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The Kennedys....

You want me to be Joe, and I'm not!
Well, that's obvious.

Well, then save your money,
for chrissake! I can't win.

Your name is Kennedy,
and Kennedys never come second.

Jacqueline Bouvier,
Congressman Jack Kennedy.

He'll never be faithful.

I don't particularly care
what happens, really.

I mean, after today, I'm done.
He's just on edge.

He's been waiting
50 years for this day.

Mr. President! Mr. President!
Jack needs somebody he can trust,

and I need you to keep an eye on Jack.
I'm picking my own cabinet, dad.

I believe they elected
me President, not you.

♪ The Kennedys♪
Episode 3
Original Air Date on April 5, 2011

-- sync, corrected by elderman --

A happy President-elect
and Mrs. Kennedy

today left the hospital
with their new addition,

John F. Kennedy Jr.

When reporters
asked Mr. Kennedy

if he hoped his son would
someday occupy the White House,

he joked that one President
per family is probably enough.

Later,
at his Georgetown residence,

Mr. Kennedy met with several
newly appointed members

of his cabinet
and advisory staff.

The President has tapped
Harvard Dean McGeorge Bundy

to be his
National Security Advisor,

Robert McNamara, President
of the Ford Motor Company,

will serve
as Secretary of Defense,

and Air Force General
Thomas Bennett

will sit on
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The top spot
at the Justice Department

has yet to be filled,
and who America's chief

law enforcement officer will be
remains an open question.

I'm a little surprised

you haven't announced Bobby
as Attorney General.

Oh. Well, there's, uh...

there's a lot to consider, dad,
and I still have time.

I think you owe it
to him, Jack,

given everything
he's done for you.

I appreciate that,

but, uh, I'm not sure
he's the right choice.

Really?

How are you feeling?

Wonderful.

They took
excellent care of me.

I had all my children
at home, as you know.

Yes. I knew that.

Have you thought about

what you'll be wearing
to the inauguration?

Uh, um...

Mr. Cassini has drawn up
some beautiful sketches.

He is a very
well-respected designer.

I'm sure whatever he comes up
will be lovely.

Though...

He tends to favor
a more European look...

Designs that work better on
a more slender woman's body.

Well, I have eight weeks
to get my figure back.

Oh, don't you think that's
cutting it rather fine, dear?

I'd try to get it
back in four.

Jackie,

do you think Jack should appoint
Bobby as Attorney General?

Whatever Jack wants.

Joe, I'm not sure
that's such a good idea.

Why is that?

Bobby told me he wants
to go back to Boston,

spend more time
with Ethel and the children.

Well, that's good to know,
but he needs to be with Jack.

He has no experience.

He has the best experience
in the world. He's your brother.

Christ, he's never
been in a courtroom.

He deserves it, Jack,
and he wants it.

I'm not sure he does.

Well, I want it for him.

All those other guys,

the Harvard and Yale guys
you're talking to, the PhDs--

their only allegiance
is to their résumé.

Bobby's as smart
as any of 'em,

and he'll jump
under a train for you.

I'll think about it.

No, don't think.
Get it done.

You've got
lots of other work to do.

Thank you.

Listen,
I think before we go in there

and tell him
I'm not goa do it,

I think we should be clear on this.
Yeah, we covered that.

I know, but you haven't said
one way or the other.

I want to hear it from you.

You think I want to hear
your high-pitched, whiny voice

yakking in my ear
for the next four years?

Listen, I'm serious.
Christ, it's four years.

You want me to be a part of
your administration, I'll do it.

I don't want to do it, but I
will do it if you need me to.

Go live your life.
You've done enough, all right?

But if they don't impeach me
first, you're coming back

to get me reelected in '64.

All right, fine, but you're
telling him. I'm not--

Oh, hell, no.
I'm not starting. You start.

Well, I mean,
we've talked about it,

and there's just
far too many negatives here.

The press is gonna be out
for blood, and I, uh,

I don't want to come out of
the gate on the defensive.

No. No.

Besides, um...

