01x03 - Affairs of State

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Previously on
Brothers and Sisters:

I saw you at my dad's
office the day before he d*ed.

- Yes.
- I saw you again at the funeral.

- Who knows about you and my father?
- Saul.

Your dad sold a million dollars
of his stock.

He made the pension fund
pay him $ million for it.

He inflated the value of the stock.

We're talking serious embezzlement.
Dad was responsible.

Sarah, you're president now,
what do you wanna do?

I usually steer clear of your kind.

I like a man who's not afraid of a
little eyeliner. Or, you know, a lot.

Kitty, Warren Salter.
Nice to meet you.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

See how great you two
are together already?

Jonathan.

Stay in New York.
Start a family with me.

Warren, God, stop touching
your friggin' hair!

It's not right,
I think I'm gonna cut it.

Why are you so obsessed with your hair?

Research.

The more I speak out against w*r,
the more I must look like a soldier.

Oh, just like a Democrat.
Live and die by the polls.

- Like you haven't changed your look.
- Changed what?

- Your lipstick.
- That's it!

That's what's different about you.
I was trying to figure it out. Lipstick.

A shade lighter. I knew it.

OK, folks, see you
out there on the ice.

So, what do you say
we go out to dinner? Hmm?

II Sole? Last week they sat me
between Larry King and Fergie.

I'm not having dinner with you
or Fergie. Anywhere. Ever.

Hmm. I'll take that as a "no. " For now.

Hmm.

Why don't you two just hump
and get it over with?

Hump? Lyla...

...the last time somebody
humped in America it was

in a Porky's movie.

- Oh, God, is this Jack's drink?
- Uh-huh. Straight vodka.

Are you telling me that Jack,
the host of our show, is blotto?

Believe me, honey,
you wouldn't want him any other way.

Exit, stage right!

Talk of Japan's partial pullout
of forces from Iraq

has Americans asking, "When are
our men and women coming home?"

Kitty, give us a timeline!

The reason she's hesitating, Jack,
is that there is no timeline.

This administration
believes in pulling out

- as much as a high school sophomore.
- Oh, Warren...

They promise they will,
but when the time comes... bang.

Oh, my God, he is saying
everything to her I wanna say,

and in front of million people.

Mom, it's not the World Cup.

You're enjoying this too much, Nora.
It's unseemly.

Why can't you meet anyone like that?

Like Warren Salter?
First of all, he's straight.

Like that ever stopped you before. Where
do I sign on this one? There's no thing.

Here. Where it's flagged.
Sarah's already signed off as president.

Why are we selling this?

We're consolidating.
Leftover properties.

The company can use as much money
as we can raise right now, so we sell.

It would take hours
to walk you through it.

What about this one?
Luckinbill Lane.

That's in Silver Lake, isn't it?
Right off of Sunset?

- Right. It's a house.
- I own a house?

What does a house
have to do with fruit?

It's part of an acquisition.

We bought out a distributor
years ago.

One of their assets
was this tiny little house.

It doesn't produce much income,
so it's time to sell, that's all.

Well, I love that neighborhood.

It has all those wonderful
Spanish homes, and who knows,

maybe I won't wanna be stuck
in this big house forever.

It's a nothing place,
with a tenant and some bushes.

It wouldn't suit you.

I'll be the judge of that.
Let's look at it. Let's go tomorrow, OK?

He is so handsome!

- Can I cancel the Pasadena rec center?
- Why?

Paige isn't swimming anymore.
It's a month.

Sarah, I'm the one with the
kids all day. It's a place for us to go.

I work out, Coop has daycare.

Well, Paige not swimming,
that's temporary.

How do you know it's temporary?

Uh...

The pool. Your dad.

She saw him.
She was there when he d*ed.

Oh.

We do the best we can.
Sometimes, the best we can do is realize

that we're over our heads
and trust those around us.

We should trust our allies.

So Kitty's got the hots
for a liberal, huh?

Otherwise, we're not
going to have any allies left.

Well, it's a dark hour, agreed.

But it's also a time when we
know who our friends are.

