All language subtitles for Madam Secretary - S01 E02 - Another Benghazi (720p - AMZN Web-DL)

Previously on Madam Secretary...

Well, this can't be good.

The secretary of state's plane

just went down
over the Atlantic.

- I want you to step in.
- Step into what?

- Secretary of State.
- Probably should've brought my own staff.

Probably.

But you know what,
their boss had just died.

I couldn't just clean
house like that.

- It's an encoded text.
- Saying what?

It's from George.

Vincent Marsh's plane
crash was not an accident.

Be careful, Bess.

This is me not
being a politician.

- Trust me.
- You'd better be right about this.

I got the president to sign off.

How could you do that
without my knowledge?

By blatantly circumnavigating
your authority.

What's wrong?

George is dead.

That wasn't an accident.

I know.

_

WOMAN: Uh, sweetie,
will you bring this in, please?

Thank you.

That's wrong.

It is not!

Fine. Leave it.

What's the answer?

(laughs) You suck at math.

- Hey!
- Don't say "suck."

Make him stop bothering me!

- Stop bothering your sister.
- I was helping.

(gunshots nearby)
(woman screams)

Okay.

Stay here.

(men shouting, gunshots nearby)

(crowd chanting in Arabic)

(automatic gunfire)

_

(chanting continues)

(chanting continues)

(automatic gunfire)

(crowd cheering)

(horn honking)

(crowd chanting)

(men shouting)

(chanting continues)

(phone ringing)

(groans) No.

It's this one.

- Give me this...
- It's the landline.

(ringing continues)

Yes. Hello, hello?

NADINE: Madam Secretary,
at approximately 0800 hours,

local time, our embassy in Yemen

came under heavy encroachment
by a crowd of armed protestors.

(sighs) Define "encroachment."

It means they
breached our perimeter.

We have reports of gunfire.

Are they still outside
the compound?

Yes. And their
numbers are growing.

Okay,
what's the threat assessment?

The situation is still fluid.

Let me put it this way.

On a scale of one to ten,

how far are we from
another Benghazi?

Best guess... we're
looking at a seven.

Okay, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna SVTC in with Paul.

Put everybody on standby.

(sighs)

Baptism by fire.

You were bored
at the horse farm.

No, I was not.

Ah,
there can't have been more than 25 of them.

Lot of yelling,
shots in the air.

Scared the hell out of us,

but it was the shock
more than anything.

So there haven't been
protests leading up to this?

Nothing. There
was a drone strike

in the Abyan Province yesterday,

which apparently
set them all off.

Bet the Yemeni troops
have it under control for now.

Has the crowd dispersed now?

No, they're still out there,
but unarmed.

They're just chanting, you know.

Standard "Death
to America" stuff.

These things have a way of
picking up steam pretty quickly.

I'd feel better
about it if you took

a nice,
long diplomatic vacation.

I can't do that. Cut and
run at the first loud noise?

That's not part of
the job description.

Well, at least let me get
Jessica and the kids out.

She's way ahead
of you on that one.

They're on the
first flight to D.C.

I'm gonna work on
beefing up your security.

It's not necessary.

I'll be the judge of that.

Yes, ma'am, Madam Secretary.

ELIZABETH: Director Munsey,
what does the CIA have?

MUNSEY: The drone strike in the
Abyan Province was on a militant camp

of fighters being
trained to kill Americans.

Al-Qaeda are claiming that three
civilians were among the dead,

and are circulating photos of
mangled women and children.

The pictures are fake,
but many local Yemenis believe them.

The crowd has doubled
in size since yesterday.

The good news is that
they're much less volatile.

There are no more
reports of gunfire

- (crowd shouting on TV)
- and the Yemeni.

Security Forces seem
to have it in hand.

(mutes TV) Well,
that's also the bad news.

Without active aggression,
we're gonna have a hard time

pushing the button on
FAST. That's Marine...

Marine Fleet Anti-Terrorism
Security Teams. I know.

I've been in a situation
to recommend that action.

So you know how challenging
it is to get it approved.

Have the protestors
given themselves a name?

Their clarion cry is
"Death to America."