You'll--you'll be there,
and, uh...

I mean, he doesn't really--
really need me, do you?

I won't be there every day.
You will.

Well, I-I just--
I think it'll look bad.

I think the press is gonna say,
uh, it's nepotism, it's a-a co-presidency.

I don't think it'll work, dad.
I agree with that.

We have bigger problem with Hoover.
Oh, that's true. He--he's really--

I mean, he's not gonna accept
him as a boss, and I, uh--

That's a good point.

Hell, he's ran the FBI
for 30 years. I mean...

It's just, uh...
It's not gonna work.

All I can do...

is try to give you
the benefit of my experience.

If you boys don't want that,

I have no choice

but to respect your decision.

Well, thank you, dad.

We appreciate that.

It is with great pleasure

that I announce the appointment
of Robert F. Kennedy

as Attorney General.

I, uh, know

there have been some questions
about his qualifications...

But, uh, I can attest
to the fact that he is, uh,

very intelligent, very, uh,
very tenacious, and, uh,

we thought it'd be useful for
him to get some, uh, experience

before he went
into private practice, so...

So I, uh, wasn't gonna
have him say anything,

but I think I will. Bobby?

Bobby... Bobby...

Thank you all
very much. I, um...

I, uh, am pleased to, uh,
accept the position

of the Attorney Generalship,
uh, of the United States.

Joe Kennedy thinks
I'm gonna take orders

from that
snot-nosed kid of his.

Don't get upset, Edgar.
Would you like a TUMS?

Yes, I would.

The FBI is the finest
investigative agency

in the world.

I've spent my entire life
making it so, and I will not...

let it be degraded
by a bunch of...

Amateurs.

Well, you've always found a way
to circumvent the authority

of the Attorney General,
whoever he is.

You're right, Clyde.

You're right.

Despite
subfreezing temperatures,

hundreds of thousands watched
today's inaugural ceremonies,

as President John F. Kennedy

and Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson

took their constitutional
oaths of office,

on the steps
of the nation's capitol.

In the long
history of the world,

only a few generations
have been granted the role

of defending freedom
in its hour of maximum danger.

I do not shrink from this
responsibility. I welcome it.

I do not believe any of us
would exchange places

with any other people
or any other generation.

The energy, the faith,
the devotion

which we bring to this endeavor
will light our country

and all who serve it.

And the glow from that fire
can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans,

ask not what your country
can do for you.

Ask what you can do
for your country.

Bahía de Cochino,
Mr. President--

Bay of Pigs,
on the southern Cuban coast.

For the past 18 months,
we at the CIA

have been training a brigade
of anti-Castro guerillas

in Guatemala.

Yes, I'm aware of that.

Then I'm sure
you're also aware

that President Eisenhower

approved this training
and its ultimate purpose--

the--the elimination
of Fidel Castro.

Well, I'm certainly
for his, uh, elimination.

I just question whether or not
this will, uh, work.

I think--
Yes, it will, Mr. President.

Without direct
U.S. involvement, General.

Our fingerprints can't be
anywhere on this operation.

They won't be, sir.

The guerillas are using
untraceable equipment,

and the support
planes and vessels

are without U.S. insignia.

That's all
very good and well, General,

but the, uh, Castro army here
seems to have, uh, 25,000 men.

Uh, our invasion force
has roughly, uh...

1,500.

And Castro's forces
are, uh, well-armed.

They have Russian hardware.

The guerillas have
the advantage of surprise, sir.

Castro has not one idea in hell
that they're coming.

Now let's not forget,
the Cuban people will rise up

and support
this liberating force.

Well, I question that
as well.

The State Department shares
your doubts, Mr. President.

And there's another
thing to consider.

If we give the guerillas
the go-ahead and the operation

begins to fail, will you be
able to resist the pressure

to save it by ordering
our direct military involvement?

Sir, we have
a communist bastion

90 miles from our shore.

By excising it,

we make this whole part
of the world more secure.

This is something
we have to do.

The General is the best
commander I ever served under.

In my opinion,

he shortened the war
in the Pacific by six months.

