01x06 - Useless

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[HORSE NICKERS]

[SPURS CLINKING]

[g*n COCKS]

[HORSE NICKERS]

[SPURS CONTINUE CLINKING]

[HORSE SNORTS]

[g*n COCKS]

[COUGHS]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

We gotta hit the road.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

She won't lend us their horses.

They're my daddy's.
They're not for me to lend.

[STAMMERS] You staying overnight
is inappropriate. [SIGHS]

I thought this place was
friendly to the cause.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

- I thought you were a real fan.
- Daddy's who you need to talk to.

- [BOOTH SIGHS]
- When's he coming home?

[JULIA] Soon.

And he'll question my honor
if you're found in here.

If you stay, you have
to stay in the barn.

[EXHALES HEAVILY] So, no
horses and no hospitality, huh?

[JULIA] Your choice is the barn.

Or I can just as well report you

to the Yankees searching all over town.

[BOOTH BREATHES HEAVILY]

If you're gonna kick me out of bed,

can I at least get the
crutches? [SNIFFLES]

My brother keeps them as
relics from his service.

You know, mine was
made from a broomstick?

That's enough.

Julia, get over here.
Come on. Don't be shy.

I want to ask you a question.

[SNIFFLES]

Has anybody ever told
you how pretty you are?

Sorry. It's almost hard to look
at you, sometimes, directly.

It's like looking into the sun.

Only my father's ever said that.

[BOOTH] You are beautiful.

How many horses have
you got? You got three?

Do you wanna come with us? Huh?

[CHUCKLES]

You sure about that plan, Johnny?

Mr. Booth, you flatter, but...

Please, Julia.

Don't make me put up a fight.
[CLICKS TONGUE, CHUCKLES]

[HEROLD] Listen.

Once he's safe in Richmond,

I'll bring your daddy's
horses right back. Okay?

You can have the horses in the
morning, if my daddy approves.

What about the crutches?

[INHALES SHARPLY]

Julia. Julia!

[BOOTH BREATHING HEAVILY, GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

You know, a man like me should
really be staying in a bed.

Not tonight.

Let me walk you back. [GRUNTS]

Good night, boys. Sleep tight.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Let me stay with you.

Come on. I'll be so quiet, I
promise your daddy won't hear a peep.

Hey, hey, hey. You know you want to.

[CHUCKLES] Have a drink. I got whiskey.

Oh, that's it? What,
no good-night kiss?

- [WOOD BANGS]
- David. David!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

A young girl, protecting her virginity.

[GROANS, GRUNTS]

She told us that we would
have horses by daybreak.

And I... [GRUNTING] ... believe her.

- Did you see stables on the way in?
- [SIGHS]

This is a tobacco barn.
Johnny, she's lying to us.

Well, they must have stables somewhere.

No, it doesn't feel right.
This is a real scrape, Johnny.

You know, I've gotten
out of scrapes before.

[SIGHS] You see this scar on my cheek?

Little redheaded dancer
by the name of Henrietta.

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]

She found me in bed with her
sister and came at me with a Kn*fe.

Now that could've been the end of me.

[SIGHING] No.

- No.
- [SIGHS]

No. Hell no.

This...

[GROANS, WINCES]

... scar on my right hip.

sh*t with a p*stol by a
fan in Columbus, Georgia,

at a theater saloon, of all places.

- That's why your leg broke on that side.
- Uh-huh.

Bones were still fragile.

Yeah, possibly. [INHALES SHARPLY]

Now, if you visit Columbus,
you may hear some local gossip

about Booth's own p*stol
going off in his pocket.

But I assure you, it was a
deranged fan that sh*t me,

demanding an autograph while
I was taking home an ingenue.

[SIGHS] The point being...

[CHUCKLES] ... I have survived
worse scrapes than this.

You are with me. You are safe.

What about the soothsayer?

She predicted your life would
be doomed at a young age.

That soothsayer was an amateur.

David, I sh*t the president
in front of 1,500 people

and walked out the door.

What's a barn?

It's nothing.

How bad is it?

Your father's extremities
are slightly swollen.

That indicates that his other organs are

compensating for his asthmatic lungs.

The prognosis is "wait and see."

Can I organize transport to DC?

Well, he'll wanna orchestrate Booth's
capture from the telegram office

if he can't go to the farm himself.

Transport could cause more harm.

[ECKERT] Even to a hotel room?

[DOCTOR] I wouldn't move him.

Let him rest.

