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Mr. Judge?

Mr. Judge, I'm here!

Mr. Judge?

So what are your thoughts

about the open border issue?

- What's the solution?
Lock 'em all up.

If Sleepy Joe isn't gonna
do anything about it,

I, quite frankly, think
Americans should feel

the freedom to take matters
into their own hands.

Mr. Judge?

Mm-hmm.

Yes.

Is there nothing you can do?

I see.

Are you sure?

Mm-hmm.

I'm with Claire and the kids.

- That was Mallory.
- And?

And apparently there's
some protesters

blocking the entrance.

A small to-do, he says.

Maybe we should pull over, Dad,
wait until they've cleared out?

Nonsense. Oliver.

I'm not running from
a group of hippies.

We're gonna walk
in there as planned

with our heads held high.

That's the way Garlands do it.

Sweetheart, let's
think about this...

As planned with our
heads held high.

My body, my choice!
My body, my choice!

- A small to-do, Mallory?
- Not too late to turn back.

Let's go.

Hey, hey, ho, ho!

Judge Garland has got to go!

Hey, hey, ho, ho!

Judge Garland has got to go!

Hey, hey, ho, ho!

Judge Garland has got to go!

- Dad! Fascist!

-Dad! Fascist!

Move!

Fascist! Fascist!

♪ Ready for war, Joe ♪

♪ How you wanna
Blow they spot? ♪

♪ I know these dirty
cops That'll get us in ♪

♪ If we murder some wop ♪

♪ Hop in your Hummer
The Punisher's ready ♪

♪ Meet me at Vito's
With Noodles ♪

♪ We'll do this dude while
He's slurping spaghetti ♪

♪ Everybody kiss
The fuckin' floor ♪

♪ Joey Crack, buck 'em all ♪

♪ If they move, Noodles
Shoot that fuckin' whore ♪

♪ Dead in the middle
Of Little Italy ♪

♪ Little did we know that
We riddled two middlemen ♪

♪ Who didn't do diddly ♪

♪ It'll be a cold day in
hell The day I take an L ♪

♪ Make no mistake, for real
I wouldn't hesitate to kill ♪

Standby.

Hi, Professor Garland.

You know Kimmer's
not here, right?

Yeah, no, I'm actually
here to grab the...

Emergency contact forms
for Bentley's school.

Shoot, I forgot. I can
grab them from her desk.

That's OK. I can go grab 'em.

Would you? I'm slammed.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Mariah!

Sara, hi.

Text me about that raffle,
OK? I want to help.

Ah, you're the best.

I highly doubt the
board will approve

such a big purchase.

We need a new
Smart Board vendor.

So for now, just...

Give us a minute, please?

What can I do for you, Mariah?

You can tell me why my son

was forced to sit at
another lunch table

while Aiden Corbat
called him Jim Crow.

Oh, God, it...
that's horrible.

Maybe it's a misplaced

application of what
they've been learning.

They were doing a
unit on civil rights.

Clearly the unit
wasn't very effective.

Calling the Black kid Jim
Crow doesn't even make sense.

I promise you, he will
be punished accordingly.

I don't want a punishment.
I want expulsion.

I have four good kids
enrolled at this school,

plus I'm on the
fundraising committee,

so I know that we are the top
givers three years running.

Donations don't buy
on-demand punishment.

Well, in this case, they will.

Or I go to the press.

And it won't be Channel 4
Action News at 11 or whatever.

It will be The
Tribune or The Times.

I'm still Facebook friends
with half this nation's

top journalists.

Don't fuck with me, Tom.

I want that junior
Klansman out of my school.

Hey, Uncle Mal.
To what do I owe

the pleasure of this call?

Mariah, I'm sorry.

Please leave a detailed message.

Kimmer, I've been trying
to get you all morning.

We need to talk.

Hey, what's wrong with you?

You look like your
puppy just died.

I was in Kimmer's office.

Found flowers someone sent her.

- Red roses.
- Shit.

That is unequivocally the
most romantic type of flowers.

Great observation, Dana.

I mean, it's just confirmation

of what you already knew, right?

