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The Politician Season 1 Episode 8 Script
The Politician Season 1 Episode 8 Script
EPISODE 1.08
“Vienna”
WRITTEN BY:
Brad Falchuk
DIRECTED BY:
Brad Falchuk
ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
September 27, 2019
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MAIN EPISODE CAST
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I was in a cab the other day.
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Um, one of those yellow cars you use
to get places when you can't find an Uber.
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-[people chuckling]
-And, uh, I asked my driver,
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I said, "When do I become
a real New Yorker?"
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You know? I've been here for three years.
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I have eaten pretzels on the street.
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I have seen the Christmas lights
at Saks Fifth Avenue.
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I have stumbled home at 4:00 a.m.
after all of the bars have closed.
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-Many times. Um...
-[all chuckling]
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"But, you know,
I'm only a student at NYU," I said.
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"But I like it here.
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I really like it here, and so,
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I want to know when do I get to say
that I am really from New York?"
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Thank you very much.
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And so, my driver looked at me
through the rearview mirror.
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He said,
"It's just like everything else in life.
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It's real when you say it,
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and you believe it's true."
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Anyways, until then,
here's one of my favorite songs.
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Uh, I would like to dedicate it
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to two of my friends
who are in from out of town.
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[people applauding]
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-[Infinity] Whoo!
-[plays Billy Joel's "Vienna"]
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♪ Slow down, you crazy child ♪
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♪ You're so ambitious for a juvenile ♪
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♪ But then if you're so smart ♪
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♪ Then tell me
Why are you still so afraid? ♪
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♪ Mmm ♪
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♪ Where's the fire?
What's the hurry about? ♪
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♪ You better cool it off
Before you burn it out ♪
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♪ You got so much to do
And only so many hours in a day ♪
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♪ Hey ♪
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♪ But you know that
When the truth is told ♪
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♪ That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old ♪
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♪ You're gonna kick off
Before you even get halfway through ♪
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♪ Ooh ♪
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♪ When will you realize ♪
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♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
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♪ Slow down, you're doin' fine ♪
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♪ You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time ♪
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♪ Although it's so romantic
On the borderline tonight ♪
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♪ Tonight ♪
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♪ Well, too bad
But it's the life you lead ♪
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♪ You're so ahead of yourself
That you forgot what you need ♪
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♪ Though you can see when you're wrong ♪
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♪ You know you can't always see
When you're right ♪
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♪ You're right ♪
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♪ You got your passion
You got your pride ♪
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♪ But don't you know
That only fools are satisfied? ♪
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♪ Dream on, but don't imagine
It'll all come true ♪
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♪ Ooh ♪
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♪ When will you realize ♪
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♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
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[band harmonizing]
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-♪ Slow down, you crazy child ♪
-[audience applauds]
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♪ Take the phone off the hook
And disappear for a while ♪
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♪ It's all right
You can afford to lose a day or two ♪
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♪ Ooh ♪
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♪ When will you realize ♪
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♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ And you know that
When the truth is told ♪
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♪ That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old ♪
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♪ You're gonna kick off
Before you even get halfway through ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ Why don't you realize ♪
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♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
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♪ When will you realize ♪
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♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
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[song ends]
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-[Infinity] Yes!
-[cheers and applause]
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Go, Payton!
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Okay, but, uh, here's the thing,
Cold Spring Harbor, first album,
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Billy Joel's already a genius.
But if we're talking about
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when did he become the greatest songwriter
of the 20th century,
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-probably The Stranger, right?
-[Infinity laughs]
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Okay, can I just say I'm very glad
that you did not have to go to jail?
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My lawyer was a genius.
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Six months home detention
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and they made me take
anger management courses
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as part of my plea deal.
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I was on a Mormon mission in Honduras
digging wells last month.
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Now I'm back and I'm at Vassar.
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It's cool, but, man,
some of those girls are just so militant.
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Wait, hold on. How did you guys
become friends again too, you guys?
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We met at the photo shoot for Vanity Fair.
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-Remember?
-Oh, yes. Yes.
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A very nice article.
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Not particularly generous about me,
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but you two came off pretty well.
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For the record, I was totally misquoted.
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Me too! Oh, yeah.
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Well, I got a pretty hefty advance
for my book deal,
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so I've been living off that mostly.
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What's really funny is how little
I have to spend my own money.
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I mean, people are giving me, like,
more free stuff than ever.
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Whoa.
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What happened to the one you were dating,
the psycho guy?
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You remember, the psycho guy
who poisoned me with the possums.
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-Do you remember?
-Ricardo, he's...
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in prison.
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-Oh. Oh.
-Mm-hmm.
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He joined the prison theater troupe.
They're doing Guys and Dolls.
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-Oh, my God. I love that show.
-I love Guys and Dolls.
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He got cast as Sky Masterson.
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Yeah. Told him I'd come
to the performance, but...
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[whispers] ...that was a lie.
I'm not really gonna go.
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What about you, Payton?
Do they have student government at NYU?
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[vomiting]
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Let's get him home.
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[Infinity]
No one knows what you're talking about.
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[Payton] Sorry I threw up.
Sometimes it helps, know what I mean?
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-[Skye] You got him?
-[Payton] Sometimes it's just... [groans]
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-[Infinity] Great jeepers.
-I am so sorry, James.
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It's okay, we're used to it.
He stumbles home drunk every night.
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-[Infinity] The left leg, lift the right.
-[Payton muttering]
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-[Skye] All right, come on.
-Sorry.
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-[Skye] Sit up for me.
-[Payton] Okay.
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-But you know what I mean? Like if...
-Who's that?
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-[Skye] Lay down.
-Khai Zhi.
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Don't worry,
he can sleep through anything.
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Good.
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Take my hat off.
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Thank you, it was itching me.
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-There you go.
-Thank you.
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[Payton sighs]
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Jesus, Payton, what happened to you?
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I don't know.
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[Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" playing]
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♪ I fell in love again ♪
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♪ All things go, all things go ♪
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♪ Drove to Chicago ♪
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♪ All things know, all things know ♪
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♪ You came to take us ♪
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♪ All things go, all things go ♪
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♪ To recreate us ♪
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♪ All things grow, all things grow ♪
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♪ We had our mindset ♪
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♪ All things know ♪
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♪ All things know ♪
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♪ You had to find it ♪
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♪ All things go, all things go ♪
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No. No. This isn't the right color.
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Yes, it is. What are you talking about?
Look on the bottom.
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MAC Lustre Politely Pink.
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[stammers] Well, I can't read this.
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It's too tiny. Look at my lips.
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What's wrong with them?
They look fabulous.
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Liar! You can't even see them!
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[stammers] God, it's just like they're--
like they're sucked up into my face.
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They're-- They're the lips of a corpse.
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Ah-ha! You're right.
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This is MAC Lustre Pretty Please.
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And, yes, it does wash you out,
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so it goes right in the garbage.
And let me root around here for... Aah!
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Here's your Politely Pink.
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-Thank you.
-Oh, my God.
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Who knew you'd be so head up
over meeting a senator-elect from Texas?
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Yes, he's cute,
but you are a married woman,
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-Leader Standish.
-Shut up.
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What's the, uh, word on S5349?
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We have Hanron and Connelly, yes,
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the governor wants it on his desk
to sign by Friday.
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[sighs] Jesus Lord, I am-- I am shaking.
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It's like On Golden Pond here.
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Give it to me.
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Look, forget about State Bill 5349.
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Forget about the governor, he's a dick.
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-Let's take a breath...
-[both inhale deeply]
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-...and get in the game.
-We don't even know what the game is.
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What is he even doing here?
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Why does the junior senator from Texas
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want to meet the majority leader
of the New York State Senate?
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Blot.
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I dunno.
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But I sure as hell am curious.
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Meanwhile, look at those lips.
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-Eat your heart out, Brigitte Bardot.
-[both laugh]
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Now, granted,
we don't know what this meeting is,
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but I get the feeling that your somewhat
stark difference of opinion
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about Roe v. Wade might end up being
a rather large elephant
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sitting in the corner of the room
and farting.
