Designated Survivor (2016–2019): Season 1, Episode 12 - The End of the Beginning - full transcript

Previously on "Designated Survivor"...

Gun!

No!

Several bullet fragments
lodged in your chest.

We need to operate as soon as possible.

Sir, you're now the acting
president of the United States.

They found the shooter. They're
waiting for you at Command Ops.

President Kirkman would have
wanted to take him alive.

That's a mistake. Give
the order. Shoot to kill.

Execute.

Target neutralized.



Mr. Atwood, your son will be safe

as long as you do
everything I tell you to do.

Hannah Wells? That's
who they have in custody?

Find out what she knows.

And if the president wants answers,

I'll give them to one person...

The president himself.

Clear the floor!

I understand you have some things

you want to tell me
about Peter MacLeish.

Yes, sir. I do.

MacLeish was hiding in a bomb shelter?

Moments before the explosion,

there was a 34-second
gap in the broadcast feed.



He knew exactly when to leave his seat.

He was involved from the very beginning.

What a monster.

The man who shot him...
MacLeish knew him?

Yes. They served
together in Afghanistan.

Former CIA operative Nestor Lozano,

code name "Catalan."

Sir, I don't have all the pieces,

but I did feel I had enough to go

to Speaker Hookstraten
before MacLeish was confirmed.

Damn right you did. What
exactly happened there?

I was attacked on the
way to the hearing.

I was on my way to
meet Speaker Hookstraten

at the Rayburn Building.

Someone T-boned my car,
tried to strangle me.

I got away, but he took my file.

Luckily, Agent Ritter was able to secure

another copy from the agency.

I feel so stupid.

MacLeish fooled everyone, sir.

Not her. She saw right through him.

Mr. Vice President.

- Seth, I thought you'd be at the
hospital. - Just got back.

- How is he?
- Recovering rapidly.

The president should
be back in the residence

- by the end of the week.
- Great news.

Speaking of news, sir,
we noticed your team...

Uh, that your team scheduled

a press conference for later today.

Yeah, I-I think the
people need reassurance

that their country
remains in capable hands

with President Kirkman in charge.

It's an admirable sentiment.

Just, uh, curious about the timing.

Perhaps we could take
a look at your remarks.

It's handled. Thank
you, Seth. Thank you.

So, MacLeish was working with Al-Sakar.

Al-Sakar isn't behind the bombing.

I beg your pardon?

When I interviewed
Majid Nassar, he told me

that he took responsibility
for the attack

in order to divert us
from the real conspirators.

Well, if it wasn't Al-Sakar...

I mean, MacLeish couldn't
have done this on his own.

- Who is he working with?
- We don't know yet.

Charles Langdon is involved.

President Richmond's Chief of Staff?

I thought he died in the bombing.

I can personally verify that
he survived the explosion.

I saw him myself.

In fact, he's hiding out in some...

- Hey.
- I'm sorry.

Agent Wells, this is my wife, Alex.

- Pleased to meet you.
- Ma'am.

Please continue.

Respectfully, sir, this information

is only for you and your security team.

- Agent Wells, I promise you...
- No, no, it's okay, Tom.

I'll... I'll come back.

I assure you that wasn't necessary.

- Mike, please...
- I'm sorry, Mr. President,

but I have to agree with Agent Wells.

The First Lady isn't a
part of your security team.

She doesn't have code-word clearance.

She knows about the threat assessment...

And that was a mistake, sir.

You didn't say that at the time.

I'm saying it now.

Mr. President, we're
dealing with a conspiracy

that's so deep, so
dangerous that nobody's safe.

And not only is sharing information

with outside personnel a
threat to national security.

It also puts the people
you confide in at risk.

Sir, you need to tighten your circle.

Okay.

What do we do now?

I want MacLeish in custody
as soon as possible.

Ordinarily, I'd say we consult
with the Attorney General.

But we don't have an Attorney General.

