1 00:00:04,178 --> 00:00:06,876 ELIZABETH: Can you imagine 2 00:00:06,919 --> 00:00:10,880 how many meetings and discussions 3 00:00:10,923 --> 00:00:13,013 it took to get this thing made? 4 00:00:13,056 --> 00:00:14,753 Apparently, there was an argument 5 00:00:14,797 --> 00:00:17,017 to make the structure a log cabin. 6 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:18,366 Seriously? Yeah. 7 00:00:18,409 --> 00:00:20,237 Pretty big cabin.Mm-hmm. 8 00:00:20,281 --> 00:00:22,239 Why won't Russell answer my text? 9 00:00:22,283 --> 00:00:23,893 JASON: Um, other than helping run 10 00:00:23,936 --> 00:00:25,895 the most powerful country in the world? 11 00:00:25,938 --> 00:00:28,376 I never ask for anything, but I need a Monday off 12 00:00:28,419 --> 00:00:29,768 in two months. What for? 13 00:00:29,812 --> 00:00:32,597 Emma Feldman's wedding, in Turks and Caicos. 14 00:00:32,641 --> 00:00:35,209 Ah.Can people stop with the destination weddings? 15 00:00:35,252 --> 00:00:37,602 Hey, who remembers the actual occasion for... 16 00:00:37,646 --> 00:00:38,908 the Gettysburg Address? 17 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:40,562 Don't make it school, honey. 18 00:00:40,605 --> 00:00:42,129 They used to like it. 19 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:43,695 Well, then they grew up. 20 00:00:43,739 --> 00:00:45,306 We've lived here almost four years. 21 00:00:45,349 --> 00:00:49,049 This is the first time doing D.C. as a family... 22 00:00:49,092 --> 00:00:50,615 You thought they'd like it. Me, too. 23 00:00:50,659 --> 00:00:53,357 But we forgot... they have lives. 24 00:00:53,401 --> 00:00:54,841 They have phones. Their lives happen 25 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,839 on phones. I hate that. 26 00:00:56,882 --> 00:00:59,363 Oh. Go ahead, 27 00:00:59,407 --> 00:01:01,322 but there's no point. I hate that, too. 28 00:01:01,365 --> 00:01:03,672 God! Why has no one checked my blog post 29 00:01:03,715 --> 00:01:05,804 about the history of the poncho? 30 00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:07,368 It's, like, everyone wants to be in it, 31 00:01:07,392 --> 00:01:09,460 but no one wants to know where it came from. 32 00:01:09,504 --> 00:01:11,464 Huh. Funny that. Okay, come on, [Elizabeth laughs] 33 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:12,594 Vietnam Memorial. Let's go. 34 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:13,682 [groans]No, please. 35 00:01:13,725 --> 00:01:16,250 One memorial and you're done? No, 36 00:01:16,293 --> 00:01:18,339 it's just, like, the wall is gonna be so heavy. 37 00:01:18,382 --> 00:01:19,992 Can we, like, break it up 38 00:01:20,036 --> 00:01:21,907 with something fun, maybe? Yeah, sure, 39 00:01:21,951 --> 00:01:24,040 we'll go directly to the statue memorializing 40 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:26,347 what fun it was forming a democracy. 41 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:29,045 Yeah, okay, okay, we need a break and maybe some food. 42 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,699 I know a fun place that's nearby, 43 00:01:30,742 --> 00:01:33,484 and we can look at the cherry blossoms on the way. Come on. 44 00:01:33,528 --> 00:01:35,312 Gift from the Japanese government in 1912. 45 00:01:35,356 --> 00:01:37,532 Stop teaching. Stop teaching. That's what I do. 46 00:01:38,968 --> 00:01:40,317 Oh! 47 00:01:40,361 --> 00:01:41,623 It's a little long. 48 00:01:41,666 --> 00:01:42,798 Really? 49 00:01:42,841 --> 00:01:44,147 Inches. 50 00:01:44,191 --> 00:01:45,540 Inches inside. 51 00:01:45,583 --> 00:01:47,411 Receiver's call. 52 00:01:47,455 --> 00:01:49,196 Gentlemen's game, dude. Right? 53 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:50,501 Okay, Viscount. 54 00:01:50,545 --> 00:01:52,547 Try this. 55 00:01:55,419 --> 00:01:56,551 Nice. 56 00:01:56,594 --> 00:01:58,335 Breeze helped you out a little. 57 00:01:59,380 --> 00:02:01,556 I can feel it. Yeah. 58 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:04,080 More like the breeze of the ball saying, "Don't bother." 59 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,777 Yeah. Come on. 60 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:08,389 Okay, Waffles, water break. 61 00:02:09,433 --> 00:02:11,218 Here. 62 00:02:11,261 --> 00:02:12,915 Come on and drink. Oh.Uh... 63 00:02:12,958 --> 00:02:15,831 [laughing]Sorry. Thor just has to meet every dog in the park 64 00:02:15,874 --> 00:02:17,485 before he does his business. 65 00:02:17,528 --> 00:02:18,964 Thor? Yeah. 66 00:02:19,008 --> 00:02:21,053 Oh, I'm sorry, cutie, but you are not a Thor. 67 00:02:21,097 --> 00:02:23,360 Right? He was already named when I rescued him. 68 00:02:23,404 --> 00:02:25,493 Oh, I-I rescued Waffles, too. 69 00:02:25,536 --> 00:02:27,364 Waffles? Seriously? 70 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:30,193 Uh-huh. A bomb- sniffing-school washout. 71 00:02:30,237 --> 00:02:32,369 Named after a fancy pancake. 72 00:02:32,413 --> 00:02:34,371 Oh, are you in the Bureau? No, State. 73 00:02:34,415 --> 00:02:36,634 Is your husband in State, too? 74 00:02:36,678 --> 00:02:38,070 I'm not married. 75 00:02:38,114 --> 00:02:39,985 I'm kind of single mom'ing it. 76 00:02:40,029 --> 00:02:43,250 Oh. I'm Thomas. [chuckles] 77 00:02:43,293 --> 00:02:45,165 Daisy. 78 00:02:46,253 --> 00:02:48,037 Eh! Hooked it.Eh. 79 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,952 Just the right amount, Mr. President. 80 00:02:49,995 --> 00:02:51,432 Where's Elizabeth today? 81 00:02:51,475 --> 00:02:53,695 She had a family conflict. 82 00:02:53,738 --> 00:02:56,480 Talk about a swing. 83 00:02:56,524 --> 00:03:00,354 She can't make the NSC game, my wallet just says thank you. 84 00:03:00,397 --> 00:03:02,356 BECKER [laughs]: Amen to that. 85 00:03:04,314 --> 00:03:05,968 ELIZABETH: Yes! 86 00:03:06,011 --> 00:03:08,623 Incredible. Your mom has always been really turbo about this game. 87 00:03:08,666 --> 00:03:10,799 Mama needs that big... Whoa. 88 00:03:10,842 --> 00:03:12,409 What is that up there? 89 00:03:12,453 --> 00:03:13,497 HENRY: Manatee? Manatee. 90 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:15,238 Yeah! Oh! 91 00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:18,415 You guys should pay attention and see how this is done. 92 00:03:18,459 --> 00:03:20,069 I don't need a manatee. 93 00:03:20,112 --> 00:03:23,203 Is anyone getting reception in here? No. I'm just 94 00:03:23,246 --> 00:03:24,900 deleting photos. It's a total dead zone. 95 00:03:24,943 --> 00:03:26,293 Maybe that's why 96 00:03:26,336 --> 00:03:27,729 I still haven't heard from Russell. 97 00:03:27,772 --> 00:03:29,209 Maybe the parking lot? 98 00:03:29,252 --> 00:03:31,602 Hey, could we all put down our robots 99 00:03:31,646 --> 00:03:33,648 and enjoy this family activity 100 00:03:33,691 --> 00:03:35,998 that we insisted on doing? 101 00:03:36,041 --> 00:03:38,130 Come on! Okay, fine. Hand it over. 102 00:03:38,174 --> 00:03:40,132 Come on, here. There, you can do this one. 103 00:03:40,176 --> 00:03:41,438 Wait, wait. 104 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:43,179 Bring it straight back. Straight back. Whoo! 105 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,463 Straight back. No spin, no spin! 106 00:03:44,487 --> 00:03:45,877 ELIZABETH: Yeah, baby! 107 00:03:45,921 --> 00:03:47,836 KAT: Hey. BLAKE: Hey. 108 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:51,274 What are you in for? Oh, self-imposed spring cleaning. 109 00:03:51,318 --> 00:03:53,972 M-Sec's personal files. You? 110 00:03:54,016 --> 00:03:55,452 A big policy binder 111 00:03:55,496 --> 00:03:57,411 for the Bureau of South Central Asian Affairs 112 00:03:57,454 --> 00:03:59,021 which isn't due for a month, 113 00:03:59,064 --> 00:04:00,805 but it's keeping me awake at night. 114 00:04:00,849 --> 00:04:02,372 Do you need some help? 115 00:04:02,416 --> 00:04:04,548 I'm almost done with my pathology. Really? 116 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:05,854 No, really. 117 00:04:05,897 --> 00:04:08,073 It's a 500-page dossier, 118 00:04:08,117 --> 00:04:10,946 and it's not exactly a potboiler. 119 00:04:10,989 --> 00:04:13,427 I'd like to dip my toe in another department.Oh. 120 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:15,472 I should also get a more concrete idea 121 00:04:15,516 --> 00:04:17,692 of what I'm supposed to do next. 122 00:04:17,735 --> 00:04:20,564 Well, if you still want to do policy after this, 123 00:04:20,608 --> 00:04:22,653 you may have found your calling, my friend. 124 00:04:22,697 --> 00:04:23,698 Great. 125 00:04:23,741 --> 00:04:25,134 DALTON: That really was 126 00:04:25,177 --> 00:04:27,658 a hell of a drive, Gordon. Well, thank you, sir. 127 00:04:27,702 --> 00:04:29,312 My lucky day, I guess. 128 00:04:29,356 --> 00:04:30,618 Not if POTUS cuts your budget. 129 00:04:30,661 --> 00:04:32,620 [chuckles] Thank you, Russell. 