Leverage (2008–2012): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Miracle Job - full transcript

Do you know the
speech? I know the gist of it.

You memorize
entire homilies.

Homilies are poetry, a plea before
the city council is demeaning.

Esteemed councilmen,
in a few days,

St. Nicholas Church
will be torn down.

I have come before you
for the fourth time

to beg for your
condescension.

Consideration.

Which you have never
shown before.

To block the sale
of the church.

Because we're not just
losing a building.



We're losing
a sacrament.

The communion with our
neighbors is our mass.

Not bad, huh?

Help!
Somebody help!

Somebody, please.

Father Paul!

Father Paul.

We need an ambulance.
Please send an ambulance.

Hey, Sophie's here, man.
What do I tell her?

Anything but
the truth.

Hey.
Hey.

Thank you so much for coming
to my play last night.

Oh...
Last night was awesome.

Oh, thanks, Parker.



Yeah.
It was like a horror movie.

Attention must be paid.

I mean, you're not the
first person I would think of

to play Willy Lowman,
but you worked it out.

Yeah.

Oh!

That was the worst
night of my life.

Come on, man. You've
been in worse situations.

No. No, that was the worst.

Mmm.

How great were you?

I mean, they ought to call it
Death of a Saleswoman.

What a great commentary on the glass
ceiling for women in corporate America.

Nate, I played the part
as a man.

Yes. And brilliantly.

Thanks.

I mean, you were... Huh?

Hold on. I have to...

Hi, Maggie?

Is everything okay? When?

Who's Maggie?

Nate's ex wife.

Hey.

If I thought I'd get you to visit I'd have
gotten my ribs kicked in a little sooner.

How you doing, Paul?

I got my shots in.

I popped the first guy in the
shoulder before I blacked out.

Yeah. I know.
I read the police report.

You read the police report.

I do that.

You talk to Maggie?

Do you think it was a coincidence
that you got attacked on your way

to beg the city council
to save your church?

No, I don't.
You talk to Maggie a lot?

When is the sale final
on the church?

Escrow closes Monday, why?

Code blue,
pediatrics. Code blue.

I know hospitals
are tough for you.

Paul, have you tried legal action?
I mean, maybe an injunction would...

With what money?

I thought it was God's plan
for me to save the church, Nate.

I was wrong.

But we're going to have one last mass on
Sunday, and I plan to make the most of it.

You should be there.

It's not going to be
your last mass, Paul.

Nate, what are you
going to do? Nate.

I'll just maybe move
God's plans along.

- That's St. Nicholas?
- Yeah.

Santa Claus has a church?

It's not Santa Claus.

I know this is not our usual
kind of case, I realize.

But before you say anything,
Paul is an old friend of mine,

and he has helped the poor
parishes more than you could ever...

Nate, Nate, Nate.
We're taking the case.

Oh.

Yeah.

Oh.

Great. Good.
Oh, all right.

Well, this is obviously a strong
arm maneuver that's happened here,

get rid of the activist priest
and the sale closes on Monday.

Do we know anything about
who bought the church?

The sign outside said
it was sold to Kennedy Corp.

Now, Kennedy Corp is a wholly owned
subsidiary of STB International,

which is the parent company
of Acai Diversified,

which is a US subsidiary
of Kennedy Corp.

That is a lot of trouble to
go to for buying an old church.

Yeah. So, Kennedy Corp,
that's obviously the front.

Parker, check all the addresses
for the realty companies.

Eliot, Hardison, find the
local talent that attacked Paul.

He messed up one of their
shoulders, if that helps.

No, no. I don't do gangs. Come on.

What? What did he... Get you out in
some fresh air, get off the computer.

I rappel.
Come on!

Did no one
see me rappel?

I heard about it.

You going to be okay?

He's an old friend.
I owe him.

You think that we're just going
to walk into some random tunnel

and find some cholos just
all yoked up. You know?

Hardison. Yo,
homes, let me fix my do-rag.

Just... What?

Listen.

Boys, we don't want
any trouble.

All right. We just
want some answers.

How's this answer?

Gentlemen, I'm asking
about one of your colleagues.

Somebody who rolled
a priest. Who was it?

You seeing this,
Hardison?

Yeah. The
situation has my attention, yes.

You see, that's why
I don't like guns.

They have a specific
range of efficacy.

See, most guys
make one mistake.

They get too close.

Who rolled a priest?

We didn't beat up no
priest. We're not monsters.

Dislocated shoulder's
a bitch.

Priest gave him that.

You beat up a priest?

