All language subtitles for Winner.2024.2160p.WEB.h265-EDITH_Subtitles01.ENG

[siren wailing]

[female voice]
My name is Reality Winner.

Yeah.
It's my real name.

You probably haven't heard
of me,

but if you have,

it's either because someone
told you I was a traitor

or someone told you
I was a hero.

For the record,
I wasn't trying to be either.

I just thought
you should know

your government
was lying to you,

so I tried to tell you.

Yeah. They don't like
when you do that.

[upbeat funk plays]

♪

[Reality] I'm starting this
story when I was nine

because at my hearing,
the prosecution mentioned

some things I did
when I was nine

as evidence that I have
terrorist tendencies.

So, I figured I'd remind you
what nine looks like.

[puppies whining]

Brittany,
you see one you like?

I want the one
with the white spot.

[mother]
Oh. I love that one, too.

And you know what they say,
that these don't shed.

Yeah. Thankfully,
they breed these dogs

with no genetic variation
at all.

Dad, what does that mean?

It means that these dogs
were born in

what is called
a puppy mill,

and I bet they all
come from the same mom.

And I bet she spent
her entire life in a cage

just like this, probably
smaller than this one.

Wait. They won't let her
go outside?

It doesn't serve
their purpose.

Her whole reason for being
is to have puppies.

Dozens and dozens
of puppies.

And when she can't have
any more puppies,

they'll put her to sleep.

-[mother] Ron--
-They'll kill her.

And they'll probably do
the same thing

to these little guys

if no one buys them
before they grow up.

Ron, let's...

I am not going to lie
to the girls about

what this industry does,
or why I maintain

that we should be doing this
in a shelter.

I'll wait outside.

[sighing]

Okay. Is this still
the one you want?

But then all the others
will die.

No, honey. They won't.

You know
your father exaggerates.

Come on. Let's go find
all the things we need.

Let's look at the leashes.
They have purple...

[upbeat drumming plays]

[barking]

Hey!

[barking]

-[drumming abruptly cuts out]
-[clock ticking]

[Ron slurping]

Ree, maybe you should
try apologizing.

I mean, your life
is pretty good.

Well those puppies don't even
get to have birthdays, so...

You don't need to apologize,
Reality.

That was a pure
political act.

That was Reality's version
of a nonviolent protest.

And I bet given the chance,
she would do it again.

Right, Reality?

[mother]
You don't have to answer that.

[Ron]
And I would support her.

You know why? She learned
a very important lesson.

We all need a hill
to die on.

[mother]
I think the saying is
"I won't die on that hill,"

because it's not worth it.

Yeah but if we're not
willing to die on any hills,

then what are we doing?
Just taking up space?

Consuming?

If we're just willing
to sit back

and let these injustices
happen--

[mother]
Sit back?

I work all day, every day,
fighting for people.

What do you think
being a social worker is?

Okay, girls.

This is your mom's way
of letting us all know

she's the one
with the job.

Oh, Ron.

She's a very
important person.

Britt, are you ready
for cake?

Did you think about
what you want to wish for?

A dog.

[classical piano playing]

[mother] Ron?
The girls need breakfast.

[Ron]
Just give me a minute.
I'm working.

I thought of
an idea for a new book.

I need to write it down. Okay?
I just need a few minutes.

[mother]
Oh, okay, but can you just

get them ready
for school first?

Yeah. I need a pen.
Where are my pens?

I've got a pen right here.
Right here. Right here.

[Ron]
I need my pen.

There's my pen in the cutlery
drawer for some reason.

[mother] Please, Ron.
I need to get to a trial.

[Ron] I have a pen!
Oh, I see.

Somebody else's kids
need saving.

I see.
Okay. Yeah.

[mother]
Our kids don't need
saving, Ron.

They need Toaster Strudels
and showers!

[Ron]
Just give me 10 minutes,
please.

[mother]
10 minutes?

[robotic whirring
in TV cartoon]

Are you kidding?

They'll be off to
school in 10 minutes?

[news anchor]
Did you hear any explosion
from your position?

[woman]
Oh, yes. Yes, we did,
as a matter of fact.

Mom?
Mom, come here.

Dad, get in here!

-What?
-[Ron] Dear God.

[woman on TV]
Oh, my gosh.
Another plane has just hit--

[Ron]
What is going on?

Oh, my God.

[woman]
Yes, yes. Right in
the middle of the building.

-[ominous music]
-[tense ticking]

And right now,
that-- Yes.

That definitely looked like
it was on purpose.

[ominous music fades]

[Reality]
It doesn't make sense, Dad.

Why didn't they just
talk to us first?

Well, they probably think
we wouldn't listen.

And to be fair,
most Americans wouldn't.

I would.

But you don't speak
their language.

What language do they speak?

Well, it depends on
what region

and what ethnic group.

I mean, it could be
in Arabic,

Pashto, Dari, Farsi.

I can learn.

[Adult Reality]
There it is.

That's the evidence
I told you about.

To some folks,

trying to understand
both sides of a conflict

is un-American.

Square your body.

[Adult Reality]
Trust me, y'all.

I'm as American
as it gets.

Nice.
Aim up a little higher.

-[gunshot, can fluttering]
Whoa...

[gunfire, patriotic music,
indistinct radio chatter]

The armed forces
put a gun in my hand

a month after I signed up,
September 12, 2001.

How'd 9/11 make
y'all feel?

Boo!

A year later
I was in Iraq,

going after
the bad guys.

Now, how do you think
that felt?

Iraq had nothing to do
with 9/11.

Dude, shut up.

[soldier]
No, no. It's cool.

These are complicated issues.

It's easy
to get confused about

what's right,
what's wrong.

None of the hijackers
were Iraqi.

Did y'all know that?

Look, miss. I'm not here
to get into the details.

I'm sorry. "Details"?

Blaming the wrong country

and bombing the shit
out of them

just so your president
can settle a score

for his dad is a detail?

The truth is,
whoever the bad guys are,

okay, once you've spent
some time with them,

learned their ways--

[light rhythmic score]

[indistinct chattering]

Hey.

You want a ride?

I like to walk.

What about a bite to eat?
Can I buy you a burger?

I don't eat meat.

[speaking Pashto]

You want to buy me
a cucumber?

Shit.

I meant a salad.

I learned just enough
to get by in Kabul.

What about you?

Why does a... a blonde girl
from Texas

know how to speak
Pashto?

I want to help people
displaced by war.

[light rhythmic
score continues]

[vehicle whirring]

You know what stops wars?

The greatest
humanitarian organization

in the United States.
The US Air Force.

We're trying to
save people.

-[scoffing]
-No. For real.

Why don't you think of us
as another version of

the Kingsville
Senior Center,

Autism Speaks,
and the animal rescue?

How do you know
where I volunteer, creep?

I do my research,
Reality Winner.

So, what's your plan
for next year?

A&M Kingsville.

Well, so,
you're sticking around.

You find this town
stimulating and exciting.

It's not gonna be
enough for you.

-You don't know me.
-See, I think I do.

Do you know how
I got this scar?

No, and I'm sure
you're going to tell me.

Killing a warlord

who tried to slit the throat
of a 7-year-old.

And I'm sure that line
will get you laid

for the rest of your life.

Sorry, dude.

I'm going to A&M.

[crickets chirping]

[phone ringing
and vibrating]

Hello?

[woman]
Reality Winner?

-Yeah.
-My name is Ann McCoy.

I'm calling on behalf of
the US Air Force.

-Oh, Jesus Christ.
-Oh, no.

I see someone in our ranks

has managed
to alienate you already.

Let me guess.

Some overgrown frat boy
showed you his biceps

and his gas-guzzling car

and expected you
to be impressed?

-Pretty much.
-[Ann] Yeah.

Those guys aren't really
great at reading the room.

I'm sorry.
Can I help you?

[Ann] I just wanted to
give you a ring

and let you know that
I'm aware of you,

and I'm really impressed.

Can I tell you
about something

that happened
in Afghanistan last week?

