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(audience applauding)

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- Captain lewis.

- Mr. Jefferson.

- You look like you just ridden through hell.

- Just washington.

- Same number of politicians, more mud perhaps.

The louisiana purchase will go ahead.

There are no more obstacles in our way.

I have another task for you.

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- Want me to read a book?

- It's a guide.

That's a record of the first crossing of north america,

All the way to the pacific.

Lands we will soon liberate from napoleon.

You will lead a team to explore and map those territories.

Go where he did not.

Stake our claim.

- Sounds dangerous.

- Given all the recent dramas, I think it's good for you,

Us, if you take an extended leave of absence.

Exchange the foul stench of the city for something cleaner.

You will be gone a while.

Should you return, you will return in glory.

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(upbeat music)

- Ah.

- Are you sure it's safe, sir?

- I don't see any air holes.

Captain lewis would surely inform me

If he was sending me something hostile.

(jefferson knocking)

Hello?

Anyone in there?

I think we're safe.

Break it open.

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- Ooh, smells like the outhouse behind the tavern.

What do you think it is?

- Well, I'm hoping it's proof of a theory I've long held.

Do you know what a mammoth is, freeman?

- No sir.

- Imagine an elephant but twice the size

Covered in thick hair and tusks 16 feet long.

Scientists have discovered their skeletons

All over the world.

And it is my hope that lewis and clark will find them alive

Somewhere in these vast new lands of the west.

- Not sure that's an animal I ever wanna meet.

- Oh my.

What are you?

- [freeman] is that one of your mammoths?

- No, no, much too small.

Ah, from lewis.

Hold this

Good god man, it won't bite.

Meriwether says this is a new species of bear.

Larger, more aggressive than the bears we get here

On the east coast.

No news of mammoths.

There's still time.

- After they signed the louisiana purchase treaty.

Jefferson wants to learn as much as he can

About this new territory.

So this becomes known as the lewis and clark expedition.

- Can I ask you a question, sir?

- What is it? - Why spend all that money

On louisiana?

Seems to me like those lands are full of things

We don't need, including angry bears and beasts

With tusks taller than a house.

- Those new lands are the future of this nation, freeman.

Space for people to live,

Own land, plant crops.

The new eden, that'll make america the greatest nation

The world has ever seen.

The west will be my legacy.

It shall be tamed.

- Might be that some other folk

Have something to say about that.

- You may leave me now, freeman.

- Even though lewis and clark come back

With all these treasures,

What they really do is spark america's imagination.

- Still so much to do, dick.

So much to learn.

- Jefferson's greatest contribution to the united states

As president was the louisiana purchase.

- Every minute of every hour must be seized.

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- [patrick] that territory became the economic engine

That established the united states as a global superpower.

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- Though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death,

I'll have no fear for thou art with me.

Amen.

- It's just too sad, jimmy.

I can remember polly running around these lawns

With her dolls.

Such a pretty child.

Now she's gone, and three small children of her own

Left behind.

Oh, look at me.

I should be thinking about poor thomas.

He's already lost a wife, now a daughter.

- Jefferson's life is often wrapped by death.

Polly jefferson, who is very close to her father,

She dies soon after giving birth

To one of jefferson's grandchildren.

- One person dies, another is born.

- Another.

You think he'd show a little more discretion.

- At the same time, sally hemings was pregnant

With thomas jefferson's son.

But jefferson wouldn't acknowledge it.

- Look at him.

You think there was this kind of hoopla

When two of our children died?

No, there was not.

I know what you two want, but it ain't gonna happen.

He's not gonna be in any mood to grant favors anytime soon.

- Melinda was to be the body servant, to be the companion

Of thomas jefferson's daughter.

Her death changed everything for melinda.

Now there's a possibility that she could be sold

Or she could be sent out to work the fields.

- Please, sally.

I'm begging you.

You're the only one the president might listen to.

John and my's future is resting on it.

- All right, I'll ask him.

But don't expect any miracles.

(thunder crashes)

- Its late, thomas.

Would you like me to leave you?

- No, no, stay.

I need company.

I'm running out of time, sally.

- Don't be foolish.

You got more life in you than a hundred young bucks.

You're just hurting 'cause you lost something precious.

And that kind of wound takes time to heal.

- [leigh] even though she is in

This incredibly subordinate position to jefferson,

She is in this very intimate relationship with him.

She has this kind of close access to him.

That's her influence.

- I know it's the wrong time.

I've got to ask you for something.

- Go on. - Freeman and melinda

Wanna get married.

John was supposed to ask polly for permission,

But he didn't get round to it in time.

- I'll think about it.

- Think of yourself as dead.

You have lived your life.

Now take what's left and live it properly.

What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Dwell on the beauty of life.

Watch the stars and see yourself running with them.

What is it?

I don't just need

A favor for melinda.

I need one for me.

I've already buried two children,

And now we going to have another.

I wanna know that they are going to be emancipated, thomas.

And when you die, I want my own freedom too.

- We've spoken about this, sally.

- I know we have, but you never put anything in writing.

Make us free.

What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

- Even in his will, sally hemings isn't left anything,

But jefferson ensures his children with sally hemings

Are eventually able to pass into society as free men

And free women.

- When thomas jefferson died, they just went free

At that point, and they took their mother with them

To go live in charlottesville.

(bird chirping)

- The presidency has really worn on thomas jefferson.

It's affected him personally, psychologically, physically.

He begins to suffer headaches.

The stress, the pressure really is getting to him.

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- What now?

- It's burr.

- And what has the vice president done now?

