"what 945)}are you doing?" "791)}Jesus." "871)}Did you get 945)}a good look?" "870)}Blue Toyota Camry 939)}that's all I saw." "945)}It's the Wartons' dog." "man." "945)}It's not gonna make it." "944)}Go see if they're home." "945)}It's okay." "865)}There are two 945)}kinds of pain." "871)}The sort of pain 945)}that makes you strong" "797)}or useless pain 871)}the sort of pain" "945)}that's only suffering." "871)}I have no patience 945)}for useless things." "791)}Moments like 871)}this require someone" "939)}who will act." "865)}Who will do 945)}the unpleasant thing" "945)}the necessary thing." "939)}There." "945)}No more pain." "791)}It was 865)}a hit and run." "945)}I'm awfully sorry." "871)}He must've jumped 945)}over the fence again." "Steve is gonna 871)}file a report on the car." "945)}He'll put his people on it." "939)}We'll track them down." "944)}Stunning." "939)}Shall we?" "one." "945)}Happy New Year!" "939)}Oh." "865)}President-elect 939)}Garrett Walker." "939)}Do I like him?" "No." "865)}Do I believe in him?" "945)}That's beside the point." "871)}Any politician that 945)}gets 70 million votes" "797)}has tapped into 871)}something larger" "943)}than himself 871)}larger than even me" "939)}as much as I hate to admit it." "871)}Look at that winning smile 945)}those trusting eyes." "871)}I latched onto him early on 945)}and made myself vital." "796)}After 22 years in Congress 871)}I can smell which way" "945)}the wind is blowing." "his Right 939)}Honorable Vice President." "871)}Former governor 945)}of Pennsylvania." "797)}He did his duty in 871)}delivering the Keystone bless his heart." "871)}Now they're about to 945)}put him out to pasture." "791)}But he looks 871)}happy enough" "939)}doesn't he?" "it's simply 939)}the size of the chair." "797)}Linda Vasquez 865)}Walker's chief of staff." "945)}I got her hired." "check." "check." "945)}But more important than that 797)}she's as tough as" "865)}a two-dollar steak." "check." "865)}When it comes to 943)}the White House" "797)}you not 871)}only need the keys" "945)}in your back-pocket 945)}you need the gatekeeper." "795)}As for me 871)}I'm just the lowly" "945)}House Majority Whip." "871)}I keep things 944)}moving in a Congress" "871)}choked by 945)}pettiness and lassitude." "871)}My job is to clear the pipes 945)}and keep the sludge moving." "865)}But I won't have to be 945)}a plumber much longer." "871)}I've done my time." "945)}I've backed the right man." "939)}Give and take." "945)}Welcome to Washington." "939)}You need a haircut." "939)}You think?" "939)}A little trim." "871)}What are you 945)}going to wear?" "765)}You mean for 845)}the meeting?" "939)}For the announcement." "871)}I'll wear my navy blue 945)}the one with the pinstripes." "865)}Good." "You look 939)}handsome in that suit." "791)}I don't know if 871)}they'll announce" "945)}before your board meeting." "871)}As long as I can say 945)}the donation is coming." "795)}Soon as it's official 870)}SanCorp will" "945)}write you a check." "871)}This is going to be 945)}a big year for us." "870)}They're gonna want 945)}to start with something big." "944)}That's why I'm here 944)}Really?" "What?" "870)}I'd say immigration 945)}banking or education." "871)}But none of my regular 939)}sources can confirm that." "797)}Because they don't or because" "945)}they're not talking?" "945)}Because they don't know." "871)}Keep at it." "944)}Get me something." "870)}Sorry." "Sorry 939)}Mr. Hammerschmidt." "Zoe." "839)}Barnes." "945)}Right." "871)}Did it take him a year 945)}to remember your name?" "945)}Longer." "Lucas." "865)}What can I do" "Zoe?" "791)}I am sick of 865)}the Fairfax" "944)}County Council." "945)}You tell me every day." "939)}Move me online." "945)}My own blog." "871)}First person." "944)}Subjective. 500 words." "945)}Not gonna happen." "945)}I'll go underground." "the urinals." "865)}I'll win over staff 939)}members on the Hill." "771)}They need 845)}a place to vent." "945)}A gossip column." "939)}No." "We lift the veil." "945)}What's really going on." "791)}This is" "it's not TMZ." "771)}Do you know how 844)}many people watch TMZ?" "939)}I couldn't care less." "871)}Which is why print 945)}journalism is dying." "791)}Then it'll die with 871)}dignity." "At least 945)}at this paper." "791)}You're stuck in" "Lucas." "945)}You lack imagination." "but right" "I don't need" "I need copy." "871)}Your nights and 945)}weekends are yours." "871)}I applaud whatever 945)}you want to do" "871)}as long as it's 945)}not on my time." "771)}You're telling me 845)}to get back to work." "939)}I am." "797)}What you're 871)}really telling me" "939)}is to fuck off." "945)}I'm telling you both." "already 939)}from Province Trust." "Christina." "945)}Henry." "945)}It's good to see you." "771)}How long are you 839)}in town for?" "945)}Just today." "797)}You gotta come 865)}back down for" "945)}the inauguration." "945)}I can hook you up." "871)}How about you hook me up 945)}with the zoning laws" "945)}you promised to get changed?" "871)}We've got 12 million 945)}sitting in escrow" "871)}for an empty lot 939)}we can't build on." "797)}I know." "But you it's 945)}a local municipal issue." "771)}I can't just 845)}pick up the phone... 