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WOMAN: I've already been
down this street.

DISTORTED MALE VOICE
(over earpiece):
Keep walking.

(dog barking in distance)

Hello?

Remove the battery
from your phone

and put it
in the Dumpster.

No.

It's a burner.

No one's tracking it.

Not negotiable.

How do I know
you're really Viper?

How do I know
it's not a trap?

Do it.

(creaking)

♪ ♪

Hello?

(clattering)

Where are you? Damn it.

Gina Fisher.

You made it.

You're Viper?

What I got is going to bring
the United States to its knees.

They say Thomas Jefferson,
your first Secretary of State,

shared a bottle of this
1788 Clos de Griffier cognac

with my predecessor
Jean Baptiste Ternant

who, um, didn't realize

that Jefferson was, uh,
really a wine aficionado.

(scattered chuckles)

However, our research

of you, Madam Secretary,

uh, suggests that you
will find this cognac
more pleasing.

Merci,
Minister Dubois.

Your research
is correct.

(scattered chuckles)

And although Jefferson
may not have loved cognac,

he loved France.

And our enduring alliance is
a testament to our shared values

and profound friendship.

Thank you.

DAISY: The Secretary
and French Foreign Minister

will now take
ten minutes of questions.

(reporters shouting)

Gina Fisher,
from the Washington Chronicle.

Madam Secretary, you say that
the U.S. and France are friends,

yet your senior policy advisor,
Jay Whitman, has referred

to Minister Dubois
here as, quote,

"An empty crepe
with a Napoleon complex."

(reporters murmuring)

What do you have
to say about that?

I don't know
anything about it.

Next question.

It's from a confidential
state department cable.

I've gotten access to a cache
of such communiqués,

including evidence of U.S.
spying on France

and other
so-called allies,

exposing vast
institutionalized hypocrisy.

All of which will be going up
on the Chronicle's Web site

as we speak.

(reporters shouting)

JAY:
It was a private e-mail!

You really believe there's
such a thing anymore?

There's thousands.

Twittersphere is calling them
the Viper cables.

Viper?

Fisher's source.

She's claiming he's
a state department
employee.

Oh, great,
our very own Snowden.

What happened to at least
giving us a heads up?

Hey, Jay.

Daisy's about to tell us

that that gotcha video is
blowing up on social media.

Which was clearly the point.

Right now, I need you
to focus on fixing it.

The White House agrees.

They want this contained.

DAISY: Dubois officially
cut short his visit

and is on
his way to Andrews.

Dubois's the tip
of the iceberg.

In another cable, an
INR analyst referred

to the Austrian
ambassador as Das Boob.

Several deputy assistant
secretaries agreed

in an e-mail chain

that a member
of the Peruvian
Constitutional Tribunal

is a coked-up,
narcissist blowhard.

Oh, and our ambassador
to Kenya called

their defense minister a
sweaty, brain-damaged hippo.

Are we sure those cables
aren't from a frat?

Already crafting
your apologies, ma'am.

On a scale of
non-apology-apology

to full
Swaggart-Kanye,

how far do you
want to take it?

Feel your way through,

based on diplomatic importance.

Aside from the petty
name-calling,

is there anything policy-related
we need to worry about?

I'll get into that.

While you're at it,
get with FBI, DOJ and DNI,

and see if they can figure out
who Viper is.

And short of ID'ing him among
our thousands of colleagues,

I want an estimate
of his security clearance.

I'll write up your apology
to Foreign Minister Dubois,

but he may require
more than contrition.

Understood.

For now, Madam Secretary,
I hope you like crow.

'Cause that's the only
dish on the menu today.

It is upsetting
and deeply concerning

when so-called friends
are uncivil,

condescending and
downright mean-spirited.

I-I understand.

Please accept my heartfelt
apologies, Ambassador Reinhart.

Petty name-calling has no
place in our discourse.

I have such
great respect

for all the work
that you've done

on behalf of women
and the elderly.

I'm very sorry.

Very well, Madam Secretary.

That's all we have
for now.

Only 47 apologies?

I was just
getting warmed up.

(chuckles)

How'd I do?

No one's launched
any missiles at us, yet.

(chuckles)

But Ms. Fisher's announced
that she's posting

another set of Viper's cables
tomorrow afternoon,

and she's claiming they're
much worse than the first.

