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Damn it.
Agendas?

You left them
in the printer.
Thank you.

This is your Sunday look?

Elegance has no schedule.

Cookie?Oh, yes.

I'll take a cookie.Mike?

No.How about in a circle?

Yeah.Excuse me.

Sorry. Uh, yeah.

Uh, right there
next to the secretary.Yeah.

I got you.

Who put their bag there?

[phone ringing]It's Mike B's.

Next time you got to pee
on the chair.

[phone ringing]

Hey, Jeff.

Yeah, okay, I'll let her in.

No, no, no, no. I'll let her in.

You have to go upstairs.

Oh, that's right. Stevie.[timer beeping]

Come on.Yes. I'm right here.

Time to go into exile.

I didn't make up
the rules about...

White House employees
staying out of campaigns.

And the two of you, shoo.Guys, did neither of you
hear the timer?

Oh, shoot, sorry. You
put me on cleanup duty.Hey, guys,

Ah.A presidential campaign

is about to kick off
in our living room.Ah.

A little excitement.I'm very excited.

[Jason whoops]

HENRY:
Ooh, there we go. Great British Baking Show?

You kidding?
It's Shark Week.

Okay! People!

Now that everybody's here...That's my seat.

I would like to call to order

the first official Elizabeth
McCord kitchen cabinet.Yeah!

I like it.

JAY:
And just as a reminder,

you're all here voluntarily
outside your government duties.

That means that nothing
we talk about tonight,

by law, can be discussed
at the State Department.

No accidental

breakroom check-ins.

No e-mails from State.

Nothing.MIKE:
And now

I will turn this meeting over
to the next president

of the United States,
Elizabeth McCord.Aw.

[all cheer]

Thank you, everyone.

Oh! And I have to thank Stevie,

especially for those cookies.

Yes, thank you, Stevie.Thank you, Stevie.

I made them, too.

Can we have an oven
on the tour bus?

No.Not really. But sort of.

That would be...
Okay, forget it.

Number one topic tonight
is the launch of the campaign,

which we think will be
in two weeks.

Ten days.So...

Ten days.Ten days.

Are we, uh, sure
the speech is ready?

It's a masterpiece.
I made a few tweaks.

JAY:
That brings me
to our next topic,

defining everyone's role
in the campaign.

Most of us will have
the same title

we now have at State.

With a much higher level
of intensity.

This isn't gonna be some cushy
conference in Geneva, people.

This is the
longest marathon

of your lives,
running uphill the whole way

with this woman's
campaign agenda

carved into your foreheads.

You got me?Are we joining a cult?

MATT:
It sounds like a cult.Right?

[phone ringing]It's a team, and we're
all in it together,

so for now rest up, get
your annual checkups

and dentist appointments
out of the way,

and try and enjoy the
calm before the storm.

The fight of our lives.

Uh, excuse me. Mom,

security said
that Russell Jackson's here.

Oh.We've got room for him
if he wants in.

We-we do?

Let's take five.

MATT:
Yeah, hey, there's-there's
more cookies in the kitchen.

Oh, there's cookies?MATT: Yeah.

Hey, Russell.

Didn't realize
I was crashing a party.

You're always on the guest list.

RUSSELL:
An article's

coming out in the next few days

in the Washington Chronicle

alleging
an intimate relationship

between Elizabeth and Conrad

during their days
at CIA.

What?
MIKE:
Okay.

Who's the source?
MIKE:
No, who's the reporter?

Some stringer
named Terrence Robinson.

We don't know where
he's getting his info.Well, that is

straight-up defamation.

MIKE:
No, this is good.

That means they have
nothing in their oppo file

if they're making
stuff up this early.

Unless they're not making it up,

which we'll talk later.They're making it up, Mike.

All right, well, the Chronicle
called the White House

for comment, and we declined.

Most likely they'll be
reaching out to you next.

Well, I absolutely want
to comment.

Well, that's up to
you and your team.

Obviously you've got more at
stake with your campaign coming.

MIKE:
That's why we're
not giving this

any oxygen.

But it's a complete load
of crap.

Ignore it, it's one
news cycle. Answer it,

it follows us the
rest of the campaign.

JAY:
What if we do some digging
into the reporter?

Discredit the article
as blatantly biased.MIKE: Sure,

wage war on the press
ten days before we announce.

