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What happened? Is he dead? What the fuck happened?

Ma'am, President Rayburn died four minutes ago.

Madam President.

Who was he talking to?

President Rayburn was on the phone with Hal.

I killed him. I told him the false flag attack was your idea.

- Hal! - What did you think you were doing?

I was warning the commander in chief he had a rogue deputy.

A terribly flawed woman is now the president.

And only we know just how flawed.

So I have to be her fucking VP just so we can keep an eye on her.

You wanted to return Margaret Roylin to our custody.

We'll take her.

She wants to offer asylum to Margaret Roylin.

I don't think she should pull the trigger before we talk to Langley.

Put the offer through. We'll deal with the rest tomorrow.

The United States would like to offer you asylum.

- You have enemies in this country. - I have enemies everywhere.

Hal Wyler. Ambassador's wife.

Todd Penn. First Lady.

I need to make sure you understand that my wife is your vice president.

This is going to be a pain point. I apologize. I know it's complicated.

Hal.

I'd like you to be my vice president.

Kate?

Frances, is she here?

I believe she's upstairs, sir.

Katie?

It should have been you.

I told her, I said, "You got the wrong Wyler."

We both fucking know what it is.

They're too chickenshit to put two women in the White House.

Which I don't agree with, obviously, but I can understand.

That's not about Grace, that's about the country.

She knows if she picks me, she gets both of us.

I'm the consolation prize. That's all it is.

She wanted an answer. She wanted me on Air Force One.

But I... I... I wouldn't do it. I said we needed to talk about it.

So let's talk about it.

This is an opportunity.

You want to start cleaning up the mess we left in Afghanistan? Done.

You want to deal with Iran? I will have a portfolio.

You tell me what to put in it.

I mean, you said you wanted to keep an eye on her, right?

You will have a desk in my office.

I'll be cutting ribbons in Akron.

You will be in the White House, watching what she does all the time.

Or tell me to say no, and I'll say no.

I mean it. I will call Billie.

I don't want this unless you want it too.

Just tell me what to say.

Say yes.

All clear.

- One guy. - No.

- No is not on the table. - No.

You know what? Fuck off.

- Oh, here it comes. - It's not rational.

Princeton over there is a fucking pussy

with a baby carrot where his dick should be.

You're saying no like you believe it's rational.

My friend, you can only piss with the dick you're given.

What about the guy from CenCom?

He doesn't want to talk clear, hold, and build.

He wants to show up, admire the problem, and leave.

Sir, we put a government on its feet.

And the moment it seeks justice for one of the most notorious butchers

in the country's collective memory, we take him into protective custody?

So, he's a yes. You?

- How do you feel about baby carrots? - Whoa.

He's concerned it's disingenuous.

I'm concerned we have one viable secular party in the race,

and if we let the committee, who's shilling for the Shia coalition,

who's shilling for Iran, execute Yusuf Hamidi,

we are handing them the election.

Shia vote's not gonna swing Abbar.

Iran doesn't want a secular Iraq.

They want a weak, sectarian Iraq, and they are prepared to pay for it.

They bought the committee.

They scared the teeth out of the High Commission.

This is all they need.

Sir, I don't think we came here to take a trillion-dollar shit

and light it on fire.

Trouble is, you never know what she's thinking.

- Ambassador. - Keep him.

- Thank you, sir. - Thank you, sir.

Don't gloat. He's having a rough week.

I won't. I'm gonna draft a cable.

- I'll get it to you in the morning. - Okay.

Ah. Good.

The Sun isn't the most reputable, but look.

- She is a striking figure. - Mm.

Oh, I've procured extras for keepsakes.

- They say anything at the gate? - About the new president?

About Kate?

- We'll have someone call her detail. - I'm not doing that.

- Is the ambassador missing? - She's not.

- She's not here. - She's with detail. She's fine.

The gate didn't hear from her detail?

Not since I came on duty.

If they had any concerns about her safety...

I don't give a fuck about their lack of concern--

Hi.

I was about to brief you and your husband on the next steps.

Great.

