BLAKE: Tight schedule today, ma'am.
Nearly all focused on the aftermath
of the deal we brokered
in Afghanistan.
First up is the National
Security Council.
To discuss details on
the troop withdrawal
followed by a roundtable for USAID
on support for the new
unity government.
I've been working on a joint
statement with UNICEF. It's...
(MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
Is that President Salnikov?
Yes, ma'am.
Doing his annual call-in show.
BLAKE: Oh, this is the thing
where he talks to ordinary
Russians. I love this.
Taking canned questions
and creating your own
personality cult.
It has a certain perverse charm.
I love how weird it is.
It's like The View
meets Joseph Stalin.
DAISY: Well, this is his
first public appearance
since the peace deal we
brokered in Afghanistan.
Any word on Russia's reaction to that?
No, not through official channels,
but they can't be happy.
Less conflict in the region
means their influence is waning.
TRANSLATOR: Next we have Sergei
Khulakov, an accountant from Kazan.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
TRANSLATOR: Tensions with the
United States are at a high point.
Here we go.
Can you turn it up?
TRANSLATOR: Do you see a path
toward a better relationship?
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
TRANSLATOR: I love many
things about America.
Beyoncé, for instance.
But the treachery of the
American government
has reached new levels
under President Dalton
and Secretary McCord.
This so-called peace
deal in Afghanistan
is only the latest aggression
from a bankrupt imperial culture.
Normal relations are impossible.
That's why I've instructed
the Minister of Education
to immediately terminate all adoptions
of Russian citizens
by American parents.
We cannot allow our precious children
to become part of this
poisonous culture.
What?
Wh... orphans?
Are you serious?
JAY: Of all the ways
he could retaliate,
he's attacking innocent kids.
Not just kids, orphans.
Orphaned kids.
- Get me the White House now.
- Yeah.
RUSSELL: How many kids
are we talking about?
ELIZABETH: At least .
Russian orphanages haven't evolved
since the days of the czar.
And their treatment of kids
with disabilities borders on criminal.
And, often, American parents
are their last resort.
Whoa, whoa. Where's the fire?
Mom. Hey, sorry. I'm late
for lunch with a friend.
How is she busier than I am?
If it were up to me,
they wouldn't get lunch.
Oh, hey, heads-up.
The, uh, vice president
is crashing our meeting.
Any particular reason?
Well, maybe because she
has a strong record
of advocating for the
rights of adoptive parents.
Or maybe she's just tired
of cutting ribbons.
Who knows?
HURST: I did.
Madam Vice President.
Elizabeth.
I'm sorry I couldn't
make your holiday party.
Oh, it's all right.
- I heard you had a taco truck.
- (PHONE BEEPS)
LUCY: Yes, Mr. President.
He's ready for you.
(CHILD LAUGHING)
DALTON: Teresa, Bess.
(CHILD CONTINUES LAUGHING)
Have a look at this.
WOMAN (ON VIDEO): Very good.
MAN: That's terrific. It's wonderful.
WOMAN: Open the envelope, sweetie.
What is that?
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
MAN: Can you say it in English?
BOY: "Hos."
Hus.
WOMAN: House. House, very good.
- BOY: House.
- WOMAN: House, yes.
This is your cat.
MAN: Her name is Sushi.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
WOMAN (LAUGHING): Yes.
That's the Gunderson family.
Their adoption was
approved last month.
They were on the last day
of their waiting period
when the ban was announced.
The kid was literally
boarding his plane when
the FSB yanked him off.
ELIZABETH: Well, this family
is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are hundreds of American
families being torn apart.
Then we should treat Salnikov's
behavior like the tantrum it is.
Agreed. Obviously,
we can condemn this.
The question is, what next?
We retaliate.
Russia has repeatedly att*cked us.
Supporting the Taliban, and recruiting
and coercing the Senate
majority leader,
hacking our embassies.
Now this?
You want sanctions.
My team is working on
proposals as we speak.
Will we have support in the Senate?
Absolutely. I'll reach out
to my former colleagues,
lay the groundwork for a floor vote.
Just make sure your office
coordinates with Bess at State.
Yes, Mr. President.
Teresa.
I'm glad you're aboard.
Now let's bring those kids home.
I love that this has somehow,
like, become our place.