It's a brilliant strategy.

Not answering makes it look
like we have something to hide.

Okay, we push the
announcement three days

until the air is clear.

In the meantime the only thing

you talk about
is policy, okay?

Let's get back to the meeting.

Let's go, people!

ELIZABETH:
"She's not likable."

"I don't want to have a beer
with her."

[sighs]

"I hate her voice."
I mean, these are the things

that I was ready for,

but "she slept her
way to the top"?

What century are we in?

It just means
they're terrified.

No. This works, Henry.

This taps right
into America's id.

And it works with women
just as well as men.

Well, can you find out
where it's coming from

and shut it down?

[chuckles]:
I mean,

there were always
these stupid jokes

at CIA about Conrad and me.

Isabelle and I used
to laugh about 'em.

We have to tell the kids.

Yeah, we do.

[elevator bell chimes]

[sniffles]
Morning, ma'am.

ELIZABETH:
Morning.

Hey. I saw your draft

of the Global Climate
Migration Agreement.

You must have been up
half the night.

I'm all right.

You don't seem lit up by the
thrill of negotiating shelter

for the displaced people
of the next hundred years.

Thrill got dampened by this.

From East Asia
and Pacific Affairs.

Oh, what the hell?

We knew China was
trying to break into

the private jet industry.

A custom jet for
General Bo Htun?

Hey, what's going on?

China just violated economic
sanctions against Myanmar.

By selling a private jet
to the military leader

of one of the poorest
countries in Asia.

You know,
why hide the corruption?

It's so much easier this way.

A total slap in the face right
when we're negotiating the deal.

It's China. They're doing it
because they know we need them

on the Climate Migration deal.

One jet sale is worth it
to threaten the whole deal?

I want to put out
a statement. Strong.

Don't hold back.On it.

There is the larger issue.

Yeah, I know.

Myanmar is all
but getting away

with the Rohingya massacre.

They've met none of the demands
of repatriation,

hundreds of thousands
of Rohingya people still stuck

in camps in Bangladesh.

And the world is moving on,
playing politics, selling jets.

It's Rwanda all over again.

Nina, get me
our U.N. ambassador.

NINA:
Of course, ma'am.

PETER:
I share your outrage.

The Rohingya massacre is one
of the worst human atrocities

in the last 20 years.

And President U Khaing?

Might as well be back
under house arrest.

He's completely under
the thumb of the generals.

Who are getting away
with murder-- in a private jet.

Thanks, Jen.

We can step up the sanctions.

Because it worked so well
the first time?

If you really want to go rogue,

we can call an
international criminal tribunal

at the U.N.

Prosecute Bo Htun

and his cronies for violations
to the Geneva Convention

and crimes
against humanity.

Well, I like the sound of that.

It's only been done
once before, with Bosnia.

Milo.evic weaponized
mob violence

against a Muslim
ethnic minority.So there's precedent.

We can point up the parallels.

Does this pass at the U.N.?

It could take years.

And even if we get
some convictions,

we'll have no way
to enforce the sentences.

It would put the
regime on notice.

Show 'em that the rest
of the world hasn't looked away.

If the resolution passes,
and for that we need China.

You get the other members.
I'll work on China.

Thank you, Peter.JAY:
So, Nina,

I'm sure you're aware
the State Department

is about to undergo
some changes.

You mean the secretary's
about to announce

her presidential run,
which is so exciting.

I can't discuss that,
but, yes, it's very exciting.

The secretary would like
the incoming team to have

some continuity
for the transition.

We were hoping that you
would be willing to stay.

Of course. I'd be honored.

Deputy Secretary Cushing, right?

Actually, the deputy secretary
has chosen to retire,

and Deputy Secretary Bailey
will step in

for the remainder of
the Dalton administration.

Oh.
You'd report to him
in your current capacity.

He's already agreed based on
the secretary's recommendation.

Wonderful.

Uh, thanks, so I'll fill you in
more in the coming days,

but if you'll excuse...Sure.

Uh, Daisy?

Can I grab a moment?Is it me,

or did this coffee take
a serious nosedive?

Blake abdicated coffee duties.

Can he take over
for the campaign?

Uh, sorry.
I forgot about the rule.

We're expecting a call from the
Chronicleasking for comment

on an article alleging
the secretary had a previous

intimate relationship
with the president.