Well, he's, uh, he's quite a character.
Yes, sir, he is.

But he also makes a good point.
The guerillas are patriots.

They want to take
their homeland back.

Bob?

This is your first
strategic decision.

You go against
the recommendation of the Chiefs

and the CIA, they're gonna
make you pay for it.

I'm not issuing
an invasion order

because I'm afraid
of the Joint Chiefs.

Sir,

for every hour that
this decision is delayed,

you run the risk of these
invasion plans being leaked.

You think this succeeds?

I do, sir.

Not only will it succeed,
but it will send Khrushchev

a message of our intent
and our resolve.

And it will show him

exactly the kind of President
you intend to be.

You know, when I made
a decision in the Senate,

I always had 40 or 50 guys
to go alongside me

to take the heat
if things went wrong.

Job's little different now.

All right,
issue the go codes, Bob.

Send those guerillas to Cuba.

Yes, Mr. President.

Thanks for coming by,
Mr. Director.

I, uh, wondered
if you had a chance to, uh,

review the policy changes
I sent over to your office.

I did see them, yes.

Well, I'd like to, uh,

streamline the flow
of information going to

the public and the press.

In the past,

all Bureau communications
were issued through my office.

Well, from, uh, from now on,
I'd like, uh, any press releases

from the Bureau to go out, if
approved, on D.O.J. letterhead,

and anyone from the Bureau
giving public speeches

will have their comments
first cleared by my office.

I'm puzzled by your need

to control the flow
of information so tightly.

Well, I want
the entire department

to speak with one voice.

The Bureau has had
its own voice for 30 years,

and I have to insist
that we maintain it.

Well, now this is a new era,

and there's a new world order,
Mr. Director.

I sincerely hope that
you can adapt yourself to it.

I hope you'll forgive me,
young man,

if it takes me a while
to make that adaptation.

I do forgive you,

and I would appreciate
from now on

you addressing me
as "General."

Feet on the desk...
throwing darts against the wall

is desecrating
government property.

Little bastard
has no respect.

He thinks he can
take over my Bureau?

We're gonna have to
dissuade him, Clyde.

Bobby's squeaky clean.

But his brother isn't.

The Jack Kennedy file--
that dates back to 1942.

We need something current.
It shouldn't be too difficult.

Our President is
just like his father.

Their need for sexual conquest
borders on addiction.

And I want full attention
paid to this.

Hello?

You, uh...
You got a minute to talk?

Well, that's what
I'm here for, Jack.

We, uh, we made a, uh, pretty
big decision over here today.

We're gonna send that, uh,
that brigade of, uh,

guerillas into, uh, Cuba.

What,
to get rid of Castro?

That's right.

No American troops, right?
You can't be traced back?

Well, that's
what I've been told.

Well, that's great.

It'll be great if it works.

Well, Castro's a damn dictator--
Hitler with a beard--

and you're gonna
get rid of him

in your first three months
in office. Congratulations.

Thanks.

A-and stick to your guns.

You've got the best people
in the world working for you,

and that's what
they recommended, right?

Yes.

Well, then you did
the right thing.

And let me tell you something,
I-I-I don't like Harry Truman,

but when he dropped the bomb,
he got the best information

he could, he made his decision,
and that was that.

You'll be fine.

Thank you.

Good night, son.

These congressional
receptions are ridiculous.

Be confident
in your decision, Jack.

You're a wonderful leader.

Those guerillas
are gonna land on the beach

in less than an hour.

Have you talked
to Bobby about it?

No. No, he's, uh...

He's not involved.

You look beautiful.

Very well.

Thanks.

Castro's intelligence services
must have been tipped off.

His men were on the beach,

waiting for the guerillas
with Soviet tanks.

I don't understand.

I ordered the invasion when I
did to avoid a security breach.

He had a clear view
of the brigade as it approached.

Clear view? It was the middle
of the goddamn night.

It was the conditions.
What?

We didn't factor in
a full moon.

"Engagement
continues in the bay.

"Guerillas under
heavy bombardment.

