Tyrant (2014–2016): Season 3, Episode 5 - A Rock and a Hard Place - full transcript

Previously on Tyrant...

And he's not my real father. Who was it?

This man you were so in love with.

Bassam.

I'm going to run for president,

and try to finish what you started,

so our daughters
won't have died for nothing.

A year ago, they call

an election, we give it legitimacy.

At the end, they pull
the rug from under our feet.

What's my alternative?



Sit out and let others decide
the future of our country?

I announce my candidacy
for president of Abuddin.

I wouldn't turn this
country over to a cleric who wants

to bring us back to the Middle Ages,

or a journalist who ran away
just when things got tough.

They have no idea what this job takes.

So, no more marriages for you?

I don't see how.

I would think you'd just
point and choose.

The man who killed my
daughter is still alive.

He's breathing,

and you're just sitting there!

But it's a terrorist training camp.

Do we have the go-ahead?



Yes.

The American president of Abuddin

has waged a holy war against Islam.

Now this is a war against
the children of Islam.

I killed them.

They made me into a murderer.

And she's still gone.

I'm so tired.

Mom!

Arrogant bastard.

Telling our people to evacuate.

Go back.

The first take is better.

We should close the border.

Keep them from leaving.

Center the graphic.

The border is a hundred miles long.

Full of holes.

It'd be a waste of energy. This...

gets us an army.

Show him.

Abuddinian airstrikes have killed

our brothers, our sisters,

our sons and daughters.

They have begun their slaughter.

But now we will begin ours.

Rise up against the American tyrant.

The American has already
lit the fire inside Abuddin.

This is the fuel.

Take a brick, take a
knife, take your car,

and kill the infidel in the street.

There's no way to take this down?

We closed the Twitter account

that initially posted it,

but it's already been hosted by
a dozen third-party Web sites.

We can't trace it?

They covered their tracks.

The thing's working, too.

Three attacks in the last
two days on police in Ma'an.

Two close calls at the university.

Conservative, Islamist students
radicalized by this shit.

These guys are real pros.

- Kill them all.
- Kill them all!

One by one.

From the Truth and Dignity Commission.

It's a summons to appear.

She's ordered me to give testimony.

"She"?

Daliyah Al-Yazbek.

Can she do that?

In the middle of your campaign?

What do we know about her... Daliyah?

I know what everyone knows.

She's from a small village.

Considered a folk hero.

She fought alongside Khalil.

She's been to the palace a lot recently.

They seem close.

Hey.

I was looking for you.

Sorry.

Lost track of time.

You still want to go for a drive?

I'm not sure.

Planted an olive tree for Emma.

So she can live on.

Or whatever.

How's your dad holding up?

I think he's just trying
to focus on work.

Block everything else out.

And your mom?

Someone has to watch her 24/7.

That many pills...

Probably wasn't an accident.

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

I'm still trying to wrap my head
around being an only child.

Did Emma like gardens?

Not really.

She kind of hated the outdoors.

How long's she been asleep?

Since this morning.

I haven't been able
to get her to eat today.

I'll stay until the
night nurse comes on.

Yes, sir.

I admire the work of your commission.

I really do.

But it would be inappropriate

for the sitting foreign
secretary to appear.

You have my word.

I will not ask any
questions about your current position.

I only care about your past.

I bet.

People deserve to understand

what happened inside this palace.

And with your husband dead,

that leaves you.

I won't be bullied
into a public shaming.

Have you done things you
should be ashamed of, Madam Secretary?

Is this what you think Bassam wants?

I don't answer to Bassam.

It's no secret he
doesn't support me for president.

You haul me in in front
of the commission

just as I begin my campaign,
and I'm sure he'll be pleased.

Well, you'd have to ask him that.

We don't talk politics.

Don't you think people wonder
why a Bedouin woman

with no education, no background

was put in such an important position?

That's a strange accusation

coming from the daughter
of a kitchen maid.

Be careful.

Are you threatening me?

Be careful if you're in love with him.

You'll think the connection
you have is real.

And who's to say?

Maybe it is.

But Bassam compartmentalizes.

The minute you become a liability,

a wall will come down.

And you'll be cut off.

Like it never happened.

Like it was nothing.

If you refuse to appear in court,

it will become part of
your public record.

And I doubt that will
help your poll numbers.

Freeze!

Get down! Get down!

Mr. President?

What is it?

