Do you mind? I can't hear anything.
Well, just trying to pass the time.
Besides, there's nothing to hear yet, bud.
El Presidente ain't home.
Got to admit, though,
I'm impressed these rebels can tell asses from elbows,
let alone infiltrate and bug Sandino's palace.
We're good teachers. Damn straight.
God bless the CIA.
Showtime.
Yeah, they're in.
Bug's still not up.
- What the hell? - God... What just happened?
I think our rebels decided to rebel on us.
Go.
A recent wave of student-led protesters
have begun calling for President Sandino to step down,
and he's been responding with brutal violence.
Hundreds of civilians have already been arrested or killed
in clashes with the police and pro-government paramilitaries.
So Sandino continues
his slide into authoritarianism
and the populace is teetering on the brink of open revolt.
Is about that the gist of the situation?
Well, and if Nicaragua devolves into civil war,
we could end up with the next Syria in our own backyard.
Complete with refugee crisis.
We've reached out to President Sandino,
but he's refusing to engage.
- Recommendations? - Travel ban, to start.
That'll get his attention.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans travel there
every year, a travel ban would be a significant blow
to Nicaragua's economy.
American business interests in Nicaragua as well.
Well, I think a little short-term pain
that may incentivize Sandino
to stop killing his own people...
Relations with Nicaragua have been a shambles
since Sandino's father was president in the '80s.
I doubt that Junior would respond well
to unilateral U. S. pressure.
I think it's worth finding out, sir.
Based on our track record,
I'm not too comfortable with it.
Well, if I could put together a coalition of countries
willing to jointly condemn
and take action against Nicaragua,
will the White House reconsider?
Bring me a coalition with a plan,
we'll see.
Adele, get me a report on U. S. business interests in Nicaragua,
and I want the latest whip count
on the children's health care bill.
You've got a call in to the whip's office,
and Barry from Comms is waiting in yours.
That meeting was supposed to start an hour ago.
Has he been in there this entire time?
We've rescheduled so many times,
he thinks you're trying to avoid him.
All right, five minutes,
then POTUS needs me on an urgent matter.
Understood.
You. With me.
- I'm not avoiding you, Barry. - I'd dispute that,
but I only have a couple minutes
before Adele comes in here saying POTUS needs you.
Well, then by the time she does, it'll probably be true,
- so hurry up. - Okay, then.
I've just about got you set up on Twitter and Instagram.
Wonderful. I'm delegating social media
to my intern, Stevie. What?
I mean, uh, great,
- but... what? - Ever since that video
of me yelling at that homeless protestor lady went viral,
Comms has been nagging POTUS
that I need to "rehab" my online image.
Sadly, he agreed.
America doesn't want a bully in the White House,
so we're gonna introduce them
to the real Russell Jackson, someone who's likable,
funny, human.
You know, all the traits one looks for
in the president's hatchet man.
Anyhow, think you can handle it?
Absolutely. Yes. Um, wh-what's involved, exactly?
I'm emailing you a PDF of the White House guidelines,
but it's really pretty simple.
Feel free to share posts from other official accounts.
Anything policy-intensive, run it past me, and beyond that,
focus on making the COS feel... relatable
to the average American. And here we go.
Good God, where'd you get that picture?
I look like J. Alfred Prufrock.
I'll find a different one.
Please.
Russell, POTUS urgently needs you.
Never mind, Adele. Clever Barry's onto us.
I was just leaving, actually. DM me if you have any questions.
Copy that.
Sir, I just want to thank you for this opportunity.
It's an honor.
It's really not.
Giants once held this office,
strode these halls.
I won't make you look stupid.
'Course you will.
That's what social media does.
Al Hague is laughing at me from Valhalla.
Hey, Shane. How are you? What's up?
Hey, big brother. Just checking in,
see how my little girl's doing.
Sarah got to the house this morning
just in time for breakfast. It's gonna be really great
to spend some time with her before she ships out.
About that, do...
deployments ever get... postponed or, uh, cancelled?
Sure. But I don't think that'll be the case with Sarah.
Medical units are always in demand.
She's gonna be fine, Shane.
Come on, man, she's going to Iraq.
To a hospital in the Green Zone.
Look, things are much quieter there
than they were in the bad old days.
Most of her patients will be evac'd in
from Syria or other parts of Iraq.
It's highly unlikely that she'll be
near any real combat.
