Hey. I came up with a
better cover story.
Defense Intelligence Liaison to the CIA.
Is that a thing?
No. (chuckles) But it should be.
Why would they go with a
religion professor for that?
Well, then again, why would they
go with a religion professor
for the actual job?
- POTUS wants you. Coffee?
- No, thank you.
Let's just see if I
pass this final review
before we start worrying
about a cover story.
Oh, my God.
You have literally been
sh*t by t*rrorists,
and you're nervous
about a job interview?
- I'm not nervous.
- Uh-huh.
I just have this thing
about bureaucracy.
I hate it. I have enough
of it in academia.
Now I'm wading back
into it up to my neck.
Do I even want this job?
Special Activities Division?
SAD.
I'm sure there's not a bounty of jokes
about that floating
around the cafeteria.
You're gonna be fine.
- I'm not nervous...
- JASON: Mom! - ALISON: Mom!
ELIZABETH: Yeah?
Mom, are you kidding about
the text you sent us?
JASON: Let's put it this way.
You might as well be.
- Did I miss a text?
- ELIZABETH: No.
Do you remember that
cabin that we used to rent
on the Staunton River
when the kids were little?
I saw on Airbnb that it's available.
This weekend. The same one.
- Cabin . How cool is that?
- JASON: Yeah.
Because, you know, maybe the
last family that stayed there
got a* m*rder*d.
Stop.
You don't even remember it.
But the girls will tell you
how much fun it was.
Do you remember?
Fly-fishing
and art projects,
cooking out over an open flame.
I mean, we used to play board games
by candlelight. You remember that?
Because the place has no electricity.
- What do you mean by that?
- HENRY: It's a box
with cold running water.
- What?
- You loved it.
The "back to nature" thing.
Getting in touch with
those off-the-grid skills.
You know, it is very empowering to know
that you can survive
without all the amenities.
Yeah, that's gonna be a hard no for me.
Would you do your mom a favor, please?
I mean, before you all fly the coop.
When are we gonna get a chance
to do something like this again?
I'll bet you that Stevie's on board.
Did you see her text?
No.
Wow.
That's a lot of "ha's".
Why don't we just go to the horse farm
if you're jonesing for nature?
That's boring, too,
but at least it's comfortable.
Because that has all the amenities.
That's totally on the grid.
The Wi-Fi's spotty.
Yeah, that's plenty wilderness for me.
Okay, you know what, I'm not gonna drag
anyone kicking and screaming
into my beautiful dream.
- JASON: Okay, great.
- ALISON: Thanks, Mom.
HENRY: Okay,
I got to go be SAD.
See, I'm doing it already.
NEWS ANCHOR:
...and in international news,
m*llitary observers are
alarmed by a sudden buildup
of Russian naval forces
in the Black Sea,
- a strategic waterway bordered by...
- What the hell, Russia?
Can't take our eye off you
for a second. Just like my son.
Self-destructive boneheaded
move after another.
NADINE: Are you talking to me?
Well, yeah. Who'd you think?
Joining us to comment
on the situation...
I don't know. It's been years
since anybody yelled at
me from another room.
Well, welcome back, gorgeous.
You want breakfast?
- I have to go to work.
- Dinner?
- I have to stay at work.
- Does Bess ever let you eat?
Do I need to have a
conversation with her?
I'll call you.
Hey, what did the satellite
say to Mission Control?
I don't know, Mike.
"I feel like you're
keeping me at a distance."
You can do better than that.
I know. It was a Hail Mary.
You were headed for the door.
We agreed this was an experiment.
And it's going pretty well,
don't you think?
I mean, even Gordon's happy.
Right, Gordon?
(panting)
I'm keeping this quiet.
Especially at work.
I need you to respect that, okay?
For how long?
Foreseeable future.
So that's how it's gonna be, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Okay. Just, you know, go
straighten out the world, will ya?
She's k*lling me.
MAN: Put it all together, and you have
- a very volatile situation on your hands.
- (exhales)
Tensions between Russia and NATO
are already at an all-time high.
What on earth is Russia up to?
Russia? The Black Sea Fleet?