Early intel was that they
are not an organized group.

But they have been
calling themselves.

"Al mawt Li Amreeka,"
which means...

"Death to America."

All right,
so aside from a startling vocabulary,

what else is in their arsenal?

A handful of automatic
weapons and a lot of enthusiasm.

What about Paul?

What protection does he have

other than the standard
Marine Guard complement?

The ministry of the
interior has deployed

a handful of troops for now.

They don't have the
resources to keep them there,

let alone send more
if the action escalates.

The ambassador's
office is still saying

he doesn't want reinforcements.

I know Paul.

He was a visiting scholar
when I was at UVA.

He wore cowboy boots with
a suit and drove a Harley.

He's not a man whose sense
of environment you can trust.

MUNSEY: Is there any way to send

extra Marines without
declaring it an emergency?

No,
not without going through Everard Burke.

Chairman of the
Appropriations Committee.

Fighting off jihad is a cakewalk

compared to getting
anything past him.

What kind of guy is he?

Slow, methodical... cheap.

It'll take us a month
to get a meeting.

I mean, what does he like?

Fruit baskets? Steak?

Is flirting gonna
get me anywhere?

Everybody has a weakness.

MAN: Nice shot.

You're up, Congressman.

ELIZABETH: Nice shot.

Congressman Burke?
Elizabeth McCord.

We haven't officially
been introduced.

Madam Secretary.

I was told I might
find you out here.

You play?

Uh, I was raised in Virginia
by a man who wanted sons.

What do you think?

You know, now that I have you,
I was wondering

if maybe we might
talk a little business?

(sighs) Of course.

We have a situation at
the embassy in Yemen.

Yes, I've heard about that.

I want to bring in
some military personnel

on the ground for protection.

Hmm, sounds expensive.

Uh, not a full unit.

Special ops forces. 50 guys.

Madam Secretary, I am sure that,
uh, your boss is aware

that he's coming up
against a hard deadline

for pulling troops
out of Afghanistan?

- Yes.
- Well, uh, that involves

a lot of military personnel.

And that's not cheap.

You think war is expensive?

Wait until you get
a load of peace.

Well, perhaps if I could
get you to read the briefs

that I sent over from my office?

I've read them.

The answer is no.

Uh, I was, uh,
gonna take a mulligan.

Why don't you play through?

No,
that's all right. You go ahead.

No, no really.

I insist.

(sighs)

Thanks for your time.

DALTON: Now, what makes you
think this is large scale aggression

as opposed to
small scale irritation?

12 years of working
in the CIA under you.

I was trained to
recognize a global hot spot.

Give me the criteria.

Organization.

These guys have given
themselves a name.

A modest show of retaliation.

But the Marine Guard,
they're not allowed to engage.

This group doesn't
understand that.

They perceive it as weakness.

Yeah. And news
coverage is increasing,

which adds validity
to their cause.

It's a solid ground
for precaution,

but it doesn't qualify
as a dire security threat.

There are protests outside
embassies all over the world.

We have a Naval
base in Djibouti.

If things get worse,
we could get troops there

in an hour and a half.

Exactly. An hour and a half.

We're preparing to pull
troops out of Afghanistan.

Sending the cavalry to Yemen
without sufficient provocation

delivers entirely
the wrong message.

It looks like a shell game.

I agree.

Then I recommend pulling
Ambassador Wellington out of there.

Not an option.

That's worse than
sending forces.

It's tantamount
to an act of war.

I think that's an exaggeration.

Really? We once had
diplomatic relations with you,

now we're shutting down the
embassy and we have none?

That's not an
invitation to a sleepover.

We're not braiding each
other's hair after that.

She gets the point, Russell.

Bess, I can't make a move here.

My hands are tied.

I have to kick
this over to State.

The situation has to be resolved

and it can't look
like a military action.

How you get that
accomplished is up to you.

It's your call.

So, when he says it's my call,
what does he mean by that?

He means it's your ass.

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Got a call from
Everard Burke's office.

He was a little taken aback

by your encounter
on the golf course.

Oh, what can I say?

I'm a beast off the tee.

My short game
would've made him relax.

