Ellen Claremont Quotes

(After Alex’s & Henry’s photos and emails leak…)

Alex: I’m… I don’t know. This isn’t how I wanted to tell people. I thought we’d get a chance to do this right.

Ellen: You listen to me, I am your mother. I was your mother before I was ever the president, and I’ll be your mother long after, to the day they put me in the ground and beyond this earth. You are my child. So, if you’re serious about this, I’ll back your play. So, do you feel forever about him?

Alex: Yeah, I do.

Ellen: Then, f**k it.

Ellen: I thought you hated him? Or… now you’re friends with him?

Alex: Both true at different points. But uh, now we’re, like, a thing. Have been. A thing. For, like, seven-ish months? I guess?

Ellen: I… see.

(The White House is doing damage control for the Cakegate situation…)

Ellen: As your mother, I can appreciate that maybe this isn’t your fault, but as the president, all I want is to have the CIA fake your death and ride the dead-kid sympathy into a second term. I don’t have time to deal with this right now, so here’s what we’re gonna do. You are going to make nice with Henry. You’re leaving Saturday and spending Sunday in England.

Alex: Is it too late to take the faking-my-death option?