I know someone we can trust.
Can I reach out to him?

Okay, good.

I've got an office you could use.

We can get you in and
out through covert access

and maintain your cover story
you're still in police custody.

- You need to stay in the shadows.
- Okay.

I want you to come
back to me with a plan

on how to get MacLeish.

The son of a bitch is gonna pay.

You can't stop him?

The vice president has the authority

to schedule his own press conferences.

Hey, what's this about a
MacLeish press conference?

The vice president has
the authority to schedule

- his own press...
- I understand that, but why now?

You'd have to take
that up with MacLeish.

Well, I'd like to, but I have

a laundry list of
action items from POTUS.

- When did you speak to him?
- About an hour ago.

And, no, he didn't say
why you were looking

into the phone calls
I made 2 1/2 years ago.

And, frankly, I didn't think
it was the right time to ask.

Keep me posted, all right?

Am I missing something here?

Anyone?

Why me?

Because you're a former U.S. attorney.

You're a man of absolute integrity.

And right now, the president needs

a legal advisor who's above reproach.

What you're asking is just
a little above my pay grade.

Well, it's above all of our pay grades.

What we're talking about
is completely unprecedented.

But the president needs counsel,

and I might have already told
him that we can count on you.

So... can we?

Well, when you sweet-talk a
guy like that, how can I refuse?

Through these past
weeks, President Kirkman

has shown himself to be
a leader we can trust,

a leader who has the virtue and strength

to keep this nation united,
and I couldn't be more thrilled

to be welcoming him back to the helm.

The assassination attempt
and the Capitol bombing

were attacks on the very foundations

of this democratic
republic, and they failed...

Did you know about this?

Seth gave me a heads-up.

Wow. He's got some nerve
going out on his own like that.

...woven together through
common values and hope.

I'd like to thank the brave
law-enforcement officers

who brought the...

I need to go back to the White House.

Yeah, well, you'll be
out of here soon enough.

No. I mean now. I can't just sit here.

Tom, you just got shot.
You are lucky to be alive.

Alex, the people that are
behind this are still out there.

There's a traitor in the White House.

I am not gonna find them
by just sitting here.

O-Okay, Tom, I need
to tell you something.

What?

Minutes before you got shot,

Emily found out that it was Aaron

who made that call to the Pentagon.

What?

Why the hell is Emily

talking to you about stuff like this?

Why didn't she come to me?

This is the first
opportunity that we've had.

And with regards to Aaron,

there has to be some
kind of explanation.

I mean, any number of people

could have asked him to make that call.

Okay, but we have to consider
the possibility that it is him.

Fine, then I'll talk to him,
confront him with the evidence,

and he can explain himself.
- You can't.

Tom, you yourself
said just the other day

we can't trust anyone.

I watched Aaron fight tooth and nail

to protect and secure my presidency.

I know. I know.

If Aaron is involved with
the terrorist... if...

And you confront him and
you show him your hand,

you're putting yourself
at even more risk.

Well, it's not exactly like I
can freeze him out until I get

to the bottom of this. I need his help.

But there has to be a way
to keep him at arm's length

without arousing suspicion.

This is unbelievable.

I mean, the resources
involved and the planning...

a conspiracy that reaches all
the way to the vice president.

I'm sorry I doubted you.

It's not just the bureau.

The whole country owes you a great debt.

Thank you, sir.

Unfortunately, this isn't enough.

What? Why?

It's one thing to know
that MacLeish is guilty.

It's another one to nail him for it.

What more do we need? I have the photos.

- I have the...
- You're talking about accusing

the vice president of the United States

of being involved in one of
the greatest crimes in history.

We need direct evidence
tying him to the conspiracy.

We don't even have enough to detain him,

much less make him sweat.

Then we find grounds.
We... We get someone

to... to apply the heat,
and we flush him out.

Who?

The gunman was our best bet.

He's dead.

MacLeish has other partners.