All jokes aside,
Madam Secretary.

There's a concern that
you might be overreacting

to the situation in Yemen.

Thanks.

Do you have any actual
intel on the situation?

Not much change.

Crowd's about the same.

Here. This is the only
photograph of George I've got.

Thanks.

When we cleaned
out his desk at Langley,

we couldn't find anything.

He left no paper trail,
like he never existed.

Well, he was good at his job.

I didn't want to put
together a memorial

without a recent photo.

I will get this back to you.

Hey, Andrew, you know, we, uh...

we never got a chance to
talk about George's accident.

Just wanted to know that The
Company handled it properly.

I'm not sure I follow.

He's a former operative

who died in a dramatic
single-car collision.

I trust you handled
the investigation.

You checked his online history,
e-mail,

bank accounts,
professional correspondence...

Just tell me you looked into it.

Thoroughly.

Of course we did.

And you're satisfied
with the results.

I know what you're getting at.

Unfortunately,
there was too much damage to the body

to test for substances.

He was hitting the bottle
pretty hard there toward the end.

I don't think we
can count it out,

but we'll never really know.

Of course,
the official word is just an accident.

Of course.

Thank you.

ELIZABETH: So...

I struck out with Mr. Burke

and the president has
put the ball in my court.

We need to come up
with a solution to Yemen.

It needs to be fast and
it needs to be something

that we can push the
button on ourselves.

Madam Secretary... we
have another problem.

Since when?

This morning.

The headline was on the
Policy POV startup page.

There are mentions everywhere,

including the Post
and the Times.

There's also footage
on YouTube and TMZ.

"Secretary of State's Daughter.

Leads Lovell University Protest,
Detained By Security."

Yes, I can read.

Any idea why she decided
to come out of hiding?

MATT: Wait.

You have a hidden daughter?

She's not hidden.

She's underrepresented.

It was in the official bio.

It was in all the papers
during the confirmation hearing.

It's not her fault
the public has

the long-term
memory of a goldfish.

Madam Secretary,
you've never mentioned her before.

So even if you're
not trying to hide her,

it's like you're
trying to hide her.

ELIZABETH: When
I talked to the family

about taking this job,
everyone agreed, but Stephanie

had conditions.

She didn't want to be
talked about in the press,

she didn't want to
trotted out for functions

and she didn't want to
be hounded by reporters.

She asked that I keep
her presence low-profile.

She's a legal adult,
she's in college,

and she wants to live
her own life. I respect that.

Then how did she
go from Greta Garbo

to Erin Brockovich overnight?

Well, that I can't explain.

She's never been
outwardly political.

It doesn't sound like
her. What's the issue?

Lovell University is
changing its admissions policy

from need blind to need aware,
which means a student's

ability to pay will be
taken into consideration.

She's against it.

That's a worthy cause.

The cause isn't the issue.

Fine. You want me to talk to her

and explain why the
Secretary of State's daughter

can't be doing things like this?

And we need to
release a statement.

Explaining your
mystery daughter.

Not a mystery daughter.

By "mystery" do you
mean born out of wedlock

or sired by aliens?

MATT: Well,
we'd like to remove all doubt

about either of
those speculations.

ELIZABETH: Knock yourself out.

Can we talk about matters
of national security now?

- Please?
- JAY: Sure.

But the situation in Yemen
is not a long discussion.

If we can't pull Wellington out

and we can't send
in military support,

what do we have to talk about?

The last resort.

We have a discretionary fund.

I'd like to think about hiring
private security contractors.

(laughs softly) Okay, come on.

You mean, like Vesuvian?

I mean exactly like Vesuvian.

- That might be a problem.
- I'm aware.

DAISY: We are talking about
the people you referred to

a year ago in a
national publication as...

"the latest guise of Satan,

"bloodless mercenaries
who serve and protect

"and kill out of naked ambition
"rather than honor or duty,

"while cashing a check
three times the size

of anyone in military service."

I really thought I'd
cut the Satan line.

The press will
jump all over that.

And my crack team
will handle it brilliantly.

Look, on an ideological level,

I'm opposed to everything
a private army stands for.