She put me in charge of her will,
in case she is.
Oh, man.
Well, that's got to be hard.
She chose to specialize in trauma medicine,
and she knew where she might be deployed,
and she made that brave and noble choice anyway.
Some comfort that'll be if, um...
Look...
can't you call in a favor?
Or... just walk down the hall
and ask your buddy, the commander in chief,
to change her orders? Please?
You know I can't do that.
Right. Professor Ethics would never engage in something
so unseemly.
Did Sarah tell you that she was concerned?
She didn't have to.
My gut is telling me that she's not up for it.
Hey, how about we be
battle buddies?
If you're worried about Sarah,
you call me, and we'll get through it together.
Or you pull a few strings, we don't have
to get through at all-- more important, neither does she.
I'm there for you, Shane. I'm there for Sarah.
You know, I'm sorry I wasted your time.
- So? - So what?
- So, what's the plan? We've been trying to corral Nicaragua's neighbors
while M-Sec makes a play to get China invol...
Nobody cares about that. Buddy, don't hold out on me.
Uncle Matty's here to help.
What's Uncle Matty talking about? Nothing.
Go away, Uncle Matty.
Annelies is in New York this weekend.
Annelies... Oh, the woman from the airport in Ireland.
The chess player.
Chess champion.
How many other Annelieses do you know?
Three.
She's gonna be up there for a chess convention.
They have those?
And our boy is taking the Acela up after work to meet her.
Now, because I'm his friend and I want him to be happy,
- want to make sure that he has a sound plan. - We're about to brief M-Sec.
- Could we not talk about this right now? - That's so great
that you two have been staying in touch!
Oh, they've been more than staying in touch.
They're texting all the time, Skyping every night...
Look, I appreciate the support,
but I'm trying to manage expectations, which...
- also means managing the flow of information. - Okay, first of all, ouch.
Okay, look, if you must know,
hopefully, I'll be able to jet out of here early.
The plan is to meet up tonight for a drink, and if that
goes well we'll go out for our official first date tomorrow.
- You're staying at the same hotel? - No, I'm trying
to keep the whole thing casual, just let it breathe.
You realize for someone trying to keep things casual,
you're being incredibly uptight right now?
Also hurtful.
Well, maybe that's because I'm trying
to maximize the potential for success
as much as my stupidly complicated life will allow,
ideally without the whole State Department
breathing down my neck, so can we just get back to work?
- Please? - Sure.
Since apparently, we're just... work friends
- who don't share things. - Oh, my God.
- All right, buddy. Keep me posted. - Yeah.
A civil war in Nicaragua
would be disadvantageous for everyone,
our business interests in the region included. But...
China doesn't believe that the situation
is that precarious.
And, I think, perhaps,
President Dalton feels the same, or you wouldn't need China
to make your threats for you.
If we wait for the situation to become that precarious,
then it may be too late for either of our presidents
to intercede.
Agree to disagree.
Good day, Madam Secretary.
God, I hate it when he does that.
Please tell me you guys had better luck.
Guatemala,
Costa Rica, even Honduras have all agreed to join
- a coalition to sanction Nicaragua. - All right, that's a start.
- What about Russia? - I struck out.
Avdonin was almost as apathetic as Chen.
Yeah. Well, it's no secret
that President Sandino is cozy with Russia,
so... that was a big swing, anyway.
A coalition without the U. S., Russia or China
won't pack much of a punch.
Forgive me if this is a rookie question, but...
isn't the obvious move here to...
lead with a...
muscular position from the White House?
Why is POTUS being so gun-shy about this?
Well, I don't know. But, uh...
let's try and come up with other ways
to de-escalate the violence before I go back to him.
If we can't get a travel ban, then we should at least issue
a travel warning to protect our own people.
Do it.
And let's start putting together a plan
in case U. S. citizens in-country need to evacuate.
It may be too late for that, ma'am.
This video posted by an American student
working with a missionary group in Nicaragua,
it's blowing up the Internet.
My name is Bethany James,
and I'm standing in Iglesia de Santiago
in Managua, Nicaragua, where college students
are fleeing for their lives from the police.
Forces controlled by President Sandino opened fire
on a peaceful protest against his oppressive government.
Many are now seeking sanctuary in the church
to avoid being gunned down in cold blood.
I'm posting this video so the world will know
that Sandino is a murderer and a dictator.
Security forces have barricaded the church,
but the students are refusing to surrender.
