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Clips from Madam Secretary - The Middle Way (S02E02)

"a splashy story."
Madam Secretary
"To be fair to the president,"
Madam Secretary
"a number of candidates turned down the post."
Madam Secretary
"Myanmar is a very poor country a long way from anything."
Madam Secretary
"- Unless you're a fan of temples. - MATT: Look, there's no way"
Madam Secretary
"this rube is gonna mess up the trade agreement."
Madam Secretary
"- just to make it happen. - Yeah. And we had to sing it."
Madam Secretary
"- Don't you mean you got to sing it? - Don't worry, Matt."
Madam Secretary
"It won't be for naught."
Madam Secretary
"This agreement is going to go through."
Madam Secretary
"Ambassador Maxwell."
Madam Secretary
"Great."
Madam Secretary
"Thanks, everybody."
Madam Secretary
"- Thank you. - Ma'am."
Madam Secretary
"Ambassador, I'm looking forward"
Madam Secretary
"to meeting you in person in the next couple of days."
Madam Secretary
"And I you, Madam Secretary."
Madam Secretary
"Uh, now, may I ask, have you..."
Madam Secretary
"have you read, uh, this report"
Madam Secretary
"put out by your State Department?"
Madam Secretary
"Well, I-I have to be honest with you."
Madam Secretary
"The State Department puts out thousands of documents,"
Madam Secretary
"feels like every day."
Madam Secretary
"Well, this is called"
Madam Secretary
"particularly for Myanmar, after we sign this trade agreement."
Madam Secretary
"What in particular about the trade agreement bothers you?"
Madam Secretary
"Yes. So that hydroelectric dams can be built,"
Madam Secretary
"At the cost of displacing whole villages of people."
Madam Secretary
"People who have been farmers all their lives."
Madam Secretary
"It's... it is all right in here."
Madam Secretary
"But with the modernization to the cities, industry can thrive."
Madam Secretary
"And it will help close the enormous wealth gap"
Madam Secretary
"and, in turn, raise the standard of living for everyone."
Madam Secretary
"We're talking about generations of people"
Madam Secretary
"who have only lived close to the land."
Madam Secretary
"Ambassador Maxwell, I understand."
Madam Secretary
"This agreement, it isn't perfect,"
Madam Secretary
"the positive effects clearly outweighed the negative."
Madam Secretary
"Concerns that have been resolved through hours of conversation"
Madam Secretary
"and reviewing the data."
Madam Secretary
"President Shwe got on board for a very good reason."
Madam Secretary
"President Dalton has entrusted me with this agreement,"
Madam Secretary
"but I assure you that he is fully committed to it."
Madam Secretary
"And I promise you that this"
Madam Secretary
"is an agreement that you can represent"
Madam Secretary
"to the people of Myanmar proudly."
Madam Secretary
"See you then."
Madam Secretary
"(computer beeps)"
Madam Secretary
"I don't know how we missed this."
Madam Secretary
"We didn't."
Madam Secretary
"I read it when it came out."
Madam Secretary
"But probably just before I read the joint CIA and FBI projection"
Madam Secretary
"of the ten most imminent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil."
Madam Secretary
"I do have to prioritize"
Madam Secretary
"my end-of-the-world documents, you know."
Madam Secretary
"It's somebody's job in every department"
Madam Secretary
"to game out worst-case scenarios."
Madam Secretary
"Water is featured as a megatrend starting on page 380."
Madam Secretary
"We just... we just need to remind the ambassador"
Madam Secretary
"of the counterpoints."
Madam Secretary
"Why are we humoring this guy?"
Madam Secretary
"If his concerns get out and they're taken as a sign"
Madam Secretary
"that the United States has doubts,"
Madam Secretary
"it could make others reevaluate,"
Madam Secretary
"not to mention embarrass the hell out of us."
Madam Secretary
""2030, nearly half the world's population"
Madam Secretary
"will live in areas of severe water stress.""
Madam Secretary
"The trade agreement is going to allow us to send in scientists"
Madam Secretary
"to help shore up erosion."
Madam Secretary
"It's all in the speech I wrote for the ceremony."
Madam Secretary
"It's solid."
Madam Secretary
"We just need talking points"
Madam Secretary
"to ease the ambassador's mind."
Madam Secretary
"Sure. No problem."
Madam Secretary
"BLAKE: Spider monkeys"
Madam Secretary
"will be extinct?"
Madam Secretary
"Somebody take that away from Blake."
Madam Secretary
"Hi, it's me."
Madam Secretary
"Uh, I called before, but I didn't leave a message."
Madam Secretary
"Um, maybe you didn't recognize the number."
Madam Secretary
"So, it looks like"
Madam Secretary
"I'm going to be in your neck of the woods... soon."
Madam Secretary
"And, um, it would be very nice to see you."
Madam Secretary
"Anyway, I'll be there, uh, day after tomorrow."
Madam Secretary
"And..."
Madam Secretary
"I-I look forward to seeing you."
Madam Secretary
"Okay. Um... bye."
Madam Secretary
"Damn it."
Madam Secretary
"Oh, Madam Secretary!"
Madam Secretary
"I need those, uh, talking points e-mailed to me."
Madam Secretary
"But, um, or Jay can bring them tomorrow."
Madam Secretary
"Uh, that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
Madam Secretary
"I'll be joining you on your trip to Myanmar instead of Jay."
Madam Secretary
"Oh. Okay. But everything all right?"
Madam Secretary
"Oh, it's fine."
Madam Secretary
"I just thought he could use a break from all the traveling."
Madam Secretary
"The baby's teething... incisors."
Madam Secretary
"(chuckles, clears throat)"
Madam Secretary
"has been living in Myanmar for the last few months."
Madam Secretary
"From a very brief affair when I was"
Madam Secretary
"touring Europe with a dance troupe."
Madam Secretary
"Dance troupe?"
Madam Secretary
"Before law school."
Madam Secretary
"Anyway, he quit Juilliard years ago"
Madam Secretary
"and has been traveling around"
Madam Secretary
"and wound up in Myanmar, as luck would have it."
Madam Secretary
"You know, you and I really should have"
Madam Secretary
"gone out for a drink at some point."
Madam Secretary
"I like to keep my private life private, ma'am."
Madam Secretary
"You've done a superb job."
Madam Secretary
"Um, I'm glad you're coming."
Madam Secretary
"That'll be great, and I look forward"
Madam Secretary
"- to maybe meeting your son. - Oh, thank you."
Madam Secretary
"Oh."
Madam Secretary
"See you tomorrow, Madam Secretary."
Madam Secretary
"Okay."
Madam Secretary
"Okay. Cool."
Madam Secretary
"Sounds good."
Madam Secretary
"What's the time difference there?"
Madam Secretary
"11 and a half hours."
Madam Secretary
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