Uh-- say that again?

Before he was the president.

Our answer is "no comment."

You realize it's gonna
sound like she did have

an intimate relationship
with the president.

I do.

Talk to Mike B.

Wait, so did she?

CHEN:
Elizabeth.

I'm gonna miss
these conversations.

I'm calling to discuss
your troubled neighbor.

You'll have to be more specific.

Myanmar,
the Rohingya people.

Tanks are still torching
whole villages,

soldiers killing mothers
in front of their children,

more than 700,000
forced from their homes.

The economic sanctions
are clearly failing.Mm.

We believe the time has come

to step up our efforts,

and I hope President Li
will join the United States

in calling for
a U.N. special tribunal

to charge General Bo Htun
and his regime with violations

of the Geneva Convention
and crimes against humanity.

As troubling as Myanmar's
actions have been,

China sees this
as a domestic response

to a dissident uprising.

It's not our concern.

Can I speak frankly, Ming?

I think your regime

is afraid that joining
a call for a U.N. tribunal

to prosecute the violation

of human rights might bring
a little too much attention

to China's mistreatment of its
own minority Uyghur population.

That is frank.

Right now the United States
sees a difference

between your unlawful detention

of a persecuted minority
and Myanmar opening fire

on women and children.

But if China continues to
violate the economic sanctions

by selling private jets
to generals in Myanmar,

then we may become
more concerned

about the human rights abuses
in China.

It's always impressive, the
amount of strength leaders wield

when they're about
to leave office.

I'll have plenty of strength
in my next office.

But I'd much prefer
to work with you, Ming.

I can discuss the idea
of a tribunal.

But I suggest you take
a less threatening approach

in your new office.

Whatever that might be.

Damn. Way to sweeten
the moral authority

with a little raw power.

Felt like
it was getting through.

Sorry to interrupt, ma'am.What's up?

We knew you'd want to see this.

MATT: Callister's
announcing his campaign.

America, America,
your soul is on the line.

While Washington plays
world cop,

pouring our nation's blood
and treasure into

every broken-down,
lawless country in the world,

the American dream
at home is dying.

[applause and cheering]

Uh, taxed... taxed to death,

invaded by every criminal,
every drug dealer,

every gang member flooding
over our nation's borders.[crowd booing]

MAN:
Kick them out!

OWEN: People who don't speak
our language, people who

don't respect our flag,

people who don't respect
our god.

MATT:
What is that?

Is that a campaign announcement
or a call to revolt?

...that they don't know
who they are messing with.

[applause and cheering]We, the people, will rise

to show them
who the real Americans are.

CROWD [chanting]:
We will rise! We will rise!

When Owen Callister
is president,

there will be no more surrender.

We will rise.

He raised over a million dollars
in less than an hour.

KAT:
I say, bring it.

We can fight that.

Yeah, except I just finished
begging China

to help us fight nationalism
around the world.

CROWD:
We will rise! We will rise!

And now it's running
for president.

We will rise!

We will rise! We will rise!

♪

Hey.

Hey, Mom.

Is it game night, or...?

No. Uh, Dad said
that you wanted

to talk to us
about something.

Yes. Um...

[under breath]:
Oh, God.

Uh, right. Hold...

There you are.
Perfect timing.

Kids are all here.I-I'm sorry.

I-I can't...

I can't do this tonight.

You heard Callister's
announcement.

Callister,

this stupid article-- it's just
all so ugly, and I'm...

Is something, uh... wrong?

ALISON:
What's, uh, going on?Oh, hi, guys.

HENRY:
Uh, Mom's just really tired.

Let's just do this
some other time, okay?

Oh, sure.
Yeah, that won't leave us

lying awake in bed all night,
wondering if she has cancer.

Okay. Um...

there's this article

coming out
in the next few days, and

it's going to imply that
when I was at the CIA...

It's a hit piece accusing Mom
and President Dalton

of having an affair
20 years ago.

It's not true,
no, it's not true.It is not true.

What?! Who's
behind it?

W-We don't know.

ALISON:
How can they just say that

with no proof?Isn't that slander?

Libel if they publish it.Look, we just want you guys

to know
that it's gonna be out there

for a few days.That's disgusting.

We're not responding,
so it just

goes away with the next crisis,
and... I am so sorry.