130 00:04:32,663 --> 00:04:34,796 Now, do I have to wonder every time I win 131 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,580 if it's because someone was afraid of me? 132 00:04:36,624 --> 00:04:39,540 Well, you really weren't wondering that already, sir? 133 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:41,585 [phone playing alarm tone] 134 00:04:41,629 --> 00:04:43,631 That's a soothing ring choice. 135 00:04:43,674 --> 00:04:45,328 It's STRATCOM. 136 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:48,288 This is NSA Ellen Hill. 137 00:04:54,206 --> 00:04:55,512 Charlie. 138 00:04:55,556 --> 00:04:58,298 Delta. Three. Three. Niner. Seven. 139 00:04:58,341 --> 00:05:00,125 What's going on? 140 00:05:01,126 --> 00:05:03,259 Confidence level? 141 00:05:03,303 --> 00:05:06,697 Gather the NSC plus five and kick it to CiC comms 142 00:05:06,741 --> 00:05:08,743 immediately. What the hell is it? 143 00:05:08,786 --> 00:05:10,353 Early warning satellites 144 00:05:10,397 --> 00:05:12,094 detected multiple Russian launches. 145 00:05:12,137 --> 00:05:15,010 What?! Salnikov can't be that crazy. 146 00:05:15,053 --> 00:05:16,620 He said he'd get us back after Syria. 147 00:05:16,664 --> 00:05:18,784 By launching nukes? AGENT: Cover Falcon! Cover Falcon! 148 00:05:18,808 --> 00:05:20,885 CIA's psych eval of Salnikov 149 00:05:20,929 --> 00:05:22,496 indicated volatility and mood swings. 150 00:05:22,539 --> 00:05:23,714 We just killed 151 00:05:23,758 --> 00:05:26,238 300 Russians in Aleppo.Mr. President, 152 00:05:26,282 --> 00:05:28,082 I have STRATCOM.Put them on speaker, Captain. 153 00:05:28,106 --> 00:05:28,850 Yes, sir. 154 00:05:28,893 --> 00:05:30,852 Colonel McPherson is on the line. 155 00:05:30,895 --> 00:05:32,854 McPherson? General Bradley is off duty, sir. 156 00:05:32,897 --> 00:05:34,856 NSC plus five is being patched in. 157 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:36,858 Colonel McPherson, what's the sitrep? 158 00:05:36,901 --> 00:05:37,902 Mr. President, 159 00:05:37,946 --> 00:05:39,121 SSPARS is now tracking 160 00:05:39,164 --> 00:05:41,166 more than 400 Russian ICBMs 161 00:05:41,210 --> 00:05:42,690 heading for U.S. mainland, 162 00:05:42,733 --> 00:05:45,432 striking in about 20 minutes. 163 00:05:45,475 --> 00:05:47,869 Oh, my God. What about our monitoring stations? 164 00:05:47,912 --> 00:05:49,716 London and Alaska already confirmed; Greenland on alert. 165 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:50,698 Is there anything 166 00:05:50,741 --> 00:05:51,960 indicating otherwise? 167 00:05:52,003 --> 00:05:54,571 No, sir. Do we have all NSC on the line? 168 00:05:54,615 --> 00:05:56,747 All but Secretary McCord and DNI Ware, sir. 169 00:05:56,791 --> 00:05:58,140 We can't reach them. 170 00:05:58,183 --> 00:06:00,708 Does anyone have any reason to believe 171 00:06:00,751 --> 00:06:02,579 that our systems could be wrong? 172 00:06:02,623 --> 00:06:04,538 Admiral Forsyth here, Mr. President. 173 00:06:04,581 --> 00:06:08,411 It's a long shot, but we've always worried about a hack. Not possible. 174 00:06:08,455 --> 00:06:11,295 The network's air gapped and continually monitored for unauthorized code. 175 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:12,763 Now is not the time to be defensive 176 00:06:12,807 --> 00:06:14,156 about our systems, Gordon. 177 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:16,158 Colonel, is there anything indicating 178 00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:18,290 a possible intrusion in the network, anything at all? 179 00:06:18,334 --> 00:06:19,509 No, sir. Every indication 180 00:06:19,553 --> 00:06:21,381 is that we are under attack, Mr. President. 181 00:06:21,424 --> 00:06:23,384 Sir, I recommend initiating Night Watch continuity 182 00:06:23,426 --> 00:06:25,385 of government protocol immediately. 183 00:06:25,428 --> 00:06:27,387 Do it. Major, open the football. 184 00:06:30,781 --> 00:06:33,436 ELIZABETH: Three, two, one... 185 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,525 ALISON: Dad, you're already so far behind. 186 00:06:35,569 --> 00:06:37,527 HENRY: Well, I... Put your foot on the gas! 187 00:06:37,571 --> 00:06:39,747 What are those... those oil can things? 188 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:42,227 You have to grab them, Dad, so you can leave the oil slicks. 189 00:06:42,271 --> 00:06:43,838 I'll crash. It's okay to crash. 190 00:06:43,881 --> 00:06:45,840 I can't crash... I'm a trained pilot. 191 00:06:45,883 --> 00:06:47,319 These things have consequences. 192 00:06:47,363 --> 00:06:49,003 It's called Redline Rampage, you got to be 193 00:06:49,047 --> 00:06:50,004 a little bit more rampage-y... 194 00:06:50,048 --> 00:06:51,715 [all shouting] 195 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:53,717 [chuckles] Oh... 196 00:06:53,761 --> 00:06:57,068 I am seriously stunned to be beating you right now. 197 00:06:57,112 --> 00:06:58,635 I mean, I don't know what's happening. 198 00:06:58,679 --> 00:07:00,071 Well, don't get used to it. 199 00:07:00,115 --> 00:07:01,595 And you can stop with the... 200 00:07:01,638 --> 00:07:04,075 [phone chimes]psych-out. 201 00:07:04,119 --> 00:07:07,078 MATT: That was uncalled for. 202 00:07:10,081 --> 00:07:12,214 Is everything okay? 203 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:14,434 Uh, family emergency. 204 00:07:14,477 --> 00:07:16,610 Is Chloe okay? Yeah. 205 00:07:16,653 --> 00:07:18,133 I, uh... I just have to go. 206 00:07:18,176 --> 00:07:19,439 Sorry. 207 00:07:20,918 --> 00:07:22,485 DALTON: Major Attack Option Three 208 00:07:22,529 --> 00:07:24,487 takes out all of their military installations 209 00:07:24,531 --> 00:07:27,331 but limits civilian casualties. Problem with that is we can't guarantee 210 00:07:27,355 --> 00:07:30,406 it neutralizes their entire military.Mr. President, 211 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,090 I strongly advise Major Attack Option One. 212 00:07:32,114 --> 00:07:33,627 I concur. Anything less 213 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:35,498 than the most devastating counterstrike 214 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:37,935 invites a second wave, killing even more Americans. 215 00:07:41,243 --> 00:07:42,940 We need to get you airborne, Mr. President. 216 00:07:46,553 --> 00:07:48,468 HILL: Mr. President, 217 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:50,905 we're running out of time... If you don't launch 218 00:07:50,948 --> 00:07:53,995 before the Russian missiles hit, they could take out our silos, 219 00:07:54,038 --> 00:07:56,780 severely limiting our response. We'd lose an entire leg 220 00:07:56,824 --> 00:07:58,565 of the nuclear triad. 221 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:01,655 There has to be a better option than just... 222 00:08:01,698 --> 00:08:04,005 responding in kind to an all-out Russian attack. 223 00:08:04,048 --> 00:08:06,660 It'd almost certainly bring on a nuclear winter, 224 00:08:06,703 --> 00:08:08,662 killing everyone on the planet. 225 00:08:08,705 --> 00:08:10,751 We have to think about that. 226 00:08:10,794 --> 00:08:13,318 HILL: Nuclear winter is a theory, Russell. 227 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:14,711 The president has to execute 228 00:08:14,755 --> 00:08:16,844 what we've been gaming and planning for decades. 229 00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:20,238 There's only one way to fulfill your constitutional obligation, Mr. President. 230 00:08:20,282 --> 00:08:22,327 It's Major Attack Option One. 231 00:08:24,939 --> 00:08:27,550 Does anyone disagree with that assessment? 232 00:08:30,597 --> 00:08:33,425 Do we have the Pentagon War Room on the line? 233 00:08:33,469 --> 00:08:35,645 Yes, Mr. President. General Nelson here. 234 00:08:35,689 --> 00:08:37,560 Ready to authenticate the nuclear launch codes 235 00:08:37,604 --> 00:08:39,910 on your call. 236 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:42,565 ♪ 237 00:08:55,970 --> 00:08:57,972 ♪ 238 00:09:07,721 --> 00:09:09,331 [man and woman moaning] 239 00:09:13,248 --> 00:09:14,771 [Nelson chuckles] 240 00:09:19,646 --> 00:09:21,212 [knocking] 241 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:22,257 [playful growl] 242 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:24,259 Housekeeping. Ignore it. 243 00:09:24,302 --> 00:09:26,827 It's 11:00, doofus.Mm-hmm. 244 00:09:28,263 --> 00:09:29,830 [loud knocking] 245 00:09:29,873 --> 00:09:31,832 That really isn't housekeeping. 246 00:09:31,875 --> 00:09:33,224 [sighs] 247 00:09:37,751 --> 00:09:40,449 Sorry to interrupt.Angela. 248 00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:42,494 See you in court, you bastard. 249 00:09:51,765 --> 00:09:54,289 Looks like you got a late start this morning, Dave. 250 00:09:54,332 --> 00:09:56,117 Long night. Not much sleep. 251 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,772 Teenagers, huh? No, the kids are fine. 252 00:09:58,815 --> 00:10:01,035 I think. 253 00:10:01,078 --> 00:10:02,645 I didn't go home. 254 00:10:02,689 --> 00:10:05,387 Angie served me with divorce papers last night. 