1. I accidentally slept
with a prostitute.Copy !req
2. Call girl.Copy !req
3. - Accidentally?
- Yes.Copy !req
4. Did you trip?Copy !req
5. You're gonna try and reform her.Copy !req
6. The president
would like to keep you on.Copy !req
7. - New media consultant?
- Absolutely.Copy !req
8. - Not Mandy.
- Who?Copy !req
9. Mandy.Copy !req
10. What?Copy !req
11. An Air Force transport
carrying Morris exploded in midair.Copy !req
12. The order came through
Syrian defense.Copy !req
13. I'll blow them away
with the fury of God's thunder.Copy !req
14. C.J.'s looking for you.Copy !req
15. - "Good morning" is a good way to start.
- Good morning.Copy !req
16. - C.J.'s looking for you.
- Tell her I'm here.Copy !req
17. C.J. is looking for you.Copy !req
18. - What did I do?
- How would I know?Copy !req
19. - You know everything.
- I do.Copy !req
20. When I want to make
a substantive contribution...Copy !req
21. You make plenty of them.Copy !req
22. - Like what?
- This could be one.Copy !req
23. - I need a raise.
- So do I.Copy !req
24. - You're my boss.
- I don't pay you.Copy !req
25. - You can recommend it.
- She's looking for me.Copy !req
26. - You think it's a good time to talk?
- I think it's the best time.Copy !req
27. - You're not a nice person.
- Gotta get to know me.Copy !req
28. The best I can gather from what
I've overheard in the restroom...Copy !req
29. and at the Danish cart...Copy !req
30. Is it possible there's a situation...Copy !req
31. involving Sam, a woman
and C.J. being denied information?Copy !req
32. Here's what I'll do.Copy !req
33. - Hide in your office?
- No, I'm not hiding.Copy !req
34. I'll go into my office and devise
a strategy. That's what I do.Copy !req
35. - I'm a professional, not a child.
- That's the spirit.Copy !req
36. - If she calls, I'm at the dentist.
- Got it.Copy !req
37. Wow, are you stupid!Copy !req
38. You can't be mad at me.Copy !req
39. Let's see if I can find it in me.Copy !req
40. - She was here?
- Excuse us, Donna.Copy !req
41. A call girl?Copy !req
42. A call girl, Josh?Copy !req
43. - Are you asking if I'd like one?
- Do you know how serious it is?Copy !req
44. I don't think it is.Copy !req
45. - Why not?
- A couple of things to remember:Copy !req
46. He didn't know she was one.Copy !req
47. He didn't pay her,
participate in, know of...Copy !req
48. or witness anything illegal,
unethical, immoral or suspect.Copy !req
49. A couple things for you.
None of that matters on Hard Copy!Copy !req
50. - You're overreacting.
- Am I? As women are prone to do?Copy !req
51. - That's not what I meant.
- It always is.Copy !req
52. I think I'm the best judge
of what I mean...Copy !req
53. you paranoid Berkeley
shiksa feminista.Copy !req
54. - That was way too far.
- No.Copy !req
55. I've got a meeting and so do you...Copy !req
56. you elitist Harvard fascist...Copy !req
57. missed-the-Dean's-List-
two-semesters-in-a-row...Copy !req
58. Yankee jackass!Copy !req
59. - Feel better with that off your chest?
- I'm a new woman.Copy !req
60. - You look great.
- Don't try to make up.Copy !req
61. - I'll talk to Sam.
- I will.Copy !req
62. - Toby, how was last night?
- Longest dinner of my life.Copy !req
63. The president was yelling
at Cashman and Berryhill...Copy !req
64. and at the secretary of state,
scaring Fitzwallace...Copy !req
65. snapping at the first lady,
talking about blowing up Africa...Copy !req
66. Might be a good time
to tell him about Sam.Copy !req
67. - She knows?
- I do. I'll be in to see you shortly.Copy !req
68. - How did I get into trouble?
- You got out of bed.Copy !req
69. It's been three days.
This is amateur hour.Copy !req
70. Cashman and Berryhill have to revise
the response scenario...Copy !req
71. They're dragging their feet
to make me look like a clown.Copy !req
72. And state should be concerned
with what I tell them to be.Copy !req
73. - Doesn't work like that.
- I've discovered.Copy !req
74. The chiefs are moving
as swiftly as they can...Copy !req
75. even though, frankly,
time isn't a factor.Copy !req
76. And Cashman and Berryhill have a point
with respect to the Security Council.Copy !req
77. Mrs. Landingham, I can't
find my glasses.Copy !req
78. Please do what you do
when I can't find them.Copy !req
79. It's been 72 hours since they
blew him out of the sky.Copy !req
80. I'm tired of waiting.
We'll draw up a response today.Copy !req
81. I'll give the order today.
We'll strike back today.Copy !req
82. I wish you wouldn't say "him. "Copy !req
83. What?Copy !req
84. "They blew 'him' out of the sky"?Copy !req
85. It's fine when it's just us,
but in there with the chiefs...Copy !req
86. say "it" or "the airplane. "Copy !req
87. You think I'm taking this personally?Copy !req
88. Why shouldn't I?Copy !req
89. - Since Morris was on the plane...
