Dr. Song Timeline & Summary

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• Dr. Song meets Jun Do at the airfield, where he is waiting to take him on a mission to America.
• On the plane ride, Dr. Song gets Jun Do up to speed on North Korean diplomacy. He explains the whole tiger-meat gambit.
• Dr. Song meets with the Senator and his team.
• Dr. Song refuses the gift of cowboy boots for himself and the Dear Leader because it would be improper for him to accept the same gift given to Kim Jong Il.
• Dr. Song's also not amused when he sees the activities set up by the Senator to amuse them: weed whacking, sharp shooting, and fishing.
• Dr. Song presents the Senator with an 11-volume set of the Collected Works of Kim Jong Il. Pilar suggests they should put it up on eBay. And then Dr. Song trots out the tiger meat.
• Dr. Song cues Jun Do to tell the shark story, but that doesn't go well.
• After the BBQ, Dr. Song engages in talks with the Senator and others.
• Late in the evening, Dr. Song sits with Jun Do outside the Senator's house. They dance around the idea of freedom, and Dr. Song sounds a bit nostalgic in tone.
• On the plane ride home, Dr. Song tries to figure out how the talks went so wrong. He explains what the Dear Leader is trying to get back.
• Dr. Song coordinates a good story to report back to the state concerning the failure of the talks. But when he sees the interrogators at the airport in North Korea, he panics and changes the story at the last moment.
• Dr. Song is separated from his comrades and questioned. He says that the trip was most interesting.
• This is the last we see of Dr. Song—until we learn that he has died.