But there is a
reason they exist.

Given our limited options,

this would be the
most efficient way

to keep the ambassador safe.

And unless I'm
missing something,

right now it's the only way.

(indistinct conversations)

STEVIE: You guys
are really overreacting.

I wasn't arrested...
I was detained

by the campus security.

For like an hour.

I understand that, but...

And the need aware
policy is so screwed up.

I have a right to speak up

against things that
I believe are wrong.

Speak up? Yes.

Organize a protest?

That was not part
of the agreement.

Is that Mom talking?

No, actually,
it's the State Department.

And as head of that,
I guess, yeah.

Look, just...

try to stay below the
radar until Thanksgiving

when we can all talk about this,
okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

(sighs heavily)

Okay, here's the latest
Stephanie McCord business.

Most popular headline,
some version of "It's A Girl!

Madam Secretary Welcomes
a Newborn Adult Daughter."

There's an article saying
she's illegally adopted,

one saying she's a Communist

and another saying
she's a love child.

Exact words.

Wait, here's one randomly
demanding to see Madam Secretary's

birth certificate and
her college records.

All right,
you knew it would be ugly.

It's one news cycle

and one uncomfortable
late-night circuit.

I don't think so.

She has to put out
a statement now.

- She doesn't have time.
- Why? What's she doing?

- Meeting with Satan.
- More specific, please?

Oh, Isaac Bishop.

The CEO of Vesuvian.

The private security for Yemen.

Oh. That Satan.

I met with him. He
seems like a nice guy.

That's how he gets you.

I've come up with a threat
assessment evaluation

based on your memo
and the film footage.

50 men on the
ground should do it.

Put some in the air if
you feel it's necessary,

and then a helo
or two on standby

in case of a sudden evacuation.

One should do it.

We've pulled most
of the personnel.

The point is not
to let it get to that.

Our whole approach is
to demonstrate our ability

and willingness to use force,
so that we don't have to.

I have your word on that.

Of course.

Can I ask you how you plan
to handle the financial end?

We have a discretionary fund.

This'll classify as a
home improvement.

Happy to pave over the
money trail accordingly.

No.

I'm not afraid if
this becomes public.

So the illusion of transparency?

No, Mr. Bishop,
actual transparency.

I'm happy to defend actions
that protect our people.

And making the
ambassador's home safer

qualifies as an improvement,
don't you think?

Maybe I'll throw in a fountain.

If anyone is well-acquainted
with your code of ethics,

Madam Secretary,
it is "the new guise of Satan."

I didn't actually
call you Satan.

No, no. Just my life's work.

I was in academia then.

I have a different job now.

Right.

You're a diplomat.

I'm responsible for the safety
of our employees overseas.

I understand.

Desperate times,
desperate measures and all of that.

We'll let Shakespeare have
the last word on that, shall we?

How does it feel?

To make a deal with the devil?

Thank you, Mr. Bishop.

Do not come near me with that.

Don't.

I love you.

I know.

Can you really not
give work a break?

I am.

I'm-I'm... I'm shopping.

It's weird.

Nobody's doing a
wedge heel this fall.

Right? Seriously. I
called my congressman.

(door opens, door closes)

HENRY: What? Hey!

What are you doing here,
Norma Rae?

Go ahead.

Get it out of your system.

I just needed the one. I'm good.

I'm good.

How'd you get here so
fast? I just talked to you.

I know.

I hung up and I suddenly
realized what I needed to do.

I quit.

You quit what?

College.

Is there any more of that?

No, no, no, no.

Uh...

STEVIE: I can't believe
you don't even have

- a room for me.
- HENRY: You have a room.

It just happens to be filled
with boxes at the moment.

Don't get any ideas about
sharing a room with me.

Don't worry.

You know, for what it's worth,

I applaud you for pulling
out of a corrupt system.

- Thank you.
- ELIZABETH: Okay. Time for bed.

- Let's go. You two, upstairs.
- HENRY: Out.

Please.

So you need the Wi-Fi
password or anything?

I'm good, Dad.

Not that we want you
posting on Facebook...

Okay. Your turn.

Okay...

