03x04 - The Dissent Memo

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(loud expl*si*n)

(high-pitched ringing, muffled crying)

(muffled shouting)

(baby crying)

(muffled crying, shouting continues)

This morning's bombing in Rome is more than just a brutal att*ck on one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

This is a thr*at which will be answered.

(reporters speaking at once)

Governor, Governor, you've said that as president, you would increase surveillance of Muslim Americans...

Whoa, whoa.

First of all, no group has claimed responsibility yet for the bombing at Stazione Triumfale in Rome.

And I would never suggest infringing on the rights of America citizens, ever.

(scoffs) Yeah?

He doesn't suggest it.

He wants to legislate it.

Evans: But if an att*ck does occur...

Nice suit, though.

His staff's definitely working overtime.

They've pulled him off the campaign trail so he can keep running around showing off his new global concern.

No mention of the bombing in Angola, I notice.

Twice as many dead as in Rome.

But if the press doesn't mention it, why should he?

(turns off TV)

(exhales)

Of course, this means that I have to pull Conrad off the trail, too.

Right after that China speech last week got us a two point bump in the polls.

But we still have an election to pull out of thin air.

I thought it was... less than a total long sh*t, which... I took to be boundless optimism coming from you.

New York Times is about to endorse us, which should reassure the centrists.

And we are making progress getting those sore loser laws changed to get him on the ballot in the states we missed in the primaries.

I'm sensing an Eeyore footnote.

(sighs) Minnesota and Ohio are holdouts.

If we don't get Dalton on the ballot in those two, we have no hope of keeping Evans or Reynolds from getting to 270, at which point, it's game over.

We've got the team on Minnesota, but I need your help.

I can't campaign, you know...

With Ohio, it's...

I can't campaign!

.. it's not campaigning!

We-we just need somebody high profile to take Dalton's place in an NFL pre-game interview.

Slip in something about getting on the ballot, and go have dinner with some state senators.

How is wining and dining state senators not campaigning?

Because I have a room full of lawyers, telling me that isn't!

We are in this ridiculous situation 'cause of your idea to turn our backs on the party and do an independent run.

Be right back.

Assistant Secretary Thompson, I am so sorry I didn't reach you before you came all the way up here.

The att*ck in Rome has completely h*jacked her schedule...

That was an unfortunate verb choice.

She's not in?

Emergency conference at the White House.

(phone rings)

Uh, but I will give that to her as soon as she returns.

Excuse me.

Hi, Louise, what are we cancelling?

Yeah, that should be fine, um...

Uh... Yes.

I'll have to double-check that.

Reporter: Death toll now at 42, with more injured in a su1c1de bombing...

Hizb Al-Shahid just took credit for the bombing in Rome.

I heard. Do we believe it?

Well, the sources seem credible.

So, now they're moving from Algeria into Europe.

DEA came through with some Intel on sales of antiquities from North Africa.

See if any of these look like they were looted from St. Gabriel's Monastery before HS blew it up.

Stones from the tomb of the Christian woman in Tipaza.

Not too far from the monastery.

Stones, though; very hard to prove authenticity.

What's this one?

"Reliquary of St. Augustine from the Basilica in Annaba"

Looks like St. Augustine has the same taste as a Corsican drug lord.

Trust me, this is not St. Augustine style.

This is the Colonial French feeling guilty.

See, when France took over Algeria, they felt bad because none of Augustine's remains were in Annaba, his hometown, so they made this reliquary to return his arm bone to the basilica.

Where's Annaba?

Northeastern Algeria.

Part of the ancient city of Hippo Regius.

Maybe HS sacked that place, too?

There's plenty there worth looting.

But I didn't think they'd gotten that far north.

Just like we didn't think they were in Rome.

Let's check with DEA.

See if we can trace this back to the seller.

Elizabeth: Susan.

I'm sorry to disrupt your schedule, Madam Secretary.

N-No, no, no.

I'm-I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

The, uh... uh, fallout from Rome has been getting all the attention.

You know how that goes.

Oh, I do.

So...

The bombing in Luanda, that was a travesty.

