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Death by Lightning Season 1 Episode 3
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00:00I'd like to
00:29open up the floor to
00:31deliberations. I would like to
00:33deliberate on the topic of Brother Charles. Yes,
00:35I too would like to speak on the subject of
00:37Brother Charles. Must we do this every single week?
00:40Charles, it is only through the
00:41practice of receiving our peers that
00:43we can hope to achieve spiritual perfection.
00:46His behavior has been
00:47a matter of grave concern.
00:50He will often speak ill of the cooperative,
00:52take more than his fair share at meals.
00:54I caught him spying with lust
00:55upon Joseph and I in the greenhouse.
00:57That's your fucking wish. Charles!
00:59With deference, Elder Noyes,
01:01I will not stand by idly
01:03and accept this slander
01:05on my name, not when I have pledged
01:07myself to God as I have. Do you doubt
01:09the principles of our community?
01:11This church that's given you a home
01:13these past five years. I'll admit,
01:15I fear that the culture
01:17of free love has grown perverse.
01:19He's just upset none of the sisters
01:21will share an experience with him. Is that
01:23true? Have not one of you had a desire
01:25to know this man? They've devised
01:28a nickname, sir, with regard
01:30to Brother Charles. What sort of nickname?
01:33Charlie, get out.
01:36I would sooner not
01:37be loved than by any
01:39of you harlots or sinners.
01:42I made a mistake
01:44thinking I could ever reach enlightenment
01:45at a place like this.
01:47Menial farm work
01:48and casual
01:49fucking may satisfy this bunch,
01:51but there is a greater
01:53destiny out there for me.
01:55Mark my words, my name
01:57will be known one day
01:58all across this country.
02:01Laugh away, but remember
02:03he who laughs last
02:04laughs best.
02:08I'll be in the land
02:10when you're dead, you ask me.
02:12There's my cheerful husband.
02:38We'll only stay an hour,
02:42I promise.
02:43This is your night.
02:44Enjoy it.
02:46Mr. President.
02:47Mr. Douglas.
02:49I'd like you to know
02:50Blanche K. Bruce,
02:53Senator from Mississippi.
02:54I believe we met
02:55briefly in Chicago
02:56at the convention.
02:57You were for Grant,
02:58if memory serves?
02:59I will not dare deny it.
03:00Those I represent
03:01cannot afford to lay
03:03all their chips
03:04on an underdog.
03:05Where I faced
03:06with your stakes,
03:07I probably would have
03:08made the same bet.
03:09Let it be water
03:10under the bridge.
03:11Ah, I admire
03:13your strong words
03:14during the campaign.
03:16I only hope
03:16they will be paired
03:17with even stronger action.
03:19The black man
03:20held the line
03:20for you in the South
03:21and at his own peril.
03:24I needn't remind you
03:25just on whose tab
03:26we owe our champagne tonight.
03:28I haven't forgotten.
03:29Our administration
03:30will be staffed solely
03:31with the most
03:32progressive, qualified...
03:33Greetings, you bastards.
03:37I am skunked.
03:38Your drink of choice,
03:39Mr. Vice President.
03:40Sausages!
03:46Senator Blaine,
03:48Mrs. Goff.
03:50Crease,
03:51have you met
03:52Kate Sprague?
03:53Not in the official sense,
03:55but I've heard
03:55some truly impressive things.
03:57Mrs. Sprague,
03:58will the governor
03:59be joining us
03:59in town tonight?
04:00Oh, he's detained, sadly.
04:02Back in Broad Island.
04:04Roscoe's graciously
04:05offered to escort
04:06me to the ball.
04:07I would be rude
04:08not to ask
04:09after your wife,
04:10Senator Coffin.
04:12She's mining
04:13the homestead
04:13up in Albany.
04:15The climate
04:16this far,
04:16Sprague,
04:17has never much
04:17agreed with Julia.
04:20Would you excuse me,
04:21gentlemen?
04:22Mrs. Sprague?
04:23Mrs. Garfield?
04:26It's good to have you
04:26out and about again,
04:27Blaine.
04:27You've been sorely missed.
04:28Political cockroaches
04:29like you and I, Roscoe.