939)}You can't?" "865)}Because that's not 945)}what you led us to believe" "871)}when you begged for 945)}50 grand in donations." "845)}Right." "939)}One sec." "I said no 865)}calls." "Not while I'm 944)}meeting with Mr. Chapman." "939)}The President-elect?" "945)}Do you mind?" "please." "871)}Put him through 939)}Christina." "939)}Mr. President-elect." "we were... 871)}We were pleased to" "945)}win by double digits." "871)}Absolutely 945)}anything you need." "871)}I need you to wet" "871)}talented tongue 945)}between my thighs" "865)}and make me 945)}squeal like Monica... me too." "sir." "871)}I'm so sorry." "939)}Where were we?" "what's he like?" "865)}Is the President-elect 945)}running late?" "865)}No." "He couldn't make it." "though." "944)}Okay." "939)}This is the memo I drafted 871)}on our Middle East policy" "945)}we've been developing." "I wanna borrow 945)}from Reagan" "871)}I'd like to coin the phrase 945)}"trickle-down diplomacy." "771)}That way..." "I'm going 945)}to stop you there." "871)}We're not nominating you 944)}for Secretary of State." "791)}I know he made but" "945)}circumstances have changed." "865)}The nature of" "Linda 871)}is that they remain immune" "945)}to changing circumstances." "870)}Garrett has thought long 943)}and hard about this" "865)}and he's decided we need 944)}you to stay in Congress." "865)}When was this 939)}decision made?" "871)}And why wasn't I 945)}part of a conversation?" "Frank." "945)}If it had been up to me 865)}I wouldn't have waited" "945)}this long to tell you." "870)}So you knew you 945)}were going to do this." "865)}It has been 945)}an evolving discussion." "939)}It's a chicken-shit move." "839)}Frank... 939)}I was vetted." "839)}Was that a ruse?" "939)}No." "945)}Let's be absolutely clear." "865)}You wouldn't 939)}have won without me." "871)}You're right." "943)}But now we have to lead 865)}and that means" "945)}making tough choices." "797)}As you know 865)}education is" "945)}a top priority for us." "871)}A complete 939)}federal overhaul." "797)}But it's not just" "Frank." "944)}Congress is split." "797)}We need you there 871)}more than we need you" "944)}in the State Department." "871)}I got you" "Linda." "839)}I know." "endorsements." "797)}I wrote the campaign's 871)}entire foreign" "945)}policy platform." "797)}I bring years 871)}of foreign affairs" "939)}committee... please." "871)}I wanna speak to 945)}Walker personally." "939)}The decision is made." "Frank." "871)}Will you stand 939)}beside us or not?" "865)}Of course." "If that's 939)}what the President wants." "871)}I'm very glad 939)}to hear that." "865)}I'm curious." "then who?" "939)}Michael Kern." "that is 939)}an excellent choice." "865)}Can we make 939)}it more clear?" "871)}I just want to make 939)}sure it doesn't look like" "871)}we're neglecting 939)}our domestic... no." "871)}I'm gonna say that we're 945)}expanding our mission." "944)}Okay." "797)}And we're bringing 871)}on a new organization" "945)}to help us." "871)}Do you know 945)}which one yet?" "871)}I'm still looking into but... what did we agree that we could hire" "945)}how many new people?" "839)}Six?" "maybe seven." "945)}We'll have enough." "945)}It's exciting." "865)}This new direction 945)}we're heading." "797)}I just don't know 871)}where we're going to fit" "945)}all the people." "797)}Do you think we 865)}have to look into" "945)}additional space?" "no." "945)}I'll find a way." "so make the changes 939)}to the PowerPoint" "865)}and let's meet 945)}again at 2:30." "944)}Okay." "939)}It's me." "791)}I feel like 871)}an idiot leaving" "945)}messages like this." "939)}Call me back." "Zoe?" "939)}Um... 797)}I know you're going" "871)}to have your hands full 943)}at the White House" "797)}so if you need 865)}someone to do research" "945)}or punch out background... 