"Previously on Madam Secretary..." "You will sign this deal, or my government will bury you." "We know that you have a spy in my inner circle." "If you tell us who that is, we will have a deal." "I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you safe." " There he is." " Abort!" " Abort!" " What?" "Did we just give him up?" "I have to put national security first." "Why couldn't you talk him out of it?" "He's an old spy, for God's sake!" "This is what happens when you try to make a deal with the devil." "You will both regret this." "Falcon secured." "Repeat, Falcon secured." "Initiate Evac Protocol Zion." "What the hell just happened?" "That was Maria Ostrov's car." " Son of a bitch." " We've initiated emergency evacuation protocol, sir." "Air Force One will be wheels up in nine minutes." "Copy that." "They're trying to pull Ostrov" " from the wreck." " Is she alive?" "Unknown, sir." "I want to stay behind in Geneva," " see if I can liaise with the Russians." " Negative, ma'am." "The attackers might have other targets." "If Maria Ostrov dies, this peace deal likely dies with her." "With respect, sir..." "Do it." "We've set up a meeting place for you and General Doroshevich." "Come this way." "Okay." "Thanks." "More bad news." "Of course there is." "A radical Ukrainian nationalist group called Knights of Kiev took credit for the attack on Maria Ostrov." "God, are the Russians losing their minds?" "What do you think?" "This is the group's leader, Olek Zelinski." "He made a statement saying that the peace deal was a capitulation to Russia and any further attempts to change Ukraine's border will be met with more violence." "Do they have any ties to the Ukrainian government" " or Bozek?" " CIA's best guess is no, but it's not definitive." "Okay, um, reach out to the Swiss." "Ask them if they'll ground Melnik's plane until I can talk to him." "Tell 'em the ask is coming from the White House." " I..." " Ma'am, uh, I'm just..." "I'm glad that you're still with us." "You, too." "I-I got to take this." "Yeah, yeah." "Henry?" "Thank God you're okay." "I-I'm fine." "I'm fine." "I..." "Blake called the kids, so don't worry." "He said you weren't home." "Where are you?" "I can't say." "Listen, about what happened..." "I can't really talk about that right now." "I don't..." "I don't mean right now." "I was thinking when we get home." "I don't know when that will be." "Okay." "I understand that, but..." "I love you." "I love you, too." "I've got to go." "She didn't make it." "Look, you got burnt by the higher-ups." "It's part of the job... believe me." "I didn't get burned." "Dmitri did." "Wherever the Russians have him, he's paying for it now." "Well, he did it to save his sister." "And that's what we're here to do, Henry." "We have to get to Talia before the Russians do." "Because they will leverage her to get more information." "What about Dmitri?" "Is there any news?" "The fact that they're on the hunt for his sister means he's still alive." "And if he's still alive, there's hope." "One good thing about the Maria Ostrov situation is it throws a lot of cards up in the air." "Dmitri could be one of 'em." "Let's go." "I appreciate your condolences, Madam Secretary." "But they won't bring back President Ostrova, nor will they alter the fact that Ukraine abrogated the ceasefire by assassinating her." "President Ostrova wanted peace." "She didn't." "I still don't know what you and your president said to her in that room to get her to sign." "In any event, she signed the treaty." "I think we should honor her legacy by preserving her last and greatest act." "Prime Minister Salnikov has just been sworn in as acting president." "He has declared an official mourning period." "But in three days' time, believe me, the Ukrainians will be made to pay for this treachery." "General, I..." "I understand your outrage." "And I share it." "But I must warn you, should you resume hostilities, the United States reserves the right to use all means to help Ukraine defend its sovereignty." "All means, General." "Well, we have said what we needed to say." "Good day, Madam Secretary." "When I told Dmitri" "I was coming here for a conference, he asked me to come talk to you." "So you just show up and tell me I must go to the United States, on the very day that President Ostrova is murdered?" "I think Dmitri was worried that this conflict could get out of control." "He wants you to go somewhere where he knows you'll be safe." "And he turned to you because your wife is Secretary of State." "Well, as I said, we became friendly at the War College." "But, yeah, I think my wife might have played a part in it." "Wouldn't that make him a traitor?" "I think his first loyalty is and always