Mr. President. I'll never get over saying that.
Jake.
NARRATOR: Previously on Scandal...
- How is she? - JAKE: She's good.
Quiet. Makes my job easy.
She seems harmless.
FITZ: Olivia Pope is not what she seems.
Stay on her.
- Yes. - Yes?
Yes, I will go out with you.
FITZ: They're running a damn tally of
the most glaring failure of my presidency
while we, for all apparent purposes, do nothing.
You are doing everything to get those hostages back safe.
It's not your fault, the intelligence simply isn't there.
These are the hostages.
Their CIA files were on Wendy's flash drive.
So Albatross, the mole, the man who killed Wendy...
He's the one who leaked their names to the terrorists.
That's him.
That's the guy who wanted what Wendy stole.
That's the guy who killed her.
That's him, on the TV! That is him!
- Mom, I'm starving. - I think Daddy ordered some pizza.
- Ham and pineapple? - Phil, the wireless is down again.
Yeah, it's been acting funny all night. Emmett, set the table, would you?
Dad, ham and pineapple?
I have to look at this proposal before the West Coast goes down.
Try turning it off and turning it on.
- Dad! - What?
- What'd you get on the pizza? - Ham and pineapple's gross.
It's Hawaiian, insult their culture, why don't you?
Hey. I got pepperoni. Everybody's happy.
- Ew! - Gross!
See what I deal with? Come here.
- Mmm. Thank you. - EMMETT: Pizza's here.
Here's a 20.
Give 'em a tip.
(REPORTERS SHOUTING)
Dad!
We are at the home of RyoCorp CEO Sarah Stanner...
The married woman accused of having an affair with Murray Randall,
President Grant's recently announced Supreme Court nominee.
The alleged extramarital affair happened 15 years ago
when Randall was Stanner's professor at Harvard Law.
Confirmation hearings have become a battleground for partisan wrangling.
And if this is what the Democrats meant by, quote, "vetting thoroughly,"
I'd say they've made good on their threat.
Is it true? What they're saying about Mom?
No, sweetie. Of course not.
When you have an important job like your mom's,
sometimes people try to tear you down.
Tell your brother to brush his teeth and wash up for bed.
No TV. No computer. Not tonight. Okay?
Um... Yes. Right. Uh... Let me just grab a...
Okay. Thank you. I will. Bye.
What'd the lawyer say?
She's sending someone in named Olivia Pope.
Sorry I'm late. I would've called, but I was in a meeting.
Don't worry. I've been keeping myself entertained.
This one is truly special.
Well, Yasmin was a one-in-a-million kind of girl.
She loved long walks, dry climates, spitting.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(SIGHS) Let me guess.
That means that we're not having dinner, doesn't it?
It's work. I have to go.
I was going to bring this up over dinner,
but I guess now I won't have a chance, so...
What do you know about the Kashfari hostage situation?
I work in military intelligence. We're all pretty familiar with it. Why?
I came across some information that might help.
- You came across it? - You can't tell anyone it came from me.
And you can't bring it to the CIA.
I don't have the authority to just show up with something like that.
And aren't you hooked up pretty good with the White House?
- I can't go that route. - And you can't tell me why.
It could help. I wouldn't bring it to you otherwise.
I'll see what I can do.
Are you sure you've got to go back to work?
I could come over, flip through some of your photo albums.
Yearbooks, maybe? It's only fair.
- Maybe next time? - So there's gonna be a next time?
- (LAUGHS) - I like the sound of that.
- Twelve outlets? - Fifteen.
HARRISON: It's a big story. ABBY: The biggest.
- No way we're getting past that. - Not unseen, we're not.
We wait. Top of the hour.
- Is there a back door? - Still have to go through the side yard.
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES) - Top of the hour, people.
- What? - CYRUS: You on this?
- I'm on this. - Good. Because it's not true.
Then why can I hear you pacing?
We stand behind him, we stand behind his character.
Randall's a judicial genius, Liv, one of the finest of our generation,
he deserves to sit on the bench of the highest court in the land.
I am telling you, it's not true.
- He's not my client, Cy, she is. - (SIGHS)
We're sitting ducks, Liv, the press can practically smell us from here.
HARRISON: We should move now.
I am asking you to shut this down, have Stanner deny it cleanly.
And I will do whatever is in the best interest of my client.
- Liv? - Liv?
