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Hi. Thank you.
No, I'm not going.
I'm sorry?
No! I'm not going!
I won't go to China. They'll arrest me.
I want to stay in the United States. I want political asylum.
Is there a problem here?
- Oh, hey. Hey, Russell. - I have a budget meeting.
- It's about the Henkashu Islands. - Remind me.
Four uninhabited rocky outcroppings in the East China Sea.
Right, China and Japan both claim ownership
in a dispute going back generations,
which picked up steam once it became clear
that they have natural gas deposits.
Two weeks ago, China sent a reconnaissance plane over the islands,
Japan scrambled an F-15, they buzzed each other
and the Japanese pilot had to ditch.
You called an emergency summit to try to avoid an escalation.
- You read my memo. - I did.
- You have a photographic memory. - I do.
- That's impressive. - I'm told.
Well, speaking of impressive...
...I got both sides to agree that neither lays claim to the islands
and they divide the natural resources.
We're working out details, but by this afternoon we could have a treaty.
Fine. I'll have POTUS there for the signing ceremony.
Fine? My... Fine? Really?
My staff and I have been up for four days trying to avert World War III
and that's what we get?
We get "fine"? It's like, God... I'm so sorry.
I mean, we've... It's been a really...
It's been a really long four days
and... I am totally sleep deprived and hopped up on coffee.
I actually feel sick.
Your predecessor and I had developed a shorthand.
"Fine" means "thank you for not screwing up."
It's high praise. Take it.
He's on with the Japanese going over the wording for the ceremony.
"While no one would dream of dividing national sovereignty,
natural resources with mutual cooperation can be shared."
- Was Jackson psyched about the treaty? - Not the word he used, but yeah.
They're OK with the language, but they have handshake issues.
The Japanese want to be the first to extend their hand.
- See if the Chinese can live with that. - Already on it.
Japan feels that by extending their hand first, it shows the world
that they're in charge and aren't cowering to China.
The world? Seriously? 14 guys watch C-SPAN.
Don't tell them that. This is the move that'll close the deal.
China can live with being second on the handshake.
Hang on one second.
Hi.
We have an agreement!
Great! Great! Excellent work, everybody!
White House can do the signing at three.
The unveiling of Secretary Marsh's portrait is at three.
- Not anymore. Move that to tomorrow. - Of course.
Daisy, put out a statement. Standard stuff.
"Nations coming together in peace." That kind of...
I have to go to my friend's memorial service. I'll be back this afternoon.
OK, have fun.
Oh, God! You're going to a memorial service.
It's the opposite of fun. Have whatever the opposite of fun is.
Daisy, you're rambling. Don't do that in the press room.
Yes, Madam Secretary.
How are the remarks coming for the unveiling?
Uh, well, I haven't had much time to work on it, but I'll whip something up.
For reasons that I never quite understood,
Secretary Marsh plucked you from a dead-end copywriting job.
I argued for a woman from Harvard with actual speech-writing experience.
And now you're going to "whip something up"
for this man to whom you owe your career?
Excuse me.
George Peters lived a life of devotion, honor
and service to the company.
When he was brought in to Langley to join our team of analysts,
he approached that job with the same degree of courage and conviction
as he had displayed as an operative.
A man of his talents...
Munsey, he hardly even knew the guy.
Sat him behind a desk.
- For his own safety. - Mm. Still. He irks me.
You know what irks me?
His ex-wife acting like the grieving widow.
She left him for her personal trainer over a decade ago.
Oh.
Hey. Hey. Are you 12? Do I need to separate you?
When did Henry become this guy?
He's a cradle Catholic. He gets jumpy around priests!
Psst. Hey. Shh.
I told you. Look at him. He turns into an altar boy right before my eyes.
That's good. It's comforting to have something like that.
Me? I'm just gonna have to drink.
I'll join you. Anything to knock out the elephant in the room.
What elephant is that?
She's convinced George's car crash wasn't an accident.
What? What do you mean?
I don't know. Could have been suicide.
The guy was so angry he'd been moved to a desk job.
I honestly think it drove him a little crazy.
I just can't believe he'd do something like that. Can you?
No. I... I honestly don't know what to think anymore.
Hey, let's get together soon. Get drunk, tell funny George stories.
Sure. We can do that.
- Bye. - Bye.
Isabelle thinks George had gone a little crazy.
George? Come on.
He thought my predecessor was murdered
and that I might be in danger.
Well, it would be nice to think that's crazy talk.