Stolen the crown jewels, married a mattaponi squaw,

Taken up living in a teepee?

- He's killed alexander hamilton.

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- Let's get this over with.

- Hamilton, who is often not a good judge of character,

Nails burr perfectly.

He says burr is a weasel.

Doesn't like him, doesn't respect him, doesn't trust him.

- This arrogant bastard thinks I won't shoot him.

I'm the vice president after all.

I'm gonna shoot that smile clean off your god damn face.

- It goes clear back to when alexander hamilton

Endorsed thomas jefferson rather than aaron burr

For the presidency after their tie.

But the more immediate causes

Go to the governor's race in new york.

- 20 paces.

- Hamilton assumes everybody will shoot into the air,

As gentlemen should, and then they'll say

The question of honor has been resolved.

(guns firing)

Dirty bastard aaron burr shot him.

- Not smiling now, are you?

- What happened?

- You know, for a war hero,

You are a surprisingly poor shot hamilton.

- Deliberate. (hamilton groaning)

- Hamilton is gut shot,

And he dies the next day in excruciating pain.

- Dueling is illegal in every state

In the union at the time.

So aaron burr is indicted for murder

In both new york and new jersey.

So he has to flee to south carolina.

He's still vice president, and he's on the run for murder.

- I can see the headlines now.

Vice president of the united states shoots war hero dead.

Burr has single handedly made my presidency,

The reputation of this nation, into a joke.

- He will be arrested, tried,

And justice will be served.

- Maybe, but the damage has been done.

He has made me look weak.

And weakness in politics is a short step to defeat.

(animal growling)

- Jefferson finds himself being criticized, and he hates it.

He's a sick man.

He has migraines.

I mean, bad migraines.

(spooky sounds)

- Thomas. - What is it?

- Are you all right, thomas?

Is it too much to ask for some good news?

Anything.

- Look, I'm sorry.

There is something else that I need to share with you.

- The pasha of tripoli wishes to declare war on us.

Of course he does.

- The muslim countries of north africa

Ran a extortion racket.

They would capture ships and enslave the crews.

Your options are to try and make a deal

Or try and use military force

To get these countries to back off.

And jefferson tries both of those.

- The tunisians are sending an ambassador to negotiate.

- The ambassador's name?

- Melli meli.

His people have sent a list of requests

For his stay in washington.

He wants us to provide him with concubines.

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- So first they kidnap our sailors,

Now they wanna steal our women.

Well, good luck, james.

- Sir?

- As secretary of state, I'd say this melli meli business

Is very much your concern.

- Thomas, you surely can't expect me to purchase prostitutes

For state dignitary.

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Oh, you do.

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- Hello. - Hello.

- What's your name?

- Georgia.

- Oh.

Where are you from?

- Greece. - Oh.

And how long have you been doing what you do?

- Eight years. - It's very hard on knees.

- Oh, well good for you for sticking it out.

- And in.

- Quite so, quite so.

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- Mr. Ambassador, I trust your journey was not too arduous.

- Melli meli really created an incredible stir

Within washington

'cause here was the first ambassador from a muslim nation

Arriving in the united states.

- He says america is too cold.

- His excellency asks if this woman is to be his concubine.

- What on earth does he mean?

- Oh, it's a mistranslation, I'm sure.

If you can come with me, ambassador,

We can discuss all the arrangements for your visit.

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- A toast to our honored guest.

Trust and friendship.

- [all] trust and friendship.

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- My very own sword,

And so beautiful.

Thank you, mr. Ambassador.

Against whom shall I wield it?

- His excellency says,

You will need to defend yourself against the armies of men

Overcome by your beauty.

- Oh my.

Seems to me our american men

Could learn a thing or two about flattery

From our tunisian friends.

Mr. Melli meli, please, will you join me?

Thank you very much.

Please.

- Later he learned that dolle y and james madison

Had not had children together,

And he decided to use what he called his magical cloak

To help with their fertility.

- Thank you very much.

- That would be a little odd

Because she did have children from a previous marriage.

So if there was anybody who needed a cloak thrown over them,

It would be james.

- James. - Yes.

- I'm curious.

How'd it go with the concubine?

- Fine, good.

Everything's in hand.

Oh god, thomas, no, not like that.

- And is she experienced?

- Oh, very.

She's greek. - Oh, well, greek.

They practically invented it.

And how will you explain the expensing

Of this greek goddess to our friends in congress?

I have charged her bill to the state department

Listing her fee under appropriations to foreign intercourse.

(jefferson chuckling)

- Your wife is a political genius.

That man would throw himself onto her new sword

If she asked.

- Well, she certainly enjoys the limelight,

And she's a lot better at dealing with people than I am.

- I want you to do something very important for me, james.

- Name it.

- I'm tired.

Constantly tired.

This job's a giant weight.

Bearing it alone, well, it crushes you.

But you and dolley, when I look at you,

I see a team,

Two people who've become so much more

Than one man can ever be.

I have decided I will not stand for reelection.

- What?

No. - My mind's made up.

I shall follow the example of washington.

Two terms are enough for any man.

If I were to win a third term, that would be 12 years.

12 years is a reign

Of a king, queen,

And I refuse to become what we set out to overthrow

- I'm still unsure what it is

You want me to do for you, thomas.

James.

I want you to take over from me.

I want you to run for president.

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- How long you gonna be gone? - Forever.

- What? - We must prepare for battle

On the seas and in congress.

Utter, utter bastards.

- Jimmy. - War is upon us.

Do you even have the energy to guide this nation

Through these troubled waters?

- Ambassador.

If you're the best France can offer,

Then napoleon's in trouble.

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