Can we save the
lecture for the morning?

Sure.

I think you know
what I'm going to say.

Mom, the need aware policy means

that you can buy your degree.

It doesn't make you
qualified to do anything.

Meanwhile,
as I'm sure you're aware,

there's a dearth of employees

in a whole host of
hands-on professions.

Yes. Large machinery mechanics.

You plan on working on tractors?

I don't know what
I'm going to do yet.

I need more than half
a day to think about it.

Well,
let me take the mystery out of it for you.

You're going back to college.

Not back to Lovell.

I alerted my advisors
and signed the forms.

Your cerebral cortex
isn't fully formed

until you're 25 years old.

That's the decision-making
part of your brain.

- That's science.
- (sighs)

Good night, Mom.

(people shouting in Arabic)

(crowd chanting in Arabic)

(chanting continues)

(whistles sharply)

(crowd chanting in Arabic)

(tires screech)

(barking)

(shouting)

(dogs barking)

MATT: There's
going to be fallout

from her hiring Vesuvian.

Look, I know that's just
amusing to the rest of you,

but I got to write
the actual statement.

It's an easy spin.

There's a difference
between philosophical thought,

academia and
practical application...

work in action.

MATT: Well, if it's so... easy,

why don't you give
me the headline to that?

Uh, "Secretary of State."

"Discovers that Doing"
is More Challenging than.

Talking About Doing"?

And we still have to
explain the mystery daughter.

Not a mystery daughter.

Blake... everyone appreciates

your allegiance to your boss.

Well, she is not my boss,
she's our boss.

JAY: The fact is,

she publicly denounced Vesuvian
and now she's employing them.

We all have to figure
out a way to explain that.

Well, call me goofy,
but I'm going with,

"She's Concerned
with the Personal Safety

of a State Department Official"?

You're goofy.

NADINE: Let's not
get lost in the weeds.

We have to sell Vesuvian and
defend her daughter's behavior.

First order of business...

the situation in Yemen.

Oh,
it was pretty quiet there this morning...

it looks like employing Vesuvian

was a knee-jerk
move; waste of money.

Let's find a way to
make it not look like that.

Wow!

Nice digs!

- Hey.
- (chuckles)

You're actually taking
up my invitation for lunch?

A girl's got to eat.

(both moan)

Seriously... this
place is insane.

Did you get a promotion?

Uh... sort of.

Theology Department
is better funded.

Hey, have a seat.

(singsongy): Uh-oh...

there's a pre-lunch discussion.

Feels like a trap.

Just... sit.

(smacks lips)

Consider giving
your mom a break.

God, Dad.

You would defend her

if she were standing over a
bloody corpse with a knife.

I would not, it-it would totally
depend who the corpse was.

You guys just really don't know me at all,
do you?

Other than sucking
snot out of your nose

with a tube when
you were two days old,

I'm barely acquainted with you.

Okay, come on, I'm hungry.

STEVIE: Look, I'm not a brat.

Hmm.

I know how lucky I am

- to have you guys as parents.
- Hmm.

(both laugh)

And when Mom asked us about taking the job,
I was on board;

I thought it would be cool
to have a famous mother.

Guess what?

It's not cool.

Tell me.

Okay, even though you
guys tried to keep me out of it,

um,
everyone at school found out anyway.

Then I had people who hated me

(laughs): trying
to be my friend.

People who liked me
trying to be better friends.

Then there were the people
who were just openly hostile,

because... they didn't approve

of her politics

or... the way she got the job

or the way she wears her hair;

anything, it doesn't matter.

And it doesn't matter
that I'm not her.

What do you expect your mom to do,
quit?

No!

That's the reason I came home.

She can't quit.

So... I have to.

The Vesuvian guys
are here on post.

I'm better protected
than Kate Middleton.

(laughs)

It's good to hear.

You really shouldn't have.

But I have to admit,
it's nice to see them out there.

Your family back home?

Yeah. My daughter's already
enrolled in swimming lessons.

Good. Listen, I want you to keep

the phone lines open;
I'm not taking any chances.

Got it.

Hey, by the way,
the coffee here, it's amazing...

they bring it in from Turkey.

