- Nathan leads a con against a corrupt lawyer trying to swindle a client's estate.
- Boston tycoon, Bennett Kimball, dies from a lingering disease. Ruth Walton hires the team because he promised her children's foundation his entire fortune. However his Harvard lawyer, Peter Blanchard, sabotaged the new will to remain the sole executer and real beneficiary. Ruth's lawyer, Tara Carlisle, insists on tagging along with Nathan, but is too naive for his kind of work. They play hardball to get at Blanchard via his jailed former partner P J Orson, rightly suspected of mob connections. Kimball and Ruth's own secret pasts complicate things considerably, yet hold the key to the fortune.—KGF Vissers
- There are lawyers and their facsimile all over this episode. Civil Rights Crusader aka One Sexy Librarian, Tara Carlisle (Jeri Ryan) represents Ruth Walton. Adopted as a child, Ruth created a US Tax Code 501(c)(3) to move foster children into adoption. Boston multi-millionaire, Bennett Kimball, donates to Ruth's charity and before his death, tells Ruth he changed his LW&T, leaving her his estate. Tara acts like a stickler--law is the only pathway to justice-- but she is willing to deal with the crew if they help Ruth. Peter Blanchard (Peter Riegert) represents Kimball; for 30+ years, prior to Ruth, Peter was Kimball's sole beneficiary, henchman and doer of dirty deeds. Parker plays the role of Lizzy Cantrell, represented by Las Vegas' own Jimmy Popodokolous. He is a Jimmy Joe Meeker shyster, direct from "The Rockford Files." (We know that show is on Nate's Netflix queue.) What we do not know: can Nate practice a little bit of medicine at the Bar of a wise Latina?—LA-Lawyer
- A woman named Ruth (Anna Campbell) sneaks into a hospital to visit a dying Mr. Kimball. She's the director of his charity, bringing him photos of the kids he has helped. She's been trying to see him for months, but his lawyer has cut him off from everyone.
Two men come into the room and are upset to see her there. One, a lawyer, orders the other, a cop, to run her off. As he does, Ruth tries to tell the elderly man not to listen to them, that they're trying to take his money.
Sophie wakes up in London. There's a knock at her door. It's Nate. She thinks it's bad news, but he opens by telling her she has to come back. "We need you," he says. "They need me, or you need me? she asks.
He doesn't answer, but gives her a plane ticket and asks her to come meet a new client at 10 a.m. the next day in Boston.
Nate meets Ruth and her attorney Tara Carlisle (Jeri Ryan) in the bar. Tara explains that Mr. Kimball died the previous week. Ruth explains that her charity moves foster kids into adoption and Kimball became a huge donor in the last few years. The lawyer takes notes. Ruth says a few months ago Kimball told her he redrafted his will to leave everything to her charity, but since then his lawyer Peter Blanchard (Peter Riegert) didn't let her see him. She tells Nate about Kimball not recognizing her in the hospital. Ruth leaves.
Tara says Ruth should rely on the probate court. But she'll go with Nate as long as she gets to be part of every step of whatever Nate does.
Nate tells the team about Tara. They're not thrilled. They say Sophie would never allow it. Hardison calls Nate out for his secret trip to visit her, including a Where's Waldo game of security camera footage of Nate in London. He admits visiting her and says Sophie isn't coming back.
Hardison gives the rundown on Bennett Kimball, who made his fortune union busting and running sweat shops. He also had drunk driving accidents and paid off the mob, but he was known as a pillar of Boston society thanks to his lawyer Peter, who paid off the cops to protect him. Peter was rewarded by being named the sole beneficiary of his will since Kimball had no kids.
Peter will present the will in probate court in three days. Nate wants to use one of Kimball's secrets to scare Peter into paying up.
Hardison, Eliot and Nate meet up with Tara. Hardison has checked her out, she seems to be a crusading do gooder lawyer who does a lot of pro bono work.
They're outside a prison, where Kimball's former business partner P. J. Orson is doing 10 years for embezzlement. In 1980, Kimball's company paid $50,000 to Lamont Holdings, a front company for the mob. That was the going rate then for a contract killer, so they think Kimball paid to have somebody offed, but need Orson to confirm. Nate starts to explain they're going undercover, but Tara thinks they should just tell Orson the truth and he'll want to talk.
Cut to Orson horse laughing Tara at her request for information. He loves it there in minimum security and isn't inclined to help her in exchange for her helping him get a reduced sentence.
Having shown Tara that her way doesn't work, Nate gives the team assignments and tells her she can come watch him be a really terrible lawyer.
Nate, in his best shiny blue suit, drops by the judge's chambers and says he's a lawyer from Vegas and wants to talk about the Kimball will. He makes sure a nearby Peter hears him.
Back at the prison, Eliot and Hardison get the rundown on their first day as prison guards. They're told if a prisoner gets three write-ups they get transferred to maximum security. They meet Orson, and Hardison spins a story about getting transferred there after surviving a riot in another prison. As he's distracting Orson, Eliot plants a shiv on him.
