Nate quotes from Leverage

Sophie

How did you find me exactly?

Why did you lie to me?

Sophie

It's just like old times, isn't it? Me in the dress and up to my neck in easy marks and valuable art, and you show up, all serious.

There is a distinct lack in you telling me why you lied to me in that last speech. Now why is a grifter and art thief--

Sophie

Ex-art thief.

...at a high-end art auction?

Sophie

Asks the insurance cop.

Ex-insurance investigator. Still stalling.

Sophie

I hate that man. I don't know how you were ever partners with him.

Ah, well, he's funny in his own kind of way.

Sophie

Oh, yeah, hilarious. That crack about secret prison.

Oh, no, he was serious about that.

This isn't just an art theft.

It's murder.

You have one hour. If I don't have a suspect in an hour, you're both going down for this.

I don't need an hour, I've got a Sophie.

Sophie

I'd forgotten how attractive that is, the relentless tick-tick-tick of you pulling apart someone's well-laid plans.

Ahh, including yours?

Sophie

Oh, you've never pulled apart my plans.

Sterling is sitting right on top of Ma Mystere.

Sophie

Are you telling me you can't outsmart Sterling?

I can't. But he can't outsmart me, either.

Sterling

So let me get this straight. You stole not one, but two paintings, one of which you spent the entire day trying to convince me you did not steal, all because your girlfriend here, an unrepentant, inveterate, professional liar...

Sophie

That's uncalled for.

Well.

Sterling

...told you, with no evidence whatsoever, that Ma Mystere was fake. Now you're so sure that she's right, that you not only think that this painting is a fake, but every other Mettier that was in the house, the entire collection, is also fake?

That's right.

Sterling

Arrest them both.

Sophie

On what charge?

Sterling

Theft?

We brought you back the paintings.

Sterling

Obstructing an investigation.

Sophie

We're helping you with your investigation.

Sterling

Being annoying and crazy!

Well, that's not a crime. Since when was that a crime?

Sophie

No, it's not.

Sophie

He vowed it would never be seen by the world till after my death.

So we're gonna steal it.

Sophie

Of course we are, darling.

Eliot, so where'd you find these people?

Eliot

Two words: "free beer."

Sophie

We haven't even made a dent. I'm beginning to think we can't destroy this store.

You're right. We can't. But Caroline can.

Parker

All right, people, place your bets, 100 bucks gets you in.

I'm in. Five minutes.

Sophie

She'll go seven.

I say three minutes

Parker

I'm under two.

Eliot

Everybody that got laid off has a job.

Parker

What about the building?

I heard an anonymous donor put in a bid for it. He said he's gonna turn it into a theater for the local high school.

The arts are vastly underfunded in this country, don't you think?

Sophie

You sly old dog.

Yeah, so, the con failed...technically.

Sophie

The con didn't fail. The con worked.

If by "worked," you mean completely fell apart.

Sophie

Huh? Sorry, which one of us is the grifter? I'm telling you, we pulled off The White Rabbit successfully.

Pulled off The White Rabbit successf... How so?

Sophie

Well The White Rabbit is about taking the truth, whats underneath, and bringing it out.

Without breaking the Mark in the process..

Sophie

Every grift is an exchange, the trick is to give enough to hold the Mark, but not so much that you get pulled over with him.

Parker, huh?

Sophie

Parker.

Parker

(Walking up to the group) We good?

Sophie

You tell us.

Parker

Yeah, we're good.

Parker

Nate, I'm going in. [to herself] I'm Intern Parker. Intern Parker.

Sophie

Yeah, we've, uh, we've been working on her long con abilities, you know, internalizing the character more.

Parker

Is Intern Parker working for free?

Sophie

She's just a character, Parker.

Parker

Yeah. But I know what Intern Parker's worth is. And Intern Parker deserves a fair wage for her labor!

[to Sophie] Yeah, you might want to dial that back a little bit, yeah.

Sophie

Dial it back, yeah. Thinking so.

If his wine collection is the collateral, let's make the collection worthless.

Sophie

The bank finds out the collection's a fraud, Madigan loses the winery.

Yeah, we just take a 200-year-old bottle of grape juice and turn it into Two-Buck Chuck.

Let's go fake a bottle.