Okay.

[Ann] Our troops went into
a small village

to try to bring water
to the people.

But our manpower
has been stretched

really thin out there,
as I'm sure you've heard.

So, we didn't have
anyone in our group

who could communicate
with the locals.

Some idiot marine
translates something wrong

and ends up offending
the elders,

and they kick
all of the Americans

out of the village
before they can help.

Now if that guy knew even

a kindergarten level
of Pashto,

that village would have
water right now.

Listen.
We need translators.

Desperately.

The resource we need
the most is language.

Brains like yours.

That's how we're
going to save people.

You still there?

[speed metal playing]

[panting]

[speed metal
playing through earbuds]

Wrong country, assholes!

Mom, Dad?
I have to talk to you.

[slams door]

Hey.

Who are you?

This is Taylor.

The boy I've been
telling you about.

Oh, yeah.
You guys just met, right?

No. Not just.
We've been dating a while.

Oh, okay. Sorry.

That's actually why
I came home.

There's something that
I wanted to tell everybody.

-She said yes.
-[giggling]

Are you pregnant?

No!

God, no.

Duh. We're not even--

We're not even, like...

I'm sorry.
I'm confused.

Really? Okay.

We're not.

So, you're getting married
so you can finally bone?

No, no! That's not--

What?

I say just bone now
and ask forgiveness later.

-Shut up.
-You don't want to enter

a binding contract and run
the risk that the sex

-isn't even that good...
-It's gonna be good.

...and joke's on you,
till death.

No offense, dude.

Oh, my...

She's exactly like
you described her.

Can you just not tell
Mom and Dad?

I want to tell them
at dinner.

Sure.

I think she was happy
for me.

Yeah. Yeah.

[dramatic classical
music plays]

[mother]
Taylor, Brittany says

you played football
in high school.

I did. Yeah.

Hey, are you a sports fan,
Mr. Winner?

Why are you
only asking him?

We could be sports fans.

Sorry. Right.

Are you ladies
sports fans?

Nope.

It's not my area
of interest, no.

[Ron]
I am a sports fan inasmuch

as I support activities
that channel tribal instincts

into anything other than
state violence.

[Ron sipping]

Aren't those once a day?

[sighing]
Ah.

[pills rattling]

The bottle says
"as needed."

I just happen to
always need them.

He was in
a car accident.

It's not, like,
recreational.

Oh, no.
I-- I didn't think that.

Mm-hmm.

Sorry to hear about
your accident, sir.

"Sir."

[Ron]
Huh.

So, Britty, how is
your job at the lab?

Oh.
It's good.

It's part-time, so I still
have time to study.

And I really can't
drop below an A-minus,

if I want to get
that internship

with the microbiologist
that Taylor already has.

[Taylor chuckling]

That he got
freshman year.

[Taylor]
There's actually
only one problem,

it's that he might think that

she's too cute
to be a scientist.

[Taylor laughing]

I mean, maybe he just likes
hot interns, right?

He chose me.

Oh, my God.

So, I joined
the Air Force.

Boot camp starts
the day after I graduate.

Really?

You're going to say that
right now?

She's joking.
It's a joke, right?

The military
has no humanities.

You realize that, right?

No literature.
No-- No philosophy.

I can read all that stuff
on my own.

I don't think you understand
the full context

of what you're doing.

The full context is
I'm not spending

another four years
in a hick town

full of racists who don't
care about humanity,

and I already signed
the contract.

Basic training,
language school, Afghanistan.

It's done.

Speaking of contracts...

...we're getting married.

Oh!
[exclaiming laughing]

[Brittany giggling]
I know.

[mother]
Great.

[Taylor chuckling]

[Reality]
Basic training
is self-explanatory.

Who needs to watch
a bunch of young people

being hazed into submission
through rope-climbing,

burpees
and general machismo?

If you do, though,
I recommend G.I. Jane.

Great movie.

And then I was off to
Afghanistan like they said.

[airplane whirring]

[whirring cuts off]

Yeah. I wish.

They said I had to
start here first,

doing surveillance
on the Taliban.

I, Reality Winner,
acknowledge

that the unauthorized
disclosure

of classified information

could cause irreparable
injury to the United States.

I subscribe to this oath
without mental reservation,

without hesitation--

Wait. Excuse me?

Yeah?

Can you define
"mental reservation"?

You need a dictionary?

Well, what about
a situation

where the armed forces
still exist,

but we're being occupied
by a foreign power?

Like if Nazis
or whatever take over.

Exactly. You know,
do I follow this

if "Nazis or whatever"
are in charge?

Let's cross that bridge
when we come to it.

Technically, the point
of an oath--

Your job
is to listen for

any languages
you got in Monterey.

[Reality]
Farsi, Dari, Pashto.

-Pashto and Dari?
-[Reality] Hey. Khe chare.

As-salaamu'
alaykum.

The first syllable

actually carries more
of the emphasis.

[sergeant]
You're listening for
anyone heading into Mingora.

I want you to flag anything

that sounds
even slightly suspicious.

All right,
Thompson, Winner,

you two ladies can share
this station here.

It just opened up.

Just lost
two of my best men.

You mean they're...

...dead?

No.
I mean they sold out.

They're private contractors
now for the NSA.

That's where you go
after this

if you want to make
a shit-ton of money.

Don't worry.

They'll come for you all
one day.

All right.
One last thing.

There will be absolutely
no playing of Angry Birds

tolerated in this office.

Oh. Is it too late
to quit?

[laughing]

[Reality]
Okay, Mom.

I doubt we're gonna be
best friends. Relax.

I think it's exciting.
You met a girl your own age

who shares
your same interests.

That never
happened to you here.

I don't know if we have so
many of the same interests.

I mean, she just learned
these languages

'cause she went on these
missions with her family.

That's the other thing.

I think she's, like,
pretty religious.

You grew up going to
church every Sunday.

[Reality] Yeah, but she's,
like, really Jesus-y.

Well, what if she's on
the phone with her mother

right now saying
the same thing about you?

[dog barking,
shaking fence]

[mother]
Ree?

[whining]

[knocking]

What do you want?

Good morning, sir.
I think your dog may be cold.

My dog is fine.

What are you
feeding him?

Whoa, you really got a problem
minding your own business.

I'm just trying to make sure
that everything's okay.

It's snowing.

Lady, get off my property.
I have a gun.

[slamming door]

I have multiple guns,
dickbag!

[typing]

[people speaking
Pashto on recording]

Hey, um...

I can't make out
this word.

[man speaking Pashto]

This is a thick
southern accent.

You know you can
slow it down here.

[audio slowing down]

Translate this part.

[clearing throat]

[audio playing slowly]

Oh, gosh.

Keep going.

I can't.
I can't translate this.

You have to.
It's your job.

[giggles]

[audio playing slowly]

Ugh.
I play the flute.

-Yeah, you do.
-[laughing]

Winner,
you wanted to see me.

Uh, yes, sir.

I wanted to inquire
about the recycling bins.

I've noticed
they're really small.

There's this program
called Flip It,

where you get
a large recycling bin,

and a small garbage
can to incentivize

-sustainable waste practic--
-I don't care.

Cool.

What's all this?

[Reality] The translations
you assigned me.

You did all this today?

From Pashto?

Yeah.
I've learned a lot about

the local music
scene over there.

[chuckling]

[clock ticking]

[Reality] When they call you
in for the graveyard shift,

the only way to get out
of it is if you tell them

your mental capacity
is compromised.

That's Air Force speak
for you're drunk.

So, the people stuck
with the graveyard shift?

Nerds and Mormons.

Some people like the quiet.

They can hear
themselves think.

Other people don't like
to hear themselves think.

That walk from the kitchen
was 32 steps by the way.

It's usually 33.

I try not to
let it bother me.

Hey, um, what are you
doing tomorrow?

I'm going to, like,
this picnic thing,

kind of a mixer
for singles.

-Really cute guys.
-Oh, uh--

I know what
you're thinking

but just because
it's alcohol-free

doesn't mean we don't
have a good time.

