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* CassandraTruth: The mark tries telling the FBI that Parker isn't really an FBI Special Agent, she's just a thief. The FBI doesn't believe him.
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* AnswerCut: "How far out you wanna push him?" Cut to: Ecuador.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Latimer lays out a business proposition to Nate: he'll provide Nate with the resources to bring down even more powerful corrupt executives, bigger fish than Nate and his Team could ever hope to land. All he asks is that Nate give him enough notice beforehand to get in position to profit from their downfall. Nate is momentarily tempted, but ultimately turns him down.

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* WeCanRuleTogether: Latimer lays out a business proposition to Nate: he'll provide Nate with the resources to bring down even more powerful corrupt executives, bigger fish than Nate and his Team could ever hope to land.land on their own. All he asks is that Nate give him enough notice beforehand to get in position to profit from their downfall. Nate is momentarily tempted, but ultimately turns him down.decides that Latimer is no better than any of the other corrupt execs he's brought down, and refuses to work with him.

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* ArtisticLicense: Theatre. Ed Travers says that he played Nugget in {{Theatre/Equus}}, "The front end." The whole point of play is that the actors playing the horses ''aren't'' dressed up like pantomime horses. Unless he's talking about some kind of avant-garde production.

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* ArtisticLicense: Theatre. Ed Travers says that he played "the front end" of Nugget in {{Theatre/Equus}}, "The front end." as if he's talking about a stereotypical two-person pantomime horse costume. The whole point of play is that the actors playing the horses ''aren't'' dressed up costumed like pantomime realistic horses. Unless he's talking about he participated in some kind of avant-garde production.


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* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Turns out Parker is a choco-holic. After spending a few days at the local Chocolate Festival, she spends the rest of the episode practically ''vibrating'' due to all the sugar coursing through her veins.
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The Team preys on Sherman's arrogance by letting him think he's figured it out and is just playing along.

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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The Sherman catches on pretty quickly that someone's trying to run a con on him, and plays along just so he can rub it in the Team's faces in the end. It never occurs to him that that's exactly what the Team preys on Sherman's arrogance by letting wants him think he's figured it to do; with so much of his energy devoted to sussing out and is just playing along.the con, he leaves himself open to basic digital theft at the hands of Hardison.
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The Team goes up against Greg Sherman, third-generation master ConArtist, whose running a Boiler Room scam to bilk people out of their money. Meanwhile, Nate discovers a new adversary.

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The Team goes up against Greg Sherman, third-generation master ConArtist, whose who's running a Boiler Room scam to bilk people out of their money. Meanwhile, Nate discovers a new adversary.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sherman's henchman abandons his boss and makes a run for it as soon as it's clear the jig is up. Unfortunately he runs head-first into Eliot, who's just ''dying'' to hit someone.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sherman's henchman Dragon abandons his boss and makes a run for it as soon as it's clear the jig is up. Unfortunately he runs head-first into Eliot, who's just ''dying'' to hit someone.
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* FamedInStory: Greg Sherman is a legendary Con Artist from a long line of legendary Con Artist. One of the rare times the Team is intimidated by a mark.

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* FamedInStory: Greg Sherman is a legendary Con Artist from a long line of legendary Con Artist.Artists. One of the rare times the Team is intimidated by a mark.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see Sherman is him giving a Gordon Gecko-esque speech to his henchmen, saying, "people dumb enough to be conned out of their money don't deserve it," establishing both his tenacity and his complete lack of scruples.



* WeCanRuleTogether: Latimer offers to go into business with Nate, telling him that he's more well-connected and can help him bring down even more crooked executives. Nate is momentarily tempted by the offer, but he turns Latimer down when he realizes he's doing it solely for his benefit.

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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Jack Latimer has apparently been working behind the scenes from the very beginning with the Dubenich job, watching Nate's Team work and positioning himself to benefit from the ruins of the companies they've brought down.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Latimer offers to go into lays out a business proposition to Nate: he'll provide Nate with Nate, telling him that he's more well-connected and can help him the resources to bring down even more crooked executives. powerful corrupt executives, bigger fish than Nate and his Team could ever hope to land. All he asks is that Nate give him enough notice beforehand to get in position to profit from their downfall. Nate is momentarily tempted by the offer, tempted, but he ultimately turns Latimer down when he realizes he's doing it solely for his benefit.him down.
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* FamedInStory: Greg Sherman is a legendary Con Artist from a long line of legendary Con Artist. One of the rare times the Team is intimidated by a mark.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Hardison is so drained by all the hacking he needs to do that he actually says he's tired of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood orange soda]].
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* WeCouldRuleTogether: Latimer offers to go into business with Nate, telling him that he's more well-connected and can help him bring down even more crooked executives. Nate is momentarily tempted by the offer, but he turns Latimer down when he realizes he's doing it solely for his benefit.

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* WeCouldRuleTogether: WeCanRuleTogether: Latimer offers to go into business with Nate, telling him that he's more well-connected and can help him bring down even more crooked executives. Nate is momentarily tempted by the offer, but he turns Latimer down when he realizes he's doing it solely for his benefit.
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The Team goes up against Greg Sherman, third-generation master ConArtist, whose running a Boiler Room scam to bilk people out of their money. Meanwhile, Nate discovers a new adversary.

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* ArtisticLicense: Theatre. Ed Travers says that he played Nugget in {{Theatre/Equus}}, "The front end." The whole point of play is that the actors playing the horses ''aren't'' dressed up like pantomime horses. Unless he's talking about some kind of avant-garde production.
* BeneathNotice: The Team recruits civilians into the plan because Sherman's so well connected in the con world that he'd spot anyone else. Poetic Justice arrives with the reveal that they're not just ordinary people: they're Sherman's ''victims,'' people he's never actually looked in the eye.
* DeathGlare: Sherman gets a room full of these from his victims as the FBI hauls him away.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The Team preys on Sherman's arrogance by letting him think he's figured it out and is just playing along.
* KansasCityShuffle: Nate realizes early on that Sherman is just too good of a con man to try and con. So they let him ''think'' someone's trying to con him, while Hardison simply outright robs him.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sherman's henchman abandons his boss and makes a run for it as soon as it's clear the jig is up. Unfortunately he runs head-first into Eliot, who's just ''dying'' to hit someone.
* SelfAppliedNickname: Sherman calls himself "The Mako." Because he's a shark and never stops moving. The Team relentlessly mocks him for this at every opportunity.
* SmugSnake: Holy Crap is Sherman a smug bastard. No tears are shed for his downfall.
* WeCouldRuleTogether: Latimer offers to go into business with Nate, telling him that he's more well-connected and can help him bring down even more crooked executives. Nate is momentarily tempted by the offer, but he turns Latimer down when he realizes he's doing it solely for his benefit.

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