- Americans were on that plane!Copy !req
90. I met Morris four or five times.
He wasn't my son.Copy !req
91. We need to talk about...Copy !req
92. I can't find my glasses!Copy !req
93. - We're on it.
- Thank you.Copy !req
94. - The director's waiting.
- Let's have him.Copy !req
95. - What did you want to say?
- Nothing. I got staff.Copy !req
96. - See you in an hour.
- Thank you.Copy !req
97. Good morning.Copy !req
98. - How's his mood?
- His mood? Don't worry about it.Copy !req
99. - Toby said...
- I said don't worry.Copy !req
100. Sam, what do you know?Copy !req
101. - It's true.
- You're kidding.Copy !req
102. - I have the broadcast transcript.
- Broadcast?Copy !req
103. Listen.Copy !req
104. Congressman Bertram Coles
on the radio.Copy !req
105. - Right.
- The fifth.Copy !req
106. Eastchester County.Copy !req
107. - Where we cut M-6 Beacon funding.
- And?Copy !req
108. He was with officers from
Cromwell Air Force Base...Copy !req
109. when he said:Copy !req
110. "Folks here are fiercely patriotic.
The president better not plan a visit.Copy !req
111. If he does, he may not get out alive. "Copy !req
112. - He said that?
- Believe it?Copy !req
113. - Sitting with military officers?
- Don't take the bait.Copy !req
114. - I will.
- Should be a law against it.Copy !req
115. - There is!
- See?Copy !req
116. Threatening a president's life.
Conspiracy.Copy !req
117. How about treason? That was
a member of our own party!Copy !req
118. - That was a Democrat who said that!
- It's bad, I know.Copy !req
119. - That's it?
- What'll you do?Copy !req
120. Bring him in for questioning,
pending charges.Copy !req
121. Why be in power if you can't
haul your enemies in?Copy !req
122. We're not gonna do anything?Copy !req
123. Yeah, we need to arrest people
for being mean.Copy !req
124. There is no law, no decency.Copy !req
125. He's just getting that.Copy !req
126. If an attack order's given, we'll
need a half-hour on the networks.Copy !req
127. - When do we tell them?
- 90 minutes' notice.Copy !req
128. Toby, start a draft.Copy !req
129. - I need to know what we're hitting.
- Me too.Copy !req
130. It's military.
You'll know when you know.Copy !req
131. Sam, coordinate with the state
department guy and spokesperson.Copy !req
132. - Let's do this right.
- No chance of that.Copy !req
133. We need to get state department
officials, Pentagon...Copy !req
134. - McMartin?
- Standing by.Copy !req
135. - Adam Lee at the Pentagon.
- Got him.Copy !req
136. How do we keep
what we know from them?Copy !req
137. We don't know anything.Copy !req
138. - Sam, stop by my office around lunch.
- Sure.Copy !req
139. - Think she knows?
- Yeah.Copy !req
140. - Why?
- She told me.Copy !req
141. - Could we talk?
- My office. I'll be back.Copy !req
142. Hold on, stay there.Copy !req
143. Did you guys hear what
Coles said on the radio?Copy !req
144. - Yeah.
- And?Copy !req
145. Secret Service investigates all
threats against the president.Copy !req
146. Are you saying there will be
a criminal investigation?Copy !req
147. I can't comment on that.Copy !req
148. I gotta get back to my office.Copy !req
149. We'll say we don't think
we'd be disappointed...Copy !req
150. if no one paid attention
to the process.Copy !req
151. - This is on agriculture?
- Science and technology.Copy !req
152. We're done.Copy !req
153. You wanted to see me.
I think I know why.Copy !req
154. Do you? You sussed it out?Copy !req
155. If you and I could figure it out...Copy !req
156. what makes you think no one
in my pressroom could?Copy !req
157. Nothing to figure out.Copy !req
158. You'll get caught.Copy !req
159. - Doing what?
- Don't get cute.Copy !req
160. I didn't know she was one
when we went home.Copy !req
161. - But you called and went back.
- To see her. Not to solicit her.Copy !req
162. - No difference.
- There is!Copy !req
163. You work in the White House and
you're consorting...Copy !req
164. I like her.
She poses no threat to the president.Copy !req
165. And owing to my friendship...Copy !req
166. she might start living inbounds,
insuring her future.Copy !req
167. Isn't that what we're supposed
to be doing? This is ridiculous.Copy !req
168. - You're there to save her.
