02x20 - GLOBALREACH

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Previously on "Quantico"...

My mother is gonna be impeached.

We're all gonna be exposed.

This operation is over.

We get briefing memos, too...

People in custody who look like the right person, but don't match fingerprints on file.

Make me hate you again.

I thought that I had feelings for you.

But the person I really care about...

Was my brother.

There's still a way we can win, but it's a big risk.

It's gone, all of it.

Someone erased everything we have.

This is everything President Haas' task force has on your team.

They won't be a problem for us.

You're watching a live broadcast of the House of Representatives' debate...

The House voted to impeach Johnson and Clinton.

I'm not going anywhere.

You're 47 votes away from being served with articles of impeachment.

Special Agent Mike Lowery at the FBI has been tasked with leading the criminal investigation into the task force and who knows what else.

And as of this morning, 72% of the American public is ready to grab their pitchforks and drive you out of this house.

Polls only exist so that the media has something to talk about.

They're not real.

You're quoting me to me?

Yes, and you were right when you said it, just like I'm right now.

You need to get your team out there and figure out what to do next.

What team?

I-I mean...

I've got two members, Ryan Booth and Shelby Wyatt, who are too radioactive to leave The Farm because they've been named in the press as potential lieutenants of yours.

Raina Amin is still pretending to be her sister, who, I remind you, is being held at an undisclosed location they won't even tell you about.

And Alex Parrish and Owen Hall have disappeared.

Who knows what they're up to?

I f-feel like all I've been saying for the last day is "no comment," because for the first time in my life, I don't know what's happening.

That's because you're trying too hard to save me.

Look, it might be inevitable that the Collaborators take the presidency, but they cannot take away our freedom or our rights.

I won't let them, and you can't, either.

Now stop protecting me and start protecting this country.

Get your team back together and figure out how to fight back.

Yes, Madam President.

Fletcher was supposed to call an hour ago.

Well, considering he's in the middle of a presidential coup d'tat, he's earned the right to be a little tardy.

Or he's got what he wanted and he's done with me.

Don't worry.

Here.

- Do you remember what I told you?

- Yeah.

If they put a g*n in your hand and say sh**t...

I sh**t.

Right.

I can't wear this when I meet them.

You know that, right?

Or any of the other gadgets that you managed to steal before we left The Farm.

How will you know where I am?

I'll know.

I've done this before.

When can we tell the team?

We can't.

For this op, strength isn't in numbers.

It's just in you and me.

The deeper I go in this, I'm afraid you won't be able to pull me out.

So, when I first briefed Helen Sharp about life undercover, she was a wreck.

We were at a caf in Haidhausen, Munich, and I didn't know what to say, so I gave her a coin and told her a story about how it was the lucky charm of an old spy in World w*r II.

It was...

It was basically...

Complete B.S.

The point is, Helen knew that the Deutschemark meant I was with her.

She wasn't alone.

It's a coin, Owen.

That no one, not Maxwell Fletcher or Alice Winter, would notice.

And it will remind you you're not alone until the day you won't need it anymore.

Because I'll be dead.

Okay, here we go.

Hello?

Meet us at the Greypool Headquarters in an hour.

Of course.

I'll be there.

Give me that quarter.

Okay, you're three hours away from anyone who knows you.

Are you gonna help me or not?

Help you what?

I'm not a lawyer.

And my sister doesn't need one since she didn't do anything.

She hasn't even been charged.

- Why?

- I don't know.

Your boss does.

Well, he must have a reason not to tell me.

You're a smart man.

Why do you believe in him so much?

He does many good things for the Hispanic people of America.

And he does terrible things for everyone else.

You agree with his Muslim registry and rounding up other immigrants?

Or do you not care because you're not in danger yourself?

I have a green card.

Which can be taken away.

Exactly.

You're privileged.

You've probably never been in a room where your family's reputation didn't precede you.

You've never known what it's like to have someone look at you like whatever comes out of your mouth next better prove you belong.

So what can I do?

I just want to know where my sister is being held and what the charges will be when they're filed.

You have access to Roarke's office.

I don't have access to everything.

But I will find out what I can.

For you.

Thank you.

Now will you admit that "13 Hours" is a better movie than "Notting Hill"?

