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Not yet. 18 00:01:42.227 --> 00:01:42.894 ELI (OVER CELLPHONE): Where are you? 19 00:01:43.895 --> 00:01:45.271 I'm by ATB. 20 00:01:45.313 --> 00:01:46.606 SHARON (ON TV): A story unheard of 21 00:01:46.648 --> 00:01:48.733 in the history of American politics. 22 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:50.860 One year ago, former gold medalist, 23 00:01:50.902 --> 00:01:52.779 Nate Sterling, took the political world 24 00:01:52.821 --> 00:01:56.783 by surprise and by storm with his best-selling manifesto, 25 00:01:56.825 --> 00:01:59.828 a Declaration of Independence, a modern-day common sense. 26 00:01:59.869 --> 00:02:02.872 CORRESPONDENT 2 (ON TV): Here we are at Nate Sterling's biggest rally yet. 27 00:02:02.914 --> 00:02:05.625 The independent candidate has created a tsunami, 28 00:02:05.667 --> 00:02:08.461 thrashing its way through America's two-party landscape 29 00:02:08.503 --> 00:02:11.506 as he leads Republican nominee Patricia Turnbull by two points 30 00:02:11.548 --> 00:02:13.591 with just one week to go. 31 00:02:13.633 --> 00:02:15.802 The senior senator from Tennessee beat out ten 32 00:02:15.844 --> 00:02:18.263 of her fellow Republicans in the primary 33 00:02:18.304 --> 00:02:19.806 by courting both the moderate and far left. 34 00:02:19.848 --> 00:02:21.349 CORRESPONDENT 3 (ON TV): President Archer will need 35 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:23.268 to pull off a miracle to have any hope of securing 36 00:02:23.768 --> 00:02:24.436 a second term. 37 00:02:25.603 --> 00:02:25.645 With an approval rating in the basement, 38 00:02:26.813 --> 00:02:27.272 some are calling the Democratic incumbent 39 00:02:27.856 --> 00:02:28.231 a sitting duck. 40 00:02:28.940 --> 00:02:29.274 He's about to do a hit 41 00:02:30.316 --> 00:02:30.692 on Politics Nightly with Jane Bower. 42 00:02:32.610 --> 00:02:33.528 JANE (ON TV): Nate Sterling is set 43 00:02:34.612 --> 00:02:34.654 to take the stage any minute now. 44 00:02:35.697 --> 00:02:36.364 Shit. Call back when you get him. 45 00:02:37.907 --> 00:02:37.949 JANE (ON TV): But until then, I'm pleased to welcome 46 00:02:39.034 --> 00:02:39.576 Nicholas Booker, esteemed columnist 47 00:02:41.202 --> 00:02:42.704 for the Washington Chronicle and lion of the fourth state. 48 00:02:42.746 --> 00:02:43.830 NICK (ON TV): Oh! 49 00:02:43.872 --> 00:02:45.290 You're too kind, Jane. 50 00:02:45.331 --> 00:02:46.499 [Jane chuckling on TV] 51 00:02:47.542 --> 00:02:48.376 JANE (ON TV): The election is a dead heat. 52 00:02:49.586 --> 00:02:50.253 If it's anything like the last two elections, 53 00:02:51.463 --> 00:02:51.921 it could come down to a few thousand votes 54 00:02:53.465 --> 00:02:55.842 and a handful of swing states, or if it's a repeat of 2000, 55 00:02:55.884 --> 00:02:57.844 a few hundred votes. 56 00:02:57.886 --> 00:03:00.597 Your column is read by a few million. 57 00:03:00.638 --> 00:03:02.015 Your readers really listen to you. 58 00:03:02.057 --> 00:03:03.266 They trust you. 59 00:03:03.308 --> 00:03:04.726 I call it like I see it. 60 00:03:04.768 --> 00:03:05.727 What do you see here? 61 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:09.981 [crowd cheering] 62 00:03:10.023 --> 00:03:18.990 (***) 63 00:03:28.041 --> 00:03:32.003 (***) 64 00:03:33.546 --> 00:03:37.300 Well, I have good news and bad news. 65 00:03:37.342 --> 00:03:38.551 Which do you want first? 66 00:03:38.593 --> 00:03:40.303 -SUPPORTER 1: Bad news! -[Nate scoffing] 67 00:03:40.345 --> 00:03:42.597 NATE: Right! Always the bad. Here it is. 68 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.603 My little girl turned 21 yesterday. 69 00:03:48.645 --> 00:03:50.021 [crowd cheering] 70 00:03:50.063 --> 00:03:51.398 [sighs] 71 00:03:52.357 --> 00:03:54.776 And the first thing Alison did was make sure 72 00:03:54.818 --> 00:03:56.361 her voter registration was current. 73 00:03:56.403 --> 00:03:57.779 [crowd cheering] 74 00:03:59.489 --> 00:04:02.742 Ah, 21 years. 75 00:04:03.910 --> 00:04:05.370 Those of you with kids, you know how fast 76 00:04:05.412 --> 00:04:06.913 the time goes. 77 00:04:06.955 --> 00:04:08.873 And as I looked at those candles flickering on top 78 00:04:08.915 --> 00:04:10.917 of that birthday cake, it brought me back 79 00:04:10.959 --> 00:04:12.335 to the big moments of her life. 80 00:04:13.420 --> 00:04:14.713 Her first words, 81 00:04:14.754 --> 00:04:16.589 her first steps, her first day of school. 82 00:04:16.631 --> 00:04:18.383 [crowd cheering] 83 00:04:18.425 --> 00:04:19.467 But then my mind wandered 84 00:04:20.635 --> 00:04:22.012 to all she's seen in her young life. 85 00:04:23.972 --> 00:04:25.473 Terror reaching our shores. 86 00:04:26.808 --> 00:04:30.562 Two long and costly wars. A great recession. 87 00:04:30.603 --> 00:04:32.105 A deadly global pandemic. 88 00:04:32.147 --> 00:04:33.940 Classrooms getting shot up every other month. 89 00:04:33.982 --> 00:04:35.400 Climate getting harsher by the day. 90 00:04:35.442 --> 00:04:36.693 SUPPORTERS: Yeah! 91 00:04:36.735 --> 00:04:39.904 Our very capitol, the people's house, under siege. 92 00:04:41.406 --> 00:04:42.615 -SUPPORTER 1: Yes! -And the sad truth 93 00:04:43.950 --> 00:04:46.578 is one party fuels this rage while the other sits 94 00:04:46.619 --> 00:04:47.912 on their hands and whines about it. 95 00:04:49.330 --> 00:04:50.790 Now, you want the good news? 96 00:04:50.832 --> 00:04:51.750 SUPPORTERS: Yeah! 97 00:04:53.418 --> 00:04:54.502 The good news is... 98 00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:57.672 my daughter Alison turned 21 yesterday. 99 00:04:57.714 --> 00:04:59.799 [crowd cheering] 100 00:04:59.841 --> 00:05:00.759 And as she blew out 101 00:05:01.801 --> 00:05:02.344 those candles on top of that cake, 102 00:05:03.094 --> 00:05:04.095 a funny thing happened. 103 00:05:04.137 --> 00:05:05.972 The flames reignited. 104 00:05:06.014 --> 00:05:08.475 So, she blew 'em out again. 105 00:05:08.516 --> 00:05:09.684 And then the flames came back again. 106 00:05:09.726 --> 00:05:11.353 And no matter how hard she tried, 107 00:05:11.394 --> 00:05:12.729 she couldn't blow those candles out. 108 00:05:14.022 --> 00:05:15.523 And that made me think two things. 109 00:05:16.900 --> 00:05:19.152 One, my wife has a wonderful sense of humor. 110 00:05:19.194 --> 00:05:21.112 -And two, -[crowd laughing] 111 00:05:21.154 --> 00:05:24.908 just like those candles, we always come back. 112 00:05:24.949 --> 00:05:26.701 America always comes back. 113 00:05:26.743 --> 00:05:27.869 [crowd cheering] 114 00:05:27.911 --> 00:05:30.955 And we have to dig deep and do it again. 115 00:05:30.997 --> 00:05:35.168 Because Alison deserves better. Our young people deserve better. 116 00:05:35.210 --> 00:05:37.462 They deserve to look forward to the future 117 00:05:37.504 --> 00:05:41.549 the way we used to, with hope, with pride, with excitement. 118 00:05:41.591 --> 00:05:43.843 There's no more time for cruelty or fear. 119 00:05:43.885 --> 00:05:47.055 There's no more time for incompetence or inaction. 120 00:05:47.097 --> 00:05:51.101 Their time is up! Our time is now! 121 00:05:51.142 --> 00:05:53.436 America's time is now! 122 00:05:53.478 --> 00:05:54.521 [crowd cheering] 123 00:05:54.562 --> 00:05:56.022 And if you stand with me, 124 00:05:56.064 --> 00:05:58.024 and you vote for me, and you keep fighting 125 00:05:58.066 --> 00:05:59.734 for real change with me, 126 00:06:00.985 --> 00:06:04.739 I promise we will get our fire back, too. 127 00:06:04.781 --> 00:06:08.743 (***) 128 00:06:13.415 --> 00:06:15.917 Now, let me tell you how we're gonna do it. 129 00:06:26.553 --> 00:06:28.722 ANNOUNCER (ON TV): The general election is finally upon us. 130 00:06:28.763 --> 00:06:30.432 And once again, we're forced to choose 131 00:06:30.473 --> 00:06:32.934 between the lesser of two evils. 132 00:06:32.976 --> 00:06:35.020 On one side, a Democrat in decline, 133 00:06:35.061 --> 00:06:36.563 and on the other, 134 00:06:37.814 --> 00:06:39.441 a Republican in the pockets of corporate America. 135 00:06:40.608 --> 00:06:43.069 Oh, boy, our country is mired in a recession, 136 00:06:43.111 --> 00:06:45.864 the whole world's on fire, and these are the best 137 00:06:45.905 --> 00:06:48.033 two people we can come up with? I mean, come on! 138 00:06:48.074 --> 00:06:50.785 Good luck, everyone. We're going to need it. 139 00:06:50.827 --> 00:06:52.203 GORDON: Good news! 140 00:06:52.245 --> 00:06:55.081 We've been bought again. 141 00:06:55.123 --> 00:06:57.459 As I'm sure, some of you have already heard, 142 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:00.587 Mr. Jack Hampton is our newest overlord. 143 00:07:00.628 --> 00:07:03.923 Of course, I'm gonna try to minimize the casualties, 144 00:07:03.965 --> 00:07:05.508 but it's no secret, 145 00:07:05.550 --> 00:07:09.220 our readership is, uh, spreading thin. 146 00:07:09.262 --> 00:07:12.223 If we hope to compete, we're gonna have to get down 147 00:07:12.265 --> 00:07:14.476 in the mud with the pigs. 148 00:07:14.517 --> 00:07:17.520 And how low does Mr. Hampton want us to go? 149 00:07:17.562 --> 00:07:19.606 Conspiracy clickbait? 150 00:07:19.647 --> 00:07:22.067 Ten thousand words on celebrity pets? 151 00:07:22.108 --> 00:07:24.736 We have to evolve. 152 00:07:24.778 --> 00:07:26.279 The only reason we're not worm feed 153 00:07:26.321 --> 00:07:29.115 like half the other papers in this godforsaken country 154 00:07:29.157 --> 00:07:31.826 is because we do not stop to tread water. 155 00:07:31.868 --> 00:07:35.080 If we don't keep swimmin', we die. 156 00:07:35.121 --> 00:07:36.164 You. 157 00:07:36.206 --> 00:07:38.958 I'm looking for new, innovative ideas. 158 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.545 Something that will ensure that we are all still employed 159 00:07:42.587 --> 00:07:44.130 come Labor Day. Hmm? 160 00:07:44.172 --> 00:07:46.800 We need to win the battle for Millenials and Gen Z. 161 00:07:46.841 --> 00:07:49.302 -Uh-huh. -We-- we program around the Facebook algorithm. 162 00:07:49.344 --> 00:07:51.054 Expand our social media presence. 163 00:07:51.096 --> 00:07:53.098 He, whose name I don't care 164 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:55.767 to learn, seems to think that because I've got grandkids 165 00:07:55.809 --> 00:07:58.269 born before the Internet, I don't know 166 00:07:58.311 --> 00:08:00.522 that we need to expand. Of course. 167 00:08:00.563 --> 00:08:03.900 I have got a whole fucking sweatshop 168 00:08:03.942 --> 00:08:06.695 working like a Russian troll farm to expand 169 00:08:06.736 --> 00:08:08.988 our social media presence. Okay? 170 00:08:09.030 --> 00:08:11.241 I've also got an army of halfwits 171 00:08:11.282 --> 00:08:12.659 twice as smart as you-- 172 00:08:12.701 --> 00:08:14.077 A high school in West Virginia 173 00:08:14.119 --> 00:08:15.912 is going to a four-day school week, 174 00:08:15.954 --> 00:08:17.163 because of budget cuts. 175 00:08:17.205 --> 00:08:18.581 I had a call with the principal-- 176 00:08:18.623 --> 00:08:20.583 And how's that gonna sell papers? 177 00:08:20.625 --> 00:08:22.002 I thought-- 178 00:08:22.043 --> 00:08:24.629 I mean, cutting a whole day out of the school week-- 179 00:08:24.671 --> 00:08:25.964 What percentage 180 00:08:26.006 --> 00:08:28.842 of our readership do you think has ever set foot 181 00:08:28.883 --> 00:08:30.176 in West Virginia? 182 00:08:30.218 --> 00:08:32.971 And as for the banjo-pickers themselves, 183 00:08:33.013 --> 00:08:37.017 if it ain't Fox or Infowars, they ain't readin' it. 184 00:08:37.058 --> 00:08:39.102 Well, maybe that's why they don't read the Chronicle. 185 00:08:39.144 --> 00:08:40.270 They got a point calling themselves 186 00:08:40.311 --> 00:08:42.647 the forgotten people and calling us 187 00:08:42.689 --> 00:08:44.733 condescending coastal elitists. 188 00:08:48.319 --> 00:08:50.864 We are elite. 189 00:08:50.905 --> 00:08:52.323 And if you don't start acting like it, 190 00:08:52.365 --> 00:08:54.576 you're gonna be a forgotten person before you know it. 191 00:08:54.617 --> 00:08:57.996 The school in question is 90 percent minority. 192 00:08:58.038 --> 00:09:00.874 It's gonna make the achievement gap even wider. 193 00:09:00.915 --> 00:09:02.334 Of course, the private school kids 194 00:09:02.375 --> 00:09:04.085 -are gonna be just fine. -GORDON: What else? 195 00:09:05.795 --> 00:09:06.796 Hmm? 196 00:09:08.256 --> 00:09:09.341 Nate Sterling. 197 00:09:09.382 --> 00:09:11.718 Ah. You again. 198 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:13.928 I hear he's jumping into the race next week. 199 00:09:13.970 --> 00:09:16.097 And you think I haven't heard those rumors? 200 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:18.099 It's bullshit. It's publicity for his book. 201 00:09:18.141 --> 00:09:19.642 My source on the ground says 202 00:09:19.684 --> 00:09:22.354 he just hired Kathy Gibbs as his campaign manager. 203 00:09:27.108 --> 00:09:29.903 Independents. They're like bees. 204 00:09:29.944 --> 00:09:32.072 Once they sting, they die. 205 00:09:32.113 --> 00:09:35.116 If he does announce, he might buzz around 206 00:09:35.158 --> 00:09:37.702 the honey jar for a week or two, but nobody outside 207 00:09:37.744 --> 00:09:39.245 the two-party system has ever cracked 208 00:09:39.287 --> 00:09:40.705 20 percent of the poles. 209 00:09:40.747 --> 00:09:41.873 Now, it'd be a fool's errand. 210 00:09:41.915 --> 00:09:43.917 His camp secretly hired 211 00:09:43.958 --> 00:09:47.212 a pollster to test his numbers against potential nominees. 212 00:09:47.253 --> 00:09:50.006 When Turnbull secured the bid, they saw a real opening 213 00:09:50.048 --> 00:09:51.132 for an independent like him. 214 00:09:52.425 --> 00:09:52.717 They know he's gonna have to thread the needle, 215 00:09:53.426 --> 00:09:54.636 but it's not impossible. 216 00:09:54.678 --> 00:09:57.806 So, what are you suggesting? 217 00:10:00.141 --> 00:10:02.769 We get in early. 218 00:10:02.811 --> 00:10:04.145 Prep a cover feature. 219 00:10:04.187 --> 00:10:05.939 The wave is coming with this guy. 220 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:07.691 We may as well paddle out to the break. 221 00:10:07.732 --> 00:10:11.111 Tell me why I would waste my front page on this neophyte? 222 00:10:12.278 --> 00:10:14.823 Are you referring to me or Sterling, sir? 223 00:10:14.864 --> 00:10:16.366 GORDON: Both. 224 00:10:16.408 --> 00:10:19.703 You willing to bet your job on this fever dream of yours? 225 00:10:19.744 --> 00:10:22.122 If we short him, we'll be kicking ourselves later. 226 00:10:22.163 --> 00:10:23.957 But if we're early to the party, we might just sell 227 00:10:23.998 --> 00:10:25.291 enough papers to give the Russian trolls 228 00:10:25.333 --> 00:10:27.085 an extra ten minutes on their lunch break. 229 00:10:27.127 --> 00:10:30.130 [breathes deeply] 230 00:10:30.171 --> 00:10:31.131 Hmm. 231 00:10:32.173 --> 00:10:33.216 [clicks tongue] 232 00:10:33.258 --> 00:10:35.051 Fuck it. 233 00:10:35.093 --> 00:10:37.679 How can I fold when a wounded cub is all in? 234 00:10:39.014 --> 00:10:42.142 Ackerman, you take the reins on the Sterling feature. 235 00:10:42.183 --> 00:10:43.435 Choose your own co-pilot. 236 00:10:43.476 --> 00:10:44.686 I'll take Conrad. 237 00:10:52.485 --> 00:10:54.863 So, you're gonna give me the source of Sterling's camp? 238 00:10:57.032 --> 00:10:58.700 Look, look, look, look. I get it. I get it. All right? 239 00:10:58.742 --> 00:11:01.995 You wanted that story. And that was a valiant effort. 240 00:11:02.037 --> 00:11:05.915 It was. But, you know, karma is still a bitch. 241 00:11:05.957 --> 00:11:07.751 -And so am I. -[chuckles] 242 00:11:07.792 --> 00:11:09.085 Come on. Look. 243 00:11:09.127 --> 00:11:10.795 It's a hard time for guys like me right now. 244 00:11:10.837 --> 00:11:11.421 I mean, look around you. 245 00:11:11.463 --> 00:11:12.714 Oh, come on. 246 00:11:12.756 --> 00:11:13.465 A little awareness maybe-- 247 00:11:13.506 --> 00:11:14.966 Okay. Thanks. 248 00:11:15.008 --> 00:11:17.093 Make up your mind. 249 00:11:17.135 --> 00:11:20.180 Either you're a victim or a big shot. 250 00:11:20.221 --> 00:11:23.183 Kid gets to scoop Ackerman's shit on his first cover story. 251 00:11:23.224 --> 00:11:25.810 And suddenly, he's schizophrenic. 252 00:11:25.852 --> 00:11:26.895 [chuckles] No. I was just-- 253 00:11:28.188 --> 00:11:29.105 Were you just thanking Eli for the opportunity? 254 00:11:31.232 --> 00:11:32.192 Yeah. 255 00:11:36.988 --> 00:11:39.240 I never liked that arrogant little boat shoe. 256 00:11:41.242 --> 00:11:45.330 Email me the best thing you've ever written. 257 00:11:53.338 --> 00:11:54.381 Which piece did you send him? 258 00:11:54.422 --> 00:11:56.383 The Honduran refugee one? 259 00:11:56.424 --> 00:11:58.968 -Yeah. -Holy shit. He is gonna love it. 260 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:02.430 What? 261 00:12:02.472 --> 00:12:03.431 Nothing. 262 00:12:08.395 --> 00:12:09.354 What is this? 263 00:12:12.482 --> 00:12:14.192 Now, when did you have time to-- 264 00:12:14.234 --> 00:12:16.569 You've been working so hard, I thought, 265 00:12:16.611 --> 00:12:19.239 "He deserves the finest grape Safeway has on offer." 266 00:12:19.280 --> 00:12:20.782 Mm. [does chef's kiss] 267 00:12:20.824 --> 00:12:22.409 [chuckles] 268 00:12:28.790 --> 00:12:30.250 Penny ships off tomorrow. 269 00:12:30.291 --> 00:12:33.003 So, if my mom breaks down in tears, don't be too alarmed. 270 00:12:33.044 --> 00:12:34.462 LUCAS: Your mom? What about you? 271 00:12:34.504 --> 00:12:35.213 Remember the last time she deployed? 272 00:12:35.255 --> 00:12:36.423 [Eli chuckles] 273 00:12:36.464 --> 00:12:37.257 ELI: That's smart, buddy. 274 00:12:37.298 --> 00:12:39.259 LUCAS: Ooh! 275 00:12:39.300 --> 00:12:40.468 -ELI: Hi. -Hello. 276 00:12:40.510 --> 00:12:41.386 LUCAS: Hey. 277 00:12:41.428 --> 00:12:44.848 To my beautiful daughters. 