I was just thinking about that.
- (elevator bell dings)
- Really?
You seem to be in a
pretty good mood today.
Considering everything.
I guess I just got
a good night's sleep.
FYI for your press briefing
this morning. I'm going to be
meeting later this afternoon
with Audrey Stewart.
She's the mother of Philip Stewart.
The American serviceman who
d*ed last year in Ukraine.
That's right. His body was
mistakenly interred in Russia.
Please emphasize we are doing
everything we possibly can
to bring him home.
But, in reality, they're stalling us.
Of course.
JAY: The Russian Black Sea Fleet
just steamed out of Sevastopol.
Four frigates, eight as*ault ships,
and a guided m*ssile cruiser.
And they're on a direct course
for the Bulgarian coast.
What's the word from the
Russian Foreign Ministry?
Avdonin says it's
routine m*llitary exercises
to test new equipment.
ELIZABETH: Yeah,
testing their readiness
to inv*de a NATO country.
MATT: We could issue a démarche.
Demand they return to port
and condemn their behavior as hostile
to the safe navigation
of the Black Sea.
DAISY: Well, the rhetoric coming
out of their propaganda channels
has been pretty hot.
Ma'am, Russell Jackson
wants to meet right away.
And he's requested you wear flats.
Why?
I didn't ask.
I thought it might be classified.
Or weird.
It's probably both.
JACKSON: I hope you don't mind.
My wife still checks my steps.
She wants me alive for some reason.
Eh, I'll agree with her on that.
So do I. I just wish
I could do it in a hammock
- with short ribs.
- (chuckles)
You're going to Brussels.
The president wants you to participate
in a NATO ministerial
about this Bulgaria crisis.
We're there already?
What's Ambassador Newman saying?
Newman's a tenor who sits
on a phone book to drive.
He can't help us.
The situation requires
some brass balls.
So you're sending me in.
Well, there's a compliment
in there somewhere.
Half an hour ago, a group of
armed men calling themselves
the Citizens Rightful Army
seized the Defense Staff
Building in Sofia.
Citizens Rightful Army?
I've never heard of that.
Well, no one has. SIGINT intercepted
some handheld radio communications
between the insurgents.
Which would be normal,
except for the fact that
they were speaking Russian.
- It's a false flag.
- Yeah.
DIA ID'd the insurgents
as Russian Naval Spetsnaz.
We're looking at Crimea all over again.
Except this time it's an
att*ck against a NATO ally.
Hence your trip to Brussels.
We want to invoke Article .
"An att*ck against one
is considered an att*ck against all."
Yeah. Only the second
time in NATO history.
/ , that was a no-brainer.
But this one, this one
may take more persuasion.
I understand.
If this thing spirals,
we could be looking at the
rest of Eastern Europe
through an iron curtain.
Mrs. Stewart.
Oh.
I'm so sorry to keep you
waiting, Mrs. Stewart.
I'm Nadine Tolliver.
We spoke on the telephone.
I, um, thought the
secretary was coming.
Unfortunately, she was
called to the White House.
But she sends her regrets,
and she asked me to tell you
that we are doing
everything we possibly can
to bring Philip home.
Well, you're already a lot
nicer than Veterans Affairs.
They never say "Philip,"
just "remains."
(exhales) Well,
we are, all of us,
deeply grateful
for your son's service
in the conflict in Ukraine.
It's such an unfortunate mistake.
Well,
the fog of w*r, I'm told.
But now, with everything
heating up with Russia again,
that's just gonna
make it harder, right?
Well, our embassy is
still open in Moscow.
And I'm working directly
with our ambassador
to locate Corporal Stewart's...
accidental place of burial.
It's a year I've been at this.
I'm sorry.
I don't even understand
why he was in Ukraine,
what that had to do with
our national security.
Now I just want to bury my son
on the soil he believed
he d*ed to protect.
Is that too much to ask?
No.
No, it isn't.
ELIZABETH: The director said you
got the job. Just like that.
He barely interviewed me.
- I meet my team tomorrow.
- Well, he knows you.
And, again, POTUS.
You were SAD
- for nothin'.