It's not exactly Paris, is it?
(BOTH LAUGH)
"We'll always have the Potomac Lodge."
(BOTH LAUGH)
Doesn't quite have
the same ring to it.
(PHONE CHIMES)
(SIGHS) I have to go.
- I have to go.
- (GROANS, LAUGHS)
I can't be late.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
What if we went away somewhere?
For a weekend.
(LAUGHS)
I'm serious.
I don't know.
I found a cabin in the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
(LAUGHS)
We could... build a fire,
and maybe...
(BOTH LAUGH)
...build a snowman.
Put a...
put a turnip on his nose.
I usually use a carrot.
It's more nose-shaped.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN) _
(BEEPING)
(BEEPING STOPS)
JAY: We have a range of options
to retaliate for the
Russian adoption ban.
Go ahead.
Uh, in the short-term we
can revoke travel visas
for Salnikov's inner circle.
Treasury will freeze
their bank accounts
and block their real estate deals.
- And if Salnikov still won't back down?
- (PHONE CHIMES)
We sanction their chief exports,
timber, aluminum, gas.
Cut off their access
- to the global market.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- (PHONE RINGING)
- ELIZABETH: Write it up.
I want to get something to POTUS
within the hour... what is happening?
Madam Secretary.
We have a slight
situation on our hands.
(PHONES CONTINUE RINGING)
This is from an interview
the vice president
gave ten minutes ago.
HURST (ON TV): ...legislative agenda.
REPORTERS: Madam Vice President.
Yes?
Any comment on the adoption ban?
HURST: The White House will be
putting out a statement shortly.
- Madam Vice President.
- Yes, Sofia.
What about the parents who'd
already met their children?
Do you have a message for them?
I do.
I want them to know the
United States government
will do whatever it takes
to bring them back.
Whatever it takes.
SOFIA: Are you open to dialogue?
- What is she thinking?
- She's way out of bounds.
Is it me, or did the VP just commit us
to negotiate over adoptees?
ELIZABETH: It's worse.
She just implied that we are going
to make major concessions
to get them back.
Can't we disavow her?
And admit that the president
and the vice president
aren't on the same page?
Russell won't go for it.
I-I'm gonna confer with POTUS.
Meanwhile, let's...
stick a pin in sanctions
and... start work
on an inducement strategy.
DAISY: Teresa Hurst has been working
with the press for decades.
You really think a veteran politician
makes a gaffe like that?
It happens every day,
but feel free to ask
one of your contacts.
Well, actually, I was thinking
we could ask one of yours.
Sofia Martinez.
She's the reporter who
asked the question.
We do have a history...
- (CHUCKLES)
- ...of contact.
Yeah, and how long has she
been back from Buenos Aires?
A few months, I guess.
I... I'll see what she knows.
Thanks. My advice?
Bring flowers.
Hola.
(SPEAKS SPANISH) _
_
(SNEEZES)
(SNIFFLES)
Oh, I'm allergic.
I know I told you.
I was probably lost in your eyes.
Are you... free for dinner tonight?
Against my better judgment, yes.
(CHUCKLES) Okay.
Where are we going?
Anywhere you like.
But, uh...
Hey. It's yours.
I have a couple questions first.
Come on.
NEWSWOMAN: I'm joined now
by Rhonda and Peter Gunderson,
two parents directly
affected by this ban.
Please, tell us about your son.
Nikolai was born
with Leber congenital amaurosis,
a genetic defect
that causes retinal degeneration
and eventual blindness.
PETER: There's an
experimental gene therapy
that could cure him,
but it's only available
in the United States, so the fact
that we can't take care of him...
It... it breaks our hearts.
NEWSWOMAN: Were you encouraged
- by the vice president's remarks today?
- PETER: We were.
It's nice to hear common sense
coming out of a politician.
Her office has been in touch
- with us throughout the process.
- (PHONE RINGS)
- I'll bet they have.
- STEVIE: Hello?
Can't Conrad tell her
to stay in her lane?
He thought it would be
better to close ranks.
We'll see how Russia reacts.
- STEVIE: Mom?
- Yeah.
Jay is here to see you.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) Shouldn't you be passed out
with a kid's book over
your face right now?
Sorry for the intrusion, ma'am.
But this is sensitive.
