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Tragic news out of Washington
this morning --

Vice President Luna Vargas
has died

of an apparent heart attack.

The question now is
who will become

this country's next
Vice President.

After a speedy confirmation,
it's official --

Cyrus Rutherford Beene
has been sworn in

as the country's next
Vice President.

Well, folks,
President Mellie Grant

certainly came out swinging
last night

with her very first address
to a joint session of Congress.

Grant's remarks on everything
from healthcare

to foreign policy
to uniting the country

left many wondering how,
exactly,

she's gonna get it all done.

[ Tone-Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
plays ]

♪♪

The aim of
President Grant's

very first
legislative initiative

is to give free education
to every American --

And by "free,"
you mean "worse," right?

If President Grant
and Olivia Pope

are somehow able to
pull off the impossible

and, God forbid,
get this bill passed,

then the state of education,

like everything else that's been
made free and undervalued,

will start to decline.

I, for one,
will not stand of it.

♪ Havin' drinks with
some no-name chump ♪

♪ When they know that
I'm the star ♪

♪ So I got up
and strolled over ♪

♪ To the other side
of the cantina ♪

♪ I asked the guy,
"Why you so fly?" ♪

♪ He said, "Funky Cold Medina" ♪

Senator Michaels,
thank you for being punctual.

Summoning me
to the principal's office

isn't gonna get me to
change my opinion

about this bill,
Ms. Pope.

Oh, that's okay.
I don't care about your opinion.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]
What I care about is your vote.

I'm voting no.

Hmm.
It's going to have to be a yes.

My vote is no.
That's final.

No. You need to vote yes.

Now, you hold on there a minute,
missy.

In what world --

Before you do all of...that,

you should know
that I have an envelope.

See?

It's packed with
a great deal of information --

photos, copies of e-mails,
reports,

a couple of
fascinating videos.

This envelope is hot.

This envelope makes careers.

Not mine, because, well,
I'm already me.

And it certainly won't
make yours, Senator.

You know whose career
this envelope will make?

Journalists --
lots of journalists.

It'll also benefit
your wife.

She gets the truth.

How do you think
she'll react?

I think she gets mad --

finally lets go
of all that

cleave-unto-one's-husband crap
you spout,

because, let's face it --
even Jesus would tell her

to leave a man who does
what's in there.

Miss Pope,
ma'am, you can not --

This is blackmail,
and I --

Mine.

What?

Before you asked
"In what world" --

I'm answering "Mine,"
in my world.

This is my world.

You're in
my envelope-filled world.

♪ That's why I found
you don't play around ♪

♪ With the Funky Cold Medina ♪
Mine.

And in my world,

which way do we vote
on free college, Senator?

♪ Funky Cold Medina ♪

Yes.

Yes.

[ Envelope rustles ]

Senator Michaels is a yes
on the Vargas bill.

-That's fantastic.
-Nicely done!

That leaves us,
what, 12 votes shy?

Is that a problem?
-No problem at all --

7 of the 12 come from states
who favor this bill.

It's the other five
that concern me.

So, let's hit the airways,

put the spotlight on
some of these hold-outs.

Already on it -- I have
coms orchestrating
a social-media blitz,

and a spot booked on
"Pryce of Power."

Smart.
Pryce gets a lot of eyeballs.

I'll be happy to get in front of
his camera.

Uh -- Uh, we were thinking that
Liv could do the TV rounds,

and you could whip up the votes
on the hill --

work your magic,

twist some arms
behind closed doors.

We thought you could start
with Greenwald.

-Mm.
-Did we? Well...

[ Stammers ]
...w-wherever we need me.

No!

David, please.
We're suffering here.

-You have friends.
-Who told you that?

Important friends,
high-profile friends --

Are you really gonna
sit there and tell us

none of them have a problem
in need of fixing?

-Affairs to hide?
-Dirty secrets to protect?

Murders to cover up?

The only problem
in need of fixing here

is that you decided to change
the name of this place.

It's one letter.

Olivia Pope and Associates
is legend in this town.

You trust OPA.

Quinn Perkins and Associates --
What is that?

QPA?
It's a babysitting service.

Or cupcakes.

It's cupcakes delivered by
babysitters.

Did you just call me
a babysitter?

He's a waste of time.

We need to start advertising,
hit the airwaves.

Been told my whole life
I've got a voice for radio.

More of those or switch it up?
-Baby's maybe feeling a yogurt.

David, so help me, you're not
leaving until we get a client.

[ Door opens ]
-Excuse me?