Vetting you for vice president is going to be

an extremely complicated process.

- I've been vetted before. - Not like this.

We have a 15-person legal team starting today.

You get a call from the council's office, day or night, answer it.

- What about Kate? - Uh, she'll be vetted too.

No. What's her portfolio?

We'll have an ongoing dialogue with the first gentleman

to divvy up events.

No, not as second lady.

As a foreign policy expert knocking around the White House.

Of course. Um...

The Museum of American Diplomacy.

They, um... They have a building.

But they don't have funds to do anything with it. They need a champion.

Mm.

Do you have any idea what my wife did in Baghdad or Kabul?

Don't.

She should be brokering an 83-part peace plan for Yemen.

We'll reflect that--

You should make her goddamn Secretary of State!

That's Miguel Ganon's job.

So make her my chief of staff. You can do that, can't you?

That's my job.

Is it?

Trust me, we are both surprised.

Enough. Take us through the questionnaire.

Kate.

Stop.

We will find a role for you, okay?

Not the bullshit curly was on about, something real.

We'll set the foreign policy agenda for the next decade.

You need to fill out Billie's questionnaire,

and then you need to talk to her about your role.

- Not mine. - I got the role.

The president chose you

because you are apolitical and can help with foreign policy.

Also, because you look good in photos. That on its own might be enough.

If you want it to be more than that,

if you want to own a region or join the War Council,

you need to negotiate that as a condition of your acceptance right now.

I have to go pack up my office.

I want org charts for NSC and State with names.

Okay.

And, uh, a call with Billie Appiah. We're gonna need to go to the embassy.

I set up 15 minutes on Friday to discuss the confirmation process.

No, now.

It's the first day of the Grace Penn presidency.

Her chief of staff is booked.

Then I want you to email her and tell her I'm turning down the job.

Shred.

Shred.

I have to tell the Brits.

That you're leaving?

They'll want a reason.

They can't know about Hal before it's public.

Shred.

Call them from DC.

I'm just gonna pick up and go?

It happens.

It's disrespectful.

- Hi. - Ah. Phone, emergency comms, ID, laptop.

She backed it up. We need someone to wipe it before we turn it in.

Yep.

- What else? - Performance reviews.

I can handle most of them but the top level.

Send me the list.

Do you want a meeting with the country team or town hall?

To say what?

Goodbye.

We'll do a note. I'll draft it. Now, what am I forgetting?

- The lobby. - Right. Uh...

Past ambassadors have their names engraved in the lobby wall before departure.

- We're doing that today? - No.

If we get a picture of you in the spot, we can photoshop the name in later.

You want a photo of me in front of an empty wall?

I do.

Why don't you just take a picture of the wall and photoshop me in later?

Eidra's my height.

You can take her picture then just swap in my face.

Roylin is dead.

Theo found the body.

No note.

- A lot of people wanted her dead. Was she... - No signs of coercion.

The only people she had contact with were me, my team, and your husband.

- Hal? - We offered her asylum.

Why?

Do the Brits know?

I haven't quite figured out how to say

a British citizen killed herself in a CIA safe house

she wasn't supposed to be in.

- Are you...? - Gonna get fired? Probably.

State will tell you to stay away from this,

and any decent lawyer will agree.

But if you stand by me on this, it could make a difference.

- Eidra-- - I don't like asking for help at all.

But you've built solid relationships here.

I'm leaving.

I fly out tonight.

Grace Penn asked you to be vice president.

She asked Hal.

I'll be...

I'll go with him.

To be...

Second lady.

I'm sorry, I have to go prep.

- Hey, you wanna take a look at this cable? - Hey! You want me to?

Shut the door.

Sit down.

That's supposed to be on his desk in 15 minutes.

Anything you wanna tell me?

No.

No. Why?

Just asking.

Don't do that. It's not fair.

- What? - I'm not your asset. I'm your friend.

I don't want to feel like you're analyzing my micro-movements every time we talk.

I'm not.

Okay. Sorry.

- I'm being a little-- - Defensive?

Carole, come on. I walked in the door defensive?

No.

