Madam Secretary (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - The Dissent Memo - full transcript

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

(loud explosion)

(high-pitched ringing, muffled crying)

(muffled shouting)

(baby crying)

(muffled crying, shouting continues)

This morning's bombing in Rome

is more than just a brutal attack

on one of the most beautiful
cities in the world.

This is a threat which
will be answered.

(reporters speaking at once)



Governor, Governor,
you've said that as president,

you would increase surveillance
of Muslim Americans...

Whoa, whoa.

First of all, no group has
claimed responsibility yet

for the bombing

at Stazione Triumfale in Rome.

And I would never suggest
infringing on the rights

- of America citizens, ever.
- (scoffs) Yeah?

He doesn't suggest it.

He wants to legislate it.

EVANS: But if an attack does occur...

Nice suit, though.

His staff's definitely
working overtime.

They've pulled him
off the campaign trail



so he can keep running around

showing off his new global concern.

No mention of the bombing
in Angola, I notice.

Twice as many dead as in Rome.

But if the press doesn't mention it,

why should he?

(turns off TV)

(exhales)

Of course, this means that I have

to pull Conrad off the trail, too.

Right after that China
speech last week got us

a two point bump in the polls.

But we still have an election

to pull out of thin air.

I thought it was...

less than a total long shot,
which... I took

to be boundless optimism
coming from you.

New York Times is about to endorse us,

which should reassure the centrists.

And we are making progress
getting those sore loser laws

changed to get him

on the ballot in the states
we missed in the primaries.

I'm sensing an Eeyore footnote.

(sighs) Minnesota and Ohio

are holdouts.

If we don't get Dalton
on the ballot in those two,

we have no hope of
keeping Evans or Reynolds

from getting to 270, at which point,

it's game over.

We've got the team on Minnesota,

but I need your help.

- I can't campaign, you know...
- With Ohio, it's...

- I can't campaign!
- it's not campaigning!

We-we just need somebody high profile

to take Dalton's place in
an NFL pre-game interview.

Slip in something about
getting on the ballot,

and go have dinner
with some state senators.

How is wining and dining state senators

- not campaigning?
- Because I have a room full of lawyers,

telling me that isn't!

We are in this

ridiculous situation
'cause of your idea

to turn our backs on the party

and do an independent run.

Be right back.

Assistant Secretary Thompson,
I am so sorry

I didn't reach you before you
came all the way up here.

The attack in Rome
has completely hijacked

her schedule...

That was an unfortunate verb choice.

She's not in?

Emergency conference
at the White House.

- (phone rings)
- Uh, but I will give that

- to her as soon as she returns.
- Excuse me.

Hi, Louise, what are we cancelling?

Yeah, that should be fine, um...

Uh... Yes.

I'll have to double-check that.

REPORTER: Death toll now at 42,

with more injured
in a suicide bombing...

Hizb Al-Shahid just took
credit for the bombing in Rome.

I heard. Do we believe it?

Well, the sources seem credible.

So, now they're moving
from Algeria into Europe.

DEA came through with some Intel

on sales of antiquities
from North Africa.

See if any of these look
like they were looted

from St. Gabriel's Monastery

before HS blew it up.

Stones from the tomb of the
Christian woman in Tipaza.

Not too far from the monastery.

Stones, though; very hard
to prove authenticity.

What's this one?

"Reliquary of St. Augustine
from the Basilica in Annaba"

Looks like St. Augustine
has the same taste

as a Corsican drug lord.

Trust me,

this is not St. Augustine style.

This is the Colonial
French feeling guilty.

See, when France took over Algeria,

they felt bad because none
of Augustine's remains were

in Annaba, his hometown,
so they made this reliquary

to return his arm bone to the basilica.

Where's Annaba?

Northeastern Algeria.

Part of the ancient
city of Hippo Regius.

Maybe HS sacked that place, too?

There's plenty there worth looting.

But I didn't think they'd
gotten that far north.

Just like we didn't think
they were in Rome.

Let's check with DEA.

See if we can trace this
back to the seller.

ELIZABETH: Susan.

I'm sorry to disrupt your
schedule, Madam Secretary.

N-No, no, no.

I'm-I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

The, uh... uh, fallout from Rome

has been getting all the attention.

- You know how that goes.
- Oh, I do.

