Gaslit (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - California - full transcript

This won't be first time
I've had to be glamorous

under my husband. [chuckles]

I decided long ago
that I will say how I feel.

Well, if you're gonna
put me on the stand,

I better have
my lawyer present.

[Mitchell] The election
is in eight fucking months.

Keep your mouth shut,
we'll be fine.

Get another wife
if you want a silent one.

They used to like each other.

[Mo] You're a good person
deep down.

[Martha] Met a young couple
tonight, reminded me of being



at the beginning of something.

McCord, wasn't it?

I appreciate you, James McCord.

California?

[Mitchell] We got a couple
of fundraisers out there.

- My mum says Nixon's dogshit.
- I've never even met the guy.

We got a kind of
special opportunity for you.

You mean you want to set up
an espionage unit

here, in-inside
the Committee to Re-elect.

I think I know a guy.

- Liddy, general counsel.
- Soldier.

[Liddy] This operation requires

untraceable
foreign contractors.

I need five Cubans.



How expensive
are Cubans these days?

[Liddy] They're freedom
fighters, you fuck!

[dramatic music plays]

- [Diana] Mr. Dean?
- [Dean] I'll see myself out.

There she is, machos...

our destiny.

El Watergate.

[♪ ♪]

[plucky orchestral music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[hairstylist]
Voilà, Mrs. Mitchell.

What do you think?

I don't-I don't see
a difference.

We love it.

[hairstylist] I knew you would.

[♪ ♪]

[Anderson]
I'm noticing a few gaps

in your employment history.

One here in 1965,

and here a whole year in 1969.

You mind explaining
what you were doing

during those periods?

I guess you could say
there was times I was doing it

and, um, you know,
times I was getting it done.

You know what I mean, brother?

I'm afraid I do not.

Mm-hmm.

[clears throat]
Um, just odd jobs, mostly.

Mr. Wills...

Frank, you can just...
you just call me Frank.

Mr. Wills,
I really appreciate, um,

you coming
all the way down here,

but I'm afraid you're not
what we're looking for.

What-what is it?
My-my mustache?

'Cause I can shave it off,
no problem.

[Anderson] To be honest,

you're not really a right fit
for the front desk.

Come on, man, please.

Look, I'll level with you.

I've been to, like, ten
of these interviews this week.

I got my bills up to here.

If this ain't working for me,

I'm out of this town, dig?

Now, you just tell me,
what do I gotta do?

Name the capitals.

Sorry?

If you're on the front desk,
you only have one job,

and that job is to make
white folks feel secure,

and nothing makes white folks
feel more secure

than a friendly
public-school-educated boy

that knows the capitals.

Now, if you feel that's unfair,

I hear that
the Howard Johnson's

across the street is hiring.

What you want?

[laughs] Yeah, I got the job.

The night job at the Watergate.

Yeah, guy hired me
on a provisional basis,

but that's only 'cause
I forgot Bismarck.

It's the capital
of North Dakota.

Look, never mind.
The bus is coming.

I will tell you about it later.

All right, I gotta go.
All right, all right, bye.

- [grunts]
- Oh, I-I'm so sorry, man.

We're all flaked with sorrow
from birth, son.

It's up to each of us
to pull it off.

No apology necessary.

[soft dramatic music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[upbeat music playing
over TV]

[people speaking Spanish]

[knock at door]

[Martinez] Shh.

[Liddy speaking Spanish]

[♪ ♪]

[transcripts thud]

[Liddy] The whole point
of breaking into the DNC

was to capture intimate
campaign conversations.

And you idiots, you bug
the secretarial lines?

[toilet flushes]

Hey, Gordo.
What's up, compadre?

All these transcripts, Howard.

Uh-huh.

We've got nothing

but a secretary
dirty-birding her boyfriend.

"I am in my posy-pink panties.

"They're so cute

stretched across
my little red bottom."

Jesus, I wish I could get
my wife to talk like that.

You have any idea

how this reflects
on the two of us, Hunt?

This operation?
To Mitchell and everybody?

Yeah.

Now, I want to know

which one of you slack-jawed
equines placed these taps.

Hmm? Who was it?

- Look...
- Oh, we have a winner.

I can't stop a secretary

from using the phone
for personal calls.

You bug the source,
not the ancillary.

Are you familiar
with black bag ops?

- You've done black bag ops.
- You ever done that?