So it's a standoff.
With American missionaries caught in the crossfire.
www.subtitulamos.tv
Buddy, this is all gonna be fine.
What are you talking about?
The boss is about to hand us our asses
because the rebels we vouched for
planted a bomb instead of a bug.
But he's not the last word on this.
Trust me,
the brass at Langley will call us heroes.
Something tells me he'll beg to differ.
Come in.
What the hell happened out there?
We don't exactly know yet.
Sir. Let me tell you what I know.
Thanks to your screw-up,
the president of Nicaragua is badly injured.
His wife is dead,
and he's gone into hiding with his eight-year-old son,
who saw the whole thing.
I'm so sorry, Chief Dalton.
We vetted our assets for months.
You hear that, gentlemen?
That's the sound of a country on the brink of civil war.
This, uh, fiasco
will only send President Sandino
further into the arms of the Soviets,
and cement his hatred of the United States.
Due respect,
Sandino's just another commie bastard
like the rest of them.
The whole country's crawling with Cubans.
Everyone from POTUS on down
knows the endgame here is regime change.
Personally, I think those rebels did us a favor
by speeding up the process.
I'm kicking you both off the case
and out of the country.
Langley can figure out what happens to you next.
You can't... you can't do that. But...
The hell I can't. Now get out of here
so I can start trying to undo the damage you've done.
Go!
Our latest intel indicates
that somewhere around 200 protesters have taken refuge
in the church, including
14 American missionaries.
Several dozen of the protesters
appear to be wounded.
Gordon,
what are our tactical options?
Not great.
We could send in a SEAL team with close air support,
or tactical drone strikes
to take out the forces surrounding the church.
No.
I'm not deploying the United States military
against the Nicaraguan National Police.
Mr. President, if I may,
there's a bigger picture here.
Russia has become heavily invested in Nicaragua
during Sandino's presidency.
In fact, they are constructing
what we believe to be
a covert listening post in-country.
Unbelievable.
It's like we're fighting the Cold War all over again.
The current political instability
could prove perfect cover
for us to counter Russian influence
by increasing our own intelligence assets
on the ground.
What are you suggesting?
That we send in CIA
to train these protesters in guerrilla warfare?
Our adversaries are exploiting the chaos, sir.
So should we.
Let me be perfectly clear.
We are not going back to the CIA Cold War playbook
for Nicaragua or anywhere else.
Those people down there are not our puppets.
Well, I-I think
the most important thing right now is that we get
as many people out of that church alive as possible.
And, sir, maybe you would reconsider
instituting the travel ban, or
any other financial means necessary to force Sandino
to negotiate with us before...
well, before it's too late.
Do it, Bess.
That'll be all.
Good news. You're already up to 6, 000 followers on Twitter.
I'm so happy.
Got a sec to approve some posts
that are a bit more on the fun side?
Absolutely.
The president of Nicaragua is threatening
to commit mass murder in a church,
and the ghouls in Congress are plotting
to take away health care for millions of children, but sure.
Seems like the perfect time to tell the world
@RealRussJackson has a new set of golf clubs
he just can't wait to try.
You do? So, yeah. You know what?
You're right. We can circle back on this later.
Adele, I'm going off the grid
for ten minutes. Look, just
post whatever.
I'm sure it's fine.
Going off the grid?
He's gonna go watch the Panda Cam from the National Zoo.
Helps his blood pressure.
Wait. That's real?
He really does that?
He contains multitudes.
What is happening?
Everybody's working together?
That is a nice surprise.
Sarah McCord, you're a good influence on your cousins.
Oh. Seriously, Dad.
Does it look like Jason's helping?
- Well... - The attitude
- isn't helping. - Elizabeth apologizes, by the way;
she's not gonna make it for dinner.
She's stuck at work. What else is new? Oh.
So, how was your day?
Oh, it was great. Alison treated me to a much-needed spa day.
I doubt I'm gonna have very much time
for pampering in the Green Zone.
But I will send you care packages,
just the same.
Russell's Twitter just reached 10, 000 followers!
Isn't Russell just a little
hotheaded to be trusted with his own Twitter account?
Well, Dad, no one important
manages their own social media.
Yeah. Check it out. So,
his feed really started blowing up
after the National Zoo retweeted this post
that I wrote about their Panda Cam.
"Happy Birthday, Bei Bei!!