255 00:10:05,430 --> 00:10:07,563 Oh, man. I had no idea. 256 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:10,131 Could you believe it? 257 00:10:15,527 --> 00:10:17,355 New keyboards are pretty sweet, too. 258 00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:19,183 Yeah, just the right resistance. 259 00:10:19,227 --> 00:10:21,882 [monitor beeping] 260 00:10:21,925 --> 00:10:24,014 Teykovo and Kartaly lighting up. 261 00:10:24,058 --> 00:10:25,320 I've got Kozelsk 262 00:10:25,363 --> 00:10:27,278 and Yurya. Talbot, report. 263 00:10:27,322 --> 00:10:29,367 Dozens of launches across Russia. 264 00:10:29,411 --> 00:10:31,369 Get any warnings from FSB about tests? 265 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:33,110 No, sir. Anybody... anything on MOLINK? 266 00:10:33,154 --> 00:10:34,546 No reports, sir. 267 00:10:34,590 --> 00:10:35,765 SSPARS, report. 268 00:10:35,809 --> 00:10:37,811 Confirmation from Thule and Fylingdales. 269 00:10:37,854 --> 00:10:39,508 More than a hundred so far. 270 00:10:39,551 --> 00:10:40,901 Not in range of Alaska yet. 271 00:10:40,944 --> 00:10:42,119 I have trajectory. 272 00:10:42,163 --> 00:10:45,557 Mainland U.S., coast to coast, top to bottom. 273 00:10:45,601 --> 00:10:49,257 Get me CiC's crisis coordinator. 274 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:51,433 [phone playing alarm tone] 275 00:10:51,476 --> 00:10:54,697 Soothing ring choice. It's STRATCOM. 276 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:57,047 This is NSA Ellen Hill. 277 00:10:57,091 --> 00:10:59,171 DALTON: Do we have the Pentagon War Room on the line? 278 00:10:59,195 --> 00:11:01,008 Yes, Mr. President. General Nelson here. 279 00:11:01,051 --> 00:11:02,851 Ready to authenticate the nuclear launch codes 280 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:03,919 on your call. 281 00:11:09,538 --> 00:11:11,218 I'm ready for your challenge code, General. 282 00:11:11,242 --> 00:11:14,369 Tango. Delta. Seven. Eight. 283 00:11:14,412 --> 00:11:17,067 Two. Two.Victor. 284 00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:21,245 November. Niner. Five. Eight. Two. 285 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:23,030 Copy, sir. Your orders? 286 00:11:25,075 --> 00:11:28,165 DALTON: Zulu. Echo. Six. 287 00:11:28,209 --> 00:11:30,733 Two. Five. 288 00:11:30,777 --> 00:11:33,388 Eight. 289 00:11:33,431 --> 00:11:36,652 Confirming. Zulu. Echo. 290 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:40,264 Six. Two. Five. Eight, sir. 291 00:11:40,308 --> 00:11:41,526 Over. 292 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:45,574 Confirmed. 293 00:11:45,617 --> 00:11:47,489 NELSON: Copy, Mr. President. 294 00:11:47,532 --> 00:11:50,057 Godspeed, sir. 295 00:12:00,545 --> 00:12:02,634 [computer beeps] 296 00:12:02,678 --> 00:12:04,375 General Nelson. What? 297 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:05,979 Your security clearance has been revoked 298 00:12:06,003 --> 00:12:07,944 under the Personnel Reliability Program. 299 00:12:07,988 --> 00:12:09,337 We're at war, damn it. 300 00:12:09,380 --> 00:12:10,773 And you must leave the building. 301 00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:12,514 What the hell is this about? 302 00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:13,557 Your divorce, General. 303 00:12:21,218 --> 00:12:24,656 Captain Barnes. Yes, ma'am. Copy. 304 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:27,094 The Pentagon War Room 305 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:29,400 cannot issue the EAM to launch control centers. 306 00:12:29,444 --> 00:12:30,575 Since when? What the hell? 307 00:12:30,619 --> 00:12:31,925 Look, I'm sorry, sir, 308 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:33,768 but you need to reissue the order to STRATCOM. 309 00:12:33,792 --> 00:12:34,666 MCPHERSON: Tango. 310 00:12:34,710 --> 00:12:38,061 Delta. Seven. Eight. Two. Two. 311 00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:41,499 Victor. November. Niner. Five. Eight. Two. 312 00:12:41,543 --> 00:12:42,457 MCPHERSON: Copy. 313 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,546 Your orders, Mr. President? 314 00:12:56,601 --> 00:13:00,562 Zulu. Echo. Six. Two. Five. Eight. 315 00:13:00,605 --> 00:13:03,695 Confirming. Zulu. Echo. 316 00:13:03,739 --> 00:13:08,483 Six. Two. Five. Eight. Sir. Over. 317 00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:11,703 Confirmed. God bless, Colonel. 318 00:13:11,747 --> 00:13:14,315 Thank you, Mr. President. 319 00:13:27,763 --> 00:13:29,721 There's no turning back now. 320 00:13:29,765 --> 00:13:32,637 [indistinct chatter] 321 00:13:32,681 --> 00:13:34,683 [alarm blaring]Here we go. 322 00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:36,685 Not a drill. 323 00:13:36,728 --> 00:13:38,818 Unlock launch keys. 324 00:13:38,861 --> 00:13:40,210 I agree. 325 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:53,528 Alpha. Zulu. 326 00:13:53,571 --> 00:13:54,703 X-Ray. 327 00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:57,184 I have a match. 328 00:13:57,227 --> 00:13:59,882 Authentication confirmed. 329 00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:01,884 I agree. 330 00:14:01,928 --> 00:14:03,407 Belt up. 331 00:14:08,673 --> 00:14:11,415 Insert launch keys. 332 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:15,028 ELIZABETH: Hey! 333 00:14:15,071 --> 00:14:17,204 Where is everybody? 334 00:14:17,247 --> 00:14:19,467 I'm going for a personal best here. 335 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:20,685 Ma'am. Huh? 336 00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,252 We have to get you off the premises. 337 00:14:22,296 --> 00:14:23,645 Now. What's this about? 338 00:14:23,688 --> 00:14:25,647 Code Night Watch, ma'am. 339 00:14:25,690 --> 00:14:27,475 Okay, wait, hold on, my family. 340 00:14:27,518 --> 00:14:29,148 What's going on? We're trying to reach the secretary. 341 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:30,608 There's no reception in here. 342 00:14:30,652 --> 00:14:32,212 We have Mr. Jackson on the line outside. 343 00:14:32,236 --> 00:14:34,325 Okay, um, I'll be right back. 344 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:37,267 What the hell's going on? 345 00:14:37,311 --> 00:14:38,486 RUSSELL: It's real. 346 00:14:38,529 --> 00:14:40,531 The Russians launched the kitchen sink. 347 00:14:40,575 --> 00:14:41,837 What? 348 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,491 You should be heading to Mount Weather. 349 00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:44,854 Wait. Where's the rest of the NSC? 350 00:14:44,878 --> 00:14:46,668 Aren't we advising POTUS on countermeasures? 351 00:14:46,711 --> 00:14:47,974 RUSSELL: We already did. 352 00:14:48,017 --> 00:14:49,845 The president ordered Major Attack Option One. 353 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:51,020 It's done. 354 00:14:51,064 --> 00:14:54,806 Oh, my God. I... 355 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:56,286 Bess, just go. 356 00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:57,505 ELIZABETH: Yeah. 357 00:14:57,548 --> 00:15:00,987 You take care, okay? 358 00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:03,424 We have a helicopter on top of the Unified building. 359 00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:04,642 We have to hurry. 360 00:15:04,686 --> 00:15:06,601 No, no. I-I'm not, I'm not going. 361 00:15:06,644 --> 00:15:08,385 I'm-I'm gonna stay with my family. 362 00:15:08,429 --> 00:15:09,604 Ma'am? 363 00:15:09,647 --> 00:15:12,824 Try Deputy Cushing. Go. 364 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:20,093 I'm trying to decide if I should call Carol... 365 00:15:20,136 --> 00:15:21,616 and the boys. 366 00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,837 What's the point? 367 00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:35,586 [alarm blaring] 368 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,156 There's no turning back now. 369 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:48,643 Keep working. Man your stations. 370 00:15:51,124 --> 00:15:53,604 Initiate Major Attack Option One. I agree. 371 00:15:58,218 --> 00:16:01,090 Shut up. Stop coaching. 372 00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:02,657 Okay, wait, hold on, my family. 373 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:06,487 Too much skill. 374 00:16:06,530 --> 00:16:09,185 Bess, just go, okay? 375 00:16:11,361 --> 00:16:13,320 Mid-course phase. Warheads detaching. 376 00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:16,584 Tracking more than 2,000. 377 00:16:19,587 --> 00:16:21,067 No, no! Abort! Abort! 378 00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:23,286 General Bradley... Now! Send a new EAM aborting it! 379 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:25,593 Do it! Oh, for God's sake. 380 00:16:28,117 --> 00:16:29,292 Abort, abort. Come on. 381 00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:45,787 Silo covers clear.Agreed. 382 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:48,050 STEVIE: Oh, my God. 383 00:16:54,535 --> 00:16:56,363 Launch actions. Hands on keys. 384 00:16:56,406 --> 00:16:57,625 I agree. 