Honestly, maybe it'd be better
to find another target.

Hold on. I'm sorry.

Are you the target finder now?

Are-are you the main guy
who helps us find the targets?

Nixon's beating the hell
out of McGovern in every poll.

Is the DNC really
his biggest threat?

It is not your job
to determine the threat level,

you dumb donkey.

It's your job
to sit by the phone

and wait for a fucking order.

Now, do you think
you can do your job?

Insofar as any of this
is my job?

Yes, sir. I can do my job.

Brilliant.

Okay.

We gotta go in again.

It's our only option.

Yeah, somebody's gonna have

to ask Mitchell for more money.

[Baldwin] I can do it.

You're going to get more
out of Mitchell if you send me

rather than one
of the wetbacks.

- No offense.
- [Sturgis] Oye, coño.

Who you calling
a wetback, brother?

We're Cuban, not Mexican.

[Baldwin] Okay, okay,
take it easy.

- [Gonzalez speaking Spanish]
- I'll do it.

But I'm gonna need a lift.

Sarah's got
the station wagon today.

[laughter]

Of course.

- [Baldwin] After you.
- You guys are so sensitive.

[both speaking Spanish]

[announcer over radio] You're
listening to WRBT 630AM...

[Martha]
No, oh, no, honey, honey.

If you're gonna bring more
than three pairs of shoes,

you gotta do it in secret,

or else people
lose faith in you.

[knock at door]

[Marty] You don't do anything
in secret.

- Mr. McCord.
- Hello.

- How are you?
- Fine, thank you.

What can I do for you?

Uh, I'm just here to drop off

some papers for your husband.

[Martha] Oh, sure.

Um, Marty, Katarina,
would you...

could you find
Mr. Mitchell, please?

He's around here somewhere.

[McCord]
Sorry to bother you at home.

I tried his office first.

I was sorry to hear

that you were taken off
my detail.

[McCord] Apologies.

I wanted to tell you myself,

but it all happened so quickly.

They put me
on some security work.

Clerical stuff mostly.

Oh, this is a fine collection.

You like it?

Mm, I don't know if you
can say you like Rilke.

There's so much desire
in there and... isolation.

I don't know.

I had to turn 40
before I got any of it.

Oh, well, I'll give it a try
in a few years, then.

[both chuckle]

Um, Mr. McCord, uh,
my-my family and I,

we are traveling out
to California for a fundraiser.

I was wondering if you would
like to accompany us there.

Oh, I would love to,
Mrs. Mitchell, but...

the campaign
does have me very busy,

and, um, I am needed at home.

Of course, understood.

I just... um, I don't
often find a bodyguard

that I can have a conversation
with, that's all.

I'm sorry if I overstepped.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
Of course not.

McCord?

Yes, sir.

Uh, I have a few
matters of paperwork

pertaining to our
earlier conversation.

In the study.

It's very nice
to see you again.

Oh.

[Marty] What are you doing
with my book?

Helping you not forget it.

[muffled laughter]

[muffled laughter]

I-is he, um...

you think he'll be out soon?

I-I don't mean to be rude.

It's just, I ha-I have a plane
to catch this afternoon

for a conference
in the Philippines.

The president
should be wrapping up

with Senator Thurmond
in just a moment.

Hard candy?

[muffled laughter]

Couple of Chatty Cathys.

It shouldn't be
too much longer. Mr. Keane.

- Dean.
- [Rose Mary] I'm sorry?

My last name.
You-you just called me Keane.

- Keane?
- Dean.

- With a K?
- With a D.

Dean.

I don't remember a Dean

in the Department
of Transportation.

Excuse me?

[Rose Mary]
You're an assistant secretary

in the Department
of Transportation?

N-no. What?

I'm junior counsel.

Oh, gosh.

What is my brain
doing up there?

[intercom buzzes]

Yes, Mr. President?

Um, Mr. Dean has been here
for the past 45 minutes.

Uh-huh.
Certainly, I'll let him know.

Thank you, Mr. President.

The president apologises,

but his meeting
with Senator Thurmond

has been extended
indefinitely.

Fortunately, it looks
like we can reschedule

your get-to-know-you
for September.

September?

It's June.

[Rose Mary]
That's the next space

the president has available,

unless that's a problem.

[muffled laughter]

I serve at the pleasure
of the president.

That's the spirit.

[Dean]
President Fucking Dick.

