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Leverage: The Wedding Job

Nate reluctantly takes on the case of a restaurant owner's wife whose husband took the fall for the mobster he owed money to. To get close to the crook, the team goes undercover as wedding planners at his daughter's wedding.


9.2/10 (16 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x7
Airdate: Tuesday January 13th, 2009

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Chris Downey

Alternate Airdates:

NL (RTL 5) May 14, 2009
UK (FX) Mar 03, 2010

Guest Stars
Dan LauriaDan Lauria
As Nicky Masconi
Nicole SullivanNicole Sullivan
As Heather Masconi
Andrew DivoffAndrew Divoff
As Sergei

Co-Guest Stars
Rick OvertonRick Overton
As Agent Taggert
Recurring
Gerald Downey (1)Gerald Downey (1)
As Agent McSweeten
Recurring
Marisa LeeMarisa Lee
As Maria Moscone
Lisa JoffreyLisa Joffrey
As Teresa Palermo
Tony CicchettiTony Cicchetti
As Ray Palermo
Lindsay HalladayLindsay Halladay
As Maid of Honor
Phil IdrissiPhil Idrissi
As Tommy

Uncredited
Anthony De LongisAnthony De Longis
As The Butcher of Kiev
Bianca BonciuBianca Bonciu
As Bridesmaid #2
Brady RombergBrady Romberg
As German Agent
James PusztayJames Pusztay
As James Pusztay
Maritza CabreraMaritza Cabrera
As Party Guest
Steven H. HansenSteven H. Hansen
As Russian Gangster
Tony DominoTony Domino
As Party Guest
Main Cast
Timothy HuttonTimothy Hutton
As Nate Ford
Gina BellmanGina Bellman
As Sophie Devereaux
Christian KaneChristian Kane
As Eliot Spencer
Beth RiesgrafBeth Riesgraf
As Parker
Aldis HodgeAldis Hodge
As Alec Hardison

Recap

At an Italian restaurant, the staff closes for the night so mob boss Nicky Moscone can use the place to conduct business. Nicky shoots the man he's talking with, and then gives the gun to the owner, Ray Palermo. When Ray objects, Nicky reminds him that he loaned Ray the money to buy the restaurant, and that as a civilian he'll be in the clear. He assures Ray that he'll take care of his family if Ray goes to jail. Ray has no choice but to agree...

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Episode Quotes
Alec: Oh, and then there's the FBI parked around the corner.
Parker: FBI? Where?
Alec: See that crappy van that says plumber?
Sophie: Did you say plumber? That's their cover? Ho-ho, that is so cute. It's like it's 1978 all over again.

Alec: Stay strong, brother.
Agent McSweeten: I will.
Alec: A shakeup is coming.
Agent McSweeten: Long overdue.
Alec: You... (points at his eyes, then McSweeten's)
Agent McSweeten: (copies Alec) I'll watch for you, too.
Alec: I'm the coffee, you the cream.

Eliot: Hardison, how am I supposed to get out of the FBI offices with a box full of surveillance tapes, huh?
Alec: Punch somebody!
Eliot: Oh, I'm gonna punch somebody.

Nate: Can you break the codes?
Alec: Code? The... the codes to the Cayman Bank & Trust where the Calle cartel and the African dictators keep all there dirty money. The ones that Moscone changes any time he damn well pleases? Like it's... come on, dude, are you kidding me?
Nate: You know, you're very negative lately.
Eliot: Yeah.
Nate: And the sass, it doesn't help.

Eliot: What? You think the only thing I know how to do is bust heads?
Nate: No... well, yeah.
Eliot: Look, hold a knife like this, cuts through an onion. Hold a knife like this, cuts through, like, eight Yakuza in four seconds. Screams, carnage... people are like knives. Everything's in context.

Maid of Honor: You don't think it makes me look fat?
Sophie: Uh-huh.
Parker: Oh, definitely. I mean, why do you think I had to let out the waist? To make you look less skinny?

Nate: You know, I swear, I never understood the lengths people go with these things. I mean, the endless, you know, the--the dresses, and the endless toasts, and the crying, and, and... you know, it's just, it's unbelievable to me. And everyone has a role to play, right? And the bride and the groom, at the end of the day the go home with a pile of cash. And if you really think about it, the thing is just a giant, giant con.
Sophie: Woo. Now, aren't you romantic.

Alec: No way in hell I could ever imagine getting married. I mean, it's just, it's a piece of paper. I take it you've never been married.
Eliot: No.
Alec: Ever come close?
Eliot: No.
Alec: What was her name?
Eliot: There was a girl I grew up with, but, anyway, she married someone else.
Alec: Hot damn, what did you do?
Eliot: What did I do? I liberated Croatia.
Alec: Now see, me, I would've just got fat, started up a comic book shop. That's you and me, wrapped up.

Sophie: I'm staying.
Nate: I'm sorry, you're what?
Sophie: I'm staying.
Nate: You're staying? Sophie. Sophie, it's the Butcher of Kiev.
Alec: Have you ever been to Kiev? The cake-maker of Kiev could whoop all our asses. This is the Butcher!

Nate: (officiating at a wedding) I mean, what is marriage? Is it, is it running around rooftops in Paris? I don't think so. No, it's pushing a cart around the Home Depot. We're good, we're good, pal. It's pushing a cart around Home Depot. That's what it is. It's hard work. Hard, hard, hard, hard work, people.

Nate: You just kill a guy with an appetizer?
Eliot: I don't know. Maybe.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorChris Downey  |  John Rogers (1)
Executive ProducerDean Devlin  |  John Rogers (1)  |  Chris Downey
Co-Executive ProducerKearie Peak  |  Marc Roskin
Co-ProducerRachel Olschan
Production DesignerLauren Crasco
EditorDavid Siegel
CastingApril Webster  |  Scott David
MusicJoseph Loduca
Music EditorJason Ruder
GripWilly Hewson
Key GripKevin Ball
Construction CoordinatorSteven Desantis
Supervising Sound EditorKenneth L. Johnson
LeadmanChuck Courrieu
Art DirectorBrian Harms
Sound EditorMark Hailstone
Key Makeup ArtistDebra Denson
Set DresserTim Woodruff
Graphic DesignerDerek Frederickson
Visual EffectsCarey Gosa
Assistant Property MasterKevin Hummel
ADR MixerAndrew Garrett Lange
Foley ArtistCatherine Harper
General ForemanBrian Feola
Lead ScenicMaureen Kropf
Music EngineerScott Davidson (2)  |  Joshua Mathews
FinancingStephen Hays
Product Placement CoordinatorAdam M. Stone  |  Cat Stone
 

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