How's Kalanga?

She's injured, but alive, thank God.

A separatist group is taking credit.

I-I'm really sorry that I haven't been able to respond, but I'll issue a statement condemning the... the group's actions in the... strongest terms.

With all respect, Madam Secretary, the situation in Angola has gone well beyond a statement of condemnation.

Which is why I'm here.

A memo of dissent?

Signed by your entire African Affairs Bureau.

Specifically objecting to our policies in Angola.

For 30 years, President Bestilo has enjoyed generous trade agreements with the United States, a wealth of subsidies, and a blind eye to his increasing corruption and cronyism.

Are you suggesting that President Bestilo was behind the att*ck?

I'm saying that this administration's deafening silence after an att*ck that k*lled twice as many people as that bombing in Rome...

It's just the latest example of ongoing indifference.

So, dissent memo?

Bestilo put a ban on all public assembly this morning, supposedly to protect the people.

But it is obvious he's using this bombing as a cover to silence his opponent.

The people want Kalanga and he knows it.

He's stealing this election.

I can't ask my staff to stand by silently while the administration does nothing.

I will do everything in my power to make our deep displeasure known.

No.

Not another "urge, encourage, concern" phone call.

This needs action, Elizabeth.

If Bestilo is allowed to snuff out a once-in-a-generation candidate, and the rest of the world shrugs 'cause nobody went to Luanda on a honeymoon, that's an African story I'm tired of telling.

Nadine: We've got some changes to note in the secretary's schedule.

Uh, the Emissions and Deforestation Conference will be postponed.

Thank you. And we've added the NFL Diplomacy Initiative in Cleveland, ma'am.

(soft murmurs)

Yeah, the... president is stepping off the campaign trail.

I'm just gonna fill in.

As in, campaigning?

No, no. It-it's just a little... pre-game interview about... football and diplomacy.

Yeah.

Well, Russell Jackson insists it's legal.

Hey, wait.

Who's doing the interview?

James Brown.

Oh.

I thought he was dead.

No.

That would be, uh, fellow diplomat and ambassador of soul, James Brown.

This would be CBS Sportscaster James Brown. J.B.!

Hmm.

Nadine: And what exactly is it that Russell Jackson would like you to say?

Legally.

Uh... I think the non-campaigning version of "Please put President Dalton on the ballot in Ohio."

Hey! What about this?

Um, Dalton's not on the ballot because of the sore loser law, right?

Just recently, the NFL changed the extra point rule...

Yeah, too many kickers were making it, so they moved it back to the 15 yard line.

Right, and just as the NFL can change the rules, to make the game fair and competitive...

So Ohio can reexamine its policy in this historically unprecedented third party run.

Yes!

Elizabeth: Oh, that's good.

Oh, I like that.

I like that... mm... G-Give more of those.

Okay, moving on.

Yes, sorry. We need to talk about the bombing in Angola.

It's awful.

Kalanga survive?

Elizabeth: Yeah, with injuries.

83 others were not as lucky.

But President Bestilo is using the att*ck to suppress his opponent, and this morning, I received a dissent memo from the Bureau of African Affairs, urging a stronger response.

Um, can I see it?

It's an understandable frustration at our ongoing cooperation with an increasingly corrupt regime.

What I need... are some possible sanctions I can thr*aten to get President Bestilo to toe the line.

Cut off aide?

Matt: Or agricultural imports.

I mean, they get a ton of poultry and grain from us.

Not sure how American farmers are gonna feel about that.

Not as bad as the Angolans if we cut off their food supply.

We'll draw up some talking points.

Thank you.

Elizabeth: Hey!

Louise said I could catch you.

Um, could we just slow this down to a jog, please?

We need to talk about Angola.

Why?

The b*mb there yesterday.

I don't know if you heard, more dead than in Rome.

Yeah?

Could you do me a favor, and just pretend to listen to me?

Because I just got a dissent memo from my entire African Affairs Bureau, convinced that this administration doesn't know or care that Angola's presidential election is being stolen in broad daylight.