The night he died, I said his death wasn't an accident
and you said, "I know."
What did you mean?
Maybe we were both just in shock.
Do you wanna do this?
Do you want to have this conversation? Now?
I've been waiting till you're ready.
I can't go there.
I've got the peace treaty signing and... I've been gone all week.
I haven't even been home. What's going on? How's the speech coming?
Oh, it's a mess right now, but it'll get there.
It will. How are the kids?
Alison wants to have a sleepover this weekend.
Nothing crazy. Just five or six friends.
Five or six friends? Since when? When did she have five or six?
- Do I say yes? - Absolutely.
Good, because I said yes. Well, nature abhors a vacuum.
You know what?
I'll have a signed treaty and you will be finished with your conference.
I can't breathe. Then we'll both be home all weekend.
Just like a normal family.
- Alright. Catch you later. - Ow.
She's all yours, Frank.
Thanks.
Madam Secretary. Congratulations on averting World War III.
- Is that what I did, Senator Fletcher? - Oh, my.
I thought I just brokered a mineral-rights deal
on some tiny islands in the East China Sea.
Oh, now!
- It feels good. - Why does Daisy have on a weird face?
- That's just her face. - That's her freaked-out face.
Can I show you something? Over here.
Do you have on your freaked-out face or your regular face?
Fu Xinpei, visiting Chinese high school genius,
just stood up at Dulles and declared she wants political asylum.
Now, the news has got a hold of her.
I'm worried she'll mess up the signing of the treaty
but I'm probably being paranoid. This is my paranoid face.
I tried to organize a protest in my village
on the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
I was detained and my internet postings were deleted.
I'm being paranoid, right?
- Is Chen here? - Yes.
You're being paranoid.
Minister Shimabukura. I just wanted to thank you for your very hard work.
The people of Japan are happy to have come to a resolution.
- POTUS, two minutes out. - OK. See you in a moment.
Minister Chen, the president will make a few remarks.
Then you'll both sign the treaty.
If you return the girl.
- Excuse me? - Fu Xinpei.
- My staff just briefed me. - Her claims are outrageous.
No one wants to harm her.
She's already been offered a scholarship to Beijing Technical Institute.
Her case needs to go through the proper channels.
She's lying to America on television. This is a great embarrassment to China.
POTUS, one minute out. Let's take our places.
- We need to sign the treaty. - Promise to return the girl.
I can't make that promise.
Sir.
Fu Xinpei has nothing to do with this.
If you can't make this promise, we have nothing further to discuss.
POTUS is in the building.
Now I know it's not fashionable anymore,
but I believe we are a beacon of hope
to all the freedom-loving people all over the world.
And if we send this girl back to China, if we turn our backs on her...
Every redneck senator is on TV talking about the evils of the Chinese,
instead of here passing a budget.
Where are you on this?
I'm getting enormous pressure from China to send her back.
- If you don't, Worst-case scenario? - They refuse to sign the treaty.
Japan and China go to war over the islands
and since we're Japan's ally, we're basically at war with China.
When I ask for the worst-case scenario,
I mean give me the best-case scenario and make it happen.
Another shorthand you had with Marsh?
We can't have this girl hijack these budget talks.
And I won't have her be a political pawn in the Henkashu Islands dispute.
Her case needs to be judged on its own merits.
Well, handle it personally. Do it fast.
OK, but if we grant asylum for the girl,
I may need an inducement for China to get the treaty done.
China never wanted to sign that treaty. They were always looking for a way out.
- It's gonna have to be something good. - OK.
See what your people can come up with.
Do you have family? Do your family know you're here?
It's just my mother. No.
But she understands my anger at the Chinese Government.
She had to give up a child, my younger sister, due to the one-child policy.
They keep playing the same news clip. It must be a slow news day.
Wonder if Mom's gonna send her back.
Mom's not making the decision personally.
Yeah, she is. Because of the treaty.
The Henkashu Treaty that the Chinese won't sign?
- Dude, do you live on Earth? - Listen to this.
Thomas Aquinas walks into a bar...
I need to borrow some lunch money. Can I get some from your wallet?
- Listen to this joke first. - What's the joke for?
He's doing the keynote speech for religious scholars. Mom just texted.
She said that you're not sure if the opening joke is funny.
She said we should laugh no matter what.
I don't want your pity laughter.
Yeah?
Morning. I came to get a change of clothes for the secretary.
She pulled another all-nighter trying to calm down the Japanese.
And can I get that guest list for your sleepover?
