Expected to spend his retired years living outside Santa Fe, NM, former President Richard Graves spins out into an existential crisis when he realizes that his White House's policies of 25 years ago messed the country up and decides to go on a journey to right his administration's wrongs.

The family and staff try to prevent Graves from finding out that his attempted assassin Martin Treadwell is seeking a furlough to visit his dying mother. Margaret is approached by the Republican Party and invited to launch a Senate campaign.

The family deals with the repercussions of Graves' unorthodox show of support for Mexican immigrants. His son Jeremy returns home after serving four years in the Army and Olivia is excited to have a sexy new man in her life.

Graves learns his political ally ex-U.K. Prime Minister Trevor Lloyd is dying of cancer and takes him on one last adventure. Olivia enlists Jeremy's help because she's in over her head with Arturo. Margaret falls into familiar patterns as she and Dalton strategize on her campaign.

After learning his longtime friend and ally ex-U.K. Prime Minister Trevor Lloyd is dying of cancer, Graves takes off to see him in Baltimore for one last adventure; Olivia enlists Jeremy's help when she realizes she's in over her head with Arturo.

Concerned about her husband's strange behavior, Margaret has a therapist hold a session for the family. Jeremy intercepts a letter to the family asking if they would like to send someone to speak at Treadwell's furlough hearing, and it sends him into a rage. Olivia acts out, angry about her impending divorce.