I just spoke to Sofia Martinez,
that reporter at the Chronicle.
I've had... contact
with her in the past.
Oh, I remember.
Anyway, Teresa Hurst
is trying to raise her profile
for a presidential campaign.
Sofia got a tip from
her chief of staff
that it would be worth her
while to ask that question
about the adoptees.
The whole thing was staged?
Including the follow-up.
They fed her the exact wording.
The VP is playing us.
And going rogue on foreign policy.
Why?
Because she sees you as a rival.
And... ma'am, she's
trying to take you out.
- Could you go get Marcus for me, please?
- Mm-hmm.
Madam Secretary, if you'll
just wait a minute...
- We need to talk.
- Sounds good. All right.
I'll have my office
contact you. Thank you.
Do you have an appointment?
I know you staged that Q and A
- on the Hill.
- Those families are suffering.
Someone needed to have their back.
You subverted policy to
serve a personal agenda.
I did you a favor.
We're already on edge with Russia.
Sanctions will only make it worse.
Teresa, if you disagree,
debate us.
But you cannot contradict the
president behind his back.
And you have no right to
lecture me on loyalty
after the stunt you pulled
over the holidays.
This is about my party?
I have zero interest in
running for president.
Really?
Your actions say otherwise.
I only hosted that thing
to whip votes for the
land mine treaty.
Well, that's not what
Jacob Barker thinks.
Or half a dozen other key bundlers
who will not return my calls.
When I signed on as VP,
when I abandoned the party
I spent a lifetime working for,
I was made certain promises...
promises that apparently mean nothing.
What promises?
(SCOFFS) Oh, come on. Please.
Russell Jackson pledged
Dalton's explicit support
if I ever ran for president.
I'm not responsible for that.
But I am responsible
for the foreign policy
of the United States,
and you need to let me do my job.
Let me tell you a story.
I started out as a PTA mom
who just wanted the school to
remove asbestos from the gym.
I've won a lot of tough
elections since,
mostly against smug, entitled men
who I had to work twice as hard as.
But that was all right. I expected it.
But you know what I
really couldn't stand?
There was always this
one influential woman
who just wasn't sure about me.
Of course, what she was
really struggling with
was her own ambition.
This little game that
you're playing, Elizabeth?
I have played it a hundred times...
and I've always won.
So, if you'll excuse me...
Okay, so, in response
to the VP's novel approach
to the adoption issue,
we've compiled some potential
inducements for Salnikov.
The most promising idea
might be in the area of public health.
Russia is suffering
from a severe HIV and hep C outbreak.
JAY: The CDC could implement
a clean needle exchange program
and smart data analysis
- to help contain the outbreak.
- Good. Blake.
Get Salnikov on SVTC.
- See if he bites. Thank you.
- Yes, ma'am.
May want to hold off on that.
Kremlin just released this.
SALNIKOV: I was profoundly touched
by the vice president's commitment
to these beautiful children.
It gives me hope that we
can find common ground.
Accordingly,
I would like to formally invite
Vice President Hurst to Moscow
to resolve
- this adoption issue.
- Sly bastard.
He's milking this.
Well, you can bet Teresa will, too.
Your office.
Please.
Russell Jackson, ma'am.
It might be time to pull the plug.
Is that a question or a statement?
This is all her fault.
Now Salnikov can look
like a gallant peacemaker,
all for a crisis of his own making.
(SIGHS)
No way his offer's sincere.
That was a question.
Yes, he's insincere.
But it's also an opportunity.
What, you think she should go?
Is that really how we want
to conduct diplomacy?
Throw a tantrum, get a cookie?
I don't disagree.
But if we have a chance to
reunite those families, yes.
We have to take it.
(SIGHS)
Fine.
But I want you babysitting
her every step of the way.
If we face-plant, that's on you.
Did you tell Teresa Hurst
that you would support her campaign
- if she ran for president?
- (SIGHS)
Teresa Hurst is a fine public servant.
We just happen to like you better.
Just answer the question, Russell.
Hurst was the only person
who could deliver us Pennsylvania.
I'd have sold my own mother
to get those electoral votes.
Does Conrad know?
I make promises
so that he doesn't have to.
- We done here?
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Sorry to interrupt.
Ephraim Ware called.
You're needed at
Liberty Crossing ASAP.