Questionable
if they can withstand"...

I understand the, uh,
guerillas are in trouble.

What's going on out there?

They're taking
heavy losses, sir.

How heavy?

We don't know precisely.

What's that?

A cable from one of our
CIA operatives on the scene.

What's it say?

Sir, if you'd just
allow me to para--

I want you to read it, Bob.

"Cuban defense forces
opened fire at 700 yards.

"Landing craft
blown out of the water.

"Have counted
over 50 corpses in the water.

"One young guerilla suffered
extensive shrapnel wounds

"in an explosion no more than
10 yards from my position.

"Due to withering fire,
I could not reach him.

He choked to death
on his own blood."

"Have," uh,
"never seen such slaughter."

At this point, sir,

the situation can only
be served with air power.

The guerillas
had air support.

They flew their own planes
in from Nicaragua.

They were ineffective.
To make matters worse,

Castro's planes destroyed
the supply ship that contained

the guerillas' ammunition
and communication gear.

Jesus. These were on one ship?
Yes, sir.

And there's no uprising
in the Cuban people.

Sir, we don't get planes in the air
immediately, this operation is doomed.

Our planes? Our planes
launched from our carriers?

We'll need one of our destroyers
to take out Soviet tanks.

No, I have been consistent
on this from the get-go.

Cuba is a Russian ally.

I'm not gonna risk
retaliation from Khrushchev.

He won't do a damn thing.

You said that the invasion force
would land without resistance.

You told me that, uh, Castro
and the people of Cuba

would rise up. You've been wrong
about everything so far.

Air support--

I don't know why the hell I should start
believing you right now, General.

Air support is the only way
to keep this from becoming

an unmitigated disaster.
It already is.

Mr. President, if you don't
send in the planes,

those men out there
on the beach,

who were trained by us,
who trust in us...

They will die.

I'm aware of that.

Well, then please, sir,
make your decision.

Time is of the essence.

I don't, uh, suppose CIA
can explain this, Mr. Dulles?

Well, I-I won't do it.

Christ, I-I'm not gonna
send in our own planes.

Mr. President, you can't
just sit here--

I'm your Commander in Chief.
That's my decision.

Are these the cables?
Latest?

Yes, sir.

I just wanted it to work.
And I trusted them.

Jack, Bennett told you,
he assured you that this--

I believed because
they were military,

they knew a damned thing
about military matters.

Khrushchev...

This is a victory
for him.

It's a victory
I handed him, I...

The public relations
victory of a lifetime.

I was so stupid.

You're exhausted, Jack.

You should get some sleep.

Come on.

And all those men...

They're never coming home
because of me.

How could you let this happen?
What are you talking about, dad?

I'm talking about this Bay of Pigs thing.
How could you let Jack do it?

I-I wasn't in those meetings.
That's foreign policy.

Well,
you should have been.

Now listen to me, Bobby,

I know you didn't want
to be in the Cabinet,

that you wanted to be on your
own, but you've got the job,

and your job
is to support your brother.

That's precisely
what I've been doing.

I do support my brother.
Not enough.

You have to be
the sounding board

for every major decision
he makes.

His presidency's
in trouble,

and you need to fix it.

Bobby and I'll
come up Friday.

Mr. President,

the Attorney General's
here to see you.

What's everyone
telling you to do?

Hunker down.

Avoid the press.

Sons of bitches.

They want this job,
they can have it tomorrow.

So where do we go
from here?

Well, hopefully, there'll be
a natural disaster

some other part of the world,
and people will forget about

the man-made disaster
right here.

Listen, I wish I could
have been here for you.

Sorry.

Jesus, Bobby, I made so many
so many mistakes

with this damned thing.

Not having you around was
another one of my screwups.

Listen, covert action
was justified, Jack.

You were trying to liberate
a-an oppressed people.

You weren't committing
a crime.

Unfortunately,
it didn't work.

No, it didn't.

Well, not this time.

But we're gonna fix this.

We're--we're gonna
get Castro out of there,

one way or the other.