Any headway on Viper?

No I.D.

But INR estimates he's no more
than Secret level clearance.

They doubt he even had access
privileges to the seventh floor.

Then why is
the Washington
Chronicle making

such a big splash?

Reach out to Fisher.

I want her in my office
first thing in the morning.

Tell her I'll give her an
interview if you have to.

Isn't that beneath your dignity,
Madam Secretary?

The dignity train has
already left the station.

Have Daisy put together
background on her for me.

How deep?

The Constitution
shouldn't be violated.

Let's make that an
assumption from now on.

Hey! I can't believe
you're still up.

I heard all about
your day.

It was all over
the news.

Tell me
about the kids.

(falsetto):
They're great.

Seriously?
The high voice?

What's wrong?

I didn't want to pile
on your problems.

Josh broke up
with Alison.

Oh, no.
Is she a puddle?

She hasn't really mentioned
anything about it yet.

You didn't.

I did.

I thought we said we weren't
going to do that anymore.

I know.

So the little dweeb broke up
with her in a text?

Yeah, with
all kinds of weird
auto-correct things,

but, yeah,
his intent was clear.

Honey, Alison's 15.

W-We can't be spying
on her texts anymore.

Can we?

Hey, was it really
our fault

that my iPad somehow
tied in with her phone?

And it's not like these
were icky diary entries.

They're stuff
that she's sharing
with her friends.

That's true.
We're great parents.

We are.
It's our responsibility
to balance her privacy

with her safety.
She's at a precarious age.

Fifteen.
We spy because we love.

Like the U.S. on France.

Much, much too soon,
right?

Ugh. At least we'll
know what to expect
from Hurricane Alison.

Yeah. Oh, and don't
be surprised

by the giant "V" that
Jason painted on his door.

Viper's his new hero.

Not surprised.

And Stevie?

Quietly reveling
in your problems.

Remind me again
why we had kids.

They were supposed
to be cute.

Come on, Mom, you got to admit
that government transparency

is worth you getting
a little beat up over.

No, I don't.

You wrote scholarly papers
slamming the CIA for torture.

That was different--
it was torture.

So, you think spying
on our allies is a good thing?

No, I think it isn't torture.

Feta and spinach omelet up.

Thanks, Dad.

You got it. Hey!

How's school, Noodle?

It's fine.

Why don't you ask
me about school?

Because you would just rail

against the oppression
of learning.

Yeah, your words.

So, I got a job
yesterday.

Hey, that's fantastic.

The copywriting job?

No, the hostessing job.

Hostessing? As in?

As in, "Party of four?
Right this way."

Frank's Steak House.

Oh.
Oh.

Frank's...

Yeah, a lot of important
people go there.

Yep, and I will be showing
them to their tables.

Cool. Do we get
free steak?

No. Just like
no free rides.

I'm the one who decided
to drop out of school.

I can't blame you guys
for making me pull my weight.

(phone rings)

Ugh.

Hello.

It's the Russian Foreign
Minister's office.

(sighs)
Great.

How did they get
our home number?

Russia.

Uh, really?

Okay, yeah.

Hold on one second.

Not for you.

He wants to meet me.
Gorev?

He wants to talk about my
Orthodox Church schisms article.

Cool.

Come on, it's obviously
a ploy to get to you.

Go. Guy's a powerhouse
in Russia,

second in line
for the president.

It'll be a kinky story
that you met him.

Just don't give
away Latvia.

You have another 23 apology
calls to make this morning.

Good morning,
Nadine.

Oh. You really want to start
with that every morning?

I guess I'm
old-fashioned that way.

Good morning,
Madam Secretary.

Ms. Fisher from the Washington
Chronicle is waiting for you.

Thank you.

Do I need to remind you

that anything you say to her
could wind up all over the news?

Don't worry.

I'm pretty good at
talking to people.

Have a seat.

I get why you brought me
in here.

So I'll feel intimidated.

To soften me up.

That thought might've
crossed my mind.

You think
I'm a traitor.

I don't know what
to make of you, Ms. Fisher.

The latest Gallup poll has
52 percent of Americans thinking

that Viper is providing
an important perspective

on what's really happening
behind American power.

They think he's a patriot.

