Graves (2016) s02e10 Episode Script
Spark Meet Gasoline
1 MARGARET: Previously on Graves.
Until death, kid, it's all life.
JEREMY: I don't know if I wanna be America's favorite prick anymore.
- I'm done.
- ISAIAH: You and me, it's not gonna work out.
You'll never be him, you know.
Richard Graves.
I'm Bailey Todd.
I'm Sammy's new music manager.
Miller, you sent that song over to Robert Hayes at XM.
I'm writing a book.
It's gonna be about me before I forever fucked up the world.
What exactly are you proposing? RICHARD: Go back to the table, re-enter the talks.
I'll be watching.
Ninety-megaton warhead with my fucking name on it.
I need to get into that silo.
You're gonna help me.
OLIVIA: My childhood is a wax museum.
Little Livy burned up in a fire.
I think Short Stuff's really gonna love it, don't you? You really need to name your baby.
MAN: Del Rey was the son of Mexico's biggest drug lord.
El Terron takes family very seriously.
OLIVIA: Hey, there.
I thought maybe you'd wanna meet your granddaughter.
RICHARD: I know what a risk this is for you.
So last chance to get off the Titanic.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) Mr.
President.
Carry on, Valentine.
Here we go.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) (DOORBELL RINGS) You guys! RICHARD: Wow.
This is beautiful, honey.
Thanks, Daddy.
JEREMY: Damn, sis.
It's like a real house.
You're like a real person.
I know.
It's good, right? Oh my God, sweetheart, this is so lovely.
OLIVIA: And I've got this meeting today that could be the beginning for me, for the first time in my life, of making my own money.
I am so proud of you.
RICHARD: Hey, where's the little baby girl? She's napping, Daddy.
- Oh.
- OLIVIA: Okay.
Listen, today's brunch, it's not just for you.
My baby had a daddy, and she's got another set of grandparents, of course, and it's just very important to me that my daughter know both sides of her family, you know, be in touch with her Mexican roots.
Arturo's parents.
- (SNEEZES) - RICHARD: Who? The drug lord, dear.
- What? - Arturo's father, El Terron, he's the head of Mexico's biggest cartel.
I think he's escaped like three prisons.
He is currently on the run.
- Here? - Yeah.
And I need everything to be perfect.
Okay.
Goodbye, sweetheart.
Y'all really enjoy.
I love this house.
No.
You are not going anywhere, Mother.
No, I have to.
I can't be here.
Aiding and abetting is a definite election killer.
I'm so excited to hear how it goes.
JEREMY: Mother, I need you to step outside of yourself, okay, and think about what's most important to your daughter.
(DOORBELL RINGS) Bienvenidos.
Olivia, finally.
Such a pleasure.
My wife, Veronica.
Oh, well, I can see what my Arturo saw in you.
So beautiful.
For you.
Oh, please come in, come in.
EL TERRON: Mr.
President.
So nice to meet you.
RICHARD: Well, it's good to meet you, Mr.
Terron.
Or is it El? Frederico, but, please, call me Fred.
RICHARD: Well, how was your trip? I hear you travel by tunnel.
A little dusty and long, but really not so bad.
OLIVIA: I don't have to tell you how successful Se��or Terron is.
He has cornered the market on global recreational drug use.
Ha! Teach a man to fish, right, Richard? Where there's a will, there's a way.
(BOTH CHUCKLING) (LAUGHS) This is great.
EL TERRON: Oh, please.
For every action, there is a reaction.
Your policies made me counter.
It was as simple as that.
My policies had nothing to do with your cartel.
EL TERRON: The point is, your administration forced me to go bigger, more violent, just to get the Americans enough supply.
It was a vicious and very unhealthy cycle.
Okay, no more business talk, y'all.
Let's finish this off, shall we? - Veronica, more Sangria? - Oh, yes, please.
Okay, sorry, I just wanted to say something real quick before this comes out in the press or whatever, but I I quit my job on the show.
And I could not be more thrilled about it.
