Well, I think I found my exit plan.
Yeah, you should totally write a memoir.
No. Retiring on a farm. Raising animals, growing our own food.
Mom, you do realize we already lived on a farm, right?
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Well, it's eleven am, and we have put away a drug lord and a corrupt foreign minister. That's efficiency.
You should take the rest of the day off, Russell. Maybe catch a yoga class.
That's...the funniest thing you've ever said to me.
There isn't a phrase that scares me more than "something needs to be done."
Why?
It means no one really knows what to do.
Well that's a hell of an accusation.
I don't hear you denying it.
Of secret thing, I am silence.
You always quote the bible when you're backed into a corner?
That's the Bhagavad Gita, actually.
Go with smug. Fine.
Do you want a drink?
Um, no, I don't. Just a club soda.
A Russian who doesn't drink?
Yeah. That's, uh, that's why they kicked me out.
[about Morejon] You do know we hate each other?
MBMike B
Yeah. It's classic D.C. jiu jitsu. He has to come, you look gracious, he feels awful, and you win. Trust me, it's perfect.
I'm not gonna lie, it's, it's pretty stressful. Because -- here's the point of this meeting -- Mom is not helping.
Let me guess. She resents having the party, so she's doing that thing where she doesn't really engage and kind of makes you feel like a sellout for even being involved.
Exactly.
And he thinks that, just because you're a woman, of course you'd *want* to plan a party.
I think it's more that you just can't fire me.
And you're okay with this?
Yeah. Absolutely.
MBMike B
My God, it's like a hostage video.
EEllen
Madam Secretary, you can't possibly favor a plan that if it was implemented here, would have you cleaning out your desk. Oh, and that is assuming there was a man willing to chauffeur you home.
I don't want to say that parts of it are timeless, but that would not be totally inaccurate.
Except the demographics have changed. We have a twenty percent uptick in attendance in women under thirty, who seem to think equal pay for equal work is a fine idea.
Let me know when I'm oversharing. I've been alone with the baby for a long time.
As a rule, just pull back when you find yourself wanting to share the color or texture anything.
Wow, lot of changes since I was gone. Congratulations, Boss.
Don't be ridiculous. Blake is still the boss.
I'm so sorry, Stevie.
No, no, I am. I didn't mean to get you...exiled or whatever.
It's okay. Exile is a very Russian thing. It's like a rite of passage.
Ooh, this is the thing where he talks to "ordinary" Russians. I love this.
Taking canned questions and creating your own personality cult. It has a certain perverse charm.
I love how weird it is. It's like The View meets Joseph Stalin.
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