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Agent: We've got inflection points. Agente: Temos pontos de desvio.

Agent: All he needs to do is see her dance and youre at your ripple limit. Agente: Ele s precisa ver a dana e atingir o limite de onda.

Richardson: What? All right, block the door. Richardson: O qu? Tudo bem, bloqueie a porta.

Agent: He's already through it. Agente: Ele j est l.

Richardson: Not that one, the next one. Richardson: No aquela, na seguinte.

David: Excuse me. David Norris, Im here to see Elise. David: Com licena. David Norris, estou aqui para ver Elise.

Richardson: I'm blocking them all. Richardson: Estou bloqueando todas elas.

Agent: Hat! Hat! Agente: Chapu! Chapu!

David: Is she here? David: Ela est aqui?

Woman: Yeah, she's in the studio. Mulher: Sim, no estdio.

Richardson: It's too late. Hes already seen her. You hit your ripple limit. Richardson: tarde demais. Ele j a viu. Voc atingiu seu limite de onda.

Richardson: Celebrate now. Theyrejust going to kick it upstairs. Richardson: Pode comemorar agora. Isso vai chegar chefia.

Agent: It's Donaldson. Agente: o Donaldson.

Richardson: He has no idea what he's up against. Richardson: Ele no sabe contra o que est lutando.

Donaldson: Let's take a walk. Donaldson: Vamos dar uma volta.

Donaldson: The intense chemistry between them, the constant inflection points, Donaldson: A intensa qumica entre eles, os constantes pontos de desvio,

Donaldson: and the kicker, you pulling them apart twice Donaldson: E pra terminar, os separaram 2 vezes

Donaldson: only to have chance put them back together. Donaldson: S para ter a chance de uni-los novamente.

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Donaldson: Yeah, all that seemed a little much. Donaldson: Sim, tudo parece um pouco demais.

Donaldson: So, I asked Burdensky to do some research this morning. Donaldson: Ento, pedi a Burdensky que fizesse uma pesquisa nesta manh.

Donaldson: Have you been in here before? No, of course not. Donaldson: J esteve aqui antes? No, claro que no.

Agent: It seems like David Norris and Elise Sellas Agente: Parece que David Norris e Elise Sellas

Agent: were meant to be together because they were meant to be together. Agente: deveriam ficar juntos porque tinha de ser assim.

Richardson: Wait, what? Richardson: Espere. O qu?

Donaldson: In the '70s when he was born, they were meant to be together Donaldson: Nos anos 70, quando ele nasceu, era para ficarem juntos,

Donaldson: same thing in the '80s, '90s. Donaldson: o mesmo nos anos 80, nos 90.

Agent: Wasn't till 2005 that the plan changed and she was supposed to stay withAdrian.

Agente: S em 2005, quando o plano mudou, ela deveria ficar com Adrian.

Agent: The problem here is there are remnants from all those old plans. Agente: O problema que h resqucios dos antigos planos

Agent: that keep pushing them together. Agente: que continuam unindo-os.

Agent: They still feel like they belong with each other even though they dont, Agente: Eles ainda acham que pertencem um ao outro, mesmo que no

Agent: and we're about to tear them apart again. Agente: e vamos separ-los de novo.

Richardson: You spend your whole career hoping, someday, Richardson: Passou sua carreira inteira, esperando um dia,

Richardson: you'll get a red-letter case. Richardson: pegar um caso de destaque.

Richardson: Something you can really make a name for yourself with. Richardson: Algo para construir seu nome.

Richardson: Finally you get one, and its booby-trapped. Richardson: Finalmente consegue um, e uma armadilha.

Harry: What? Harry: Como?

Richardson: I'm saying, it wasn't your fault. They were meant to be together. Richardson: Estou dizendo que no foi sua culpa. Eles foram feitos para ficarem juntos.

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Harry: What? Harry: Como?

Richardson: Were. In an earlier version of the plan. Actually, a dozen earlier versions. Richardson: Deviam, em uma verso anterior do plano. Na verdade, em uma dzia de

verses anteriores.