"Love watching this little guy grow up
"live via the @nationalzoo
Giant Panda Cam!!"
Birthday cake, birthday cake,
balloons, smiley face with heart eyes?
Yeah, Russell is definitely not managing that himself.
You know, students are being killed
for opposing a corrupt dictator in Nicaragua.
You want to maybe tweet about that?
Have you seen the latest Bethany James video? Here, look at this.
Hour six, and we've triaged the wounded as best we can, but
we're low on supplies and people with actual medical training.
It's possible that not everyone here will survive the night.
But the resistance will not be intimidated, right, Oscar?
The people of Nicaragua elected a president, not a dictator.
We will not yield.
Kind of makes me feel guilty about going to college
instead of, you know, actually getting out
and changing the world. I mean,
this whole generation of McCords... we're all just kind of sell-outs.
- Hey! Excuse me. - I think that might be a little...
I just work in the White House.
Yeah, Sarah's about to get out there,
and save lives and kick ass.
That's pretty cool.
Look, seriously, please don't put me on a pedestal,
or them, either, okay?
Because based on the conditions I just saw,
that girl Bethany is right about one thing.
Some of her friends will definitelydie.
And assuming she survives,
she's gonna have to live with the fact
that she and her beliefs failed to save them.
So what part of that is cool, exactly?
Sorry. I'm...
I didn't mean to snap like that. I--
Getting organized to leave is really hectic.
And I guess
it's just making me tense.
- So... should I set the table? - That'd be great. - Yeah.
Uh, Jason, give her a hand, would you?
How did it go with the calls
with the families of the missionaries?
Better than my Skype call with their new lawyer.
She's publicly calling for the U. S. to take stronger actions
against the Nicaraguan government.
Well, at least President Sandino finally agreed to take my call.
I'm sorry this turned out to be such a late night, ma'am.
I know you wanted to spend time with your niece.
No, I'm sorry for you.
I-I heard you had to cancel a hot date up in New York?
It's no big deal.
I warned Annelies this could happen.
Comes with the job.
Well, you're being very stoic.
That's his thing now, so...
Madam Secretary, I have President Sandino
on the line for you now.
Thank you, Nina.
President Sandino,
thank you for speaking with me.
I am sorry that this call had to be
under such dire circumstances.
If you mean
the terrorist coup that is threatening my country,
then I am sure you'll understand
I'm a little busy right now, Secretary McCord.
You keep calling them "terrorists,"
but the social media videos being posted
from inside that church show... a group of scared kids.
If you send in a negotiator
to guarantee safe passage for the wounded and due process
for anyone arrested, um, I'm confident
this situation could be resolved without further violence.
Is that what the U. S. would do?
Hmm? Negotiate with terrorists?
President Sandino, as I'm sure you're aware,
there are 14 American missionaries
also trapped in that church.
We want them back.
Or what?
Like my father before me,
I refuse to be bullied by the U. S.
From what I understand, your father is currently undergoing
medical treatment in Florida.
Isn't it time we learn to work together?
You lost that chance when your CIA murdered my mother.
We alone shall handle our internal affairs
as we see fit.
Get me the CIA files on Sandino and his father.
Maybe if I understand better what happened to them
in Nicaragua's first civil war,
I can find a way to stave off a second.
- Yes, ma'am. - Okay? Thank you.
Yeah. I just took a call from Ephraim Ware.
Intelligence has clocked a group of Chinese operatives
that they believe might be a hit squad
entering Nicaragua through Costa Rica.
I guess maybe China's decided
that Sandino is bad for business after all.
So,
what do you think is going on with Sarah?
You think maybe seeing all those wounded people
near to her own age-- maybe that's shaken her up?
Could be. I didn't want to get into it
in front of the kids.
You know, maybe Shane's right to worry.
I feel like I should talk to her, but honestly,
I don't know what to say.
I mean, when I deployed, it was to potentially take lives,
and Sarah's going in to save them.
Maybe you just need to let her know that you're there for her.
Maybe I should take her to see Will.
Ooh, I don't know about that.
Why?
He's been in combat zones.
Heck, he teaches trauma medicine.
He's bound to have some good advice.
I love my brother.
But he's got a very particular
take on things.
And how it's going to land on other people...
isn't usually much of a factor in his thinking.
I've got to do something; I feel a responsibility
to Shane and Sarah.
Want to make sure she's in a good place when she deploys.