I-I'm looking for
Quinn Perkins and Associates?

Yes. Hello!

Oh, thank God.
Um, are you available?

Get lost, David.

My dad,
he's been overseas

leading a religious studies
symposium.
Mm-hmm.

He calls me every day
after his class no matter what.

And then two days ago,
nothing -- no call.

Well, he may have just
lost communication,

a problem with his cellphone
overseas.

No, this isn't
a regular overseas...

My father's in Bashran.

[ Sighs ]

Your father's in Bashran --
like, Bashran Bashran?

I-I know,
but he's a scholar.

And this isn't
his first trip.

He teaches there regularly.
He knows the place.

He knows how to be in touch,

so if he's not calling,
then something is wrong.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

You're late.

I'm -- I'm sorry. I...

[ Chuckles ]

...lost track of time.

There's no need
to apologize.

I just, uh...I mean,
I didn't mean to be late.

"Lafeyette."
'91. Bordeaux.

Yes. Lafayette '91.
Bordeaux.

It's good to see you.

Good to be
out of the house.

You can leave the house.

And go to my workplace.

You can go wherever you want,
Dad.

Because you have cameras on me
at all times.

How many times
are we going to...

[ Laughs ]

I don't
have cameras on you.

Olivia,
cameras are Chapter 1

of the "How to
Imprison Your Dad Handbook."

Cameras would mean
that I think you might run,

which would be silly.

Cameras would mean that
you're not heeding my advice --

which would be a mistake.

Cameras would mean I believe
that you don't enjoy

having dinner with your daughter
every week...

which would hurt.

Ask me about work.

How is work?

Good.
I think we have a real shot

at getting Vargas'
free college bill through.

So you got Senator Michaels.

Did he put up a fight, or did he
stand down with a whimper?

I presented Senator Michaels
with the facts,

and I'm thrilled that
he saw the light.

The light.
[ Chuckles ]

That light is something.

How is the President?

Mellie is good.

So,
Mellie is in formation.

Happy to let you
hold all the cards,

wield all the power --
happy as your puppet.

Mellie and I
are a team.

You don't play team sports,
never have -- not well, anyway.

Dad, it's my turn.

I'm changing the rules.

This, what I'm doing,
is better.

Hmm. [ Chuckles ]

You are like looking into
the window of my past.

You are me.

No matter how much I tried,
all I could create was me.

♪♪

There is a reckoning
coming for you, Olivia.

You think...

[ Bottle clinks ]
...you have it under control.

You think you have all the power
buttoned up inside you

behind your eyes,
lighting you up.

But one day you'll glance
into a mirror,

and you will discover that
some of that power is missing.

The lights are going out.

Then? You'll have some
difficult decisions to make.

Do I want that power back?

Who am I willing to hurt
to get it?

Now I can say this
because I know --

You cannot have it all,
Olivia.

♪♪

Watch me.

-"The whole people" --
-Please don't quote me Adams.

"The whole people be willing to
take upon themselves

the education"...
-[ Sighs ]

-..."of the whole people"...
-She's quoting Adams.

..."and must be willing to bear
the expenses of it."

Terrific. Bravo.
Founding fathers.

I am very impressed.
My question --

Yes, Curtis,
what is your question?

Who pays for it?
Who gets stuck with the check?

The ones
who can afford it --

corporations who've gone decades
without paying taxes.

"Sacrifice" wasn't always
a bad word in this country.

Why is it always
Washington elites constantly

lecturing regular folks on
what they should sacrifice?

Was that your Mercedes I parked
next to this morning?

My mom is an immigrant.

My father
was a longshoreman.

I was the first in my family
to go to college at 24,

after I volunteered building
shelters in Central America.

I could spend
the next six shows

dismantling your anecdotal
systemically racist,

"pull yourself up by
the boot straps" argument.

But I'll keep it simple --
It doesn't fly.

I wasn't ready for college
at 18.

It's reasonable many Americans
don't want to foot the bill

for someone's
six-year keg party.

That's very narrow thinking,
Curtis.

And your head is in the clouds,
Ms. Pope.

Do you honestly believe
what you're saying?

I don't say anything
I don't mean.

That's why I'm sitting where I
am, and you're Olivia Pope.

Okay, you are
supremely talented.

But keeping it real?
[ Scoffs ]

It ain't
one of your talents.

I think you're losing
your audience,

but to get back on track --

college is a benefit to almost
every individual who attends.

So, if we're telling it
like it is,

let me run down some numbers,
real facts that will actually --

Unfortunately, that's all
the time we have here today.