939)}I think I'll be fine." "if things and" "945)}you need any help." "796)}So you can blog 871)}about rubbing shoulders" "945)}with the big boys?" "945)}What did Lucas tell you?" "no offense but I don't have time" "871)}to be anyone's 945)}training wheels." "945)}I just thought..." "I was actually 945)}offering to lend a hand." "839)}That's it." "939)}Got it." "Thanks." "839)}Claire... 939)}You didn't call." "765)}I was... 865)}You didn't call" "Francis." "865)}Nine hours." "939)}You don't not call me." "945)}Not when it's this big." "945)}You're right." "865)}When have we ever 939)}avoided each other?" "865)}I wanted 939)}a solution first." "945)}Do you have one?" "945)}Not yet." "865)}This affects me" "Francis." "871)}And it's not the money 945)}I'm upset about." "865)}It's that we do 945)}things together." "871)}When you don't involve me 939)}we're in free fall." "791)}I should have 871)}called you" "939)}and I didn't." "945)}What happened?" "870)}She says they need to 944)}keep me in Congress." "939)}Linda said that?" "939)}Walker wasn't even there." "865)}That's what 945)}really gets me." "791)}He didn't have 871)}the courage to" "945)}look me in the eye... 871)}I knew you shouldn't" "939)}trust that woman." "865)}I didn't." "I don't." "945)}I don't trust anyone." "871)}Then how could you 945)}not see this coming?" "871)}I never thought 945)}they were capable." "797)}You don't usually 871)}underestimate people" "939)}Francis." "939)}I know." "939)}Hubris." "Ambition." "945)}You should be angry." "939)}I'm livid." "865)}Then where is that?" "939)}I don't see it." "871)}What do you 939)}want me to do?" "870)}Scream and yell?" "939)}Throw a tantrum?" "791)}I want more than I'm 871)}seeing." "You're better" "Francis." "I'm sorry 939)}Claire." "945)}I am sorry." "945)}No." "That I won't accept." "839)}What?" "945)}Apologies." "871)}My husband doesn't even to me." "871)}How long have 945)}you been up?" "939)}Hours." "865)}I know what 939)}I have to do." "939)}Good." "865)}We'll have a lot 945)}of nights like this" "871)}making plans 945)}very little sleep." "871)}I expected that." "945)}That doesn't worry me." "945)}I better get to work." "865)}I laid a suit out 945)}for you upstairs." "945)}The navy blue one." "791)}I love that woman." "865)}I love her more 939)}than sharks love blood." "136)}Why do you think 211)}they went with him?" "137)}We're too good." "211)}They can't afford to 284)}lose us in Congress." "131)}He's had work done." "211)}A chin tuck probably." "285)}He definitely dyes his hair." "945)}Do we say anything?" "no." "945)}Not unless he brings it up." "944)}Nancy?" "839)}9:25... 944)}Cancel everything." "you're with me." "look... 870)}They've done us" "Doug." "871)}We are no longer 945)}bound by allegiances." "939)}We serve no one." "871)}We live by one rule 945)}and one rule only" "797)}never again will we 865)}allow ourselves to be" "945)}put in such a position." "945)}Walker and Vasquez." "791)}All of them." "865)}I hold them 939)}all accountable." "839)}Retribution?" "939)}No." "939)}No." "It's more than that." "945)}Take a step back." "865)}Look at 945)}the bigger picture." "791)}I think I see what 871)}you're getting at." "939)}Kern first?" "797)}That's how you" "Doug." "939)}One bite at a time." "871)}Who would you want?" "944)}For Secretary of State?" "865)}Give me a list of choices." "943)}And however we do this 939)}we'll also need a buffer." "845)}You mean an errand boy?" "939)}Yes." "870)}Somebody we 945)}control completely." "771)}I'll keep my 845)}ear to the ground." "939)}Good." "865)}I haven't eaten 945)}since yesterday." "945)}I almost pity him." "865)}He didn't choose to 945)}be put on my platter." "871)}When I carve him up 945)}and toss him to the dogs" "797)}only then will he 869)}confront that brutal" "945)}inescapable truth." "all I ever 939)}amounted to was chitlins." "791)}"And he that 865)}shall humble himself" "939)}shall be exalted." "939)}Matthew 23:12." "939)}Thanks be to God." "871)}I'd like to speak today 945)}on the subject of humility." "871)}A lot of you have 945)}just won re-election." "797)}If you hadn't 871)}you might not" "945)}be sitting here." "795)}And of course 871)}we should enjoy our success" "945)}and be grateful for it." "871)}But never let your 945)}gratitude sour into pride." "797)}You'll have many 871)}challenges ahead over" "945)}the next couple of years." "871)}And a person's character 939)}isn't determined" "871)}by how he or she 945)}enjoys victory" "865)}but rather how he 939)}or she endures defeat." "797)}Nothing can help 865)}us endure dark times" "939)}better than our faith." "939)}Claire." "Felicity." "845)}How