02x08 - They Die Happier

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[MARGARET] Previously on Graves.

[ROBERT] Hey, Isaiah,
it's Robert Hayes of Sirius XM.

We got that Sammy Vega song you sent.

We're really loving it here, man.

[JEREMY] The paternity test
results came in.

[OLIVIA] Oh, who's your daddy?

[FARRAH] Going to a retreat
this weekend actually,

Vinyasa. You should try
something like that.

[WOMAN] Enrique Ramirez aka Chuy,

we arrested him last night
crossing the border

and believe he was involved in the m*rder

of Arturo Del Rey.

[OLIVIA] Found a segment on the View

about the former first daughters.

All of whom are doing fricking
amazing things for the world.

What am I doing for the world?

Teach me how to be a mom.

Her fart smells sticky,
but her smile is sweet.

Such silly, little songs.

Kids eat more when
you make their food fun.

Make food fun.

It's the Isaiah Miller origin story,

the first Jewish President.

Oh, Katie, slow down.

Who are you today?

I'm whoever I have to be.

[THOMAS] While many are calling
it nothing but posturing,

saying there's no way Ahsan
will just walk away

from the UN nuclear talks,

others say we have no one
to blame but ourselves.

[TOILET FLUSHING]

President Graves?

Get out of bed.

You can sleep on the plane.

Plane? It's one in the morning.

We're going to New York.

Secret mission.

Yeah, I'm gonna need more details.

[SIGHS]

Ninety megaton

neutron warhead

sitting on the ICBM m*ssile

buried out in the desert,

with my f*cking name on it.

I can't live with that,

I can't ignore it.

Not anymore.

Okay.

But what's that have to do with New York?

What's there?

One of my biggest f*cking mistakes.

Now, get your ass dressed.

We got a lot of f*cking work to do, kid.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Let's go to work.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[TUCKER] The only thing that's
slipping right now, Katie,

Overnight we're watching
her poll numbers plummet,

another question remains,

can the former first lady

ever gain back the trust of voters

after the accusations from her own family

have made them question her authenticity.

[BONNIE] Mr. Jerry North is authentic

which is one thing that
Margaret Graves is not...

Margaret Graves was and remains

the best candidate for New Mexico.

sh*t.

[GRETA VAN SUSTEREN]
Come on, Ms. Farrell,

you are not actually saying

what happened
at the debate means nothing.

Well, that depends on
what your definition

of nothing is.

The former...

So, how long has it been since
you've seen President Ahsan?

Not long enough.

[PHONE RINGING]

Isaiah Miller.

[KATIE] Hi, I got your text.

You're in New York, too? What for?

Just some last minute super-secret

career ending activity,

just another day at work.

Yeah. Well, speaking of career ending.

I just finished getting crucified

on the cable spin circuit,

total nightmare.

Okay. Well, hey, let's talk later. Okay?

[KATIE] Definitely, let's meet
up for drinks tonight.

Great.

You know your face

- when your girlfriend just called?
- Mmm hmm?

Not a happy face.

It wasn't?

Well, sir, Katie and...

Look, get your mind in the game, kid.

This is serious,

what we're dealing with today.

I understand.

And dump the girl.

♪ I've often wondered ♪

♪ Should I stay Or should I go ♪

♪ Sometimes it feels Like everything ♪

♪ Is out the window ♪

♪ I don't know ♪

♪ But I'm gonna try ♪

- ♪ To feel satisfied ♪
- [KNOCKING]

♪ Sometimes it feels Like everything ♪

♪ Is out the window on and on ♪

Sammy?

Yes?

Hi, Bailey Todd,

manager, music producer out of New York.

A friend of mine at XM

gave me a link to one of your songs.

I was hoping to talk about your music.

Are you f*cking with me?

[LAUGH]

I flew on two planes to get here

and I'm sweating in places I shouldn't

'cause all I own is black leather.

Not f*cking with you,

not f*cking with you.

I'm gonna be at
a recording session in town

'til late tonight.

The address is on there,

so if you wanna come by and chat.

[ENGINE REVVING]

- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hey.

[SAMANTHA] You're not gonna believe

what the f*ck just happened.