- (chuckles): Okay.
- Putting a limit on the SAD jokes.
- (chuckles)
- Yeah, good luck with that.
- So, Brussels.
You're really gonna invoke Article ?
Yeah. Second time in history.
No pressure.
And there's this really
kind of weird system,
where there's no voting but the
agreement has to be unanimous.
I have no idea how that's gonna work.
Listen, speaking of votes,
I worked on the kids,
but no luck with the whole...
- cabin resolution.
- Oh, come on!
Babe, they're young people
who are socially engaged.
They're addicted to technology.
That's the point.
I-I worry
that they can't live
without their devices.
Just once, I would like to
have a vacation with the kids
where I am really with them.
Before they really leave home.
I got a better idea.
Why don't you and I go up to the cabin
and have a romantic weekend.
We haven't done that in a while.
Yeah. Well, that's... I-I guess.
(chuckles) Not taking that personally.
Well, the cabin is all about family.
We're all up there,
huddled under the same
uncomfortable roof,
finding ways to dwindle down
the hours after hours.
(chuckles)
Look, I don't want to go if
it's gonna make you miserable.
No, we're gonna have
a romantic weekend.
You said. It's better than nothing.
Now, you see, it's just that attitude
that's kept the flame alive.
(chuckles)
(grunting) There it is.
The flame's alive.
- It's alive, it's ali...
- (laughing): Stop.
WOMAN: The government of France
is pleased to present
this latest draft resolution.
And I hope that this will
bring us one step closer
- to the agreement.
- I-I'm looking
at the phrasing in paragraph three.
"We, the members
of NATO, are determined
to investigate this incursion."
I'm sorry, when did "repel"
become "investigate"?
MAN: Madame Beauvais,
the evidence has been presented.
Russian involvement is clear.
But the Citizens Rightful
Army claims to be Bulgarian.
We must be certain that this
incursion meets the criteria
for the kind of att*ck
that would invoke Article .
MAN : I assure you,
these are not Bulgarians.
And we are running out of time.
We have been through
eight drafts already.
Where we need to be is in lockstep
against anything that
threatens the alliance.
I understand, but French
lives are also at stake.
All members of NATO
are putting lives at risk.
WOMAN: Perhaps if we
exclude the use of force.
We have to authorize force.
Otherwise Russia will be free
to run the table in Eastern Europe.
As always, the United States
is impatient with diplomacy
and quick to w*r.
This aggression is an act of w*r.
We must be in agreement on that.
ELIZABETH: Yes, we must.
The alliance cannot survive
unless it has the cooperation
of all its members.
Well, then, Madam Secretary,
it may not survive.
Someone has to have
the courage to say no.
The Republic of France hereby withdraws
from the Atlantic Council.
(all clamoring)
♪
- What the hell was that?
- Ma'am.
The new Iron Curtain
falling over Eastern Europe,
- our NATO allies clamoring for help,
- Ma'am.
and she just walks out?
- Ma'am.
- What, Nadine?
We're getting word
that several key ministers
from Bulgaria's government
- have fled Sofia.
- Place is hanging by a thread.
We need to get France back on
board while there's still time.
If the thr*at of a resurgent Russia
doesn't rattle him, what will?
Mike Barnow.
What about him?
Right, right.
He worked for Perrin's
opponent's campaign last year.
Maybe he has oppo research
that could move the needle.
Call him.
I'll break him before
I let him break NATO.
(indistinct conversations)
Good morning, Daisy.
- Yeah, hi.
- Nadine.
Before we go any further,
you need to understand
that nothing we discuss
can come back to me. My reputation...
and therefore, my business...
depends on it.
Seriously?
It's part of my thing. Okay, then.
On to the kompromat. The Russians
have more words for "blackmail"
than the Eskimos have for "snow".
That's what we're doing, right?
- We prefer "inducements."
- Aw.
So, in last year's
presidential campaign in France,
I did some consulting work for
President Perrin's opponent,
- Jacques Brunet.
- He's a good man.
He's a milksop, which is why
he's not President Brunet.
He wouldn't use the dirt
you gathered on Perrin?