So...

The bombing in Luanda,
that was a travesty.

How's Kalanga?

She's injured, but alive, thank God.

A separatist group is taking credit.

I-I'm really sorry

that I haven't been able to respond,

but I'll issue a statement
condemning the...

the group's actions in the...
strongest terms.

With all respect, Madam
Secretary, the situation

in Angola has gone well beyond
a statement of condemnation.

Which is why I'm here.

A memo of dissent?

Signed by your entire
African Affairs Bureau.

Specifically objecting

to our policies in Angola.

For 30 years,
President Bestilo has enjoyed

generous trade agreements
with the United States,

a wealth of subsidies,

and a blind eye to his
increasing corruption

- and cronyism.
- Are you suggesting

that President Bestilo
was behind the attack?

I'm saying that this administration's

deafening silence after an attack

that killed twice as many people
as that bombing in Rome...

It's just the latest example

of ongoing indifference.

So, dissent memo?

Bestilo put a ban on all
public assembly this morning,

supposedly to protect the people.

But it is obvious he's using
this bombing as a cover

to silence his opponent.

The people want Kalanga
and he knows it.

He's stealing this election.

I can't ask my staff
to stand by silently

while the administration does nothing.

I will do everything in my power

- to make our deep displeasure known.
- No.

Not another "urge,

encourage, concern" phone call.

This needs action, Elizabeth.

If Bestilo is allowed to snuff out

a once-in-a-generation candidate,

and the rest of the world shrugs

'cause nobody went to
Luanda on a honeymoon,

that's an African story
I'm tired of telling.

NADINE: We've got some

changes to note in the
secretary's schedule.

Uh, the Emissions and
Deforestation Conference

will be postponed.

Thank you. And we've added

the NFL Diplomacy Initiative

in Cleveland, ma'am.

(soft murmurs)

Yeah, the... president is stepping off

the campaign trail.

I'm just gonna fill in.

As in, campaigning?

No, no. It-it's just a little...

pre-game interview about...

football and diplomacy.

Yeah.

Well, Russell Jackson
insists it's legal.

Hey, wait.

Who's doing the interview?

James Brown.

Oh.

- I thought he was dead.
- No.

That would be, uh, fellow diplomat

and ambassador of soul, James Brown.

This would be

CBS Sportscaster James Brown. J.B.!

- Hmm.
- NADINE: And what exactly

is it that Russell Jackson
would like you to say?

Legally.

Uh... I think the
non-campaigning version

of "Please put President
Dalton on the ballot in Ohio."

Hey! What about this?

Um, Dalton's not on the ballot because

of the sore loser law, right?

Just recently,

the NFL changed the extra point rule...

Yeah, too many kickers

were making it, so they moved
it back to the 15 yard line.

Right, and just as the NFL
can change the rules,

to make the game fair
and competitive...

So Ohio can reexamine its policy

in this historically unprecedented

third party run.

- Yes!
- ELIZABETH: Oh, that's good.

Oh, I like that.

I like that... mm...
G-Give more of those.

Okay, moving on.

Yes, sorry. We need to talk
about the bombing in Angola.

It's awful.

Kalanga survive?

ELIZABETH: Yeah, with injuries.

83 others were not as lucky.

But President Bestilo
is using the attack

to suppress his opponent,
and this morning,

I received a dissent memo

from the Bureau of African Affairs,

urging a stronger response.

Um, can I see it?

It's an understandable

frustration at our ongoing cooperation

with an increasingly corrupt regime.

What I need... are some possible

sanctions I can threaten

to get President Bestilo
to toe the line.

- Cut off aide?
- MATT: Or agricultural imports.

I mean, they get a ton of
poultry and grain from us.

Not sure

how American farmers
are gonna feel about that.

Not as bad as the Angolans
if we cut off their food supply.

- We'll draw up some talking points.
- Thank you.

ELIZABETH: Hey!

Louise said I could catch you.

Um, could we just

slow this down to a jog, please?

We need to talk about Angola.

Why?

The bomb there yesterday.

I don't know if you heard,

more dead than in Rome.

Yeah?

Could you do me a favor,

and just pretend to listen to me?

Because I just got a dissent memo

from my entire African Affairs Bureau,

convinced that this administration

doesn't know or care

that Angola's presidential
election is being stolen

- in broad daylight.
- I'm a little preoccupied

with another election at the moment.

