Leverage

The hell kind of muni track has a par-five dogleg left

into the wind?

Stupid rental clubs cost me two strokes a side.

Erickson?!

Erickson!

I've been trying to call you for months!

Where's my money?!

You took my money!

Stand back, sir.

Erickson!

Get him out of here. Okay.

You belong in jail, Erickson!

- You're a thief! - Sir.

I think you're mistaken.

That man is a thief!

That man is Jim Cole, not Erickson.

I suggest you walk away.

I just figured a guy like you would have,

I don't know, an office or something.

Oh, yeah, I tried it once.

Had trouble keeping it in one piece.

Secretary? Business cards?

Gabe Erickson got one of those?

Yeah. Well, you got me there.

Is this the guy?

Gabe Erickson.

I mean, this guy wipes me out back east.

I spent 14 months looking for a job,

and, finally, a buddy of mine sets me up

over here at Eagle Cove, and... boom... there he is.

You sure it was him?

Mr. Ford, me and my brother started our landscaping business

over 20 years ago with a borrowed truck.

But we worked it. Every hour, every day.

My wife, she did the accounts.

And on the weekends,

we'd always have this big barbecue, you know?

And we'd let our kids wash the trucks.

'Course, they're just running around

with the hose, screaming.

And we would just watch them, you know?

And we knew that we had built something that was gonna last.

Gabe Erickson looked me in the eye,

swore he'd take care of my family's money, and then he stole it.

So, yeah, I'm sure.

Now, Erickson... he was arrested a year ago

on $130 million stock scam, right?

He hasn't even been trial yet.

So, what's he doing on that golf course three days ago,

hiding behind bodyguards?

I got the security-camera footage from Eagle Cove's parking lot.

Those guys are Federal Marshals.

Hardison, zoom in on that gun right there.

That's a glock 23, .40 caliber...

standard-issue weapon of choice for Marshals Service.

Erickson's in the Witness Protection Program?

How did he rate that?

I don't have all the information just yet,

but it looks like, in addition to the stock scam,

he's been laundering money for the mafia,

including Don Paolo Brancato,

the head of the New York mafia.

Erickson doesn't strike me as a mob guy.

Because he's not.

No, he establishes mob ties as a get-out-of-jail-free card.

So, if the day ever comes that the S.E.C. discovers his stock fraud...

He'll trade his mob records for immunity and a new identity.

Sweet!

I mean, evil. And clever, but bad.

I just found this out.

Of the $130 million, $50 million's missing.

They say Erickson stashed it right before his arrest.

And found this WITSEC memo dated two days ago.

Apparently, being recognized on a golf course

is a low-level breach of security.

They're gonna move him.

Transfer papers are for Friday.

Yeah, so it's less than a week

with that Marshal hanging all over him.

And the mob out there, looking for him.

I mean, if the guy's careless enough

to be found by his own victims,

then they're not gonna be far behind.

Okay. So, first, we split up. then they're not gonna be far behind.

Okay. So, first, we split up.

Now, we don't know enough about this guy

to run a job on him,

so we got to find out what we can.

This Gabe Erickson... he must be employed somewhere.

What? Is it time for my 2:00 P.M. lecture?

I know... don't contact anyone from my past.

Don't tell anyone what I used to be.

Well, I didn't realize you were listening, Mr. Cole.

Here you go. For the wifi.

Thanks.

Is the last "Warriors of Grun" book in?

No.

And that stupid goblin kills mistress Ferryweather in the end.

Second, we need the hook.

What does this guy want? Second, we need the hook.

What does this guy want?

Look at the items confiscated after his arrest.

There's high-end art, properties all over the world,

vintage cars...

all seized and sold at government auction

for pennies on the dollar.

Somewhere in there is the thing he loves

that's been taken away forever.

Okay. Hardison, Parker, you're on that.

So, this is where he lives.

Hey.

I'm tapped into his DVR.

Right now I got detailed records

of what he's watching, what he's buying on demand,

- and all the little bits he's fast-forwarding through. - Cool.

Looks like it's just a bunch of car-restoration shows,

some soap operas... embarrassing.

What you doing?

Got his garbage.

Garbage is always best.

I just had Lucille detailed!

Oh, are you kidding me? Get... girl...

Is that seafood I smell?

Yeah, a little... whew.

I'm done. I'm done. I mean, really?

I got to be the only one sitting here,

sifting through garbage by myself?

Y'all can't help? Y'all ain't got hands? sifting through garbage by myself?

Y'all can't help? Y'all ain't got hands?

- Wow. - Nate: You know, the thing about this Erickson guy

is that he goes straight home and straight to work.

No stops, no friends.

And the U.S. government have him on a very short leash.

The guy's basically in jail already.

WITSEC is like the ninth circle of hell for guys like him.

Like us.

I mean, Nate, do you think that you can go back to being John Q

and not go insane if you had to give it all up?

Sure. Maybe. Yeah.

Maybe not.

I really... I don't think beyond the job..

that's right in front of us.

I, you know, don't have the luxury

to think beyond that, so...

- Really? - Hmm?

Huh? That's the best you've got?

Hey, guys, I got something.

Thank God.

Looks like he likes building model cars. I got... what is this?

A.. '46 Triumph 1800,

'38 Bantam Roadster.

So, he's a... he's a car collector.

He owned at least a dozen rare vintage cars when he was arrested.

He's got nothing but rare-car shows on his DVR, so...

You know what we have to do? You know we have to...

we have to create a rare-car competition

r... right here in Portland.

So... something, like... you know, with a tent and trophies

and... and big lawn and people and...

you know, that sort of thing.

And... and we're definitely gonna need...

A Packard 1934 original 1101 Roadster coupe.

The "Motor City Mussolini."

Hey, you know, I'm on that. I got... I'm on this.

Sophie, handle that. Thank you.

- Appreciate it. - Oh!

I'm out.

I don't like that...

that whole smug look on his face.

Yeah.

Like he's got a, you know...

a $50 million backup plan.

Let's go steal it.

It just means that it's available.

Thank you.

So, the password...

I am now on break.

Nash-Healey. 1953?

Pretty rare out here in Lumber-ville.

That's right.

One of the earliest American-made sports cars.

Showed extremely well at le mans its first year off the line.

Dual jetfire. Inline six.

Manual three-speed transmission with overdrive.

Well, well. You an owner?

Used to be.

Oh. Oh, sorry to hear it.

It's such a shame to lose something you love so much, you know.

It's only temporary.

You ought to come out tomorrow

to the first annual Portland vintage.

It's gonna be quite something.

Biggest competition in the northwest.

It's the only reason I shipped her here.

- You shipped her yourself? - Yeah.

I mean, I keep most of my collection offshore.

Now I do most of my own shipping...

tax purposes.

If you're interested.

Hey, and I hope to see you tomorrow.