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Season 4  "The Things We Get to Say"  4x20

Aired 7 years ago - May 06, 2018

Elizabeth must watch what she says and does when she deals with a refugee situation while being shadowed by Neal Shin, a newspaper reporter who may use his access to write a tell-all book.

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Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 1
Oh, sorry. This way.
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by the work you do here?
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JAY: Here we go. The Worldwide Partnership
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 4
So now desperate families, of course,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 5
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 6
Elizabeth, this is a crisis.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 7
I am really starting to wonder about you being here.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 8
Aw, that's sweet.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 9
who have risked their lives fighting for gender equality.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 10
Anything I could've done better if I'd thought about it longer.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 11
How are you?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 12
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 13
But I have to believe that I'm
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 14
My least favorite thing:
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 15
Neal, can I offer you a glass of wine?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 16
So you're working in the White House.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 17
It was kind of difficult, like...
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 18
but I happened to be the one who was there
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 19
(SWISHING IN BOWL)
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 20
Print that.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 21
after everything you'd been through,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 22
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 23
You can't make a drawing without shadows.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 24
Well, we're not afraid of straight talk
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 25
Don't you think the American public deserves
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 26
I mean, it's not like they need your article
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 27
I left him a message.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 28
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 29
to gangsters and thugs.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 30
I have a list the length of my arm of reckless statements
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 31
divesting from private prisons.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 32
(SNIFFS)
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Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 34
He wants Dalton to back off divesting from private prisons.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 35
That's what you said last time, now look where we are.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 36
that we didn't have time to request an invitation.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 37
You have zero evidence of those allegations.
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Absolutely.
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(WHISPERS): Yes. Now you are talking.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 40
They'll say it anyway.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 41
But you have to think about it.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 42
I'm going to use your essays about "What America Means to Me"
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 43
for how to heal hatred and overcome fear.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 44
everything is broken,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 45
but then she lets herself get played by some crap senator.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 46
Write what you saw.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 47
and challenge
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 48
All right, you know what? We got to go, we got to go.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 49
but I am tainted with all the germs of the world.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 50
And, uh, when you open this,

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Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 2
by the work you do here?
#2 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 3
JAY: Here we go. The Worldwide Partnership
#3 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 4
So now desperate families, of course,
#4 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 5 #5 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 6
Elizabeth, this is a crisis.
#6 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 7
I am really starting to wonder about you being here.
#7 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 8
Aw, that's sweet.
#8 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 9
who have risked their lives fighting for gender equality.
#9 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 10
Anything I could've done better if I'd thought about it longer.
#10 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 11
How are you?
#11 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 12 #12 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 13
But I have to believe that I'm
#13 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 14
My least favorite thing:
#14 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 15
Neal, can I offer you a glass of wine?
#15 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 16
So you're working in the White House.
#16 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 17
It was kind of difficult, like...
#17 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 18
but I happened to be the one who was there
#18 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 19
(SWISHING IN BOWL)
#19 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 20
Print that.
#20 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 21
after everything you'd been through,
#21 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 22 #22 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 23
You can't make a drawing without shadows.
#23 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 24
Well, we're not afraid of straight talk
#24 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 25
Don't you think the American public deserves
#25 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 26
I mean, it's not like they need your article
#26 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 27
I left him a message.
#27 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 28 #28 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 29
to gangsters and thugs.
#29 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 30
I have a list the length of my arm of reckless statements
#30 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 31
divesting from private prisons.
#31 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 32
(SNIFFS)
#32 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 33 #33 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 34
He wants Dalton to back off divesting from private prisons.
#34 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 35
That's what you said last time, now look where we are.
#35 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 36
that we didn't have time to request an invitation.
#36 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 37
You have zero evidence of those allegations.
#37 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 38
Absolutely.
#38 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 39
(WHISPERS): Yes. Now you are talking.
#39 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 40
They'll say it anyway.
#40 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 41
But you have to think about it.
#41 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 42
I'm going to use your essays about "What America Means to Me"
#42 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 43
for how to heal hatred and overcome fear.
#43 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 44
everything is broken,
#44 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 45
but then she lets herself get played by some crap senator.
#45 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 46
Write what you saw.
#46 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 47
and challenge
#47 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 48
All right, you know what? We got to go, we got to go.
#48 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 49
but I am tainted with all the germs of the world.
#49 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 20 (S04E20) - 50
And, uh, when you open this,
#50