At the top of the hour. Time?
8:59.
- Now? - 9:00.
- Now. - (DOORS OPEN)
And we are back live at the home of Sarah Stanner...
Live at the home of RyoCorp CEO Sarah Stanner...
Coming to you live from the Stanner home.
Top of the hour.
Hi. You must be Olivia Pope?
I'm Olivia Pope.
Your lawyer said you had kids?
Yeah, two. Why?
I'll need to lock all your windows, close your blinds.
OLMA: First thing in the morning, we're going to send your kids
to stay with a close relative, someone you trust.
My sister Nancy lives 20 minutes away.
Good. They'll go there.
- You put out the trash today? - Yeah. Why?
Needs to come in.
(CHUCKLES) Why would they go through our garbage?
I don't know what you're used to dealing with, Ms. Pope,
but we're just normal people.
Phil, the press is accusing your wife of having an affair with
one of the most polarizing political figures in the news right now.
So normal is over. Normal ended hours ago.
And yes, Sarah, they're going to
dig up anything and everything about you
they can get their hands on.
Your trash, your voice-mail, your bank statements,
your prescription history, it's all fair game.
Now, I will do everything I can to protect you, to get you through this,
but in order to do that, in order to do my job,
I need to know how much trouble we're in.
How much damage control we're going to need to do.
So, I want to hear everything that happened.
All of it. Every detail. And it needs to be the truth.
Was Murray Randall your law professor at Harvard?
Did you have an affair with him? Was he married? Were you married?
How much of what the press is reporting is true?
It's all true.
All of it.
HUCK: What do you see?
QUINN: Osborne.
And big guys in black suits. They look armed.
- That's the shadow. - The what?
CIA director always has a shadow.
They live in his basement and they tail him all day, every day.
When he eats, they follow. When he sleeps, they follow.
When he goes to the bathroom, they follow.
So how are we ever supposed to get to him?
We don't need to get to him. He needs to get away from them.
A mole trades in information.
So how can he ever get away from them to make a drop?
He can't. So he won't. He'll make the drop in plain sight.
Somewhere public. We wait for that.
You're good at this. Stalking people.
You'll get there.
If you think that man is going to prioritize a little late-night chitchat
over feeding his own child, you just don't know him,
isn't that right?
I need to see the President. Right now.
I'm sorry. He's not... He doesn't want to be disturbed.
- Who's he in there with? - I can't say.
Lauren, I hired you.
Hand-picked you to be the person who sits at this desk
and answers this phone.
I did that, Lauren. I chose you.
You owe me. And you're going to let me in there.
Mr. Beene, I can't. Not until he gives me...
Not until his wife comes in with his beautiful baby boy.
- Right? - I need to see him now.
Mr. Beene and the First Lady, both here to see you, sir.
Cyrus, what is it?
(SIGHS)
There's a story on Murray Randall. It's a problem.
What do you mean, there's a story? We vetted him. Extensively.
It's just an old affair, it'll blow over a single news cycle.
Then he'll be confirmed, as planned.
I have American citizens
who are about to get their heads chopped off by terrorists, Cyrus.
You told me this guy was clean and I do not need this now.
- Sir... - Just fix it.
One news cycle. That's all we can spare.
The First Lady, sir.
- Where's my boy? Where's my buddy? - Right here.
Are you hungry?
Did I keep you waiting?
- He is hungry. - You wanna have a snack?
- I know, you're hungry. - He is.
(EXHALES)
(REPORTERS CHATTERING)
What proof is out there?
What did they find?
There're some emails.
Then you'll need to make a public statement.
Tomorrow morning, we'll set up a microphone outside.
You want me to get up there in front of the world
and say I cheated?
We want to make this story
about a philandering Supreme Court nominee,
not a philandering CEO and mother of two.
Now hopefully, there are other women he's slept with
who'll come out of the woodwork and take the spotlight off your family.
But in the meantime, if you want this to go away as soon as possible,
you need to come clean. Publicly.
Do it.
Are you sure?
It's been 15 years.
I think you should do it, Sar.
And now I'd like to set the record straight.
I had a sexual relationship with Murray Randall 15 years ago
when I was his law student.
He was married at the time, as was I.
- The affair was brief. - (CELL PHONE CHIMING)
I got no preferential treatment in his class.
Nor was my career as a successful businesswoman impacted by...
Take a breath.