Richardson: I always wondered how we had such bad luck Richardson: Sempre me perguntei como fomos azarados

Richardson: that she was on that particular bus on that particular day. Richardson: por ela estar naquele nibus, naquele dia especfico.

Harry: How could a plan just change like that? Harry: Como o plano pde mudar assim?

Richardson: I don't know. Its above my pay grade. Richardson: No sei. Est fora da minha alada.

Agent: So, we're going operational. This is exciting. Its been a while. Agente: Ento vamos iniciar uma operao. Que timo. J faz algum tempo.

Donaldson: We're not going operational. Donaldson: No vamos iniciar operao.

Donaldson: No one ever made it to my job by taking stupid risks. Donaldson: Ningum chega onde estou correndo riscos estpidos.

Agent: So, what are we going to do? Agente: Ento o que vamos fazer?

Donaldson: We're going to kick this case upstairs Donaldson: Vamos manter este caso no alto escalo,

Donaldson: to someone with the latitude to clean up this mess Donaldson: com algum que possa limpar essa baguna

Donaldson: without breaking into a sweat. Donaldson: sem derramar uma gota de suor.

Donaldson: We're going to bring this to Thompson. Donaldson: Vamos levar isto ao Thompson.

Agent: Thompson? When he was in the field, his nickname was Agente: Thompson? Quando ele estava em campo. Seu apelido era

Donaldson: The Hammer, yes. Donaldson: O Martelo, sim.

Donaldson: He'll crush this little romance with a flick of his hand Donaldson: Ele vai acabar com este romance com uma mo

Donaldson: and force them back on plan again. Donaldson: E os obrigar a voltar ao plano de novo.

Elise: I want to go to a club. Elise: Quero ir a uma boate.

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David: Oh! Why ruin a really nice day? David: Por que estragar um dia to bom?

Elise: Come on. Elise: Vamos!

David: No, I don't dance. David: No, no dano.

Elise: Oh come on, everyone can dance. You just feel the music. Elise: Todo mundo dana. s sentir a msica.

David: Well, I've been told that I have trouble feeling. David: Bem, j me disseram que no consigo sentir.

Elise: Who told you that? Elise: Quem lhe disse isso?

David: A long list of women. David: Uma longa lista de mulheres.

Elise: That's gross.You know what? Letsrace to that lamppost. Elise: Que pssimo. Quer saber? Vamos apostar corrida at aquele poste.

Elise: You win, I dance for you. I win, you dance for me. Elise: Se voc ganhar, dano para voc. Se eu ganhar, voc dana para mim.

David: On the pole? David: No mastro?

Elise: If you like, yeah. Elise: Se quiser, sim.

David: This is serious. What are the rules? David: Isso srio. Quais as regras?

Elise: There are no rules. Oh! You bastard! Oh, my gosh! Elise: No existem regras. Seu miservel! Oh, meu Deus!

David: You challenged me in those shoes? David: Voc me desafia com esses sapatos?

Elise: Okay, fine. I can't.Youre right. These are the wrong shoes. Elise: Ok, certo. No posso. Tem razo. So os sapatos errados.

Elise: I'm going to twist an ankle. Elise: Torcerei um tornozelo.

David: You said, No rules. I avoided them. Ow! David: Voc disse sem regras.Eu as evitei. Ow!

Elise: You said you had trouble feeling. Elise: Voc disse que no conseguia sentir.

David: Great. David: timo.

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Man: Hey, David. Homem: Ei, David.

Woman: You're even cuter in person. Mulher: Est ainda melhor pessoalmente.

Man: Hey, it's David Norris. Homem: Ei, David Norris.

David: How you doing? How are you? David: Como est? Como vai?

Elise: How are we feeling about this tie? Elise: Vamos nos livrar desta gravata.

Man: Hey, David Norris! Homem: Ei, David Norris!

David: Hey, how you doing? Maybe I should go home and get my tux. David: Oi, como est? Talvez deva ir para casa e pr meu terno.

Elise: Definitely don't do that. It's good. Elise: Definitivamente no faa isso. Est bem.

David: I should never have come back here again without my backup dancers. David: Eu nunca mais deveria voltar aqui sem meus danarinos reservas.

