Leverage

Mine.

B-shift descending in five minutes.

- Hey, nice wo today, guys. Appreciate it. - Thanks. You too.

Nice work. Appreciate it. Good job. See you tomorrow.

Hey, how you doing? How'd it go there today?

Well, good.

Except I found 3/10% of methane in the number four heading.

So we went ahead and held the curtain

A little closer to the face.

I'll take another reading when I get down there.

Hey. You coming to Cory's birthday party this weekend?

- Of course. What is he, like 13? - 14.

Can't believe it.

Well, we're getting old.

Yeah.

Hey, you want Lisa to make her potato salad?

Only reason you were invited, boy.

I'm not paying you boys to lollygag!

Talk to you later.

All right. See you later.

Oh, my god! No! No! Somebody call for help!

Call my lawyer.

Go on, Mr. Rollins.

I...

Well, I lost 12 brothers that day.

What caused the explosion?

It was a-a buildup of methane gas.

See, the mine had substandard ventilation.

I mean, we all knew about it,

But there ain't nothing we could do.

So I guess getting another line of work

Wouldn't be an option, huh?

Mines are the only way to make a decent living around there.

I mean, I-I'm not looking for your charity, Mr. Ford.

We like the work.

We'd just like to be able to do it safely is all.

I understand.

So the C.E.O. Of the mine, this Dan Blackwell,

Uh, he received government money after the explosion.

Figures -- you kill a dozen of your own men,

And uncle sam writes you a check.

Yeah, that money was supposed to go to mine-safety improvements.

I don't know where that money went,

But I can tell you it didn't make it into the mine.

That place is just as bad now as it was two years ago.

Maybe worse.

All right.

Well, we're gonna find that money,

And we're gonna put it back where it belongs.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The rich and powerful take what they want.

We steal it back for you.

Sometimes, bad guys make the best good guys.

We provide...

Well, it turns out

Blackwell did use the money for safety measures --

Or one big safety measure.

She's named Debra Pierce.

West Virginia Attorney General.

Her hair's so poofy.

Um, thanks to a recent supreme court decision

Removing limits on corporate campaign contributions,

Blackwell was able to sink all of his safety money

Into Pierce's political action committee.

So instead of making the mines safer,

He just hired himself an Attorney General.

Yeah. Well, he's getting his money's worth.

Since the explosion two years ago,

Blackwell has received nearly 400 citations

For unsafe working conditions.

Well, even he can't just make 400 citations disappear.

Can he?

Unh-unh. But he can bury 'em.

What he does is he appeals them,

And Pierce makes sure that those appeals go on forever.

So while the citations are under appeal,

He doesn't have to pay a cent.

We can't go after Blackwell

With an a.G. In his back pocket.

No, but we can take down both of them.

What we do is we get Blackwell to give us the money

From the pac,

And then once that money is transferred,

We flag both of them for misuse of campaign funds.

The skagway shuffle.

Yeah. That's what I was thinking.

See, now y'all are just making stuff up.

It's like the fiddle game.

Yeah, only underground.

- No. - Can I be the fiddle?

- No. - No.

The mine is the fiddle.

We convince him that he's got something valuable in his mine,

Then we sell him a process to mine it,

And then we take all his money.

Right. Good.

So, how are we gonna do that?

We're gonna sell the guy his own mine.

All right. There he is.

This here is section "b." section "b." all right.

Basically, I just need you to point me out a direction

Where I can be out of the way.

Well, that's no problem.

- That'd be section "C." - Section "C."

Hey, Cory! Come here!

He's a good kid. He'll show you around.

Listen. Be careful back there.

That section's been abandoned for years,

And them old wooden mine supports is unstable.

Yeah, boss.

This here is Eric.

I need you to show him to section "C"

So he can do some dust readings.

This way.

Morning.

Can I help you?

I'm Cara Hetzel. This is Jesse Oaks.

We're here from the mine safety coalition

To do a spot inspection.

Fine. Let me get my mine supervisor,

Show you around -- Clark!

Can you, uh, be so kind

As to show the inspectors around?

Uh, be careful what kind of rocks you turn over down there.

Mining can be a dangerous business.

It sure can.

Who are you?

Uh, hey, uh, Mr. Blackwell. Bob Gibson.

I'm here to make you an offer you can't refuse.

Really? I want to buy your mine.

Excuse me?

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were hard of hearing.

I heard that can happen to miners.

I want to buy your mine.

Mine's not for sale.

I was afraid you'd say that.

So, all right, I'm gonna write down a little number here,

And we'll stop playing these games.

The mine is not for sale.

Or are you hard of hearing?

You don't have to be rude.

I just want to give you an opportunity

To make a lot of money.

Now, look, I know you country folk,

You like the simple life.

But the simple life looks a lot better

On the back of a 100-foot yacht, say.

I appreciate your generosity, Mr. Gilman.

Gibson. Bob Gibson.

Gibson. Yeah.

Well, I'm doing fine on my own.

Okay.

If you say so.

Listen, if you change your mind,

Give me a call.

Okay, Parker. Are you in place?

Uh, almost.

You sure someone else can't do this?

Uh, well, we need all hands on deck on this one.

Just do what Sophie told you.

A great grift is like a romance.

You have to find out what they want

And just give it to them.

You have to woo them.

I don't woo.

Tell me how you break into a bank.

Clock the cameras, count the guards,

Find the silent alarms, look for a weak spot to enter,

Pick the vault's combination, and steal the money.

Just analyze Pierce the same way you would a security system.

Here. Take notes.

There's your mark.

Find her weak spots.

With politicians, it's usually a need for adoration.

The same way that you wear black

To mask yourself from security cameras,

Flattery can mask your intentions.

Find the right combination,

And you can unlock the mark's trust.

And then you can steal her...

...Soul.

I was gonna say "confidence."

You can do this, Parker. Just trust your instincts.

Parker, go!

Okay.

Under my continued direction,

The people of West Virginia

Will be known as the people who love freedom,

Who love justice,

And who fight for what they love!

And...And who fight for what they love.

Will you let me continue to fight for you?

Yes, yes, and yes!

Beautiful speech, Ms. Pierce.

Who are you?

I'm your biggest fan.

And hopefully, your new campaign consultant...

I've been following your career

Since your first term in the state senate.