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I'm Sam Brigger.
If you like to distract yourself from real world crises with the fictional kind, then you can now watch season two of the Netflix series the Diplomatic.
Keri Russell stars as Kate Weiler, a career foreign service officer with an excellent reputation for handling international crises, often behind the scenes.
Her husband Hal, played by Rufus Sewell, is also a diplomat and former ambassador.
Let's hear a clip from the current season, but first, a little exposition.
Last season, Kate Weiler and her British counterparts had been investigating the terrorist attack of a British aircraft carrier.
She had been told that a Russian mercenary named Lenkov was behind the attack, but that it was secretly planned by someone within the British government and she suspects the prime minister.
Last season ended with a cliffhanger.
A car bomb went off, severely injuring Kate's husband, her deputy Stewart, and another staff member named Ronnie.
In this scene, Kate meets the embassy's lead CIA agent, Idra park, at the hospital and fills her in on the investigation.
Park is played by Ali Ahn.
Lenkov put together the attack on the carrier, but the Kremlin did not hire him.
I think the prime minister did.
What of this country?
Slow down.
They are British police.
This is a British hospital.