Man: I voted for you. Homem: Eu votei em voc.

David: How are you? David: Como vai?

Man: Norris, you're a rock star! Homem: Norris, voc um astro do rock!

Elise: Did you grow up over here? Elise: Cresceu por aqui?

David: Yeah, three blocks over that way. Pioneer Street. My whole childhood. David: Cresci, a 3 quadras por ali. Pioneer Street. Toda minha infncia.

Elise: What were you like as a kid? Elise: O que voc fazia quando garoto?

David: I've spent about half my time in the principals office up until the sixth grade. David: Passei metade do meu tempo na sala do diretor at a 6 srie.

Elise: Wow. Elise: Uau.

David: Yeah, that was when my mother and my brother died within a month of eachother.

David: Isso foi quando minha me e meu irmo morreram, com um ms de diferena.

Elise: I'm sorry. Elise: Lamento.

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David: No, it's fine. You know how I always tell that story about how David: No, tudo bem. Voc sabe que eu sempre conto aquela histria sobre como

David: I got inspired to go into politics because my dad took me to the Senate Gallery David: me inspirei a entrar na poltica porque meu pai me levou galeria do Senado

David: and we sat together and that's true. But what I leave out is David: e nos sentamos juntos, verdade. Mas o que no conto que

David: he did that right after they died. And I was bottoming out. David: ele fez isso logo depois que eles morreram. Eu estava no fundo do poo.

David: So, he wanted to get me out of here for a little while. David: Ento, ele quis me tirar daqui por um tempo.

David: and he planned this road trip to DC, and I think its because JFK was his idol. David: E planejou a viagem a Washington, acho que porque Kennedy era seu dolo.

David: And we went and sat in the gallery. David: Ns fomos e nos sentamos na galeria,

David: I remember watching him watch them, and I knew thats what I wanted to do. David: lembro-me de v-lo observando-os. Percebi que era o que eu queria fazer.

David: I wish they were here to see all this. David: Gostaria que estivessem aqui para ver tudo isso.

David: I wasDidnt expect to tell you any of that. David: Eu estavaNo esperava lhe contar isso.

Elise: David? David? Hello. Hey. What are you doing? Why are you calling? Elise: David? David? Al. Oi. O que est fazendo? Por que est ligando?

Elise: Hi. No, I was Because I was sleeping. No. No, its not. Elise: Oi. No, eu estava Porque estava dormindo. No. No, no .

Elise: Why are you calling? Okay, well, I gotta go. I gotta go. Okay. Im so sorry. Elise: Por que est ligando? Certo, bem, tenho que ir. No, tenho que ir. Ok. Sinto muito.

David: It's all right. Everything okay? David: Sem problemas. Est tudo bem?

Elise: Yeah. Oh, my God. That was so weird. I woke up and you werent here. Elise: Sim. Meu Deus. Foi to estranho. Acordei e voc no estava aqui.

Elise: And then the phone rang and it was my ex which is just so strange. Elise: Da o telefone tocou e era o meu ex o que foi muito estranho.

David: Sorry, I guess we hadn't gotten to any of that stuff yet. David: Desculpe, ainda no conversamos sobre essas coisas.

Elise: Right.You know, we broke up a while ago, and its over and then he calls Elise: Certo. Voc sabe, ns terminamos h algum tempo acabou e ento ele telefona

Elise: four times in one morning. Elise: 4 vezes numa manh.

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David: He called you four times this morning? David: Ele te ligou quatro vezes nesta manh?

David: How long have you guys been broken up? David: H quanto tempo terminaram?

Elise: Three months. It's like he knew I was with someone else. Elise: H 3 meses. Parece que ele sabia que eu estava com outra pessoa.

David: Was it serious? David: Era srio?

Elise: We were engaged. Elise: Ns estavamos noivos.

David: So, not really that serious? David: Ento, no to srio.

Elise: Right. Elise: Certo.

David: Well, what happened? David: Bem, o que aconteceu?

Elise: Do you want to know this? Elise: Voc quer saber disso?