Oh, I don't care about that.
I don't drink either.

I just don't need
to meet any guys.

I'm on a path here.
I don't need to get derailed.

I, on the other hand,

could use a good,
hard derailing.

[chuckling]
Nice.

[laughing]

[chuckling]

[typing]

Oh, gosh. Um...

I think this guy just said
something about a package.

-Shit, is this live?
-Yeah.

-Tell Snyder.
-Can you do it?

-Yeah.
-[ticking music plays]

[conversation continues]

JSOC, I have
a translation to relay.

Enemy spotted.

[Airman on radio]
Secure the target.

I got him locked on.

[Airman]
Fire at will.

-Woo!
-Yeah!

[Pilot] Confirmed,
four EKIAs, no squirters.

-[man #1] Woo!
-[man #2] Obliterated, bro!

No, wait, wait.
Someone's running.

[Airman]
Keep shooting.

[men cheering]

[Pilot] Squirter down,
we got five EKIAs.

[men cheering]

[man]
Adios!

Hey.
Do my eyes look okay?

Did I overdo it?

I'm really bad
with liquid liner.

I just don't want to look like
I just worked a night shift.

Where are you going?

Picnic, remember?

You're still
going to that?

Yeah. Why?

I don't know,

'cause we just watched
a bunch of people die?

No, I know, but that's
a part of the job, right?

Jesus.

That sounded bad.

I just meant that you can't
take your work home with you,

or you'll go crazy.

You know, it's all about
a work-life balance.

[propulsive music]

[Reality] If I get to 25,
those were bad people.

♪

If I burn 900 calories,
they didn't have families.

[panting]

[dog whining]

Asshole.

Please, can you just
put me to work today?

If I clean 200 bedpans,
I'm still a good person.

[birds chirping]

[car alarm beeps]

[car alarm beeps]

I'll have
a Long Island iced tea.

[chuckling]
Really?

Is this a bar or not?

Oh, you're
being serious.

Okay.

Hey, you know,
how about, um...

How about
a beer instead?

Sure.

I actually know you.

You don't--
You don't recognize me?

I look different right now
'cause I'm wearing this,

but you don't--
you don't recognize this?

You know me
from a rodeo?

No.

You know me from that
time you were trying

to massage someone
who was running away?

No, I'm obviously rolling
a tire up a hill

with my monster biceps
and my ridiculous abs.

Power Shred.

Ah, I tend to focus
on my workout.

Yeah, I try, but there's this
girl in my class

who lifts twice
what I lift

and that can be
distracting sometimes.

[chuckling]

Hm.
What do you do?

Uh...

That's a joke. I mean,
we're a mile from Fort Meade.

I know exactly
what you do.

What do I do?

Listen to people.

Hey, it's all good.
I mean, I eavesdrop on people

all day long and not to
save the homeland,

so thank you
for your service.

There was this pilot
from Jordan, like, our age.

Mm-hm.

And his plane crashed
into ISIS territory.

They locked him
in a cage,

soaked him in gasoline,

lit him on fire,
and filmed the whole thing.

You could see the flesh
fall off his face.

And there are tons
of videos like that.

But no one can watch them.
It's messed up.

Wait, are you
looking it up?

'Cause it's not online.
That's my point. It should be.

Everyone should have
access to the truth.

Look, I found it.

[growling]

-[barking]
-[person laughing]

See, this is the type
of shit that I watch.

Cats on vacuums.
Interspecies friendships.

I think you should do
a little bit more of this.

Clear your mind.

Believe me, I try.

Try harder.

So, what about you?

What brings you here?

What do you
mean "here?"

This is four-year-old
Andre's dream.

I mean, technically,
I'm saving up for school,

but at a very slow rate.

Class of 2056,
here I come.

College?

Uh, no.

Vet school.

Wait, do you know
a lot about dogs?

I mean, I hope to learn
some more about dogs--

'Cause there's this dog
who lives by the gym...

-Okay.
-...and his owner

just leaves him outside
in the cold, underfed.

Do you think a dog like that
can survive the cold here?

[chuckling]

Not that there's
anything I can do.

The owner doesn't
give a shit.

I already bitched him out.

Of course you have.

I like that.

So, vet school.

What's the plan?

Have you applied
for financial aid?

You want to come over
to mine and, uh,

fill out
a financial aid application?

I never fill out a FAFSA
on the first date.

Also, I don't
really date.

Wait, you're leaving?
Why--

Yeah, I gotta go.
Thanks for the beer.

[Barack Obama]
So, it is in this context

that the United States
has taken lethal,

targeted action
against Al-Qaeda

and its associated forces.

Dozens of highly skilled
Al-Qaeda commanders,

trainers, bomb-makers,
and operatives

have been taken off
the battlefield.

Simply put, these strikes
have saved lives.

[man and woman laughing
over recording]

[Snyder]
Winner.

Here, I'm gonna give
you another assignment.

It's a father and son
from Der Ismail Khan.

[Reality]
Wait, Sargent.

Yeah, what's up?

This is a little kid.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Reality] If I get to 60,
that kid'll be fine.

-[blowing whistle]
-[propulsive music]

[panting]

60 in two minutes, you?

It's not a competition.

It was literally
a push-up race.

I think you should
go out with me.

Can't. I'm taking
the next class.

Well, you know the rules.

It's no consecutive classes.
You gotta recover.

God, I hate that rule.

Do you have
a change of clothes?

Wherever you're taking me,

I'm not changing
my frickin' clothes.

Okay. So, that means
you're going?

[loud music playing,
people laughing]

You could have told me we
were going, like, downtown.

I'm in athletic wear, bro.

Well, I thought you said
that wherever we were going

you weren't frickin'
changing clothes.

[loud music playing,
people shouting]

[music fading]

[recording of boy
speaking Pashto echoing]

Hey, what's up?

-[loud music resumes]
-Nothing!

You just-- You gotta
turn off your brain.

Don't tell a woman
to turn off her brain.

I'm just saying that there
are other parts of your body.

[loud music playing]

Sorry.

What?

You don't date.

My bad. I forgot.

[muffled music
over car stereo]

Have you volunteered
at an animal shelter?

'Cause vet schools
want that.

No, but I-- I do watch
a lot of, like, vet TV shows.

I watch this one called
Dr. Chris Pet Vet.

You know, it's this guy
that's a vet in Australia.

-Uh-huh.
-You've seen it?

Yeah, yeah, I've seen it.

-You watch it?
-Mm-hm.

People walk in with,
like, animals that can

kill you in a second,
and they're like,

"Mate, do you know
anything about marsupials?

My pet wombat's been
bit by a flying snail."

Yeah. "Ahoy, mate. Can you
get this poison dart shooting

shrimp outta me garret?"

[both laughing]

You sound like a pirate.
Ahoy, mate!

I can't eat
any more of this.

I could toss it
on the way home.

[starting car]

Turn off the car.

[turning off engine]

There's a-- There's a reason
I told you to park here.

[Reality]
Hey, boy.

[dog whining]

Hey, buddy.

Hey, what's this?
[chuckling]

You're a good boy.
Wow. You're skinny.

Here you go.

He could freeze, right?

Like, dude,
I'm so cold.

Yeah, it's pretty cold.

[upbeat rock music]

-Go!
-[dog barking]

Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go!

♪ We were hiding
from the shadows ♪

-Hey!
-Go! Drive!

♪ I heard your voice
inside my mind ♪

♪ It happens all,
all of the time ♪

♪ I know you don't
want to stay here ♪

♪ Inside this cave ♪

♪ Singing songs to
the dark cosmic wave ♪

♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ Come on
and dance with me ♪

♪ Come on
and dance with me ♪

Who the hell are you?

♪ Oh ♪

♪ In the hanging gardens ♪

♪ We hung our minds ♪

[chuckling]

How'd you sleep?

Oh, thank you.
Pretty good. How about you?

Yeah, good.

Yeah?

