After getting shot down by Judge Mayfield, my spidey-sense told me something was amiss, so I stopped by his chambers.
Ooh. Judges love it when you that.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Look at this. A sign from the gods--
Hey--
I am trolling for favors, and here you are. I also need to hit up Russell Jackson as well.
This might not be the best time.
Yeah, I heard. Bit of an ouch-y in court. (Elizabeth gives him a stern look) How else would you describe it?
Oh, I don't know, Mike, maybe sensitively. What favors are you here for?
I need recommendation letters for my kid's super-elitist, beyond-his-intellectual-capacity private school.
Mike, do you really want to send your son to a school that he is not suited for?
One hundred percent. So can I count on you?
Well, it's a hell of a day to be asking for a favor for your privileged kid. (Mike gives her a begging look) All right, send me his application and his essay (Mike produces the paperwork immediately) No promises.
I also got the invite to your vow thing. Nice optics. I can't believe I didn't think of it myself. I reached out to the videographer.
No publicity.
No publicity. Just a videographer. Very discreet drones. You won't even hear them.
Mike! This is a personal and private event. No politics. No angles.
Hey, look, I have been dissecting the polls, and while you have broad support-- no pun intended-- You lack voter intensity. People like you, but they don't love you. Do you know what could change that? The sight of you in a wedding dress. America would go macadamia. As in nuts.
No, no. I put it together. The answer is still no. (starts to walk away)
Okay, let's just get the footage, and then we'll sort it out in post.
Lao-tzu said: "An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."
What the hell does that mean?
Secretary Elizabeth McCord, you are trespassing on Arizona state property.
Am I really?
You tricked your way in here, grandstanding for the press on your self-promotion tour, but you are a long way from the federal swamp you call home.
Well, Governor, if Washington, D.C. is a swamp, what's this?
It's none of your business is what it is. And there is a sheriff out front with a warrant for your arrest.
Y'all can exit peaceably through the back without talking to any press, and I'll let you leave this state without incident.
Ha. Without incident?
Look around, Governor. We passed that.
I suggest you get moving before I invite the good sheriff in here to come get you.
Do you think you can intimidate me or shut me up?
Don't test Arizona justice ma'am.
I came here to see for myself and to help Ambassador Lopez see what's going on behind these walls. What I saw is an affront to decency and an assault on our country's core values. Children separated from their parents, in cages, crying, terrified, lacking basic care. And the governor believes it's a deterrent...
(Cut to Stevie, Russell, and Henry watching her on the news.)
Are you seeing this?
Yup. That's your mom.
(Cut back to Elizabeth in front of the Arizona detention facility)
... But it is child abuse. Plain and simple. No deterrent is worth trading our humanity.
That's enough.
No policy, no matter its goal, is worth lowering our moral standing in the world. Nothing can justify harming children.
Ma'am, you are on state property.
And the governor wants me to shut up.
Yes.
But I won't, because what he is doing is immoral and un-American, and every American needs to know about it.
SSheriff
Elizabeth McCord, you are under arrest for criminal trespass in the first degree in violation of section 13...
(cut to Russell, Stevie, and Henry)
No. No!
Cut back to Elizabeth)
Well... if desperate asylum-seekers aren't free from being detained unfairly in this state. Why should I? (while she's being cuffed) Officer Stevens, I'm guessing this isn't how you thought your day would go.
(cut to Russell, Stevie, and Henry)
Has anything like this ever happened before?
Not in the United States.
Not here. Never.
I guess you're accustomed to this sort of thing. Oh, Christ. I meant social justice, not... Oh, Jesus, I just said "Christ." And "Jesus." I'm...
My mother always said, "Don't call him unless you need him," so I think it's appropriate. And, yes, it isn't my first arrested-for-protesting rodeo but it is the first time with a presidential cabinet member.
My husband is a religious scholar.
Oh, I'm well aware. I consider him to be a foremost expert on Saint Francis.
Oh! That is so going to make his day.
It's tomorrow night, and they really wanted a band, and Laser Dawn was perfect. They were one of the top cover bands in D.C., specializing in '70s covers, including and especially. Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way," which is my mom's favorite.
Really? Not judging.
Also Bee Gees, "How Deep Is Your Love?"
You know, when I told you to focus on voter intensity, this isn't exactly what I had in mind.
Can we just whistle past the reprimand, please?
Fine. I have arranged for you a plea deal. You plead guilty to misdemeanor trespass, you'll be released immediately with a small fine. (Elizabeth stares at him silent and obviously bothered) Oh, God, this isn't mute with gratitude is it?
I can't plead guilty.
You so can!
Well, whose side are you on?
I support any decision you make. You've got to follow your conscience. JFK said, "There's something immoral about abandoning your own judgment."
I think that was JFK in a movie.
Either way, it's a good point.
It is.
Michael Barnow for Secretary McCord... God, help me.
(Jay walks into Russell's office on crutches)
The crack... team leader. What the hell happened to you?
Oh, I was playing basket--
Oh, forget it. I don't care.
We have to end this, even if it means getting in the mud.
Then I say we go after the man. Directly, personally, take him in.
Investigate his taxes?
Don't tempt me.
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