All language subtitles for The.Politician.S02E07

And when we've reached
the 25th gentle squeeze of the teat,

we connect with our sheep
with a mindful touch and say,

- "We honor you."
- "We honor you."

That's right.

And we continue milking.

And as we do,
we acknowledge that we, as women,

will also give milk to our child.

And though we may not hear our children
thanking us in this way,

we will feel it.

Which is not to say

that all of us are going to breastfeed.

Mothers who choose to formula feed
love their children

and are just as much mothers who nurse.

Every woman's lacteal journey is different
and beautiful.

Let's say that all together.

Every woman's lacteal journey is different

and beautiful.

- What trimester are you?
- Just first.

That's what I thought.
I didn't want to assume.

Maybe you're just having a tiny baby.

And that would be wonderful, too.

And as we place each kernel of buckwheat,

one by one,

back into the pillowcase,

making sure
that each little grain is free of weevils

or mealworms,

let us reflect on what each
of these 3,000 grains of buckwheat

represent to us.

Is it the number of weeks
that we will live, on average,

after giving birth and becoming mothers?

Psst! I just put two kernels in at once.
Should I tell her?

Is she gonna make me start over?

I... I can't do this!

Okay, everyone

let's acknowledge
that Taryn is feeling challenged

by this exercise in maternal patience.

Taryn, would you be interested

in sharing where you are
on your emotional journey right now?

Actually, yes, yes. Um...

I would rather be sleeping
on a bunch of weevils

than count buckwheat kernels, Rainbow.

That's where I'm at right now.

Okay.

And are you able to step out

of your negativity whirlpool

to acknowledge that motherhood

will present situations that are

equally frustrating?

No, no, not really, Rainbow.

Really, mostly,
what I'm thinking right now

is that I'm gonna have a son
in two months,

and I'm wondering how I'm gonna explain
to him that his dad is a fucking meathead

who Mommy shouldn't have had
a fucking second date with,

let alone move into his apartment
for a month

before Mommy came to her fucking senses!

And that's Taryn's journey, everyone.

Oh, and just a reminder,

it's "Reignbough,"

not "Rainbow."

"Reign,"

like the period in which a queen rules.

"Bough," like the branch of a tree.

Alice...

I can't do this anymore.

Me neither.

This place is insane.

No, I mean, yes,
this place is crazy, but I'm...

I know what you're gonna say.

You don't have to say it
if you don't want to.

No, I have to say it.

I can't be a mother.

Will you come with me?

Of course I will.

It's okay. Do you hear me?

It's okay.

Now, can we please
get the fuck out of here?

Roshambo, bitch.

Let's rock paper scissors
all up in this piece.

Remember the strategy.

Well, maybe forgetting the strategy
is my strategy.

Wait, am I playing as Dede
or playing as me?

Playing as you.

Copy that.

- What are you doing?
- You shoot on three.

You don't. You shoot on four.
It says so on the Interweb.

- It says...
- I don't care what the Interweb says.

I learned this in 1962,

and that's how we're playing.
Shoot on three.

Here we go.

- Damn it.
- Focus.

Damn it.

Oh, son of a...

Bitch! How did you do that?

Nice.

Watch your body language.

She totally just gave herself away.

Yes.

No!

- Oh, come on. Don't get frustrated.
- God, no.

- This is a disaster!
- I really think you're overthinking it.

Well, of course I'm overthinking it.

I thought that was the strategy.

No, come on.

Now, don't think.

You know what the strategy is.

Don't throw paper or something.

- That's not the strategy!
- Not the strategy.

Don't even think! Do it now!
Do it right now! Here we go.

Damn it.

What the fuck?

- This is eerie, I have to say.
- Yeah.

There you go. We tied.

Good. Here.

What is that? Pen?

Motherfucker.

Taking you down, amigo.

Oh, not today, Satan.

Yes!

Oh, come on.

I got ice water in my veins, baby.