Not Perrin. Perrin's son.
Michel.
He's an investment guy, right?
Not anymore. Want to know why?
Hand in le cookie jar. To the tune
of tens of millions of euros.
- (exhales)
- At least that's what Interpol thinks.
But Perrin ran against corruption.
Oops.
The investigation was
secret during the election,
but it's ongoing. So even
though Michel left his firm,
this could sink Perrin and his family.
So the play is
to thr*aten to expose him
- if he doesn't back NATO.
- And/or
to make Interpol's
investigation go away
if he does the right thing.
It's what you asked for.
It is.
Thanks, Mike.
MAN: Salnikov clearly aims
to take Bulgaria,
and with NATO in shambles...
There's no one to stop him.
The question is why now?
Russia's been looking
to expand its borders
ever since Pavel Ostrov came
to power seven years ago.
But why is Salnikov
going after a NATO country?
- Why be so brazen?
- He's making
this big move, so you'd think he'd want
his most trusted advisers by his side.
Instead, he spent
the last four months cleaning house.
If Salnikov's behavior
is increasingly erratic
and aggressive...
could be a sign that he feels
he's losing his grip on Russia.
And... who comes for the king
- when he's vulnerable?
- His generals.
And yet whoever Salnikov
appointed theater commander
of the Bulgaria mission must
still be in his good graces.
We think it's Vladimir Doroshevich.
He's a hardliner, and one
of Ostrov's right-hand men.
You worked on Intel
inside Doroshevich's team
during the Ukraine invasion,
isn't that right?
Yes.
The file says your asset,
Dmitri Petrov,
was compromised and probably ex*cuted.
Do you have any other access?
I might.
I'm onto you.
I beg your pardon?
I saw you
checking out his butt.
To whose butt are we referring?
Oh, Nadine, come on.
I'm pregnant and alone.
If you're having some awesome,
torrid affair
you have to let me in.
Boom.
- How long?
- Since election night.
Off and on.
- Lately, mostly on.
- (chuckles): Oh!
Damn, Mike B.
Who knew?
NADINE: I mean, I-I hardly know
anything about him, really.
DAISY: Hmm.
Well, okay... he has some kind of
troubled relationship with his son.
Mm-hmm.
His ex-wife seems to hate him.
And he's too close to his dog.
Okay, have you done a background check?
Oh, of course not. No.
Have you at least,
you know, trolled him?
Oh... I...
That's... stalky.
Yesterday's stalky is today's
getting to know you.
Take it from the girl
who got knocked up
by a guy with a false identity.
We'll start small.
Image search. Ah.
Correspondents' Dinner photo op
- with Al Roker.
- Okay.
Wow, Mike. The ' s called
and they want their tux back.
(both laugh)
Oh, look.
He's on some charity softball team.
Oh.
- (clears throat)
- What?
Nothing.
What?
That could be from a while back.
Oh...
sh**t.
- Almost a while back.
- It's three months ago.
I mean, they don't necessarily
look together together.
Did you guys discuss exclusivity?
(sighs lightly) Nope.
So I guess that means
that's his business.
ELIZABETH: President Perrin,
this is an off-the-books conversation.
About an ongoing Interpol investigation
into your son, Michel.
Securities fraud, bribing
a French market official. I'm...
I think you know the details.
Are you threatening me?
Not at all.
The U.S. has a lot of
sway over Interpol,
and I am confident
that we can find a way
to make Michel's problems go away.
Go with us
on Article ,
which you know is the right thing
to do, and your son will have a future.
Madame, the rest of NATO
can lose their minds and go to w*r
with a nuclear superpower,
but I will never allow France
to be drawn into it.
Not for anything.
Belgium and Turkey are
wavering on troop deployment,
saying if France won't join the party,
they'll pull their soldiers out
of the NATO Response Force.
And once that happens...
the alliance is on very thin ice.
Yes, ma'am.
Thanks, Jay.
Thanks for coming
on such short notice, Dmitri.
I don't mind. I like it here.
You look well.
I am.
So, I'm sure you've heard
what's going on in Russia.