04:31We can only stay
04:32in exile so long.
04:34Did you enjoy
04:34the president's speech?
04:36Bleeding hard,
04:36Blaine.
04:37Crow on about reforms.
04:38Fetch good press.
04:39I suspect some of it
04:40may be sincere.
04:41Yeah, well,
04:41I could give a fuck.
04:43You better remind
04:44our man Garfield
04:45just who it was
04:46that saved his campaign
04:47at the 11th hour.
04:48Why, he was off
04:49slinging pig shit
04:50in Ohio
04:50and you were
04:51licking your wounds.
04:54New York
04:54doesn't work
04:55pro bono.
04:56He can grandstand
04:58all he wants
04:58that we expect
04:59to be remembered.
05:04Lighten up, Blainezy.
05:06Our side won.
05:07Roscoe,
05:08I'm ready to start dancing.
05:09Then dance we must.
05:11Mrs. Sprague,
05:12give my best
05:13to the governor.
05:14Oh,
05:15I love it
05:16when old men are catty.
05:17Hmm.
05:18Hmm.
05:19Hmm.
05:19Hmm.
05:19Hmm.
05:19Hmm.
05:19Hmm.
05:20Hmm.
05:20Hmm.
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05:21Hmm.
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05:22Hmm.
05:22Hmm.
05:22Hmm.
05:23Hmm.
05:23Hmm.
05:23Hmm.
05:24Hmm.
05:24Hmm.
05:24Hmm.
05:24Hmm.
05:24Hmm.
05:25Hmm.
05:25Hmm.
05:25Hmm.
05:25Hmm.
05:26Hmm.
05:26Hmm.
05:26Oh,
05:35here we are.
05:38Oh,
05:38happy to be of service.
05:40Then I don't know
05:41what you're doing here.
05:43Oh,
05:44this city
05:44still manages
05:45to bring out
05:46the worst in people
05:47somehow.
05:47I blame the formal attire.
05:49It makes it, uh,
05:50awfully difficult
05:51to use a toilet.
05:52I don't know
05:54what I was thinking.
05:55I'm not built
06:09for this sort of world.
06:12Well,
06:13as my sister
06:14always likes to say,
06:15the world
06:16is what we make of it.
06:18And there's no use
06:19giving up
06:19before you've even begun.
06:22I'm not sure
06:23I call it your name.
06:25Charles Guiteau.
06:26In fact,
06:26I'm proud to say
06:27I'm one of the men
06:27that helped
06:28make your husband
06:28president.
06:30Oh.
06:32Yes.
06:33That makes
06:34much more sense.
06:37Speaking of which,
06:37I have to hunt him down.
06:39Oh,
06:39no,
06:39wait,
06:39wait,
06:40wait,
06:40wait,
06:40oh,
06:40oh,
06:41sorry,
06:41no,
06:41no,
06:41I'm not,
06:42I'm not,
06:42I just,
06:43I,
06:43I would love
06:44a moment with him
06:46is all,
06:46just to conduct
06:47a post-mortem
06:48on the campaign
06:48to see if I can
06:49be of further help
06:51to him.
06:52Please?
06:53I will be sure
06:53to let him know.
06:55Have a nice evening,
06:56Mr. Guiteau.
06:57Ma'am.
06:57Oh,
07:03Mr. Vice President,
07:05Arthur, sir.
07:28Hey.
07:29Hey.
07:30Oh,
07:30we really got
07:31those devils
07:31a taste of our
07:32medicine back
07:32in November,
07:33eh,
07:33my old friend?
07:38Oh,
07:38I can't tell you,
07:39sir,
07:39the pride
07:40I felt that night
07:41when the numbers
07:42came in for us
07:43to be a,
07:43to be a force
07:44in a,
07:45in a great movement
07:45much larger
07:46than myself.
07:47Shit.
07:47Indeed,
07:48indeed,
07:48and,
07:48and,
07:48and we,
07:49we have a rare
07:49opportunity,
07:50don't you think,
07:51to affect the kind
07:52of mandate
07:52that only comes
07:53along once
07:53in a generation.