278 00:12:44.889 --> 00:12:46.433 Penelope and Elisha. 279 00:12:46.474 --> 00:12:49.102 One makes the news and one reports it. 280 00:12:49.144 --> 00:12:50.311 [chuckles] 281 00:12:50.353 --> 00:12:53.356 Oh, wow. You make it sound so romantic. 282 00:12:53.398 --> 00:12:55.608 Most days, I just stand by the printer 283 00:12:55.650 --> 00:12:57.402 and get paper cuts. 284 00:12:57.444 --> 00:12:59.446 Well, you accepted the risk when you signed up for the job. 285 00:12:59.487 --> 00:13:00.488 ELI: Why don't you just go AWOL, 286 00:13:00.530 --> 00:13:01.990 and come bunk up with me and Lucas? 287 00:13:02.032 --> 00:13:03.283 PENNY: That'd be fun. 288 00:13:03.324 --> 00:13:04.451 As long as you're cool with harboring a deserter 289 00:13:04.492 --> 00:13:05.952 with a warrant out for her arrest. 290 00:13:05.994 --> 00:13:07.454 Let's change the subject, shall we? 291 00:13:07.495 --> 00:13:10.165 -Eli has some breaking news. -Oh. 292 00:13:10.206 --> 00:13:12.917 She managed to get on the radar of one Nicholas Booker. 293 00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:14.919 Nicholas Booker, huh? 294 00:13:14.961 --> 00:13:16.421 See, now that's what you need. 295 00:13:16.463 --> 00:13:17.964 Your own opinion column. 296 00:13:18.006 --> 00:13:20.592 I'm not on the Daily Tar Heel anymore, dad. 297 00:13:20.633 --> 00:13:23.136 Columns don't just drop out of thin air at the Chronicle. 298 00:13:23.178 --> 00:13:25.472 Well, you wanna have a real impact. 299 00:13:25.513 --> 00:13:28.308 Change minds. You need a pulpit. 300 00:13:28.350 --> 00:13:31.895 A column in the Chronicle is like the pope's balcony 301 00:13:31.936 --> 00:13:33.563 -for Christ's sake. -I'm working on it, daddy. 302 00:13:33.605 --> 00:13:36.149 I'm just saying it might take a couple decades. That's all. 303 00:13:36.191 --> 00:13:40.028 The Dalai Lama was a god-king at 2. 304 00:13:40.070 --> 00:13:41.279 LUCAS: Man has a point. 305 00:13:42.489 --> 00:13:43.573 -Oh, yeah? -Mm-hmm. 306 00:13:43.615 --> 00:13:45.367 Mm. Wow. 307 00:13:45.408 --> 00:13:47.243 Does the man know that religion and politics 308 00:13:47.285 --> 00:13:48.620 are about the only two topics to avoid 309 00:13:48.661 --> 00:13:49.913 when you got a dinner guest? 310 00:13:49.954 --> 00:13:51.664 HAL: Who, Lucas? 311 00:13:51.706 --> 00:13:53.333 He's practically family. 312 00:13:53.375 --> 00:13:56.211 Speaking of, when are you two gonna make that official? 313 00:13:56.252 --> 00:13:58.046 [chuckles] 314 00:13:58.088 --> 00:14:00.006 LUCAS: Have you got any new additions to your collection? 315 00:14:02.050 --> 00:14:02.092 -No, but wait. When are we gonna make it official? -No, no, no. This is important. 316 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.510 -[laughs] -Right. 317 00:14:09.557 --> 00:14:12.894 You know, I never asked you, which one was your first? 318 00:14:14.020 --> 00:14:15.647 HAL: The day we realized 319 00:14:15.689 --> 00:14:19.109 the government had been lying to us all along, 320 00:14:19.150 --> 00:14:21.653 sending me and my friends halfway around the world 321 00:14:21.695 --> 00:14:23.446 to kill and be killed. 322 00:14:23.488 --> 00:14:27.117 Years after, Nixon knew the war was unwinnable. 323 00:14:27.158 --> 00:14:28.410 LUCAS: Do you have a favorite? 324 00:14:28.451 --> 00:14:30.495 He did before it was retracted. 325 00:14:30.537 --> 00:14:32.372 HAL: That's what happens when you play fast. 326 00:14:32.414 --> 00:14:33.915 I wasn't playing, dad. 327 00:14:33.957 --> 00:14:36.459 He played me. There's a difference. 328 00:14:36.501 --> 00:14:39.045 Sweetheart, you let yourself get played. 329 00:14:39.087 --> 00:14:40.714 Why don't you all come in here, 330 00:14:40.755 --> 00:14:42.590 so we can give Penny a proper send-off? 331 00:14:52.475 --> 00:14:54.436 [indistinct chatter] 332 00:14:54.477 --> 00:14:56.229 RECEPTIONIST: He's in meetings all day, but I can give you his card. 333 00:14:56.271 --> 00:14:57.147 ELI: Thanks. 334 00:14:57.188 --> 00:14:59.566 Oh, there he goes right now. 335 00:14:59.607 --> 00:15:00.984 That'll be on Saturday's draw. 336 00:15:01.026 --> 00:15:02.152 Thank you, Sharon. 337 00:15:03.695 --> 00:15:05.196 ELI: Mr. Mayfield. 338 00:15:05.238 --> 00:15:07.407 Eli James, Washington Chronicle. 339 00:15:07.449 --> 00:15:09.075 You're the one who keeps calling. 340 00:15:09.117 --> 00:15:10.243 I'm doing a story 341 00:15:10.285 --> 00:15:11.619 on drastic cuts in public school budgets, 342 00:15:11.661 --> 00:15:13.163 -and it's my understanding that-- -I'm sorry. 343 00:15:13.204 --> 00:15:14.289 I'm late for a meeting. 344 00:15:20.628 --> 00:15:22.297 Our boys looked good this year. 345 00:15:22.339 --> 00:15:23.631 We play like we did against the Tar Heels 346 00:15:25.133 --> 00:15:25.633 in the ACC final, we might really have a shot next year. 347 00:15:26.301 --> 00:15:27.177 You're a Blue Devil? 348 00:15:27.218 --> 00:15:29.179 Yes, sir. Class of '08. 349 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:32.223 Ah. Well, I got a few decades on you as you can... 350 00:15:32.265 --> 00:15:34.059 Bowties never go out of fashion. 351 00:15:35.226 --> 00:15:36.644 Listen, I gotta ask, 352 00:15:36.686 --> 00:15:38.730 how has the recession affected your jackpots? 353 00:15:38.772 --> 00:15:40.357 Oh, as it affected all of us. 354 00:15:40.398 --> 00:15:41.358 The numbers might have dipped but-- 355 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.609 Well, I would have thought that 356 00:15:42.650 --> 00:15:44.694 jackpots would rise in the recession. 357 00:15:44.736 --> 00:15:45.945 How's that? 358 00:15:45.987 --> 00:15:48.156 You know, a lot more desperate daydreamers. 359 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:52.660 I think you mean grown adults and valued customers. 360 00:15:54.662 --> 00:15:56.790 You should go grab a ticket yourself. 361 00:15:56.831 --> 00:15:58.625 Gotta be in it to win it. 362 00:15:58.667 --> 00:16:07.592 (***) 363 00:16:13.014 --> 00:16:16.643 [indistinct chatter] 364 00:16:16.685 --> 00:16:19.104 8:00 p.m. tonight at The Monaco. 365 00:16:19.145 --> 00:16:21.272 If you're not early, you're late. 366 00:16:21.314 --> 00:16:23.483 [indistinct chatter] 367 00:16:37.497 --> 00:16:39.040 I don't have time for pleasantries. 368 00:16:39.082 --> 00:16:41.084 I've got a hit on CNN at 10:00 p.m. 369 00:16:42.168 --> 00:16:44.254 What are you staring at? 370 00:16:44.295 --> 00:16:47.090 I'm sorry. I just have read every single one of your columns 371 00:16:47.132 --> 00:16:49.217 -since I was in seventh grade-- -I don't need idol worship. 372 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:52.137 I need something else from you. Sit down. 373 00:16:55.849 --> 00:16:58.184 I'm getting out. 374 00:16:58.226 --> 00:17:00.311 As soon as this election's over, I'm turning in my quill, 375 00:17:00.353 --> 00:17:01.438 and moving to the country. 376 00:17:01.479 --> 00:17:04.274 What? No, you can't retire yet. 377 00:17:04.315 --> 00:17:05.567 Who are you, my accountant? 378 00:17:07.027 --> 00:17:07.068 Well, what good are you gonna do out in retirement? 379 00:17:07.902 --> 00:17:08.403 I'll bury myself in Bourbon. 380 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.321 I can read fiction for a change. 381 00:17:11.489 --> 00:17:12.407 And I might even watch golf on Sundays. 382 00:17:12.449 --> 00:17:13.742 Institutions are crumbling. 383 00:17:13.783 --> 00:17:15.535 Okay? Reality is under attack. 384 00:17:15.577 --> 00:17:18.288 You're one of the only voices whCome on. Come on.-- 385 00:17:18.329 --> 00:17:21.458 Tweets with cats boxing yarn get more eyeballs 386 00:17:21.499 --> 00:17:23.460 than a column these days. 387 00:17:23.501 --> 00:17:25.086 I've had a good run. 388 00:17:25.128 --> 00:17:28.256 But what journalism's become, I'm done with it. 389 00:17:29.591 --> 00:17:31.718 There's a reason they tell you not to meet your heroes. 390 00:17:31.760 --> 00:17:33.428 Then why did you invite me here? 391 00:17:33.470 --> 00:17:35.263 ENRIQUE: Mr. Booker! 392 00:17:35.305 --> 00:17:36.306 And how are we tonight? 393 00:17:36.348 --> 00:17:38.808 Ah! Can't complain, Enrique. 394 00:17:38.850 --> 00:17:40.685 Isn't that your job, sir? 395 00:17:40.727 --> 00:17:42.354 Best steak in town. 396 00:17:42.395 --> 00:17:43.730 Only reason I allow him to get away 397 00:17:43.772 --> 00:17:44.856 with being such a smartass. 398 00:17:44.898 --> 00:17:46.316 [Enrique chuckles] 399 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.110 Oh, right. Um, 400 00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:51.613 I... 401 00:17:54.115 --> 00:17:55.450 I'll just have the house salad. 402 00:17:57.369 --> 00:17:58.828 Bring us two rib-eye. 403 00:17:58.870 --> 00:18:00.163 ENRIQUE: Rare? 404 00:18:00.205 --> 00:18:01.498 NICK: Bloody. 405 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:04.125 Rule number one, you want the rib-eye, 406 00:18:04.167 --> 00:18:05.293 get the rib-eye. 407 00:18:06.544 --> 00:18:07.545 And that's the last time I'm doing it for you. 408 00:18:09.255 --> 00:18:10.632 Excuse me, Enrique? 409 00:18:12.926 --> 00:18:14.177 Give me the house salad. 410 00:18:15.261 --> 00:18:17.430 And the lobster tail. 411 00:18:17.472 --> 00:18:18.807 And may I? 412 00:18:21.393 --> 00:18:25.146 A bottle of the '04 Chablis. Feels like a good vintage. 413 00:18:26.648 --> 00:18:30.193 [laughs] 414 00:18:30.235 --> 00:18:31.277 -How are you? -ELI: Oh. 415 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.445 Lovely to see you. 416 00:18:32.487 --> 00:18:33.780 Hi, Gregg. 417 00:18:33.822 --> 00:18:35.907 Oh, fuck me. She's coming over. 418 00:18:39.494 --> 00:18:40.578 Who are you? 419 00:18:42.205 --> 00:18:45.166 -Eli James. Pleasure to meet you. -A pleasure. 420 00:18:45.208 --> 00:18:46.584 NICK: Your campaign finance bill 421 00:18:46.626 --> 00:18:48.294 proved quite the battle, Senator. 422 00:18:48.336 --> 00:18:50.422 Passed just in time for the run-up to the generals. 423 00:18:50.463 --> 00:18:51.673 Flawless orchestration. 424 00:18:51.715 --> 00:18:53.675 Nicky never was one for small talk. 425 00:18:53.717 --> 00:18:55.468 NICK: I gave you a gold star 426 00:18:55.510 --> 00:18:57.595 for pulling your party out of the insane asylum, 427 00:18:57.637 --> 00:18:59.514 -but this bill... -Good bill, Nick. 428 00:18:59.556 --> 00:19:02.308 It's Citizens United on meth. 429 00:19:02.350 --> 00:19:04.477 First, corporations, and now, individuals? 430 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.938 Oh! She's feisty, this one. 431 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.523 NICK: But she's not wrong. 432 00:19:09.691 --> 00:19:10.900 How many of your billionaire boy toys are bidding a path 433 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.819 towards your bedroom door now that you've cut 434 00:19:13.945 --> 00:19:14.988 the chastity belt off their checkbooks? 435 00:19:15.030 --> 00:19:17.866 Before you go defaming the FSCA, 436 00:19:17.907 --> 00:19:20.535 you might want to look up the word, freedom, 437 00:19:20.577 --> 00:19:22.203 in your pocket dictionary. 438 00:19:22.245 --> 00:19:22.871 Turns out, people like it. 439 00:19:22.912 --> 00:19:24.622 Oh, relax. Relax. 440 00:19:24.664 --> 00:19:27.542 I'm not gonna write about your Free Speech Campaign Act. 441 00:19:27.584 --> 00:19:29.544 No? What you gonna write about? 442 00:19:29.586 --> 00:19:31.755 Your Fuck Small Contributions Act. 443 00:19:31.796 --> 00:19:33.506 [Turnbull laughs] 444 00:19:33.548 --> 00:19:35.550 Listen, I'd love to flirt all night, 445 00:19:35.592 --> 00:19:37.927 but my husband's a jealous man. 446 00:19:37.969 --> 00:19:39.846 I just came by to say, I look forward 447 00:19:39.888 --> 00:19:41.473 to Sunday's column. 448 00:19:41.514 --> 00:19:43.850 A good shellacking from Nicholas Booker 449 00:19:43.892 --> 00:19:47.687 is the best endorsement a candidate could ask for. 450 00:19:47.729 --> 00:19:50.857 If you need help clarifying the fine print on the bill, 451 00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.858 door's always open. 452 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:54.319 I'll call your aide tomorrow. 453 00:19:54.361 --> 00:19:55.528 I wasn't talking to you. 454 00:19:56.946 --> 00:19:58.323 Call anytime. 455 00:19:59.741 --> 00:20:00.867 Don't be shy. 456 00:20:03.328 --> 00:20:04.537 NICK: Rule number two, 457 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:06.581 Congressmen think they're presidents, 458 00:20:06.623 --> 00:20:08.875 senators think they're kings, 459 00:20:08.917 --> 00:20:10.919 and presidents think they're god. 460 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.588 Yeah, well, I'm an atheist. 461 00:20:13.630 --> 00:20:14.589 NICK: Hmm. 462 00:20:15.674 --> 00:20:17.008 -You married? -ELI: No. 463 00:20:17.050 --> 00:20:19.969 -NICK: Good. Don't. -Is that a rule or a suggestion? 464 00:20:20.011 --> 00:20:22.514 I'm getting divorced again. 465 00:20:22.555 --> 00:20:24.474 -Fool me twice. -ELI: Oh, I'm sorry. 466 00:20:24.516 --> 00:20:25.392 Oh, no, no. 467 00:20:25.433 --> 00:20:26.685 It's uh-- [chuckles] 468 00:20:26.726 --> 00:20:28.728 Congratulations is more appropriate. 469 00:20:28.770 --> 00:20:29.979 Oh, well... 470 00:20:34.651 --> 00:20:36.027 I think you're the one. 471 00:20:37.570 --> 00:20:40.031 What does that mean exactly? 472 00:20:40.073 --> 00:20:43.743 I need someone in my corner on these next few columns. 473 00:20:43.785 --> 00:20:45.495 Gonna be short on time 474 00:20:45.537 --> 00:20:48.540 with the old lady trying to nail me to the cross. 475 00:20:48.581 --> 00:20:51.292 Plus, my TV schedule is wall to wall 476 00:20:51.334 --> 00:20:53.628 with the general heating up. 477 00:20:54.838 --> 00:20:58.299 You be my Angelo Dundee now, 478 00:20:58.341 --> 00:21:01.594 and I'll be your Don King when I get my life back. 479 00:21:01.636 --> 00:21:02.971 You-- you want me to-- 480 00:21:03.013 --> 00:21:05.306 I want you to help me with my columns. 481 00:21:07.017 --> 00:21:08.476 [chuckles] 482 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.645 NICK: I'll-- I'll tell you what I wanna cover. 483 00:21:11.938 --> 00:21:14.107 You assist with research, uh, share your notes. 484 00:21:14.149 --> 00:21:16.359 [clears throat] Proof my drafts. 485 00:21:16.401 --> 00:21:17.944 Why me? 486 00:21:17.986 --> 00:21:19.612 NICK: Don't fish. It's unseemly. 487 00:21:19.654 --> 00:21:20.989 No, I just-- 488 00:21:21.031 --> 00:21:22.699 NICK: Look. You stood up to Gordon yesterday 489 00:21:22.741 --> 00:21:25.118 when most guys who'd been there two decades 490 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.037 sat with pricks in their hand. 491 00:21:27.078 --> 00:21:30.498 And your writing, it's got punch. 492 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:33.335 It's raw, but there's something there. 493 00:21:36.671 --> 00:21:37.756 Wow. 494 00:21:39.507 --> 00:21:40.925 In the interest of full disclosure, 495 00:21:40.967 --> 00:21:43.636 I was fired from the Globe. 496 00:21:43.678 --> 00:21:46.931 NICK: You wanted that felon's sob story to be true, 497 00:21:46.973 --> 00:21:47.974 because you had something to say about 498 00:21:48.016 --> 00:21:49.893 the criminal justice system. 499 00:21:49.934 --> 00:21:52.979 You let ambition and bias blind you to the fact 500 00:21:53.021 --> 00:21:55.648 that that fuckwit had something to gain by bullshitting you. 501 00:21:56.983 --> 00:22:00.987 Moral of the story, always follow the facts, 502 00:22:01.029 --> 00:22:02.781 wherever they lead. 503 00:22:02.822 --> 00:22:04.574 Sometimes, it's not where you wanna go. 504 00:22:04.616 --> 00:22:06.409 But you go anyway. 505 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.703 Is that rule number four? 506 00:22:08.745 --> 00:22:10.955 No, that's not a rule. 507 00:22:10.997 --> 00:22:13.041 That's a commandment. 508 00:22:13.083 --> 00:22:16.836 Besides, that felon had three strikes to his name. 509 00:22:16.878 --> 00:22:18.171 Why shouldn't you? 510 00:22:18.213 --> 00:22:21.675 Mistakes used to make you better. 511 00:22:21.716 --> 00:22:24.594 Now, you're not allowed to be human. 512 00:22:24.636 --> 00:22:26.388 Well, fuck that! 513 00:22:26.429 --> 00:22:30.141 You learned your lesson, and I'm buying the dip. 514 00:22:30.183 --> 00:22:31.601 What do you say? 515 00:22:34.437 --> 00:22:35.563 Yeah. 516 00:22:35.605 --> 00:22:36.690 Wonderful. 517 00:22:36.731 --> 00:22:37.691 Now, 518 00:22:38.942 --> 00:22:40.777 I'll need your notes on Sunday's column 519 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.404 by noon tomorrow. 520 00:22:42.445 --> 00:22:44.155 What's our angle? 521 00:22:44.197 --> 00:22:45.699 Reporters use their eyes and ears, 522 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.742 columnists use their brains. 523 00:22:47.784 --> 00:22:50.995 We'll know what my angle is by noon tomorrow, won't we? 524 00:22:53.707 --> 00:22:55.625 Yeah. 525 00:22:55.667 --> 00:22:57.127 ANNOUNCER(ON TV): Well, if you think Archer 526 00:22:58.753 --> 00:22:59.462 has a grasp on foreign policy, then tell me why he refuses 527 00:22:59.504 --> 00:23:01.631 to stand up to China. 528 00:23:01.673 --> 00:23:04.884 I mean, we've got ten times the military spending of Russia, 529 00:23:04.926 --> 00:23:07.095 and yet he cowers in the face of the Kremlin. 530 00:23:07.137 --> 00:23:09.514 Look, he's just a weak president. 531 00:23:09.556 --> 00:23:11.516 I'm just gonna-- I won't say it. 532 00:23:11.558 --> 00:23:14.602 Republicans know it, our allies, and we all know it. 533 00:23:14.644 --> 00:23:15.437 And let's be honest, the Democrats know it, too. 534 00:23:15.478 --> 00:23:16.980 [hums] 535 00:23:17.022 --> 00:23:18.606 What are you so giddy about? 