Thank you, Ms. Pope,
for coming on to the show.

We'll see you tomorrow --

Same time, same Pryce,
more power.

-We're clear.
-We still had 30 seconds.

Oh, did we?

I could've used
those 30 seconds.

-I think you made your point.
-I think you made your point.

I appreciate it.

Your point being
that you can't stand

getting schooled
on your own show.

30 more seconds
would've given me

30 more chances
to watch you squirm.

[ Scoffs ]
[ Laughing ]

You don't quit,
do you, Ms. Pope?

You have no idea.

♪♪

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

Joshua Stewart --
PhD from Princeton,

professor of Comparative
Theology at Georgetown,

known for doing field work

in some of
the roughest places on Earth.

No kidding --
Nicaragua in the '80s,

Eastern Europe in the '90s,
Iraq.

Not bad for an egghead.
-After his wife died,

he even took little Madeline
on some of his expeditions.

Aww. Daddy-daughter trips
to all the hot zones.

Wait, how old do you think
our kid needs to be

before we can take it
to Myanmar?

2? 2 1/2?
-Stewart was last seen

at the university
that hosted the symposium.

Huck, can you hack into
its security system?

You expect me to just break into
the government facilities

of one of the most mysterious
and impenetrable

nations on the planet?

You guys
take me for granted.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

Charlie: Shy guy.

Here's something.

He sat on the same bench,

next to the same man
two days in a row.

What -- Who's his buddy?

Wrong question.

Right question is
"Who is on that same bench

at the same time
the very next day?"

The day after
Stewart disappeared?

[ Keyboard clacking ]

What do you see?

Nothing.
I mean, there's no one.

There. Stewart's pal.

Well, can you get an ID
on that guy?

I have enough definition
for a QR scan,

but it'll come up empty.

-Wait. Why?
-The secret meetings, the --

the hyper-awareness of
all the surveillance cams,

passport full of
gnarly stamps.

Exactly.
He's a fellow traveler.

Oh! No way.
That's good.

Fellow traveler -- What the hell
is a fellow traveler?

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Knock on door ]

Quinn, it's late.

Exactly, which is how you know
this is something,

a something you don't want
any calls or e-mails about

because...GITMO.

Also, I need to pee.

I was driving by.
Can I come in?

What do you want, Quinn?

We have a client --
missing person,

but the thing is
[Inhales]

we're pretty sure
he's one of yours.

What do you mean
"One of mine?"

He's a spy.

CIA we think.

We could be wrong,
but if we're not --

I'll see what
I can find out.

We're doing everything we can
on our end --
Quinn, I said I'm on it.

Thank you.
Look, I really need to pee.

Ohh.

"How you doing, Quinn?
How pregnancy?"

[ Sighs ]

"How's my godchild doing
in there?"

Rude. [ Sighs ]

Jake: What's that?
Work --

Actually something I'm gonna
need you to take a look at.

What are you doing?

We're not finished.

We finished.

Well,
let's finish again.

Did you not hear me say
I have work for you?

Yes, ma'am.

[ Sighs ]

Okay.
Get back in here.

[ Grunts ]

Work can wait
till morning.

I'm sorry.

I am.

[ Scoffs ]

I thought we were clear
about what this was.

I think "convenient"
was the word.

Along with "safe."
And "secure."

"Easy."

So, why are you
making it difficult?

[ Sighs ]

Let's finish.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ Breathes heavily ]

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

Reporter:
As the deadline draws near,

President Grant's ambitious
backing of the Vargas bill

seems as though it may remain
only that -- ambitious.

The former President Grant is
keeping his opinion to himself.

When reached for comment
at his residence in Vermont,

the two-term president
declined to answer,

saying "There can only be
one President at a time,

and right now?
That's Mellie Grant."
[ Knock on door ]

[ Door opens ]
Sources close to the President

say the final vote
is far from settled,

and caution against --

So, I looked up
Quinn's professor.

-And?
-He's definitely CIA.

So, Quinn was right.

According to Langley,
Stewart's one of

our most valuable assets
in the Middle East.

He helped the CIA thwart
four credible terror attacks

in the past three years.

His post at the University
of Bashran is a cover,

and he's currently our most
reliable trader of information

amongst our assets
in Europe and Asia.

The fact that he's missing
is big.

The President
has a few minutes.

You can brief her,
and we can --
No.

We're not gonna tell
the President about any of this.

Best-case scenario,
this guy's been taken

by the Bashrani Armed Forces.

Psychological torture
is an art form for them.

He'll talk.