What am I gonna play, James? Hmm?

Is it paper? Hmm?

- Oh, I hate you!
- Yes!

That's right!

Whose house?

Sorry. Awesome.

Real slow now.

This is insane.

Stay focused.

I just won, so my instinct will be

to stick with what just won.

You play what will beat

- what I just beat you with.
- I got it.

- I got it.
- Okay, okay. Here we go.

And...

- Motherfucking son of a bitch!
- I just played scissors!

- Switch to rock!
- I know that! I know that!

- Oh, my God. Nope, not doing it.
- God!

- Nope. Not doing it. Nope.
- Oh, my God!

- Dede.
- Mm-mm. Nope. Mm-mm.

Nope. I need a drink.
I'm going out and getting a drink.

Well, okay. We can practice along the way.

- I'm not practicing. I'm drinking.
- Okay...

Do you know anyone that's had one?

I don't think so.

But my understanding is that

when you get older,
you find out that a lot of people

who you never knew had one
actually had one.

Pretty sure my mom has.

And my dad's definitely paid
for more than one.

Are you having doubts?

No.

Are you having feelings?

I thought River got me pregnant once.

I didn't tell him because I knew
he would just ask me to marry him

on the spot and want to keep it.

And you didn't want that.

I loved River
more than I've ever loved anyone, but...

I just... I don't want kids.

You don't know that.

I do.

And I don't care anymore

if people think
that makes me less of a woman.

I know it doesn't.

I just don't want that for myself,
so I wouldn't be a good mother.

Do you think I will

be a good mother?

Yeah, I think you probably will.

You make Payton feel better
about himself than he deserves to,

so that means you know
how to look after a boy.

And you're the most accomplished woman
I know.

So you'll probably pass that on
if you have a girl.

I still love Payton.

I don't know if I wanna do this
without him.

Do you think
they'll let you come in with me?

Yes. I'll be in there with you
the whole time.

When you walk out of here,

you can do whatever you want
with your life.

When I walk out of here

it's gonna be on a path that I want.

So should you.

But what if we don't like
where that path leads?

At least you will have chosen it.

- Astrid Sloan?
- Yeah.

This way, please.

I don't know why we couldn't have
had a drink at the St. Regis.

What, all the way uptown?

Besides, the best way
to make an old broad happy

is to surround her with gay men.

Hey, hey.

What is he doing here?

I have no idea.

Sounds pretty good, though.

- Really good.
- Yeah.

Thank you.

- Well, well, well.
- Yeah.

- Goodness. Can we buy you a drink?
- Look at you.

I already have my club soda.

I'm sober.
I have been for months now, so

- one day at a time.
- Good for you.

Gee, with a voice like yours,

you should be on Broadway,
not in politics.

Although,
and this might be the martini talking,

you ran a hell of a campaign.

- You're good, kid.
- Thanks.

I know I don't need to say it,
considering your track record,

but so are you.

Both of you. Really.

It's... It's sad that someone has to lose.

He's bullshitting.

- You love the idea of beating us.
- Sometimes.

- Uh-uh...
- Okay, most of the time.

But, seriously, you guys fought
for progressive causes

people my age
just assume were always there.

You know, abortion rights,

civil rights, social programs.

We stand on your shoulders.

Yeah, while you drive us into the grave.

You did with progressives before you.

Well, experience matters, you know?

Knowing how the game is played,

and the back doors into the system...

Vision and passion are great,

but Albany

- is a beast...
- Mmm.

That takes years to learn how to tame.

We've seen it eat noobs alive.

I am sure that's probably true.

But, for now...

I'm having the time of my life.

It's great, isn't it? Being in the arena.

- Mm-hmm.
- With the roar of the crowd

the feel of the other guy's bones breaking
in your hands,

the taste of blood in your mouth.

I do want you to know,
I had my limits, okay?

A member of my staff leaked all that stuff
about the throuple

and... and you and William.

