All language subtitles for Leverage s04e08 The Boiler Room Job

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

Sometimes, bad guys make
the best good guys.

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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,

hacker extraordinaire,

when he's trying to pull
a cyber heist.

Okay, okay. Just... just stay cool.

Tell him you're not stealing,
first of all.

Look, I'm not stealing.

You're kind of strong,
ain't you?

Who is it you think
you're bumping?

I'm Greg Sherman, the Mako.

My father was the Springfield Wonder.

My grandfather was the Yellow Kid.

Titanic Thompson, Wildfire John...

I knew them all.

My family invented
most every con

that you've ever heard of.

Tell him you're parking
proxies in his accounts.

I was hired to park proxies
inside of your accounts.

What kind?

- Commodities.
- What's the angle?

Angle?

Repeating the question

to buy time
to think of a lie?

I was doing that
in the second grade.

I was hired by a
commodities mogul.

What commodity?

Chocolate!

Chocolate.

Cocoa futures.
That's a very volatile market.

No, it's crazy,
is what it is.

What's the play?

I'll tell you the... play.

The play is supply and
demand, you know?

If you control or predict
supply and demand,

you corner the market.

So he's a hedge fund manager?

They're a dime a dozen in
the commodities world.

No, but this guy,

he's only focused on one
commodity... cocoa.

Some people even
call him "Count Chocula."

Seriously, Hardison?
"Count Chocula"?

"Count Chocula"?

That's a stupid moniker.

It is stupid... real stupid
but he didn't choose it.

He's not one of those guys

who gives himself a dumb
nickname, you know?

I want to meet this count.

No.

No. I meet him,

or you don't leave
this building.

Do you read me?

I'm... reading you, yeah.

Let me think about it.

I can probably set something up
for you this... this weekend.

You're trying to run a stall
on the Mako?

Look, there is no con,
no play,

no action that you can pull

that I haven't done
a thousand times.

Tomorrow, 9:00 A.M.,
his office.

Okay.

Okay, we're gonna
have to call Eliot,

uh, and secure some
office somehow.

We're gonna need signage,
propage, everything.

Hardison, stay with
the keyboard for now.

No shortcuts here.

Mr. Travers,
of Travers Global?

Yes. Who are you?

Mr. Travers, I'm agent Loynd

- with the Internal Revenue Service.
- What?

Loynd.

Like "loin" with a "d."

This is Anna Goodwin,

Controller General of the U.K.

Yes. We're here about that spot audit.

You know, the Desmond Amsterdam Fund.

The Desmond Fund was
closed nine months ago.

Yes, but, uh, you know, the
folks over in the U.K.,

they have different
accounting methods

than the good old, you
know, American I.R.S.

So, we're here to give
an assist to Ms. Goodwin

and our friends
across the shore.

Pond.

Pond.

It's... it's "across the pond."

"Pond."
I always get that wrong.

I own this whole building.

You can't come in here
without my authority.

- Oh, no, that's right.
- Well, uh, there were two documents

that you uh, signed off on.

I never received
any such thing.

Oh, yes, you did. I'm sorry.

Look. That's your signature there.
I think that's you...I think.

But I don't remember
signing anything.

The I.R.S. has your back
on this one, okay?

You know, why don't you
take an early lunch?

And it'll be like three
or four hours,

and we should be okay. Yeah.

It's gonna be fine.
Y-yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, great.

That looks amazing on you.

Don't be surprised.
You picked it out.

I, um...

I better get undressed.

I think you mean
"changed," Nate.

Yeah. Hey.

Hurry up.
They just pulled in.

Yeah, why don't you stall them
in the lobby for a second?

Oh, sorry.
Let me get this out of your way.

You got to go...

Sorry.

What are you doing, man?

You want to help?

Hey. You want to help,
grab a mop.

I could use all
the help I can get.

Now, because I need arbitrage
before the convergence, yeah.

No. I-I don't care
about the derivatives.

I'm not speculating.

No, no, no. You just go along

until I say otherwise, yeah.

It'll all be good.
Yeah. Hol...

I got to go.

What are you doing here?

I told you,
he wanted to meet you.