I'm a little preoccupied with another election at the moment.

Why are we still talking about this?

Because I want to remind President Bestilo that he is running a democracy.

So, I would like to thr*aten to cut our agricultural exports and I just want to make sure that I'm not lighting anybody's hair on fire.

Do whatever you need to do.

Okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Wait, what?!

You can't do that!

Why?

Were you not listening this morning?

We have two major agricultural states...

Ohio, Minnesota... where we're fighting for our lives.

Y-Y-You expect me to tell them t-t-that we're just cutting off their, what, fifth biggest importer of poultry in the world?

I knew you listen to me!

Give me a week to get this resolved.

Then you can turn all the screws you want.

I don't have a week.

The election is in four days.

And if Bestilo wins another term, that's one more African nation we lose to an autocratic leader.

Here's a novel idea: stick to the Prime Directive.

Let democracy take its course... without U.S. interference.

Really?

A Star Trek reference?

I deeply appreciate your compassion, Madam Secretary, But Angola is strong.

We will endure.

I'm sure you will, Mr. President.

However, I am concerned that your ban on public gatherings may interfere with the democratic process.

It is for the safety of my people.

I refuse to make them a target again.

Elizabeth: Yes, but, Mr. President...

"Damiano," please.

I just want to remind you that in order to continue our support of Angola, we need to know that you will support the will of the people.

I find these conversations so inspiring.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Good luck with your own election.

It seems you're going to need it.

Urge, encourage... and concern.

Did I leave something out?

Mollify and assuage?

Henry: Are you kidding me? Who wrote these talking points?

The Browns have got way bigger problems thank finding a go-to receiver on third down.

Can I just say how adorable it is that this is the most opinionated you've been about my job in, like, ever?

Well, it's better than reading that FBI report.

I mean, 58 pages to say they still can't find whoever's hacking our house and stalking our entire family?

Yes, I know, I know.

On the other hand, no new incidents.

See? Staying positive, trusting the system.

Well, you're doing better than I am.

You have a rough day?

(sighs)

I got a dissent memo on Angola.

Is that like when a student files an appeal 'cause they don't like their grade?

It's an anonymous communication channel to allow anyone at the State Department to formally oppose foreign policy they don't agree with.

So... I got the bad grade.

That att*ck in Luanda was rough.

Okay, can you just tell me that I do a great job at other things.

I... Right now, I just need to hear...

Oh, hey, hey, hey.

Come on, come on.

You are the very best student in the whole State Department.

And you know... what I give to my best students.

Wait...

What?

Oh, God!

Oh, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no.

It's not... It was getting weird anyway.

I just wanted to tell you that Jareth is coming for a visit.

Well, that's great. When does he get here?

Wednesday, actually. Kinda last-minute.

Well, I'll say, but what a great surprise.

Yeah, it's... it's okay if he stays here?

Yeah, of course.

Yes. Sure.

Okay, thank you.

Yes! I'm so excited.

Henry: Yay.

Sweetie, that's great. So are we!

(Elizabeth chuckles)

It's okay that he stays here, right?

Of course, I love that kid.

No, I mean, you know, she's got that tiny little twin bed with the girly bedspread.

You think that'd be comfortable?

Well, I think they'll get comfortable.

Really?

Well, I remember we got pretty comfortable with your...

Okay, but we didn't have Will in the next room (whispering) with a very thin wall.

Oh, God, Jason.

Yeah.

Will you say something to her?

Yes.

I do, I will, I'll talk to her, yeah.

Just to be quiet.

Elizabeth: Yes, Daisy, what's up?

Daisy (on phone): Ma'am, I just got a heads up from a guy at the Post.

They have a copy of the dissent memo, and they're about to run it.

Well, that's a disaster.

Did he...

Did he say how he got it?

I couldn't get it out of him, and it's too late to k*ll it... I tried.

Okay, well, I want to know who leaked it, so you do whatever you have to, okay?

Yes, ma'am.

And, listen, for what it's worth, the news cycle is still on the att*ck in Rome.

We might be okay.

(sighs) Thanks, Daisy.