I... I had him fired for it.

Thank you for saying so, but, uh

actually, you should rehire him.

No, I would have advised you
to release that stuff.

We're big girls.

We know this isn't tiddlywinks.

And it all ended up for the best anyway.

Although, I am a little more tired
than I used to be.

William is insatiable.

So, what are you gonna do
if you win, Payton? Um...

First hundred days?

Mmm, re-start the conversation
about building a seawall

to protect Lower Manhattan
from the next superstorm.

Never gonna happen.

Those tightwads in appropriations,

they won't give you ten cents
for a paper clip

if they think it's gonna help Manhattan.

I know, I know. I...
I don't think it's ever gonna get built.

I just think it's gonna help curry favor
with the local construction union,

which will increase my voting bloc

enough to solidify my reelection chances.

And it's gonna move the goalposts

as far as what they're willing to spend
on climate issues,

so when I propose that we subsidize

solar panels
for all the downtown buildings,

that $200 billion
is gonna make the 50 million

that the paneling costs
sound like a bargain.

Maybe I won't get as chewed up
as you think I will.

Payton, people are asking
for you to do another song.

My constituency demands action.

Excuse me, ladies.

You know,

they say that you learn more
from your enemies

than you do from your friends.

So, I would like to dedicate
this next song to two women, who

other than my mother,

have done more to make a man out of me
than anyone else in the world.

Thank you.

- Whoo!
- Thank you.

Oh, my God.

Oh, this is awful.

You should fake a heart attack
or something.

- They look nervous.
- They should be.

Old people are terrible at game theory.

I bet they buy all the utilities
in Monopoly.

I can't believe this is the way
our political career is gonna end.

Would you relax?

Everything's going to be fine.

I have never seen anyone worse
at roshambo than you, Dede.

You are uniquely

- and utterly useless at it.
- Thank you.

- Here we go.
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, shit.
- All right.

Hello, all.

I'm Jay Tank-Brown,
head of the elections board.

I'd like to welcome you all to a very

unique and historic day
to determine the winner

of the 27th District
state senate election.

Now, the rules are clear.

Rock beats scissors,

paper beats rock, and,

of course, scissors beats paper.

We will be using
the Jacobian scoring rules.

Best of five,
as agreed upon by the candidates...

Uh, Jay, before we start,
I'd like to say a few words.

No. Hold on. We did not agree to that
in negotiations. Okay?

- If she gets to speak, I get to speak too.
- Payton, Payton, shut up.

You have the whole rest of your life
to talk.

You hear that?

Hear what? What is she talking about?

It's a trick. It's gotta be a trick.

See, when you're a politician,

you develop a kind of, um

bionic listening.

You have to hear what no one else does.

You have to hear
what your constituents want

above all the noise of the media

and the special interests.

The sound
of the strongest political wind

can be heard
long before it blows down old politicians

and ideas.

The best of us can hear them

when they're nothing
but a summer's breeze.

I'm not great at everything,

I... I am certainly not a champion
at rock paper scissors.

I dig in when I should compromise,

and I have a very specific approach
to romance.

However...

I am a great listener.

And one of the things
that I've been hearing

over the past few weeks of this campaign

is that young people are angry.

They are angry about income inequality,

wage stagnation, the cost of housing,
and more than anything,

climate change

that will alter the way they relate
to the planet we leave them

because they know that none
of those other things are going to matter

if they don't have a planet to live on.

And most importantly,

they're willing to do something about it.

And one of the other things
that I've been hearing

is the voice

of a young man

who fights diligently
to solve the problems

that these young people
are so angry about.

This election
should not have been this close.

But it was.

So close that we are here
deciding the outcome

with a child's game.

It was so close because young people voted

in larger numbers than ever before,

and some of them for the very first time.

They voted

because they finally

had a candidate

who inspired them.

Who made them believe

that someone
was finally listening to them.

And I'm listening too.