I'm all for transparency,
but not this.

Not giving away state
secrets haphazardly.

And isn't it beneath you

to print the petty,
trite garbage

of a Secret-level
analyst?

Who says he's
only Secret level?

INR analyzed the cables.

They're nothing more than
the TMZ of political reporting.

INR has it wrong.

You won't be saying that
after the next release.

Oh, come on, Gina.

Your source wouldn't
be invited

to sit in the Situation Room
on a Saturday morning

to watch cartoons.

He's Top Secret SCI.

Cleared for
compartmentalized access

to more programs
than I can count,

and you're going to have
to do a hell of lot more

than apologize when
the next cables hit.

I am so sorry,
Madam Secretary.

So long I have you
on the defensive,

will you give us a week

to review
the cables

before you release
the next batch?

I knew you had
an agenda.

No. Not a chance.

Well, then, I think
you need to leave.

Okay.

Viper is more of a threat
than we realized.

He's Top Secret SCI.

She gave you that?

You Jedi mind-tricked her,
didn't you, ma'am?

There's no time
for a victory lap.

This next batch of cables

could blow covert operatives
all over the world.

ELIZABETH:
Counsel has informed me

that there's no legal recourse

to slow down the impending
document release.

Damn First Amendment.

ELIZABETH:
I think we need to get

ahead of this one,
Mr. President.

What do you have in mind?

Call in all
covert operatives

until we know what
we're dealing with.

All?

That's thousands
of human assets.

It'd be
an unprecedented move.

One that I believe
is warranted,

given the downside
if I'm right.

All on the word
of this reporter?

I mean, ODNI said
it's all froth.

You sure she's
not playing you?

90% sure.

Based on my
profiling of her.

I-I think Fisher purposely
released milder cables first,

in order to create
an even bigger story

with the second
release.

Journalistic showmanship.

I got a good read
on her, sir.

She's a reporter.

She deals in facts.

I don't believe she'd lie.

I'm going with
Elizabeth on this one.

Foreign Minister Dubois
is back in Paris

and calling for
my dismissal.

I'm not surprised.

You had to pick
on a NATO ally,

nuclear power,
Security Council member?

Madam Secretary,
part of my job

is advising you that
you should fire me.

I'm a little
busy right now,

and I don't know anyone
else who can do your job.

Don't be too
flattered.

I was a CIA analyst
for 20 years

and then
a college professor,

so I literally don't
know anyone else

who can do
what you do.

Oh.
Look...

I need you to be okay with being
dead-man-walking for a while

until I can find
someone else.

I'll draft my
resignation letter

and dust off
my résumé.

And keep doing my job.

Thank you.

Okay.

We just
ID'd Viper.

He's Jed Heller,
former INR analyst.

Left five
months ago.

What was his clearance?

Top Secret SCI,

just like
Fisher said.

Where is he now?

SIGINT from NSA
has him in Guinea.

With whom we don't have
an extradition treaty.

You want me to
hold his identity?

No.

You can't give away
American secrets

and then sip piña coladas
on the beach

while you negotiate
your book deal.

Put it out there.

Uh, Madam
Secretary...

this Viper guy Heller
bolted on Secretary
Marsh's watch,

before you took office.

You want me to
play that up?

No.

This is a matter
of national security.

I want you to
play that up.

(phones ringing)

Oh, let me guess...

Oh, the next document
dump just hit.

(phones ringing)

It is as your
article suggests:

Religious traditions
breed cultural divisions,

but they can also
dissolve national borders.

Look at the Middle East
of today.

I'm impressed,
Minister Gorev.

You've obviously read
my article

and thought deeply
on this subject.

Not as deeply as you,
Professor McCord.

Clearly, my daughter

is in good hands.

Excuse me?

Olga. My youngest.

She is in
your Ethics

and Eastern Religions
class at Georgetown.

Oh, I had
no idea.

It's a lecture,

so there are a few
hundred students.

There is a Saudi
prince in there,

but the keffiyeh
is a dead giveaway.

Olga is very
private girl.

Wants real
university experience

without attention
because of me.

I get it.

I have a daughter
around that age

in a similar circumstance.

So you know
what it's like.

Having daughter.

I will look for her.
Olga.

That would be nice.

She is having
a hard time
in this class.

Getting "C"s
on her papers.