So, no, Mother, this is not Jeremy quitting another thing, this is this is about well, it's about me finding myself.
Don't laugh.
Okay, I've been working on a sort of a a positive motivational speech thing and I'm actually giving my first talk today at UNM.
So, I thought maybe, you know Oh.
Sorry.
New family.
- Sure.
- I wish I could, sweetheart.
I have a campaign event for the State Troopers.
It's been booked for weeks.
I could Excuse me one second.
- Um - (PHONE VIBRATING) - RICHARD: Yeah? - JEREMY: Oh, great.
You just you make evolving nearly impossible.
LEONARD: Graves, listen, I just got word that they are relocating the missile to Texas in a couple of days.
- RICHARD ON PHONE: Jesus.
- Yeah, so look, hey, I got that official visit pass you want.
It cleared, so we gotta move today.
- Today?! - Yeah.
If you're still gonna do this thing, you better come get me.
All right, bye.
(SIGHS) ISAIAH: Sammy.
Hi.
Hi.
Wow.
You look great.
(CHUCKLES) I heard you came by Silva's to see me the other night.
Yeah, I You were rehearsing.
I didn't wanna bother you.
Oh.
Um, anyway, I'm I'm actually leaving tonight.
I I have to go back to the trailer park and pack up and go on a little tour with my producer and play some shows and see if it sticks.
Yeah.
It will.
I know it will.
It just felt weird not to say goodbye - for real this time.
- ISAIAH: Yeah.
I promise I won't get shot again.
(BOTH LAUGH) - That's not funny.
- Yeah.
I know it was you who sent my song to the radio station, and I love you for that, Isaiah.
Always will.
Bye.
(CELL PHONE RINGS) - ISAIAH: Sir? - RICHARD ON PHONE: Isaiah, come pick me up.
I You know, it's really not a good time for me right now, sir.
RICHARD: I need you.
( BABY TALK ) EL TERRON: You know, my mother, Sofia, was the strongest woman I knew.
She rode with Pancho Villa.
She would have loved this little girl.
MARGARET: Darling, everything okay? I'm not feeling very well, hon.
I think I should go home and lay down for a little bit.
MARGARET: I'll come with you, let me get my purse.
RICHARD: No, no, no.
Isaiah's gonna come pick me up.
You use the car, okay? Are you sure you're okay, Richard? I'm sure.
("TIME HAS COME TODAY" BY CHAMBERS BROTHERS PLAYING) Time has come today Young hearts can go their way Can't put it off another day I don't care So, gentlemen, would either of you guys mind telling me exactly where we're going? Who the hell is this kid? You can trust him.
Oh, well, then drive till you hit the I-40.
Take it east, and then we'll end up on the base.
Great.
Uh, the base? Do you have everything you need - to do the deed, Valentine? - The deed?! Of course I've got everything I need.
I'm not an amateur.
Well, this is dangerous stuff, you know? LEONARD: You're telling me what's dangerous, Graves? Hmm? A missile's a missile.
A missile? Did he just say missile? Now the time has come Time There's no place to run - Time - Here we are.
I might get burned up by the sun ISAIAH: What are we doing here, sir? Taking a tour, that's all.
No, no, no.
Nothing's ever "that's all.
" There's the base, and the deed, and the danger, not to mention the missile.
You know, Isaiah, if you spend the rest of your life thinking everything to death, you won't ever do anything.
Come on, Graves, we gotta go.
Now the time has come Okay, well, I'll just park down the road.
And I'll just be waiting there.
Time has come today Time has come today MARGARET: This has been so lovely.
VERONICA: Oh, we should do it again a lot! Absolutely, Veronica.
Okay, guys, I hate that I have this event.
Dancin' the Graves dance.
It's all good.
Thanks for coming.
I love my kids.
Whee.
All right, listen, good luck with all the running and the evading, okay? I've been a big fan of the other side of the law for a long time, but you guys, no one does it better.
Respect.
- See you, Liv.
- Yeah, thanks, Jerems.
LIEUTENANT: This is a true honor, Mr.