Why are we still talking about this?

Because I want to
remind President Bestilo

that he is running a democracy.

So, I would like to threaten

to cut our agricultural

exports and I just want to make sure

that I'm not lighting
anybody's hair on fire.

- Do whatever you need to do.
- Okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Wait, what?!

You can't do that!

Why?

Were you not listening this morning?

We have two major agricultural states...

Ohio, Minnesota... where
we're fighting for our lives.

Y-Y-You expect me to tell them

t-t-that we're just cutting off

their, what, fifth biggest importer

of poultry in the world?

I knew you listen to me!

Give me a week to get this resolved.

Then you can turn all
the screws you want.

I don't have a week.

The election is in four days.

And if Bestilo wins another term,

that's one more African nation we lose

to an autocratic leader.

Here's a novel idea:
stick to the Prime Directive.

Let democracy take its course...

without U.S. interference.

Really?

A Star Trek reference?

I deeply appreciate your
compassion, Madam Secretary,

But Angola is strong.

We will endure.

I'm sure you will, Mr. President.

However, I am concerned that your ban

on public gatherings may interfere

with the democratic process.

It is for the safety of my people.

I refuse to make them a target again.

ELIZABETH: Yes, but, Mr. President...

"Damiano," please.

I just want to remind you

that in order to continue
our support of Angola,

we need to know that you will
support the will of the people.

I find these conversations
so inspiring.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Good luck with your own election.

It seems you're going to need it.

Urge, encourage... and concern.

Did I leave something out?

Mollify and assuage?

HENRY: Are you kidding me?
Who wrote these talking points?

The Browns have got way bigger problems

thank finding a go-to
receiver on third down.

Can I just say how adorable it is

that this is the most opinionated

you've been about my
job in, like, ever?

Well, it's better than
reading that FBI report.

I mean, 58 pages to say

they still can't find
whoever's hacking our house

and stalking our entire family?

Yes, I know, I know.

On the other hand, no new incidents.

See? Staying positive,
trusting the system.

Well, you're doing better than I am.

You have a rough day?

(sighs)

I got a dissent memo on Angola.

Is that like when a
student files an appeal

'cause they don't like their grade?

It's an anonymous communication channel

to allow anyone at the State Department

to formally oppose foreign policy

they don't agree with.

So... I got the bad grade.

That attack in Luanda was rough.

Okay, can you just tell me that

I do a great job at other things.

- I... Right now, I just need to hear...
- Oh, hey, hey, hey.

Come on, come on.

You are the very best student

in the whole State Department.

And you know...

what I give to my best students.

- Wait...
- What?

Oh, God!

- Oh, no, no, no, no.
- No, no, no.

It's not... It was getting weird anyway.

I just wanted to tell you

that Jareth is coming for a visit.

Well, that's great.
When does he get here?

Wednesday, actually. Kinda last-minute.

Well, I'll say, but
what a great surprise.

Yeah, it's... it's okay
if he stays here?

- Yeah, of course.
- Yes. Sure.

Okay, thank you.

- Yes! I'm so excited.
- HENRY: Yay.

Sweetie, that's great. So are we!

(Elizabeth chuckles)

It's okay that he stays here, right?

Of course, I love that kid.

No, I mean, you know,

she's got that tiny little twin bed

with the girly bedspread.

You think that'd be comfortable?

Well, I think they'll get comfortable.

Really?

Well, I remember we got
pretty comfortable with your...

Okay, but we didn't have
Will in the next room

(whispering) with a very thin wall.

- Oh, God, Jason.
- Yeah.

- Will you say something to her?
- Yes.

- I do, I will, I'll talk to her, yeah.
- Just to be quiet.

ELIZABETH: Yes, Daisy, what's up?

DAISY (on phone): Ma'am,
I just got a heads up

from a guy at the Post.

They have a copy of the dissent memo,

and they're about to run it.

Well, that's a disaster.

Did he...

Did he say how he got it?

I couldn't get it out of him,

and it's too late to kill it... I tried.

Okay, well, I want to
know who leaked it,

so you do whatever you have to, okay?

Yes, ma'am.

And, listen, for what it's worth,

the news cycle is still
on the attack in Rome.