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If he brings up Roe,
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I will tell him that the position he took
on the campaign was a disgrace.
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He embraced every right-wing talking point
of the last 35 years,
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basically agreeing that Roe v. Wade
was a poorly decided case,
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which was an argument
that the Republicans only landed on
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ten years after the fact
when they realized
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that a constitutional amendment
was never going to happen,
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because roughly 70% of Americans...
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-[both] ...support reproductive rights.
-Yes, or...
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we could hope that it doesn't come up,
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or maybe make the choice
not to bring it up.
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Ha.
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State Senator Standish,
thank you so much for coming.
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Thank you. How nice to see you.
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The senator-elect is right this way.
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Thank you very much.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
If you don't mind just waiting outside?
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I need to be in on this meeting.
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The senator-elect just wants
to speak with State Senator Standish.
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Well, actually, it's "Leader Standish"
because she's majority leader,
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but otherwise
it would be "Senator Standish,"
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not "State Senator Standish."
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Which is splitting hairs and rude,
don't you think?
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My apologies. The senator-elect wants
to speak with Leader Standish alone,
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-so if you don't mind--
-Oh, excuse me. [chuckles]
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You know that saying, "Behind every
great woman is another great woman"?
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I'm who that saying is referring to.
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No, I've never heard that.
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-Okay.
-I don't think that's what that saying--
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Shut your silly face
and let's take a step back for a second.
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Your boss is a US senator from Texas,
not Christ himself,
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and certainly not the boy in the bubble
whose immune system will collapse
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if someone walks into the room
who has a cold, am I right?
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-Ma'am, you're just gonna have to wait.
-No. Let's take yet another step back.
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-Do you know who I am? No.
-Mmm.
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Okay. My name is Hadassah Gold,
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and I have been Dede Standish's
chief of staff
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since the Earth's crust was cooling. Okay?
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I've been in meetings
since before you could focus your eyes
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long enough to find your penis.
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Now we can either stand here
and keep having this inane conversation,
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after which, I promise you,
I will make a silent pledge
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to the prophet Elijah to do
everything in my power to make certain
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that your professional life
is as brief as possible,
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or you can open the door
like a gentleman.
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And when the good senator from Texas
fires you for being rude
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to sassy, brassy, wise old broads
like yours truly,
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and don't think I won't play that card,
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I promise you can come and work for me.
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Okay, fine.
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Thank you.
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Guess that's the way my mama raised me,
you know?
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And forgive me
for asking all these questions,
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but I'm a straight shooter.
I don't wanna be wasting your time.
238
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It's no problem at all.
239
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Well, then, can I ask you:
240
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what is your opinion
on a woman's right to choose?
241
00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:06,952
Oh, well, Senator,
I think you know what my opinion is.
242
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[chuckles]
243
00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,956
I guess what I mean is
what is your opinion of my opinion
244
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on a woman's right to choose?
245
00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:16,128
I didn't hear every comment you made
on the campaign trail,
246
00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:19,089
but what I did hear,
I disagreed with almost entirely.
247
00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:25,471
You see, I believe the right to privacy
is implicit in the 14th Amendment.
248
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I happen to agree with you.
249
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I-- What-- [stammering]
I beg your pardon?
250
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I'm the first Democrat to be elected
senator in the state of Texas
251
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in 25 years.
252
00:13:40,778 --> 00:13:42,905
To do that, I had to tack right
on some issues
253
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and say some things
that weren't exactly what I believed.
254
00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:51,121
If folks knew the truth, it makes it
real hard to get reelected in Texas.
255
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But... I won't be running for reelection.
256
00:13:56,544 --> 00:13:58,546
That's not the office I'm aiming for.
257
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Cream, no sugar, right?
258
00:14:03,217 --> 00:14:04,176
Right.
259
00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:08,097
In eight months, I'll be launching
an exploratory committee
260
00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:09,598
for a presidential run.
261
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,433
Except there's nothing to explore.
262
00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:12,518
I'm running.
263
00:14:13,394 --> 00:14:14,353
And I'm gonna win.
264
00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:16,564
But...
265
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I need your help.
266
00:14:20,401 --> 00:14:21,318
Doing what?
267
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You're gonna be my running mate.
268
00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:24,822
[Hadassah] Whoa! Oh-ho-ho.
269
00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:26,657
Whoa, whoa. Hold on!
270
00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:28,868
-Hadassah Gold, chief of staff--
-I can win Texas.
271
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I proved that already.
272
00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:32,621
All I have to prove is I can win
New York and California.
273
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You can make that happen.
274
00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,127
[stammers] I'm sorry,
but I'm a state senator.
275
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From New York City
with bona fides in the Rust Belt.
276
00:14:41,088 --> 00:14:43,257
You brought that Tesla Gigafactory
to Buffalo,
277
00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:46,594
proving you can bring a manufacturing
city into the 21st century
278
00:14:46,677 --> 00:14:50,264
and build a national profile doing it,
and you're connected to Wall Street.
279
00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:53,434
I need to prove to the financial sector
I can be trusted.
280
00:14:53,517 --> 00:14:56,520
Now, you're a member of the legislature,
that's not great.
281
00:14:56,604 --> 00:15:00,524
It means you're a political insider,
but an insider in Albany...
282
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,026
not Washington.
283
00:15:02,109 --> 00:15:03,694
In fact, you've never worked
in Washington,
284
00:15:03,777 --> 00:15:06,614
and I think we can spin that
to work in our favor.
285
00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:13,037
[stammering] Uh-- I'm speechless.
286
00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,040
I'm just-- I'm very flattered. But I--
287
00:15:16,123 --> 00:15:19,877
[stammers]
What about, I mean, it's so early.
288
00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,130
Campaigns don't vet their running mates
until right before the convention.
289
00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:25,090
Well, I'm doing things differently.
290
00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,718
I want the voters to know I'm decisive.
291
00:15:28,677 --> 00:15:29,803
I've done my homework.
292
00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:32,181
You know? I'll be ready to go on day one.
293
00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:35,476
I think it's a good story too.
We'll campaign as a team, two for one.
294
00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:38,729
The liberal New Yorker
with a lifetime of experience
295
00:15:38,812 --> 00:15:42,441
standing behind the good-looking
young firebrand with bold new ideas
296
00:15:42,524 --> 00:15:45,819
from the great state of Texas.
297
00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:49,073
I honestly don't think we can lose.
298
00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:53,994
When do you need an answer?
299
00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:56,038
Oh, come on.
There's no way you're saying no.
300
00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:58,749
What I need to know is this:
301
00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:00,834
is there any reason...
302
00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:03,879
why I shouldn't pick you?
303
00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:07,675
Everybody's got skeletons in the closet
and I need to know what yours are.
304
00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:10,803
If I may... [chuckles]
305
00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:12,471
Nice to meet you, by the way.
306
00:16:13,013 --> 00:16:14,139
Can I just say...
307
00:16:15,057 --> 00:16:16,767
Senator Standish is about to run
308
00:16:16,850 --> 00:16:20,145
for her 13th consecutive term
in the New York State Senate.
309
00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:23,232
Her last three campaigns,
she ran unopposed.
310
00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:26,026
The Republican Party has stopped fielding
a candidate to run against her,
311
00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:29,822
because no opponent has managed
to find an ounce of dirt on this woman
312
00:16:29,905 --> 00:16:30,948
or her family.
313
00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,325
Senator, I give you my word...
314
00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:37,204
Dede Standish, squeaky clean.
315
00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:43,460
Well, Senator.
316
00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:45,754
What do you say?
317
00:16:47,131 --> 00:16:48,382
You wanna make history?
318
00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:01,145
You've got yourself a deal.
319
00:17:05,649 --> 00:17:08,318
[Jackie Wilson's
"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" playing]
320
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♪ Yeah ♪
321
00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:21,582
♪ I want somebody ♪
322
00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:25,252
♪ To hold my hand ♪
323
00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:29,214
♪ Somebody to love me ♪
324
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,468
♪ And understand ♪
325
00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:34,553
♪ I want a woman ♪
326
00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:38,140
-♪ Woman ♪
-♪ I want a lover ♪
327
00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:42,144
-♪ A lover ♪
-♪ I want a friend ♪
328
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:44,730
♪ A woman, a lover, a friend ♪
329
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:47,691
♪ Mmm, I want somebody... ♪
330
00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:49,777
What do they call
the vice president's spouse?