And I told you never
to come here!

Look, man. He caught me red-handed.
Okay, look...

he said the only way to complete
the business transaction

was for you two to meet.

Well, look, there are
dozens of chop shops

I can park my contracts
at... I don't need his.

Tell me about your scam.

I am not gonna tell you squat.

Now, you get him out of here.
She's on her way.

You don't mean...

Yes. Yeah.

And if she sees you two,
she will spook.

Go.

Let's go.

Take the back stairs.
Hardison, you're fired.

You still owe me 200k.

You'll get paid. Go.

He's paying you 200 large
just to park proxies?

Yeah, it must be worth it to him.

Who is she?

That's the Chocolate Whisperer.

Okay. Sophie,
you're doing great.

Sherman's still on your tail.

I want you to head for
the chocolate festival.

Parker, everything ready there?

- Parker?
- I'm working on it.

Okay, Nate.

Sophie's good to go
for the tasting.

You know what, man?
I really think she can win this.

What do you mean?
She's gonna have to win this.

It's our only way
to sell Sherman.

Okay, everybody, we're gonna
have to be at our absolute best.

This guy is looking for a tell,

any sign that we might
be conning him.

Look, it's the
Chocolate Whisperer!

All right, Sophie, I got all
your business on the web,

so people should start
recognizing you any second.

- Hi. Would you mind...
- Oh, me?

- You look great.
- How lovely. Thank you.

Me too, please.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

You're very kind.

- I'm a big fan.
- I'm flattered.

Thank you.

Can we take your picture?

Thanks!

Can I get your autograph?

Yes, of course.

I've never heard of her.

Ms. Dubois, we've got you
all set up over there.

They're ready for you.

Hi. Oh.

Frame me on the assistant.

Thank you.

Thanks. Poppy, you're a dear.

Thank you. Oh, one more.
There you go.

I just saw your website.
I love your work.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Parker? Parker, let it go.

We need him to check us out.

No, no.

Par... Parker, no.

You can't... no...

Too late, man. It's in her DNA.

Put it back, Parker.

Hello. Would you
care for some?

Here we go.

We are thrilled to have

two of the greatest chocolate
connoisseurs with us today.

Our first connoisseur is a
three-time tasting champion

and the author of the new book

"Dark Orgasms: My love
Affair With Chocolate."

Please welcome Laverne Webber!

And a last-minute addition today,

an elusive genius making her
first-ever U.S. appearance

and participating in her
first-ever competition.

She is the woman that the
London Examiner says

single-handedly changed
the world of chocolate.

The Queen of Cocoa,

the one and only Chocolate
Whisperer herself,

Clarissa Dubois.

I got all the origins
on these chocolates,

but there's no way to tell
which ones they're tasting.

That's okay.

Now, S-Sophie,

this is no different than
Belgium in '99.

Remember that?

You did great then.
You're gonna do great now.

Connoisseurs,
eat your chocolate.

Strong personality
but not too aggressive,

like a man ruggedly handsome
yet refined,

wearing a pin-striped suit,

who offers to share his umbrella

with... a plus-sized woman
in the rain.

This is obviously
from Madagascar.

I would say it's 70% pure.

An outstanding bean.

Well, Madagascar is correct.

But it is 78%.

78%. Ooh.

All right. Ms. Dubois.

Trinidad.

Well, yes, Trinidad.

We expected nothing less.
Correct.

She didn't say why.
She just guessed.

Pulling up all the
special characteristics

on Trinidad cocoa beans.

No. She's good. She's fine.

Ms. Dubois?

Most would say Ecuador,

due to the hint of Jasmine,

but if one looks beyond that,

one will sense the slightest
layer of cinnamon,

which, of course,
could only mean...

Trinidad.

What about the bean?
Trinitario? Forastero?

Neither.

This could only be
the Criollo bean,

unlike that thing you put
in your mouth, Laverne,

which I could smell from
here, was an Arriba,

the most overrated bean
in the world,

the one you called
"outstanding."

Oh, and...

Just under 85%.

Whoa, whoa, and whoa!

84%!

Let's hear it for
the Chocolate Whisperer,

Clarissa Dubois!