- We need to do a quick vet. - My friends aren't terrorists.
Don't be an idiot, Alison. It's for their parents.
I swear to God, if you call me an idiot one more time... I'm sick of it!
Just go apologize, please.
I'll get some clothes for Mom.
Thanks.
Can I go and wait for the bus or do you want me to listen to your joke?
- Get out of here! - Alright.
What joke?
Thomas Aquinas walks into a bar...
Please don't go back to Tokyo yet. Give Minister Chen at least 48 hours.
- I gave the man four days. - I can get him back to the table.
We are no longer interested in a treaty.
The islands are ours and we are going to proceed accordingly.
Give me 48 hours to make it right.
She promised she wasn't gonna sound desperate.
She doesn't sound desperate. She sounds forceful.
What about tickets to a baseball game or the theater?
- The Book of Mormon is in town. - Now she sounds desperate.
Tell us what you like. Let my office arrange something for you.
I would like an ally.
I would like you and your president
to back our claim for the islands publicly.
That'd be like declaring war on China.
So be it.
We are your ally. And I'm playing the ally card.
48 hours.
Fine. But if you don't get us a deal by then,
we're planting a Japanese flag on those islands.
I need ideas for inducements for China in case we grant Xinpei asylum.
- I'll call the China desk. - Did we hear from Beijing Institute?
Yes. Xinpei was offered a scholarship.
So that checks out. I want the exact language from the INS statute.
Already done. "To qualify for political asylum, the candidate must demonstrate
that they have been persecuted in the past
or have a well-founded fear they will be persecuted,
if they go back to their home country."
Matt, go through Xinpei's blog posts.
Hell, go through her entire online history
and flag anything that's even vaguely political.
Oh, Daisy can do that. Matt has to write Marsh's remarks.
Fine.
How are they coming?
- It's good. I mean, almost done. - I look forward to reading them.
- She hates me. - She hates everyone.
Mostly me.
This is your room. There's a TV in the living room.
If you wanna watch something, let me know.
- I have a bunch of movies. - Thank you.
Are you hungry? I was gonna make some lunch.
No, thank you. I think I'll rest.
Have you spoken to your mother?
No.
She said they would be monitoring my phone and it would not be safe.
So, she knew you were going to do this?
Well, I'll let you get some rest.
Madam Secretary, I'm sorry to interrupt.
- Did you hear back from the China desk? - Uh, yes.
We're holding a Chinese spy that Beijing very much wants back.
- Good. Run it by the White House. - Yes, ma'am.
- And arrange an interview with Xinpei. - Yes.
There's a woman here from Michigan.
She and her daughter drove all night to get here.
I've spoken with her and... I think you should meet them.
She's offered to be Xinpei's guardian while the case is being decided.
She's staying with an asylum officer assigned by INS.
- I know. - So why am I? Hi.
- Madam Secretary. Hi. Amy Ferber. - Nice to meet you.
Thank you for meeting with us.
I'm sorry you had to drive all night to get here.
Oh, we had to. As soon as I heard Xinpei's story,
the... the province that she's from,
and then I saw her face on TV, I-I started shaking.
The resemblance is undeniable.
See for yourself. Emily?
- Hi! - Hi.
Nice to meet you.
I think Emily and Xinpei might be sisters.
Emily's orphanage was in Xinpei's hometown.
- I'm seriously getting goose bumps. - They're swabbing Emily's cheek.
- They're done swabbing Emily's cheek. - Ooh!
OK, now Madam Secretary is walking towards the door. Crap!
Crap! Go!
Did you find anything else on Xinpei's blog?
Three months ago she started criticizing China's human rights record,
their policy on Tibet.
Before that it was about her science projects and her basketball team.
And One Direction.
Oh. Thanks. Emily's DNA. Send it to the lab.
- How quickly can we get it here? - Preliminaries in less than four hours.
- Yeah, this is so cool! - So cool!
OK, guys, wait. I-I get that this is exciting, OK?
But let's remember the job at hand.
To determine whether or not Xinpei meets the criteria for political asylum.
- Ma'am, your car's here. - Thank you.
- Want me to put out a statement? - Saying Xinpei might have a sister?
So that all of DC can stop what they're doing
the same way they do every time Mei Xiang goes into labor?
- Who's Mei Xiang? - The panda at the National Zoo.
- Gave birth to Bao Bao in 2013. - I don't get to the zoo much.
You don't have to. They have a panda cam on her all the time.