What the hell is this about a dissent memo?

Now, tell me Madam Secretary, when are we going to see NFL football in, say, France?

Well, that... that's a... that's a tricky question.

I think, uh, every country loves its game just as much as we love ours.

And change is hard.

1906, football fans were scandalized by the invention of the forward pass, and now it's a definitive signature of the game.

So rules do need to evolve.

Now, President Dalton is looking to make a few changed in the upcoming election, too, isn't that right?

Well, I'm... I'm happy that you brought that up.

Uh... because as much as President Dalton is supported and trusted by the American people, certain rules will need to evolve to accommodate this historic third-party run.

Well, with that being said, we're gonna take a little break, but, Secretary McCord, thank you again for taking the time.

It's my pleasure.

Go, Browns!

Julius: Is that Russell Jackson?

Julius! Well, look at us.

Even without the support of our key donor, we somehow manage to stay in the game.

I love it when he stays in sales mode.

(all chuckle)

Madam Secretary, I wanted to introduce you to a friend of mine.

Secretary McCord, Scott Goodman, KronicDM.

Oh, my son loves your messaging app.

He thinks I don't know what the name means.

Oh, uh-oh, mom's hip.

(chuckles)

Well, I'm glad he's hooked in.

I was wondering, could I grab a minute?

Uh, sure.

How's it going with Sam Evans?

You ready to admit you backed the wrong horse?

Let's just say I haven't placed any bets yet.

I saw that story about your staff throwing a flags on the play in Africa.

Ah, the dissent memo, yes.

Yeah, I gotta tell you, from a tech point of view, we're pretty frustrated, too.

We're trying to get KronicDM going in Southern Africa, but these countries are k*lling us with these OTT taxes.

A fee to use their telecom services, right?

Over-the-top tax?

Yes, even the name...

"over-the-top"

Most Africans aren't online.

They just... they have phones.

So we're how they're staying connected, but these state-owned telecom services are strangling us with these fees.

To be fair, your app is using their services, right?

So shouldn't they ask you to help pay for it?

Come on, Secretary.

I mean, they could privatize telecom, and the whole economy would benefit.

But then they wouldn't be able to monitor everything that their citizens are saying, or turn it off whenever they want to.

I mean, state-owned telecom, it's bad for democracy, and it's bad for business.

I understand your frustration, but the thing about emerging economies, Scott, is that they have to be allowed to do just that... emerge.

It's... it's a process.

If I wanted to, right now, I could cut a deal with one country and piggyback one network across most of Southern Africa for free, the way it should be.

But I'm not doing that 'cause I'm hoping my elected officials are gonna do their job...

Appointed.

I'm afraid that's all the time the secretary has.

Oh, gosh, Scott, too bad. Thanks so much.

I haven't been mansplained that hard since Craig Sterling was in office.

Good job on the interview.

Too bad it won't save us.

What do you mean?

We just got word the Times is holding back on the endorsement.

They want to let this dissent memo play out first.

Just long enough so it won't do us any good.

Hey, you want some of this?

I don't even know what it is.

It's mushroom soufflé.

Don't you want to heat that up?

No, I'm barely tasting it anyway.

So, Jareth tomorrow. That's exciting.

Yep.

You know, Dad and I are really happy that he's gonna stay with us, but maybe we should just talk about one thing.

What, the fact that if we move to England I might end up k*lling myself?

What?

Yeah.

Sweetheart... what happened?

The whole summer was awful.

His friends, his family.

The stupid weather.

Wait, you-you've been home almost a month.

Why didn't you say something?

Denial?

I don't know.

It was embarrassing. I mean... you guys were so happy for me.

Well...

And it was supposed to be the best summer of my life.

Instead, I turned into this total baby.

Leaving dinner parties to go cry in the bathroom.

Well, a little culture shock is to be expected.

It was more like culture electrocution.

Oh. Well, how's Jareth?

That was the worst part.

He was kind of a totally different person, too.

I mean, like snobby, and he cared what school everybody went to.

He was, like, turning away from me if I made the wrong joke.

