Leverage

No wait you do not understand

you should have paid the contractor,Wayne

We did pay them. We paid them everything we had

and they still didn't do the job right

Look, the roof leaks, the windows weren't finished

Just .. stop

Don't do this, please

Not in front my family

The bank sold off the note. This ain't your house anymore.

Sold it off? To who?

My contractor?

I hired them to fix my house, and they stole it from me ?

Sorry.

I wish hadn't come to this. Truly sorry.

Mr.Retzing if I could just talk to you, just for one moment please.

Oh my god

Put your hands behind your back

See, first Katrina hit,

But my unit got called up.

My house was too trashed for me to fix,

Not in the time I had.

So that's when you hired Retzing?

I couldn't really afford him,

But I had to get on a plane to Fallujah.

So Retzing tells me I could take out, uh...

an equity loan to cover your costs.

Three months ago, I get back off my second tour.

Couldn't make the loan payments, and the house lost value

because he didn't make the repairs right.

Mr. Ford...

this was our first house.

He took my little boy's home.

Do you have any kids?

I did.

I'm sorry.

Whatever happened, I know you did everything you could.

That's what gets me.

You work hard, you play by the rules,

But when you need help --

Really need help...

...they let you hang.

They let you hang, and it's your kid who pays the price.

No!

Yeah, we, uh...

we all pay the price.

Where the hell is he at?

Maybe he overslept.

No. He doesn't oversleep.

This guy sets an alarm to set his alarm.

A man with one watch knows the time.

A man with two is never sure.

Huh?

I had fortune cookies for breakfast.

- Okay, run it. - So what, you had chinese leftover from dinner?

No, just the cookies.

Do you put milk on the fortune cookies?

- It's not cereal. It's a fortune cookie. - It's common...

Whoa, no chatter today. Just -- Just run it.

Henry Retzing --

Contractor, self-made millionaire,

All-around dirtbag.

Now Henry has construction contracts all over Florida,

Mostly residential, some commercial.

But the man is as crooked as the day is long.

You okay?

Are you all right?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

What scam did he run on the Scotts?

It's sharp. See, Retzing took the contract.

Now, he did shoddy work, and he stretched out the job.

And after about a year,

The Scotts, like any other law-abiding folks,

They just said, "okay, you know what?

We're not gonna pay this guy."

But when they did that,

Retzing put a contractor lien on the property.

Oh. Once the Scotts ran out of money...

Retzing became creditor,

Took ownership of the house when the bank foreclosed.

Slimy.

Yes, but all of it absolutely legal.

Are you drunk?

Technically, no. I was drunk a couple hours ago.

Now I'm just hung over.

The Florida attorney general's office investigated the Retzings a few years back,

But they couldn't make anything stick.

So the game is, get the Scotts their house back.

All right, what's the way in?

The sons in Retzing and Sons --

Randy and Dennis.

I thought we had an agreement.

What agreement?

That you'd sort yourself out.

You see, Randy, the oldest one, he doesn't do much

Except snowboard and judge snowy wet t-shirt contests.

I don't remember making a deal.

- No? - No.

That's what we're afraid of.

Dennis, the "willy wonka" worker bee -- MBA from Duke.

Now, his father, he's the public face of the company,

But this man does all the grunt work.

Oh, okay, okay.

All right, so, they beat a state investigation,

So they're smart.

They have the law on their side,

So they're untouchable.

Or so they think.

Randy is the sloppy one.

Sophie, how's your luge?

My what?

Your luge?

Lu...

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, what the hell does he know about extreme, huh?

No, I don't care what Picabo and Brody think, eh?

I see you at the party.

Don't forget to bring the swimsuits.

Hansel's after Gretel.

Got it.

Sorry, Ute Ausgatner.

It's a bar.

I'm blending.

Here he comes...

I think you left this behind.

Oh, my god.

My life is in this book. Danke schoen.

My pleasure. And can I just say?

Huge fan.

- Really? - Absolutely.

Luge -- I live for it -- The speed, the ice,

All that...latex,

The, uh, helmet.

So, what I'm saying is, and this is the big one, the big idea,

Imagine the "x" games,

But more slam dancy and more south by southwest-ish.

Throw in a little burning man.

Boom.

Boom?

Yeah.

You know, my partners and I have just purchased this resort.

Yeah, we're renovating it to be state-of-the-art.

You know, your little idea could be

The perfect high-profile event for the relaunch.

Damn straight.

Okay, good, good. Now ease him into the buy-in.

Of course, you'd have to buy in to our little group.

According to their records, they only have a couple hundred grand liquid,

So you're gonna have to just string him along.

Don't push him too hard.

How about I just write you a check for $500,000?

"My partners would be delighted."

My partners and I would be delighted.

Great.

But I'll have to see the plans, talk to management.

Of course. You want to go now?

Why not?

This is good.

The sooner you're happy, the sooner you write that check.

Shall we?

Yeah.

Okay, let's go steal us a mountain.

Here we got to make room for heli-skiing pad,

You know, all the usual, you know, spa's facilities.

We're gonna have the heated plunge pools

And the jacuzzis and the hot tubs.

- Ski in, ski out? - Yeah. Boom?

Boom.

Okay, Eliot, you're up.

Hi, how are you?

Mike Rockman. Welcome to Powder Bear.

Vince Fetkey -- Innovative Resort Solutions.

Just don't call us the I.R.S.

Okay, hang the lift.

Space mountain is now closed.

Okay, Parker. Go.

Parker?

Parker?

Parker? What are you doing?

Oh, yeah.

Help. Help.

How you doing?

Oh, geez.

And unlike conventional fireplaces,

These have marshmallow toasting rods already built in

And retractable -- brand-new.

Oh, excuse me for a second.

Yeah?

What?

Lift four? Is she hurt?

No, call ski patrol. I'll be right there.

Can you excuse me for just a minute?

Yeah, yeah, take your time, please.

Whoo-Hee.

Leena, oh.

Mwah. Mwah. Mwah.

Oh, Hans, this is Randy Retzing.

Yeah, he's thinking about joining our little group.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, come on, dude, are you ready to rock this?

Yeah.