07:54I,
07:55I gotta tell you,
07:55sir,
07:55I'm ready.
07:56What's,
07:56what's it now?
07:57I'm ready to be
07:58called up,
07:58sir,
07:58in an official
07:59capacity.
08:00I would very much
08:00like to be part
08:01of this organization.
08:04Okay,
08:05yes.
08:08Yes,
08:09sir,
08:09yes.
08:10That's,
08:11that's splendid,
08:12that's splendid news.
08:14I had a sense
08:14you would agree.
08:16Oh,
08:16we'll make an
08:16unbeatable pair,
08:17you and I.
08:17I wonder where
08:18I could be used
08:19for the greatest
08:19public benefit.
08:20Um,
08:21some consulate,
08:22perhaps,
08:22uh,
08:23to strengthen our
08:23tides with Europe.
08:24I have a little French.
08:25My,
08:25my name is French.
08:26Okay,
08:27okay,
08:27okay,
08:28listen.
08:29I need you
08:30to do something
08:31for me,
08:32something very,
08:32very important.
08:33Anything,
08:34anything.
08:35I need you
08:36to find the
08:37sausage man.
08:39The sausage man?
08:41You there.
08:43May we examine
08:44your invitation
08:45to tonight's event,
08:46please?
08:46I'm the vice
08:47president.
08:49Briggs.
08:50Apologies,
08:51sir.
08:52You mean
08:53this fellow
08:53with you.
08:54We discovered
08:55a broken window
08:56in the east wing
08:56and have reason
08:57to suspect
08:57someone snuck in.
09:01Your invitation,
09:03please.
09:16This is not
09:17what it appears.
09:19Let's take it outside.
09:21No,
09:21let's not take it
09:22outside.
09:22No,
09:23get your hands
09:23off me,
09:24sir.
09:24Will you
09:24please tell him
09:25that I belong here?
09:26Get your hands
09:27off me!
09:28Sir,
09:28will you tell him
09:29who I am?
09:30I don't have
09:31the slightest
09:31fucking idea.
09:32get off me,
09:41get off me!
09:41I don't have to say
09:42careful!
09:44Stop!
09:44That's what you're
09:45doing!
09:45Get off the fight!
09:47Get off me!
09:48Get off me!
09:49Get off me!
09:49Get off me!
09:50Stop!
09:51Get off me!
09:52Get off me!
09:52Stop!
09:53Stop!
09:54You're going
09:54to keep him?
09:55Stop!
09:57Stop!
09:58You can't
10:02only want
10:02the secretary
10:03of state.
10:04Want it out of you?
10:05You've seen
10:06your most role
10:07in my cabinet?
10:08Well,
10:08we wouldn't have
10:09won the election
10:09without him.
10:10God knows
10:11there wasn't
10:11much help in there.
10:12Oh,
10:12stop it.
10:15Well,
10:16I've drawn up
10:16my own list
10:17of appointees.
10:20Here,
10:21have a look.
10:21me.
10:26I need
10:27a secretary
10:27of state
10:28I can trust.
10:29I'm dealing
10:30with a rogue
10:31vice president
10:32as it stands.
10:34I'm honored,
10:35Mr. President,
10:36but for your sake,
10:38I ought to reject it.
10:40You're the best
10:41man for the judge.
10:42Well,
10:42of course I am.
10:43All the names
10:44on your list
10:44are,
10:44and not one
10:45of them
10:45is remotely
10:46viable.
10:47These are
10:48all progressives,
10:49the vowed
10:50enemies
10:50of the spoils
10:51system.
10:52They won't
10:52even get
10:52hearings.
10:53Conkling owns
10:54a third
10:54of the Senate.
10:55His hold
10:56isn't so firm.
10:57I believe
10:57there are
10:57some that
10:58may be swayed.
10:59All due
10:59respect,
10:59Mr. President,
11:00there are
11:01none who
11:02can be swayed.
11:03They are
11:03all cronies
11:04bought and
11:05paid for
11:05by the New
11:06York State
11:06Customs House.
11:07When did
11:08you get
11:08so damn
11:08cynical?
11:09I'm a realist.
