Matt Mahoney quotes from Madam Secretary

Matt

With the oh-so-original title "Tackle-gate."

Elizabeth

You know, how about we just retire "blank-gate" as a construction altogether?

Blake

Over an ex-soccer player who hates America.

Matt

There is so much more to Maynor Fonsea that that. He's also semi-literate.

Daisy

Classic Russian move. Blame your opponents for your own dirty deeds.

Matt

Why does that always work?

Blake

Did that work?

Matt

I don't know. I can't read that lady.

Daisy

Yeah, me neither. She's either chill...

Kat

Or she's gonna kill somebody.

Matt

Was that Win Barrington?

Nina

Yes. He's been trying to get in to see Jay.

Matt

No, what he's trying to do is circumvent Jay's assistant because he thinks you're a loophole. Blake!

Blake

Hmm?

Matt

Tell Nina someone's trying to loophole her.

Blake

I'm sorry?

Nina

He says he's a representative of a wellness advocacy group.

Matt

Wellness advocacy. It's Win Barrington trying to lobby Jay to legalize pot.

Blake

Ah, yes.

Matt

See, part of your job is to sandbag dudes like this who think they can work around the gatekeepers and waste everybody's time with vaporizers and bongs. Dude's a clown. Blake'll fill you in. (walks away)

Blake

Okay. Win was Daisy's fiancee. She broke up with him to start dating Matt. Well, actually, they were already secretly dating.

Nina

Oh...

Blake

By the way, I'm reading you in on classified information.

Nina

Oh yeah, no problem.

Blake

So on election night a few years ago, Matt was making a play for Daisy, but she went home with Win instead, so what you are looking at now is--

Nina

Two alphas, neither of whom ended up with the girl. Got it. So go ahead and make the appointment for Jay?

Blake

Oh. God, no. Win's a ridiculous pot lobbyist. I just thought you'd be interested in the gossip.

Matt

Your assistant told me she was typing up the notes from your phone. Did you really want to pitch small farm animal pajamas to the Department of Agriculture?

Jay

Oh, I thought I dreamed that.

Matt

I'm sorry, ma'am.

Elizabeth

No, don't beat yourself up. You couldn't have known.

Matt

I know the culture. And I know there are cameras everywhere now.

Daisy

The alternative is prison.

Prison? What do you mean?

Matt

Jail.

You're seriously overextended, Bryce.

You told me islands were a good investment!

Matt

This is your Sunday look?

Blake

Elegance has no schedule.

Jay

Who put their bag there?

Matt

Mike B. Next time you got to pee on the chair.

Jay

That brings me to our next topic, defining everyone's role in the campaign. Most of us will have the same title we now have at State.

Mike

With a much higher level of intensity. This isn't going to be some cushy conference in Geneva people. This is the longest marathon of your lives, running uphill the whole way with this woman's campaign agenda carved into your foreheads. You got me?

Kat

Are we joining a cult?

Matt

It sounds like a cult.

Jay

It's a team, and we're all in it together, so for now rest up, get your annual checkups and dentist appointments out of the way and try and enjoy the calm before the storm.

Mike

The fight of our lives.

Matt

Hey, is anyone going to say anything?

Daisy

Like what? "Congratulations on your affair with the president."

Blake

Wait. We don't really think it happened, do we?

Daisy

I think it's none of our business, and, no, I don't think it happened.

Matt

You see Carrot Top's tweet?

Blake

You follow Carrot Top?