- [EDDIE JR. SNIFFLES] He's so stubborn.
- [ECKERT CHUCKLES]

There's no stopping him.

He's all I have, Eckert.

This has all cost...

It's all cost too
much. He... He can't...

He won't, right?

I can't promise you that.

[SNIFFLES]

Mark my words. They will
celebrate us in Richmond tomorrow.

No, they won't.

What did you just say to me?

[BREATHES SHAKILY] No. They won't.

Take a seat, David.

Let me, uh...

Let me explain something to you.

[GROANS]

My mother had many children.

Four passed away.

Three to cholera.

One fell swoop.

It almost broke her.

She didn't play favorites
like my father. You know?

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

One morning, I came to him, and I
asked him to train me as an actor.

Could I ever follow in his footsteps?

And he looked me dead in the eyes
and said, "Boy, you are useless."

Imagine that.

"Useless."

After he had passed out, my mother came.

She took me aside, and
she gave me a reading

to tell my fortune.

And she told me that I was born
with the most beautiful hands

that she had ever seen.

But not just that.

She said that I had hands like
marble, like a Michelangelo.

You see?

My mother believed that God
gave me these hands for a reason.

To do something important. [SNIFFLES]

And you know what, Davey?

[CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES]

When I sh*t that tyrant son
of a bitch in Ford's Theatre,

it was my mother's prophecy
that was proven right.

Not the soothsayer's.

Do you see?

You know, I have been down paths
before this that were wrong,

so I know that this one is right.

What did you accomplish
with those hands?

Hmm?

We're trapped in here.

[SNIFFLES]

I, for one, will not be sleeping.

Show your face, Booth!

- [GASPING, PANTING]
- We know Booth's here. Give him up.

We are not playing a guessing game.

[CONGER] Stand down, men.

Lower your w*apon, Corbett.

- [g*n COCKS]
- [CORBETT] Tell me where they are now.

I'm just a farm girl.

All I do is help my daddy
raise tobacco and... [PANTING]

Daddy's got a tobacco
barn on the property.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[GALLOPING]

[HEROLD] I see one cavalryman.

- [HORSE WHINNIES]
- [HEROLD] Scratch that. There's...

There's three of them.

[HORSES WHINNYING]

- John. John, we're outnumbered.
- [GROANS, GRUNTS]

[GROANS] The hell we are.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

We got two g*ns. [GRUNTS]
There's two of us.

[CAVALRYMEN CHATTERING]

There's two b*ll*ts for each of them.
You go that side. I got this one.

[PANTS]

[HEROLD] It's not just three.

- [CAVALRYMAN] Whoa.
- [CAVALRYMAN 2] Easy.

- [HORSE SNORTS]
- [CAVALRYMAN 3] Mark that line.

It's a whole cavalry unit.

This is a scrape that we're
not getting out of, Johnny.

You know, my birthday's coming up.

- [g*n COCKS]
- I'm turning 27.

- [POUNDING ON BARN DOOR]
- [CORBETT] We know you're in there, Booth.

[BREATHING SHAKILY] What do we do now?

If they open the door, we sh**t.
We still have the advantage.

- What if it's the farmer girl?
- You blow her f*cking head off.

We can't reload fast
enough to take them all,

and we don't have enough
amm*nit*on even if we wanted to.

[LATCH RATTLING]

Time to surrender, boys. It's over.

Take one more step, and I'll
blow your f*ckin' head off!

You're outnumbered, and
we have more amm*nit*on.

Surrender with dignity.

I will not surrender.
May God be my judge.

Now, we can do this the
long way, or give up now.

Let's settle this with
a duel. Fifty feet apart.

Your best man against me.

[LUTHER] I'll give you five
minutes to surrender yourself!

After five, I'll make you surrender.

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BOOTH GRUNTS]

Help me. [BREATHING HEAVILY]

Our best option is to surrender.

Look, even if you make it out of
there, we're never gonna outrun them.

We?

You're fine. I'm the prize.

There's a reward on my head too.

I'm going to prison too,
Johnny! And for what? Huh?

[BANGS]

If you're the prize, then tell
them I had nothing to do with it.

[BREATHING HEAVILY] Then go.

Surrender. I don't care. Just leave me.

I didn't hurt anyone.

I didn't k*ll anyone.

I didn't really do anything wrong.

But you didn't do anything right!

You didn't think to
bring a change of clothes,

enough food, any pain relief!

You didn't stick around in DC,
so that's how Powell got caught.