385 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:04,458 Fire on my mark. Three, two, one, 386 00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:06,416 mark.[alarm beeping] 387 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,515 Ma'am. 388 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:20,648 We're off Code Night Watch. 389 00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:22,345 All clear. 390 00:17:22,389 --> 00:17:24,739 Wait, that's... that's confirmed? 391 00:17:24,782 --> 00:17:25,696 Yes, ma'am. 392 00:17:25,740 --> 00:17:27,437 All clear. 393 00:17:27,481 --> 00:17:31,528 Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you. 394 00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:33,313 [sobbing] 395 00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:36,316 Mom? Mom. 396 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:37,752 Are you okay? 397 00:17:37,795 --> 00:17:40,320 Oh, I just got so light-headed. 398 00:17:40,363 --> 00:17:42,148 HENRY: Uh, she forgot to eat. 399 00:17:42,191 --> 00:17:44,671 So, Jace, just go get her a pizza or something, okay? I need... 400 00:17:44,695 --> 00:17:45,977 Eat, Mom. Okay, yeah. 401 00:17:46,021 --> 00:17:47,979 Okay. [Chuckles] 402 00:17:48,023 --> 00:17:50,895 STEVIE: You ready for this? 403 00:17:50,939 --> 00:17:52,941 [both laughing] 404 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:00,601 Problem solved? 405 00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:03,082 He's not gonna like it. 406 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:04,925 POTUS was head faked into ordering Armageddon. 407 00:18:04,969 --> 00:18:07,014 Not gonna like it is the least of your worries. 408 00:18:07,058 --> 00:18:10,654 I just had a nice chat about organic juicing 409 00:18:10,698 --> 00:18:12,178 with my son in Santa Barbara, 410 00:18:12,221 --> 00:18:15,398 who I thought I was never going to see again, 411 00:18:15,442 --> 00:18:17,661 so this better be good, Gordon. 412 00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:19,054 As you recall, sir, 413 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,796 STRATCOM recently upgraded its systems; Hardware, 414 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:24,538 software... Are you telling me this was some kind of glitch? 415 00:18:24,581 --> 00:18:26,105 No, sir. 416 00:18:26,148 --> 00:18:27,560 Apparently, General Bradley wanted to run a stress test 417 00:18:27,584 --> 00:18:28,803 on this new equipment 418 00:18:28,846 --> 00:18:30,566 to see how it would interact with personnel. 419 00:18:30,590 --> 00:18:32,589 A stress test? So he had his CTO 420 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:36,158 upload a simulation on the backup system 421 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:38,508 at the end of his shift last night 422 00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:40,684 because he wasn't gonna be in for the weekend. 423 00:18:40,728 --> 00:18:42,008 God forbid he be inconvenienced. 424 00:18:42,032 --> 00:18:43,034 DALTON: A simulation? 425 00:18:43,078 --> 00:18:45,602 I almost ended the world because of a simulation? 426 00:18:45,646 --> 00:18:47,169 Bradley didn't inform staff. 427 00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:49,258 He wanted them to believe it was real. 428 00:18:49,302 --> 00:18:51,695 Planned on running it when he got back in, 429 00:18:51,739 --> 00:18:54,176 but the primary system unexpectedly failed 430 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:55,873 and the backup came on seamlessly, 431 00:18:55,917 --> 00:18:58,528 so no one in the GOC knew. 432 00:18:58,572 --> 00:19:00,182 Pretty convincing simulation. 433 00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:02,097 I think that's the point. 434 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,272 Fire Bradley. 435 00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:05,013 I've already relieved him of duty, sir. 436 00:19:05,056 --> 00:19:06,496 HILL: Didn't we change our procedures 437 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,582 on simulations after '79? 438 00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:10,065 Supposed to be on computers off-site. 439 00:19:10,105 --> 00:19:13,848 Like many four stars, Bradley doesn't lack confidence. 440 00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:15,328 He ignored the rule. 441 00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:17,571 And what if General Nelson didn't have clearance issues? 442 00:19:17,595 --> 00:19:20,028 Would Bradley have arrived in time to abort the launches? 443 00:19:20,071 --> 00:19:23,031 No, sir. It slowed the order by almost two minutes. 444 00:19:23,074 --> 00:19:24,424 We were down to the wire 445 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:26,034 in a few of our launch control centers. 446 00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:29,820 So the world was saved by a philandering general. 447 00:19:29,864 --> 00:19:31,561 Maybe his mistress should get a medal. 448 00:19:31,605 --> 00:19:33,737 I've ordered a review of our alert procedures, sir, 449 00:19:33,781 --> 00:19:35,870 system wide. Well, 450 00:19:35,913 --> 00:19:37,785 that ought to take care of it. 451 00:19:37,828 --> 00:19:39,134 We've been on this posture 452 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:43,443 for over 50 years, what else do we need to know? 453 00:19:43,486 --> 00:19:46,141 What are you getting at, Bess? Isn't the problem 454 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,448 the policy itself? 455 00:19:48,491 --> 00:19:52,234 Being on hair-trigger alert to order the destruction 456 00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:53,801 of the planet. HILL: Like you said, 457 00:19:53,844 --> 00:19:54,845 it's worked for 50 years. 458 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:56,543 I didn't say it's worked. 459 00:19:57,805 --> 00:20:00,242 It's more like... 460 00:20:00,286 --> 00:20:01,548 we've been lucky. 461 00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:03,031 The Russians are on ready-alert, too. 462 00:20:03,055 --> 00:20:06,422 What choice do we have, but to counterbalance? 463 00:20:06,466 --> 00:20:07,989 De-alert our silos. 464 00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:09,904 And how exactly 465 00:20:09,947 --> 00:20:11,079 would we do that? 466 00:20:11,122 --> 00:20:12,776 Remove the warheads from the missiles. 467 00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:14,648 So it'd take several hours 468 00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:16,606 or days to rearm. If we de-alert 469 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:18,652 our ICBMs, it would put too much pressure 470 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:20,480 on the other forces of the nuclear triad. 471 00:20:20,523 --> 00:20:23,222 There's a reason a stool has three legs. Our subs become vulnerable. 472 00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:25,049 If there's a problem with our bombers... 473 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:27,791 We have 14 stealth subs, each with more than enough 474 00:20:27,835 --> 00:20:30,925 warheads to destroy Russia. 475 00:20:30,968 --> 00:20:33,710 We have a hundred nuclear-armed bombers. 476 00:20:33,754 --> 00:20:37,192 Clinging to the notion that we need to maintain 477 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,760 ready-alert ICBMs, 478 00:20:39,803 --> 00:20:41,849 that means STRATCOM has three minutes 479 00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:43,590 to make the call to the crisis coordinator, 480 00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:44,852 who has two minutes 481 00:20:44,895 --> 00:20:46,680 to call the president. 482 00:20:46,723 --> 00:20:50,423 And then POTUS has five minutes to make a decision. 483 00:20:50,466 --> 00:20:52,903 I mean, talk about vulnerability. 484 00:20:52,947 --> 00:20:54,470 It's insanity. 485 00:20:54,514 --> 00:20:56,080 After what happened today, 486 00:20:56,124 --> 00:20:58,692 how could we come to any other conclusion? 487 00:20:58,735 --> 00:20:59,973 Maybe you should stay in your lane, Elizabeth. 488 00:20:59,997 --> 00:21:01,260 Not if you're gonna blow up 489 00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:03,063 the entire highway, Gordon. HILL: Okay, okay. 490 00:21:03,087 --> 00:21:05,481 Fine. Even if we got the Russians to go along 491 00:21:05,525 --> 00:21:07,309 with the de-alerting, there would be no way 492 00:21:07,353 --> 00:21:09,485 we could verify that they were holding up their end. 493 00:21:09,529 --> 00:21:10,617 We verified START I and II. 494 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:11,966 And what if there's a crisis 495 00:21:12,009 --> 00:21:13,576 and we have to go back on alert? 496 00:21:13,620 --> 00:21:15,796 A frenetic and unstable re-alerting race 497 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:18,799 could spiral into a launch. 498 00:21:18,842 --> 00:21:20,888 That threat could be managed. 