are you?" "944)}Good." "How are you?" "870)}Good." "I'm sorry about that." "945)}It's just not right." "791)}Charles and I can't 865)}understand what" "945)}Walker was thinking." "797)}That's very sweet but really" "945)}between you and me 865)}I think Francis" "939)}is relieved." "797)}He just feels 865)}much more at home" "944)}in Congress." "791)}I would've bet 865)}a million dollars" "945)}they were going to pick you." "it's a good thing 871)}you have a million" "945)}dollars to spare." "871)}But you are by far 945)}and away the only choice." "871)}I appreciate you 945)}saying that." "Michael?" "939)}Come on." "871)}He's got half 945)}the experience you do... 939)}Garrett is a smart man." "945)}He knows what he's doing." "871)}You're a bigger man" "Frank." "865)}You want some 939)}of that wine?" "definitely." "this is some good shit." "945)}Where did you get it?" "865)}I kind of lifted 939)}it from the VIP room" "870)}of the Speakers' 945)}holiday party." "871)}I'm impressed." "20 years old." "765)}It seemed about 845)}right for you." "939)}Ouch." "871)}Why would you 945)}say that to me?" "791)}I'm almost 30." "871)}That's practically 945)}ancient in your book." "765)}I don't discriminate 845)}when it comes to age." "945)}Really?" "791)}When's the last 871)}time you hired" "945)}a 40-year-old staffer?" "939)}Doesn't mean I wouldn't." "871)}As long as she's 945)}good in the sack." "939)}Come on." "it's true 939)}isn't it?" "945)}Where's this coming from?" "871)}You're not gonna 945)}just toss me aside" "865)}for some slut 945)}straight out of Vassar?" "870)}So we're having 939)}that conversation." "791)}It's been six months." "865)}It's not a little 945)}office fling anymore." "871)}You want me to say 945)}those three magic words." "865)}One of which 939)}starts with an L." "I'll say 'em." "944)}Christina Gallagher" "945)}lick my balls." "my... 939)}You're a bastard." "945)}I love you." "Christina." "945)}I love you." "871)}Now will you 945)}lick my balls?" "791)}So I'm curious." "871)}Are we patrons 945)}benefactors or lepers?" "869)}Believe it or not 945)}we're angels." "797)}I'm gonna go outside 871)}and pretend to" "945)}use my cell phone." "939)}Go." "939)}Oh!" "944)}Can I have your jacket?" "939)}Yeah." "944)}Okay." "945)}Are you coming to bed?" "945)}I'll be up in a bit." "945)}Don't stay up all night." "I'll be right there." "865)}Thanks so much." "945)}I'll call you." "871)}Wait." "I thought 945)}you had a good time." "865)}I did." "I loved it." "939)}I've never been before." "maybe 945)}I could come up." "939)}Oh." "you're 945)}so sweet." "Really." "871)}But if I was going to you'd know." "939)}Thanks so much." "839)}She's here." "939)}Send her in." "797)}It's quite rare for 871)}a president's chief of staff" "939)}to climb the Hill." "871)}A gesture of respect or desperation." "871)}I'm guessing she'll say 945)}Donald Blythe for Education." "945)}Let's see if I'm right." "Linda." "871)}Thank you so much 945)}for making the trip up." "944)}Of course." "My pleasure." "939)}Education?" "945)}First things first." "871)}The seating chart 945)}for the inauguration." "865)}How do these two 944)}work for you and Claire?" "939)}Wow." "871)}They come with 945)}a complimentary set" "865)}of tickets to 939)}the Jefferson Ball." "865)}Claire will be 939)}over the moon." "I'm so glad." "education." "871)}We have Donald Blythe 945)}drafting the legislation." "845)}Donald Blythe?" "Jesus." "939)}I know." "796)}So you want a bill 871)}just two steps" "939)}left of Karl Marx?" "791)}I advised the 865)}President-elect" "945)}against it 865)}but Donald is" "939)}the face of education." "871)}He's been pushing 945)}reform for 25 years." "865)}You want me to 945)}guide him to the middle." "865)}We need a bill 950)}we can pass." "871)}Do I have absolute autonomy 945)}and authority on this?" "939)}There's more." "791)}Garrett wants 865)}the bill on the floor" "945)}in the first 100 days." "871)}He wants to make a pledge 945)}in his inaugural address." "939)}That's... 871)}That's very ambitious" "939)}Linda." "944)}Can we make that pledge?" "945)}A hundred days?" "939)}I can deliver." "945)}Keep me posted." "791)}I'll talk with Donald." "865)}I'll check in with 945)}you later in the week." "939)}Terrific." "945)}Did you smell that?" "871)}The smugness?" "939)}The false deference?" "791)}She thinks I can be 871)}bought with a pair" "939)}of tickets." "What am I?" "865)}A whore 945)}in post-war Berlin" "797)}salivating 871)}over free stockings" "939)}and chocolate?" "871)}What