And that is why...

I am conceding this election
to Payton Hobart.

It's not a trick, not a trick.

Congratulations, Payton.

Senator Hobart.

Now the hard part starts, kiddo.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I guess we won.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, cheer up.

Why? You just gave away the farm.

That was certainly very unexpected.

Um, we're all a little bit taken aback,

but I think that we are gonna stick
to our plan for the first hundred days

to focus on technology...

You won.

Maybe. I'll never know
what was in that ballot box.

Trying to write this acceptance speech.

You made the right call,
not turning it in.

Not right in the legal
or ethical sense, but

right for you.

I envy you.

'Cause I'm willing to do anything to win?

Because you know who you are.

You know what you want.

You don't?

I think I may wanna go to medical school.

I think

you'd be a great doctor.

- Maybe I'll become a surgeon.
- Hmm.

I excel at focusing on a single task
for long periods of time.

It's that or start a lifestyle brand,
I haven't decided yet.

- Hmm.
- Either way,

I need to go back to Harvard
and finish school.

I am certain that I love you though.

I don't wanna be your dutiful wife, but...

I do wanna have a family with you.

It just needs to be a little more...

George and Amal
and a little less George and Martha.

Hmm.

I want that too.

Come on. Let me buy you dinner?

We'll talk medical schools?

Don't you have to finish
your acceptance speech?

Ah, it can wait.

I think

we should make tonight

all about you.

- Come on.
- Yeah.

Hello.

- Hello!
- Hi, Georgina.

Hi, Dede.

- Thank you so much for facial timing me.
- Hello.

How's the day drinking going?

Excuse me?

Oh, I didn't mean it as an insult.

How are you, Georgiana?

Are you still basking in the glow
of winning 98 percent of the vote?

I mean, I suppose so.

Running for governor, was...
It was... It was fun,

but, uh, can you believe

nobody told me that you have to move
to Sacramento for the job?

I mean

what is in Sacramento

except for farmland and... and...
And opioids?

Um, so... so you're not taking the job?

No, of course I am. I am.

But I... I'll only be there for a year.

My understanding is that
the governor's term is for four years.

But I've decided

to run for president.

This cycle.

- Huh?
- Isn't that wonderful?

Uh-huh. What... What about
all your big plans for California?

What about secession?

Yeah

well, you know,

I might have been aiming
a little bit high with that one.

And then it struck me.

Why does California
have to leave the country

when the country
could be more like California?

Well, yeah,
but what does that have to do with me?

Well...

I want you to be my vice president.

Well...

You are so smart, Dede.

You're so good at all of the...
The governing

and all that stuff
that I really can't be bothered with.

I doubt I would even run
for a second term.

You would be set up to succeed me.

If I said yes, I would...
I would have terms.

I would want to bring
Hadassah Gold with me.

- I would want...
- Oh, of course. I'm way ahead of you.

I was thinking of having her
as my chief of staff.

Her natural dislike of people
makes her perfect for that job.

One question then:

Why me?

Because you and I both know,
you are far from finished.

It's second act time for you.

And politics, yes,
it's mostly ego and... and marketing,

but... but the governing

competency matters

integrity matters,

expertise matters, experience matters.

The country needs you,

that's why.

An all female ticket.

History-making.

What do you say?

Because this is the thing about change

people say that it can't be done,

and then when it is, when you accomplish
the thing that nobody said that you could,

suddenly, those people that stood there,

blocking your path every step of the way,

suddenly, they say that they didn't.

Suddenly, your big idea
was their big idea all along.

So, let's not let that happen.

Let's remind them that they were the ones

standing in the way of progress...

Oh, God, there you are.
I'm not saying any of this.

Okay, I mean,
you can say whatever you want, you won.

No, I didn't win,
that's the problem, I tied.

That makes this speech about
the things I'll do with my big victory

sound stupid, especially
since it's not a victory at all.

But what I'm trying to say is...