Now where is Canada in all of this?

You're mad at Canada now?

They sent troops
to both World Wars, to Vietnam...

- Canada didn't sent troops to Vietnam.
- I'm pretty certain.

- Pretty certain?
- Extremely certain.

I am filled with certitude that
Canada sent troops to Vietnam.

Would you be prepared to wager,
say, I don't know, dinner?

OK, folks. Things are getting
a little steamy in the studio.

- You're on.
- OK. Jack. Do you have the answer?

While there may have been
a few Canadian nationals

that fought with Uncle Sam,
on the lives of both my parents,

who are alive and well
in the good city of Montreal,

Canada did not send
any troops to Vietnam.

Canada did not send
any troops to Vietnam.

We do the best we can,
but sometimes the best we can do

is realize when we're
in over our heads.

- Tell me you didn't see it.
- See what?

Nothing. Honey, it's like :
in the morning in New York.

I can't sleep. So a date, huh?

Oh, you did see it. Jonathan, it's...

You made a date with a guy
on national television.

It's not national.
We're not in all markets yet.

And it's not a date.
It's anything but a date.

I'd rather have dinner with Pol Pot
and have my head chopped off

than break bread with that... him.

My friends saw it, Kitty.
I got calls, e-mails.

It was just a bet.

In five years,
you've never gotten a factoid wrong,

including being aware that the
blue hen chicken is the state bird...

Of Delaware, I know.

So, what's going on?

I just got it wrong.

I screwed up, and I lost a bet.

I'm sorry.

Get some sleep.

...led to believe that we can
make the world safe. We've been told...

I expected it to be kind of
dilapidated and run-down, you know,

being a rental, but you have
kept it up beautifully.

It's absolutely charming.
May I take a peek in the kitchen?

My house is your house.

- Is everything OK?
- I'm fine.

- There's nothing of William's here.
- OK.

It's just wonderful.
Look at this view! Oh!

You have made just a lovely home
for yourself...

- Holly.
- Holly.

- Decorating is one of my passions.
- Obviously.

- How long have you lived here?
- Fifteen years, roughly.

Fifteen years.

Well, you have taken
such care with everything,

almost as if it were your own.

I love this movie!

My husband and I saw it again
just a few months ago

at the classic cinema series
at the library.

I love old movies.

Actually, I'm in it.

- You're an actress?
- Yeah.

- What part did you play?
- It was just a small part.

I played the senator's wife
in the banquet scene.

How exciting for you.

Sauly, we have a star in our midst!
How can we sell the house?

I didn't realize.

It's not definite. We have to take
an inventory of William's assets.

William was my husband,
and he recently passed away,

and there are unknown assets.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you for the tour.
It was lovely meeting you.

Likewise.

We'll go so you can
get on with your life,

but I may call and bother you
for decorating tips.

I'd love that.

- Bye.
- Bye-bye.

- Bye.
- Bye.

For the billionth time, Mother,
it is not a date.

I don't care who dates him.

Could be you, could be Kevin,

but someone in this family
should be dating him.

What is this, Fiddler on the Roof?

I just mowed the lawn and
then I was stung by a bee,

but calm down, I'm fine.

Good.

Dude, where's the OJ? Oh, nice.

Oh, dude, you stink. Take a shower.

Or jump in the pool. No one has been
in that pool in the longest time.

Mom, nobody's gonna go in that pool.

I talked to Sarah. Paige
isn't gonna go in any pool.

Oh.

Oh.

Why didn't anybody
tell me about Paige?

What we don't tell you, Mom,
could fill the Library of Congress.

Well, it's very simple.
We'll give a party. A great, big party.

When she sees everyone
in the water then she'll be fine.

Like when you were afraid to shower.

No more "like when I's. "

You make up these memories all day.
It drives me crazy.

We'll have hot dogs, drinks,
pool toys, tiki torches.

Tiki torches will get her
to swim where her grandpa d*ed.

Will you let me handle it?
And, my darling,

would you please drop these off
at your uncle's office on your way home?