Yeah, okay, well--
Don't, don't...
don't say I didn't warn you.
Well, after you downplayed my earlier concerns
about Nicaragua, I was surprised to hear
that a group of Chinese operatives were spotted
in Costa Rica near the border today.
You grasped the situation there
more clearly than I.
President Sandino's behavior has proven to be
unacceptably destabilizing.
To the Nicaraguan people,
or to Chinese investment in the region?
Pick whichever answer suits you.
If you're saying what I think you're saying, Ming,
I strongly urge you to reconsider.
Nicaragua, i-it's...
it's a powder keg right now.
One stray spark could ignite a civil war.
That is exactly what China wishes to avoid.
Well, then we can still work together
to negotiate with Sandino.
Sandino doesn't want to negotiate, Elizabeth.
And neither do I.
If the U. S. cannot bring him to heel,
then China will do what it must.
At least try and buy me a little bit more time.
I'll do what I can.
Good night, Madam Secretary.
Morning--
What is that doing here?
It's a gift for Russell.
From Carlos Morejon.
Stevie! Get in here.
Bring the bear.
Is this all from Senator Morejon?
Thanks to your little social media stunt,
half the city is mocking me.
Okay.
I didn't see this coming.
On the plus side, you're-you're trending
with-with normal, uh...
non-political...
panda-loving Americans.
Fat lot of good that does the millions of children
about to lose health care.
You... Do you not understand how my job works?
I can't whip votes if people in this town
think I'm soft and cuddly.
They have to be afraid of me.
Let me ask you a question.
Are you afraid of me?
A little.
How about now?
I see your point.
Fix this! Yeah.
Uh, so, Sarah, Henry says
you've got some pre-deployment jitters.
What? N... No.
Uh, I asked Will to join us
because I thought it might be nice for you
to talk to someone who's had some background
in combat medicine, you know, in case you have any
last minute questions or...
concerns.
Look, Uncle Henry, I know I freaked out
for a second last night, but...
I-I'm not afraid.
For yourself.
It's the safety of your patients
that you're worried about.
That despite all your training,
when the gurneys from some IED attack
start rolling in, you won't have what it takes.
Am I right?
What if I'm not good enough?
What if a patient dies because I screwed up?
Well, let me...
let me put your mind at ease.
You are going to screw up,
and some of your patients
are going to die.
Okay, should we just order?
Now, hopefully those two things won't overlap.
But you can't let fear of either
paralyze you.
Let me... let me ask you something.
When it comes to being a successful trauma nurse,
what do you think the most important trait
to have is?
Training, obviously.
Well, I'm told you were near the top of your class,
so I'm not worried about training. What else?
Staying cool under pressure.
Hmm, getting warmer.
And the biggest determinant of whether or not you'll be able
to stay cool under pressure is...?
Sleep.
Booyah.
How do you sleep, Sarah?
Are you a... are you a good sleeper?
I can power down anywhere.
Airplane, nurse's lounge
back of a Humvee...
- Well, that's great. - Anywhere.
You'll-you'll be fine.
Great. Let's order.
That's it. That's all I got.
The vast majority of medical errors
happen when the provider is too tired to think clearly.
So if you don't want to make mistakes,
just get all the sleep you can.
But what if I had told you I wasn't a good sleeper?
Then I would have said to take your nursing degree
and-and go work in a nursing home,
'cause trauma medicine ain't for you.
Believe it or not, I find that oddly comforting.
Yeah. Oddly comforting.
That's me.
So, can we order? - Yeah.
So, how bummed was Annelies that you had to cancel on her?
Actually, she took the train to D. C. this morning
with some chess friends, do some sightseeing.
If we can get Sandino to back down,
then I'm gonna meet up with them.
Why don't you sound happier about that?
Because she's in my city having a great time,
just not with me. And look.
Look at her Instagram.
Wh-What's the deal with that guy?
He's got his arm around her in every picture.
Big arm.
Okay, buddy, speaking from personal experience,
do not go there.
Any update from inside the church?
Yes. It's not good. Bethany James
just posted another video.
Four of the wounded have died since last night.
They are running dangerously low
on food and water, medical supplies.
And the Chinese hit squad?
Laying low.
Maybe knowing that we had eyes on them slowed their roll.
Sounds like Chen was able to talk some sense
into President Li.
Any ideas in Sandino's CIA file?
Maybe one.
I got to talk to the president.