- You're kidding. - Not kidding. It's awesome.
- I'll show you. - Matt!
After I finish these Marsh remarks.
- Madam Secretary. - How's she doing?
Honestly? She seems scared to death.
If my daughter was requesting asylum in a strange country,
I'd hope she'd have the good sense to be scared to death, too.
I know I'm not supposed to ask, but are you going to grant asylum?
You're right. You're not supposed to ask.
Anyway, she's in the back.
Can I get you anything?
Yeah.
So, you've got H. I've got H-O-R...
...S.
So, tell me about your science project.
I developed an eye-tracking system
that allows quadriplegics to use the computer.
- I think we have that technology here. - No, not like mine.
Mine is light years ahead of any major labs in the States have developed.
So, you're moving here to cash in on it?
No, I would never do that.
But by coming here, you'd be giving up your scholarship.
I fear for my safety if I return.
- Tell me why. Have you been arrested? - No.
Threatened?
Censoring my speech is a threat! I won't accept it any longer.
Lots of websites are censored in China.
I want the freedom to do as I wish and say what I wish.
I understand how you feel,
but the problem is it doesn't meet the standard for persecution.
I'm on your side, but you gotta help me build a case.
- I fear for my safety if I return. - Right.
Eeh! Come on!
Oh... I need a sample of your DNA.
Instructions are in the kit.
Aren't you gonna ask me why?
For someone suspicious of government, you sure agreed to that quickly.
And now!
- Absolutely. No problem. - Excuse me.
- Are you Stephanie McCord? - I am. Hello, Senator Fletcher.
I met your mother a few times. How's she liking her new job?
- She loves it. - Ah.
I'm so sorry. I didn't see your name on the reservation list.
- Are you here to meet someone? - I sure am. You.
I've been trying to get your mother on the phone.
- But Nadine is quite the gatekeeper. - I'm not so sure what I...
If you could mention to your mother how strongly the people of Texas
feel that we not return that poor little girl to China...
...I sure would appreciate it.
Bye now.
This is completely generic. It's as if you never met the man.
Secretary McCord has never met him. She has to give the speech.
That'll be so comforting to his family.
- The secretary needs to postpone again. - What?
With the treaty negotiations, her plate's too full.
To take 15 minutes and pay tribute to the man who had the job before her?
The man who died serving his country?
You know what you should put in those remarks, Matt?
Wherever he went he had me arrange to have 100 soccer balls shipped there.
We'd be driving through a town and he'd see kids by the side of the road,
stop the convoy and hand out a soccer ball.
Kids who grew up in poverty and war-torn areas suddenly were smiling.
He told the journalists not to write about it
because he didn't want the attention.
He said this job wasn't about him.
Well, you know what? Now it is about him!
And we need to stop putting it off
and take the time and say thank you!
You're right. We do.
I want to give the unveiling the attention it deserves.
Which is why I'm asking to reschedule it.
I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't do that.
How long did you work for him?
Since he was a senator.
I was fresh out of law school with no experience.
He liked to do that.
Bet on the dark horse.
He sounds like an amazing man.
I know this is hard.
You're all still grieving. But... I gotta push this thing.
I don't want it to be something that we just get through.
Call Mrs Marsh.
I can't.
It's inappropriate.
You must have heard talk.
Vincent was right.
He said no one suspected.
He said they were all too preoccupied with their own careers.
Even his wife.
So, you and Marsh were...
Hm-hm.
I'm so sorry.
I know how all this sounds.
Um...
It sounds like your heart is broken.
It's not finished yet.
Daisy, will you call Secretary Marsh's widow
and apologize for rescheduling again?
- Will do. - Just heard from the White House.
- ODNI killed our Chinese spy idea. - OK. We have no plan B?
We don't have any leverage to get China to sign the treaty?
Other than sending Xinpei back.
- Madam Secretary? - What is it?
DNA results.
Oh, no. I was so sure she was a match.
No, she is. The preliminary results are a 97% match.
Oh! That's incredible!
Now she has a blood relative who's an American citizen.
It is incredible. Unfortunately, it doesn't change my decision.
But it has to.
- I'm denying asylum. - What?
She's making up the story about political persecution.
- But China... - I think her mother put her up to it.
She has reason to be angry with China.
They made her give up one of her children.
Xinpei has been treated well by her government
and they assure me they will continue to do so.
But her internet postings...
Started three months ago before she came to America.
Looks like she was building a case.
And, frankly, the case just isn't there.
