Screenshot from The Newsroom, season 2, episode 9, Election Night, Part 2 (dir. Alan Poul)
Leona Lansing: Reese is making the decision.
(...)
Charlie Skinner: I meant why are you letting Reese make the decision?
(...)
Charlie Skinner: I meant why are you letting Reese make the decision?
Leona Lansing: 'Cause I'm not really sure
Elizabeth Windsor
is the world's greatest mom.
I mean, why doesn't she just
give her son the throne?
On the other hand,
I think being queen is what keeps her alive.
But doesn't she want to be alive
to see her son be king?
Except that
that's not how it works. It's prince by birth,
king by death. Yet...
Charlie Skinner: Do you have any idea
what you're talking about right now?
Leona Lansing: Don't think I do, no.
But I want to see
how Reese handles this.