That's a lot of paperwork.

It's not me, it's the company.
Saul is consolidating.

And tell your uncle I might
wanna keep that little house.

I love Silver Lake, and who knows?

Silver Lake?

There is a struggling actress
living there.

It'd be cruel to throw her out.

From the looks of things, she
hasn't worked since the early ' s.

Um... You met her? When?

Yesterday. Saul took me. I thought
of giving you the house, Kitty,

but there's interesting people in the
neighborhood, you wouldn't feel at home.

Hey!

Good one.

- Justin.
- I gotta get going.

Justin, what's going on?

I gotta shower and get this stuff to
Uncle Saul, so just leave me alone.

Come on, what's the matter?
You're shaking.

- So?
- Are you on?

I'm taking a break from that stuff.

- Just tell me what's going on.
- You really wanna know what's going on?

- That house Mom doesn't wanna sell.
- Yeah?

The woman that lives there...

- You're having a thing with her?
- No! Dad did.

- He had an affair.
- You are on something.

I'm not. I talked to her.
Uncle Saul knows. It went on forever.

Kitty, she came to Dad's funeral.

And Mom owns her house?

Lt... It... It is so twisted,
you don't even wanna know,

so just let me go before
I go someplace else, OK?

OK. Go, but...

Hey, Justin, don't...
don't tell anybody else.

Look, I didn't even wanna tell you.

So you gonna take this office
once I get Dad's papers and stuff?

No. I'm fine down the hall.

So Tommy's gonna take it?

I don't know. You'll have to ask Tommy.

God, you two. You're like
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.

Be thankful you don't work with
someone whose diapers you used to...

- Eat.
- Only did that once.

- Twice.
- You fired the Ruika brothers?

All right, what?

- Good morning.
- Roger and Kenny Ruika?

- I let Jose fire them, yes.
- Why? Why would you?

They sit around all day playing
Concentration, getting in the way.

The Ruikas are cousins of the Petersens.

The people who print our
packaging and marketing material!

We keep 'em as a favor to d*ck Petersen.
Everybody knows they don't do anything.

Maybe I could get this office
and watch you two every day.

- So why did Jose ask me?
- Because he knew you'd say yes.

Dad and I have been telling Jose
not to fire them.

- It was an unspoken deal.
- OK.

- I am sorry about the Ruika brothers.
- Call, tell them you made a mistake.

We cannot afford to pay people
to do nothing! Not ever!

- Kevin, tell him.
- This is between you two.

You're gonna get a call, trust me.
You'll get a call.

We're gonna lose the Petersens, and they
save us more money than the Ruikas cost.

Thanks for backing me up there,
girlfriend.

Sorry. I wasn't feeling it.

- You weren't feeling it?
- I wasn't.

Oh, you will feel it.

Justin, sweetheart.

- You took Mom to that woman's house?
- Calm down, will you?

You believe I took her willingly?
She insisted.

- What kind of person do you think I am?
- What kind are you?

She's my sister.

- I am dying inside. I'm a wreck.
- You know what? It serves you right.

She didn't sign this.

Because she totally digs Holly now.
I mean, how are you gonna fix this?

- Kitty's freaking out.
- Kitty?

- What do you mean? You told Kitty?
- It was time to share the joy.

Oh, Justin, Justin.
I wish you hadn't done that.

She's not gonna tell anyone.

It'd be like tearing down
Mount Rushmore for her.

- This is a nightmare.
- Be careful with a gin martini.

I need something to tolerate this place.
It's filled with hookers.

They're not hookers.
They're third wives.

- Why are you so miserable?
- Look at this.

Twenty-year-old girls out
with men three times their age,

being furiously exploited
for a veal chop and a little red wine.

Are you a woman who hates men?

- No.
- Sex?

No. But I hate how men
are driven by sex.

Well, get used to it.

Because the sex drive in men
is a fiery deity.

It is ancient and it ain't going away.

I don't know who did what to you,

but until you accept that sex is behind
everything we do, say and think,

you're gonna be very, very bitter.

