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thing she ever cared about.

It's up to you.

It's just a sprain.

Yeah.

The doctor said it's going to

be better in a month or less.

That's totally unexpected.

I'm so relieved.

Great. Great.

You're such

a great dancer,

and you'll heal up and

just get better and better.

I'm going to go make

a couple phone calls.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm so happy for you.

It's done.

Thompson finished it.

I know.

You can't let it

get to you

like it did

with his family.

This is the job.

You ever wonder

if it's right?

I mean,

if it's always right?

Not like I used to.

Look, Chairman has the plan.

We only see part of it.

I was talking to some friends

of ours over in Monroe County this morning,

and I said something

to them that I think

a lot of you may have

heard me say before but it bears repeating.

David Norris, who has spent the last two

days campaigning in the Tri-Lakes area

received some welcome news yesterday when

the latest New York Times poll

gave him a 16-point

lead over his opponent

less than a month

before election day.

Since his announcement

11 months ago,

Norris has had

a significant lead...

Hi. Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Yeah, thank you.

I need it. Thank you.

- Who should I make it out to?

- My nephew, Miles.

- There you go.

- Thank you so much.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.

- Thank you.

- My pleasure. Pleasure.

Can we get

a picture with you?

Sure, come on.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

Hey.

I want to show you this, because

you would find out eventually.

I want to be here

when you do.

She's getting married to

that guy she was engaged to.

You okay?

I think I'm going to...

Take a day off.

Hell, take a couple.

We're 16 points up.

Yeah, even I can't

blow a lead that big.

Congressman,

good to see you again.

Your friend

just left you this.

He said you would

be stopping by.

Why would you

want to see me?

Thompson was

lying when he said

you couldn't be with Elise because

she brings out your reckless side.

Then why? Why do

they care so much?

Because she's enough, David.

If you have her,

you won't need to fill

that void inside of you

with applause and votes

and dreams of one day

making it to the White House.

That's important, but it's not

the only thing that matters.

Why are you so

different from them?

Your dad

was a very smart man.

He could have been a

lot more. Wanted to be.

Your brother, too.

But the plan

didn't call for it.

What about my mother?

That wasn't me.

That wasn't us at all.

It was just chance?

I'm sorry.

You know,

Thompson is not lying.

They're already talking about me

being a presidential candidate.

I'm phoning in my speeches

and I'm 16 points up.

The public loves you.

Before I met Elise,

that's all I cared about.

I don't even notice it now.

I can't stop

thinking about her.

Do you know where

she's getting married?

In front of a judge

tomorrow morning.

Is she happy?

Thompson won't let you

anywhere near her.

Not tonight,

not tomorrow, not ever.

Harry.

Is she happy?

I got to try

and get her back.

Will you help me? Will you

just help me get to her?

They'll sense you

coming a mile away.

What if I could move

as fast as you?

Teach me about the doors.

The rain will

stop in the next hour,

and that's the only thing keeping

them from seeing us right now.

If we're going to do this,

we'll need all night to do it

and a place surrounded

by water to do it in.

Always turn the

doorknob clockwise.

What happens if I turn it the other way?

You don't want to do that.

That's only for us.

Put your hand

on my shoulder

and don't let go until

we cross the threshold.

Are these ever locked?

Not when you're wearing one of our hats.

Keep moving, David.

Is this...

It's the Museum

of Modern Art.

Yeah.

Close the door.

This is the city's main pumping

station for downtown Manhattan.

We're 10 blocks

from the courthouse.

Wait here.

Hi, is the floor open?

You okay, sweetie?

Yeah, I just...

I just feel like

being on the floor.

Lower Manhattan is layer

upon layer of substrate.

That's what we call the doors

that have been added over time.

Makes it a lot more complex to

navigate downtown than it is uptown

and a lot slower.

Your destination, 60 Centre

Street, Courtroom 300.

There are thousands

of different ways

to get to the courthouse

using the doors.

I want you to learn how

to stay in the substrate

so Thompson won't be able

to get a fix on you.

Okay. Just south of

the diner, it's a red door.

I come out on Broadway,

right by Leonard Street.

That's good.

Keep going.

From Leonard,

half a block down.

Okay, suppose

Thompson's there?

Okay, I go east

to Lafayette.

No, it's Crosby

Street there.

Eight doors? I'm zigzagging

all over the place.

That will take me

too long.

But every time you

go through a door,

their plan books will lose

track of you, so it's safer.

Look, I need you to understand

this has never been done before.

So, the minute you go through that

first door, all hell will break loose.

Assume everyone with

a hat on is a threat.

I don't care if

it's a Yankee cap,

a bowler, or

even a yarmulke.

Assume everyone in a hat

is working with Thompson.

Even you guys can't get through the

doors without your hats on, right?

Right.

It's one of the ways the Chairman

limits our power.

Water is another way.

And you said before, what if Thompson's

in front of me on Crosby Street?

Right.

Why don't I just knock

the hat off his head

and then run by him before

he has time to pick it up?

That's good, improvisation.

We have trouble with that.

The fastest way is actually

if I go right for the blue door.

Yeah, but then you're exposed the

entire way there.

That's a lot more dangerous

than leapfrogging through doors.

But if I make it, I'll take

them completely by surprise.

If you make it.

Come on, we have

a lot more to get through.

Whatever it takes.

Your father used

to say that.

I guess you're not supposed

to identify with your subjects.

You're not supposed

to feel guilt.

We're not built to lead with

our emotions like you are,

but that doesn't mean

we don't have them.

Some more than others.

You're lucky,

it started raining again.

We need to get going.

The wedding is in 10 minutes.

We have time. Being early

is just as bad as being late.

Is your fiancee here?

She's on her way in.

Courtroom 300.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- This is it.

- Okay.

I'm going to go

for the blue door.

Of course.

Here is your way through

it. Don't lose it.

Thanks, Harry.

Good luck.

Okay.

It looks like Mr. Norris is using

the rain to make a run for it.

Call the proctor

at the wedding.

- What's wrong?

- Nothing. I'm just nervous, I guess.

I just need a minute

in the bathroom, okay?

Sir, he's got a hat.

He's in the substrate.

He just went into

the substrate.

- Whoa, whoa.

- No, no, no.

It's an emergency. Sorry.

Docket number 22,

please come forward.

We're next. Will you go check on her?

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