Fucking piece
of fucking asshole.

Fucking, fucking shit. Fuck.

[grunts]

- Ow, Jesus.
- [intercom buzzes]

[Linda] Sir, I have
Maureen Kane returning.

Miss Kane.

Hi. Well, I... God, that's all

a girl's gotta do to reach
White House counsel?

I think I imagined switchboards
all the way up Mount Olympus.

Stop, I'm not that important.

[Mo] Oh, Mr. False Modesty.

So come on,
you have to tell me.

How'd it go, anyway?

[Dean] How-how'd what go?

Your meeting with the president
of the United States?

Oh, that, I... yeah, I, um...
[clears throat]

No, I-I-I had to reschedule
that, actually.

You had to reschedule?

Yeah, you know,
I-I've been so busy lately

with, uh, you know,
meetings and stuff.

You don't think
that's rude, do you,

to reschedule a meeting
with the president?

Maybe it looks like
I'm too busy for him.

Uh, no, I-I don't...
I think it's a good thing,

shows you're not sitting around
like the village idiot

waiting for him
to meet with you.

You've, you know,
got other things going on.

- Important things.
- Right.

Blonde, important,

"best thing that ever happened
to you" things.

Well, that reminds me,
I-I got some bad news.

I-I don't think I can make it
to see you this weekend.

What? No.

I've got the tickets
to Cat Stevens

at the Bowl Saturday night.

[Dean] I know,
and I love Cat Stevens,

but I have this conference
in Manila.

It totally slipped my mind.
I'm sorry.

I have Senator Gurney
on the line,

and he says it's urgent.

Right.

Look, I-I gotta take
this other call, but, um,

on my way back
through the States,

how about I stop by LA?

Who's playing
at the Bowl Tuesday?

- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
- Perfect.

I love... it's beautiful. I...

We'll make a night of it, okay?

I'll talk to you soon.

Okay, I'll light a candle
in my window.

Bye, now.

[sighs]

[suspenseful music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[flight attendant]
Anything else, Mrs. Mitchell?

I'm fine. Thank you, dear.

[flight attendant]
Oh, and about your daughter.

She asked for a Bloody Mary.

Okay.

[flight attendant]
She's 11 years old, ma'am.

Mm-hmm. Oh, I see.

Don't make it too spicy.

Three campaign events
in one day,

we'll die of dumbfuck exposure.

You reading poetry now?

[sighs] I'm in a bit
of a wistful mood, I guess,

thinking about a...
a boy I once knew.

[chuckles]

Is this gonna be the
center fielder from college?

The oil baron from Midland?

Walter. Arkansas boy.

Took me to my first dance
when we were 12.

[Mitchell] Mm.

And once in a while,

you still wonder
what it might have been like

if you had married
simple Walter from Pine Bluff.

We used to be a team.

Now it's just...

...jokes and silences

and the occasional rough sex
and campaign business.

Doesn't sound so bad.

I'm serious.

I thought you'd be happy
going to California.

You can talk
to Zsa Zsa and Clint.

Push Lana Turner in the pool.

I'm not a show pony.

You can't just trot me around
and then put me back

in the stable
at the end of the night.

[Mitchell] I don't know
what you want me to say.

These things happen
in a marriage,

and you didn't marry
simple Walter from Pine Bluff.

You married me.

[breathes deeply]

I like your traveling suit.

[reporter]
Ten Americans killed,

eight missing, 75 wounded.

South Vietnam
reported 1,149 killed,

the heaviest weekly toll
for them for the entire war.

Gotta get the crease right.

[reporter] President Nixon
said last night...

See that?

It's all in the details, Tuffy.

Look at you licking the plate.

[cat purring]

I will be back
at the crack of dawn,

and I'm bringing doughnuts.

I'm all right.
Thank you, thank you.

Ma'am.

How you doing this evening?

[dog whines]

All right.

[laughter]

Oh, man,
don't mind Mrs. Emerson.

She's, um...

she's a little skittish.

Name's Alberto.

- Frank Wills.
- Nice to meet you.

Yeah.

You ever work security before,
Frank Wills?

Well, I, um... I was up
in Michigan at Job Corps...

- [Albert] Mm-hmm.
- ...and before that,

I was working part-time

at a department store
back in Georgia.

Well, things around here
are pretty simple.

Uh, there's the logbook,

schedule, uh, walkie,

flashlight for your rounds.