Do you mind?

Be my guest.

You got a long penance
ahead of you.

Start by answering
the man's questions.

Now!

Who hired you?
I don't know.

I got a call on my cell
with an offer,

and I called them back
after the job was done.

He paid me. That's all I know. I swear.

You got a number?

Can you do something
with that?

Seven digits. I could
find you on Mars.

Gentlemen, I'll leave you to
your internal affairs. Come on.

How about that, man?
You see me?

He was injured.

Well, somebody got to fight the
injured. Shoot. That's my niche.

When I ran a back
trace on the gang banger's car

it routed through this
dude's number from a payphone.

So, we got nothing.

Now, hold on. Hold on.

The pay phone
is located here.

The Residences at 8th, luxury condos,
brought to you by Andrew Grant.

Yeah. I know this guy. He built
the Meadow Mall on the west side,

you know, the one
with the monorail.

Now, this guy doesn't happen to
own any of the shell companies

that bought the church,
does he?

Well, I can't prove that, but
let's just put it this way.

Those shell companies have
their daddy's lying eyes.

All right. What do we know
about this Grant guy?

Well, the man's
a media whore.

He went through like nine
publicists last year alone.

He's cutting the ribbon
on this place tomorrow.

Also, Grant survived a
helicopter crash last year.

Checked out his
pharmacy account.

The man pops anti-anxiety
pills like Pez.

Well, publicists are like priests.
You gotta tell them all your secrets,

so that's our way in.
The question is how.

What are you thinking?

This guy beat up a priest,
we're not going easy on him.

I got a dozen reporters
waiting for me downstairs,

and the backdrop for my
ribbon cutting is scaffolding?

It was a miscommunication.

Isn't that what
I pay you for, Tomas?

To communicate?

Stop screwing up.

Mr. Grant.
Kristi Connelly.

I'm a reporter
with The Ledger.

I was wondering if I could
ask you a few questions.

Miss Connelly, I don't
know how you got up here,

but the press conference
is down in the lobby.

It starts in 10 minutes.
No, no. I understand.

I just wondered if I could have a
moment of your time. Where's the foreman?

Franco!

Willy Wonka's here.

Good. His ride's almost here.

Okay. Showtime. All right. Did
you remember the big scissors this time?

Did you remember them?

Oh, my God. Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So sorry.
Watch where you're going.

I didn't mean to do that.
That's okay. It's all right.

Just be more careful
next time, baby, okay.

God, I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, man.

What the hell
are you doing?

I had a little tequila last
night, I'm sorry about that.

Why don't you focus, Cuervo?
All right?

I feel really
bad about that.

You know what?
Feel bad, all right?

Oh! Thanks.

I don't believe it!

They're fixing up
this lift, right?

There's probably
a few bugs to work out.

Unacceptable.
I'm calling the contractor.

Oh, seriously?
No signal.

Okay. That's weird.

Yeah.

I'm not crazy
about heights.

Or enclosed spaces.

What is that
you just took?

Xanax.

For my nerves.

Actually, caffeine with a
dash of dextroamphetamine.

God, are you getting any air
at all? Down there I swear...

God, I think they've sucked all the
oxygen out of here to torture me.

It's like the witch's oven in
Hansel and Gretel or something.

Just roasting us
like a turkey.

You gave him speed?

He beat up a priest.

Get me out of here!

For God's sake.
Can anybody hear me?

I'm going to fire
every one of you,

every single one of you.
You are so fired!

Mr. Grant.
Is anybody even listening?

Mr. Grant, the press.
They're still down there.

We've only been up here
for half an hour.

Oh, God. Oh, God. They're going to have
a field day with me. I mean, look...

Send us home.

See? No,
no, no. I can't. I can't.

You gotta stand up and pick me
up. Yes. Yes, trust me. Come on.

What? What?
Trust me.

Trust me and pick me up.

Someone get me
out of this thing!

Someone get
these doors open.

Thank God.
Oh, thank God.

She fainted. She fainted.
Move out of the way, would you?

This woman needs medical
attention. Okay. Come on. Come on.

Come on. You'll be okay. Stay
with me, sweetheart. Stay with me.

Get some...
Would you get...

Okay. Okay, sweetheart. Okay.

You'll be okay. Ms. Connelly, you
just got yourself an interview.

Okay, back off.
No more pictures, okay?

So, what would you say
has been the key to your...

Oh, thanks.
Meteoric rise?

An appetite for risk, hard
work, bit of luck here and there?

This interview is over.

I'm sorry?