We might be okay.

(sighs) Thanks, Daisy.

What the hell is this
about a dissent memo?

Now, tell me Madam Secretary,
when are we going to see

NFL football in, say, France?

Well, that... that's a...
that's a tricky question.

I think, uh, every
country loves its game

just as much as we love ours.

And change is hard.

1906, football fans were scandalized

by the invention of the forward pass,

and now it's a definitive

signature of the game.

So rules do need to evolve.

Now, President Dalton
is looking to make

a few changed in the upcoming
election, too, isn't that right?

Well, I'm... I'm happy
that you brought that up.

Uh... because as much
as President Dalton is

supported and trusted
by the American people,

certain rules will need
to evolve to accommodate

this historic third-party run.

Well, with that being said,

we're gonna take a little break,

but, Secretary McCord, thank you again

- for taking the time.
- It's my pleasure.

Go, Browns!

JULIUS: Is that Russell Jackson?

Julius! Well, look at us.

Even without the support
of our key donor,

we somehow manage to stay in the game.

I love it when he stays in sales mode.

(all chuckle)

Madam Secretary, I
wanted to introduce you

to a friend of mine.

Secretary McCord,
Scott Goodman, KronicDM.

Oh, my son loves your messaging app.

He thinks I don't know
what the name means.

- Oh, uh-oh, mom's hip.
- (chuckles)

Well, I'm glad he's hooked in.

I was wondering, could I grab a minute?

Uh, sure.

How's it going with Sam Evans?

You ready to admit

you backed the wrong horse?

Let's just say I haven't
placed any bets yet.

I saw that story about your staff

throwing a flags on the play in Africa.

Ah, the dissent memo, yes.

Yeah, I gotta tell you,
from a tech point of view,

we're pretty frustrated, too.

We're trying to get KronicDM going

in Southern Africa,

but these countries are killing us

with these OTT taxes.

A fee to use their
telecom services, right?

- Over-the-top tax?
- Yes, even the name...

"over-the-top"

Most Africans aren't online.

They just... they have phones.

So we're how they're staying connected,

but these state-owned telecom services

are strangling us with these fees.

To be fair, your app is

using their services, right?

So shouldn't they ask
you to help pay for it?

Come on, Secretary.

I mean, they could privatize telecom,

and the whole economy would benefit.

But then they wouldn't
be able to monitor

everything that their
citizens are saying,

or turn it off whenever they want to.

I mean, state-owned telecom, it's bad

for democracy, and
it's bad for business.

I understand your frustration,

but the thing about
emerging economies, Scott,

is that they have to be allowed

to do just that... emerge.

It's... it's a process.

If I wanted to, right now,

I could cut a deal with one country

and piggyback one network

across most of Southern
Africa for free,

the way it should be.

But I'm not doing that
'cause I'm hoping my elected

- officials are gonna do their job...
- Appointed.

I'm afraid that's all the
time the secretary has.

Oh, gosh, Scott, too bad.
Thanks so much.

I haven't been mansplained that hard

since Craig Sterling was in office.

Good job on the interview.

Too bad it won't save us.

What do you mean?

We just got word the
Times is holding back

on the endorsement.

They want to let this dissent memo

play out first.

Just long enough so it
won't do us any good.

Hey, you want some of this?

I don't even know what it is.

- It's mushroom soufflé.
- Don't you want to heat that up?

No, I'm barely tasting it anyway.

So, Jareth tomorrow. That's exciting.

Yep.

You know, Dad and I are really happy

that he's gonna stay with us,

but maybe we should just
talk about one thing.

What, the fact that
if we move to England

I might end up killing myself?

What?

Yeah.

Sweetheart...

what happened?

The whole summer was awful.

His friends, his family.

The stupid weather.

Wait, you-you've been
home almost a month.

Why didn't you say something?

Denial?

I don't know.

It was embarrassing. I mean...

- you guys were so happy for me.
- Well...

And it was supposed to be
the best summer of my life.

Instead, I turned into this total baby.

Leaving dinner parties to
go cry in the bathroom.

Well, a little culture
shock is to be expected.

It was more like culture electrocution.

Oh. Well, how's Jareth?

That was the worst part.

He was kind of a totally
different person, too.

I mean, like snobby,

and he cared what school
everybody went to.

