Nate quotes from Leverage

What's going on?

Client meeting.

I can see that. I thought I pick the clients. Who is that crying?

Teresa Palermo. Her husband owed money to the mob, and he took the fall for a murder the boss committed. She's a friend of Sophie’s.

I see. Stick around, Hardison. We're gonna have a meeting later about how things work around here.

This is probably a bad time to talk about Christmas, huh?

Just take the mob out of it.

What? Take the mob out of it?

Hear me out. Isn't this just a breach of contract?

Eliot

These guys had a deal, right? And your boy, Ray, he lived up to his end, but Moscone didn't. And for that, there's not a court of law in this world this lady can go to.

Parker

Which is exactly the kind of case we take.

Oh, come on. I don't--why Teresa?

Sophie

I don't know. Well, her man's gone to jail for fifteen years, and she's waiting for him. For fifteen years. Do you have any idea how hard it is, to wait for someone?

Yeah, okay. Yeah, okay, let’s go rob Nicky Moscone, a guy who kills people and lives in our city. Yeah, let's do that.

Relax. We're with the bureau. Howdy. Special Agent Thomas. This is special agent Hagen. She's fresh out of Quantico. I'm showing her all the hot spots, you know. Uh-Huh. Oh, by the way, we got your memo. We're moving it up the chain.

What? Hey. G-great. Thanks. Well, come on in. Sorry about the heat, and the smell.

Sophie

Huh. How did he know that?

Oh, the field guys are always sending memos. They just need validation.

Can you break the codes?

The codes? The codes to the Cayman Bank and Trust, where the Cali cartel and the African dictators keep all their dirty money? The ones that Moscone changes anytime he damn well pleases? Like, it's c-come on. Dude, are you kidding me?

You know, you're-you're very negative lately.

Eliot

Yeah.

And the sass, it doesn't-doesn't help.

Sophie. Where are we at?

Sophie

Huh? I don't know, Nate. I think you need to ask yourself that question. You called me, remember? And now we're working together every day. I don't know what you want. And to ask me that dressed like a vicar? You're a very strange man.

No, no, no. I meant where are we at with finding the money?

How are we doing? How's the search?

Eliot

I haven't started yet.

Okay, you know, I haven't gotten one answer I was looking for today. What is it that you're doing? What's going on?

Eliot

I'm cutting onion, deveining shrimp, uh, pan-searing some scallops. I've got 200 people I got to feed, all right? Back off.

Okay, okay. Hmm.

Eliot

What, you think the only thing I know how to do is bust heads?

No, well, yeah.

Eliot

Look, hold a knife like this—[forehand grip]—cuts through an onion. Hold a knife like this? [switches to a backhand grip] Cuts through, like, eight Yakuza in four seconds. Screams, carnage. People are like knives. Everything is in context.

Hey, we find the money, we get out before it starts. You know, I swear, I never understood the lengths people go with these things. I mean, the endless--you know, the dresses, and the endless toasts, and the crying. And, and, you know, it's just--it's unbelievable to me. And everyone has a role to play, right? And the bride and groom at the end of the day, they go home with a pile of cash. And if you really think about it, the whole thing is just a giant, giant con.

Sophie

Well...aren't you romantic.

Eliot

What is it? I've got bacon on.

Parker

The butcher is here.

Eliot

Does he have the baby lamb chops?

No, the Butcher of Kiev.

Think he'll recognize you?

I kill you!

Eliot

Yeah, I think he'd remember me.

Sophie

I'm staying.

I'm sorry, you're...you're what?

Sophie

I'm staying.

You're staying? Sophie, Sophie, it's the Butcher of Kiev.

Have you ever been to Kiev? The cake-maker of Kiev would whoop all our asses. This is the Butcher.

Did you just kill a guy with an appetizer?

Eliot

I dunno. Maybe.

Sophie

So, padre, a wedding's just a big con, huh? [walks away]

I never said there was anything wrong with that.

Did you clean out Moscone's accounts?

I left him five dollars for socks.

Eliot

I hate to say it, but you know who we could really use--

Don't even say his name. I don't want it spoken aloud.

Parker

Target's on the 30th floor. You don't really expect us to--

Eliot

Great. Another key card.

Parker

I'm gonna kill him.

Not if I get to him first

Hello? Hey, hey, hey! Hey, guys. W-What's up?

Where are you?

I'm at the office. What happened--there was a thing--my electricity went out.

Eliot

I swear, when I see you--

My electricity, man--

These people killed a kid, all right? They killed a bunch of kids. There's no way in hell we're gonna let them get away with it. We are going to get on that flight.

Eliot

All right.

Parker

So, what are we waiting for?

Eliot

How does she do this?

I don't even ask anymore.