Rooftop escape and the getaway boat
Police flood the roof and corridors while Assane slips down to the river and makes off by boat.
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#paris
8 moments.
Graduation, a Bulova watch and an invitation to Paris
Alma gives Beth a graduation watch and learns the summer schedule: Mexico City, the US Championship, then Paris.
Paris cold open: Beth wakes up late for the match
A hotel clerk pounds on the door while a hungover Beth scrambles out of a bathtub, dresses in a rush and takes her seat across the board.
Cleo on Benny, Paris and why models are empty creatures
Cleo tells Beth how she met the chess crowd, admits she fell for Benny, and delivers her withering take on modeling and models.
Paris press conference: Beth's Adam's apple retort
Borgov says he will likely die with his head on a chessboard; asked if she is too glamorous to be serious, Beth answers with a perfect one-liner.
Cleo calls from the hotel bar the night before the final
Cleo phones Beth's room and tempts her down for one drink; Beth says she has the final tomorrow and should sleep, so Cleo goes to toast her alone.
One drink: pastis and Beth's Paris daydream
Beth joins Cleo after all, tries pastis, and imagines a future as world champion living in Paris; Cleo tells her talent will buy that life.
Hungover Beth loses the final to Borgov
Woken by hotel staff with the hall waiting, Beth stumbles into the rematch against Borgov, cannot see the board clearly, and resigns.