Anyone comes down
for a package,

we keep them under the desk.

Shit, man, uh,
weekend's a dead zone.

Oh, there's a bum
who comes around

and pisses in the planters,
but that's about it.

I got you.

Have a good night.

And hey, don't fall asleep
on the job.

[Frank] Got it.

At least don't get caught.

[soft dramatic music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[Baldwin]
Eagle Eye, this is Sparrow.

Come in, Eagle Eye.

[Liddy] Go for Eagle Eye. Over.

[Baldwin] The guards have just
changed shifts for the night.

Over.

[Liddy] How are we
doing otherwise? Over.

[♪ ♪]

[Baldwin] We still have
a few guys in the office.

Looks like they're packing up
to get out of there. Over.

[Liddy] Copy that.

We've got a visual on
the side street from our room.

Carrion Falcon,
you in position? Over.

[tires squealing]

[Liddy] Carrion Falcon,
are you in position? Over.

Roger that, Eagle Eye.

In position and waiting
on your signal. Over.

Over and out, I mean.

[♪ ♪]

["Things to Do" playing]

[♪ ♪]

[Carl Coccomo] ♪ Things to do ♪

♪ Can't let my shoes
Pick dust up ♪

♪ Won't slow down ♪

♪ I can't afford
To let up... ♪

- Excuse me.
- Pardon me.

Can I get another
gin and tonic, please?

Ah, yes.

[Mitchell] And the president
is very pleased

with this conservative movement

you got going out here
with Reagan.

John, we're not building it
for the president's pleasure.

We consider this
our own movement out here,

a-a new conservative politics

centered around
the Christian family,

not making nice with Red China.

All I'm saying
is that Ronnie's endorsement

would mean the world to Dick.

The only thing
that means dick to Dick

is more glory for Dick.

[Martha] Both of you, stop it.

Don't tell me y'all
are still talking shop.

Your husband here
set a trap for me.

I've been struggling
to get out of it.

I've been trying
to wriggle my way

out of his snare for 15 years.

[chuckles]

- Michael.
- Oh.

Would you like to join me
in a game of pool?

Maybe it'll make him jealous.

I'd love nothing more.

[chuckles]

Oh, God.

I forgot the first rule
of billiards.

Never put money on a game

when there's
a Southern woman involved.

- Mm.
- [Deaver chuckles]

Now, tell me something.

When Reagan went
for the nomination in '68,

did he make a stop
in Pine Bluff?

Uh, I can't say that we did.

Mm, it's probably for the best.

They're just wild
for Nixon down there.

They love him
even more than they love me.

All right.

One Mitchell gets me toast,
and the other one butters me up

for the Reagan endorsement.
Is that how this works?

[Martha]
Oh, no, don't be ridiculous.

You're more than just
some jacket potato to us.

You're a dear friend, Michael.

Scotch, please.

[Deaver] Nixon's on the road
to reelection.

We all know that.

But his reputation's
taken a huge hit.

People know
what he did to Muskie,

what he and Kissinger did
to tank the peace talks in '68.

That didn't play too well
in California.

Yeah, that was a tough call
in '68.

Not as tough as the one
Ronnie had to make

to book his flight home
after he lost the nomination.

Beloved.

In four years,
Ronnie wants to run

a presidential campaign
that's based on...

Yeah, on fair representation
and-and moral integrity

and all bullshit,
bullshit, bullshit.

You know, with that attitude,
it's a wonder

you haven't racked up
our endorsement yet.

Well, with that kind
of blind confidence,

it's a wonder
you haven't been able

to break through in the South.

[billiard balls clatter]

You know, if I were Reagan,
I would wonder

why someone as charming
and noble as myself

could get crushed in the South

by a supposed
liar and cheat like Nixon.

It's no mystery,

at least not to the people
of Pine Bluff.

They put their faith in Nixon,
and in return,

he won the presidency for them,
and now everything he does

looks like
a confirmation of their faith.

So what if he had to get down
in the mud to do it?

Even Christ had to wash
a few dirty feet.

Are you actually
comparing Dick Nixon

to Jesus Christ right now?

No.

Jesus Christ wouldn't make it
through the Republican primary.

[laughs]

[person over radio]
...their Constitution

and their love of apple pie.

It is difficult
to alert this country

and throughout the media

that the conspiracy
is not something small.

It is huge,
and it is beyond the realm

of most people's imagination.