499 00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:23,325 But forcing leaders to make a snap decision 500 00:21:23,369 --> 00:21:26,415 about nuclear war with limited 501 00:21:26,459 --> 00:21:29,853 and hastily compiled information is untenable. 502 00:21:29,897 --> 00:21:32,378 That's the game we're in, and it's not gonna change. 503 00:21:32,421 --> 00:21:34,467 Why are you so dug in 504 00:21:34,510 --> 00:21:36,599 that you-you can't even see another point of view? 505 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:37,948 I'm not gonna argue. 506 00:21:37,992 --> 00:21:39,792 You're obviously having an emotional reaction. 507 00:21:41,169 --> 00:21:44,564 Normally, I would have a problem with a man telling me 508 00:21:44,607 --> 00:21:46,653 that I was emotional at work, 509 00:21:46,696 --> 00:21:47,958 but after what happened today, 510 00:21:48,002 --> 00:21:49,830 after thinking that I was seeing my kids 511 00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:51,048 for the very last time, 512 00:21:51,092 --> 00:21:52,920 you are damn right I'm emotional. 513 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,838 And maybe emotion is what's missing 514 00:21:57,881 --> 00:22:00,362 from the stupid, so-called logic 515 00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:04,235 behind our dehumanized nuclear posture. 516 00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:06,803 You know what's even stupider? 517 00:22:06,847 --> 00:22:08,979 We've been here before. 518 00:22:09,023 --> 00:22:10,851 1979, 519 00:22:10,894 --> 00:22:12,983 like you alluded to, only back then it was NORAD. 520 00:22:13,027 --> 00:22:15,421 They kicked it up to the NSA, 521 00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:17,510 who almost alerted Jimmy Carter 522 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:21,383 because a simulation was triggered between shifts. 523 00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:23,472 Talk about not learning a lesson. 524 00:22:23,516 --> 00:22:25,866 How many times today did we hear, 525 00:22:25,909 --> 00:22:28,434 "This can't be a mistake. This can't be a mistake"? 526 00:22:28,477 --> 00:22:30,871 Meanwhile, satellites pick up 527 00:22:30,914 --> 00:22:32,794 a couple routine launches practically every day, 528 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:36,311 STRATCOM automatically starts the drill in response, 529 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,357 again and again, rinse and repeat. 530 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,358 Bess is right. 531 00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:41,751 This-this is not 532 00:22:41,795 --> 00:22:44,188 a rational, deliberate process. 533 00:22:44,232 --> 00:22:48,105 It-it's the rote enactment of a prepared script 534 00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:49,890 that forces leaders to render decisions 535 00:22:49,933 --> 00:22:52,936 determining the fate of the planet and mankind 536 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:55,286 under excruciating pressure. 537 00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:58,768 If we, if we don't do everything in our power 538 00:22:58,812 --> 00:23:03,991 to fix it, reduce the odds of this happening again, 539 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:07,777 then aren't we all complicit 540 00:23:07,821 --> 00:23:11,564 in recklessness that borders on immorality? 541 00:23:28,058 --> 00:23:30,844 We'll talk again tomorrow. 542 00:23:40,157 --> 00:23:42,769 [groans] Russell hasn't gotten back to me, 543 00:23:42,812 --> 00:23:44,205 and Emma is freaking out. 544 00:23:44,248 --> 00:23:46,076 God, she wants the whole guest list 545 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,556 two months in advance; I mean, like, 546 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,211 people lose their minds over weddings. 547 00:23:50,254 --> 00:23:51,854 ALISON: And what's with Turks and Caicos? 548 00:23:51,878 --> 00:23:53,475 Can you even afford that? STEVIE: No! 549 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:55,319 I cannot, I can't eat out for an entire month. 550 00:23:55,343 --> 00:23:57,044 It is very insensitive of her. 551 00:23:57,087 --> 00:23:58,847 So blow it off. She's one of my best friends. 552 00:23:58,872 --> 00:24:00,090 I can't do that. 553 00:24:00,134 --> 00:24:01,396 You know, you guys, 554 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,963 just go on, we got this. 555 00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:05,182 Okay. Back to compulsively checking my blog. 556 00:24:05,226 --> 00:24:06,619 Oh, yeah, 557 00:24:06,662 --> 00:24:08,708 when is your project due? Um, a week from Friday. 558 00:24:12,929 --> 00:24:14,888 I can't normalize. 559 00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:16,716 Me, either. 560 00:24:16,759 --> 00:24:19,022 How do we get our lives back? 561 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:24,245 We just keep doing it, I guess. 562 00:24:24,288 --> 00:24:27,466 What were you thinking about, when we were waiting? 563 00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:30,730 What a lucky man I am. 564 00:24:33,297 --> 00:24:35,735 What a blessed life I'd had. 565 00:24:35,778 --> 00:24:38,433 But sad, you know, 566 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,088 for the kids, for the future they wouldn't get to have. 567 00:24:41,131 --> 00:24:44,439 Me, too. 568 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,224 [phone vibrates] 569 00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:51,272 [sighs softly] 570 00:24:54,144 --> 00:24:56,233 Conrad's here. 571 00:24:56,277 --> 00:24:59,628 I thought of telling Lydia, 572 00:24:59,672 --> 00:25:02,805 but she was washing her face, 573 00:25:02,849 --> 00:25:05,895 complaining about her crow's feet. 574 00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:10,117 I told her all I see are those beautiful eyes, 575 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,727 and she called me a liar. 576 00:25:11,771 --> 00:25:14,034 [laughs softly] 577 00:25:14,077 --> 00:25:16,776 If only she knew how beautiful she looked tonight. 578 00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:19,126 Ignorance really is bliss. 579 00:25:19,169 --> 00:25:21,258 Whole country. 580 00:25:21,302 --> 00:25:23,304 World. 581 00:25:23,347 --> 00:25:25,219 Oblivious. 582 00:25:25,262 --> 00:25:26,525 HENRY: Well. 583 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:29,615 We were all in that oblivion for a little while, 584 00:25:29,658 --> 00:25:32,748 but now there's no going back. 585 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:35,142 No, indeed. 586 00:25:35,185 --> 00:25:37,144 When I believed the Russians had launched, 587 00:25:37,187 --> 00:25:39,276 I kept trying to understand why. 588 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,148 I thought, if it's all going to hell, 589 00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:43,324 and I'm responsible for half of it, 590 00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:46,283 I should at least comprehend it. 591 00:25:46,327 --> 00:25:48,764 HENRY: And what did you come up with? 592 00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:50,592 Well, you're gonna laugh. 593 00:25:50,636 --> 00:25:52,072 And it's not the perfect analogue, 594 00:25:52,115 --> 00:25:54,509 Professor. 595 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,859 That fable about the scorpion and the frog. 596 00:25:56,903 --> 00:25:58,382 [both chuckle] 597 00:25:58,426 --> 00:25:59,993 Well, that sounds about right. 598 00:26:00,036 --> 00:26:01,211 I thought, well, we killed 599 00:26:01,255 --> 00:26:04,214 300 Russians in Syria last week. 600 00:26:04,258 --> 00:26:06,303 It must just be President Salnikov's nature 601 00:26:06,347 --> 00:26:08,305 to retaliate with everything they've got. 602 00:26:08,349 --> 00:26:09,611 I know it doesn't make sense, 603 00:26:09,655 --> 00:26:12,353 but that's what keeps spinning in my mind. 604 00:26:12,396 --> 00:26:14,398 Things that don't make sense. 605 00:26:14,442 --> 00:26:17,227 Like what if these missiles don't protect us 606 00:26:17,271 --> 00:26:21,318 nearly as much as they threaten us? 607 00:26:21,362 --> 00:26:22,885 We need to do everything we can 608 00:26:22,929 --> 00:26:25,845 to make sure that our policies make sense, 609 00:26:25,888 --> 00:26:29,370 and if they don't, we need to change them. 610 00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:31,328 I thought you wanted to sleep on it. 611 00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:32,895 I did. 612 00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:35,811 Until I realized I can't sleep without doing something. 613 00:26:35,855 --> 00:26:37,770 Name it. 614 00:26:37,813 --> 00:26:41,600 Back channel with the Russians. 615 00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:47,040 I'm guessing they got a whiff of our silo doors opening. 