Just from a piece
of chocolate?

That's my girl.

She's scary.

Wow. Look at that.
Isn't that something?

Ms. Dubois, that was
very impressive.

Well, I didn't mean
to make Laverne cry.

My name's Greg Sherman.

- I'm working with...
- Excuse us, Craig. We have a meeting.

It's Greg, the Mako.

Tell me what they're saying.

"It's our honor, Ms. Dubois.

"Hong Kong and Shanghai,
they're ready.

"Your cafes will be the
Starbucks of chocolate."

She's opening chocolate cafes in China?

That's why that idiot

Count Chocula is buying
cocoa futures.

Demand is gonna skyrocket.

"That is a nice dress
you're wearing."

Just the relevant stuff.

"88 this year,

120 in the next two years."

We need to talk.

I have nothing to say to you.

I gave you the chance
to do this easy.

You passed.

I know about China.

Nate, Eliot's in position.

Just say the word, Nate,

and I'll come in there and
tear their lungs out.

Not necessary.

Oh, it's necessary, all right.

Your whole plan depends on it.

200 nouveau riche
chocolate cafes

where a billion Chinese
consume less chocolate

than 7 million Swiss?

That's like going long
on DVDs in 1994.

So now you know
why I hired Hardison.

Well, that's what you
want me to think.

But you can't run
a grift on the Mako.

Who's the Mako?

I'm the Mako...

And I want to know
what the action is,

or my man here is gonna go
Paso Doble on your skull.

The, uh... the crop report
is gonna come out on Friday.

It's gonna say that supply
is normal, average.

Yes, but demand is gonna jump.

No, no. The crop report
is wrong.

Who told you this, your
chocolate whisperer?

No, no. She's legit.
She has nothing to do with this.

That's funny,

'cause you're sleeping with her.

I see it.

It's in your body language
when you're together.

It's in your eyes
when you look at her.

You two have
a carnal relationship.

See, he... he... he's just
trying to rattle Nate.

You did say he reads people
better than anyone you know.

Y'all nasty.

I...

Listen to me.
It's not her, okay?

I have a guy.
A guy in the C.F.T.C.?

No. It's... it's a guy who...
knows things.

When the crop report comes out,

everyone's gonna think
it's business as usual.

I continue buying futures.

Then, in a month or so,

the world finds out
supply is in the toilet.

That's when I, with
controlling interest

in nearly all cocoa
futures, announce China.

You're talking 100 million.

How's that?

Yeah. Okay.

Why didn't you say anything?

Parker.

Hey, Nate,
she's just saying, man.

Look, we'll discuss it later.

Okay, right now we've got
to worry about Sherman.

He's clever.

He's too clever to fall
for the big store.

He knows every shill, every
player in the country.

We've got nobody we can call.

That's why we're
gonna use civilians.

Trust me.

We got the guy on the dangle.

He's just about to bite.

We just got to keep
him off balance

and just keep pushing him
and pushing him

until he's out
of his comfort zone.

How far out you trying
to push him?

Nate, how many monitors
do we need?

As many as you can.

Wow!

You've actually done
some acting.

Oh, yes. I performed "Equus."

Theater in the round.

I love that play.
It's one of my...

Who did you play, Alan or...
or Dr. Dysart?

I was Nugget.

The horse?

Yes.

But I was the front end.

Go over to the other side,
then unload what's in there.

Then that is the thing... yeah?

Mr. Ford.

Yes, Ms...?

Cox, with an "x."

Of course.

Yeah, that Sophie woman...

I don't think her crackers
are quite toasted.

She wants me to
moonwalk with a bear.

No, no. See, we're doing a
version of the moonwalking bear.

I.B., inattentional blindness.

Basically, what it is,

is if a person is so
focused on something

that, you know, they don't...

They can't see the obvious
thing right in front of them,

like... like a moonwalking bear.

But what if the bear eats me?

Can we...
can we just stop a minute?

In the bush,
you stop moving, you die.

Like a... like a shark!

That's what they call me,
"the Mako."

Are you making fun of me?

No. No.

No, it's my nickname,
my moniker.

All the greats had one.

Great what?