You do nothave
to apologize to us.

Wait, wait. So you're just gonna
let them say that?

I'm gonna get attacked a lot.

[scoffs]

Just means
they're nervous about me.

HENRY:
Callister's speech will

probably dominate the news
anyway.

Yeah, well,
that's the real scandal.

Thank you.

ALISON:
If it makes you feel

any better, no one
at my school follows the news.

NINA: So, um, Kat,
you know how the secretary

was asking us
to propose ideas

for workplace improvements
at State

before things,
you know, change over?

I do.

Well, I was doing
some research

into the so-called
"potty parity initiative,"

the move to create
an equal number of bathrooms

for men and women
in all federal buildings.

Mm-hmm. It died in
committee. I'm familiar.

Once again, gender
neutral bathrooms,

and we'd never
have this problem.

Oh, well, one day.

You were saying?

So I was thinking, uh,
maybe a half-step would be

to get tampon dispensers
in all the women's bathrooms.

Oh.Um, not free tampons,

although that would
be good, too.

Yeah. No,
that's doable.

I'll, uh... I'll take it
to the secretary. Thank you.

Oh, and also, um...

Jay mentioned I
would be staying on

with the transition team
for Acting Secretary Bailey?

Yup, yup, yup.I'm super grateful

for the opportunity, and please
pass that on to the secretary.

Okay.
But I'd like to
request a transfer.

Oh. Can I ask why?

I know it's
only hearsay,

but I've heard...

I've heard some
things from women

who have worked
for Deputy Secretary,

and I'd rather not
put myself in a position

where I'd be reporting
directly to him.

Thank you for letting me know.

I will take it from here.

So China's a no-go
for the U.N. tribunal.

I just spoke
to Chen yesterday.

He seemed open to it.

That was before

Owen Callister made his
campaign announcement.

They're waiting for
the dust to settle.What speech?

How much dust could it
have kicked up?

I guess you haven't seen
his poll numbers this morning.

Look, maybe he appeals
to a fringe group,

but he can't possibly
get a majority.

Poland, Hungary, Russia.
Why not here?

He convinces just
enough voters

that he's the savior
of the working class.

So Callister comes out as
the dark knight, and that's it?

We let Myanmar go unpunished?

Well, there are other ways

of getting
the world's attention.

I'm listening.

So far, our reports have talked

about killings and atrocities.

Let's call it what it is.

Genocide.

We couldn't even call Rwanda
genocide

at the time.Yeah, but that's been
revised now.

That could help us.

And it sends a message
to Callister, too.

We don't target minorities here,

and we don't tolerate
other countries murdering them.

Exactly.

I'm gonna bring it
to the president.

Thank you, Peter.

I really... appreciate it.Thank you, ma'am.

I waited in a stupidly long line

for what's supposed
to be the next Cronut.

Uh, Mike Barnow, ma'am.

Thanks, Blake.

This is to keep you

off-line for the next two
days, possibly the week.

The article came out?

Drops within the hour.

Stay inside, don't look
at any memes or tweets,

and for God's sake,

don't read it.

Why would I do that?

Hey, Richard, can you reschedule
my lunch today?

Something came up.

Sure thing, Dr. McCord.

Thanks.

[coffee machine hissing]

Henry.
Isabelle.

So good to see you.You, too.

How long has it been?

Oh, gosh, uh,

Elizabeth's last
birthday dinner?
Oh.

God, I'm the worst.

No, I think we
hold that honor--

I mean, we keep talking
about seeing you

and then there's always...Oh, I-I know.

Work is so crazy.
I've been buying this house

up in Maryland.
Oh, uh, well,
that's great.

Yeah, it's no horse farm
in Virginia.

But you got
to retire somewhere.

Listen, by the time
we get all three kids

through college, I don't know
if we're retiring with a farm.

[chuckles]
Oh, you know what?

Just coffee,
thank you.

Somehow I think you two

are on to bigger things
before you're done.

Well, we're hoping
to stay in government.

Mm-hmm.
But, um...

articles like the one
that came out today

don't exactly help.

Thank you.

I almost called Bess
as soon as I read it.

She doesn't
know I'm here.
Oh.

[clears throat]

Listen, I've
got to ask you.

Do you know anyone from
your time together at CIA

who would have done this?