Well, ethics is a sneakily
deceptive subject.

Especially seen through
the lens of religion.

She wants Harvard
for graduate school.

A "C" would kill
her GPA.

She needs an "A."

You are aware that
it's an ethics class?

And you are aware
that I can make life

very difficult
for your wife?

It would be shame, given
all her current problems,

if she were to have troubles
in Eastern Europe as well.

MATT: Who knew we spied
on Liechtenstein?

We spy on everybody, dummy,
we just don't advertise it.

They have no standing army,

and their biggest export
is false teeth.

They literally
have no bite.

Where are we on
the security assessment?

Munsey is on his way
to brief you.

Jay is compiling
reports from INR

and all the other
intelligence services.

I guess that means
he still works here.

MATT: Well, we heard
about Dubois's

crise de colère.

That's hissy fit, in French.

I am aware. Just...

let's worry about
our own jobs.

Madam Secretary?
Director Munsey.

How bad is it?

37 agents blown.

Tell me we got 'em all.

All but one.
Roy Schaeffer.

That's his file.

Our top asset
in Balochistan.

His cell service was patchy,
so he got word late.

Where is he now?

In a van on his way to
the embassy in Islamabad.

ELIZABETH:
His cover is State
Department. USAID.

His real job is
keeping tabs
on their nukes.

He'll be executed
if he's caught.

Where is he?

GENERAL: Nine blocks
from the embassy,

Madam Secretary.

About three quarters
of a mile out.

He's going to make it.

MAN:
I got eyes on you, Schaeffer.

Turn left at the next corner.
That's Colonel Delaney.

He's watching from
the embassy roof.

Damn it, I just
picked up a Pakistani

military jeep on my tail.

(tires squealing)

DELANY:
Open the gate!

We got you, Schaeffer.

Eye on the prize.

SCHAEFFER:
Crap! Closing on me.

DELANEY:
Don't let them in front of you.

Don't let them cut you off.
He's got to be

getting close,
right?

Quarter mile.

DELANY: Schaeffer, you've
got a military vehicle

at nine o'clock,
going to cut you off.

He's not gonna make it.

Request permission to leave
the embassy to grab him up.

Denied.

We can't get into
a firefight with
the Pakistanis.

Hold your ground.

DELANEY:
Schaeffer, you've got

another vehicle
at three o'clock, approaching.

(tires squealing)

There he is.

DELANEY:
They got him.

They got him.

We can still engage.

(men speaking Urdu)

No.

No engagement.

Tell my parents and sisters
I love 'em.

(men shouting in Urdu)

(engine starts)

(tires squealing)

Where is he?

We believe Sahiwal Jail
in Lahore.

We're working on confirmation.

Assuming he's there,
do we have any access points?

No one inside.

I have a couple
field agents

who've infiltrated
the sanitation company

that services the prison.

ELIZABETH:
Sahiwal has
hundreds of cells

on five floors.

We'd need intel on
exactly where he is.

I think we need to take an
exfiltration op off the table.

Can't afford it
getting messy.

We could threaten
to cut their aid.

Then we might have
to cut their aid.

Which would
be just as bad.

I can reach out
to Ambassador Hesbani,

offer a public
apology.
For what?

We're not admitting
our guy's in The Company.

For the misunderstanding.

It's a Hail Mary, at best.

The Pakistanis'
hands are tied.

They have to manage
unrest in the streets.

We're not exactly winning
any popularity contests

over there.

You have any
better ideas?

Give it a shot.

Thanks, everyone.

JACKSON:
Elizabeth!

What, I shoot you down
too hard in there?

I can take it.

No, I just wanted to say
sorry about your policy guy.

Yeah, I'm going
to hold onto him

until I can find
somebody else.

I know a guy.

Really?

Worked for me on
House Armed Services.

Just finished
a fancy PhD,

he's looking to get
back in the game.

I'll send you
his résumé.

Thanks.

HENRY:
So there I am,

mano a mano

with one of the most
powerful men on Earth

and he wants me to compromise
my integrity or else.

Not exactly
High Noon, Dad.

Yeah, okay, wise guy.
It felt like it.

So what'd you do?

Well, uh...

I have to admit,
I was a little thrown.

But then--

there's no other way
to describe it--

this rage built
up inside me.