We think that, uh,
your old boss, Doroshevich,
is behind the Bulgarian invasion.
That would not surprise me.
He was always pushing Ostrov
to take a more aggressive
stance towards Europe.
Would you be willing to
look at some intelligence
we've acquired, give me your take?
When I offered my assistance before,
you told me it was impossible
because of President Dalton's
promise to the Russian government.
What's changed?
Part of the agreement with Russia
is that they honor
their neighbors' borders.
This incursion into Bulgaria,
covert as it may be,
nullifies that deal.
But if Salnikov knew I was in D.C...
We have ways of protecting you.
It's a risk, it is.
It's up to you, of course.
JACKSON: Elizabeth, what the
hell, about Perrin? I thought
Mike B. was getting you
fresh oppo on his kid.
Apparently the French president
would rather kneecap NATO
- than save his son.
- Well, he's gonna
get his wish. We're just getting word
on the latest Russian escalation.
They're just getting started.
PARKER: The Russians' Black Sea Fleet
just penetrated Bulgaria's
territorial waters.
We have reports from the
Bulgarian Coast Guard
that they're seizing civilian vessels
and taking the crews hostage.
SIGINT indicates that
the fleet is carrying
, shock troops
for a marine invasion.
JACKSON: There's no way
Bulgaria's m*llitary
- will be able to withstand that.
- Because the whole point of NATO
is they shouldn't have to.
If Russia takes Bulgaria,
they'll be in Poland by Christmas.
Send the Sixth Fleet to the Black Sea.
If NATO can't get it
together to stand up
to Russian aggression,
then we'll do it ourselves.
PARKER: Yes, sir.
(footsteps departing)
So if the most important agreement
since the Magna Carta
falls apart on my watch,
probably never make
it on a stamp, right?
Stamps are on their way out.
I'm really scared.
Come here.
I can't even think
of our kids living
in a world like this.
If NATO goes away, how are
they ever gonna feel safe?
Not just to pursue the big things,
but to... I don't...
the freedom to enjoy
the small, dumb stuff,
like playing board
games by candlelight,
which they didn't even want
to do, but if they did...
Hey.
I've got faith.
(quietly): Must be nice.
I'll keep it for both of us.
You're gonna have to.
Because if this alliance falls apart,
then there won't be any
relationships to build on.
POTUS is trying to ramp up
our m*llitary presence around Bulgaria,
but Congress is already making noises
about the w*r Powers Act.
All of which is to say,
I really wish Mike's Intel
had moved the needle with France.
Well, speaking of Mike, ma'am,
I, uh, we need to talk.
Daisy and I were doing some
investigating, and, uh...
This woman, Simone LeClerc,
is the president of a think t*nk
called European Independence League.
They advocate for loosening, uh,
the EU regulations, right?
Well, that's their public face.
But secretly,
they are radically nationalist,
and covertly fund efforts
to dismantle the EU, NATO,
and the entire European project.
And Mike is dating her?
Mike is working for her.
Oh.
Apparently,
even though he was on the
other side of the campaign,
they were so impressed by his work,
they brought him on board.
He was on their payroll
for at least a year.
That's why his Intel on
Perrin didn't pan out.
It was a decoy.
Mike B. is a genuine snake.
Ma'am,
I would like to believe
that he would not betray you like this.
You know what?
Let's just take a breath.
We don't know enough yet.
But we are definitely gonna find out.
DMITRI: So strange to be
looking at these faces again.
So many dead.
Some I had forgotten,
others, I still dream about.
There's a name missing
from your matrix.
Who?
Oleg Gruzinsky.
He and Doroshevich are close
friends from university.
Based on the general's recommendation,
Pavel Ostrov made him
ambassador to Cyprus.
Officially, he runs a
small bank on the island,
but a lot of Russians launder
their money through Cyprus.
So unofficially...
He's Salnikov's money guy.
His main job is to
deliver briefcases full
of laundered cash to anyone the
government wants to influence.
And there's something else.
Nikolai Sergeyev and Boris Ivchenko
were protégés of Gruzinsky.