she's asking will 939)}cost far more than that." "845)}Ferguson?" "939)}Too old." "839)}Willis?" "945)}Too stupid." "845)}Boyd?" "945)}Too queer." "945)}Really?" "865)}He's married 939)}with three kids." "865)}And wouldn't 945)}they be devastated." "945)}All right." "865)}What about 939)}Catherine Durant?" "796)}Cathy Durant." "870)}She was vocally 939)}anti-Walker." "944)}She's got the experience." "944)}Set up a meeting." "945)}Hey." "865)}The donation 944)}from SanCorp?" "797)}The money will 865)}have to come from" "939)}somewhere else." "945)}What happened?" "865)}I've looked over 945)}the budget for fiscal '13" "865)}and we've allocated 941)}$1.6 million for salaries." "865)}We need to 939)}cut that in half." "945)}You're suggesting... we're going" "945)}to let some people go." "865)}That would be 939)}half of our staff." "865)}We have to 940)}carve out some room." "865)}You would have to fire 945)}some essential people" "865)}who have been with us 945)}since the beginning." "871)}We are a charity 945)}but not for our employees." "Claire 945)}I've held my tongue about" "865)}this whole international 945)}thing for a while" "945)}but I don't get it." "871)}We are really good 939)}at what we do." "871)}Why do we have to try 945)}and be something we're not?" "865)}Because we've" "Evelyn." "791)}And it is time for our entire" "945)}organization... 797)}But digging wells in Africa?" "865)}We don't know 945)}anything about that." "797)}Which is why 865)}we have to" "945)}bring in new people." "797)}This is the plan 871)}that I've proposed" "939)}to the board 871)}and we are moving" "939)}forward with it." "865)}I'd like a list please." "can we just 939)}think about this?" "797)}I have thought about it." "871)}I've put a lot of 945)}thought into it." "939)}But I think... you're" "945)}the office manager." "871)}I need you to trust that 945)}I know what I'm doing." "870)}So please get me that list 945)}as soon as possible." "845)}Ma'am." "You can't go up." "945)}I'm sorry." "771)}I just have 845)}one question." "939)}No." "No." "I apologize 839)}this woman... 944)}Congressman." "you need to 945)}step away from the door." "771)}If I could just 839)}have one second." "944)}Step away from the... 945)}Who are you?" "797)}My name is Zoe Barnes." "871)}I'm a reporter at 944)}the Washington Herald." "791)}It is after 871)}10:30 at night" "945)}and this is my home." "765)}I do not allow... 871)}We're part of a mutual" "945)}admiration society." "865)}You're a fan 945)}of the symphony." "791)}More for the 871)}people-watching" "939)}than the music." "Steve." "Ms. Barnes." "945)}It's strong." "945)}You'd prefer it weak?" "the stronger 939)}the better." "865)}There's no harm 945)}in looking." "945)}That's a cheap ploy." "945)}It's cheap but effective." "you certainly have 945)}my undivided attention." "769)}Good 839)}the reason I'm here... 939)}Oh... 945)}Is foreplay over?" "791)}I read somewhere 865)}that JFK never lasted" "939)}more than three minutes." "945)}The point being?" "945)}Time is precious." "871)}Powerful people don't have 945)}the luxury of foreplay." "870)}Okay." "So why are" "Ms. Barnes?" "871)}I need somebody 939)}I can talk to." "797)}We're talking." "865)}Tell me what 945)}we're talking about." "871)}I protect your identity 945)}I print whatever you tell me." "865)}And I'll never 945)}ask any questions." "797)}And what makes you think 871)}I don't already have" "945)}such an arrangement 865)}with one of" "945)}your colleagues?" "797)}Because if you did 871)}you wouldn't have" "945)}let me through the door." "871)}I've led a very long 945)}very successful career" "871)}avoiding this sort of 945)}intrigue with the press." "871)}I can't see any 945)}advantage in starting now." "865)}But is there 945)}any disadvantage?" "for one." "871)}I promise you 939)}absolute discretion." "870)}So we're talking 939)}about trust." "945)}Use whatever word you like." "871)}Words matter very" "Ms. Barnes." "791)}You should care 869)}more about them" "945)}given your profession." "your trust." "865)}So which Zoe Barnes 939)}am I to trust?" "791)}The one who wrote 865)}about the fireman" "939)}that married the meter maid?" "791)}Or the one who 871)}authored a very" "939)}fine article 871)}on a new jogging path" "939)}in Rock Creek Park." "865)}Don't be flattered." "945)}I read everything." "865)}I'm better than what 945)}they have me doing." "865)}You know what 939)}that feels like." "939)}Do I?" "865)}You would have made 944)}a great Secretary of State." "871)}How exactly may I" "Ms. Barnes?" "791)}You