President, sir.
Like a goddamn time-machine.
LIEUTENANT: Yes, sir.
Thirty-year-old technology.
And, of course, sir, we're not too concerned with missing the fairway.
Lieutenant, I have a scheduled maintenance.
I'd like to do a little show and tell for the President, it won't take long.
Of course, yes, sir.
- Mr.
President? - Lieutenant, thank you.
Jesus.
WOMAN ON TV: Margaret Graves has turned it around.
She is now way up in the polls after the recent speech at her family reunion went viral.
(APPLAUSE) Whoo! Eight more days, home stretch.
Nate Silver has you at a 75% chance of winning.
Even so, this law and order speech for the State Troopers today is important.
There's lots and lots of red meat.
It's true.
We will cruise to victory atop a yacht of red meat.
I'm putting in a victory for next We uh, Tuesday.
I need a moment.
Savory red meat.
OLIVIA: Okay then.
Sofia say goodbye to your abuelos.
Sofia? Thank you, Olivia.
It still makes no sense, but, I really did love your son.
I see that.
Which is why, Olivia, I want you to consider a life away from here.
- Away? - Yes.
Living in your own guarded villa.
A villa? Atop a hill, overlooking a country where would you be considered royalty.
In Mexico.
(OLIVIA CHUCKLES) Take this.
My son is gone.
Every penny I ever made was for his legacy his daughter, my blood.
I'll be in touch, mija.
Okay.
MARGARET, READING: "This is my biggest confession.
What I'm about to do will be looked upon as foolish by many, damaging by some, and reckless by all.
After is over, there will be questions.
Any answers I'd have, they be right or wrong, will mean nothing.
I created a monster that is now my responsibility to defeat.
" LAWRENCE: Maggie? You okay? I have to go.
It's Richard.
RICHARD: Can you do it? Yup.
Just gonna pit-stuff it.
Pit-stuff it.
Yeah.
So simple it defies logic.
Fissile plutonium is extremely delicate, Mr.
President.
Any blockage between the fusion core and the detonator will permanently disable the warhead.
- Oh.
- Sort of like a banana in a tail-pipe, same idea.
Oh.
Well, keep stuffing, then.
Stuff it.
- There it is.
- Did you get it? - Uh-huh.
- (ALARM WAILING) That's new.
Valentine, get that wire out of there.
LEONARD: It didn't work.
She's still armed.
- (ALARM WAILING) - (CHATTER) Mr.
President, something got tripped.
We'll send someone in to get you.
There's no sign of a leak, sir.
We're investigating the situation.
Just a second, gentlemen.
We tried.
Yeah, we did.
LIEUTENANT: Sir! What are you doing? (HANDCUFFS CLICK) Oh, shit.
All right, Lieutenant, this is a sit-in.
Now, here's your orders.
(ALARM WAILING) Mr.
President, what is it that you want? RICHARD: I want you to get on the phone with the Pentagon.
Tell them that a former President of the United States wants this missile disarmed, and he is gonna stay chained to it until they do.
(SIGHS) MAN: It's my pleasure to introduce to you the media's truth-telling First Son, Jeremy Graves.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE) Thank you.
Oh, man.
Hi, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for being here.
Okay.
Whoo! So, I'm here to talk to you about the truth, good old Jeremy Graves, famous for being adorable in the White House, following his dick through puberty, his gun through Afghanistan, and basically dependent on every single anti-depressant known to man for his entire adult life.
But here's the thing, and this is gonna sound crazy, especially coming from me, but recently, I have been uncomfortably happy and I realized I don't give one single fuck about the media or the truth that's supposed to be in it.
(ALARM WAILING) Hello? It's me, kid.
The alarm, sir.
What's going on? Drive away.
Sir.
Drive the fuck away.
Do you hear me? Just remember what I told you: Until death, it's all life.
("FORTUNATE SON" BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL PLAYING) (SIRENS WAILING) Some folks are born Made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white, and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord - It ain't me - RICHARD: Jacob, listen.