11:10There is
11:11no one alive
11:12who hates
11:12Roscoe Conkling
11:13as much as I,
11:14but as long
11:15as he holds
11:15three quarters
11:16of our federal
11:17revenue hostage,
11:18he is the
11:19party.
11:19No,
11:20he's not.
11:22The people
11:22are.
11:23And I swore
11:24an oath to
11:25them when I
11:25took this
11:26office.
11:27It's time to
11:27put an end
11:28to the era
11:29of the power
11:29broker once
11:30and for all.
11:31You won't
11:31go quietly.
11:32That's why
11:33I'm asking
11:33for help.
11:42We die.
11:43We die
11:43together.
11:44We die.
11:44We die.
11:44We die.
11:44We die.
11:44We die.
11:45We die.
11:45We die.
11:46We die.
11:46We die.
11:47We die.
11:48We die.
12:08Excuse me.
12:10Excuse me,
12:11sir.
12:11Um,
12:12I demand an
12:13audience for the
12:13president.
12:14You'll have to wait your turn, sir.
12:16No, I don't think you understand.
12:17I'm not one of these people.
12:19My name is Charles Coteau.
12:20I was a campaign notable in New York.
12:23I was a notable, too, in Michigan.
12:25Sir, the Knights of Peoria have raised over $450.
12:28Hold on. These men have not, and I've got to...
12:30The President wants you all to know that he values your time.
12:33Just be patient and keep to a single file, please.
12:40I'll be right here. I'll be right here.
12:43My name is Charles Coteau.
12:44You're no blame.
12:50Sir?
12:52Yes?
12:54As your private secretary,
12:56I would strongly advise you to reconsider meeting with constituents today.
13:00I made up my mind, Joe.
13:01An elected official, no matter the rank, isn't worth his salary
13:04if he can't find time for the people he serves.
13:07Calling hours open to the common man five days a week, though.
13:10I don't know about you,
13:11but I'd much rather spend time with the common man than politicians.
13:14Darling, might we at least pay for some form of protection?
13:18We haven't vetted any one of these men or frisked for weaponry.
13:21Oh, nonsense.
13:23Assassination can no more be guarded against than death by lightning.
13:27It's best not to worry too much about either one.
13:30I didn't vote for him.
13:39Mr. President, I come before you today with a special request.
13:56Mr. President, I don't beseech you lightly,
13:58but on behalf of all God-fearing whites...
14:01Minister to Belgium?
14:03Denmark.
14:06He sees himself on the Supreme Court.
14:10No, I cannot read.
14:12But I am a quick study.
14:13There is the small matter of my criminal record.
14:18Might have been your ear about the Jews.
14:20Heck, mister, just put me anywhere that you please.
14:24As long as it pays.
14:26They're relentless.
14:32Shall we put a pin in it for today, sir?
14:34Are there that many more out there?
14:40Brazen office seekers.
14:42The scourge of every president from Washington all.
14:45Not after we've reformed civil service.
14:48Seeing as though I got you on the spot.
14:50You think one last brazen seeker could steal a minute of your time?
14:54Just so long as there's a drinking boat.
14:56A senator always comes prepared.
15:07Folks, I'm afraid that today's calling hours for the president have come to an end.
15:12But never fear, they will resume tomorrow, and every day hence.
15:16Could I at least get a number in advance to secure my spot?
15:24Fuck.
15:34Hello, Levi.
15:36Do you know why you've been called to the morgue this evening?
15:38Believe me, I didn't...
15:40Accept a job from Garfield?
15:43Because I'm pretty fucking sure that's exactly what you did.
15:48A good one, too.
15:50Secretary of the Navy.
15:52I know how you love your boats.
15:54How could you possibly know what was offered already?
16:03Mr. Vice President, I donned many a hat.
16:07You'd conspire to torpedo your own president's agenda.
16:10Oh, there is no agenda.
16:11Just two types of men.
16:13With very contrary ideas on government.
16:18Maybe he's not the job for him.
16:20If I were you, I'd stay right where you are in the house.
16:24Would you concur, Vice President Arthur?
16:27House.
16:28Yeah, house is a much cozier prospect for Mr. Morton in the long term.
