CREATED BY

Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

EPISODE 1.08

“Vienna”

Payton reevaluates his life after a reckoning, but when a window

of opportunity opens, he grapples with a big decision about his
political aspirations.

WRITTEN BY:
Brad Falchuk

DIRECTED BY:
Brad Falchuk

ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
September 27, 2019

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 MAIN EPISODE CAST

Ben Platt ... Payton Hobart

Zoey Deutch ... Infinity Jackson
Lucy Boynton ... Astrid Sloan
Bob Balaban ... Keaton Hobart
David Corenswet ... River Barkley
Julia Schlaepfer ... Alice
Laura Dreyfuss ... McAfee
Theo Germaine ... James
Rahne Jones ... Skye
Benjamin Barrett ... Ricardo
Jessica Lange ... Dusty Jackson
Gwyneth Paltrow ... Georgina Hobart
Ryan J. Haddad ... Andrew Cashman
Trey Eason ... Luther Hobart
Trevor Eason ... Martin Hobart
Koby Kumi-Diaka ... Pierre
Richard Wharton ... Thomas
Tracy S. Lee ... Vicki
January Jones ... Mrs. Sloan
Dylan McDermott ... Mr. Sloan
Courtney Taylor Burness ... Karen
Bette Midler ... Hadassah Gold
Judith Light ... Senator Dede Standish
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[light switches on, echoing]

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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?

236
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And forgive me
for asking all these questions,

237
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but I'm a straight shooter.
I don't wanna be wasting your time.

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It's no problem at all.

239
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Well, then, can I ask you:

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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
00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:08,037
[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
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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
00:13:35,105 --> 00:13:38,025
I'm the first Democrat to be elected
senator in the state of Texas

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in 25 years.
 252
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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
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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
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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
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for a presidential run.

261
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,433
Except there's nothing to explore.

262
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I'm running.

263
00:14:13,394 --> 00:14:14,353
And I'm gonna win.

264
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 But...

265
00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,358
I need your help.

266
00:14:20,401 --> 00:14:21,318
Doing what?

267
00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:23,153
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
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All I have to prove is I can win
New York and California.

273
00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:34,790
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
00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:41,005
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,
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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.

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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
00:17:16,326 --> 00:17:18,287
♪ 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
[theme music plays]

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