The Scavo twins had become persona non grata, and Lynette's secret dream of being able to take an occasional nap on Saturdays was growing dimmer and dimmer.
While it may be possible to set the country on a course towards that during his term, the chances of the US overtaking China by building 70,001 kilometres of track in the next two decades feels remote.
There was no hope to be set free, though, as they and all other prisoners were loaded onto cattle trains and sent to the Dutch labour camp of Vught, where they were forced to make radios for the Luftwaffe.
You know, when you don't know where they are, when they are just missing, you - in your head – you always have some kind of hope even if your intellect tells you that it's impossible.