Right. I thought you said
you didn't have a lead on her.

I don't. But Jason Atwood might.

Jason.

Hannah.

Leave us now. Thank you.

I had them turned off.

No eyes, no ears, just you and me.

It's good to see you.

How... How are you?
What happened to you?

It's nothing. I'm okay.

How are you?

How's my family? How's Luke?

- Nobody told you?
- Tell me what?

I've been in solitary.

What happened?

Jason, Luke is still missing.

What?

Oh.

No, that wasn't the deal.

- Jason, listen to me.
- No.

I told the president
everything about MacLeish,

Catalan, the blueprints.

There is nothing left
for you to protect.

Tell me what you know about her.

Jason?

Where did you get that?

I took it. You gave
me the lead, remember?

The Weddle case. I knew they had Luke.

I also knew this is how they got you

to confess to Nassar's murder.

Jason, take your statement back.

Tell me everything you know.

Listen to me... If they know

- that I'm cooperating with you...
- They won't.

They had Nassar in a federal
maximum-security prison

and still got to him.

They're exposed now.
We know about MacLeish.

- Jason...
- Hannah...

Please. We need your help.

You want to help me... find my son.

All I know is what the White House
switchboard operator told me...

That Aaron made the call
to the Secretary of Defense

right before the threat-assessment memo

was recalled by the Pentagon.

And he confronted you?

Yes. He found out I
was making inquiries.

He was very upset. He
asked what I was doing.

I told him he needed to talk to you.

Okay, I'm... I'm sorry I
put you in this position,

but I'll handle it from here.

Are you sure you don't
want me to follow up?

- I can...
- No, I've got it. Thank you.

Emily.

I need you to keep this
conversation between us.

Understood?

- Of course.
- Thank you.

Sir, you don't really think
he's a traitor, do you?

No.

No, I don't.

But until I can prove that definitively,

I have to keep my
guard up, and so do you.

We're living in a different world today

than we were yesterday.

- Yeah?
- Speaker Hookstraten is here, sir.

All right, send her in.

Thank you for seeing
me on such short notice.

Of course, Madam Speaker.

Now, as I said before, I can
only give you a few minutes.

This will take 30 seconds.
I need to see the president.

Ma'am...

I wouldn't be asking
if it wasn't important.

I understand, but the president's

still in recovery right now.

Clearly, he's still conducting business.

Yes, but...

So... I need to see him.

Why don't you tell me
what it's regarding?

And I'll relay it to him.

What this is regarding is strictly

between me and the president.

All right.

Respectfully, Madam Speaker,
I-I'm his Chief of Staff.

It's my job to know what's going on.

Perhaps, but not from me.

He'll know what this is about.

He can tell you if he wants,

but I'm not gonna betray his confidence.

I'll try and schedule you in.

Thank you.

Try hard.

Absolutely not.

I can help find Luke Atwood.

- Let me liaise with state police...
- Don't make this personal.

It is personal.

I promised Jason I would
do everything I can.

Yes, and the boy has been a state-wide

priority since he was taken.

You just saw me put three
more agents on it myself.

Now, each one of them is more qualified

in missing persons than you.

Your job right now is to come
up with a plan for the president.

You can't afford to have feelings.

I'm right. And you know it.

Now let's get back to work.

Mr. President, let me say again

how relieved Beth and I
are to know you're okay.

That means a great deal.

You catch my remarks this morning?

Yes, I did, and I
appreciated them. Thank you.

In regards to last
night, you may have heard

that there was some
internal disagreement.

I gave the shoot-to-kill
order 'cause I didn't want to

see more innocent people get hurt.

All the intel suggested
this guy was a pro,

he wasn't gonna be taken alive.

I understand.

I might have handled it differently.

But if there's one
thing that I've learned

since becoming president,
it's how difficult it is

to make life-and-death
decisions under extreme pressure.

Thank you, sir.