331
00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:50,819
Second Lady?
332
00:17:51,195 --> 00:17:52,988
[laughing] I think so.
333
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,824
Well, then what will that make me? Um...
334
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,118
Second Gentleman? Uh... Oh!
335
00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:00,704
-Second Dude?
-[chuckling]
336
00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:03,248
It's not a done deal yet.
337
00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:07,377
[sighs]
He still has to get the nomination.
338
00:18:07,461 --> 00:18:10,589
-Hmm.
-A lot can happen between now and then.
339
00:18:10,672 --> 00:18:12,257
-That's true.
-Oh!
340
00:18:12,674 --> 00:18:13,926
[laughing]
341
00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:15,260
But he will.
342
00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:18,388
Oh...
343
00:18:18,972 --> 00:18:22,684
I thought I lost the ability
to get excited about politics.
344
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:24,645
Governing still turns me on,
345
00:18:24,728 --> 00:18:29,566
but it's just been so easy for so long
in terms of campaigning, but...
346
00:18:32,486 --> 00:18:33,362
running...
347
00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:35,572
for...
348
00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:38,492
vice president!
349
00:18:38,575 --> 00:18:40,452
[gasping]
350
00:18:40,577 --> 00:18:44,498
A heartbeat away
from the most powerful job in the world.
351
00:18:44,581 --> 00:18:45,499
[inhales sharply]
352
00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:49,128
The first woman VP.
353
00:18:50,170 --> 00:18:53,298
Now that's a campaign
I can get excited about.
354
00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:55,384
[both moaning]
355
00:18:56,343 --> 00:19:00,556
And it's not just about having power...
356
00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:03,392
it's about making history.
357
00:19:03,684 --> 00:19:05,394
-Mmm...
-[man] "Herstory."
358
00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:09,565
[laughing]
359
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,233
You deserve it, honey.
360
00:19:14,236 --> 00:19:16,363
Come, come, come. Ahh...
361
00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:20,242
Oh, you are both...
362
00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:23,871
so good to me.
363
00:19:24,454 --> 00:19:25,789
How are you planning on...
364
00:19:26,456 --> 00:19:28,417
on keeping all this from getting out?
365
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,627
You mean-- You mean our thrupple?
366
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,381
I mean, we've been doing fine
for almost ten years.
367
00:19:34,464 --> 00:19:36,800
Because I went to prep school
with the publisher of the Post,
368
00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:39,094
and we have that
catch and kill deal with The Enquirer.
369
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:43,557
And Dede may be the most powerful person
in New York State,
370
00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,475
but she's still just a local politician.
371
00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:48,145
Now there's gonna be
hundreds of millions of dollars
372
00:19:48,228 --> 00:19:51,565
and Super PAC oppo research
being thrown at you, sweetheart.
373
00:19:54,776 --> 00:19:57,321
You're worried
we're going to break it off with you.
374
00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,617
I am the only one here
without a ring on his finger.
375
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:02,743
-No!
-No.
376
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:08,248
I'll admit
when we first started up with this,
377
00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:11,501
I saw you as the price to pay
to keep my husband happy.
378
00:20:12,169 --> 00:20:13,003
Right?
379
00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,756
I'm no hypocrite.
380
00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:19,927
But I couldn't have him
stepping out on me.
381
00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:21,094
Can you imagine the scandal?
382
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:23,388
So, yes, we brought you into our lives
as a third wheel,
383
00:20:23,472 --> 00:20:26,225
but it's not like that anymore.
384
00:20:27,976 --> 00:20:29,269
Neither of us
385
00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:33,232
-can imagine being without you.
-Mmm.
386
00:20:34,316 --> 00:20:35,776
You're family, William.
387
00:20:36,610 --> 00:20:37,694
Hear, hear.
388
00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:40,906
[Dede moans]
389
00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:44,910
And who's to say
we can't be two Second Gentlemen?
390
00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,162
[all chuckling]
391
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:50,666
It's one step at a time
with this Tino business.
392
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:51,833
Tomorrow we start planning,
393
00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,877
tonight we celebrate
394
00:20:54,628 --> 00:20:56,380
the only way we know how.
395
00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:58,757
With a nice...
396
00:20:59,716 --> 00:21:00,801
[gasps]
397
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:02,803
...long...
398
00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:05,222
Devil's...
399
00:21:07,641 --> 00:21:08,684
Triangle.
400
00:21:11,311 --> 00:21:13,146
-[men] Mmm.
-[Dede] Mmm.
401
00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:40,048
Hi, I'm looking for Sherry Dougal.
402
00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:43,844
Oh, sorry. I'm McAfee Westbrook,
we spoke on the phone.
403
00:21:43,927 --> 00:21:45,512
I'm your new campaign staffer.
404
00:21:48,724 --> 00:21:50,058
I'll show you around.
405
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:53,729
The senator doesn't
come to the office often.
406
00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:55,856
Not at all really.
407
00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:58,483
The senator doesn't go
to her campaign office?
408
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:02,195
That's the chief of staff's office.
Don't go in there.
409
00:22:02,904 --> 00:22:07,492
-Whose offices are these?
-Oh, someone's got a lot of questions.
410
00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:09,536
Don't go in there either.
411
00:22:12,122 --> 00:22:14,624
This is your office. That's your computer.
412
00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:18,378
Our entire voter database is on there,
so whatever you do,
413
00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:21,048
do not unplug it, okay?
414
00:22:21,465 --> 00:22:23,425
The password is "intern."
415
00:22:24,634 --> 00:22:26,928
You know how to work Windows 99, right?
416
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:28,263
No.
417
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,431
You'll figure it out.
418
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:31,266
It's just like Windows 95.
419
00:22:35,645 --> 00:22:40,150
These need to go out to all 300,000
members of the 27th District, okay?
420
00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:42,277
So you just take one of these
421
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:45,030
and you put it on one of these.
422
00:22:45,113 --> 00:22:48,408
Voilà. See? Easy.
And I even did the first one for you.
423
00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:49,993
Now, the election is November 6th,
424
00:22:50,077 --> 00:22:52,412
so we want these in the mail
the first week of October,
425
00:22:52,496 --> 00:22:53,372
so you've got time.
426
00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:56,124
You could curl up under the desk
and take a nap for all I care,
427
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,168
just don't bother anybody, okay?
428
00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:01,797
Oh, the bathroom key is at my desk.
429
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,092
You take it and you swipe it
against the sensor and the door unlocks.
430
00:23:05,175 --> 00:23:06,301
Wait, that's it?
431
00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,014
Yeah, it's an electronic thing.
You swipe it, it unlocks the door.
432
00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:12,599
No, I mean this, the mailers.
433
00:23:12,682 --> 00:23:13,892
This is the campaign?
434
00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:15,435
Yeah.
435
00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:18,188
But the first week of October,
that's two weeks after the primaries.
436
00:23:18,855 --> 00:23:21,817
Dede Standish hasn't been primaried
in 20 years.
437
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:24,069
She won't even have an opponent
in the general.
438
00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:26,905
The only reason
she's even mailing out a flyer
439
00:23:26,988 --> 00:23:30,575
is because there's an Instaprints
in her district that Staples is killing,
440
00:23:30,951 --> 00:23:33,286
and she likes to take care
of small businesses.
441
00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:34,830
I wanna talk to your boss.
442
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,499
-Excuse me?
-Hadassah Gold, I wanna talk to her.
443
00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:38,458
Yeah, well, you can't.
444
00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:40,585
Oh, God. Where are you going?
445
00:23:40,669 --> 00:23:42,295
Mmm. I dunno.
446
00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:44,005
This is very orange.
447
00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,632
[Sherry] Stop! Jesus!
448
00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:47,592
-What? No!