There's a military action
at the university.

A remote detonation.

The girl had the cell
phone in her pocket.

We think the target was the auditorium.

Any idea who called in the tip?

It was probably somebody who uses

the same prayer room in the dorm.

We got lucky, Mr. President.

Well, take some credit.
This is a win for us.

This is the third raid of the campus

in two weeks.

And it's not going to stop.

These prayer spaces are a problem.

Religious extremists use them

to spread their message,
to radicalize other students.

You need to shut them down.

People need a place to pray.

Then let them pray at the university's
Central Mosque.

At least there, you can monitor them.

Mr. President,

one day, we're going
to stop getting lucky.

And when that happens, and
that girl with the backpack

gets further than her dorm room,

people are going to die.

And then you'll have
to respond with force.

And that's exactly
what they're waiting for.

Out!

Everybody out! Everybody out!

Where are we supposed to pray?

You stood in front of your followers

and you called it my "American war."

You called it a crime.

It is a crime.

You killed children.

- The Caliphate put those children there.
- You don't know that,

- and even if...
- And then,

you used it as an excuse
to incite violence.

I won't take
responsibility for a few crazy people.

Then take
responsibility for stopping them.

I cannot support
closing places of worship.

If all they were doing was praying,

we wouldn't be having this conversation.

But that's not the reality.

They are terrorist cells.

You have no evidence of that.

You're implying
anywhere people gather to pray is

a breeding ground for terror.

No, I am not.

You can pray freely
in the Central Mosque.

Under your watchful eye.

With him preaching.

Everyone knows that he
is an Al Fayeed stooge.

What, now he will peddle your

government-sanctioned
religious message?

I wonder if you would
be so poisonous if your

Caliphate-loving brother-in-law
had not paid for your mosque.

I will have no part in this.

You have strong favorables among males,

45 to 64.

The youth numbers are softer.

What's the bottom line?

You're 15 points behind
Fauzi among likely voters.

I see.

It isn't what we were hoping for.

But it's what we expected.

It's just the first poll.

Wait until I testify

in front of the Truth
and Dignity Commission.

Things will get worse.

Thank you, both of you.

Second place.

That's never been a comfortable
position for you.

It's not where I should be.

Someone who will take a stand
against our external enemies,

against anyone who would threaten us,

to ensure the future
of this great nation.

Leila Al Fayeed.

Experience, security,
stability, prosperity.

It's you.

It's the person that I know.

The Iron Lady.

It's only part of me.

Maybe that's your problem.

No one knows the other part.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

It's good to see all of you.

We love you!

I love you back!

And I want to begin today by saying

thank you so much for all your support.

I know you guys have been working hard,

and you know what?

It's paying off.

It's just the first poll,
and we have a long way to go,

but we had a good day today.

You're good. Thank you. Thank you.

We love you, man. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Thank you.

So, what'd you think of the speech?

Not bad.

"Not..."

On a scale of one to ten?

I'd give it a six and a half.

Six and a half?

You're not an easy grader.

But at least you stuck
around for the whole thing.

Yeah, I wanted to see
if it got any better.

Well, thank you.

The polls look good.

Yeah, don't jinx it now.

You must be happy.

I am.

You know,

a few of us are going
to a cafe for a drink.

You should join us.

Come on, celebrate with me.

I'm politically neutral.

Requirement of the job.

I understand.

I had a dream about you, you know.

Really?

Yeah, we were rollerblading
in a park in London.

And I was late for a rally,
so we decided to hail a taxi.

But Angela Merkel
was driving and-and...

she wouldn't let us in
because of the rollerblades,

so we grabbed onto the side of the cab

and she took off,
dragging us the whole way.

Well, at least
Angela Merkel wasn't naked.

Yeah.

- Did we have fun?
- We had a great time.

Good.

Staring at the poll numbers
all day won't change them.

The things you said to
Bassam in the palace,

you need to say them to the people.

Fauzi and Leila,

they're part of the administration.

They can't speak out.

You can.

But nobody's listening, Nafisa.

Nobody's listening.

There are protests planned
at the university.

You should be there.

Make them into a campaign rally.

Make the president your enemy.

Bassam gave you a gift with
the prayer space closures.

Take it.

Hey. You're up.

It's good to see.

Barry.

What's going on?

There's an in-patient
treatment center in Germany.

I-I'm gonna check myself in.

Okay, Molly, look, look.