I lived "13 Hours," okay?

"Notting Hill" is an escape.

And if you tell anybody that I said that, just remember...

I know how to disappear people.

My God.

If this is how we're acting after being cooped up for a day, we're gonna go insane by Monday.

Yeah.

The press mob looking for a story will have moved on by then.

Hopefully to better news.

When was the last time you texted her?

Hugh was interviewing Julia for "Horse & Hound." How about we talk to each other?

Like a conversation about our feelings?

Scary feelings.

You can do it.

You go first.

I am worried about Clay.

Worry is not a feeling.

It's more of a thought.

Okay.

Why are you worried about him?

Well, because everything he cares about is a mess right now.

His mother's career is in jeopardy, the country is at risk, and he thinks that I slept with Caleb.

Well, that last one was not quite on par with the other two.

To him it might be.

Clay doesn't open up to a lot of people, and I just slammed the door on him when he needs me most.

Well, you can help him and 300 million other people by doing what's right for the mission.

What's right for Clay, it's up to him.

You know, when I talk to Alex, she's a lot less judgmental.

Yeah, she doesn't judge you 'cause you might turn around and tell her the truth.

Which is what, in your estimation?

That she probably sabotaged...

Possibly.

Fine.

Possibly sabotaged everything that we've worked for in the bunker and then left us with nothing and then ran off to work alone with probably...

Possibly...

Owen.

Okay, fine.

You want to talk about feelings?

I feel angry.

I feel...

You were gonna say worried.

I was.

Look, my best guess...

She's safe.

And she and Owen are up to something.

Clay wants us in the bunker.

The House voted.

They're serving the president with articles of impeachment.

The White House believes that the impeachment process will ultimately vindicate the president of all wrongdoing.

Jeffrey.

The next 24 hours are crucial.

Now that this is passed in the House, the Senate will start the impeachment trial tomorrow.

That could take weeks or months.

And the longer it takes, the more the momentum will shift into Roarke's favor.

Right now we still have a chance to do something to make sure the Collaborators don't win.

Do you have any ideas?

To be honest, no.

But I figure if I get the smartest people I know in a room, maybe we'd come up with something.

Still no Alex or Owen.

I have you three.

I think that's enough.

Clay.

So I'm asking one thing, Madam President.

You answer for your crimes.

You own up to your sins, and you tell the truth to the American people for once in your life.

Roarke calling for the truth?

As much as it pains me to say this publicly, I have seen evidence that Claire Haas covered up what truly happened in the G20 hostage crisis.

She knew the thr*at was imminent, and yet she turned a blind eye.

And when it was over, she covered it up, and all for one reason.

She financed the att*ck.

Now...

It's not true.

We all know that.

But the country doesn't.

He can say any fiction and the people will believe him.

How can we change that?

Destroy his credibility.

Break the trust they have in him.

Do exactly to Roarke what he has done to my mother.

That man cannot take power.

He cannot become our president.

This entire room is a Faraday cage.

No signals of any kind.

Your iPhone is a $700 paperweight.

I guess I won't be able to live-tweet this meeting, then.

Claire Haas will be out of the White House in 24 hours, which means we have to prepare the intelligence agencies for the transition.

And that's where you come in.

You'll be going, along with Alice, to your former employers to, usher in the message of Henry Roarke's new America.

And what exactly is this new America?

We have some reading material for you to study.

Call it a sales manual.

Was it easy turning on them like this?

They can still be my friends and be wrong about the right path for our country.

Fair point.

Perhaps the course of today will enlighten them to what you so clearly understand.

You're one of us now, Alex Parrish.

It's time to convince everyone you used to work with, starting with the CIA.

Do you think they'll believe me?

We're about to make sure of it.

No tracking devices, no viruses on the tablet, no hidden messages in these dossiers, no poison on the papers, no malware on the tablet.

Everything is clean.

Okay, so now what?

Well, they want you to be the face of their operation.

You do exactly that.

What they have me doing to Matthew Keyes, I...

It's more than just peddling an agenda.

It's the price for admission.

Crossing another line to prove your worth.

You having access to the Collaborators' ongoing plan is all that matters.

Yeah.

Roarke wants my mother gone so he can take her place.

But if we get Roarke gone, the Senate pro tem, Victor Rollins, is next in line.