616 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:49,999 If you can get any interest in mutual de-alerting, 617 00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:52,828 maybe we push for a new treaty. 618 00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:56,397 I'll drink to that. 619 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,355 Isn't it a little late to call Moscow? 620 00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:01,010 Avdonin is in the Caymans at a banking conference... 621 00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:02,316 Or money laundering. 622 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,079 I want to back channel right in front of him 623 00:27:04,103 --> 00:27:05,493 on this one. 624 00:27:05,536 --> 00:27:07,669 DAISY: Hey, gang. 625 00:27:07,713 --> 00:27:10,411 Pass me that pitcher, and a straw. ALL: Hey. 626 00:27:10,454 --> 00:27:11,717 What news from the world? 627 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,241 Same. Just cable news continuously reporting 628 00:27:14,284 --> 00:27:16,069 on Marine One landing on the golf course, 629 00:27:16,112 --> 00:27:19,072 Air Force One's mystery flight, and high-level officials 630 00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:22,858 being whisked away and all of a sudden, returned. 631 00:27:22,902 --> 00:27:24,582 Well, everyone at the White House is saying 632 00:27:24,606 --> 00:27:26,122 that it was some kind of drill, so... 633 00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:29,125 For nuclear evacuation... also, I have a friend at the Pentagon 634 00:27:29,169 --> 00:27:30,474 saying it wasn't a drill. What? 635 00:27:30,518 --> 00:27:33,303 Hey, you were whisked away from the tennis courts. 636 00:27:33,347 --> 00:27:35,436 That was a nanny thing. 637 00:27:35,479 --> 00:27:37,351 No, that wasn't your nanny face. 638 00:27:37,394 --> 00:27:39,701 Here's what I think. 639 00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:43,705 I think it wasn't a drill, and Jay got whisked. 640 00:27:43,749 --> 00:27:47,100 Because he's on the list. 641 00:27:47,143 --> 00:27:48,754 What list? 642 00:27:48,797 --> 00:27:53,280 The list, dude, the-the people that get taken to Mount Weather. 643 00:27:53,323 --> 00:27:55,717 It's an underground city where they keep 644 00:27:55,761 --> 00:27:57,601 a small population going for a couple of years. 645 00:27:57,644 --> 00:27:59,124 How do you know if you're on the list? 646 00:27:59,148 --> 00:28:00,156 Well, they tell you. 647 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,811 For example, I know I am not on the list, so... 648 00:28:02,855 --> 00:28:04,465 My skin will be melting off my bones 649 00:28:04,508 --> 00:28:06,075 along with all of you lovely people. 650 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:07,207 Thanks. 651 00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:08,469 You're welcome. [snorts] 652 00:28:08,512 --> 00:28:10,514 But you're-you're on it, though, aren't you? 653 00:28:10,558 --> 00:28:12,081 I mean, come on, you can tell us. 654 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:13,525 We're not gonna hold it against you. 655 00:28:13,569 --> 00:28:14,483 Can we change the subject? 656 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:16,607 Seriously. Seriously. Uh-oh. 657 00:28:16,651 --> 00:28:18,218 I knew it. 658 00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:20,046 I'm not saying I'm on the list. 659 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:21,700 [laughs] 660 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,023 But let me, let me just tell you 661 00:28:23,047 --> 00:28:25,573 what that particular privilege buys you. 662 00:28:25,616 --> 00:28:26,966 Mm-hmm. Tell him. 663 00:28:27,009 --> 00:28:28,271 You get whisked away, you do... 664 00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:29,708 Mm-hmm. 665 00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:32,536 Without saying good-bye to your friends and family. 666 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:35,409 And then, you get to be in an underground bunker 667 00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:39,413 with generals and top government brass for weeks or months, 668 00:28:39,456 --> 00:28:43,373 eating MREs and drinking ionized water. 669 00:28:43,417 --> 00:28:44,679 You emerge 670 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:49,510 after the radiation's reduced to livable levels, 671 00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:52,382 at which point, you get to try 672 00:28:52,426 --> 00:28:54,515 to pick out your loved ones' bones 673 00:28:54,558 --> 00:28:58,258 from the rubble and ash. 674 00:28:58,301 --> 00:29:01,478 And then, you spend 675 00:29:01,522 --> 00:29:04,133 however many years 676 00:29:04,177 --> 00:29:06,788 running the bombed out husk 677 00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:11,662 of the former United States government under martial law. 678 00:29:11,706 --> 00:29:15,536 That's not a list that you want to be on. 679 00:29:21,475 --> 00:29:22,475 Have a good night. 680 00:29:22,499 --> 00:29:25,633 Good night. Good night. 681 00:29:25,676 --> 00:29:27,809 He's definitely on the list. 682 00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:30,246 [knocking on door] 683 00:29:33,597 --> 00:29:36,818 Secretary McCord. 684 00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:39,386 I was surprised to hear you requested to meet 685 00:29:39,429 --> 00:29:42,215 after what happened in Syria last week. 686 00:29:42,258 --> 00:29:45,827 The loss of life was tragic, 687 00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:49,439 and I am truly sorry for the soldiers' families. 688 00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:51,224 But that's not why I'm here. 689 00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:54,793 Did you not get the message that I declined this meeting? 690 00:29:54,836 --> 00:29:56,795 I did. 691 00:29:56,838 --> 00:30:00,233 Yet you flew over a thousand miles just to come here anyway. 692 00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:07,457 How do you say, "This better be good." 693 00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:09,503 [exhales] 694 00:30:12,985 --> 00:30:16,292 We need to overhaul our nuclear weapons posture. 695 00:30:16,336 --> 00:30:18,294 Oh, is that all? 696 00:30:18,338 --> 00:30:22,298 Specifically, the hair trigger. 697 00:30:22,342 --> 00:30:25,911 Alert status, you call it boy-eh-voy stat-tohs. 698 00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:28,522 Curious timing. 699 00:30:28,565 --> 00:30:31,481 GRU reported an interesting military exercise 700 00:30:31,525 --> 00:30:35,094 your country performed yesterday. 701 00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:37,531 [sighs] 702 00:30:37,574 --> 00:30:41,100 Well, let's just say, 703 00:30:41,143 --> 00:30:44,712 made a compelling argument for de-alerting. 704 00:30:44,755 --> 00:30:48,455 You must have had quite a day. 705 00:30:52,067 --> 00:30:53,503 I can get another one. 706 00:30:53,547 --> 00:30:55,592 No, thanks. 707 00:30:55,636 --> 00:30:59,248 All I'm asking is if you think 708 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,816 there might be an opening for a new treaty. 709 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:04,210 De-alerting. 710 00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:07,387 Maybe even reducing stockpiles. 711 00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:10,999 We cherish our children as much as you do, Elizabeth. 712 00:31:13,045 --> 00:31:17,223 This... this is an initial proposal 713 00:31:17,266 --> 00:31:19,486 for a framework. 714 00:31:22,489 --> 00:31:25,971 We could... even start now. 715 00:31:35,850 --> 00:31:37,417 Gordon Becker, ma'am. 716 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,723 I heard about your little jaunt to the Caymans. 717 00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:42,726 Well, yeah, I alerted your office. 718 00:31:42,770 --> 00:31:44,728 And... coffee? 719 00:31:44,772 --> 00:31:46,861 You're giving the president bad advice. 720 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:49,690 Well, isn't that for him to decide? 721 00:31:49,733 --> 00:31:51,344 I know you're the Dalton whisperer, 722 00:31:51,387 --> 00:31:52,747 but now you're getting into just... 723 00:31:52,771 --> 00:31:54,042 Excuse me, what? 724 00:31:54,086 --> 00:31:55,696 Oh, come on, Elizabeth. 725 00:31:55,739 --> 00:31:57,699 Everybody knows you play the friend card with him. 726 00:31:57,723 --> 00:31:58,723 Really? 727 00:32:00,831 --> 00:32:01,963 I'm just trying to decide 728 00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,618 if that's more insulting to me or POTUS. 729 00:32:04,661 --> 00:32:07,099 Look, I've never balked at your out-of-the-box ideas 730 00:32:07,142 --> 00:32:08,578 when it comes to diplomacy, 731 00:32:08,622 --> 00:32:10,493 but now you're infringing on national security. 732 00:32:10,537 --> 00:32:13,627 Well, as a member of the National Security Council, 733 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:16,543 I fail to see how I'm infringing on anything. 