Please stop interrupting,
let me finish a fucking thought!

I'm sorry, it's just

the problem is, for someone who has
staked his future on winning elections...

I don't win many elections, do I?

There are cynics who will tell you that

recycling doesn't make a difference...

Okay, I'm about to say something
that might make you really mad.

But you won.

Jesus Christ.
No, my opponent dropped out, again.

That's the thrust of the point
that I'm attempting to make.

Yeah, no, that's the part
that might make you mad.

We counted the votes in the ballot box...
and you won.

Leaders will see
the writing on the wall.

James, Skye, and me,
we kind of couldn't stand not knowing...

Payton.

Dede.

Payton. Payton.

All those old people
in the retirement home

they all went for you, 98 to 75.

You won the election, Payton.

I mean, it was close, just 23 votes,
but you won, you... you actually won.

Congratulations, Senator.

State... Senator.
Let's not get carried away.

State Senator Elect!

Oh, my God.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Senator Elect Payton Hobart.

- That's me.
- That's you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wow.

Wow, wow, wow.

You know, I have to... I have to tell you,
I'm very much at a loss for words.

- We love you!
- I love you, too.

I really do.

Listen, a lot of ink was spilled

about how this... this race
was about generational change.

Right? Older voters versus younger voters,

voters that had never before
in their lives cast a ballot.

But

looking at our exit polls, I learned a lot
about who my supporters really are.

Young and old,
you trusted me with your support.

It has defied my expectations,

and it has humbled me.

And for anyone out there
who did cast a vote for Dede Standish,

I have three words:

I get it.

I do.

Dede Standish is a remarkable woman.

She's an outstanding politician

who's done just about as much
as any single person could do

to improve the lives
of her fellow citizens.

Now, she and I
did not always agree on everything.

But, uh, I promise you,

I will work every bit as hard as she has
for the last 30 years,

and I promise you that I will take
the trust that you placed in her

and I will guard that trust

for as long as I'm honored
to hold elective office in your name.

Thank you.

There's an old adage

that says that politicians
campaign in poetry

and govern in prose.

So now we are on to the prose part.

The backbreaking work
of standing up to the colossus,

the abomination that is money in politics.

The fire hose of falsehoods
and disinformation

that is trained and ready
to drown out anybody

who dares to challenge a broken system.

The power of the forces
aligned against us

is daunting.

And the hard work of safeguarding
our natural environment,

rolling back greenhouse gas emissions

and drawing a line in the sand
as to what we will and will not tolerate

when it comes to risking
mankind's future on this planet.

These are all
just about the hardest things

that humankind
has ever asked itself to do.

But

as I stand here today...

I can honestly tell you
that looking out at the spectrum of voters

who honored me
with their vote in this campaign,

I can tell you from the bottom of my heart

that today I have never been more hopeful

about what a group of people who have
come together with a common cause

can find the strength inside itself to do.

We will meet this challenge
and we will overcome it.

And let me tell you something,

if I ever break that promise to you, there
is something that I need you to do for me:

Vote me out!

If I ever become part of the status quo
in Albany, you vote me out.

If I ever choose the easy path
over the right one, vote me out!

Pay attention.

Stay engaged.

Give me no choice

but to be the man that I want to be,

the man that I have promised you today
that I will be.

If you can make that promise

then I can promise you there is nothing
we will not accomplish together.

We will transform this city of New York
and we will save this world!

Thank you so much for this honor.
I'm so proud to be your senator!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, our biggest accomplishments
over the last two years, go.

The all-electric city bus fleet.

You co-wrote the bill
requiring every new high-rise in Manhattan

to utilize a combined
heat-and-power source

and incorporate solar panels
into the design.

You added 300 EV charging stations
across the city,

fast-tracked permit approval for
New York's offshore wind operation,

which is now ahead of schedule
and set to deliver 3000 megawatts,

which is almost twice what was promised.

