History Recap / LeverageS02E11TheBottleJob

* GreaterScopeVillain: Doyle's father was a former ''terrorist'' who runs an even larger (and just as ruthless) loan-sharking operation back in Ireland, it's his influence that is implied to have caused his son to go into the business, and his money stat started Mark out in his Boston operations. He never appears in person though, and remains secure with his own operation back in Europe at the end.

* TheTroubles: Doyle's father apparently made nail bombs for the IRA

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: When Parker wonders why Cora doesn't just [[NoPolice go to the cops]] about Doyle, Nate counters that a) Doyle could just deny everything about the loan, and come back a few months later to torch the bar for revenge, and b) [[CrookedCop Doyle probably has a few cops on his payroll already]].

--> '''Police Captain:''' So you're telling me this Doyle kid's going to march right in here, confess to a crime, and give us all his money?\\

* EveryManHasAPrice: Doyle sure hopes this to be the case when he realizes he just confessed to several crimes to three high ranked cops. He offers to just walk away with his gains and he will give them a donation to their "retirement". The cops look unlikely to accept even before Nate pushes Doyle to the table and threatens to expose his failures to Doyle's old man.

* HumiliationConga: Doyle loses his marker, but that's just the beginning. By the end, he's broke, humiliated, forced to get out of town (having confessed his crimes ''in front of a poker game full of cops''), facing the wrath of his father for having destroyed the family's operations, and nursing a broken finger.

* IWasNeverHere: The cops at the end invoke this. They weren't at the wake playing poker, hearing the confession of an Irish mobster and discovering his illicit funds which they would have to take into evidence and keep from his victims. No, two were at a basketball game, and the third was at the movies.

* OffTheWagon: Nate.

** Hardison, when he has to improvise a weather broadcast in about two minutes.

* WholePlotReference: There are a ''lot'' of influences from Film/TheSting, although the episode mixes it up. The Wire is the classic scam run by Redford and Newman's crew in that movie; in the film, they convince their Irish Mob opponent to get involved in it by playing Poker with him first. Here, it's running the wire scam that leads the Irish Mobster to get involved in the Poker game. The Sting features conmen pretending to be law enforcement; here, the conman convinces law enforcement to pretend to be mobsters... in order to play a con.

* HumilationConga: Doyle loses his marker, but that's just the beginning. By the end, he's broke, humiliated, forced to get out of town (having confessed his crimes ''in front of a poker game full of cops''), facing the wrath of his father for having destroyed the family's operations, and nursing a broken finger.

* DelayedWire: Hardison sets the basketball game on the bar's TV on a delay, letting Nate cheat Doyle out of a lot of money.

* OhCrap: When Doyle demands that Nate actually take a drink or he'll walk away, the entire universe holds its breath. When Nate downs the whiskey, ''no one'' is happy.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Pulling off a three-week con in two hours ("hour and a half").

* WholePlotReference: There are a ''lot'' of influences from TheSting, although the episode mixes it up. The Wire is the classic scam run by Redford and Newman's crew in that movie; in the film, they convince their Irish Mob opponent to get involved in it by playing Poker with him first. Here, it's running the wire scam that leads the Irish Mobster to get involved in the Poker game. The Sting features conmen pretending to be law enforcement; here, the conman convinces law enforcement to pretend to be mobsters... in order to play a con.

* BottleEpisode: It's even in the title.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: The police officers are quick to decide on good by pretending they were never present at Doyle's confession and didn't see the evidence found, so it can be given back to the rightful owners.

The owner of the bar below Nate's loft has passed away, and a good Irishman gets a good Irish wake. Only it turns out that before he died, he took out a loan from a nasty loanshark named Doyle, who's come to collect from the daughter. At the wake! (Have some respect, man.) And if she can't pay, he's going to take the Bar. Nate convinces the crew that they can pull off The Wire, a con which normally takes three weeks, in a single evening. And pull it off they do! They saved the Bar, Cora gets to keep her livelihood, and Doyle is going back to Ireland. Then Nate decides to knock things up a notch...

* BeyondTheImpossible: Pulling off a three week con in two hours ("hour and a half").

** When Cora pays Doyle some money, Liam's brother is seen marking them. Doyle later sees the mark and realizes Nate stole his money.

'''Det. Sergeant Mickey:''' I don't know what kind of shmuck would do that, but I'd sure as hekk pay to see it.
* ExactWords: Doyle asks Mickey, one of the poker players, if he was involved with the O'Hare business back in august. Mickey chuckles and affirms it. He is involved because he was investigating the crime.
* IAmNotMyFather: Averted. Nate insists on this when his father Jimmy is mentioned. However, evidence in the episode shows Nate to have some traits shared with his father as both are smart players, protective of those close to them, and Nate breaks Doyle's finger just like he remembers his father doing to a man. One officer even tells Nate he is just like Jimmy.
* IWasNeverHere: The cops at the end invoke this. They weren't at the wake playing poker, hearing the confession of an Irish mobster and discovering his illicit funds which they would have to take into evidence and keep from his victims, two were at a basketball game and a third was at the movies.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: The police officers are quick to decide on good by pretending they were never present at Doyle's confession and the evidence found, so it can be given back to the rightful owners.

* ExcatWords: Doyle asks Mickey, one of the poker players, if he was involved with the O'Hare business back in august. Mickey chuckles and affirms it. He is involved because he was investigating the crime.

* IWasNeverHere: The cops at the end invoke this. They weren't at the wake playing poker, hearing the confession of an Irish mobster and discovering his illicit funds which they would have to take into evidence and keep from his victims, two were at a basketball game and a third is

** When Cora pays Doyle some money, Liam is seen marking them. Doyle later sees the mark and realizes Nate stole his money.

* EmptyChairMemorial: The poker players leave one chair empty for the late John [=McRory=]

* WholePlotReference: There are a ''lot'' of influences from TheSting, although the episode does mix it up. The Wire is the classic scam run by Redford and Newman's crew in that movie; in the film, they convince their Irish Mob opponent to get involved in it by playing Poker with him first. Here, it's running the wire scam that leads the Irish Mobster to get involved in the Poker game. The Sting features conmen pretending to be law enforcement; here, the conman convinces law enforcement to pretend to be mobsters... in order to play a con.

* BeyondTheImpossible: "We just pulled off The Wire in ''Two Hours!''" "Eh, Hour and a half."

The owner of the bar below Nate's loft died, and a good Irishman with the favorite Irish bar gets a good Irish wake. Only it turns out before he died he took out a loan from a nasty loanshark named Doyle, who's come to collect from the daughter. At the wake! (Have some respect, man.) Nate and the crew set up a quick scam to get the debt off the man. Then Nate decides to knock things up a notch.