Leverage

Vy poni'maete?

I think he understands.

This is a bomb?

it's a phone.

Now you have two choices...

Either you do what we're asking you to do,

Or I have to pay visit to Natalia and little Sasha.

Eh? They go to school same way every morning.

Did you know this?

Is not safe.

Anything.

I'll do anything.

Okay. What I'm asking for you to do is...

Answer this phone.

What are you supposed to do when they call you?

I do whatever they ask.

Then destroy the phone and tell no one,

Or they'll kill my children.

You, uh, install and repair telephone lines for a living?

For 10 years.

I have three major contracts right now.

If I'm arrested, it all goes away.

And you have no idea why they specifically targeted you?

No.

I'm not perfect, but I try to be a good man.

My parents came to Boston

To get away from this kind of thing...

Russians hurting Russians.

And if you contacted the police?

The Russians will know.

They say they're watching.

This bar, I've been here before.

It's probably safe.

And you...

You're no cop.

No. I'm no cop.

Cloned.

This phone rings, I want you to answer it.

We'll contact you.

Thank you, Mr. Ford.

We're not gonna let anything bad happen to your family.

Thank you.

Okay, now, I put a tap on the phone,

So if that thing rings, we'll know it.

All right, good. What else?

There's one incoming call.

These guys were thorough.

They wanted to make sure if they called, Andrei would answer.

Yeah, they, uh, they call it once to test it.

Exactly.

So if we just call...Them...Back...

You going to get that?

This is Pieter.

Hello?

Marco.

Polo.

You sure this is the place?

I'm sorry, am... am I... am I sure?

Eliot, what is that Russian carrying?

It's called a smartphone, okay?

Smartphones read e-mails, they have GPS maps,

They link to an atomic clock

On this little thing called the Internet.

You ever heard of it?

Come on, man.

Look, a smartphone has an operating system.

If it has an operating system, you know I can hack it.

Okay.

Think I may have just I.D.'d our bad guy.

His name is Pieter Volokh.

Him and his crew, they used to belong to the m-45s,

Ex-military hitters turned mafia boys.

Now, they took a big hit in a bust last month.

They lost $20 million in merchandise to the police.

That's gotta hurt.

Okay, so... so now look. We know what they're after.

They're looking for a big-payout job

So that they can get back on their feet.

Now, I've I.D.'d the perp,

I know what they want, and I know why.

What did you do with your afternoon?

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do when I get back there.

Think he's involved?

It's Russian mafia.

They wear their tattoos like a résumé.

See that cathedral on his neck?

Three spires, three tours in prison.

The stars on his arm means he's a Captain.

So he's the boss?

I don't know. Probably.

I ran into some of these cats in Petrozavodsk.

They blackmail innocent people like Andrei

Into committing crimes and dropping off money.

Then those guys get picked up by the cops

Or they end up dead.

It's brutal.

Want me to taser him?

No tasering, Parker. Not yet, anyway.

Are they still in sight?

I hate this kind of criminal.

What exactly were you doing when I chased you?

I stole art from rich people who could afford it.

These guys? They terrorize their victims,

They harm families, and the worst part?

They make innocent people commit crimes.

Oh, that's the worst part?

You blackmail an innocent man into breaking the law,

The rest of his life he's gonna feel shame

Over how you made him helpless,

Or guilt over what you made him do.

We chose crime. Andrei didn't.

Hurry up!

I hurried!

Then I hurried again!

I checked it three times. It's clean.

Check it again.

Hey! What are you doing?

Sh... Well...

Uh...

Eliot!

Mnh! Mnhhh!

Uhh!

You don't throw crowbars at people!

Sorry!

"you don't throw crowbars at people!"

Could have just tasered him.

Promise me we're gonna take these guys down hard.

I promise. Where are they going?

I want this to be exciting and dramatic.

Well, it's already exciting. Look where they stopped.

They reversed the phone tap. We're blown.

They're gonna kill hardison.

They're gonna kill who? No, they ain't!

I bet you they ain't! Nate, you better stall!

Yeah, come on.

Whoa. Wait... wait a minute.

Look, my only way out is the front door.

Are they coming through the front door?

I don't know.

What you mean you don't know?

You better say something.

I swear on my mama, I will blow a hole through your bedroom

And spider-man out the side of this building.

Tell me something.

We'll tell you something in a second, hardison.

We're coming through the back door.

Shh.

What?

You're not gonna like this.

What?

Somebody's been eating our porridge.

You don't have to be so rough with him. This guy...

Nate?

Hold on, hardison. They're not here for you.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I knew it.

Nobody can reverse my phone taps.

Come on, man.

I don't see why y'all were getting all excited.

All right, I'll do whatever you say.

I still have the phone!

What else do you want from me?

The red phone again.

Nate, this guy's not our boss.

He's another blackmail victim.

Yes, I know.

I'm about to meet their boss.

Go on.

Hello, dad.

Nathan.

Give me a moment. I want a word with my son.

Go on.

I got out a while ago.

Yeah, I-I know. I knew you were out.

I didn't see you at the prison gates

Waiting to pick me up.

Yeah, I was, uh, visiting mom's grave.

So, uh, what's... what's a washed-up bookie like yourself

Doing with a Russian blackmailing crew?

I went to prison 'cause I took the fall

For the three families.

I did my time for them like a stand-up guy.

You heard what happened.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was on the news.

Yeah, I heard what happened.

Artie van, he turned state's evidence.

Turned state's evidence... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Gave up his ledger.

20 years of payoffs...

The mcteagues, the o'hares, the donnellys...

All the big families are going down by law.

Now, once upon a time,

They would take care of someone

Who's gone inside for them.

I went to jail for nothing.

I want to get my piece.

With these guys?

These guys that... that threaten children?

What?

Geez, you always thought you were smarter than me,

Brighter, better than me.