Someone who wants to
take Elizabeth down?

You know, people knew
Bess was my friend.

They didn't talk about
this stuff around me.

You never heard rumors?

Personally? No.

[inhales sharply]
Sometimes the Company

is like high school
with encryption.

Somebody wanted to look
important to a reporter,

at some dinner party,
Elizabeth is right

to let it evaporate.

Yeah.

Our kids read about this.

Henry, you know
there's nothing to it, right?

People used to call them
"the Honor Twins."

Elizabeth and Conrad.

Yeah, not a great reflection

on the rest of us,
but, yeah, there it is.

Hmm.

[panting]:
So...

I think I know the
source of the story.

The one we're
not talking about?

I reached out
to Isabelle

this afternoon.Henry.

I just wanted to get
her take on it.

How is that ignoring it?

She completely denied
ever hearing the rumors.

You told me that you two
used to joke about it.

So you think
Isabelle's the source?

Why would she lie
about the rumors?
I--

I-I don't even know
what to say, I...

Look, I don't want to
be right, but if she

had something to do with it,
maybe we could, I don't know,

could ask her to...She's not gonna
admit to it

if she did do it.

It doesn't make
any sense.

I think she's resentful
of your success.

You never know how
that's gonna affect people.

Look, I know we were
supposed to ignore it.

But...

after I read the article...

[sighs]
Is it bad?

Uh, it's all...
"alleged"

and...
"rumored."

So, as long as there's
no evidence to back it up...

Are you-you asking me

if I had an affair with Conrad?No.

Of course not.

[clears throat]

See, this-this is how it works.

This is the poison.

I don't doubt you.[phone ringing]

But you were halfway
around the world,

i-it was a rough time for us...

Nothing happened!
I know.

Ever. I...
I know.

Yeah.

Um...

well, that's odd.

Let him in, Matt, thank you.

Governor of
Massachusetts is here.

Governor Hayes.

U-Uh, please come in.

Thank you.

I'm sorry to stop
in unannounced.

Oh, it's-- yeah, hi.
[chuckles]

I, um...

was hoping to discuss
your future plans.

Off the record.

As a conservative governor
of a progressive state,

I've come to appreciate
the values of my party

that bring people together:

an equal love of liberty
and the rule of law,

patriotism, personal
responsibility,

merit, and honor.

Those are admirable values.

I don't believe Owen Callister
represents those values.

I'm not the only member
of the party

who found his remarks
yesterday hateful,

divisive,
fearmongering.

Well, he is polling pretty well.

Well, with a certain section
of the American people.

We believe
another candidate

can bring those people
back to the center.

Elizabeth,

I'm here tonight to ask you
to seek the nomination

of the Republican Party
for president.

Wow. That's...

[chuckles]

Can I-I speak
frankly, John?

Please.

I-I work for a president

who turned his back
on both parties.

Why come to me?

Because you're a
worthy candidate.

Well, I appreciate that.

I do. But...

I got to tell you,

when I look at your party's
current platform,

I-I...

I mean, I-I'm
about to host

a global conference
on climate change,

and your party can't even agree
that climate is changing.

We need to evolve.

We'd see your candidacy
as an opportunity to do that

and, at the same time,
come back to the party

of Teddy Roosevelt
and Dwight Eisenhower.

A square deal and a
strong national defense.

I think you fit that platform.

And it's a platform we believe

the majority of Americans
will vote for.

Well, that's inspiring.

And... flattering.

But if you're
so alarmed by

Owen Callister,
why not denounce him?

Where are the public statements?

We don't want to alienate the
people Callister's talking to.

We want to reach them.

We think we can do that
with you.

[chuckles]
Well, Governor,

you, uh...

you have given me
a lot to think about.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

Hope you'll say yes.

MIKE:
What is there to think about?!

For starters, the fact that
she's aligned with a president

who won as
an Independent.

For the first time
in history.

The chances of that happening
a second time are about the same

as my son's chances
of getting into Harvard.

Well, the governor
makes one good point:

if I join the GOP ticket now,

we have a better chance
of knocking Callister out early.

What if the governor represents
a small faction of the party

and you don't win broad support?

And then we're dead
in New Hampshire.

Have you forgotten
who you're working for?

Um, Elizabeth schooled
America about nationalism,

and her, and her popularity
went up five points.