- Where are you?
- [OLIVIA] My mom's campaign

is making me tape this appearance thing.

Hey, you wanna meet me at
the house in a couple of hours?

Yeah, okay, I'll see you in a little bit.

- Hi.
- Hi.

You ready to do this?

[NERVOUS LAUGH]

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

And we are back with
the new mom, Olivia Graves.

I'm so happy to be here.

To catch back up,
you're now living at home

with your parents first
time since the White House?

I am. A lot has happened
in the last year,

obviously since my divorce,

but we keep on keeping on.

As long as this little one is happy.

- [BABY CRYING]
- ♪ She's got the cutest little nose ♪

♪ She's got the cutest little toes ♪

♪ She spins joy and happiness ♪

♪ Everywhere she goes ♪

[MAN] Look at that.

What's that song?

Uh, just little made up something.

I mean, the words don't really matter

as long as it's sing-songy cute. [LAUGH]

Well, I mean, not to put you
on the spot or anything

but do you have other advice to maybe

new moms out there?

[NERVOUS LAUGH]

Yeah, I mean, obviously,

my baby is still all about that boob.

- Oh, there you go.
- [OLIVIA] But even the fussiest eaters

can't resist food
if it's in a pretty shape

like a sandwich shaped like a butterfly.

You should start with those
mommy blogs or something.

Oh, my... that's too kind.

From First Daughter to First Mommy.

There you go. Good Day Santa Fe,
we'll be right back.

[SIGHS]

Oh, man.

Jeremy?

Namaste or whatever.

What are you doing here?

You invited me.

Actually, don't think I did.

The words "You should try it"
were involved.

Yeah, I meant something like it,

yoga, meditation.

I didn't...

I didn't think you
would actually show up here.

All right. Well, is it okay?

If you're honestly here to try it

and not doing some, like,

weird, alt-right, undercover expose...

I'm serious.

I'm gonna, you know,

Zen the f*ck out of myself.

Swear you're not undercover.

Yeah, I promise.

This is off to a great start.

[MARGARET] I was the first lady
of the United States.

[JERRY] Yes, but who you are today?

I'm whoever I have to be.

[JERRY] I rest my case.

[MARGARET] Olivia? Hi, it's mom,

I'm just wondering where you

and the baby are?

Jeremy, hi, it's mom.

I know that things are a little
strained right now,

but, um, I need to talk to you, okay?

There he is!

As-salaam 'alaykum.

Wa 'alaykum salaam.

Richard Graves,

Never thought I'd see you again.

Neither did I.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I know why you're here

and although of course

I am happy to see you, old friend,

I'm afraid this will not go well.

Since when did you bleed

before you are wounded?

Come. You are my guest.

Yeah, thank you.

Liv?

Hello.

Oh, sorry, Mrs. Graves.

Liv just... she told me to come over.

I have no idea where she is.

Are you okay?

Of course, I'm...

no, dear, I'm not.

Do you get along with your parents?

I did, yeah,

for as long as I had them.

I think my kids hate me.

Hate's a strong word.

But it's close.

["DEAR MR. FANTASY" BY TRAFFIC PLAYING]

If you can hear my voice,

breathe once.

♪ Dear Mr. Fantasy ♪

♪ Play us a tune ♪

♪ Something to make us All happy ♪

If you can hear my voice,

breathe two times.

♪ Sing a song, play guitar ♪

[JOHN ALLEN] Once you find yourself,

you will be found.

♪ You are the one
Who can make us all laugh ♪

- [SCREAMING]
- ♪ But doing that ♪

♪ You break out in tears ♪

♪ Please don't be sad ♪

You okay?

Yeah, no offense I just...

I think this is bullshit.

Why don't you just try it?

What have you got to lose?

You really think that
standing here screaming

is gonna fix my life?

[WEAK SCREAM] I feel stupid.

Stupid's a step-up from bullshit.

[SCREAMING]

♪ Dear Mr. Fantasy ♪

♪ Play us a tune ♪

He's knocking, universe.

♪ Something to make us All happy ♪

I owe everything to this man.

