Leverage

So, as you can see by my projections here,

The Kanack hybrid engine.

Would reduce the consumption of jet fuel by up to 66%,

Thus allowing the airlines to reduce their fares.

or not.

Oren. Oren, hey, I heard you got let go.

Where is he? Who?

The key is, once the aircraft reaches cruising altitude,

The kanack hybrid jet engine switches to fully hybrid mode.

James kanack... where is he? Conference room.

That's nearly 80% of every single flight.

Thief! That's my work!

Don't listen to him! He's a liar and a thief!

That's my work! That's my engine! Hey!

We... we must apologize. That...

That was a former assistant we recently had to let go.

Don't listen to him! He's a thief! Liar!

His mental instability was compromising.

Mr. Kanack's research. That's my work!

That's my work!

It's sad, really.

So, do you have any more questions for me, or, uh...

Can we get down to business?

I think we've heard enough.

We would like to purchase the hybrid jet engines kanack hybrid jet engines.

The kanack hybrid jet engines at the price we discussed.

Terrific.

My head of legal, mr. Bryden, here will draw up the paperwork.

We can have a contract ready to be signed in...

Two weeks. Two weeks.

Gentlemen, it was a pleasure making history with you.

Pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.

James kanack offered to fund my research.

If it worked, we'd share the credit.

Well, that's always a big risk.

Without him, I just have ideas on paper.

Money builds prototypes.

So, now he's trying to cut you out.

He published our results under his name.

And to make sure I couldn't fight him,

He ruined my reputation.

The suicide attempt. I didn't.

I didn't try to take my own life.

After I got fired,

My psychiatrist prescribed antidepressants,

But I was on migraine medication at the time.

It's not a good mix. That causes serotonin...

Serotonin syndrome... confusion, hallucinations.

I ended up at the hospital. But it was an accident.

Kanack altered medical files.

Mr. Ford, no one will hire me now.

I just want to work again.

And kanack's lawyer convinced the judge.

That all my designs were trade secrets.

So making them inadmissible as evidence in court.

Yes, but I embedded digital watermarks.

On all my computer files.

If they had reached the bench,

The judge would have seen that they're mine.

Okay. Well, so we'll get your files back,

And we'll destroy the guy.

That... that isn't...

Okay.

Thank you.

- Leverage - - S05E03...

Where's, uh... And...

Sent them on ahead.

This job should be straightforward.

Sophie: James kanack, owner of kanack worldwide,

Inventor of the kanack irrigation process,

The kanack self-drying washing machine,

The kanack lo-flo toilet.

What kind of guy names a toilet after himself?

Someone who cares more about fame than respect,

That's for sure.

Okay, james kanack studied engineering in college.

But quit when his father, who was a real genius,

Died and left him, younger james, $20 million,

At which point, james decided to hire some young geniuses.

And steal their work and lawyer them into the ground.

Over a toilet.

Well, he's setting his sights a bit higher now.

Braddock aeronautics is top-shelf.

Military aircraft contractors.

They used to stamp their logo on the engine cowls of our chopper,

And we'd have to file them off before we...

Went fishing.

For fish.

Okay.

So, there's been no new deposits.

From braddock into his account.

Okay, braddock aeronautics is gonna be back in three days,

At which point, they're gonna pay kanack.

Luckily for us, we're gonna have the research back in two hours.

Right, hardison?

Hardison?

Less, I'd actually like to enjoy the rest of my Sunday.

He wants to get back to his online ork battle.

Is that so wrong?

What you doing?

The watermarked files are in the server room.

The server room is here.

We're taking the vents.

Mnh-mnh. Mm-hmm.

Mnh-mnh. It's too tight and too dusty.

Have you ever seen a dust mite?

Dermatophagoides farinae... eight legs, fur, and mandibles.

Mandibles, woman. I don't think so.

That's why I brought this.

Say hello to marvin. Okay?

Now this allows me to ping any electronics with an I/o switch.

And flip its status within a 200-yard radius.

On is off, red is green, lock is unlocked. Unlocked. I get it.

But can it change the channel?

Can marvin change the channel?

And can it? I do not know that.

I'm going in through the vents.

Bet I get there first. No, I don't think that's a good idea.

Winner chooses our next date. Ready, set, go!

Wait! I-I wasn't ready!

Oh, geez.

Real key?

Seriously? I win! I want to go bungee-jumping.

Already did that.

Not off a hot-air balloon.

I seriously need to win one of these bets.

Earth to nate.

You can see me, right?

Nate, security cams are a go.

Yes, parker, I can see you.

You got company coming.

We have to go now.

Almost done.

Come on.

I'm trying. Some of these files are huge.

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

See? Ven are better.

It's not that bad.

You're totally surrounded by,

Like, a million of those dust-mite things.

And you can't even feel them, can you?

Now I can.

Oh.

All over. Okay! Oh, I'm sorry.

Okay, okay. It's... wait, it...

Just let me get... wait. Oh. Ow! Ow!

Hold it. You okay? Come on, babe.

Okay. What are we looking at here?

You're looking at files that have been scrubbed clean,

Something I will never be again.

Is that your second bottle?

What if it is?

Look, kanack hunted out.

Every bit of code that the client put in there.

No digital watermarks. We got nothing.

Okay, what about those other files... the big ones there?

Thought they were something, too,

But it turns out they're just audio recordings of static...

Hundreds of hours of it.

Hmm. Play them.

Just sounds like one of your "mixes."

I like it.

Play the next one.

Hardison, I said sea salt. This is iodized salt.

Who got the military satellite intercept?

You're not supposed to...

It's a very distinctive static.

So, kanack's listening to the military satellites?

No, no, he got those signals by accident.

Can you show me the server room?

He was listening for something else.

I don't know what...

For someone else.

Shut the front door.

Sophie: He puts his name on every invention.

He wants fame more than anything else.

What's gonna make him the most famous scientist in the world?

Proof that we're not alone.

He's listening to stars for proof of extraterrestrial life.

cool.

Oh, parker. elliott.

I'll snap that off your han...

What's our way in?

Okay, well, since we can't prove.

That kanack stole the research,

We have to appeal to his hunger for fame to get metz's money.

It's the only way.

It's not about the money.

You want to send him a message from space.

Well, how does that get us money?

By convincing him that he's only listened to half a message.

Let's go steal a close encounter.

You know, fermi's paradox says.

That it's improbable for other life-forms to exist.

Yeah?

Well, drake's equation shows that orbiting around.