This country's totally ready
to be spanked by Hot Mom.

[sighs]

JAY:
What do youthink?

I think that I do line up
with some GOP policy positions.

I think privatization

is sometimes
more efficient

than government
bureaucracy,

and I'm all for
a strong military.

And I think...

we do all win when
the government steps back

and allows responsible

businesses to thrive.

But I don't think that

that means that corporations
should pay a lower tax rate

than schoolteachers.

Of course not.
You can-- There's always

a way to frame it.

What happens when
I make wealth disparity

my key issue?

[kettle whistling]Or...

declare that the days
of undermining democracy

by gerrymandering are over?

You will trade horses
like every other politician.

She's not every
other politician.

One bonus: I make this call
tomorrow, I am pretty sure

this whole affair story
goes away a lot faster.

Okay, that...

is exactly the kind of political
gamesmanship that I hate.

I know that both
parties do it.

But the GOP has
a much darker history

of playing up wedge issues
like same-sex marriage

just to fire up voters.

When I went to Camp David
to think about the candidate

I want to be, none of that
was on the list.

Seems like you know your way
forward on this, ma'am.

Let's not make any
decisions tonight.

[sighs]:
Yeah.

Let me, let me just,
let me just say this:

no one... gets to
shape this country

by being the noble
candidate who lost.

We get past
the primary

and get the GOP
machine behind us?

Guarantee we win
this thing.

Hey, is anyone gonna
say anything?

Like what? "Congratulations on
your affair with the president"?

Wait. We don't really
think it happened, do we?

I think it's none
of our business, and, no,

I don't think it happened.

Did you see Carrot
Top's tweet?

You follow
Carrot Top?

Good morning.Good morning.
Ma'am.

Morning.Good morning.

Here's your schedule,
and muffin's on your desk.

Okay.

Can I see you
in my office, Nina?

Thank you.

Listen, Kat shared with me
your concerns about working

with Deputy Secretary Bailey.

Oh, gosh, it's really not
that big of a deal. [chuckles]

It-it is,

and-and I'm grateful
that you brought it to me.

Um... look, I'm, I'm happy
to transfer you

wherever you want
to go,

but for the sake
of everyone else working

with the deputy secretary,
I wonder if you would tell me

a little bit more
about what you know.

Well, I don't, I don't really
want to get anybody in trouble

just based on gossip.

Oh.

Well, trust me,
I can appreciate that.

But I'm trying to gather

any information I can
to pass it

to the Office of Civil Rights
for review.

Well, from what I've read,
um, most of those incidents

have already gone to OCR.

Can I ask where,
where you read this?

Uh...

oh, gosh.

Um, okay.

There's... a document

that goes around between
women federal employees.

Mostly lower level.

Just a private thing,
warning each other of

which men to avoid
being alone with.

And the deputy secretary
is in it?

Yeah, um,

mostly...

groping and lunging

and some weird comments.

If I assure you that
I will protect the identities

of the accusers,
would you be willing

to share that document with me?

Thank you.

For what it's worth,
the president isn't in it.

And I'm really sorry

about that
article, ma'am.

ELIZABETH:
Isabelle.

Bess, oh, my God.

How good to see you.

How have you been?

A little rocky lately.

Did you repeat any of the rumors
about Conrad and me?

What, you think
I'mthe source?

Henry said
he talked to you.

Why, why would you say
you hadn't heard anything?

He showed up, he...

You know what, can
we get in the car?

I-I'm freezing.Sure.

Henry...

he showed up
out of nowhere.

He's obviously

stirred up from
reading about

his wife sleeping
with her boss.

[chuckles]When your
friend's husband

asks you if it's true,
you don't feed the fire.

This whole thing...Yeah.

Do you have any idea
who it could've been?

I mean, it could've been
a lot of people, Bess.

[chuckles] Weren't thatmany
people out to get me.

Maybe not out to get you,

but if they were asked?
They all had eyes.

Whether anything
happened or not,

he clearly
favored you.

Wait...

Look, I know you
didn't cross any lines.

I-I mean, I don't even think
there's anything wrong

with how you
benefited from it.

Uh...Wow.

So you think that I...No. I'm-I'm not...

used Conrad...No, I'm not saying
you didn't earn

everything that you've achieved,
and believe me, I will be

first in line
to vote for you.