He may be a Republican, but he's one of the good ones.

He'll make a better leader if it comes to that.

We've spent weeks trying to tie Roarke to everything that's happened, and we've come up empty.

Not to mention that Alex deleted every bit of evidence we did have on him.

Yeah, we... we know we can't tie him to the Collaborators, but every politician has a personal secret that can bring them down.

We need to find something so damaging to his reputation that it removes him from the seat of power.

Let's start digging.

When it comes to sex, something salacious can be deadly.

Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner, John Edwards...

I mean, even the most promising politicians can compromise themselves.

Roarke is widowed, so affairs are off the table.

He dates age appropriate.

His p*rn search history is vanilla.

And there are no Tinder, Grindr, or Whiplr accounts matching his age, weight, and body type in the D.C. area.

Even adjusting for ego.

And there are no suspicious cash withdrawals from any of his accounts, no mysterious activity in his pattern of life that points to prostitution.

Raina, your research turn anything up?

Earth to Raina.

- Anything on Roarke?

- Nothing yet.

Excuse me.

You are not doing a financial deep-dive, are you?

I'm trying to track down Alex.

I'm looking for a digital footprint she might have left since she disappeared.

She didn't disappear, Ryan.

She's just working on her own.

And when she goes rogue, everybody around her gets hurt.

I want to figure out what she's doing before we have to go clean it up later.

Financial corruption is another poison pill when it comes to bringing down the powerful.

Bribes, embezzlement.

What's Roarke hiding?

His tax returns have been public record every year since he was a 16-year-old intern for a federal judge.

And those returns are immaculate.

I don't think this is the right plan.

No, this is the right plan.

You just have to keep digging.

But, to her point, there's no evidence of any offshore accounts, either.

He is earning and spending well within his government salary.

If he's hiding money, it's sitting untouched under a mattress.

Keep going.

We'll find something.

You got any new angles to play?

'Cause I'm running out of ideas.

Why are you asking me?

I respect your work.

I was worried you might not respect me after the other night.

For a second, I forgot about that.

How is he?

He's great.

We...

We talked on the phone all last night, made plans to spend the summer together.

Good.

That's good.

Nothing.

We got nothing on Roarke.

It's like he spent his whole life preparing for this moment.

Not a single ounce of dirt on him.

Even if there were, new polls suggest that he is untouchable.

He's the great white male hope against Claire Haas.

Polls don't mean anything.

What about Felix?

I mean, he warned you the Collaborators were gonna burn us, and they did.

Maybe we can use him to get something big enough to take Roarke down.

I can't involve him.

I don't know where he stands anyway.

He's gone silent since the engagement party.

Not exactly.

You spoke to him?

Well, he reached out to me.

He said he can maybe help use Roarke's influence to find Nimah and tell us that she's safe.

And you believed him?

Raina, that was a complete manipulation.

What did he ask for in return?

Nothing.

He seemed genuine.

He works in politics.

If he seemed genuine, he's definitely lying.

I believe he's on our side.

I know I'm new at this.

I just...

I trust my instinct.

And I have to trust mine.

It's a no go on Felix.

Great.

So we're back to square one.

Felix wants to meet.

Do you know anything about this, Raina?

No.

I'd say it's...

It's a sign.

Maybe you're right.

Hopefully I come back with good news and a plan.

At least I can get some Intel on him.

Just keep working.

I need coffee.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna find Alex, figure out what the hell she and Owen are up to.

When you called an urgent meeting, Ms.

Parrish, I wasn't expecting company.

Yet it seems you have managed to succeed where Ryan failed.

Thank you, Ms. Winter, for doing the right thing by joining us.

Mr. Keyes, I'm afraid you're very confused about the nature of this conversation.

I'm not Ms. Parrish's asset.

I'm her partner.

We fought the good fight, Matthew...

and we lost.

The administration is about to crumble.

I am prepared to do whatever it takes to fix this country once the dust settles.

Are you?

Is this some sort of test?

Where are the others?

There are two options the way we see it.

One, you resign as the DDO of the CIA and allow peaceful transition of power to a party of our choosing.

Or two, you retain your position, and we expose your role in the forming and authorizing of Claire Haas' illegal task force.

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one under duress right now.