Parker crawls through an air vent (naturally) and spies on an office.
Hardison plays chess with Orson while Eliot brings another officer by and they "discover" the shiv. Then they check Orson's bunk and find a picture of Hitler and a swastika and accuse elderly Orson of being the leader of a prison gang. When the other guard leaves to report him, E & H confront Orson and ask him about Lamont Holdings.
Cut to Orson telling Tara the payment to Lamont was made to a George Gilbert.
As Hardison looks for info on Gilbert, Nate visits Peter in a double breasted mustard-colored suit. Peter has done his research on "Jimmy Papadakoulos," a Nevada lawyer who took three tries to pass the bar and is currently under suspension. Nate mentions the $50,000 check and vamps as Hardison looks for info. He finds that it was for Georgia (not "George") Gilbert and it wasn't a hit. He tells Nate they've got nothing.
Georgia Gilbert was a stripper and she got the $50,000 from Lamont. Nate lays it out for Peter, who admits that he sent her away because Kimball was in love with her. Nate improvs that Georgia was pregnant. Then, with Parker in the other room working to crack the safe, Nate gets her to come in and pose as the daughter. Peter thinks he's being played and tells them to leave.
Back at the condo, Hardison says that it turns out Georgia did have a baby and gave the daughter up for adoption. Nate guessed about the kid because they know Kimball had lots of women and he figures there was a reason he wanted to marry Georgia. They just need to convince Peter that asking for a DNA test would be a terrible idea. Nate has just the person for the job.
Tara meets with Peter, saying "Jimmy" came to her too to attempt extortion and she thinks they should ask for a DNA test... although if she is the daughter, then it'd be on the record. Peter flips through a file from Jimmy.
Flash to Hardison explaining to Nate that he set up the adoption records to be tied to one of Parker's aliases.
Peter tells Tara they should consider a settlement.
Peter talks over the test with the cop and worries about losing his inheritance. He says the daughter can't be allowed to appear before a judge and that bad things have been known to happen to people in a strange city.
Nate drives to the meeting place beside the river with Parker. He calls Tara, confident they'll have a check in no time. He doesn't see the sniper in the distance.
But Eliot does. He picks up a rock and throws it, hitting the sniper in the head, stunning him for long enough that he reaches him, disarms him and runs him off. Nate says it's a good thing, and Peter will freak when he sees her at the hearing. Eliot takes off with her.
Around the corner, the would be sniper reports back to Peter, who's still intent on not letting her make it to the hearing. He shoots the sniper in the leg and tells another goon to report it, saying a blonde did it and is on her way to the courthouse. Hardison sees the APB and manages to warn Parker and Eliot just before they're swarmed by cops. They run and manage to get away. Peter calls Nate, telling him to just take the daughter back to Vegas and disappear.
Nate tells Hardison he has to stall Peter at the courthouse.
In the courtroom, the judge is impatient and ready to start.
Hardison bumps into Peter and manages to plant lots of keys in his clothes and a gun in his briefcase to delay him at the metal detector.
Eliot and Parker run into a cop in the basement of the courthouse, but Eliot refuses to hit him. Parker, on the other hand, has no problem using his stun gun to subdue the next officer who runs up. Eliot and Parker escape.
Hardison enters the courtroom followed shortly thereafter by Peter. Nate runs down the street to the courthouse, telling Hardison via earpiece that his backup plan depends on Tara.
Nate tells Parker to forget about the hearing and do something else.
In court, Nate busts in and the judge says she wants to hear from him right away. Peter gets fired up and interrupts, asking where the daughter is. Nate says he just has one question for the witness, Ruth. He asks her what color his tie is. She answers that she is colorblind.
Nate checks Kimball's medical records, which say he was colorblind. He says Georgia was, too. Flash back to Ruth calling white flowers blue. Nate says it's rare for a woman to be colorblind, it takes a colorblind mother and father. Ruth says she was adopted in 1982 in Nevada.
Nate asks about the name Kimball called her in his sick bed. When Ruth replies, "Gigi," Nate suggests "Gigi" was "G. G.," for "Georgia Gilbert" and that Kimball perhaps saw Georgia when he looked at Ruth. Nate says Kimball searched for Ruth and found her.
Tara moves for a DNA test. The judge grants it.
Parker walks in, after completing her errand for Nate. She says she was just busy clearing out Peter's safe and found lots of incriminating documents, which she gave to his cop friend whom he had shot in the leg.
Police take Peter away.
Nate and Ruth talk in the bar. The team joins them. Nate asks Ruth where her lawyer is. Ruth says she thought Tara was with them.
The Leveragers go up to the condo, where Tara Cole is waiting for them. Sophie sent her. She tells them to consider the job her audition. She gives Nate a letter from Sophie. It's legit. He welcomes her aboard.
Tara presents them with an invoice . . . for her services.
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