Or he's in the hands of
a fringe terror group,

and they're carving him up
to see what he knows.

He'll talk.

We can't let that happen,
not in Bashran,

not in a country that's this
close to having its own nukes.

He's an American hero.

Yes, and if we want him to
stay an American hero,

we need to kill him.

Jake...
[ Scoffs ]

If he talks,
he's a traitor and a weapon.

If the Bashranis turn him,
if he gives up his sources,

he threatens the safety of
every CIA asset in the region.

We need to kill him.
We need to kill him,

and we need to do it
without Mellie or Quinn

or anyone else in this town
knowing about it.

I put together a plan.

We can do this off the books
using the B613 budget.

No.

It's all in there.
All I need is your go-ahead.

We're not killing
one of our own.

They have him.

He's not ours anymore.

Look,
this is your call to make.

But I'm here to advise you --
and my best advice?

We need to do this...
quickly.

I need to think about it.

I said
I need to think about it.

♪♪

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

This gets easier.

Killing a patriot?

Being Command.

Mr. Vice President,
thank you for coming out.

[ Smooches ]

Coffee?
-Mmm!

Always a treat
to get out of the office.

How's the family?

How is Emily
liking Princeton?

Couldn't be happier.

Excellent. Excellent!

Don't think I can't
see your angle.

You mean
subtly pointing out that

despite your folksy taste
in restaurants,

you're a Democratic senator
whose granddaughter attends

one of the priciest schools
in the country?

You see, Diane --
it's sharper than an angle.

It's actually a point.

It's not that I have anything
against the Vargas bill.

Then why do I hear rumors
you're planning to oppose it?

Where you go, a bushel of
other Dems will follow.

They will, which is why I wanted
to speak to you personally.

[ Sighs ]

Free college --
It was supposed to be ours --

a Democratic initiative.

So, you like this bill,

but you're gonna tank it
out of spite?

Work with us, Cyrus.

If we burn this thing now,

in four years it could be your
game-changing legislation.

We're barely 100 days
into Mellie's term.

You want me to row against her
so that I can take my chances

in a presidential election
3 1/2 years away?

I want you to take
the long view.

Don't hand this win
to Olivia Pope

and the president she chose.

You worked for a Republican,

you ran as a Democratic VP
to a martyred Latino,

you serve as a Republican VP
to a woman --

you're gay,
you adopted a black baby,

you served time for a crime
you didn't commit.

You, my friend, are the liberal
dream -- every box checked.

This climb doesn't end with
Vice President, Cyrus,

not when you could have
the mountaintop --

Not when you could be
President Beene.

When you're ready to talk
about your future,

give me a call.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

Quinn: The White House
is on our side.

Olivia Pope has promised they
will do everything they can

to bring your father home,
Ms. Stewart.

The second
we hear something --

I am never letting him
out of my sight again.

When my dad gets back,

it is a university job for him,
I swear.

Thank you --
thank you, all.

[ Sighs ]

[ Inhales sharply ]

Okay, what's for lunch?
-You didn't tell her.

That her father might be a spy?
Of course I didn't tell her.

Ooh, let's order from
that vegan place on 18th.

-Again?
-You have to tell her.

That place
doesn't serve food.

She didn't hire us
to play therapist, Charlie.

She hired us to find her dad --
that's it.

Uh, curry bowl,
save the chutney,

extra yams this time.

Well,
what about our kid?

Are we not gonna tell our kid
who we really are,

or are we gonna spend our lives
pretending?

All our client wants
is to find her father.

What she doesn't want,
I can assure you,

is to know that
he's a spy.

Have you heard back from Liv
since last night?

Uh, no.

She said she'd call.
Why?

Just wondering.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

The body
needs to come home.

Huck.

It won't be as easy,
bringing the body back.

But his daughter
deserves a funeral.

We can't be having
this conversation.

Quinn doesn't know I'm here.
Nobody does.

They think you're helping.

Get us a body,

and nobody needs to know
it was you who killed him.

Why would you assume
I'd kill him?

Liv, he was a spy.

That's what they do
to spies who get caught.

That's not
what I'm asking.

I'm asking why you'd assume
I would do that?

Because
you're one of them now.

♪♪

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

You wanted to see me,
Madam President?

Where are we on
Joshua Stewart?

I brought the President up to
speed on our rescue plans.

Our rescue plans.

The President agrees that
bringing him home

is the best
course of action.

I need you to tell me
the point of seizing power

if you can't
make the tough call.

I make tough calls
all the time.

Do you?

You want to ask Luna Vargas
about me?

