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Alexandra confronts her father, a former high-ranking official, about his potential involvement in a controversial government commission following a national crisis. She warns him that he is being used as a figurehead to weaponize the tragedy, while he struggles to balance his sense of duty with her cynical but grounded perspective on modern power dynamics.
ALEXANDRA: Very on brand. Cocktails and canapes for the one percent while the world burns down.
BANNER: Beer and pizza was the only thing we could get a hold of. But yeah. Your mother deserves this. And we thought it was important to show people we aren’t afraid.
ALEXANDRA: They wanted to be with yo
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