16:33In the long term.
16:34So, this is what we're going to do.
16:40I made this decision wholly of my own volition without any outside influence at all.
16:46Family time is very important to me.
16:48Bullshit.
16:48Tell me what did Conkling say.
16:50All right.
16:52Could you help me understand?
16:53Because less than 24 hours ago, you sat in that very spot and accepted the post gladly.
17:06I'm sorry.
17:09Good luck with your search.
17:10He's going to kill as many of your appointments as he can until he gets what he wants.
17:21Senator Allison, also here to speak with you, also says it's urgent.
17:25There he is your treasury pick.
17:27We need to get ahead of this now.
17:29Ahead of it?
17:29It's like he's got a copy of the jobs list.
17:32Didn't that only go out to key White House personnel?
17:34Yes.
17:35Yes.
17:40Forgive me.
17:45Am I interrupting something?
17:47Mr. President.
17:49To what do I owe?
17:51Well, I believe we've been long overdue for a candid dialogue.
17:56May I?
18:03So, have you been enjoying your duties at the White House thus far, Mr. Arthur?
18:07My duties?
18:08I wasn't aware I had any.
18:10The Vice President's job is purely ornamental.
18:14Kiss babies, attend functions, play Santa at the holiday party.
18:18Normally, that's true.
18:19But have you been down to the Capitol lately?
18:21I do my best to avoid that fucking shithole at all costs.
18:25Fair enough.
18:26Except, are you aware, we currently have a deadlock on the Senate floor.
18:3137-37 split of support.
18:33In that rare situation, the Vice President is deputized to act as the tie-breaking boat.
18:40And in the case of my appointments...
18:42I am the difference between them being blocked and going through.
18:47Mm-hmm.
18:47You have an opportunity now to exhibit genuine leadership.
18:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
18:56Come on.
18:57I'm no leader.
18:59And even if I were, my politics are not your own.
19:01And let's not be under any illusions here.
19:05I was only ever offered this job as a means of kneecapping Conkling.
19:10You're right.
19:12And it was a stunningly stupid calculus.
19:15You are without a doubt the least qualified candidate on Earth for this role.
19:20And if I had my say, I'd have tapped just about anyone else over you.
19:30At least that was my initial view.
19:34But since your selection, I've had a chance to do some meeting up on you.
19:38I was surprised to learn, for example, that you were once a respected lawyer.
19:43Before Conkling in the Customs House.
19:45Your clients were the poor, the weak, the disenfranchised.
19:51Early in your career, you represented a black woman who'd been thrown off a streetcar.
19:56I can't figure why a man like that would pivot to machine politics.
20:02One can only punch up and lose so many times.
20:06It's better to be within the system than perpetually without.
20:09And now that you're within?
20:13Once he has finally seen the summit,
20:15what does Chester Arthur actually stand for?
20:22Mr. President.
20:26Oh, Sutter.
20:27Roscoe.
20:31Word around town is you're having trouble holding on to some of your appointees.
20:35Yes.
20:36What is it, do you think, with men losing their spines lately?
20:39Quite the epidemic.
20:41Ever a pleasure, gentlemen.
20:42John, perhaps you'd have greater success directing your search elsewhere.
20:47New York, maybe.
20:56Poor bastard.
20:57He has no clue.
20:59He's already dead.
21:01What's he doing?
21:04He's looking like a man who doesn't know it.
21:07I think that might be it.
21:08Excuse me.
21:09Excuse me.
21:09Forgive me.
21:10I just...
21:10What did you ask?
21:11Will calling hours be on time this morning?
21:14Only because I wish to plan my day accordingly.
21:17I'm afraid the president won't be taking any other meetings today, sir.
21:20Won't.
21:21Well, I've been waiting here for hours, and you said yourself yesterday.
21:29I need you to know that I was a booster from day one.
21:32I have stumped for him.
21:33I have delivered speeches in front of crowds, and I have notes of commendation.
21:37James Blaine.
21:40And Chester Arthur.
21:44And you ask any one of them that was there, that'll tell you about Guiteau.
21:46Guiteau.
21:47It's me.
21:47Guiteau.
