Tara quotes from Leverage

Eliot, I'm gonna ask you not to do anything violent.

Eliot

What... what are you talking about? I only use violence as a, as a, as an appropriate response.

Sterling

Hello, Nate.

Tara

And this is…?

James Sterling. We used to work together. Insurance.

Tara

He seems to rub Eliot the wrong way.

You think?

Tara

I got this one.

Eliot

Really? What're gonna say to him? 'Cause we got no cover story. We've got no background on this cat.

Tara

Okay. That's it then. I won't say anything. Really. Not one word. Just, when he turns around and looks at you, do that thing with your eyes that scares people.

Eliot

What? I don't know what you're talking about—

Tara

[Smiling] Oh, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Tara

What we imagine is always so much better than the reality.

Eliot

Like love?

Parker

Interpol? Seriously?!

Sterling's career gets another boost off of our hard work.

Tara

We didn't even get paid.

Nope.

Tara

I hate this guy.

Eliot

Now you're part of the team.

Tara

Damn.

Damn.

Tara

He is good.

He should be shot.

Tara

So what do we do now?

Parker

Cut off his arms. And his head. Yeah. I wanna kill him. Can we make that happen?

Eliot

Yeah, I can…I mean, I could…

Or we could give him exactly what he wants…and then make the world think that he's the greatest psychic that ever lived, and then in front of the network and his audience, we destroy him.

Eliot

How do we do that?

We go and steal the future.

Tara

They do make a cute pair, don't they?

Let's see, we got, we got assault, kidnapping, and burglary for our friend, Kusen. Garden-variety fraud for our psychic friend, Dalton Rand. Any way we can get them in the same prison?

That could be arranged.

Tara

So all the people who thought he could talk to their loved ones on the other side, what's to stop them from falling for the next Dalton Rand?

Not a thing. [Walks away]

Tara

Then why do it?

There was a part of me that knew it wasn't real, but I didn't care. I just…missed Mike so much, I wanted to see him again so bad.

You will see him again. Maybe it'll be a look. [gazes at her pregnant belly] Maybe it'll be a gesture. Maybe it'll be the way he spreads peanut butter on a slice of bread. But when you see it, you'll know, and you'll say 'that's Mike'. And you know what, that's a miracle that no one could ever sell you.

Thank you, Mr. Ford.

Tara

And now I see why you do it.

Tara

I don't know. Culpepper doesn't strike me as the type to order a hit. Especially on something like a graft case. What's the big deal, you know? You get caught, you go on a two-day with your wife, you cry, you get re-elected.

Parker

Yes, it's the American way.

Tara

Exactly.

Tara

Worse thief ever.

Amateurs

All right. Good news, bad news.

Tara

Good news?

The mayor's hooked. We're in the pinch.

Tara

Bad news?

I think we lost Eliot till the playoffs.

Eliot

I left early, man. Huh? Bottom of the ninth.

Excuse you, rudeness. I'm explaining the con. It's very complicated.

Eliot

Really? The mayor gives us a check and we deposit it in some company you connected back to him and it looks like he's embezzling from his campaign funds. [Give him a fake gasp and then turns to Nate] Bottom of the ninth, man. I had to walk off a single, man. Crowd goes nuts.

That's—that not all there is, okay? We got—there's—there's the Bonnano thing. We got—

Eliot

What? We give Bonnano's notes to the newspaper, man. [to Nate again] They named a sandwich after me at T.J. Philbman's.

Tara

Ah.

Parker

Ooh

Eliot

Huh?

I give it to you, man. A sandwich is pretty cool.

Parker

This is hopeless. And it smells.

Eliot

How many ships left on the list?

Parker

Eight hundred.

Eliot

Sweet.

Parker

Yeah.

Tara

This is hopeless.

Parker

And it smells.

Tara

Yes! Like old clown shoes.

Parker

Rotting despair.

Tara

You're really strong.

Parker

Yeah. I hang from buildings by my fingertips.

Tara

It's not what you think. I was setting up a meeting.

Parker

Actually, that was exactly what I was thinking. Bye now.