Now I gotta figure out
how long to hide

before I show
my face again.

Why not show it tomorrow?

Hold a press conference.

You stand up in front of
the American people

and tell them
you made a mistake.

Use the entire country
as my confessional?

That's very Catholic
of you, Bobby.

Not very Presidential.

Yeah, well, maybe not,
but at least it's human.

When all else fails,
tell the truth.

In Havana,

Fidel Castro claimed victory
at the Bay of Pigs

over Washington's
imperialist warmongers.

Speaking,
at times hysterically,

to large
and enthusiastic crowds,

Castro did not mention
President Kennedy by name,

but he promised that Cuba would
defend itself to the last man

if there is another attempt
by the United States

to overthrow
his Communist regime.

Mr. President?
Mr. President?

Our intention was, of course,
to, uh, help the Cuban people

free themselves
from the Communist yoke.

Um, there's an old saying
that, uh,

victory has a, uh,
hundred fathers,

defeat is an orphan.

This is, uh,
not to deny responsibility.

Uh, I am the, uh, responsible
officer of the government,

that much is obvious.

The, uh, brave volunteers

at the, uh, Bay of Pigs

uh, believed that communism
in this hemisphere

was intolerable

and that freedom in Cuba
was inevitable.

I believe, uh, in the inevitable
defeat of Communism

throughout the world.

Mr. President?
Mr. President?

Yes.

Gentlemen, how are you?

Mr. President, I've begun
to put an assessment together

as to why the operation did not
achieve its desired result.

Well, that's fine, but I'm, uh,
less interested in a post mortem

than where we go from here.

Where do you want to go,
Mr. President?

Well, Castro's gonna continue
to be a problem.

And, uh, this government is,
uh, committed to, uh,

resolving that.

I'd just like to go
on the record, sir,

that the CIA's information

about the reaction
of the Cuban people

was based on contact
with dissidents

among Castro's inner circle.

Very good. You're on
the record, Mr. Dulles.

I, uh, think it's important
to stress to our allies

and the communists that, uh,
despite this, uh...

Setback, that, uh,
our resolve is not diminished.

That's a fine sentiment,
Mr. President,

but the Russians are gonna
look at it as weak,

and made
significantly weaker

by your press conference
this morning.

Well, I don't know
if I follow you.

The idea of
the Commander in Chief

apologizing
for a military operation...

Let's just say I've never
seen anything like it.

Well, I-I am known
for breaking new ground.

You may enjoy
your witticisms,

but there are a hundred
dead men out there.

How dare you, sir?
Might I remind you,

you're speaking to the President
of the United States?

And his apology,
as you call it,

was one of the--
the bravest things

any President has ever done,
and I think we're gonna

come out of this stronger
than ever because of it.

So--so if you can't see your own
culpability in this mess,

I-I-I suggest that you don't
belong in this room

or this Administration.

And that goes
for everyone else here.

Well, you all know
my brother Bobby.

General, I understand you're not
pleased with my performance,

and you consider me
inexperienced.

Well, I just got a hell of a lot
of experience,

and I intend to use it
to make sure

nothing like this
ever happens again.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Gentlemen,
in your briefing package,

you will find
our first order of business.

If you could please turn
to page three.

Still haven't gotten a reaction
from the press conference.

People either, uh,
rally around me

or, uh,
I'll be impeached.

Jack, you were magnificent.

It's just what the country
needed to hear.

Well, thanks, honey,
and I hope you're right.

How's everybody doing
up there?

Fine.

The kids are having fun
at the beach.

I'm doing some work
on de Gaulle.

It's only six weeks
before we go to Paris.

Good. Well, I, uh,

have a National Security
briefing in the morning,

and, uh, I'll come up
to The Cape after that.

See you then.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Jack's going to try
to get here tomorrow.

Oh, wonderful.

Well, I think I'm...
I'm gonna call it a day.

Good night, Rosie.

Good night, grandpa.

Don't forget to turn out
the lights.

Can I get you anything,
Mrs. Kennedy?

Cup of tea?