That was your fault, David!

No, you went on a 12-day tour
with Booth, so please do surrender.

Do me a favor, and when you
do, when you go out there,

you look them in the eye, and you
tell them you were useless to me.

[BREATHING SHAKILY] You tell them.

Time's up, Booth! Surrender now!

Colonel, order me to charge inside.

Let Booth sh**t at me
till he's out of a*mo.

Then... Then we rush them.

- Smoke him out.
- [CAVALRYMAN] Yes, Sarge.

Collect kindlings. Pile them
around the perimeter now.

[WHISPERS] We outnumber 'em ten-to-one.

I don't understand why we
can't just storm them, sir.

Every man here has survived this w*r,

their families expecting
them home this week.

We'll take Booth without
one more Union casualty.

Understood?

[CAVALRYMAN] That's good. That's enough.

[JULIA] What have you done to our barn?

Is Booth in there?

You have to get Booth out of there.

This is a federal investigation.
You're obstructing.

You need to go back
to your house now. Now!

If you won't save me,
then I'll do it myself.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Don't tell them what arms I have.

You want me to take your
diary so it won't burn?

Nothing is burning.

All right, listen here!

This man, David Herold, is
innocent of the assassination.

He's coming out. Don't
lay a finger on him!

I planned, ex*cuted
and escaped by myself!

He did nothing to help me!

- Take him! Take him!
- [LUTHER] Show us your hands!

[CAVALRYMAN] Hands!

Don't sh**t. Don't sh**t.

[BAKER] Here, keep him
there. Stay down! Don't move!

[COUGHING]

[INHALES SHARPLY]

What's the latest?

Booth will not surrender.
Cavalry is smoking him out.

[WHEEZES]

I need to be there.

Oh, don't look at me like that.

I need to make sure they do it right.

Give me your arm.

- What?
- I said, "Give me your arm."

[GRUNTING, COUGHS]

You cannot ride.

- [BREATHES HEAVILY]
- We'll take the wagon.

Go easy.

Please, please. He's delusional.
[STAMMERS] He's living in a fantasy.

You need to get him out of
there. You need to save him.

Since he's not coming
out with common sense,

I need you to go back in there
and convince Booth to come out.

Will you do that?

I'll... I'll try.

Untie him.

- [BOOTH COUGHS]
- Don't sh**t, Johnny. It's me.

This isn't the end that we
hoped for, Johnny, but...

- [BOOTH COUGHING]
- Hey, hey, hey. I'm begging you, live.

Please live one more day.

[GROANS]

[CAVALRYMAN] Force him out!

[HEROLD] One more day.

A week, even. But please, please
keep living as long as you can.

All right? Don't sabotage yourself here.

- [BOOTH COUGHS]
- Hey, listen. Hey. Hey, hey.

Your birthday. Your
birthday's coming up, remember?

We can celebrate it together. Huh?

- [BOOTH COUGHS, GROANS]
- Even if it's in prison.

- David, they'll hang me.
- No, no.

Look, if you leave here alive,
you'll get your day in court.

- Right?
- My leg.

- A jury of your peers might acquit you.
- I can't take it anymore.

They might acquit you. Come on.

[SNIFFLES] Don't make
me watch you die, Johnny.

- [BOOTH COUGHS]
- Hey, hey.

- Hey, look at me.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]

Take my hand.

Come here. Come with me, yeah? Come on.

- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- Come on.

Come on.

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS] Sir, get out of my way.

[GROANS, SCREAMS]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [BOOTH GRUNTS, COUGHS]

[HEROLD] Help! Help! [PANTS]

He's been sh*t!

What? Did you say he's been sh*t?

Look at him. He's definitely sh*t.

[LUTHER] Get him out of here.

[GRUNTS] One, two, three.

[BOOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[LUTHER GRUNTING]

He needs a doctor. Hey, hey!
Send for a doctor now! Please.

- [BOOTH] Where's Davis?
- Please.

[BOOTH] Davis will save me.

He was about to sh**t, so I fired.

No! He was going to surrender!
You didn't need to sh**t him.

Kiss that reward money goodbye. [SIGHS]

I got him in one sh*t.

You can inspect my spent
cap and empty chamber.

Where did I hit him?

Back of the head. Just like Lincoln.

- Oh, what a fearsome God we serve.
- Tell them to extinguish the fire!

[CAVALRYMAN] Yes,
sir. Put that fire out!

- [GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [HEROLD] He's breathing!