Also, that's 250 new jobs.

Are we talking first-term accomplishments?

I'd vote for Archie.

Ah, all good points.

Okay, okay.
Guys, very happy you're engaged,

but this is still a workplace, so if
we could just... save a little space.

Thank you very much.

Hi. I'm sorry I'm late.

Hi, sweet boy.

Mommy just took her first board exam.

- How'd it go? How'd it go?
- Yes. Mwah!

I think it went well, but we'll see.

- Archie, Mommy's almost a doctor, yeah!
- Yeah, just like eight more years.

Eight more years, yeah.

Folks, two years ago on election night,
we were shitting ourselves.

Tonight we get to

sit back,

and celebrate.

Celebrate what? You're running unopposed.

Uh-huh. That's what I mean,
that's what we're celebrating.

We delivered for the 27th District

and now our voters are gonna
send us back to Albany

for two more years to fight for them.

Can I just say something?

This is kind of a huge bummer.

What are you talking about?

I thought you were gonna announce
your next campaign.

Yeah, this was the next campaign. We won!

- Yeah, we won but there wasn't a campaign.
- I agree.

I mean, the champagne's great,
but I thought

maybe you were gonna announce
that you were running for governor.

Seriously?

I guessed Congress.

I thought US Senate.

I thought that's what the lunch
with Chuck Schumer was about.

No, no, no.

Okay, I need everyone to really hear this.

The last two years

have been a revelation.

Not just because I became
a husband and a father.

Yes.

But because I learned
that a meaningful life

is not all about ambition.

We didn't worry about the next thing.

We stayed devoted
to the thing in front of us.

A cause we believe in and that needs us.

So.

We have a lot more work to do.

And I for one plan on doing it.

That's what I want to celebrate tonight.

So get up here.

Wanna make a toast?

You wanna make a toast? Mmm!

I hear the cutie.

Yes.

To two more years. Cheers.

Also,

your mom's about to be elected president.

And to that as well.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

What are you doing here?

What do you mean?

You don't own Central Park.

I'm jogging. I do it all the time.

Wait a minute, hold it, hold it.

Oh, my God.

Okay, I lied.

I don't jog all the time.
In fact, I haven't jogged in 20 years.

Oh, my God, we usually do
that elliptical thing, you know?

The one that tells you
you've run 15 miles, what bullshit.

This is way harder.

There's someone over there
who wants to talk.

I'm going to Sant Ambroeus
for a hot chocolate.

You could've just called.

- Or spoken to you at the inaugural.
- Mmm.

But I wanted this to be very private.

Congratulations on the election...

Madam Vice President.

- Vice President Elect, thank you.
- Ah.

And congratulations to you
on all the spectacular work

you're doing
representing the 27th District.

I... I was right about you.

Ooh, well, I...
I was wrong about you at first,

but then... I was right about you.

You have accomplished things
that I never could've,

things that I wouldn't have
even thought possible,

quite frankly.

- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.

I have big shoes to fill.

I'll cut to the chase.

As you know,

your mother made a campaign pledge

to only serve one term,

which paves the way
for me to run in four years.

- You think she's gonna stick to that?
- I know she is.

She is technically
not even the president yet

and she's already bored.

But the point is I am going to run,

and just like your mother,
I am not interested in some hokey,

fake veepstakes.

I want to know who I'm running with.

And I would like that to be you.

Are you...?

You... You can't be serious.

I am totally serious.

Well, don't I have to be 35?
I'm not old enough yet.

Well, we're gonna change that.

That's, uh, one of the things.

That your mother is pushing
in her first one hundred days, is, uh

to "let's fix the dumb shit
in the Constitution" campaign.

And she's got all these pop stars

and they're gonna record
a "We Are the World" type of song

and, um, it's catchy.

- Mmm.
- Mm-hmm.

I know

it's a way off, Payton.

But I'm asking.

Will you do it?

Will you be my vice president?