S1 E20
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Season 1  "The Necessary Art"  1x20

Aired 9 years ago - Apr 12, 2015

While Henry is in Russia giving a lecture on fundamentalism, Elizabeth must navigate tricky political waters when a Russian nuclear submarine vanishes in American waters. Also, Stevie breaks up with her older boyfriend.

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instead of fixing his crappy economy.
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So they've perfected some kind of cloaking technology.
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An "Incomplete" was generous.
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to such eminent, distinguished guest.
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...is how they have just proven
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Is everything okay, ma'am?
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with its bears and salmon.
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They're in the woods, hunting grouse.
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Maybe the camera crew had something to do with it.
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Our people are never
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while his sub is sneaking around Alaska?
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at a bunch of defenseless birds, yeah,
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Give the order to move the fleet.
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I'll let the secretary know. Keep it on for now.
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She's at the mouth of Glacier Bay.
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capable of destroying Juneau 55 miles down that channel!
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Which the Russians will view as an act of war.
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Ezra...
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How's that for irony?
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They took my damn license!
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To look at the chess player
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Unless there's something he didn't count on.
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Another intern from the Microloan program?
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And they'd happily throw Arthur Gilroy
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If Ostrov is scared,
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Three, two, one...
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We have a visual from a medi-chopper.
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What if something went wrong?
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Every second we wait lets those battleships get closer.
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Yeah, about that.
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"Do not allow the Americans to board.
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Please help us."
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And we happen to have one.
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with Russian soldiers, on the Elbe River.
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Also, they told me I still had to pick up my gift.
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These are all of them?
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But they will never see their families again,
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Whoa! Is that John Foster Dulles?
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You ever think you'd live to see the day?
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Makes me feel naive for being hopeful.
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