Sounds like you guys definitely have some stuff to talk about.

I don't want you to think he's a bad person.

He's just...

British, it turns out.

Now, but, Stevie, you have to be straight with him.

You can't pretend you're fine when you're not.

That's not how marriage works.

I know.

I just... I don't know how he's gonna take it.

Henry: All right, here's the part of the DEA surveillance footage we need.

Here she is coming into the guy's house to make the sale.

It's the same person.

What's an antiquities expert at a history museum doing selling stolen treasures to Corsican drug lords?

There's nothing in her background to support it.

I don't know. Maybe she needs the money.

Maybe she just likes gangsters.

The only thing we really need to know is where she got the reliquary.

We can bring her in, but she can't know what we're up to.

Maybe we could use French intelligence.

I'm sure they'd be interested in what she's doing.

Not yet.

You bring her in quietly, find out what she knows, and take it from there.

Morning.

Morning. - Morning.

Morning Marcia Forman is having a field day with this dissent memo.

Marcia Forman is an unhappy woman desperately trying to make herself relevant.

Aren't we all?

Except I'm not a woman.

Sorry. finishing my first round of interviews.

Nadine: Any leads?

I talked to most of the mid-level Africa desk.

They're in full denial mode.

But I have IT doing an e-mail search for terms that might indicate a grudge against the White House.

Dalton/idiot, McCord/idiot, Ouch.

Dalton/traitor...

Daisy, keep at it. Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

All right, where are we on the sanctions on Angola?

Anybody...

Excuse me, Madam Secretary.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'm having a little trouble getting my work done while my entire staff is being rounded up for interrogation.

It was an investigation.

We have to look into the memo leak.

It's been very destabilizing.

Not to mention criminal.

Fine.

I leaked it.

(all gasp)

You want to arrest somebody, arrest me.

Okay, come on.

I am sorry for questioning your staff, but...

Bestilo's put her under house arrest.

Kalanga.

Really?

When?

This morning, to protect her security.

And I would love to see this office take half as much interest in a supposedly democratic ally openly stealing an election as you have shown in one leaked document.

Hey, Susan, you got to stop accusing me of not caring.

There are parameters and you know that.

When was the last time you set foot in Southern Africa?

I...

But you find time to go to NFL games, and... I'm so sorry.

I... You know what?

I-I just give up.

I'd rather work in the private sector and actually get something done.

Susan...

Thank you for taking a chance on me.

Madam Secretary, you can consider this my resignation.

(sighs)

Can we talk about this?

Yes.

I'd appreciate it if you let me turn myself in.

I'd rather my staff not see me led out by security.

I know you didn't leak that memo.

That's not what my memoir will say.

And if you think I'm gonna inform on anybody...

No, I don't actually care who leaked it.

I just don't want to lose you.

But you have to understand.

I-I'm playing ten dimensional chess here.

If I could've threatened to cut off agricultural imports and sanction oil when I called Bestilo, I would've done it.

But we are having an election of our own and, like it or not, we all serve at the pleasure.

And this is exactly the problem with our approach in Africa.

We go in with our studies, and our expertise, and our aid, and we don't even know what we don't know.

Bestilo doesn't care if his people starve.

So, if you really want to get him where he lives, you don't read reports.

You talk to people who know him.

You're right.

So how do we get him where he lives?

Putting your opponent under house arrest is clearly meant to protect your own security, Mr. President, not Kalanga's.

I do not wish to run against a martyr.

But as always, Madam Secretary, I appreciate your opinion.

It is the United States' opinion.

Therefore, we're demanding the release of Bertilde Kalanga within two hours.

If you do not comply, I'm prepared to impose a travel ban on all Angolan citizens into the United States.

It would be a shame if Amalia Salessu were unable to finish her sophomore year at Stanford.

But, of course, if she's no longer attending school out of the country, maybe she can get to know her half-sister better.

Unless, of course, your daughter Lauana doesn't know she has a half-sister.

I have to wonder, Elizabeth, at President Dalton's boldness in dictating the election procedures of a small African nation when he himself seems to be making up the rules as he goes along.