We need press, a whole lot of fucking press.
Richard? Richard? (CELL PHONE CHIMES) Yeah, yeah Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer more, and more, and more, y'all It ain't me It ain't me I ain't no military son, son OLIVIA: Hey, guys, happy to be here.
WOMAN: Olivia, we are so happy to talk to you, former First Daughter, now First Mom.
Lifestyle website, lines of clothes, baby products, and of course, your amazing tips and advice.
It's like Goop for moms, but this is what we are most excited about bringing back little Livy doll and introducing grown Olivia doll with baby.
We sent you samples.
You should be getting those later.
We are so excited.
JEREMY: And the only way we are gonna dig ourselves out of this bullshit place we've all gotten to is if we can find some way to free ourselves of whatever it is that's got us stuck in the mud.
Now, I don't give a shit if it's your job, if it's your famous fuckin' family who didn't show up today Whatever it is, the only person who has the ability to change that is you.
So what I came here, really, to tell you today is this, you want a new job? Go get one.
You want some new friends? Find some.
Hell, you want a new family? Make one, right? Thank you.
- (CHEERS, APPLAUSE) - Thank you very much.
Thank you.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) You should have left me.
If we're going down, we're going down together.
- (BEEP) - Mr.
President, I have a Federal agent here who would like to speak with you regarding your request.
It's national news.
We'll handle it.
If you are just joining us, we are reporting the unprecedented act of civil disobedience by a former President of the United States.
With Federal agents on the scene, President Richard Graves has agreed to vacate the missile silo and turn himself over for arrest if allowed to make a public statement.
(LAUGHS) Jesus Christ.
This is the first time an American President has been arrested.
- Calm down.
- Ever.
At any point in history.
(REPORTERS CLAMOR) REPORTER: President Graves.
REPORTER: President Graves! President Graves, are you aware that this is a violation of the Espionage Act, and sabotage? REPORTER: Mr.
Graves, over here! (REPORTERS SHOUTING) President Graves! Thirty years ago, this warhead was built on my orders.
Ninety megatons.
Enough to wipe out an entire country.
We need to stop this Weapons of Mass Destruction insanity.
We gotta stop it now.
One second longer and it's too late.
A year ago, I started on a mission to right my wrongs as the President.
I thought I could do it alone, but I can't.
I can't because I need all of you.
We need to get together.
We need to scream as loud as we can to stop this.
Our voices can become a gathering storm that they cannot ignore.
I really just wanted to un-fuck the world.
(REPORTERS ALL SHOUTING) I'm sorry, Maggie.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING) - I love you.
- I love you, too.
("TO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND" BY SEAN ROWE PLAYING) - Terribly sorry, sir.
- I cannot say That I know you well But you can't lie to me with all these books That you sell I'm not trying to follow you To the end of the world I'm just trying to leave something behind Words have come From men and mouths Oh, but I can't help thinking That I've heard the wrong crowd When all the water is gone My job will be, too RADIO: If you are just joining us, we have breaking news out of New Mexico.
Former President, Richard Graves, has been arrested for attempting to defuse the nuclear missile he ordered.
Graves is the first POTUS to be charged with And the ceiling Is hard to reach Oh, the future ahead Is broken and red (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) And I'm trying to leave something behind (CONTINUES VIBRATING) This whole world Is a foreign land We swallow the moon But we don't know our own hand We're running with the case Oh, but we ain't got the gold And we're trying to leave something behind And now we're getting word that Amir Ahsan has rejoined the UN Nuclear Peace Negotiation in New York City, vowing to reach a deal.
What I did not write I've been to his house Oh, but the master is gone But I'd like to leave something behind There is a beast Who has taken my brain You can put me to bed But you can't feel my pain NEWSMAN: On the heels of Richard Graves's arrest, our snap online poll now has Margaret Graves's numbers plummeting against the incumbent Senator Jerry North in what could be a stunning last minute turnaround a week before the election.
