Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is Secretary of State which is a far cry from how Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) used to know her... as a babysitter who gave his thirteen-year-old self a non-negotiable erection. Finding himself unemployed having quit as a journalist for a forward-thinking newspaper, he's offered a job with the most powerful woman in the free world.
Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is Secretary of State which is a far cry from how Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) used to know her... as a babysitter who gave his thirteen-year-old self a non-negotiable erection. Finding himself unemployed having quit as a journalist for a forward-thinking newspaper, he's offered a job with the most powerful woman in the free world.
The newspaper which Fred writes for is opposed to giant media conglomerates. And it's just been bought by a giant media conglomerate. Oh, the irony! Fred has an idea to keep the paper afloat.
Fred's Boss
We've been running as long as we can on ads for weed doctors and escorts.
Fred
Let's get penis enlargement ads, too. No-one likes their d*ck!
Clip 2
Everyone needs a friend like Lance. Someone who will drop everything if you hit a snag in life. Someone who'll listen. Care. And get you fu*ked up. TOTALLY fu*ked up!
Lance
[Addressing his workforce]
EVERYBODY! This is my best friend and he just lost his job today. All right? He's at rock bottom.
Fred
It's not that bad.
Lance
He feels like sh*t. And I'mma make him feel better. It's been a tradition since we were in college. When one of us feels sad, the other one has to get him fu*ked up. I'm talking Britney Spears, mid-2000s, bald head, almost droppin' the baby fu*ked up!
Clip 3
Stepping out of the elevator on their way to a party, Fred expresses his feelings towards his former employer. Lance, always ready with a wise word, reciprocates.
Fred
I got fu*ked, man.
Lance
Yeah, you got fu*ked like a stepmom on PornHub.
Clip 4
Fred didn't think about the possibility of being searched on the way in to a government building and has turned up for his meeting with Charlotte Field carrying almost every drug known to man.
Fred
That's prescription... for anxiety. Uh, this is if you can't dance for a long time and you want to. That's prescription as well... for, uh... lack of energy. That's energy powder. These are to... wrap the anxiety medication in when inhaling it... medicinally. That's if you want to vaporise the anxiety medicine which I have... a prescription for. And that's a blunt!
Clip 5
Fred has written Charlotte's first speech. She's reviewing it with him aboard Air Force Two.
Charlotte
Woah! I feel like these jokes are a little... angry?
Fred
Oh. I thought maybe they were like emphatic?
Charlotte
[Quoting his text]
"With every fracking drill thrust, we are literally butt-fu*king Mother Earth?"
Fred
It could be normal fu*king. It doesn't have to be... in the butt. I could take that part out.
Clip 6
Maggie is a b**ch. She's dressed Fred like the wooden man on a cuckoo clock and Charlotte can't contain her amusement at just how ridiculous he looks.
Charlotte
[Laughs]
What the fu*k are you wearing?
Fred
She bought me this sh*t. Okay?
Maggie
It's a traditional Swedish suit.
Fred
I don't see another fu*king Swede up in here dressed like this.
Maggie
It's all I could do on such short notice.
Charlotte
If you just take the jacket off it's gonna make it better, it's just... make it look...
Fred
[Removes jacket to reveal garish embroidery on both ruffled sleeves]
Charlotte
... oh my God.
[Starts laughing again]
Clip 7
Well, he might now be dressed like a precocious German child from the early 1800s but at least he still has manners. Fred offers Maggie a glass of champagne.
Maggie
No. Thank you. I'm working right now. And you know you are, too.
Fred
I do know that. But you dressed me like Cap'n Crunch's Grindr date so I'm gonna drink to make you uncomfortable.
Clip 8
Charlotte and Fred are sharing embarrassing stories. I have a feeling that Charlotte won this round... hands down!
Charlotte
I'd just got back from a trip to New Delhi.
Fred
Yeah?
Charlotte
I got called into a meeting with the Joint Chiefs and I was a little nervous.
