Designated Survivor (TV Series)

Capacity (2018)

Paulo Costanzo: Lyor Boone

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• Tom Kirkman : This isn't what we agreed to, Senator. We had a deal.

  Senator : Which we're honoring by fully funding the medical research you advocate. $6 billion.

  Lyor Boone : Which you're offsetting by eliminating $6 billion in cost-of-living increases to Medicaid.

  Tom Kirkman : Meaning that if we were ever to discover new life-saving medication, most Americans couldn't afford it.

• 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.

• Tom Kirkman : How much damage did Moss do?

  Kendra Daynes : A respected ex-president. He hurt us, sir.

  Lyor Boone : It was brilliant.

  Tom Kirkman : Excuse me?

  Lyor Boone : Moss leaked classified intel. Now he's testifying against you. He helps oust you, his legal problems are over.

  Tom Kirkman : [getting the point]  Right. If I somehow manage to survive this, my administration's subsequent prosecution of him would look like political retribution.

• Lyor Boone : I think Moss is the reason your Cabinet turned against you.

  Tom Kirkman : They're all his people. I appointed them at his recommendation.

  Lyor Boone : They're loyal to him. I'm betting he orchestrated a whisper campaign. Primed his people for the 25th.

  Tom Kirkman : Well, I can't worry about what he did. I need to worry about what we're going to do. Kendra, where do we stand?

  Kendra Daynes : We're doing our best, sir, but we need to change hearts and minds, and I'm not sure we're doing that.

• 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.

• 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.