You have enjoyed many years of generous support and aid from us with little accountability.

But accountability comes in many forms, Damiano.

I regret my years of loyalty mean so little to you.

Our warm relations can be restored if you agree to free Bertilde Kalanga and allow your people a free and fair election.

As your own president follows the dictates of democracy, so shall I.

(exhales)

That seemed a little ominous.

Trust me, that's as close to a checkmate as you're gonna get.

He's shaking.

Well, let's see if an illegitimate daughter will have any effect.

Jareth: Oh, brilliant.

Finally come round to real tea.

Trying.

Kind of makes my teeth squeak.

Oh, well, that's because it's actual tea, not colored water.

Oh, leave the bag in, woman.

Have I taught you nothing?

I am incorrigible.

I, uh, I heard you say that to your mother when you thought I was out of the room.

Oh... dear.

Of course, I-I had made the scandalous error of pouring the milk after the tea.

I'm sorry I said that.

I don't think that.

I actually find you quite corrigible.

The whole summer, um, I-I felt like... the idiot American girl who doesn't know how to drink tea and doesn't have the right shoes.

That's not how I see you at all.

Why would anyone pour the milk before the tea?

It doesn't make any sense, you can't tell how strong it is.

I looked it up.

George Orwell is with me on this.

God, I hate England.

I'm right there with you.

It brings out the absolute worst in me.

I'm sorry.

Honestly, I mean, the thought of going back there kind of gives me a panic att*ck.

Well, then let's not.

Really?

I'm miserable without you.

I love the States.

You love the States.

Let's live in the States.

But what about your fellowship?

Please, if a cat can be both alive and dead simultaneously, I'm sure I can find another fellowship in theoretical physics.

Probably only makes sense to another physicist.

Um, the important thing is that we are our best selves to each other.

Always.

All right.

Keep talking physics to me.

Yeah?

No, don't.

Jose: We get the archeologist?

Henry: We just brought her in, but she's not talking yet.

Ask her about the statues.

Those are the St. Gabriel statues.

She's dealing with Hizb Al-Shahid.

And the best part is, they haven't seen her.

Right, so, we pick her up, we let her think she's being held by French intelligence.

We'll find an agent who can pass for her, set up a meeting to buy one of these statues, and boom, we have a direct line to Hizb Al-Shahid in Algeria.

Except these guys go through couriers because they can't meet with women.

So, all we have to do is find an agent who looks like this archaeologist, who speaks perfect French, and then somehow convince these extremists that they should violate their religion and meet her face-to-face so she can set up the op.

But, yeah, once we do all that, it's like you said, "Boom."

(elevator bell dings)

Good morning, Madam Secretary.

Not while I'm still reading about the dissent memo.

We just got word that Bertilde Kalanga was released from house arrest in Angola.

Hope that helps.

It does.

When do the polls open?

About 16 hours.

Uh, Assistant Secretary Thompson is here, presumably to share the diplomatic equivalent of a high five.

Susan, I just heard.

Bestilo released Kalanga.

He also shut down all Internet service in Angola.

He cannot stop suppressing freedom of speech, can he?

It's worse than that.

I just got word from the embassy, m*llitary and police are surrounding poll stations as we speak.

What is he doing?

Suppressing voters with no way for anyone to see what he's up to until it's too late.

Won't the press expose him?

No, they do whatever he tells them to do.

He controls it.

But he can't control social media.

If the people show each other what he's doing, he knows they'll rise up.

Same reason Mubarak shut down Internet during the Arab Spring.

Said it was for maintenance.

Maintenance of the status quo.

(sighs)

I thought we were getting through to him.

Susan: We should initiate a travel ban.

thr*aten to cut off food, even if we can't do it.

No, we-we can't make threats if we we're not willing to follow through on them.

It's like you said, what does he care if his people starve?

Unfortunately, this is the position we've put Angolans in by making them dependent on our food supply.

What about U.N. forces?

Hang on.

You're absolutely right.

Subsidized agriculture was the wrong idea.

We have to let them harvest their own crops, right?

