Leverage

If they ask you why, you tell them

our firm is better than those corporate elephants.

If they want a guarantee, you give them a guarantee.

If they say it's their last dollar,

you tell them they can't afford not to do it.

What are you doing?

Watch.

Learn.

Clear.

My father always told me,

if they're not smart enough to hold onto their money,

then they don't deserve it.

I really wish Taggert could be here to finally nail this guy.

- How long's he out? - Not sure.

Mrs. Emmers... Sheila.

They say the swelling should go down in a couple weeks.

Who knew ferrets were so aggressive?

Ferrets?

I commend you for your hesitation.

That's why I'm giving you my personal guarantee

that you will triple your money in six months.

The school put their trust in you.

Don't let them down.

Don't let those kids down.

You won't regret it.

She gave me everything!

That is how you do it, gentlemen!

That is how you do it!

Go, go!

FBI! Nobody move!

Clear!

There's nobody here!

The rich and powerful take what they want.

We steal it back for you.

Leverage Season 4, Episode 8 The Boiler Room Job Original Air Date: August 14, 2011

Sometimes, bad guys make the best good guys.

We provide... Leverage

I called the police,

but they told me that it was a life lesson,

that I should have gone to a legitimate broker.

I mean, I didn't know the difference.

All right. Well, the thing is,

by the time the victims realize what's happened,

it's way too late.

Now I think con men or grifters...

whatever they're called...

are the worst people in the world.

I wouldn't necessarily say that this guy was a grifter.

I mean, it sounds like he's more like a common criminal.

Well, what's the difference?

A con, or a grift, when it's performed properly,

it combines elegance and style with a...

with a classical imitation of legitimate enterprise, parody...

What she's trying to say is that it's not your fault.

No, but it is.

Most special-needs schools are private

and charge huge tuitions.

Our school runs on grants and donations.

We started the investment fund

as a way to get out of the red.

Bake sales just aren't cutting it these days.

Without any money, our doors will close in three months.

And those kids are gonna have nowhere to go.

Where's- whe- are we waiting on Parker?

Oh, man. She's at that damn chocolate festival.

It's like sending a crack addict to a cocaine convention.

Girl texted me about an hour ago,

misspelled every damn word.

Look.

Probably got chocolate all over the buttons.

All right. Let's get started.

Well, you picked a good one for us this time,

Nate. Real good one.

This Greg Sherman... he's not just any old con man.

He is a direct descendant of the Yellow Kid.

Who's the Yellow Kid?

Quite possibly the greatest grifter of all time.

Between 1900 and 1940,

he swindled people out of more than $10 million.

Which is like a gazillion in today's market. Look.

Some of my people know Sherman.

They say the boy works without scruples

and without conscience.

His new scam is something called the inverted pyramid.

Inverted pyramid is where you call 20 people

and tell 10 the stock's going up,

tell the other 10 it's going down.

Whichever one you get right,

you call those 10 people back and do it all over again,

and you've just convinced five people

you can predict the market.

Yeah, except he's not calling 10 people.

In every city, he sets up a boiler room

and hires a bunch of hot shots,

and they're calling a thousand people at a time.

Nate, this guy probably knows every con in the book.

How are we gonna nail him?

I'm thinking the Peruvian Slide.

No, you need two old people and a banana peel for that.

Unh-unh. That's the Boca Backlash.

Boca Backlash is a roper with a glass eye.

That's the Oklahoma Little Chucky,

and it's not a glass eye,

- it's a cue ball. - The Oklahoma Little Chucky

- is a Rottweiler with some fireworks - No.

No, guys. No, no. Here's the thing. Here's the problem, though.

You know, of course you can't con a con artist.

We're just gonna have to steal from him.

How many of you have degrees in business or finance?

Get out of here.

I mean it. Get out!

I don't want any finance guys.

I don't want any business chumps.

What I want are the nastiest, hungriest,

willing-to-tear-the-flesh off-a-baby-seal, carnivores.

How many of you think that applies to you?

Oh, you do?

'Cause this ain't the kiddie pool.

You're swimming with the sharks,

and I'm a freaking Mako.

That's what they call me, because I'm always moving.

If I stop moving, I die.

I'm at the top of the food chain,

and every mark is a meal.

You read me?

So, what if it's your grandma on the line, huh?

What are you gonna do?

Get her to buy.

What if it's my grandma?

I...

Get out of here! Go on! Get out!

He reads people very well.

He's thinning the herd, searching for signs of weakness.

You need to show some so he notices you.

Blink, then scratch your nose.

What about you, Mr. uh...?

Beeshore. Steve Beeshore, from the Bronx.

What's good?

What would you do with my Nana?

I'll take her for every cent she got,

and I'll come back next week and take her walker,

her depends, her bengay, moth balls... all that.

Don't look away, but keep your eyes soft.

You need to project strength but without challenging him.

Grab a desk, Steve.

Yeah. No, no. Look, look, look.

I told you it would go up. It went up.

I told you silver was gonna go down.

Look what happened, right?

I give you my word as a member of the S.E.C.,

the B.B.B., and the J.L.A.

that we got a foolproof way of predicting the market.

No, you can't afford not to do this.

A'ight?

All right.

Real smart man, Mr. Calupny.

I'm about to make you a real rich man.

Parker: Nate.

Nate.

- Nate! - Parker.

What else did I miss in the briefing?

Nothing. Nothing at all. I told you.

Oh, would you please just stop that hammering?

Why'd Eliot go home?

Because he doesn't need to be here,

just like you don't need to be here.

I don't mind.

I'm still energized from Le Festival Du Chocolat!

Oh, my God! Sophie, you should've been there.

- Sophie. Sophie. Sophie! - What?! What?! What?!

I tasted like 12 different kinds of chocolates.

They had a white chocolate mocha espresso.

I could not stop drinking it! So good!

Nate. Hardison.

Okay. Did you find it?

No. It's probably offshore.

Isle of Man or one of those new joints, like Timor.

Look, man, once he starts moving the money, I can find it,

but right now it's like looking for a needle in the Grand Canyon.

Hi, Hardison!

Uh...Hello?

Nate won't tell me what the name of the job is.

Parker, not now. Please?

Yeah, but what are we stealing?

Is it "let's go steal a mountain"

or a potato or a funeral or a panda or...?

I told y'all not to let her go to that festival unsupervised.

Well.

Uh, what's... what's happening, Greg?

I'm just burning the night oil. You know what I mean?

I figured you'd be the one

I'd find working later than anyone else.

Yeah, yeah, man. It's all in a day's.

I'd expect nothing less from Alec Hardison,

hacker extraordinaire,

when he's trying to pull a cyber heist.

I figured you'd be the one

I'd find working later than anyone else.

Yeah, yeah, man. It's all in a day's.

I'd expect nothing less from Alec Hardison,