Oh, this is good.
Thank you.

You know
what I like about you?

What?

You haven't asked me
where I got my weird name.

[laughing]

Wait. No, no.

What do you mean, "no?"

Reality's actually
your real name?

Yeah.
What'd you think it was?

[laughing]

I don't know, I thought it
was like some gym nickname,

like, uh, the massive
Dominican dude that

calls himself Peaches
in Power Shred.

Nope.

Oh, well, you know,

now I have to
absolutely find out

how you got your name.

[sighing]

It's Farsi.

Do you know
any other languages?

Just Latin.

Really?

No. Are you familiar with
the public school system

around here?

I always wanted
to learn Latin.

Why? So you could
go back and volunteer

in the ancient
Roman Empire?

[laughing]

Ew.

-No, no, no!
-[laughing]

You know,
just so you know,

I'm not, like,
a normal girl.

-Mm-hm.
-I just mean,

I'm not one of those girls
who's gonna, like,

try to trap you
into having kids with me.

All right.

And I'm not one of
those girls who sits around

dreaming about
my wedding or whatever.

I actually think weddings
are a nightmare.

You done?

Um...

I'm sure there's more.

Tell me later.

[soft piano playing]

...hold on a sec.

Hey, Ree.

Taylor,
it's all happening.

Yeah, it is.

Um, listen,
can you do me a favor?

Can you just

not find something to be
mad about today?

I wasn't planning to.

Okay, great.

It's just, no offense,

but, you know,
sometimes you can be a bit...

[stammering]

It's Brittany's day.
It's Brittany's day, right?

Yeah, it is.

Okay.

I won't say anything.

Great.

Not even anything about
the history of this venue.

What-- What history?

Oh, well, this used to be
a plantation house, so...

Don't worry about it.
All good.

[Brittany laughing]

You look so beautiful,
honey.

-Does it look like a helmet?
-[knocking]

-Hey, Brick Brick.
-[mother] Hi, hon.

Did you find Dad?

[sighing]

Hey, come here.
I want to talk to you.

Mom, I want
to talk to Ree.

Oh, let's go to
the terrace, girls.

You okay?

Um...

I know, um, that you...
that you and Taylor haven't

really gotten
to get to know each other,

and I know that you guys
are really different people,

but I really--

Britty.

If you're happy, I'm happy.

I'll take it.

[knocking]

[Ron singing]
♪ Here comes the bride ♪

You look gorgeous.

Whoops.

Absolutely stunning.

[Brittany]
You missed the rehearsal.

"Punctuality is
the virtue of the bored."

Evelyn Waugh.

Mm, well, where's your tux?

It's at the dry cleaner.
I'll get it in a bit.

[scoffing]

You were supposed
to be here dressed

for the ceremony
at 11:00.

Ron, where have you been?

[Brittany]
He's stoned.

-No, he's not stoned.
-At my wedding.

It's medication.
Dad, are you okay?

[Brittany]
Are you really
taking his side right now?

[Reality]
I'm not taking his side.

Of course you're
taking his side.

You always take his side.

He broke his back.

-Like, ten years ago!
-Girls.

-Dude.
-Let me handle this.

Let me handle this.
Ron. Come on.

[Brittany] You go sober up
somewhere else!

You're not walking
me down the aisle!

-Britty!
-Relax!

Finish getting ready. I'm--

[Ron] Well, so much for
unconditional love.

Unconditional love goes
the other direction, Ron,

from parent to child.

Okay, darling,
whatever the hell that means,

but I understand
your condescension.

So, thank you.

Reality, park it.

Mom, don't tell me
what to do.

On your sister's wedding day,
I most certainly will.

[funk music]

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Every time... ♪

Thought I might
find you here.

Just catching up
on some reading.

The Yankee Plague.

Now that is a classic.

When you publish
your book,

we'll sneak in here
and replace it.

[chuckling]
Yeah.

I don't know, you think these
people could handle a treatise

on the destruction
of Mayan culture drawing on

insight from Aristotle,
Merleau-Ponty and Foucault?

Yeah, no, probably not.

I doubt they even
know what Mayans are.

[sighing]

Are you okay?

Um...

[exhaling]
Ree...

Your mom
and I are separating.

What?

Your sister and your mom,
they're a lot alike,

and your mom likes
things a certain way--

So, it's her decision.

She's--
[crying]

Dad.

Dad, it's okay.

She says that
she thinks that, uh,

I'm like another child that
she has to take care of,

and... she's got
a point maybe.

No.

Dad, this is
not your fault.

Like, you were the one that
was home with us all the time

while she was working.

God, what does she want?

Well, if I knew that,

I wouldn't be moving
out of the house.

-[knocking]
-[Billie] Ree?

[sighing]

Can we please talk
before you go?

I really wish that
your father had waited

so that we could
tell you together.

He promised me
he would do that.

Yeah, well,
you promised him

you'd stand by
him forever, so...

I understand you're angry.

That's--
That is healthy.

That's a healthy response.

Don't analyze me
right now.

You really have no idea what
I'm thinking, like, ever.

Well, why don't you tell me?

Please, I'd love to know.

[sighing]

It's just funny to me.

What's funny?

I mean, you say your
whole passion in life

is fighting for people who
can't fight for themselves,

yet you're not fighting
for your husband

who has
a literal disability.

It's just funny to me,
that's all. Anyway...

I don't think that's fair.

Yeah, well,
how do you think he feels?

I'd love to share
with you how I feel.

[water running]

[patriotic music]

[Reality] And then I finally
got to go to Afghanistan.

Yeah, no.

They said they
still needed me here.

The next two years were all
drone strike in Bamiyan,

drone strike in Kandahar,
bench 130,

Kaylee's engagement party,

drone strike
in Mazar-e-Sharif,

ran a Spartan race,
got a cappuccino maker,

killed a family of five,
$500 to the Red Cross,

drone strike, saw Inside Out,
road trip with Andre,

250 bed pans,
killed three ISIS dudes,

$500 to the White Helmets,
bench 140,

dude moved into my place,
1300 calories in spin class,

Kaylee's wedding,
10 dead in Jalalabad,

Labor Day sale at Target,
Power Shred MVP,

brought dude home
for Christmas,

made vegan chili,
Kaylee's baby shower,

killed someone's grandfather,
saw Pitch Perfect 2,

better than
Pitch Perfect 1,

wonder if they'll
make it a trilogy.

[laughing]

[reporter]
Coming up on the lead,

another drone
strike kills...

[sighing]

What if I actually get
into one of these schools?

I mean, I'm not going
to be able to afford it

for a couple years.

Whatever,
just make them want you now.

Then you have leverage.

Oh, you're tough.

Yeah.

[announcer]
This is CNN, breaking news.

Breaking news this evening
is the identity of the man

who sent the Obama
administration into defend

and explain mode this week.

His name
is Edward Snowden.

Today he came out as
the leaker of classified

NSA documents
that spell out a secret

surveillance program.

Snowden gave an on-camera
interview

to the Guardian newspaper

and we're playing it
for you in its entirety.

You know that guy?

No, he's a contractor.
NSA.

What does that mean?

It's what like, sellouts
do after they work

in intelligence
to cash in.

[Snowden]
...but I'm not.

I'm no different
from anybody else.

I don't have special skills.

Uh, I'm just another guy
who sits there day to day

in the office,
watches what's happening,

and goes,
"This is something

that's not our place
to decide."

The public needs to decide
whether these programs

and policies are
right or wrong.

[tense music plays]

♪

[score fades out]

[boy and father continue
speaking Pashto]

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

[typing]

[tense chord drones]

JSOC, I have
a translation to relay.

-[panting]
-[propulsive music]

[beeping]

[panting]

[intense music swells]

[thumping]

[Andre]
It's messing with your head.

You're saving
people's lives, too.

You know, protecting people
who can't protect themselves.

Just remember that.

Hypothetical people.

What do you mean
"hypothetical people?"

I mean, I never meet
the people I'm protecting.

Yeah, but you never meet
any of these people.