Never mind. Look...

So you work for
this Count Chocula.

I don't work for anybody.

Yeah, but he hired you
to take me out here

and show me the cocoa fields.

It's not about
the cocoa fields.

It's about the nature.

Nature, yeah.

All right. Not "nature."

"The Nature."

The nature of a man.

The nature of darkness.

Aah!

See the snake?

You eat a snake heart,
you consume its soul.

Okay. All right.
That's more like it.

Where'd you get
all these, Parker?

Huh?

You know.

Put it back, Parker.

Uh, Hardison,
what do you got?

Nothing yet, Nate.

I might have to
change locations

to make sure
I get it in real time.

Well, do what you got to do.

Those are the top-producing
cocoa fields

on the entire continent.

So? They're just mowing
down trees.

Do you know what the most
dangerous thing is to cocoa?

Sunlight.

Too much sun, and
the crops won't yield.

Well, there are thousands
of acres of cocoa.

The farmers are not gonna
cut down all the trees.

Those aren't farmers.
That's the local government.

They're in the
timbers business.

They're cutting down every tree

in the square 100-mile radius.

Off the record.

That's why he knows the
crop report will be wrong.

They don't know.

You two, go long on timber,

100,000 shares, at least
two dozen accounts.

The rest of you,
stay on the flood.

Every network...
financial, social media...

I want it to be like when
Noah built his boat!

I cannot wait to
make this call.

I'm still not sure.

Sherman's been doing this
a lot longer than I have.

No, listen, it's working.
He's hooked.

Hardison's been monitoring
his accounts.

Said he went long on timber.

Hardison found his money?

Well, those buys were
from the company account,

but he's gonna have to
go into his personals

if he wants to get enough cash
to go into the big store.

Oh.

Hmm.

Yeah.

It's the Mako.

The what?

Greg Sherman.

Oh. Oh, yeah.

I want in.

Listen, the payout is
"boxcar," all right?

If you want a piece of this,

- it's $10 million in cash.
- When do you need it?

Well, the crop report
comes out in 12 hours,

so, uh, you know,
I'll need the cash

on my trading-room floor

if you want to be
a part of this.

Otherwise, I'm gonna have to,
you know, move on without you.

I'm in.

He's in.

Okay.
We're gonna run it again.

All right. Everybody...

Places. Back to one!

This... this is a disaster.

Well, maybe we'll get lucky
and he won't show up.

Oh, he's gonna show.

Okay, people. Once again.

Parker, lovely blonde
here, is Greg Sherman.

Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!

Eliot is his driver.

Now, once they've entered,

it's too late
to begin your moves.

You need to be moving

and doing everything that
you're doing before they enter.

Before.

So when we say "action,"

it has to be happening then.

Think of it as a dance,
all right?

One, two, three.
One, two, three.

You two...
you're yelling out orders.

You three...
you're on the phones.

You... that's when you
cross with your file cart.

Well, where's the bear?

There is no bear, Mrs. Cox.

No, no. There's no bear.
Think of it as a dance.

Nugget, the moment you
see the screens

move into cocoa futures,

that's when you cross
in front of the mark

and say your line!

Okay, um, Sophie,

what is my motivation
for going over there?

Your motivation is to get to
the other side of the room.

Oh. Gotcha.

Okay. And, people, please,
do not stare at the mark.

Golden... golden rule...
Do not stare at the mark.

Okay. Now, uh, Parker,
Eliot... wait for action.

You hear action,
a couple of beats,

then you come back
in the room.

Now listen, everybody.

We're gonna do it again
from the top.

We only have a few minutes
before we go live.

So, let's make this
a good one, okay?

This is for us, okay?
Let's do it. Let's do it.

Go for us. All right. Focus.

Come on. Lots of activity.
Busy, busy.

Come on.

Buy, buy. Sell, sell.

Stay busy. Stay busy.

And action!

Buy, buy! Sell, sell!

Uh, sorry.

Sell!

Cut! Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut!

Hold on, hold on!

Nugget, what happened?

I'm s-sorry. I tripped.

You tripped?

- Back to one.
- She's staring at me, right here.

You guys, back outside.