Don't you dare tell me to...
I will not be responsible for an untimely heart attack.
Take a breath.
Do you have any idea what we're up against?
Between the nomination and the hostage crisis,
the American public is willing to forgive one snafu a term,
they don't forgive two.
That's not what this is about.
I just got back in the inner circle, Liv. He's listening again,
and all I asked you for was a simple denial!
Murray Randall is not my client. The President is not my client.
You're doing this because he's anti-choice?
I'm apolitical. You know that.
Is your vagina apolitical?
- Goodbye, Cy. - We're gonna hit you back, Liv.
We've got to. We're gonna hit you back hard.
- Cyrus? - Yes?
Do your best.
You are no longer just pundits, talking heads.
You are assassins. Character assassins.
And your target is Sarah Stanner.
When we nominate a justice to the Supreme Court,
we need to know that there are no skeletons in their closet
that the Democrats can use against us.
It was an oversight, and I apologize, sir.
So it was an affair, then?
It was an affair, yes.
CYRUS: Mrs. Stanner, who up until this morning
was a successful CEO and mother of two,
but who is, as of now,
a dangerously unhinged stalker,
hell-bent on Murray Randall's destruction.
She's a good person, Mr. President.
I always admired her work ethic,
and I've been pleased to follow her career over the years.
The less damage we can do to her character...
Murray, do you think you have any say
over how we treat this woman's character after what you've done?
You lost your say the moment we asked
if you'd like to be on the Supreme Court
of the United States of America and you said "yes."
Mrs. Stanner, then a law student
in Judge Randall's constitutional law class,
was stalking the Judge, according to sources.
Exhibit A. Her emails to the Judge,
who never wrote back, as far as we can tell.
We can't say this stuff on TV, Cy.
Which is why we leak it online.
Then, when you're asked about it, you say...
This woman was a sexual predator who zeroed in on Judge Randall
with unwanted attention
from the very start of the torts class she took from him.
And I don't know if you've had a chance
to look at some of the emails she wrote,
but she was definitely hot for teacher.
To say that she went after him is an understatement.
I mean, we're on cable TV right now,
we can't read a sentence of this stuff out loud
without the FCC shutting you down.
And he tried to take the high road throughout this whole sordid ordeal.
He never replied to any of it. Not once.
Back off. Or I'll release the other side of that email correspondence.
There isn't one, as I'm sure you know.
She wrote to him, he didn't write back.
Classic sexual harassment.
Or does that only matter when it's boy on girl?
Sir, I found a classmate.
A successful, attractive, female partisan one?
- Oh, yes. - Go, go, go.
Honestly? None of this comes as a surprise.
She was always telling anyone who'd listen
how hot she thought Professor Randall was.
I mean, I guess her husband believed whatever she told him,
but how could you be so stupid?
Those pictures aren't even from law school!
That is undergrad!
Spring break! This is absurd.
This is... We have kids, Ms. Pope, we have a daughter.
It's just gonna get uglier.
There's a Supreme Court nomination at stake.
They're gonna do everything they can
to paint Judge Randall as the innocent victim here.
- We've got to push back. - (CELL PHONE CHIMING)
Change the narrative. Harrison.
RyoCorp's saying the affair violates the company's morality clause.
- Which means... - I know what it means.
- We've got another problem. - What?
RyoCorp thinks you're in violation of their morality clause.
They're going to sue me for breach of contract?
Take away my shares?
I don't understand.
They want Sarah to resign as CEO, effective immediately.
They're firing her.
- Lauren. - Hello, ma'am.
I was wondering if I could get a look at the President's schedule.
Your Chief of Staff should have a copy, ma'am.
She does. But I wanted to see your copy.
- Ma'am? - Lauren.
See? Right there.
This meeting isn't on my Chief of Staff's version of the schedule.
It's so late at night. And three times a week. Who is it?
I'm afraid I can't say, ma'am.
Lauren.
I can't say because I don't know.
Honestly, it must be a phone meeting.
I just... I don't know.
He places the calls himself? There's no phone log?
Of course, the President agreed, sir.
So we can count on your support, Senator?
You won't regret it.
(ALL APPLAUDING)
CYRUS: Andy, get some champagne in here.
We just pushed this nomination through.
(AIDES WHOOPING)
CYRUS: Yes!
What are we celebrating?
May we have a moment, please?
- Why didn't you tell me? - Tell you what?