You walked in with underwear sticking out the bottom of your trousers.

Oh... my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.

- Sorry, I'm here to use the SCIF. - Yeah, all yours.

- Calling Billie. - Great.

Congratulations.

- I haven't said yes yet. - Isn't that what we're doing right now?

I hope so. Just got a couple of questions.

You're going from unemployed to first in the line of succession?

Are you telling me you have terms?

You knew about Grace Penn and the carrier attack,

and you didn't tell the president.

Yes, I have terms.

- You should have told him. - I didn't 'cause I thought it'd kill him.

You kept information from the president,

and you drummed up a scandal to dump his VP.

You don't wanna play chicken with me, Billie.

What do you want?

A job for Kate.

A real one.

She was gonna reopen relations with Kabul.

Middle East is out.

All it takes to drag us into war is someone blowing up the second lady.

She can rebuild the Iran deal. Or start a treaty. Or both.

Make her nuclear czar.

Nonproliferation is a problem for Tennessee and New Mexico.

- We can't call her a nuclear anything. - Call it something else.

Still there?

It's Reuters and CNN.

Mm.

Weaver is a leaky faucet. I want Balakin.

I'll be right back.

- How'd it go? - Great. Fantastic.

You got War Council?

What? No.

We were scheduled for an OIG assessment.

You don't want an assessment without a chief of station to back you.

- Can you cancel? - We can request a delay.

Have them start with the consulate in Belfast.

Um...

Sorry. I'm gonna need a few minutes.

China has a special envoy to Europe.

Sounds like a charm offensive, but know where he spends his time?

Russia and Ukraine.

Job's a cover story and a blank check.

You can take on reconstruction in Ukraine.

- You can-- - NATO.

NATO.

We've been trashing the biggest peacetime alliance in human history.

You'll bring it back to life.

- What about second lady? - Do both.

Who's gonna say no to a meeting with the second lady?

- Told you it was gonna be okay. - I thought you were full of shit.

It's gonna be okay.

Churchill said Britain is the only nation that likes being told bad news,

so here it is.

I have submitted my letter of resignation as Ambassador to the Court of St. James.

That's great.

If Churchill is too on the nose, I have something from Disraeli, but it's long.

Can you, uh...

Yeah.

I wrote your performance review.

I told them to keep you here until the new guy's on his feet.

And then get you out. Make you an ambassador.

That's...

- Wow. - It'll be someplace small to start out.

You don't want your first time to be in a place like this.

Ma'am... I don't know what to say.

There's another option.

Okay.

The president is appointing me special envoy to Europe

right after Hal's sworn in.

That's...

Congratulations.

I couldn't ask you to come with me as second lady, but this...

Wow.

Yeah.

Special envoy?

The title is vague, but that's the point.

I mean... Europe doesn't stop after Germany.

It's a blank check.

As in funding?

No, I mean, um...

Well, we're still figuring that out,

but it is what we make it.

So, oversight is State or White House?

I don't know.

Um...

You're my first stop.

We gotta come up with a list of questions.

I mean, that... sounds incredible.

That's a no.

- No, ma'am. I'm so sorry. - No, no, no, no! Pfft.

Don't be. Don't be.

You as special envoy, you are gonna do great things.

But as your deputy,

if I don't know how we're being funded or staffed...

Mm-hmm.

I could be an ambassador.

It's what I've been working toward for 20 years.

Yeah.

Me too.

Ma'am.

Is this what you want?

Yeah.

What have you seen?

An Airbus.

Two Dreamliners.

I'm not going to DC.

She asked.

I said no.

I am going to help you through this. I won't let you be the punching bag.

That's why you said no?

It's not why, but yeah.

It's partly why.

Okay, lay it on me.

I should have asked you.

Making unilateral decisions

on a relationship in which you are also a voting party.

Stuart.

You are the sweetest person I have ever met.

I thought it was an act... when I first met you.

I was worried that I was not the right person for a guy who was...

so kind and good-hearted and...

oblivious.

It was nice for a second there.

I can't keep protecting you from me.

You don't have to.

You're right, it's an act.