-[locks door]
449
00:23:48,885 --> 00:23:50,220
Hadassah, I'm so sorry!
450
00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:52,180
-Who are you?
-I'm McAfee Westbrook.
451
00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,557
I'm your new campaign staffer.
452
00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:56,017
[exhales sharply] Why are you stopping?
453
00:23:57,352 --> 00:23:59,271
-Wha-- What's your name?
-McAfee Westbrook.
454
00:23:59,646 --> 00:24:02,149
Oh, your-- your first name is a last name?
455
00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:04,359
[laughing] I hate that.
456
00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:06,945
I didn't name myself.
457
00:24:07,028 --> 00:24:09,531
You know what?
I just had my first grandson.
458
00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:10,907
You know what they named him?
459
00:24:11,575 --> 00:24:12,409
Jagger.
460
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:15,036
I was holding him in my arms
when they told me.
461
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,371
nearly threw him out the window.
462
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,165
I didn't, of course.
That would be a heinous crime.
463
00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:20,417
What do you think you're doing
barging in here like this?
464
00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:24,880
Okay, um, well, first a little background:
I just graduated from Columbia
465
00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:27,466
with a double major in PoliSci
and Statistics.
466
00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:28,383
I don't care.
467
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:30,218
And I did it in three years, which sucked.
468
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:33,221
Like, I slept four hours a night,
I had no friends, and I never went out.
469
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,640
I don't care. Honey, that's on you.
470
00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,851
Why would you do such a thing?
What gave you that idea?
471
00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:39,686
Because I wanted to work
for Senator Standish.
472
00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:42,105
She's a brilliant woman
and a fantastic politician.
473
00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:43,648
She turned the whole
state government around.
474
00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:46,526
Unemployment numbers statewide are high,
but I see that as a marker of success
475
00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,695
as it indicates that people
who've dropped out of the job market
476
00:24:48,778 --> 00:24:50,238
are returning to the workforce.
477
00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:53,033
Stop! Oh, my God, you talk way too fast.
478
00:24:53,116 --> 00:24:55,076
But this isn't a 21st century campaign.
479
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,537
-Campaign?
-This isn't even a 20th century campaign.
480
00:24:57,621 --> 00:25:00,290
-Campaign?
-This is a late 18th century campaign.
481
00:25:00,373 --> 00:25:01,541
Okay!
482
00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:03,960
Allow me to break it down for you
a little.
483
00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,670
First of all, don't bullshit me.
484
00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:08,924
Nobody wakes up and says,
"Ooh, I want to work for a state senator."
485
00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,426
You want to work on Capitol Hill
or the White House,
486
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,512
and you think this job is
a stepping stone.
487
00:25:13,595 --> 00:25:14,971
-No-- No--
-[mimics buzzer]
488
00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:16,723
I'm not done breaking it down for you.
489
00:25:16,806 --> 00:25:20,185
Please allow me
to further break it down for you.
490
00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:23,230
The reason we don't have
a multimillion-dollar reelection campaign
491
00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:25,524
up and running
is because we don't need one.
492
00:25:25,607 --> 00:25:29,236
As per forever and a day,
Dede Standish is running unopposed.
493
00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:31,279
Why is she running unopposed?
494
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,199
Because she has a proven record
of accomplishments
495
00:25:34,282 --> 00:25:35,742
that resonate with the voter.
496
00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:37,202
How did we get that record?
497
00:25:37,285 --> 00:25:41,206
By putting all our efforts into governing
as opposed to campaigning,
498
00:25:41,289 --> 00:25:44,459
thereby obviating the very need
for a campaign. You see?
499
00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:47,337
It's one of those Zen Buddhist
chicken and egg type situations.
500
00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,005
[mimics buzzer]
501
00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,675
I don't care about your opinions.
502
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:54,177
I don't care about
what fancy school you went to
503
00:25:54,261 --> 00:25:56,388
or how many boys you didn't bang
while you were there.
504
00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:58,640
As long as you got a passing grade...
505
00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:02,852
in Affixing a Label to a Flyer 101,
506
00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:05,689
I will allow you to go back to your office
507
00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:09,276
and do what you were hired to do
and told to do,
508
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,362
and in return, I will write you
a very nice letter of recommendation
509
00:26:12,445 --> 00:26:14,447
for your next internship in Washington,
510
00:26:14,531 --> 00:26:18,034
which will undoubtedly be
in a lobbying firm on K Street.
511
00:26:18,118 --> 00:26:20,161
Now please exit my office,
512
00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:22,956
and never utter a word
in my vicinity again.
513
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:24,332
Get it?
514
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:26,084
Good.
515
00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:31,339
Mari, you've gotta do something
about these nails. I've got ridges.
516
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:32,799
Ridges, I tell you!
517
00:26:32,882 --> 00:26:36,386
You've got to fill them in
or do something. [groans]
518
00:26:36,469 --> 00:26:38,722
[Payton playing soft piano melody]
519
00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:56,990
[song ends]
520
00:26:57,574 --> 00:26:59,576
[scattered applause]
521
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,129
Why are you up?
Are you pulling an all-nighter?
522
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:15,300
I didn't want to risk
you seeing this alone. [sighs]
523
00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,442
This is an invitation to Alice's wedding.
524
00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:37,030
To a guy named Thad.
525
00:27:37,113 --> 00:27:38,031
Who's Thad?
526
00:27:38,531 --> 00:27:42,327
The guy that Alice is marrying,
apparently.
527
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,954
I didn't even know
that she was dating anyone.
528
00:27:46,581 --> 00:27:49,459
-When was the last time you talked to her?
-Oh, I don't remember.
529
00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:50,919
A while. [sighs]
530
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:55,340
A year maybe, or two. It's been a while.
531
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,176
It hurt more to talk than not to.
532
00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:03,473
Is this calligraphy done by hand?
533
00:28:03,723 --> 00:28:05,183
I would assume so.
534
00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:07,560
I screwed up everything in my life.
535
00:28:09,771 --> 00:28:10,980
My ambition...
536
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,150
just poisoned every decision.
537
00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:17,487
Pick Infinity for the VP,
538
00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:20,407
ignore Dusty's lies,
539
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:21,991
break up with Alice.
540
00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,123
That day with River in his house...
541
00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:30,583
The day he killed himself?
542
00:28:33,753 --> 00:28:34,963
I was so mad at him.
543
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,884
I was so unkind.
544
00:28:43,346 --> 00:28:44,514
It was all about me.
545
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:48,977
Should've just...
546
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,313
shut up and listened for once in my life.
547
00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:55,233
Are you gonna go to the wedding?
548
00:28:56,651 --> 00:28:57,777
What's the difference?
549
00:29:01,197 --> 00:29:02,031
Khai Zhi?
550
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:04,200
You're awake?
551
00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:07,370
Of course I'm awake. How can I sleep
with all the self-pity in the room?
552
00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,373
I don't think
I've ever heard you speak before.
553
00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:16,045
[sighs]
554
00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,006
Do you still love her?
555
00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:20,258
Yes.
556
00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:24,137
Well, then, sober up and go get her.
557
00:29:36,024 --> 00:29:38,359
[guitar song plays softly over speakers]
558
00:29:40,653 --> 00:29:43,573
♪ I woke up this morning-- ♪
559
00:29:44,407 --> 00:29:47,327
♪ I get bored as I get older-- ♪
560
00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:49,704
[The Cure's "Pictures Of You" playing]
561
00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:51,956
I like this song.
562
00:29:55,376 --> 00:29:56,753
You're a dick. Okay?
563
00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:59,047
I've been playing in that place
for three years,
564
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:02,342
and all you ever do is bus dishes
and avoid me.
565
00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:05,637
What do you want me to do,
come up and harmonize?
566
00:30:07,847 --> 00:30:09,140
Hey, this is a good call.
567
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,975
Making your play for Alice.
568
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,394
I've been worried about you.
You drink too much.
569
00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:15,480
She's the love of my life,
and I'm sober now.
570
00:30:15,563 --> 00:30:17,690
I'm more than sober. I'm awake.
571
00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:20,026
I've been rudderless,
and now I have a purpose.