David: Yeah. David: Sim.

Elise: He was a great guy. Brilliant choreographer and dancer, Elise: Era um timo cara. Brilhante coregrafo e bailarino,

Elise: and we had the same group of friends. We had known each other a long time. Elise: e tnhamos o mesmo grupo de amigos. Nos conhecamos h muito tempo.

David: Well, he sounds great. Why didnt you marry him? David: Bem, ele parece timo. Por que no se casou com ele?

Elise: Because of you. Im not some hopeless romantic. Elise: Por sua causa. No sou uma romntica incorrigvel.

Elise: I've never allowed myself to be that way. But once I felt, Elise: Nunca me permiti ser assim. Mas uma vez eu me senti,

Elise: even for a moment, what I felt with you Elise: mesmo que por um instante, o que senti por voc.

Elise: You ruined me. I didnt want to settle for less. Elise: Voc me estragou, no me contentaria com menos.

David: I know the feeling. David: Eu conheo esse sentimento.

Elise: It scares the shit out of me. Elise: Me assusta pra caramba.

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David: I'm not gonna hurt you. David: No vou te magoar.

Elise: You don't need to say that. Elise: No precisa dizer isso.

David: I'm not gonna hurt you. This is the first time in 25 years David: No vou te magoar. a primeira vez em 25 anos

David: that I don't feel like I'm by myself. David: que no me sinto s.

Elise: That's a lot of responsibility for me. Elise: muita responsabilidade para mim.

Elise: I don't know if I'm quite comfortable with that. Elise: no sei se me sinto vontade com isso.

David: Well, too late. David: Bem, tarde demais.

David: You know, I'm supposed to go to an interview right now. David: Sabe, eu tenho que dar uma entrevista agora.

David: What if I told you I wasn't ready to let you out of my sight quite yet? David: E se lhe dissesse que ainda no quero te perder de vista?

Elise: Sounds good. Elise: Parece bom.

David: You wanna go? David: Voc quer ir?

Elise: Yeah. Elise: Sim.

Interviewer: Are you handsome or is it that Washington is so populated by Entrevistador: Voc que bonito ou Washington que est cheia de

Interviewer: I don't wanna say, hideous abnormalities Entrevistador: no quero dizer anormalidades horrendas

David: This is getting a little weird. David: Isso est ficando um pouco esquisito.

Interviewer: David Norris, everybody. Entrevistador: David Norris, pessoal.

Man: Excuse me, ma'am. Homem: Com licena, senhorita.

Elise: Yes? Elise: Sim?

Man: Congressman Norris asked me to give you a message. Homem: O deputado Norris pediu para lhe dar um recado.

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Man: He was just called into a meeting. He says its urgent. Homem: Ele foi chamado para uma reunio. Disse que urgente.

Elise: Okay. Elise: Ok.

Man: He said he'll call you as soon as hes out and hell see you at the show tonight. Homem: Disse que ligar assim que terminar e ir v-la em sua apresentao.

Elise: Okay, thank you. Elise: Certo. Obrigada.

Man: Thanks. This way, Congressman. Homem: Obrigado. Por aqui, deputado.

David: Hello? David: Ol?

Thompson: Frustrating, isn't it? My name is Thompson. Thompson: Frustrante, no? Meu nome Thompson.

David: Whatever happened to free will? David: O que houve com o livre arbtrio?

Thompson: We actually tried free will before. After taking you Thompson: J tentamos o livre arbtrio antes. Depois de lev-los

Thompson: from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire, Thompson: da caa e coleta ao apogeu do Imprio Romano,

Thompson: we stepped back to see how you would do on your own. Thompson: ns nos afastamos para ver como agiriam por conta prpria.

Thompson: You gave us the Dark Ages for five centuries Thompson: Vocs nos deram a Idade das Trevas por 5 sculos

Thompson: until finally we decided we should come back in. Thompson: at finalmente, ns decidirmos que deveriamos voltar aqui.

Thompson: The Chairman thought that maybe we just needed to do a better job Thompson: o Presidente achou que talvez precisavamos fazer um trabalho melhor

Thompson: with teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels offagain.