No, thank you, dear.
It'll keep me up.

Do you mind if
I sit with you?

Of course not.

It's beautiful.

Hmm.

How are things
with you and Jack?

Busy.

We don't see much
of each other.

Joe was never around while
I was raising the children.

He was in Hollywood,
New York...

A man of the world.

That must have been
very difficult for you

with nine children.

Oh, it was.

After Jack was born,

I became very depressed
about my marriage.

I took the children and moved
back to my father's house.

You left Joe?

The rumors of his indiscretions
became too much for me.

How long
were you separated?

Not long.

My father sent me
back to Joe.

He said that a Catholic woman's
place was with her husband.

A Catholic woman's obligation
is to keep the family together.

That's what the church
intends for us.

But the rumors
didn't go away?

Oh, not only did they not
go away,

it became obvious
that they weren't rumors.

Yet you stayed.

My husband provided
a life for me,

a life that allowed me
to raise children

in the way that God
wants them to be raised.

But he hurt you.

Yes, as I know that Jack
has hurt you.

The men that we've married

have great gifts
and great flaws, but...

They're the men
we've chosen.

White House operator.

This is Mrs. Kennedy.
I'm looking for the President.

I tried calling up
to the residence,

but he's not answering.

Let me ring Mrs. Lincoln's
office, ma'am. Please hold.

Mrs. Lincoln isn't answering.
I can check with

the Secret Service office
if you'd like.

It's okay. Good night.

Good night, ma'am.

♪

Hi, Toots.

Judy.

President Kennedy's
approval rating,

which had plummeted sharply due
to the Bay of Pigs incident,

took a dramatic upturn
following his press conference,

in which he accepted
responsibility

for the disaster. Over 80%
of the American people

now approve of the President's
job performance.

Perhaps buoyed
by that response,

Mr. Kennedy is spending
the weekend in Massachusetts

for what his aides described
as "strenuous relaxation."

That's it!
That's a touchdown!

Whoo-hoo!

You played well.
I'm done!

Nice.

What did you get up to
last night?

Well, we're gonna try to
work out, uh...

some sort of negotiation

for some of those
Cuban prisoners.

Jackie called me, uh,
about 11:30,

concerned that you weren't
in the residence.

What'd you tell her?

Well, I told her
you were exhausted.

You'd probably
unplugged the phone.

Am I in trouble here?
Did she buy that?

I don't know. I suppose.

I said I'd, uh, spoken to you
15 minutes earlier,

and you were gonna
go to bed.

Well, not that I, um...

get any points for it.

I was gonna go to bed,
I just...

Christ, I couldn't sleep.
I just...

But you're, uh, not the Junior
Senator from Massachusetts--

I know. I know.

It's not even about the sex,
for God sakes, it's just...

Mm...

The rush
of the damned thing...

What you and Jackie have
is so beautiful, Jack.

I just don't want you
to do anything to ruin it.

We can just pass
the whole thing over to state.

All right.

Mr. President, Director Hoover
is here to see you.

I asked him to wait
in the cabinet room.

He's not on the schedule.
What's he doing here?

I don't know.

He said it's a matter that needs
your immediate attention.

The woman's name
is Judy Campbell.

I believe you've known her
for some time--

were introduced to her by
the entertainer, Frank Sinatra.

Here she is entering the West Wing
last night at 11:17 p.m.

We've had her
under surveillance

because of her other
known associations.

What, uh, associations
in particular?

The gentleman
is Sam Giancana.

I believe you know him

from your days
on the McClellan committee.

He's the most powerful gangster
in the country.

Now under normal circumstances,
Mr. President, I would, uh,

I would feel that, uh,

your dalliances should remain
a matter between you,

your wife, and your God.

However, our concern
is that Mr. Giancana

might be using the young woman
to put you,

and therefore
your Administration,

in a compromised position.

What are you, uh...

What are you planning
on doing with those?

Naturally, they will remain
secure in our files.

But I urge you...

Tread cautiously,
Mr. President.

Tread cautiously.
Thank you.

Good day to you, sir.

General.

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