will be you." "You should have seen him when he heard about the drug trial." "He would not stop badgering them until they let you in." "Yes." "He saved my life." "Professor McCord," "I want to trust you." "I'm going to ask you to be honest with me." "Tell me where my brother is." "I don't know." "Then I can't trust you." "That's the truth." "It's not good enough." "Talia, listen to me." "If agents from your government come and demand that you go with them, don't do it." "Run." "Do you understand me?" "What good would that do?" "They always catch you." "Besides, I should have been dead months ago." "I was resurrected in Stockholm, thanks to my brother." "So I'm going to wait right here, where he can find me." "Minister Melnik." "Why on earth would we kill the Russian president less than a day after she agreed to end the war?" "And yet President Bozek hid out in Ukraine instead of coming to the peace talks." "Sure looks like he knew to stay away." "Matt, Frank, can I have the room, please?" "He was crazy enough to hack Air Force One." "Why should I believe he wouldn't order a hit on Maria Ostrov?" "What do you want from me?" "Should I pretend to be sad for the insane Russian dictator who invaded my country?" "Well, I won't." "The bitch got what she deserved, Madam Secretary, and you know it." "You're not exactly helping your case here." "Did you or your president give the green light to Zelinski?" "Must be so nice to be American." "To play God all the time." "Speaking of playing God, you're aware we have an extradition treaty with Switzerland." "By this time tomorrow, you could be in federal court, being arraigned on terrorism charges for attacking Air Force One." "I know that you were up to your neck in that, right there with Bozek." "So you and I need to get real clear on a few things right now." "Do you understand?" "Nothing you can do to me will be worse than what will happen to my people if the Russians resume their war." "And that's gonna happen in three days' time, unless your government gives them Zelinski." "I have no idea where he is." "Well, you better find him." "Or help us do it." "Because if the Russians get him before we do, we don't have any cards to play." "And they are out for blood." "President Bozek didn't order the hit." "And he certainly doesn't condone it." "Zelinski is a psychopath masquerading as a patriot." "Oh, see, that sounds like an excellent start to the speech you're about to give." "That is, if you want to go home." "Yeah, so it's just that, and then if you'd just sign the ones on top, that'd be great." "Thanks." "I've been away for, like, two days." "What, did I buy another house while I was gone?" "Uh, also, you are scheduled to update POTUS on developments with Russia tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m." "Oh, speaking of which..." "Hi, Mommy." "Hi, baby." "Any word on their reaction to Melnik's speech?" "They remain unmoved." "Oh." "Well, on that cheery note, unless there's anything else, this is, I believe, where we call it a night." "Um..." "What?" "You know what, it is hardly worth mentioning at such a perilous time." "And yet..." "I'm going to get kicked out of school." "What?" "Kids." "Wait, what?" "Okay." "So, while strictly speaking that is true, um, what you should know is..." " Well, here's what I know." " Why don't you start?" "Yep." "Okay." "You know how you and Dad are supposed to do mandatory volunteer hours at my school?" "Let's just whistle by that oxymoron and say yes, I'm aware." "Well, you guys have done zero this year." "Well, I-I've been a little busy." "So has Dr. McCord." "Which I have explained to the dean's office numerous times in our many, many e-mails back and forth." "But they remain unmoved?" "Unless you and your husband volunteer at least three hours this semester, they reserve the right to... disinvite" "Alison next year." "Oh." "Well, you got to hand it to the Quakers." "They use nonthreatening language even when they're threatening you." "So you and Dad have to work a booth at the Winter Carnival on Wednesday or else." "You tell those Quakers they drive a harder bargain than the Russians." "And the McCords will represent." "On that note," "I'm going to bed." "Love you." "Love you." "Love you." "That was awkward." "Right." "All right, so where is Zelinski?" "Gone to ground, sir." "However, intel indicates he may be hiding out with his followers in the forest somewhere in Western Ukraine." "Not exactly pinpoint accuracy, Admiral." "We're working the problem, sir." "But, Mr. President," "I must tell you, he and his group are heavily armed and expecting a fight." "If we can find Zelinski in two days' time, taking him alive won't be easy." "There will be