- Because I like her.Copy !req
169. I'd be there for her if this were
alcohol. This isn't tawdry.Copy !req
170. - I don't care what it is.
- I care what it is!Copy !req
171. We should spend less time
looking good and more...Copy !req
172. Being good? I've heard that one.Copy !req
173. - One other thing.
- Are we done?Copy !req
174. No, we're not done.
There's one other thing.Copy !req
175. - I resent this.
- Tough to tell from your tone.Copy !req
176. - What do you want?
- Sorry?Copy !req
177. - What else?
- I'm your first phone call.Copy !req
178. - When?
- Before, now, in the future.Copy !req
179. Any time you're into something.Copy !req
180. Don't say you thought it was nothing.
You sat with Josh and Toby.Copy !req
181. When you're into something,
don't keep it from me.Copy !req
182. I'm your first line of defense.Copy !req
183. I have to protect you
and the president.Copy !req
184. - Is that what this is about?
- A high-profile, visible, noticed...Copy !req
185. - Three things that mean the same thing.
- Let it go.Copy !req
186. Can I go? I think it's about you.Copy !req
187. Letting the character cops win...Copy !req
188. because you don't have
the guts, strength or courage...Copy !req
189. to say, "None of your business! "Copy !req
190. - Really?
- Yes!Copy !req
191. - Strength, guts or courage?
- Yes.Copy !req
192. You just said three things
that all mean the same thing.Copy !req
193. We're done talking now. You can go.Copy !req
194. - In retaliation, will we target...?
- I don't know.Copy !req
195. The commandant of the Second Division
doesn't include me.Copy !req
196. - See you later.
- Count on it.Copy !req
197. - Know what?
- What, admiral?Copy !req
198. This is different coffee
than we usually have.Copy !req
199. Keep your seats.Copy !req
200. Morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
201. - What have we got?
- Three strike scenarios.Copy !req
202. - Operational?
- At his command.Copy !req
203. - No prep?
- No.Copy !req
204. All meet the obligations
of proportional response...Copy !req
205. and pose minimum risk
to U.S. personnel.Copy !req
206. Scenario one, or "Pericles One,"
its code name...Copy !req
207. What is the virtue
of a proportional response?Copy !req
208. - I'm sorry?
- What's its virtue?Copy !req
209. Why's it good?Copy !req
210. They hit an airplane, we hit
a transmitter. That's proportional.Copy !req
211. In Pericles...Copy !req
212. They hit a barracks,
we hit two transmitters.Copy !req
213. - That's roughly it.
- This is what we do.Copy !req
214. It's what we do and have always done.Copy !req
215. If it is, don't they know we'll do it?Copy !req
216. If you'll turn attention to Pericles...Copy !req
217. I have. It's two ammo dumps,
an abandoned railroad bridge...Copy !req
218. an intelligence agency.Copy !req
219. - Those are highly rated targets.
- But they know we'll do that.Copy !req
220. They've been abandoned for three days.
We know that from the satellite.Copy !req
221. They did that, so we did this.
It's the cost. It's factored in.Copy !req
222. Am I right or am I missing something?Copy !req
223. You're right.Copy !req
224. Then I ask again, what's the virtue
of a proportional response?Copy !req
225. It isn't virtuous. It's all there is.Copy !req
226. It isn't.Copy !req
227. - Admiral Fitzwallace...
- Excuse me.Copy !req
228. - Just what else is there?
- The disproportional response.Copy !req
229. Let it ring forth
from this time and place...Copy !req
230. you kill any American,
we don't come back with proportion...Copy !req
231. but with total disaster!Copy !req
232. Are you suggesting
we carpet-bomb Damascus?Copy !req
233. I am suggesting you
and Fitzwallace and Hutchinson...Copy !req
234. and the national security team...Copy !req
235. take the next hour
and find a response...Copy !req
236. that doesn't make me think we're
just docking somebody's allowance!Copy !req
237. - I haven't eaten lunch yet.
- What do you want?Copy !req
238. I would like salad, soup
and if you run across a sandwich...Copy !req
239. hang the expense.
And a bottle of water.Copy !req
240. This is Charles Young.Copy !req
241. - I'm supposed to vet you.
- Beg your pardon?Copy !req
242. Investigate to discover
if there are problems.Copy !req
243. Josh Lyman, deputy chief of staff.
Is it Charles?Copy !req
244. - Have a seat if you like.
- I don't mind standing.Copy !req
245. - Donna?
- What?Copy !req
246. Never mind the salad.Copy !req
247. - But I would like a bottle of water.