must know 865)}the administration's" "945)}legislative agenda." "845)}What's coming up first." "945)}I may." "945)}Will you tell me?" "945)}What would be your guess?" "839)}Education." "945)}Why?" "797)}Immigration is 865)}too controversial." "945)}Tax-reform isn't sexy enough." "871)}Everyone can get 939)}behind children." "939)}Is it education?" "797)}You might very 865)}well think that." "945)}I couldn't possibly comment." "939)}A hint." "Ms. Barnes." "944)}Can we talk again?" "797)}I hope you'll understand 865)}that I want to" "945)}sleep on all this." "865)}I never make 945)}such big decisions" "871)}so long after sunset 939)}and so far from dawn." "871)}My cell phone's 939)}on the back." "871)}Did you put Ms. Barnes 945)}in the visitors' ledger?" "845)}Not yet." "939)}Don't." "845)}Needless to say." "939)}Needless." "939)}Hello." "this is 869)}Ms. Zoe Barnes" "944)}of the Washington Herald." "944)}She was just leaving." "871)}Very nice to meet you 939)}Mrs. Underwood." "791)}Drive safe." "865)}There's a lot of ice 939)}on the road." "945)}I will." "Thank you." "865)}Does that work 945)}on anybody?" "939)}Does what?" "871)}The push-up bra 939)}and the V-neck tee?" "if it does 945)}I don't know who they are." "relax." "865)}License 945)}and registration." "871)}The glove compartment 939)}sweetheart." "797)}This isn't your 865)}driver's license." "939)}It's a Starbucks card." "shit." "Sorry." "have you 945)}been drinking?" "I never drink 939)}coffee at this hour." "871)}I'm going to need you 945)}to step out of the car." "871)}If I was speeding 945)}you can write me a ticket... step out of" "945)}the car right now." "I don't want to but I'm" "944)}a member of Congress." "871)}I don't care if you're 944)}the King of China." "865)}China doesn't 945)}have a king." "865)}It's a communist 945)}ogliwarchy... 870)}Let's go." "Out." "sweetie." "that is 945)}hard to say." "939)}Hello?" "869)}Good." "Well 945)}let's get him out." "945)}Mind if I join you?" "865)}What the fuck 945)}is going on?" "945)}I thought I was meeting... 945)}No." "You're meeting me." "865)}It's 4:00 in 945)}the goddamn morning." "871)}I've got a city 945)}council meeting in... 797)}You've been police" "869)}commissioner for what 939)}almost a decade now?" "865)}We're here to 945)}talk about my resume?" "796)}Mayor of D.C. would 871)}look good on that wouldn't it?" "797)}We know that you've 871)}been angling to run" "939)}for some time." "871)}Experience is 945)}your strong suit." "865)}Endorsement and 945)}fundraising are not." "945)}We can help with that." "you're 945)}free to go." "870)}It was just 938)}a few drinks." "870)}It was enough 944)}to get pulled over." "939)}I wasn't drunk-drunk." "945)}Were you alone?" "939)}Yes." "844)}Say it to my face." "939)}Watch the road." "944)}Say it to my face!" "I was alone!" "871)}You cannot keep" "Peter." "871)}It's going to 945)}catch up with you." "939)}I know." "871)}Do you think we 945)}can arrange two more" "865)}at our table for 939)}the Jefferson Ball?" "839)}For whom?" "939)}The Holburns." "871)}Why on earth would 945)}you want them there?" "871)}I'm going to need 944)}her money for the CWI." "865)}The staff cuts 945)}are just not enough." "945)}I'll talk to Vasquez." "845)}How're we doing?" "939)}Good." "871)}Progress." "939)}Irons in the fire." "939)}I like irons." "939)}But I love fire." "939)}Yes... 945)}What are you..." "Donald." "791)}Tax increases?" "865)}Ban on vouchers?" "945)}Federal oversight?" "797)}How do you expect 871)}me to get that" "945)}through a committee?" "791)}When Linda told 869)}me to write it" "945)}she promised... 865)}I'm sure she said" "945)}any number of things." "871)}Forget what they" "Donald." "871)}They want your name 945)}because it carries weight." "my name 945)}comes with my ideas." "795)}I understand 871)}but you've got" "939)}to be reasonable." "939)}This isn't the Great Debate." "871)}It's about passing 945)}meaningful reform." "797)}Maybe not everything 871)}you would hope." "945)}But help me help you." "871)}That's going 939)}to take time." "I've been 945)}developing them for... 871)}If it's time you need" "945)}I will buy you time." "871)}But you've got to 945)}promise me your next at bat" "871)}is gonna give me 945)}something I can work with." "Frank 939)}I'll see what I can do." "Donald 945)}don't let this get you down." "871)}Together 945)}we're going to do more" "871)}than you've been 945)}able to do in 25 years." "871)}Two things are 939)}now irrelevant." "797)}Donald Blythe 871)}and Donald Blythe's" "939)}new