536 00:23:18.648 --> 00:23:19.983 -Wouldn't you like to know? -LUCAS: Oh! 537 00:23:20.025 --> 00:23:21.735 [Lucas chuckles] 538 00:23:21.776 --> 00:23:23.945 [hums] 539 00:23:23.987 --> 00:23:25.113 LUCAS: How'd it go? 540 00:23:29.117 --> 00:23:30.076 [chuckles] 541 00:23:30.118 --> 00:23:33.747 [hums] 542 00:23:33.788 --> 00:23:35.123 -LUCAS: No. -Oh, yeah. It's coming down. 543 00:23:35.165 --> 00:23:37.125 LUCAS: Get outta here. It's coming down. 544 00:23:37.167 --> 00:23:38.001 LUCAS: No. 545 00:23:38.043 --> 00:23:39.502 [chuckles] 546 00:23:39.544 --> 00:23:40.712 -Go away. -[kisses] 547 00:23:40.754 --> 00:23:42.088 -ELI: I got you something. -Oh, yeah? 548 00:23:42.130 --> 00:23:45.508 It's probably worth $44 million. 549 00:23:45.550 --> 00:23:46.593 My own private island, 550 00:23:46.634 --> 00:23:48.928 so I can have some peace and quiet? 551 00:23:48.970 --> 00:23:52.599 Aw! Where's yours? You didn't get one for yourself? 552 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:55.935 I already won the lottery, because I have you. 553 00:23:55.977 --> 00:23:58.146 How come you're never this sweet to me when you're sober? 554 00:23:58.188 --> 00:24:00.940 Koalas are sweet. 555 00:24:00.982 --> 00:24:02.567 I am a lion. 556 00:24:02.609 --> 00:24:04.277 -Oh, is that right? -A lion. 557 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:06.029 -Oh? -A hungry lion. 558 00:24:06.071 --> 00:24:08.239 Oh. [chuckles] 559 00:24:08.281 --> 00:24:09.532 -[smooches] -Very hungry. 560 00:24:09.574 --> 00:24:10.700 Oh. 561 00:24:10.742 --> 00:24:12.535 Very hungry. 562 00:24:14.037 --> 00:24:15.789 CORRESPONDENT 4 (ON TV): Breaking news out of the Washington Chronicle. 563 00:24:16.956 --> 00:24:18.500 Olympic gold medalist and best-selling author, 564 00:24:19.834 --> 00:24:21.211 Nate Sterling is set to launch an independent campaign 565 00:24:22.337 --> 00:24:23.588 for president next Sunday in his hometown 566 00:24:23.630 --> 00:24:25.048 of Portsmouth, Ohio. 567 00:24:25.090 --> 00:24:27.008 The reporting out of the Washington Chronicle 568 00:24:27.050 --> 00:24:29.803 claims that Sterling has hired the highly sought-after 569 00:24:29.844 --> 00:24:32.681 Kathy Gibbs as his campaign manager. 570 00:24:32.722 --> 00:24:35.684 While history tells us that an independent bid faces-- 571 00:24:35.725 --> 00:24:37.060 The Chronicle? 572 00:24:38.687 --> 00:24:39.896 Oh, Eli, what the fuck? 573 00:24:39.938 --> 00:24:41.940 Come on. Everybody knew he was running. 574 00:24:41.981 --> 00:24:43.233 It was like the worst-kept secret. 575 00:24:43.274 --> 00:24:45.902 Kathy Gibbs. Nobody knew about Kathy Gibbs. Eli. 576 00:24:45.944 --> 00:24:47.529 ELI: I have other sources. 577 00:24:47.570 --> 00:24:50.031 I wouldn't have pitched it if I hadn't double-checked-- 578 00:24:50.073 --> 00:24:52.075 Am I your source or am I your boyfriend? 579 00:24:52.117 --> 00:24:53.993 You never said it was off the record. 580 00:24:54.035 --> 00:24:55.120 You can't be serious. 581 00:24:55.161 --> 00:24:56.913 Sorry, Lucas. I really am. 582 00:24:56.955 --> 00:25:00.083 I just-- it just came out. I-- I didn't even plan on it. 583 00:25:00.125 --> 00:25:03.169 And then it was out. I just... 584 00:25:03.211 --> 00:25:05.755 Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck. 585 00:25:05.797 --> 00:25:08.758 Fuck, fuck. Who are you calling? 586 00:25:09.884 --> 00:25:10.927 Eli. 587 00:25:10.969 --> 00:25:12.303 Senator Turnbull, please. 588 00:25:12.345 --> 00:25:13.972 What? 589 00:25:14.014 --> 00:25:16.975 Eli James from the Washington Chronicle. 590 00:25:17.017 --> 00:25:20.645 Senator Turnbull. I'm sorry to call you so late. 591 00:25:20.687 --> 00:25:22.814 I was just wondering if you had any thoughts 592 00:25:22.856 --> 00:25:25.692 on Nate Sterling entering the race. 593 00:25:26.901 --> 00:25:28.028 Right now? 594 00:25:29.070 --> 00:25:31.781 Uh, yeah. Of course. 595 00:25:31.823 --> 00:25:33.033 I'll be right there. 596 00:25:33.074 --> 00:25:35.702 Eli. What the fuck? 597 00:25:37.245 --> 00:25:41.166 I just got an interview with Patricia Turnbull. 598 00:25:41.207 --> 00:25:42.876 Now? 599 00:25:42.917 --> 00:25:44.794 Are you serious? You're drunk! 600 00:25:44.836 --> 00:25:47.672 Buzzed. And I wouldn't have this interview 601 00:25:47.714 --> 00:25:50.050 if it wasn't for you, so thank you so much. 602 00:25:50.091 --> 00:25:50.967 I love you. 603 00:25:51.009 --> 00:25:52.385 -[smooches] -Wait. 604 00:25:52.427 --> 00:25:54.220 -Cold shower now. -I don't have time. 605 00:25:54.262 --> 00:25:57.182 No, now! Give me the keys. 606 00:25:58.892 --> 00:26:00.643 Do not go easy on her, okay? 607 00:26:01.686 --> 00:26:02.771 Okay. 608 00:26:04.689 --> 00:26:05.815 Here. 609 00:26:07.984 --> 00:26:08.902 -Listen to me. -Yes. 610 00:26:08.943 --> 00:26:10.153 Anything you have seen, 611 00:26:10.195 --> 00:26:11.780 heard, or read under this roof... 612 00:26:11.821 --> 00:26:13.406 -ELI: Mm-hmm. -Is of the fucking record... 613 00:26:13.448 --> 00:26:16.201 -Yeah, yeah. -Okay? Especially in Turnbull's office. 614 00:26:16.242 --> 00:26:17.827 -Yeah. -Eli! 615 00:26:17.869 --> 00:26:18.953 Scout's honor. 616 00:26:18.995 --> 00:26:20.080 Yeah. Scout's-- 617 00:26:20.121 --> 00:26:20.872 [smooches] 618 00:26:22.957 --> 00:26:25.752 Just global response. No, we don't go for that. 619 00:26:25.794 --> 00:26:27.712 ELI: Eli James for Senator Turnbull. 620 00:26:27.754 --> 00:26:29.339 RECEPTIONIST 2: Please sign in. 621 00:26:29.381 --> 00:26:30.924 She's expecting you. 622 00:26:30.965 --> 00:26:32.175 TURNBULL: Come on in, hon! 623 00:26:33.718 --> 00:26:34.678 Where is... 624 00:26:36.846 --> 00:26:37.847 ELI: Evening, Senator. 625 00:26:37.889 --> 00:26:39.099 Good evening! 626 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:41.768 I noticed a Tom Mayfield on your sign-in log. 627 00:26:41.810 --> 00:26:44.354 Is that the same Mayfield from SuperMillions? 628 00:26:44.396 --> 00:26:45.397 You know Tom? 629 00:26:45.438 --> 00:26:47.023 ELI: I'm writing a story on lotto. 630 00:26:47.065 --> 00:26:48.066 TURNBULL: Oh, dear. 631 00:26:49.192 --> 00:26:50.110 That sounds like a real tour de force. 632 00:26:50.151 --> 00:26:51.820 How do you know Mr. Mayfield? 633 00:26:53.822 --> 00:26:55.323 TURNBULL: You see the one in the bowtie? 634 00:26:55.365 --> 00:26:57.283 ELI: Oh, my God. Is that you? Wow. 635 00:26:57.325 --> 00:26:58.827 He thinks because we dated 636 00:26:58.868 --> 00:27:00.995 30 years ago, he can drop by unannounced 637 00:27:01.037 --> 00:27:03.123 with all kinds of suggestions. 638 00:27:03.164 --> 00:27:04.416 [laughs] 639 00:27:04.457 --> 00:27:05.959 I love this town. 640 00:27:06.001 --> 00:27:08.378 It'll even turn ex-boyfriends into lobbyists. 641 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.921 ELI: Hmm. 642 00:27:13.842 --> 00:27:15.176 What is your reaction to Nate Sterling 643 00:27:15.218 --> 00:27:16.344 entering the race? 644 00:27:17.846 --> 00:27:19.139 I look forward to a healthy, 645 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:23.018 robust debate on the future of our great nation. 646 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:25.770 I'm not too familiar with Mr. Sterling personally, 647 00:27:25.812 --> 00:27:28.314 but anyone who aspires to serve his or her country, 648 00:27:28.356 --> 00:27:31.860 whether it's an Olympian, or a lieutenant, or a president, 649 00:27:31.901 --> 00:27:35.030 it is okay by me. Off the record? 650 00:27:36.239 --> 00:27:39.451 Mr. Sterling is swimming with sharks, 651 00:27:39.492 --> 00:27:41.161 and he can't afford a cage. 652 00:27:47.208 --> 00:27:48.501 How would you describe 653 00:27:48.543 --> 00:27:51.171 your relationship with Harvey Altman? 654 00:27:51.212 --> 00:27:54.174 Harvey was my senior advisor for many years. 655 00:27:54.215 --> 00:27:55.467 Isn't it odd 656 00:27:55.508 --> 00:27:58.386 that your most trusted advisor splits to found 657 00:27:58.428 --> 00:28:00.764 UpRight Super PAC just a few weeks 658 00:28:00.805 --> 00:28:02.223 before you announce your candidacy? 659 00:28:02.265 --> 00:28:03.183 What's odd about it? 660 00:28:03.224 --> 00:28:05.226 Well, UpRight is raking in 661 00:28:05.268 --> 00:28:07.771 loads of cash from high-dollar donors. 662 00:28:07.812 --> 00:28:08.938 As is their legal right. 663 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.190 Thanks to your bill. 664 00:28:10.231 --> 00:28:12.150 My bill gives Americans 665 00:28:12.192 --> 00:28:14.069 the freedom to do what they please 666 00:28:14.110 --> 00:28:15.236 with their hard-earned money. 667 00:28:15.278 --> 00:28:17.197 You seem very fond of that word. "Freedom." 668 00:28:17.238 --> 00:28:18.239 Oh, yes, I am. 669 00:28:19.074 --> 00:28:20.200 It's what this country was built on. 670 00:28:20.241 --> 00:28:21.785 For some. 671 00:28:21.826 --> 00:28:22.827 Hmm. 672 00:28:24.329 --> 00:28:25.497 There are reports that Upright 673 00:28:26.915 --> 00:28:29.167 has raised upwards of $80 million in just four months. 674 00:28:29.209 --> 00:28:30.960 -And? -Won't that give the rich 675 00:28:31.002 --> 00:28:33.755 an outsized influence in a Turnbull administration? 676 00:28:33.797 --> 00:28:37.008 Oh, hon. You talk about the rich as if they're inhuman. 677 00:28:37.050 --> 00:28:39.010 I started my company 40 years ago 678 00:28:39.052 --> 00:28:42.806 with one truck and a whole lot of elbow grease. 679 00:28:42.847 --> 00:28:45.475 Surely, the American dream don't make me a bad person. 680 00:28:45.517 --> 00:28:48.436 I see that same fire in your eyes right now. 681 00:28:48.478 --> 00:28:50.480 You didn't answer my question, Senator. 682 00:28:52.273 --> 00:28:53.483 Listen, Eli. 683 00:28:56.236 --> 00:28:59.572 Five million from a fat wallet and a searing column 684 00:28:59.614 --> 00:29:02.826 from Nicholas Booker are one in the same. 685 00:29:02.867 --> 00:29:05.203 Both might get me off on a good day. 686 00:29:05.245 --> 00:29:08.206 But if you think they so much as sway my stance 687 00:29:08.248 --> 00:29:11.126 on the renaming of a post office 688 00:29:11.167 --> 00:29:13.294 in Wasilla, Alaska, 689 00:29:13.336 --> 00:29:15.213 then you haven't done your homework. 690 00:29:17.424 --> 00:29:19.426 Why did you invite me here tonight? 691 00:29:19.467 --> 00:29:21.886 [chuckles] Oh, honey. Relax. 692 00:29:21.928 --> 00:29:23.972 This ain't the principal's office. 693 00:29:24.014 --> 00:29:25.515 You're here, because if there's one thing 694 00:29:25.557 --> 00:29:27.892 I've learned over two decades in these chambers, 695 00:29:27.934 --> 00:29:30.103 it's to keep your friends close. 696 00:29:30.145 --> 00:29:33.273 And seeing as you'll be helping with the most widely-read 697 00:29:33.314 --> 00:29:36.484 op-ed column in this country, I figured we might get to know 698 00:29:36.526 --> 00:29:37.819 one another. 699 00:29:40.613 --> 00:29:44.075 Nick is a cheapskate. I tip Enrique way better. 700 00:29:47.328 --> 00:29:49.539 [indistinct chatter] 701 00:29:49.581 --> 00:29:58.506 (***) 702 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:16.524 (***) 703 00:30:25.617 --> 00:30:29.537 (***) 704 00:30:32.957 --> 00:30:33.667 [door knocking] 705 00:30:33.708 --> 00:30:35.335 Mm-hmm. 706 00:30:35.377 --> 00:30:37.003 Nick, can I ask you something? 707 00:30:38.546 --> 00:30:41.257 There's something gnawing at me with this whole lotto. 708 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.634 What about my column? 709 00:30:43.968 --> 00:30:45.387 ELI: Wrote up my notes last night. 710 00:30:46.638 --> 00:30:48.014 You were drunk last night. 711 00:30:48.056 --> 00:30:49.140 ELI: Just hear me out. 712 00:30:50.350 --> 00:30:52.435 Lotto jackpots increase during recessions. 713 00:30:52.477 --> 00:30:56.272 They have for every economic downturn as far back 714 00:30:56.314 --> 00:30:57.357 as the data goes. 715 00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.525 And why should I care? 716 00:30:58.566 --> 00:31:01.027 Because not this time. 717 00:31:01.069 --> 00:31:03.446 Since the recession hit, SuperMillions' jackpots 718 00:31:03.488 --> 00:31:05.657 have fallen close to five percent. 719 00:31:05.699 --> 00:31:07.992 -Tragic. -It's a complete 180. 720 00:31:08.034 --> 00:31:10.578 A behavioral impossibility. 721 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:13.039 Human nature doesn't just reverse itself. 722 00:31:13.081 --> 00:31:15.458 And SuperMillions is the only lottery 723 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.960 that's had that kind of inversion. 724 00:31:18.086 --> 00:31:19.546 Wherever you're going with this, get there faster. 725 00:31:19.587 --> 00:31:21.214 Public schools that rely 726 00:31:21.256 --> 00:31:23.216 on that money are getting stiffed. 727 00:31:23.258 --> 00:31:25.719 So, where is the missing money going? 728 00:31:25.760 --> 00:31:27.554 NICK: This better be good. 729 00:31:27.595 --> 00:31:32.017 The director of SuperMillions is a guy named Tom Mayfield. 730 00:31:32.058 --> 00:31:36.271 Duke alum. Class of '82. Senator Turnbull's alma mater. 731 00:31:36.312 --> 00:31:37.564 They dated in college. 732 00:31:39.607 --> 00:31:42.027 I hope you're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting. 733 00:31:42.068 --> 00:31:43.194 ELI: The same accounting firm, 734 00:31:43.236 --> 00:31:45.697 Meyers & Goldstein, handles the books 735 00:31:45.739 --> 00:31:48.700 for both SuperMillions and UpRight. 736 00:31:50.452 --> 00:31:53.496 You think that Mayfield and Turnbull 737 00:31:53.538 --> 00:31:55.582 are embezzling funds from the lottery, 738 00:31:55.623 --> 00:31:58.710 and smuggling into her largest Super PAC? 739 00:31:58.752 --> 00:32:00.628 At the expense of our nation's public schools. 740 00:32:02.005 --> 00:32:04.215 [laughs] 741 00:32:04.257 --> 00:32:07.052 Everything's a fucking conspiracy. 742 00:32:07.093 --> 00:32:09.387 UpRight's books are sealed shut. 743 00:32:09.429 --> 00:32:11.222 Thanks to Turnbull's bill, they don't have to report 744 00:32:11.264 --> 00:32:12.390 where the money comes from. 745 00:32:13.641 --> 00:32:13.975 It could all be happening under the same roof, 746 00:32:15.185 --> 00:32:15.977 -behind closed doors. -Don't be that guy. 747 00:32:17.145 --> 00:32:18.646 -What guy? -The bug-eyed virtual vigilante, 748 00:32:18.688 --> 00:32:22.108 running a bullshit blog and a libelous YouTube channel 749 00:32:22.150 --> 00:32:23.610 out of her parents' basement. 750 00:32:23.651 --> 00:32:26.780 Okay. Tom Mayfield was in Turnbull's office last night. 751 00:32:26.821 --> 00:32:28.406 I saw his name on the log-in. 752 00:32:28.448 --> 00:32:29.741 -Maybe they're still fucking. -ELI: Nick. 753 00:32:29.783 --> 00:32:30.992 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 754 00:32:31.910 --> 00:32:33.703 -Um, reigniting the spark. -I'm serious. 755 00:32:33.745 --> 00:32:36.581 Turnbull's a bully and a misguided idea log. 756 00:32:36.623 --> 00:32:37.540 She's not a crook. 757 00:32:39.542 --> 00:32:42.671 All I'm asking you to do is to, you know, 758 00:32:42.712 --> 00:32:44.631 go into that legendary rolodex of yours, 759 00:32:44.673 --> 00:32:46.508 and make one or two calls. 760 00:32:46.549 --> 00:32:48.468 See if there's a relationship between the top brass 761 00:32:48.510 --> 00:32:51.471 at Meyers & Goldstein and anyone in Turnbull's camp. 762 00:32:51.513 --> 00:32:55.016 If there's nothing there, I will drop it. I promise. 763 00:32:58.269 --> 00:33:00.397 GIBBS: How the fuck did this leak? 764 00:33:00.438 --> 00:33:01.189 NATE: All right. It's done. 765 00:33:01.231 --> 00:33:02.357 Let's move forward. 766 00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.650 This might actually help us? 767 00:33:03.692 --> 00:33:05.026 GIBBS: How's that? 768 00:33:05.068 --> 00:33:09.656 A full week for the word to spread means more people. 769 00:33:09.698 --> 00:33:11.825 A ton more people. 770 00:33:11.866 --> 00:33:13.576 Bigger crowd means more media attention, 771 00:33:13.618 --> 00:33:15.704 which might bring us an air of legitimacy 772 00:33:15.745 --> 00:33:16.705 from the jump. 773 00:33:19.416 --> 00:33:22.168 I drafted a statement last night. 774 00:33:22.210 --> 00:33:24.254 Get it out ASAP and get to work 775 00:33:24.295 --> 00:33:28.216 on as many appearances as you possibly can. 776 00:33:28.258 --> 00:33:31.720 Uh, local morning shows, county fairs. You name it. 777 00:33:31.761 --> 00:33:35.181 We play this right, soon, it'll be Late Night. 778 00:33:35.223 --> 00:33:39.269 And if we're lucky, SNL will come calling. 779 00:33:39.310 --> 00:33:40.812 Got it? 780 00:33:40.854 --> 00:33:42.439 Good. Let's get to work. 781 00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.566 Oh. And, Lucas, pack your bags. 782 00:33:44.607 --> 00:33:46.693 What? 783 00:33:46.735 --> 00:33:47.902 You're gonna be living 784 00:33:47.944 --> 00:33:49.738 on the campaign bus for the next few months. 785 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.157 I hope you like cornfields and Big Macs. 786 00:33:54.117 --> 00:33:55.785 Who doesn't? 787 00:33:55.827 --> 00:33:56.745 NATE: Lucas. 788 00:34:01.291 --> 00:34:02.542 You know that I know, right? 789 00:34:02.584 --> 00:34:03.668 Nate, I am so sorry. 790 00:34:03.710 --> 00:34:05.211 NATE: That's all right. 791 00:34:05.253 --> 00:34:06.212 Wouldn't be here without you. 792 00:34:07.630 --> 00:34:08.798 And if I can't roll with the punches, 793 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.133 I shouldn't be running for president. 794 00:34:11.301 --> 00:34:14.304 But we're building something here. 795 00:34:14.346 --> 00:34:15.472 Something bigger than ourselves. 796 00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:19.476 So, from here on out, let's just keep things 797 00:34:19.517 --> 00:34:21.353 close to the chest, okay? 798 00:34:21.394 --> 00:34:22.437 Even in your own house. 799 00:34:25.607 --> 00:34:28.443 Pretend you're in the CIA. See you on the campaign bus. 800 00:34:32.155 --> 00:34:34.240 [exhales deeply] 801 00:34:34.282 --> 00:34:36.576 [indistinct chatter] 802 00:34:47.671 --> 00:34:49.381 You double-checked the lotto stats? 