I can be an ice-hearted motherfucker when I need to be.

Oh my God.

She is not leaving the building without a blow-by-blow statement

on her role in every inflection point with Roylin.

Ganon doesn't want to fuck with a new second lady.

I'll take it to him. He'll talk to number 10.

I'll talk to Dennison, who feels a deep kinship with me

for reasons that need no explanation.

Stuart... Kate could help me through this.

Because Trowbridge loves her and Dennison wants to fuck her.

Nobody gives a shit about Ganon,

and nobody gives a shit about you.

Don't worry. They don't give a shit about me either.

Do you think you can hold your hand out like you're gesturing to the name?

Lower.

Just a little bit to the left so you're not blocking the imaginary "r" in Wyler.

- How'd it go? - Great.

Ma'am. I said you shouldn't talk to the Brits today,

but someone's got to tell them about Roylin. And if you don't...

Then it's you.

No, it's Eidra.

- Ambassador? - Sir.

I was hoping to get a moment of your time. I have some news.

We're needed in the Commons. Can we schedule something--

Margaret Roylin died yesterday evening.

She killed herself.

She was under constant supervision. Her body was found quickly, but...

First met her at Shepherd's.

She paid the boy to cock up my order.

Wanted to see if I was a soft body or if I knew how to raise a stink.

Her first test.

Did your lot do this?

No. They didn't.

I wanted to kill her.

I tried.

She survived me. She survived the end of Empire.

Thatcherites, New Labour.

Fucking cunt was to outlive us all.

Perhaps we continue this inside?

Why didn't you return her? I told you to yesterday.

That was the intention.

I should have, before the swearing-in.

That's... That's my mistake.

It certainly is. What do you intend to do about it?

I am leaving London.

Hayford will serve as chargé until the president can appoint a new--

- You're leaving? - Oh, for heaven's sake.

Tell your president I understand the logic of firing you for gross negligence.

I appreciate the gesture, but it's not what I fucking want.

That is not why I'm leaving.

Then why?

It's a new administration. There will be a job shuffle.

Deputy secretary, or...?

- No. - The NSC?

There will be an announcement in a few days.

So, soil the bed and disappear.

I expected more from you, though I honestly don't know why.

Sir, it has been an honor--

Best of luck. And may the road rise up to kick you in the tits.

He has every right to be upset, as you do.

- I am so sorry. - It's okay.

It is definitely not okay.

We had her in a safe house.

- We had one job. - Kate.

Are you all right?

Sorry, I didn't sleep much.

When do you leave?

Tonight.

I am not going to work at State.

I am going to be my... husband's wife.

'Cause that's what you...

Want?

Apparently.

It's what I keep choosing.

In a few days, you'll read about Hal in the paper,

and this will... all make more sense.

- Will it? - I think so.

I hope so.

Sir.

It has been...

Yes.

Indeed, it has.

Hey.

Carole knows.

Because the underwear I couldn't find this morning was in my pant leg

and apparently journeyed down to my ankle over the course of the day.

- Okay. - Really?

I mean, I think it's okay. She's not going to tell anyone.

The only one she tells anything to is me. But if... if you're worried...

Danny called.

They want me in Vienna.

We're starting secret talks with Syria. They had a prisoner swap.

No one thought it was gonna move the needle, but...

- It did. - Yeah.

That's great.

It's not going to move fast, Kate.

- No, it's not. - I'm not coming back here.

I'm going with you.

No, you're not.

- I like Austria. - No, you don't.

- I have an open mind. - You don't.

I'll work in the consular section.

I will help hikers find out if the hills really are alive.

You're not going to blow up your career. You should be doing my job.

I'm not having you stamp fucking visas.

Is this a fling?

- No. - Is this what you do?

Are you fucking me because you go from post to post,

teaching the young and idealistic how to fight for democracy

by schooling them with your magic penis?

- Jesus Christ. - Yes or no?

- No. - If you're done, say it.

Say, "Sweetheart, this was fun, but I'm done and I want to move on."

- That's not what I want, Kate. - What do you want?