21:48I understand, sir.
21:49If you come back next week, I will ensure, personally, that you meet the president.
21:53Until then, I will place your application on special file for consideration.
21:58That's splendid.
21:59That's splendid.
22:01Next week, you say?
22:02Yes.
22:03Next week?
22:04Yes, I should be able to make myself available then.
22:15All right, so Robert Todd Lincoln for Secretary of War.
22:20Your new friend, Senator Bruce, for Treasury Register.
22:23What about Hunt for the Navy?
22:27Claims court judge, and he has that thing on his chin?
22:31Oh, that one, the billy goat.
22:35It's not a bad idea, actually.
22:37Yeah.
22:39I'm sorry.
22:40Isn't the first lady slated to host Wives Club this evening?
22:43No, I told them you were taking over, so just strap on a bonnet and...
22:47For the record, Rutherford Hayes' wife was so much nicer than you.
22:53Have we lost you, Jim?
23:01You need some coffee?
23:02I just can't drive it from my brain that smug look Roscoe gave me earlier.
23:07He's enjoying himself.
23:08A wretch like Conklin can only be stamped out by matching him blow for blow.
23:12Fight fire with fire.
23:14My husband is a famously poor hater.
23:17It's true.
23:20And I deprecate war, but if it's brought to my door, the bringer will find me at home.
23:31Dear Franny, my sweet sister, I'm sorry to have left you last spring without a proper goodbye,
23:36but I write you with wonderful news.
23:39I've been promised a post in James Garfield's White House.
23:44Can you believe I staked my bet with a winning horse?
23:47This president is a man who remembers his friends, and oh, did I ever keep the faith.
23:52The probable placement, as far as I can gather, is some sort of foreign consulship.
23:57I think I'd lean towards something in Paris or maybe Vienna.
24:00How about my few foreign cannons learn?
24:03I'm so excited.
24:04I'm already in the thick of learning German and French.
24:07Heise Charlie.
24:09Heise Charles Guiteau.
24:12I often think back to those dark days trapped under father's roof.
24:17That laugh of his haunts me yet.
24:20Well, this will show him.
24:22And the rest.
24:24The downside to being abroad, of course, is I won't be able to visit with your family for Christmas.
24:29But I'll be sure to mail my gift.
24:31Which reminds me, will George prefer his restitution in cash or check?
24:36I'm so close, Franny.
24:38I promise I'm going to make it right.
24:40And then I'll be worthy of your pride.
24:44I will earn your love.
24:47Until next time, au revoir, and I'll feed her sand.
24:50It's only a matter of time before Conkling sent one of his thugs.
25:12It's now about time.
25:13Tell your boss, James Blaine is no Levi Morton or William Allison.
25:17He will not be cowed or intimidated.
25:20The Secretary of State post is filled.
25:23Well, to be candid, sir, I never assumed that Secretary of State was on the table.
25:28I'd been hoping for a French consulship at best.
25:31Consul?
25:32Yes, I'm Charles Cateau, sir.
25:34We worked together in New York City on the campaign.
25:37So you're not here to cower and intimidate me?
25:40Intimidate you?
25:41No.
25:42No, God, no.
25:43I was just in the area and I thought I would stop by and say hello and offer my company for a quick nightcap.
25:49You have any idea what time it is?
25:51Uh, gee, I, uh, I estimate that it was half-past.
25:59But if you, if you would just give me five minutes, sir, to impress on you on the value that a man like me could have.
26:21Mr. Cateau, Charles Cateau, the President will see you now.
26:37Please come in.
26:51Is he so great in the flesh?
26:58He's the most extraordinary man I've ever known.
27:17Sir.
27:21We shook hands, um, the two of us one time before, back in Chicago.
27:33I'm sure you wouldn't remember.
27:34I didn't, I don't, I apologize.
27:37I don't think I do.
27:38That's okay.
27:40We're here now.
27:41I don't know.
28:11What can I do for you, Mr., uh...
28:17Uh, Cateau.
28:18My name's Cateau.
28:19And all I want, sir, uh, is to be your friend.
28:27Huh.
28:29And, uh, I wrote this for you.
28:32I don't know.