803 00:34:49.422 --> 00:34:50.799 Triple-checked. 804 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.800 Let's go. 805 00:34:55.261 --> 00:34:59.516 The CEO of Meyers & Goldstein hosted two private fundraisers 806 00:34:59.557 --> 00:35:01.601 for Turnbull at his country house 807 00:35:01.643 --> 00:35:02.644 during the primaries. 808 00:35:02.686 --> 00:35:04.437 It's probably just a coincidence. 809 00:35:04.479 --> 00:35:07.774 But fishy enough for us to follow the scent. 810 00:35:07.816 --> 00:35:10.610 Well, there's still something I can't wrap my head around. 811 00:35:10.652 --> 00:35:12.570 If they really are cooking the books, 812 00:35:12.612 --> 00:35:14.531 why are they willing to risk years behind bars? 813 00:35:14.572 --> 00:35:16.950 Government shells out 500 billion a year 814 00:35:16.991 --> 00:35:18.952 in contracts to the private sector. 815 00:35:18.993 --> 00:35:20.620 Meyers & Goldstein's bread and butter. 816 00:35:20.662 --> 00:35:22.789 Right. So, what now? 817 00:35:22.831 --> 00:35:24.207 NICK: Well, we get someone 818 00:35:24.249 --> 00:35:27.961 on the inside to help us find proof and blow the whistle. 819 00:35:28.003 --> 00:35:29.921 ELI: How do we do that? 820 00:35:29.963 --> 00:35:31.589 NICK: That's a good question. 821 00:35:33.341 --> 00:35:35.301 I've got a neighbor who pushes paper 822 00:35:35.343 --> 00:35:36.594 for Meyers & Goldstein. 823 00:35:37.846 --> 00:35:39.723 Got his kid into kindergarten. 824 00:35:39.764 --> 00:35:40.473 [chuckles] 825 00:35:41.016 --> 00:35:43.601 Fuck, I love this town. 826 00:35:44.978 --> 00:35:48.940 I help this poor guy piss away 30K in glorified daycare, 827 00:35:48.982 --> 00:35:50.900 and he owes me a favor. 828 00:35:50.942 --> 00:35:52.318 So, you'll get him to fish around? 829 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.653 No, no, no, no. 830 00:35:53.695 --> 00:35:54.696 He wouldn't do that. 831 00:35:56.364 --> 00:35:58.616 He thinks that Turnbull is Reagan in pearls. 832 00:35:58.658 --> 00:35:59.576 [chuckles softly] 833 00:35:59.617 --> 00:36:01.327 No. 834 00:36:01.369 --> 00:36:04.581 But I have got you an interview with his associate in PR. 835 00:36:04.622 --> 00:36:08.585 So, go! Go. Recruit us a double agent. 836 00:36:08.626 --> 00:36:10.337 Ooh. Where are you going? 837 00:36:10.378 --> 00:36:12.505 I've got my own interview. 838 00:36:12.547 --> 00:36:13.673 ELI: With who? 839 00:36:13.715 --> 00:36:16.301 At worst, your generation's Ralph Nader. 840 00:36:16.343 --> 00:36:18.511 At best, the second coming of Christ. 841 00:36:18.553 --> 00:36:22.390 Although something tells me, he's somewhere in between. 842 00:36:22.432 --> 00:36:31.399 (***) 843 00:36:40.450 --> 00:36:49.417 (***) 844 00:36:52.671 --> 00:36:54.297 JENNIFER: We're a perennial benefactor 845 00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:56.716 of the Boys and Girls Club of DC, and this year, 846 00:36:56.758 --> 00:36:58.635 we've implemented a company-wide day of service 847 00:36:58.677 --> 00:37:00.053 with Habitat for Humanity. 848 00:37:00.095 --> 00:37:01.596 Wow. 849 00:37:01.638 --> 00:37:04.724 It must be so rewarding, giving inner-city kids 850 00:37:04.766 --> 00:37:05.725 safe places to grow. 851 00:37:05.767 --> 00:37:07.268 Hmm. It really is. 852 00:37:07.310 --> 00:37:07.977 [chuckles] 853 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.937 Is that your little one? 854 00:37:10.063 --> 00:37:11.606 JENNIFER: Mm! [chuckles] 855 00:37:11.648 --> 00:37:12.732 That's my Maya. 856 00:37:12.774 --> 00:37:14.984 ELI: She is really beautiful. 857 00:37:15.026 --> 00:37:16.027 Isn't she? [laughs] 858 00:37:16.069 --> 00:37:17.737 Look at those cheeks! 859 00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:19.447 You're so sweet. Do you have kids? 860 00:37:19.489 --> 00:37:20.490 Maybe one day. 861 00:37:20.532 --> 00:37:22.951 But for now, this is my baby. 862 00:37:24.369 --> 00:37:25.704 So, Ms. Cooke-- 863 00:37:25.745 --> 00:37:27.497 Oh, please call me, "Jennifer". 864 00:37:28.623 --> 00:37:30.291 Jennifer. 865 00:37:30.333 --> 00:37:32.752 How do your company's charitable donations compare 866 00:37:32.794 --> 00:37:34.629 to its political donations? 867 00:37:36.506 --> 00:37:38.383 I knew you'd throw a hard ball sooner or later. 868 00:37:38.425 --> 00:37:39.467 [chuckles] 869 00:37:39.509 --> 00:37:41.761 But I'm not privy to that information. 870 00:37:41.803 --> 00:37:43.638 If you'd like to chat about our sustainability-- 871 00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:46.891 What is your opinion on Senator Patricia Turnbull? 872 00:37:46.933 --> 00:37:48.435 You mean personally? 873 00:37:48.476 --> 00:37:50.311 I, uh... [chuckles nervously] 874 00:37:50.353 --> 00:37:51.604 -What does this have to do-- -Some people think 875 00:37:51.646 --> 00:37:53.314 she would set the country back 50 years. 876 00:37:55.316 --> 00:37:56.860 Listen. Between you and me, I think she'd set 877 00:37:56.901 --> 00:37:58.903 the country back 100 years. 878 00:37:58.945 --> 00:38:01.364 But I don't understand why you wanna talk to me-- 879 00:38:01.406 --> 00:38:02.449 ELI: Meyers & Goldstein 880 00:38:02.490 --> 00:38:04.576 handles the books for SuperMillions 881 00:38:04.617 --> 00:38:08.580 and for Turnbull's Super PAC, UpRight. 882 00:38:08.621 --> 00:38:09.622 Isn't that correct? 883 00:38:10.832 --> 00:38:12.917 I'm sorry. I can't discuss-- 884 00:38:12.959 --> 00:38:15.128 Who handles those accounts? 885 00:38:15.170 --> 00:38:17.464 -I'm not authorized-- -Does the same executive cover both? 886 00:38:17.505 --> 00:38:18.840 Okay. I think I'm gonna have to ask you 887 00:38:18.882 --> 00:38:20.383 -to leave-- -Please. Jennifer. 888 00:38:20.425 --> 00:38:21.593 If you don't tell me what this is about-- 889 00:38:21.634 --> 00:38:23.136 I, too, think Patricia Turnbull 890 00:38:23.178 --> 00:38:26.473 is on the wrong side of history, and potentially, the law. 891 00:38:27.974 --> 00:38:29.684 I think you're gonna wanna see this. 892 00:38:33.688 --> 00:38:37.442 [pants] 893 00:38:37.484 --> 00:38:38.985 Planning for a comeback? 894 00:38:39.027 --> 00:38:41.029 NATE: Running for president 895 00:38:41.071 --> 00:38:43.448 is more grueling than decathlon. 896 00:38:43.490 --> 00:38:45.450 [grunts] 897 00:38:45.492 --> 00:38:48.912 I'm surprised you didn't cancel our interview. 898 00:38:48.953 --> 00:38:50.830 Why? 'Cause your team did a better job than mine? 899 00:38:50.872 --> 00:38:52.082 Hmm. 900 00:38:53.625 --> 00:38:55.460 My day maybe a bit more hectic thanks to the Chronicle, 901 00:38:55.502 --> 00:38:57.420 but I always keep my commitments. 902 00:38:57.462 --> 00:38:58.380 NICK: All right. 903 00:38:59.464 --> 00:39:00.548 First question. 904 00:39:02.384 --> 00:39:03.551 Why? 905 00:39:03.593 --> 00:39:04.844 Why? [chuckles] 906 00:39:04.886 --> 00:39:06.012 NICK: Yeah. I mean, you could earn millions, 907 00:39:06.054 --> 00:39:07.931 slapping your face on that protein shake, 908 00:39:07.972 --> 00:39:09.849 and spending your time golfing and fishing. 909 00:39:09.891 --> 00:39:11.184 You know, not a bad life. 910 00:39:11.226 --> 00:39:13.520 So, again, I ask you, why? 911 00:39:15.146 --> 00:39:16.106 Because I suck at golf. 912 00:39:16.147 --> 00:39:18.024 [chuckles] 913 00:39:18.066 --> 00:39:19.067 NICK: We've seen what happens 914 00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:21.069 when a narcissist with no experience 915 00:39:22.028 --> 00:39:23.655 turns delusions of grandeur into reality. 916 00:39:23.697 --> 00:39:26.533 So, you tell me why this isn't anything 917 00:39:26.574 --> 00:39:27.784 more than a vanity run? 918 00:39:27.826 --> 00:39:29.536 Look, I think it's only fair 919 00:39:29.577 --> 00:39:30.829 you give me an honest evaluation before you diagnose me, 920 00:39:30.870 --> 00:39:32.414 Mr. Booker. 921 00:39:32.455 --> 00:39:33.665 I'm not just coming from the locker room 922 00:39:33.707 --> 00:39:35.041 to the debate stage. 923 00:39:35.083 --> 00:39:35.917 I went to Yale. 924 00:39:36.626 --> 00:39:37.419 NICK: Oh, yeah. Law school. 925 00:39:38.586 --> 00:39:38.795 And your foundation's done a lot of good, 926 00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.964 but you're up against two candidates 927 00:39:41.006 --> 00:39:42.882 with damn near a century's experience 928 00:39:42.924 --> 00:39:43.925 between them. 929 00:39:44.718 --> 00:39:45.844 How's that worked out for us, huh? 930 00:39:46.761 --> 00:39:48.430 You checked your retirement portfolio lately? 931 00:39:48.471 --> 00:39:49.681 Have you been to any of these towns 932 00:39:49.723 --> 00:39:51.891 destroyed by flash floods or forest fires? 933 00:39:51.933 --> 00:39:54.728 You checked the numbers on drug overdoses or suicides? 934 00:39:54.769 --> 00:39:56.980 Shit! Life expectancy's gone down for the first time 935 00:39:57.022 --> 00:39:57.939 in decades. 936 00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:02.610 People are desperate out there. 937 00:40:02.652 --> 00:40:03.945 They want somebody to do something about it. 938 00:40:03.987 --> 00:40:05.697 Somebody to invest in our future, 939 00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:08.116 not for the next four years, but for the next 40 years. 940 00:40:12.871 --> 00:40:14.664 What, do I have something in my teeth? 941 00:40:14.706 --> 00:40:16.249 NICK: No. 942 00:40:16.291 --> 00:40:18.626 I'm just trying to figure out if you're for real or full of shit. 943 00:40:18.668 --> 00:40:19.586 That is for you to decide. 944 00:40:20.754 --> 00:40:22.255 I assure you, my work was very real 945 00:40:22.297 --> 00:40:24.466 to tens of thousands of grieving families. 946 00:40:24.507 --> 00:40:26.676 Well, you surely made some very powerful enemies. 947 00:40:26.718 --> 00:40:28.470 NATE: Who? Big drug companies? 948 00:40:28.511 --> 00:40:29.971 They were selling bold-faced lies. 949 00:40:30.013 --> 00:40:32.932 Claiming oxy wasn't addictive. Let me ask you a question. 950 00:40:32.974 --> 00:40:34.976 How much do you think the NRA spend on lobbying every year? 951 00:40:35.018 --> 00:40:36.102 Two, three million? 952 00:40:36.144 --> 00:40:37.312 NATE: Correct. 953 00:40:37.354 --> 00:40:38.813 What do you think big pharma spent last year? 954 00:40:40.523 --> 00:40:42.233 300 million. 955 00:40:42.275 --> 00:40:44.611 -They say they got nothing to hide? -[Nick chuckles] 956 00:40:44.652 --> 00:40:47.530 And that's why my heart medicine costs more than my alimony. 957 00:40:47.572 --> 00:40:49.199 -[Nate chuckles] -We're gonna do something about that, too. 958 00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:50.241 Oh, my ex-wife? 959 00:40:50.283 --> 00:40:51.159 Please, please do. 960 00:40:51.201 --> 00:40:52.827 [chuckles] 961 00:40:56.915 --> 00:40:59.125 Look me in the eye. 962 00:40:59.167 --> 00:41:00.919 And tell me why you think you can win. 963 00:41:02.837 --> 00:41:04.631 'Cause I'll tell you what Vegas thinks. 964 00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:07.801 You don't stand a chance. Then what? 965 00:41:07.842 --> 00:41:10.053 You peel off enough votes from the president 966 00:41:10.095 --> 00:41:13.515 to hand Turnbull the election on a silver platter. 967 00:41:14.933 --> 00:41:15.934 I don't play for silver. 968 00:41:20.188 --> 00:41:21.731 ELI: If you are able 969 00:41:21.773 --> 00:41:23.817 to get me any information at all, 970 00:41:23.858 --> 00:41:26.111 emails, financials, expense reports, don't-- 971 00:41:26.152 --> 00:41:28.571 Okay, listen. I'm gonna stop you right there. 972 00:41:28.613 --> 00:41:29.739 There has to be another way for you 973 00:41:29.781 --> 00:41:30.699 to get the information you need. 974 00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.991 And what if I can't? 975 00:41:32.033 --> 00:41:33.284 Then what? 976 00:41:33.326 --> 00:41:35.245 Do we just let them get away with it? 977 00:41:35.286 --> 00:41:36.996 Your bosses could be committing a crime 978 00:41:37.038 --> 00:41:38.998 that has devastating ripple effects, 979 00:41:39.040 --> 00:41:42.085 and it would be a crime with no consequence, 980 00:41:42.127 --> 00:41:44.045 no punishment, no accountability. 981 00:41:45.630 --> 00:41:47.340 But that's just the way the world works I guess. Right? 982 00:41:47.382 --> 00:41:48.925 Nothing we can do about it. 983 00:41:48.967 --> 00:41:51.177 Pardon me, but fuck that. 984 00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:52.721 This time, we can. 985 00:41:54.222 --> 00:41:56.599 I'm sorry. 986 00:41:56.641 --> 00:41:57.851 I have my daughter to think about. 987 00:42:02.647 --> 00:42:03.606 Of course. 988 00:42:15.744 --> 00:42:18.997 I hear there's a real bad cold going around. 989 00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:21.082 If you have to cough, it's okay. I'll understand. 990 00:42:24.169 --> 00:42:27.839 Robert Friedman, Rebecca Carter... 991 00:42:29.716 --> 00:42:32.677 Ben Florence, Amy Parker... 992 00:42:34.262 --> 00:42:35.221 Spencer Erickson. 993 00:42:35.263 --> 00:42:36.181 [Jennifer coughs] 994 00:42:39.017 --> 00:42:39.934 You need to leave. 995 00:42:41.770 --> 00:42:44.022 Please. Don't contact me again. 996 00:42:47.067 --> 00:42:48.068 Thank you. 997 00:42:48.109 --> 00:42:52.030 (***) 998 00:42:56.284 --> 00:42:57.285 [sighs] 999 00:42:59.412 --> 00:43:01.289 [indistinct chatter] 1000 00:43:12.050 --> 00:43:13.343 SPENCER: I spoke with Tom this morning. 1001 00:43:14.427 --> 00:43:16.096 That's right. 1002 00:43:16.137 --> 00:43:18.264 Okay, I'll talk to Dean, and have him CC you 1003 00:43:18.306 --> 00:43:20.809 on the latest approval, so we're all on the same page. 1004 00:43:20.850 --> 00:43:29.818 (***) 1005 00:43:38.868 --> 00:43:47.836 (***) 1006 00:43:56.094 --> 00:43:57.053 [indistinct chatter] 1007 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.267 NICK: You're kidding me. 1008 00:44:03.685 --> 00:44:04.394 Yeah. Gordon didn't have the decency to do it himself. 1009 00:44:06.271 --> 00:44:07.856 Son of a bitch. 1010 00:44:07.897 --> 00:44:11.860 (***) 1011 00:44:12.944 --> 00:44:14.320 You cut our three best 1012 00:44:14.362 --> 00:44:16.156 investigative reporters and leave 1013 00:44:16.197 --> 00:44:18.408 the whole damn sports page intact? 1014 00:44:18.450 --> 00:44:19.701 Relax, Nick. 1015 00:44:20.660 --> 00:44:21.995 Nothing I can do. This came down from above. 1016 00:44:22.037 --> 00:44:23.872 Oh, yeah. Like the Ten Commandments. 1017 00:44:23.913 --> 00:44:25.707 And you sure as fuck didn't follow any of those. 1018 00:44:25.749 --> 00:44:27.167 Look, we're bleeding cash. 1019 00:44:27.208 --> 00:44:29.002 And the investigative team is among 1020 00:44:29.044 --> 00:44:30.712 the highest-salaried employees. 1021 00:44:30.754 --> 00:44:33.006 First, they came for the journalists. 1022 00:44:33.048 --> 00:44:34.466 We don't know what happened after that. 1023 00:44:34.507 --> 00:44:36.009 Don't be so goddamn dramatic. 1024 00:44:36.051 --> 00:44:38.470 Well, you're the one who dropped the fucking curtain! 1025 00:44:38.511 --> 00:44:41.014 Soon, we'll be no better than the National Enquirer. 1026 00:44:41.056 --> 00:44:42.432 I told you, 1027 00:44:42.474 --> 00:44:43.516 we're gonna have to get down in the mud with the pigs. 1028 00:44:43.558 --> 00:44:45.143 Times have changed. 1029 00:44:45.185 --> 00:44:46.227 NICK: Oh, yeah? 1030 00:44:46.269 --> 00:44:47.771 What do you suggest we do about it? 1031 00:44:47.812 --> 00:44:49.064 I suggest you keep your head down, 1032 00:44:49.105 --> 00:44:50.523 and let me worry about it. 1033 00:44:50.565 --> 00:44:52.067 This is so weak, Gordon. 1034 00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:55.028 I always knew you were a prick, 1035 00:44:55.070 --> 00:44:56.863 but I never thought you were a pushover. 1036 00:44:56.905 --> 00:44:59.449 We need to hold our best reporters tight. 1037 00:45:00.909 --> 00:45:02.911 If there's no one to defend the truth, 1038 00:45:02.952 --> 00:45:05.205 then we live in a fact-free world. 1039 00:45:05.246 --> 00:45:07.082 And that's a scary fucking place to live. 1040 00:45:08.249 --> 00:45:10.085 What's your column about this week? 1041 00:45:13.338 --> 00:45:15.048 You've never asked that before. 1042 00:45:15.090 --> 00:45:17.884 Mr. Hampton would strongly 1043 00:45:17.926 --> 00:45:20.095 prefer you stay out of the New York senate race. 1044 00:45:20.136 --> 00:45:21.388 Oh, well, then you can tell 1045 00:45:21.429 --> 00:45:24.015 Mr. Hampton that I strongly prefer 1046 00:45:24.057 --> 00:45:25.475 he go fuck himself. 1047 00:45:27.310 --> 00:45:28.269 Yeah. 1048 00:45:37.946 --> 00:45:46.913 (***) 1049 00:45:55.964 --> 00:46:04.931 (***) 1050 00:46:13.982 --> 00:46:22.949 (***) 1051 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:40.967 (***) 1052 00:46:43.595 --> 00:46:45.221 -MAN: Yeah, I got it. -SPENCER: All right? 1053 00:46:45.263 --> 00:46:46.973 I wish you'd gotten that promotion. 1054 00:46:47.015 --> 00:46:48.475 Please get it done, okay? Thank you. 1055 00:46:48.516 --> 00:46:52.479 (***) 1056 00:46:55.648 --> 00:46:56.900 [Spencer grunts softly] 1057 00:46:56.941 --> 00:47:00.862 (***) 1058 00:47:08.495 --> 00:47:10.538 -Hey, hon. -[woman speaking indistinctly] 1059 00:47:10.580 --> 00:47:12.624 SPENCER: I'm at the office late tonight. 1060 00:47:12.665 --> 00:47:14.626 [woman speaking indistinctly] 1061 00:47:14.668 --> 00:47:17.170 Okay. Okay. I'll pick him up. 1062 00:47:17.212 --> 00:47:19.964 But I'm gonna drop him home and head right back in. 1063 00:47:20.006 --> 00:47:23.093 -[woman speaking indistinctly] -SPENCER: Yeah, it's killing me. 1064 00:47:23.134 --> 00:47:24.511 -WOMAN 1 (OVER CELLPHONE): Love you. -SPENCER: Love you, too. 1065 00:47:24.552 --> 00:47:33.520 (***) 1066 00:47:37.399 --> 00:47:39.025 CORRESPONDENT 5 (ON TV): Senator Patricia Turnbull 1067 00:47:39.067 --> 00:47:41.361 has altered her campaign schedule, 1068 00:47:41.403 --> 00:47:43.905 adding a stop in Ohio next Sunday in what appears... 