He was, like, turning away from me

if I made the wrong joke.

Sounds like you guys definitely have

some stuff to talk about.

I don't want you to think
he's a bad person.

He's just...

British, it turns out.

Now, but, Stevie, you have
to be straight with him.

You can't pretend you're
fine when you're not.

That's not how marriage works.

I know.

I just... I don't know
how he's gonna take it.

HENRY: All right, here's the part

of the DEA surveillance
footage we need.

Here she is coming into the guy's house

to make the sale.

It's the same person.

What's an antiquities
expert at a history museum

doing selling stolen treasures
to Corsican drug lords?

There's nothing in her
background to support it.

I don't know.
Maybe she needs the money.

Maybe she just likes gangsters.

The only thing we really need to know

is where she got the reliquary.

We can bring her in, but she
can't know what we're up to.

Maybe we could use French intelligence.

I'm sure they'd be
interested in what she's doing.

Not yet.

You bring her in quietly,

find out what she knows,

and take it from there.

Morning.

- Morning. - Morning.
- Morning

Marcia Forman is having a field
day with this dissent memo.

Marcia Forman is an unhappy woman

desperately trying
to make herself relevant.

Aren't we all?

Except I'm not a woman.

Sorry. finishing my first
round of interviews.

NADINE: Any leads?

I talked to most of the
mid-level Africa desk.

They're in full denial mode.

But I have IT doing an
e-mail search for terms

that might indicate a grudge
against the White House.

Dalton/idiot, McCord/idiot,

- Ouch.
- Dalton/traitor...

- Daisy, keep at it. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

All right, where are we
on the sanctions on Angola?

- Anybody...
- Excuse me, Madam Secretary.

I'm sorry to interrupt,

but I'm having a little
trouble getting my work done

while my entire staff is being
rounded up for interrogation.

- It was an investigation.
- We have to look into the memo leak.

It's been very destabilizing.

Not to mention criminal.

Fine.

I leaked it.

- (all gasp)
- You want to arrest somebody,

arrest me.

Okay, come on.

I am sorry for questioning
your staff, but...

Bestilo's put her under house arrest.

Kalanga.

Really?

- When?
- This morning, to protect her security.

And I would love to see this office

take half as much interest

in a supposedly democratic
ally openly stealing an election

as you have shown in
one leaked document.

Hey, Susan, you got to stop
accusing me of not caring.

There are parameters and you know that.

When was the last time you
set foot in Southern Africa?

- I...
- But you find time to go to NFL games,

and... I'm so sorry.

I... You know what?

I-I just give up.

I'd rather work in the private sector

and actually get something done.

- Susan...
- Thank you for taking a chance on me.

Madam Secretary, you can
consider this my resignation.

(sighs)

Can we talk about this?

Yes.

I'd appreciate it if you
let me turn myself in.

I'd rather my staff not
see me led out by security.

I know you didn't leak that memo.

That's not what my memoir will say.

And if you think I'm gonna
inform on anybody...

No, I don't actually
care who leaked it.

I just don't want to lose you.

But you have to understand.

I-I'm playing ten
dimensional chess here.

If I could've threatened to
cut off agricultural imports

and sanction oil when I called Bestilo,

I would've done it.

But we are having
an election of our own

and, like it or not,
we all serve at the pleasure.

And this is exactly the problem

with our approach in Africa.

We go in with our studies,
and our expertise, and our aid,

and we don't even know
what we don't know.

Bestilo doesn't care
if his people starve.

So, if you really want
to get him where he lives,

you don't read reports.

You talk to people who know him.

You're right.

So how do we get him where he lives?

Putting your opponent
under house arrest

is clearly meant to protect

your own security,
Mr. President, not Kalanga's.

I do not wish to run against a martyr.

But as always, Madam Secretary,

I appreciate your opinion.

It is the United States' opinion.

Therefore, we're demanding
the release of Bertilde Kalanga

within two hours.

If you do not comply, I'm
prepared to impose a travel ban

on all Angolan citizens
into the United States.

It would be a shame if
Amalia Salessu were unable

to finish her sophomore
year at Stanford.

But, of course,

if she's no longer attending school

out of the country,

maybe she can get to know
her half-sister better.

Unless, of course, your daughter Lauana

doesn't know she has a half-sister.

