Designated Survivor (TV Series)
Capacity (2018)
Kal Penn: Seth Wright
Quotes
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Seth Wright : [leaving a press briefing] I'm very confident the world is gonna come crashing down around us.
Emily Rhodes : Maybe don't say that.
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Seth Wright : You know what Nixon did on his last day in office? He didn't shut the government down. He got a haircut, okay? He thanked his staff.
Emily Rhodes : Nixon's goose was already cooked.
Seth Wright : And our guy is getting plucked in front of our eyes. And yet here we are, the hunky-dory brigade.
Emily Rhodes : And we carry on until we're carried out. That's what we do here.
Seth Wright : Yes, Em, I get that. And I'm down. But, you know, it's like Custer's last stand around here.
Emily Rhodes : For all of us. Look, I have to testify, and I can't take the Fifth. If I'm asked about telling Chuck to break the law to protect the president...
Seth Wright : What are you gonna do?
Emily Rhodes : Face the music. That's the order of business today.
Seth Wright : 'Till the band stops playing.
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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.