David McCloskey

He is balding with a kind of neatly combed beard.

He's got thick gold-framed glasses.

And he has made a career mostly at NBC working on variety shows.

And what Seidel brings to the table is that he has got a gift for the logistics, the business of film production.

Now, Seidel has no idea who Mendez is.

And he's just been invited over by Chambers for a cup of coffee.

Sure.

Mendez is also aided by the fact that I think many Americans are furious about what's going on in Iran.

About the hostages.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And Seidel is one of them.

Apparently launches into an angry – Mendez asks if Seidel has been watching the news about Iran.

And he says yes, and then launches into this kind of angry screed about how nothing's been done to bring the hostages back.

And Mendez says, what if I was to tell you that not all of the diplomats are being held at the embassy?

So Mendez lays out the houseguests, and that explains that the job is –

is to get them out.

And then he pitches the Hollywood cover, which is that these houseguests will be a film crew scouting a location for an upcoming movie.

Seidel and Chambers love the idea.

They love the idea.