I have to wonder, Elizabeth,
at President Dalton's boldness

in dictating the election procedures

of a small African nation

when he himself seems
to be making up the rules

as he goes along.

You have enjoyed many years of
generous support and aid from us

with little accountability.

But accountability comes

in many forms, Damiano.

I regret my years of loyalty
mean so little to you.

Our warm relations can be restored

if you agree to free Bertilde Kalanga

and allow your people

a free and fair election.

As your own president follows

the dictates of democracy, so shall I.

(exhales)

That seemed a little ominous.

Trust me, that's as close to a
checkmate as you're gonna get.

He's shaking.

Well, let's see if an
illegitimate daughter

will have any effect.

JARETH: Oh, brilliant.

Finally come round to real tea.

Trying.

Kind of makes my teeth squeak.

Oh, well, that's because it's
actual tea, not colored water.

Oh, leave the bag in, woman.

Have I taught you nothing?

I am incorrigible.

I, uh, I heard you say
that to your mother

when you thought I was out of the room.

Oh... dear.

Of course, I-I had
made the scandalous error

of pouring the milk after the tea.

I'm sorry I said that.

I don't think that.

I actually find you quite corrigible.

The whole summer, um, I-I felt like...

the idiot American girl

who doesn't know how to drink tea

and doesn't have the right shoes.

That's not how I see you at all.

Why would anyone pour
the milk before the tea?

It doesn't make any sense,

you can't tell how strong it is.

I looked it up.

George Orwell is with me on this.

God, I hate England.

I'm right there with you.

It brings out the absolute worst in me.

I'm sorry.

Honestly, I mean, the
thought of going back there

kind of gives me a panic attack.

Well, then let's not.

Really?

I'm miserable without you.

I love the States.

You love the States.

Let's live in the States.

But what about your fellowship?

Please, if a cat can be both
alive and dead simultaneously,

I'm sure I can find another fellowship

in theoretical physics.

Probably only makes sense
to another physicist.

Um, the important thing

is that we are our best
selves to each other.

Always.

All right.

Keep talking physics to me.

Yeah?

No, don't.

JOSE: We get the archeologist?

HENRY: We just brought her in,
but she's not talking yet.

Ask her about the statues.

Those are the St. Gabriel statues.

She's dealing with Hizb Al-Shahid.

And the best part is,
they haven't seen her.

Right, so, we pick her up, we
let her think she's being held

by French intelligence.

We'll find an agent
who can pass for her,

set up a meeting to buy one
of these statues, and boom,

we have a direct line to
Hizb Al-Shahid in Algeria.

Except these guys go through couriers

because they can't meet with women.

So, all we have to do is find an agent

who looks like this archaeologist,

who speaks perfect French,

and then somehow
convince these extremists

that they should violate their religion

and meet her face-to-face
so she can set up the op.

But, yeah, once we do all that,

it's like you said, "Boom."

(elevator bell dings)

Good morning, Madam Secretary.

Not while I'm still reading

about the dissent memo.

We just got word that Bertilde Kalanga

was released from
house arrest in Angola.

Hope that helps.

It does.

When do the polls open?

About 16 hours.

Uh, Assistant Secretary
Thompson is here,

presumably to share
the diplomatic equivalent

of a high five.

Susan, I just heard.

Bestilo released Kalanga.

He also shut down all
Internet service in Angola.

He cannot stop suppressing
freedom of speech, can he?

It's worse than that.

I just got word from the
embassy, military and police

are surrounding poll
stations as we speak.

What is he doing?

Suppressing voters with
no way for anyone to see

what he's up to until it's too late.

Won't the press expose him?

- No, they do whatever he tells them to do.
- He controls it.

But he can't control social media.

If the people show each
other what he's doing,

he knows they'll rise up.

Same reason Mubarak shut down
Internet during the Arab Spring.

Said it was for maintenance.

Maintenance of the status quo.

(sighs)

I thought we were
getting through to him.

SUSAN: We should initiate a travel ban.

Threaten to cut off food,
even if we can't do it.

No, we-we can't make threats
if we we're not willing

to follow through on them.

It's like you said,

what does he care if his people starve?

Unfortunately, this is the
position we've put Angolans in

by making them dependent
on our food supply.

What about U.N. forces?

Hang on.

You're absolutely right.