That he is calling her again. That he is sleeping with her again.
I've seen his real schedule.
I know he's blocking off time late at night.
And I know that can only mean one thing.
I don't have time to listen to this, because I'm back in his good graces,
Mellie, so where your husband is dipping his signing pen these days
isn't my primary concern.
You know as well as I do
that once Olivia gets her claws in him again,
it will be back to divorce and taking us all down.
Here's what I know.
I know that he hasn't mentioned the word "divorce" in almost a year.
I know that getting involved in your messy little love triangle
has never gotten me anywhere.
And I also know that I just saved him a major public embarrassment.
Which, after the hostage crisis,
and your unfortunate conference call fiasco
means that while you may be wandering out
in the White House version of a Siberian work camp,
I'm curled up by the fire inside.
Now, if you'll excuse me, the President is waiting.
(HUFFS)
For me.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
How did you find me?
I'm a professional. And it's not like you're holed up in a cave in Tora Bora.
Do you know what these are?
These are fax transmissions
sent to a number in Kashfar two weeks ago.
- They're dossiers. On the aid workers. - They're not aid workers.
On the operatives that were taken hostage.
Did you get this from the woman who called me?
The one who died? Wendy?
If I'm gonna do something with this, I need to know that it's legit.
I need to know where you got it.
'Cause if I push my way through certain rooms,
and this intel is bogus, it's my ass on the line. I'm through.
I can't tell you how I got it. But I can promise you it's legit.
And I just have to trust you?
That's how this works, right?
Ms. Pope!
- Thank you! - You're welcome.
Don't worry about it, it happens all the time.
Comes with the territory.
Come on, Samantha.
We're not talking naked photos or slander against the company.
Who hasn't sent a dirty email or two?
- Try 200. - It's a rite of passage!
- Not for CEOs. - (GROANS)
She's a public figure. The face of our company.
She wasn't a public figure at the time of
the alleged compromise of her morality clause.
She was a kid. She was 24.
- She was in school. - She was married.
In any case, the legal language is clear as day.
I know you're under pressure from the board.
Stock prices are taking a hit over this scandal.
But if you continue this sexist campaign against my client,
it's gonna get ugly.
You're pretty.
- (LAUGHING) - And you talk real fast.
But I think I can take you.
And just in case I can't,
I've got an army of lawyers and unlimited funds in my war chest.
- You're outgunned. - Mmm.
I'm armed with one single fact.
We wouldn't be having this discussion if Sarah were a Saul or a Steve.
And that double standard
will become front and center in the coverage of this scandal
until the name RyoCorp is synonymous with discrimination.
Until you have to change the name
on every door and website and business card.
Until you have to use a good portion of those unlimited funds
re-branding your company.
Like I said,
ugly.
Good news.
The morality clause is off the table for now.
- So I can keep my job? - Mmm-hmm.
That's amazing. That is the...
First good news we've had all week.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Abby.
The good news is the affair was a two-way street.
A retired security guard came forward with footage from a weekend getaway
at a four-star resort in Cabo.
They were making out all over the lobby.
Did you get a hard copy?
I did. But, Liv,
the date stamp, it doesn't match the email.
It's from about a year later.
Turn that up.
Next up, caught on tape!
Breathing new life into the dying controversy
over the nomination of Judge Randall
is newly discovered hotel security footage
that not only proves that the affair with Sarah Stanner was mutual,
but that it was rekindled a year after her emails to him ceased.
How many lies, Sar? How many lies have you told me?
...because our investigators found more footage of the pair
two years later at the very same hotel.
I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
What the hell has our marriage even been?
Did you...
Do you love him? Are you still screwing him?
No! Of course not, no...
I don't believe you. I don't believe anything you say to me.
I don't believe you!
Wait. Two years... That's 2000.
Annie was born in 2001.
- Phil, please... - Is she my daughter?
Of course she is. Of course she's yours.
I don't believe this. I don't...
You know what? I don't care. I don't give a damn. I'm leaving.
- No... - Just get out of my way. I'm leaving.
- Phil... - Just get the hell away from me!
You can't leave, not with the press outside.
- Phil! - Go!
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING) - Hey! Get the hell off my lawn!
Phil, come on.
I want you all off my property. Now!
Come on!
Mr. Stanner, were you aware that the affair continued?
(GROANS)
Phil, listen to me, come on.