Yes. You murdered Luna
in the best way possible.

You made one tough, dark,
amazing call -- one.

I liked it.
I respected it.

But it was one call.

There are gonna be 1,000 more.
Do you have another call in you?

I'm making another call.
This is my call.

My call is no matter what,
Professor Stewart is a patriot.

My call is
we bring patriots home.

My call is
hope over cynicism.

My call...

is murder will not be policy
in my White House.

Except we're not talking about
your White House, Liv.

[ Softly ] We're talking about
B613, your B613,

because that's the real job --

rebuilding B613,
hiring agents,

creating infrastructure,
protecting the Republic.

You want
a hopeful White House?

That's fine for you
when you are Chief of Staff.

Pick daisies and dance.

But your job as Command --
-Careful.

Olivia, j--

I'm trying to help.
When your father started B613 --

This isn't
my father's B613.

It's mine.
I run this show. I decide.

You? Do what I say.

Bring my guy home alive,
Admiral Ballard -- now.

[ Normal voice ]
Whatever you say.

[ Door opens ]

You needed me?

Where are we
with Greenwald?

She's having a little trouble
remembering whether

it's "party before country"
or the other way 'round,

but I think I can
set her straight.

You'll have to.

Without her vote,
there's no bill.

Was that it?

No. The Rangerette
Future Leaders program

is arriving
in an hour and a half.

I need you to stop by,
say a few words.

-The Rangerettes?
-Mellie was planning to do it,

but she got pulled
into a meeting

with
the Bashrani Ambassador.

You're serious?

You want me to meet with
the Rangerettes?

Is that
going to be a problem?

[ Huffs ]

Liv --

Because the last I checked,

you're second-in-command to the
nation's first female president,

and the Rangerette organization
is dedicated to

the education and empowerment
of young women.

But I'm inferring, based on
your barely hidden contempt,

that meeting these young
future leaders of this country

doesn't sound important
enough to you.

Is that right?

Of course it's important.

I'm happy to go.

Clear my afternoon for
this Rangerettes business.

See if Jenkins can meet
Thursday instead.

And...call Senator Greenwald
for me.

Tell her I'm ready
to have that drink.

Remarkable.

I'm so glad you think so,
Ambassador.

I've been told that
Bashrani tea is legendary.

I was worried
we'd disappoint.

Well, I've had nothing but
Starbucks for weeks,

so I'm an easy mark.

[ Chuckles ]
But this is
particularly delicious.

So, Ambassador Marashi,

we have ourselves in
a bit of a situation here,

wouldn't you say?
-A situation?

Relations between our countries
have never been better,

and, big picture, we share a
common goal of a nuclear treaty.

So if we can find a resolution
to this problem

that makes everyone happy --

Madam President,
I don't mean to interrupt,

but I'm honestly not sure what
problem you're referring to.

Ambassador,

if American assets are being
held prisoner in Bashran,

that is a problem,
a big problem.

In the past,
a problem that big

would most likely be solved with
costly sanctions,

termination of
diplomatic relationships,

and, potentially,
the full weight, might,

and vengeance of
the United States Armed Forces.

But, like I said,

no one's looking to
stir the pot.

Ah, now I understand.

Good.

I understand that
it must be difficult,

being in a position
like yours --

for such a short
amount of time.

You must be being presented with
a massive amount of information

and intelligence
on a daily basis,

and it must be difficult
to try to figure out

whether this information
and intelligence is good or bad.

Don't worry -- I know
you're just doing your job.

I don't take offense.

But I will take another
cup of this wonderful tea.

Thanks.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Conversing in
foreign language ]

Has the Ambassador
brought up our asset yet?

Hold on.

Apparently his son,
little Farid,

is getting bullied
at school.

[ Clicks lips ]
Totalitarian regimes --

They're just like us.

This isn't working.

I know you think I'm wasting
my time, but I'm not.

I'm looking for
a better way.

How long has
Stewart been missing?

About 72 hours. Why?

The first 24
are relatively easy.

I got through the waterboarding
by pretending

I was 6 years old again learning
to swim in the public pool.

The German Chair?

It's just a really intense
yoga session.

The dogs, though --
You can negotiate with a human,

but a hungry dog snapping at
your face, your genitals...

I lasted 81 hours.

Now, I was in my 20s, an officer
in the Navy in tip-top shape.

This Stewart guy's
a 100-pound bookworm

on the wrong side of 60.

How much longer
do you think he's got?

But it's not
about him anymore.