Subsidized agriculture
was the wrong idea.

We have to let them harvest
their own crops, right?

Blake!

JOSE: Who did you say sent you?

I represent a buyer from Bastia,
Lucas Hervé.

Why doesn't he come himself?

He's a businessman.
He needs to be discreet.

So he sends an archaeologist
who deals in the black market?

You're pretty high risk.

I have connections
to passionate collectors

from many different worlds.

Did the reliquary contain
the relics of St. Augustine?

It was only the outside
the buyer was interested in.

Sounds like you're covering.

That's something an
archaeologist would know.

JOSE: But not something
that HS would care about.

Where are you from?

Paris.

18th arrondissement.

Then why does your
accent sound southern?

My mother is from Marseille.

I spent my summers there growing up.

I lived with my grandmother.

You just gave us three
ways to pull you apart

when you just needed to give us one.

(sighs)

Of course.

Ask me again.

I think we got enough.

Great work, Cecile.

Very impressive.

Thanks for coming in.

(door opens, closes)

Well, she looks like our archaeologist.

Her French is perfect.

She's too green.

I know from when
Elizabeth was starting out,

you want an agent
with something to prove.

She can do it.

She'll be sitting face-to-face

with members of Hizb Al-Shahid.

It's too important to go with an agent

because she reminds you of your wife.

It's too important not to.

JARETH: Of course.

Yes, I promise.

Okay, Mum. Yeah, bye, bye, bye, bye.

Hey, I think I found
a really cool place

in Kingsman Park.

Oh, sorry, I'm completely
late for my interview.

And this public transport
app is utter rubbish.

- Sorry, um...
- Bad phone call?

Yeah. Apparently my father is flummoxed

that I've thrown away my career,

and he's decided to cut me off.

Not that I mind that too much.

I've always hated the way he dangles

the inheritance to keep us all in line.

Quite happy to step out of
that mini colonialist drama.

How do you not know where
George Washington University is?

I'm confused... I thought
your parents were academics.

Yeah, well, they can afford to be,

thanks to Mum's title and all that.

Your mother has a title?

Yes. Lady Sutherland.

Dad just married in,
but it doesn't stop him

from using it for all it's worth.

I'm sorry, how did I
not know any of this?

Could it be the accent?

I actually worked really hard on it.

Okay, look, you'd have hated it.

The country manor in the Cotswolds

is basically just a farm
with glowering portraits.

The chateau in Provence
is a little bit more fun,

but I think my sister
will have us over for visits

so she can just lord it over me.

- Oh, I have to go. I really have to go.
- Jareth, stop.

Is your father right?

Is this a huge mistake?

It's too late now.
The Brexit vote is in,

and there's no turning back.

- So I'll talk to you later. Mwah!
- Wh...

I really have to go.

Scott, thank you so much
for taking the time.

Where you calling me from, 2012?

Super Mario had more pixels.

You guys gotta let me help you out.

(laughs)

Well, I'm... I'm glad
you're in a charitable mood

because I've got a... a proposition.

Do you remember saying
that if you wanted to,

you could extend free Internet access

to all of Southern Africa?

By piggybacking off one network, yeah.

I might have overstated the reach.

If I can make a deal with Zambia,

do you think you could set
up a makeshift network

in Angola in...

Well, in the next 12 hours?

Well, I assume this is
a tax-free situation

we're talking about... no OTTs.

Well... that's the thing.

Um, this network you're setting up

will only exist for 24 hours.

Just enough time for Angola
to elect its next president

in a free and fair election.

After that, you'd have to pay
whatever taxes Angola wants.

But if the people's

candidate wins, I'm pretty sure

we can discourage state-run telecoms

- Here you go.
- all together.

Well, I like the sound of that.

Good, because you'll be
helping me do that

by sending in a team

to train Angolans to build

their own private
telecom networks... for free.

The way it should be.

However, I-I do have to tell you that

if Bertilde Kalanga doesn't win today,

then, well, both of us are probably

never gonna work in Angola again.

(laughs)

Why would I agree to this?

Because you want to build democracy.

And because, if your company, KronicDM,

is the force behind an
Internet-led revolution

that leads Angola to
expose a corrupt regime

and elect its first female president,

that's gonna make a really
kickass Super Bowl commercial.

Huh.