1069 00:47:43.947 --> 00:47:44.906 Yeah. 1070 00:47:48.410 --> 00:47:49.411 ELI: There's your haystack. 1071 00:47:51.538 --> 00:47:52.914 Holy shit! 1072 00:47:54.416 --> 00:47:55.333 Who's your source? 1073 00:47:56.668 --> 00:47:58.420 That's confidential. 1074 00:47:58.461 --> 00:48:00.255 Is it the PR associate? 1075 00:48:01.965 --> 00:48:03.174 I got you the damn interview. 1076 00:48:04.259 --> 00:48:06.177 What's your angle? 1077 00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:07.012 You want top byline? 1078 00:48:07.053 --> 00:48:08.930 No. I just-- I don't think-- 1079 00:48:08.972 --> 00:48:11.433 Who is the goddamn whistleblower? 1080 00:48:16.271 --> 00:48:17.230 You stole it? 1081 00:48:17.272 --> 00:48:18.189 It's everything we need. 1082 00:48:24.029 --> 00:48:26.698 They don't give Pulitzers to fucking shoplifters. 1083 00:48:26.740 --> 00:48:28.491 I hit a dead-end. 1084 00:48:28.533 --> 00:48:30.243 And so, I made a judgment call. 1085 00:48:30.285 --> 00:48:32.245 Something this big, the ends justify the means. 1086 00:48:32.287 --> 00:48:35.123 The ends? For who? 1087 00:48:35.165 --> 00:48:37.959 -For you! -No! The American people! 1088 00:48:38.001 --> 00:48:39.419 NICK: Bullshit! 1089 00:48:39.461 --> 00:48:41.087 I should have you fired. 1090 00:48:41.129 --> 00:48:42.589 ELI: You're the one who should be fired. 1091 00:48:42.630 --> 00:48:44.174 You are phoning it in right in the middle 1092 00:48:44.215 --> 00:48:45.342 of one of the most crucial elections 1093 00:48:45.383 --> 00:48:47.052 of both of our lifetimes. 1094 00:48:47.093 --> 00:48:48.261 Where is the integrity in that? 1095 00:48:48.303 --> 00:48:50.096 Have fun back at the kids' table, 1096 00:48:50.138 --> 00:48:52.724 scooping up Kevin Conrad's scraps! 1097 00:48:52.766 --> 00:48:55.769 Please! Somewhere in that pile is the story of a lifetime. 1098 00:48:55.810 --> 00:48:57.729 I have no desire to commit 1099 00:48:57.771 --> 00:49:00.440 career suicide just before the Lifetime Achievements 1100 00:49:00.482 --> 00:49:02.400 start rolling in on the back of my pension. 1101 00:49:03.568 --> 00:49:05.987 Literal suicide is a different question. 1102 00:49:06.029 --> 00:49:09.449 But you're not my therapist. Now, get out of my office! 1103 00:49:09.491 --> 00:49:10.784 We're done! 1104 00:49:10.825 --> 00:49:13.578 -[indistinct chatter] -[breathes shakily] 1105 00:49:13.620 --> 00:49:22.545 (***) 1106 00:49:31.638 --> 00:49:40.563 (***) 1107 00:49:42.691 --> 00:49:43.775 CORRESPONDENT 6 (ON TV): Senator Turnbull leads 1108 00:49:44.818 --> 00:49:46.194 all candidates in total campaign spend, 1109 00:49:47.696 --> 00:49:48.822 having raised more cash than both Sterling and Archer 1110 00:49:48.863 --> 00:49:50.073 for the third month in a row. 1111 00:49:51.157 --> 00:49:51.199 CORRESPONDENT 7 (ON TV): In a surprise to many, 1112 00:49:52.617 --> 00:49:54.119 Nate Sterling has gained steam heading into July. 1113 00:49:55.453 --> 00:49:57.414 He now sits just six points back from President Archer 1114 00:49:57.455 --> 00:49:59.332 and eight points back from... 1115 00:50:00.875 --> 00:50:01.418 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Eli, something special is happening here. 1116 00:50:02.627 --> 00:50:02.669 The stump speeches are starting to feel 1117 00:50:03.378 --> 00:50:04.671 like rock concerts. 1118 00:50:04.713 --> 00:50:06.381 I wish you were here to see it. 1119 00:50:08.508 --> 00:50:11.344 CORRESPONDENT 8 (ON TV): Some school districts are moving to a four-day school week. 1120 00:50:11.386 --> 00:50:12.846 School boards and superintendents 1121 00:50:12.887 --> 00:50:15.348 across the nation blame the recession, 1122 00:50:15.390 --> 00:50:18.601 which has caused local tax revenues to fall off the cliff. 1123 00:50:18.643 --> 00:50:21.396 Teachers have have taken to GoFundMe campaigns 1124 00:50:21.438 --> 00:50:24.399 just to acquire the bare minimum of school supplies. 1125 00:50:26.609 --> 00:50:28.820 WOMAN 2: So the truth is I just didn't think it was worth it. 1126 00:50:28.862 --> 00:50:30.155 -SPENCER: Yeah. -WOMAN 2: Yeah. 1127 00:50:30.196 --> 00:50:32.073 [indistinct speech] 1128 00:50:32.115 --> 00:50:34.617 -Take it easy. -WOMAN 1: Take care. 1129 00:50:34.659 --> 00:50:36.578 I'm headed to dinner with Harvey Altman. 1130 00:50:37.704 --> 00:50:38.621 How do I look? 1131 00:50:40.331 --> 00:50:41.374 Like a man in a tie. 1132 00:50:41.416 --> 00:50:42.792 [chuckles] 1133 00:50:44.377 --> 00:50:45.712 It wouldn't hurt to give a guy a compliment once in a while. 1134 00:50:45.754 --> 00:50:47.505 Uh, about this email 1135 00:50:47.547 --> 00:50:49.591 encouraging us to donate to UpRight Super PAC... 1136 00:50:49.632 --> 00:50:51.718 Yeah. I already gave 'em five grand. 1137 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:53.803 I don't exactly feel comfortable. 1138 00:50:53.845 --> 00:50:55.680 Don't be cheap. Just throw 'em a few bucks. 1139 00:50:55.722 --> 00:50:57.432 Keep the boss happy. 1140 00:50:57.474 --> 00:50:58.433 And if I don't? 1141 00:50:59.893 --> 00:51:02.395 You never talked back when you were my assistant. 1142 00:51:02.437 --> 00:51:03.521 I kinda like it. 1143 00:51:05.482 --> 00:51:08.485 [breathes deeply] 1144 00:51:13.490 --> 00:51:22.457 (***) 1145 00:51:31.508 --> 00:51:35.470 (***) 1146 00:51:40.809 --> 00:51:43.228 [indistinct chatter] 1147 00:51:43.269 --> 00:51:52.237 (***) 1148 00:52:01.287 --> 00:52:10.255 (***) 1149 00:52:19.305 --> 00:52:28.273 (***) 1150 00:52:37.323 --> 00:52:46.291 (***) 1151 00:52:50.295 --> 00:52:51.671 Oh, God. 1152 00:52:51.713 --> 00:52:56.343 (***) 1153 00:52:56.384 --> 00:52:57.344 Hello? 1154 00:52:57.385 --> 00:53:01.348 (***) 1155 00:53:02.891 --> 00:53:03.892 How long have you known? 1156 00:53:05.935 --> 00:53:07.479 Six months. 1157 00:53:07.520 --> 00:53:09.356 Why didn't you tell me? 1158 00:53:09.397 --> 00:53:11.524 You had enough to worry about. 1159 00:53:11.566 --> 00:53:14.819 And Penny was going back overseas. 1160 00:53:14.861 --> 00:53:16.321 How bad is it? 1161 00:53:16.363 --> 00:53:17.781 That's why I called. 1162 00:53:18.990 --> 00:53:21.576 I met with the oncologist this morning, and... 1163 00:53:23.870 --> 00:53:24.829 well... 1164 00:53:29.751 --> 00:53:31.586 HAL: Go ahead, Eli. 1165 00:53:32.629 --> 00:53:33.630 You can say it. 1166 00:53:34.464 --> 00:53:35.840 I mean, I should've quit years ago. 1167 00:53:39.260 --> 00:53:41.888 We'll find the best doctors. We-- we-- 1168 00:53:41.930 --> 00:53:43.723 I'm on top of it. [chuckles] 1169 00:53:43.765 --> 00:53:44.974 You don't need to worry. 1170 00:53:45.016 --> 00:53:46.518 Don't worry? 1171 00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:48.353 -Dad, we need to act fast-- -HAL: Elisha. 1172 00:53:49.562 --> 00:53:50.689 I said I'm handling it. 1173 00:53:56.569 --> 00:53:59.322 You need to focus on your work. 1174 00:53:59.364 --> 00:54:03.326 You know, I was thinking why don't you pitch 1175 00:54:03.368 --> 00:54:05.954 -Nicholas Booker about a column? -Dad! Dad! Mom! 1176 00:54:08.373 --> 00:54:11.418 Look. I've been talking about cancer all day. 1177 00:54:11.459 --> 00:54:13.420 -LYNN: Hal. -I'm sick of it. 1178 00:54:29.978 --> 00:54:32.439 Nick and I are working on something really big, dad. 1179 00:54:34.816 --> 00:54:35.775 That's good. 1180 00:54:35.817 --> 00:54:36.776 ELI: Yeah. 1181 00:54:36.818 --> 00:54:40.780 (***) 1182 00:54:42.824 --> 00:54:44.868 [sobs, sniffles] 1183 00:54:48.663 --> 00:54:49.706 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Hey, babe. 1184 00:54:50.957 --> 00:54:50.999 My plane's about to take off. What's up? 1185 00:54:54.502 --> 00:54:55.670 Eli, can-- can you hear me? 1186 00:54:57.505 --> 00:54:58.965 [stewardess speaking indistinctly] 1187 00:54:59.007 --> 00:54:59.883 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Oh, shit. 1188 00:55:01.468 --> 00:55:03.970 Eli? Is everything all right? 1189 00:55:04.012 --> 00:55:04.971 It's my dad. 1190 00:55:06.514 --> 00:55:08.350 He's sick. 1191 00:55:08.391 --> 00:55:10.643 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Sick? How sick? 1192 00:55:11.353 --> 00:55:12.062 STEWARDESS (OVER CELLPHONE): Sir. 1193 00:55:13.146 --> 00:55:13.646 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Oh, shit. 1194 00:55:15.106 --> 00:55:15.148 Listen. I'm gonna catch the first flight back, okay? 1195 00:55:15.815 --> 00:55:15.857 No! No, no, no, no. 1196 00:55:17.233 --> 00:55:19.736 We're taking care of it. You're where you need to be. 1197 00:55:21.029 --> 00:55:21.905 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Okay. 1198 00:55:23.114 --> 00:55:24.032 I love you. 1199 00:55:25.492 --> 00:55:27.118 I love you, too, babe. 1200 00:55:28.870 --> 00:55:28.912 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Eli, I'm gonna lose you until we land. 1201 00:55:30.121 --> 00:55:30.163 I'm calling you back as soon as I can. 1202 00:55:30.538 --> 00:55:33.792 [sobs] 1203 00:55:33.833 --> 00:55:42.759 (***) 1204 00:55:58.149 --> 00:55:59.776 Who's your source? 1205 00:55:59.818 --> 00:56:01.444 Jennifer Cooke in PR. 1206 00:56:03.154 --> 00:56:04.406 Let's get to work. 1207 00:56:04.447 --> 00:56:08.410 (***) 1208 00:56:12.706 --> 00:56:15.834 CORRESPONDENT 9 (ON TV): As summer fades to fall, the race has never been tighter. 1209 00:56:15.875 --> 00:56:17.002 CORRESPONDENT 10 (ON TV): I mean, the man's trying 1210 00:56:18.336 --> 00:56:19.421 to do something that's never been done before. 1211 00:56:20.839 --> 00:56:20.964 And I'm just not convinced that he can pull it off. 1212 00:56:22.132 --> 00:56:22.173 CORRESPONDENT 11 (ON TV): Whoa! Hold on. 1213 00:56:23.383 --> 00:56:24.592 He sold out the big house in Michigan. 1214 00:56:25.593 --> 00:56:28.138 That's a 110,000 for a political rally. 1215 00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:29.889 I've never seen anything like it. 1216 00:56:29.931 --> 00:56:31.599 CORRESPONDENT 12 (ON TV): Okay. I mean, it is impressive. 1217 00:56:31.641 --> 00:56:33.143 But it's not like Senator Turnbull's just 1218 00:56:33.184 --> 00:56:34.102 gonna roll over. 1219 00:56:35.186 --> 00:56:36.438 She's had the lead since day one. 1220 00:56:37.522 --> 00:56:37.605 REPORTER (ON TV): Who do you plan to vote for? 1221 00:56:38.690 --> 00:56:39.482 YOUNG VOTER (ON TV): Nate Sterling. 1222 00:56:41.192 --> 00:56:41.651 REPORTER (ON TV): Do you usually vote Democrat or Republican? 1223 00:56:42.902 --> 00:56:42.944 YOUNG VOTER (ON TV): I've never voted before. 1224 00:56:44.029 --> 00:56:44.070 And this is my first time voting. 1225 00:56:44.612 --> 00:56:47.991 (***) 1226 00:56:50.160 --> 00:56:51.786 [sighs] 1227 00:57:20.815 --> 00:57:21.983 Nick. 1228 00:57:22.025 --> 00:57:22.984 Huh? 1229 00:57:24.152 --> 00:57:24.944 ELI: Does it make any sense 1230 00:57:25.862 --> 00:57:26.988 for the director of SuperMillions 1231 00:57:28.239 --> 00:57:29.532 to send an expense report for a holiday party 1232 00:57:29.574 --> 00:57:32.535 to a partner at Meyers & Goldstein? 1233 00:57:32.577 --> 00:57:34.537 No. 1234 00:57:34.579 --> 00:57:37.499 An assistant would perform those menial tasks. Why? 1235 00:57:55.183 --> 00:57:56.685 I think these invoices are fakes. 1236 00:57:58.728 --> 00:58:01.231 They each contain a four, an eight, or both. 1237 00:58:01.272 --> 00:58:02.023 That's the tell. 1238 00:58:02.565 --> 00:58:03.983 Well, it's human nature 1239 00:58:04.025 --> 00:58:05.985 to prefer some numbers over others. 1240 00:58:06.027 --> 00:58:08.697 This is how companies spot expense-account fraud. 1241 00:58:08.738 --> 00:58:11.741 I mean, I'm willing to bet that the Memorial Day retreat 1242 00:58:11.783 --> 00:58:12.701 didn't even happen. 1243 00:58:12.742 --> 00:58:13.868 NICK: Well, any real invoices 1244 00:58:13.910 --> 00:58:15.161 from Patriot Catering 1245 00:58:15.203 --> 00:58:17.789 sure didn't pass through these execs. 1246 00:58:21.251 --> 00:58:25.213 ELI: 174684. 1247 00:58:28.216 --> 00:58:37.142 (***) 1248 00:58:40.895 --> 00:58:44.858 The average SuperMillions jackpot is $20 million. 1249 00:58:44.899 --> 00:58:48.028 In recessions, jackpots increase by approximately 1250 00:58:48.069 --> 00:58:49.863 eight percent. 1251 00:58:49.904 --> 00:58:52.073 So, that means that the average jackpot 1252 00:58:52.115 --> 00:58:54.117 -should be... -21.6 million. 1253 00:58:55.368 --> 00:58:58.163 Correct. 21.6 million. 1254 00:58:58.204 --> 00:59:02.709 But it's holding steady at 19 million. 1255 00:59:02.751 --> 00:59:05.712 Well, that's a gap of 2.6 million per drawing. 1256 00:59:09.674 --> 00:59:12.093 ELI: Right. The first Patriot trading invoice 1257 00:59:12.135 --> 00:59:16.056 goes back to 34 weeks ago. 1258 00:59:17.724 --> 00:59:19.392 Two drawings a week. That's... 1259 00:59:19.434 --> 00:59:20.352 ELI: That is... 1260 00:59:23.355 --> 00:59:24.314 God. 1261 00:59:27.609 --> 00:59:30.362 -Pretty damn close to bulls-eye. -Holy fuck. 1262 00:59:31.696 --> 00:59:34.949 For every $1,000 embezzled 1263 00:59:34.991 --> 00:59:36.076 from the SuperMillions lottery 1264 00:59:37.285 --> 00:59:38.370 and transferred to UpRight, the invoice... 1265 00:59:38.411 --> 00:59:40.038 Show a buck. 1266 00:59:40.080 --> 00:59:40.955 Yeah. 1267 00:59:40.997 --> 00:59:42.916 That's their fucking code. 1268 00:59:44.793 --> 00:59:45.335 [sighs] 1269 00:59:45.377 --> 00:59:46.419 ELI: Erickson. 1270 00:59:46.461 --> 00:59:49.756 Erickson fudges the books, okay? 1271 00:59:49.798 --> 00:59:52.717 The money moves in the dark of night. 1272 00:59:52.759 --> 00:59:56.971 The-- the-- the-- the invoices track the spoils, 1273 00:59:57.013 --> 01:00:00.266 letting them communicate without having to type fraud 1274 01:00:00.308 --> 01:00:01.685 in the subject line. 1275 01:00:01.726 --> 01:00:02.769 [Nick chuckles] 1276 01:00:02.811 --> 01:00:04.229 A barn full of haystacks. 1277 01:00:05.730 --> 01:00:08.358 And you found the fucking needle. 1278 01:00:08.400 --> 01:00:09.693 [chuckles softly] 1279 01:00:09.734 --> 01:00:10.276 [indistinct chatter] 1280 01:00:11.069 --> 01:00:11.152 COLLEGE KID: Thank you. 1281 01:00:11.695 --> 01:00:20.161 (***) 1282 01:00:23.832 --> 01:00:26.292 Hey, can I bum a cigarette? 1283 01:00:26.334 --> 01:00:27.293 COLLEGE KID: Oh, yeah. 1284 01:00:30.338 --> 01:00:31.297 ELI: Thanks. 1285 01:00:31.339 --> 01:00:33.091 Oh, so, you're the caterer. 1286 01:00:33.133 --> 01:00:34.801 -COLLEGE KID: Yeah. -Excellent job inside. 1287 01:00:34.843 --> 01:00:36.720 Those deviled eggs look delicious. 1288 01:00:36.761 --> 01:00:37.846 COLLEGE KID: Thanks. 1289 01:00:38.722 --> 01:00:38.805 I wish I could tell you that I made them, 1290 01:00:39.931 --> 01:00:41.016 but I just load 'em in and hand 'em out. 1291 01:00:41.057 --> 01:00:42.475 [exhales] 1292 01:00:42.517 --> 01:00:44.728 "Patriot Catering." [chuckles] 1293 01:00:44.769 --> 01:00:46.855 -COLLEGE KID: That's us. -Haven't seen you guys before. 1294 01:00:46.896 --> 01:00:47.939 Have you been in business for a long time? 1295 01:00:47.981 --> 01:00:50.150 Uh, coming up to a year. 1296 01:00:50.191 --> 01:00:52.193 -ELI: Wow. Really new. -Mm-hmm. 1297 01:00:52.235 --> 01:00:53.987 -ELI: Family-owned? -Nope. 1298 01:00:54.029 --> 01:00:55.905 This dude named Dean owns it. 1299 01:00:55.947 --> 01:00:57.991 Wait. Not Dean Bender. 1300 01:00:58.033 --> 01:01:00.744 No. Dean Clifton. 1301 01:01:00.785 --> 01:01:03.079 Oh, gotcha. Clifton. 1302 01:01:03.121 --> 01:01:04.247 Yeah. 1303 01:01:04.289 --> 01:01:06.082 So, you got a lot of events coming up? 1304 01:01:06.124 --> 01:01:08.752 -Rubbing elbows with D.C. big wigs? -[college kid chuckles] 1305 01:01:08.793 --> 01:01:10.170 COLLEGE KID: We got some big ones coming up. 1306 01:01:11.713 --> 01:01:12.964 But honestly, they're, like, all the same to me, you know? 1307 01:01:13.006 --> 01:01:15.884 Same bacon-wrapped scallops. Same penguin suit. 1308 01:01:15.925 --> 01:01:17.802 Same rich folks boring up the place. 1309 01:01:17.844 --> 01:01:20.513 [chuckles] 1310 01:01:20.555 --> 01:01:22.098 You got a card? 1311 01:01:22.140 --> 01:01:23.850 COLLEGE KID: Oh, yeah. 1312 01:01:23.892 --> 01:01:26.853 Just you know, somewhere here. 1313 01:01:26.895 --> 01:01:29.064 Here. Uh, the menu's in that link. 1314 01:01:30.440 --> 01:01:32.776 So, if you ever throw a bash, you know, we're around. 1315 01:01:33.526 --> 01:01:35.070 Cool. Thanks. 1316 01:01:35.111 --> 01:01:36.279 -Yeah. -And thanks. 1317 01:01:36.321 --> 01:01:38.239 -Yeah. Have a good one. -You, too. 1318 01:01:42.327 --> 01:01:43.953 MODERATOR: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. 1319 01:01:43.995 --> 01:01:46.122 We need to move on, and I wanna give 1320 01:01:46.164 --> 01:01:49.417 Mr. Sterling a chance to respond before closing statements. 1321 01:01:49.459 --> 01:01:51.002 Let's face it. 1322 01:01:51.044 --> 01:01:52.879 Washington's got one foot so far left 1323 01:01:52.921 --> 01:01:56.216 and the other so far right, that it can't stand up straight. 1324 01:01:56.257 --> 01:01:58.468 Congress is doing a split in the quicksand, 1325 01:01:58.510 --> 01:01:59.969 and I'm the only guy that can pull us out 1326 01:02:00.011 --> 01:02:01.137 of this partisan quagmire. 1327 01:02:01.179 --> 01:02:04.057 Why? Because I'm free. 1328 01:02:04.099 --> 01:02:06.935 Free of special interests. Free of party-power brokers. 1329 01:02:06.976 --> 01:02:09.396 And I'm free to explore the best ideas 1330 01:02:09.437 --> 01:02:11.147 from both sides of the aisle. 1331 01:02:11.189 --> 01:02:13.024 Because I don't sit on either one. 1332 01:02:13.066 --> 01:02:14.109 I stand proudly in the middle. 1333 01:02:17.070 --> 01:02:18.238 Credentials to the debate? 1334 01:02:20.949 --> 01:02:21.866 TURNBULL (ON TV): Sure. 1335 01:02:23.118 --> 01:02:24.953 What's it being Booker's lapdog, eh? 1336 01:02:26.955 --> 01:02:28.415 [barks] 1337 01:02:28.456 --> 01:02:30.041 TURNBULL: But what you don't seem to understand, sir, 1338 01:02:30.083 --> 01:02:31.835 we're talking about decisions 1339 01:02:31.876 --> 01:02:34.004 that can mean the difference between life and death. 