Yeah, but I see
the people who die.

I know their families.

I know how their arms and legs
detach from their body.

I know if they turn
toward Mecca at the end,

their last living thoughts
are about their God.

I know more about them than
any of the people I'm saving.

Hey, I think the person
you need to worry

about saving right now
the most is yourself.

[sighing]

I'm fine.

Honestly,
I just had a moment.

I was getting really good
at having thicker skin.

No, it's not you.

All right,
that's not you.

You're almost done there
with your four years, right?

And then
you're free. Hm?

Well, maybe you should
go someplace where

you can just be you,
whatever that means.

Mm?

[typing]

[email pinging]

[gentle music]

♪

What're you doing?

What am I always doing?

Checking
the election coverage.

♪

Babe, I should probably
get to the airport.

-I'm running a little late.
-Okay.

I'm-- I'm nervous.

I realized I've never done
a formal interview.

I bet it won't be that formal.
It's vet school.

Everyone's going to be,
like, covered in cow shit.

University of Oklahoma,
I mean, can you imagine?

Yeah, I know
the countryside

isn't your ideal
place to live,

but we could do it
for a couple years.

I think it'll set us up
for the future pretty nicely.

All right.

You got this.

I hope so.

[Snyder]
Winner.

I'm giving you a medal.

-Why?
-Look at your numbers.

You've geolocated
120 enemy combatants,

you've helped us eliminate
over 600 enemies in action.

You're killing it for us.
[chuckling]

I'll have it engraved
for you.

[alarm beeps]

[phone pinging]

[gentle music]

♪

[laughing]

Dude, what?!
[laughing]

Congratulations,
Airman Winner.

Thank you. I quit.

[Andre]
When were you gonna tell me?

I wanted to see if
it was a thing first.

If it was a thing--

I've told you about every
application I was filling out.

Every single one!

Yeah, because I was
helping you.

No, it's not 'cause
you were helping me!

It's like-- I wanted
to share with you

what the possible versions
of our lives could be like!

Well, I never asked
you to do that!

No, no. You didn't. I did it,

because in a relationship
that's what you do!

I literally told you the first
night we were together

that I'm not
a relationship person.

Then what is this?!
What are we doing here?

We live together,
we have a dog together!

Did you ever
even love me?

-[scoffing]
-No, I'm serious.

Did you ever even love me?

-Yes!
-It doesn't seem like that!

-Well, I do!
-You're literally discard--

That doesn't mean
I'm gonna change the goals

I've had my whole life.

No, it clearly
doesn't mean anything.

I just thought that maybe,
maybe that you would consider

me in one of these
life paths that you're

imagining without me.

We're not married!

It's not about marriage!

Why don't we just
call it what it is?

Why don't we just...

You will never, ever change
your life for another person.

And it was my mistake
to make the assumption that

maybe we could build
something together.

I'm sorry that you got
the wrong impression.

Yeah, I got
the wrong impression.

I thought you were
a bleeding-heart person that

wants to take
care of people.

-I am.
-Yeah,

to people
that don't know you,

but to people that care
about you?

You don't give
a shit about us.

That's the truth, right?

I'm going to spend
the night at Drew's

and then I'll move
my shit out this weekend.

[door opening]

[door closing]

[shouting]

Hello, Ms. Winner.

[greeting in Pashto]

That's Pashto.

Oh. I'm very impressed.

Did you learn
that in the Army?

Air Force.

Well, you have
a fascinating resume.

The volunteer section
goes on for pages.

Well, it's recycled paper,
so I thought I'd be thorough.

Mm. Well, there's just one
thing I need to clear up,

just to check that box before
I send your paperwork through.

There's just a small
mistake on the application.

Oh, sorry about that.
What is it?

Well, in the space for college
degree you wrote "Air Force."

So, I'll just have
to correct that

and put your undergraduate
information here.

Well, actually I went
straight to basic training

out of high school.

Oh. Um...

Ms. Winner, you are aware
that this job requires

a four-year degree?

Yeah, I did see that,
but I figured since I spent

those years in the Air Force
learning languages

they don't even teach
at Texas A&M...

Sure, but the military
isn't college.

You're really telling me
I need a degree

to hand out blankets?

Well, we do much more than
hand out blankets, of course.

We think through problems.

Just like we do
in the military.

Life or death problems.

I'm just saying
we have a protocol.

They told me I could do
my time in the military

and then work in
a refugee camp.

Who told you?

The recruiter.

Which recruiter?
Someone from here?

No, the Air Force.

[sighing]

I understand
you're disappointed,

and, please,
take all the time you need.

[tense music]

♪

[phone pinging]

[thumping]

[Reality]
The United States
actually makes it

pretty hard to help people.

They reward you
a lot more for hurting them.

Like, this office
belongs to a CEO

of a pharmaceutical company
that flooded the market

with pain killers.

He makes $26 million a year.

The doctor who prescribes
those pills?

$370,000.

The EMT who
resuscitates the people

who OD on those pills?
$24,000.

And the people
who take them...

[buzzing]

[sirens blaring
in distance]

[sighing]

What are you doing?
What are you doing here?

We just talked on the phone.
You told me to come home.

Dad?

Yeah, can--
[stuttering]

Can you come back
tomorrow please?

I need to get back to sleep.

[door locking]

Jesus.

What are you
doing here?

[sighing]

What are you doing here?

Mom's taking me shopping.

I gotta get clothes
for my new job.

Aren't you supposed
to be in Pakistan?

I just don't want
to talk about it, okay?

[mother]
Reality?

I thought you were
on your way to Pakistan.

Well, now I'm not, okay?

They don't want me.

And now I have no job,
and Andre and I broke up,

and Dad said to
come stay with him,

but when I got there
he couldn't even stand up,

and I know y'all are going
to say "I told you so"

and I'm an idiot to
expect anything from him,

but you know what? I just
don't wanna hear it, okay?

-Ree.
-What?!

Ree.

[sighing]

[crying]

Sorry about last night.

I didn't really... get
the timing right on my meds.

It's fine, Dad.

No, I'm sorry for you.

I had a whole speech
worked up

about faith-based charities
and all their hypocrisies.

You would have loved it.

I can give it a little spin
right now, if you like.

Sure.

Okay, so-- oh, oh, oh,
hold one... second.

[grunting]

Are you okay?

Yeah, this happens from
time to time. Oh, boy...

No, I know.

Your back.

Oh, this one's
probably my heart.

An affliction I get from
my dad, among other things.

Ooh...
It'll calm down.

Did you see a cardiologist?

Not yet.

Well, when?

Um...

Do you not
have insurance?

One of many reasons

why we should all
be living in Iceland.

Do you know they had
a national day of mourning

when the police accidentally
killed one person?

That's how much
they value human life.

Well, I value your life,

so I don't want you to
just not address this, okay?

I'm addressing it.
I am.

It's actually motivated
me to finish my book.

I have a deadline.

Wait. What?

You found a publisher?

No, what I mean is that I
probably just have a year left

before I have
a major cardiac arrest.

Dad...

That's gallows humor,
darling.

[exhaling sharply]

[inhaling sharply]

I might be able
to help you out.

I don't know about
these clothes, guys.

They don't
really feel like me.

Good.

I think
they're very flattering.

You're going to work
for the government.

You need to look
like Hillary Clinton.

But not when she was like,
"Hi, I'm fine."

You need to be
Hillary Clinton

at an anti-sex
trafficking conference.

Guarantee no one's ever been
sex trafficked

wearing Talbots.

That's what it
says on the website.

[Brittany] Mom, you know,

you should get some
clothes too, for your date.

[mother] Oh.
[chuckling]

[Reality]
Wait. What?

-Uh-huh.
-With who?

Gary.

-Who?
-Gary.

-From work.
-Yeah.

Oh, the guy you
used to work with?

The guy with
the little ties?

You know? He loves mom.
He loves you.

[recruiter]
Hey, yo! You look like
you're applying for college.

Just come fly with us first.
Here.