casualties, sir." "The idea of doing any more dirty work for that bastard Bozek makes me sick." "What we need right now is leverage, and it is in short supply." "Zelinski is our best shot to keep the Russians from breaking the treaty and relaunching the war." "But if that happens, there's no telling how long we can contain the battle space to Ukraine." "The conflict could become global." "Find Zelinski, Admiral." "Yes, sir." "So, hi." "Hi." "Those were some pretty urgent texts." "What's up?" "You know that I would never trade on our personal relationship unless it was an emergency, right?" "Glenn, we don't exactly have a personal relationship anymore." "I know." "No, we had three lovely months, followed by a sudden, painful lunch." "Oh." "You know I was coming out of a very long and very difficult relationship." "Look, I'm sorry, it's not important right now." "If I told you I needed the secretary's help, could you get me some time with her?" "Like, today?" "Well, given she's Secretary of State, not space... what exactly are you hoping she can help you with?" "Saving the lives of six astronauts." "Approximately four hours ago, the North Koreans launched a satellite, uh, without proper preclearance from NASA or other relevant space agencies." "Isn't that the third time they've done that this year?" "The fourth, actually." "The North Koreans are sometimes less than helpful." "Uh, their satellite exploded in low orbit, 100 kilometers below the International Space Station." "The force of that explosion propelled debris into the ISS, which has sustained significant damage." "The lives of all six astronauts aboard are in peril, but particularly those of the three trapped here, two Americans and one from Japan." "They are without their E.M.U.'s." "Oh, sorry... their extravehicular mobility units." "Their-their space suits." "And two of the modules between them and the nearest escape capsule are depressurized." "What about the three Russian cosmonauts?" "The escape capsule nearest them has been compromised by debris, so they're also trapped on the station, but they have taken shelter in this module on the opposite side of the station." "Which remains pressurized, so they're safe for the time being." "Sorry, not an astrophysicist, but can't the Russians just bring the Americans extra space suits?" "Uh, well, yes and no." "But... but mostly no." "That would require a space walk outside the station, to then pass E.M.U.'s through an air lock to our guys, and, unfortunately, the suits are too bulky to be placed in the air lock." "This is where the secretary comes in." "The Russians, in their wisdom, are planning to send up an unmanned" "Soyuz rescue capsule." "They've been developing a new modular E.M.U. suit." "Yeah, these are suits that could be taken apart and then handed piece by piece through the air lock here at the end of Kibo Lab." "Let me guess:" "Russians don't actually have the suits yet." "A tragically excellent guess." "Uh, but the good news is the Chinese just might have some that are ready to go." "You won't be surprised to learn that China has been covertly cribbing Russian technology as well as our own to develop their own space program." "Okay, so in order to save the astronauts, the secretary has to strike a deal with two of the most prideful nations on Earth, one of which we're currently fighting in a war?" "When does the Soyuz lift off?" "In 14 hours." "They either need to repair vital systems on the station or get off of it." "In order to do either, they need the suits." "Or they'll die." "So what's your plan... just let her get picked up by the Russians?" "I told you, we have people stationed all around that hospital." "That's not" " gonna happen." " But you can't leave a team in Stockholm forever." "Oh, you got that right." "Upstairs is already sweating me." "What did they say about reading Talia in?" "It's under consideration." "Look, the only way to get her to trust us is if I can tell her what my real connection to Dmitri is." "Look, I understand your frustration, Henry." "I don't think you do." "The least we can do for Dmitri at this point is to guarantee his sister's protection." "We need to get her into our custody." "So, what, you just want to grab her up off the street?" "Yes." "For her sake and Dmitri's, yes, absolutely." "What is it?" "Our sources indicate that the Russians are standing down on trying to find Talia." "Because they don't need her anymore." "I'm sorry, Henry." "He was 24 years old." "24." "Where are you going?" "To give Talia the news." "I owe her brother that much." "So we've blocked China from participation on the International Space Station, and now we need their help to save it?" "Oh, they are gonna love this." "I