All the late night phone
calls and mysterious errands

and meetings and business trips.

Dressing nicer, working out.

Kimmer has always looked good.

Yeah, like, normal good.
But this isn't normal, man.

I mean, your wife's ass
is like a work of art now.

I'm sorry, but it is.

Look, I know the behavior
of a cheater when I see it.

I just need to talk
to Kimmer first.

Is that her? No, my sister.

Mariah, hey. I can't
talk right now.

I'm gonna be late for class.

Wait, slow down. What?

You look...

it fits great, honey.

One of the aides
had an extra set.

You look like a bitch
in that bow tie.

If I saw you on the
street, I'd fuck you up

just for wearing it.

He looks like Malcolm X.

Nah, Malcolm X was cool.

He looks like Tucker Carlson.

- I like Tucker Carlson. Oh.

Oh, you like some stuck-up,
white, neo-con frat boy?

- Shocking. Shut up.

What's Becky's name
this week, Becky?

See, the operative
phrase is "this week,"

'cause next week is Lashonda,
Ming Li, or Mirabella.

I don't discriminate.

You need to be more like Tal.

- What, and wear a bow tie?
- No, romantic, faithful.

Find a long-term,
committed relationship.

Tal ain't in no long-term,
committed relationship.

Tonya dumped his ass.

- Tonya dumped you?
- No! She didn't.

We're doing the
long-distance thing.

She bought a one-way
ticket to Tokyo, bruh.

She leased an apartment
and accepted a job there.

Read between the
lines. It's over.

All right.

Let's talk some numbers.

Fact is, the days of 99 to 1
confirmations are long gone.

But we've convinced about half
the Democrats to vote for you.

All the blue dogs love you

even if they won't
admit it on camera.

So if half our
friends are with us

on the other side of the aisle,

what does it mean for the count?

It means whichever
way you cut it,

Oliver Garland will be the
next Supreme Court Justice

of the United States of America.

Yeah! Yeah!

Hey, you got that thing?

Can you sign this for me, Judge?

On second thought, make it out

to Senator Edelman.

Yeah!

Known for his
staggering intellect

and steadfast fairness while
on the Seventh Circuit Court,

it was his turn to
far right politics

that brought Judge
Oliver Garland

notoriety in later years.

Earning the nickname
Titan of the Tea Party,

Garland and his incendiary
rhetoric became a fixture

on talk radio and
the speaking circuit.

Of course, what he will
be most remembered for

was his failed nomination

to the United States
Supreme Court.

His controversial
connection to Jack Ziegler,

a former CIA operative...

That is about enough of that.

A bunch of the faculty
are already emailing,

talking about a school-wide
memorial for your dad.

- A bunch?
- Well, Theo at least.

Called him "one of our
most distinguished alums."

Yeah, I can't even think
about that right now.

Matter of fact, I need
to make some more calls.

Of course.

You can let it out, man.

I think I'm just in shock.

Well, don't keep that shit
bottled up for too long.

It will eat you from the inside.

Your mother and I will
meet you at the car.

Go, go. Go with Szuza.

How you holding up, champ?

You've had your nose in
that thing the whole ride.

Look at this.

What am I looking at here?

My father's medical records.

Why do you have these?

He started sending them
to me five years ago.

Said it was easier than my
health-based interrogations.

At first I was hoping
to find some answers,

but look... he was healthy.

Blood sugar, lipids, weight,

all down from where they
were five years ago.

OK.

What if it wasn't
a heart attack?

What, like a stroke?

No, what if it was meant
to look like a heart attack

or a stroke or
something natural,

but really, it wasn't
natural at all?

Sorry, I...

I really don't understand
what you're trying to say.

The judge had a lot of enemies.

I get it.

You want to make sense
of this whole thing.

When my old man died,
I wanted answers too.

Remember, I thought
I could find them

by getting in touch with nature?

What's your point, Howard?

There's no easy answers.

Maybe there's no answers at all.

I don't know.

But the only thing I
know for certain is that

chasing down these
conspiracy theories...

it's not gonna get
you anywhere, babe.

