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RUSSO Alright listen, I don’t want to sound like a prick, but I’m a member of Congress... POLICE OFFICER I don’t care if you’re the King of China. RUSSO China doesn’t have a King. It’s a communist oligwock - ola - communist oligarchy. Man, that’s hard to say. The cop opens the door. POLICE OFFICER Let’s go. Out. (to the Call-Girl) You too. INT. UNDERWOOD RESIDENCE - BEDROOM - LATER The phone rings. Francis groggily answers it. Hello...? FRANCIS Listens for a second. Sits up, suddenly alert. INT. DINER - 4 AM FRANCIS (CONT’D) Good - let’s think this through for a second... The door swings open, jangling a bell. In walks D.C. Police Commissioner BARNEY HULL - a square-jawed career law enforcer. He glances around, doesn’t see who he’s looking for. Takes a seat in one of the booths. A figure slowly spins around on one of the stools at the counters and faces Hull. It’s Stamper. STAMPER Mind if I join you? 44. Hull looks at him, perplexed. Stamper gets off the booth and slides into the booth across from Hull.
STAMPER (CONT’D) Doug Stamper - the Congressman’s Chief-of-Staff. HULL I thought I was meeting someone else... STAMPER No. You’re meeting me. HULL What the fuck is going on? It’s the four in the goddamn morning and I’ve got a City Council meeting in... (glances at his watch) Less than five hours. STAMPER (leans in close) You’ve been Police Commissioner for what - almost a decade now? HULL We here to talk about my resume? STAMPER Mayor of D.C. would look good on that resume, wouldn’t it? Hull sits up straighter. He’s listening now. STAMPER (CONT’D) We know you’ve been angling to run for some time. Experience is your strong suit. Endorsements and fundraising aren’t. But we can help with that. INT. POLICE STATION - HOLDING CELL - MORNING Russo is sitting on a bench, head in hands. We hear footsteps. He looks up. A COP enters, unlocks the door, opens it. COP You’re free to go. Russo stands. He’s puzzled, but he’s not about to ask questions. He exits the holding cell. 45.
Page 1 and 2: EXT. UNDERWOOD RESIDENCE - NIGHT SL
Page 3 and 4: FRANCIS I’m so sorry. I’ll have
Page 5 and 6: FRANCIS (CONT’D) But it’s time
Page 7 and 8: HAMMERSCHMIDT Any guess what’s on
Page 9 and 10: ZOE But what you’re really tellin
Page 11 and 12: VASQUEZ Thanks for coming Frank. (g
Page 13 and 14: VASQUEZ There are lots of deserving
Page 15 and 16: I know... EVELYN CLAIRE We want CWA
Page 17 and 18: CLAIRE (CONT’D) You don’t not c
Page 19 and 20: As she ascend the stairs we hear a
Page 21 and 22: FRANCIS (to the camera) I love that
Page 23 and 24: STAMPER Who do you want? FRANCIS A
Page 25 and 26: FELICITY (to Claire, sympatheticall
Page 27 and 28: CHRISTINA As long as they’re good
Page 29 and 30: A cab pulls up. Zoe emerges. She’
Page 31 and 32: BRIAN (CONT’D) I guess that’s a
Page 33 and 34: VASQUEZ (CONT’D) (points) Do thes
Page 35 and 36: FRANCIS (CONT’D) (calls out) Doug
Page 37 and 38: Evelyn nods. CLAIRE And you’re an
Page 39 and 40: ZOE Good, then I’ll get straight
Page 41 and 42: ZOE I don’t doubt it. And yes, Me
Page 43: CLAIRE Aren’t they all? EXT. MICH
Page 47 and 48: A beat. CLAIRE The Holburns. FRANCI
Page 49 and 50: Blythe nods. FRANCIS (CONT’D) Tha
Page 51 and 52: DURANT Secretary of State? FRANCIS
Page 53 and 54: She ends the call. ZOE (CONT’D) Y
Page 55 and 56: INT. BLAIR HOUSE - VASQUEZ’S OFFI
Page 57 and 58: FRANCIS Because it’s my job to kn
Page 59 and 60: HAMMERSCHMIDT You read the whole th
Page 61 and 62: We ZOOM IN on Francis and Claire si
Page 63 and 64: FRANCIS (CONT’D) Don’t you look
Page 65: -- A COP CAR with its lights flashi

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