You know, I only held the job for a day,

but it did make me appreciate

everything you've done for this country.

And then what did he say?

He thanked me.

Then he told me he wants me to take over

his public schedule for
the rest of the month,

till he's back at full strength.

Ah, that's excellent.

- That's what you'll do.
- Yeah.

And for the moment, we lay
low until further instruction.

What kind of instructions?

Another attempt?

I doubt it.

I think we consolidate our
gains in the short term.

Beth, there are so many loose ends.

And the loose ends are
being attended to, Peter.

Catalan is dead. Agent
Wells is in custody.

She'll be taken care of.

We'll get through this.

We always do.

I've never felt anger like this before.

You know, I've never even
hit someone in my entire life,

not even in grade school.

I was always the peacemaker.

But when I saw him just
standing there, smiling,

I wanted to reach out and strangle him.

Honestly, I think I
could have killed him.

You hid it well, sir.

He thinks he's playing
you, but in reality,

he's a prisoner in plain sight,

in full view of the American public,

not to mention a phalanx
of Secret Service agents.

We just got to be patient.

He'll make a mistake, lower his guard.

And when he does...

He's mine.

How are you feeling, Mr. President?

Much better. Thank you.

All right. Where would
you like to start?

Let me begin.

I understand there's some
tension between you and Emily.

She's been looking
into my phone records.

At my direction.

I also asked her to
keep you out of the loop.

May I ask why?

Of course. You... You
deserve an explanation.

You're my Chief of Staff.

The truth is, at the request
of the Secret Service,

I have had to re-vet
my entire inner circle.

Because of the bombing.

A thousand people
died that night, and...

And it left more questions than answers.

- I hope you understand.
- Yeah. Of course, sir.

I asked Emily to coordinate
your background check.

So naturally, she couldn't divulge

what she was doing
because it was classified.

Understood.

And I apologize for any confusion,

but it was my call, not Emily's.

Mr. President, there's
no need for apologies.

It all makes perfect sense now.

Okay. Great. What have you got?

Um... Speaker Hookstraten
came to see me,

and she said she needed to talk to you,

that you would know what it's about.

Something's here.

We shake this tree hard
enough, it'll fall out.

How can you be so sure?

The eight surviving members
of MacLeish's army unit

have all been lying for a decade.

There's got to be a weak
link in here somewhere,

someone with personal problems,
drugs, booze, something.

So what are you thinking?

We find that person
- and break him, but carefully.

We can't afford to tip MacLeish off.

We need to rattle his
cage, not shatter it.

Right.

No! Help!

No!

Hey.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Are you okay, Daddy?

Yeah.

I just, uh...

I had a bad dream.

What do you got there?

I drew it for you.

For me?

Wow.

It's beautiful.

Did you steal it from a museum?

No. I drew it.

Daddy screamed.

He did not.

Hi. Uh, how...

How long have you been standing there?

Long enough to hear how good you are.

I didn't even know you played.

I was serious about it for a while,

but now I just play to release stress.

And does it work?

Sometimes.

So, I just got back from the hospital.

Listen, I-I get why
you're being so cagey.

It was a matter of national security.

Aaron, he asked me to vet you.

It was strictly classified,
so when you confronted me,

I couldn't tell you what was going on.

I know. No, he told me.

I'm...

I'm sorry. I-I was a bit of a jerk.

I get it. It was
stressful for both of us.

Yeah.

So, you, uh... You take any requests?

I should get back.

Yeah.

Yeah, me too.

See you around.

Yeah.

XL1200C Sportster. That's a nice ride.

Yeah. I can get you a good
price on her once I'm through.

I think it's a little
bit too much bike for me.

- Alvin Joyner?
- Yeah.

Special Agent Johnson, FBI.

I already talked to the FBI, weeks ago,

about Captain MacLeish.

Oh, it's just a routine follow-up

on our background check, Alvin.