Yeah?

No, that's my car.
Marshall, you go with Szuza.

- Marshall!

When you grow up and
make millions of dollars,

you get your own car, OK?

Hello?

Hello, Mariah.

This is Jack Ziegler.

Sorry. Didn't
mean to scare you.

Marc. Hi.

I was devastated to hear
about your dad, Tal.

My sincerest
condolences, of course.

I mean, he was... a force.

Thanks.

If there's anything
you or Kimmer need...

I think we're good.

My family's waiting on me, so...

How is Kimmer handling

all the federal appeals
court nomination rumors?

Fine, I suppose.

Hope she's having a
better time than me.

My phone's been
ringing off the hook.

Everyone suddenly
wants my advice

since my name was mentioned.

Nobody gave a damn
about my opinion

when everyone just thought
I was gonna be a professor

for the rest of
my life, you know?

Look, I know this selection
process can be brutal,

but we've been colleagues
for a long time.

Kimmer... I love Kimmer.

So all the usual
backbiting and mudslinging,

there's no need
for it, is there?

It's in the
president's hands now.

- It always has been. Exactly.

So let's just keep
it civil, yeah?

My dad just died. I gotta go.

Is Grandpa gonna be a ghost?

No, he won't be a ghost, buddy.

So he won't haunt
us? You sure?

I don't think so.

We're here!

Was he your grandpa too?

No. He was my daddy.

Oh. Was he a good daddy?

Hello? Anybody? We're here!

Hold on, hold on one second.

- Hey, Ben. Bentley!

- Hey, buddy. Good
to see you. Come on!

Sorry for your loss.

Took you long enough.

Not all of us own a helicopter.

Honda's a little slower.

We live two hours away.

You live down the
street. No excuses.

I gotta go take this.

- Love you. Love you.

Addison, hurry up!

We need to see Mal.

If we leave now, we
can beat rush hour.

Dang, are we not
allowed in the chopper,

or is there a minimum
income level required?

Shut up. This is serious.
I have a ton of shit to do.

I just want to get it over with.

Mal's squeezing us in
between depositions.

I will leave you!

Why are we meeting with Mal?

'Cause he has Dad's will
and some instructions

about how he wanted his funeral.

We're going to a
reading of the will?

No, they only do that
shit in movies, Tal.

He's just gonna hand it to us,

the assumption being
that we're literate.

Addy, hurry up! We need to go.

Relax!

I'm here.

Oh, there he is.

There he is.

Oh, you're looking good.

What, you working out?

Pickup basketball
here and there.

OK. All right.

Tal, Bebe. Bebe, Tal.

Addison's date to
his father's funeral,

because who doesn't bring
a date to a funeral?

No offense, Bebe.
You're lovely.

None taken, Mariah.

Well, excuse me.

Y'all brought your
significant others,

assuming Kimmer's on her way.

Business trip. She'll be here.

I'm only here for moral support.

And to lend a helping hand.

Speaking of which,
Bebe, uh, could you get

the formal place settings
from the basement?

And they will need
to be washed by hand.

- Sure, of course.
- Thank you.

Glad to help.

Boys. Let's go.

Those funds can be used
to settle property taxes

and credit card debt,
which is minimal

according to his
last bank statement.

The remainder will be donated

to Abby's memorial
scholarship fund, of course.

What'd he leave us, though?
You didn't mention that yet.

The Shepard Street
property to Mariah,

Martha's Vineyard
summer home to Tal,

and Chicago Bears season
tickets to you, Addy.

What'd you do to
piss the judge off?

Ah, whatever.

Soon as the Bears get their
QB situation together,

those tickets will be worth
more than both those houses.

Lord willing.

Go, Bears.

I gotta get back upstairs.

Sorry to rush, but I
wanted to make sure

you had the info ASAP.

Wait, Uncle Mal, what
about, uh, an autopsy?

Come again? Will there be one?

Mariah, honey, they
only do autopsies

when there's suspicion
of foul play.

Now, given the judge's age

and his battle with
hypertension...

You're right. It's fine.