1340 01:02:34.045 --> 01:02:35.922 -The wisdom... -Tell me the truth, though. 1341 01:02:35.964 --> 01:02:39.175 Has, um... has the old man lost a step? 1342 01:02:41.052 --> 01:02:42.971 You know, just putting so much time 1343 01:02:43.013 --> 01:02:45.515 into a cub with a rap sheet. 1344 01:02:47.183 --> 01:02:49.561 If I were you, I would just keep asking myself why? 1345 01:02:50.937 --> 01:02:53.106 I'm trying to watch the debate. 1346 01:02:53.148 --> 01:02:55.275 Take it easy, Patricia. 1347 01:02:55.316 --> 01:02:57.444 Mr. Sterling represented our country proudly. 1348 01:02:57.485 --> 01:02:58.862 TURNBULL: Oh, oh, oh. 1349 01:02:58.903 --> 01:03:00.572 I beg your pardon, Mr. President. 1350 01:03:00.613 --> 01:03:03.074 The only reason you're giving his lack of experience 1351 01:03:03.116 --> 01:03:05.910 a hall pass is because you see in the polls 1352 01:03:05.952 --> 01:03:08.872 that he's gonna steal more votes from me than he is from you 1353 01:03:08.913 --> 01:03:10.874 in key battleground states. 1354 01:03:10.915 --> 01:03:14.836 But this election is about so much more 1355 01:03:14.878 --> 01:03:15.837 than politics. 1356 01:03:17.088 --> 01:03:19.299 And I'm not even talking about what it'll mean 1357 01:03:19.341 --> 01:03:23.178 to millions of little girls to see a woman take 1358 01:03:23.219 --> 01:03:25.930 the oath of office for the very first time 1359 01:03:25.972 --> 01:03:27.223 in this country. 1360 01:03:27.265 --> 01:03:30.018 That's significant. Oh! 1361 01:03:30.060 --> 01:03:31.978 Yes, it is. 1362 01:03:32.020 --> 01:03:34.397 But let's leave that discussion to the history books, 1363 01:03:34.439 --> 01:03:36.024 'cause what I wanna talk about right now 1364 01:03:37.400 --> 01:03:39.277 is what my administration is gonna do 1365 01:03:39.319 --> 01:03:42.530 to make your lives better. Plain simple. 1366 01:03:42.572 --> 01:03:45.033 Like fixing that pothole on your street. 1367 01:03:45.075 --> 01:03:48.328 Getting your 401K moving up and to the right again. 1368 01:03:48.370 --> 01:03:50.663 Keeping you and your children safe 1369 01:03:50.705 --> 01:03:52.624 from enemies, foreign and domestic. 1370 01:03:52.665 --> 01:03:55.377 Pulling us out of this recession once and for all. 1371 01:03:56.503 --> 01:04:00.006 And most importantly, shining a light 1372 01:04:00.048 --> 01:04:03.009 on the working people of this country 1373 01:04:03.051 --> 01:04:05.595 who have been invisible for far too long. 1374 01:04:07.097 --> 01:04:09.057 That's what I'm gonna talk about. 1375 01:04:09.099 --> 01:04:10.892 [crowd cheering, whistling] 1376 01:04:10.934 --> 01:04:11.893 Thank you. 1377 01:04:13.144 --> 01:04:14.562 What will it mean 1378 01:04:14.604 --> 01:04:17.232 for millions of little girls to see a female president? 1379 01:04:19.234 --> 01:04:20.402 Far more than I could ever comprehend. 1380 01:04:21.986 --> 01:04:24.364 But what's it gonna mean for our environment, 1381 01:04:24.406 --> 01:04:28.284 for our teachers, for our poor and middle class 1382 01:04:28.326 --> 01:04:30.286 to see you as president, Senator Turnbull? 1383 01:04:31.955 --> 01:04:34.332 We are long overdue for a woman in the White House. 1384 01:04:34.374 --> 01:04:36.459 But it can't just be any woman. 1385 01:04:36.501 --> 01:04:38.420 It's gotta be the right woman. 1386 01:04:38.461 --> 01:04:39.963 Not a woman that denied climate change 1387 01:04:40.005 --> 01:04:41.256 is real till just last year. 1388 01:04:43.925 --> 01:04:45.510 And that is precisely why my cabinet 1389 01:04:45.552 --> 01:04:47.012 will be made up of 50 percent women 1390 01:04:47.053 --> 01:04:47.971 at the very minimal. 1391 01:04:48.013 --> 01:04:50.140 [crowd cheering] 1392 01:04:53.018 --> 01:04:55.061 [indistinct chatter] 1393 01:04:55.103 --> 01:04:57.022 -You look nice. -LUCAS: Thanks. 1394 01:04:57.063 --> 01:04:58.940 I can't believe we're actually in the same state. 1395 01:04:58.982 --> 01:05:00.358 I kinda like it. 1396 01:05:00.400 --> 01:05:02.193 Think you might wanna ditch your credentials. 1397 01:05:02.235 --> 01:05:04.404 You'll scare the personality out of everyone. 1398 01:05:04.446 --> 01:05:06.197 Hey, Nate. 1399 01:05:06.239 --> 01:05:07.449 -Awesome job. -[Nate chuckles] 1400 01:05:07.490 --> 01:05:09.242 Thank you. What are the mosquitos sayin'? 1401 01:05:09.284 --> 01:05:11.327 Well, most of the pundits are calling it for you, 1402 01:05:11.369 --> 01:05:13.246 and Twitter's looking pretty bullish. 1403 01:05:13.288 --> 01:05:15.081 You remember my girlfriend, Eli. 1404 01:05:15.123 --> 01:05:16.499 [chuckles] That I do. 1405 01:05:18.168 --> 01:05:20.003 I hear you're making big waves over at the Chronicle. 1406 01:05:20.045 --> 01:05:21.129 [chuckles] 1407 01:05:21.171 --> 01:05:23.340 Splashing about in the shallow end, 1408 01:05:23.381 --> 01:05:25.050 but I'm trying. 1409 01:05:25.091 --> 01:05:25.967 NATE: I'm sure you had to disclose 1410 01:05:27.052 --> 01:05:27.385 that you're dating this handsome guy. 1411 01:05:27.427 --> 01:05:28.720 I did. 1412 01:05:28.762 --> 01:05:30.638 But it helps that I'm not covering your campaign. 1413 01:05:31.973 --> 01:05:32.932 NATE: Of course. 1414 01:05:32.974 --> 01:05:33.683 What did you think of the debate? 1415 01:05:35.143 --> 01:05:36.144 Honestly? 1416 01:05:37.437 --> 01:05:38.772 I'd be surprised if you didn't poach 1417 01:05:38.813 --> 01:05:40.398 a point or two from both parties. 1418 01:05:42.359 --> 01:05:43.401 -She's a keeper. -LUCAS: Hmm. 1419 01:05:43.443 --> 01:05:44.986 And you, miss, 1420 01:05:45.028 --> 01:05:46.488 you are lucky to have a guy like this by your side. 1421 01:05:47.322 --> 01:05:48.615 As are you. 1422 01:05:50.075 --> 01:05:50.408 Speaking of which, Lucas, can I steal you for a second? 1423 01:05:51.451 --> 01:05:51.493 There's somebody I want you to meet. 1424 01:05:51.951 --> 01:05:52.494 Thank you. 1425 01:05:58.041 --> 01:05:58.500 LUCAS: Hey. 1426 01:05:59.167 --> 01:06:00.710 [indistinct chatter] 1427 01:06:04.673 --> 01:06:05.715 COLLEGE KID: May I take these? 1428 01:06:07.509 --> 01:06:09.511 Hey. Patriot Catering? 1429 01:06:09.552 --> 01:06:11.388 [chuckles] I'll be damned. 1430 01:06:11.429 --> 01:06:12.597 -[Eli chuckles] -How goes it? 1431 01:06:12.639 --> 01:06:14.140 [Eli gasps] 1432 01:06:14.182 --> 01:06:15.642 -Wait. This is the big event? -COLLEGE KID: Yeah. 1433 01:06:15.684 --> 01:06:18.311 The most exciting night of your life, right? 1434 01:06:18.353 --> 01:06:19.521 So boring. 1435 01:06:19.562 --> 01:06:21.648 You might just be serving the next president 1436 01:06:21.690 --> 01:06:23.149 of the United States of America. 1437 01:06:23.775 --> 01:06:25.360 That dude? 1438 01:06:25.402 --> 01:06:27.028 We've been catering for him since before he entered 1439 01:06:27.070 --> 01:06:27.737 the race. 1440 01:06:27.779 --> 01:06:29.030 The lustre's worn off. 1441 01:06:30.031 --> 01:06:31.074 Plus, the boss doesn't want me to spread around. 1442 01:06:32.742 --> 01:06:34.494 Makes sense. 1443 01:06:34.536 --> 01:06:36.705 I mean, you probably do business with the Republicans, too. 1444 01:06:36.746 --> 01:06:38.164 No, just Sterling. 1445 01:06:38.206 --> 01:06:39.374 Dean's loyal like that. 1446 01:06:39.416 --> 01:06:41.418 I should probably get back to work. 1447 01:06:41.459 --> 01:06:43.503 He likes us to move around. 1448 01:06:43.545 --> 01:06:45.463 -Dean is here? -Yeah. 1449 01:06:45.505 --> 01:06:48.508 Talking to Sterling and Jack Hampton. 1450 01:06:48.550 --> 01:06:50.719 He's looking over here. I better keep moving. 1451 01:06:54.180 --> 01:06:55.390 I'll see you at the next one. 1452 01:06:57.809 --> 01:07:00.687 -MAYFIELD: Hey! Gentlemen! -NATE: Hey! How are you, sir? 1453 01:07:02.439 --> 01:07:03.356 -Tom Mayfield. -LUCAS: I'm Lucas. 1454 01:07:03.398 --> 01:07:04.274 Nice to meet you. 1455 01:07:04.315 --> 01:07:08.236 (***) 1456 01:07:12.198 --> 01:07:13.575 LUCAS: Hey. 1457 01:07:13.616 --> 01:07:16.453 That was the owner of your paper. 1458 01:07:16.494 --> 01:07:18.329 Don't worry. I didn't embarrass you. 1459 01:07:18.371 --> 01:07:19.330 Who else is there? 1460 01:07:20.582 --> 01:07:21.583 Bunch of big donors. 1461 01:07:22.792 --> 01:07:24.252 The guy on the right owns a slew 1462 01:07:24.294 --> 01:07:25.754 of catering companies. 1463 01:07:25.795 --> 01:07:29.299 Nate says that he is a culinary mastermind. 1464 01:07:29.341 --> 01:07:30.550 What's his name? 1465 01:07:30.592 --> 01:07:32.302 Uh, Dean something. 1466 01:07:32.344 --> 01:07:33.428 Everyone calls him "The Chef." 1467 01:07:34.804 --> 01:07:36.806 -I gotta go. -Hey. What? We just got here. 1468 01:07:36.848 --> 01:07:38.683 Lucas, I gotta go. 1469 01:07:38.725 --> 01:07:40.268 I haven't seen you in weeks and you're leaving? 1470 01:07:40.310 --> 01:07:41.311 Eli! 1471 01:07:41.353 --> 01:07:50.320 (***) 1472 01:07:59.371 --> 01:08:08.338 (***) 1473 01:08:18.765 --> 01:08:19.766 How was it? 1474 01:08:19.808 --> 01:08:21.601 ELI: Nick, we need to talk. 1475 01:08:21.643 --> 01:08:24.270 Turnbull isn't embezzling money from SuperMillions. 1476 01:08:24.312 --> 01:08:25.313 Sterling is. 1477 01:08:27.148 --> 01:08:28.233 You think that's funny? 1478 01:08:28.274 --> 01:08:29.317 ELI: No, I'm serious. 1479 01:08:30.819 --> 01:08:33.780 Patriot Catering worked his debate afterparty. 1480 01:08:33.822 --> 01:08:36.366 They have catered all of Sterling's events 1481 01:08:36.408 --> 01:08:38.618 since before he entered the race. 1482 01:08:38.660 --> 01:08:40.870 It was right in front of our faces the whole time. 1483 01:08:40.912 --> 01:08:42.580 Meyers & Goldstein, they handled the books 1484 01:08:42.622 --> 01:08:43.957 for Sterling's Super PAC as well. 1485 01:08:43.998 --> 01:08:46.292 Sterling reject the Super PAC on principle. 1486 01:08:46.334 --> 01:08:47.669 ELI: In the first month of his campaign, 1487 01:08:47.711 --> 01:08:48.628 he made a big show of it. 1488 01:08:48.670 --> 01:08:49.879 But that did not last long. 1489 01:08:53.174 --> 01:08:54.968 NICK: Integrity Super PAC? [scoffs] 1490 01:08:55.010 --> 01:08:56.594 That's an oxymoron. 1491 01:08:57.846 --> 01:08:58.638 Yeah. He named it something generic to keep a low profile-- 1492 01:09:00.098 --> 01:09:01.224 Yeah. Still, still, still, this isn't definitive proof 1493 01:09:01.266 --> 01:09:03.518 that he-- Why would he be that bold? 1494 01:09:03.560 --> 01:09:06.312 Juice isn't worth the squeeze. He's up three points. 1495 01:09:06.354 --> 01:09:07.564 He is now. 1496 01:09:07.605 --> 01:09:08.815 But this time last year, his name 1497 01:09:08.857 --> 01:09:10.191 wasn't on a single poll. 1498 01:09:11.526 --> 01:09:13.236 What's the only way to win the New York City Marathon 1499 01:09:13.278 --> 01:09:14.195 without any training? 1500 01:09:15.321 --> 01:09:17.574 Take the subway, sneak under the rope 1501 01:09:17.615 --> 01:09:18.950 -on mile 18. -On mile 18. 1502 01:09:21.494 --> 01:09:24.581 But Mayfield, that bow-tied prick. 1503 01:09:24.622 --> 01:09:27.250 I mean, he's a Republican. It doesn't make any sense. 1504 01:09:27.292 --> 01:09:28.501 I thought the same thing. 1505 01:09:28.543 --> 01:09:30.754 So, I checked out his voting records. 1506 01:09:30.795 --> 01:09:33.381 And it turns out, he left the Republican Party 1507 01:09:33.423 --> 01:09:36.009 right after Reagan rode off into the sunset. 1508 01:09:36.051 --> 01:09:38.720 The man has been an independent for the last three decades. 1509 01:09:38.762 --> 01:09:41.514 And then he reregistered as a Republican the same month 1510 01:09:41.556 --> 01:09:43.516 that Sterling's book hit the best-seller list. 1511 01:09:43.558 --> 01:09:45.643 It was all calculated. 1512 01:09:45.685 --> 01:09:46.895 He must have thought if people like us picked up 1513 01:09:48.229 --> 01:09:48.605 a scent, it would throw us off the trail, and... 1514 01:09:49.939 --> 01:09:50.899 it worked. 1515 01:09:52.400 --> 01:09:53.985 What the fuck do we do now? 1516 01:09:57.405 --> 01:09:58.948 Follow the facts wherever they lead. 1517 01:10:00.283 --> 01:10:01.534 Sometimes, it's not where you wanna go, 1518 01:10:01.576 --> 01:10:02.827 but you go anyway. 1519 01:10:06.915 --> 01:10:08.291 [sighs] 1520 01:10:08.333 --> 01:10:09.834 CORRESPONDENT 13 (ON TV): With just one week to go, 1521 01:10:11.086 --> 01:10:12.545 Nate Sterling has pulled ahead of Senator Turnbull 1522 01:10:13.588 --> 01:10:15.256 for the first time in national polling. 1523 01:10:16.591 --> 01:10:17.884 While the lead is still within the margin of error... 1524 01:10:17.926 --> 01:10:19.969 Sterling is our megaphone, 1525 01:10:20.011 --> 01:10:22.889 our voice of reason, our moral compass, 1526 01:10:22.931 --> 01:10:24.599 and our hope for a better tomorrow. 1527 01:10:31.314 --> 01:10:32.273 Shit, Eli. 1528 01:10:33.650 --> 01:10:34.651 Where did you run off to? 1529 01:10:37.779 --> 01:10:38.780 What's wrong? 1530 01:10:42.283 --> 01:10:43.034 You see your dad? 1531 01:10:45.286 --> 01:10:47.455 -You're gonna have to scrap that speech. -Why? The town hall's tomorrow-- 1532 01:10:47.497 --> 01:10:48.707 Because you're not a liar. 1533 01:10:48.748 --> 01:10:50.458 What are you talking about? 1534 01:10:50.500 --> 01:10:52.752 -He's funding his campaign with stolen money. -What? Who? 1535 01:10:52.794 --> 01:10:54.337 Sterling. 1536 01:10:54.379 --> 01:10:56.297 -What are you saying? -I have hard evidence. 1537 01:10:56.339 --> 01:10:59.718 He's embezzling money from the lottery, 1538 01:10:59.759 --> 01:11:00.927 and funneling it to his Super PAC. 1539 01:11:00.969 --> 01:11:02.679 What? That's crazy. 1540 01:11:02.721 --> 01:11:03.972 It's the truth. 1541 01:11:04.014 --> 01:11:05.056 Nick and I have been working this story-- 1542 01:11:05.098 --> 01:11:07.684 No. Why are you telling me this? 1543 01:11:07.726 --> 01:11:09.019 I guess I thought 1544 01:11:09.060 --> 01:11:10.061 you might like to know that your hero is a fraud. 1545 01:11:10.103 --> 01:11:11.730 Hey. Stop! 1546 01:11:11.771 --> 01:11:13.732 ELI: And because I need your help. 1547 01:11:13.773 --> 01:11:15.775 Are you-- are you listening to yourself? 1548 01:11:15.817 --> 01:11:18.653 I need someone on the inside to prove he signed off on it. 1549 01:11:20.488 --> 01:11:21.865 Here. 1550 01:11:21.906 --> 01:11:23.658 I need you to fill this with Sterling's hard drive. 1551 01:11:23.700 --> 01:11:25.368 -We don't have much time. -LUCAS: You're delusional. 1552 01:11:25.410 --> 01:11:26.494 ELI: Goddammit, Lucas! 1553 01:11:26.536 --> 01:11:28.038 You're in denial. 1554 01:11:28.079 --> 01:11:29.831 LUCAS: No. You can't fucking help yourself, can you? 1555 01:11:29.873 --> 01:11:31.791 Only this time, when you blow yourself up, 1556 01:11:31.833 --> 01:11:33.626 you could take me and the whole goddamn country 1557 01:11:33.668 --> 01:11:34.794 -down with you. -No. This is different. 1558 01:11:34.836 --> 01:11:35.837 This is real. 1559 01:11:37.005 --> 01:11:38.840 Okay. Let's say that it is real. 1560 01:11:40.967 --> 01:11:42.635 You go from reporting back-page news 1561 01:11:42.677 --> 01:11:44.346 to being front-page news. 1562 01:11:45.430 --> 01:11:46.931 I get what? 1563 01:11:46.973 --> 01:11:49.768 A seat on the witness stand in the trial of the century 1564 01:11:49.809 --> 01:11:51.019 when the only thing I have witnessed 1565 01:11:51.061 --> 01:11:53.355 is a good man trying to save his country. 1566 01:11:54.731 --> 01:11:56.483 We get hate mails from our friends, 1567 01:11:56.524 --> 01:11:57.484 the people we respect. 1568 01:11:57.525 --> 01:11:58.651 And then what? 1569 01:11:59.569 --> 01:12:01.571 Gun-toting, gay-bashing, autocratic zealots, 1570 01:12:01.613 --> 01:12:04.074 they declare us heroes, and the navel-gazing, 1571 01:12:04.115 --> 01:12:05.992 holier-than-thou woke mob, they throw us 1572 01:12:06.034 --> 01:12:06.910 a fucking parade, 1573 01:12:07.952 --> 01:12:08.578 congratulations to the both of us? 1574 01:12:09.829 --> 01:12:10.080 ELI: Lucas, please calm down. And just think-- 1575 01:12:10.622 --> 01:12:11.498 No, you think! 1576 01:12:15.543 --> 01:12:18.672 Are you willing to keep Penny at war for the next ten years? 1577 01:12:18.713 --> 01:12:21.966 No. Are you willing to sit on your hands 1578 01:12:22.008 --> 01:12:24.386 while the fucking Earth fries, because I'm not. 1579 01:12:24.427 --> 01:12:26.680 The money that he is stealing 1580 01:12:26.721 --> 01:12:28.056 is coming from schools, like that one in-- 1581 01:12:28.098 --> 01:12:29.808 that one in West Virginia. 1582 01:12:29.849 --> 01:12:31.935 Okay? Those kids, Black and brown kids 1583 01:12:31.976 --> 01:12:33.019 are losing access to a fair and equal education. 1584 01:12:33.061 --> 01:12:35.021 Eli, it is so much bigger than-- 1585 01:12:35.063 --> 01:12:37.107 Don't you fucking finish that thought! 1586 01:12:39.401 --> 01:12:40.151 Why doesn't this matter to you? 1587 01:12:40.193 --> 01:12:41.903 They matter! 1588 01:12:41.945 --> 01:12:43.196 Everyone else in this country can act like they don't exist-- 1589 01:12:43.238 --> 01:12:45.156 LUCAS: He is what this country needs! 1590 01:12:45.198 --> 01:12:47.575 A liar is the last thing this country needs! 1591 01:12:48.743 --> 01:12:50.120 Liars are what fucked this country up 1592 01:12:50.161 --> 01:12:51.162 in the first place. 1593 01:12:52.914 --> 01:12:55.709 Iraq has stockpiles of WMDs. 1594 01:12:55.750 --> 01:12:57.585 The housing market will continue to rise. 1595 01:12:57.627 --> 01:12:59.754 The election was rigged. Redlining. 1596 01:13:01.172 --> 01:13:03.174 The war on drugs, voter suppression! 1597 01:13:04.843 --> 01:13:08.138 Everywhere you look, lobbyists, pundits, bankers, preachers, 1598 01:13:08.179 --> 01:13:11.433 billion-dollar industries that run on lies. 1599 01:13:11.474 --> 01:13:12.809 LUCAS: What is it that you want, Eli? 1600 01:13:12.851 --> 01:13:14.894 -I want-- I want the truth. -LUCAS: Yeah. 1601 01:13:14.936 --> 01:13:16.521 Well, you've been duped before, so. 1602 01:13:17.939 --> 01:13:18.982 [sighs] 1603 01:13:23.236 --> 01:13:24.904 Did you know, Lucas? 