I'm sorry, Matthew.

You're on your own on this.

I trust that you'll make the right decision.

And for the record, it's number one.

No, I'm the one who should be sorry.

Working with you was the biggest mistake of my career.

And to think I'd had my doubts about you.

Is he back there?

Yeah.

I'm looking for Felix.

And I'm looking for you.

Did you ask him to bring me here?

Not at all.

It was his idea.

So this is an ambush.

Or an olive branch, depending on how it goes.

Sit, sit, sit, sit.

Okay.

Right now I am burning your mother to the ground, but you and your team don't have to be singed.

Speak out against her.

Help me expedite the impeachment process.

And when I take office, you will all be pardoned for your role in the illegal task force you've been running.

As if I could ever believe a word you say.

See, that's the problem with your side.

You think that the truth matters to anyone, but this is a post-truth world.

Nobody wants a boring fact.

They want a good story.

And the better the story, the more faith they have in the person who tells it.

And the American people never trusted your mother.

But they trust me because they like what I have to say.

And you told me this was about more than the presidency.

It is.

And don't twist my words.

Because you'll find, Mr.

Haas, the America I want and you want are not that dissimilar.

I think I've heard you speak enough for my lifetime.

Cut to the chase.

Why am I here?

To play your part, which you already did, because when you walk out of here, you'll be spotted by a reporter from the Journal who was conveniently tipped off about our meeting.

And when they ask me, I'll tell them that the president's son is working with me, the opposition, on the case against his mother.

And the part you'll like is that you being here will help her hang.

Wait!

I need to talk to you.

Felix played me, and I fell for it.

- We need to use him.

- Raina still thinks Felix is the key to Nimah's freedom.

Well, then, we'll need to keep this between you and me.

I have a plan.

You can't surveil me in the Hoover Building.

I can on your way into and out of it.

You holding up okay?

My first day as a Collaborator, I walked into Langley and forced a man I deeply respect to resign.

He was nothing but good to me, and that's how I repay him?

Just be thankful that's all they wanted.

How do you know?

How can you be so sure?

Maybe that was just to lower my guard.

I am about to walk into the FBI.

But you are one of them now.

There are no alternate plans.

No tricks, no secrets.

There's just you doing what it takes to stay on the inside and stop whatever their real endgame is.

Yeah.

You're right.

Okay.

I thought you were taking care of the team.

He's still calling?

What do you want me to do?

He's not gonna stop.

He won't, or you don't want him to?

Did you ever question Helen Sharp's loyalty like this?

She didn't have an ex-boyfriend calling her every five minutes.

Alex, in this van right now, you can acknowledge weakness, because you sure as hell can't out there.

I let go of Ryan, and he hasn't let go of me.

And I hate that he's hurting so much.

Thank you.

Okay.

Time to be bad.

You sure she can be manipulated?

Yes.

We use Raina to bring down Felix, and Felix to bring down Roarke.

How?

Raina likes Felix.

She won't willingly lie to him or set him up.

And you like Raina.

Are you sure you want to do this?

I don't want to, but I don't see another option.

Raina will never get her hands dirty if we ask.

Hopefully we can get her to manipulate Felix without knowing that's what she's doing.

What about your part?

Roarke chairs the Cyberterrorism Committee.

Those reports are highly coveted by Russian intelligence.

And I'm gonna talk Ryan into giving me access to Sasha Barinov's computer, get her contacts in Russia.

I'll send an e-mail to one of them convincing them Felix wants to meet.

Offer them intelligence only Roarke will have.

Felix will be arrested for selling secrets, and everyone will assume it's on Roarke's behalf.

Roarke will go home.

Your mother will stay president.

What?

Thanks for the coffee.

It's actually espresso.

And you're welcome.

When I started working with the team, it was hard for me, too.

But the more I've done with them, the more I understand this is for the good of the country.

I made the right choice.

And I promise...

so did you.

Your ex-fianc.

He hasn't stopped calling since I left The Farm.

I'll deal with it later.

No, now is better.

I don't want you distracted in there.

Of course.

You've got to stop calling me.

Where the hell did you go?!

And what the hell are you doing?!

I left, Ryan.

Yeah, I got that, Alex.

Look, if you're in trouble...

I'm not.