I'm already there, and
your satanic sermonette isn't helping.

Sorry.

It's just that I found out today
that my recently deceased father

was a cheater.

And it's thrown me for a...

It's thrown me.

- Wanna talk about it?
- To you?

And hear more
about your little fiery deity?

You don't have to.
I was just offering.

I had a boyfriend
who cheated on me once.

In college.

His name was Alex Sapin.

And when Tanya Kavanaugh
told me what he'd done,

I went, I found him,
and I told him what I thought.

I said, "The world is too fragile
for people to be untrue.

There's too much at stake,
and life's too short for lies.

And you're the worst kind
of person in the world

because you wasted my heart.

My time. "

- And what did he say?
- It doesn't matter what he said.

What matters is that I'm sitting here
thinking the same thing about my dad.

And I know it's so silly

because I'm a grown woman
and I know that that's what men do,

but he was my dad.
And he's dead,

and I can't k*ll him.

And I can't ask him why.

- Kitty.
- What?

Am I sexy when I cry?
What stupid thing are you gonna say?

I was gonna say that we don't love the
people we love because they're perfect.

We love the people we love
because they are.

Even after they're gone.

Finish up your drink
and I'll take you home.

God, you are so hot. I knew it.

- Warren. Just please.
- Shut up?

Yeah.

I either have to quit my job
or I have to die.

Relax.

I can't. This guy is a man-whore
and so self-satisfied.

I know he's already gone to The Nation
and told everybody that he nailed me.

Oh, my God.
My life, as I know it, is over.

Yes, I'm still on hold.

I thought you hated the guy.
Why'd you sleep with him?

I didn't. It was the gin.
The gin slept with him.

We had the gin talk five years ago.

- It's the...
- Devil's drink!

No more gin for you, not ever.

God, oh, God, oh, God.
I could die. I could die.

Hello? Yes, I've been on hold
for Mr. Petersen for minutes.

Could you?

Hey, Kit.

- I've got d*ck Petersen on hold.
- d*ck Petersen has me on hold.

- Um, yeah, I know.
- So, what's going on?

- He's suing us.
- He's suing us? What for?

He says he and Dad had a binding verbal
agreement about the Ruika brothers.

Way to go, Sarah.

You got laid last night.

How did you know that?

It's a workday, you're here, and it's
the only time you two talk like this.

Good for you.

I want to k*ll him!

You guys are really making it work, huh?

- You gonna tell Jonathan?
- Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God. Jonathan.
- I don't get it, Kitty.

My Republican sister,
she doesn't have one-night stands,

gin or no gin,
unless she has a very good reason.

He caught me in a weak moment.

Mmm.

Sarah, there's a house in Silver Lake.

You always wanted to do it
in a house in Silver Lake?

Sarah.

- Dad, um...
- What about Dad?

Of course he had an affair.

His generation saw that
as quid pro quo.

"I pay the bills, I get something
on the side, everyone's happy. "

- You really saying you're surprised?
- I'm not surprised.

I'm interested, I guess.

I am a lot more shocked
at Kitty's behavior.

- Don't you dare tell her I told you.
- Hey, Sarah, you can trust me.

Yeah, until I can't.

- What's up?
- Scotty Wandell is here.

Gimme seconds, then send him in.
I have a thing.

Yeah?

There's no such thing as
a binding verbal agreement is there?

Uh, if the arrangement Dad had
was ongoing for more than a year,

even if it was just a verbal agreement,

yeah, it could be enforced in a lawsuit,
which could get expensive.

What should I do?

I don't know. Re-hire them.
Make it right.

What's the point of having a lawyer
if they can't help you?

Tell me about it.
Hey, you're...

"Great shoes. "
Or Sarah, Kevin's sister.

Scotty. Nice to meet you.
I thought maybe you were his beard.

Only to senior prom.

Your older brother's a peach.

Younger.

- Thanks for the compliment.
- It's not. It's an insult to me.

Hardly. I like older guys.

So, Scotty, are you a client?

I'm a witness.
I think I'm more than a witness,

but all he ever talks about
is the case.