We don't have
anything like it at home.

- (explosion)
- I'll bring you some next time I'm...

Hey, Paul?!

Paul, are you there?! _

Blake!

ELIZABETH: We have no contact
on the ground... radios, cell phones,

cameras; everything's down.

Drone images just
show fire and rubble.

What about Vesuvian?

Haven't made contact. (Sighs)

How many guys on the ground?

50. One in the air.

You think that was enough?

It was about 50 more

than anyone else
thought we should have.

(female reporter
speaking Arabic over TV)

Where are we?

MUNSEY: We're finally getting
some footage from Al-Harun.

JACKSON: Any idea
what they're saying?

I have a rough translation.

The protestors were
peaceful; no mention of.

Death to America.

They're saying the
American security guys

fired first into the crowd.

At least one civilian
death has been reported.

The explosion was a
retaliation to this action.

DALTON: President
Bassara assures me his people

are on top of it,
which means they're all in some room

like this getting
their story straight.

Have our forces been deployed?

Yes,
sir. Special Ops are on their way.

Should be on the ground
in 90 minutes or less.

Is it safe to say,
this is another Benghazi?

JACKSON: Oh, it's safe to say,

it's a lot worse than that,
politically speaking.

'Cause it looks like we didn't

learn anything
from the first one.

We need more information.

We're in the blind.

There's nothing to do but
stay on top of this for now.

(door opens)

(phone buzzing)

_

HENRY: How's it going in there?

ELIZABETH: Not good.

We can't get any information

and the images we're getting
look like the end of the world.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Guess this isn't a
good time to give you

something else to think about.

You're about to plead Stevie's case,
aren't you?

It's not a case.
It's a situation.

Why didn't she
come to me about it?

(stammers) She's scared of you.

Because of my long history

of chastising and
humiliating her?

She doesn't want
to let you down.

- She said that?
- Of course not.

'Cause last night it was all
about how she was gonna

work on farm equipment.

- That was a defense.
- Yes, I'm beginning

- to pick up on that.
- Everyone at school

has turned on her in
one way or another.

She's become a spectacle.

And she can't handle it.

That's why she
started acting out

and that's why she came home.

So then she can...
take some time off.

And when she feels better,
she can go back.

I just wish that she
wouldn't split us like this.

And you're not helping,
acting like her lawyer.

No, you're not helping.
That's what she's telling you.

Excuse me,
that's what she's telling you

and you're telling me.

Since when do we
have a system like that?

I was there.

She was upset. I listened
to my daughter. Guilty.

Really?

You're gonna go there?

Oh, I'm already regretting it.

I will talk to her.

And I'll make it better.

I just wish she'd
come to me first.

Henry, look at me.

I can't quit this job.

I know.

Can I?

N-No, you can't.

(phone buzzing)

_

I got to get back.

- Hang in there.
- I will.

MAN: I'm inside what used to
be the ambassador's residence.

Not sure what did this.
Couple of grenades?

Maybe they got
some C4 in somehow.

It's gonna take a while
to dig through this rubble.

Is there any sign of
the Vesuvian detail?

No, ma'am. Nobody in sight.

I hate to use the
language "cut and run"

but those guys just work

for a paycheck. I don't think I
would have hung around for that.

What's the status on casualties?

Don't have that information right now,
sir.

But I can say
with full certainty...

that nobody could
have survived this.

And if we avoid making a statement,
it makes us looks weak.

Well, I am not going on the air

with "no one could
have survived the attack."

The destruction is gruesome.
His family's watching.

- Absolutely.
- Madam Secretary, Isaac Bishop is here.

Finally. Did he
give up a spa day?

He didn't say.

Gee,
I hope I'm not interrupting anything.

Not at all. How's it going?

You tell me.

I've been unable to
raise any of my men.

We have a shutdown procedure,
just as the military does.

They can't take a chance
on anyone following a signal.

I'm sure we'll hear from them

any minute and as soon as I do,
you'll be the first to know.

Al-Harun is reporting that
your guys fired into the crowd

and provoked the attack.

Let's not convict them just yet,
okay?