mean, this is going to make their day." "To be fair, China was banned by Congress over concerns about intellectual property theft." "Which have since been borne out, obviously." "Yes, well, guess who's about to lose a whole lot of leverage in that argument." "But these modular space suits... if the Chinese admit that they have them and the Russians allow us to send them up, they can save our astronauts?" "Well, we can't say for sure, but they are the best chance we've got." "Well, just so you know, this call is going to entail what we in diplomatic circles refer to as me eating a big plate of crap." "Roger that, ma'am." "I'm sorry, I can't help but smile at the irony." "Yes, I-I wish we could savor it all day, but we're running out of time." "The Soyuz is set to lift off from Kazakhstan in ten hours." "Would China be willing to send the space suits or not?" "If we had such suits..." "what were they called again?" "Modular extravehicular mobility units." "You see, the nomenclature eludes me." "But if we had such suits to offer, we would want something in return." "Beyond the opportunity to save six astronauts?" "From a crisis not of our making, on a space station from which we have been humiliatingly blocked." "You turned a blind eye to your client state North Korea's reckless satellite launches, which precipitated said event." "So "not of our making"" "is debatable, to say the least." "You have a peculiar way of asking for a favor, Madam Secretary." "Our president is prepared to lobby Congress to lift the NASA exclusion policy and unblock China's participation on the ISS." "I'll convey your request and get back to you with an answer." "Quickly, please." "I have POTUS on the phone." "Oh." "Mr. President." "Bess, I wanted to tell you that I received a report from DIA." "It confirms that Captain Dmitri Petrov has died in Russia." "I see." "I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. President." "I just thought you should know." "Thank you, sir." "Hi." "Hey." "I'm so glad you're all right." "I'm all right, I'm fine." "Are you all right?" "I'm just really tired." "I'll go to bed." "I have to teach tomorrow." "Well, maybe you could take the day off." "No." "Oh, I got the e-mail about Alison's school thing." "I'll be there." "Good." "I-I heard about Dmitri." "I'm so sorry, Henry." "Aren't we all?" "It was the right call." "I know you understand that." "Intellectually, yeah." "But we were right there." "He was a couple yards away." "All we had to do was open the van door." "When I think about how he must have died..." "Look, I love you, but I can't talk about this right now." "I'm afraid I might say something that I can't take back." "So can we do it later?" "Yeah." "Okay, um..." "So China's in?" "Ugh, not yet." "They have conditions." "Shocker." "They want recognition as a space partner... technology sharing, inclusion on the space station." "That's gonna take an act of Congress, which is not going to happen in the few hours before the launch." "But we need 'em, so promise them the moon." "Well, not the actual moon." "That would be crazy." "I'm a little tired." "Bold language, vague specifics." "Understood." "Until we can get Russia to agree to take their help, which is a big if." "You'll need to tread carefully." "Glenn." "She's Secretary of State." "She's aware." "No, I mean, the Russians are proud of their space program." "Like, really proud." "They would rather let our guys die than be publicly caught taking China's help." "Got it." " Uh, ma'am..." " Just the man I want to see." "I need a SVTC call with General Doroshevich right away." "Yes, ma'am, but they've located Zelinski at his hideout in Ukraine." "An operation is getting underway, so you're wanted at the White House ASAP." "This comes first." "Madam Secretary, we are aware that the Chinese have modular extravehicular mobility suits developed on our prototype." "Oh." "I see." "If the Chinese can deliver them prior to our launch time, we are willing to put them on the Soyuz." "Well, that is very gracious of you, General." "Yes, we Russians choose kindness, even in our grief." "The suits are Russian in design and therefore will be described as such." "If the Chinese are mentioned, we will deny it." "If a rescue is effected," "Russia will receive sole credit." "But given the debris around the station, most likely such an attempt will be unadvised." "And, of course, the capsule can only carry three persons." "Our cosmonauts have been ordered to depart with it." "Of course." "I understand completely." "Good night, Madam Secretary." "Good night." "Well, so much for kindness even in their grief." "Zelinski is holed up in a farmhouse." "Delta is closing in." "Any casualties?" "Two