State Department Political Officer
Conrad Dalton, I've always been
so puzzled by your title.
Tell me,
when the State Department returns
your dismembered corpse to Washington,
will they go through the pretense
of holding a memorial,
or will that fall to your comrades at the CIA?
President Sandino,
I came here to tell you that the attempt on your life
wasn't sanctioned by the U. S. government.
It would be unwise to insult my intelligence.
You know we've been in contact with some of the rebel cells,
but that bombing should never have happened.
For whatever part we might have played,
both my government and I personally am truly sorry.
I will tell that to my son
when he's crying at night for his dead mother.
I know there's nothing I can ever do
to make this right for you.
Or your son.
But we still have the power to save Nicaragua
from more violence.
If you publicly start to distance yourself
from the Soviet Union and announce your willingness
to work with the United States...
- With the United States? - I believe
my government will back yours. You train rebels over our border.
- You mine our harbor. - I believe
I can convince my government to back yours.
Your country has been the source of my country's misery
for a hundred years.
Together we can end this conflict
before it spirals out of control.
Please.
You see this man right here?
He thinks I should kill you.
And so does this one over here.
They all think
that I should chop you to pieces with my machete
and dump your corpse in front of the U. S. Embassy
to send the message
that this is what war with Nicaragua will look like!
But this... this is not
the kind of leader that I want to be for my people.
Or the kind of parent
that I want to be for my son.
And I want you to deliver
a message to your government:
that I will never stop fighting for my country!
I knew that you were in Nicaragua in the '80s,
but until I read the file, I had no idea
that you attempted to negotiate with Sandino
after the assassination attempt.
Not that it did any good.
It was courageous.
It was futile.
The civil war raged on,
cost the lives of tens of thousands
of Nicaraguans.
Still, you were right
to believe that he was a leader to be reasoned with.
Despite constant undermining by the U. S.,
he managed to do some good for his people.
And when he lost an election, he gave up power.
More than I can say for a lot of the folks
we backed in the region.
There were no easy answers then.
Take yourself back to the Cold War.
Deaths under Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot,
either by privation or outright murder,
numbered in the hundreds of millions.
How could we not push back?
True enough.
But my God,
did we make some awful mistakes along the way.
Myself included. I mean...
Sandino Jr. might not have turned out to be such a monster
if his mother hadn't been killed on my watch.
I understand second-guessing the past,
but we are on the verge of a disaster in Nicaragua now.
Sandino Jr. is showing no sign of backing down.
And when the country finally implodes,
you can bet Russia and China will be ready to swoop in
and capitalize on the chaos.
So then, we let CIA off the leash.
And on and on it goes.
I get that this must feel like déjà vu,
but you still have a chance to break the cycle, Conrad.
And how would I do that?
What's going on here?
Cancer survivors, here for a photo op with POTUS...
Ah.... to help drum up support for the children's health care bill.
Now that I'm tainted by Pandagate,
we have to stoop to emotional manipulation.
Hey, mister.
Aren't you the Panda Cam man?
I guess that's me.
I love pandas, too.
Bei Bei is my favorite.
Can I take a selfie with you?
Actually, um... come with me.
There we go.
I hope I'm not imposing but, it would mean the world to her
if you'd post that picture on Instagram.
Please?
Absolutely. Uh, uh,
this is Stevie, my social media director.
Just give her your Instagram...
...handle, and she'll...
tag you.: Okay?
Thanks, Mr. Panda.
Conrad Dalton,
you always seem to come calling when it's already too late.
You once told me you would never stop fighting for your country.
I hope that's still true.
An old piece of shrapnel
was migrating towards my heart.
Luckily, they were able to remove it
without much trouble.
I am truly sorry
for everything you went through that day, Mateo.
And for everything the Nicaraguan people
went through afterwards.
I know what you want from me,
but I cannot help you.
My son...
he keeps his own counsel now.
I understand that.
I have a son, too. Harrison.
He's battled addiction since high school.
It's devastating to watch a child
you raised and love going down such a destructive path.
I was so proud of my son
when he was elected president.
I thought he would finish the work that I started.
But now it seems he's becoming
the sort of dictator I fought to overthrow.
And you fought too hard and suffered too much for Nicaragua
for that to be its fate.
Please,
for the sake of your people,
talk to your son.
I have been out of my son's inner circle
for many years.
I don't even know if he would listen to me.
Well, I wasn't sure you would listen to me,
but here we are.