Well, tell him I'll be right there.
I meant the secretary.
Did he say what it was about?
Just that it's urgent.
Okay, this Afghan deal. We
got to figure out a way
to decrease our footprint in-country
and be more creative and-and
flexible with our mission.
Where's Alexander?
We thought he was with you.
Dr. McCord.
Director Ware just called.
You're wanted at the ODNI.
That's Igor Zhukov,
a GRU agent and noted assassin.
Facial recognition caught him
at a tollbooth on I-
near the Beltway.
We have reason to believe his
target is Dmitri Petrov.
Seems your instincts were right.
Based on what?
NSA intercepted a communiqué
sharing his personnel file
with unknown Russian assets
in the United States.
Tell me you've secured Petrov.
I had CIA Security
place both Mr. Petrov and his sister
in protective custody an hour ago.
Well, I see how this is...
relevant to Henry,
but why am I at this meeting?
This matter pertains to
your daughter, as well.
It appears that Stephanie
is in a romantic relationship
with Mr. Petrov.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
Uh, I'm sorry you're only
learning of this now.
The information was highly
compartmentalized...
How did they even know each
other? How did they meet?
- Henry? At the house?
- They met at the house once. Months ago.
- Why would he... What is he thinking?
- ELIZABETH: Wait a second.
If you know about this, then
there is a very good likelihood
that the Russians
know about this, too.
Stevie could end up
as collateral damage.
That's right. Where is she?
She's still at the White House?
A Secret Service team
is with her as we speak.
But until Zhukov is captured,
she'll have to stay on total lockdown
at your home, in the White House...
and nowhere in between.
(SIGHS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
Did you reveal any information
that could put my daughter in danger?
That is, any more danger
than you already put her in?
Look, I-I wanted...
Just answer the question.
What did you tell her?
Nothing.
No names. No operational details.
I insisted "Alexander Mehranov."
I worked at the w*r College.
She had other suspicions,
but I never confirmed them.
I maintained situational awareness.
Except you kept going
back to the same hotel.
She kept the relationship a secret.
Was that your idea, too?
I-I didn't want trouble.
Yeah, and how's that
working out for you?
She doesn't know anything, Henry.
I guess we're just gonna
have to trust your judgment.
(SIGHS) So...
why her?
We bumped into each other
a few times, and...
we just... connected.
Of all the women in Washington,
you chose my daughter...
to connect with.
Which you shouldn't even be doing,
anyway, because you just got sober.
- Remember how we got you sober?
- Well, remember
what I went through to become
addicted in the first place?
Yes, very well. And I think
this is revenge for that.
It-it... it wasn't. Please.
(TAKES DEEP BREATH)
My-my whole life as a kid in Russia,
and then... as a soldier, then a spy,
there was always so much that
you weren't allowed to think,
you know, to-to feel.
Not if you wanted to survive.
And so... so I-I didn't.
And then I met Stevie,
and I thought...
can't I feel what I feel just... once?
And it was selfish of me, and...
I apologize.
And I'm sorry for what
you went through,
and any part my wife and I
might have played in that.
But this is the end of the line.
You're suspended from Special
Activities Division.
What do you mean I
can't see him again?
We're consenting adults.
It's not about that.
He's a national security risk.
Well, okay, well, how?
I mean, specifically.
I-I'm not saying I was shocked
to learn that Alexander
works with you...
For starters, Alexander
isn't even his real name.
Okay.
Wow.
(SIGHS)
Well, what is it, then?
It's classified.
Well, I work at the White House, okay?
I have pretty high
- security clearance, too!
- Not high enough, okay?
Does that give you some
indication of how serious it is?
It is dangerous for
you to be near him.
Is he safe?
Is he gonna be okay?
We don't know yet.
(PANTING QUIETLY)
We want you to know that
this isn't your fault.
- He put you in a situation, Stevie...
- Actually, he didn't.
Okay, Mom? If anything, I pushed him.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- I totally did, Mom, okay?
- He tried to warn me.
- He didn't try hard enough.
HENRY: Yeah?
Okay.
I'm so sorry.
Your motorcade is here.
(SIGHS)
TERESA: It's nine hours to Moscow...
that's a long way for
the silent treatment.
You went the whole car ride
- without speaking.
