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- Man, do I love you. - I want Vermont with Fitz.

I also want the sun with you.

Russell: Rowan always went on and on about how special you were.

Rowan: You can't take command.

- Command takes you. - Jake: He's coming.

David: I can convene a secret Grand Jury.

Olivia: Good morning.

Lift.

You sleep okay?

I slept okay.

- Where you going? - Olivia: To work.

Hey, what's going on with your friend?

The one who used my chest as a cutting board.

He's being taken care of. It's being handled.

By who?

I'll be back soon.

Quinn: You're pretty damn hot.

I hope that's okay to say, 'cause it's true.

You're in amazing shape incredible core.

I mean, I could work out every day all day,

and I'd never be in the kind of shape you're in.

I hate that about dudes.

Oh, well.

It's probably for the best.

Oh, your nails are dirty.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe once I'm done with my little manicure,

you'll trust me enough to tell us what Rowan

said to you on the phone, tell us about Foxtail.

Is he talking?

Uh, he'll talk. I promise.

Quinn's just getting into her groove.

How long until my father calls him?

Standard operating procedure

says you check in with the agent every 10 hours,

which means his next call will be three hours from now.

And when he does call,

we're prepared to trace it, pinpoint his location.

You'll need to be here, because...

the second we pick up,

the second he realizes that Russell has been compromised...

The countdown begins.

No one is going to kill you, Russell.

I know that sounds comforting, but, trust me, it's not.

You don't get off so easily.

You don't get to die.

So if I were you, I'd start talking about Foxtail,

because what these two are going to do to you...

Is much worse than death.

Madam Vice President, this is Admiral Hawley,

the commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces,

and Captain Weaver, his chief of staff.

Thank you both so much for your service.

It is an honor and a pleasure, Madam Vice President.

Now, I know some Sailors

who would very much like to meet you.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

I'm Susan Ross.

The vice president.

Ensign Martin, Ma'am.

And what do you do on the boat, Ensign Martin?

I'm the Assistant Communications Officer, Ma'am.

That is just fascinating.

Do we have time for Ensign Martin

to show me her bunk?

I would love to see where a communications officer

calls home.

Hawley: Captain Weaver and I can certainly take you

on a tour of the Officers' Quarters, Ma'am.

Oh. No. That's not necessary.

I just want Ensign Martin to show me.

This is the location of my sleeping quarters, Ma'am.

Can I show you anything else on the ship, Ma'am?

No. Thank you.

But you can tell me what happened to your wrist.

It was a training accident, Ma'am.

You know, I had a roommate in college once

who came home with a bruise like yours.

She said she caught her arm in a car door.

But she didn't.

And you didn't get that in a training accident, did you?

Cyrus: You stole a United States Servicewoman?!

I removed Ensign Martin from an unsafe situation.

On whose authority... the Captain of Crazytown's?

What the hell were you thinking?

You have no jurisdiction over the military.

That woman out there was raped.

One in three women in the military

has been subjected to sexual assault...

one in three.

And if, God forbid, a Servicewoman

accuses a man of rape, and he's found not guilty,

she gets prosecuted for filing a false report.

You were in the Navy. Did you know that?

I didn't, but what I do know

is that over 200 years of historical precedent

tells me that it is not our place

to intervene in the military judicial system.

You're the commander in chief of the Armed Forces.

The Navy is an armed force.

Ensign Martin would be willing to come forward

he knew you'd protect her.

I'm sorry. "Willing to come forward"?

Does that mean she hasn't yet come forward?

Has she ever said she was raped?

Just because she doesn't want to tell me her story

doesn't mean she doesn't have one.

Let me get this straight.

You, the vice president of the United States,

a largely powerless figurehead,

- are sent on a photo OP to shake some hands on a boat. -

Then, while there, you decide, out of thin air,

that one of the people you're there to take a picture with

was raped?

Not because she told you or her commanding officer

or anyone else, as far as you know,

but because you,

the largely powerless figurehead of the United States,

are some sort of sexual-assault bloodhound in your spare time?

She was raped. I know she was. And it isn't right.

What isn't right is removing a Servicewoman from duty

and bringing her here in an attempt to force her and me

into actions we have no intention of taking.

You stole her, Susan, and you need to put her back.

- I can't! - Put her back, Susan.

But, sir...

The military has its own system

for prosecuting crimes, rape included.

Put her back, Susan.

Any luck getting Russell to talk?

Not yet. We're working on it.

Do I want to know what that means?

It means "not yet."

Because Foxtail is obviously your father's way

of stopping this Grand Jury from indicting him.

So if you find out that foxtail means, say,

"assassinate David Rosen," I'd really appreciate a heads up.

I have to go.

Susan. What are you doing here?

Hi, Liv. I really need your help.

Ensign Martin?

Do I know you?

I'm a friend of the vice president's.

Now, do you want to tell me what Foxtail is by yourself,

or do you need help?

Okay. Help it is.

Command. Yes, of course.

What do we do?

We don't answer. We have to answer it!

No, we can't answer! Liv's not back yet.

We answer, Rowan will know Russell's been compromised.

If we don't answer, Rowan will think that anyway.

Well, who's gonna talk to him? Me? You? No.

Liv is the only person who can keep her father

on the phone long enough to...

All we have to do is keep command on an open line

- for 12 seconds. - 12 seconds is not a short...

I need 12 seconds. I can get his location.

I can get his location in 12 seconds.

Even if he figures out that we have Russell, we'll have him.

12 seconds, Quinn. Pick it up.

- - Rowan: Hello?

Hello?

- Olivia? -

Did you get it? Huck?

He hung up too fast. He's onto us.

Mellie: I said no.

We have to go to Springfield.

- We have to... - Springfield is not an option.

We need to at least consider it. I wouldn't ask if it weren't...

Jerry, Liz! My son.

The last time we were in Springfield

was the day that Jerry died.

I'm not going back there.

I know, Mellie, but we're three points down.

Eve of the election...

Springfield is not an option!

I'm sorry.

It's just, we've been doing the voter math,

and without progressives and women we are gonna lose.

I'm a woman. Why don't I have women?

Shane Jackson's

nursing his wife through ovarian cancer.

So what if his wife has cancer?

The man's a hateful misogynist.

Yes, but he shaved his head in solidarity during his wife's

first round of chemo and went up seven points.

The female voters are eating it up.