You let me know
the minute I can.

Yes, ma'am.

ELIZABETH: Hello.

Hi. Hey, Mom.

- Hi.
- You okay?

I'm fine.

- Hi.
- Hi.

We saved you dinner.

Wow,
that was really sweet. Thank you.

Maybe you'd like
a... (quietly) drink?

(quietly): Yeah,
I would. A big one.

I can't believe you guys.

Whoa. What guys?

The State Department.
You used Vesuvian?

They're mercenaries.
They're completely corrupt.

Why didn't you send troops?

Because they
wouldn't authorize it.

Who's they?

Stevie,
mom knows this guy that's probably dead.

It's not just a headline.

Yeah, it's not a kingdom,
all right?

She-She can't just
do what she wants.

Uh, you know what,
you guys? (clears throat)

Would you mind giving us a
minute with your sister, please?

Of course.

ELIZABETH: Thank you.

I understand you're upset.

Your dad told me about
what happened at school.

I am so sorry, Stevie.

I wish that you'd
talked to me about it.

- I was trying to be a team player.
- I know,

and I really I appreciate it.

This whole thing
has turned out to be

a lot harder on all of
us than we anticipated.

And it's still relatively new.

We need to find out
a way to get through it.

So...

we're okay with you leaving
college. Taking a year off.

But, in the meantime,
you got to stay busy.

You got to start
looking for a job.

We'd be glad to help
you with your résumé.

Yeah.

What, you mean, like,
working in an office?

Being a waitress?

Well, whatever interests you.

None of it interests me.

I'm working on a novel.

I-I was gonna take
the time to finish that.

Well,
you can still write your novel.

Everybody needs a day job.

Chekhov was a doctor.

(phone buzzing)

Oh.

Oh,
God. We have more intel coming in.

I got to go back. I'll
see you guys later.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Oh...

(door opens, closes)

This doesn't feel like guidance.

It feels punitive.

Okay. Look, honey.

College is like a four-year
deferment from real life.

You say you don't
want the full four,

so you gotta go to work.

Tell me the truth.

Is this you or is this her?

This is us.

We're a unit.

You got that?

(sighs)

(people talking quietly)

I came as soon as
I got the message.

JACKSON: You
haven't missed anything.

Mr. Bishop refused to give us

any information
until you arrived.

BISHOP: Technically speaking,
I do work for Madam Secretary.

What's going on?

BISHOP: I just started receiving
communication from my men.

They waited until
they were completely

out of the war
zone to get in touch.

We've located them in a Vesuvian

safe house, and if you're ready,
we'll connect with them.

I believe we're more than ready.

TECH: We've got video coming in.

- Oh...
- Oh, Paul.

Hey. It is really
good to see you.

WELLINGTON: It's
really good to be seen.

Next time you ask me to vacate
the premises, Madam Secretary,

that's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

You okay?

Yeah, not a scratch,
thanks to these boys.

The first explosion
didn't do much damage.

My men mobilized and
evacuated Mr. Wellington.

He was well inside
an armored vehicle

when the second
explosion occurred.

They proceeded away
from the high-risk area

and did not attempt
contact until the package...

I mean,
the ambassador... was secure,

according to our protocol.

We've also received better intel

from our people on the ground.

Al-Harun reporting was,
in fact, not accurate.

Our men did not fire first.

I believe you mean my men,
Mr. Munsey.

Of course.

The only casualty
was one of my men.

A sweeper. He was
checking the premises

to make sure all
souls had cleared out.

I'm sorry to hear that.

So were we, Madam Secretary.

He was aware of the risk.

Thank you, Mr. Bishop.

We are indebted to
your security forces.

However,
your display of theatrics here

was unworthy of them.

I have my way, Mr. President.

You all have yours.

If that's all, Mr. Bishop, we'll,
uh, say good bye to you

and get on with our
situational assessment.

Pleasure doing business,
gentlemen. Ma'am.

That's quite a character
you found there.

You're welcome.

JACKSON: Very
happy to have you safe

and sound, Mr. Ambassador.

We'll get you home that way,
too.

Thank you.

I'm looking forward to it.