Thompson: ensinando-os como andar de bicicleta antes de retirar as rodinhas de novo.

Thompson: So, we gave you the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, scientificrevolution.

Thompson: Ento, ns lhes demos o Renascimento, o Iluminismo, revoluo cientfica.

Thompson: For 600 years we taught you to control your impulses with reason. Thompson: Por 600 anos ensinamos vocs a controlar os impulsos com a razo.

Thompson: Then in 1910, we stepped back again. Thompson: Ento em 1910, nos afastamos de novo.

Thompson: Within 50 years, you had brought us World War I,

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Thompson: Em questo de 50 anos, vocs nos deram a I Guerra Mundial,

Thompson: the Depression, Fascism, the Holocaust, and capped it off by bringing the Thompson: a Grande Depresso, o fascismo, o Holocausto, levaram o

Thompson: entire planet to the brink of destruction in the Cuban missile crisis. Thompson: mundo beira da destruio com a Crise dos Msseis em Cuba.

Thompson: At that point a decision was taken to step back in again Thompson: quela altura, decidimos intervir de novo,

Thompson: before you did something that even we couldnt fix. Thompson: antes que fizessem algo que at ns no pudssemos consertar.

Thompson: You don't have free will, David. You have the appearance of free will. Thompson: Vocs no tm livre arbtrio, David. Vocs apenas aparentam ter.

David: You expect me to believe that? I make decisions every day. David: Voc espera que eu acredite nisso? Tomo decises todos os dias.

Thompson: You have free will over which toothpaste you use Thompson: H livre arbtrio para escolher qual pasta de dente voc usa

Thompson: or which beverage to order at lunch. But humanity just Thompson: ou qual bebida pedir no almoo. Mas a humanidade

Thompson: isn't mature enough to control the important things. Thompson: no madura o bastante para controlar coisas importantes.

David: So, you handle the important things?

David: Por isso, vocs lidam com elas?

David: The last time I checked, the world is a pretty screwed-up place. David: A ltima vez que chequei, o mundo um lugar bem catico.

Thompson: It's still here. If we had left things in your hands, it wouldntbe. Thompson: Mas ele ainda est aqui. Se o deixssemos nas mos de vocs, no estaria.

David: Tell me why I can't be with Elise? Because the last guy didnt know. David: Me diga, por que no posso ficar com Elise? Porque o outro cara no sabia.

Thompson: Meeting Elise at the Waldorf three years ago wasnt chance. Thompson: Encontr-la h 3 anos no Waldorf no foi acaso.

Thompson: That was us. We knew she would inspire you to give that speech. Thompson: Foi por nossa causa. Ns sabamos que ela o inspiraria a fazer aquele discurso.

Thompson: That speech that brought you back from the edge of oblivion Thompson: Aquele discurso que o livrou da obscuridade,

Thompson: and overnight made you the frontrunner in this coming election. Thompson: e da noite pro dia o ps na dianteira da eleio que viria.

David: What are you saying? You want me to win the election? David: O que est dizendo? Que querem que eu ganhe a eleio?

Thompson: This one and four more after it.

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Thompson: Esta aqui e as prximas quatro.

Thompson: And I'm not just talking about elections for Senate. You can matter, David. Thompson: E no falo apenas das eleies pro Senado. Voc pode fazer a diferena, David.

Thompson: Really matter. What your father wanted when he took you to the Thompson: De verdade. O que seu pai queria quando o levou ao

Thompson: Senate Gallery when you were 10. What your brother wanted Thompson: ao Senado aos 10 anos. O que seu irmo queria

Thompson: when he made you promise the day before he overdosed Thompson: quando te fez prometer no dia anterior de morrer de overdose,

Thompson: that you wouldn't be like him. Thompson: que voc no seria igual a ele.

Thompson: Why do you think you have that yearning to be in front of people? Thompson: Por que acha que tem o desejo de ficar diante das pessoas?

Thompson: That terrible emptiness when youre not. Thompson: Aquele terrvel vazio quando no est?

David: Don't do that. David: No faa isso.

