Designated Survivor

Previously on "Designated Survivor"...

It's about the NATO summit.

The new French ambassador wanted to talk about nukes.

It's an opening to de-escalate.

There's enough explosives in here to blow up three Capitols.

Tom: She's been kidnapped.

Foerstel: She was looking into Browning Reed.

Agent Wells is convinced that the ex-C.E.O. Patrick Lloyd's

involved with the conspiracy.

I'm brooming any connection between you,

Browning Reed, and the Capitol mission.

Soon, there'll be no paper trail whatsoever,

and Agent Wells is contained.

Abe Leonard has eaten up everything I've fed him.

When are we gonna see something from him, then?

Any day, I expect.

Since the attack at the Capitol,

references to Browning Reed have been deleted.

If we find out who deleted these files...

we find our traitor.

Man on P.A.: Be advised. All security teams...

Hey, Seth, you okay?

Yeah, I'm sorry. Uh, I-I don't know what's happening.

I-I don't usually get airsick.

Oh.

And to think, it's your first time on Air Force One, too.

Hey, Seth, look.

You can send this one to your mom, as well.

Time to rally, son.

We got to gaggle with the press before we land.

Yes.

Bad time?

No. Come on in.

I, uh...

I think the pressure of his first international summit

may have gotten to your press secretary.

And I just wondered how you're doing.

I'm fine. Is Seth all right?

Yeah, just a case of the jitters.

He'll get over it as soon as he realizes

that a NATO summit is no different

than an outsized cabinet meeting

in a lot of different languages.

I hope it's that simple.

Are they gonna think that it's presumptuous of me,

putting an initiative on the table?

Hell no. You're the president of the United States.

Right.

I know I'm not the negotiator that you are...

Ah, don't sell yourself short.

You know, we may have different styles, Tom,

but I think that's what makes us a good team.

The professor and the politician.

You give them the facts, and I'll twist their arms.

That works for me.

I know how important this is to you.

Yeah.

The arms control was going to be a priority of my second term.

Well... now it's our priority.

Foerstel: I don't care about your overtime.

No, you search everywhere...

and then when you've done that, search it again.

Still nothing?

No. I got every agency in the country looking.

She knows how to take care of herself.

Yeah.

Where are you with the Browning Reed investigation?

I got Chuck Russink coming in to help out.

Russink? You serious? He's a space cadet.

Hannah trusts him.

Whatever it takes, I guess.

Victor: I was gonna pay, Ms. Rhodes.

No, seriously. I'll get it.

Where's our server?

Will you guys excuse me a second?

Yeah.

What?

Hey, you.

Hey. Hey.

How you doing? It's good to see you.

Oh, oh. Emily Rhodes, meet my cousin, Nadia Espinosa.

It's a pleasure.

Hi. You work for Congresswoman Yoshida, right?

That's right.

How's that going? I love it.

I mean, it's great to be able to collaborate with good people.

Wow. Are you sure you two are related?

Yeah, I wonder all the time.

I need another beer. Do you guys want anything?

No, I'm good, thanks. No, thank you.

So, POTUS is heading up to Toronto.

Yes. The White House is all mine.

No, seriously, it's his first NATO summit.

First time out of the country.

Polls are high.

I mean, he's on a roll. So are you.

I do have to admit, it feels good.

What about you? Are you gonna follow Hookstraten?

No, she did offer, but, uh...

I don't see myself working for the Secretary of Education.

It's not exactly the fast lane.

Let's just say, after you work in the West Wing,

everything feels like a step down.

Well, just so you know,

I was not opposed to Hookstraten for V.P. Mm.

I think it would've been great to be working together again.

Yeah, it would've been.

It's Washington. Anything can happen, right?

And it usually does.

Yeah.

I should get back.

Thanks for stopping by.

So, we attend the general reception for 30 minutes,

smile for the cameras,

then we retreat to a hospitality suite

I set up for select members of the Nuclear Planning Group.

That gives us a chance to start some lobbying

before the general session. Smart.

Well, it's not my first rodeo, son.

Now, our primary target

is French Prime Minister Justine Massett.

Sharp as a tack and as chauvinistic as Joan of Arc.

She can be very prickly.

Why would she be? It was the French who wanted us

to bring up arms reduction in the first place.

Yes. Privately.

But in front of NATO,

the French want us to bring up the initiative first,

giving them an opportunity to criticize

or even withdraw, if they so choose.

It's all part of the game...

Don't stick your neck out if you don't have to.

Then there's Jonas Grottke,

just re-elected as German Chancellor.

He's also a chairman of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group.

Strong ally. Got you covered there.

Good. One less thing for me to worry about.

The one unknown to me is Aruna Mahajan.

The first British Indian prime minister in U.K. history.

Fiercely independent but was able to forge a coalition

and under extremely turbulent conditions.

Well, we have something in common.

True enough.

I can work with that.

What?

Thank you.

Hey.

Mayday, mayday. This is FBI Agent Hannah Wells. Mayday.

Hannah: FBI Agent Hannah Wells. Mayday.

Mayday. This is... Hannah Wells.

Hannah Wells, this is.

Coast Guard Station 142, Indian River.

Coast Guard Station 142

calling the ship Hannah Wells.

This is FBI Agent Hannah Wells.

Mayda...

Unh!

Tom: To begin, I want to thank you all for being here.

As you know, in addition to tomorrow's regular schedule,

the United States will be introducing an initiative

that would reduce NATO's nuclear arsenal.

Now, I want to be absolutely clear

that this is a proposed weapons-reduction change,

not a change in doctrine.

And it's entirely predicated upon the Russian Federation

scaling back its strategic nuclear weapons

in proportional response to NATO's actions,

something that the Russian president

has assured me he is ready to do.

What, you believe him, Cornelius?

Yeah, I do.

On what basis?

On the basis of our 20-year relationship

and being able to tell when he's lying and when he's not.

And based on the fact that it is in the interest of all sides

to agree on anything that will lead

to a more stable and secure planet.

Despite recent disruptions to the world order,

this is not the time to retreat into isolationism or populism.

This is the time to show that global cooperation

can and will lead us to a safer future.

Not to mention that the way that we keep our nuclear arsenals

is insanely expensive.

It's intriguing, Mr. President,

but Poland and Slovakia have no nuclear weapons of our own.

We rely on your American nuclear umbrellas.

So what can you offer by way of a guarantee

that our peace and our safety will still be protected?

The closest thing I can offer to a guarantee is my word,

not as Tom Kirkman,

but as President of the United States,

your most steadfast ally.

You can believe him there, Jozef.

We can all believe him.

Obviously, I am hoping for your support at tomorrow's summit.

Thank you.

France looks forward to your proposal.

I appreciate that, Madame.

This isn't on the White House tour.

Access to Agent Wells' office is extremely restricted.