Leverage

I wasn't sure you'd come.

I thought I told you to back off.

I remember being pretty clear about it.

Damien moreau is coming.

Coming? You mean here? Boston?

Not exactly.

Whatever plan you've made must begin now.

He can't keep avoing this,

Not if he wants to stay on schedule.

Listen to me, marcy.

It's 10 voice-mails I've left for general atherton.

He's avoiding me.

Well, you can tell him

That if he hasn't contacted me by tomorrow,

We'll see what homeland security has to say.

marcy?

You did not just hang up on me.

What the hell?

That is d.O.D. Property.

This is a federal crime.

You guys are in deep --

Oh, my god. What's happening?

Oh, my god, what's happening?

We're saving your life.

here we are.

Thank you.

Don't get me wrong. I'm grateful for you saving me.

Okay, well, actually, we didn't.

As of now, you are officially dead.

And to keep you safe, we need to keep it that way.

Who would want to kill me? I'm -- I'm nobody.

Damien moreau.

Damien moreau is, um -- he's an international financier.

He runs money for drug dealers, smugglers.

He's, um --

He's a jack of all trades, most of them bloody.

What would he want with me?

Well, we have reason to believe that this has something to do

With this guy, your boss at the department of defense.

What's he like?

Well, he was some kind of general.

Then he retired and started working

For a research arm of the d.O.D.

He's kind of a jerk

And not nearly as smart as he thinks he is,

But I can't believe he'd be involved in something like this.

Well, he's been in moreau's pocket for years,

And we have evidence of payments going back a decade.

This project that you're working on with him -- what is it?

Well, that's why this is all so crazy.

You're gonna laugh.

Bet we don't.

It's a battery.

But, general atherton, what do you want us to do?

Between the three of you,

There are four phds and 60 published papers.

You're geniuses.

So what part of "unacceptable delays"

Are you finding hard to grasp?

Well, it's just, um, yasmin's dead, sir.

I know that.

Terrible accident. Tragic.

But this is defense, son.

We have a responsibility to the nation.

Yeah, we thought, out of respect to her, that we might take a day --

You don't have a day, bixby. You don't have an hour.

This project must be completed by the weekend.

Yeah, well, without yasmin's component,

I mean, heat containment alone --

Let me be clear.

If you three

Cannot finish this job by the deadline,

You're sacked.

And, gentlemen,

I don't think you'll like the severance package.

Yeah?

What were you thinking, killing the girl at this stage?

Now we'll have to make up the work on her component.

She made herself a liability.

There's only one way to deal with liabilities.

It was a mistake.

We'll need more time to finish her battery.

I have buyers waiting.

I've come here in person to supervise the auction.

Delay is not an option. Finish the ram's horn.

Don't threaten me, moreau.

Not a threat, just a reminder.

Either you're an asset or a liability.

I like you, atherton. Be an asset.

That's a lot of energy for a small battery.

Yeah.

Does it blow up?

Not everything blows up, parker.

everything blows up, silly.

No, it's just a power source.

I was working in a civilian laboratory

When atherton and the d.O.D. Folded in my research grant

With one of their projects.

That's when I started asking questions.

Yasmin, your ride is just outside.

Okay, now, go and talk to this guy.

Detective captain bonanno?

Yeah, talk to him and only him.

He'll keep you safe, all right?

Thank you.

Well, thank us when it's over...

If we're around.

I called some friends in europe.

Damien moreau is running an auction

At the end of the week --

$2 million buy-in, high rollers only --

Something about a ram's horn?

Yasmin's deadline was this week.

That's not a coincidence.

Time to notify the feds? No, atherton's too connected.

No, we come at him straight-on,

He's just gonna call in some favor from a senator,

And he'll skate on this whole thing.

If moreau was bothered by the cops,

He wouldn't be staying at a downtown hotel in d.C.

You're keep tabs on moreau?

I make it a priority to know where moreau is

At all times so we can avoid him.

Atherton was a general in the black ops.

Moreau -- well, he's moreau.

We need more time...

We've run out of time.

...To prep this.

No, we have to figure out exactly what this ram's horn is

And where moreau is gonna be holding the auction.

Hey. You cool, man?

Nate, me and hardison will hit moreau.

We'll get an invite to the auction.

Okay, you guys do that, and the rest of us --

We'll find out what the hell this ram's horn thing is.

And, sophie, who exactly can get

Into a government facility on short notice?

The president, the vice president,

Any of the joint chiefs, and anyone from congress.

All right, perfect.

Nobody knows who their congressman is.

It's a d.O.D. Lab,

So the best I can do is visitor passes,

Maybe media relations, but nothing classified.

All right, well, that'll get us in.

Let's go steal the department of defense.

Isn't that treason?

We'll give it back.

Will it work?

I didn't ask you about the models.

I asked you a yes-or-no question.

Yes or no?! It'll work.

General atherton. Thank goodness.

Lionel whitney, legislative liaison with the d.O.D.

There's been an emergency.

I don't believe we've met. Oh, yes, we have.

Geneva, yes, last year, the cern conference.

I was part of your team when you were bidding on the x-1 project.

Of course. Of course.

Uh, bixby, come back later.

Okay, now, we need to get you out of here. What's wrong?

Well, it's not what. It's who.

general atherton! Aah!

Her.

Moreau's having a party downstairs.

Only way in's the service elevator.

Okay. So, here's the plan.

We've just got to use this to get downstairs.

And once we're there, I'm the middleman,

You're my bodyguard.

I'm your bodyguard? Okay, that's your plan, hmm?

What's this? garçon.

I'm the manager of the kitchen,

And I would like to personally deliver

Monsieur moreau's cuisine.

Who the hell are you?

Me?

I'm eliot spencer.

Open the door.

This way.

eliot...

Why'd you tell them your real name?

Why'd you tell them your real name?

Why did you tell them your real name, eliot?

Why did you tell them your real name?

Look, just stick close to me, okay?

This might get messy.

In here, congresswoman,

Is where my team does their high-energy research.

Ooh, I'm gonna need more details than that, general,

To see what you might be wasting the taxpayers' money on.

I've served my country for 20 years, congresswoman.

I don't need lectures.

Uh, general, if I could have a word over here, please. Thank you.

Please, do not antagonize her.

She's another anti-war local hack.

I can handle her. Uh, no, no, no.

She's an angry ex-schoolteacher with subpoena power.

She will make your life hell. Trust me.

Happy face. Happy face. Let's go.