- Did you look at the mark?
- Yeah, I know. Back outside. Back to one.

Hardison, you got anything?

Um, nothing, man.

Just a tired,
overworked hacker

who's actually sick
of orange soda.

I think we lost him, Nate.

No, no, no. This is- this is-
this is gonna work.

This is gonna work. Okay.

Uh, we're gonna reset everything.

Okay, guys, guys, come in.

We got to talk.
Now he's here right now.

Okay. He's here!

He's here. We're going live.

This is not
a rehearsal anymore.

This is it. This is it.

We got one shot
at this, everybody.

We're gonna make it work.
Places!

Focus. Focus!

Break a leg.
You're gonna be great.

Okay, thanks.
You're gonna be great.

Okay, okay.

Ms. Dubois and the Count are
expecting you, Mr. Sherlock.

It's "Sherman."

I- I want everything you got,
absolutely everything you got.

Can you believe this?

We haven't had a day
this exciting

since we s-shorted
soy beans in '99.

Welcome, Mr. um- um...?

Sherman. So when do you
announce China?

Oh, next month or
the month after.

The count has to acquire
more futures,

and then when everybody sees
that the crop report is wrong

and panic sets in,

we announce China.

Hey, Marco, yeah, hey.
Where's your money, huh?

I mean, I got to log it in
before the report gets here.

It's "Mako."

And everything I have to
give you is right here.

Okay, beautiful.

You want to count it?

I had trouble keeping
a straight face.

Oh! And you...

"The Chocolate Whisperer."

That is rich.

I was onto you guys
the whole time.

Which is not to say

that you didn't have
some nice flourishes.

Flying me to Ecuador? Wow!

Oh, hey. There he is.

I love this guy.

The thing with the snake - oh!

And then you decided to
run the big store on me.

A little historical note...

My grandfather invented
the big store.

And with such rank amateurs
I mean, losers...

I can't count how many
tells I saw walking in.

They're wearing
trading jackets?

What is this, 1990?

And this guy...
this guy forgot his line.

Yeah, okay.
So you weren't fooled.

I get it.

But, also, you didn't
make any money, did you?

Oh, yes, I did.

Your little Starbucks of China action...

That story was so good,

I had my boys flood
the market with it.

Complete B. S.,
and I leaked it to the world.

Cocoa prices are
going to explode.

And then I did what
you pretended to do.

I committed over $30 million
in cocoa futures.

By the time people realize
the China thing is false,

I'll have cleared $100 million

and be living in a
non-extradition country.

It will be
the greatest con of all time.

Better than anything
Wildfire John

or the Yellow Kid ever did.

And you know what?

I have you to thank.

I've watched your every move,

every eye twitch, every
scratch of your head.

I was so focused on you
and your team,

you couldn't have conned me
with 100 of the best shills.

You forgot the first rule
of the confidence game...

can't con a con man.

You're right.
And that's why we didn't.

You see, we knew that
you would be so aware

of even the slightest tell
that we couldn't risk a con.

Your attention was
so focused and intense

that you saw every move
we made.

Yes, I did.

But you missed
the moonwalking bear.

The what?

Plan "A," Hardison's
cyber heist.

Remember that?

You know, when you decided that
we were gonna run a con on you?

You forgot about everything else.

It doesn't matter,

because I had my men
move all my money today.

It's all in cocoa futures.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
About that...

Call your office.

Hello.

This is the Mako.
My money get moved yet?

Yes, sir, every cent.

FBI! Hands over your head!

What's that noise?

That would be the FBI, sir.

Hands where I can see 'em!

- Greg Sherman, A.K.A. The...
- let's go.

What is it again?

The Blowfish, I think.

A.K.A. "The Blowfish"...

You're being charged with 47
counts of security fraud,

conspiracy, and
market manipulation.

If y...

Hello?

Hung up the phone. Rude.

I hate guys that give
themselves their own nickname.

Church, brother. Church.

Church. Sorry.

Thanks, man.

That's awesome.

I hadn't hit anybody
in over two weeks.

Greg Sherman, A.K.A....

What is it again?

Crappie. Beluga. Gefilte fish.

