Zero Day
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His spotless legacy is a reminder of a time when people felt like they could trust their commander-in-chiefs judgment.
George lives something of a hermits life in Hudson.
He swims, he runs, he plays with his adorable golden retriever, Del.
He takes pills for high cholesterol.
His daughter Alex, a congresswoman, doesnt like speaking to him much, particularly not about non-political affairs.
Before shutting down, screens everywhere display a threat: THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
Anna was looking at it when a train crashed at full speed into her car.
They call it Zero Day after a cyber breach that targets unknown vulnerabilities in software systems.
I do not know what any of these words mean, but we get the gist.
Alex doesnt like any of it: She calls Roger to accuse him of opportunism.
It washisidea, not the White Houses, to send George to the site.
In the meantime, the current president, a woman named Evelyn Mitchell, is herself attuned to opportunity.
Their talk is confidential, even from us, which is a bit of a cop-out.
Roger instinctively hands him a brand-new Moleskin.
He will never survive a political comeback in this climate.
This is why itmustbe George leading it: Supposedly, he is incorruptible.
George has aDeep Throat, a man named Natan who also calls himself his friend.
Having successfully received it, he shreds a bunch of paper, a totally unsuspicious thing to do.
The previous night, the sound of the Sex Pistols song Who Killed Bambi?
overwhelmed his senses to the point of having to order the music to be shut off.
Things become really dramatic in the moments before Georges departure for D.C.
In the middle of the previous night, Natan had called with essential updates.
George took notes in his notebook, which he then locked in a safe.
His frantic attempt to remember the safes combination is the scene that opened the episode.
A concerned Secret Service staffer bangs on the door as the helicopter whirs overhead.
This is disturbing because we have been seeing George interact with Hector for the past hour.
Nicholas Branch sits in the book-filled room, the room of documents, the room of theories and dreams …
It might be a perfect time for a re-read.