wounded so far, no fatalities as yet." "Okay." "Nadine says Chen agreed." "Space suits will be en route to the Soyuz base within the hour." "Oh, just in time." "Ulysses." "Ulysses, package secured." "Repeat, Ulysses, package secured." "That's Zelinski." "Blackhawk 1." "We're taking incoming fire." "Hit target." "Suppress fire." "Ulysses, Blackhawk 2." "Wheels up." "Package aboard." "Blackhawk 1 down!" "Repeat." "Blackhawk 1 down!" "Okay, I think you're all probably familiar with the old axiom, "Plans go out the window when the first shot of a war is fired."" "Well, that has certainly been the case with all parties involved since Pavel Ostrov's death a few months ago." "Now, I want you to ask yourselves, have the decisions your leaders made worked out?" "How have my own decisions worked out?" "Would I still stand by them today?" "That's not an academic question." "We've seen how little reasoning matters once we step into the maelstrom." "And now we have another Ostrov dead." "And we have more difficult choices, more unintended consequences." "We find ourselves yet again on the verge of another conflict." "So the real question is what the hell do we do now?" "Why don't we all go home and think about that?" "That's it for today." "At least we got Zelinski." "Six Delta Force operators in exchange for one psychopath." "Some deal." "And what are we doing now?" "Handing him over to Mikhail Bozek, God save us all." "Bozek's got to give the Russians something." "It may mean the difference between war and peace." "Yeah, that's what we keep telling ourselves." "Ma'am?" "What?" "Uh, you're supposed to be at your daughter's school in a half hour." " Uh..." " I can totally cancel." "No, no, no, no." "Let's..." "Do we have time?" "Change of clothes?" "It's like you are inside my head." "Yes, ma'am." "Thank you." "Listen, you, um, call me the second Bozek announces he's turning Zelinski over to the Russians, okay?" " Will do, ma'am." " Thank you." "Wow!" "Boom!" " Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" " Well, look at that." "Pretty good." "That's worth ten tickets." "All bottles down." "Ten tickets." " There you go." " I want to play again." "Damn it." "You know what?" "We're actually closed." "Are you guys, like, fighting?" "Seriously, why don't you go shoot water in a clown's mouth or something, kid, okay?" "Congratulations." " Get out of here." " Oh, my God, you guys!" "What?" "Madam Secretary, Professor McCord." "So nice to finally see you again." "Oh, gosh, it's our pleasure." "No place we'd rather be." "Oh, it's good to hear that." "We believe that all families have an equal stake in the success of the school, and therefore, all need to be equally accountable." "Yes, yes, you have made that so very clear." "Thank you." "Really." "Three cheers for equality!" "Come on down to my workplace." "We'll talk about equal, you nonviolent despot." "Elizabeth." "Henry, we need to talk." "Okay, what are we gonna do here, Henry?" "You want to go to counseling, start talking to lawyers?" "Where are we at?" "Lawyers?" "What the hell are you talking about?" "I want to know what it's gonna take for us to get past this." "Can I process for five minutes, or does that not fit in with your schedule?" "Oh, that's not fair." "Here's the thing, Elizabeth." "It's my fault." "I'm angry at you and Dalton and the DIA, but it's my fault." "I brought him in, and I played God with that young man's life, and look what happened." "It's the worst part of the job." "I know." "But Dmitri made a huge difference, and so did you." "Ma'am?" "I-I..." "I'm sorry." "I know I was supposed to be with the motorcade, but there's been a development." "I'll see you later." "Why hasn't your government announced that you are handing Zelinski over to the Russians?" "Because, to many people in my country, he's a hero." "His followers would rise up." "That's exactly why you have to do it." "If we do it for you, it only proves what the Russians already know, which is that we want this peace more than you do." "You have to give them a show of good faith." "A weakened Ukraine is exactly what the Russians want." "You know what would really weaken Ukraine?" "If the United States pulled all of our advisors out and let Russia carpet-bomb Kiev." "With all due respect, Madam Secretary," "President Bozek and I have heard this threat before." "Six men died getting Zelinski out." "Six highly decorated heroes." "Do you think for one minute that we're gonna let that sacrifice go because it's not convenient for you?" "You tell your president to hand Zelinski over to the Russians, or the United States is out and you are on your own." "That is coming from the White House." "If you think I'm bluffing, you little