You're under arrest.

Come on.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Who are all these people?
They're not shills.

Oh, these people-
they are your victims.

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Wang.

You stole $68,000 from
Mr. Wang's father.

It was all the money he had.

You stole from every single
person in this room.

Every single one of them
is a victim.

No. I don't believe you.
This is a con.

How much money did
Mr. Sherman steal from you?

$202,000.

$16,400.

$72,000.

Are you Special Agent Hagen?

Mm-hmm.

Agent McSweeten
sends his best.

And he also sends a, uh haiku.

- That's so nice. Say "hi" back.
- I will.

Special agent?
Are you kidding me?

That's right, genius.
She's an undercover FBI agent.

No, she is not.
She's a thief.

They're all thieves and
and con men and grifters!

Sure, Mr. Limpet.

We're all thieves and grifters
and con men.

- They are! They just...
- Get him out of here.

Who do you think you're
helping out here?!

They stole more money
than I ever have!

What is wrong with you?!

I can't thank you enough.

But...

What is it, Sheila?

Well, when I checked
the school account,

the $72,000 wasn't there.

There was over a million in it.

I'd say your school's gonna
be all right for a while.

Thank you.

So, w-who's gonna point out

the big pink argyle
elephant in the room?

Listen, it's not that you're
not two consenting adults.

But we need to be able
to rely on each other.

And we need to be aware of
each other's emotional states.

Our emotional states are-
are fine.

It's not like we're having
a real relationship.

No. It's just s...

Friends with bennies.

- Well, I- I'd say it's, uh...
- Yeah.

- That's not a bad way of looking at it.
- Okay.

Looks like you aren't
the only two.

That is at the same time
beautiful and very disturbing.

Guys, to the Big Store.

The Big Store.

Yeah, come in.

Nate.

You're not gonna
believe this, man.

This is the guy that, uh...

that bugged the apartment
and phoned me.

Jack Latimer. Farm boy.

Scholarship to the University of Chicago.

He started his own
business back in '85

by mortgaging his house,
and now...

He runs an investment firm with
assets totaling eight zeros.

Tracked him through his
investment in Verd Agra.

Verd - the potato job?

But we found the listening
device before that.

He was also involved in
Merced Financial, Dubertech,

Ernshell Pharmaceuticals.

Yeah, okay.
It's all companies that we burned.

So, basically, this guy had
stock in all those companies,

and we cost him a lot of money.

He wants revenge.

Uh, how much did he lose?

Who said he lost money?

Jack Latimer.

You run an investment fund
worth half a billion dollars.

Marla out of town?

Nate Ford.

You run a crew that
ruins men like me.

Ain't we a pair of
high-stakes sons of bitches.

- Want a drink?
- I could use a drink.

So, for how long?

Three years ago,

my fund had money
in Pierson Aviation.

I had the C.E.O.,
Steve Pierson, under surveillance.

Just standard background stuff.

Then when all this happened
with Victor Dubenich

screaming his head off
about con men,

nobody believed a word.

Except you had photos of a man

handing Pierson a bag
full of hard drives.

You never turned us in.

Bering Aerospace stole
that research.

Their stock was valued
on a lie.

That lie devalued
other companies.

You took them down a peg,
but you're...

you're not a villain.

You were a...
market correction.

You spent a lot of money
chasing that single lead.

That young man, Hardison,

he covers your tracks
pretty damn well.

But after a while,

I had enough to figure out
what your pattern was,

figured out what your
next move would be.

So you bet against our targets.

You made investments against
Wakefield, Verd Agra...

Dubertech.

To a one, you rained
destruction down upon them,

allowing me to profit in the
wreckage you left behind.

You will get out
of my business now.

But you haven't
even heard my offer.

I don't want anything from you.

And the ones that
got away with it?

The companies that covered
it up so well,

the people they cheated
or killed

had no idea what
happened to them.

I know secrets,

sins it would take you a
thousand years to find.

What's the price?

24 hours.

But before you descend
from heaven

with blood-tipped wings

and a flaming sword to wreak
havoc on these men, you call...

And give me 24 hours
to make my move.

Your pride more important
than helping people?