Let's not do this out here.
Not in front of the cameras,
they're just gonna follow you down the street. Let's go. Come on.
He just left the bank.
He waited in line to make a deposit. You think that's the drop?
I think it could be the drop.
HUCK: Why?
'Cause who makes a deposit at the bank these days?
You'd do it online or use an A TM.
It's not the drop.
- Why not? - Why not?
Because the tellers are searched nightly
and there are security cams everywhere.
Yup.
I'm gonna follow him.
You sure you want to do that?
Yeah. We can't see him, it could be the drop.
Why, you don't think I should?
I think you should do what you think you should do.
Hi. Picking up or dropping off?
Picking up. Number's 555-0199.
Picking up or dropping off?
(QUINN SIGHING)
I know. I know.
That's why you don't do cover without the right props.
One of those guys could've made you, and for what? Nothing.
I got his phone number.
You think the Director of the CIA uses his real phone number
- to pick up his dry cleaning? - No.
- Need a shirt? - Yes, please.
(PHONE RINGING)
Harrison Wright.
- You know what's ugly, Harrison? - Samantha.
(CHUCKLING) So good to hear from you again.
Ugly is when you tell your husband you're at a work conference
one weekend a month
so you can go screw your married lover in Mexico.
I don't know what you've heard, but...
For two years straight.
And it's just that kind of ugliness
that the RyoCorp morality clause is designed to protect against.
Where are we at with Randall?
After the hotel romp in Mexico, he has almost no support,
there's no sense in trying to ram it through.
He's declining first thing in the morning. I'm having Scotty draft a statement.
And who else do we have on deck?
Soteras. Habinek, over on the Ninth Circuit.
Murphy, but she's got the housekeeper thing from '96.
So no one anywhere near as good as Randall.
We had the votes to push it through, sir.
If Liv had gotten her client to issue a denial from the start,
all of this could have been avoided.
Olivia was behind tanking Randall?
She's representing Sarah Stanner, sir. I thought you knew.
I need a minute, Cyrus.
- Sir... - I need a minute.
You're staying the night again?
We're nearing arctic temperatures in there. They shouldn't be alone.
I want the two of you to focus on her legal case.
The board's voting tomorrow afternoon
on whether to fire her over the morality clause.
Her personal life is falling apart.
The least we can do is try to save her job.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Cyrus, I already told you...
FITZ: It's not Cyrus.
I wish you'd just been honest with me.
I already told you, I made a mistake.
I don't mean about Defiance.
What do you mean, Fitz?
What do you mean?
Fitz?
PHIL: All those weekends,
you were in Mexico screwing that guy.
I trusted you!
I'm sitting at home like some kind of idiot.
I made a mistake, I'm sorry.
We weren't getting along. I didn't know if we would last.
You made damn sure we wouldn't!
If you didn't think I was good enough to be president...
I did think you were.
You didn't.
If you had...
SARAH: I love you. I am sorry.
I love you. I was stupid.
- I wish I could take it back. - You can't!
You know what? It doesn't matter. I don't even know why I...
That's not why I called.
Why did you call?
I told myself I was calling
to tell you to back off from my Supreme Court Justice nominee.
But, really,
I was calling because apparently I haven't kicked myself enough today
and I needed a little more misery.
(SIGHS)
I trusted you, you know.
You were all I had.
You ruined me.
I'm ruined.
I don't care.
- Phil... - I want a paternity test.
I'm going to hang up now.
Okay. You do that. That's a good idea.
- Captain Ballard, sir. - Send him in.
Mr. President.
I don't need an update on her right now, I'm well aware of what she's been up to.
This isn't about her.
Where did you get these?
An anonymous source sent them to my office this morning.
You see that fax number at the top there?
It's registered to a Kashfari intelligence officer.
One of our drones just picked him up
driving towards an armed compound in Tenwar province.
Place is a pretty well-known safe haven for terrorists.
Who else knows about this?
Just me and my immediate superiors.
I felt it best to keep a leash on it until I spoke to you.
Is there a team in place?
Just waiting for your go-ahead, sir.
- Good night, Lauren. - Good night, Captain Ballard.
Don't judge me.
No judgments.
He wants a paternity test.
But you heard that. I'm betting you heard that.
I'm sorry.
I know it must not be fun having us in your house...
No, it's like a party. I love it. It's great.
You've got front row seats to the end of my marriage.