- We're on a clock here, so...
- OK.

How would you like to come
to a party tonight at my mom's?

- No, Sarah!
- It's a pool party.

- My whole family will be there.
- No!

- Love to. Should I bring a suit?
- What's your e-mail?

Mollyjustmight@hotmail. com.

- Great! Well, we'll see you tonight.
- Take a seat.

- Bitch.
- No, but payback is.

Oh, Nora.
Oh, Nora, what have you done?

Excuse me, but do you think people
want the taquitos as they walk in?

No. No, what I think that you should do
is make this as casual as possible,

so it doesn't end up looking
like some sort of...

...Mexican bar mitzvah. OK?

Hello. Warren.

No, I'm sorry that I left
without saying goodbye.

It's just that...

I was hoping for a morning moment.
So that the situation could be assessed.

No, there's no situation,
don't worry.

If there was a sense that I'd taken
advantage of you in any way...

Nobody took advantage because what
happened last night was nothing. OK?

OK.

- Jonathan.
- Jonathan?

Jonathan!

Oh, God!

Oh, God.

It's the phone thing,
it was too insufficient.

Whole country between us,
getting in the way.

It's hard, the phones.
The time zones...

...and the bad timing.

So after we talked last night,
I thought,

"God made airplanes for a reason.
I wanna connect with my girl. "

You're getting good,
on the show.

Am I?

I was wrong not to support you
when you were thinking of doing this.

And you were right. It was unfair of me
to make it an either-or proposition.

The job or me, LA or New York.

Are you going to ask me
to marry you again? Because...

No. I was about to say I love you.

I'm ready to move out here.

- Make a life.
- Wow.

Oh, well, lucky me.

I get the guy.

Oh!

Go on in, honey.

She's gonna, just give her a second.

Grandma threw this whole party
so that you and Coop could go swimming.

But I don't wanna.

You don't wanna go in,
you don't have to go in.

That's fine, honey.
She's going in.

The only reason I'm not drinking tonight
is alcohol is my gateway to pills.

The problem is,
people are my gateway to alcohol.

Word.

- Oh, crap.
- What?

What is it?

What?

Oh, that's her, isn't it?
That's her. She's the one.

- That's Dad's...
- Jesus! How do you know?

Holly! You came! I can't believe it!

I invited her for you.

I'm so glad you got my message.

- Thanks for inviting me.
- You look lovely.

- Have a hard time finding the place?
- No. Totally easy.

I'm so glad.

You forced me to tell you, and tell me
not to tell, like I'm three years old.

Sarah and I were having a very
important talk. It's too much for me.

You wanna know what's too much?
She's here!

- Mom invited her here!
- What do you mean she's here?

She's out there drinking mojitos
and wearing big jewelry!

What? Oh, my God.
And Mom asked her to come?

So she could hook her up
with Uncle Saul!

Oh, my God.
Before or after he has a heart att*ck.

He certainly deserves to.

So, what are you gonna do
about Jonathan?

- What do you mean?
- Are you gonna tell him?

- About Dad?
- You and Cheesefest from your show.

One sec! How do you
know about Cheesefest?

Kevin told me.
We were having an important talk.

Kitty?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hey. I'll see you guys downstairs.

Mmm. Fun party, huh?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

What on Earth were you
thinking showing up here like this?

Why didn't you call me last night?
This place is like a madhouse.

She invited me here for some reason.
Let's go with it.

Look, the two of you together. Sauly,
you need a drink. There you go, Holly.

There you are. And, please, I hope you
have bug spray on. There are pests.

What an extraordinary place this is.

It's so full of life, so...

So lovely.

So alive.

Yes. It's definitely alive.

You're right.
We could do a thing. Sometimes...

Oh. Meet in the middle of the country,
say, Chicago,

so neither one of us
has to fly back and forth.

- Warren?
- Hey. Look. I...

So I think that's probably
the only way we're gonna make it work.

- Right?
- Kitty.

Oh.

Right.

Hi, Warren.
Come on in, I guess.

Thanks.

