Sophie quotes from Leverage

Sophie

Ah, Sterling. Good. Come on.

Sterling

Is this an escape? 'Cause if it is, you're very bad at it.

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.

I'm sorry, what are you doing in my room?

Sophie

So, the butler did it.

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.

Sophie

Zachary, what's the first basic rule of improv?

Always say yes and keep the scene moving forward.

Sophie

Good, and the second?

Don't block?

Sophie

Exactly. Now, everybody, forget all that. Synchronize your watches; we're saying 'no' and we're blocking.

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.

Sophie

What the hell are you doing?

[With a wrench in hand] I'm hacking.

Sophie

Well, stop it! Just...step back

She's [Parker] on the roof with the guy we just spent the last four days driving crazy.

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.

There’s the full nondisclosure agreement that Kristin’s required to sign in order to get her settlement. That thing’s 100 pages longer than the one you sign for the CIA. The winery’s just trying to get her to shut up.

Sophie

And how did you get your hands on the CIA contract?

You ask too many questions.

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.