but nothing points
to another actor.

And given that, I think--

clearly,
the-the White House thinks--

that we should proceed
with what we know.

How many messes

have we gotten ourselves into

with what we were

almost sure we knew?

I'm just asking for a quick,
exhaustive review.

Let's just take a few minutes

and consider
the other possibilities.

Okay, so let's... backtrack.

We're reasonably sure
that George Lasko

was behind the hack
of Air Force One.

He had previous connections

to Russia and China,
North Korea and Iran.

ELIZABETH:
And now he's dead

by way of polonium poisoning.

I think we can rule out Iran.

Our nuclear agreement
closely monitors

their radioactive material.

We can rule
out North Korea.

Their nuclear
capabilities

are not sophisticated enough
to synthesize polonium.

MATT:
That leaves China,

which makes some sense.

How is that?

With Russia and the U.S.

locked in a slowly
escalating conflict...

DAISY:
Or quickly
escalating.

...China is free to shore up

control over
Southeast Asia.

It's a long shot,

but it might be worth
looking into.

Even though it would
ruin my speech.

You're saying
China framed Russia

for the Air Force One hack?

I'm not saying.

I'm just asking.

(phone chimes)
NADINE:
Mr. Jackson's office

is again asking
for your speech.

This time in all caps.

He is officially shouting.

Right.

Tell him we're putting the
finishing touches on the speech.

NADINE:
Yes, ma'am.

If you'll excuse me,

I obfuscate
more effectively by phone.

You will be the first to know.

Okay.

Good-bye.

I hate to bother you.

Yes, I read your first draft.

You're really gonna make me ask?

I think it's
the finest piece of writing

I've ever seen
from you.
Really?

No, I'm shining you on
because I hate to disappoint.

It is good, isn't it?

It's brilliant.

She's never gonna use it,
is she?
Matt...

this speech was intended

to rally the nations
of the world

into a potential
war with Russia.

If the secretary
never reads it out loud,

that would mean the best
of all possible outcomes

had been
achieved.

Don't you agree?

Of course.

Minister Chen,

thank you for coming in
on such short notice.

I was surprised by the urgent
nature of the request.

I'm aware that
you are scheduled

to appear before the UN
in a few hours.

Please, have a seat.

Word is that
you intend to address

the recent events in Russia.

Minister Chen,

you-you recall
a couple of months ago

when the communications system

on Air Force One was shut down?

The result of
solar flares, was it not?

That was our best working theory
at the time, yes.

But we have reason to believe

there may be
other factors involved.

You mean someone
hacked into the system?

Possibly.

I wanted to ask you

about information
that you might have

about other actors
who might have

had reason to engage
in such aggression.

One of the things
I've always valued

about you,
Madam Secretary,

is that you tend
to speak plainly.

I urge you to do so now.

Did you guys do it?

Did China

hire George Lasko, aka Dash,

to hack Air Force One?

You can't be serious.

I assure you,

I have never been more serious.

And why would we do that?

Engaging the U.S. and-and Russia

in a costly military conflict

would free China up to pursue

a number of foreign interests.

In the year 2000,

China owned only six percent of
the United States' foreign debt.

Now we own over 21%.

We have over $1 trillion
in U.S. securities

and hundreds of billions
in Russian securities.

If we pitted the two of you
against each other

in a nuclear war,

what good would that do
our investment portfolio?

So you had nothing to do
with Air Force One?

China is playing a long game,
Madam Secretary.

When we come for you,

it won't be with missiles
and cyber attacks.

We'll repossess you.

(door opens)

I apologize,
Madam Secretary.
Thank you, Blake.

JACKSON:
Grilling Oliver Shaw

about the Air Force One hack

in front of the Director
of National Intelligence?

I wouldn't call it a grilling.

And now I'm hearing about
some emergency meeting

with Minister Chen
about God knows what.

Maybe we got
different playbooks,

but when appealing
to the world

to go to war
with Russia,

I think it's important
to get the facts straight.