son of a bitch, try me." "You were bluffing about the White House pulling our troops out, right?" "Course I was." "I don't have that kind of authority." "That's what I thought." "It's just, you were... pretty convincing." "Well, it's all part of the act." "I called to give you some good news." "Ukraine has successfully apprehended Olek Zelinski, and they're prepared to hand him over for trial in Russia." "Excellent." "Then a small measure of justice will have been served." "Obviously, we'd need guarantees of a fair trial." "Obviously." "But more importantly," "Ukraine wants assurance that with this gesture of good faith, the peace deal signed by President Ostrova will hold." "That I cannot give." "Why not?" "Our president signed a peace treaty." "She was then murdered by our adversaries, which nullifies the peace treaty and any belief in Ukraine's good faith." "General, I'm gonna be blunt." "You weren't winning the war." "What makes you think this time will be any different?" "The people are with us now, and so is the winter." "When your handful of advisors begin dying in the snow halfway around the world, how long do you think the American public will stand for it?" "You don't want to find out." "Take Zelinski, General." "Take the deal." "We end our period of mourning for our late president in a few hours." "And then we will see how strong your resolve is." "Ma'am, you're gonna want to see this." "We're patched into the Russian feed." "Station, this is Flight." "Positive latching of the vehicle confirmed." "We have a good dock." "Station, this is Flight." "The debris environment is too hazardous." "You are a no-go for extravehicular activity." "Begin station evacuation operations." "Damn it." "What good are the suits if our guys can't get them?" "Negative, Mission Control." "We will attempt a rescue of our colleagues in Kibo Lab." "Negative, Station." "You are no-go for E.V.A." "Shut up, dude." "Repeat, you are a no-go for E.V.A." "Negative, Flight." "Beginning preparations for E.V.A." "Lev, this is Station Commander." "I concur with your ground controller." "You are no-go for E.V.A." "Don't risk your lives for us, buddy." "Proceed to the Soyuz capsule and depart." "Negative, Station Commander." "Prepare the air lock to receive the modular E.M.U.'s." "We are coming for you, James." "Well, how about that." "Mr. President?" "So the war's back on in a few hours." "Well, barring any last-minute breakthroughs, that's the message Doroshevich is sending, yes, sir." "What do we know about Acting President Salnikov?" "He was in Pavel Ostrov's circle for many years." "Other than that, not much." "Which is probably why" "Maria Ostrov chose him to be her prime minister." "Hmm." "If only those cosmonauts were running the show over there." "That would help." "You okay, Bess?" "Me?" "Yeah, I'm-I'm..." "I'm fine." "I was just thinking about all the lives that we've lost trying to make this peace deal work." "Anton Gorev, the Delta Force team." "Yeah, Henry's asset." "I just feel like" "I'm-I'm moving all these lives around on this chessboard." "And for what?" "I'm sorry, sir." "That's not... it... it's not productive and..." "No, like I said, you know, I am..." "I'm fine." "My, uh... my first engagement with the enemy in Vietnam I'd been in country about a week." "It was early May, just before the wet season." "Took command of a platoon at 50% strength, whose last platoon leader stepped on a land mine the week before." "We were in a valley near the Laotian border, taking fire from a ridgeline." "Couldn't just sit there and get all shot to hell waiting for the air support, so..." "I sent a squad up to flank 'em, even though I knew they were probably ready for that." "They were." "Somehow or other, we took the damn ridge, not that it mattered much in the end." "I lost three men that day." "Kids, really, looking back on it." "Hell, so was I." "Afterwards, we were waiting for the Hueys, and I was standing next to the bodies, wrapped in their ponchos in the mud." "And all of a sudden, the sky just split open and it started to rain." "Hardest rain I'd ever seen." "And I remember thinking," "I'm going to have to find a dry place to write these boys' parents." "Later on, our company commander put me up for a medal." "And I said, "Sir, I don't believe I deserve one."" "And he said, "Son..." ""the medal isn't for what you did." "It's for living with it."" "That's all we can do, Bess." "Lead as wisely as we can, and then... carry the weight of it as best we can." "I-I wonder if that's how General Doroshevich feels about his medals." "I think it's worth trying to find out." "Mr. President, General." "As we speak, your heroic cosmonauts are engaging in a record number of