Kristi, how did you know
what to do in there?

Oh, that.
I'm a reporter.

You have to understand
reporters. We're lazy by nature.

All we want is a story,
a narrative,

and if you don't like the story they're
writing, just give them a new one.

They'll thank you for it.

I don't want you
to do a story on me.

I don't understand.

I want you to make sure everyone
else is doing a story on me.

I saw the way you handled
the press back there.

I want you to be
my new publicist.

I don't know what to say
except, when can I start?

How about tomorrow?

Of course, if I'm going
to be your publicist, Andy,

I'm going to need complete
access to your business.

There can't be any
secrets between us, none.

Let me show you something.

He's building another mall
on the site of the church.

It's not even a mall. It's
a bloody lifestyle center.

Eat, work, shop, play,
all in one place.

I don't like this guy.
I hate him.

He doesn't want the closing
of the church connected to him.

But he's got the city council in his
pocket and got the land for a song.

Once this deal closes,
he's free and clear.

By the time they break ground on
this mall, he'll be untouchable.

Forget St. Nick. We'd be better off
with the patron saint of lost causes.

No, no. He trusts you.
You can hook him.

Yeah, I know I can, Nate,
but there's no time.

I mean, we need a long con
for this job, right?

In three days
he owns that church.

Right, so we gotta hit him hard now and
indirectly, you know, stall the closing,

and buy enough time to bring
him in for a longer game.

You really think he's
going to fall for that?

This guy, I gotta be
honest with you,

we're going to need a
miracle to save this church.

So, let's go steal
ourselves a miracle.

So, the Catholic Church defines
a miracle as the work of God,

usually through the prayers and intercessions
of a saint for some specific purpose,

frequently the conversion
of the unbelieving.

How do you know
all this stuff?

I went to school
with Father Paul.

To seminary school.

So, you dropped out of priest
school to become an insurance cop?

Now you're a leader of
a band of thieves. Nice.

You're a Catholic who
wants to fake a miracle.

I'm pretty sure that puts
us in mortal sin territory.

So, what? Now you're
religious, too?

No. I'm not
denominational,

it's just I never do anything
my nana said don't do.

This, what we doing,
it just don't seem right.

What doesn't seem
right? Let me get this straight.

We're trying to save
a church, right?

So, faking a miracle to me seems
like the quickest way to do that.

Even Andrew Grant's not going
to build a mall on a holy site.

Right. So, we need three
things. We need a miracle,

we need publicity, and we need to
keep Father Paul out of the way.

He can't be involved
in this at all.

Reporters follow Grant around
in packs. Let's use him as bait.

Use his own publicity
to wreck his project.

It's elegant.

Okay. Parker, I need you
to go to the hospital

and keep Father Paul there,
no matter what, up to a point.

But keep him
in the hospital.

Eliot, you're the retrieval specialist.
Give Hardison anything he needs.

Long as I don't have
to do anything immoral.

No, absolutely not. No. Just need you
to figure out how to fake a miracle.

We all going to hell.

You know I'm getting out
of here in a couple of hours.

Yeah. It's just a few last
tests to be on the safe side.

You leak this?

They're
calling for his head.

It's a PR nightmare.
Trust me.

He's rattled, vulnerable, just right
for me to kiss and make boo boo better.

He'll be a minute.
It's busy today.

Certainly is. So, what's
your take on all of this?

The new mall?
I mean, lifestyle center?

We're building right around
where I grew up.

I figured it'd
sweep out the gangs.

Good on you.
You're a company man.

Yes, ma'am. Thank
you for your opinion.

Okay. I just received a
threatening phone call from a nun.

Well, Mr. Grant, the problem is
the reporters have their story.

Yeah. Andrew Grant,
neighborhood wrecker.

Like there's even
a neighborhood there.

It's a bunch of losers
and burnt out buildings.

The problem is
they have the wrong story.

And what do we do when
reporters have the wrong story?

Give 'em a new one.

You need to take control of this,
make an official announcement.

Give them
the other story.

Yeah, sure, of course.

The church.
Do it at the church.

The church's doors are
closing, boo hoo.

But you're opening new
doors, opportunity for all.

Yes.

Yes. Tomas, we'll make the
official announcement down on First.

Call every reporter
in the city.

Wonderful, I'll set it up.

Come on. Tomas,
where are you? Come on.

We gotta get going. Get on the
phone. What are you doing? Tomas!

I'm coming,
Mr. Grant.

All right, Father. I got your
test results right here. Hmm.