Like the Hulk.

Yeah, kind of.

And then, the next thing I know,

I'm pushing my chair back,
I stand up and...

Don't tell me
you flipped the table.

No, but I needed
to face him down.

And then everything
just fell away,

the other people,
the food,

the sounds...

I just laser-focused
on Gorev,

and I ripped
him a new one.

Go, Dad!
So gangster!

How big of a new one?

Uh...pretty big new one.

(all laughing)

I told him that I would
not compromise my ethics

and that his
daughter had to live

with whatever
grade she earned.

Oh, and then
I told him,

that "My wife can
handle herself, pal.

And you better not
underestimate her."

STEVIE:
All right.

That's sweet.
Go, Mom.

Well, Ali's still
suffering in silence.

Ah, the poor thing.

I could barely get
a smile out of her.

If we didn't know,
I'd ask her,
"What's wrong?

Why you being
so quiet?"

So ask.

I'm afraid
she'll make me.

You're ex-CIA.

She won't.

Well, I'd feel
even more guilty

using those
skills on her.

Whatever happened to
"We spy because we love"?

I don't...
I don't know.

You okay?

Yeah.

No.

Work is tough.

And I have to be
able to turn it off

before I come
back here.

You were very present
with the kids before.

And now I want to be
present with you.

Hey.

I hope I didn't
really make things

difficult for you
with Gorev.

No, I like that you
stood up to him.

It's sexy.

Is it?

Yeah.

Your ethics are...
even sexier.

Really?

Mmm.

Man with a solid
moral compass?

Big turn on.

Who says you have to be
a bad boy to get the hot girl?

All right, there's obviously
been some kind of mistake.

What is your job
for the CIA?

I'm not CIA, dude.

I'm with the USAID Safe
Drinking Water Project.

I'm doing you
guys a solid.

The cable says you are
a CIA operative in Balochistan.

Cable got it wrong.

Ask me about the
effectiveness of
decontaminating crystals

in preventing
the spread of cholera.

Then why were you in such
a hurry to get to your embassy?

I was just running late
on a buddy, man.

Come on, I'm an
American aide worker.

I'm an American
aide work...

Hey. Hey!
Hey! Wait!

Wait, wait!
No, n-n-no!

(screaming)

This balushahi is not quite
as good as my mother's.

(laughs) But close.

Well, you'll have to give
our pastry chef

your mother's recipe.

Family secret.

You'll have to beat it
out of her.

I appreciate you making time
for me, Ambassador Hesbani.

My pleasure,
Madam Secretary.

I speak for the
president when I say

we'd like to find a solution
to our current situation

as quickly and as
amicably as possible.

Of course.
But what can be done?

An apology.

From me.

In public.

As you're of
course aware,

public prostration by
any American official

at my level is...
it's almost unheard of.

But this is how much we
value our relationship
with Pakistan.

Generous offer.

But I-I'm afraid
my government's hands are tied.

After Bin Laden,
all the drone strikes,

we can't appear
to be appeasing America.

Our people simply
won't accept it.

I understand.

But can I ask that you bring
this to President Masood?

Thank you.

I'm also asking for
humane treatment and time.

If you could hold
off on a trial.

We treat all
our prisoners humanely.

But I will make
a special inquiry.

As for a trial, it has already
been scheduled for next week.

I see your
intelligence services

haven't penetrated
our legal system.

Can you postpone
the trial?

Madam Secretary,

your country has shown it can
disrespect our sovereignty

with impunity.

The prerogative
of the greater power.

But when you are caught, you
must accept the consequences.

DAISY: Madam Secretary,
Schaeffer's capture

by the Pakistanis
just hit the wires.

It's wall-to-wall
on the cable outlets.

Everyone needs to stop
ambushing me on my way in.

We thought you'd want
to know right away.

Well, might need
to redefine "right away."

So, how do you
want to spin it?

Schaeffer? I don't.

So, we're
going with,

"Yeah, he was spying on
their nukes, our bad"?

We expect Pakistan
to treat all prisoners,

including U.S. citizens,

humanely and in accordance

with the third and fourth
Geneva Convention.

Got it.
Copy that.

You have a visitor,
Madam Secretary.

God, where did
you come from?

I'm always with you.

All right,
who's visiting?