1604 01:13:28.158 --> 01:13:29.701 I can't believe you would even think that. 1605 01:13:31.661 --> 01:13:32.996 [exhales shakily] 1606 01:13:35.123 --> 01:13:37.876 I'm publishing this story with or without your help. 1607 01:13:41.880 --> 01:13:42.839 You publish this story, 1608 01:13:43.965 --> 01:13:44.591 I don't want anything to do with you. 1609 01:13:45.884 --> 01:13:46.134 -That is not fair. -What do you want me to say? 1610 01:13:47.635 --> 01:13:48.678 Love fades, values don't. 1611 01:13:48.720 --> 01:13:57.645 (***) 1612 01:13:59.647 --> 01:14:01.191 That's my fucking jacket! 1613 01:14:01.232 --> 01:14:05.153 (***) 1614 01:14:06.529 --> 01:14:07.489 LUCAS: Nice. 1615 01:14:07.530 --> 01:14:11.493 (***) 1616 01:14:13.912 --> 01:14:14.913 [sighs] 1617 01:14:14.954 --> 01:14:23.880 (***) 1618 01:14:31.638 --> 01:14:32.597 Meet me at Recessions. 1619 01:14:34.057 --> 01:14:35.850 Two blocks northwest of Farragut Square. 1620 01:14:37.227 --> 01:14:38.186 I have something. 1621 01:14:39.312 --> 01:14:40.814 [indistinct chatter] 1622 01:14:44.859 --> 01:14:46.653 We prove that Sterling knew. 1623 01:14:46.695 --> 01:14:47.821 -NICK: Eli. -ELI: I'm going tonight. 1624 01:14:47.862 --> 01:14:49.656 Well, Jesus Christ, Eli. 1625 01:14:49.698 --> 01:14:51.074 You're being irrational. 1626 01:14:51.116 --> 01:14:52.742 There's a right way and a wrong way. 1627 01:14:52.784 --> 01:14:54.577 If you want the ribeye, you go get the ribeye. 1628 01:14:54.619 --> 01:14:55.995 Not if it's contaminated. 1629 01:14:56.037 --> 01:14:57.956 That ends a career before it starts. 1630 01:14:57.997 --> 01:14:59.708 Well, already lost my relationship. 1631 01:14:59.749 --> 01:15:01.001 I'm losing my dad. 1632 01:15:01.042 --> 01:15:02.836 So, why not throw in a career for good measure? 1633 01:15:02.877 --> 01:15:04.212 You're losing your mind is what you're losing. 1634 01:15:05.255 --> 01:15:06.214 Wait. 1635 01:15:07.257 --> 01:15:08.216 Relationship? 1636 01:15:09.926 --> 01:15:10.885 Lucas refuses to-- 1637 01:15:10.927 --> 01:15:12.846 Oh, fuck, Eli! 1638 01:15:12.887 --> 01:15:14.097 You told him? 1639 01:15:14.139 --> 01:15:15.390 [sighs] 1640 01:15:15.432 --> 01:15:18.143 They'll have the place power-cleaned in an hour. 1641 01:15:18.184 --> 01:15:20.645 Shit! Shit! 1642 01:15:20.687 --> 01:15:21.646 You're right. 1643 01:15:21.688 --> 01:15:25.650 (***) 1644 01:15:28.653 --> 01:15:29.863 Eli! Shit! 1645 01:15:31.656 --> 01:15:32.615 Fuck. 1646 01:15:33.742 --> 01:15:34.284 Hello? 1647 01:15:35.035 --> 01:15:36.703 Eli. Wait. Who is this? 1648 01:15:36.745 --> 01:15:37.912 -Nick, put Eli on. -Hang on. 1649 01:15:41.041 --> 01:15:44.586 Just talk to Eli. I'm sorry, Lucas. 1650 01:15:44.627 --> 01:15:46.046 She just doesn't wanna talk to you. 1651 01:15:46.087 --> 01:15:46.963 Where are you? 1652 01:15:48.006 --> 01:15:49.215 We're at Recessions on 18th and L. 1653 01:15:49.257 --> 01:15:50.050 LUCAS: Bullshit! 1654 01:15:50.717 --> 01:15:51.217 You're at the campaign office. 1655 01:15:51.259 --> 01:15:52.385 I'm on my way. 1656 01:15:52.427 --> 01:15:53.887 Don't do anything stupid. 1657 01:15:53.928 --> 01:15:56.181 They sing karaoke this good at the campaign? 1658 01:15:56.222 --> 01:15:58.641 [indiscernible singing] 1659 01:15:59.934 --> 01:16:01.227 Shit! All right. 1660 01:16:01.269 --> 01:16:03.021 Just tell her to stay right there. 1661 01:16:03.063 --> 01:16:05.732 (***) 1662 01:16:09.652 --> 01:16:18.620 (***) 1663 01:16:27.671 --> 01:16:36.638 (***) 1664 01:16:45.689 --> 01:16:49.651 (***) 1665 01:16:49.693 --> 01:16:50.652 ELI: Shit! 1666 01:16:50.694 --> 01:16:53.947 (***) 1667 01:16:56.408 --> 01:16:58.785 What the hell are you doing here? 1668 01:16:58.827 --> 01:17:02.122 -It's past midnight. Lucas isn't-- -I have numbers, emails, names. 1669 01:17:02.163 --> 01:17:03.957 [scoffs] Sorry, what? 1670 01:17:03.998 --> 01:17:08.128 Tom Mayfield, Spencer Erickson, Dean Clifton, Patriot Catering. 1671 01:17:08.169 --> 01:17:11.047 I have concrete evidence of all parties involved. 1672 01:17:11.089 --> 01:17:12.048 You give me one good reason 1673 01:17:13.216 --> 01:17:13.383 right now I shouldn't call Secret Service 1674 01:17:14.092 --> 01:17:14.676 and throw you in jail. 1675 01:17:15.802 --> 01:17:17.012 -We'd be sharing a cell. - NATE: Bullshit. 1676 01:17:17.053 --> 01:17:18.972 I would think twice before you call security. 1677 01:17:19.014 --> 01:17:21.474 The story is already written. It's in the drafts. 1678 01:17:21.516 --> 01:17:24.978 You have me arrested, it goes on Twitter instantly. 1679 01:17:25.020 --> 01:17:26.813 Newspapers in the morning. 1680 01:17:26.855 --> 01:17:28.273 What's this little story about? 1681 01:17:28.314 --> 01:17:30.108 -You know what it's about. -Enlighten me. 1682 01:17:30.150 --> 01:17:31.818 ELI: What it's always about. 1683 01:17:31.860 --> 01:17:32.819 Money. 1684 01:17:35.864 --> 01:17:37.907 -Did you know? -NATE: Know what? 1685 01:17:37.949 --> 01:17:40.493 All I know is I love my country. 1686 01:17:40.535 --> 01:17:41.745 All right? I'm our best hope. 1687 01:17:42.871 --> 01:17:44.039 I give us a fighting chance. 1688 01:17:47.709 --> 01:17:48.710 Wow. 1689 01:17:48.752 --> 01:17:52.714 (***) 1690 01:17:57.844 --> 01:17:59.262 Are you a patriot, Eli? 1691 01:17:59.304 --> 01:18:02.015 Patriots don't steal from the American people. 1692 01:18:02.057 --> 01:18:03.475 Who are you to accuse anyone of stealing, 1693 01:18:03.516 --> 01:18:05.477 you fucking hypocrite? 1694 01:18:05.518 --> 01:18:06.436 Give it to me. 1695 01:18:14.069 --> 01:18:16.029 [sighs] 1696 01:18:16.071 --> 01:18:18.365 You know, I think you and I have a lot in common, Eli. 1697 01:18:18.406 --> 01:18:20.367 And for one, we both lack experience. 1698 01:18:20.408 --> 01:18:22.077 Turnbull and Archer are canaries with that attack line. 1699 01:18:22.118 --> 01:18:25.038 I'm ahead in every one of the polls, 1700 01:18:25.080 --> 01:18:28.041 economy, hot buttons, but the race, still a dead heat. 1701 01:18:28.083 --> 01:18:29.376 Why is that? 1702 01:18:29.417 --> 01:18:31.795 'Cause unfortunately, for me and for you, 1703 01:18:31.836 --> 01:18:32.837 experience seems to matter. 1704 01:18:34.881 --> 01:18:35.507 The way I see it, 1705 01:18:36.800 --> 01:18:39.052 your story might cause a little stir. 1706 01:18:39.094 --> 01:18:41.471 When it comes down to it, who's gonna believe you? 1707 01:18:41.513 --> 01:18:43.390 You lack the most vital asset a journalist must have, 1708 01:18:43.431 --> 01:18:45.308 credibility. 1709 01:18:45.350 --> 01:18:47.894 Looks like I'm late to the party. 1710 01:18:47.936 --> 01:18:50.271 -Uh, Mr. Booker. What a surprise-- -Sit the fuck down. 1711 01:18:51.940 --> 01:18:52.941 Now... 1712 01:18:54.317 --> 01:18:57.320 let us all take a deep breath 1713 01:18:57.362 --> 01:18:59.406 and talk this out 1714 01:18:59.447 --> 01:19:02.242 like the rational people we are. 1715 01:19:02.283 --> 01:19:03.368 Nate, don't say a word. 1716 01:19:03.410 --> 01:19:04.577 Eli records everything on her phone. 1717 01:19:04.619 --> 01:19:05.995 -What? -Let me see. 1718 01:19:06.037 --> 01:19:07.163 Get off! It's not on me. 1719 01:19:09.457 --> 01:19:10.792 Hey! No, no. Leave him out. 1720 01:19:11.751 --> 01:19:12.961 -NICK: That won't be necessary. -NATE: Hey! 1721 01:19:13.003 --> 01:19:13.920 You wanna talk or what? 1722 01:19:21.177 --> 01:19:22.178 What the fuck? 1723 01:19:22.220 --> 01:19:23.805 NATE: All right. 1724 01:19:23.847 --> 01:19:24.264 All right? 1725 01:19:26.474 --> 01:19:27.434 Let's just take a deep breath. 1726 01:19:29.477 --> 01:19:31.104 Sit down and talk this out, okay? 1727 01:19:31.146 --> 01:19:33.314 This is obviously some sort of huge misunderstanding. 1728 01:19:33.356 --> 01:19:34.607 NICK: We know what you did. 1729 01:19:34.649 --> 01:19:35.817 NATE: Okay. 1730 01:19:36.651 --> 01:19:36.985 With all due respect, I have no idea 1731 01:19:37.861 --> 01:19:38.153 what you guys are talking about. 1732 01:19:38.903 --> 01:19:39.237 NICK: Maybe you don't. 1733 01:19:40.321 --> 01:19:42.032 But right now, there are two assholes 1734 01:19:42.073 --> 01:19:44.200 saying you do. 1735 01:19:44.242 --> 01:19:46.911 There's no need for us to bluff. We don't have a smoking gun. 1736 01:19:46.953 --> 01:19:49.622 But as my esteemed colleague has no doubt informed you, 1737 01:19:49.664 --> 01:19:51.291 we've got the bullets, the casings, 1738 01:19:51.332 --> 01:19:54.044 and the goddamn forensic report. 1739 01:19:54.085 --> 01:19:58.631 The whole story tied in a bow, just waiting for the proof 1740 01:19:58.673 --> 01:20:00.383 that you knew about it. 1741 01:20:01.926 --> 01:20:06.014 If we do decide to print, you got every news outlet 1742 01:20:06.056 --> 01:20:09.434 in the country on a scavenger hunt for proof 1743 01:20:10.935 --> 01:20:11.853 of your involvement. 1744 01:20:12.896 --> 01:20:13.355 There is no proof of my involvement. 1745 01:20:14.939 --> 01:20:16.441 The allegation itself knocks you out of the White House. 1746 01:20:16.483 --> 01:20:18.193 You'll spend the next few years in court. 1747 01:20:19.152 --> 01:20:20.862 And if you did know, 1748 01:20:20.904 --> 01:20:22.572 the next couple of decades in prison. 1749 01:20:23.948 --> 01:20:27.202 So, the way I see it, if you want any hope 1750 01:20:27.243 --> 01:20:31.247 of reversing this unfortunate chain of events, 1751 01:20:31.289 --> 01:20:34.459 you will tell us the God's honest truth 1752 01:20:34.501 --> 01:20:36.544 right here and now. 1753 01:20:37.587 --> 01:20:38.505 Okay. Uh-- 1754 01:20:38.546 --> 01:20:41.383 But before you do, 1755 01:20:43.259 --> 01:20:45.178 a disclaimer. 1756 01:20:45.220 --> 01:20:47.597 I've worked in this town for 52 years. 1757 01:20:49.057 --> 01:20:52.352 That makes me one of the world's foremost experts 1758 01:20:52.394 --> 01:20:54.604 at spotting a liar. 1759 01:20:54.646 --> 01:20:57.899 Lie to me, and you lose... 1760 01:20:59.567 --> 01:21:01.986 the election and your freedom. 1761 01:21:04.155 --> 01:21:06.408 But lucky for you, 1762 01:21:06.449 --> 01:21:10.578 the truth may still set you free because believe it or not, 1763 01:21:10.620 --> 01:21:14.582 I'm still grappling with a truly punishing question. 1764 01:21:16.334 --> 01:21:17.335 Is it worth it? 1765 01:21:17.377 --> 01:21:21.297 (***) 1766 01:21:27.345 --> 01:21:28.263 I don't have a party war chest. 1767 01:21:28.304 --> 01:21:29.097 Okay? 1768 01:21:31.224 --> 01:21:32.267 This thing was just a temporary fix 1769 01:21:32.308 --> 01:21:34.060 to get me to the starting line. 1770 01:21:34.102 --> 01:21:35.395 We were gonna give it all back as soon as we're in a position 1771 01:21:35.437 --> 01:21:36.479 to do so. 1772 01:21:39.274 --> 01:21:40.692 This is no harm, no foul. It's victimless. 1773 01:21:40.734 --> 01:21:41.693 Tell that to the class 1774 01:21:41.735 --> 01:21:43.945 of invisible kids in West Virginia. 1775 01:21:46.197 --> 01:21:48.033 I don't know. 1776 01:21:48.074 --> 01:21:48.950 How do we make this okay? Huh? 1777 01:21:51.494 --> 01:21:53.538 First interview after I'm sworn in. 1778 01:21:53.580 --> 01:21:56.166 Exclusives for eight years after that. 1779 01:21:56.207 --> 01:21:57.709 If there's a leak coming from the White House, 1780 01:21:57.751 --> 01:21:59.544 you're the two pots catching it. You have my word! 1781 01:22:02.589 --> 01:22:03.548 Eli. 1782 01:22:04.716 --> 01:22:05.467 What about Penny? 1783 01:22:07.093 --> 01:22:08.595 You worry for your sister's safety 1784 01:22:08.636 --> 01:22:10.597 every day that she's serving overseas. 1785 01:22:10.638 --> 01:22:12.557 And with your father undergoing chemotherapy... 1786 01:22:16.561 --> 01:22:19.481 I can't imagine how hard that must be. 1787 01:22:21.107 --> 01:22:22.359 And your sister, Penny, is it? 1788 01:22:22.400 --> 01:22:24.486 Lieutenant Penelope James. 1789 01:22:25.612 --> 01:22:27.155 We can work out 1790 01:22:27.197 --> 01:22:29.574 an honorable discharge for her the day I'm sworn in. 1791 01:22:29.616 --> 01:22:31.117 Your sister deserves to be with your dad 1792 01:22:31.159 --> 01:22:32.160 during his treatments. 1793 01:22:33.536 --> 01:22:35.413 If I wasn't so inexperienced, 1794 01:22:36.706 --> 01:22:38.500 I would think you were using a commissioned officer 1795 01:22:38.541 --> 01:22:40.377 as collateral in a bribe. 1796 01:22:45.131 --> 01:22:47.676 I would more call it an agreement amongst friends. 1797 01:22:49.511 --> 01:22:50.512 Look, I feel for you, Eli. 1798 01:22:52.681 --> 01:22:53.807 [sighs softly] 1799 01:22:53.848 --> 01:22:56.017 Cancer took my mom. 1800 01:22:56.059 --> 01:22:58.269 And the emotional toll is hard. 1801 01:22:59.354 --> 01:23:00.271 But the treatments add up. 1802 01:23:01.731 --> 01:23:03.358 And until we can get in there and reform 1803 01:23:03.400 --> 01:23:06.236 the healthcare system, I don't want your parents 1804 01:23:06.277 --> 01:23:08.029 to be crushed under the weight of medical bills. 1805 01:23:09.614 --> 01:23:11.324 And we can make sure that doesn't happen. 1806 01:23:12.534 --> 01:23:14.369 We are on the same team here. 1807 01:23:15.745 --> 01:23:17.706 And if you wanna make real, lasting change, 1808 01:23:17.747 --> 01:23:20.667 well, you just gotta play the game, 1809 01:23:20.709 --> 01:23:21.751 and that's the reality of it. 1810 01:23:25.130 --> 01:23:26.798 You were supposed to change the game. 1811 01:23:26.840 --> 01:23:35.765 (***) 1812 01:23:44.858 --> 01:23:53.783 (***) 1813 01:23:55.201 --> 01:23:57.829 I had a hunch I'd find you here. 1814 01:23:57.871 --> 01:23:59.497 ELI: I'm getting it all down. 1815 01:23:59.539 --> 01:24:01.541 Everything that crooked, fucking conman's done. 1816 01:24:01.583 --> 01:24:03.793 We don't have enough to publish. 1817 01:24:03.835 --> 01:24:05.503 [sighs] 1818 01:24:05.545 --> 01:24:08.131 -But he just admitted-- -Unless we find hard evidence 1819 01:24:08.173 --> 01:24:12.177 that Sterling himself knew, we're just a couple of trees 1820 01:24:12.218 --> 01:24:13.678 falling in the woods. 1821 01:24:13.720 --> 01:24:14.679 So, what do we do now? 1822 01:24:16.097 --> 01:24:17.182 NICK: Tear it all up. 1823 01:24:17.223 --> 01:24:19.142 Everything we know. 1824 01:24:19.184 --> 01:24:21.436 I'll track Sterling to his rally in Atlanta, 1825 01:24:21.478 --> 01:24:25.440 and see if we can crack the safe. 1826 01:24:25.482 --> 01:24:34.449 (***) 1827 01:24:43.500 --> 01:24:52.467 (***) 1828 01:25:01.267 --> 01:25:03.645 ELI: Mom! Dad! Where are you? 1829 01:25:05.271 --> 01:25:06.147 I'm calling the police. 1830 01:25:07.190 --> 01:25:07.482 They-- they trashed my apartment! 1831 01:25:09.818 --> 01:25:12.195 [pants] 1832 01:25:12.237 --> 01:25:14.197 -What are you doing here? -Thank God you're okay. 1833 01:25:14.239 --> 01:25:16.741 -I looked everywhere. -No. Get out, Lucas. 1834 01:25:16.783 --> 01:25:19.285 -HAL: Eli, calm down, sweetheart-- -ELI: Daddy. 1835 01:25:19.327 --> 01:25:21.371 -HAL: Lucas told us. -No. Okay? 1836 01:25:21.413 --> 01:25:22.831 Don't believe a word that he has to say. Okay? 1837 01:25:24.457 --> 01:25:24.499 NATE (ON RECORDING): This thing was just a temporary fix 1838 01:25:25.417 --> 01:25:25.458 to get me to the starting line. 1839 01:25:26.334 --> 01:25:26.376 We're gonna give it all back 1840 01:25:27.627 --> 01:25:27.669 as soon as we're in a position to do so. 1841 01:25:29.754 --> 01:25:31.506 This is no harm, no foul. It's victimless! 1842 01:25:32.966 --> 01:25:33.008 ELI (ON RECORDING): Tell that to the class of invisible... 1843 01:25:33.425 --> 01:25:33.883 [gasps] 1844 01:25:36.386 --> 01:25:37.429 Oh, my God. 1845 01:25:39.681 --> 01:25:40.390 Did Nick know? 1846 01:25:40.432 --> 01:25:42.183 LUCAS: No. 1847 01:25:42.225 --> 01:25:43.393 He still doesn't. 1848 01:25:44.811 --> 01:25:46.771 I had to commit, or his face would have given me away. 1849 01:25:48.356 --> 01:25:50.400 And honestly, I didn't decide to do it 1850 01:25:50.442 --> 01:25:52.193 until I was standing outside of the office. 1851 01:25:57.866 --> 01:25:58.992 [sighs] 1852 01:25:59.034 --> 01:26:01.411 You know, this doesn't fix everything. 1853 01:26:01.453 --> 01:26:02.662 LUCAS: I know. 1854 01:26:02.704 --> 01:26:04.205 I needed you to be wrong. 1855 01:26:06.916 --> 01:26:07.876 I love you. 1856 01:26:10.670 --> 01:26:11.588 It's all I got. 1857 01:26:13.298 --> 01:26:14.257 [sighs] 1858 01:26:16.009 --> 01:26:17.761 I need to tell Nick. 1859 01:26:17.802 --> 01:26:20.472 He's on his way to Sterling's rally right now. 1860 01:26:20.513 --> 01:26:21.598 I'm flying with the campaign. 1861 01:26:21.639 --> 01:26:23.266 I'll track him down and tell him. 1862 01:26:23.308 --> 01:26:24.851 -You go work on your story. -I'll just call him. 1863 01:26:24.893 --> 01:26:26.227 LUCAS: That might be difficult. 1864 01:26:26.269 --> 01:26:27.312 The last time I saw Nick's phone, 1865 01:26:28.188 --> 01:26:29.647 it was floating in Sterling's coffee. 1866 01:26:29.689 --> 01:26:30.648 [sighs] 1867 01:26:31.900 --> 01:26:33.234 Right. 1868 01:26:35.570 --> 01:26:36.780 CORRESPONDENT 14 (ON TV): Nate Sterling 1869 01:26:38.198 --> 01:26:39.282 will be in Atlanta tonight while Senator Turnbull 1870 01:26:39.324 --> 01:26:41.701 travels to Florida. 1871 01:26:41.743 --> 01:26:43.995 CORRESPONDENT 15 (ON TV): And Nate Sterling is trending on social media as excitement... 1872 01:26:44.037 --> 01:26:45.246 CORRESPONDENT 16 (ON TV): Senator Turnbull leads 1873 01:26:46.247 --> 01:26:47.540 all candidates in total campaign spend, 1874 01:26:49.042 --> 01:26:50.335 having raised more cash than both Sterling and Archer 1875 01:26:50.377 --> 01:26:51.836 for the third month in a row. 1876 01:26:53.963 --> 01:26:54.881 ELI: Lucas. 