This has nothing to do with finding out we have no plan B on the Henkashu talks?
I refuse to link that little girl's fate to the fate of those talks.
But they are linked. You know they are.
- Daisy. - I have to stand in front of the press
and assure them that Xinpei isn't being used as a political football
to get the treaty signed. I'd like to tell the truth.
Were you in the habit of questioning Secretary Marsh's ethics?
He never made me feel like I had to.
Reach out to Xinpei's mother in China. Get Xinpei on the phone.
I want them both on the line when I explain why I am denying asylum.
Am I a monster? I need you to be honest.
Sometimes you have a zombie thing going on in the morning.
Come on. I'm serious. My staff thinks I don't have any feelings.
A woman left a baby outside at an orphanage
and a half a world away that baby is reunited with her sister.
And it's... it's miraculous and I'm thrilled for them.
And sad that they missed 11 years together.
I'm angry at the government that forced them apart.
I'm nothing but feelings.
That doesn't change the fact that she does not qualify for political asylum.
What is that noise? Are you making popcorn?
Son of a bitch!
God! It's the sleepover tonight!
I am not home for my daughter's sleepover with five or six friends
whose names I don't know because my staff is right. I'm a monster.
Yeah, and it gets worse. You're raising little monsters.
The number-one indicator that a person turns into a serial killer
is that during childhood, the father, not the mother,
- made the popcorn for the sleepover. - Now you're mocking me.
You're a mom who had to stay late at work. It doesn't ruin the kids.
It just shows them that sometimes, you have to do stuff that's hard.
It's just life, babe. Normal life.
- You're a mom that got stuck at work. - Thank you.
That makes sense. I'm buying it.
- Good. - I love you.
- You wanna hear a joke? - Yeah.
Thomas Aquinas walks into a bar.
There's the pope sitting there with no clothes on...
God, please don't tell me you actually used that in your speech?
Madam Secretary?
Hold on a second. What?
Xinpei's mother was taken in for questioning
by the Chinese secret police yesterday.
We're getting reports that she died while in custody.
Babe, is everything alright?
No... No.
What the hell happened?
Madam Secretary, if we could keep this cordial.
You do realize that by killing this woman,
you've made Xinpei's case for asylum that much harder to deny!
Fu Xinwan was brought in for questioning.
It was an interview, not an interrogation.
She had a heart attack.
It is my understanding this was a chronic condition
that she wasn't managing well.
She was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors were not able to resuscitate.
Why should I believe you?
Madam... I am a father.
I feel terribly for this poor girl.
China is changing. In today's China,
the sins of the parents don't transfer to their children.
Fu Xinpei has nothing to fear from us. You must let her come home.
My government believes you never planned on signing the Henkashu Treaty.
You were always looking for a way out.
And this girl was a convenient excuse!
Unless the girl is returned in the next 12 hours,
my government will have no choice
but to permanently walk away from these talks.
We are already moving ballistic missiles to our southeastern coast,
just in case the Japanese decide to do anything stupid,
like plant a flag on the Henkashu Islands.
She finds a sister and now we have to tell her... she lost her mom.
- It's not fair. - No, it isn't.
Let's... let's just give her another minute.
I'm sorry about before. It was unprofessional.
I was jealous, actually.
A friend of mine recently died, too.
And... I haven't been able to cry.
I started this job and I had a lot on my mind.
Today I realized I could use a good cry.
You should have one.
Oh, this isn't gonna get any easier.
So, I got freakin' accosted today at work about the Chinese kid.
- That senator from Texas? - Fletcher?
She comes up to me and she's like, "If y'all could let your momma know
that the good people of Texas hate commies." Stupid.
Senator Fletcher is actually awesome. She's a family friend.
She may be awesome, but her politics are not awesome.
She has no idea what she's talking about.
Um, she's actually really smart. She went to Stanford.
Oh, really? So that makes everything that she says OK?
- I didn't say that. - Yes, China is a communist society,
but you can't just paint it with this broad, evil brush.
- Americans have this... - I wasn't talking about that.
Just watch TV and be dumb and complacent!
No. You don't get to call me dumb anymore.
- Come on, the two of you. - You are the idiot now.
- Now you're just trying to look cool. - I'm trying to look cool?
- Whatever! - You're not the best anymore!
You're not the valedictorian homecoming queen.
You're a hostess in a restaurant showing people to their tables.
That's what you are!
Thanks, Dad.
She was in heart failure when I left.
Then the doctor said that she needed surgery, but she refused.