space walks to provide their American comrades with the space suits they need to save their lives." "Their heroism is an inspiration to the entire world." "Can we not follow their example and put aside our differences for the greater good?" "We want to urge you to reconsider our offer, Mr. President, and preserve the peace that so many have lost their lives trying to secure, including President Ostrova..." "Your words are most inspirational." "Regrettably they will not bring back our murdered president." "We have nothing further to discuss." "General, Mr. President." "While we have no wish for further conflict, we are prepared for it if necessary." "But I'm getting tired of sending good people to their deaths." "Aren't you?" "I fail to see..." "Indeed I am, Mr. President." "And so are my people." "Then let's talk peace." "Hey." "I got your text." "What's up?" "Well, thought you should know, uh, we're just getting word now that the peace deal is going to stick after all." "That's good news." "It's great news." "What are you drinking, Professor?" "Uh, no, I'm okay." "Thanks." "Come on, man, loosen up." "The four of us in this room had as much to do with the Russians throwing in the towel as anyone." "Anyone except the kid who's not here." "You flew combat sorties in the Gulf War." " This can't all be new to you." " The difference is" "I never looked anybody in the eye and promised them they'd be okay, and then dropped a bomb on them." "It was a very unusual circumstance." "So everybody keeps telling me." "Look, you're a really great handler, Henry." "We could not have done it without you." "But now that it is done... so am I." "I quit." "Yeah, it's a little more complicated than that." "Actually, it's not." "It's amazingly simple." "But hey, if you want to drink, let's drink." "Here's to Captain Dmitri Petrov." "And to paraphrase our greatest president," ""The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what he did here."" "May he rest in peace." "Russian cosmonauts undertook an amazing nine consecutive space walks to save their American and Japanese colleagues aboard the International Space Station." "We did it." "Well, actually, the secretary did it." "No, they did it." "No, I mean... we all did it." "Russia, China and the U.S.?" "I mean, how often does that happen?" "Cheers." "Cheers." "Cheers." "You got to admit, we make a pretty good team." "We do." "So..." "lunch?" "The rescue reportedly required a great deal" " Hey, girls." " of high-level diplomacy here on Earth, as American and Russian officials struggled to find a way forward against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine." "There's good news tonight on that front as well." "With a statement from the White House asserting that the broad outlines of a cease-fire have been..." "The White House called." "They're of the opinion we shouldn't pursue Bozek," "Melnik or any of their cohorts further for the hack of Air Force One." "They feel Ukraine will fracture without Bozek and his government in power, which would be dangerous for the peace deal." "They want to know if you agree." "Sure." "Why not?" "In Russia they're selling this peace deal like it was Maria Ostrov's greatest wish." "Like she was the Mother Teresa of Moscow." "Can you believe that?" "Peace is a beautiful thing, Blake." "Making peace... not so much." "Night." "Good night, ma'am." "The crew, seen here in a portion of the space station called Unity Node, Hey, guys." "Hey." "Hi." "This space station stuff is unbelievable." "It's like a miracle." "Okay, no, the miracle was Dad staying an extra two hours at the Winter Carnival." "He was cleaning and kissing up to Dean Ward." "Hi." "Wow." "Really?" "I'm pretty sure I'm a student for life." " Okay, okay, okay." " Which, for the record, means more volunteering, guys." "Well, I love it, so..." "Hey." "Ah." "You want to go for a walk?" "So, how was your day?" "Eh, uneventful." "The good news is, I think we finally have someone in Russia that we can do business with." "So that's worth something." "That's worth a lot." "I quit my job today." "Not my-my job job." "My other job." "I guess I just needed some time to process... well, everything." "If that's what you want, good." "And just to be 100% clear, we do not need to be talking to lawyers." "You're not getting rid of me that easy." "You're a good person, Elizabeth." "I know you tried your best." "So did I." "But people still got hurt." "Yeah." "Maybe that should be my epitaph." ""She tried her best, but people still got hurt."" "Not "She liked eating popcorn at really weird times"?" "Okay, if I die first, I want to make it that." "Be... make sure that it's that." "So now what?" "We just keep trying our best."