Leverage (TV Series)

The Second David Job (2009)

Kevin Tighe: Ian Blackpoole

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Quotes 

• Nathan Ford : Here's how it's gonna go, Sterling.

  Jim Sterling : I'm all ears.

  Ian Blackpoole : No, you talk to me, not to him. You talk to me.

  Nathan Ford : [ignoring him]  Every single painting will be returned to IYS the moment Ian Blackpoole is stripped of his position and all his assets in the company. Also, his policy of denying every claim, that ends.

  Jim Sterling : Extortion.

  Nathan Ford : I prefer to call it oversight.

  [he picks up a tape recorder and plays the recording, and the scene flashes back] 

  Ian Blackpoole : Last time I saw you, you were selling me something.

  Nathan Ford : I got out of sales.

  Ian Blackpoole : So what are you in now?

  Nathan Ford : Uh, theft. Yeah, I'm going to rob, uh, the two Davids exhibit on opening day. Well, aren't you going to call the police?

  Ian Blackpoole : Of course not.

  Nathan Ford : [the scene returns to the present; Nate tosses the recorder to Sterling]  When the owners of these paintings realize that Ian knew there was gonna be a theft but didn't call the police, well, they're gonna sue the hell out of him, aren't they?

  Jim Sterling : But if the company, in good faith, returns their paintings?

  Nathan Ford : They might not fire you, if you give them Blackpoole.

• Nathan Ford : I got out of sales.

  Ian Blackpoole : So what are you in now?

  Nathan Ford : Theft. Yeah, I'm going to rob the two Davids gallery on opening day.

  [finishing his drink] 

  Nathan Ford : Ahhh. Nice wet bar. Aren't you going to call the, uh, police?

  Ian Blackpoole : Of course not. You're a sick man, Nathan. You still blame me for the death of your son.

  Nathan Ford : You turned down the insurance claim for the treatment that would've saved him.

  Ian Blackpoole : It's our policy to say no to all claims until they've been fully investigated.

  Nathan Ford : Stalled. Fully stalled.

• Nathan Ford : I'm gonna make you an offer. One time only. You resign as CEO, you donate all your assets to charity, and I will not rob the museum.

  Ian Blackpoole : All my assets?

  Nathan Ford : Yeah.

  Ian Blackpoole : How generous. We're done here.

  Nathan Ford : Yeah, I've got some errands, too. Rope, masks, knockout gas!