The Diplomat: Episode 5: Our Lady of Immaculate Deception

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Baroness Ayesha Hazarika speaks with acting royalty Allison Janney about what it was like to join the cast this season as the strong and complex character of Vice President Grace Penn. Creator and showrunner Debora Cahn and executive producer Alex Graves return to the show to discuss the formidable Vice President Penn's introduction. Former Vice President Al Gore’s chief scriptwriter and Emmy-winning writer, Eli Attie, then navigates the intricacies of the vice president role. Spoilers Ahead! If you have not seen The Diplomat season 2, episode 5: Our Lady of Immaculate Deception, then go stream it now on Netflix and come back to us! Don’t miss our final episode this season, dropping on November 14th. Featuring insights from Keri Russell (Kate Wyler), creator Debora Cahn, executive producer Janice Williams, and the current U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Jane Hartley. The Diplomat: The Official Podcast is produced by Netflix in association with Novel.

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0:00.0	You know how much they don't want her?
0:05.0	They want you.
0:07.0	You needed six months in London just to learn how to hold a teacup.
0:10.0	You're not electable and you're still a better choice.
0:13.0	I'm not.
0:14.0	You are. The vice president is electable either and she's trying.
0:16.0	They try different labels, different bowls.
0:19.0	The dogs don't like the dog food.
0:23.6	Welcome to episode five of The Diplomat, the official podcast that follows each episode of season two of this high-stakes drama.
0:32.6	I'm Aisha Hazarika and I'm taking you on set, guiding you through the twists and turns in season two.
0:39.3	If you found us without having seen episode 5 of season two titled Our Lady of Immaculate Deception on Netflix,
0:46.3	then hit pause and come back when you're ready.
0:49.3	Coming up then on The Diplomat, the official podcast, I'm meeting once again with showrunner
0:54.6	Deborah Kahn and executive producer Alex Graves. Alex also directed this episode,
1:00.0	so there's loads to get through. Not least because, I'll be speaking with the actress
1:04.8	behind the fearless Vice President Grace Penn, Alison Janney. Talk about an entrance. She was seen as an ambitious woman, which was threatening to the status quo.
1:14.6	Ambitious women were seen as being aggressive and bossy and unattractive, and there's so many stereotypes.
1:20.6	I'm also looking forward to speaking with Emmy award-winning TV producer and chief scriptwriter to former Vice President Al Gore, Eli
1:29.9	Atty.
1:30.9	The vice president is, as the old jokes go, it's the spare tire on the automobile of government.
1:36.6	It's a job without a whole lot of dignity.
1:39.1	There's no portfolio.
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