And why are
we allowing it?

Our favorite reporter
Gina Fisher.

Says it's urgent.

Really? Put her
in conference East

and don't offer
her a beverage.

Oh. Also, Russell Jackson's
office asked me

to put this résumé
in your hands.

Is it any good?

Rhodes scholar,
Peace Corps,

PhD in International
Studies from Yale.

Well, if you like
that kind of thing.

There are 200
more of them.

They've been
pouring in all day.

Have Nadine go
through them.

Ms. Fisher.

Jed Heller is sick.

He's not going
by Viper anymore?

He didn't get immunizations
before going to Guinea,

and the medical care there
isn't great.

He can't stop vomiting,
and he wants to come home.

He's welcome
to come back

and stand trial for
espionage anytime
he wants.

Tell that to Guinea.

Because your office
leaked his identity,

now they don't want
to let him go.

They think
he's too valuable.

Did you just
call me a leaker?

He's an American citizen.
You have to do something.

I don't need you to
lecture me on civic
responsibility.

Fine.

But if he dies, it's on you.

Madam Secretary.

We've confirmed with
the Guinea health ministry

that Mr. Heller
has been admitted

to the Ignace Deen Hospital
in Conakry.

How bad is he?

He has, uh,
schistosomiasis.

It's a rare
African disease

caused by an...
infestation of worms

in the skin.

A worm disease.

Fitting.

He's also developed
a secondary meningococcus.

CDC says he needs
a regimen of ceftriaxone,

which isn't available in Guinea,
or he could die.

And I was starting
to think maybe we
didn't want him back.

A trial would put this
whole mess back in the news.

True, but there's justice
to consider, ma'am.

Well, yeah, there's that.

And he is
an American citizen,

deserving of our protection,

regardless of
what he's done.

That, too.

Have our Guinea
ambassador reach out
on humanitarian grounds.

Any inducements?

No, the inducement
is I'm asking.

Nadine, did you
get a chance

to read that résumé
from Jackson?

Yes. Ben Rosenthal.

He's more than qualified.

So, should I
meet with him?

Or will I have to worry

that he's always gonna
be Jackson's guy?

Everyone is someone else's guy,
until they're your guy.

The Islamabad
court just sentenced
Roy Schaeffer to death.

What?

Hesbani told me the trial
wasn't until next week.

Pakistan.

ELIZABETH: He's scheduled
to be hanged in two days.

JACKSON:
That's fast.

Even for that part
of the world.

Well, they're
making a point.

I'm open to ideas.

Maybe that op
that Munsey was talking about.

That you were against?

Well, that was before
the execution was set.

And we've confirmed
that he's at Sahiwal.

We've penetrated
their sanitation system.

Maybe we can turn
a prison guard?

Well, then we'd have
to get him out,
and his family, too.

I can have Munsey
get into that.

The Secretary of State's job is

to offer diplomatic solutions,
not cowboy operations.

Oh, I resent that
characterization,

especially coming from someone
who's never even run an op.

Beth, it has to be
a diplomatic solution.

What if there isn't one?

Then what's our response
after they execute Schaeffer?

We're disappointed,
but Pakistan is still
an important ally.

Let's keep
thinking on it.

Prisoner swap?

Who do we got?

Five Pakistani
nationals at Guantanamo

on various
terrorism charges.

Do the Pakistanis want 'em?

Families do.

Have made
inquiries.

(cell phone beeps)

The Guineans are refusing
to hand over Jed Heller.

His health
is declining.

He's been moved
to intensive care.

Let's stay focused on the guy
who didn't betray his country.

I want an answer on what will
move Pakistan on Schaeffer.

You want an answer?

An SC-RAM defensive system.

(snickers) That is
not an answer, dude.

She asked what would move
the Pakistanis.

What, you're telling me
it won't?

Of course it would,

but we can't give one
to the Pakistanis.

What are you talking about?

Strategic Counter Rocket,
Artillery and Mortar system,

also known
as Steel Cage.

It's a high-tech defensive
weapons system

that we deployed
two years ago.

The Pakistanis practically
begged us for it.

Why?

Because India has it.

The Pakistanis
made their case

for military rebalancing

and improving strategic
status quo here at State,

at Defense and
at the White House--

Dalton killed it.