- Fine.Copy !req
248. So have a seat.Copy !req
249. You understand why we do this.Copy !req
250. It's a very sensitive job.
And a hard job.Copy !req
251. Twenty-hour days,
long trips at the last minute.Copy !req
252. Sometimes you have to be
invisible in plain sight...Copy !req
253. or a force against those
who want more time than we give.Copy !req
254. Sometimes they'll be kings
and prime ministers. Understand?Copy !req
255. I think there's been
some kind of mistake.Copy !req
256. Really?Copy !req
257. - I came here, filled an application...
- I have your paperwork.Copy !req
258. Right. I was looking for a job
as a messenger.Copy !req
259. I interviewed with Miss Dilaguardia.Copy !req
260. She said to come here.Copy !req
261. We ask her to keep an eye out.
She's recommended you for another job.Copy !req
262. If I may ask...?Copy !req
263. - Personal aide to the president.
- I don't understand.Copy !req
264. Personal aide. Traditionally
a young guy, 25 years old...Copy !req
265. strong academics, responsible,
discreet, presentable appearance.Copy !req
266. Many candidates have those.
The rest is just gut instinct.Copy !req
267. Or you could bribe me.Copy !req
268. Sir, I...Copy !req
269. We call the president "sir. "Copy !req
270. Everyone else is,
"When do I get that thing?"Copy !req
271. - It's a mistake.
- I'll say.Copy !req
272. - Donna!
- I should go.Copy !req
273. - "Insuccessful"?
- Yes?Copy !req
274. - We can't make up our own words.
- Not a typo?Copy !req
275. Change it. Serious people
are gonna read that.Copy !req
276. - You're standing again.
- I came for a messenger job.Copy !req
277. Why aren't you in college?Copy !req
278. Your grades are better than mine.
Not really, but they're close.Copy !req
279. It was an easy school.Copy !req
280. Recommendations, ACT scores...
You didn't want to go to college?Copy !req
281. I have a little sister.Copy !req
282. - You take care of her?
- Yes.Copy !req
283. Your parents are gone?Copy !req
284. My mom, she's a police officer.Copy !req
285. She was shot and killed on duty
a few months ago.Copy !req
286. Five months ago.Copy !req
287. Keep your seats.Copy !req
288. A delegation of cardiologists
is having pictures taken upstairs.Copy !req
289. You wouldn't think there's a group
more arrogant than us...Copy !req
290. but they're upstairs
in the Blue Room.Copy !req
291. - You called me?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
292. We put together a scenario
by which we attack Hassan airport.Copy !req
293. Three main terminals and two runways.Copy !req
294. In addition to thousands
of civilian casualties...Copy !req
295. we'd cripple the region's ability
to receive medical supplies and water.Copy !req
296. Mr. Cashman and
Secretary Hutchinson...Copy !req
297. would each tell you
what you already know...Copy !req
298. that this would be seen
both at home and abroad...Copy !req
299. as an overreaction
by a first-time Commander in Chief.Copy !req
300. That without the support
of our allies...Copy !req
301. without Great Britain,
Japan and Congress...Copy !req
302. you'll have doled out
$5000 worth of punishment...Copy !req
303. for a 50-buck crime.Copy !req
304. A proportional response doesn't empty
the options box for the future...Copy !req
305. the way an all-out assault would...Copy !req
306. Thank you.Copy !req
307. Does anyone have a cigarette?Copy !req
308. This other plan...Copy !req
309. - Pericles One, sir?
- Pericles One.Copy !req
310. - No civilian casualties?
- We can't promise that.Copy !req
311. - But you're as certain as you can be?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
312. The military implications?Copy !req
313. We'll cripple intelligence and
surface-to-air strike capabilities.Copy !req
314. Very well.Copy !req
315. How does this work?Copy !req
316. You give me the go order, sir.Copy !req
317. Mr. President?Copy !req
318. This is Fitzwallace.
I have a go order.Copy !req
319. Start the clock on Pericles One.Copy !req
320. Stand by for confirmation code.Copy !req
321. We're underway.Copy !req
322. Well done, Mr. President.Copy !req
323. "Fifty-buck crime"?Copy !req
324. I honestly don't know
what the hell we're doing here.Copy !req
325. I've got questions
from the council's office...Copy !req
326. from the Treasury
and from internal security.Copy !req
327. They're routine. Ready?Copy !req
328. - Ever try to overthrow the government?
- Is the messenger job unavailable?Copy !req
329. If I came back later...Copy !req
330. This job's better. It pays more,
you don't ride on a bicycle...Copy !req
331. and instead, you'll be
personal aide to the president.Copy !req
332. I see. So if I come...Copy !req
333. Sam Seaborn,
deputy communications director.Copy !req
334. - Charlie's here for Ted's job.
- Don't get up.Copy !req
335. - I'm here for the messenger job.
- Debbie's got an eye out.Copy !req
336. - I've got my own bike...