During the Revolution,
this American President

backed a low ranking General

to lead his country
and become Yemen's president.

I'm beginning to think

I bet on the wrong horse.

Bring some tea for our guests.

I mean, this nuclear issue, Richard,

my mind is made up.

You know what?

Forget the tea.

I'm gonna ask my assistant

to pour me a whiskey.

Isaiah?

Now, you listen to me, all right?

Back then, when I backed you,

calling you friend, it doesn't sit right,

not now with all your fire-breathing

nuclear talk.

You're where you're at because of me.

So, don't be the worst mistake

I ever made as President.

First, a drink, then we talk, hmm?

[GRAVES] Take a walk, Isaiah.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hey.

[GASPS] thank God.

Shh, shh. Sorry, sorry, I'm late,

just this, this show and then...

[LOUD THUD]

What's going on?

Your mother's losing it.

I thought she was gone
all day campaigning.

Oh, yeah, she's gone.

- [LOUD THUD]
- [MARGARET LAUGHS]

I don't know, we were just talking,

we were having a nice little chat,

it was really great talk actually

although she's completely convinced

that you and Jeremy hate her,

and she gave some persuasive examples

that were not in her favor

and then it got a little weird

and I just didn't think

that I should leave
until anybody got here.

- [SIGHS]
- No, no, no, no.

It's not really a place for children.

I'll take the baby down to Julia,

- I'll leave you to it, okay?
- Oh, okay.

[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I called you.

Yeah. Your, uh,

minions booked me on Good Day Santa Fe.

Did you see my debate?

Uh, some of it.

You looked super chic.

I let that mother f*ckin'
Jerry North rattle me, Olivia.

And just one moment of weakness

might've cost me the election.

Okay.

Mom, you're sitting on the floor,

you're sucking down Lafite

like it's Evian and why?

So, you can maintain some persona

that you created years ago

to win some stupid election?

So you think I'm a phony, too?

No. I didn't say that.

The hell you didn't, Olivia. [LAUGH]

Where is your empathy?

Not that you have ever had any...

Oh, Mom.

For me.

[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[DEEP SIGH]

You seem scarily sort of mellow.

And now the honesty exercise.

It's extrapolated from the Buddhists,

who teach that truth

is the singular path to freeing oneself.

Let's begin.

Uh, okay. Uh,

oh, okay. Confession time.

Uh,

well, uh, this place
really isn't the con-job

I thought it was gonna be, so...

Uh...

The truth is

I really only came here because

I thought I might get laid.

What?

Farrah,

goddammit.

Hey.

Would you slow down?

That was your truth?

That was the one thing
you needed to be free of?

What's the big deal?
It's... it's not like

anything's happened between us.

Yeah. And it's not going to.

Okay.

I actually bought your real life

Jeremy bullshit, whatever.

Hey, hey, you know what?
You've got no f*cking idea

what I'm dealing with right now, okay?

What my life has been.

Who cares?

Seriously.

You think life sh*t
only happens to Jeremy Graves?

Wait, right, yeah, of course you do.

Of course.

[PHONE RINGING]

[JEREMY ON VOICEMAIL] Hey,
it's Jeremy, leave a message.

[OLIVIA] Jeremy,

your mother's having a nervous breakdown,

If I can get her to stop yelling,

she starts crying.

Is that Jeremy?

I ruined him.

My little boy.

- [SOBBING]
- Hurry up, get here now.

[AHSAN] You've been blessed, Richard.

My first grandchild,

everything is different now.

And yet not.

We have a debt to pay.

At the center of the world you built

was your pride
in America's m*llitary strength

and nuclear intimidation.

And now you're gone,

but I'm still the leader of my country

and my people feel threatened.

Go back to the table,

re-enter the talks,

and stop all this bullshit
about acquiring

weapons of mass destruction.

I must respectfully decline.

What if I was to tell you

I was willing to put my balls

right on the line

right alongside yours

and make amends

for my biggest sin.

Redemption.

Hope.

For humanity.

That we could do this,

you and me,

right the f*ck here and now.

What exactly are you proposing?

[BAILEY] I'm stoked you came.

Yeah. Me too.

So, here's what I know.