High cholesterol,
elevated sed rate

and it looks like
you're pregnant.

I'm going to need you
to stick around and retest.

Behold, I've made
the statues multiply.

Well, I gotta say that
looks pretty good, Hardison.

I mean... Yeah.
It's a...

Polystyrene?
Amongst other things.

Uh-huh.
Just don't eat it.

Or breathe near it.

All right.
Show us what you got.

Test subject number one.

No. I said bleeding tears,
not bleeding ears.

All right, look,
look, look, man.

You lucky on this deadline I didn't
give you a baking soda volcano.

Yeah, but this is...

Okay. What else you got?

That's ridiculous.

Stigmata paintball gun.

What? No, no, no. No.

Yeah.
Yeah.

How does that work?

Oh, I've been practicing.
Check me out.

Okay, Hardison, could you just make the
statue cry without melting St. Nick's head?

Don't melt Santa.

It's not Santa.

What, are you 10 feet from there? How can
you miss that? You're standing right here.

Everybody can't be Eliot.
Shut up. Shut up. Unbelievable.

Grant lined up?

Uh-huh. Yeah. He'll be
there, with the press.

Oh, um, I've been
meaning to ask you.

How was it, you know,
talking to Maggie again?

Good, yeah.
Strange, but good.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I still feel, uh...

What? Guilty about Sam?

No, no, not that.
Well, yeah, I mean...

Yeah, and other things.
Other things. But...

You never cheated
on her, Nate.

I know.

I know.

Tempted.

No. No, you weren't.
I was.

Not really.

You've always been
the good guy.

That's, you know,
what made it fun.

Well, a part of what made
it fun between us back then.

Back then, yeah.

And what about now?

I don't know.
What about now?

That's what we have
to figure out.

By we, I mean, you,
of course.

Of course. Of course.

Uh, just don't
take too long.

A lifestyle center to revitalize
the life of this neighborhood.

A pulsing heart of opportunity
and commerce in the center of...

Everybody come quickly. You
have to see this. It's a miracle.

It's a miracle.

It's a miracle.

Not too bad.

It was nothing really.
It's just basic chemistry.

See, an oil polymer that reacts with
a secondary chemical in the candles,

no candle smoke, absolutely
no evidence. Light a candle.

The local news will
pick up the event.

Grant will crawl back
into his hole for a while,

and well, at least for the time
being, it will stay open to the...

Whoa!

Whoa! That's a lot
of public.

I'm very good.
Yeah. A little too good.

What did we just do?

A weeping statue
of St. Nick is on YouTube.

Good, this church will
never shut down.

Oh! There's just
so many people here.

I mean, what if
they find out it's a...

Fake?

Hellfire, damnation,
etcetera. You know what?

I'm going to step over here so when
the good Lord goes down on all y'all,

I don't get hit
by the lightning.

Wasn't Zeus the one
with the lightning?

Guys, guys,
this is still a big win.

Sophie, find out where Grant
is and make sure that he's...

What did you do?

What do you mean?

What? You don't
believe in miracles?

The word "miracle" does not appear
anywhere in the Old or New Testaments.

What about the wedding at
Canaan, huh? What about Lazarus?

Please tell me you had
nothing to do with this.

I had nothing
to do with this.

Nate, you're lying to me,
right to my face, in church.

There's a fake miracle
in my church.

You know, there's a
reason you didn't become a priest.

I do what I can.

You can't play God, Nate. Just tell me
what's going on and we'll try to fix it.

Paul, listen to me.

For your own good, I can't
tell you what's going on here.

But I can tell you that I...
That I got it covered.

They're in spin mode.
It's a mess.

I'm going to put a nail
in his coffin right now.

Well, make it 10. I don't want
that son of a bitch crawling out.

So, St. Nicholas,
a miracle.

Obviously we can't...

Yeah, I know. I've been
up all night with this.

I figured as much.

I do have a spin on it.

No, no, no. Forget it.
I've killed the American town.

This miracle, it gave me a
real crisis of conscience.

Excellent. Yeah, that's
good. We can work with that.

I looked into my heart,
I paced, I cried.

But by dawn,
I had my answer.

Bibletopia!

It's a theme park? Uh-uh.

Lifestyle and recreation center.
Here, let me give you the tour.

So, the church stays,
at least the statue stays

and maybe that one wall with the
stained glass, but the rest, gone.

Now, flanking the statue,
two food courts.

So, the original pews, they're
now outdoors for mealtime seating,

holy contemplation,
whatever.