If Salnikov is determined to take out
everyone that knows about his finances,
Doroshevich will only be able
to protect his old friend for so long.
Gruzinsky may already be dead.
Yeah, or if he's smart,
he's already on the run.
I'm gonna have my team track him down.
I'm back.
- Hey, honey.
- Oh, hi.
I-I thought, uh, you and Jareth
were going to the Kennedy Center.
Yeah, yeah, we are.
(laughing): Um, I just left the tickets
in my desk upstairs.
It might have been a Freudian slip.
- Oh.
- Um.
This is Alexander...
Alexander Mironov.
I, uh, work with your
father at the w*r College.
Stevie.
Nice to meet you.
So Jareth is in the car waiting,
so I'm just gonna get those...
those tickets, yeah.
HENRY: Have a good time, honey.
DMITRI: Enjoy the concert.
Yeah, thank you.
That was fast.
According to my analyst, Oleg Gruzinsky
has been in Newfoundland
for the last two months.
That is a long, cold fishing trip.
He's afraid to go home.
AUDREY: I can't understand
why we're sending our
troops into harm's way
to defend some country most of
us could barely find on a map.
And for what?
To keep us safe?
To make our lives better?
I'm sick of hearing it.
Because that's the same
excuse that k*lled my son.
SENATOR CARUTHERS: Thank you, Audrey.
I'm so sorry.
The w*r Powers Act
was conceived to stop
this kind of reckless
m*llitary adventurism.
That's why I'm joining with
my fellow senators to demand
that President Dalton seek
a formal authorization
before any m*llitary action.
We're not attacking some failed state.
We're defending a NATO country.
Besides, what's left of
Bulgaria will be flying
the Russian flag before they
take the first roll call.
Wars are not about tanks
and planes, they're about symbols.
And if we don't get the
Gold Star mother on board,
we're gonna lose before f*ring a sh*t.
She has interviews lined up
with every morning show
that doesn't involve puppets.
You got to stop her.
Mrs. Stewart, thanks
for agreeing to meet me.
I wanted us to talk
and I thought this was
a perfect place for it.
Uh, you don't have to
explain World w*r II to me.
- Good.
- I understand that one.
Good.
And you also understand that
one of the greatest things
to come out of all those sacrifices
was the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
It was created to
prevent the circumstances
that caused both world wars...
an imbalance of m*llitary power
among neighboring countries.
People build a strong army,
they want to use it.
Maybe annex a weaker country,
and then another.
And suddenly, everyone
has to jump into the fight.
World w*r.
And the last one produced
the most dangerous w*apon of all.
So the superpowers met
each other's capabilities.
They signed a
nonproliferation agreement
to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Because of NATO we were
able to say to our allies,
you don't need
to build up your m*llitary,
or nuclear arsenal,
to feel safe from Russia
or any other enemy,
because we have your back.
Our army is your army.
And your conflict
is our conflict.
If NATO fails,
the European nations
will be on their own.
And then everyone jumps
back into an arms race.
And I truly believe
that that is the end
of our western democracy as we know it.
And Mrs. Stewart,
I can't believe that's what
your son would have wanted.
Do you?
I understand
why you want the world
to hear your story.
But please, give me some time
to make this right.
Checking the obituaries, Oleg?
None of your compatriots d*ed today.
Yet.
Who are you?
I'm a friend from America.
I have no friends in America.
Maybe it's time to broaden your circle.
MIKE (sighing): I loathe
our lunchtime runs.
Why can't we just have salads
at Café du Parc like normal people?
ELIZABETH: 'Cause I didn't
want anyone around
for what we have to talk about.
Ah. Yeah, sorry about the Perrin thing.
I'm surprised the Interpol
thing didn't bring him around.
- Were you?
- Was I what?
Surprised.
'Cause there's a pretty good case
to be made that things played out
just the way you wanted them to.
Ah, dammit.
The jogging thing's always an ambush.
(both panting)
I know about your work with the
European Independence League,
or the "I Hate NATO Club,"
or whatever the hell it's called.
Uh, and you, you think I'm
playing a double game
'cause I'm still on their payroll?
Well, since you didn't tell me
you were on it in
the first place, yeah...