The conspiracy
is for the world domination

of the United States.

Down by two
in the fourth quarter,

the young star
from North Augusta

lines up for a 48-yarder.

I gotta tell you,
this is a risky one for Wills.

A lot riding on this.
Can he pull this off?

Ooh.

Sorry, sir.

Oh, man.

Oh, shoot.

[soft dramatic music plays]

[♪ ♪]

Eagle Eye, the final gophers
have left the hole.

Repeat, we are a go
on the hole.

[engine turning over]

[tense music plays]

[♪ ♪]

Ah, coño.

[grunts]

[all exhale heavily]

[♪ ♪]

Shit.

- What?
- [whispering] Quiet.

The transceivers,
they're back at HQ.

Liddy wanted fresh batteries.

I told him the batteries
were already fresh.

- Fuck me!
- Quiet!

[sighs]

Eagle Eye,
this is Carrion Falcon.

We are earless.

Repeat, we are without ears.
Over.

Cleared to retrieve. Over.

But make it quick. Over.

Oh, shit, get out of here.

Shit, shit, shit, shit,

shit, shit,
shit, shit, shit, shit.

Shit, shit,

shit, shit, shit, shit.

Shit, shit, shit, shit.

- [car horn blares]
- [driver] Watch it, asshole!

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.

Hey, man.

Hey, you can't be putting tape
on the door like this.

It's against code or something.

Pardon me, sir?
Hawkins Deli is already closed.

Do you know if there's
another place open?

Sorry, man,
it's my first night on the job.

- All right, thanks anyway.
- [Frank] Mm-hmm.

Hey, wait up.

Um...

...I just remembered
there's a burger joint

down the street from here.

Come on, I'll take you to it.

Like the wind, man, go!

[breathing heavily]

You can always put on
another jacket, but, like,

if it's hot, you can only
take off so many layers, so...

Yeah, well, I mean, but see,
in Atlanta, you can...

- Shit, shit, shit.
- [car horn blares]

[♪ ♪]

Clay Pigeon,
this is Carrion Falcon.

Something's wrong
with the door down here.

Requesting
immediate assistance. Over.

Help me. Over.

What the fuck?

Something's wrong
with the fucking door.

Get Road Runner
down there immediately.

Copy.

Road Runner is on his way.

I repeat, Road Runner's
on his way. Over.

All right,
let me do a patty melt,

add Swiss cheese, and let me
get some extra mushrooms.

Sorry, buddy,
ran out of mushrooms.

Y'all ran outta mushrooms?

Look, pal,
it's a mushroom town.

What can I tell you?

Venga, cabrón. Vamos.

[♪ ♪]

Oh, whoa.

[Martinez] Venga.

My strength is leaving me.

Rápido, rápido.

Copy.

What the hell?

The lock's all worn to shit.

Gonzalez figured
this'd be easier.

[McCord]
Okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Martinez]
Venga. Rápido, rápido.

Vamos.

- Take it easy.
- Put it back on.

[suspenseful music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[Frank] Yeah, well,
you have a good night.

- Yeah, you too, man.
- Yes, sir.

[whistling]

[♪ ♪]

"Even between
the closest human beings,"

"infinite distances continue."

"A wonderful living
side by side can grow"

"if they succeed in loving
the distance between them."

It's Rilke.

Yes, we had books
in Queens too.

John Newton Mitchell,
I didn't know

you were such a romantic.

How do you know I'm not
just trying to get inside

those Pine Bluff panties,
my little jacket potato?

[laughs]

What's your angle here?

I was thinking about
what we were talking about

on the plane.

About holding on
to a good thing.

And this is a good thing.

I like what they're doing
out here for Reagan.

And I was thinking that...

after the campaign,

maybe there'd be a place for us
out here in California.

You want to move
across the country

and work for Reagan?

The two of us are unstoppable.

But I was never the one
driving that train.

It was always you.

Lord,
look who sounds drunk now.

Come here, let me sober you up.

- Poetry.
- Mm.

[exciting music playing
over TV]

[dog barking over TV]

[Liddy] Sparrow, come in.

Looks like someone
just pulled up out front.

Can you make them out
from your vantage? Over.

Just some hippies, sir.
Nothing to worry about. Over.

[dramatic music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[Liddy] What's your status,
Carrion Falcon? Over.

Wrapping up in here. Over.

Hey, guys, building's closed.
You can't come in here.