This is about
the engineer in Natanz

who puts them
behind schedule

every time they get close
to a working nuke,

the archaeologist
at Tepe Sialk

who reports on troop movements
from the Isfahan Province,

the palace guard
who keeps us informed

on their president's
location.

If they're taken,

you won't have to worry about
100 Bashranis anymore,

because you'll be too busy
worrying about

the lives of
400 million Americans.

You're not wasting time,
Liv.

You're out of time,
and so are they.

We need to shut this down.

-No.
-Send somebody in there.

We keep listening.

-Liv.
-Keep listening.

♪♪

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

"Guess what, girls?
Here's another old, white guy."

I brought hand sanitizer.

Bless your pink little
valedictorian heart.

10 minutes, and then you
interrupt me with a phone call.

Mellie: Cyrus.

Madam President.

Olivia said you couldn't
field this one?

Oh, I thought I was gonna be
tied up all afternoon,

but change of plans,
so...

Actually,
I'm glad I caught you.

Mm-hmm.
I wanted to thank you for all
your help on the Vargas bill.

That's quite unnecessary,
Madam President.

We are gonna get this thing
passed, you and I.

We are gonna honor
Frankie's legacy.

Anyway, I know meeting with
everyone can be a grind.

It can be --
but also the job.

Just...thank you.

They told me Luna Vargas
had that heart attack,

and you have been at my side
ever since.

And I just wanted you
to know that...

[ Sighs ]

I appreciate it,
is all, Cyrus.

Of course,
Madam President.

Look at us --
working together.

-Hmm.
-[ Giggles ]

It's a wonder why
we spent so many years

trying to destroy each other,

when all this time
we could've been friends.

♪♪

Okay!

So, which one of you
is planning on

running for president
one day?

[ Girls chattering ]
-I like to see those hands.

[ Mellie claps ]
That makes me very happy.

This is where
I was told to stand.

Your assistant wouldn't let me
wait inside your office, so --

I've been trying
to call you.

You shouldn't have made
Mr. Pryce wait outside.

Nice of you to say.
She should've told you
to go home.

But then we would've
missed out on

this incredibly public
and awkward exchange.

What are you doing here?

Okay.
Now that you ask, uh,

I came to see if you still
wanted your 30 seconds.

Dinner --
you and me, tonight.

You came here
to ask me out.

Uh, no, I came here
for a media summit

with
the Communications Office.

But since I was in
the neighborhood, I figured...

[ Inhales sharply ]

Yes.

Yes,
I came here to ask you out.

You realize it's the middle
of the day?

Well, I wasn't talking about
right now...

[ Cellphone rings ]
...but if you insist
on being taken out

for the best meal of your entire
life right this moment,

I suppose I can
clear my afternoon.

See?
There. You're smiling.

I am, but it's nothing
to do with you.

[ Scoffs ]

I don't buy that
for a second.

I think she was
telling the truth.

Madam President,
good news.

We got Blackburn.

He's voting yes,
which means

as soon as Cyrus
flips Greenwald, we'll be --

Olivia:
Jake, what are you --

You're not the only one
with good news.

We've located
our missing spy.

We have?

We have.

Admiral Ballard's team has been
able to pinpoint his location.

He's being held in a compound
near the Turkish border.

That is very good news.

There's a SEAL Team aboard the
USS Alston in the Persian Gulf.

If they start prepping now,
we can stage a rescue, and --

The plan has changed.

Since when?

Rescue takes time.
Time means dead Americans.

But Jake has taken me through
all the possible scenarios --

I'm sure
he was very thorough.

[ Scoffs ]

So you're killing him?

A surgical strike
is the best option.

The only option.
If I could just
have a moment --

You can't, Liv.

You've made your case.
Now Jake's made his.

It will be quick, quiet,
under the radar --

You're killing a man who has
spent his life protecting --

It's what we're doing,
Olivia.

Jake, talk to me
about strike logistics.

I want to know exactly how
we're gonna get this done.

[ Sighs ]

Here's some aerial photographs
of the compound.

Mm-hmm.

You'll notice
how isolated it is.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Hey.

I need you to do me a favor.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

We have helo touchdown.

Jake: No chatter on coms.

Madam President,
the coast is clear.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Take him out.

We're a go.
Good luck, gentlemen.

Ms. Pope, I hope you're here
with a case

of that delicious tea your boss
served me yesterday morning.

Otherwise,
I have nothing more to say.

And what is this?

I've always been impressed

by the importance of family
in your culture.

Children, parents,
it's the deepest of bonds.

Their success,
your children's health,

it's everything to you.

