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Clips from Madam Secretary - The Detour (S03E03)

"population on Earth."
Madam Secretary
"Africa is literally the future."
Madam Secretary
"Sure. But right now?"
Madam Secretary
"Congress only gave us a third of the money we asked for."
Madam Secretary
"all the way there and not succeed."
Madam Secretary
"That's mostly not it."
Madam Secretary
"NADINE: So your concern, Daisy,"
Madam Secretary
"is by going with such fanfare,"
Madam Secretary
"if we were to come up short,"
Madam Secretary
"it could do a great deal of harm."
Madam Secretary
"And, frankly, to our long-term goals in Africa."
Madam Secretary
"representing American values"
Madam Secretary
"and interests face-to-face."
Madam Secretary
"Sometimes you just have to get on the plane. Let's go."
Madam Secretary
"Even if it's a broken-down plane"
Madam Secretary
"that was never designed for transcontinental flight."
Madam Secretary
"Which I'm super glad about."
Madam Secretary
"Oh, Daisy, don't listen to him. It's gonna be fun."
Madam Secretary
"Famous last words."
Madam Secretary
"And dinner's served."
Madam Secretary
"(silly high voice): Oh, gee, Dad, enchiladas."
Madam Secretary
"(normal voice): Oh, that's okay, kids."
Madam Secretary
"- It makes it all worthwhile... - Okay. All right."
Madam Secretary
"...just having dinner with you."
Madam Secretary
"- Oh, hi. Hi. - Okay, fine."
Madam Secretary
"- Hi. - Look, isn't this nice?"
Madam Secretary
"Let's try to keep it going for the seven minutes"
Madam Secretary
"it's gonna take us to wolf down our enchiladas."
Madam Secretary
"You were saying?"
Madam Secretary
"All right, okay. Oh, sorry."
Madam Secretary
"I've got to take this."
Madam Secretary
"- Hello? - Dr. McCord,"
Madam Secretary
"Deputy Director Sanchez, what can I do for you?"
Madam Secretary
"We apprehended a suspect today"
Madam Secretary
"for building the bomb that was used in the attack"
Madam Secretary
"at the coffee shop in Illinois."
Madam Secretary
"Yeah, I saw that on the news."
Madam Secretary
"I think you may have some knowledge and expertise"
Madam Secretary
"that could be helpful to our investigation."
Madam Secretary
"How so?"
Madam Secretary
"I prefer to discuss it in person."
Madam Secretary
"Okay, uh, I can clear some time on my schedule"
Madam Secretary
"tomorrow morning."
Madam Secretary
"I'll be at your house in five minutes."
Madam Secretary
"This is our guy, Rex Mayfield."
Madam Secretary
"He built the bomb that Atif Al-Mutaya"
Madam Secretary
"detonated in Illinois?"
Madam Secretary
"They met in an ISIS chat room"
Madam Secretary
"and made the deal on the Dark Web."
Madam Secretary
"Evidence discovered in Mayfield's barn"
Madam Secretary
"links him strongly to that bomb."
Madam Secretary
"Did he have any prior ties to ISIS,"
Madam Secretary
"or is he self-radicalized?"
Madam Secretary
"That's one of the things we're hoping you can help us with."
Madam Secretary
"So far, he's not really saying much that's useful."
Madam Secretary
"Well, look, I would be happy to help,"
Madam Secretary
"you're very familiar with."
Madam Secretary
"The Covenant of John?"
Madam Secretary
"Apparently, he's one of the survivors"
Madam Secretary
"Yeah, I almost wasn't."
Madam Secretary
"We're hoping your experience with the group can provide"
Madam Secretary
"some insight into why"
Madam Secretary
"a former member of a Christian doomsday cult"
Madam Secretary
"is selling bombs to ISIS."
Madam Secretary
"Wait. Bombs? Plural?"
Madam Secretary
"When we raided his compound this morning,"
Madam Secretary
"we found evidence that Mayfield recently built a bomb"
Madam Secretary
"even larger than the one he sold to Al-Mutaya."
Madam Secretary
"We don't know where it is or who may have it."
Madam Secretary
"We need him to tell us before it goes off."
Madam Secretary
"technology, engineering, math."
Madam Secretary
"What do all these fields have in common?"
Madam Secretary
"Well, for starters, they were my favorite subjects in school."
Madam Secretary
"And I bet they're yours, too."
Madam Secretary
"(assents, applause)"
Madam Secretary
"as more than one adult told me,"
Madam Secretary
"weren't really the right ones for a girl to care about."
Madam Secretary
"And I bet maybe somebody said the same thing to you, right?"
Madam Secretary
"So it's a good thing we didn't listen, right?"
Madam Secretary
"ALL: Yeah."
Madam Secretary
"Instead, you guys came here from all over Africa..."
Madam Secretary
"to learn and to make new friends."
Madam Secretary
"Let me tell you about why I love math."
Madam Secretary
"When I was 15, I lost my parents"
Madam Secretary
"in a car accident,"
Madam Secretary
"Especially math."
Madam Secretary
"Because math... math is elegant."
Madam Secretary
"Math is fun."
Madam Secretary
"And in a chaotic world, math made sense."
Madam Secretary
"Well, maybe not calculus."
Madam Secretary
"So when someone tells you that math isn't for girls,"
Madam Secretary
"or when someone calls you a nerd,"
Madam Secretary
"they don't know it, but they're paying you a compliment."
Madam Secretary
"Because, believe me,"
Madam Secretary
"your passion for these fields"
Madam Secretary
"will take you places more incredible"
Madam Secretary
"than you'd ever dreamed."
Madam Secretary
"So it is an honor to be here with you today."
Madam Secretary
"Thank you. And I am looking forward"
Madam Secretary
"to talking with you guys about your projects."
Madam Secretary
"See? Not so bad."
Madam Secretary
"- So far, so good. - Mm-hmm."
Madam Secretary
"(cell phone chimes)"
Madam Secretary
"Looks like you spoke too soon."
Madam Secretary
"Madam Secretary, I have some bad news."
Madam Secretary
"ELIZABETH: President Diome,"
Madam Secretary
"all of the leg work on the solar farm"
Madam Secretary
"has been done."
Madam Secretary
"Why on earth would you turn around"
Madam Secretary
"and give the contract to the Chinese?"
Madam Secretary
"Let me guess, no money down"
Madam Secretary
"in exchange for exclusive rights"
Madam Secretary
"to your, what, titanium reserves?"
Madam Secretary
"The oil and gas fields recently discovered"
Madam Secretary
"off our coast, actually."
Madam Secretary
"SUSAN: China's been making these deals"
Madam Secretary
"all over Africa."
Madam Secretary
"They rarely work out well for the host nation."
Madam Secretary
"You know that."
Madam Secretary
"The Chinese will import their own workers"
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