It's not rocket science, okay?

We would be a tandem couple like everyone else in the fucking service.

I would stamp visas so no one knows I'm actually working for the Iran team,

which could use new blood.

They just got lapped by a computer virus.

You'd get three years. I'd get three years.

We'd go where you had a great job. We'd go where I had a great job.

Simplest math problem in the world.

If you don't want it, have the ball sack to say you don't want it!

Floodlights at Anders are bright. Try not to squint for the photos.

- Who are we expecting? - Reuters and CNN.

- And they know about... - Nothing.

We took the VP seal off the plane.

That's protocol, but it still says United States of America across the body,

so the hold will be at the top of the air stairs.

Actually, let's have you come out first. Give them some solo shots.

They should get us together, right?

If she comes out right behind you, we get both. I'll tell you when to go.

Can I jump in with a question?

I don't mean to interrupt, but, uh...

...what if she's not on the plane?

- Would anybody bat an eye? - I mean, no, but...

As a hypothetical, what if she stayed in London as ambassador?

Is that coming from State? I...

At the moment, it's coming from me.

There is merit to her staying until he's confirmed.

- But the White House feels that-- - After the confirmation.

What if she just stayed here?

You are speaking for the White House, I'm speaking for the embassy.

I mean, having steady leadership...

- Stuart... - Having her leadership...

You're asking if she can stay in London permanently.

She can fly to DC for the big things.

I mean, how often do you really need her? Twice a month? Once?

The Office of Second Lady

may not be a hive of activity, but it is a bit more involved than that.

What else? Tell me.

We'll make a calendar. Board it out.

America ousted its monarchs. It left a vacuum.

If you don't fill it with a little pomp and circumstance,

if you don't show the people what it means to be a proud American family,

some neo-fascist crawls out of the woodwork and takes the empty throne.

That's the job. You want to board it out?

Well, most American couples have two careers.

You can't survive on one salary in this economy.

So if she is modeling the American family, let her keep her job.

Reflect the family Americans actually have.

She's not losing her job. She's going to be special envoy to Europe.

I'm sorry?

If she wants to stay and be ambassador, we can make it work.

But the White House wants her to be special envoy to Europe.

- That might require a conversation. - It's Billie's idea.

Look, she can go to DC,

lead policy for all of Europe, or she can stay in a shrinking island kingdom

that diddled its economy and rabble-roused its way to global irrelevance.

The only reason she'd choose ambassador in London over special envoy in DC

is if she wanted to be 3,000 miles away from me.

That's right.

I think we're... good.

Yeah.

Is that what you want? To be... 3,000 miles apart?

No.

You want a divorce?

Uh, that's a stupid question.

You've answered it a hundred times. I mean, you most certainly do.

That's not what we're doing.

We had a... secret relationship for 14 months.

We could have a secret divorce.

A separation.

Make it official in a couple years when I'm a has-been.

Yeah, Stuart's right.

Stay here.

Show up for photo ops.

I'm going with you, and I am begging you.

Please don't ask me to make you feel better about it.

I don't have it in me.

Draft is on your desk.

I'm not adding extra words just to make it seem like you spent a lot of time on it.

I would like you to marry me.

You want to do that?

The ambassador's luggage can go straight in the car.

But before anything is loaded, please be sure

it's been tagged...

On my way to the car. Will it wait?

Well, um, I remember...

You talked to the Brits?

- Yeah. - Thanks.

I don't think it helped.

Tell the director it all came from me.

It did.

Exactly. I had you offer Roylin asylum.

I had you rush over before the swearing-in.

They won't blame the second lady. They can't.

Honey, from the Winfield bees.

Thank you, Pensy.

With much labor, they make such sweetness.

May you always remember your time here.

Might I?

Oh, of course.

You will be missed.

Eidra!

Are we okay?

Yeah.

Let me tell you, floor statements, special orders, transcripts...

Ma'am.

Byron.

I've done this for a number of ambassadors.

You were different.

I'm gonna try to lure you to DC.

I hope we get to host you back at Winfield.

Thanks for taking such good care of her.