Thompson: David, you can change the world, Thompson: David, voc pode mudar o mundo,

Thompson: but that doesn't happen if you stay with her.

Thompson: mas isso no acontecer se ficar com ela.

David: Why do you people care who I love? David: Por que vocs se importam com quem eu amo?

Thompson: It's not about her, it's about you. What being with her does to you. Thompson: No se trata dela, trata-se de voc. O que estar com ela lhe causa.

David: What it does to me? Imbetter when Im with her! Even you said it. The speech. David: O que me causa? Sou melhor quando estou com ela. At voc disse isso. O

discurso.

Thompson: In small doses, Elise was the cure. But in large doses she rubs off on you. Thompson: Em pequenas doses, Elise foi a cura. Mas em altas doses, ela o afeta.

David: Stop. David: Pare.

Thompson: David, the president cant be a loose cannon. Thompson: David, o president no pode ser inconsequente.

David: Stop talking. It's not working. David: Pare de falar. No est funcionando.

Thompson: Why do you refuse to accept what should be completely obvious by now? Thompson: Por que se recusa a aceitar o que agora deveria ser to bvio?

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Thompson: You've seen what we can do.You cantdoubt we are who we say we are. Thompson: J viu o que ns podemos fazer. Voc no pode duvidar, que somos quem

somos.

David: Look, it's not about who you are, its about who I am. David: Olhe, no sobre quem vocs so, sobre quem eu sou.

Thompson: Can't outrun your fate, David. Thompson: No pode fugir do seu destino, David.

David: I just disagree with you about what my fate is. David: S discordo de voc sobre o que meu destino .

David: I know what I feel for her and its not gonna change. David: Sei o que sinto por ela e isso no vai mudar.

David: All I have are the choices that I make. David: Tudo que tenho so as escolhas que fao.

David: And I choose her come what may. David: E eu a escolho haja o que houver.

Thompson: It's 6:20. If you leave now, you can make Elises show. Thompson: So 18h20. Se sair agora assistir apresentao de Elise.

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Agent:We've got inflection points. Agent:All he needs to do is see her dance and you're at your ripple limit.

Richardson:What? All right, block the door.

Agent:He's already through it.

Richardson:Not that one, the next one.

David:Excuse me. David Norris, I'm here to see Elise.

Richardson:I'm blocking them all.

Agent:Hat! Hat!

Richardson:Is she here? Woman:Yeah, she's in the studio.

Richardson:It's too late. He's already seen her. You hit your ripple limit.

Richardson:Celebrate now. They're just going to kick it upstairs.

Agent:It's Donaldson.

Richardson:He has no idea what he's up against.

Donaldson:Let's take a walk.

Donaldson:The intense chemistry between them, the constant inflection points, and the

kicker,

Donaldson:you pulling them apart twice only to have chance put them back together.

Donaldson:Yeah, all that seemed a little much.

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Donaldson:So, I asked Burdensky to do some research this morning.

Donaldson:Have you been in here before? No, of course not.

Agent:It seems like David Norris and Elise Sellas were meant to be together

Agent:because they were meant to be together.

Richardson:Wait, what?

Donaldson:In the '70s when he was born, they were meant to be together,

Donaldson:same thing in the '80s, '90s.

Agent:Wasn't till 2005 that the plan changed and she was supposed to stay with Adrian.

Agent:The problem here is there are remnants from all those old plans

Agent:that keep pushing them together.

Agent:They still feel like they belong with each other even though they don't,

Agent:and we're about to tear them apart again.

Richardson:You spend your whole career hoping, someday, you'll get a red-letter case.

Richardson:Something you can really make a name for yourself with.

Richardson:Finally you get one, and it's booby-trapped.

Harry:What?

Richardson:I'm saying, it wasn't your fault. They were meant to be together.

Harry:What?

Richardson:Were. In an earlier version of the plan. Actually, a dozen earlier versions.

Richardson:I always wondered how we had such bad luck

Richardson:that she was on that particular bus on that particular day.

Harry:How could a plan just change like that?

Richardson:I don't know. It's above my pay grade.

Agent:So, we're going operational. This is exciting. It's been a while.