My mom must have invited you, right?

- Yep.
- Yeah.

- Jonathan Vaughn. Hi. Kitty's fiancé.
- Warren Salter. Kitty's nemesis.

Does anybody need a drink?

I do.

Tell me what to do about these
Ruika people and I'll do it.

You're probably right.

I'm not right if it means
going to court over these idiots.

You think so?

OK. If they wanna play Concentration all
day, fine, they can play Concentration.

You can too. I don't care.

But we can't afford
to start over again with the packaging.

If somebody wasn't threatening to sue,
would you be having this conversation?

- No, there wouldn't be a problem.
- Yes, there would be. Us.

Honey, could you?

Look. I'll take care of this.

I'm so sick of the way
you don't respect me.

You never have,
but when you were at Northlight,

I didn't have it shoved
in my face every day!

- I'm just trying to save the company.
- Yeah, exactly. "I'm just trying. "

Not we.

Uh...

Red velvet cupcakes.

Oh, wow.

That's really nice of you.

- Um, thank you, Scotty.
- My own recipe.

Look, I just wanna be
real clear with you, OK?

My sister invited you here
to get back at me.

For what, being so cute?

Yeah. Yeah, that
and refusing to be her tool.

She's fighting with my brother,
and I wouldn't take sides.

Oh, so you don't want me here.

It's... it's wildly unprofessional. OK?

You know, the witness at the pool party,
it's not how you win cases.

Well, I'm more than just
the witness at the pool party.

I'm Scotty Wandell from Oxford,
Mississippi, son of Wally and Bertha.

There's a Wally Wandell?

- Yes.
- Wow.

- Whatever you think of me...
- I don't think anything of you.

This is the worst possible time to...

You think I'm some sexual cynic
with good hair, but you're partly wrong.

I don't. You're not that bad.
It's just that...

Hi. Can I have a mojito?

Two.

I thought there
was something last night.

Warren, there is so much going on
in this house that I can't do this.

Yes, we slept together.
It is what it is.

No, you're wrong.
About me, anyway.

You don't know me. But you're the first
woman in years who sends me spinning.

I see you and I drop ten stories inside.
Every time.

We're not in the last ten minutes
of a Julia Roberts movie.

Let's just talk at work.
And tonight, let's just relax. Hi!

Hey.

You guys fighting about borders again?

Warren, I'm gonna take my girl from you.

I haven't seen her in a few weeks.

And that's your dad, of course.

Yep. The un-noble king.

A leader of men?

No, not really.
As it turns out, just a man.

And one who has, after his passing, been
causing us all a great deal of trouble.

- May I ask?
- No, you may not.

You're just the witness.

But it's what men do, right?

And as a gay one, I've never been able
to master the art of being faithful.

Oh... that. That's too bad.

But then you can't be faithful to
anything until you know why you should.

I don't know, Paige.
What do you think?

- Grandpa d*ed in this pool.
- Yeah.

And you think, if you go in,
you could die too?

No. It just makes me sad.

I haven't been in the pool since
it happened either, you know.

I'm just like you.

- Honey, can you hold this?
- Sure.

And this?

What are you doing?

You just helped me figure something out.
I'll see you later.

- How is it?
- Come in and find out.

You ready?

My kids are teaching me this thing with
the TV, where you can record anything.

I put Holly's name, and she was on
Charlie's Angels at : this morning!

That's stunning, Nora.

That must have been so fun.
You were never married?

- No.
- You seeing anyone special?

Maybe she doesn't
want to be peppered.

- You're peppering her with questions.
- We're buddies.

She's been living in a house of ours.

There is a decorator in Malibu, but
I think he likes me because of my eye.

Oh, oh, oh.

She does have beautiful eyes,
doesn't she? I'll be back.

Who's gonna tell Mom?

I don't see why everybody
is in a rush to tell her.

- Why not keep it a secret forever?
- There's Daddy's little girl.

- What's that supposed to mean?
- What's going on in here?

Hmm? This is a party.

While you guys ruin your appetite,
the rest of us are out there waiting.

