Hell's Kitchen

Sophie: Listen, you, you don’t have to do this. You know, Nate’s gonna come up with something.
Eliot: I’m losing a fight, Sophie. I’m not diving on a grenade. I’ll be all right.
Sophie: Yeah, I know. I’m not talking physically.
Eliot: I think my ego can handle it.
Sophie: Look, you told me that it’s about control. About knowing that you’re never gonna be the victim. And that’s what keeps you going, right?
Eliot: You think I’m upset ‘cause I gotta let this guy kick my ass? I learned a long time ago you can’t control the violence. I can take the punishment. It’s what I do. What I need to control is not out there. It’s here. Always.

Leverage 2x02 - The Tap Out Job

Parker: I took your advice and did the whole touristy thing. I went to the museum and it was amazing.
Hardison: See?
Parker: Yeah. They have a Guardian T-8-40 security system. I’ve only seen those things in books. And the motion detectors? Whoo! Gorgeous. Six digital receptors. Six.
Hardison: What about the paintings?
Parker: What about the paintings?

Leverage 2x12 - The Zanzibar Marketplace Job

Eliot: Hey, don’t lump these guys in with Rucker, all right? He’s not what this sport’s about.
Sophie: This sport’s about two guys beating the crap out of each other.
Eliot: MMA fighters act with more respect than any other athlete I’ve ever seen.
Sophie: Yeah, they’re Braveheart, I get it.
Eliot: No you don’t. These guys don’t fight because they like hurtin’ other people. They fight to gain some sort of control over their opponents, over their environment, over their lives. Have you seen this town? Huh? The farms are dryin’ up. The only stores are bail bondsmans and pawnshops and there’s nothin’ they can do about it. So, yeah, they get in the ring and try not to let it all suffocate ‘em. And it’s about two guys beatin’ the crap out of each other.

Leverage 2x02 - The Tap Out Job

Parker: What kind of crook was your dad?
Hardison: Parker, you just…
Nate: He ran numbers.
Eliot: Let me get this straight. So you stopped stealing, you stopped drinking and you moved upstairs from a thief bar.
Parker: He did. I get that. You don’t get that? Why does nobody get that?

Leverage 2x11 - The Bottle Job

Nate: Sophie, how do you catch Mob guys?
Sophie: Uh, two glasses of Chianti and a story about my grandma in Sicily.
Nate: How does the government catch Mob guys?
Sophie: Taxes.

Leverage 2x01 - The Beantown Bailout Job

Parker: Hey, it’s Peggy from the trial! She wants to have coffee next week. Alice made a friend.
Eliot: I’m gonna tell you one more time. You made a friend, not Alice.
Parker: Oh, cool. Well, think she’d want to steal a painting with me?
Sophie: Start small, Parker. Try coffee.

Leverage 1x11 - The Juror #6 Job

Eliot: You quit drinking?
Nate: Yep.
Eliot: You quit drinking.
Nate: Sure did.
Eliot: You quit drinking? How do you know about this place, then?
Nate: I rent a condo upstairs.
Eliot: You rent a condo above the bar?
Nate: That’s right.
Eliot: Well, that’s very… Catholic.

Leverage 2x01 - The Beantown Bailout Job

Nate: No, no, we can’t send another climber on the ridge, no.
Eliot: You sure about that?
Nate: What do you mean?
Eliot: ‘Cause I got a footprint. Russian. Spetsnaz.
Parker: Seriously?
Eliot: It’s a very distinctive footprint.

Leverage 4x01  - The Long Way Down Job

Nate: How did you…
Eliot: Webcam. No sound the first time I saw it. Why would they turn up the volume during the second show? Was it because they wanted us to hear Sam’s performance? It’s 101, man. After that, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out.
Maggie: You know, people underestimate you, Eliot.
Nate: That’s kind of the point.

Leverage 2x12 - The Zanzibar Marketplace Job

Eliot: You feeling confident?
Hardison: Not really.
Eliot: Good. ‘Cause overconfidence will kill you faster than a bullet any day. Fear’s good.
Hardison: Oh, I have fear. And doubt. And really serious regrets. I should be fine.

Leverage 3x07 - The Gone Fishin’ Job

Eliot: Oh, she’s dressed that way ‘cause she’s doing a con.
Nate: What, you thought she was dressed like a nun for no reason?
Eliot: It’s Parker.
Nate: Well, fair enough.

Leverage 2x01 - The Beantown Bailout Job

Eliot: You ever notice how all bad guys know at least one stripper?
Hardison: Hello? And you know at least a hundred, so what does that say about you?
Eliot: Hey, I’m a bad guy.

Leverage 1x10 - The 12 Step Job