I'm in control for the first time since we started this whole thing with Clay.

I'm not interested in sitting in the bunker and debating endlessly about what we should do and then fail when we do it.

I want to win.

So you decided to join the winners?

Have you conveniently forgotten that they hate you and everybody that looks like you?

Yeah, look, every time you have second-guessed me, you got hurt.

Don't make the same mistake a third time.

I'm done letting your doubts affect my decisions.

- Hey.

- Good day.

What are you doing at the FBI, Alex?

Ma'am, no liquids past security.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know I had a water.

This article is old.

I don't think it'll work.

We need something more recent, something undeniable.

If you want more, I can ask Felix.

No, I don't want to go around Clay.

And I definitely don't want to risk ruining whatever it is Felix is doing for you regarding Nimah.

But it's not sabotage.

It's a chance for Felix to show us what I believe is truly inside of him.

I can arrange a meeting.

He'll come through.

Tell him we need to meet somewhere private so Clay doesn't know.

Okay, I'm calling him right now.

You really do know how to play someone.

You just need to know the song they like to sing.

I can speak very personally about the failings of the FBI, the struggles within the Bureau to do what's best for our country.

I became an agent to find out what happened to my father, but during my time at Quantico, it became clear to me that it was you that failed him.

And as I worked as an agent, it became even clearer to me that...

What I'm trying to say is that you're failing us as agents, but...

You're failing this...

What's worse is that you're failing us...

Jack, she's talking about you.

Roarke is going to be president, and your legacy is one of hiding inconvenient truths.

This new administration is about transparency.

Come clean or resign.

Um, I'm sorry.

It must be an emergency.

It's Miranda Shaw.

She heard I'm here, wants to know why.

What should I do?

Go.

Say hello to her.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

- Hello?

- I think Alice Winter put a bottle of water in my bag.

I thought it was from the CIA and I put it there, but I don't remember that at all.

I keep flashing back to this exercise we did at Quantico, where I ended up with a chemical agent in my backpack.

And the bottle was confiscated at security.

I-I know it sounds crazy when I say it out loud.

Maybe I'm just panicking for no reason, but it's the same type of water that they give out here.

- Hold on.

- I'm probably just being paranoid.

I should get back.

Alex, stop.

Paranoid is a good thing.

Now, they could have used you to bring in anything, Plastic degrades over time.

Hours, minutes, and... a deadly agent goes airborne.

It's what happened in Tokyo.

12 people d*ed.

Yeah, but that was a subway.

Small space, mass panic.

This is a bottle that's heading down to recycling.

If it's a w*apon and I carried it in here, - what's the goal?

- Hold on, hold on.

Got a floor plan here.

Ground floor waste disposal has air connections to the second floor east wing.

Do any of these agents' names mean anything to you?

Maulik Patel, Paula Reyes, Mike Lowery, Donald...

Wait, wait, wait.

What?

What happened?

Mike Lowery is the special agent leading the investigation against President Haas and the task force for the FBI.

The air vent from the waste room goes right under his office.

They're not waiting for her to be impeached.

They want to make it look like Claire k*lled her enemy, and I'm their Trojan horse.

If that's their plan, you have to let it happen.

- Hey, Chris.

- Sorry, Mr.

Booth.

We don't have you in the system for a visit today.

How about looking the other way for a six-year Bureau vet?

Go ahead.

I owe you one.

You have to help me.

Now I have to help you.

You want to fight or you want to save people?

I hate it when you say that.

Come on.

All I have to do is keep Felix busy and no more than three feet away from me while my phone transfers the files to his phone.

Along with the e-mails I wrote between Felix and Sasha that I put on her computer.

You seem more into this than I expected.

All Roarke does is tell lies, and people believe him.

So now it's time we do some lying of our own.

Time to go.

All right, we're synced up.

You have to keep him talking.

Thank you for meeting me.

I'm surprised you left The Farm.

This was worth it.

Raina wants to talk to you, but she thinks you may have been spotted yesterday at the Gold Leaf.

So we had to find a private spot...

A coffee shop around the corner.

You're at 44%.

Keep talking.

I don't know why she trusts you.

I don't know, either.

It's not like I've been kind to her, but maybe she likes that at least I'm honest.