- Elizabeth.
- ...I kind of do.
I would never betray you.
Not for the kind of money
they're offering, anyway.
(laughs)
Fond as I am of you, Mike,
you try to jack me around,
my next conversation's gonna
be with the attorney general.
Do you understand that?
Easy. Easy. Come here.
Look... (scoffs)
My guy lost the election in France.
I-I signed on with the
European Independence League.
I thought the EIL
was a center-right think t*nk,
like everybody else.
I had no idea they were a
crypto-fascist creep squad.
And once you uncovered
the creep squad element?
I quit.
Months ago.
Do you want to see
my paystubs? I'm a cynic,
but I-I draw the line
at trying to destroy democracy.
And I-I certainly wouldn't
trade on our relationship.
Well, you should have told me up front.
There was nothing to tell you.
And by the way, I don't work for you.
I'm not one of your little people.
All right, all right, all right.
(sighs)
Come on.
And I do want to see paystubs.
Of course you do.
I would, too.
Another wonderful threshold
of intimacy crossed.
HENRY: Oleg Gruzinsky's job
was to deliver bribes to whoever
President Salnikov
was trying to influence.
But one contact stood out
for Gruzinsky.
He thought a record of that meeting
might serve as a future
insurance policy.
That's Gruzinsky.
OLEG: I bring greetings
from President Salnikov.
MAN: I hope you brought
more than greetings.
And the other man?
A candidate in the French
presidential election.
An outlier, running behind.
And running out of money.
Léon Perrin.
OLEG: Three million euros.
Six more will arrive on Saturday.
More as needed.
You are very generous.
OLEG: Ah. This is not a gift.
It is an investment in
your future presidency.
We very much look forward
to working with you.
Tell your president he
may call me at any time.
DALTON: So Perrin made a
backroom deal with the Russians.
Access to the highest office in France
for unlimited campaign financing.
He's been doing the Kremlin's
bidding from day one.
The first , Russian troops
have just hit the shore in Bulgaria.
So that goes one step
closer to the dream.
ELIZABETH: It doesn't stop at Bulgaria.
Breaking NATO has
always been the end game.
And it's working.
If the video is as
damning as you say it is,
why not just leak it?
Then Perrin spins it as
American propaganda,
and France spends a
week chasing its tail
over whether or not it's authentic.
In which time, Russia
completes its strangulation
of the legitimate
government in Bulgaria,
and it's too late.
So you want your old buddy
Mike to leak it for you.
You have the right
contacts in the French media.
And a reputation for discretion.
Ironic, don't you think?
- That I'm the discreet one?
- I beg your pardon.
Never mind.
Something tells me you can
handle the moral ambiguity.
Now are you in, or are you out?
NADINE: Hey.
Hey.
Do you mind?
Why not?
What's going on?
I know it was you
who did the sleuthing
and ran to teacher.
Well, of course it was me.
And if you thought
I might be in the thrall of
some hostile foreign power,
I would hope that you would
go to the secretary, too.
- (sighs)
- Uh...
All you had to do was ask.
That's all you had to do.
Mike?
My first obligation is to this job.
I get that.
Now if you'll excuse me,
I have to go do some dirty work.
JAY: Ma'am?
New language just went through
Ambassador Newman's office.
Including the new troop commitments?
Paragraph seven.
Language gives ,
troops of the Response Force,
including air and sea assets,
to the "complete discretion of
the Supreme Allied Commander."
If this passes, we can have deployment
to Bulgaria within the hour.
But?
No word from Beauvais.
I thought she resigned.
She's holding out.
And until Perrin is officially
impeached, she's...
She's free to k*ll Article .
If France abstains,
we'll have the consensus.
(Elizabeth sighs)
ELIZABETH: I'll make this quick.
The CIA estimates that the last
of the Bulgarian
resistance pockets will collapse
in the next two to three hours.
At which point, their subjugation
to Russia will be complete.
This is a postcard my uncle
sent to his father when
he arrived in Italy.
William Adams.
He was in the third infantry division,
the Battle of Anzio.