He's breathing! He's still alive.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[JULIA] Don't. Don't bring him inside.

[BOOTH WHEEZING]

[SPUTTERING, COUGHING, GASPING]

A great man deserves the hospital.

- [BOOTH COUGHING]
- [CONGER] He won't survive the hour.

David. [GRUNTING] David.

Mama?

She's not here. [SIGHS]

Don't look at my hands.

[COUGHING, GASPING]

[BREATHING RAGGEDLY]

Useless. Useless.

Useless.

- [HORSE NEIGHS]
- [WAGON DRIVER] Hyah!

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[CHATTERING]

Whoa.

It's too late.

[STANTON BREATHES HEAVILY, GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [LUTHER] We wanted nothing more

than to capture Booth
alive for you, sir, but...

We outnumbered him by a mile.

But inside there, he had
the tactical advantage.

Sergeant Corbett claims
he saw Booth lunge or...

or reach out, about to fire.

He sh*t first.

The quicker madman was ours, sir.

I'm sorry.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

You're no one now.

[SIGHS]

[CONGER] We collected everything here.

g*ns.

Booth's diary.

Photos of girls, a compass.

What do you want with the pharmacist?

Um, transport him to DC.

[SIGHS]

I want you to dump this
corpse in a body of water.

Don't tell me where.

People are gonna question if he's dead.

That's why the coroner will
fully document the body first.

He wanted notoriety.

I want no place where
people can go to honor him.

No marker. Nothing.

Take a few corpses to use as
decoys in case you're followed.

Understand?

I understand.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

Does the president even know
how a criminal trial works?

Or do we start with the basics?

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I think start with the basics.

Though, I sometimes
imagine going back in time

to convince Abe to choose you.

I forgave Abe for choosing Johnson
as his running mate. [SIGHS]

- [STANTON] It was his biggest mistake.
- No.

- No, his policy on the Navajo was worse.
- [CHUCKLES]

As far as Johnson goes, Abe
needed the border states.

[CLEARS THROAT] I am
trusting you with this.

Indeed.

[STANTON CLEARS THROAT]

Unlike your hunt, I want the
trial to be open and shut.

[HOLT] Prosecuting the conspirators
strongly and swiftly is our goal.

The trial will teach
potential insurgents

not to attempt to
overthrow their government.

My intention is that the...

the swiftness and the
severity of the convictions

will deter, uh, further attempts
at coup d'état or assassination.

[HOLT] That's why
Secretary Stanton and I

have decided to try them outside
of the criminal court system.

The conspirator's trial will be
conducted as a m*llitary tribunal.

Under the w*r Department?

Yes. You see, in a criminal court,
we would need a unanimous verdict

for every single conspirator.

A jury is often persuaded
by its sympathies,

whereas a panel of m*llitary judges

will be dispassionate
in their decision-making.

And this panel of judges will,
of course, also be chosen by us.

Hmm. I like those odds.

And k*lling a president should
be considered an act of w*r.

So, yes, a m*llitary tribunal is right.

Hmm.

We're glad you agree.

After they hang, can
I finally rest easy?

Sadly, the, uh, intelligence
suggests otherwise.

Sanders is in the wind,
probably in London.

And the rumor is that Jefferson
Davis might have some gold.

[CLEARS THROAT, BREATHES DEEPLY]

Mr. President... [CLEARS THROAT]

... we believe Davis was
behind the assassination.

I want to accuse him of
planning Abe's assassination

alongside Sanders, Surratt and Booth.

A grand conspiracy.

You want to accuse Davis of
ordering the assassination?

Correct.

With Davis at large,
we're all less safe.

Especially you.

Well... [SIGHS] ...
I would like to survive

the unexpected honor of the presidency.

So grand conspiracy it is.

Go get him.

Will you be attending the trial?

[SCOFFS] No, the last place I wanna be

is in a courtroom with
a bunch of assassins.

Now...

I don't know the ins and outs of
the proceedings, but I do know this.

A trial's a show.

So if you intend to pin this
on Davis and put 'em all away,

you're gonna need a star witness.

[DYER] Terry, John, Mary,
put your hand on the book.

Thank you. John, I
want you to come see me,

and we'll talk about a matter
concerning Dr. Mudd's trial.

Thought you should know, Booth
and his lackey passed through here.

Yeah, we got your tip. Why
didn't you give it to us earlier?

I'm a successful man around here.

Reason be, I stay out of trouble.