Well, I love Raina, so if you plan on hurting her, you should know I will come for you.

Are you threatening me?

Just warning you.

I should warn Clay about you, then.

65%.

I'm not going anywhere near Clay.

Good, because I don't want him to lose anything else.

He's lost enough, more than he should have.

We done here?

100%.

Send him in.

It's a block north.

Dudley's, corner booth.

She'll be there.

Okay.

He's getting a call.

Use the van's parabolic Mic.

Make sure he's still on target.

Accessing it now.

Hello?

It's Raina.

Are you running late?

I'm just calling you to tell you to call me later after you talk to Shelby.

I-I just spoke to her.

She told me where to meet you.

Just up the road, right?

- Damn it.

- Meet me?

Raina's blowing the op!

Here.

What?

You're looking for one water bottle?

Needle, meet poisonous haystack.

Yeah.

Phone a friend.

You shouldn't be calling.

Owen, I don't know what to do.

There's too many bottles.

How do I find the right one?

You're still in the building?

Go to Alice.

Leave.

You're not listening to me.

How do I stop this?

Pull a fire alarm, evacuate the building?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Call in a b*mb thr*at!

- Is that Ryan?

- Here.

I'll do it.

I'm probably going to jail anyway.

No, just hold on!

Why is he with you?

You can't do anything now.

We can't let them k*ll more people.

Yes, we can.

More than that, we have to.

Whatever they brought you into the FBI to do needs to happen.

And if you meddle, your cover's blown, we're out in the cold, and we have no fight left to stop what's coming!

But if we let them win now, we have a chance to win later.

- Where are you going?

- To pull a fire alarm, tell security!

Alex, walk away right now.

We're not letting that thing go off!

- Alex!

Alex!

- Okay, you're right.

We're not, okay?

I am.

Owen, pull around to 9 between E and D fast.

I can't find Felix.

The Russians are waiting.

I'll go look for him.

Your spy van is cute.

Probably not a good idea to use it against friends.

Or ex-friends.

You really have no idea who you work for.

What was waiting inside that caf?

A Russian, the FBI?

No, you came after me first.

Don't pretend like you don't know how this works.

I just called Roarke.

I gave him my resignation.

I told him I accidentally have spoken to the Russians, and I will fully cooperate with any investigation.

Why would you do that?

You gave me no choice.

We just needed to get Roarke out of the way.

I would have found a way to have you exonerated.

And I will be once they investigate me.

But at least I won't have been taken down by someone else's misinformation and lies.

You of all people should know what that can do to someone.

All right, so it's okay for your boss to do it, but it's not okay for me to?

15 years I trusted you.

Even when we didn't agree, I knew it was never personal because I knew who you were inside.

If Roarke is the man you say he is, then you are now no better than him, which is why I resigned.

So I never have to see either of you again.

I'm so sorry.

You know, Miranda's so suspicious by nature that I had to talk with her until she let it go, but I handled it.

I keep waiting to hear an explanation, but you know what?

There is none.

You can't just explain away what you did!

Actually, you can.

You're insane.

That's the only explanation.

Calm down, Ryan.

Don't you ever tell me to calm down.

What you made her do goes against everything - that I know about her!

- Okay, you may disagree with my decisions, but they were my decisions, Ryan!

No one made me do them!

Maybe you don't know her very well.

She made the right call.

And you... can you stop talking about me as if I'm not here?

Well, I don't know that you are here.

The Alex that I know would have pulled the fire alarm.

She would have saved people!

I did everything I could to make sure everyone in that building was safe, and I saved you.

So that evens the score?

The Collaborators are operating outside morality.

That is the field of battle.

You either fight or get run over.

Why would you warn Felix about what we were doing?

What were you thinking?

You ruined the operation.

And you ruined my only chance to get my sister out of who knows where.

Our plan was for the greater good.

The greater good is what we're doing here.

Is this just a motto that you cling to, to justify what you do?

This is real, Shelby.

They have my sister.

So that gives you the right to stop us from preventing a truly dangerous man from becoming president?

When he stops all the Muslims from entering this country, how is that helping you or your sister?

And selling yourself out by framing an innocent man to take out a guilty one, how is that a greater good?

So you're both out of your minds.

That's...