Your facts are about as straight
as they're gonna get.

I hope to hell you're not
talking to Henry about this.

What does Henry have
to do with anything?

He came to me, babbling about
some half-cocked theory.

Well, that's between
you and Henry.

I have serious questions.

And I am telling you
that you don't.

Marine One is out there
on the lawn right now,

Air Force One
is ready at Andrews,

ready to take you to the UN

to make a speech you insisted
on giving not 24 hours ago.

If I make this speech
and we're wrong,

it could destroy the U.S.'s
credibility for decades.

If I miss
the speech, Russell,

it's barely
a footnote in history.

I am telling you
to get on Marine One.

The president's waiting.

Aren't you supposed to be
at the UN right now?

Henry, you'd better
be right about this.

*

(chickens clucking)

DAISY:
Jeffrey, when I say

the secretary won't be
addressing this matter

in the press today, that is
exactly what I mean by that.

Obviously, she had a reason

for canceling
her appearance at the UN.

Look, I'm not saying it's
related to national security.

You are.
And if you print it,

you'd better have
your attorney on speed dial.

Wow.

You're getting good at that.

I'm getting a lot
of practice today.

Look, if we just
release a statement,

the press will calm down.

Anything we feed them

is going to make them hungrier.

Let's wait

until we have
something to say.

Like, for example,
I've been fired.

NADINE:
Mr. Jackson's
office has been

eerily quiet.

Yes, and it's speaking volumes.

What's it saying, exactly?

ELIZABETH:
The White House

doesn't want to look unstable

in the middle of a crisis.

They'll deal
with me later.

...announcing
our renewed partnership

with the people of Ukraine.

Today, we are drawing
a line in the sand.

Because when it comes
to the cause of freedom,

we are all Ukrainians.

My speech was
so much better.

(TV audio shuts off)

Well, in order to facilitate
avoiding the press,

I'm officially making
myself unavailable.

I have a football game
to get to.

And when I get back,

let's figure out
what I'm going to say

about not having anything
to say to the UN.

(sighs)

What?

I don't know.

It's kind of bizarre.

Then it ought to
feel right at home.

What?

When Bozek came
to D.C. a month ago,

he was on his knees

begging for
NATO membership.

Now look at him:
at White House,

with the President
of the United States

doing everything but
making a blood pact?

He's getting more
than he wanted.

He is, isn't he?

I'm saying it's weird.

What are you saying?

The man had to jump
out of his own plane.

That's insane, right?

Right.

Pull the staff together.

Find out everything you can

about the incident
on Bozek's plane.

Quietly.

And if word gets out,

I'll swear you all went rogue.

Yes, ma'am.

(coach shouting)

(grunting)

Come on, Panthers!
Let's go!

Hold 'em!
You got this!

ANNOUNCER:
Tackled by number 46...

I don't know what
I was worried about.

I mean, he's doing great.

HENRY:
He's missed every tackle.

That's what I'm talking about.

He's doing the bare minimum.

Babe, I think he's playing
at the top of his game.

Well, even better.

Those big guys are just
brushing by him.

Works for me.
(laughs)

So is it a totally
crazy idea

that the Ukrainians
hacked into Air Force One,

pinned it on the Russians,
and then orchestrated

their own plane crash
to cover their tracks?

Why?

Because I need to know
just how crazy it is

before I go
down this road.

No, I mean,

why would they do that?

How do you get the
President of the United States

to commit to
taking on Russia?

Make him think that
he was attacked by them.

Then he'll never allow

for any kind of aggression
against Ukraine.

That's a huge swing.

Desperate times,
desperate measures.

(spectators applauding)

ANNOUNCER:
45. Third down.

So... is it nuts?

Is it possible?

How long did it take
the passengers to jump

after the plane got in trouble?

According to the black box,

uh, 48 seconds.

Were there any fatalities?