Shops aplenty on the
perimeter, but this,

there will be a sea,
an actual sea

surrounding the park that
will part every 30 minutes.

Huh? And then while
people are waiting to come in,

they can enjoy previews, food and
souvenirs at the Tears of St. Nick Cafe.

Come to pray,
stay to shop.

We also got this.
St. Nicholas bobble heads.

There you go.

You're serious
about this?

Hey, come on, Kristi, you and I
both know this is not a real miracle.

A, because miracles don't exist, and
two, because this pain-in-the-ass priest

will do anything
to keep his church open.

But, hey,
I owe him a debt.

I mean, I never would have thought of
Bibletopia without his divine intervention.

This stupid priest, he's
going to make me millions.

Bibletopia?
The man cannot be stopped.

It's like everything we throw
at him just makes him stronger.

Kind of admire him, though, I mean,
my nephew would like Bibletopia.

No, no. See, this is what
happens when you mess with God.

He raises up your enemies with his right
hand, and then he smites you with his left.

No, no, no, no.
We can use this.

Just give me a second to...
I just need...

Apostolic visitation.

Come again?

It's the Vatican.

What?

Apostolic visitation, it's
like the Pope's, you know, CSI.

They come,
they investigate a miracle.

They determine whether
it's real or a hoax.

If they find out the truth they're
going to close this church down

and blame Father Paul
for fraud.

I don't like this, Nate. No. I mean,
even Grant, okay, he was hooked.

Ordinarily we'd have him under control
by now. And we'll get around to him.

We'll get around to him. We'll save
the church and we'll take out Grant.

You screwed up. You're going
to have to undo your own con.

Gentlemen.

Father, Father! Excuse... I'm
having just big spiritual crisis.

You guys can understand more than
anybody. I need to talk to you right now.

You're the only one
who can...

Listen, I hope you weren't gonna do
what I know you were just about to do.

Tell the truth? You bet
I was. Nate, no more lies.

The Vatican's here. You and
I both know what that means.

Yeah. Break out the Grappa.

Does my getting
defrocked amuse you?

No. Listen. Listen. Just
let me explain this to you, okay?

All right. Just...
This is... In here.

Oh. There's always
a loophole with you.

That's my side.

How do you do, Father? I was
wondering if I could introduce you...

I get immunity, of course.

Nothing I say can be repeated to anyone,
nor is it admissible in a court of law.

Start it right.

So, the statue...

Bless me, Father...

Bless me, Father, for I
have sinned. It has been...

Two years, three months, 15
days since my last confession.

I was at the funeral.

So, the statue,
we faked the miracle.

I know.

Now, I had no idea that it
would get as much attention as...

And Grant,
that he would turn around

and he would try
to profit from it.

I have committed a string of
selfish and hurtful acts, Father.

Wrong acts,
right reasons.

Oh, the ends justify the means.
Is that it, Nate? Is that it?

The details. God looks at how
we do a thing and he judges.

Hey, I'm out here
helping people, I mean...

Are you? Or are you
trying to kill yourself,

maybe take a couple
of bad guys down with you?

I am trying to save
your damn church.

Save my church.

You faked a miracle. My
parishioners, my flock, my church,

they believed
in that miracle.

And now you are ripping out that
faith and replacing it with a lie.

Maybe I'm not here to
save this church, Nate.

Maybe I need to lose
this church to save you.

Go and sin no more.

Excuse me.

Andy, there's a bit of trouble,
nothing alarming, it's just...

The Vatican's here.

I know. Isn't it great? Great?

If they think it's real, we
go forward with Bibletopia.

If they expose it, well, then I get
good press for closing this fraud parish.

You see, when people say
controversy, I hear attention.

Andy, you are shameless.

Oh, God,
you get me so well.

Hey, come on, get me a
picture with these guys.

Padre, how are you? Nice
to meet you. Andrew Grant.

It's a real pleasure
to have you here.

This is my church, hopefully it
will be my church someday soon.

It's good to have you here.
Was your flight over okay?

Oh, it's monsignor.
I'm sorry.

I don't know the proper
titles for these things.

Hey, look. Would you mind if I
take a photograph with you guys?

It'll be just for my own personal
wall of fame that I have at my office.

I'm going to confession.

Okay, say... What
do we call it? Rosary.

There it is.
That's what it is.

Right behind you.

That's great.

Soon as that van full of Vatican CSI
equipment gets here we're screwed.

That's what I was trying to say,
but you guys wouldn't let me talk

while we were all
in that closet.