Take care of yourselves.

He planned everything,

down to the color of the
flowers on the altar.

Funeral guest list, me.

Food, me.

Obituary, me. Of course.

Though they'll probably
print what they want.

Addison, can you...

Yeah, sorry, I can't help you.

You don't even know
what I was gonna ask.

Well, the judge chose me,

his pride and joy,
his firstborn,

to eulogize him, so
I'll be busy with that.

Tal, can you double-check
with Father Brown

and the funeral home?

Make sure the judge's
wishes are carried out.

On it, boss.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

And for you.

This is cold.

No tip.

Come on, Mariah.

A tip is a financial incentive

to provide good service.

It is the free market at work.

If I provide a tip
despite bad service,

I'm betraying my
economic principles.

They're not gonna interpret that

as a demonstration
of your principles.

They're gonna interpret that
as, "Negroes don't tip."

Well, then maybe they
shouldn't be racist.

No tip.

It's almost like the only
reason you're a Republican

is so you can
justify being a dick.

- Almost.
- No.

I am a Republican because
I believe in low taxes,

life beginning at conception,

and the motherfucking
right to bear arms.

All right, you can stop
trying so hard now.

- What's that mean?
- It means that Dad's gone.

Who you trying to impress?

Honor, duty, justice.

If you look behind me,
you'll probably see my kids

roll their eyes at the
mention of those three words.

That's because in my household,
they usually heard those words

when they were in
a bit of trouble.

Those principles, that's how
we decided what they did wrong

and how they should be punished.

Honor.

Did they behave in a way
that reflects positively

on their family, their God,

their country, and themselves?

Duty.

Did they try the hardest to
do what was required of them?

Justice.

Did they strive for fairness,

especially when
holding themselves

and others accountable?

These are, Senator,
the same standards

that I try to hold myself up to

as a jurist and as a man.

Honor, duty, justice.

That was a...

that was a very endearing and,
dare I say, quaint answer.

But I'm looking for
something more substantive,

Judge Garland.

Just last year, in Alonso
versus Secure-Tech,

you ruled in favor of a company

that fired an employee
who abandoned his post.

But he had reason to
believe that his post

had a carbon monoxide leak.

Should he have stayed
there and died?

Is that a principle of yours,

death before violating
company policy?

I believe the matter
you are referring to

is being appealed to
the Supreme Court,

and it wouldn't be prudent
of me to comment further

on an ongoing litigation.

My dissent covers my
opinions on the piece,

which are far more nuanced

than how you presented
them in your question.

So you stand by
your ruling, then?

It does represent
your principles.

Is that what you're saying?

I'm saying, read the
dissent, Senator.

Has anyone in the
current adminis...

There he is.

Welcome back to the
hearing, Senator.

Last question.

When's the last time you
had in-person contact...

The gentleman's
time has expired.

If the chair will indulge me...

The gentleman is no
longer recognized.

- When's the last time you had

in-person contact
with Jack Ziegler?

The gentlewoman from Iowa is
recognized for five minutes.

What, you still listen to Nas?

Uh, yeah, he's the GOAT.

You ain't got no T.I.? Jeezy?

You think Dad met
up with Uncle Jack?

"Uncle Jack"?

You a grown man calling
some old white dude "uncle."

Stop it. It's weird.

Whatever. Jack.

You think Dad saw him?

Hell nah. Do you?

I don't know. I caught a vibe.

A vibe?

Jack's a political pariah.

The judge is way too
savvy to be involved

with somebody like that.

College buddies,
roommates. Dad's loyal.

Loyal, yes. Stupid? Nah, son.

You do know everything
Jack did, right?

Google "Jack Ziegler,
Washington Post."

OK.

Yeah, right here,
right here, right here.

"The Post's investigation
reveals that Jack Ziegler,

"a former CIA operative,
may have personally directed

"his Zed Magna
Security employees

"to commit these
crimes while working

as government contractors
in Iraq and Afghanistan."

There's a laundry list
of illegal arms sales,

money laundering, and
contracted killings,

et cetera, et cetera.

