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Leverage: The Nigerian Job
Nate Ford, an insurance investigator, quits his job after his insurance claims are rejected for his dying son's medical bills. Ford soon finds a job working for an aerospace company, and heads up a group of criminals all working to retrieve stolen blueprints.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x1 Airdate: Sunday December 07th, 2008 Special Runtime: 56 Minutes Alternate Airdates:
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Co-Guest Stars
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Main Cast
Recap
In Chicago, ex-insurance investigator Nate Ford is sitting in a bar pouring himself a drink when Victor Dubenich approaches himself and admits he's an admirer of all the money that Nate has saved his former insurance company. Dubenich notes that the company abandoned him and his family and Nate warns him not to go there. The man backtracks and says that he wants to offer Nate a job to recover his airplane designs from the people that he knows stole them...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Filming location: Chicago, IL
The episode premiered on a special night, Sunday at 10/9 central, and aired commercial-free.
Episode Quotes
Victor Dubenich: What happened to your family was the kind of thing...
Nate: You know this part of the conversation where I punch you in the neck nine or ten times? We're coming up on that pretty quick.
Nate: You know this part of the conversation where I punch you in the neck nine or ten times? We're coming up on that pretty quick.
Victor Dubenich: Do you know anything about airplane design?.
Nate: Yeah, I could give it a shot. You know, you give me a pencil and one of those little rulers.
Nate: Yeah, I could give it a shot. You know, you give me a pencil and one of those little rulers.
Parker: Parker. You have Parker?
Victor Dubenich: Is there somebody better?
Nate: No. But Parker is insane.
Victor Dubenich: Is there somebody better?
Nate: No. But Parker is insane.
Eliot: (about Parker) What are you gonna do when she finds out you live with your mom.
Alec: Age of the geek, baby. We run the world.
Alec: Age of the geek, baby. We run the world.
Alec: Yeah, it's completely safe. It's just, you know, if you experience nausea, weakness in your right side, stroke, strokiness...
Eliot: You're precisely why I work alone.
Eliot: You're precisely why I work alone.
Eliot: (describing Parker) That's 20 pounds of crazy, five-pound bag.
Alec: Going to plan "B".
Nate: Technically that would be plan "G.
Alec: How many plans do we have? Is there like a plan "M"?
Nate: Yeah, Hardison dies in plan "M".
Eliot: I like plan "M".
Nate: Technically that would be plan "G.
Alec: How many plans do we have? Is there like a plan "M"?
Nate: Yeah, Hardison dies in plan "M".
Eliot: I like plan "M".
Alec: You know, it was kinda cool being on the same side.
Nate: No, we are not on the same side. I am not a thief.
Parker: You are now. Come on, Nathan, tell the truth. Did you have a little bit of fun playing the Black King instead of the White Knight? Just this once?
Nate: No, we are not on the same side. I am not a thief.
Parker: You are now. Come on, Nathan, tell the truth. Did you have a little bit of fun playing the Black King instead of the White Knight? Just this once?
Parker: My money's not in my account. That makes me cry inside, in my special angry place.
Nate: What we're going to do is get out of here together.
Eliot: This was a one-time deal.
Nate: Look, guys, here's your problem. You all know what you can do. I know what all of you can do. So that gives me the edge, which gives me the plan.
Parker: I don't trust these guys.
Nate: Do you trust me?
Eliot: Of course. You're an honest man.
Eliot: This was a one-time deal.
Nate: Look, guys, here's your problem. You all know what you can do. I know what all of you can do. So that gives me the edge, which gives me the plan.
Parker: I don't trust these guys.
Nate: Do you trust me?
Eliot: Of course. You're an honest man.
Eliot: He tried to kill us.
Parker: More importantly, he didn't pay us.
Eliot: How is that more important?
Parker: I take that personally.
Eliot: There's something wrong with you.
Parker: More importantly, he didn't pay us.
Eliot: How is that more important?
Parker: I take that personally.
Eliot: There's something wrong with you.
Eliot: What's in it for me?
Nate: Payback. And if it goes right, a lot of money.
Parker: Yeah, what's in it for me?
Nate: A lot of money. And if it goes right, payback. Hardison?
Alec: I was just going to send a thousand porno magazines to his office, but hell, yeah, man, let's kick him out.
Eliot: What's in it for you?
Nate: He used my son.
Nate: Payback. And if it goes right, a lot of money.
Parker: Yeah, what's in it for me?
Nate: A lot of money. And if it goes right, payback. Hardison?
Alec: I was just going to send a thousand porno magazines to his office, but hell, yeah, man, let's kick him out.
Eliot: What's in it for you?
Nate: He used my son.
Nathan: All right, let's go get Sophie.
