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Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Premiered: September 28, 2003
[replays]
Synopsis
Tom Flannegan's car runs out of gas--he asks Maggie Morris to meet GOP
opposition researcher Gary Maloney without him. Maggie asks Maloney to do a background check
on co-worker Francisco Dupré. Maloney is hesitant but takes the job. Tom
arrives back at the office where Amnesty International protestors are
marching outside: "Yes to Saudi women! No to Bergstrom Lowell!" The
firm discusses whether they should reconsider representing the client
("The Council for Mid-East Progress") whose ties to Saudi Arabia
brought on the protest.
Carville defends his client to Sen. Barbara Boxer and the executive
director of Amnesty International who both say that Saudi Arabia practices
"gender apartheid." Conservative writer Bill Kristol calls Mary Matalin
and expresses concern about the client, too; he has heard that they are
"a front for the more terrorist-friendly parts of the Saudi family."
Carville and Maggie ask Sen. Chuck Hagel about the perils of
representing a Saudi Arabian company. Mary confers on the phone with
Ken Adelman, who is pessimistic about the possibility of reform in
Saudi Arabia.
A "friend of Gail Lucas" warns Maggie that she must stop trying to
contact Gail. Tom looks from his office window and sees the woman in
red (seen in the previous episode) standing outside. Later, Maggie eats
lunch and Francisco joins her and apologises for being defensive
earlier.
Sen. Chuck Schumer advises that Bergstrom Lowell should require the Saudis to reform before agreeing to represent them. Mary runs into journalist Joe Klein
on the street and begs him to trace the source of the leak that her
agency is representing the Saudi company.
Carville and Mary drive to the Saudi embassy and agree that they will
need more money from their Saudi client. They run into Francisco at the
embassy party and he reports that the Saudis have doubled their offer.
Meanwhile, Maggie joins Tommy at a bar and reports that she got
"dumped." Tommy seems distracted, even dizzy. Later, he drives to a
street corner and approaches a prostitute.
Featuring:
Sarah Ellis (Receptionist)
Jennice Fuentes (Woman in Red)
Chad Tyler (Maggie's Assistant)
Appearing as themselves:
Ken Adelman
– Assistant to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (1975 to 1977);
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan administration;
Guest commentator, Fox News; National editor for The Washingtonian;
co-author of "Shakespeare in Charge: The Bard's Guide to Learning and
Succeeding on the Business Stage"
Barry Boright
– U.S. Marshal
Sen. Barbara Boxer
– Democratic Senator from California.
Mike Buttry
– Communications Director for Sen. Chuck Hagel
Sen. Chuck Hagel
– Republican Senator from Nebraska [site]
Joe Klein
– Senior Editor, Time magazine; author of "Primary Colors" [bio]
William Kristol
– Editor of The Weekly Standard; frequent guest commentator for Fox news [bio]
Gary Maloney
– GOP opposition researcher
Brian McNeill
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
– Democratic Senator from New York [bio]
Dr. William F. Schulz
– Executive Director of Amnesty International (USA) [bio]
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