The dude is a
real-life Bond villain.

Come on.

The judge would never.

So, uh,

the funeral director
and I took a look

at what your lawyer provided.

We've got everything worked out.

You're in good hands.

Thanks for your
help, Father Brown.

Can we switch "in
loving memory of"

for "honoring the life of"?

It feels more appropriate.

Of course. Consider it done.

It'll be a lovely service.

The judge requested
some of the same hymns

from your mother Claire's

and your sister Abby's funerals.

I better get going.

Feel free to call my cell

if anything comes up.

Tal, wait.

What would you like
the inscription

on the tombstone to say?

That should be in the packet.

Your father didn't
specify an epitaph.

Either he forgot or
he meant to leave it

to you and your siblings.

We'll need that inscription
as soon as possible.

Hey, boy.

What you doing?

Looking for any indication
of what the judge wanted

on his gravestone.

Hmm.

Just slap on a quote from
Reagan or Lincoln or something.

He was into that
dignified Republican shit.

Nah.

It doesn't sit right.

He planned everything.

It's our duty to
honor his wishes.

I just need to figure out
what those wishes were.

All right.

Well, whatever you're
doing, hurry up, all right?

I need you to help Bebe
inflate these mattresses.

And why can't you help her?

Well, I'm still
perfecting the eulogy.

Check on her when
you can, bro. Thanks.

Hello?

Tal?

Mariah, will you please
release my girlfriend

from indentured servitude?

Excuse me, your
girlfriend offered.

You offered to
help, right, Bebe?

- I did offer.
- See?

Besides, I'm in mourning,

so I don't know why
you're picking on me.

Hmm, 'cause under
normal circumstances,

y'all know how eager Mariah is
to do everything for herself.

Not funny.

I think it's great you guys
are in such high spirits.

I was a blubbering mess
when my grandpa died.

Garlands don't cry.

Stick around long enough,
and you'll learn that.

They don't show any emotion,
except for maybe indignation.

Don't forget entitlement and
baseless self-assuredness.

- Can I get a amen?
- Amen.

Maybe ease up on this wine.

Kids are getting on my nerves.

Tal, why do you
still have these up?

I guess Mom and the
judge never got around

to taking them down.

And no MJ?

You're from Chicago.

Didn't you at least have the
one with his arms like...

Scottie was the engine.
Everyone in Chicago knows that.

Without Scottie,
there's no Michael.

Even Michael said
it. Last Dance.

I spoke to Ruthie.

Apparently, my name is picking
up steam for the nomination.

The FBI might even
start vetting me soon,

like talking to my
friends, family, you.

Mm.

We should talk about
what we're gonna say,

just so we have a
unified narrative.

What are you working on?

I'm trying to come
up with an epitaph.

What do you got?

"Here lies Oliver Garland,

"survived by the
deeply rooted complexes

he ingrained in his children."

♪ There comes a
day In your life ♪

♪ When you want to kick back ♪

♪ Straw hat on the porch
When you're old, perhaps ♪

♪ Want to gather your
thoughts Have a cold one ♪

♪ Brag to your grandkids
On how life is golden... ♪

Tal.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

No, actually.

We need to talk.

About?

Who's sending you
flowers at work.

What flowers?

Red roses in your trash can.

Those.

They were from a client.

Clients don't send roses.

They probably came from
some 20-year-old intern

who doesn't understand
flower protocol.

And the note?

What "good times" are you
sharing with a client?

It doesn't mean anything, Tal.

Don't... don't get in
your head about this.

You don't have anything
to worry about.

I'm yours.

This... is yours.

♪ Can't forget about ♪

♪ Can't forget about ♪

♪ Can't forget about you... ♪

I can't.

Jesus, Mariah!

I've been trying to
get you alone all day.

OK. Why?

'Cause I have something I
want to talk to you about,

but I don't want to say
it in front of everybody,

especially Kimmer.

I don't want to give
that bitch any more ammo.

Why does she have to be a bitch?

I don't know. Ask her.

That's not the
point though. Um...

Dad didn't die of
natural causes.

He was murdered, Tal.