Eliot: What the hell is a Sophie?
Eliot: What the hell is a Sophie?
(watching Sophie performing badly)
Alec: She's very awful.
Parker: Is she injured... in the head?
Eliot: Seriously, man, this is the worst actress I've ever seen.
Eliot: This is not her stage.
Alec: She's very awful.
Parker: Is she injured... in the head?
Eliot: Seriously, man, this is the worst actress I've ever seen.
Eliot: This is not her stage.
Sophie: I'm a citizen now. Honest.
Nate: I'm not.
Sophie: You're playing my side? I always thought you had it in you.
Nate: Are you in?
Sophie: I wouldn't miss this.
Nate: I'm not.
Sophie: You're playing my side? I always thought you had it in you.
Nate: Are you in?
Sophie: I wouldn't miss this.
Alec: She's not awful.
Nate: This is her stage. Sophie Devereaux is the finest actress you've ever seen... when she's breaking the law.
Nate: This is her stage. Sophie Devereaux is the finest actress you've ever seen... when she's breaking the law.
Alec: Shouldn't I be playing a computer guy?
Nate: No, I want you to actually be the computer guy.
Nate: No, I want you to actually be the computer guy.
Dubenich's Assistant: You are strong for a computer guy.
Eliot: Thank you. I like to work out. I try to stay big. Because I love dressing up like a Klingon and going to all the conventions, you know.
Eliot: Thank you. I like to work out. I try to stay big. Because I love dressing up like a Klingon and going to all the conventions, you know.
Pierson: Don't you want money?
Nathan: This particular project has a different revenue stream.
Nathan: This particular project has a different revenue stream.
Parker: What is it with women and shoes?
Sophie: There's something wrong with you.
Eliot: That's what I said.
Sophie: There's something wrong with you.
Eliot: That's what I said.
Alec: I'm just very good at what I do.
Parker: This is the score. The score.
Alec: Age of the geek, baby.
Eliot: Somebody kiss this man so I don't have to.
Parker: This is the score. The score.
Alec: Age of the geek, baby.
Eliot: Somebody kiss this man so I don't have to.
Nate: People like that, corporations like that, they have all the money, they have all the power and they use it to make people like you go away. Right now, you're suffering under an enormous weight. We provide... leverage.
Cultural References
Alec: This equipment is total VH1, Bri. It's Best of the 80s.
VH1 is a music-oriented channel featuring older music, reality shows, and music-related movies.
VH1 is a music-oriented channel featuring older music, reality shows, and music-related movies.
Alec: This is not the room you're looking for.
A nod to the Jedi Knights and Star Wars. In the first movie, Obi-Wan Kenobi controls stormtroopers using the Force, and tells them "These are not the droids you're looking for." The light sabers are also from the movies, and the three women are dressed the same was as Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi.
A nod to the Jedi Knights and Star Wars. In the first movie, Obi-Wan Kenobi controls stormtroopers using the Force, and tells them "These are not the droids you're looking for." The light sabers are also from the movies, and the three women are dressed the same was as Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi.
Checks:
The checks that Alec pays the team with are drawn on Credit Dauphine, which functions as a cover corporation in the TV series Alias.
The checks that Alec pays the team with are drawn on Credit Dauphine, which functions as a cover corporation in the TV series Alias.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Chris Downey | John Rogers (1) |
| • Executive Producer | Dean Devlin | John Rogers (1) | Chris Downey |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Kearie Peak | Marc Roskin |
| • Producer | Phillip M. Goldfarb (1) |
| • Co-Producer | Rachel Olschan |
| • Production Designer | Lauren Crasco |
| • Editor | David Siegel |
| • Casting | Scott David | April Webster |
| • Music | Joseph Loduca |
| • Music Editor | Jason Ruder |
| • Grip | Willy Hewson |
| • Key Grip | Kevin Ball |
| • Construction Coordinator | Steven Desantis |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Kenneth L. Johnson |
| • Leadman | Chuck Courrieu |
| • Art Director | Brian Harms |
| • Sound Editor | Mark Hailstone |
| • Key Makeup Artist | Debra Denson |
| • Set Dresser | Tim Woodruff |
| • Graphic Designer | Derek Frederickson |
| • Visual Effects | Carey Gosa |
| • Assistant Property Master | Kevin Hummel |
| • ADR Mixer | Andrew Garrett Lange |
| • Foley Artist | Catherine Harper |
| • General Foreman | Brian Feola |
| • Lead Scenic | Maureen Kropf |
| • Music Engineer | Joshua Mathews | Scott Davidson (2) |
| • Financing | Stephen Hays |
| • Product Placement Coordinator | Adam M. Stone | Cat Stone |
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