734 00:32:16,586 --> 00:32:19,938 You are threatening long-standing security policy. 735 00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:21,635 Threatening? 736 00:32:21,678 --> 00:32:25,030 If questioning how things have been done is threatening, 737 00:32:25,073 --> 00:32:27,510 doesn't that tell you something? Fine. 738 00:32:27,554 --> 00:32:31,253 I'm happy to authorize a thorough feasibility review. 739 00:32:31,297 --> 00:32:33,081 Feasibility of what? 740 00:32:33,125 --> 00:32:36,084 No one questions that we can de-alert. 741 00:32:36,128 --> 00:32:38,521 There's nothing not feasible about it. 742 00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:41,002 I think we need to study that. 743 00:32:41,046 --> 00:32:43,178 You mean jam it up. 744 00:32:43,222 --> 00:32:46,486 And kill any hope of passage in the Senate, 745 00:32:46,529 --> 00:32:49,576 where there is literally an ICBM caucus. 746 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:52,622 Politics ain't beanbag. 747 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:55,103 No. No, it ain't. 748 00:32:55,147 --> 00:32:58,150 So what's it gonna take to move you on this, Gordon? 749 00:32:58,193 --> 00:33:00,282 I mean, how can we work together 750 00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:03,111 to make this world a safer place for our kids? 751 00:33:04,156 --> 00:33:05,984 Our kids are safest 752 00:33:06,027 --> 00:33:09,291 when we maintain the most robust deterrent possible 753 00:33:09,335 --> 00:33:10,466 to Russian aggression. 754 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:12,294 Look what happened last week in Syria. 755 00:33:12,338 --> 00:33:14,862 They saw weakness in our relationship with Turkey, 756 00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:16,690 and not 24 hours later, 757 00:33:16,733 --> 00:33:18,909 they were exploiting it to attack our troops. 758 00:33:18,953 --> 00:33:21,042 But is a regional dust-up really comparable 759 00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:23,436 to what happened yesterday? 760 00:33:23,479 --> 00:33:27,309 Giving up even a shred of strategic advantage... 761 00:33:27,353 --> 00:33:29,311 I'll never get behind it. 762 00:33:29,355 --> 00:33:32,575 After decades in the Pentagon, that's just where I am. 763 00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,796 You need to let this go. 764 00:33:39,539 --> 00:33:41,541 ♪ 765 00:33:44,283 --> 00:33:47,764 ALISON: I totally need to change my project. 766 00:33:47,808 --> 00:33:49,766 I need at least 50 likes on my blog post 767 00:33:49,810 --> 00:33:51,768 to qualify, and I'm at 28. 768 00:33:51,812 --> 00:33:53,814 What is wrong with people? 769 00:33:53,857 --> 00:33:55,816 Uh, they don't care about ponchos. 770 00:33:55,859 --> 00:33:59,298 That's my first guess. STEVIE: Russell Jackson is ruining my life. 771 00:33:59,341 --> 00:34:01,169 I have texted him twice and e-mailed once 772 00:34:01,213 --> 00:34:02,779 about Emma's wedding... Radio silence. 773 00:34:02,823 --> 00:34:05,173 I mean, what else am I supposed to be doing?! 774 00:34:05,217 --> 00:34:07,262 Maybe just give him a few more days. 775 00:34:07,306 --> 00:34:10,091 I just feel like he could show me the respect 776 00:34:10,135 --> 00:34:11,701 of a one-word response. 777 00:34:11,745 --> 00:34:13,790 You know? Like, come on, other people have lives. 778 00:34:13,834 --> 00:34:15,618 Oh, for Pete's sake, Stevie, the man's busy. 779 00:34:15,662 --> 00:34:17,707 He has a lot more on his mind 780 00:34:17,751 --> 00:34:19,666 than your spoiled friend's Caribbean wedding. 781 00:34:19,709 --> 00:34:22,843 Okay, Mom might be just a little bit over-carbed. 782 00:34:22,886 --> 00:34:24,932 We're gonna take a time out. 783 00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:26,586 Come on. 784 00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:28,675 ELIZABETH: They gotta hand it to me, 785 00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:30,981 first real snap since this whole thing started. 786 00:34:31,025 --> 00:34:33,680 Okay, what's going on? You mean, other than seeing 787 00:34:33,723 --> 00:34:36,074 my life go up in a nuclear flash? 788 00:34:36,117 --> 00:34:38,728 Uh... yeah, other than that. [sighs] 789 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:46,867 Gordon and Ellen are still against... 790 00:34:46,910 --> 00:34:49,348 taking our nukes off the hair trigger. 791 00:34:49,391 --> 00:34:51,437 Even with Russian cooperation. 792 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,134 [sighs]I mean, it's like 793 00:34:53,178 --> 00:34:55,005 I went and I got the witch's broom 794 00:34:55,049 --> 00:34:58,008 and the Wizard still won't send me home. 795 00:34:58,052 --> 00:35:00,881 I... Now I understand why they call the inner sanctum 796 00:35:00,924 --> 00:35:04,754 at the Pentagon the "priesthood." 797 00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:08,062 Our nuclear stance is, like, their dogma. 798 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:10,804 Even the most stodgy religious institutions 799 00:35:10,847 --> 00:35:12,719 can change with time. 800 00:35:12,762 --> 00:35:14,851 Yeah, well, we don't have that. 801 00:35:14,895 --> 00:35:16,114 And the Catholic Church 802 00:35:16,157 --> 00:35:18,681 was never in danger of blowing up the world 803 00:35:18,725 --> 00:35:20,248 while they were evolving. It's... 804 00:35:20,292 --> 00:35:22,511 Okay, let's use the Socratic method. 805 00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:24,948 Oh, please. How do you get both the Church 806 00:35:24,992 --> 00:35:28,169 and the government to change their position on anything? 807 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:30,171 I don't... I don't know. 808 00:35:30,215 --> 00:35:32,391 [sighs heavily] 809 00:35:32,434 --> 00:35:33,870 Popular demand. 810 00:35:35,176 --> 00:35:37,744 And where does popular demand come from? 811 00:35:37,787 --> 00:35:39,746 You mean other than the people? 812 00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:41,443 Why did the Protestant Reformation happen? 813 00:35:41,487 --> 00:35:42,879 Hurry this up, Socrates. 814 00:35:42,923 --> 00:35:44,359 The printing press. 815 00:35:44,403 --> 00:35:48,146 Putting the Bible into the hands of the people. 816 00:35:48,189 --> 00:35:52,106 The Church couldn't control the information anymore. 817 00:35:53,499 --> 00:35:55,153 Declassify. 818 00:35:56,197 --> 00:35:58,199 If you want to change our nuclear policy, 819 00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:00,201 you need the people on your side. 820 00:36:00,245 --> 00:36:03,944 To get them, you need to tell them how close we came. 821 00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:06,903 ♪ 822 00:36:06,947 --> 00:36:08,862 RUSSELL: Why the hell 823 00:36:08,905 --> 00:36:10,864 would we declassify any of it? 824 00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:12,257 [sighs] Because sunlight 825 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,041 is the best disinfectant. 826 00:36:14,084 --> 00:36:17,175 Yes, and it causes cancer, too. 827 00:36:17,218 --> 00:36:19,742 Sir, I am convinced that the only way 828 00:36:19,786 --> 00:36:22,092 to move the Senate on de-alerting 829 00:36:22,136 --> 00:36:24,704 is to bring the public into it. 830 00:36:24,747 --> 00:36:27,663 By scaring the crap out of them. Yes, exactly. 831 00:36:27,707 --> 00:36:29,839 The secrecy has... 832 00:36:29,883 --> 00:36:33,582 lulled everybody into this false sense of security. 833 00:36:33,626 --> 00:36:35,584 It's time we wake 'em up. 834 00:36:35,628 --> 00:36:37,630 Then they'll pressure their senators, you think, 835 00:36:37,673 --> 00:36:39,849 into, uh, getting on board with de-alerting? 836 00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:43,157 I do. Orit'll be a black eye on this administration. 837 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:44,245 Hmm. 838 00:36:44,289 --> 00:36:46,291 Hell, it could put us in traction, 839 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:50,120 giving more ammo to our already considerable opposition in Congress, 840 00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:52,427 and you'll be the lamest lame duck 841 00:36:52,471 --> 00:36:53,689 in history, sir. 842 00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:54,864 So release it all. 843 00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:56,953 Every... 844 00:36:56,997 --> 00:36:59,042 false alarm, glitch and close call 845 00:36:59,086 --> 00:37:02,045 all the way back to the '50s, including by the Russians. 846 00:37:02,089 --> 00:37:05,005 And the priesthood will buckle. 847 00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:06,702 Well, certainly those in the Senate 848 00:37:06,746 --> 00:37:09,052 worried about the next election. 849 00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:12,839 I say yeah. 850 00:37:12,882 --> 00:37:15,320 Let's scare the crap out of America. 