- I gotta ask more questions...Copy !req
337. - Ever try to overthrow the government?
- No.Copy !req
338. - What's been stopping you?
- Seriously...Copy !req
339. I gotta ask
about your personal life.Copy !req
340. - No, you don't.
- Yes, I do.Copy !req
341. - Why?
- Because I do.Copy !req
342. Will you come early, stay late
and do your job efficiently?Copy !req
343. - As I was saying to...
- Thank you.Copy !req
344. What more do you need to know?Copy !req
345. What about your social life,
friends, what you do?Copy !req
346. I cannot believe you.Copy !req
347. Well, there's my sister, Deanna...Copy !req
348. I'm not sure what you're asking.Copy !req
349. He's asking if you're gay.
I wouldn't answer.Copy !req
350. Let's take a walk.Copy !req
351. - Feel free to sue. I'll represent you.
- Let's go.Copy !req
352. What was that?Copy !req
353. - This is ridiculous.
- It's not.Copy !req
354. I know right and wrong.Copy !req
355. You knew you'd be held
to a higher standard here.Copy !req
356. I mind being held to a lower one.Copy !req
357. - Digging your heels...
- You're talking?Copy !req
358. Digging my heels?
Another word for "principle. "Copy !req
359. - I'm just saying...!
- Leo's office. It's happening.Copy !req
360. He's right here.Copy !req
361. - It's happening?
- That's right.Copy !req
362. The order was given at 1627,
code name Pericles One.Copy !req
363. Four military targets.Copy !req
364. Two munitions dumps in North Rashan,
Saffian bridge and I.H.Q.Copy !req
365. - Estimated time?
- 6:30 Eastern.Copy !req
366. Briefing in the Sit Room
in 20 minutes.Copy !req
367. In the meantime, Toby, Sam...Copy !req
368. the president will go on network
at 9. Start zeroing in.Copy !req
369. No phone calls in or out.Copy !req
370. C.J., nothing to the press
until I say.Copy !req
371. - They'll wonder about the fuss.
- Let's not have any.Copy !req
372. - I need time with the president.
- Me too.Copy !req
373. - This is the first...
- He'll be there.Copy !req
374. - He'll talk to me?
- Yes.Copy !req
375. How you doing?Copy !req
376. Fine.Copy !req
377. - Toby says he's snapping at...
- Not now, Josh.Copy !req
378. You're right, but not now.Copy !req
379. Margaret!Copy !req
380. - Can I ask you a question?
- What?Copy !req
381. I'm interviewing a kid for Ted's job
and he's special.Copy !req
382. Good in school and articulate
if he wasn't terrified.Copy !req
383. He's postponing college
till his sister's out of high school.Copy !req
384. - Parents?
- Father's gone. Mother was a cop.Copy !req
385. - Was?
- Shot and killed five months ago.Copy !req
386. I like him. I want to hire him.Copy !req
387. - What's the problem?
- He's black.Copy !req
388. So is the attorney general.Copy !req
389. He doesn't hold the door
for the president. It's the visual.Copy !req
390. A young black man holding his bag?Copy !req
391. I hold the door for him.
It's an honor. This isn't casting.Copy !req
392. We get the guy for the job,
and we take it from there.Copy !req
393. - And I'm fairly sure I'm right.
- Yeah, good.Copy !req
394. - Two hours.
- A little less.Copy !req
395. - Leo, Chairman Fitzwallace.
- Send him in.Copy !req
396. - We'll be fine.
- Yeah.Copy !req
397. Things have moved
since I was here last.Copy !req
398. - How are you? Josh Lyman.
- You don't have to introduce yourself.Copy !req
399. Tough day.Copy !req
400. - It'll be tougher on them than on us.
- Good.Copy !req
401. - You're gonna have to sit him down.
- I know.Copy !req
402. He has to talk to the country.Copy !req
403. This isn't the last one we'll have
to do. But sit him down.Copy !req
404. - Any advice?
- It's not my place.Copy !req
405. Yeah, it is.Copy !req
406. Tell him it's always like this
the first time and he's doing fine.Copy !req
407. - He's not.
- Yeah, he is.Copy !req
408. Presidents don't make new friends.Copy !req
409. You'll know what to say.Copy !req
410. Yeah. Hey, Fitz!Copy !req
411. The president's personal aide.Copy !req
412. Any problem with a young black man
waiting on him?Copy !req
413. - I'm an old black man and I do that.
- He's got to carry his bags...Copy !req
414. You gonna pay him a decent wage?Copy !req
415. You gonna treat him with respect?Copy !req
416. - Then why should I care?
- Right.Copy !req
417. I've got real battles.
I don't have time for cosmetic ones.Copy !req
418. - Thanks, admiral. Good luck.
- See you later.Copy !req
419. - Evening, Toby.
