Nate quotes from Leverage

Now let me get this straight. When I said--when I said "simple stall," you heard..."multi-national, high-finance feeding frenzy," right??

Sophie

Tomahto, tomato.

Okay, okay, it's not what it looks like.

Looks like Morris Beck's been murdered. You're left holding the bag for it.

Maybe it is what it looks like.

Nate, we got a problem. This place isn't just off the grid, it's in a whole damn time warp.

Parker

Definitely 1850s. Before the Civil War.

It's old? That's the problem?

It's prehistoric. It's totally analog, all manual. There's a junction box on every damn floor. There's no computers, nothing to crack, nothing to hack. [Lights flicker off and on] And that is on my last nerve.

Hardison, what's the rule?

Don't bring up a problem unless you got a fix.

I take my gear, attach it to the wiring, see what draws the most power by sending out some pulses. Maybe we can find the main control room.

Yeah, or anything big, like a state-of-the-art safe filled with blueprints.

Either way puts us back in business.

Well, see? Problem, solution.

This place is friggin' ginormous. It's gonna take me a while.

Then I suggest you get on it.

(Muttering) He's always got to be telling somebody what to do. "Get to it." He doesn't even know what a pulse map is.

Wait, wait. What the hell's going on down there? Nate killed somebody?

Eliot

No, Nate didn't kill somebody. You didn't, did you?

Of course not.

Parker

You'd tell us, though. Wouldn't you?

Yes, Parker, I would tell you if I murdered the mark.

Eliot

The point is, if we don't solve this murder, you're cooked. You get that?

Yeah. I get that.

Eliot

Okay. Forget the job. Forget the blueprints. If you didn't kill this guy --

"If?"

Eliot

If you didn't kill this guy, then you're the only witness. You better solve this murder, Nate.

Or?

Eliot

Or you're gonna take the fall.

Eliot

This is a bad idea. The way I get information out of guys is usually loud and messy.

Tonight you're a grifter. Adapt.

Eliot

Yeah, when this is over, me and you are gonna have a little talk.

Try not to assault this one, Eliot.

Eliot

Messy and loud, Nate. I told you. Adapt.

Sophie

All right, it's your bar. Think. It's what you do.

Yeah, thanks, yeah.

Sophie

But while you're thinking, think about this. Are you climbing into that bottle because of what you think we see when we look at you, or because of what you see in the mirror?

Rockwell's brilliant, he's ruthless. Stone-cold solid. It's a shame we got to take the man down. I'd almost consider making him a part of the team.?

Yeah, uh, Rockwell has his boot on my friend's throat, Hardison.?

I said, "almost."

Eliot

This guy's a ghost, Nate. He operates like we do. His clients are by referral, and he stays in the shadows. How we supposed to take this guy down?

The same way we would destroy me.I mean, what we're really asking here is how would I destroy myself.?

Parker

Yeah, and you can't say "booze."

I can resist the spotlight, by the way.

Sophie

Of course you can. Never see you taking any kind of victory lap after you've pushed us all to the edge, or sticking around to gloat over the bad guy being dragged away.

Hm. Is that sarcasm?

Sophie

A mild amount.

Parker

This guy's not a hero.

No. He's the only thing better than a hero. He's a mystery.

All right, Hardison, how'd that speech come out?

Oh, it's some of my finest work.

What am I supposed to do with this? "You can be a hero, too." Who the hell wrote this crap?

Excuse you? Let's see you do better on such short notice. People are just ungrateful.

Sophie

Consciously or not, I think you look at Reed Rockwell and see everything you hate about Nathan--

Any way I can get you not to finish that thought?