While hiding in the tunnels beneath the White House, Cale must perform emergency field surgery on President Sawyer. As they bond over the difficulties of fatherhood and political differences, the high-stakes situation reveals their mutual respect and vulnerability.
CALE: Tunnel under the pool house. God bless Harry Truman.
PRESIDENT SAWYER: I think just back to the Residence... I gotta stop for a sec.
CALE: Any chance this leads out of here?
PRESIDENT SAWYER: That's not good, is it?
CALE: Shit. We're gonna have to take that out.
PRESIDENT SAWYER: You go to medical school in the last ten minutes and forget to tell me?
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