Crap.
I am a terrible host.
You want a drink?
- No, I... - You have to have a drink.
Otherwise I'm just drinking alone.
Sarah, it would be unprofessional for me to...
I'm paying for your time, right?
This is my dime? My many, many dimes?
Have a drink with me.
Drink the damn wine.
- This is... - A $300 bottle of wine.
I was saving it for an occasion.
My husband calling me a whore feels like an occasion.
- You made a mistake. - No.
I mean, yes, I did.
Cheating on him, that was a mistake.
Our marriage was...
We weren't getting along, I was young,
I was dumb enough to think it was okay if someone else turned me on,
and I made a mistake. The affair was a mistake.
But that's not the thing, that's not what's going to kill us.
The mistake is nothing.
- It's that... - It's that
you never told him the truth.
It's that you let him believe a lie.
I didn't know.
I don't know if Annie is his.
But it would have hurt him if she wasn't,
so I made a choice.
You let him be her dad.
I let him be her dad.
You think the only one that's going to suffer is you.
You get a twinge on Father's Day, you suck it up, you tell yourself,
"Okay, this is the price I'm paying. This is the cost."
But it's not. There's a much larger bill.
And it comes due.
And suddenly, Olivia Pope is in your living room.
Damn.
We really have to do the paternity test?
You do. You should. If that's what he wants.
There's a hairbrush on her dresser. You can use that.
You have some job. Fixer.
How do you fix betrayal?
Sarah, you betrayed him.
You did.
You messed up. And there's a price.
Betrayal always has a price.
But let me ask you something.
Is he a good dad?
(EXHALES)
He's a great dad.
You did what you thought was best at the time.
Even if it was wrong, you thought it was best.
You can't change the choice you made.
All you can do is not let it ruin you.
And what if he never forgives me?
Then you're going to have to learn to forgive yourself.
That sounds lonely.
It is.
Okay, I've been thinking about this dry cleaner thing.
What are you thinking?
Director of the CIA,
that's gotta be a job where you have no free time.
You're too busy saving the world.
So why does Osborne go to the cleaner's himself?
Any assistant could do that.
Why do you think he goes?
Because the best drops happen in plain sight.
Yes, they do.
Got 'em. So easy.
- Just gave the number. - Check it.
Inside pockets, too.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
Oh, my God. This has to be...
Twenty grand, at least.
- Holy... - Stay focused.
What's next?
He can't know we're on to him.
Tell me this happens all the time
because otherwise I'm gonna feel like a total idiot.
I must have given you the wrong number because these suits,
they're definitely not my husband's.
Wrong size, wrong color, just wrong, wrong, wrong.
What's the phone number?
You ever have one of those days where you just try and do too much?
He told me his suits weren't going to be ready today,
and I try to be Superwoman, do it all, make him dinner, get his cleaning.
He can get his own cleaning on Saturday, when it's ready.
You have a better day than I'm having.
(BELL DINGS)
Annie.
What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at school.
MacKenzie Myers says my dad isn't my real dad.
Is that true?
(GASPS)
That's why you have my hairbrush, right?
So you can find out?
I've seen the news.
Aunt Nancy didn't know I was watching,
but I was.
Your dad will always be your dad.
No matter what.
Here's Scotty's statement, you should take a look.
I've got Randall's office ready to release it on your word.
- Don't pull it yet. - Sir?
There's an operation underway to free the hostages in Western Kashfar.
Underway? Now?
Choppers are in the air. They'll be on the ground in 25 minutes.
I don't... Why didn't I know about this?
I figured you had your hands full.
Just keep a lid on it until I update you on the status.
If this operation is successful,
we'll bury this whole Murray Randall fiasco in a tidal wave of good news.
Cyrus?
Yes, sir?
I believe the words you're looking for are "thank you."
(SIGHS)
FITZ: My fellow Americans,
at 5:37 p.m., Greenwich Mean Time,
a Navy SEAL team was dispatched to the Kashfari province of Tenwar.
Their mission, to find the three American aid workers taken hostage
and bring them back alive.
(CAMERA CLATTERING)
(DOOR OPENING)
(MEN SHOUTING)
(GUNFIRE ON VIDEO)
(GROANS)
The SEAL team executed their mission without a single American casualty.
Room's empty. No hostages.
Take it. Take it.
(GROANS)
NAVY SEAL: Over here!