draft." "797)}Eventually 865)}I'll have to re-write" "945)}the bill myself." "that is 945)}the battle-cry." "797)}Leave ideology to 871)}the arm-chair generals." "945)}It does me no good." "945)}Walker just nominated Kern." "871)}It's a long road 939)}to confirmation." "945)}Kern is a boy scout." "871)}Nobody's a boy scout." "944)}Not even Boy Scouts." "845)}What do you have?" "945)}Absolutely nothing." "865)}Then what are 945)}we talking about?" "797)}Just asking a simple does the" "945)}job interest you?" "871)}Why would you 945)}want Michael gone?" "you and 945)}I came up together." "797)}The Foreign Affairs 865)}Committee needs" "945)}a secretary we can work with." "791)}Someone who isn't 871)}afraid to stand up" "945)}to Walker when he's wrong." "945)}We need you." "865)}Let's assume 939)}I am interested." "791)}I don't want 866)}to assume." "939)}I want to know." "844)}2..." "Okay. 2-6-3-7." "939)}Please hold." "Zoe Barnes." "945)}Anywhere you want." "870)}On my way." "I'll gonna 945)}have to call you back." "797)}I'm so sorry." "865)}I couldn't catch a cab." "939)}I had to take a train and I... 871)}Just before you" "945)}left my house." "791)}Think back." "865)}What were 945)}we discussing?" "871)}The president's 945)}legislative agenda." "944)}Specifically." "939)}Education." "771)}Was I right?" "869)}Do the math 939)}Ms. Barnes." "939)}He needs a bill." "944)}Sponsored by?" "839)}You?" "939)}Be smarter than that." "844)}Somebody with legitimacy." "939)}Good." "791)}And who screams 871)}"legitimacy" "939)}in Education?" "845)}Donald Blythe?" "939)}Correct." "945)}The problem is... 865)}He's an old-school" "945)}tax-and-spend liberal." "939)}Walker ran as a moderate." "871)}You think Blythe 939)}would talk to me?" "939)}He doesn't have to." "939)}Wait... 797)}We're in a very gray area legally" "945)}which I'm okay with... 797)}I just love" "871)}this painting 945)}don't you?" "865)}We're in" "Zoe." "797)}Take care not to tip it 871)}over." "I can only save one 945)}of us from drowning." "791)}He announces 865)}his education" "945)}initiative on Monday." "939)}Half of the address is... 939)}I understand." "865)}Do we need 939)}to take it out?" "Linda." "797)}But you just 871)}got through saying" "939)}he has to start over." "865)}I didn't choose 945)}Blythe." "You did." "797)}You put him in my lap 865)}and asked me to work and I will." "have a little" "Linda." "865)}Let me work with 939)}Donald on this." "791)}I know what can 871)}be accomplished" "945)}in 100 days." "Frank 945)}we're counting on you." "939)}Good." "I do have 939)}a little favor to ask." "871)}Do you think I can get 945)}just two more tickets" "871)}for my table at 939)}the Jefferson Ball?" "939)}Drink?" "what do you got?" "945)}Whiskey." "Blends." "945)}If you're offering." "how are things in 944)}the City of Brotherly Love?" "945)}We're getting by." "good." "I 865)}made that neat." "945)}Did you want... this is perfect." "it seems 871)}you've been" "945)}a bit irresponsible." "939)}What?" "871)}Don't play dumb" "Peter." "865)}Save it for 939)}the ethics committee." "you could 865)}use a little" "945)}courage right now." "945)}You're not having one?" "871)}It's a bit early 945)}in the day for me." "865)}Is this about 945)}the other night?" "871)}How do you 939)}know about that?" "871)}I'm the Whip." "945)}It's my job to know." "they let me off." "945)}There's no charges." "939)}It's all taken care of." "Peter 945)}do you really think" "797)}these things 871)}just take care" "939)}of themselves?" "939)}You... 797)}It was just this" "Frank." "939)}I swear to God." "871)}Then you must hold 944)}God in very low esteem" "865)}because we both know 939)}that's a lie." "869)}Solicitation 943)}controlled substances" "871)}driving under 939)}the influence... 871)}You've got quite" "945)}a long list of hobbies." "945)}What is it you want?" "869)}Your absolute 945)}unquestioning loyalty." "945)}Always." "865)}Do not misunderstand 945)}what I mean by loyalty." "Frank." "865)}You seem far 939)}too relaxed." "939)}I'm not." "939)}You shouldn't be." "945)}Doug will be in touch." "797)}Hang on." "Where 871)}have you been?" "945)}I've been calling you." "797)}Everybody's 871)}working double-time" "945)}on inauguration 871)}and you just up" "945)}and disappear... 