And how banged up
were they?

The report gave
no indication

that any of the
passengers were injured.

Well, that's interesting.

When I was doing
parachute training,

everybody always had something
on their first couple of jumps.

Cuts, bruises,

sprains, even
a couple of fractures.

And this was a bunch of Marines

in top physical condition

jumping out of a stable plane.

Not a bunch of diplomats
bailing from a nosedive.

(grunting)

(whistle blows,
spectators cheer)

Nice hit, Jace!

ANNOUNCER:
Great play, Panthers!

They stopped a potential
touchdown drive.

Hi.
What do you want?

I need your help.

I'll ask you again.

What do you want?

You went to Ukraine

to meet with Bozek and his staff

directly after the incident
with their plane, right?

The day after. Yes.

What kind of physical
shape were they in?

Fine.

Cuts, sprains, bruises?

Any kind of injuries?

Bozek had
a small laceration

on the side of his face.

Otherwise, not a mark
on them that I saw

or that anyone mentioned.

Huh.

You're not
doubting

that the crash happened?

There's documentation.

They found the wreckage.

I'm not doubting that.
Then what?

You didn't come
all the way over here

to ask me how they looked.

Actually, I did.

Thanks, Craig.

I know you have a wrathful
grudge against me

that you might well
take to your grave

and we are never going
to see eye to eye

about what
transpired,

but I do know
one thing about you.

First and foremost,
you're a patriot.

I really do
wish you well.

Wow.

You guys look like you've
been here all night.

Well, because they've
been here all night.

I was going for sarcasm.

Oh, sorry.

I've been here
all night, too.

So what have we got?

DAISY:
Matt has a friend
in Defense.

Matt has a friend?

In the Defense
Department.

None of my jokes
are landing.

Must be the sleep deprivation.

MATT:
So my friend in Defense

somehow got his hands
on the manifest

for that Ukrainian flight.

Both versions.

Both?

JAY:
Two days before
the flight,

the entire passenger
roster list changed.

The original list was just
his usual inner sanctum.

But suddenly,
the guest list changed

to include
seemingly random

members of his staff.

"Seemingly."

What's the connective tissue?

JAY:
Everyone on board
the plane,

including Bozek,

was a former officer
in the Ukrainian Army.

All with hundreds of hours

of paratroop training
and experience.

(exhales)

Wow.

What are the odds?

There are no odds.

NADINE:
Ma'am.

We're just
getting a report

that a man has died in
a Vietnamese hospital

of polonium poisoning.

What?

The, uh, alpha particle
signature off his body

indicates that
it's polonium-210.

That's the same kind that was
used to kill George Lasko.

Where was this man from?

ELIZABETH:
Ukraine.

Specifically, an agent

with their Foreign
Intelligence Service.

A man named Sasha Marchuk.

He spent two days trying to
secure a flight out of Cambodia,

but was denied because of his
grave and indeterminate illness.

He finally staggered
into a hospital in Biên Hoa

where he admitted

that he was suffering
from polonium poisoning.

By then, it was too late.

He died of liver failure
just a few hours ago.

DALTON:
I don't understand.

Who is he?

ELIZABETH:
He's the person

who hired the hacker,

George Lasko,

and then killed him

to cover the tracks.

But polonium is
a tricky murder weapon

and he accidentally
poisoned himself.

WARE:
You're saying
the Ukrainians

were behind the cyber attack

on Air Force One.

What would they
possibly have to gain?

President Bozek was panicked
about Russian aggression

and he knew Ukraine
could never stand up to them

without international aid.

So he decided to take matters
into his own hands.

He sought out Lasko
and gave him countless resources

to develop his malware
and hack Air Force One.

ELIZABETH:
He figured
we'd blame Russia

and get pulled
into the conflict.

But when we didn't
take the bait,

he followed up
with an appeal to join NATO.

His request was denied,

so he escalated the ruse.

