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Clips from Madam Secretary - Swept Away (S03E03)

"Mm, no, thanks."
Madam Secretary
"So, I hear you are meeting"
Madam Secretary
"with the Dalai Lama tomorrow."
Madam Secretary
"Been on my schedule for months."
Madam Secretary
"I doubt you just heard."
Madam Secretary
"I'm sure that you explained to him that our policy"
Madam Secretary
"and we would never let the Chinese dictate"
Madam Secretary
"with whom our secretary of state can or cannot meet."
Madam Secretary
"President Li and I simply agreed this is a delicate time."
Madam Secretary
"Often the first step toward appeasement."
Madam Secretary
"The Chinese have had a bug up their ass"
Madam Secretary
"about the Dalai Lama since the 1950s,"
Madam Secretary
"when they first drove him from his spiritual seat in Tibet."
Madam Secretary
"To them, he's a font of separatist rhetoric,"
Madam Secretary
"hell-bent on breaking away from China,"
Madam Secretary
"so it is indeed delicate."
Madam Secretary
"Are you really mansplaining Tibetan history to me?"
Madam Secretary
"We need China on board"
Madam Secretary
"for the president to deliver on his promise"
Madam Secretary
"to fight climate change, which I know you know."
Madam Secretary
"And you also know"
Madam Secretary
"whether or not to ratify the treaty."
Madam Secretary
"After that, you can go on Dancing With the Stars"
Madam Secretary
"with the Lama for all I care."
Madam Secretary
"Please, Elizabeth."
Madam Secretary
"Please? Really?"
Madam Secretary
"Does Conrad even know you're here?"
Madam Secretary
"The president says..."
Madam Secretary
"...it's your call."
Madam Secretary
"Look."
Madam Secretary
"I get that the timing of this isn't great."
Madam Secretary
"But as we know, this meeting has been"
Madam Secretary
"on the books for some time."
Madam Secretary
"And caving to Chinese pressure about it"
Madam Secretary
"would set a terrible precedent."
Madam Secretary
"That said,"
Madam Secretary
"I can pare back the coverage."
Madam Secretary
"Try and keep the visit under the radar, I guess."
Madam Secretary
"Thank you."
Madam Secretary
"MO: Good morning. Any word from Ian?"
Madam Secretary
"Still radio silence."
Madam Secretary
"Dead militia member and an asset gone quiet."
Madam Secretary
"- Go, team. - Yeah."
Madam Secretary
"Good morning."
Madam Secretary
"MO: Good morning."
Madam Secretary
"DOJ ruled that Ian's kill was justified."
Madam Secretary
"with Ian's account of the attack."
Madam Secretary
"Okay. And what about the disposition of the body?"
Madam Secretary
"Office of Legal Counsel wants it released"
Madam Secretary
"to the family immediately."
Madam Secretary
"HENRY: And say what?"
Madam Secretary
"We can't risk word that the investigation will get back"
Madam Secretary
"- to the VFF. - That's right."
Madam Secretary
"You want to pull Ian out."
Madam Secretary
"I don't see how we have any other choice,"
Madam Secretary
"unless you expect the Federal Bureau"
Madam Secretary
"- to disappear a body. - Okay, look."
Madam Secretary
"I have a meeting scheduled with Ian tomorrow."
Madam Secretary
"Assuming he shows, I'll give him a camera."
Madam Secretary
"As far as the militia's concerned,"
Madam Secretary
"Let's give Ian more time to gather evidence,"
Madam Secretary
"then we can pull him out, grab the drone and the bomb,"
Madam Secretary
"The most I can get the DOJ to hold is four days."
Madam Secretary
"That's how long you have to get me something actionable."
Madam Secretary
"(monks chanting)"
Madam Secretary
"NADINE: Preparations for the sand mandala"
Madam Secretary
"- are going well. - I don't get it."
Madam Secretary
"These monks spent all week"
Madam Secretary
"painstakingly arranging colored sand"
Madam Secretary
"to fit this blueprint,"
Madam Secretary
"and when, whoosh, they just sweep it away."
Madam Secretary
"- Wh-What's the point? - (chanting continues)"
Madam Secretary
"NADINE: That is the point."
Madam Secretary
"Everything ends."
Madam Secretary
"Even that feeling, that'll pass, too."
Madam Secretary
"(elevator bell dings)"
Madam Secretary
"Just keep at it."
Madam Secretary
"- Good morning, ma'am. - BLAKE: Morning, ma'am."
Madam Secretary
"Great morning. (gasps)"
Madam Secretary
"Is the sand mandala"
Madam Secretary
"- ready to rock? - NADINE: Yes, ma'am."
Madam Secretary
"Uh, I still don't get the point."
Madam Secretary
"That is the point."
Madam Secretary
"No. Due respect, ma'am,"
Madam Secretary
"not getting the point can't possibly be the point."
Madam Secretary
"You can say that about anything."
Madam Secretary
"Exactly."
Madam Secretary
"Give over, Blake."
Madam Secretary
"Okay, you know,"
Madam Secretary
"Buddhism clearly isn't for neurotics."
Madam Secretary
"Or maybe just the opposite."
Madam Secretary
"Look who that is! Come here!"
Madam Secretary
"- Who is this? Who is this? - (giggling)"
Madam Secretary
"Oh, my goodness. This is my girl."
Madam Secretary
"I tell ya, staffers just keep getting younger and younger,"
Madam Secretary
"- don't they? - Sorry, ma'am."
Madam Secretary
"- The sitter canceled on us last minute. - Oh, are you kidding?"
Madam Secretary
"She keeps me on my toes, just like her daddy."
Madam Secretary
"Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness."
Madam Secretary
"- Secretary Elizabeth McCord. - (speaks Tibetan)"
Madam Secretary
"Ah, so good to see you."
Madam Secretary
"- It's so good to see you. - You are the kindest of world leaders."
Madam Secretary
"(laughs): Thank you, Your Holiness."
Madam Secretary
"You remember my assistants, Lama Samten, Lama Dote"
Madam Secretary
"and Geshe Tashi."
Madam Secretary
"You can tell them apart by their auras."
Madam Secretary
"Oh."
Madam Secretary
"- Buddhist humor. - Oh!"
Madam Secretary
"(laughter)"
Madam Secretary
"That's... He's... That's..."
Madam Secretary
"- He's funny. - MAN: Yeah."
Madam Secretary
"Oh, now, who are you, little sister?"
Madam Secretary
"This is Chloe."
Madam Secretary
"- Hello. - Chloe."
Madam Secretary
"JAY: Your Holiness, this..."
Madam Secretary
"- Whoa! - (claps)"
Madam Secretary
"(Chloe babbles)"
Madam Secretary
"Yes."
Madam Secretary
"Now, where is the sand mandala?"
Madam Secretary
"Members of the National Buddhist Center"
Madam Secretary
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