You seem like a very cool chick
with a great vibe

and what I just said is all I know.

What do you wanna know?

Everything.

What are you willing to put out there?

Um, what do you mean, to strangers?

What do you think I do, babe?

Make mix-tapes for friends?

Adele's is something like, um,

nine million copies sold to strangers.

Oh, come on, you can't be
serious with this sh*t.

I was thinking you are the real deal,

now I'm not so sure.

Do you think you are?

So,

there it is.

My plan.

Why should I believe
you'd do what you say, hmm?

Because I've never given
you a reason not to.

You make it very difficult

for me to follow
my instincts here, Richard.

Well, then follow mine.

I'll be watching.

I need some more wine.

Okay. I don't think
you need any more of that.

It's frustrating as hell,
isn't it, honey?

Trying to help someone

who could care less what you say?

Don't you start with that, mother,

you know how I feel about irony.

[JEREMY] Hey,

what the f*ck is going on?

- Hi.
- Jeremy.

- Oh, my sweetheart.
- Yeah.

- Great.
- [JULIA] Mrs. Graves?

[AGENT HILL] Oh good,

the g*ng's all here.

So, our good friend, uh, Chuy,

the trigger man
in Arturo Del Rey's death,

agreed to turn State's evidence
in exchange for immunity.

We are not clear what information

Mr. Ramirez has to offer,

but he has implied it, uh,

relates to the child

of President Richard Graves.

Which also brings the hair
and partial print of yours

we found at the scene back into question.

[AGENT HILL] The immunity deal
is still being hammered out,

but depending on what
the testimony turns out to be,

you could be looking at a

Making False statements felony charge.

Both of you.

[VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING]

It's beautiful.

Wow, look at that.

Here I am. A stranger

that knows a piece of you

and you're sitting there,
you're still breathing

and suddenly there's a story.

You know what's gonna happen tonight?

What?

We're gonna sit here,

we're gonna drink too much.

- And then what?
- And then

m*therf*cking everything.

Sound good?

Yeah.

[ISAIAH] So, uh, not a great day, huh?

[KATIE] Oh, I'm, I'm used to it,

um, it's my job to be
Margaret's mouthpiece,

but just on the days
when you take hit after hit

no matter what you do,

it just makes me down myself.

We all do that.

I don't know.

I just mean working for a Graves

feels like I'm hanging onto
this country's past

instead of looking at its future.

You know like, our future.

Is that too corny?

Uh, if by corny

- you mean terrifying, then a little.
- [LAUGH]

What-what are you saying exactly?

Just exactly what your mentor
talked about.

"Politics is not much
different than the movies,

you and your spouse
are both cast in the roles

in which the electorate
expect to see you in."

Spouse? Again, you know,

President Graves pretty much
hates everything he's ever said

and as far as my future
is concerned, Katie,

- I mean, I...
- I'd be lying

if I said I hadn't thought about it.

Come on Isaiah,

I mean,

you and me.

Why can't we be Richard and Margaret

for the new generation?

We are what's next.

You and me.

Why is it when you say something

it sounds like a forgone conclusion?

Forgone is my favorite
kind of conclusion.

Um,

I know it's... it's fast,

but I just wanted you to know

how special you are to me.

[SIGH]

Having a day?

I did get some good news though.

What?

I got the...

I got the paternity test results back.

Dad...

Dad's my dad.

Not Dalton.

Oh, Jeremy.

It's okay, Mom.

Okay.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's okay, it's okay.

What difference does it make
where one puts flowers

when one's heart is breaking?

Yes, miss, shall I put them on the piano?

[WOMAN] Life is but an empty bottle.

I wish you guys would stay
here like this forever.

Hey,

you need to move out of here.

["TO BUILD A HOME" BY
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

♪ And I ♪

♪ Built a home ♪

♪ For you ♪

♪ For me ♪

♪ Until you disappeared ♪

♪ From me ♪

♪ From you ♪

♪ And now ♪

♪ It's time ♪

♪ To leave ♪

♪ And turn ♪

♪ To dust ♪

Jeremy got the test results.

He told me.

He's our son,

he's your son, Richard.

[SIGH]