Not helping matters Oh, wisdom is lost In the trees somewhere Oh, you're not gonna find it In some mental gray hair It's locked up from those Who hurry ahead And it's time to leave something behind Oh, money is free But love costs more than our bread And the ceiling is hard to reach When my son is a man He will know what I meant I was just trying to leave something behind I was just trying to leave something behind
Until death, kid, it's all life.
JEREMY: I don't know if I wanna be America's favorite prick anymore.
- I'm done.
- ISAIAH: You and me, it's not gonna work out.
You'll never be him, you know.
Richard Graves.
I'm Bailey Todd.
I'm Sammy's new music manager.
Miller, you sent that song over to Robert Hayes at XM.
I'm writing a book.
It's gonna be about me before I forever fucked up the world.
What exactly are you proposing? RICHARD: Go back to the table, re-enter the talks.
I'll be watching.
Ninety-megaton warhead with my fucking name on it.
I need to get into that silo.
You're gonna help me.
OLIVIA: My childhood is a wax museum.
Little Livy burned up in a fire.
I think Short Stuff's really gonna love it, don't you? You really need to name your baby.
MAN: Del Rey was the son of Mexico's biggest drug lord.
El Terron takes family very seriously.
OLIVIA: Hey, there.
I thought maybe you'd wanna meet your granddaughter.
RICHARD: I know what a risk this is for you.
So last chance to get off the Titanic.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) Mr.
President.
Carry on, Valentine.
Here we go.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) (DOORBELL RINGS) You guys! RICHARD: Wow.
This is beautiful, honey.
Thanks, Daddy.
JEREMY: Damn, sis.
It's like a real house.
You're like a real person.
I know.
It's good, right? Oh my God, sweetheart, this is so lovely.
OLIVIA: And I've got this meeting today that could be the beginning for me, for the first time in my life, of making my own money.
I am so proud of you.
RICHARD: Hey, where's the little baby girl? She's napping, Daddy.
- Oh.
- OLIVIA: Okay.
Listen, today's brunch, it's not just for you.
My baby had a daddy, and she's got another set of grandparents, of course, and it's just very important to me that my daughter know both sides of her family, you know, be in touch with her Mexican roots.
Arturo's parents.
- (SNEEZES) - RICHARD: Who? The drug lord, dear.
- What? - Arturo's father, El Terron, he's the head of Mexico's biggest cartel.
I think he's escaped like three prisons.
He is currently on the run.
- Here? - Yeah.
And I need everything to be perfect.
Okay.
Goodbye, sweetheart.
Y'all really enjoy.
I love this house.
No.
You are not going anywhere, Mother.
No, I have to.
I can't be here.
Aiding and abetting is a definite election killer.
I'm so excited to hear how it goes.
JEREMY: Mother, I need you to step outside of yourself, okay, and think about what's most important to your daughter.
(DOORBELL RINGS) Bienvenidos.
Olivia, finally.
Such a pleasure.
My wife, Veronica.
Oh, well, I can see what my Arturo saw in you.
So beautiful.
For you.
Oh, please come in, come in.
EL TERRON: Mr.
President.
So nice to meet you.
RICHARD: Well, it's good to meet you, Mr.
Terron.
Or is it El? Frederico, but, please, call me Fred.
RICHARD: Well, how was your trip? I hear you travel by tunnel.
A little dusty and long, but really not so bad.
OLIVIA: I don't have to tell you how successful Se��or Terron is.
He has cornered the market on global recreational drug use.
Ha! Teach a man to fish, right, Richard? Where there's a will, there's a way.
(BOTH CHUCKLING) (LAUGHS) This is great.
EL TERRON: Oh, please.
For every action, there is a reaction.
Your policies made me counter.
It was as simple as that.
My policies had nothing to do with your cartel.
EL TERRON: The point is, your administration forced me to go bigger, more violent, just to get the Americans enough supply.
It was a vicious and very unhealthy cycle.
Okay, no more business talk, y'all.
Let's finish this off, shall we? - Veronica, more Sangria? - Oh, yes, please.
Okay, sorry, I just wanted to say something real quick before this comes out in the press or whatever, but I I quit my job on the show.