"We landed safely yesterday,
"passed the ruins of a school today.
"Kids in gray rags
scrambling over the heap.
"We got out some K rations, but
"no.
"They only wanted to shake our hands.
Greatest feeling of my life."
"Will write to you soon.
Again, my love to Mother." I...
I nev... I never met my uncle.
He d*ed the next day
at the counter-att*ck.
But-but the thing that-that...
that strikes me is
this validation of purpose.
The invigoration of-of
fighting for something
greater than himself, for
a future that he believed in.
The certainty that he was on
the right side of history.
It's a feeling that I think
everyone in this room can understand.
It's time to do that again.
The United States asks
the Atlantic Council
to immediately and publicly
declare accord on the resolution.
The Bulgarian people
second this motion.
All in favor of invoking Article ,
according to the terms put forward
in the resolution by the United States?
The Estonian people are
with you, Madam Secretary.
The people of Poland are, too.
MAN: Italy stands ready.
The Royal Netherlands Army
stands with you.
MAN : The United
Kingdom stands with you.
WOMAN: The Canadian Armed
Forces are with you.
MAN : The proud nation
of Portugal is with you.
The Spanish people are with you.
We are in agreement.
The Republic of Turkey
is ready for battle.
MAN : The Greek people are with you!
MAN : The Federal Republic of Germany
is behind you.
WOMAN: Croatia is with you.
MAN : Belgium pledges
its m*llitary commitment.
The motion rests with France.
The French Republic abstains.
SECRETARY GENERAL:
With France abstaining,
all participating members
are in agreement,
and the Article
resolution is invoked.
SACEUR now has full authority to
bring NATO forces into combat.
MAN: Good job. Good job.
(applause continues)
Uh, ma'am, the celebration is underway,
and the staff is tipsily
requesting your presence.
I'm just the messenger.
Also a little tipsy.
Uh, you know what? Save me a glass.
I've got one more thing to do.
Yup.
(lively crowd chatter outside of room)
ELIZABETH:
Minister Avdonin, good evening.
To you, as well, Madam Secretary.
We'll have much more to discuss
in the coming days and weeks,
but the most pressing issue
at hand is the safe return
of the Bulgarian nationals
being held by Russia.
And the Russian nationals
being held by NATO forces.
Return the members
of the Bulgarian
government in your custody
in the next hours,
and NATO will release your
men at the same time.
Is that acceptable to your government?
Yes.
If that is all, Madam Secretary...
No, it's not, Minister Avdonin.
There's someone else we need back.
(g*nf*re, man playing "Taps")
- MAN: Ready.
- (g*n chambers clicking)
Aim.
- Fire.
- (g*nf*re)
- Ready.
- (g*n chambers clicking)
- Aim.
- (baby crying)
- Fire.
- (g*nf*re)
Present! Hut!
("Taps" playing)
(baby crying)
(wind whistling)
("Taps" continues playing)
HENRY: Wake up.
We're here.
ELIZABETH: We're here!
We're at the cabin.
And democracy's intact.
Yup.
Oh.
You still got a sh*t at that stamp.
(chuckles)
This was a really hard week.
I'm sorry if I wasn't entirely myself.
Yeah, I was meaning to
talk to you about that.
- (laughs)
- When you're saving the world,
could you be a little
more cheerful, please?
(chuckles)
We didn't really save the world.
We just...
well, made it okay for now.
Okay for now is a pretty good deal.
Yeah, it is.
Whoa. I remember it bigger.
Are you sure this is it?
Yup. Cabin , the very same one.
It'll be cozy on the inside, right?
We're gonna make it cozy.
I'm gonna give you romance
if it kills me, woman.
(Elizabeth chuckles)
- What?
- Hey!
- Hey.
- Finally.
- STEVIE: Welcome.
- ALISON: Ooh, oh, be on my team.
Call it! Call it!
Now, that's romantic.
I do my best.
You guys, I can't believe it.
- Sit down.
- All right, come on, Mom.
- I love this game.
- All right, you're cheating.
- It's my favorite.
- I can tell you're cheating already.
Yeah. Really good job.
03x23 - Article 5
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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.