Designated Survivor (TV Series)

Grief (2018)

Chelsea Harris: Tricia Sims

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• Tricia Sims : Mr. Boone!

  Lyor Boone : [starting]  Please don't do that.

  Tricia Sims : Do what?

  Lyor Boone : I'm carrying hot coffee. If you startle me and I spill it on myself, cardiac arrest. 2% of all males under 40 die from a heart attack triggered by a liquid burn.

  Tricia Sims : I don't think that's true.

  Lyor Boone : It could be.

• Tricia Sims : Sir, I'm Tricia Sims. I'm supposed to interview with you this morning for the assistant job.

  Lyor Boone : [groaning]  Oh, come back.

  Tricia Sims : I've come back three times, sir.

  Lyor Boone : Well, you're obviously good at coming back. Maybe that's your thing.

  Tricia Sims : I promise I won't take much of your time.

  Lyor Boone : [glancing at his watch]  I can promise you that, too.

• Lyor Boone : Well, you're good on paper. You know what else is good on paper?

  Tricia Sims : No, sir.

  Lyor Boone : Ink. And ink smudges. It, uh, fades. It's temporary. Just like all my assistants. Because this job is very demanding. It requires... perfection.

  Tricia Sims : I understand, sir.

  Lyor Boone : Good. Let's get you started, then, on a trial basis.

• Lyor Boone : As you may know, the president is an architect. He's been searching for the original blueprint of the Capitol forever.

  Tricia Sims : I can see why that would mean a lot to him.

  Lyor Boone : Which is why I want you to hunt it down. Start with Madge in Records. She knows everything.

  Tricia Sims : Will do. Thank you, sir.

  Lyor Boone : Mm-hmm.

  [she stands to leave] 

  Lyor Boone : Oh, and, uh... Tricia.

  Tricia Sims : Yes?

  Lyor Boone : You know what else causes heart attacks in men under 40?

  Tricia Sims : No, sir.

  Lyor Boone : Failure.

• Lyor Boone : Whatcha doing?

  Tricia Sims : So, I talked to Madge, who told me to check with Earl.

  Lyor Boone : In the basement.

  Tricia Sims : Yes, and Earl sent me to the records annex.

  Lyor Boone : Wait, you got these from the annex?

  Tricia Sims : Mm-hmm.

  Lyor Boone : No one's opened that room in fifty years. You know, it's a breeding ground for black mold. Look.

  Tricia Sims : [freezing]  Black mold?

  Lyor Boone : Stachybotrus chartarum; yeah, it can cause serious respiratory illness. You should be doing this in a contained environment, all right? With a mask. And a hazmat suit.

• Lyor Boone : So, about the blueprint. You can call off the dogs now.

  Tricia Sims : I can?

  Lyor Boone : Yeah, the point of the task was not to find the blueprint.

  Tricia Sims : It wasn't?

  Lyor Boone : No. This job is about perseverance and learning to navigate a mind-numbing bureaucracy. I find the most interesting introdution to...

  Tricia Sims : [pulling a rolled-up paper out]  Here it is, Mr. Boone.

  Lyor Boone : What?

  Tricia Sims : The papers of the architect who designed the Capitol aren't in the White House. They're in the National Archives. They wouldn't let me take them, so I took pictures on a hi-res camera, had them color-corrected and enlarged.

• Tricia Sims : Can I tell you something, Mr. Boone?

  Lyor Boone : After finding this blueprint, you can tell me a few things.

  Tricia Sims : My dad works in construction. My mom, she cleans houses. They've worked their entire lives to send me to college, and now I have a job at the White House. The White House. I will find the blueprints to Atlantis if you ask me.

  Lyor Boone : [quietly, as she leaves]  Oh, I will.