I want you to get help.
But let's talk about this.

I need you to arrange a plane for me.

I need you to do that, okay?

Molly, I know you're in pain...

Barry, it's not safe for me.

I've come so close to...

I don't trust myself.

I need to go get better.

You can get better here. With us.

I can't.

It's too hard.

I keep looking out the window,
thinking I'm, um,

gonna see the person
I used to be walking by.

I've been working too much,
haven't been here for you.

Dad, it's not about you.

And I know that you're angry

and you blame me for what happened.

I blame myself.

I'm guilty.

I'll carry that the rest of my life.

Molly, please don't do this.

It's taking everything I have
to ask for help, Barry.

And maybe you'll
understand, and maybe you won't,

but I can't be here anymore.

I walk past her room and I see her.

I look at your faces and I see her.

I thought I wanted that.

The reminders... they made
me feel close to her.

But when you're alone with them,

you realize there's
nothing really there.

Just... loss and more loss.

How long will you be gone?

I don't know.

You want to know what
you can do for me, Barry?

You can let me go.

Could you pass the coffee?

Yeah.

- I must've finished it.
- That's okay.

- I'll get them to make some more.
- No, don't-don't worry about it.

I'm fine.

Had too much already.

Maybe we should get a dog.

What?

People have been sending us things.

Gifts, you know.

For Emma.

Someone wrote

and said they wanted to give us a puppy.

You remember when Emma
got bitten by that dog

when she was little?

That was me.

No, it was the, um...

the Kreutziger's German Shepherd.

It...she was trying to pet it.

Thor.

He bit me.

It was a long time ago.

I, um...

I called the
treatment center this morning.

They said your mom's getting settled in.

Dad, I really think you should
give her some space.

I know.

I know.

The Abuddinian Women's Forum
has been a constructive voice

on women's issues for a quarter century.

In order to be your next
president and put women's issues

on the agenda in this country,

I'm going to need your support.

In 20 years in the palace,
and two years as first lady,

you never showed up here once.

- That's true.
- Now you want us

to support you for president
just because you're a woman?

The forum was highly
critical of my husband and his father.

It was very difficult for me
to express my true feelings.

1,000 women and 400 children
died in the gassing of Ma'an.

And you stood by your husband's
side and said nothing.

Many of us know what it means to live

under the thumbs of our husband.

All of us know people who have
died for what they believed in.

You survived by staying silent.

What's that?

Fanaa.

What does it mean?

The loss of the self.

Thought we were gonna start small.

Like "cat" or something.

I like to challenge my students.

You ever done this before
with another student?

"This"?

You mean teach Arabic?

No.

So I'm special.

Very.

Why?

Really?

You want me to flatter you?

No.

I want you to tell me the truth.

You're sleeping with me
'cause I'm the president's son.

If I was sleeping with you
to get ahead in politics,

I wouldn't be
criticizing your father online.

You're criticizing him?

Don't you read my blog?

I don't like you that much.

What are you saying?

I said he's wrong to
close the prayer spaces.

Well, he thinks
those people are dangerous.

Who's dangerous?

All Muslims who pray
in any prayer space?

They're all dangerous?

What if the governments decide
all gay men are dangerous?

Let us pray! Let us pray!

Let us pray! Let us pray!

Let us pray! We want to pray!

Let us pray!

We want to pray! We want to pray!

I'm on my way to the university.

I only have a
minute, but... how are you?

How's my nephew?

Is he still smarter than both of us?

Of course.

They've closed the schools,

so I've been tutoring the kids at home.

They closed the schools? Why?

The Caliphate claim they want to govern,

but they can't manage it.

The phones, schools,
hospitals, everything's shut down.

I didn't know it was that bad.

And we just got a warning
about more bombings.

Some people are talking about leaving,

crossing the border into Abuddin.

I heard they set up a refugee camp.

You should come with them, Latif.

It's hard.

This is Randa's home, her country.

And I've heard things are difficult

on your side of the border, too.

I don't want to trade
one Syria for another.

We can make a better life
for you here, brother.

I still believe in this place.

We want to pray! We want to pray!

Let us pray! We want to pray!

Whatever it is you're looking for,

I don't think it's in there.

No, probably not.

How's Molly?

I don't know. She's, um...

I'm supposed to give her some space.

I saw the polls. I'm sorry.

You don't need to be nice to me, Bassam.

I know you want Fauzi to win.