Joshua Stewart --
I want him back.

I told you.
We don't have him.

That is live feed taken from the
scope of an M96 sniper rifle.

You can stick by your lie,

but you should know
the consequences.

SEAL: Got movement.
Guard.

-Go, go, go.
[ Gunfire ]

SEAL #2: Guard down. On me.
All right.
Checking. Coming up.

Woman: The target's holding cell
is down that hall.

This is my son!

Yes. And that hostage
is someone's father.

We value family, too.

♪♪

Do you have a clean shot?

Yeah.

But we are bluffing,
right, Liv?

We are bluffing?

Liv? Answer me.

Take the shot

in five...

four...

three...

tw--
-No!

Please.
I'll make the call.

Please don't do this.

Please don't hurt my son.

Please.

[ SEAL speaks indistinctly ]

Is that his cell?

SEAL: All set?

[ Explosion ]

Go, go, go.

-All clear.
-Clear.

The target is not here.

I repeat -- We do not have eyes
on the target.

Where is he?

Jake:
He must've been moved.

Moved? Where?
[ Door closes ]

Deeper in the compound, maybe --
I see a couple possibilities.

Mellie:
Where have you been?

I'm sorry to interrupt,
Madam President,

but you need to take this.
-Olivia, if you can't tell,

I'm a little busy at the moment.
Take a message.

It's Ambassador Marashi,
Ma'am.

♪♪

Mr. Ambassador.

♪♪

Thank you,
Mr. Ambassador.

♪♪

Professor Stewart
has just been delivered

to the United States embassy,
unharmed.

Woman: Abort mission.

Repeat -- abort mission.

I've thought about your offer.
It makes a lot of sense.

I thought
you'd see that.

Unfortunately, your plan
has one significant flaw.

It's wrong.

Come again?

Ask yourself

why was free college part of
the Democrats' platform?

The answer is because it's
what's good for this country.

[ Taps desk ]
Diane, America needs this.

And America will get it.

But from the party that
promised it to her all along.

This win
[Scoffs] can be ours.

Come on, Cy.

What's four years?

It's four years too long
is what.

It's four years during which

every high-school freshman
in this country

won't work as hard
as they might

if they believed
their government

gave a damn about 'em.

Four years of
high-school graduates

moving into low-skilled jobs

because they can't afford to
take on student loans.

And, yes, it's four years during
which your granddaughter,

Emily, will finish
her career at Princeton

without worrying for a second

if her family can afford
to keep her there,

after which she'll have
access to opportunities

beyond what any mere
high-school graduate

would even be
able to dream of.

The ability to pay for college,
Diane,

it's one of the many things

that keeps the rich rich
and everyone else screwed.

But now, right now, we have
the opportunity to fix that.

We have a willing President,
an enthusiastic House,

and enough Senate votes --
with your say-so --

to turn this into law.

So like I said,
your offer makes sense,

but it's morally bankrupt.

And if you
and your little cadre of cynics

show up tomorrow
and vote against this bill,

I promise both the President
and your constituents

will hear about how
another fat-cat politician

would rather
hand the other side a loss

than give regular Americans
a win.

[ Door opens ]

So...how's that for
"taking the long view?"

[ Door closes ]

[ Sighs ]
I love a happy ending.

I love a big,
fat paycheck.

Usually the Pryce is right,

but, yes, occasionally
the Pryce is wrong.

and tonight I'm taking the L --
I said it couldn't be done,

but I've just got word
that President Grant has

all the votes she needs
in both Houses of Congress.

Every American will have
the chance to go to college.

I got to hand it to her --

That unity ticket
she keeps talking about...

[ Knock on door ]
...might be more than just ta--

Hey.

May I come in?

No.

Liv, I'm sorry.
I di-- [ Sighs ]

It was wrong of me to go
to Mellie behind your back.

There's no need
for you to apologize.

This was my fault.

That is very clear now.

No. No, you were right about
the Professor, and I was wrong.

Obviously I was right about
Stewart -- of course.

But that's not what I'm --
[ Inhales sharply ]

You overstepped.

You went around me
to Mellie.

That's not
about being wrong.

That's about being
too comfortable.
Wait. I don't know --

I made a mistake with you.

We are very,
very good together.

We have a skill.

And...I was weak.

But no matter what,

I never should've let you
back in my bed.

You're sleeping
with the boss.

You got comfortable.

You got familiar.

You forgot who I am.

You forgot to be afraid,
and you overstepped.

Wait. Are y--

You're not serious.

