Designated Survivor

Previously on "Designated Survivor"...

It's the man who killed Majid Nassar.

I think the people who did this are trying to make Jason do something.

You have an hour. After that,

you'll either find your son safe at home... or not.

I killed Majid Nassar.

The deputy director of the FBI killed the most wanted terrorist?

I'm afraid so.

Cheer up, Peter.

You're about to be a heartbeat away.

Assuming you make it to V.P.,

When I take Kirkman down,

I'll make sure I don't leave you behind.

11:14 p.m.

- Look into it. - Wait.

Madam Speaker, congratulations on your new position.

Let me start by asking,

do you, like your colleagues in the Senate,

view these confirmation hearings

as anything more than a formality?

Tom Kirkman is our president

because he wasn't at the State of the Union.

Peter MacLeish is a hero because he lived through it.

Certainly, survival shouldn't be the only qualification

when it comes to leading our country, should it?

She's intimidated by you.

She's done everything

from "Megyn Kelly" to "Jimmy Kimmel."

"Intimidated" isn't the word that comes to mind.

162 Independents in the new house.

How can she read that

as anything other than America's endorsement

of their first Independent president?

Trust me. She'll find a way.

Madam Speaker, what do you hope to learn

from Congressman MacLeish's testimony?

Has she done any irrevocable damage

to our nominee this morning?

No, just continuing her never-ending quest

to cast doubt on his qualifications.

She'd be better off taking a cue from the Senate.

They made it perfectly clear.

No one wants to play politics with this confirmation.

I wish I saw her face

when the vote came back unanimous.

You think steam can actually come out of someone's ears?

You remembered my order.

Double Americano.

Three pumps vanilla, one pump caramel.

It's too ridiculous to forget.

Hey.

Why are you guys so calm? Don't you check your e-mail?

Not in the last 45 seconds. Why?

A security breach.

All right, let's get the NSA Director on the phone.

I want the full story before we notify the president.

Let's go.

- Hey. - Hey.

They've been digging through Atwood's office all morning.

- You know what's going on? - It's an internal review.

Why is Atwood being investigated?

How do you know that's what's happening?

Because here comes the Director of Internal Affairs

John Foerstel.

Agent Wells. Hi.

A word?

His name is Gabriel Thompson.

He worked as a systems analyst

for the National Security Agency for the last 20 years.

And yesterday he just walked out the front door

with a ton of classified information?

Which this morning the NSA is calling

- a "significant breach." - How significant?

Well, the prototype hard drive Thompson took

is capable of storing terabytes of files.

NSA estimates it'll take days

to comb through the system and assess the stolen data.

Luckily, the press hasn't gotten wind of that.

Only a matter of time before that happens.

Agreed. What do we know about this Thompson?

I mean, is this espionage? Is a foreign government involved?

Well, it's uncertain, sir.

NSA's throwing all their resources into tracking him down.

And Whitaker promised to brief you

as soon as he knows more.

We need to get ahead of this now.

It's nice to see you, Agent Wells.

It's been a while.

Well, John, in your line of work,

that's generally considered a good thing.

Hm.

Look, I know that you were close with Jason Atwood,

but it's a friendship

that could cause problems for you.

Why?

- Am I under investigation, too? - Come on.

You're smart enough to know that you're wrapped up in this.

You were with Jason at the prison when Nassar was murdered.

You were there with him during the interrogation.

What is the point of this?

You of all people know that Jason's not a murderer.

Well, I can't exactly ignore a confession.

If this was so cut-and-dry,

why are you doing an investigation at all?

All right, I'll bite.

If Jason Atwood didn't kill Majid Nassar,

who did?

You're not doing yourself any favors, Hannah.

And I know you'd rather answer my questions than a federal prosecutor's.

Wow.

- We used to be on the same side. - Yeah.

And we still would be

if you and Jason had ever learned how to play by the rules

like I warned you to years ago.

Instead, here we are.

Oh, and, Hannah,

I'm paying Jason a visit this afternoon.

Your stories better match.

Hello?

Hey, Chuck, think you can get

the Peter MacLeish vetting files out of the RMD

- and meet me at my house in 20 minutes? - Yes.

But, Hannah, what the hell's going on?

I'll explain when you get there.

You brought Emily coffee? You never bring me coffee.

- What do you want, Seth? - Majid Nassar.

- He's still dead, right? - Remember when I told you

the press was gonna want answers

on who killed the most-wanted terrorist in U.S. history?

- Yeah. - Well, I'm telling you they want answers.

- Well, you got to hold them off, Seth. - And when I can't?

When the Post runs an op-ed

or when the Times accuses us of a cover-up?

Listen, POTUS is meeting with the FBI today.

Just buy us some time to get the answers we need.

- If you do, coffee for you next time. - All right.

Hey, look at this.

Gabriel Thompson just dumped a massive amount

of government documents on WikiLeaks.

Seriously? WikiLeaks?

Isn't that, like, a whistleblower cliché?

Not when the docs are all linked

to members of the previous administration.

Which Kirkman served in.

Material continues

to be released via WikiLeaks

involving questionable activities

by members of President Richmond's cabinet.

It appears that several cabinet members

were abusing their power

by receiving money in exchange for access.

Travel doc...

Okay, so he's claiming

that Richmond's cabinet was corrupt.

I guess we can take espionage off the list.

How bad is it?

It looks a lot worse than it is, sir.

Yeah, pay-for-play sort of things, mostly.

The Treasury Secretary was paid to give speeches

at corporate retreats for banking CEOs.

Commerce Secretary took overseas research trips

paid for by foreign lobby groups.

The optics are terrible,

but it's not exactly high crimes.

But they are crimes, right?

Counsel's office says yes,

but so far the blow-back's been minimal,

and most of the people that he's referencing

died during the Capitol bombing.

Everyone but me.

And that's a problem, sir.

Why? What did he say?

Well, that's exactly it.

Your files haven't been released.

- Why would he hold my files back? - Maybe it's a strategy.

He's waiting till the press is in a frenzy

so he has the whole country's attention.

Look, I-I hate to ask,

but if we're gonna get hit,

we need to know how to respond.

And Mr. President, do you have anything to hide?

Do I have anything to hide?

I'm sorry to ask, Mr. President,

but we just want to protect you.

I appreciate that, Aaron.

No, I have nothing to hide. No secrets.

Is it possible that he knows about

- Leo's paternity question? - It's a non-story.

They'd find that out as quickly as Lisa Jordan did.

Maybe he knows we're sitting on the Atwood confession.

I've been getting hit from some national newspaper guys.

We're not sitting on anything. We're investigating.

As soon as we have answers, so will the American people.

So why would this so-called whistleblower

release every cabinet member's tax returns,

their banking records,

except yours?

Look, we can speculate all day

on what Mr. Thompson thinks he might have on me.

The truth is we need to find him.