And I could not be more thrilled about it.
So, no, Mother, this is not Jeremy quitting another thing, this is this is about well, it's about me finding myself.
Don't laugh.
Okay, I've been working on a sort of a a positive motivational speech thing and I'm actually giving my first talk today at UNM.
So, I thought maybe, you know Oh.
Sorry.
New family.
- Sure.
- I wish I could, sweetheart.
I have a campaign event for the State Troopers.
It's been booked for weeks.
I could Excuse me one second.
- Um - (PHONE VIBRATING) - RICHARD: Yeah? - JEREMY: Oh, great.
You just you make evolving nearly impossible.
LEONARD: Graves, listen, I just got word that they are relocating the missile to Texas in a couple of days.
- RICHARD ON PHONE: Jesus.
- Yeah, so look, hey, I got that official visit pass you want.
It cleared, so we gotta move today.
- Today?! - Yeah.
If you're still gonna do this thing, you better come get me.
All right, bye.
(SIGHS) ISAIAH: Sammy.
Hi.
Hi.
Wow.
You look great.
(CHUCKLES) I heard you came by Silva's to see me the other night.
Yeah, I You were rehearsing.
I didn't wanna bother you.
Oh.
Um, anyway, I'm I'm actually leaving tonight.
I I have to go back to the trailer park and pack up and go on a little tour with my producer and play some shows and see if it sticks.
Yeah.
It will.
I know it will.
It just felt weird not to say goodbye - for real this time.
- ISAIAH: Yeah.
I promise I won't get shot again.
(BOTH LAUGH) - That's not funny.
- Yeah.
I know it was you who sent my song to the radio station, and I love you for that, Isaiah.
Always will.
Bye.
(CELL PHONE RINGS) - ISAIAH: Sir? - RICHARD ON PHONE: Isaiah, come pick me up.
I You know, it's really not a good time for me right now, sir.
RICHARD: I need you.
( BABY TALK ) EL TERRON: You know, my mother, Sofia, was the strongest woman I knew.
She rode with Pancho Villa.
She would have loved this little girl.
MARGARET: Darling, everything okay? I'm not feeling very well, hon.
I think I should go home and lay down for a little bit.
MARGARET: I'll come with you, let me get my purse.
RICHARD: No, no, no.
Isaiah's gonna come pick me up.
You use the car, okay? Are you sure you're okay, Richard? I'm sure.
("TIME HAS COME TODAY" BY CHAMBERS BROTHERS PLAYING) Time has come today Young hearts can go their way Can't put it off another day I don't care So, gentlemen, would either of you guys mind telling me exactly where we're going? Who the hell is this kid? You can trust him.
Oh, well, then drive till you hit the I-40.
Take it east, and then we'll end up on the base.
Great.
Uh, the base? Do you have everything you need - to do the deed, Valentine? - The deed?! Of course I've got everything I need.
I'm not an amateur.
Well, this is dangerous stuff, you know? LEONARD: You're telling me what's dangerous, Graves? Hmm? A missile's a missile.
A missile? Did he just say missile? Now the time has come Time There's no place to run - Time - Here we are.
I might get burned up by the sun ISAIAH: What are we doing here, sir? Taking a tour, that's all.
No, no, no.
Nothing's ever "that's all.
" There's the base, and the deed, and the danger, not to mention the missile.
You know, Isaiah, if you spend the rest of your life thinking everything to death, you won't ever do anything.
Come on, Graves, we gotta go.
Now the time has come Okay, well, I'll just park down the road.
And I'll just be waiting there.
Time has come today Time has come today MARGARET: This has been so lovely.
VERONICA: Oh, we should do it again a lot! Absolutely, Veronica.
Okay, guys, I hate that I have this event.
Dancin' the Graves dance.
It's all good.
Thanks for coming.
I love my kids.
Whee.
All right, listen, good luck with all the running and the evading, okay? I've been a big fan of the other side of the law for a long time, but you guys, no one does it better.