And if we give it
to them now...

Too arms for
hostagey.

Does anyone else have
it other than India?

The Chinese and the Russians
each have their own versions.

But neither are interested
in selling it to Pakistan.

ELIZABETH:
I worked the phones for hours

and finally got everybody
on board with a deal

that the president and
Pakistan signed off on.

Wow. Congrats.
You're amazing.

Well, Jay, my
policy guy, provided

a huge piece
of the puzzle,

but I pulled the
rabbit out of a hat.

I told you you'd be great
at this job.

Thanks.

But aren't you curious
about what the rabbit is?

Your big idea?
Of course.

I'm just so used
to not asking

'cause I assume
it's confidential.

It is.

But not for you.

Why is that?

It's a three way deal.

And it actually has
Russia giving Pakistan

something that they
really want.

Secretly, of course.

Okay, so why
am I privy?

Because we need to give Russia
something that they want.

Something really special.

What?

An "A."

I floated to
Foreign Minister Gorev

that you would give
his daughter an "A"

if he would convince
his government

to sell Pakistan a certain
defensive weapons system.

I was totally skeptical
that he would go for it,

but then, I mean,
you know how important

his daughter's grade
is to him.

I know! It's crazy.

Nuts!

Arms for A's.

Please tell me
you're kidding.

No, not kidding, babe.

Gorev's office is holding
on my secure line right now,

waiting final word
that you'll do it

before shipping
the weapons system to Pakistan.

Gorev can deliver
a weapons system?

Second most powerful guy
in Russia.

And you actually
put me in the middle
of all this?

Rabbit out of the hat.

How dare you.

Henry.

I know, I was desperate.

If this got out,

my entire life's work
would be discredited.

I would be ruined.

Well, that's why
it's top secret.

I feel really good about that
after your whole Viper mess.

Well, now, technically,
that was Marsh's mess.

What happened to my ethics
being so sexy to you?

They are!
This is a one-off!

It's just a crazy situation
that trumps ethics.

The very nature of ethics
is they can't be trumped.

Please don't make me argue
with a religion professor.

So, your work is
more important than mine?

Of course not.

But you're willing
to risk my entire career.

A man is going
to be killed.

Who's gonna get killed?

No one.

Then why'd you say it?

Go back to bed, please?
Come on.

Josh broke up with me.

At 2:00 in the morning?
Oh, my God.

Aw, Noodle.
He's a doofus anyway.

Hey, Jason!
Shut up.

ELIZABETH:
Alison, listen.

Your dad and I
just have something

really important that we need
to talk about, okay?

More important
than my shattered existence?

No.
Henry...

Okay, look, Noodle, I'll be
there in a minute, okay?

Do we know the guy
getting killed?

Back to bed!

Upstairs!
Yeah, whatever you say,

mein Secretary.
Come on, dude.

Thank you.

Henry?

Henry...

this is important.

So is my integrity.

As an academic,
that's all I have.

Oh, come on!

I compromise my ethics every
single day in this job!

That's not entirely true.

I don't have time to worry

about my decaying
moral fiber.

I moved heaven
and Earth to get

the president and Pakistan
and Russia

all on board, and the entire
thing falls apart without you.

So, please, just say yes.

No.

You shouldn't have
involved me in this.

You're gonna have to
find another way.

Now, I'm gonna go and
comfort our daughter.

How's Ali?

Extremely upset.

Understandably.

Yeah.

I'm gonna check
on her later.

I've been on the phone
with Gorev, and...

I got him to move
off the "A."

Oh, my God. Now we're gonna be
fighting over a "B"?

No.

All Gorev cares about
is his daughter's GPA.

If you would consider
giving her an incomplete,

that wouldn't affect it.

She can retake
the course next semester

and you don't
give an undeserved grade.

The deadline
for incompletes has passed.

Henry, I'm out
of rabbits.

This operative
will really die

if you don't
make this deal?

Yes.

Does he have family?

A mom, a dad and three
little sisters.

That you didn't shove in my face
before to try to move me?

Well, even Elizabeth
the Unethical has
her lines.

Okay.

(softly):
Thank you.

The United States

is very sorry

for the misunderstanding

between our two countries.

Pakistan

is an important ally

and friend.

Where are we?

It's the live image
of the embassy gate

in Islamabad.
No sign of them yet.