Donaldson:We're not going operational.

Donaldson:No one ever made it to my job by taking stupid risks.

Agent:So, what are we going to do?

Donaldson:We're going to kick this case upstairs to someone with the latitude to

Donaldson:clean up this mess without breaking into a sweat.

Donaldson:We're going to bring this to Thompson. Agent:Thompson? When he was in the field, his nickname was...

Donaldson:The Hammer, yes. He'll crush this little romance with a flick of his hand

Donaldson:and force them back on plan again.

Elise:I want to go to a club.

David:Oh! Why ruin a really nice day?

Elise:Come on.

David:No, I don't dance.

Elise:Oh come on, everyone can dance. You just feel the music. David:Well, I've been told that I have trouble feeling.

Elise:Who told you that?

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David:A long list of women.

Elise:That's gross. Elise: You know what? Let's race to that lamppost.

Elise:You win, I dance for you. Elise: I win, you dance for me.

David:On the pole?

Elise:If you like, yeah.

David:This is serious. What are the rules?

Elise:There are no rules. Oh! You bastard! Oh, my gosh!

David:You challenged me in those shoes?

Elise:Okay, fine. I can't.

Elise:You're right. These are the wrong shoes. I'm going to twist an ankle.

David:You said, No rules. I avoided them. Ow!

Elise:You said you had trouble feeling.

David:Great.

Man:Hey, David.

Woman:You're even cuter in person.

Man:Hey, it's David Norris.

David:How you doing? How are you?

Elise:How are we feeling about this tie?

Man:Hey, David Norris!

David:Hey, how you doing? Maybe I should go home and get my tux.

Elise:Definitely don't do that. It's good.

David:I should never have come back here again without my backup dancers.

Man:I voted for you.

David:How are you?

Man:Norris, you're a rock star!

Elise:Did you grow up over here?

David:Yeah, three blocks over that way. Pioneer Street. My whole childhood.

Elise:What were you like as a kid?

David:I've spent about half my time in the principal's office up until the sixth grade.

Elise:Wow. David:Yeah, that was when my mother and my brother died

David:within a month of each other.

Elise:I'm sorry.

David:No, it's fine. You know how I always tell that story about how

David:I got inspired to go into politics because my dad took me

David:to the Senate Gallery and we sat together and that's true.

David:But what I leave out is he did that right after they died.

David:And I was bottoming out. So, he wanted to get me out of here for a little while David:and he planned this road trip to DC, and I think it's because JFK was his idol.

David:And we went and sat in the gallery. I remember watching him watch them,

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David:and I knew that that's what I wanted to do. I wish they were here to see all this.

David:I wasDidn't expect to tell you any of that.

Elise:David? David? Hello. Hey. What are you doing? Why are you calling? Hi.

Elise:No, I wasBecause I was sleeping. No. No, it's not. Why are you calling?

Elise:Okay, well, I gotta go. No, I gotta go. Okay. I'm so sorry.

David:It's all right. Everything okay?

Elise:Yeah. Oh, my God. That was so weird. I woke up and you weren't here.

Elise:And then the phone rang and it was my ex which is just so strange.

David:Sorry, I guess we hadn't gotten to any of that stuff yet.

Elise:Right. You know, we broke up a while ago,

Elise:and it's over and then he calls four times in one morning.

David:He called you four times this morning? How long have you guys been broken up?

Elise:Three months. It's like he knew I was with someone else.

David:Was it serious?

Elise:We were engaged.

David:So, not really that serious?

Elise:Right.

David:Well, what happened?

Elise:Do you want to know this?

David:Yeah.

Elise:He was a great guy. Brilliant choreographer and dancer,

Elise:and we had the same group of friends. We had known each other a long time.

David:Well, he sounds great. Why didn't you marry him?

Elise:Because of you. I'm not some hopeless romantic.

Elise:I've never allowed myself to be that way. But once I felt,

Elise:even for a moment, what I felt with you. You ruined me. I didn't want to settle for

less.

David:I know the feeling.

Elise:It scares the shit out of me.