- I can't stop...Copy !req
420. Go.Copy !req
421. - Estimated BDA?
- I don't know!Copy !req
422. - You need help?
- No.Copy !req
423. Sheila, if you need me...Copy !req
424. I'm standing here
with absolutely nothing to do.Copy !req
425. White House communications.Copy !req
426. Toby's not available
to speak on the phone.Copy !req
427. No, Sam's not available either.Copy !req
428. - Why aren't they?
- They're planning my surprise party.Copy !req
429. - Unprovoked and cold-blooded.
- A third?Copy !req
430. - Quickly.
- The AGM-84E SLAM.Copy !req
431. - Sam cut the paragraph 10 minutes ago!
- Coming out!Copy !req
432. - 84E SLAM?
- Standoff land attack missile.Copy !req
433. Distinguish it from the Harpoon,
an anti-ship missile.Copy !req
434. - The third?
- Unwarranted, unprovoked.Copy !req
435. - Unwarranted, cold-blooded...
- Unprovoked.Copy !req
436. - Where are you...?
- Two seconds.Copy !req
437. - I'm sorry about before.
- Yeah.Copy !req
438. I'm just very fond of her is all.Copy !req
439. Go back to work.Copy !req
440. Right.Copy !req
441. - What's all the activity?
- What?Copy !req
442. Fitzwallace was in Leo's office.Copy !req
443. Fitzwallace is chairman, Leo's chief
of staff, I'm your host. Let's play.Copy !req
444. Is it happening? Would you know?Copy !req
445. - Why the activity?
- Menudo's here. Gotta go.Copy !req
446. I'd think you of all people...Copy !req
447. - We need to talk.
- I haven't called a full lid.Copy !req
448. There'll be a briefing
if we've engaged the military.Copy !req
449. I've only been a White House reporter
for seven years, so I know.Copy !req
450. What?Copy !req
451. Not for nothing...Copy !req
452. but Sam's been going
with a $3000 call girl.Copy !req
453. I thought you should know that I know.Copy !req
454. - Ask me inside.
- Inside.Copy !req
455. Where's Charlie?Copy !req
456. Filling out employment stuff.Copy !req
457. - How's he doing?
- He looked freaked.Copy !req
458. - He's a gamer. I can pick them.
- If you say so.Copy !req
459. I have nothing to do.Copy !req
460. I can see.Copy !req
461. Excuse me.Copy !req
462. Everyone running like the world
depends on it. Which it does.Copy !req
463. Everyone's running around, working.
Me, I've got nothing to do.Copy !req
464. Like a writer on a movie set.Copy !req
465. Have you ever been on a movie set?Copy !req
466. No, but I hear stories.Copy !req
467. Want to do mail?Copy !req
468. At least we know that whatever
happens today has already happened.Copy !req
469. Josh, your office sucks.Copy !req
470. Why can't you tell me
there's a person in my office?Copy !req
471. The first time I didn't know.
The second, I didn't care that much.Copy !req
472. I mean it, it's a hole.Copy !req
473. Why are you here?Copy !req
474. I start next week.
I came to get psyched.Copy !req
475. You picked a bad time.Copy !req
476. Because of the attack
and you going on air?Copy !req
477. No, it's because...Copy !req
478. Everyone's looking casual.Copy !req
479. Toby and Sam are with the writers
and you have nothing to do.Copy !req
480. Is it a couple of armories?Copy !req
481. Louder. Syrian Air Defense
didn't hear you.Copy !req
482. - I got you a present.
- Why are you being nice?Copy !req
483. I'm excited about work.Copy !req
484. - It's been bad since it happened.
- I had a hunch.Copy !req
485. The combination of
American lives and Morris.Copy !req
486. - The idea of using force...
- We knew he'd be in his head.Copy !req
487. - He wasn't ready for it.
- How do you get ready?Copy !req
488. - What did you bring me?
- What?Copy !req
489. - I want my present.
- Oh, yeah.Copy !req
490. It's a picture I found.Copy !req
491. It's you and me, and someone's
drawn on my face with a marker.Copy !req
492. That was me. During my period
of hating you.Copy !req
493. That could have been any time.Copy !req
494. This was taken the night we met.
At the seafood place.Copy !req
495. Look at that.Copy !req
496. - You stared at me.
- You were wearing quite the ensemble.Copy !req
497. I don't think it was the wardrobe
you were looking at.Copy !req
498. You guys are doing okay, Josh.Copy !req
499. Yeah?Copy !req
500. Yeah.Copy !req
501. - They found a job for me.
- See you next week.Copy !req
502. - Will you be nice when we're working?
- Not a chance.Copy !req
503. That's what I thought.Copy !req
504. What's up?Copy !req
505. I don't have enough for a story...Copy !req
506. but I wanted you to know
I'll be asking around.Copy !req
507. - It's nothing.