And as for the hostages...
ALL: Yes!
Thank God.
...I'm proud to say, they're alive and well.
God bless our servicemen and women. And God bless America.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Mr. President.
You did a hell of a thing today.
Just doing my job.
You get anything?
(SCOFFS) This contract is so airtight.
Board meeting is at 5:00.
Too bad you don't sign a morality clause before you get married.
Not that it would've saved those two anyway.
Why do you assume their marriage is over?
Way I see it, marriage is a partnership. You add kids, it's a job.
You think he's gonna be able to work with her?
Be a team with her? After what she did to him?
I work with you after what you did to me.
You basically tanked me and David.
Abby, I'm sorry about that.
You know how sorry I am about that.
It's fine. That's my point.
People get betrayed. People betray. You deal with it and you move on.
If it's a partnership, if it's a job, you move on.
Abby, I will apologize every single day if that will make things better.
I'm not mad, Harrison. I'm not.
But you're different. With me.
I mean, you're the exact same,
but you're completely different.
I'm still me. We're still us.
I'm just...
I now live in a world where I know that you are a gladiator first
and a person second.
That's okay. Because I can do that, too.
I can be a person second. I just...
(SIGHS)
Before, I just didn't know that's what we were doing with each other, is all.
We're good.
Abby.
You know what? I have an idea.
Maybe we're going about this whole morality thing the wrong way.
Hmm.
(HARRISON SIGHS)
- We have nothing on these guys. - It doesn't matter.
- What if they call our bluff? - They won't.
- What if they do? - They won't.
MAN: Gentlemen, let us take a look at our stock prices...
Don't worry, gentlemen. We're not here to occupy you.
Who the hell...
Relax. We just need a couple minutes of your time.
We know you're about to fire Sarah Stanner
for violating the morality clause of her contract.
- That's a big decision. - Huge.
- I'll get security. - HARRISON: Go ahead, Larry.
It's Larry, right?
But before you have security set their Tasers to stun,
let me just say that in this box my colleague is holding dirt.
All the dirt we've spent the past week digging up on every single one of you.
Dirty dirt. Filthy dirt.
Some of it is illegal. And some of it is just downright disgusting.
I'm talkin' no-amount-of-Lysol's-gonna clean-that-corporate-jet disgusting.
You know what he's talking about, right?
- Actually, I don't. - Oh, soon you will.
And so will your families. And so will America.
We wouldn't put a morality clause in our contracts
if any of us had anything to worry about.
Well, in that case, you won't mind
if Abby just opens the box and starts reading.
Fine by me.
Okay. Let's do this.
So on the count of three, we'll all get naked together. Ready?
One.
Two.
Wait.
RyoCorp won't be enforcing the morality clause.
Turns out the board has a few secrets of their own.
Your job is safe, Sarah.
That's good. Thanks.
I have the results of the paternity test.
Go ahead, open it.
But whatever's in there won't make a difference.
It's not gonna erase the 13 years you've spent as Annie's dad.
It's not going to make you stay,
it's not going to let you walk away,
it's not going to change how you feel about your family.
Or even about your wife.
It's not going to bring you peace, Phil.
You've been through more in the last week
than most families go through in 20 years.
The two of you have been through a war.
You have wounds.
And the only thing that will let that heal is time.
Listen.
HARRISON: The sweet sound of silence.
They're on to the next story.
MALE REPORTER: We're reporting live from the White House.
In a daring, pre-dawn raid,
U.S. Special Forces have freed American hostages held in Kashfar...
The operation, a model of precision, with no casualties among the hostages,
and all four of their captors dead...
In contrast to the previous attempt,
this mission is being termed a complete and resounding success
and has provided a much-needed confidence boost
to the Grant Administration tonight,
after several weeks of political embarrassments.
Until this evening, the hostage situation in Kashfar...
Did you come here to gloat?
Why would I? Looks like the mission went perfectly.
It did.
But I had nothing to do with it.
Didn't even hear about it until it was already underway.
I thought I was back. But I was wrong.
Welcome to Siberia.
Turns out I was wrong, too.
Oh, yeah? How so?
He's not cheating on me, Cy.
He's cheating on you.
Oh, my God.
The hostages are free.
What happened to you?
I got mugged. Did you hear me? They're free.
I'll get you some ice.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Did you send it?
- Just now. - I'll take a look.
Thanks.