I found this.
Minister Chen said something about not punishing children
for their parents' sins.
And it hit me.
She was the activist, not you.
Coming here was her idea.
This was her dream.
She couldn't have freedom, so she wanted it for you?
She kept saying...
... "Be strong, Xinpei. Be strong."
"You can do this."
Because she died in custody...
...that qualifies you for political asylum.
You can stay in America if you want.
If that's what you want.
Is it?
Xinpei wants to stay.
- Madam Secretary... - I'm leaning towards denying asylum.
Excellent decision.
I hate being lied to, especially by a child.
And she confirmed her mother's bad health.
- So... we have an agreement. - No one touches her from your side.
No retribution. She's a confused child.
And her future safety is paramount to the United States
and our continued goodwill.
You have my word.
But she's not going anywhere until I have a signed treaty in my hands.
While no one would dream of dividing national sovereignty,
natural resources, with cooperation, can be shared.
Daisy.
You used her. Even though you promised you wouldn't.
She just lost her mother and you used her as a bargaining chip.
- I don't think I can work... - Stop before you finish that sentence.
Xinpei wants to go back.
It's her choice, not mine.
I... I don't understand.
She wants to help build a more democratic China,
so she's going back to continue her mother's work in her own way.
So, you lied to Minister Chen?
I didn't have a plan B and I needed leverage, so, yes, I lied.
If the Chinese had found out that Xinpei was returning voluntarily,
they could have walked away from the talks.
This way, they saw you as a strong broker for peace.
And if Xinpei so much as stubs her toe, there will be hell to pay.
Hi, guys. Xinpei, I've got all your papers. Are you ready to go?
- Yep. These guys are gonna take me. - Oh, good!
- Look at what my sister gave me. - Oh! That is very cool!
We're going to visit Xinpei in China this summer.
Come on, come on. You don't wanna miss your plane.
You're not mad at me for wanting to go back, right?
Of course not. You kidding?
You're honoring your mother. I think she'd be very proud of you.
- Really? - I am sure of it.
You go out there and change the world, OK?
Go.
He liked to hire what he referred to as "dark horses."
People who may not have gone to the best schools
or come from the best families,
but who had a fire in their bellies to make the world better.
I have come to see that he was much more
than just a portrait on the wall or a face on the news.
He was a boss, a mentor, a patriot.
He was a great American.
We will miss him.
- That was a quite a speech. - Thank you.
I never heard the soccer ball thing before.
- I know. That's an amazing story. - You gotta wonder.
He's handing out all these soccer balls, paying for them out of his own pocket,
and not one bit of press about it.
Well, apparently, he didn't want any.
Yeah. I don't buy it.
I think he made a deal with all those reporters to wait,
run the story when he ran against Dalton in the next election.
- What? - Oh, yeah.
Bastard was getting ready to announce right before he died.
Stabbing his own president in the back.
And I will bet you any amount of money
that the next day there would have been a picture of him
with a bunch of smiling street kids and their brand-new soccer balls.
If you'll excuse me. I have to give my condolences to Mrs Marsh.
- Hello. - Hi.
Hi! Hey!
- Where are you off to? - To my job. Where do you think?
- I was hoping we could hang out... - I have no time. I have to go.
- I have to pull my weight. - What are you talking about?
People need seating. Nothing.
I have nothing to say! I'm just a college dropout!
- Well, wait a second. - Bye, honey.
Well... What happ? I mean, did something happen?
The girls had a fight. Things were said. Feelings were hurt.
Henry?
- Sisters fight. It's normal. - It's not!
It's not normal. None of this is normal!
I got to tell you, Henry,
I'm really trying to buy your argument about our normal life.
It's not normal that I have no idea what is going on in my house.
And it's not normal to push your feelings to the margins.
Ha! The suckers don't stay there.
I'm ready to talk about George.
Yeah. OK.
George thought that Marsh was dirty.
He thought his death wasn't an accident.
- And that you might be in danger? - Right.
Then he died.
At first, I thought Marsh was a saint, a great American,
the way everybody talked about him.
- You said he had no enemies. - But it turns out he did.
The White House chief of staff and the president of the United States.
So, maybe George was right.
Yeah.
I was... secretly kind of rooting for crazy.
Me, too.
I wish George was here.
He was so... good and smart.
And if he were, he could tell me what I should do.
I do wanna get to the bottom of it. I really do. I wanna figure it out.
But right now, I just want to miss him.
Go ahead.
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