At Camp David, the atmosphere is tense. The “first husband” greets guests with forced cordiality, while Kate, upon arrival, is immediately excluded from every important conversation. Visibly uncomfortable, she tries to make herself useful — until she’s summoned to confirm what everyone already knew: Eidra’s information was true.

As soon as Kate leaves the room, President Grace Penn entertains the unthinkable — publicly admitting her involvement in the British ship scandal. The idea stuns everyone. To contain the fallout, the team decides to invite British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge for a secret visit to the United States.

Kate, of course, has a meltdown. She calls the idea absurd, but Hal reminds her of the obvious: she’s officially been cut out of the decision-making circle. Predictably, she takes out her frustration on him, as if it were Hal’s fault that no one takes her seriously anymore.

While waiting for the presidential couple to arrive for dinner, Hal and Kate overhear Grace and her husband arguing loudly. The scene is excruciating — Grace tears him apart, and somehow, he finds empathy in… Kate. (Naturally.) But the “moment of connection” ends the usual way: with Kate exposing Hal and putting him in yet another humiliating position. She accuses him of letting Grace make a catastrophic decision just so he can eventually take over. The outcome? She’s asked to leave the meeting. And the question remains: how has this woman not been fired yet?

But Kate doesn’t leave. On the contrary — she doubles down, barging into a negotiation that could reshape global politics. In a peak moment of delusion, she brings Eidra back into the discussion, pitching a “brilliant” new plan. The CIA director replies with the sarcasm everyone else is thinking: she reminds Kate that the last woman involved in one of her “brilliant ideas” ended up dead.

Desperate to feel relevant, Kate goes straight to the president’s husband — and does so in the most absurd way possible: in her underwear, she jumps into the pool to “get his attention.” Her proposal? Blame the late President Rayburn, who, ironically, was innocent and died precisely because he opposed the attack.

The worst part? It works. Grace considers the suggestion, and Hal — humiliated and exhausted — concedes that tarnishing a dead president’s legacy might be the least catastrophic option left.

The next morning, Trowbridge arrives in the U.S., accompanied by Dennison. During the negotiations, Kate tries to appear professional, but the tension is palpable. A composed Grace Penn announces that Rayburn was responsible, leaving the British delegation stunned. Dennison, more disappointed than shocked, quietly tells Kate that the relationship between their countries will never be the same — and neither will theirs.

At the joint press conference, the final explosion: Trowbridge goes off script and declares that the deceased American president orchestrated a terrorist attack against a British ship. The room freezes. The world reacts. And The Diplomat seals the inevitable: Kate Wyler has done it again — turning an avoidable crisis into an international catastrophe. Bravo, Kate.