Bad day?

I'm Jamal's wife.

Apparently, that's a crime
I can never be pardoned for.

Tell me about it.

To some people, I will
always be the American,

the Western infidel.

Doesn't matter what the truth is.

Do you remember what it was like?

What?

Before Jamal became... Jamal.

Before you went to America.

When we were just... us.

Of course.

What was I like?

You were always laughing.

You were curious.

You used to wake me up
in the middle of the night,

and we'd sneak down to the pool.

You remember?

You always wanted to see who could

hold their breath longer underwater.

You always lost.

You were fearless.

I met with Daliyah.

She's quite something.

I underestimated her.

She's the kind of woman a man
might fall in love with.

Here.

This is for you.

Peanut butter and jelly
with potato chips.

How very American.

Well, there's only so much you can do.

We are who we are.

This is Molly. Please leave a message.

Hey, it's me, um...

I know I'm not supposed to
call, you don't have to call me back.

I, um...

There's a lot going on.

And, and I just wanted to, um...

I'm not sure wh... what I wanted.

Um...

I don't know why, but I was
just thinking about, um...

thinking about that time

we went to that bed-and-breakfast

before we got married.

We thought it would be romantic,

and when we got there, it was just us

and the weird old couple
that owned the place, and...

The bed was so
rickety and loud that we just...

...we just laid there all night,

whispering and...

waiting till we could leave.

Anyway, I... I don't
know why I just thought of that,

but, um...

I'm thinking of you and...

and I hope they're taking
good care of you.

Bye.

The secular government of Abuddin
expects us to yield,

to stand by while they
prevent us from worshipping together,

to stand by while they police
our relationship with God.

But we will not stand by.

We cannot stand by!

Their concern is violence, hatred.

But if we allow their
oppression to continue...

that's exactly what they risk.

Violence and hatred.

We will not yield.

We will not yield!

We will not yield.

We will not yield! We will not yield.

Watch it.

You're taking up

the entire square with this bullshit,

and I should watch it?

I need to get to class.

Wouldn't want you to be
late for art history.

Try caring about something that matters.

Yeah, except this doesn't matter to me.

All I care about

is being safe.

You're never going to be safe.

We will not yield!

This is exactly what I mean.

You people...

you're crazy.

The world, this government,
is afraid of us.

Today, we have an opportunity

to show Abuddin... To show the world...

They are wrong to fear us.

Our holy book
teaches us that a true Muslim

is the one that follows
the straight path.

The path of peace.

Of mercy.

Of restraint.

Even when we are tested,

we must not stray from that path.

I ask you all to pray with me now.

I'm going.

What? Why?

He wants us to pray with him?

We need to do more than pray

if we want things to change.

We have to be patient.

They threw you in jail, beat you up.

You still have a scar.

We're sending a message.

No one is listening, Hanif.

I have four of my units

on standby outside the university,

waiting for me to
give them the go-ahead

to move to the perimeter of

- the protest.
- I don't like it.

Troops facing off against students.

History is not on our side
here. Tahrir Square,

- Tiananmen Square...
- Don't tie my hands, Mr. President.

I need my troops there

before things get
out of hand, not after.

Ahmed, this is not a good time.

I thought maybe I could

- watch you work.
- Ahmed.

Please, not now.

Right.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Okay, but, Maloof, make
sure your men understand:

no one makes a move
unless there's a direct threat.

Understood.

This gets out of control,

I'm right back where my brother was.

Hey, hey.

Hey. What the hell

- are you doing here?
- Nothing.

I just wanted to see what's

- going on.
- Are you crazy?

Do you know how dangerous
it is to show up

at a protest against your own father?

Relax. I have secret service.

No, we have to go.

Now.

Let go of me, please.

Halima.

All right, knock it off!

You just wander into an

- anti-government protest?
- No.

I was in Haitham's office,
we heard shouting,

- so we walked out, okay?
- You call him Haitham now?

Excuse me. Professor El-Amin.

I mean, who cares?

What?

Your buttons are buttoned wrong.

Are you sleeping with him?

Mind your own business.

He's married, he has a kid.

I really don't need you to be
my conscience right now. Okay?

What if it comes out?

Your father's
already seen as a Westerner.

They call him The American.

And now people find
out his son is having

a homosexual affair with a married man.

So are you saying I can never have

a personal life in this place?

Don't do this.

Everything we care about
is too important.