I know it's totally
unfair to you, but

it's not hard for people who
saw your dynamic with Conrad

to think there could have been
something to those rumors.

The foreign aid bill
before the Senate

this morning
generated heated debate.

OWEN: I am absolutely opposed to
increasing our foreign spending,

particularly at a time
when the chief diplomat

representing the United States
to the rest of the world,

Elizabeth McCord, brings such

a shameful example
of moral turpitude

and corruption...

HENRY:
Hey, Jace.

I was hoping for a sit-down
with Secretary McCord

sooner than later.

There are a few initiatives
I'd like to go over with her.

Well, there's
another matter

we need to discuss
first, Deputy Secretary.

Hey. Let's keep
it Steven,

at least until I'm out
of the bullpen.

[clears throat]

Uh, if you could take
a look at this.

Mm-hmm.

What...?

You want to tell me
what this is?

It's an anonymous
document

maintained by female employees
of the federal government

warning each other of
other employees who have

made them feel unsafe.

[clears throat]

Here we go.

Deputy Secretary, you should
know that Secretary McCord and I

take these allegations
very seriously.

I suggest you do so as well.

And, uh, you want to hear
my side of the story,

or have you done away
with due process?

Oh, all of these allegations
will be investigated fully

if you decide to
take this position.

What are you implying?

I am openly
informing you

that if an investigation
confirms any of the actions

as described in this document,

then you will not become
Acting Secretary of State.

Furthermore,
those determinations

will most likely follow you

in your next career, so...

you may want to think carefully
about your next move.

You know, I get
that the rules have changed.

But you need
to look at my record.

No one has been
a bigger champion of women

in this department.

And I have
taken bullets

for this country,
and now you're telling me

that you're gonna run me
out of town on-- at dawn

because a few women have
no sense of humor?

It's a shocking
violation, isn't it?

To be confronted
by something so unwelcome

and disempowering at work?

I'm pretty sure

every woman in this document
knows exactly how you feel.

[folder lands]

ELIZABETH:
Sir, I'd like to ask
if we can turn up the heat

and call the Myanmar attack
against the Rohingya people

what it is: genocide.

I think I know the answer
to this, but why now?

Because Myanmar getting away
with turning tanks

on its own people
makes it a lot easier

for the next regime
to give it a try.

Because we should have

moved on it
when we had the chance.

All good points.

But genocide, once proven,

brings a legal obligation
to prevent and punish.

If we intervene
in one situation,

there are dozens of others
all over the world

that clamor
for the same recognition.I know.

Yeah, it's the same thinking
that made us avoid

intervening in Rwanda.

There are other terms
you can use

that don't bring the same burden
of intervention

but would still shame
the Chinese for sitting it out.

That saves you from starting
a mess with China

that I would rather
you didn't inherit from me.

[laughs softly]
It's no guarantee

that I'm gonna inherit
anything from you, sir.

Don't tell me you're letting

that ridiculous article
get to you.

It's my family
I'm worried about.

Well, I'm willing
to make a statement

about the damn thing
if it'll help.
No,

thank you, sir.

But you decided
to stay out of it,

and I'm gonna follow your lead.

I hope Lydia isn't too upset?

One thing we learned
about this job is that you need

to keep yourself separate
from the office.

They are two
different things.

Conrad, do you think...?

When we were at CIA,
did you favor me?

Of course.

You were smart, diligent,

and you knew how to
think for yourself.

What kind of boss would I be
if I didn't favor that?

Perfect. Thanks, Kayla.

I'll circle back
ASAP.

If that's a masseuse, can you
see if she'll do campaign stops?

What makes you think
I'm booking a masseuse?

You said her name was Kayla.

ELIZABETH:
Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

Hey, you want my beer?

MIKE:
Suck-up.Uh, no, um, I'm fine.

Look, I've been thinking
about the GOP offer...

Before you finish that thought,
I just got off the phone

with the Democratic Party
chairman's office.

They want to talk.What?

So we can hear what
the other side has to say.

You greenhorn idiot.

Mike.
You just gave
Callister every reason

to call her a superficial
party hopper.I just gave a candidate

the opportunity to
consider her options.Guys, enough.

Enough.

This whole routine
between the two of you,

undercutting,
the jockeying for position,

this has got to stop.

