There was one Sanders surrogate who wouldn’t get past Clinton’s convention gatekeepers, though — former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, who has been highly critical of Clinton throughout the campaign after initially endorsing her. Clinton’s team denied Sanders’ request that Turner nominate him on Tuesday.

Throughout the week, Margolis and Grunwald reviewed every word entered into the teleprompter from their small room in the basement of the arena. They were also on ego patrol, balancing the needs of politicians and Hollywood stars, paring down the speeches to make sure the convention stayed on schedule — and on message.

Team Sanders, meanwhile, was managing its own delegates, texting them to be respectful with a message from campaign manager Jeff Weaver after they revolted against Sanders in a Monday morning event.

On Monday night, however, the Clinton camp’s careful control over the program hit a road bump. Sanders’ operatives wouldn’t hand over his speech, which they said he was still writing until the last moment. Weaver and Longabaugh tried to calm them down. “You will like the speech,” they promised.