28:32I made, uh, it was a speech that I gave at the rally in New York.
28:39Why, thank you.
28:40It's deeply generous.
28:41I mean every word of it.
28:43It's, you're an inspiration, sir.
28:45Uh, your story of ascent from poverty to the highest office in the land has kept me going all this time.
28:52A flare of hope at the end of a very long and murky tunnel.
28:58And I know, um, this may, it may sound peculiar, but I feel in my core that I really do know you, Mr. Carfield.
29:18Uh, I'm your man.
29:30Help me.
29:32Should I?
29:34Help me to succeed like you did.
29:37Open the door.
29:40Uh, let me in.
29:41I'm, I'm asking you to, well, I, I, I'm begging you.
29:46Tell me.
29:49Tell me how I can be great, too.
30:02I'm afraid you misinterpreted me, Mr. Cateau.
30:05You see, we're all only men.
30:10It is God, not I, who is great, who grants us purpose.
30:21Sir, there's been an incident, and it requires your urgent attention.
30:25Uh, it's lovely to meet you, Mr. Cateau, if you'll excuse me.
30:28Oh, likewise, sir.
30:29You've given me much to consider.
30:30And might I submit myself, I'll...
30:31The decisions will be made shortly.
30:35Dad, she fainted out of the blue.
30:44She was burning up.
30:45I, I don't...
30:45Darling.
30:55Why?
30:57Why is she cold?
30:58It's malaria.
31:01She's running hot and cold, sir.
31:03We're doing everything we can.
31:05Yeah.
31:20Oh, Mr. Cateau.
31:22This letter came to you today?
31:24Who's marked from Illinois?
31:26Oh, Chicago.
31:27That's my sister.
31:28Fran.
31:30Ha, ha, ha, ha.
31:31Franny.
31:38Everything all right?
31:41No, not really.
31:43She's written to say that our father died this, this last July.
31:51Oh, I am so sorry.
31:53July.
31:55Now, let's see.
31:57What was I doing last July?
31:59I was still in New York, stumping for the president.
32:04Yeah.
32:06For James Garfield.
32:07James Garfield.
32:13That's what I was doing.
32:26Come on, Tate.
32:30Hey.
32:31Enough.
32:32If you're going to sit there and stare, at least help distract me.
32:44Come on.
32:47How was the rest of your day?
32:51My day?
32:55There was a gentleman who asked me a very peculiar question.
32:58How he might achieve greatness, as I did.
33:01Well, it sounds like you wanted a job.
33:04And how did you reply to the man?
33:08I said he'd come to me by mistake.
33:11Jim, you...
33:12Did you really?
33:16Mm-hmm.
33:19You need to give these people something to go off of.
33:23Yeah.
33:25You know better than anyone.
33:27I'm the furthest thing from a great man.
33:30Mm-hmm.
33:30I realize that dragging us back into this world has taken a toll.
33:40You're not perfect.
33:42But this is about more than just you, isn't it?
33:45Yeah.
33:47Take that man from today, and many more like him.
33:49They look up to you now.
33:51Well, they ought to find another altar to worship at, of no one's savior.
33:57No, Jim.
33:57You're their leader.
33:58Your job is to inspire hope.
34:02Shh.
34:03And make them believe.
34:08Don't leave.
34:10I can't do this without you.
34:13I am not going anywhere.
34:18I promise.
34:22I promise.
34:24I promise.
34:27You are a good man, Jim.
34:35I'll go show those bastards who we are.
34:44Are you sure you want to do this?
34:51It's the last option we have to get our men through.
34:53I'm back down now.
34:55My government is his for plunder.
34:57This is akin to exploding a bomb in his backyard.
35:01Conkling will come after you.
35:02He will use everything in his power to destroy you.
35:05I expect it, but there's a method to quashing any hydra.
35:13First, you pick a head and chop it off.
35:17And then, you cauterize the wound before it has a chance to regrow.
35:30Fuck!
35:32I bought you that set as a gift.
35:34She has no right to fucking cocksucker.
35:37Roscoe!
35:41Have you fucking heard already?
35:43Of course.
35:43It's all over town.