- Sorry.
There's something else on my mind.
You know, I was going to adopt once.
But I was in the
middle of a reelection
- (PLANE RUMBLING OVERHEAD)
- in the state assembly...
and I lost the nerve.
I've always regretted that.
You know, I know you don't
like the way this went down,
but you and I both
want the same thing:
to bring those orphans home
as quickly as possible.
Yes.
But only one of us is
cutting a campaign ad.
(MELANCHOLY PIANO PLAYING) _
ELIZABETH: This is Salnikov.
He'll drown you in pomp, but
it's just a stalling technique.
TERESA: I'm familiar
with the practice.
ELIZABETH: The key is
not to indulge him.
We need to maintain firm pressure
to keep these talks on track.
I appreciate the tip.
Madam Vice President.
Madam Secretary.
- Welcome to Moscow.
- Our pleasure.
We're delighted to be here
and to seek redress for our citizens.
What a coincidence.
I'm here to do the same.
Maxim, I understand that you are
an avid collector of antique weaponry.
Mainly g*ns, it's true.
I've heard that you have
the most exclusive
collection in Europe.
Perhaps you would like to take a tour.
Madam Vice President?
That would be wonderful.
Lead on, Mr. President.
Tell me this is part of a strategy.
I-I wish I could.
FBI's been unable to find any leads
in the search for GRU
Agent Igor Zhukov.
HENRY: Not even a glimmer?
No sightings on metro cameras
and crickets from our
local informants.
He's a trained assassin.
Conventional methods were
always gonna be a long sh*t.
I think we should
read in the local PD,
- get more eyeballs on the street.
- If we go wide,
- he'll go to ground.
- And what's the alternative?
I don't know.
We use Alexander as bait.
Alex has avoided predictable behavior
with one exception... he had...
regular meetings at the Potomac Lodge
in the Hay-Adams district.
How regular are we talking?
Enough to establish a pattern.
All right. So if we have Alexander
show up like it's any other day...
Zhukov will make his move.
And then we can move in and take him.
Are we sure about this?
Well, we can't have a GRU k*ller
loose in the United States.
Zhukov's the kind of guy who
likes to make a statement.
Whatever he's planning
won't be simple, or clean.
Is he ready to put his
life on the line?
He's been through worse.
I'll explain the risk to him.
But I have a feeling he'll say yes.
(FUSE HISSING)
- (GASPS)
- (LAUGHS)
Brava!
TERESA: My father was an artilleryman.
I went to bed with stories
of Howitzers. (CHUCKLES)
Mr. President, due respect,
there are hundreds of children
just... ready to go home.
And now for the pièce de résistance.
According to legend,
this flintlock p*stol
belonged to Pyotr Pervy,
whom you call Peter the Great.
- May I?
- (CHUCKLES)
Oh. This could be in The Hermitage.
It was... until I bought it.
That's the beauty of new Russia...
everything is for sale.
You know, I, too, admire Peter.
Who doesn't?
He was a m*llitary genius.
He was also a diplomat
and-and a reformer
and a man who didn't care
where a good idea came from,
as long as it was good.
And you have such an idea.
Our CDC is running a
highly effective program
to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS
and hepatitis C, two diseases
which, unfortunately,
are spreading rapidly
through your country.
These are merely rumors.
We have the situation well in hand.
Yeah, well, no doubt.
But this isn't a problem you
can sh**t your way out of.
(CHUCKLES) She's right, Maxim.
Let us help you.
Discreetly, of course,
so your government
can take credit.
(SIGHS)
Very well.
I am listening.
So, where are we?
All units, report in.
sn*per (OVER RADIO):
Alpha Team in position.
Beta Team standing by.
Bishop...
ready in pursuit.
DMITRI (OVER RADIO): This
is Cardinal. I'm en route.
ETA ten minutes.
All units nominal.
What about civilians?
DDOT has road crews
restricting traffic
within a six-block
radius of the hotel.
The area is well contained.
There are no blind spots.
OTD folks know what they're doing.
And clear fields of fire.
That's generally a good thing.
Nope. No, it's too exposed.
I was wrong... Zhukov
would never do it here.
Why would he risk it?
There. Do you see that?
Alexander, bail out.
What?
Get out of the car. Now.
(BEEPING)
Oh, God.