851 00:37:23,153 --> 00:37:25,939 35 seconds, Mr. President. Thank you, Amy. 852 00:37:25,982 --> 00:37:27,114 Lock it up, everyone. 853 00:37:27,157 --> 00:37:29,725 30 seconds.Well... 854 00:37:29,769 --> 00:37:31,901 any second thoughts?[sighs]: Always. 855 00:37:31,945 --> 00:37:35,383 But... it's a bold move, sir. 856 00:37:35,427 --> 00:37:38,473 Hey, I, uh, heard you're working on a model airplane. 857 00:37:38,517 --> 00:37:40,997 Corsair. From who? 858 00:37:41,041 --> 00:37:42,303 15 seconds. 859 00:37:42,347 --> 00:37:43,498 If you could please have a seat, Mr. President. 860 00:37:43,522 --> 00:37:44,697 Break a leg, sir. 861 00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:47,265 Are we sure this is the right color tie? 862 00:37:47,308 --> 00:37:48,527 [man chuckles] 863 00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:51,356 And five, four, three... 864 00:37:53,662 --> 00:37:56,622 Good evening, my fellow Americans. 865 00:37:56,665 --> 00:37:58,885 I want to share with you a crisis that unfolded 866 00:37:58,928 --> 00:38:00,321 this past Saturday. 867 00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:03,716 Fortunately, it was resolved with no harm done, 868 00:38:03,759 --> 00:38:07,502 but as stakeholders in our nation's safety and security, 869 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:09,678 you deserve to know what happened. 870 00:38:09,722 --> 00:38:13,639 At 10:48 in the morning, I was informed that Russia 871 00:38:13,682 --> 00:38:16,381 had launched a massive nuclear attack 872 00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:17,991 against the United States. 873 00:38:18,034 --> 00:38:20,907 Every indication was that it was real 874 00:38:20,950 --> 00:38:23,431 and would strike in 20 minutes. 875 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:25,825 My fellow citizens... 876 00:38:25,868 --> 00:38:28,958 I ordered an equally massive counterattack. 877 00:38:30,743 --> 00:38:32,701 NEWSWOMAN: After weeks of protest 878 00:38:32,745 --> 00:38:35,008 in the U.S. and around the globe, 879 00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:37,227 the United States and Russia have agreed to a treaty 880 00:38:37,271 --> 00:38:40,013 to take their ICBMs off hair-trigger alert. 881 00:38:40,056 --> 00:38:43,799 Seeing the overwhelming popular support for the new policy, 882 00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:45,758 a supermajority of U.S. senators 883 00:38:45,801 --> 00:38:48,151 have signaled they will ratify the treaty, 884 00:38:48,195 --> 00:38:50,153 which would also draw clear parameters... 885 00:38:50,197 --> 00:38:53,156 U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue Support 886 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,767 for local female entrepreneurs 887 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:56,856 manufacturing sea salt in Indonesia. 888 00:38:56,899 --> 00:38:58,379 Fact-checked and footnoted, 889 00:38:58,423 --> 00:39:01,643 with alphabetical headings and subheadings. 890 00:39:01,687 --> 00:39:03,515 [whispers]: Boom. 891 00:39:03,558 --> 00:39:05,865 I say "boom" sometimes. 892 00:39:05,908 --> 00:39:08,041 No, I'm just... I am staggered 893 00:39:08,084 --> 00:39:10,391 by your speed and persistence. 894 00:39:10,435 --> 00:39:12,437 Well, they're my superpowers. 895 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,396 [laughs] Good job. 896 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,443 All right, go, go, go. Go have a Saturday. 897 00:39:20,706 --> 00:39:22,360 [clears throat] 898 00:39:22,403 --> 00:39:23,665 What's up? 899 00:39:23,709 --> 00:39:25,493 I want more. 900 00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:28,975 Oh, my God, you're one of us. 901 00:39:29,018 --> 00:39:30,498 Okay, um... 902 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:32,935 earthquake resilience development in Turkmenistan. 903 00:39:32,979 --> 00:39:34,328 Boom. 904 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,764 Come on, Waffles. 905 00:39:35,808 --> 00:39:38,071 Come on. Let's get a break. 906 00:39:38,114 --> 00:39:40,290 MAN: Hey, is that a beagle? 907 00:39:40,334 --> 00:39:41,596 Sure is. 908 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,686 Rumor is his parents were show dogs.[laughs] 909 00:39:44,730 --> 00:39:46,775 You get him, uh, from a breeder? 910 00:39:46,819 --> 00:39:48,429 No, he's a rescue. 911 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:50,431 I've been thinking of doing that. 912 00:39:50,475 --> 00:39:51,780 How's it working out? 913 00:39:52,825 --> 00:39:55,828 Well, so far, so good. 914 00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:58,526 JAY: Right where we left off. 915 00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:00,093 One-four, my serve. 916 00:40:00,136 --> 00:40:02,965 Man, I can't even believe I got a point off of you, 917 00:40:03,009 --> 00:40:05,577 let alone, what, four games? Will you stop? 918 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,840 You're going down. I hope you're hungry, 919 00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:09,443 'cause you're gonna eat this. Let's go. 920 00:40:10,495 --> 00:40:12,235 [video game tires screech] 921 00:40:12,279 --> 00:40:13,846 ALISON: See, Dad? 922 00:40:13,889 --> 00:40:15,489 Once you got over the not-crashing phase, 923 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:16,513 you're unstoppable. 924 00:40:16,544 --> 00:40:18,241 I love crashing. It's my thing. 925 00:40:18,285 --> 00:40:20,156 Okay, well, the game's not over yet. 926 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,810 STEVIE: All but the crying. 927 00:40:21,854 --> 00:40:24,073 He's five lapsahead. 928 00:40:24,117 --> 00:40:25,771 Okay, I'm making nachos. 929 00:40:25,814 --> 00:40:28,556 Ooh, yes, please. And guacamole. 930 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,645 I am only one person. 931 00:40:30,689 --> 00:40:32,734 [groans] Okay, I'll chop and shred. 932 00:40:32,778 --> 00:40:35,737 You mean like I'm doing right now? Oh, okay, yeah, keep it up. 933 00:40:35,781 --> 00:40:37,739 They did a nice job of sodding over 934 00:40:37,783 --> 00:40:39,567 where Marine One landed. 935 00:40:39,611 --> 00:40:41,569 Almost like it never happened. 936 00:40:41,613 --> 00:40:44,267 [chuckles]: Yeah. Almost. 937 00:40:44,311 --> 00:40:46,574 Take it, uh... 938 00:40:46,618 --> 00:40:50,273 Gordon and Ellen bowed politely out of the game? 939 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:52,362 Quite politely. [chuckles] 940 00:40:52,406 --> 00:40:54,800 They're still stinging over de-alerting, but... 941 00:40:54,843 --> 00:40:57,716 they'll come around. 942 00:40:57,759 --> 00:41:01,502 I am just grateful to play a quiet round of golf 943 00:41:01,546 --> 00:41:04,940 without worrying about nuclear winter. 944 00:41:04,984 --> 00:41:08,378 Not that it can't happen anyway, but... 945 00:41:08,422 --> 00:41:10,424 at least we, uh, 946 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,253 turned the odds significantly in our favor. 947 00:41:13,296 --> 00:41:15,603 [chuckles]: Bess... 948 00:41:15,647 --> 00:41:18,824 you want to go ahead and put him out of his bliss? 949 00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:21,696 Well, actually, I'm a little rusty, but... 950 00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:27,852 Huh. 951 00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:28,747 I let the president win. 952 00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:30,139 HENRY: Smart. 953 00:41:30,183 --> 00:41:32,794 Russell I hammered. 954 00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:35,928 [chuckles]: Good for you. 955 00:41:35,971 --> 00:41:38,626 So, what's this return visit about? 956 00:41:38,670 --> 00:41:42,195 Sort of a... full-circle celebration? 957 00:41:42,238 --> 00:41:44,980 Sorta. It just... 958 00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:47,287 felt appropriate. 959 00:41:49,289 --> 00:41:52,379 This whole ordeal has reminded me 960 00:41:52,422 --> 00:41:56,035 about the importance of civic duty. 961 00:41:57,210 --> 00:42:01,823 It's reaffirmed my faith in the process, you know? 962 00:42:01,867 --> 00:42:03,521 I do. 963 00:42:06,567 --> 00:42:08,830 We got this enormous thing done, Henry, 964 00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:10,963 and I feel a responsibility 965 00:42:11,006 --> 00:42:13,922 to make sure it doesn't get undone. 966 00:42:13,966 --> 00:42:16,446 When the time comes... 967 00:42:18,057 --> 00:42:20,712 I want to run for president. 968 00:42:20,755 --> 00:42:22,888 I know. 969 00:42:22,931 --> 00:42:24,542 You do? Mm-hmm. 970 00:42:25,586 --> 00:42:28,328 Wow. I really didn't. 971 00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:34,290 But that's nothing new. 972 00:42:34,334 --> 00:42:37,685 There's one other thing I know. 973 00:42:37,729 --> 00:42:39,687 I'm with you. 974 00:42:39,731 --> 00:42:45,824 Captioning sponsored by CBS. 975 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:49,001 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org