And Uncle Jack did it.

See, before Zed,

Uncle Jack was in the CIA.

Yes, at one point.

So were a lot of other people.

That doesn't mean they're
all capable of murder.

What do you think he was doing

down there in Central
America in the '80s?

He was assassinating
leftist guerrilla leaders,

pulling the trigger himself.

That's public knowledge.

That's urban legend.

Isn't it more likely
that the judge,

a Black man in his 70s,

just had a regular-ass
heart attack?

- Thought you'd hear me out.
- I am hearing you out.

I'm also doing you a favor

by gently challenging
your theory,

which is conjecture.

Jack Ziegler just materializes
out of thin air to murder Dad

after no one in our family

has seen or heard
from him in forever?

That's not true.

What's not true?

That no one's seen
or heard from him.

He called me the other
day, out of the blue.

What did he want?

To talk about you.

What about me?

He said, um,

you're the one that
Daddy would trust,

the one who would know
about the arrangements.

The funeral arrangements?

No. The other arrangements.

Tal, what was he talking about?

No clue.

I'm serious. I have no idea.

Howard already
thinks I'm suffering

from grief-induced delusions,

and Addy only cares
about himself,

so that leaves us.

Leaves us for what?

To figure it out. Investigate.

Uncle Jack shows back
up in our family's life

right around the
time the judge dies?

That's weird.

Weird, sure. Creepy, even.

But it's just a coincidence.

Fine. Whatever.

I gotta go think
of an inscription

for Dad's gravestone.

It's not complicated.
Just write something that

says how you feel about him.

I'm so sorry, Tal.

Hang in there, Tal.

Talcott, I'm so
sorry for your loss.

Who is that with Addy?

That's international supermodel
and fashion icon Bebe Stanhope.

Who now?

Sally, she was on the cover
of Sports Illustrated.

She's the face of Diet
Pepsi. You know who she is.

Thought she looked familiar.

What's Addison see in her?

Is it serious?

I don't think now's the time

to do the whole
kissing cousins thing.

By marriage. It don't count.

It was gross then, and it's
honestly still gross now.

Maybe it's best left
in the past, Sally.

Hmm.

Just Alma is looking for you.

Just Alma? She's still alive?

Unless I'm seeing ghosts,
she's kookier than ever.

Somebody ought to put
her ass in a home.

Speak of the devil. Gotta go.

Auntie Alma, how you doing?

What's this auntie
business, boy?

It's Alma. Just Alma.

Sorry. Just Alma.

Of course.

Your dad had big plans for you.

Like what?

Now, that's not for me to say.

He'll let you know.

But he's dead, Alma.

Boy, don't you
think I know that?

Just because he's dead doesn't
mean he won't let you know.

I gotta go check on the limos
taking people to the service.

You just wait and see.

See what?

How frightened of
your father they were.

You'll see. If they come.

Scaredy-cats might
not even show up.

I'm not following, Alma.

Jack Ziegler, for example.

He likes to act scary,

but he was terrified
of the judge.

Scared shitless.

Now, it's no secret
that the judge and I

never saw eye to
eye politically.

My first national TV appearance

was a full-throated
endorsement for Obamacare.

Now, afterwards, he called me.

He congratulated me,
told me he was proud,

but that, ultimately,

he thought my ideas
were pusillanimous.

I had to consult a dictionary
to realize that was an insult.

He then proceeded to
spend the next 146 minutes

giving me a law
school-level lecture about

government overreach
and health care.

He cited cases...

a lot of cases, y'all...

from memory.

But that was the
judge in a nutshell.

He was a proud father...

a fierce advocate
for his beliefs,

a constant teacher...

a man who touched and
influenced many lives...

And a man who was a
loyal friend, always.

You see Justice
Wainwright's here?

Yeah, in the back like he
doesn't want to be seen.

Coward.

But that's not the headline.

Greg Haramoto, 7:00.

He was a man who did what
he thought was right.

May he finally rest in peace.

Thank you, Addison.

Why are we doing this alone?

I think Father Brown wants
us to have a moment alone

to reflect on Dad's passing
before the service ends.