A lot of white folks around these
parts ain't vote for Lincoln.

And a lot of white folks resent him
for the fact that he freed slaves,

they now gotta pay for labor.

We know you'd be a strong witness.

You'd be a true hero, a patriot,
and you'd serve them justice.

Yeah?

Talk to me when I'm considered
more than three-fifths a man.

Until then, consider me Switzerland.

Enjoy your reward.

[DR. MUDD] I have not
changed since April 14.

I am, as ever, a humble man

whose only ambition is to
practice medicine in our community.

And yet, this show trial
they are putting me through,

I cannot take the
stand to defend myself.

And that is where you come in.

I need witnesses to my character.

How many of you are willing to testify

that I am a good neighbor
and a good friend?

Thank you.

Thank you. Bless you.

How old are you?

Twenty-two, sir.

[CHAIR SLIDES ACROSS FLOOR]

I never hurt anyone. I...
never... I never touched anyone.

I only... I only guided him. I
swear, I... I... I don't know...

I don't know anything useful.

Why?

Why did he do it? [SIGHS]

I don't know.

[STANTON] You don't know?

Who put the idea in your heads?

Sir, I... [SWALLOWS] I
know that I made a mistake.

I was just an assistant at a pharmacy.

Then I met a friend.

It was special.

Exciting.

A friend who made me feel like
I could accomplish anything...

that I was finally a part
of something important.

You ever met someone like that?

Yes, I have.

What you did...

it can't be forgiven.

If you had warned us, my
friend would still be here.

Sir, did you...

Did you find his diary?

Why?

May I have it?

Wait, please, Secretary.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[SIGHS]

Any update on Davis?

There's a lead he's hiding in Georgia.

We're pursuing it now.

Papers have all been notified

the hunt is now for Jefferson Davis
and the reward amount on his head.

Sir, may we, uh... [SIGHS]

discuss the elephant in the room?

[CLEARS THROAT] You don't
think I'll bring him down?

We believe in you, or
we wouldn't be here.

But... [SIGHS]

... yes, grand conspiracy, it
is a stretch. And you know that.

We know how difficult it was when you

were unable to bring Booth to justice

in front of the whole
world, and we know how much

you want to end the
credibility of the Confederacy

so Reconstruction's smooth sailing.

But we also want to ask you,

look in the mirror,
take a breath and ask,

are you going overboard
with these charges?

It's not too late to admit that you
bit off more than you could chew.

- Yes?
- Mmm.

Does anyone in this room
believe Booth acted alone?

[SIGHS]

No? Then we have to prove it.

- Yes. That is no small task.
- I know.

Not only do you need a star
witness against Dr. Mudd

and the boardinghouse clan
connecting them to Booth,

but you have got to
connect them to Richmond.

And you don't have that connection.

The connection between John
Wilkes Booth and Jefferson Davis,

you don't have it.

Eckert.

[ECKERT] We have Davis
giving Surratt a coded order,

"come retribution," right
before the assassination.

We know Booth had the
decoder to read the message,

but we can't prove it's
the assassination order,

and we can't prove Booth ever
saw it. You said it yourself.

And the fact remains,
our evidence is equivocal.

[STANTON] We've learned how
far outside the playbook...

they're willing to stray.

We... [CLEARS THROAT]

We may need to bend the rules too.

Very few, if any, understand
how... how code works.

You do.

Make it sound more
definitive than it is.

Edwin, please don't
fail out of obsession,

desperation to prove your point.

- We support the accusation.
- And we believe in the narrative.

But?

Grand conspiracy, it is too
ambitious for the evidence.

I disagree.

And ultimately, it's my decision.

Grand conspiracy. Let's build the case.

Delusional. [SIGHS]

We'll lose.

w*r secretary isn't
even what he's best at.

Overcompensating with ambition.

I said, "w*r secretary isn't
even what he's best at."

As gifted a w*r secretary
as my father has been,

he is a trial lawyer,
through and through.

And let's not forget,

he convinced Congress to allow


He was chosen, instead of Lincoln, in
the McCormick-Manny patent case.

Lincoln attended the trial just
to watch my father's arguments.

Grand conspiracy is ambitious, yes.

My father would not be who he is...

arguably, the most talented
lawyer and organizer of men

in the United States of America...

were he not ambitious.

We believe his theory.

We fear that he simply cannot prove it.

He is the mastermind behind this trial.

He cares about winning this

maybe more than he cared
about winning the w*r.