I don't want to have
to tell your father.

You wouldn't do that.

Wouldn't I?

We need to be realistic.

You want to be rehabilitated,
it takes time.

The election is four months away.

Exactly.

And you'll run a good race.

You'll lose, but you'll lose well.

You'll spend the next four years
as the leader of the opposition.

Not inside the palace, on the streets.

And when the next election comes,

it'll be the new you who runs and wins.

So that's it? Wait until next time?

Success is about readiness
matched with opportunity.

Just be ready when your time comes.

I know this isn't what you wanted.

I haven't lost yet.

Come to dinner tonight.
We can talk it through.

I can't. I have a meeting.

With whom?

General Cogswell.

At night?

Dressed like that?

I don't need your advice on my wardrobe.

Don't tell me that you and he are...

Or my personal life.

Do you know how dangerous this is?

You were leaving.

Don't let me stop you.

I always thought of you
as many complicated things.

Naive was not one of them.

You really think that,
four months from now,

when Fauzi is president

and you are nothing,
not even foreign secretary,

that he will still be interested in you?

You're a popular man these days;

I thought you'd appreciate the privacy.

Isn't it a bit early
to be making overtures?

Not according to the polls.

A lot can happen in four months.

Sure.

The sky could fall, but probably not.

I've spent the last couple of months

developing a relationship
with the Al Fayeeds.

But the truth is, you're the
man I needed to be talking to.

I'm listening.

Go home, dogs!

Let us pray!

Move in.

You think you scare me?

You collaborating piece of shit!

Take another step.

Take one more step!

Stand down.

We have every right to be here!

I said stand down.

You want to shoot me?

Shoot me! Do it! Shoot me!

Stop this! I'm saying stop this now!

Stop this now!

They're trying to make us into martyrs!

We are all willing!

Is that what you think God wants?

More martyrs?

Paradise is full of martyrs.

The real sacrifice is
to live here, with us,

and try to make peace.

This man

is your brother.

Thank you for showing restraint.

Thank you for showing restraint.

Thank you, thank you.

We have made our voices heard here.

We will leave this square peacefully,

with the promise to come back tomorrow,

and every day after that,
until the prayers are allowed

to continue on our own terms.

Please leave in peace.

Leave in peace, please.

Please, leave in peace.

Where is he?

Gone to the mosque to pray.

He had their attention.

All those people.

- All he had to do...
- I know.

I saw it on the news.

He's becoming a problem, Nafisa.

Should I be afraid?

No.

If it comes to it...

if something were to happen to him...

I'll take care of you.

Like I always have.

He's the father of my children.

We survived without both parents.

That's not what I want for them.

They have each other.

Like we did.

You taught yourself
how to braid my hair.

Remember?

You were all I had.

You still are.

I still love him.

Then I hope, for your
sake, he comes around.

Mahdiya?

- Kill them all.
- Kill them all.

One by one.

And everything is

in compliance with the U.N.
High Commission guidelines.

We're having more water trucked in

to make sure there's a reserve,

the primary school for the children

will be in that tent over there.

I'm impressed, Siddiq. It looks great.

Thank you.

The first wave of
refugees is trickling in.

Everything's going smoothly.

Inshallah.

Well, let's take good care of them.

It's the most effective weapon
we have against the Caliphate

if people see we're compassionate.

In fact, we may even come out

a little ahead this week, Siddiq.

Please know that you're safe here.

We'll do everything we can
to make you comfortable

and process you as quickly as possible.

I met with Fauzi Nidal today.

You met with Fauzi?

And he's savvier than I thought.

What's the matter?

Are you going to leave me?

- What are you talking...
- When the election is over

and Fauzi's president.

Leila.

And I'm no one.

I've been in love with
you for five years.

I'm never leaving you again.

Bassam?

- Yes?
- Salaam alaikum.

I'm looking for Daliyah.

I wanted to thank her
for dinner the other night.

She's not at home.

She was called to the palace.

I keep thinking I hear the kids.

Running down the hall,
playing a game, Molly...

telling them to slow down.

I went to the bedroom
to try and get some sleep.

But it's so still in there.

I just needed someone to talk to.

It's okay.

You should get some sleep.

Yeah. You're right.

I'll make sure there's a car
waiting for you outside.

Yes.

Bassam...

Wait, wait, wait.

I need to make sure
there's no one outside.

Just wait here, okay?

Come with me.