572
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:23,780
That purpose arrived
in an embossed linen envelope.
573
00:30:23,863 --> 00:30:26,115
-And the calligraphy was beautiful.
-Yeah.
574
00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:28,701
I felt the pain when I saw the invitation.
575
00:30:28,785 --> 00:30:30,286
I-- I feel everything now.
576
00:30:30,578 --> 00:30:32,747
Maybe that's why
you keep me at a distance.
577
00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:35,667
You don't need me as much as you used to.
578
00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:40,421
Yeah, what are you exactly?
You're my-- You're my conscience?
579
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,799
No, I'm your shadow. Remember?
580
00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:44,425
Shadow, right.
581
00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:47,595
Right. Jung, my dark side.
582
00:30:47,887 --> 00:30:50,348
Except with you, your dark side,
the part you're trying to hide,
583
00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:52,016
is the part that feels things.
584
00:30:53,893 --> 00:30:56,187
Why do you think I feel everything
so much now?
585
00:30:56,646 --> 00:31:00,108
When I used to have such a hard time...
feeling anything?
586
00:31:01,818 --> 00:31:03,361
'Cause you've lost your ambition.
587
00:31:03,903 --> 00:31:05,405
-Mmm.
-When you were a politician,
588
00:31:05,488 --> 00:31:07,615
you didn't have the luxury
of having your own feelings.
589
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:11,286
They got in the way of you figuring out
the most strategic way of handling things.
590
00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:16,332
If it served the campaign
to feel mad or sad or guilty, you did.
591
00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:19,419
So I have to be a loser
to be able to feel things?
592
00:31:22,338 --> 00:31:23,381
I'm not sure yet.
593
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,091
Okay, well...
594
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:27,176
what do you think?
595
00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:32,098
I think you should pull over
at the next Dunkin' Donuts
596
00:31:32,181 --> 00:31:34,267
-to get another giant iced coffee...
-[snorts]
597
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:36,102
...and that I like this song.
598
00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:42,150
♪ There was nothing in the world ♪
599
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,069
♪ That I ever wanted more ♪
600
00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:49,490
♪ Than to feel you deep in my heart ♪
601
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,244
♪ There was nothing in the world ♪
602
00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:56,205
♪ That I ever wanted more ♪
603
00:31:56,289 --> 00:32:00,668
♪ Than to never feel the breaking apart ♪
604
00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:03,588
♪ My pictures of you ♪
605
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,475
[River]
You know, you could just call her.
606
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,727
No. No, no, no.
607
00:32:17,810 --> 00:32:20,355
That's not how this sort of thing
is supposed to go, okay?
608
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:21,314
Here's what happens:
609
00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:23,816
I'll see her, then she'll be like,
"Whoa! How did you find me?"
610
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,361
I'll be like, "I know you so well
that I was able to deduce
611
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,655
exactly what class you'd be
coming out of at this moment.
612
00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:31,240
Ethical Reasoning 18, Classical Chinese
Political and Ethical Reasoning.
613
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,660
There's no way
you weren't taking that class."
614
00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:37,038
And then she'll realize
that no one knows her as well as I do,
615
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:38,581
and that we're meant to be together.
616
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,751
Yeah, I think you should just call her.
617
00:32:43,086 --> 00:32:44,253
Wait a minute, wait.
618
00:32:45,838 --> 00:32:46,798
There she is.
619
00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:51,678
Wow. What do you know?
620
00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:55,348
Okay.
621
00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:58,810
-Go get your girl.
-[exhaling]
622
00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:02,105
-[Alice gasps]
-[inaudible whispers]
623
00:33:02,188 --> 00:33:03,398
[Alice squeals]
624
00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:05,233
Thad!
625
00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:10,780
You're the best thing in the whole world,
thank you so much.
626
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,412
Uh, you know what?
Let's get outta here, okay?
627
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:18,746
I don't want her to see me.
628
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:22,959
[Alice laughing]
629
00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:27,255
Payton?
630
00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:36,431
[chuckles]
631
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,099
[Alice murmurs indistinctly]
632
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:39,809
Oh, should I...
633
00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:45,064
Yeah, I'll just-- [clears throat]
634
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,111
[nervous chuckle]
635
00:33:50,903 --> 00:33:52,739
-Oh, my God!
-[Alice laughs]
636
00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:53,823
What are you doing here?
637
00:33:53,906 --> 00:33:57,326
Well, that's-- I didn't mean--
You go here, so never mind.
638
00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:02,040
Uh, Payton, this is Thad, my fiancé.
639
00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:04,208
Hey. It's nice to meet you.
I've heard a lot about you.
640
00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:05,752
It's firm.
641
00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:07,378
-[Alice giggles]
-Um...
642
00:34:07,754 --> 00:34:08,755
Do you want me to just--
643
00:34:08,838 --> 00:34:11,049
-Yea-- Yeah, if you wouldn't mind.
-Yeah, sure.
644
00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:13,134
Oh, no. You don't have to do--
645
00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:15,470
I was just gonna go
check out the Freedom Trail, so...
646
00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:17,638
-[nervous chuckle] Uh...
-Okay. All right.
647
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,516
-I'll see you later. Okay.
-See you in a bit. Nice to meet you.
648
00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:22,185
[clears throat]
649
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:27,065
Would you maybe want
to get a cup of coffee?
650
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:31,903
How's your mother?
651
00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:34,155
Good. She's good.
652
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:37,075
She's at a monastery in Bhutan,
uh, up in the Himalayas,
653
00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:39,619
she is paving mountain roads by hand.
654
00:34:40,661 --> 00:34:41,621
Bhutan?
655
00:34:42,705 --> 00:34:46,292
Yes, uh, she heard that the Bhutanese
were the happiest nation on Earth,
656
00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:48,753
and so she took that as a kind of dare.
657
00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:50,505
She thought she could make them happier.
658
00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:51,631
[Alice chuckles softly]
659
00:34:53,216 --> 00:34:54,217
How are you?
660
00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:57,386
Fine.
661
00:35:00,139 --> 00:35:02,391
I talked to James.
He says you're an alcoholic.
662
00:35:03,684 --> 00:35:05,228
What? Come on, that's...
663
00:35:06,062 --> 00:35:08,523
that's such a loaded term.
I don't really know what that means.
664
00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:10,817
It means someone
who's addicted to alcohol.
665
00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:14,195
Okay, well, then... no.
666
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:17,240
I mean, dipsomania. That's probably
a better way of describing it.
667
00:35:17,323 --> 00:35:20,952
It's like I have one drink
and then I want five drinks,
668
00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:22,537
which actually isn't that uncommon
669
00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,372
and really isn't a sign
of a drinking problem.
670
00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:26,707
That's a textbook sign
that someone has a drinking problem.
671
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:29,127
Yeah, well, I haven't had a drink
in a week anyways, okay?
672
00:35:29,252 --> 00:35:33,047
And-- And I really don't think
that I will start again.
673
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:36,092
Something in me has changed, okay?
674
00:35:36,717 --> 00:35:40,304
I really-- I wish you could believe me
because I really feel it.
675
00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:43,307
So, you like NYU?
676
00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:45,560
-How are your grades?
-Okay, why him?
677
00:35:46,185 --> 00:35:49,939
Look, I'm sorry, but--
but he looks like a proper douchebag.
678
00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:54,902
Don't marry him.
679
00:35:56,362 --> 00:35:57,613
Why would you say that?
680
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:00,366
I screwed this up. Okay?
681
00:36:00,449 --> 00:36:03,452
I screwed it up so badly.
It is my fault and I apologize.
682
00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,371
I should've turned back that day
in the hallway.
683
00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:07,957
In fact, I never should've agreed
to break up in the first place.
684
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,876
The wedding is next week, Payton.
685
00:36:09,959 --> 00:36:12,587
So? Just take my hand, okay? Take my hand.
686
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:13,546
Run away with me.
687
00:36:13,629 --> 00:36:17,175
We'll hop on a Greyhound bus
and we will just go wherever it's headed.
688
00:36:17,258 --> 00:36:18,551
You know? We'll start over.