David:I'm not gonna hurt you. Elise:You don't need to say that.

David:I'm not gonna hurt you. This is the first time in 25 years that I don't feel like I'm by

myself.

Elise:That's a lot of responsibility for me. I don't know if I'm quite comfortable with that.

David:Well, too late. David: You know, I'm supposed to go to an interview right now.

David:What if I told you I wasn't ready to let you out of my sight quite yet?

Elise:Sounds good.

David:You wanna go? Elise:Yeah.

Interviewer:Are you handsome or is it that Washington is so populated by

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Interviewer:I don't wanna say, hideous abnormalities

David:This is getting a little weird.

Interviewer:David Norris, everybody.

Man:Excuse me, ma'am.

Elise:Yes?

Man:Congressman Norris asked me to give you a message.

Man:He was just called into a meeting. He says it's urgent.

Elise:Okay.

Man:He said he'll call you as soon as he's out and he'll see you at the show tonight.

Elise:Okay, thank you.

Man:Thanks.

Man:This way, Congressman.

David:Hello?

Thompson:Frustrating, isn't it? My name is Thompson.

David:Whatever happened to free will?

Thompson:We actually tried free will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering

Thompson:to the height of the Roman Empire, we stepped back to see how

Thompson:you would do on your own. You gave us the Dark Ages for five centuries

Thompson:until finally we decided we should come back in.

Thompson:The Chairman thought that maybe we just needed to do a better job

Thompson:with teaching you how to ride a bike

Thompson:before taking the training wheels off again.

Thompson:So, we gave you the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, scientific revolution.

Thompson:For 600 years we taught you to control your impulses with reason.

Thompson:Then in 1910, we stepped back again. Within 50 years, you had

Thompson:brought us World War I, the Depression, Fascism, the Holocaust,

Thompson:and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction

Thompson:in the Cuban missile crisis.

Thompson:At that point a decision was taken to step back in again

Thompson:before you did something that even we couldn't fix. Thompson:You don't have free will, David.

Thompson:You have the appearance of free will.

David:You expect me to believe that? I make decisions every day.

Thompson:You have free will over which toothpaste you use

Thompson:or which beverage to order at lunch.

Thompson:But humanity just isn't mature enough to control the important things.

David:So, you handle the important things?

David:The last time I checked, the world is a pretty screwed-up place. Thompson:It's still here. If we had left things in your hands, it wouldn't be.

David:Tell me why I can't be with Elise? Because the last guy didn't know.

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Thompson:Meeting Elise at the Waldorf three years ago wasn't chance.

Thompson:That was us. We knew she would inspire you to give that speech.

Thompson:That speech that brought you back from the edge of oblivion

Thompson:and overnight made you the frontrunner in this coming election.

David:What are you saying? You want me to win the election?

Thompson:This one and four more after it.

Thompson:And I'm not just talking about elections for Senate.

Thompson:You can matter, David. Really matter.

Thompson:What your father wanted when he took you to the Senate Gallery

Thompson:when you were 10. What your brother wanted when he made you promise

Thompson:the day before he overdosed that you wouldn't be like him.

Thompson:Why do you think you have that yearning to be in front of people?

Thompson:That terrible emptiness when you're not.

David:Don't do that.

Thompson:David, you can change the world, but that doesn't happen if you stay with her.

David:Why do you people care who I love?

Thompson:It's not about her, it's about you. What being with her does to you.

David:What it does to me? I'm better when I'm with her! Even you said it. The speech.

Thompson:In small doses, Elise was the cure. But in large doses, she rubs off on you.

David:Stop.

Thompson:David, the president can't be a loose cannon.

David:Stop talking. It's not working.

Thompson:Why do you refuse to accept what should be completely obvious by now?

Thompson:You've seen what we can do. You can't doubt we are who we say we are.

David:Look, it's not about who you are, it's about who I am.

Thompson:Can't outrun your fate, David.

David:I just disagree with you about what my fate is.

David:I know what I feel for her and it's not gonna change.

David:All I have are the choices that I make. And I choose her come what may.

Thompson:It's 6:20. If you leave now, you can make Elise's show.