JAY:
He uploaded fake
financial records

onto Lasko's laptop,

transactions pointing back
to Russian GRU.

And then he attacked
his own plane?

JAY:
Yes, sir.

ELIZABETH:
He covered for the lives
of the passengers

by replacing officials

with trained paratroopers.

That was the final
piece of the puzzle.

We just found it.

It wasn't Russia.

We were duped, Mr. President.

It was Bozek all along.

BOZEK:
Mr. President,

I could not be
more at a loss.

Mikhail, believe me
when I tell you

this will go much better for you

if you dispense
with this approach.

My parents and grandparents

suffered countless horrors
at the hands of the Russians.

I was not going to let Ukraine
be swallowed up

by the Russian monster
once again.

I resolved to do

everything in my power,

from risking my life

to risking yours, Mr. President,

to preserve
my country's independence.

I would do it again.

ELIZABETH:
Well, luckily for you,

this scheme of yours

has put us all
in the same box.

If we reveal
the deception,

Russia will hit you
with everything it's got,

killing millions
of innocent people.

And a wordless
pulling out of troops

makes us look weak,

exposing you to
the same outcome.

So, for the time being,

we are maintaining
our presence

and enforcing our no-fly zone
over Ukrainian airspace.

40 million
Ukrainians

don't deserve
to get slaughtered

because of what you did.

Thank you.

And my people thank you
for your great mercy.

Let's be clear.

If you breathe
one word of this to anyone,

we will expose you,
capture you,

and throw you
into the same dark hole

where we kept Noriega.

BOY:
Dude, he was coming
across the line

like Beast Mode
with a jet pack.

You came out of nowhere, dude.

He was dragging you and
trying to shake you off,

but you wouldn't budge.

Then he just tried to fling
you and he was down.

Boom!
I thought there was gonna be

nothing but
a grease spot.

The Secretary
of State.

JASON:
Oh, hey, Mom.
The, uh...

the guys brought pizza.

I know, it... it smells so good.

Don't let me interrupt.

Your son is one crazy-ass
ball player, ma'am.
Dude!

Yeah, I know.

And now he's out for the season.

It's so sad.

She's not sad.

Not the least bit sad.

But I'm glad you
had a good game.

Dude, you're totally
coming back next year.

Oh, you know it, dude.

Our son has a whole new group
of friends named Dude.

(chuckles)

(exhales)

They named him MVP of the game.

Giving him a trophy.

Wow. And I don't have
to worry about him

for a whole nother season.

Oh, forget it.

He's already told me
he's retiring his jersey.

What?

He's talking about fencing now.

Swords.

Fabulous.

(sighs)

Thank you for
talking to me about things

that could have
sent us to prison.

So you followed through
on your theory?

Oh, yes.

All the way to
the president's office.

World catastrophe avoided.

Still have to find a way

to extricate
the U.S. from Ukraine

without losing any more lives.

Otherwise, they'll just
keep banging the drum

until someone fires a shot.

My asset's gone dark.

I don't know if he got trapped
in the blackout

or he fled to Stockholm in time.

I-I have no idea.

Henry, I'm sorry.

Why is Jason quitting football?

Is it because of me?

Because if he's
really good at it,

then he should do it,
even if it scares me.

Uh, no, he's quitting
because it scares him.

Believe me, he has nothing
more to prove there.

(phone buzzing)

Hello, Mr. President.

Yes, sir.

I'm on my way.

You're a praying man, right?

I'll get St. Francis on it.
He owes me.

JACKSON:
There's a development
over Ukrainian airspace.

The Russians just violated
the no-fly zone.

Half an hour ago.

What does Ostrov say?

Nothing at all out of Moscow.

They're not
picking up the phone.

The message is clear.

They're not recognizing
our authority.

It's their show.

Then we have to be
equally clear.

KOHL:
Our men are locked and
loaded, Mr. President.

Just waiting
for the order.

Permission to engage, sir?

Permission granted.

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