689
00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:20,428
That's the last scene
of The Graduate, Payton,
690
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:23,389
and if you think that's a happy ending,
you should maybe watch it again.
691
00:36:23,472 --> 00:36:24,515
Okay, well, why him?
692
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,019
Really, Payton?
693
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,899
Because he's a good person.
694
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:34,108
He's-- Okay.
695
00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:36,652
And he's good for me.
Our families get along.
696
00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:38,988
Mm-hmm. So, there's three words
that I'm not hearing.
697
00:36:39,071 --> 00:36:41,490
I love him, Payton. I do.
698
00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:47,288
You will never love him
the way you love me.
699
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,293
Well, you will never love me...
700
00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:54,712
the way that Thad does.
701
00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:56,631
That's...
702
00:36:57,131 --> 00:36:57,965
that's not true.
703
00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:02,011
And honestly, I've sort of come to believe
704
00:37:02,094 --> 00:37:04,764
that the way I love you
really isn't healthy.
705
00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:07,141
It's more of an illness
706
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:10,061
that you spend your whole life
learning how to live with.
707
00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:11,687
[shaky exhale]
708
00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:14,357
We never should've gotten back together
in high school.
709
00:37:15,691 --> 00:37:18,736
I don't think I ever really got over
you betraying me.
710
00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:21,572
Me betraying you? Weren't you the one
sleeping with my best friend?
711
00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:23,741
Sex has nothing to do with loyalty.
712
00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:25,785
We're not our parents.
713
00:37:28,663 --> 00:37:31,374
Why didn't you look back, Payton?
714
00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,669
I asked you for one thing.
715
00:37:35,878 --> 00:37:39,590
When we pass each other in the hallways,
look back so I know we're okay.
716
00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:41,008
But you didn't.
717
00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:44,136
Why? [breath trembling]
718
00:37:46,013 --> 00:37:47,598
Because your plan was working.
719
00:37:48,057 --> 00:37:52,144
Because I didn't want anyone to see us
or doubt our story.
720
00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:53,688
It was just politics.
721
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:55,439
[shuddering breath]
722
00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:57,942
God, I'm so sorry, Alice.
723
00:37:58,025 --> 00:38:00,528
But-- But, look, I am telling you,
724
00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:03,739
I am different now, okay? Look at me.
725
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,951
I can feel things.
It took hitting rock bottom to get there,
726
00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:09,745
and my rock bottom was
the thought of losing you.
727
00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:10,955
But I see now...
728
00:38:11,747 --> 00:38:16,168
that this was a gift to fall this far
because I finally can feel.
729
00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:19,422
And when we are back together
and I'm back on top,
730
00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:21,632
I know I'll still be able
to feel this way.
731
00:38:27,179 --> 00:38:30,641
I'm so glad to see you
so emotionally healthy, Payton.
732
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:32,018
I really am.
733
00:38:36,522 --> 00:38:38,149
But I cannot do this.
734
00:38:38,232 --> 00:38:40,735
I'm not walking out
on a four-million-dollar wedding.
735
00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,987
I'm not gonna be disowned by my parents
736
00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:46,157
and break the heart
of the sweetest boy I've ever met.
737
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:48,326
-Don't do this.
-No, don't you do this, Payton.
738
00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:49,952
Don't make me seem like the bad guy
739
00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,787
when you're the reason
that this has happened.
740
00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:53,789
Everything could've been different.
741
00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:57,293
Now it's too late.
742
00:38:57,376 --> 00:39:00,087
-No, it's never too late. It's never too--
-Yes, Payton. It is.
743
00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:07,887
I'm marrying Thad.
744
00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:09,805
I'm sorry.
745
00:39:12,808 --> 00:39:14,560
I'll always love you. [sobbing]
746
00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:18,439
Alice...
747
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:25,321
Maybe we can have an affair or something.
[whimpers]
748
00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:16,414
Hey, Payton.
749
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:18,791
What are you doing here?
750
00:40:18,874 --> 00:40:20,042
We have a proposition.
751
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,214
I had the same reaction
when McAfee told me.
752
00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:28,134
We're talking about maybe
the most powerful woman in the state.
753
00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:31,387
Almost three decades of creating
a firewall of journalistic allies,
754
00:40:31,470 --> 00:40:33,347
solid union and neighborhood voting blocs,
755
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,142
quid pro quos with deep-pocketed industry
and business leaders.
756
00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:39,562
She's got the influential priests,
rabbis, and imams on her side.
757
00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:41,021
She's a juggernaut.
758
00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:43,524
I understand why she's run unopposed
for the last three cycles.
759
00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:45,276
It would be insane to go up against her.
760
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,945
Then I told him about going to try
to volunteer for her campaign.
761
00:40:48,028 --> 00:40:48,863
There isn't one.
762
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:52,158
Just a big, basically unstaffed office
where the most advanced software they have
763
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:54,326
-is the key to the bathroom.
-Windows 99.
764
00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:55,911
[McAfee] They're lazy and arrogant.
765
00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:57,496
She's vulnerable.
766
00:40:57,997 --> 00:41:01,208
Not to a typical opponent;
to a young campaign that is hungry,
767
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,919
technologically savvy, telegenic.
768
00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,422
To a once in a generation candidate.
769
00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:10,801
Mm-hmm. Right, well,
did you bring any marshmallows?
770
00:41:12,678 --> 00:41:14,346
For roasting over the open fire?
771
00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:15,848
Are you drunk?
772
00:41:15,931 --> 00:41:16,765
What?
773
00:41:16,849 --> 00:41:18,184
No, I'm on the wagon.
774
00:41:19,185 --> 00:41:20,227
Almost two weeks.
775
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:21,687
-Congrats.
-Yeah, that's fantastic.
776
00:41:22,021 --> 00:41:23,022
Thanks.
777
00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,107
There's no fire here, Payton.
778
00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:26,984
Exactly, all right?
779
00:41:27,443 --> 00:41:30,279
You guys, the candidate you're looking for
is long gone.
780
00:41:30,362 --> 00:41:32,865
Okay? The fire in me has gone out.
781
00:41:32,948 --> 00:41:34,950
Okay? I am done with politics.
782
00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:38,746
Well, don't you understand that the reason
for all of the drinking and crooning
783
00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:40,539
and whining is because that fire's out?
784
00:41:40,956 --> 00:41:42,208
That fire defines you.
785
00:41:42,291 --> 00:41:43,918
You're a politician, Payton. A great one.
786
00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:45,753
You're rudderless without a campaign.
787
00:41:49,548 --> 00:41:54,303
Maybe-- Maybe so, but you're asking me
to set sail on the Titanic.
788
00:41:54,386 --> 00:41:56,805
This race is winnable,
and we can prove it to you.
789
00:41:56,889 --> 00:41:59,183
All we need is one great issue.
790
00:41:59,266 --> 00:42:01,477
[McAfee] The MTA is the laughingstock
of the free world.
791
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,855
It is consistently voted the worst
mass transit system in the universe.
792
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:07,608
And do you know who is the chairwoman
of the appropriations committee
793
00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:09,485
-in charge of the funding for the subway?
-Mmm?
794
00:42:09,568 --> 00:42:11,362
The person who,
under the right circumstances,
795
00:42:11,445 --> 00:42:13,614
could become the face
of that hell down there.
796
00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:15,950
You don't need to beat her
entire political career,
797
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:17,910
you just need to crush her
on one relatable,
798
00:42:17,993 --> 00:42:20,120
marketable, repeatable issue.
799
00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:21,330
Politics 101.
800
00:42:21,413 --> 00:42:23,832
Look, you guys, thank you for trying.
801
00:42:23,916 --> 00:42:27,378
Honestly.
And you're the best friends, the best.
802
00:42:27,461 --> 00:42:29,046
And I love you, but...
803
00:42:30,005 --> 00:42:31,131
but I'm gonna pass.
804
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,259
Just think about it for a few days.
805
00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:36,720
[sighs] All right, but my answer
isn't gonna change, okay?