You can move away,
go overseas.

You guys like Italian girls?
Huh? Huh?

[chuckling]
Huh? Huh?

He does.

I see you, man.
I see you.

Hey!
Hey, get away from them!

Stop lying!

Whatever they're
telling you, it's bullshit!

These pamphlets
are full of lies!

Hey! Hey!

♪ And don't be surprised ♪

♪ If they don't
buy your lies ♪

♪ Some of us
can see through ♪

♪ Your stained-glass eyes ♪

♪ Pot kettle,
pot kettle black ♪

♪ Talk that,
talk that smack ♪

♪ Pot kettle,
pot kettle black ♪

-♪ Watch your, watch your-- ♪
-[music abruptly stops]

[male voice] Your job is
to help us monitor

what's going on
with Iranian aerospace.

So, stay focused on that.

Everything else
is need to know.

-Everything?
-Everything.

What if I need to
know who got eliminated

on the Bachelorette?

Not on office computers.

Of course.

But you can come ask me.
I keep up.

[anchor] David, how many votes
did the Russians change on--

Are we allowed to...
change the channel?

[man on TV] Zero!

No.

You don't
know that, Jesse!

[Jesse on TV]
We don't know that?!

Obama intelligence
officials said that

in open testimony.

I'll give you
the last word.

[man on TV]
Let me just say real fast,

if the Russian tried to
influence our elections--

[beeping]

[Jesse on TV]
What do you mean "if"?

[voices overlapping on TV]

There's no evidence.

They try to influence

and destabilize America every
day of the calendar year.

You know
whose fault that is?

That is
President Obama's fault...

♪

[man speaking Pashto
on recording]

♪

You can put
your phone in here.

Put your hand flat
on the desk, please.

Okay,
we can get started.

[dogs barking]

Hey, sexy.

I'm armed.

[man on TV] ...Russia.
And somebody who, as you say,

worked in the Obama
Administration,

and he is saying -
listen closely -

there's no evidence.

He is, to be clear,
leaving the door open.

We may find evidence
of a problem,

but as an Obama partisan
and an expert on Russia,

he is saying very clearly,
people calm down,

there may be
some smoke here,

but there's
no suggestion yet -

yet - that there's fire.

So, that is a
very important thing--

[female anchor on TV] So,
you hear that statement...

[Donald Trump] I have
approvals in the high 40s,

but every network you see
hits me on every topic,

made up stories,
like Russia.

They do the Russia,
the faux Russia.

I call it the
fake Russia story.

-[phone pinging]
-Russia story was made up

because they were
embarrassed by their loss.

You see all of
these other phony stories.

It's so bad,

and for me to have
great approval records,

in light of all the faux
press and the fake press,

I think, is amazing.

[man on radio]
There is a tremendous amount

of hysterics,
a lot of theories,

a lot of premature
conclusions

being drawn around all
of this Russia stuff,

and there's not a lot of hard
evidence to back it up.

[man 2 on radio]
The problem is that
Democrats are so insane

with the conspiracy theories

that they embrace
with no evidence.

[phones ringing]

[John Dickerson on TV]
Welcome back to
Face the Nation,

and the final part of our
interview yesterday

with President Trump.

You said yesterday on Fox
that Russia is a phony story.

Which part of it is phony?

The concept of Russia
with respect to us.

You don't think it's phony
that they, the Russians,

tried to meddle
in the election?

-You believe that.
-That I don't know.

[Dickerson]
That you don't know,
or you do know?

[Trump]
Well, I have a problem.

We have to
find out what happened.

Knowing something
about hacking,

if you don't catch a hacker,
okay, in the act,

it's very hard to say
who did the hacking.

It could've been China,

could've been a lot
of different groups.

[Dickerson]
So, President Donald Trump
is ambivalent about it.

Or not ambivalent;
just not sure.

[Reality]
I mean, you'd at least
wanna look, right?

Be honest.

[Trump]
I'll tell you one thing,

had nothing to do with us,
had nothing to do with this,

and everyone knows it.

And by the way,
even my enemies,

on your show, said we
haven't found anything

that the Trump
campaign did wrong.

Do you agree with that?

[Dickerson]
But there is agreement...

♪

[Reality]
So, the government

100% knew the Russians
hacked our voting systems

days before the election.

Yet, they're telling everyone
they have no proof.

As of today,
there is no evidence that

the Russian government
tampered with voting machines

or hacked
any votes in November.

[Reality]
The proof is on my computer.

It's on all these
people's computers.

And everyone around here is
just going along with that.

What the fuck?

[Tucker Carlson]
...conspiracy mongering...

[Reality]
I took an oath that said I
have to protect

and defend the Constitution
and obey the orders

of the President
of the United States.

But what if the information
is about the President

and how he got elected?

A foreign country is trying
to mess with our voting.

That's a fact.

Don't the people have
a right to know that?

No matter
who they voted for?

[propulsive music]

If I can't make it to
20 miles without stopping,

I have to leak
that document tomorrow.

[loud hardcore punk
music playing]

[Voice assistant]
Call from Brittany.

[Voice assistant]
Call from Brittany.

Bro, chill!
[breathing heavily]

[Nurse on PA] Dr. Donaldson,
please dial 327.

Dr. Donaldson,
please dial 327.

Dad.

[Ron] Hey.

Hey, uh, it is way
too cold for him in here.

Where's the thermostat?

Hello?

-Ree.
-Bitch.

Ree, calm down.
What's going on?

There's a chair right there.
Have a seat.

Hey.

Hi.

You okay?

Yeah.

I gotta tell you
about the last meal I had.

Can I tell you about it?

Yeah.

So, I slipped
an employee a 20

to go get me
a frozen burrito.

Goes and gets it for me,
heats it up for me.

And I'm eating this burrito
and I think to myself,

"Why does this steak
taste like plastic?"

I look at the wrapper
and it says, "vegan".

-[laughing]
-It's a vegan burrito.

How do you eat that shit?

How do you support
the meat industry?

I support the food chain.

It exists in the wild.

It's the artificial power
structures that we all build

to control each other
that I have issues with.

Yeah, me too.

Yet here I am,
working for the man.

Yeah, but you're still you,

and you can still
do some damage.

You've always...

known
what your hills are.

Hey, why don't you
climb in with me?

[soft somber score]

♪

Ree?

Yeah?

I'm scared.

[heart monitor
beeping steadily]

[indistinct ringing]

[heart monitor flat lining]

[flat lining continues]

[somber score continues]

♪

[somber score fades]

[speaking indistinctly]

[tense ticking music plays]

[phone ringing]

Hello.

[tense ticking music swells]

Reality.

What's up?

Did you complain to
senior management

about the televisions?

Sorry.
It won't happen again.

Good.

[printer beeping,
paper rustling]

Printer's jammed.

Oh, it's cool, I got it.

You sure? I can...

Yeah. No, no, no.
Thank you. Thank you.

It's good.

[printer beeping,
whirring]

Shit.

♪

[beeping]

[beeping]

Thank you.

[scanner beeping]

[scanner beeping]

[scanner beeping]

Arms up.

I'd, uh, like to
request a female guard,

if you're doing a pat down.

Sorry.
She's finished her shift.

Huh.

Um, legally, I'm entitled
to a female guard.

Um...

Technically, this is
a violation of my rights

and constitutes discrimination
and harassment

under federal guidelines.

Calm down.
Just go ahead.

Thank you.

[hardcore punk
music playing]

♪ You wear your privilege ♪

♪ So proudly
on your sleeve ♪

♪ It's suffocating ♪

♪ And we're all
trying to breathe ♪

♪ You get to
choose the hill ♪

♪ That you'll die on ♪

♪ So, go find
the fucking edge ♪

♪ And jump right off ♪

♪ From where I am standing ♪

♪ I can't see your point ♪

[tires screeching]

[hardcore punk music
playing muffled]

[crickets chirping]

[buzzing]

[buzzing]

[anxious ticking music]

[beeping]

Reality Winner?