They were supposed to deliver
Schaeffer half hour ago.

They could be backing out.

Call Hesbani.

I want him in my office.

What's that?

(buzzer)

(gate opening)

That's him. That's Schaeffer.

(mouthing)
Thank you.

NADINE:
Madam Secretary, protocol

explicitly states
that foreign gifts remain

in the gift room.
Noted.

I decree an exception.

Oh, thank God.

(whoops)
(laughs)

I second the decree.

DAISY: Uh, uh, decrees
don't need seconding.

Uh, this one felt like it did.

Let's have a toast
to Roy Schaeffer.

Welcome home.

ALL:
Welcome home!

Smooth.

I don't know what
Jefferson's problem was.

Now that Schaeffer's back,

can you tell us
how you got the Russians

to move on giving an SC-RAM

to the Pakistanis?

Guess I was just
convincing.

Guinea handed Jed Heller

over to the U.S.
consulate in Conakry.

He's on a medical plane
heading to Ramstein.

That's a quick change
of heart for the Guineans.

The Russians hold

a lot of sway over them.
They put in a word.

The Russians must've really
wanted whatever you gave them.

The good news is

Heller's gonna
face the music

after he's
de-wormed.

(all groan)

You know, speaking
of Heller,

I want to make
an actual decree.

Matt, draft a memo
to the staff.

From now on,

I expect all correspondence

at every level
of confidentiality

to be civil
and respectful,

worthy of the office
being represented.

How wide do you
want it to go?

How many people work here?

31,822.

That'll do it.

Now take your cocktails

and the rest of the
day to yourselves.

Thank you.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Madam Secretary,
can I have a minute?

Ah, sure.

Now that, uh, things
have settled down.

Well, unless that's great
seats to the Kennedy Center,

I don't want it.

What about Dubois?

I called him
this morning

and told him that
while I was very sorry

that he was insulted,

he doesn't get to make
decisions about my staff.

How'd he take it?

I had to pardon
his French.

(laughs softly)

What about Jackson's guy?

Your idea helped to
save a man's life.

You got it
over the finish line.

So...we're
a good team.

All due respect,

I was on
Secretary Marsh's team.

I was his guy.

I know.

I was hoping to ride him
to the White House.

You don't have
such ambitions.

You're right.

But clearly you can make
a difference here at State.

And I am a sucker for anyone
who's good at their job.

But if something comes along

with a presidential
contender,

I'll understand.

Okay.

Oh, and, uh, Jay,
one other thing.

As long as you're here,
you're my guy now.

HENRY: Stevie got home
a little while ago.

Seems like she had an pretty
good first night hostessing.

If humbling.

Cool.

Did you notice that Ali's
in much better spirits?

Oh, I noticed.

Check this out.

What?

Fresh intel on Ali's
better spirits.

Flint Summers.

Who's that?

They've been texting
all afternoon.

Clearly she's
moved on from Josh.

So I did
a little digging.

He plays on the
varsity football team.

Flint is two years
ahead of Ali.

That makes him 17.

I know. Whole new
world from 15.

Yeah, and by whole new world,
you mean...he'll...sex.

He'll push for it.
Of course!

Name like Flint Summers?
There's no boundaries.

(stammers)

What are we doing?

Losing our minds.

Pretty much.

We have to stop
this, don't we?

Okay, if I push
this button...

we sever
the link forever.

Yeah.

(tablet dings)

Now, it begins.

Parenting without a net.

Well, Stevie turned
out all right.

She quit college.

She's not a meth addict.

That's a high bar.

Listen, about
last night?

Oh, I'm over it.

I saw the video of Schaeffer
reuniting with his family.

Well, good. I wasn't
apologizing about that.

It's this job.

Is it turning me into
a morally compromised
version of myself?

Because I am worried
that I'm gonna become

someone that you can't
be with anymore.

Whoa, whoa.

I talk a good game,
but I am no pillar of virtue.

You're a good man.

I-I need you to
be my touchstone.

Uh, to tell me if
I'm crossing lines.

I'd quit this job
in a heartbeat if it
threatened what we have.

Hey.

That's not gonna happen.

But if you're asking me

to be the man
beside the woman?

I'm in.

"The man
beside the woman."

Yeah.