Yup. Ballot-stuffing in Benguela.

MATT: I've got it on a live feed.

I've got somebody facing down a line

of military trucks trying
to block the poll access.

Yeah, and a bunch
of people joining him.

It's like a flash mob
without all the dancing.

Well, the news cycle has
shifted from the leaked memo.

Thank you, KronicDM.

SUSAN: Thank the Angolans.

They're the ones putting their
lives at risk to expose him.

Yes.

All right, that was the embassy.

So far, everything
seems calm in Luanda.

Let's hope the eyes
of the world are enough

to keep Bestilo from lashing out.

(protesters shouting)

STEVIE: Hey, Dad.

Hey. Where's Jareth?

He's out with friends.

I was at the library.

Want to watch the Angolan
election with me?

- First woman president.
- Kalanga won?

Not yet. Here. It's vegan.

Mom told me about the whole
"I hate England" crisis.

Yeah, well, it's been replaced

by the "Jareth is losing
out on his inheritance

if he stays here" crisis.

- They're disinheriting him?
- Yeah.

Wow, that's extreme.

It also might be because
he's marrying someone

who doesn't know how to pour tea,

but I didn't ask.

Well, even if they cut
him off, they're still

gonna be your in-laws,

so you guys gotta work that out.

How is Jareth doing?

Great. Supposedly.

(chuckles) Couldn't be happier

about being liberated from the tyranny

of title and property.

- (chuckles)
- But he's conflicted.

I know he is.

Especially about leaving Oxford.

Isn't this where you give me
the wise counsel of experience?

Sorry, I got nothin'
except welcome to marriage.

Huge, important life decisions...

with unexpected consequences,

all taken on a leap of faith.

What if we stay,
and he ends up resenting me

for losing everything?

Oh, honey, he will.

A-at some point.

And you guys will work through it.

(sighs)

Or not.

That can happen, too.

That's it?

What about the, you know,

if you love each other, you
can make it through anything?

You know what my dad said to me

the night before I got married?

"Marriage is the nicest way

to confront your own
inadequacies on a daily basis"

You should write that in a song.

Huh. It's also the greatest
journey you'll ever go on.

And you get to go on it
with your best friend.

(glass clinks)

When are they gonna call this?

I definitely don't have
time for Bush v. Gore.

My wife's gonna kill me as it is.

If they haven't called it,
he hasn't stolen it.

Well, still no word from the embassy,

but the Bureau of African Affairs

sent over doughnuts.

Suck-ups!

Well, I am not above
a suck-up doughnut.

Oh, glazed.

(clears throat)

Sorry about the investigation.

Are you offering me my
own department's doughnut

as an apology?

Yep.

Let's just say it's more of a
thank you than an apology.

Releasing the dissent memo,
whoever released it...

I'm sorry it was necessary.

(sighs) They haven't
wrapped this thing up yet?

Still waiting.

May I interest you in a doughnut?

No, thanks.

- Where's the, uh, Secretary?
- ELIZABETH: We did it!

- DAISY: Oh, Kalanga won!
- Yes, we did it!

- (all exclaiming, cheering)
- JACKSON: Look at that!

And you didn't even have
to use agriculture.

All I had to do was
work with the people.

JACKSON: I'd like to see
the New York Times

hold out on us now.

Oh, Russ, don't be so sentimental!

Just stopped by to let you know
we're on the ballot in Ohio.

Not that you're campaigning.

Oh, this day is full of wonders.

- True that.
- (laughs)

Actually, I'll, uh...

I'll have a sprinkles.

You should fly in for the inauguration.

It's good optics.

Um, I may fit that in my schedule.

Will you join me?

Hey, guys, check it out.

(inspiring pop music playing)

♪

Oh, wow.

(crowd cheering over computer)

♪ When you're absolute beginners ♪

♪ It's a panoramic view ♪

♪ From her majesty Mount Zion ♪

♪ And the kingdom is for you ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Uh-huh... ♪

It's taking too long.

We should have put a wire on her.

JOSE: That's her.

She's alone. That's good.

Cecile, all clear?

They bought it.

And they're going to let me appraise

the statues in Algeria.

We meet sometime next week.

That's fantastic.

Good work. Get back to base.

Did we set a pick-up?

This is Black Dog Station.

Who the hell just took our agent?