Is that your real name?

Yep.

[muffled hip hop playing]

♪ Got a chick named Rhonda,
another one Janelle ♪

♪ When one comes over ♪

♪ Only time I ever duet ♪

♪ Leave you wet,
same as the du-vet ♪

♪ Whoops, meant duvet, when
we drunk off the d'usse ♪

♪ Call 'em deuce bae,
both like two fingers ♪

♪ Load 'em, cock it back,
yup like two triggers ♪

♪ Got 'em singing harmonies
like two singers ♪

♪ Love a good beat up
like Jerry Springer ♪

♪ Who figured, this
gentlemen, a player? ♪

♪ Rhyme sayer ♪

[phone chiming]

♪ Better know my
name like the neighbors ♪

♪ 'Cause I do it for Trayvon
when I Trey Songz ♪

♪ Could've been my brother
JaVaughn or Ray Vaughn ♪

♪ So when I say BLM ♪

♪ Don't say "huh?" ♪

♪ Or I hit you
with the Master P ♪

♪ Make you say "uhh" ♪

[tires screeching]

♪ Not the president,
definitely not you ♪

♪ Could end it all in
a street fight like Ryu ♪

[tires screeching]

♪ Turn this tai chi into
some black belt kung fu ♪

♪ I been blessed,
don't need achoo ♪

♪ Could've killed this beat,
spitting a haiku ♪

♪ But wanted to
electrify like Pikachu ♪

♪ Had to pick
and choose... ♪

-Hi. Can I help you?
-I'm Agent Justin Garrick.

This is Agent Taylor.

We'd like to talk
to you for a bit.

Yeah, sure.

Come here, boy.
It's okay. Don't be scared.

[agent]
Get the dog.

-[agent 2] Yeah.
-Let's go.

-Gonna check the back?
-Copy.

[agents chattering]

[Agent Garrick]
Do you have any weapons?

Yeah, an AR-15 in the kitchen,
Glock 9 under the bed.

Sounds like my house.

And a 15-gauge
in the entryway.

Do you have a table and
chairs we can bring in here?

Sorry, I'm not--
I'm not big on furniture.

Okay, then, we'll,
um, sit on the floor.

[straining]

This is a copy
of the search warrant.

"120 pounds".
You guys flatter me.

That's what was
on your license.

Well, I lied about that.
[chuckling]

Is that what this is about?

We received a report

that you mishandled some
classified information.

Does that ring
any bells whatsoever?

No, I...
Nothing, no.

Reality, we don't think
you're some kind

of master spy or anything.

We think that
you made a mistake.

And we're giving you
a podium

to come clean.

Okay.

Can you think
of anything at all?

Hmm...

Um...

There is one thing.

Great.
That's great.

You want to
tell us about that?

Um... there was this article
about miniature ponies.

I did not have a need to know,
but I love ponies,

so I printed it out.

Reality, we obviously
know a lot more

than we're
telling you at this point,

and I think you know a lot
more than you're telling us.

So, I think you need to stop
and you need to think about

what you're doing
and what you're saying.

[agent outside]
Come on, guys, pick up
the pace here. Let's go.

[agents chattering]

Bathroom is clear.

There was one I printed out

just because
I wanted to read it.

And what was it about?

It was about
Russia hacking...

...stuff that people
say isn't happening.

Then what?

Burn bagged it.

I'm not trying
to be Snowden.

[Agent Garrick]
You didn't take it
out of the building?

No.

Why don't you guess how many
people printed that document?

Thousands, probably.

Four people.

[Agent Garrick]
It got outside.

It made its way
to a publication,

one that
you've read at work,

according to your
computer history.

Wow. Crazy.

[reporter on TV]
25-year-old

Reality Leigh Winner

of Augusta, Georgia
is charged with sending...

[mother]
Oh my God.

...a classified report
about Russia's interference

in the 2016 election
to an online media outlet.

[reporter 2]
It's a clear violation
of the law, if true,

and her life will
never be the same,

as the US government
and the FBI

prepare to make an example
out of her for leaking.

A 25-year-old contractor with
the name Reality Winner -

supposedly her real name.

Reality Winner was--

I thought that was her screen
name. That's her real name.

The leaker's name -
and this is true -

Reality Winner.

Reality Winner
leaked information

about a reality denier,

who tried to
influence the election

to support a reality host
who is detached from reality.

[Reality]
If you've heard of me at all,

it's probably just about
my name and how funny it is.

[somber music]

Not about what I did,
not about why I did it.

Would people have
talked about that stuff

if my name was John Smith?

Or just any man
with any name?

Maybe not.

Maybe finding out
we're being lied to

just isn't a scandal anymore,

and the only thing people
want to talk about

is how stupid
my name is for five seconds

before moving on to the next
thing on their phones.

[inmates chattering loudly]

[inmates chattering loudly]

I just keep thinking
about the little things.

Like, I was supposed
to sub for a spin class.

Well, I think you'll
be out of there soon.

I feel like they're just
trying to be, you know,

cautious and make sure you're
not, like, a terrorist.

Right.

In America,

don't discount the effect
of being white and blonde.

I'm kidding.

Oh, I'm definitely
playing that card.

I'm going to braid my hair,
I'm going to look cute,

and I'm going to have
a really small voice.

[laughing]

Time's up.

Brittany--
Brittany, I gotta go.

I'll see you at the hearing.

You got this.

Hey.

Well, I hate to say it,

but maybe this will be
a good thing for her.

I mean, she has
to learn sometime.

You can't just make up
your own rules in life.

Right?
Actions have consequences.

All right, this puts the fear
of God into her a little,

I don't know,
that's not a bad thing.

[reporter]
Former NSA contractor

Reality Winner will
reportedly plead not guilty

at a preliminary
court hearing

which will determine if she
should be let out on bail

as she awaits her trial.

[Judge]
Ms. Solari,
why don't you enlighten us

as to the nature
of the indictment?

Willful retention of national
security information,

Your Honor,

a crime under
the Espionage Act.

Mr. Nichols,
it is your position

that Ms. Winner
is not a flight risk?

Correct, Your Honor.

Ms. Winner is a veteran and
a credit to her community.

Ms. Winner.

Is it true

that your daughter began
teaching herself

the Arabic
alphabet at age nine?

Well, yes.

She's always been
very self-motivated.

[Solari]
Why those languages, though?

That was her interest.

And were you aware that your
daughter has been researching

trips to
Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Well, uh, yes.

She's always wanted
to travel abroad,

use her languages.

Your Honor, this line of
questioning is irrelevant.

Overruled.

[Reality] You know when
you walk into a room

and you just feel like
there's already

a whole narrative
about who you are?

[speaking inaudibly]

And nothing you do or say
could possibly change that

because there's some agenda

that's much,
much bigger than you?

Your Honor,

we have here a text from
the defendant to her sister,

Brittany Winner, recovered
from the defendant's phone.

[Reality]
Ever written anything you
wouldn't want people

taking out of context?

[Solari]
Quote, "I only say

"'I hate America'
three times a day."

Does this sound
like your daughter?

No.

I mean...

yes, my daughter... talks
that way from time to time.

So, she expresses statements
like this regularly?

That she hates America?

My daughter
is a veteran.

She served in the
Air Force for six years,

defending democracy.

The whole reason
that she was there--

Has she ever expressed
to you

a desire to meet
with the Taliban?

-Objection!
-[Judge] Overruled!

My daughter isn't
a terrorist!

Anything else?

[Reality] What's the dumbest
thing you ever said

when you were
scared shitless?

[Brittany on recording]
Don't discount the effect

of being white and blonde.

[Reality on recording]
Oh, I'm definitely
playing that card.

I'm gonna braid my hair,
I'm gonna look cute,

and I'm gonna have
a really small voice.

[Reality]
And how could I,

of all people,

not have known
they'd be listening?

[reporter]
The Augusta woman accused
of leaking classified

government information
will remain in jail

until her trial.

A judge has denied bond
for Reality Winner,

citing the seriousness
of the charges

and ruling that Winner
is a flight risk.