What a load of shit. I just
want to be done with it.

Tal, what the fuck
is that quote?

Is that Nas?

Did you put a rap lyric
on our father's headstone?

Yes, I did.

The judge actually
loved that song.

You guys said I could
put whatever I wanted.

Oh, my God, you
are such an idiot.

We're gonna have to redo it.

I'm gonna say what I
have to say anyway.

I know this long-distance
thing is hard,

but I'm dedicated to you, Tonya,

and I'm not gonna let
thousands of miles

and a 14-hour time difference

make me break that promise.

'Cause I love you, Tonya.

Uh...

Please tell me that's
not the first time

you told Tonya you love her.

The end of some
cringey voicemail?

- It was cringey?

I hate to say it,
but Addy's right.

It's over.

If you gotta leave a message
like that, it's last call.

Once the lights come on,
bouncer's gonna throw you out.

Might as well leave
with some dignity.

- The bouncer?
- It's a bar analogy, Tal.

The point is, you don't have to
swear a lifetime of allegiance

to every girl that you date.

What are you doing,
besides eavesdropping?

Uh, going to the business
center to finish an article

and hiding from Mom.

I swear, it's like as
soon as she sees me,

she starts nitpicking me
about finding a husband.

You'd think being on a
team that won a Pulitzer

for investigative
journalism would exempt me,

but no, she is grooming me
for life as a housewife.

I'd rather die at my fucking
desk than be a kept woman.

Do you think all
the stuff they say

about Uncle Jack is true?

All? No.

I think at least half of
it's liberal propaganda.

And the other half?

That's the half we
should be scared of.

Mariah.

Your mother's looking for you.

Of course she is.

You OK, son?

Yeah, I'm fine, I think.

How about you?

Everything good?

It will be.

I trust it will be very soon.

Get some sleep.

"Honor, duty, justice."

You should have
put that on there.

Now you tell me.

You know, I always
thought that was supposed

to describe us kids.

Obviously, Mariah's honor.

Always looking for
praise and accolades

and, quite frankly,
Daddy's approval.

And you, you're duty.

You're reliable,
honest, determined.

Ol' dependable Tal.

So that makes you justice, then?

What? Aw, hell no.

No, man, I'm the firstborn.

- I'm a rebel, a trailblazer.

I defy easy classification.

Nah, Abby was justice.

Remember how she used to
go on about what was fair?

Some socialist
version of equality.

And Dad would get so mad.

Remember those long
lectures he would give her?

All that Old Testament...

Republican law and
order bullshit.

I'll be down in a minute.

Uncle Jack?

Hello, Talcott.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Your father was a
formidable man...

and a good friend.

What are you doing here?

I came to pay my respects.

And talk to you, of course.

You could have called.

There could be others listening.

Best to speak in person.

I've been keeping
tabs on your wife

and her potential nomination.

Why?

Curiosity, I suppose.

It's really the
president's call.

We wouldn't want
any interference.

Of course not.

This country is best
when it's a meritocracy.

And it's so often
anything but that.

If it were, your
father would've died

a Supreme Court justice.

I must ask you
something, Talcott.

Something others
will ask as well.

And when they ask,
you must be careful.

Some of them are good, some bad,

but none will be who
they say they are,

and not all of
them mean you well.

You understand?

Not really.

What did you want to ask me?

I must know about
the arrangements.

Mariah mentioned that,

but I don't know about
any arrangements.

Yes, you do.

The arrangements
your father made

in the event of his
untimely demise.

If I knew, I'd tell
you, but I don't.

I traveled all the way here.

Please don't make
it a waste, Talcott.

I don't know how many
times I can say it...

- This is not a time to play.
- I'm not playing.

- I really don't know.
- Just tell me about

the goddamned arrangements.

Right now.

Yo, Tal, you good?

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm good, right?

Fine, Talcott.

You do what you think's best.

But when you're ready to
discuss the arrangements,

come to me first, no one else.

I would not want
to see you harmed,

you or your family.

Are you...

Is that a threat?

Of course not.