806
00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:38,472
This is not a winnable race, and frankly,
807
00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:40,766
I don't think that any are
with me as the candidate.
808
00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:46,855
Look, you guys, I'm really grateful
that you still believe in me.
809
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:50,484
Problem is, I don't.
810
00:42:53,279 --> 00:42:54,113
Okay, Johnny.
811
00:42:54,530 --> 00:42:56,282
[clears throat] Today is my day.
812
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,579
You know what we need to do.
813
00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:05,207
[professor] Now, what were
Wollstonecraft's primary arguments?
814
00:43:05,833 --> 00:43:08,752
Number one, women should be allowed
to enter the fields
815
00:43:08,836 --> 00:43:10,838
-of medicine and politics.
-[phone vibrating]
816
00:43:10,963 --> 00:43:12,673
Particularly noteworthy
817
00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:14,925
-when we realize that in 1792...
-[whispers] Hello?
818
00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:18,220
...only three percent of the people
living in England and Wales
819
00:43:18,304 --> 00:43:20,180
-were eligible to vote.
-Are you serious?
820
00:43:21,140 --> 00:43:22,182
Hell, yeah.
821
00:43:22,808 --> 00:43:23,976
I'm on my way.
822
00:43:24,059 --> 00:43:27,271
...for having sex before marriage,
maybe men should be as well.
823
00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:30,858
Number three,
girls and boys should be co-educated.
824
00:43:30,941 --> 00:43:33,861
I don't appreciate your tone, young lady.
825
00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:37,156
I have an influential mommy blog.
826
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,199
So I would like to speak
with your manager.
827
00:43:39,533 --> 00:43:42,870
Okay, ma'am. I don't think you want to
speak to the manager, 'cause he's a prick.
828
00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:45,080
But Todd over here
is gonna say exactly what I just did.
829
00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:47,583
You can't return something
that you've already eaten.
830
00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:48,959
-Ma'am.
-[phone ringing]
831
00:43:49,043 --> 00:43:50,336
[scoffs] Hang on.
832
00:43:53,505 --> 00:43:54,423
Hello?
833
00:43:56,592 --> 00:43:57,509
Yeah?
834
00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:02,848
Okay, I'm in.
835
00:44:04,683 --> 00:44:06,602
[sighs]
But there's something you need to know.
836
00:44:08,771 --> 00:44:11,899
-[vibrating]
-[women giggling, chattering]
837
00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:14,526
Hello? Hi.
838
00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:18,322
Look, I can't really talk right now.
839
00:44:18,405 --> 00:44:20,616
Sweetie, please sit still.
840
00:44:22,409 --> 00:44:23,410
He what?
841
00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:25,371
Really?
842
00:44:26,789 --> 00:44:28,874
Sweetie, the music's started.
843
00:44:29,375 --> 00:44:31,794
Okay, let's do this. Okay.
844
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:33,712
Uh...
845
00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:36,507
I'm gonna have to call you back.
846
00:44:38,759 --> 00:44:40,761
[wedding march playing]
847
00:45:09,123 --> 00:45:10,916
[softly]
Payton's running for State Senate.
848
00:45:10,999 --> 00:45:13,252
Oh, jeez. What a dickhead.
849
00:45:13,419 --> 00:45:16,088
I just thank God
that kid is finally out of the picture.
850
00:45:16,171 --> 00:45:18,215
-[nervous chuckle] Yeah.
-Yeah.
851
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:27,641
[father] Are you ready?
852
00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:29,101
Yeah.
853
00:45:43,198 --> 00:45:44,616
-Dearly beloved--
-I'm so sorry.
854
00:45:44,700 --> 00:45:46,368
We have to put this on hold.
855
00:45:46,452 --> 00:45:48,078
[crowd murmuring]
856
00:45:48,162 --> 00:45:49,163
Alice, wait!
857
00:45:49,246 --> 00:45:50,539
Sweetheart, what are you doing?
858
00:45:52,499 --> 00:45:55,252
Maybe she just had to use the bathroom.
859
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:00,841
[panting]
860
00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:05,888
Alice! Alice!
861
00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:07,931
-Alice!
-What are you doing?
862
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:09,308
Alice!
863
00:46:09,391 --> 00:46:10,893
[panting]
864
00:46:11,059 --> 00:46:11,977
Hey!
865
00:46:13,061 --> 00:46:13,937
Hey!
866
00:46:16,398 --> 00:46:17,775
-Hey!
-[tires screech]
867
00:46:20,068 --> 00:46:21,528
[panting]
868
00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:25,365
Get me to New York, stat.
869
00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:30,204
[soft music plays over speakers]
870
00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:38,837
Diet Coke.
871
00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:45,636
Well, I guess you got promoted
from busboy.
872
00:46:46,053 --> 00:46:46,887
Hmm.
873
00:46:47,805 --> 00:46:49,014
How long has it been?
874
00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:51,058
Fifteen days.
875
00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:52,351
Good for you.
876
00:46:53,977 --> 00:46:55,813
You know,
I've been waiting for this moment.
877
00:46:56,188 --> 00:46:58,106
For you to get your head
screwed back on straight.
878
00:46:59,691 --> 00:47:02,653
-So you think that I should run.
-Against Standish? [sighs]
879
00:47:02,778 --> 00:47:03,904
It's a gutsy play.
880
00:47:03,987 --> 00:47:06,198
Yeah, it's more foolhardy than brave.
881
00:47:06,281 --> 00:47:09,368
I mean, yes, sure,
the MTA's a mess, but it's not enough.
882
00:47:09,451 --> 00:47:10,744
All right, maybe, maybe,
883
00:47:10,828 --> 00:47:13,247
if she had one juicy weakness
that we could exploit,
884
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:15,749
then maybe, but we would still have to run
the perfect campaign
885
00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:17,751
and just get really lucky.
886
00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:20,087
She's unbeatable.
887
00:47:21,547 --> 00:47:22,965
Which means if you beat her,
888
00:47:23,048 --> 00:47:24,967
you're right back on your way
to the presidency.
889
00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:31,640
I'm scared.
890
00:47:31,723 --> 00:47:32,724
Of losing?
891
00:47:33,767 --> 00:47:34,685
Don't be.
892
00:47:35,894 --> 00:47:38,730
There's more honor in defeat
than there is in unused potential.
893
00:47:38,814 --> 00:47:41,441
I know. It's more than that though. Um...
894
00:47:43,902 --> 00:47:45,237
I like feeling things.
895
00:47:47,072 --> 00:47:48,240
It hurts,
896
00:47:48,907 --> 00:47:53,620
but I like it, and I'm scared
that if I run a new campaign...
897
00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:57,583
I'll just stop being able to feel again.
898
00:48:01,211 --> 00:48:02,170
Well...
899
00:48:03,505 --> 00:48:05,215
there's no such thing as destiny.
900
00:48:05,465 --> 00:48:08,260
Just men like you,
who when the world needs them,
901
00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:09,928
answer the call.
902
00:48:15,642 --> 00:48:16,852
Sorry it took so long.
903
00:48:17,185 --> 00:48:19,104
I had to reload the syrup
into the machine.
904
00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:21,023
Thanks.
905
00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:23,901
[LCD Soundsystem's "Oh Baby"
playing]
906
00:48:24,026 --> 00:48:27,112
♪ Oh baby ♪
907
00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:32,784
♪ Oh baby ♪
908
00:48:34,953 --> 00:48:38,081
♪ You're having a bad dream ♪
909
00:48:39,958 --> 00:48:44,212
♪ Here in my arms ♪
910
00:48:46,673 --> 00:48:49,676
♪ Oh sugar ♪
911
00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:56,141
♪ You came to me ♪
912
00:48:57,517 --> 00:49:00,854
♪ There's always a side door ♪
913
00:49:02,689 --> 00:49:05,984
♪ Into the dark ♪
914
00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:10,447
[exhales sharply]
915
00:49:14,701 --> 00:49:16,244
Oh, this is an intervention.
916
00:49:16,745 --> 00:49:17,913
Isn't it? You guys.
917
00:49:17,996 --> 00:49:20,874
You guys, I've told you already, okay?