[Shoffler] You're the one who
called the cops, aren't you?

Yeah, I mean...

[Shoffler] Relax, Mr. Tibbs.

We were on vice detail
when we got the call.

Maybe tell us
what the hell's going on

so we can get back to it.

Okay, uh,
I found a piece of tape

on the parking garage door.

- Tape?
- Over the door latch,

like somebody
was keeping it open.

I thought it was a mistake
the first time,

and then it happened again,

and I found another piece
on the sixth floor.

- Hmm.
- Okay, uh, not to worry.

We'll take it from here.

Oh, um, you guys gonna
head up there now?

I can come with you, you know,
be your backup if you need.

Uh, that's all right.
We're good.

Uh, you stay down here
and, uh...

Watch our perimeter.

That's right,
watch our six, Officer.

[laughter]

[♪ ♪]

[person shushing]

Walkies off.

[muffled speech]

[muffled laughter]

Hide, hide. Andale, andale.

[♪ ♪]

[toilet flushing]

Eagle Eye,
were any of our guys

by chance
wearing a sport coat? Over.

Our men are in suits.

Did you mean suit jacket,
Sparrow? Over.

Maybe it's a windbreaker.

What is a windbreaker again?
Over.

A windbreaker
is the lighter version

of what we typically refer to
as a jacket. Over.

[Baldwin] I thought
that was a parka. Over.

No, no, no, a parka is a...

it's-it's a whole different
thing.

It's much longer,
like a-a trench coat or a...

- Yeah, it's a duster.
- [Liddy] Duster.

Think, uh, Gary Cooper
in Shane.

Over.

Duster.

Mother of shit.

Eagle Eye,
the hippies are armed.

The fucking hippies are armed.

Wait, wait, wait.
What's that, Sparrow?

Armed pursuants
on the sixth floor.

They're headed
for the gopher hole.

Mayday! Mayday!

[Hunt] Ah, ah!

Carrion Falcon,
did you hear that?

You got company on your six.
Abort mission.

I repeat, abort mission.
Please acknowledge. Over.

Fuck, their walkies
must be off.

What's happening over there?

How the fuck
did you miss those guys?

It was a goddamn hippie
in a sport coat.

- What was I supposed to do?
- You said windbreaker.

Hippies don't wear
windbreakers.

Doesn't fucking matter!

[Baldwin]
I'm gonna pack up my shit.

- I'll meet you in the lobby.
- Get the fucking shit out now.

[Liddy] Grab the equipment.

Swear to God, how do you
fucking miss that shit?

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[♪ ♪]

- Fucking God damn it.
- Damn it.

Help him. Help him. Get...

Don't leave any fucking papers.

I got no fucking fingernails.
God.

[Liddy] Jump in.

[engine turning over]

[tires squealing]

[car horn blares]

[Shoffler] All right,
we know you're in here.

You, get up. Stand up.

Let me see your hands.
Slowly, slowly, slowly.

[McCord] Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

Are you guys cops?

What the fuck
does it look like?

May I see your badge?

[Martha] You're horrible.

[laughter]

Oh, God, I'm trying
to get to the bench.

- Oh, ooh!
- [Mitchell laughs]

[Mitchell muttering]

- Sir.
- Oh, heavens.

Sorry to bother you.

There's a phone call for you.
It's-it's Mr. Dean.

- He says it's urgent.
- Patch him through.

I don't like the new bodyguard.

[Mitchell] Well, you never
like the new bodyguard.

I had a good time tonight.

Me too.

All right, take your call.
I'll go check on Marty.

[growls playfully]

[both chuckle]

[Katarina snoring]

[footsteps clomping]

Somebody's playing possum.

[laughs]

[Marty] You seem happy.

I am happy.

[Marty] Daddy bought it for me
at the airport.

People say it's scary.

- It's pretty boring so far.
- [Martha] Hmm.

Well, let me know
how it turns out.

She snores.

[chuckles]

Mitchell.

[Dean] Hello, sir.

I'm-I'm sorry to disturb you
on vacation.

How is it down there?
Or up there?

Where is California
in relation to the Philippines

latitude-wise? I don't know.

It's just, I've had some
disturbing news from Jeb, sir.

For Christ, fuck.

It seems there was
a mix-up at the Watergate.

A security guard, uh, bust
the whole operation, Jeb says.

Bust it wide open.