Why don't we go outside and sit down
so these people can do their job?

I apologize for my children.
Come on! Come on, come on, move it.

I do think they will eventually
be put on trial.

How long can you continue
to break the law?

Could someone pass
the mango peach salsa?

- Nora?
- Yes?

- Would you care for some more lamb?
- No. What's going on here?

- What do you mean?
- Why isn't anyone but us talking?

Oh.

Well, they all think that I don't know
that my husband had an affair

with that woman Holly over there.

A long one, with a cunning little
cottage built for two to go with it.

Yes, Warren, they all think
I'm living in the dark.

They're terrified that I'm gonna
figure it out tonight,

and in their panic and obliviousness,
in their eagerness to handle me,

they've lost their very basic ability

to conduct themselves
in a social circumstance.

It's very sad...

...but there it is.

Would someone please pass

the mango peach salsa to Scotty?

Thank you.

I mean, what has my life been? Hmm?

I have waited and I have waited,
and now this man...

- Holly, come on. Calm down.
- No. No.

The thing is, I don't blame him.

- I blame myself.
- We can't help who we love.

But we can help who we are.

We can decide to become ourselves.

What I saw tonight,

seeing myself in Nora's eyes is...

It is time that I become a person.

I won't be invisible any longer.

Well, that was an interesting

hour and ten minutes
of unmitigated t*rture...

...and taquitos.

- I'm sorry.
- No, Mom, don't be sorry.

- It was necessary.
- Yeah.

How long have you known?

Fifteen years.

Oh, God, Mom.

I caught him in a lie one day,
and it all came out.

He said he would stop.
He said it was...

...over already, for God sakes.

And then he went
and bought her a house.

That's the part that drives me crazy.

He said he would stop,
and he went on betraying.

He said he would stop and he
went on doing it. If I had known...

He did love you, though.
He did.

But he didn't give up anything to do it.

What kind of love is that?

The minute I saw that deed,

I knew it had never ended,

I wanted her to feel as small

and stupid as I did.

I... I'm so ashamed of myself,

but God, it felt good!

Kitty, you have to tell Jonathan
you slept with Warren.

Who told you?

You all right?

Not really.

So do you wanna talk about it?

No.

I just hope when you look at me,

you see someone that's more
like my mother than my father.

I don't see either.

I see the woman I love.

The woman you love is a mess.

That's your best quality.
You're a secret mess.

Not such a secret.

Not such a mess.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I need to tell you something.

You slept with him.

Yeah.

But I was drunk and it was a mistake.

I just found out
about my father's infidelity...

Kitty, stop.

There's no excuse that matters. None.

Jonathan, please tell me that
I have another chance with you.

The "us" that I saw today was better
than the "me" I was last night, and...

I just lost you forever, didn't I?

I think so, yeah.

Saul.

- I was trying to spare you more pain.
- I know that.

I know.

I signed the deed.

Sell it to her for a reasonable price.
She should have at least that.

Nora, you understand what I...

I was trying to protect...

I'm not mad.
Honestly, I'm not.

The truth of the matter is,
I'm not surprised.

Sauly, you lost your way,
a long time ago. I know that.

Saul.

You're my big brother.

There's nothing on Earth you
could do to make me not love you.

Promise me one thing, though.

Promise me there's nothing else
you're not telling me.

I promise.

The problem with this administration,
is there's no end to the intrigue.

- That makes it entertaining.
- Politics is not entertainment.

- Can I make my point?
- Yes, Warren. By all means.

There isn't a single controversy or
scandal that they haven't put to rest

that hasn't resurfaced looking worse.

They think they can hide things,
and they can't.

We've wandered off-point.

We were talking about the Japanese
pullout, but let's broaden the question.

What do we do when we're
the only ones left in Iraq?

- We're a long way from that.
- OK. Just as a thought experiment.

The answer is quite simple.
We do as my father used to say:

Keep our heads up, look
straight ahead and soldier on.

Soldier on. Well, there's
a sophisticated approach.

It's called resolve, courage.

Something you know nothing about.