[tense music]

Where are we going?

Solitary.

[chattering in distance]

[chattering in distance]

Oh, my God. Gary...

[Gary] What?

[chattering in distance]

[chattering]

[Gary]
Stay here.

I'll handle this.
Tabloids...

You don't have to talk
to any of these people.

Wait.

I want to.

[chattering in distance]

[male anchor]
The mother of alleged
leaker Reality Winner

tells us how she feels about
her daughter's actions.

Reality is a good girl.

She's a-- she's a--
she's a good person.

She's a patriot.
She served her country.

And I couldn't be
more proud of her.

[reporters chattering]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music]

[Reality]
If I can do 500 sit-ups,
I did the right thing.

If I can hold my breath
for two full minutes,

what I did will
make a difference.

If I can pull out
this handful of hair,

I won't die in here.

[intense music swells]

[thudding]

[footsteps approaching]

Why am I in here?

[guard]
You know why you're here.

I mean, why am I alone?

[guard]
You're all over the news.

everyone
knows who you are,

so it's a lot
safer for you in here.

No, it's not.

[door buzzing,
loud thudding]

[lock clicking]

[door opening]

[guard]
Let's go.

Time for a field trip.

[inmate]
Guard? Guard!

-Whatever, I don't care.
-[airplane whirring]

No jumpsuit, huh?
Must be leaving state.

Where are you going?

Don't know.

Trying to figure
that out for weeks.

How long have
you been on this plane?

This time?

[sighing]
What?

Two, three planes?

Two buses,
a few cars...

I lost track of time.

[chains rattling]

[guard]
Sit down!

Why do you keep telling me
you don't know where she is?

What do you mean you
don't know where she is?

She's in your custody!

Stop lying to me!
I know you're lying.

[Reality] Sometimes, they put
prisoners on planes

and shuttle them around
the country for weeks,

just to break them down.

It's like waterboarding,
with altitude.

[tense music droning]

♪

They call this
"diesel therapy."

I know what you're thinking,
"How is that legal?"

Good question.

[guard's voice echoing]
Winner?

Your stop's coming up.

[chattering]

Oh...

What happened?

I'm taking the deal.

What?

If I go to trial, I could be
in here for ten years.

Only if
they find you guilty.

They will.

They're not going to let me
explain why I did it.

Document's still classified.

I don't understand
how they can do that.

This is the system, Mom.

The sooner we can all just
accept that, the better.

[sniffling]
I'm sorry.

I've just never seen you...
not want to fight something.

[chuckling]

I'm sorry.

No, no.

You don't have to worry
about fighting anything.

You just have to worry about
making it through today.

I can do
the fighting for you.

What's the point?

Reality...

[Anderson Cooper]
You believe she will
be made an example of.

What do you feel about that?

[mother]
Anderson, we are finding

that she has not been
treated in the same way

that other people have been
treated in the system.

Maria Butina was
a literal Russian operative,

and she was arrested for
conspiracy to commit crimes

against the U.S.

She got to go home.

She's doing
a talk show now.

Paul Manafort was
convicted of eight crimes,

but he was allowed to
remain out of jail on bond.

Reality was not.

And then, the court
agreed to let him go

to his home in the Hamptons
for Christmas this year,

so that he could be
with his family.

I haven't even been able
to hug my daughter

since the day
that she was arrested.

If you have power and
connections in this country,

you're off the hook.

But if you're a young woman
who comes from nothing,

even if you spent years
fighting for this country,

and even if you
did what you did

so that you could warn
your fellow Americans

that they're being lied to,

the government will do

whatever they can
to shut you up.

Why is the government
so terrified

about us
finding out the truth

and what must
they be hiding?

[door opening]

Winner.

[thudding]
Get up.

Where are we going?

You didn't hear?

-You're going to D.C.
-[patriotic music plays]

You're getting pardoned.

They're giving you the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.

-[music stops]
-[Reality] Just kidding.

Hey, I bet you're
wondering what happened

to that document I leaked.

It did come out.

It proved the Russians tried
to hack our voting systems.

It didn't prove any actual
votes were changed, though,

so no one really cared.

Then, they had other
things to think about.

Everyone kind
of forgot about it.

Except the government.
They were still pissed.

They gave me
five years and three months

in a federal prison,
even after I pled guilty.

That's the longest
sentence in U.S. history

for leaking government
information to the media.

What can I say?
I like to win.

[cows lowing]

It's funny.

I spent the first
18 years of my life

trying to leave this state.

Now, it feels good
to be home.

That's what my dad would
have called "gallows humor."

[guard]
...dietary issues,
fill out a request form.

Can't promise anything.

Library's on the second floor.
It's closed Tuesdays.

Access to the gym
and yoga room

is limited
to your rec periods,

but you can go out to the yard
anytime before curfew.

You gotta sign yourself out.

What's left?
Oh, yes. Visitation.

You are allowed
three seconds

physical contact
with your guests.

Heard someone fought
pretty hard to get you here.

[soft choral music]

[female guard]
Three seconds of
physical contact!

[sobbing softly]

I got you, honey.
I got you.

I know.

[Brittany] Yeah, Mom's
living it up for us.

Well, Gary is wonderful.

I think he's going to
move into our house.

[Brittany]
Well, I'm happy for you, Mom.

It gives me faith

that there's some
decent guys out there.

Or maybe
you got the last one.

Wait. What?

I'm going to
go get some drinks.

She's just being dramatic.

What's going on?

Taylor and I, um...

we just decided to take a
little time apart, that's all.

Oh, my God.
What happened?

Um, just, well,
we recently...

It just started to feel like

maybe our values were more
different than we thought.

Britty...

did he leave
because of what I did?

Actually, I left him.

I guess you were...

my hill.

Here we go.

[Reality]
Sometimes in here,

I think about all
the different versions

of my life I could
be leading right now...

...if I was just
wired differently.

[guard]
Lights out.

[Reality]
Where would I be
if I didn't think so much?

If I wasn't such a pain
in the ass all the time?

If I didn't have
to say something

every time
I saw something?

I wouldn't have to shower
in cold water with strangers.

This is Amanda.
She loves me.

Y'all should try to relax
your neck a little bit.

[Reality]
I'd be able to tell
people they suck at yoga.

No touching!

But her spine
is literally--

Winner, come on.

[Reality]
The FBI wouldn't read
my mail before I do.

Life would be
so much easier.

[classical music]

♪

So, do I regret it?

Come on, you really think
I'm going to answer that?

Legally,
I'm not even allowed to.

But I'll say this,

if no one ever takes a risk
to try and change things,

then nothing
will ever change.

And is that
really any better?

You tell me.

[classical music swells]

[soul music plays]

♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ I am the one
who loved you ♪

♪ Don't leave me, baby ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ I am the one
who needed you ♪

♪ Believed in you ♪

♪ Well, I just can't
stand to see you go ♪

♪ See you go ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm loving you
more and more ♪

♪ More and more ♪

♪ And my mind
is so confused ♪

♪ So confused ♪

♪ See every memory
how I've been misused ♪

♪ 'Member me ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ Remember,
my darling, right now ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ I am the one
who loved you ♪

♪ My sweet baby! ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ I am the one
who needed you ♪

♪ Believed in you ♪

♪ Whenever love
comes around ♪

♪ Comes around ♪

♪ You know it ain't the thing
to be found ♪

♪ To be found ♪

♪ And the question ♪

♪ The question is this,
is this ♪

♪ Baby, why heartaches
always exists ♪

♪ 'Member me ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ Remember,
darling, right now ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ My baby ♪

♪ I am the one
who loves you ♪

♪ Oh, my sweet baby ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ My baby ♪

♪ I am the one ♪

♪ Oh, I love you, baby ♪

♪ Believed in you ♪

♪ Remember, baby ♪

♪ Remember, baby ♪

♪ Remember me, baby ♪

♪ Remember, baby ♪

♪ Oh, I still
love you... ♪

♪