Was that a rocket launcher?
Looks like an IED.
What's the status of Cardinal?
What's the status of Cardinal?
Hey, you okay?
- Okay, roll him...
- Careful, careful.
(SIREN APPROACHING)
- (OVER RADIO): Bishop, report.
- You okay?
This is Bishop. We got Cardinal.
He's fine. But we lost Zhukov.
Okay, take the CIRG team off standby.
We need rapid deployment.
Come on, let's go, let's go!
ELIZABETH: Please tell me
you have a lead on Zhukov.
HENRY: I wish I could.
The FBI set up a cordon, but...
apparently, he slipped through.
How's Dmitri?
He's banged up, but he'll be okay.
How's the VP?
Useful, actually.
Kind of a...
Lacey to my Cagney.
(CHUCKLES): So you're playing
bad cop for a change, huh?
Yeah.
Well, it suits me.
Especially dealing with
a sinister windbag
like Salnikov.
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
Knowing that he sent an
assassin to U.S. soil
made we want to... stuff him
in his stupid little cannon
and fire it.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
So, what happens to Dmitri?
Uh, Director Haymond
approved his transfer
to Alaska Station.
That way he'll be able to
monitor Russian activity
in relative safety.
And his sister?
Talia's gonna stay in D.C.
and finish school.
After that, it's up to her.
What are we gonna tell Stevie?
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Wasting electricity.
I know.
Sorry, I'm a little, um, stir-crazy.
Let me fix you something.
Like...
eggs or eggs.
Our options are kind of limited.
Dad, you don't have to babysit me.
Uh, I don't have a choice.
I'm kind of cursed that way.
You know, you don't remember this,
but when you were about three,
you fell out of a tree.
And you... hit the ground.
You didn't move.
I was... I was pretty cool.
I checked your pulse, made
sure you were breathing.
When we got home and I
knew you were safe,
I just lost it.
The thou... (EXHALES)
I'm sorry I scared you.
You didn't know.
Yeah, but...
(SIGHS)
Another damaged, unavailable guy.
(SCOFFS) I mean, Jareth
was an exception, but...
I don't know, it just keeps happening.
It's, like, becoming a
pattern or something.
Look, Alexander was no Harrison or...
Armon.
You... Do you mean Arthur?
Arthur. Arthur.
He was twice your age and so pedantic.
Peda... Dad, look who's talking.
Look, it's completely normal
to question yourself.
I do it all the time...
these days, especially.
Just the idea that I would
be involved in something
that put you in danger...
A-Alexander did heroic
things for this country,
at im-immense personal cost.
He's a courageous young man.
I am very pleased with this deal.
Your people send me this memo
about our joint statement.
It's... wonderful.
But?
There is one small detail
I would like to add. A pledge
to discuss the presence of
American troops in Bulgaria.
The country you invaded.
Otherwise, the adoptees
stay in Russia.
Where they belong.
Why don't you send us the
language you have in mind?
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
We need to talk, alone.
Please.
- (QUIETLY): We need to walk.
- Why?
It's not like he declared w*r.
Our NATO deployment is off-limits.
It is a glowing red line,
and he just crossed it.
We are inches from the finish line.
What is the harm in negotiating?
Negotiating is the harm.
If he walks out there
and says that we have opened the door
to pulling out of Europe,
our allies will panic.
So reassure them.
By saying what?
That we're being duplicitous
but not with you?
We can refuse the joint statement
- and come up with new incentives.
- No.
Groveling will only make things worse.
I cannot abandon those children.
I made a promise to the American
people, to their parents,
to bring them home.
Your promises are not my problem.
National security is.
Blake.
I'm leaving, Madam Vice President.
So are you.
That is great news. And, again,
we're ready to assist the FBI
in any way you need.
Yeah. Thanks. Bye.
(EXHALES) We got Zhukov.
Oh, thank God. Where?
Uh, at the FBI checkpoint
at Lake Champlain,
- near the Canadian border.
- Oh, my God.
Then-then that means
Stevie's safe, right? Yes?
- Oh, God.
- Yeah, yeah, I mean, we should keep
the detail on her for a couple
more days, but thr*at is over.
- Mm.
- (SIGHS)
Oh, that just about
takes the sting out
- of my face-plant in Moscow.