That's about as
close as it gets.

We got very lucky.

(clears throat)

May I take a moment, sir?

Go ahead, Bess.

Mr. Bishop.

The man who died
in this operation...

I would like to tell his family.

They've already been told.

Well, then,
I'd like to see them.

That's not protocol, ma'am.

You may have picked up on this:

I'm not big on protocol.

Then that makes
us two peas in a pod.

- May I call you Elizabeth?
- No.

Madam Secretary,
you should know this.

That little article you wrote?

You know,
the one where you called me Satan?

I-I didn't actually
call you Satan...

It changed our policy.

Our guys had a tendency
to fire at first provocation.

Made some bad
calls under pressure.

Following your article,
we did a lot of training

and we built some real
restraint into our procedures.

I think, in this case,
it paid off.

We didn't fire first.

I'm grateful.

It was your idea.

What you did for me back there?

It was unnecessary.

I'd be tempted to thank you,
but it was very risky.

That is the President
of the United States.

Yeah, I didn't vote for him.

(crickets chirping)

This is my son, Dylan.

Dylan.

Nice to meet you.

Thank you for
seeing me so quickly.

We were impressed
by your résumé.

You did a lot of copy editing at Lovell,
I see.

STEVIE: Yes,
and I did some freelancing

for charity organizations.

I believe very
strongly in your cause.

Potable water for
the developing world

is the most pressing
issue of our time.

So you said in your e-mail.

Your passion was
well articulated.

- Thank you.
- Sit.

I'm afraid your
résumé needs work.

It's not up to date.

It's not?

You haven't listed your BA.

It looks like you haven't
graduated college.

Oh. Well...

that's because I haven't
graduated college.

This is a full-time position.

It requires a four-year degree.

I thought you might
make an exception.

I'm sorry, we can't.

We'll keep your résumé on file.

You can contact us when
you've completed your education.

Thanks.

Ms. Hardwick... I
have an unusual

amount of exposure
to world politics.

My mother is Elizabeth McCord.

The Secretary of State?

Yes.

Well, that kind of... exposure

creates an
interesting perspective.

Perhaps we can
work something out.

No. Sorry, we can't.

Thank you for your time.

Hi. Good afternoon.

I'm glad I caught you.
Do you have a minute?

Uh, not really.

I just got confirmation
from our SEAL team

that they captured the
ringleaders in the embassy attack.

The Yemenis are fully
cooperating with the rendition.

They're being taken into
FBI custody as we speak.

Good.

The Yemeni government also
agreed to rebuild the embassy.

So Wellington could be
back in there within the year.

All right, that's great.

Sorry, I've got a call holding.

How long do you think
you're gonna punish me

for going around you?

I don't know what you mean.

"We got lucky yesterday"?

That's one way to look at it.

Yes, I know.

If it's any consolation,

that's not how the
president sees it.

He thinks you saved his ass.

Told me to tell you that.

Were you... going
to tell me that?

I hadn't decided.

(door closes)

Hello?

Hi.

I will give you $50 cash for
a bite of what's in that bowl.

Well, you got really lucky
about the Wellington thing.

Congratulations.

Let's not to use the "L" word,
shall we?

Why? Did you pull off
some badass diplomacy?

Let's just say a strategy came
together and some people made

very big sacrifices
to make it happen.

Yeah, the Vesuvian guy.

I heard.

That's too bad.

How'd your job search go today?

(laughs)

Uh, unsuccessful.

That's all right.

It's just day one.

- Something'll come up, you know?
- Mm-hmm.

Don't ever tell me
how to make this.

I mean, ever. Mmm.

Mmm.

Uh, yeah, Dad opened that.

I looked at it. I
hope that's okay.

Yeah.

George was a good friend.

He was.

Remember those bad
magic tricks he used to do?

You never fell for those?

No!

- Even as a kid?
- No, they were terrible.

(laughs)

He was funny, though.

He could hide an entire
top secret operations,

make it disappear into thin air,
but not a quarter.

(both laughing)

No.

You could always
see it under his thumb.

_

How did he die?

A car crash.

Oh.

How'd it happen?

It was an accident.

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