35:45He's taking the New York customs right out from under us.
35:47Fucking son of a bitch.
35:48We built that goddamn institution from the ground up.
35:51You and me.
35:52No president's ever named his own collector.
35:53That job is ours.
35:55Do we even know this?
35:56What's his name?
35:57Robertson.
35:58Moralizer.
35:59Fucking twat.
36:00There must be something you can do.
36:01The collector controls the ports by which 75% of all federal revenue is earned.
36:06And who was the last collector?
36:07You're fucking looking at him!
36:09We lose control of the ports.
36:10We're crippled.
36:11We are gimped.
36:13New York becomes just another state in the union.
36:15It's a shot across our mouth.
36:17No, it's Fort fucking Sumter.
36:20Casus Belli.
36:21Damn right.
36:25Casus fucking Belli.
36:27No more pussyfooting from me.
36:31I'm with you on this.
36:33To the end.
36:38Give word to all.
36:40We go to war.
36:41We go to war.
36:41We go to war.
37:11The president has suspended his calling hours indefinitely.
37:14He can't do that.
37:15He made a promise during a campaign that he wouldn't meet with his public.
37:18You had your audience already, pal.
37:20Go home and bother someone else.
37:22I'm not your pal.
37:24And I need to see him this instant.
37:25We have pressing matters to discuss.
37:32President!
37:33Mr. President!
37:33Mr. President!
37:35Mr. President!
37:35Mr. President!
37:42Mr. President!
37:42Stipsize!
37:43Even think about it.
37:48Put that down, you double.
37:49In ship.
37:50I'm a taxpayer.
37:51Hey.
37:53Stop!
37:53Oh, Mr. Secretary, my luck to run into you, sir.
38:17Good day, sir.
38:18I have here, I have in my possession a note of friendship.
38:24From the president, and it's my understanding that you, as the presumptive secretary of state,
38:29you have a responsibility to fill the open posts in your department.
38:32God, sir, not right now, I beg you.
38:35No, look, just look here.
38:37This letter is a vote of confidence.
38:38It's a full-throated endorsement from Garfield himself to put me right in at the French consulate.
38:44You just don't know when to quit.
38:47Let me put an end to it, then.
38:49The consulship has been filled.
38:51No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
38:52That can't be right, because I've been made certain assurances, sir.
38:55You have not.
38:55Please, read documents is a crime.
38:58You're lucky I don't march you straight to the authorities.
39:01I have forged nothing.
39:02How dare you, sir?
39:04I can't fathom why you would talk to me like that when all I want to do is help.
39:08I am tenacious.
39:09I am.
39:10I am, but I persist because I am devoted to this president.
39:13Sir, he does not know you, nor you him.
39:16No, you persist because you are a seeker, an opportunist, and a pest.
39:22And you have no prospect of a job in this administration whatsoever.
39:27Mr. President, I write you tonight as a citizen.
39:52Mr. President, deeply troubled, as you are well aware, I'm a day one stalwart of yours.
39:57And I have been trying to be your friend.
40:00But I do not think you appreciate it.
40:03You've chosen to surround yourself with wicked, vindictive men, cold-hearted men,
40:10who would sooner spit on those under them than offer any sort of leg up.
40:13Was this your great vision, more of the same, at the expense of those poor, hard-working souls
40:21who trusted you with their vote?
40:24Has it been so long that you do not know that you were once one of them?
40:30You were supposed to be the one who finally changed things, a president for the people.
40:36I shouted your name in the streets for months until my voice ran hoarse.
40:40I fought for you, desperately.
40:46But you lied to us.
40:49All you've done is reinforced the gates.
40:53And what is more, the blame lies in part with me.
40:57I helped sell you.
41:01The worst mistake I ever made in my life was believing in you.
41:10It's as you said in your speech.
41:14We stand now at a critical precipice.
41:18And I know history will remember us for what we do in this moment.
41:24And I see now that God has granted me a special purpose all along.
41:30A destiny waiting to be fulfilled.
41:33Our nation cries out for help.
41:43If its president refuses to heed the call, if he will not fix us,
41:49then perhaps, perhaps it's the president himself who needs fixing most.
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