Blake!

Jose: Who did you say sent you?

I represent a buyer from Bastia, Lucas Hervé.

Why doesn't he come himself?

He's a businessman. He needs to be discreet.

So he sends an archaeologist who deals in the black market?

You're pretty high risk.

I have connections to passionate collectors from many different worlds.

Did the reliquary contain the relics of St. Augustine?

It was only the outside the buyer was interested in.

Sounds like you're covering.

That's something an archaeologist would know.

Jose: But not something that HS would care about.

Where are you from?

Paris.

18th arrondissement.

Then why does your accent sound southern?

My mother is from Marseille.

I spent my summers there growing up.

I lived with my grandmother.

You just gave us three ways to pull you apart when you just needed to give us one.

(sighs)

Of course.

Ask me again.

I think we got enough.

Great work, Cecile.

Very impressive.

Thanks for coming in.

(door opens, closes)

Well, she looks like our archaeologist.

Her French is perfect.

She's too green.

I know from when Elizabeth was starting out, you want an agent with something to prove.

She can do it.

She'll be sitting face-to-face with members of Hizb Al-Shahid.

It's too important to go with an agent because she reminds you of your wife.

It's too important not to.

Jareth: Of course.

Yes, I promise.

Okay, Mum. Yeah, bye, bye, bye, bye.

Hey, I think I found a really cool place in Kingsman Park.

Oh, sorry, I'm completely late for my interview.

And this public transport app is utter rubbish.

Sorry, um...

Bad phone call?

Yeah. Apparently my father is flummoxed that I've thrown away my career, and he's decided to cut me off.

Not that I mind that too much.

I've always hated the way he dangles the inheritance to keep us all in line.

Quite happy to step out of that mini colonialist drama.

How do you not know where George Washington University is?

I'm confused... I thought your parents were academics.

Yeah, well, they can afford to be, thanks to Mum's title and all that.

Your mother has a title?

Yes. Lady Sutherland.

Dad just married in, but it doesn't stop him from using it for all it's worth.

I'm sorry, how did I not know any of this?

Could it be the accent?

I actually worked really hard on it.

Okay, look, you'd have hated it.

The country manor in the Cotswolds is basically just a farm with glowering portraits.

The chateau in Provence is a little bit more fun, but I think my sister will have us over for visits so she can just lord it over me.

Oh, I have to go. I really have to go.

Jareth, stop.

Is your father right?

Is this a huge mistake?

It's too late now. The Brexit vote is in, and there's no turning back.

So I'll talk to you later. Mwah!

Wh...

I really have to go.

Scott, thank you so much for taking the time.

Where you calling me from, 2012?

Super Mario had more pixels.

You guys gotta let me help you out.

(laughs)

Well, I'm... I'm glad you're in a charitable mood because I've got a... a proposition.

Do you remember saying that if you wanted to, you could extend free Internet access to all of Southern Africa?

By piggybacking off one network, yeah.

I might have overstated the reach.

If I can make a deal with Zambia, do you think you could set up a makeshift network in Angola in...

Well, in the next 12 hours?

Well, I assume this is a tax-free situation we're talking about... no OTTs.

Well... that's the thing.

Um, this network you're setting up will only exist for 24 hours.

Just enough time for Angola to elect its next president in a free and fair election.

After that, you'd have to pay whatever taxes Angola wants.

But if the people's candidate wins, I'm pretty sure we can discourage state-run telecoms Here you go. all together.

Well, I like the sound of that.

Good, because you'll be helping me do that by sending in a team to train Angolans to build their own private telecom networks... for free.

The way it should be.

However, I-I do have to tell you that if Bertilde Kalanga doesn't win today, then, well, both of us are probably never gonna work in Angola again.

(laughs)

Why would I agree to this?

Because you want to build democracy.

And because, if your company, KronicDM, is the force behind an Internet-led revolution that leads Angola to expose a corrupt regime and elect its first female president, that's gonna make a really kickass Super Bowl commercial.

Huh.

Yup. Ballot-stuffing in Benguela.

Matt: I've got it on a live feed.