- Doesn't look that way.Copy !req
508. I just got through telling you
it's that way.Copy !req
509. Sam knows right and wrong.Copy !req
510. It would be easier
if they weren't friends.Copy !req
511. But I don't choose his friends and
your readers don't get to judge them.Copy !req
512. And there's something commendable
about Sam's behavior.Copy !req
513. And I'm sticking by him.Copy !req
514. And I'll look unfavorably on those
who make us look like fools.Copy !req
515. - I'll drop it.
- Thank you.Copy !req
516. But not everyone's a good guy.
You'll start to get traction...Copy !req
517. on something
someone's not a fan of...Copy !req
518. and they'll put a tail on him.
I found out.Copy !req
519. - I don't suppose you'd tell...
- No way.Copy !req
520. But they'll keep it
until something big.Copy !req
521. Bill signing, State of the Union,
maybe the convention.Copy !req
522. Yeah. I'll wait for him.Copy !req
523. I'm giving you a head start.Copy !req
524. - What for?
- Being a good guy.Copy !req
525. What's the tip?Copy !req
526. Yeah, thank you.Copy !req
527. We're out of Syrian airspace.Copy !req
528. This was the council's office till
the communications staff conquered.Copy !req
529. Map Room, Roosevelt Room.Copy !req
530. Oval Office, chief of staff.Copy !req
531. Only thing left is to
say hello to the president.Copy !req
532. We're going on the air soon
so I don't know...Copy !req
533. Where the hell did he go?Copy !req
534. Charlie.Copy !req
535. - Where's paragraph nine?
- In the red line.Copy !req
536. - Sorry, paragraph eight.
- We cut that.Copy !req
537. - I want it.
- If you look...Copy !req
538. I can't look at anything.Copy !req
539. - I need my glasses!
- She's talking to the porters.Copy !req
540. When's the BDA?Copy !req
541. - There's a problem.
- Why?Copy !req
542. Ordinarily, we get info
from inside Syrian intelligence.Copy !req
543. - So?
- We just blew up Syrian intelligence.Copy !req
544. Somebody call CNN and find out
if we hit anything!Copy !req
545. It's the BDA.Copy !req
546. Thank you! Now if I had my glasses!Copy !req
547. They've searched your room...Copy !req
548. We could've brought in an optometrist!Copy !req
549. They can't fold their equipment
into a briefcase.Copy !req
550. I don't need one now.
I need the glasses he prescribed!Copy !req
551. If you'll familiarize yourself
with the Phoenix...Copy !req
552. - I have.
- I'm not talking about the Sidewinder.Copy !req
553. I got the briefing on it last night.Copy !req
554. Hutchinson was in my study.Copy !req
555. The Phoenix, the Sparrow,
and the Sidewinder. Are we covered?Copy !req
556. Ten minutes to air.Copy !req
557. - For want of glasses!
- Try mine.Copy !req
558. - Tell him.
- We're looking.Copy !req
559. - Meantime, look at the new para...
- I can't see anything!Copy !req
560. - Tell him.
- Mr. President?Copy !req
561. - You said you read the report...
- What?Copy !req
562. You said you read the report
in your study last night.Copy !req
563. What of it? Who is this?Copy !req
564. Have a steward go to the study,
and look on the coffee table.Copy !req
565. - Mr. President, this is Charles...
- I don't have time for new people!Copy !req
566. All right, that's it.Copy !req
567. Excuse me, Mr. President.
A minute, please?Copy !req
568. What do you need?Copy !req
569. You've gone through all your workers
and your wife.Copy !req
570. I was afraid you'd get mad
at the American people next.Copy !req
571. By the way, when we're done here,
you're sending Abbey some flowers.Copy !req
572. Did you know, 2000 years ago...Copy !req
573. a Roman citizen could walk
across the known world...Copy !req
574. free of the fear of molestation?Copy !req
575. He could walk across unharmed...Copy !req
576. protected by the words
"Civis Romanus. "Copy !req
577. "I am a Roman citizen. "Copy !req
578. So great was the retribution of Rome
universally understood...Copy !req
579. should any harm befall
even one of its citizens.Copy !req
580. Where was Morris' protection,
or anybody else on that plane?Copy !req
581. Where's the retribution for the
families? The warning to the world...Copy !req
582. that Americans
shall walk unharmed...Copy !req
583. lest the fist of the most mighty
military force in history...Copy !req
584. comes crashing down on you.Copy !req
585. In other words, what are we doing?Copy !req
586. - Behaving as a superpower ought to.
- It's produced crappy results!Copy !req
587. - I'm not sure it hasn't induced it!