Respect.
- See you, Liv.
- Yeah, thanks, Jerems.
LIEUTENANT: This is a true honor, Mr.
President, sir.
Like a goddamn time-machine.
LIEUTENANT: Yes, sir.
Thirty-year-old technology.
And, of course, sir, we're not too concerned with missing the fairway.
Lieutenant, I have a scheduled maintenance.
I'd like to do a little show and tell for the President, it won't take long.
Of course, yes, sir.
- Mr.
President? - Lieutenant, thank you.
Jesus.
WOMAN ON TV: Margaret Graves has turned it around.
She is now way up in the polls after the recent speech at her family reunion went viral.
(APPLAUSE) Whoo! Eight more days, home stretch.
Nate Silver has you at a 75% chance of winning.
Even so, this law and order speech for the State Troopers today is important.
There's lots and lots of red meat.
It's true.
We will cruise to victory atop a yacht of red meat.
I'm putting in a victory for next We uh, Tuesday.
I need a moment.
Savory red meat.
OLIVIA: Okay then.
Sofia say goodbye to your abuelos.
Sofia? Thank you, Olivia.
It still makes no sense, but, I really did love your son.
I see that.
Which is why, Olivia, I want you to consider a life away from here.
- Away? - Yes.
Living in your own guarded villa.
A villa? Atop a hill, overlooking a country where would you be considered royalty.
In Mexico.
(OLIVIA CHUCKLES) Take this.
My son is gone.
Every penny I ever made was for his legacy his daughter, my blood.
I'll be in touch, mija.
Okay.
MARGARET, READING: "This is my biggest confession.
What I'm about to do will be looked upon as foolish by many, damaging by some, and reckless by all.
After is over, there will be questions.
Any answers I'd have, they be right or wrong, will mean nothing.
I created a monster that is now my responsibility to defeat.
" LAWRENCE: Maggie? You okay? I have to go.
It's Richard.
RICHARD: Can you do it? Yup.
Just gonna pit-stuff it.
Pit-stuff it.
Yeah.
So simple it defies logic.
Fissile plutonium is extremely delicate, Mr.
President.
Any blockage between the fusion core and the detonator will permanently disable the warhead.
- Oh.
- Sort of like a banana in a tail-pipe, same idea.
Oh.
Well, keep stuffing, then.
Stuff it.
- There it is.
- Did you get it? - Uh-huh.
- (ALARM WAILING) That's new.
Valentine, get that wire out of there.
LEONARD: It didn't work.
She's still armed.
- (ALARM WAILING) - (CHATTER) Mr.
President, something got tripped.
We'll send someone in to get you.
There's no sign of a leak, sir.
We're investigating the situation.
Just a second, gentlemen.
We tried.
Yeah, we did.
LIEUTENANT: Sir! What are you doing? (HANDCUFFS CLICK) Oh, shit.
All right, Lieutenant, this is a sit-in.
Now, here's your orders.
(ALARM WAILING) Mr.
President, what is it that you want? RICHARD: I want you to get on the phone with the Pentagon.
Tell them that a former President of the United States wants this missile disarmed, and he is gonna stay chained to it until they do.
(SIGHS) MAN: It's my pleasure to introduce to you the media's truth-telling First Son, Jeremy Graves.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE) Thank you.
Oh, man.
Hi, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for being here.
Okay.
Whoo! So, I'm here to talk to you about the truth, good old Jeremy Graves, famous for being adorable in the White House, following his dick through puberty, his gun through Afghanistan, and basically dependent on every single anti-depressant known to man for his entire adult life.
But here's the thing, and this is gonna sound crazy, especially coming from me, but recently, I have been uncomfortably happy and I realized I don't give one single fuck about the media or the truth that's supposed to be in it.
(ALARM WAILING) Hello? It's me, kid.
The alarm, sir.
What's going on? Drive away.
Sir.
Drive the fuck away.
Do you hear me? Just remember what I told you: Until death, it's all life.