I don't know why you're being
- so coy, Jay. - Hey, guys.
Thanks for coming in on a Saturday. Good morning.
And Chloe's here! Hi!
Hi, M-Sec!
Okay, that does make things better.
Tell us you got to spend some time with Annelies last night.
I got home a little late.
Her train leaves in a couple hours.
Sorry, buddy. It's fine.
Uh, ma'am, so I take it that the president's
overture to Sandino Sr. was unsuccessful?
Actually,
President Dalton was able to convince Sandino Sr.
to reach out to his son,
but Junior wasn't willing to blink.
President Sandino refused to negotiate
- with his own father? - Yeah.
So he's going full despot.
So,
if anyone has any great idea in their back pocket
on preventing an incipient massacre, boy,
would be a great time to share.
Wait, ma'am,
you have to see this.
...development in Nicaragua today.
Former President Mateo Sandino Sr.
came out in support of protesters
trapped inside a church
and against the country's current president,
his own son.
- You guys, are you watching... - Mr. President,
- Oh, you are. - Do you have any message...
for the current president?
If my son wishes to talk,
he knows where to find me,
here, with the Nicaraguan people.
Today and always.
My God, will you look at that?
Please, let us pass.
Yeah, major news outlets
are picking this up all over the world.
Sandino Jr. will never be able to spin this
as a terrorist incident now.
He won't risk opening fire on that church
with a beloved national hero inside.
So, it's over? Well, um, we still
have to closely monitor the situation until
all those missionaries are
safely back on U. S. soil, but it is
no longer an "all hands on deck" situation.
What?
Imminent crisis averted, man. Go.
Hope has been restored. Go! Get out of here.
I got Chloe. Oh, Chloe,
how would you feel about hanging out with me
for a while? Right?
- Are you serious? - Oh, yeah, I am.
'Cause I still got it.
I mean, what are you waiting for?
I appreciate it, ma'am. Seriously. Guys,
I-I really do. But I think it's pretty clear
that I don't have space to date. And even if I did,
what if-- what if we don't really have a spark
between us and I'm just romanticizing a night
stuck in an airport, of all places?
Do you have to work
at being this pitiful?
I mean... This may be the first time
I utter these words in this office.
Stop thinking! Please.
Just go! You'll never know
until you try. And you'll know when you see her.
Just... come on. Like, right now. She's leaving
in two hours, Jay. Go. Get out of here. Go!
Honey?
Go, Daddy.
Go! Go! Okay. Okay.
Yay! Bye! Bye. I love you!
Yeah.
You wanted to see me?
Sit.
I'm sure you're wondering why I called you in on a Saturday.
Nope. Just happy to be here.
Where I'm hopefully still welcome.
I noticed that when you posted the photos of me
handing out the pandas to those kids,
you also tagged the jackals who sent me the stupid things
in the first place.
It made me furious.
Sorry.
I just thought it would be a good way to generate publicity
for the children's health care bill.
Well, as it turns out,
you were right.
Parents around the country put so much pressure
on Morejon and the others, they were forced to throw
their support behind the bill.
Looks like it's gonna pass after all.
Really?
It worked.
Worked so well
they even renamed it.
The Pediatric, Adolescent,
and Neonatal Doctor Accessibility Act.
The PANDA Act?
Wow.
You still got a lot to learn, Stevie.
But...
you got good instincts,
and that's something that can't be taught.
So, I called you in on a Saturday
to thank you for a job well done
and invite you to watch the floor vote with me.
I would be honored, sir.
Sandino's agreed to meet
with some of the student leaders,
with his dad
acting as intermediary.
And if the old man stays in his son's good graces,
he might be able to help us thaw our diplomatic relations
with Sandino Jr. as well.
Good call, Bess,
- bringing him in. - Eh, it was
your idea first.
I just... nudged you to give it another go.
If at first you don't succeed,
wait 35 years and try again.
Hopefully,
China won't be as slow to learn as the rest of us.
Chen heeded my warning
about pulling the wrong strings this time, but...
there's no guarantee they won't consider it again.
But, you know, Bess,
on a day like today,
we can hope.
Just because history
repeats itself doesn't mean we're doomed
to make the same mistakes.
Not as long as people are willing
to fight for something better.
Takes time and courage to...
step outside our comfort zones
and forge new paths.
Yes, sir.
But the end result is almost always worth it.
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