[s7e11] God Bless America -

Should this episode focus more on the in the capital, or should we cut to a boots-on-the-ground perspective of the blockade?

VANCE (CONT'D)God bless America, Marcus. Because at this rate, nobody else is going to. Vance presses the pen to the paper. The ink bleeds. TITLE CARD: GOD BLESS AMERICA

MARCUSThe Joint Chiefs are in the Situation Room, Elias. They aren’t asking anymore. [S7E11] God Bless America

The heavy oak doors creak open. CHIEF OF STAFF MARCUS REED enters. He doesn't wait for permission.

MARCUSHistory is moving. If you don't sign the Executive Order by midnight, the "desolation" is going to be sitting on our front lawn. VANCEI took an oath to protect the people, not the map. Should this episode focus more on the in

Vance finally looks up. His eyes are bloodshot. He picks up the pen—the gold one used for "legacy" moments. He looks at it with pure loathing.

PRESIDENT ELIAS VANCE (60s, looking ten years older than the premiere) sits behind the Resolute Desk. He isn’t reading briefings. He’s staring at a small, chipped ceramic eagle—a gift from a campaign stop three years and a lifetime ago. Vance presses the pen to the paper

On the television (muted), news banners scream: and THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE: DAY 14.