("FORTUNATE SON" BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL PLAYING) (SIRENS WAILING) Some folks are born Made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white, and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord - It ain't me - RICHARD: Jacob, listen.
We need press, a whole lot of fucking press.
Richard? Richard? (CELL PHONE CHIMES) Yeah, yeah Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer more, and more, and more, y'all It ain't me It ain't me I ain't no military son, son OLIVIA: Hey, guys, happy to be here.
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JEREMY: And the only way we are gonna dig ourselves out of this bullshit place we've all gotten to is if we can find some way to free ourselves of whatever it is that's got us stuck in the mud.
Now, I don't give a shit if it's your job, if it's your famous fuckin' family who didn't show up today Whatever it is, the only person who has the ability to change that is you.
So what I came here, really, to tell you today is this, you want a new job? Go get one.
You want some new friends? Find some.
Hell, you want a new family? Make one, right? Thank you.
- (CHEERS, APPLAUSE) - Thank you very much.
Thank you.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) You should have left me.
If we're going down, we're going down together.
- (BEEP) - Mr.
President, I have a Federal agent here who would like to speak with you regarding your request.
It's national news.
We'll handle it.
If you are just joining us, we are reporting the unprecedented act of civil disobedience by a former President of the United States.
With Federal agents on the scene, President Richard Graves has agreed to vacate the missile silo and turn himself over for arrest if allowed to make a public statement.
(LAUGHS) Jesus Christ.
This is the first time an American President has been arrested.
- Calm down.
- Ever.
At any point in history.
(REPORTERS CLAMOR) REPORTER: President Graves.
REPORTER: President Graves! President Graves, are you aware that this is a violation of the Espionage Act, and sabotage? REPORTER: Mr.
Graves, over here! (REPORTERS SHOUTING) President Graves! Thirty years ago, this warhead was built on my orders.
Ninety megatons.
Enough to wipe out an entire country.
We need to stop this Weapons of Mass Destruction insanity.
We gotta stop it now.
One second longer and it's too late.
A year ago, I started on a mission to right my wrongs as the President.
I thought I could do it alone, but I can't.
I can't because I need all of you.
We need to get together.
We need to scream as loud as we can to stop this.
Our voices can become a gathering storm that they cannot ignore.
I really just wanted to un-fuck the world.
(REPORTERS ALL SHOUTING) I'm sorry, Maggie.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING) - I love you.
- I love you, too.
("TO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND" BY SEAN ROWE PLAYING) - Terribly sorry, sir.
- I cannot say That I know you well But you can't lie to me with all these books That you sell I'm not trying to follow you To the end of the world I'm just trying to leave something behind Words have come From men and mouths Oh, but I can't help thinking That I've heard the wrong crowd When all the water is gone My job will be, too RADIO: If you are just joining us, we have breaking news out of New Mexico.
Former President, Richard Graves, has been arrested for attempting to defuse the nuclear missile he ordered.
Graves is the first POTUS to be charged with And the ceiling Is hard to reach Oh, the future ahead Is broken and red (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) And I'm trying to leave something behind (CONTINUES VIBRATING) This whole world Is a foreign land We swallow the moon But we don't know our own hand We're running with the case Oh, but we ain't got the gold And we're trying to leave something behind And now we're getting word that Amir Ahsan has rejoined the UN Nuclear Peace Negotiation in New York City, vowing to reach a deal.
What I did not write I've been to his house Oh, but the master is gone But I'd like to leave something behind There is a beast Who has taken my brain You can put me to bed But you can't feel my pain NEWSMAN: On the heels of Richard Graves's arrest, our snap online poll now has Margaret Graves's numbers plummeting against the incumbent Senator Jerry North in what could be a stunning last minute turnaround a week before the election.
Not helping matters Oh, wisdom is lost In the trees somewhere Oh, you're not gonna find it In some mental gray hair It's locked up from those Who hurry ahead And it's time to leave something behind Oh, money is free But love costs more than our bread And the ceiling is hard to reach When my son is a man He will know what I meant I was just trying to leave something behind I was just trying to leave something behind