945)}Hang on." "945)}Let me call you back." "845)}Where did you get this?" "945)}Wrong question." "797)}The right question is 871)}how quickly can we" "945)}get it up on the site?" "865)}I have to run 945)}this past Tom." "797)}Let's get legal on this 865)}make sure we're not" "945)}breaking any laws." "865)}You won't tell 945)}me your source?" "939)}I can't do that." "771)}Fine." "But if legal 839)}finds even one... 939)}I understand." "871)}How long do you 939)}think that will take?" "871)}We should get this 945)}online right away." "797)}I'm not just 871)}going to scan" "945)}a 300-page document 797)}and put it up" "871)}before we've gone 945)}through every... 945)}I did that already." "845)}The whole thing?" "939)}Cover to cover." "871)}I've got excerpts." "Analysis." "000 words ready for editing." "945)}You start going over that." "796)}Get graphics charts" "945)}the whole nine yards." "939)}Janine!" "871)}What's the angle 939)}five words?" "939)}Far left of center." "939)}That's four." "945)}Very far left of center." "871)}Enough to put 939)}Walker on his heels?" "865)}Fuck his heels." "945)}This will put him on his ass." "945)}What's up?" "797)}We've got a copy 865)}of the administration's" "939)}education bill." "797)}You're going to 869)}work with Zoe" "945)}do background copy." "839)}Zoe Barnes?" "945)}Right here." "939)}Whatever she needs." "865)}Shouldn't I be 945)}writing the... 944)}She wrote it already." "797)}And I want you to re-write then re-write it again." "945)}You'll help her." "I'm your chief 845)}political correspondent." "939)}Go." "945)}I want this by tomorrow." "865)}But I need to focus 945)}on the inauguration." "945)}This is more important." "945)}Let's get started." "864)}...that I will 944)}faithfully execute the office" "130)}of President of 204)}the United States." "136)}"...that I will faithfully 204)}execute the office..."" "865)}Power is a lot 939)}like real estate." "869)}It's all about location location." "871)}The closer you 943)}are to the source" "871)}the higher your 945)}property value." "795)}Centuries from now 871)}when people" "945)}watch this footage 797)}who will they see" "871)}smiling just at 945)}the edge of the frame?" "943)}"So help me God."" "943)}Congratulations." "870)}Today is not about 944)}the next four years." "864)}It's about 938)}the next four decades." "870)}You've placed" "870)}choose to place that" "938)}faith in our children." "790)}Our children 870)}are the key to" "796)}and that's why" "864)}the first order of business 938)}for this administration" "870)}will be a comprehensive 938)}education reform bill finance" "870)}and strengthen our 938)}nation's schools." "864)}we will have that bill" "943)}on the floor of the Congress 870)}within the first 100 days" "938)}of this administration." "865)}It was so nice 945)}of you to make this possible." "871)}When you called" "I was... 939)}Not another word." "797)}I'm going to miss 871)}out on my ultimate" "945)}Frisbee league this season." "I'm serious." "871)}A few of us on Budget 945)}have quite a rivalry" "871)}going with 945)}the guys on Finance." "865)}It's fierce." "945)}We get physical." "797)}Anybody gets between 871)}me and that goal line" "939)}I will take that sucker down." "I've been looking maestro." "765)}Yeah." "871)}Let me help 945)}you out there." "797)}I really like 871)}the work you've done" "939)}on the new draft." "797)}It's a big step 871)}forward." "We're going to 945)}make history together." "871)}Thanks for your" "Francis." "I've got some 939)}ideas about subsidies... 865)}Catherine!" "Hold on to" "Donald." "945)}Don't you look stunning." "870)}We Southern girls 945)}clean up well" "797)}when we get out 871)}of our Daisy Dukes" "945)}and into some Vera Wang." "796)}And we Southern boys are 869)}slow with our words" "939)}but we're fast on our feet." "945)}May I have the honor?" "945)}You most certainly may." "Freddy." "Frank." "839)}How's tricks?" "939)}Can't kick." "771)}You want to go on in?" "why don't you 945)}set me up outside?" "865)}Outside?" "945)}It's freezing out here." "a little cold 945)}never hurt anybody." "871)}Anything you" "Frank." "945)}It'll be right up." "797)}My one guilty pleasure 871)}is a good rack of ribs." "945)}Even at 7:30 in the morning." "865)}I have the whole 945)}place to myself." "871)}Freddy sometimes 945)}opens up just for me." "865)}Where I come from 943)}in South Carolina" "871)}people didn't have two 945)}pennies to rub together." "865)}A rack of ribs was like..." "944)}..." "Christmas in July." "865)}This web traffic 945)}is absolutely crazy." "795)}...blue Camry's 864)}wanted in connection" "938)}to a canine hit-and-run." "is this your car?" "945)}What's going on?" "865)}You want" "Frank?" "939)}I better not." "Freddy." "I will." "945)}I'm feeling hungry today."