- No,
come on. That's on the VP, not you.
(SIGHS) Russell was right.
This was a fool's errand
from the beginning,
- you know?
- Here.
I shouldn't have let
guilt cloud my judgment.
But the thing is, honestly,
I wanted to support a
woman who felt betrayed.
You know? And those kids.
(BOTH SIGH)
I reached out to the Gundersons.
You know, the-the parents
of the boy in the video?
Yeah. Who could forget?
Yeah.
They wouldn't take my call.
We would file a claim
in the European Court of Human Rights.
There's a chance Russia
will respect their ruling.
Mm...
Okay. That chance is zero.
(CHUCKLES)
(GROANS)
Ow. Mm.
(CHUCKLES) Mm.
Wait a second. Wait, wait, wait.
Where is Zhukov now?
Uh, he's being transported
to FBI Headquarters.
No, no.
They'll probably just throw
him in some deep, dark hole.
They can't do that.
Not yet, not yet. We got to...
we got to try one thing.
SALNIKOV: We categorically
deny any involvement.
Such an att*ck would be
against our principles.
This isn't your call-in show, Maxim.
Platitudes won't help you.
What more is there to say?
Our government denies any
knowledge of Mr. Zhukov.
Well, Zhukov categorically
admitted to working for the GRU.
That's right. He's in custody.
And he was all too
happy to name names,
including that of his
handler, Yaroslav Ryback.
Who is the linchpin of
your entire spy network
in the United States.
Ryback has been operating
under nonofficial cover.
So, no diplomatic immunity.
Which means, under federal law,
he can be ex*cuted.
ELIZABETH: However, might
consider clemency,
maybe even a future exchange,
under one condition.
And that would be?
Honor the original terms of
the deal we struck in Moscow.
Those orphans come home.
They'll be on a plane tomorrow.
Thank you for your time.
I have to ask.
This man you accuse of being GRU,
he could resist any
form of interrogation.
How did you get him to cr*ck?
Don't you know?
Everything in new Russia's for sale.
TERESA: Offering cash
to a GRU assassin.
- I got to say, that took guts.
- (CHUCKLES)
Credit lies with Conrad.
He had to approve it.
Still, this was a guy who might
have m*rder*d your own daughter.
Trying to forget that.
I'm sorry I doubted you.
We make strong allies, Elizabeth.
Can we bury the hatchet?
Of course.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Madam Vice President.
- Madam Secretary.
- (CHUCKLES)
I just need one thing from you.
Rule yourself out.
Pardon?
Announce you won't run
for president in public.
Shouldn't be difficult.
You've already said
you have zero interest in the job.
I can't do that.
Well, that's disappointing.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHING): Hey...
There you are.
PETER (CHUCKLES): Hey!
Welcome home.
Thanks for coming.
It was the least I can do.
This country owes you a great debt.
(SIGHS)
But not you.
Uh, I've given you more
than enough trouble.
That's fair to say.
I'll look in on your
sister from time to time.
That's very kind of you.
Thank you, Henry,
for all you've done for us.
There's someone else that
wants to say good-bye to you.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hey, you.
- I thought I was never gonna see you again.
- I didn't think I'd see you.
Listen, I...
I knew it was all wrong.
Every time I saw you, I told
myself I was going to end it.
And then... I saw you
and... I couldn't.
(CHUCKLES)
So much for a fling, right? (CHUCKLES)
I'm so sorry, Stevie.
No, I am.
I-I didn't mean to get you...
- exiled or whatever.
- (CHUCKLES)
It's okay.
Exile is a very Russian thing.
- It's like a rite of passage.
- (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
MAN: Mehranov, Alexander.
It's time to go.
That cabin in the mountains
was really beautiful.
We'll always have the Potomac Lodge.
(CHUCKLES)
(SNIFFLES)
Good-bye, Stephanie McCord.
So long.
(SIGHS)
Hey.
What's your real name?
Dmitri.
Mitya.
Good-bye, Mitya.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(CHUCKLES)
04x11 - Mitya
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"Madam Secretary" follows a former CIA analyst and college professor who is promoted to United States Secretary of State as she tries to balance her work and family life.
"Madam Secretary" follows a former CIA analyst and college professor who is promoted to United States Secretary of State as she tries to balance her work and family life.