I quit drinking.
918
00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:23,502
-You can smell my breath. It's Diet Coke.
-[McAfee] You're running.
919
00:49:23,835 --> 00:49:25,712
You're doing it
and we're all here to help.
920
00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:28,924
Guys, I-- Is that your wedding dress?
921
00:49:30,842 --> 00:49:33,220
You didn't walk out on your wedding
to be here, did you?
922
00:49:33,762 --> 00:49:37,182
That's a separate conversation, but...
[sighs]
923
00:49:38,225 --> 00:49:39,142
...yes, I did.
924
00:49:39,601 --> 00:49:40,477
[exhales shakily]
925
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,021
We're all willing to put our lives
on hold here.
926
00:49:43,105 --> 00:49:45,482
Wow, um... [clears throat] That's...
927
00:49:46,775 --> 00:49:47,901
I mean, thank you.
928
00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:51,154
Um, I'm so excited at the prospect
of you and I maybe starting fresh.
929
00:49:51,238 --> 00:49:53,865
But you guys.
You're not thinking rationally here, okay?
930
00:49:53,949 --> 00:49:54,783
Listen...
931
00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:58,537
this is your destiny, Payton.
932
00:49:58,620 --> 00:50:02,082
Opportunities like this only come once,
do you understand?
933
00:50:02,165 --> 00:50:05,210
We've all been feeling like there was
something missing in our lives,
934
00:50:05,293 --> 00:50:08,630
and what's been missing
is something we can believe in.
935
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:11,425
You just have to try, dude.
936
00:50:11,758 --> 00:50:14,177
You're never gonna forgive yourself
if you don't.
937
00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:18,849
Okay, I...
938
00:50:20,392 --> 00:50:23,270
Okay, how do I-- [clears throat]
How do I put this? Um...
939
00:50:24,938 --> 00:50:28,358
I can't tell you how much it means to me
that you guys are all here.
940
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,028
And I hear what you're saying,
I really do.
941
00:50:31,111 --> 00:50:33,864
But I am not gonna jump into a race
that I can't win,
942
00:50:33,947 --> 00:50:36,658
and I'm telling you,
I cannot win this race.
943
00:50:36,992 --> 00:50:39,119
Okay? Dede Standish is a 12-term incumbent
944
00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:41,663
running with the full support
of the Democratic Party apparatus.
945
00:50:41,747 --> 00:50:43,498
Astrid, why don't you tell him?
946
00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:47,919
Jesus.
947
00:50:50,756 --> 00:50:53,050
Dede Standish is in a three-way marriage.
948
00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:57,721
I beg your pardon?
949
00:50:58,305 --> 00:51:00,265
I was catering a fundraiser
for muscular dystrophy,
950
00:51:00,348 --> 00:51:01,600
and I saw it with my own eyes.
951
00:51:01,683 --> 00:51:03,685
[people chattering nearby]
952
00:51:05,645 --> 00:51:09,316
[announcer over mic] Ladies and gentlemen,
Senator Dede Standish!
953
00:51:09,399 --> 00:51:12,194
[audience applauding]
954
00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:33,840
State Senator Dede Standish
is in a thrupple.
955
00:51:34,174 --> 00:51:35,258
[chuckles]
956
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:39,304
[sighs]
957
00:51:39,679 --> 00:51:41,431
[River] There's no such thing as destiny.
958
00:51:41,515 --> 00:51:44,684
Just men like you,
who when the world needs them,
959
00:51:44,768 --> 00:51:45,977
answer the call.
960
00:51:46,061 --> 00:51:47,687
[long exhale]
961
00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:49,898
All right.
962
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:54,236
Let's do it.
963
00:51:54,319 --> 00:51:58,323
HDMI 3, what the hell does that mean?
I just want regular TV!
964
00:51:58,615 --> 00:52:01,368
Okay, well, then, my question is
965
00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:04,579
why am I just learning about this now?
966
00:52:04,663 --> 00:52:06,790
No! I don't want iTunes!
967
00:52:07,124 --> 00:52:11,169
Jesus, we can put a man on the moon.
We can't make a TV that you just turn on.
968
00:52:11,253 --> 00:52:12,838
Where's that intern we just hired?
969
00:52:12,921 --> 00:52:15,757
Okay, I understand that, Richard.
970
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:17,551
We're-- We're looking for it now.
971
00:52:18,176 --> 00:52:19,302
Try New York 10.
972
00:52:19,845 --> 00:52:21,346
What channel's New York 10?
973
00:52:21,930 --> 00:52:25,267
-It's ten, Hadassah. It's channel ten.
-Ten. Oh, channel ten. Okay.
974
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:26,977
[Payton] Over the past four years,
975
00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:30,188
delays on the New York subway system
have tripled.
976
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,859
Now that amounts to over a million dollars
in lost revenue every single day.
977
00:52:33,942 --> 00:52:35,402
Now I'm gonna say that again.
978
00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:38,196
-The kid's a fetus.
-A million dollars every single day.
979
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,615
A million dollars a day
never makes it to the pocketbooks
980
00:52:40,699 --> 00:52:42,033
of the average New Yorker.
981
00:52:42,117 --> 00:52:44,369
That's hundreds of thousands
in tax revenue
982
00:52:44,452 --> 00:52:47,789
that can't go towards police
or firefighters,
983
00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:51,084
or sanitation,
or pre-K and after-school programs
984
00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:53,086
that New Yorkers have come to rely on.
985
00:52:54,212 --> 00:52:56,715
Now where is our elected leadership
on this issue?
986
00:52:56,798 --> 00:53:00,969
Why has Senator Standish been so slow
to react to this crisis?
987
00:53:01,511 --> 00:53:03,597
Could it be perhaps
because Senator Standish
988
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,307
doesn't ride the subway?
989
00:53:05,473 --> 00:53:08,268
No, she doesn't have to worry about
arriving at her destinations on time,
990
00:53:08,351 --> 00:53:11,313
because she travels by stretch limousine.
991
00:53:11,897 --> 00:53:13,440
Maybe that's why Senator Standish thinks
992
00:53:13,523 --> 00:53:15,400
that she can just throw money
at the problem.
993
00:53:15,483 --> 00:53:19,279
Right? 35 billion dollars
in stopgap fixes,
994
00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:21,865
which will already be obsolete
by the time that they're finished,
995
00:53:21,948 --> 00:53:23,533
and won't even fix the problem.
996
00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:27,245
All right? Now that's what I call
putting a Band-Aid on a problem.
997
00:53:27,329 --> 00:53:29,706
And at 35 billion dollars,
998
00:53:30,624 --> 00:53:33,043
that is one very expensive Band-Aid,
my friends.
999
00:53:33,835 --> 00:53:37,088
We cannot afford two more years
of failed leadership in Albany.
1000
00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:39,966
We live in the greatest city in the world,
1001
00:53:40,467 --> 00:53:42,552
and as New Yorkers, we deserve better.
1002
00:53:42,636 --> 00:53:46,556
You deserve leaders who will stand up
to moneyed interests in Albany
1003
00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:48,600
and say enough is enough.
1004
00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:52,187
So join me
in this revolution of solutions,
1005
00:53:52,270 --> 00:53:56,775
common sense solutions to the problems
that New Yorkers face each and every day.
1006
00:53:56,858 --> 00:53:59,527
Help me get this city back to work,
and together...
1007
00:54:00,528 --> 00:54:03,406
let's get New York back on track.
1008
00:54:04,616 --> 00:54:05,909
Thank you and God bless.
1009
00:54:06,534 --> 00:54:07,744
[light applause]
1010
00:54:13,458 --> 00:54:15,543
Should we be worried?
1011
00:54:15,835 --> 00:54:16,878
Worried?
1012
00:54:17,337 --> 00:54:19,089
[laughing] Oh, no.
1013
00:54:19,631 --> 00:54:21,007
This is gonna be fun.
1014
00:54:23,718 --> 00:54:27,264
We're gonna eat him alive.
1015
00:54:28,390 --> 00:54:30,392
[light applause continues]
1016
00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:38,024
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