If we leave it here they're going to
find out the statue isn't really crying

and blame Father Paul
for fraud.

Sophie, if we steal the statue he's going
to get blamed for covering up a fraud.

This ain't funny.

As soon as they run a scanner
or a pH stick over that statue

they're going see
those aren't real tears.

You're right.
It's only a matter of time.

You know, Father Paul, he
can't help but tell the truth

and he's going
to flip on us.

I hope this is the part
where you suggest prayer.

No. The weeping statue of
St. Nicholas is not going to be stolen.

It's going to miraculously disappear
in the middle of tomorrow's mass.

I'm sorry?

In front of the priests,

the Vatican,
the entire congregation.

Have you learned
nothing, Nate?

How much does
the statue weigh?

About 900 pounds.

Good.

I am so sorry, Nana.

The Lord be with you.

Also with you.

A reading from the Gospel
according to Luke.

Glory to you,
oh, Lord.

A man had a fig tree in his
vineyard, but it did not bear fruit,

so he said to the man
who took care of the vineyard,

"For three years, I've been
looking for fruit on this tree,

"and for three years
I've found nothing.

"It's a waste of my land.
Cut it down."

"Sir," the worker replied,
"leave it alone for one more year.

"Let me dig around it
and fertilize it.

"If it bears fruit next year,
all is well.

"If not,
then cut it down."

- The gospel of the Lord.
- Praise the Lord...

Repent or perish!

That's Luke 13.

Tough to swallow, huh? But like all
parables, this one's open to interpretation.

Was the worker just
being lazy, stalling?

I'll get to it, boss,
next year, manana.

Or did the worker
have a secret?

A secret that only our
faith sustains us over time.

The owner doesn't have
his hands in the soil.

Only the worker is there every
day in the dirt with the tree.

He has faith in his skill and faith
that God will support that skill,

and maybe in a year's time
the tree will bear fruit.

He doesn't look
for the easy way out.

He doesn't say, "Oh, why
would the Lord do this to me?

"If only he would give me a sign.
If only he'd give us a miracle."

But the worker doesn't
ask for a miracle.

He has faith in himself,
and faith in God,

and he only asks for time.

Let us proclaim
our faith.

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,

the maker of heaven
and earth,

of all that is
seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord,
Jesus Christ,

the only son of God,

eternally begotten
of the Father,

God from God, Light from
Light, true God from true God,

begotten, not made,
one in Being with the Father.

All right. Let's do it.

Whoa!

For us men,
for our salvation.

I saw what happened.
An angel took it away.

Calm down, people.
That's not what's happening.

I know what's
going on here.

There is no miracle.
Somebody stole the statue,

and I know who it is.

Andrew Grant.

Hey, that's the guy that bought
the church. That's not my van.

What kind of monster fakes a
miracle for a profit? You sicken me.

- Thief!
- That priest is desperate.

He hid the statue in the van. He forged
the registration papers to frame me.

We don't believe you.

Look, look, look.
Right here. See?

My assistant, he was
with me the whole time.

Okay, now, look.
We bought this property.

We're going to fix up
the neighborhood, right?

No.

No?

No!

He got the land under this church the same
way he got the rest of the neighborhood,

the same way he gets all of his properties,
by bribery, intimidation and violence.

Andrew Grant sent a bunch of
thugs to beat up Father Paul.

If I go to the police with what
I have I could put him in jail.

And me, too, probably.

Father, what can I do
to make things right?

You have to do
the right thing.

You're gonna have to
think very hard about this.

We're going to have a very long
discussion. Okay. Great, good.

Cops got here fast.

It's almost as if an investigative
journalist called them with a tip off.

Kristi, save me, huh?
You can spin this, right?

Instead of felony, maybe
soften it to controversy.

You know, when you say controversy,
I always hear attention.

Are you
even British?

I gotta tell her something.
I gotta talk to her.

You used me.

Yeah, well,
you used me, too.

Broke the seal
of the confessional,

told everyone
the statue was a fake.

To save the faith
of my parish.

Wrong act,
right reasons.

End justify the means,
Father?

I'll count myself blessed
and take my miracle.

Ah, but there was
no miracle.

Nate, five thieves
saved my church.

It was good to
see you, Paul.

You better plan on
being there next Sunday.

I've got a great sermon
on making amends.

We'll see.

You'll be back.
I have faith in you.

Look at that,
we saved the church.

It's like Christmas. See, I told
you St. Nicholas was Santa Claus.

He's not, Parker.

Who is he then?

St. Nicholas?

Is the patron saint
of thieves.