Fred
Yeah.
Charlotte
Yeah. And... my stomach... was a little weird... from all the curry.
Fred
Oh no...
Charlotte
Delhi Belly? Well... we were in a motorcade and we couldn't stop.
Fred
Oh no.
Charlotte
Mmm hmm. God... I ruined a really nice Dolce & Gabbana bag.
Fred
You puked in it?
Charlotte
Nope.
Fred
OH NO! IN A MOVING VEHICLE?!
Clip 9
Charlotte has had problems dating in the past. Men just don't seem to like dating women more powerful than them. It's a real d*ck shriveller, apparently.
Charlotte
And honestly? Guys don't really wanna date women who are more powerful than them. They think they do but... it's a d*ck shriveller.
Fred
Oof!
Charlotte
Mmm hmm.
Fred
Dick Shriveller is my favourite Batman villain though, so...
Clip 10
Charlotte is an exceptional Secretary of State. And she likes to get a little "freaky" in the bedroom by all accounts.
Charlotte
I want you to fu*k me from behind and slap my ass really hard.
Fred
What?
Charlotte
What?
Fred
Nothing. What... did I say "what?"
Charlotte
Am I being too bossy?
Fred
No, no, no, no, no, not at all, no, no...
Charlotte
No, I am. No, I'm your boss all day and now I'm bossing you in bed. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way.
Fred
No! Not at all.
Charlotte
I was just...
Fred
My brain honestly just went into shock a little bit...
Charlotte
Yeah, but you hesitated.
Fred
No, it's just... not how I imagined you liking things.
Charlotte
You know what? We'll do exactly what you were imagining and then you turn me around, slap me on my ass and then choke me a little bit.
Clip 11
Fred has just witnessed Maggie leaving Tom's hotel room. They've clearly been having sex despite appearing to hate each other. Fred is completely grossed out at the very idea of it.
Fred
GROSS!
Tom
Um...
Fred
I thought you guys hated each other.
Maggie
We do hate each other.
Tom
We do. Big time. Uh...
Maggie
We are also fu*king.
Fred
Urgh! How long have you been fu*king?
Tom
That was probably twenty minutes.
Fred
NOT RIGHT NOW!
Maggie
Oh...
Tom
That's a lot of questions. I...
Maggie
So... I would say anywhere between two and five... three and a half times.
Tom
I'd say on my end probably five and that three and a half sounds right.
Fred
I don't know how you're tallying that sh*t. That's sick.
Maggie
Okay, first of all... there's a woman present.
Fred
There's a woman in there, too?
Maggie
A woman is present and that woman is me.
Fred
You?
Tom
Talking about her.
Maggie
I can...
Tom
Trust me...
Maggie
I can...
Tom
I... know!
Clip 12
Charlotte loves Fred. How does she know? Because she's never been more scared. And that's coming from a woman who once shared an elevator with an evil dictator.
Charlotte
Here's the deal. I love you. I know I do because I've never been so scared in my entire life. And I once shared an elevator with Saddam Hussein. Just me and Saddam.
Clip 13
Why do men feel it's appropriate to make jokes about that time of the month? It's NOT appropriate. On any level. As this chauvinistic twat of a news anchor is about to discover for himself.
Female Anchor
What a momentous day... our first female President.
Male Anchor 1
Yeah.
Female Anchor
I never thought I'd see it.
Male Anchor 1
Well, I mean a lot of people are going to say this is an historic moment for women everywhere but do we really want her finger on the button when it's that time of the month?
Male Anchor 2
I wouldn't want my wife making any decision during that time of the month.
Female Anchor
You know what? Fu*k you guys. I quit.
Male Anchor 2
Looks like it's someone's time of the month.
Male Anchor 1
Oh! Looks like Aunt Flo's going to work down at the Red River Casino...
[The FEMALE ANCHOR has thrown something at him and it's knocked him unconscious]