The Bureau doesn't like
to get anything wrong,

especially when it involves

the vice president of the United States.

But I need to cross a
few T's and dot a few I's

before we can officially close the file.

Is that okay?

Yeah, sure. Shoot.

About this mission to Kunar Province,

November 14, 2005,
your after-action report

says you set out with 20 men.

Is that correct?

Yeah. Three squads.

But we weren't full strength.

Uh, Morrow had a bad knee, and Rodriguez

was on family leave.

Okay, uh, so, why does the
outbound-helicopter manifest

say 21 troops?

I don't know.

Maybe somebody made a mistake.

You know, I thought that, so I asked

the warrant officer involved,
and he said absolutely not.

He said they can't afford
to make mistakes like that.

Lives depend on it.

I don't know what to tell you.

Is it possible someone
else joined your mission

that night, Alvin?

- No. No. No way.
- You sure?

Because the warrant
officer said that sometimes

outside personnel will
be assigned to missions...

Intelligence officers,
CIA, stuff like that.

Nope. Never happened.

All right.

Well, I guess we're done here then.

Good luck. Thanks for your time.

Tell the president it's game on.

He's gonna run to MacLeish.

Mr. President, I appreciate
that you have a job to do,

But I wouldn't be doing
mine if I didn't advise you

against leaving the hospital
so soon after surgery.

Captain, I understand completely.

But I really do have to get back.

It's a matter of national security.

And you were the one who said you were

really happy with my progress.

True, but I also cautioned
against undue stress.

Well, I'm afraid I've got
the wrong job for that.

See? You're not gonna win with him.

- So I'm discovering.
- Look, I promise you,

I will do everything
I can to take it easy.

Besides, last time I checked,
I think I outrank you.

Alex, I know you're mad at me,

but I really do need to get back.

You're gonna have to trust me.

Tom, I saw the way you looked

watching that press conference.

What is going on? Is it MacLeish?

I can't tell you.

I can handle it.

Alex, you're not hearing me.

I can't tell you.

You mean the president can't tell me.

Right now, we're one in the same.

Yeah, we're just coming
back from Norfolk now.

Oh, it was fine.

Shook a lot of hands,
broke a champagne bottle

on a destroyer's bow.

It was strictly routine.

Yeah, I love you, too.

_

Hey.

I saw your chalk mark. What's up?

It's Joyner. He wants to see you.

Why?

The FBI came to see him today.

Again? What about?

Said it was a routine
follow-up, something to do

with a helicopter manifest
on the Kunar mission.

Helicopter manifest?

Yeah. It sounds like
bureaucratic busywork to me.

Well, it sounds like the end of it then.

Yeah, except for Joyner.
You know Alvin, Cap.

He took it harder than the rest of us.

He's been in and out of rehab.

Wouldn't take much to
push him over the edge.

I hate to put you in this position,

but he wouldn't listen to
me, insisted that he had to...

No. No, no, no, no, no.
Of course I'll see him.

I'm sorry, Captain.

It's okay.

Improvise, adapt, overcome, right?

Tell him I'll, uh... Yeah.

I'll meet him at the, uh,
same place as last time,

tonight, 21:00.

Roger that.

Okay.

I told the president
you wanted to see him.

And?

And he said he'd get
back to you when he can.

Not good enough.

The president just
changed his plans, ma'am.

He's getting out of
the hospital tonight.

- Tonight? Why?
- Because he wants to get back to work.

Now, listen, if what you
want to share with him

is time-sensitive, just tell me.

It's about the gunman.

What about the gunman?

I want to know why the FBI

blew away our own Lee Harvey Oswald.

The suspect posed an immediate
threat to law enforcement.

Oh, come on.

It was a cluster of epic proportions.

Was the shooter a lone
wolf, part of a group?

We'll never know now.

But there was Vice President MacLeish

this morning turning
it into a victory lap.

- Why?
- You weren't in the room, ma'am.