This is exactly what
George Washington hated

about a two-party system.

Two sides trying
to dominate each other.

What does he know?
He had wooden teeth.

He was right.

And so is Jay, by the way.

My political identity
is tied to Conrad's.

I'm an independent.

It's who I am,
and it's how I'm gonna run.

I'm gonna call
Governor Hayes,

tell him we're
declining his offer.

Either of you have
a problem with that?

No, ma'am.
Good.

I've also accepted
an interview tomorrow morning

where I'm gonna put
these affair rumors to rest,

among other things.

Love it. Can we go
over some talking points?

I don't need
talking points.

I was there.

Guys, this is gonna be
a long, hard road,

but it's the road
I want to be on.

So you either

get on it with me
or get out of the way. Okay?

Great.

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

[mutters]

Hey, did you see
Bailey's resignation?

Are you kidding? I killed trees
and printed it out for everyone.

Hey, it's pretty decent, right?

Wait, are we talking
Bailey's resignation?

So, you think he wrote it?

"I regret the part
I played in a system

designed to silence and dominate
half the world's population."

He didn't write it.[laughs]: No.

But I love whoever
got him to sign it.

I know.Uh, good morning.

Hey, Nina,
can I see you for a minute?

Sure.

And, uh, the secretary's
interview might go long.

You were able to move the meet
and greet with the new FSOs?

Yes, to Thursday.Good.

So, do we know
who wrote that memo?

I think the deputy secretary
saw the error of his ways.

What? It could happen.

[laughs]

KAT:
Undersecretary Thompson.

Yes.
This is
Nina Cummings.

She'll be your new
administrative assistant.

And, Nina, Undersecretary
Thompson will be stepping in

as acting secretary
once we begin the transition.

It's an honor.
I-I so admire your work

with the Bureau
of African Affairs.Thank you, Nina.

I look forward
to working with you.Me, too.

Oh, that reminds me, um,
OMB approved a line item

for tampons in the bathrooms.[gasps]

Nina's idea.Hey.

Look at that.Oh.

[laughter]Policy in action.

Yes.That's right.

What else can we get?

Um, equal pay.Yes.

[laughter]

PRODUCER:
In five, four, three...

Secretary McCord,
I'm gonna get right to it.

Are you running for president

in the next election?

Well, right now I'm pretty busy

representing our country
to the rest of the world.

JANE:
I want to get to your work
as Secretary of State,

but first
let's go back to your time

at the CIA.

Uh, you were
an intelligence analyst

working with
Conrad Dalton in Iraq?

Yes, that's right.

You worked closely
with President Dalton.

I was a member

of an incredible team.

There was a great deal
of mutual respect.

JANE:
There have been
rumors lately, uh,

that your relationship
with President Dalton

was a more intimate one
during those years?

Those rumors are not true,

and the people spreading them
are the same people

who are trying
to distract Americans

from the real threats we face.

Like the rise of hatred
and intolerance.

These people want us to
be scared and suspicious

of anyone who looks, speaks,

prays differently
than people we know.

Because when we're scared,
that's when they take power.

This is happening
all over the world.

Last year, Myanmar unleashed
a campaign of ethnic cleansing

on an entire population
of Muslim citizens

in retaliation against a
handful of Muslim dissidents.

And right now
they're getting away with it.

It's the same hate and fear
that drove extremists

to attack the White House
over an immigration policy.

And it's the same hate
infecting every line

of Senator Callister's
campaign announcement.

You made a speech

several months ago, uh,

calling nationalism the greatest
threat to humankind.

I did,

but what's happening now
is even more scary.

Extremists aren't just attacking
the White House from outside,

they're trying to move into it.

If we vote hatred
into our highest office,

I don't think we survive that.
Not intact.

What would you say

to the many Americans

who support
Senator Callister's message?

De Tocqueville called
our early democracy

"the great experiment."

And I love that because it
reminds me how fragile we are.

Every generation

gets to choose whether or not
this experiment continues.

That means not giving in
to the weaknesses

that make us fragile as people
and as a country,

not listening
to those who tell us

to blame others
when we feel shut out.

And that can be
such a tempting message,

especially when you're down,

but it's a false one
and a dark one.

All I can say is,

however I continue
to serve our country,

I will never stop fighting
to save this great experiment.

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