Nate quotes from Leverage

Parker

So what? Kusen has a secret and he's gonna kill Rand so he doesn't reveal it? That'd be good.

Eliot

No, you wanna kill someone, you don't get out and throw them in a van. You don't get out of your seat.

All right, Kusen needs Rand for his psychic abilities. That's why he's being so secretive around his wife.

Parker

So let me get this straight. We did such a good job of convincing Rand was really a psychic that we got him kidnapped.

Which means we have to find him, rescue him, and then, you know, take him down.

Tara

They do make a cute pair, don't they?

Let's see, we got, we got assault, kidnapping, and burglary for our friend, Kusen. Garden-variety fraud for our psychic friend, Dalton Rand. Any way we can get them in the same prison?

That could be arranged.

Tara

So all the people who thought he could talk to their loved ones on the other side, what's to stop them from falling for the next Dalton Rand?

Not a thing. [Walks away]

Tara

Then why do it?

There was a part of me that knew it wasn't real, but I didn't care. I just…missed Mike so much, I wanted to see him again so bad.

You will see him again. Maybe it'll be a look. [gazes at her pregnant belly] Maybe it'll be a gesture. Maybe it'll be the way he spreads peanut butter on a slice of bread. But when you see it, you'll know, and you'll say 'that's Mike'. And you know what, that's a miracle that no one could ever sell you.

Thank you, Mr. Ford.

Tara

And now I see why you do it.

Mrs. Bonanno. I'm, um, Nate Ford. I just heard—

I already gave my statement.

No, I'm not a policeman. Um, I'm in the private sector. Your husband and I are colleagues.

I appreciate you coming down here, but it's not—Nate Ford? He talked about you.

He did?

He said you helped him with some cases and he wanted to buy you a drink…and then arrest you.

How does business work with you, Mr. Culpepper? Frankly?

Well, frankly, those who are with me from the beginning, they are at the front of the line. Those who are with me after the election, they're in the back of the line. And those who are against me…they are ground to dust.

Baseball?

Yeah, we're gonna steal this ballpark. [pause] And then the team. Not necessarily in that order.

Tara

Worse thief ever.

Amateurs

All right. Good news, bad news.

Tara

Good news?

The mayor's hooked. We're in the pinch.

Tara

Bad news?

I think we lost Eliot till the playoffs.

You want to walk away? Walk away.

Eliot

I'm not walking away.

Walk away.

Eliot

That's not my job. My job is to get your back, and Nate, I'm gonna do it, all the way down. But I need you to do your job.

And what's that?

Parker

Be Nathan Ford. Be the person we came back for.

Tony Kadjic's the one who pulled the trigger. I want to know exactly what he's up to and where he is.

And how do you propose we do that?

Let's go steal a mayor.

[On the phone with Kadjic] They killed my FBI handlers. They murdered them! And they cut them into pieces, and put them in a bathtub. Into a hotel bathtub!

[To Nate] Is this true?

To be fair, [nods at Eliot] he did most of the cutting.

Eliot

Thank you, I appreciate it.

You work hard.

Sophie. You came back.

Sophie

Well...you needed me.

Who the hell is this guy?

Sterling

I don't know.

My name's Nate Ford…and I am a thief.

Guys, no. I committed a crime, I got caught, and now I am gonna serve my time.

Sophie

Nate, what kind of world would it be if everybody that committed a silly little crime went to prison, huh? Complete madness.