But you were, Aaron. What happened?

Was MacLeish involved... Yes or no?

Even the President has his
suspicions about MacLeish.

He told me so himself.

Or didn't he fill you in?

What... What are you talking about?

Of course he told me.

Well, then you know that he asked me

to keep an eye on MacLeish.

I need to be in the loop, Aaron.

I'm sorry. I can't...

If the White House doesn't cooperate,

I'll just call a
congressional hearing...

or maybe a press conference.

You can't go public with this.

What are you trying to protect?

Or should I say who

are you trying to protect?

After all, it was you who
pushed MacLeish for V.P.

more than anyone else.

Now... Now, that's low.

But accurate. What happened last night?

Fine.

I'll see you in committee.

We had the shooter contained.

FBI was ready to apprehend,

but MacLeish overruled them.

Why?

He said he wanted to protect

the lives of the men on the ground.

I told him the president
would want to take him alive,

but he... He gave the order anyway.

What order?

Shoot to kill.

And that's
- for your ears only, all right?

Of course.

We start by limiting his access

to national-security documents
and intelligence briefings.

We do it under the guise of
a staff-wide security review.

Aaron won't know he's being targeted.

Okay, good. I want to keep it that way.

I also recommend we renew
his TS/SCI clearance.

That'll give us access to his finances,

recent travel, personal contacts.

Okay, just remember...

We want to clear him, not bury him.

Affirmative, sir.

Where does that put us with MacLeish?

Trap has been set.

Agent Wells is sitting on one
of MacLeish's old Army buddies,

just waiting for him to make a move.

In the meantime, I've filled
in his security detail,

told them to give the vice president

a wide berth, should he request it.

I guess the only thing
left to do is wait.

It's always the hardest part, sir.

Yeah.

You can't be serious.

I told you every move we
make now has to be cautious.

Exposing yourself like
this... It's too risky.

We've been down this
road with Joyner before.

- It's not...
- It's not worth it, Peter.

You're a heartbeat away
from the presidency.

Let someone else fix the problem.

I'm the only one he'll talk to.

That's not what I mean.

- No.
- If he's in as much pain as you say,

we'll be doing him a favor.

- No.
- You're not in the army anymore, Peter.

We pledged ourselves to a higher cause.

Beth, he's one of my men.

We've been through hell together.

And now he becomes
another casualty of war.

A casualty of war?

Are you hearing yourself?

Are you?

The FBI came to see him.

On a routine follow-up.

The guy just needs some reassurance.

I can give it to him.

Fine.

Talk to him this once.

But if it doesn't work,

the problem has to be eliminated.

No victory without sacrifice, remember?

I remember.

Atwood.

I got nothing to say to you.

Jason, it's about Luke.

Jason.

Wait.

Sir. Sir!

No! Let him go!

Let him...

Yeah?

Car's ready, Mr. Vice President.

Thanks, Rich.

It's just the two of you, right?

As you requested, sir.

I'll be right down.

- Hey.
- Hey.

You okay?

You got anything to drink?

That good, huh?

Go ahead.

I mean, that... Okay.

That's an 18-year Macallan,
but, yeah, help yourself.

Thank you.

Is this about Aaron?

Okay. I'll take "political
malaise" for $20.

- Oh, you suck.
- Thank you.

I thought I knew how this town worked,

but it doesn't make sense anymore.

You know, every... everyone
I thought I could count on,

everything... It doesn't matter.

The system wins in the end, right?

I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I'm naive. Maybe I'm both.

Who knows?

Did I ever tell you about how I got

my first job at the White House?

Harvard Lampoon connection.

I told you?

Seth, nobody can have
a personal conversation

with you without Harvard coming up,

usually within the first 30 seconds.

That's not true. I always say
I went to school in Cambridge.

Anyway, I'm ignoring that.

My point is that when
I first started here,

I mean, I was floored, all right?

I couldn't walk more than
50 feet without stopping.