Apparently, a-a-a door
was-was taped incorrectly.

What the fuck
are you talking about?

It was-it was difficult to
make out the details exactly.

Jeb was crying when he told me.
He was actually crying, sir.

- Fucking Christ on the cross.
- [Dean] I'm sorry, sir.

This is the first
I'm hearing about all this.

- Was Liddy arrested too?
- Well, no, uh, Liddy got away,

Jeb says,
as did Hunt and Baldwin.

[sighs] Thank the shit Christ.

So there's no direct ties
to the campaign.

Well-well, here's the thing,
sir.

Uh, McCord did not get away.

Liddy let McCord go in there?

Yes, sir.

I specifically said
I want no one with ties

to the campaign on-site.

Well, apparently
we're short on Cubans.

[Mitchell] All right, get
the fuck back to D.C. tonight.

You hear me?

The next 48 hours
are gonna be crucial.

We'll have to go low and slow.
Let's not make any big moves.

I-I understand, sir.

Only I was hoping
to stop in LA.

We'll regroup the whole team
when we get in.

I'll get Jeb to write up
a containment.

Sir, uh, before you go, sir,

uh, one more thing.

I-I don't know how to put this.

Uh, Jeb and I were wondering
about your wife.

What about her?

[Dean] Well, you know,
I'd-I'd never go

on the record with this, sir,

but McCord did work
in your home.

You really think that
when Martha sees his face

in the newspaper,
she won't call

one of her journalist friends?

You said it yourself, sir,

the next 48 hours
are gonna be crucial.

Listen, Dean,
I know you're trying to be

a good little farmhand,
but you're gonna have to get

your dick out of
the butter churn on this one.

You got it?

Yes-yes, sir.

Won't happen again, sir.

What's going on?

You gotta promise
you'll tell no one.

I promise.

Dean got himself caught up

in a raid
on a Filipino brothel.

He's being forced
out of the country.

- You're kidding.
- You didn't hear it from me.

[gasps]

I knew he was an operator
the moment I laid eyes on him.

Oh, his sweet
little girlfriend.

She'll be mortified.

Hmm.

This is what happens
when there's no trust

between two people.

Now, where were we?

[chuckles]

- Oh, yeah.
- Follow me.

Well, well, well,

Mr. Eye For Detail.

[laughter]

You really saved the day here.

Well, I'm just glad
I could represent myself

on behalf of the building.

The big bosses, uh,
have approved a small token

of their appreciation
for your heroic actions

during the course
of the break-in.

- What's this?
- [Anderson] It's a raise.

Two fifty?

Every week.

I appreciate it.

[groans softly]

Mitchell?

[coughs]

[clears throat]

Honeybun? Where are you?

Mitchell?

Marty?

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, Peter, you scared me.

Sorry, ma'am, I was just
getting some breakfast.

Where is everyone?

Oh, your daughter went
to Disneyland with Katarina.

Yes, of course.

And my husband?

Mr. Mitchell
had to fly to Washington

for an urgent business meeting.

His instructions
were to have you stay here.

Oh.

I think I'll just, uh...

...give his office a call,

make sure
everything's all right.

All right, Peter, seriously,
what is going on?

Where is everyone?

As I said, your husband
had an urgent meeting...

Okay, well, stop saying that
and just tell me.

Okay, there's no need
to get hysterical.

Why don't you just go back
to your room and relax?

This is ridiculous.
I am calling my husband.

[gasps]

You are not in charge here.

- Do you understand me?
- Mm-hmm.

Good.

Your husband's a very busy man,

and he doesn't have time
right now to take your call.

Okay.

[dark music plays]

[♪ ♪]

[Peter] Here.

A little light reading.

Good girl.

[♪ ♪]

To your right.

To your left.

[indistinct chatter,
siren wailing]

[operator] I'm sorry, sir.
Your party's not answering.

Would you like
to try another number?

[somber orchestral music plays]

[♪ ♪]

So am I your date tonight?

Okay, Sandra, you are my date

to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

[♪ ♪]

[Hunt]
Should be the last of it.

I saw this in a dream, Howard.

These flames consuming
our best-laid plans.

It's all our fault.

We made too many mistakes,

too many assumptions.

The tide of our ideals

dashed against
reality's rocky shore.

How could we have been
so foolish

as to not see it coming?

[Hunt]
See what coming, Gordon?

Retribution.

[♪ ♪]