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for her, aren't you?

You won't find her.

They'll make sure of it.

Even if they weren't

trying to stop you,

there are nine million

people in this city.

You'll never find her.

Forget about her.

Move on with your life.

Stop!

Stop the bus!

Elise? Elise, hi.

David.

You know, I rode the M6 to

work every day for three years

hoping that I'd

bump into you.

Listen, is there a place

we could go and talk?

Don't you have to get

to work or something?

I just got sick.

"I haven't seen you in three

years, you make me sick."

That's not an ideal come-on,

just so you know.

What are you looking for?

I felt like someone

was watching us.

Hey, Charlie, I'm going

to have to skip breakfast,

and I probably have to postpone the

speech, too. I just bumped into Elise.

You just hung up

on your friend.

We've known each other

since we were kids.

- What speech?

- It doesn't matter.

- You want to take a walk?

- No.

We have a lot

to catch up on.

I don't think you should

cancel your speech.

What if I don't like you

at the end of our walk?

I'll take my chances.

Seriously, my number

hasn't changed,

just call me like

you didn't last time.

Look, if you take a walk

with me, I'll explain why.

It's been years. How do you know

I don't have a nice boyfriend?

Do you have

a nice boyfriend?

Would it matter if I did?

Yeah.

So you don't have any

real conviction then?

Okay, it wouldn't

matter at all.

So, you don't mind

being a home-wrecker?

Congressman!

How are you doing, man? I'm

from Red Hook. You're the best.

Thank you.

Good to see you.

If you were married,

then it would bother me.

But now you're just saying

what you think I want to hear.

I'm single.

Now let's hear your bullshit

excuse for not calling me.

I didn't have your number.

I gave it you on the bus.

Handed it to you.

I was mugged.

It was taken from me.

No, come on.

- My wallet was taken.

- Come on.

Why else would I fawn

all over you on a bus

three years ago and

then never call you?

Because, I don't know! You have a

girlfriend and you felt terrible.

Listen, I swear to you that

I did not have your number.

All right.

No, on my

parents' graves.

That's heavy.

That's too heavy,

I know, but it's true.

I didn't have your number.

And I didn't even have

a last name to go by.

If you google just "Elise,"

...you get 757,000 hits.

- You did not.

And none of them are you.

We have a problem.

What?

David Norris is off plan.

Son of a b*tch.

How did he find her?

Chance. Just spotted

her on the street.

We never should have let him

meet her in the first place.

We followed protocol

to the letter.

Guy rides the same bus

every day for three years.

Who does that?

Three years later, I'm

still cleaning up your mess.

Let's cut the power

at her dance studio.

I'm a dancer.

Oh.

Not like that,

you pervert.

I'm in a contemporary

ballet company.

I think you have

the wrong idea about me.

No, I think that was the first thing

that crossed your mind, actually.

I think you should invite me

to one of your performances.

The company is

called Cedar Lake,

and there is actually a show

tomorrow night, if you want.

- Is that an invitation?

- No, it's information.

We're covering the girl's

artistic director

and we're still working

on Charlie Traynor.

This whole thing will

be over in an hour.

Hi, how are you?

Paul, right?

How did

you remember that?

I'm a politician,

I'm good with names.

Her decision tree is

diverging from our models.

It's just

the two of you?

Yes.

Thirty-six

hours without contact,

she'll never speak

to him again.

Look at her file.

It's the last thing in the

world she'll put up with.

No, something's wrong. I'm

already seeing inflection points.

You okay?

Yeah.

We're in motion on changing

the location of her rehearsal.

You have to be born

with the right body

like very flexible hips

and shoulders and long neck.

And you weren't?

No, I was.

I was lucky.

But after 15 years of that

precision and the training...

How is everything

over here?

It's great. Thank you.

It's good,

thank you.

So, I wanted to try

something else just on my own,

open-ended and

human, I guess.

What do you mean?

Look.

What's this?

If they kiss.

A kiss?

That's all it takes?

A real kiss.

If that happens, every

possible adjustment

strong enough

to break them up

will cause ripples

over your limit.

I think that everything

you go through in life

should come out in

the way that you dance.

I haven't found that to be

the case with my dancing.

It's a shame.

David,

hate to interrupt.

- Hi.

- Hi, nice to see you again, Elise.

How did you find me?

Does it matter?

Nice work.

There's a crowd of people

waiting for your announcement speech

at the Brooklyn Bridge

right now.

You're announcing today?

You can't skip this for me.

I know. I told you I'm not

going to let you out of my sight.

- David, what the hell?

- Do you want to come?

Do you want to watch?

No. I can't, I have

to go and rehearse.

Actually, I just heard that

they're moving my rehearsal

to Pier 17, right

next to the bridge.

Why don't we just postpone it?

We'll do the speech another time.

No, David, come on,

you can't do that.

Thank you.

- You have to go.

- Check.

David, she's

rehearsing so close.

It'll take you three minutes

to get there after the speech.

All right.

Just come over

when you're done.

Keep the change.

Thank you.

Have Charlie's

aide call him now.

Are you sure

you don't want a ride?

No, I have to go

home and change.

You're so late.

Your friend is about to cry.

I'm wrangling him

right now.

Yeah, I know.

Shifting her rehearsal

to Pier 17

was a genius move.

We're not out of

the woods yet.

Come over when

you're done.

- David.

- Okay.

Sorry, the TV crew is there.

We got to go, man.

We're okay.

Look, whatever happens,

I'm not going to let anything

come between us again.

Okay.

I'll see you soon.

Hey, how you doing?

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

How are you?

Thanks a lot.

Good to see you, too.

Thank you.

I have to say,

it's good to be back in Brooklyn.

There's been a lot

of speculation

- as to whether or not...

McCRADY:
- It's done.

... I would run for a Senate seat here

in the state of New York.

I came here today

to put an end to that speculation

and to tell you,

unequivocally,

I will seek the Senate

seat for the great state of New York.

David! David!

Sh*t.

Don't forget, I added

the bankers' group

after The Daily Show

tomorrow.

Are you listening to me?

David?

I cannot get a break

on this case.

Okay. I got

to get to Pier 17.

Do the interview and you

can do whatever you want.

Just handle the interviews for

me. I'll talk to those guys...

This has got to go

on the nightly news.

I got to see Elise

right now.

Every time we get close,

you do something

to mess this up.

This is different.

City, please?

Manhattan.

What listing?

Cedar Lake.

It's a dance company.

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