Here I was
- at the White House, right?

The son of immigrants.

- I mean, I couldn't believe...
- Wait. Hold on.

I thought your dad's
a successful engineer.

Don't interrupt. What I'm saying
was that I couldn't believe

that I was here.

And then work took over,

and reality reared its ugly head.

And I started to realize why
Washington is the way it is.

And then I bump into Tom
Kirkman in the bathroom

after the entire
government's been blown up,

and he's nothing but
decency and compassion.

I mean, this guy is
service over ambition,

integrity above expedience.

And it reminded me what it felt like

to be part of something
bigger than yourself...

...what it felt like to be
part of the kind of America

that you want to believe in.

I still feel that way tonight.

So how come I don't?

'Cause you're a perfectionist.

And suddenly things
don't seem so perfect.

No. I'm not a child, Seth.
I know things aren't perfect.

Yes, but you think you
can make things perfect.

Well...

It's not that I... Maybe.

Maybe.

Emily, come on. You're
doing a great job.

Even perfectionists
have their ups and downs.

Not to oversimplify it, but
I think you're probably sad.

We're all really sad.

There's nothing wrong with that.

You need to go home, get home safely,

get a really good night's sleep.

That is all of my advice at this hour.

You get more tomorrow.

- Thank you.
- No, no, no.

Shut up. Good night.

Good night.

Yes, ma'am, can I help you?

I hope so.

My name is Angela Lindsay.

I'm an attorney with
Payton, Stein, and Gossett.

You have an FBI agent in
custody... Hannah Wells.

We've been retained by her family.

I need to see her immediately, please.

- Yeah.
- It's Beth.

You shouldn't be calling me.

The FBI agent who questioned
Joyner... who was it?

I don't know. Joyner didn't say.

Well, was it a man or a woman?

A woman, Asian woman, I think he said.

Why?

Come on, Peter. Pick up.

The subscriber you
are trying to reach...

Damn it.

Alvin, these are Agents
Damashek and Palmer.

Hold your arms out, please, sir.

Thanks, gentleman. Be
with you in a few minutes.

Let's take a walk.

I'm... I'm sorry, Cap.

No, no, no, don't be sorry.

What's going on?

I get nervous, you know?

Someone's gonna find out.

The FBI... They got this manifest.

It's paperwork, red tape.

- You know the army.
- I know, Cap, but the truth...

The truth got buried
a long time ago, Alvin.

Not for me, not in here.

I still see all their
faces, what we did.

You got to pull yourself together, man.

I wish I'd died there, Captain.

- Oh, come on.
- I swear.

I wish I never came back.

What happened that
day was not your fault.

We were betrayed, remember?

We had to defend ourselves.

We did what we had to
do to save each other.

This new office I'm in, I mean,

I can't be making
visits like this anymore,

so I need to know... can I count on you?

- John 8:32.
- Oh.

Alvin, no. Alvin.

- "And you will know the truth."
- This is important. This is so important.

- "And the truth will set you free."
- You don't know how important.

- That's the Bible.
- It's not the government.

The government's not
interested in truth.

It's the government that lies.

They sent us into a slaughterhouse,

and then they covered it up.

They used us, so we used them.

Yes, you lied. We all did, Alvin.

I lied to Congress to protect
the unit, to protect you.

You got to live up to your end...

That's it. Go

'Cause if you fail to do that,

you're not only gonna destroy us...

FBI! Freeze! Don't move!

Vice President MacLeish,
I'm arresting you for perjury

in front of the United States Congress.

Put your hands on your head.

- Now.
- Run, Cap!

Let's go. Target is 200 yards out.

The next one counts.

You're not gonna shoot me.

Put your hands on your head.

You got nothing, Wells.

On your knees.

On your knees.

I'm the vice president
of the United States.

You're just a cop.

No!

Thank you.

Don't work too hard.

Thank you.

Take care.