- What are you talking about?Copy !req
588. I'm talking about 286 Marines
in Beirut!Copy !req
589. About Somalia! About Nairobi!Copy !req
590. You think adding
to the body count is a deterrent?Copy !req
591. That's as stupid as
thinking capital punishment...Copy !req
592. is a deterrent for drug kingpins!Copy !req
593. As if they didn't live daily
under the possibility of execution.Copy !req
594. And their executions are less dainty.Copy !req
595. And take place without the bother
and expense of due process.Copy !req
596. So if you want to start using
American military strength...Copy !req
597. as the arm of the Lord...Copy !req
598. you can do that.Copy !req
599. We're the only superpower left.Copy !req
600. You can conquer the world
like Charlemagne.Copy !req
601. But you better be prepared
to kill everyone.Copy !req
602. And start with me because
I will raise up an army against you...Copy !req
603. and I will beat you!Copy !req
604. - He had a 10-day-old baby.
- I know.Copy !req
605. We're doing nothing.Copy !req
606. We are not!
Four high-rated military targets.Copy !req
607. - And this is good?
- There is no good!Copy !req
608. It's what there is.Copy !req
609. It's how the most powerful nation
behaves.Copy !req
610. It's proportional, reasonable,
responsible, merciful.Copy !req
611. It's not nothing.
Four military targets.Copy !req
612. - Which they'll rebuild!
- We'll blow them up again!Copy !req
613. We're getting really good at it.Copy !req
614. It's what our fathers taught us.Copy !req
615. Why didn't you say so?Copy !req
616. Oh, man.Copy !req
617. When I think of all the work
you put in to get me to run...Copy !req
618. of all the work you did
to get me elected...Copy !req
619. I could pummel your ass
with a baseball bat.Copy !req
620. Here's one you'll like.Copy !req
621. - Bertram Coles...
- I like anything starting with that.Copy !req
622. Coles goes on the radio and says...Copy !req
623. people in his district
love America...Copy !req
624. and you better not come down
because you might not get out alive.Copy !req
625. - Bert's calling me out?
- Apparently.Copy !req
626. The people in his district
are so patriotic...Copy !req
627. that if the president of the
United States were to show up...Copy !req
628. they'd kill him.Copy !req
629. - Ziegler must be ballistic!
- Toby is on it.Copy !req
630. Who was that kid who figured out
where my glasses were?Copy !req
631. If you want him,
that's your new body man.Copy !req
632. What's his story?Copy !req
633. What's going on in there?Copy !req
634. I don't know.Copy !req
635. Do you know about the Secret Service
investigating Coles...Copy !req
636. for threatening the president?Copy !req
637. No.Copy !req
638. Greenwald is quoting you as saying...Copy !req
639. they investigate all threats
made against the president.Copy !req
640. Yeah.Copy !req
641. - Did you say that?
- Yeah.Copy !req
642. You don't suppose that's
how the story got started?Copy !req
643. You tell Coles, Toby Ziegler said
there's a new sheriff in town.Copy !req
644. This was just, I think, a bad day.Copy !req
645. He's ordinarily an extremely kind man,
placing a high premium on civility.Copy !req
646. It's just been a difficult
few days for him.Copy !req
647. I should probably go.Copy !req
648. Excuse me, Charlie.
Can I see you inside, please?Copy !req
649. Come on, it's okay.Copy !req
650. - I'm Jed Bartlet.
- Charles Young.Copy !req
651. You prefer Charlie.
Leo filled me in about your mother.Copy !req
652. I hope you don't mind but I called
Tom Connolly, the FBI director...Copy !req
653. We got some quick information.Copy !req
654. Your mother was killed
by a.38 revolver firing KTws...Copy !req
655. or "cop-killer" bullets.Copy !req
656. We have not had success yet...Copy !req
657. in banning those bullets
off the streets.Copy !req
658. We plan a whack at it
when Congress comes back from recess.Copy !req
659. What do you say?
You want to come help us out?Copy !req
660. - Yes, sir, I do.
- Thanks, Charlie.Copy !req
661. Thirty seconds!Copy !req
662. - All set?
- You tell me.Copy !req
663. - That's an ugly tie.
- My granddaughter gave me this.Copy !req
664. My nephew gave me an ashtray.Copy !req
665. Somebody throw him
out of the building!Copy !req
666. Stand by.Copy !req
667. Thank you.Copy !req
668. - I've never felt like this.
- It doesn't go away.Copy !req
669. Here, now, the president.Copy !req
670. My fellow Americans.Copy !req
671. A short while ago,
I ordered our forces...Copy !req
672. to destroy military targets
in Syria...Copy !req
673. in response to the
unwarranted, unprovoked...Copy !req
674. and cold-blooded downing...Copy !req
675. of an unarmed Air Force jet...Copy !req
676. carrying 58 passengers
and the flag of the United States.Copy !req