Designated Survivor (TV Series)

Capacity (2018)

Italia Ricci: Emily Rhodes

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• Senator : Sir, we can't squeeze blood from a stone. We got to give somewhere.

  Emily Rhodes : How about the billions of dollars of pork your two parties have jammed into the budget?

  Senator Cameron Feller : If you're referring to the reasoned compromises that have gotten this budget the votes to pass...

  Tom Kirkman : There's absolutely nothing reasonable about our failure to care for our sick. I'm not signing it.

  Senator Cameron Feller : Your veto would shut down the government, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : You want to avoid a government shutdown, honor the deal. Or there's the door.

• Emily Rhodes : Sir, now may not be the time for hardball.

  Lyor Boone : She's right. We have 'till midnight to get this sorted out. Get the budget funded, then we can tackle medical research.

  Tom Kirkman : I'm not gonna be forced into making a choice between medical innovation and access to medical care. That will not be my legacy.

  Lyor Boone : [standing to follow Kirkman out]  Nope. It'll be hitting the self-destruct button right before getting dragged out of office.

• Lyor Boone : The president will never sign this.

  Senator Cameron Feller : Yes, he will, Lyor, because time's up for your boss.

  Lyor Boone : I'm sorry?

  Senator Cameron Feller : This president's under duress. We are not. So we have to be able to look our constituents in the eye tomorrow and explain why we made concessions with someone who is no longer a viable partner.

  Emily Rhodes : What do you mean "no longer viable"?

  Senator Cameron Feller : This is the deal, Emily. The final deal. And I think this president understands the concept of finality.

  Senator : We'll be waiting for his answer.

  Emily Rhodes : [the Senators leave]  They know about the hearing.

  Lyor Boone : Yep. Any leverage the White House had just went up in smoke.

• Seth Wright : [leaving a press briefing]  I'm very confident the world is gonna come crashing down around us.

  Emily Rhodes : Maybe don't say that.

• Seth Wright : You know what Nixon did on his last day in office? He didn't shut the government down. He got a haircut, okay? He thanked his staff.

  Emily Rhodes : Nixon's goose was already cooked.

  Seth Wright : And our guy is getting plucked in front of our eyes. And yet here we are, the hunky-dory brigade.

  Emily Rhodes : And we carry on until we're carried out. That's what we do here.

  Seth Wright : Yes, Em, I get that. And I'm down. But, you know, it's like Custer's last stand around here.

  Emily Rhodes : For all of us. Look, I have to testify, and I can't take the Fifth. If I'm asked about telling Chuck to break the law to protect the president...

  Seth Wright : What are you gonna do?

  Emily Rhodes : Face the music. That's the order of business today.

  Seth Wright : 'Till the band stops playing.

• Ethan West : Ms. Rhodes, are you loyal to the president?

  Emily Rhodes : Of course.

  Ethan West : And you follow his directives?

  Emily Rhodes : I'm his Chief of Staff. I carry them out.

  Ethan West : Let's talk about how you do that.

• Ethan West : Well, the president is obsessed with loyalty.

  Emily Rhodes : He's not obsessed.

  Ethan West : Preoccupied?

  Emily Rhodes : The president is a very loyal man. He expects it in return.

  Ethan West : And you follow his directives, right?

  Emily Rhodes : Yes, I said that.

  Ethan West : Well, if you're preoccupied with loyalty and you listen to what the president says, then the preoccupation must be his, am I right?

• Emily Rhodes : Is that the, um, Type-2 diabetes diet?

  Aaron Shore : I mean, if everything goes south, I figure, you know, we'll have minutes to leave this building. And I wanted a souvenir that wouldn't amount to grand theft.

  Emily Rhodes : A sugar shaker?

  Aaron Shore : You remember Bernie from the cafeteria?

  Emily Rhodes : Mm-hmm.

  Aaron Shore : He put it behind the register. He said I was oversweetening my cortados.

  Emily Rhodes : Sweet revenge.

  Aaron Shore : Yeah.

  Emily Rhodes : I'm, uh... I'm taking the scorpion paperweight the Governor of Guam left us.

• Emily Rhodes : Do you ever think about us?

  Aaron Shore : How do you mean?

  Emily Rhodes : Well, we had that kiss last year. Once. And it was, you know, it wasn't bad as far as kisses go.

  Aaron Shore : Definitely serviceable.

  Emily Rhodes : You ever wonder what would've happened if there were a sequel?

  Aaron Shore : I - I did. But I decided long ago not to pursue it.

  Emily Rhodes : Why?

  Aaron Shore : Because then you wouldn't be here in my office a year later, exchanging stories about how we're the two lowest-rent crooks in the history of the White House.

• Emily Rhodes : I just heard from leadership. More rollbacks.

  Tom Kirkman : [looking through the folder she hands him]  Everything we worked for for the last six months, they're throwing out.

  Lyor Boone : Mr. President, it's gonna get worse by the hour. You need to make a deal.

  Tom Kirkman : This isn't a deal. They're strong-arming us.

  Lyor Boone : If your last act is shutting down the government, it won't seem like an act of conscience.

  Emily Rhodes : It'll seem like spite.

  Lyor Boone : Or proof of insanity.

  Tom Kirkman : [thinking it over]  Son of a bitch. Fine. Emily, get the Congressional and Senate leadership back up here. We need to button this up.

• Tom Kirkman : A compromise?

  Ethan West : Yes, sir. You step down voluntarily and return to your post as HUD Secretary.

  Emily Rhodes : What's the president's stated reason for leaving?

  Ethan West : Pick one. He's not a politician, he doesn't like the aesthetic. No one's gonna bat an eye.

  Kendra Daynes : You have a well-deserved reputation for hardball. Why are you suddenly coming to the table?

  Ethan West : Because it's a win-win situation. I mean, do you need a better reason than that?

  Tom Kirkman : You're hedging your bets. Even though the deck's stacked against me, you're worried I might pull out an inside straight.

  Ethan West : Whatever my reasoning, it's a gift horse. Don't look it in the mouth.

  Tom Kirkman : I'm sorry, Mr. West. But if the Cabinet wants me out of this building, they're gonna have to do it the hard way.

  Ethan West : Okay, sir, but when you look back on this, remember I tried to give you a way out.

• Senator : I thought we made our position clear.

  Lyor Boone : You made yourself perfectly clear. You are a couple of unprincipled shakedown artists.

  Senator Cameron Feller : Emily, please remind the political director who he is talking to.

  Emily Rhodes : Of course. Lyor, you are talking to a couple of unprincipled shakedown artists.

• Seth Wright : Hey, the press wants to know where we are with the budget.

  Emily Rhodes : In process.

  Seth Wright : Deadline's tonight or it's a government shutdown.

  Emily Rhodes : We go through this every year. We're close to a deal.

  Seth Wright : How close?

  Lyor Boone : Very close. The Senate leadership finally agreed to fund the Medicaid cost-of-living increases.

  Emily Rhodes : Great. An $8 billion win for us. What do they want in return?

  Lyor Boone : Just a few minor compromises. They're gonna come in and button it up.

  Emily Rhodes : We'll get the bill on the president's desk tonight.

  Lyor Boone : Yeah, we should probably get that on his desk sooner than that.

  Emily Rhodes : I'll get them in here.