Leverage

Watch around your 6.

Sophie, I know you're waiting alone in a restaurant,

ducking my call, but -- and I'll make it up to you.

But the thing is -- something h--

Latimer.

What are you, too rich to wait until morning to talk to me?

I wouldn't have called if it wasn't urgent.

If this is about that job you asked me to do,

I think I told you what you could do with it.

Well, sadly, it is.

You see, when I couldn't convince you

to procure the item for me,

I moved on to the next man on the list.

I don't see how that's my problem.

His entry plan was flawless.

Got in without a hitch on Friday,

but that was the last I heard from him.

Something's wrong.

He doesn't like the price, okay?

So he's gonna sit on the item until you double it.

That's what he does.

Well, I know he didn't leave the building.

When it reopens Monday, he'll be arrested

and die in prison.

Like I said, not my problem.

The rich and powerful take what they want.

We steal it back for you.

Sometimes, bad guys make the best good guys.

We provide...

Ah!

Do you know how long it took me to get that reservation, huh?

We've been on that list for ages.

This is a new low, even for you.

Look, we both know you're cold, you're distant,

you're emotionally unavailable, but you're always punctual.

Like I said, I'm sorry.

What?! Oh, no, Nate.

Where are we going this time of night?

"We're" not going anywhere -- I am.

It's personal.

I'll tell you where he's going.

He's headed to the United States Patent Office

in Alexandria, Virginia.

Nate even cleared out his browser so we wouldn't know.

It's adorable.

He's looking at security schematics.

He'd only do that for a heist.

Even crazier,

I traced the files from where they came from --

from a subsidiary of Mr. Latimer's.

What does Latimer want at the patent office?

Uh, what doesn't he want?

A cure for the common cold, warp drive, a water engine.

People, everybody knows the government

is sitting on futuristic technology at the patent office.

They are? Oh, damn straight, girl.

Under the invention secrecy act of 1951,

the US government has sealed away over 5,000 patents

that they say is a threat to national security.

It's all just sitting right there chillin',

locked away in a super-secret vault.

Is there a time machine?

There is. Yeah.

Yeah, not so much a machine as probably a portal, though.

You don't really sit down as much as -- I'm gonna go get that portal, and I will go --

Guys!

Let's just put a pin in what Latimer's after and --

and focus on the heist.

Hardison, what's the security profile?

It's all been upgraded to require no on-site guards.

It's all automated.

See, the, uh, elevator and the stairs --

they're ringed with motion sensors,

while the rest of the building is CCTV cameras

that are linked to a central computer.

Now, instead of paying a guard to sit there 24/7,

the computer watches footage by running an image analysis.

Anything out of the ordinary triggers the alarm.

The trick is to get into the computer room

by fooling the server with looped video.

Can Nate do this by himself?

No. Two-man job, minimum.

To get to the computer room

without triggering the motion sensors,

we're gonna have to go up through that skylight

and then drop someone down from the top floor.

All right, well, then here's the deal.

See this glass thing right here?

You're gonna go up on this side of the building,

use that to go across to the next one.

Fine.

Off to the US Patent Office, then.

Let's go steal a --

Let's go steal a time machine.

No, you don't steal -- I'm gonna steal the time machine.

Messing with this damn time machine, man!

That's just on TV.

There's no real time machine, is what I'm trying to say.

I told Sophie this was personal.

This has to do with Latimer.

He knows about all of us,

so it makes it our problem, as well.

Even if it wasn't,

we either have each other's backs or we don't.

Why are you pulling a heist for Latimer?

I'm not. I'll explain everything later.

Right now, I have to get inside that building.

What's your plan? Well, I'm gonna pull the fire alarm,

then go in as my arson-investigator alias.

Frank Petrino?

The arson investigator with the limp?

I didn't say it was a great plan.

This is the plan?

Uh-huh. Mnh-mnh.

Get ba-- Hey, hey.

Get back down here! Go get him.

Damn it, Hardison!

Why y'all always pushing me off of stuff?

Don't I get a say? I vote no!

We don't have a lot of room for error.

You can do it if you stop squirming, man.

Just stand still.

Hey, hey, hey. Where's Nate, okay?

Frank Petrino, arson investigator,

was a rock-solid alias.

It might be easier if he's asleep.

Want me to put him to sleep?

Hey! I'm standing right here, okay?

It's not my fault y'all can't spoof a CCTV.

Relax! We're gonna lower you really slowly,

but if you bump into anything --

the walls, the windows, anything --

you will set off the alarms.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it.

It's like the game "Operation,"

except I'm the tweezers.

Look...

Whatever you do, do not drop me.

Come on. I'm tired -- I've had it.

Being pushed off of damn buildings and stuff and windows.

Wh-o-o-oa!

Really?

It's not funny.

It's not funny. I see you laughing.

I see you laughing. I'm a person...

Human being!

I got feelings, and I don't feel none of this.

I'm tired of being pushed off of stuff.

We all having a serious conversation

when this is over with.

This is... s-squishy.

Oh, peed my pants. All right.

This is the entire security system?

Budget cuts were the best thing to happen to thieves.

Okay, guys, I got good news and bad news.

The good news is -- the video cameras can't see us.

The bad news is --

this cheap video system only has a two-hour buffer,

so that's all the time we got.

Get Parker up here.

There's a 2 1/2 inch steel door

with a triple military lock that is...

open.

Wait here, wait here.

Absolutely not.

Not until you give me some answers.

No, listen, I'll explain everything later.

It's better if I go in alone.

I'll start my sweep.

Hello, dad.

Hello, dad.

Do you believe this guy?

Blames all our problems on immigrants.

Listen, Jack Latimer called me.

He said that he hired you to do a job

and that you got stuck.

Stuck?

Do I look stuck.

Well, I mean, you look like

you're, uh, searching for a needle in a haystack.

What do you care?

Last time I saw you,

you were shipping me over to the old country,

price on my head.

See that boat behind you?

You're running me out of town?

My own son?

Cheap passage booked under "Jimmy Logue."

You'll be in Galway in two weeks.

Logue.

Your mother's maiden name.

How sweet of you.

I'm proud of you, son.

Dad, listen, this isn't about you, okay?

Latimer is just using you to get to me and my crew.

That's what's going on.

So we got to get out of this building,

stop all this before they reset the alarm.

Come on.

Hey, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.