Allison quotes from Madam Secretary

If it makes you feel any better, no one at my school follows the news.

Uh, Mom, is it Caribbean Day at work?

Jason

It's 38 degrees outside

Elizabeth

Yes, well, it's 84 degrees in Singapore, so...

Henry

Oh, right. The Singapore Interchange... What... You're leaving today?

Elizabeth

Yeah, I told you that.

Henry

No. You said it was a maybe.

Elizabeth

Oh... Well, now it's a strong tentative yes. I mean, I-I just... I don't want to jinx it. You know, we really are this close (she pinches her fingers together) to having a meaningful territorial accord with all the countries of the Asia Pacific, including China. Boom!

Jason

Wow, so what? You've uh, you've figured out who's getting all the oil and natural gas in the South China Sea?

Elizabeth

No, not... that. But we have settled the fate of the disputed islands, yes, and... fishing... and...

Jason

That's good, too.

He's only interested because the Philippines are involved, and he's obsessed with their new president, that Andrada guy.

Jason

Oh, like you aren't.

Of course I am. He's a total genuine psycho.

Elizabeth

Okay, Can we just go with 'rough around the edges' for the sake of diplomacy?

Jason

I'm sorry. Have you seen the videos he made during his campaign where he dressed up like his opponents and mocked them?

And challenged them to kickboxing matches in kickboxing gear.

Elizabeth

I concede that President Andrada ran an unconventional campaign.

Stevie

Man. This is hard. I haven't written a poem since, like, seventh grade. Actually, that was more of a rap.

Ooh, a rap could be fun.

Stevie

Yeah. Mm... but no. No.

Jason

Hey, guys. I think I got something. "The way we love our perfect parents can never be co-opted, though Stevie was an accident and Allie is adopted."

Well, why did we even get a band? They're so cheesy. We should just get a deejay.

Stevie

Well, no, because Mom and Dad are cheesy, and they wanted a band. And this is their party, and we're supposed to be helping. I mean, how am I supposed to book a decent band in the middle of the holidays, at the last minute?

Jason

You were going for "decent"?

Stevie

No, Jason. I was going for "good." But no I'm at "decent," and tomorrow I might be at "washboard and mouth harp," for all I know.