[JEFFERSON] Two cards.

[COUGHS, SNIFFLES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Has this message been decoded?

Everyone here can be trusted. [SIGHS]

Burn it, and then go. I'll reply soon.

A prime agent has reached London.

He's offering us a ship in Savannah.

We could join him in exile
in the United Kingdom.

Why would we flee our independence here?

[JEFFERSON] Is this any way to live?

I traded gold and amm*nit*on
just so we could feed ourselves.

We fled Richmond so quickly

that I've been reduced to wearing
my wife's clothes to keep warm.

[CHUCKLES]

Under these conditions, I believe
America is worth waiting for.

From overseas.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[g*n COCKS]

[WHIMPERING]

- [HORSE NEIGHS]
- [MUFFLED, DISTORTED SHOUTING]

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[CORBETT] US Government. On your knees.

- [CONGER] On your knees!
- [CORBETT] On your knees.

[CAVALRY SOLDIER 1] Let me see
your hands. Halt, right there.

Where's Davis?

[g*n COCKS]

[TELEGRAPH TAPPING]

You wanna prepare the next, uh,
witness? Seward's doorman is here.

Mmm. Um, one minute.

Is that Georgia?

It's in our code. One
minute. But yes, it's Georgia.

Where?

Irwinville.

- Irwinville?
- [ECKERT] Uh-huh.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Fourth Cavalry of Michigan
captured Davis alive.

- [ALL CHEERING]
- We have Davis!

Okay. Release this to the press.

- [COUGHS] Um... [CLEARS THROAT]
- [FRANCIS] Well done.

Francis. [CHUCKLES]

[CLEARS THROAT] The former president,
Davis... No, no, scratch that.

Abe would never call him that.

Mr. Jefferson Davis,

the traitor who led the separation
of the States to preserve sl*very...

[CLEARS THROAT] ... will
be, uh, charged with treason

and the conspiracy against
Lincoln and the Cabinet.

No. Stop.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[RAPS ON DESK]

- [CHUCKLING]
- [CHUCKLES, CLEARS THROAT]

[SIGHS]

More and more freedpeople
are on their way.

And they don't expect government
assistance forever, but farming

and domestic work, that's all they know.

I'm teaching as many
women as I can dressmaking.

[SIGHS] And the children
need schools, doctors.

You'll have suffrage soon.
Conditions will improve, I promise.

- Good.
- Mmm.

And what did Ellen say
about hosting the fundraiser?

She is, uh, in Nantucket
for the season, so...

Um...

[CHUCKLES] Change is
difficult for people.

I'm happy to host it myself.

That would be tremendous,
Edwin. God bless you.

Good.

[ELIZABETH] There's Miss Simms.

I helped you arrest Mudd.

And me and my brother
are doing just fine here.

Why can't we just call it even?

- [COUGHING]
- You okay, Mr. Secretary?

Mary...

your testimony would be a
great service to our country.

Will you help me?

Mr. Secretary...

despite you taking my...
my land back from me,

despite what this country done to me,

my family, my students...

I still believe in the rights
they say exist in America.

So, all I want is to
pursue my happiness.

You know? And why... why they make
that so hard for people like me?

Then help me change it.

You're right.

You deserve to be believed
as much as any doctor.

You want to hear more details?

Yes.

Davis was captured
wearing his wife's shawl.

Is that right?

[ECKERT CHUCKLES]

You know, um, they humiliated Abe

when he wore women's clothes to
avoid death threats in Baltimore.

Tell the press... [CLEARS THROAT]

... that Davis was wearing
a dress when he was caught.

Jefferson Davis
captured wearing a dress.

- Imagine.
- Imagine.

Eckert?

I know grand conspiracy is
ambitious, but we're, uh...

we're not down to raisins yet.

No, we most certainly are not.

[DOOR OPENS]

You got Davis.

That's big.

The, uh, coroner's finished
documenting Booth's body.

We're ready to go.

Good.

[LUTHER] I'll take care of the wagon.

[GRUNTS] Do you mind me asking
about the reward money, sir?

We did capture David Herold
alive and... and stopped Booth.

Yes, I mind.

Uh... Yes, sir. [CLEARS THROAT]

What is it?

Did Booth write down his motives?

Is there anything in there that
could stain your reputation?

You don't need to worry about that.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PAPER RIPS]

Eckert, send for Baker and Conover.

We still need to
connect Davis with Booth.

I'm ready to prep the next witness.

[GRUNTS]