Leverage

Yeah, I'm still at work.

Well, it's better than being alone in my hotel room.

No, I am not.

I am not obsessed.

I know what obsessed is. This is not obsessed.

Man: It's done.

Seal the exits. No one gets in or out.

Get this one up.

You are under arrest.

Wait a minute.

I- I think there's been some kind of mistake.

The rich and powerful, they take what they want.

We steal it back for you.

And sometimes, bad guys make the best good guys.

We provide...

Leverage.

Two weeks in tokyo. We'd have a great time.

What are we stealing?

We don't steal anything.

We'd be tourists.

Not following you.

There you go. Ahh.

Thank you, sweetheart. Anytime.

what?

Really? What, I can't have a friend?

Join a softball team.

Okay, our next client -

Two kids, no job, pension gone.

State grabbed their land under eminent domain.

So, these are all your little lost sheep?

Excuse me?

Well, you know, you can't save them all.

I'm getting some coffee.

You know he's drinking again.

I'm not an idiot, tara.

I was told this was a problem.

The drinking is not a problem. It's a symptom.

Hey. All right.

Okay, so...

Ahh. What we -

Eliot, I'm gonna ask you not to do anything violent.

What? What are you talking about?

I only use violence

As a - as a - as an appropriate response.

Hello, nate.

Mnh-mnh.

Eliot:

And this is?

James sterling. We used to work together.

Insurance.

He seems to rub eliot the wrong way.

You think?

Hello, sterling.

What are you doing here?

actually, I came to offer you a job.

There's nothing you can say to make us work with you.

It's maggie.

Get him upstairs.

This fabergé egg

Was commissioned by czar nicholas of russia.

Being one of only 69 known to survive,

It's worth $9 million.

Maggie was working at the museum,

Verifying russian artifacts donated for an exhibit.

The night of the robbery,

She was the only person at the museum.

And there you have it.

Tara: Who is... Maggie's nate's ex-wife.

Okay. Is there any chance she took the egg?

No. Maggie's the most honest person we know.

But besides that, she's okay.

Maggie's being set up.

You live and work here? Yeah.

I like the old place better.

Do not mention the old offices.

Okay, maggie is where, precisely, right now?

Currently awaiting trial in the kiev jail.

Of course, when I heard that dear maggie

Was being held without bail, I rushed - please.

As soon as you found out that the fabergé egg

That your company insures went missing, you...

...Rushed to the ukraine.

Of course, I was unable to clear her name.

Well, I assume you have another suspect?

Absolutely.

Alexander lundy -

International real-estate mogul.

Very rich, very powerful.

My only problem is that he works at the american embassy,

Which makes him untouchable by normal law enforcement.

Guys, we got to book it. Our flight to kiev leaves in three hours.

Nate: Okay. Let's go.

Hang on.

I - you - I'm not working next to this guy.

No, you don't - you don't have to.

I'll work with him.

You have a different job.

What? Well, you're the retrieval specialist.

Retrieve my wife from jail. Let's go!

Okay, eliot, hardison just got to the police station.

They're waiting to see the inspector in charge.

Eliot: Good.

Once you get her out, you need to disappear.

She'll never see us.

How's sterling's suspect?

Nate: You mean the financial genius alexander lundy?

Yeah, definitely guilty.

Alex.

Alexander.

Mr. Lundy.

Yeah, so, uh, mr. Lundy,

What does an economic liaison do here at the american embassy?

I use my contacts from my business

In international real estate

To bring investments to developing nations,

Such as those in eastern europe.

I see. Is that profitable?

Yes, very.

That's the point.

Profitable enough to buy a $9 million fabergé egg?

I like pretty things.

Anticipating discussion of this topic,

I have brought copies of the insurance paperwork.

I also brought a copy of mr. Lundy's schedule,

Which will verify his alibi

On the day and night in question.

Thank you, um...

Sam. Sam phillips.

Sam...

Mr. Lundy is not under investigation.

We'd like to resolve this rather awful situation

As quickly as possible.

Well, that's, uh, that's very fair of you.

I personally have no doubt

You will get what's coming to you very soon.

no.

Maybe we've been unclear.

We were sent by the american embassy.

We have documents authorized by your government,

Requesting the release of maggie collins

Into the u. S. Embassy's custody.

No.

Can I ask why you're being so dismissive of my fine documents,

Which took a lot of work, personal time, research?

If I release miss collins,

I have no guarantee she will return for trial.

She will run straight to american embassy,

Where she will be untouchable, and I will be made fool.

Nyet. That means "no. "

Yeah, I got it.

Okay, you cannot out-bureaucrat

A former soviet union bureaucrat.

These guys gamed the most corrupt system on earth

For 50 years.

Paperwork's not gonna cut it.

They're used to trading favors, not forms.

Hang on. Wait, wait, wait.

No.

Look, I didn't want to have to pull this card, all right?

I'm trying to use discretion here.

Tara: hello?

maggie collins.

Okay.

Still, you are not allowed to leave the country, of course.

I understand.

And, please, give the minister my best.

Anytime I can help, he should call to me directly.

I will. Thank you.

I'm sorry. What minister?

Oh, yes, of course.

"what minister?"

Oh, do not worry.

The men were very, very discreet.

You are not releasing me because you think I'm innocent.

What did these men look like?

That lying son of a -

I mean, look at these financials.

The credit crunch wiped him out.

He's maybe three, four months from declaring bankruptcy.

Lundy offers the egg up to the museum for the exhibition

So that it falls under their insurance policy,

Hires a little local muscle to help with the heist -

Tidy payout.

I just need some proof.

Parker: It was an inside job.

Average keypad hack time is 1 minute, 9.3 seconds.

Inner door access card takes at least 30 seconds

For anybody but hardison,

And then the vault was an old mark ii remington.

In and out average - 7 minutes, 40 seconds.

But these thieves, they did it in 5 minutes, 12 seconds.

Maggie had the best access,

So the real thieves only had to get her codes and badge.

Yeah, only way they could pull it off that fast.

How long has she been sitting...

Maggie's on his calendar.

He had lunch with hershe been the day of the heistting...

To discuss his collection.

So, ile he's keeping her busy at lunch,

His men take her I.D. Cards and access codes,