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Season 5  "Better Angels"  5x20

Aired 5 years ago - Apr 21, 2019

As Elizabeth prepares to leave the state department and announce her run for president, anti-globalist terrorists attack the United Nations delegation in Geneva who are there to sign the climate migration treaty.

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that you can parlay into your presidential announcement.
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officially announce your resignation?
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 3
The post-resignation, pre-presidential announcement
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 4
And then, if we're lucky,
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 5
How much marijuana would you say you, uh, smoked, Alison?
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 6
Either way, you understand how these things
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 7
that is existentially terrifying.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 8
Excuse me.
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- by these migrants? - Senator Callister,
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has been perpetrated in the United States by a refugee.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 11
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 12
I'll skip the "I told you so's."
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 13
But POTUS is friends
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 14
well, I am gonna be spending some time soon
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 15
and an eel came out and bit him, right on his...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 16
Yeah. That's what Eel Guy thought, too.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 17
- Please... Blake. - No, no. Please.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 18
I would spend every waking moment with my loved ones,
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 19
- No, no. Um... - No. It's...
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Before you go to Geneva... I almost forgot...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 21
white, men, women, young, old.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 22
So when the nonsense starts to weigh me down,
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 23
Not for you, ma'am.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 24
- I'll meet you back at the office, okay? - Sure.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 25
Dude, I'm kidding. What is this,
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 26
Peter, are you all right?
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 27
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 28
that honors its commitments to accept refugees.
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active cells in multiple countries?
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 30
to disrupt this network and push back
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 31
white nationalist terror in their own backyard
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 32
- Where are we on that? - Our embassy in Geneva
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Um, I'll dial his kids in as soon as you're ready...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 34
Condolences, as well, for the loss of Peter Harriman.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 35
You fed a monster and now you've lost control of it.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 36
Excuse me...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 37
humans have roamed around in small bands.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 38
Maybe they're playing a game. Running an op on you.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 39
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an investigation into the senator, too.
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Our treaty partners are using
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 42
I am suspending my presidential campaign...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 43
And yet... you're not smiling. What...?
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- Bye, sweetheart. - Have a good time.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 45
Oh...
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 46
Things have changed.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 47
To preserve and build on what we've done.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 48
I'd give my right arm to go to a county fair.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 49
And he was right.
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 50
On the night Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated,

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officially announce your resignation?
#2
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 3
The post-resignation, pre-presidential announcement
#3
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 4
And then, if we're lucky,
#4
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 5
How much marijuana would you say you, uh, smoked, Alison?
#5
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 6
Either way, you understand how these things
#6
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 7
that is existentially terrifying.
#7
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 8
Excuse me.
#8
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 9
- by these migrants? - Senator Callister,
#9
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 10
has been perpetrated in the United States by a refugee.
#10
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I'll skip the "I told you so's."
#12
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 13
But POTUS is friends
#13
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 14
well, I am gonna be spending some time soon
#14
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 15
and an eel came out and bit him, right on his...
#15
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 16
Yeah. That's what Eel Guy thought, too.
#16
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- Please... Blake. - No, no. Please.
#17
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I would spend every waking moment with my loved ones,
#18
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- No, no. Um... - No. It's...
#19
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Before you go to Geneva... I almost forgot...
#20
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 21
white, men, women, young, old.
#21
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So when the nonsense starts to weigh me down,
#22
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Not for you, ma'am.
#23
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- I'll meet you back at the office, okay? - Sure.
#24
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 25
Dude, I'm kidding. What is this,
#25
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 26
Peter, are you all right?
#26
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that honors its commitments to accept refugees.
#28
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active cells in multiple countries?
#29
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 30
to disrupt this network and push back
#30
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 31
white nationalist terror in their own backyard
#31
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- Where are we on that? - Our embassy in Geneva
#32
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 33
Um, I'll dial his kids in as soon as you're ready...
#33
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 34
Condolences, as well, for the loss of Peter Harriman.
#34
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 35
You fed a monster and now you've lost control of it.
#35
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 36
Excuse me...
#36
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 37
humans have roamed around in small bands.
#37
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 38
Maybe they're playing a game. Running an op on you.
#38
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an investigation into the senator, too.
#40
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 41
Our treaty partners are using
#41
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 42
I am suspending my presidential campaign...
#42
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 43
And yet... you're not smiling. What...?
#43
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 44
- Bye, sweetheart. - Have a good time.
#44
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 45
Oh...
#45
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 46
Things have changed.
#46
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 47
To preserve and build on what we've done.
#47
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 48
I'd give my right arm to go to a county fair.
#48
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 49
And he was right.
#49
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 50
On the night Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated,
#50