1877 01:26:55.674 --> 01:26:55.757 LUCAS (OVER CELLPHONE): Hey. 1878 01:26:56.341 --> 01:26:56.758 Did you find him? 1879 01:26:57.884 --> 01:26:59.052 -[indistinct chatter] -Uh, no. Not yet. 1880 01:26:59.094 --> 01:27:00.970 ELI (OVER CELLPHONE): Where are you? 1881 01:27:01.012 --> 01:27:02.972 I'm by ATB. 1882 01:27:03.014 --> 01:27:05.016 CORRESPONDENT 17: ...A declaration of Independence. 1883 01:27:07.894 --> 01:27:10.605 And some are calling Sterling the most influential... 1884 01:27:10.647 --> 01:27:11.898 ELI (OVER CELLPHONE): Nothing? 1885 01:27:11.940 --> 01:27:14.359 It's like a zoo with no cages. 1886 01:27:14.401 --> 01:27:17.487 CORRESPONDENT 18: Here we are at Nate Sterling's biggest rally yet. 1887 01:27:17.529 --> 01:27:18.488 He's about to do a hit 1888 01:27:19.280 --> 01:27:19.948 on Politics Nightly with Jane Bower. 1889 01:27:21.032 --> 01:27:21.282 CORRESPONDENT 19: ...Tramping its way 1890 01:27:22.492 --> 01:27:22.909 through America's two-party landscape. 1891 01:27:23.576 --> 01:27:25.453 [indistinct speech] 1892 01:27:25.495 --> 01:27:28.331 ...by two points with just one week to go. 1893 01:27:28.373 --> 01:27:30.458 [indistinct speech] 1894 01:27:36.339 --> 01:27:37.298 I got him. 1895 01:27:39.843 --> 01:27:41.344 CORRESPONDENT 1: ...Just over a year ago. 1896 01:27:41.386 --> 01:27:42.971 [indistinct shouting] 1897 01:27:45.515 --> 01:27:47.600 LUCAS: I-- I-- I-- I need to talk to him. 1898 01:27:47.642 --> 01:27:49.352 -I need to talk to Mr. Booker. -No access here, sir. 1899 01:27:49.394 --> 01:27:50.729 JANE (ON TV): Nate Sterling is set to take 1900 01:27:52.230 --> 01:27:52.605 the stage any minute now to make his closing arguments. 1901 01:27:53.606 --> 01:27:54.899 Shit. Call back when you get him. 1902 01:27:56.609 --> 01:27:56.651 JANE (ON TV): ... by Nicholas Booker, esteemed columnist 1903 01:27:58.278 --> 01:28:00.447 for the Washington Chronicle and lion of the fourth state. 1904 01:28:00.488 --> 01:28:01.906 The election is a dead heat. 1905 01:28:01.948 --> 01:28:03.199 JANE: If it's anything 1906 01:28:03.241 --> 01:28:04.993 like the last two elections, it could come down 1907 01:28:05.035 --> 01:28:07.370 to a few thousand votes in a handful of swing states, 1908 01:28:07.412 --> 01:28:11.875 or if it's a repeat of 2000, a few hundred votes. 1909 01:28:11.916 --> 01:28:14.669 Your column is read by a few million. 1910 01:28:14.711 --> 01:28:16.087 Your readers really listen to you. 1911 01:28:16.129 --> 01:28:17.380 They trust you. 1912 01:28:17.422 --> 01:28:18.840 I call it like I see it. 1913 01:28:18.882 --> 01:28:19.883 What do you see here? 1914 01:28:23.678 --> 01:28:25.930 [crowd cheering] 1915 01:28:25.972 --> 01:28:34.898 (***) 1916 01:28:43.990 --> 01:28:51.915 (***) 1917 01:28:52.957 --> 01:28:56.169 [chuckles] 1918 01:28:56.211 --> 01:29:00.006 Well, I have good news and bad news. 1919 01:29:00.048 --> 01:29:01.591 Which do you want first? 1920 01:29:01.633 --> 01:29:02.884 SUPPORTER (ON TV): The bad! 1921 01:29:02.926 --> 01:29:03.968 NATE (ON TV) Right! 1922 01:29:04.010 --> 01:29:06.888 Okay, here it is. 1923 01:29:08.598 --> 01:29:11.851 My little girl turned 21 yesterday. 1924 01:29:13.561 --> 01:29:15.063 And the first thing Alison did was make sure 1925 01:29:15.105 --> 01:29:16.940 her voter registration was current. 1926 01:29:16.981 --> 01:29:18.733 [crowd cheering] 1927 01:29:21.778 --> 01:29:22.737 Hello. 1928 01:29:23.863 --> 01:29:25.407 No. No, no, no, no. Slow down. 1929 01:29:31.496 --> 01:29:32.455 Okay. 1930 01:29:33.748 --> 01:29:34.749 Okay. 1931 01:29:34.791 --> 01:29:43.758 (***) 1932 01:29:52.809 --> 01:29:56.771 (***) 1933 01:30:00.900 --> 01:30:02.235 ...And the other just sits on its hands 1934 01:30:02.277 --> 01:30:03.194 and whines about it. 1935 01:30:08.450 --> 01:30:09.784 'Cause Alison deserves better. 1936 01:30:09.826 --> 01:30:12.787 Our young people deserve better. 1937 01:30:12.829 --> 01:30:14.831 They deserve to look forward to the future 1938 01:30:14.873 --> 01:30:19.085 the way we used to with hope, with pride, with excitement. 1939 01:30:19.127 --> 01:30:20.086 Holy shit. 1940 01:30:20.128 --> 01:30:21.087 GORDON: "Holy shit" what? 1941 01:30:21.129 --> 01:30:25.091 (***) 1942 01:30:26.134 --> 01:30:27.135 Holy... 1943 01:30:28.178 --> 01:30:28.928 This is unreal. 1944 01:30:42.650 --> 01:30:43.818 LUCAS: Oh. Hey, Lynn. I got it. 1945 01:30:46.279 --> 01:30:47.655 [sighs] 1946 01:30:52.202 --> 01:30:55.080 So sorry for your loss, Mrs. James. 1947 01:30:55.121 --> 01:30:56.706 LYNN: Thank you. 1948 01:30:56.748 --> 01:30:59.626 And thank you for being so good to my daughter. 1949 01:30:59.668 --> 01:31:02.712 You and your husband have raised a fine young woman. 1950 01:31:10.261 --> 01:31:12.263 Let's... 1951 01:31:12.305 --> 01:31:14.015 How fast can you finish the story? 1952 01:31:17.936 --> 01:31:19.521 I'm about to bury my dad. 1953 01:31:23.191 --> 01:31:24.609 Maybe you should just take over. 1954 01:31:25.985 --> 01:31:28.113 It's your story. 1955 01:31:28.154 --> 01:31:30.865 You found it. You pushed it. You're writing it. 1956 01:31:33.535 --> 01:31:36.037 And if we're doing it, we gotta be quick. 1957 01:31:36.079 --> 01:31:37.831 We've got 24 hours, tops. 1958 01:31:38.873 --> 01:31:40.792 And it's gotta be airtight. 1959 01:31:41.876 --> 01:31:43.044 I'll take care of the rest. 1960 01:31:45.296 --> 01:31:46.214 And... 1961 01:31:49.551 --> 01:31:50.719 I'm sorry about your father. 1962 01:32:07.777 --> 01:32:09.279 Hello, Eli. 1963 01:32:09.320 --> 01:32:10.572 ELI (OVER PHONE): Nick and I have a story 1964 01:32:11.740 --> 01:32:12.741 ready for publication that just might decide 1965 01:32:13.908 --> 01:32:15.160 the next president of the United States. 1966 01:32:15.201 --> 01:32:17.037 Is that so? 1967 01:32:17.078 --> 01:32:18.705 Should I be worried? 1968 01:32:18.747 --> 01:32:21.207 Why do you wanna be president, Senator Turnbull? 1969 01:32:22.334 --> 01:32:23.835 TURNBULL (OVER PHONE): Look, Eli. 1970 01:32:23.877 --> 01:32:27.380 I assume we don't agree on most policy. 1971 01:32:27.422 --> 01:32:30.633 But one thing we do both value is the truth. 1972 01:32:30.675 --> 01:32:32.719 So, I'm gonna give you mine. 1973 01:32:32.761 --> 01:32:36.056 Right now, I am running as the leader of my party, 1974 01:32:36.097 --> 01:32:37.891 but should I be fortunate enough 1975 01:32:37.932 --> 01:32:39.976 to take that oath on January 20, 1976 01:32:41.019 --> 01:32:44.314 I will be governing as the leader of my country. 1977 01:32:46.149 --> 01:32:48.026 Our democracy is fragile. 1978 01:32:49.611 --> 01:32:52.906 You protect it from the outside by doing what you do. 1979 01:32:52.947 --> 01:32:55.158 And if I get the chance, I'm going to protect it 1980 01:32:55.200 --> 01:32:58.787 from the inside with everything I've got. 1981 01:33:00.288 --> 01:33:01.289 ELI: And off the record? 1982 01:33:04.167 --> 01:33:05.168 Take care, Eli. 1983 01:33:12.300 --> 01:33:21.267 (***) 1984 01:33:30.318 --> 01:33:34.280 (***) 1985 01:33:40.203 --> 01:33:41.955 [chuckles softly] 1986 01:33:41.996 --> 01:33:50.964 (***) 1987 01:34:00.015 --> 01:34:08.982 (***) 1988 01:34:18.033 --> 01:34:27.000 (***) 1989 01:34:28.209 --> 01:34:29.502 I don't understand. 1990 01:34:29.544 --> 01:34:32.088 What's-- what's so special about this one? 1991 01:34:36.134 --> 01:34:37.260 LYNN: The day you were born. 1992 01:34:40.972 --> 01:34:41.931 [sighs] 1993 01:34:45.143 --> 01:34:46.478 I never got to say goodbye. 1994 01:34:48.063 --> 01:34:50.482 We thought it was another false alarm from the chemo. 1995 01:34:52.984 --> 01:34:55.195 He knew that you were at the Chronicle, writing. 1996 01:34:55.236 --> 01:34:56.780 [sighs] 1997 01:34:56.821 --> 01:34:58.031 LYNN: He insisted 1998 01:34:58.073 --> 01:34:59.908 that that was where you needed to be. 1999 01:35:02.952 --> 01:35:04.746 He loved you. 2000 01:35:07.332 --> 01:35:08.917 He's so proud. 2001 01:35:12.337 --> 01:35:13.338 [kisses] 2002 01:35:13.380 --> 01:35:21.930 (***) 2003 01:35:22.972 --> 01:35:25.100 [chuckles softly] 2004 01:35:25.141 --> 01:35:26.101 Daddy. 2005 01:35:26.142 --> 01:35:35.110 (***) 2006 01:35:38.363 --> 01:35:39.322 Okay. 2007 01:35:44.119 --> 01:35:45.078 [sniffles] 2008 01:35:45.120 --> 01:35:54.045 (***) 2009 01:36:03.138 --> 01:36:12.063 (***) 2010 01:36:15.859 --> 01:36:16.901 [sniffles] 2011 01:36:16.943 --> 01:36:18.945 [phone rings] 2012 01:36:24.367 --> 01:36:25.452 KEVIN (OVER CELLPHONE): Where are you? 2013 01:36:25.493 --> 01:36:27.370 -Kevin? -Hey, where are you? 2014 01:36:27.412 --> 01:36:28.538 ELI (OVER CELLPHONE): I'm at my parents' house. 2015 01:36:28.580 --> 01:36:29.956 All right. 2016 01:36:29.998 --> 01:36:30.498 Meet me at the diner on 4th and Delaware 2017 01:36:31.249 --> 01:36:32.417 in 20 minutes. All right? 2018 01:36:34.210 --> 01:36:34.252 -I'm not doing that. -KEVIN (OVER CELLPHONE): It's an emergency. 2019 01:36:34.919 --> 01:36:34.961 What is this about? 2020 01:36:35.587 --> 01:36:36.296 Look, I was fired. 2021 01:36:36.338 --> 01:36:37.255 Why? 2022 01:36:37.297 --> 01:36:38.882 Because I-- I know the names, 2023 01:36:38.923 --> 01:36:41.259 Tom Mayfield, Dean Clifton, and Spencer Erickson. 2024 01:36:46.181 --> 01:36:47.974 [indistinct chatter] 2025 01:36:51.478 --> 01:36:53.480 How the fuck do you know those names? 2026 01:36:53.521 --> 01:36:55.315 The-- the um-- the other night 2027 01:36:55.357 --> 01:36:58.026 when you got that call and you left in a hurry, 2028 01:36:59.611 --> 01:37:03.573 well, you didn't log out. And Gordon assumed it was mine. 2029 01:37:05.325 --> 01:37:08.495 Look, I didn't say anything, 'cause I was in shock 2030 01:37:08.536 --> 01:37:10.246 and Gordon flipped for it. 2031 01:37:10.288 --> 01:37:11.289 I thought I'd be waking up to a headline 2032 01:37:12.415 --> 01:37:13.375 that would change the course of history. 2033 01:37:14.584 --> 01:37:15.627 So, why did I instead wake up to an email 2034 01:37:17.212 --> 01:37:18.129 informing me that the Chronicle was terminating my contract? 2035 01:37:18.838 --> 01:37:19.339 I mean, I rushed to the office, 2036 01:37:20.715 --> 01:37:21.091 and security wouldn't even let me in the building. 2037 01:37:22.258 --> 01:37:23.927 Apparently, Gordon had HR clean out my desk 2038 01:37:23.968 --> 01:37:25.178 and wipe my desktop. 2039 01:37:25.220 --> 01:37:27.097 Gordon killed the story to save his own ass. 2040 01:37:28.473 --> 01:37:30.517 -Why-- why would he-- - ELI: Jack Hampton. 2041 01:37:30.558 --> 01:37:32.519 He's a huge Sterling supporter. 2042 01:37:32.560 --> 01:37:33.520 Gordon prints the story, 2043 01:37:34.604 --> 01:37:35.063 Hampton orders his head on a platter. 2044 01:37:36.189 --> 01:37:37.357 Gordon kills the story, Sterling wins. 2045 01:37:37.399 --> 01:37:38.525 Guess which paper has a direct line 2046 01:37:38.566 --> 01:37:39.526 to the Oval Office. 2047 01:37:42.570 --> 01:37:45.281 So, Gordon is playing politics 2048 01:37:45.323 --> 01:37:47.992 dirtier than the goddamn politicians? 2049 01:37:50.412 --> 01:37:51.371 [scoffs] 2050 01:37:54.624 --> 01:37:57.419 Please nail that motherfucker. 2051 01:37:58.503 --> 01:37:59.587 I can't believe 2052 01:37:59.629 --> 01:38:01.006 you let Gordon think it was your story. 2053 01:38:03.216 --> 01:38:06.594 Look. I never said that it was. 2054 01:38:06.636 --> 01:38:08.972 And as it turns out, I did you a favor. 2055 01:38:10.557 --> 01:38:12.559 So, you're welcome. Hmm? 2056 01:38:19.607 --> 01:38:21.109 No, Eli. I got it. Please. 2057 01:38:22.235 --> 01:38:23.236 You're unemployed. 2058 01:38:23.278 --> 01:38:25.280 It wouldn't be right. Prick. 2059 01:38:30.952 --> 01:38:32.120 Have you shown Gordon the story? 2060 01:38:33.121 --> 01:38:33.204 NICK (OVER CELLPHONE): I'm waiting for you. 2061 01:38:34.539 --> 01:38:34.581 You should get to see the look on his face. 2062 01:38:35.874 --> 01:38:36.708 -Where the fuck are you? -I'm on my way. 2063 01:38:37.792 --> 01:38:39.085 Whatever you do, don't talk to Gordon. 2064 01:38:43.089 --> 01:38:45.467 And I thought I'd seen it all. 2065 01:38:50.388 --> 01:38:51.389 We're doing this? 2066 01:38:51.431 --> 01:38:53.016 [chuckles] 2067 01:38:54.309 --> 01:38:56.227 ELI: What? 2068 01:38:56.269 --> 01:38:58.563 The weight of the world lies in the palm of my hand. 2069 01:38:58.605 --> 01:39:00.482 I guess I thought it'd be a bit heavier. 2070 01:39:01.566 --> 01:39:03.318 [chuckles softly] 2071 01:39:03.360 --> 01:39:07.072 You know what this means if we go through with this. 2072 01:39:11.534 --> 01:39:13.161 And you're willing? 2073 01:39:13.203 --> 01:39:16.206 I guess that's why they call it the moment of truth. 2074 01:39:18.750 --> 01:39:20.001 It's your story. 2075 01:39:23.296 --> 01:39:24.673 What? 2076 01:39:24.714 --> 01:39:27.592 No. I-- I stumbled upon it, yeah, but you guided me. 2077 01:39:30.762 --> 01:39:32.806 If you hadn't have gotten me that interview 2078 01:39:32.847 --> 01:39:35.600 -at Meyers & Goldstein-- -You would have gotten it in some other way. 2079 01:39:35.642 --> 01:39:36.685 I doubted you. 2080 01:39:38.395 --> 01:39:40.397 You fought through the doubt. 2081 01:39:40.438 --> 01:39:41.523 You took me for the ride. 2082 01:39:43.149 --> 01:39:45.610 I didn't provide anything that you didn't already-- 2083 01:39:45.652 --> 01:39:47.362 You can now. 2084 01:39:47.404 --> 01:39:48.196 What? 2085 01:39:48.238 --> 01:39:49.239 Credibility. 2086 01:39:50.532 --> 01:39:52.742 Sterling was right. Nobody knows my name. 2087 01:39:52.784 --> 01:39:56.329 And those that do aren't so fond of it. 2088 01:39:56.371 --> 01:39:58.289 If I were to publish this on my own, 2089 01:39:58.331 --> 01:40:01.543 it wouldn't get any traction. Or worse, it'll get dismissed. 2090 01:40:03.253 --> 01:40:06.715 But coming from Nicholas Booker, it'll be on every front page 2091 01:40:06.756 --> 01:40:08.591 and television network in minutes. 2092 01:40:09.843 --> 01:40:11.386 We need to do this together. 2093 01:40:12.804 --> 01:40:15.390 And after we break the story, we can set up our own shop. 2094 01:40:16.850 --> 01:40:19.227 No editor or parent corporation 2095 01:40:19.269 --> 01:40:21.521 to tell us what we can and can't print. 2096 01:40:21.563 --> 01:40:25.525 A publication that answers to nothing but the facts, 2097 01:40:25.567 --> 01:40:26.568 wherever they lead. 2098 01:40:28.611 --> 01:40:29.654 What would we call it? 2099 01:40:32.198 --> 01:40:33.116 The Independent. 2100 01:40:36.661 --> 01:40:37.787 The Independent. 2101 01:40:37.829 --> 01:40:46.755 (***) 2102 01:40:54.763 --> 01:40:56.723 [breathes deeply] 2103 01:40:56.765 --> 01:41:06.733 (***) 2104 01:41:13.198 --> 01:41:14.407 You do the honors. 2105 01:41:14.449 --> 01:41:23.416 (***) 2106 01:41:33.843 --> 01:41:34.844 [chuckles] 2107 01:41:36.638 --> 01:41:37.597 Thank you. 2108 01:41:37.639 --> 01:41:46.606 (***) 2109 01:41:49.651 --> 01:41:50.735 Now, what? 2110 01:41:51.986 --> 01:41:53.321 What do you say we get the hell out of here? 2111 01:41:55.323 --> 01:41:56.783 And go where? 2112 01:41:56.825 --> 01:41:58.785 Watch the fireworks from the hill. 2113 01:41:58.827 --> 01:42:02.789 (***) 2114 01:42:04.457 --> 01:42:08.378 [journalists clamoring] 2115 01:42:08.420 --> 01:42:17.387 (***) 2116 01:42:26.438 --> 01:42:35.405 (***) 2117 01:42:36.489 --> 01:42:37.699 50 years, Gordon. 2118 01:42:39.325 --> 01:42:40.702 I didn't know you had it in you. 2119 01:42:44.956 --> 01:42:49.294 I was just trying to protect everyone in here. 2120 01:42:49.336 --> 01:42:52.839 And I'm just trying to protect everyone out there. 2121 01:42:52.881 --> 01:43:01.806 (***) 2122 01:43:02.891 --> 01:43:03.850 Take care, Gordon. 2123 01:43:07.854 --> 01:43:09.439 Think they'll read this one in West Virginia? 2124 01:43:11.733 --> 01:43:12.692 Hmm. 2125 01:43:12.734 --> 01:43:21.701 (***) 2126 01:43:28.583 --> 01:43:31.294 * Oh, beautiful * 2127 01:43:31.336 --> 01:43:34.964 * For heroes proved in liberating strife * 2128 01:43:46.726 --> 01:43:50.563 * Who more than self their country loved * 2129 01:43:54.734 --> 01:43:58.905 * And mercy more than life * 2130 01:44:05.787 --> 01:44:09.708 * America, hmm, America * 2131 01:44:14.087 --> 01:44:17.716 * May God thy gold refine * 2132 01:44:20.051 --> 01:44:23.847 * Till all success be nobleness and every gain divined * 2133 01:44:36.026 --> 01:44:37.527 * And you know, when I was in school * 2134 01:44:37.569 --> 01:44:38.653 * We used to sing it something like this * 2135 01:44:38.695 --> 01:44:39.946 * Listen here * 2136 01:44:39.988 --> 01:44:43.867 * Oh, beautiful for spacious skies * 2137 01:44:50.915 --> 01:44:53.918 * For amber waves of grain * 2138 01:44:59.341 --> 01:45:03.011 * For purple mountain, majesties * 2139 01:45:08.058 --> 01:45:12.020 * Above the fruited plain * 2140 01:45:13.772 --> 01:45:14.689 * But now, wait a minute * 2141 01:45:16.024 --> 01:45:19.861 * I'm talking about America, sweet America * 2142 01:45:26.493 --> 01:45:30.121 * You know, God done shed his grace on thee * 2143 01:45:32.999 --> 01:45:36.795 * He crowned thy good, yes, he did, in brotherhood * 2144 01:45:42.759 --> 01:45:46.638 * From sea to shining sea * 2145 01:45:48.807 --> 01:45:50.642 * You know I wish I had somebody * 2146 01:45:50.684 --> 01:45:51.726 * To help me sing this * 2147 01:45:51.768 --> 01:45:55.605 * America * 2148 01:45:55.647 --> 01:45:56.690 * America * 2149 01:45:58.525 --> 01:46:00.902 * I love you, America * 2150 01:46:00.944 --> 01:46:02.404 * God shed his grace on the * 2151 01:46:03.530 --> 01:46:05.490 * You see, my God, he done shed His grace on thee * 2152 01:46:07.951 --> 01:46:09.619 * And you oughta love him for it * 2153 01:46:09.661 --> 01:46:13.081 * 'Cause he, he, he, he crowned thy good * 2154 01:46:14.165 --> 01:46:17.877 * He told me he would with brotherhood * 2155 01:46:19.421 --> 01:46:23.133 * From sea to shining sea * 2156 01:46:26.428 --> 01:46:30.098 * Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you, Lord * 2157 01:46:31.766 --> 01:46:35.729 * Shining sea * 2158 01:46:35.770 --> 01:46:44.696 (***) 2159 01:46:53.788 --> 01:47:02.714 (***) 2160 01:47:11.806 --> 01:47:20.732 (***) 2161 01:47:29.824 --> 01:47:38.750 (***)