Madam Secretary

June. June, uh, my mom just called.

I mean, Secretary McCord.

I know who your mother is.

Of course. Uh, she's running late.

SecState's a few minutes late.

Copy.

Sorry.

I think the president's enjoying entertaining

the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers.

So I'm at this

donor dinner at a gator farm in Tallahassee

and I drop my phone in the bushes. Reach down.

Find myself face-to-face with a 15-footer

that had gotten loose.

I thought American alligators were supposed to be aggressive.

They are.

Unless you rub their bellies.

Puts them to sleep.

He writes me now.

The president tried the same trick with the speaker.

Didn't work as well. The secretary's running late, Mr. President.

Thank you.

Uh, apparently, Elizabeth is running a little late.

Ah, she has something more important than making history?

D.C. traffic.Ah.

Good morning, Minister Samant.

Good morning, June.

Just a few minutes behind.

Can you believe how quickly all this came together?

In a word, hell no.

And your husband... DALTON: Welcome, Chondita.

President Dalton. Please.

Pens...

Kind of important for a signing ceremony, don't you think? I, uh...

Crap.

Ah.

: We need a medic.

Help her up!

Where is he? Where is...?

All right! STEVIE: I got it! I got it!

That was probably too far over.

Okay, coming for you. Ooh! Ready?

Yep.

That was her point. Over the net. I can't...

Come on. It's your serve, Jason.

I'm a pro. Hey, you two.

Don't say that. You're not...

Hey. ELIZABETH: Hi.

My Grandma Hattie's famous gimlets.

Oh, well, far be it from us to let down Grandma Hattie.Wow.

Oh, Lydia, thank you so much... Thank you.

For everything, all of it.

Oh, please. I mean,

what good is this old money pit

if you can't share it with friends.

Whoa.

Grandma Hattie... Gosh.

It's got a bite.

Bottoms up.

Oh, my gosh.

If I have one of those, do you promise not to tell Carol?

I'll tell her.

I don't know why you wives are all so interested

in keeping us around.

Time for the Daily Brief.

Already?

Might want to lose the apron.

Yeah. Although, I can't imagine why they wouldn't want

to see me in my apron.

Do we really need photographic evidence?

Country likes to be reassured

you're still at the wheel, sir.

Alison, can you take over?

I have to tend to my day job.

Hey. ELIZABETH: Hey. ALISON: No problem.

Two minutes...

Not a bad idea for your country to see you, uh,

next to the president preparing

to be their next leader.

I knew I shouldn't have told you guys I was running,

Russell.

Well, you know what? Go ahead.

I got work to do, anyway.

Colluder.

No. I've got to prepare for that panel

on religion and democracy in tandem

with your India state visit... What? What'd I do?

When I get back I'm gonna beat you in badminton.

Badly. HENRY: Yeah, you're gonna try.

HUMINT indicates the Indian government has decided not

to take any definitive actions to quell Hindu nationalists

from violently attacking members of India's Muslim minority.

In fact, a variety of sources indicate the Indian government

is siding with the Hindu nationalists,

and has deemed any responses

that could prevent further attacks

as politically dangerous.

Well,

that's disappointing.

Yeah, but are you surprised?

I want to issue a public rebuke.

Condemning the Indian government's

insufficient response to violence against its citizens.

Do we really want to embarrass.

Prime Minister Khatri on the eve of her U.S. trip?

It's just a question.

Do it, Bess.

What else, Dana?

At 0500, FBI SWAT, alongside ATF,

raided the home of APF leader Angus Gardner.

Suspects were apprehended without incident.

APF.

It's Aryan Popular Force.

It's the white nationalist group

that firebombed that refugee processing center

when we passed our, uh, immigration bill.

I guess India hasn't cornered the market

on violent nationalism.

No.

Ma'am. DAISY: Welcome back.

Welcome back, Madam Secretary.

Wish I could say it's good to be back,

but, ah, that beach.

Oh, and those beach looks.

I love that floral print cover-up.

And that house.

Oh, to die.

Okay, that is still the weird part.

Someone's vacation as news.

It did look very

future-presidential candidatey, ma'am.

Hey. No P-word.

Just saying.

No getting out over our skis, people, okay?

Wait. Aren't you supposed to lean forward over your skis?

Do any of you actually ski?

No. No.

You have time to ski?

Absolutely not. Mm.

I left a draft statement

of your India-scolding on your desk. ELIZABETH: Great.

I want it out this morning before the delegation arrives.

Ma'am.

It looks like your back channel effort to get Pakistan

to the table on denuclearizing the subcontinent

has borne fruit.

Oh, and, hi, welcome back.

No. It's o-okay. I like that kind of welcome.

What, uh, what kind of fruit are we talking?

I just spoke to Anjit Marwat,

Pakistan's minister of foreign affairs.

They're open to bilateral nuclear disarmament with India

if we can guarantee their water supply flowing

from India-controlled Kashmir.

Timing's not great

with your India-scolding.

Well, you're right.

Yeah. Matt, uh,

re-craft that statement, just softening the language.

Um, yes, ma'am.

Ma'am, anything less than an unqualified

condemnation of violence against the Muslim minority

will look like... I know how it looks.

But a chance to eliminate nuclear weapons

on the subcontinent makes all parties safer,

including oppressed minorities.

Let's... Come on. Get going on it, please.Yeah.

Will you be wrapping up that project

any time soon? Oh.

I'm almost done.

Is it distracting you?

I don't distract; It's bothering me.

Oh.

I guess Adele is used to people flitting in and out.

He didn't have an intern when I was here.

So how much, uh, how much longer will Adele be out?

11 days.

It's her first real vacation in four years.

I warned her it would never happen

if she didn't pack up and leave.

Yeah. We were both surprised.

Oh, I, uh, I hear that you're thinking

of moving full time to Palm Beach.

That's Oscar's dream.

He won't step foot out of Florida.

I'm keeping the place in Bethesda.

Oh, uh, June.

Get something casual on the books

with Senator Pratt this weekend... liquids,

no food.

And RSVP "no" to Chip Harding's wedding.

I'll catch the next one.

Make sure the DNI includes an Aryan Popular Force update

for tomorrow's PDB.

Oh, uh,

coordinate a briefing

on SecState's Pakistani situation with...

What in God's name is that?

Oh. Um, the coffee machine was on its last leg,

and since you're trying to wean yourself off of coffee, anyway,