I've got somebody facing down a line of m*llitary trucks trying to block the poll access.

Yeah, and a bunch of people joining him.

It's like a flash mob without all the dancing.

Well, the news cycle has shifted from the leaked memo.

Thank you, KronicDM.

Susan: Thank the Angolans.

They're the ones putting their lives at risk to expose him.

Yes.

All right, that was the embassy.

So far, everything seems calm in Luanda.

Let's hope the eyes of the world are enough to keep Bestilo from lashing out.

(protesters shouting)

Stevie: Hey, Dad.

Hey. Where's Jareth?

He's out with friends.

I was at the library.

Want to watch the Angolan election with me?

First woman president.

Kalanga won?

Not yet. Here. It's vegan.

Mom told me about the whole "I hate England" crisis.

Yeah, well, it's been replaced by the "Jareth is losing out on his inheritance if he stays here" crisis.

They're disinheriting him?

Yeah.

Wow, that's extreme.

It also might be because he's marrying someone who doesn't know how to pour tea, but I didn't ask.

Well, even if they cut him off, they're still gonna be your in-laws, so you guys gotta work that out.

How is Jareth doing?

Great. Supposedly.

(chuckles) Couldn't be happier about being liberated from the tyranny of title and property.

(chuckles)

But he's conflicted.

I know he is.

Especially about leaving Oxford.

Isn't this where you give me the wise counsel of experience?

Sorry, I got nothin' except welcome to marriage.

Huge, important life decisions... with unexpected consequences, all taken on a leap of faith.

What if we stay, and he ends up resenting me for losing everything?

Oh, honey, he will.

A-at some point.

And you guys will work through it.

(sighs)

Or not.

That can happen, too.

That's it?

What about the, you know, if you love each other, you can make it through anything?

You know what my dad said to me the night before I got married?

"Marriage is the nicest way to confront your own inadequacies on a daily basis"

You should write that in a song.

Huh. It's also the greatest journey you'll ever go on.

And you get to go on it with your best friend.

(glass clinks)

When are they gonna call this?

I definitely don't have time for Bush v. Gore.

My wife's gonna k*ll me as it is.

If they haven't called it, he hasn't stolen it.

Well, still no word from the embassy, but the Bureau of African Affairs sent over doughnuts.

Suck-ups!

Well, I am not above a suck-up doughnut.

Oh, glazed.

(clears throat)

Sorry about the investigation.

Are you offering me my own department's doughnut as an apology?

Yep.

Let's just say it's more of a thank you than an apology.

Releasing the dissent memo, whoever released it...

I'm sorry it was necessary.

(sighs) They haven't wrapped this thing up yet?

Still waiting.

May I interest you in a doughnut?

No, thanks.

Where's the, uh, Secretary?

Elizabeth: We did it!

Daisy: Oh, Kalanga won!

Yes, we did it!

(all exclaiming, cheering)

Jackson: Look at that!

And you didn't even have to use agriculture.

All I had to do was work with the people.

Jackson: I'd like to see the New York Times hold out on us now.

Oh, Russ, don't be so sentimental!

Just stopped by to let you know we're on the ballot in Ohio.

Not that you're campaigning.

Oh, this day is full of wonders.

True that.

(laughs)

Actually, I'll, uh...

I'll have a sprinkles.

You should fly in for the inauguration.

It's good optics.

Um, I may fit that in my schedule.

Will you join me?

Hey, guys, check it out.

(inspiring pop music playing)

♪

Oh, wow.

(crowd cheering over computer)

♪ When you're absolute beginners ♪
♪ It's a panoramic view ♪
♪ From her majesty Mount Zion ♪
♪ And the kingdom is for you ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Uh-huh... ♪

It's taking too long.

We should have put a wire on her.

Jose: That's her.

She's alone. That's good.

Cecile, all clear?

They bought it.

And they're going to let me appraise the statues in Algeria.

We meet sometime next week.

That's fantastic.

Good work. Get back to base.

Did we set a pick-up?

This is Black Dog Station.

Who the hell just took our agent?