Nate quotes from Leverage

You know, you have a strange sense of humor, Mr. Ford. Why are you toying with me, with my heart?

Well, it's not your heart now, is it?

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Well, I don't have much use for the law, and you don't have much time.

This is my only chance. I've planned for months. I have eight backup contingencies. I'm fighting for my life, Mr. Ford! What are you fighting for?

I am fighting for that 15-year-old boy that you're going to kill.

[Scoffs] God helps those who help themselves.

And I help people who can't. And God help you if anything should happen to that boy, because if he spends more than one second longer in that hospital than he needs to, I will make it my mission in life to end you. I will ruin you. I will ruin your name. I will ruin your company. I will bring down everything you have ever touched. And when I am done, I will hunt you down, and I will kill you myself.

Well, Mr. Ford, it seems you've killed me after all.

Oh, I didn't kill you. God killed you. I just made sure it took.

You still haven't told me what's in it for me.

Sterling

I will owe you a favor. How often does that happen?

[over comms] Eliot, try not to kill Sterling, we may need him.

Eliot

[looks indignant] I can't promise that!

Sterling

[glances at Eliot] What was that?

This thing is like the nuclear equivalent of the One Ring.

Sophie

Ring? What ring?

Oh, please. Don't get him started.

We know what security system is protecting the weight, so all we got to do is hack into it.

Okay, let's get one thing clear here. What you say "we," you really mean me. And what do you mean, "just hack into it," Nate? I don't know what this thing is. Never seen it before in my life. How am I supposed to hack it?

That's a very good question, Hardison. I'm sure you'll have it figured out by tomorrow. Good luck. [Leaves the room]

Sterling

Some things just never change. [Sophie and Hardison glare at him] Is it time for me to go, too?

Oh, I was just saying I think you're taking some unnecessary risks.

If I were afraid of a little danger, I would play checkers.

Well, you must be afraid of something.

Spider. Poisoned prawns. Carbs. But you want to know what I'm not afraid of?

Hmm.

Being afraid. [Nate chuckles] You like that? I stole it from my dad.

Why'd you come to me?

Sterling

'Cause you're the best thief I've ever seen. I couldn't risk anything less.

Sophie

So, what, the salt was plan B?

No, no, that's, ah, that's plan M.

Don't I die in plan M?

Yeah, usually.

What you mean, usually? How many plans do I die in?

C, F, and M through Q.

C, that's a little close to home, man. You need to switch that up. How many plans does Eliot die in?

None. And [pointing to Parker] none. And [pointing to Sophie]...nnehh. There is a plan where he [Eliot] comes out of it with a scar from the temple through the eye all the way down to his mouth--

Parker

Ooh! You'd look so cool with a scar!

Sophie

Wait, wait, wait, go back, hold on, let's rewind--you skipped past me! You skipped past me.

Well, I have one, there is a plan, but it's evolving.

Sophie

Okay, that's creepy. Don't you think that's creepy? He's planning my death.

Until recently, they held these experiments in, like, a private farm facility, but after Schaevel's death, they moved it here, to the basement of the university Psychology building. Now, most people would dive into the question of, "why did they move"? I, however, am not most people.

You want to skip the "behold my genius" part and get to what you found?

Ever been quail hunting, Hardison?

Do I look like I go quail hunting?

Eliot

Let me ask him something. You ever played a video game where you go quail hunting?

You see, the birds, understandably, they don't like to be shot-

Parker

So they hide in the bushes. When you hunt, you have to beat the bushes with a stick. That way, you scare the birds into the sky, and there's a man waiting there with a gun and good aim, and he... [makes a gun cocking sound] ...picks them off.

That is seriously messed up. Why would y'all tell me something like that? [to Parker] Why do you know that?

Kid's making me nervous.

He's not doing anything.

Yeah, but that's my point, you know? He should be panicking, and he's not.

He's just a kid, Nate. How bad could it get?

How many grown men said that about you while you were raining digital fire down on their lives?

Ah, now I'm nervous.

Would you describe yourself as having any kind of life outside of work?

Uh, excuse me?

Do you have any outside interests? Do you do ever do anything but than this?

Of course I do. I... Why does this even matter? This is so...

Well, your coworker suggested I ask.

She did. You know what you should ask her?