Don't worry --
It won't happen ever again.

This is over.

Liv, come on.

Go home to your wife,
Admiral Ballard.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Yes?
-Olivia.

Cyrus didn't take the bait.

Looks like he's Team Mellie
all the way.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

The President of Bashran
is irate

and is refusing to
even discuss a nuclear treaty

after our military incursion
into his country.

So I've scheduled a call with
the British Prime Minister.

They were at Oxford together.

If anyone can help
smooth this over, it's --

Why don't you call the
British Prime Minister yourself?

Or would you rather
put an earpiece in my ear

and feed me lines?

Mellie...

Here's how this works.

You give me counsel,
I make decisions.

You support that decision
no matter your --
No. Actually,
that's not at all --

-If you ever cross me again --
-Cross you? I saved you.

If I can't trust you,
then...

[ Sighs ]

This is my office.
-This is not your office.

It belongs to the people,
to the Republic.

This office is sacred.

You don't own it,
you lease it --

Four years with an option
for renewal.

You protect it,
you serve it,

and you don't decide the best
way to do that by yourself.

I didn't.

I listened to your advice,
and I chose a different course.

And now I'm stuck
cleaning up after you,

which is is why I need to
get you on the phone with

the British Prime Minister.
-I don't care

if this tiny dustup with Bashran
causes World War III.

The only thing I care about
right now

is making it crystal clear
that you follow my orders.

You have my back.

You don't
sneak around behind it

and freelance
after I give an order.

[ Scoffs ]

There's three things
you need to know about me

that you should already know,
but I clearly need to reiterate.

One,
you do not ignore me.

Because, two,
I am right, always.

It's frustrating --
get used to it.

And, three,
there is only us.

[ Young MC's
"Bust A Move" plays ]

You and me --
That's all there is.

We have it all --

the people, the pulpit,

the purse strings, the guns,
all of it.

Everything -- ours to deploy
in the defense

and betterment of the people
and office we serve.

But the men
outside these oval walls?

They want to take it all
away from us.

Because
they are terrified.

Because
they are outraged.

Because they have
come to the realization

that all those centuries
of misogyny and privilege

and status quo
are finally over.

This is why you never listen
to a man over me.

Your success as President
is my only agenda.

I, alone, have your back --
always.

You want to keep the barbarians
at the gate?

You want to
hold these walls?

You want to keep
having it all,

reverse the tides of injustice,
redraw the map,

flood the darkness with light,

earn our place and make it so
that woman holding this office

is no longer a novelty
but the norm?

Then you have to stop
thinking of me as an employee

and start thinking of me
as what I am.

And what is that?

The boss.

Put your faith in me
and me alone,

and you will become
a monument.

Ignore me,
allow them to come between us,

and you will become
an asterisk.

♪ Is to become a monk
and leave the situation ♪

♪ But every dark tunnel
has a light of hope ♪

♪ So don't hang yourself
with a celibate rope ♪

♪ Your movie's showin',
so you're goin ♪

♪ Could care less about
the five you're blowin' ♪

♪ Oh ♪
♪ Theater gets dark
just to start the show ♪

♪ Then ya spot a fine woman
sittin' in your row ♪

♪ Oh ♪
♪ She's dressed in yellow,
she says, "Hello" ♪

♪ "Come sit next to me,
you fine fellow" ♪

♪ Oh ♪
♪ You run over there
without a second to lose ♪

♪ And what comes next? ♪

♪ Hey, bust a move ♪

♪ You want it, you got it ♪

♪ You want it,
baby, you got it ♪

There's a car
waiting outside.

East exit,
just beyond those curtains.

It'll take you to
the District Hotel.

The bellhop out front?

His name is Mike.
Mike works for me.

Mike will give you a key --
room 523.

Inside that room,
you'll find a connecting door.

The door will be unlocked.

♪ Then you try to make a move
and she says, "No way" ♪

♪ Girls are fakin'
goodness sakin' ♪

♪ They want the man who
brings home the bacon ♪

I'm going to get up now.

♪ Then you got no women
and there you are ♪

Let's give it --

oh, I don't know --
30 seconds?

♪ So a brother with the money
can be their man ♪

Then you come.

♪ Everything you have is yours
and not stolen ♪

Olivia: So, you tell me,
which one do you want to be?

♪ So don't just stand there,
bust a move ♪

♪ You want it, you got it ♪

A monument.

♪ You want it,
baby, you got it ♪

♪ Just bust a move ♪

I want to be a monument.

Good.

♪ Uh-huh, huh, yeah ♪

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