Nate quotes from Leverage

Sterling

Look, it's terrible, what happened to your son. No one's denying that. Suffering doesn't automatically make you a hero.

I never claimed to be.

Sterling

You just think you're above the law.

Oh, no. I like think of it as I pick up where the law leaves off.

Sterling

[Scoffs] I'm not gonna be so nice next time.

Mm. Neither will I.

Mm! How great were you? I mean, they ought to call it, uh, "Death of a Saleswoman." What a great commentary on the glass ceiling for women in corporate America.

Sophie

Nate, I-I played the part as a man.

Yes, and brilliantly.

Sophie

Thanks.

It’s not gonna be your last mass, Paul.

Paul

Hey, what are you gonna do? Nate?

Just...move God's…plans along.

Parker

That's Saint Nicholas?

Yes.

Parker

Santa Claus has a church?

Eliot

[irritated] It's not Santa Claus!

Hardison, can you make the statue cry without melting Saint Nick's head?

Parker

Don't melt Santa!

It's not Santa!

Eliot

I got to be honest with you. We’re gonna need a miracle to save this church.

So let's, uh, go steal ourselves a miracle.

So the Catholic church defines a miracle as the work of God, usually through the prayers and intercessions of a saint, for some specific purpose, frequently the conversion of the unbelieving.

Eliot

How do you know all this stuff?

I went to school with Father Paul. To, uh...seminary school.

Eliot

So you dropped out of priest school to become an insurance cop. Now you're a leader of a band of thieves. Nice.

You're…you're a Catholic who wants to fake a miracle. I'm pretty sure that puts us in mortal sin territory.

Eliot

So wait, wait. Now you're religious too?

No, no, I'm not denominational. It's just, I never do anything my Nana says don't do.

As long as I don't have to do anything immoral.

No, absolutely not. No, I just need you to figure out how to…fake a miracle.

We all goin' to hell.

Sophie

You never cheated on her, Nate.

I know. I know. Tempted.

Sophie

No, no, you weren't.

I was.

Sophie

Not really. You’ve always been the good guy. That’s, uh, that's what made it fun. Well, part of what made it fun between us back then.

Back then, yeah. And what about now?

Sophie

I don't know. What about now? That’s what we have to figure out. By "we," um, I mean "you" of course.

Of course. Of course.

Sophie

Just, um...don't take too long.

Paul

What did you do?

Uh, what--what do you mean What, y-y-you don't believe in miracles?

Paul

The word "miracle" does not appear anywhere in the Old or New Testaments.

What about the wedding at Cana? Huh? What about Lazarus?

Paul

Please tell me you had nothing to do with this.

I had nothing to do with this.

Paul

Nate? You’re lying to me, right to my face. In church! There’s a fake miracle in my church.

Shhh.

We can use this. Just give me a second. I need to—

Apostolic visitation…

Come again?

It's the Vatican.

I hope you weren't gonna do what I know you were just about to do.

Paul

What, tell the truth? You bet I was. Nate, no more lies! The Vatican’s here! You and I both know what that means.

Yeah, break out the grappa.

Paul

Does my getting defrocked amuse you?

I-I am trying to save your damn church.

Paul

Save my church? You faked a miracle! My parishioners, my flock, my church, they-they believed in that miracle. And now you are ripping out that faith and replacing it with a lie. Maybe, maybe I’m not here to save this church, Nate. Maybe I need to lose this church to save you. Go and sin no more.

Paul

I count myself blessed and take my miracle.

Ah, but there was no miracle.

Paul

Nate, five thieves saved my church.

Get out. Now.

Is he talking to us?

Parker

An unmarked van parked across the street from a bank that's being robbed? Yeah. I think he's talking to us.

Yeah, well, five more feet and he would have been in the clear. What the hell was he thinking?

Parker

Don't be an idiot, Hardison.

What?

Parker

Sophie was still in there.

Eliot

Tell me what's going on in there.

I'm afraid I can't do that, this is an active crime scene, and you need to--

Eliot

[to cop] I'm not talking to you. [to Nate] How many are there?

Yeah, you're right. Clearly amateurs, these two. Yeah. The younger one, looks like he's never handled a gun before.

Eliot

Is Judge Blow-Hard next to you?

Yeah, uh-huh. Yeah, definitely amateurs, That's what makes them so dangerous.

Eliot

Alright, 2 guys, both armed, neither one a criminal mastermind. You want me in there?

Sir, we can't have you going inside the bank...

Probably, uh, a good idea just to sit tight, don't you think? You know, and see where these guys' heads are at, you know?

Eliot

Alright, your call, boss.

Thank you.