Okay, how many people die if the Collaborators reach their endgame?

We don't know what their endgame is!

Exactly.

Now I will, because I'm on the inside.

I'll make sure I tell that to the families of the people that might get hurt today.

How are you able to sleep at night?

Because they are able to sleep at night, because they fight dirty.

I am done pretending that we have to be better than them to win.

You want to b*at the bad guys with folk songs and hugs.

That has never worked.

No wonder you ran away with Owen.

You're ashamed to let me see what you've become.

Ryan.

Thanks for the beer.

You want to take a minute?

Stop handling me.

I can't.

Owen.

Hey.

Hello?

Thank you for helping to ensure a better tomorrow.

I did what I could.

You've done well.

Maybe next time you'll trust me enough to tell me the full plan.

Well, I'm calling you now, aren't I?

Okay, then.

What's next?

We transition tomorrow.

Welcome to the team.

Well, that didn't go well.

I took on this job 'cause I thought it was the high ground.

It doesn't exist anymore.

And we made sure of it.

We did what was needed.

I stand by our choice.

After what happened at the FBI today, my mother will be forced to resign.

Her and Nixon.

That's a great legacy.

I lost a friend.

Maybe my relationship with Maxine will survive, - but...

- Clay, the fight isn't over.

I had feelings for you.

I couldn't go an hour without thinking about you.

But that's not your fault.

It's only mine.

Where are you going?

Goodbye, Shelby.

We've completed our destiny.

Thank you all for coming.

These are the facts.

We are no longer under my mother's protection.

She is being framed for the terror att*ck at the FBI, and it's only a matter of time before someone sends the FBI to arrest her and us for treason.

But it's none of your faults.

Only mine.

I did this.

Completely sure that I knew what I was doing, but I didn't.

I am why this did not work.

This should have been your task force.

You knew what needed to be done.

You wouldn't have flinched or hedged your bets.

You are the right man for a job that I just made obsolete.

If you think there's a move left to make and you can make it, this task force is yours.

Clay, don't.

Good luck.

Terrifying news out of the Hoover Building in D.C., also known as the headquarters for the FBI.

We have unconfirmed reports that there has been a t*rror1st att*ck.

All federal office buildings are in the process of being evacuated as a precaution.

A source at the White House has confirmed that President Haas has been briefed on the situation...

If I had a husband, they'd...

hang his portrait in here.

Of course, they don't hang portraits for presidents who are impeached.

Did you write it?

I did.

And?

It's good.

You ready?

Not quite.

The, the families of the six people who were poisoned, including Special Agent Mike Lowery.

The doctors at Bethesda are hopeful there won't be any casualties, but still, I feel like taking responsibility and giving these families some peace is the very least I can do.

Give me a minute.

Okay.

Well, that's gonna end soon.

Madam President.

And that.

You shouldn't be here.

I'm the reason this is happening.

You were just the last piece of an inevitable outcome.

I came into this job because of v*olence you were trying to stop, and I'm leaving because of v*olence you're trying to stop.

This is not your fault.

If you want to keep fighting, you have all of us at your back.

People got hurt today.

And if I don't give Roarke the White House, he will k*ll to get it.

Promise me that no innocents get k*lled on your watch.

You know I can't do that.

Well, then promise me that we will win in the end.

That I stake my life on.

That's my cue.

Don't stay for this.

Don't listen.

You stay focused.

Madam President.

When I took this office, it was during a period of great crisis in our country.

One hopes never to see America plunged into the v*olence and chaos that we saw in downtown Manhattan three months ago.

I'm not resigning because I believe I did anything wrong.

I'm resigning because this country is simply too fragile to handle yet another scandal when we're already in the middle of a real crisis.

Holding a president accountable is one of the most patriotic things you can do, so I ask each of you to hold our next president to the same high account.

There is no perfect America.

I spent my time in this office trying every day to make this country the best version of itself.

I know in my heart that the mistakes I've made were not because I wanted power but because I wanted peace.

You okay?

I don't know.

I just got confirmation a few minutes ago.

No casualties.

They're gonna be okay.

Effective at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, I will resign my post as president of these United States.

As no vice president has yet been confirmed, Speaker of the House Henry Roarke will take the oath of office.

I thank you for the trust you placed in me.

God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.