History Recap / LeverageS01E04TheMiracleJob

Just then, Hardison comes out and names Andrew Grant as the owner of the van. Pretending to be a bystander, Eliot shouts that he’s the guy that bought the church while Hardison calls him a monster for faking a miracle for profit. While Eliot tries to persuades everyone not to believe Grant, Grant tries to allay accusations by saying it was Paul's fault and even bring Tomas to help his claim that he plans to fix the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Tomas finally spills the beans about how Grant gained his properties through bribery, intimidation and violence, even adding he's the one who hired a group of thugs to beat up Father Paul. Turns out that during his confession after Father Paul left the booth, Nate was ''still'' inside. Tomas's fears were allayed of going to jail thanks to the encouragement by Nate; Nate tells Tomas to do the right thing. As Grant is arrested, he looks at Sophie and ask her to save her but Sophie drops the act and he realizes she's part of the set-up.

-->'''Nate''': Ah, but there was no miracle.
-->'''Paul''': Nate, five thieves saved my church.

* TheDogBitesBack: Grant's comeuppance eventually occurs because his long-suffering assistant Tomas, who Grant has been treating badly throughout the episode, who clearly hates everything Grant is doing, finally has enough of him and calls him out in front of the crowd at the church. The real reason was due to Nate (who was still inside the confession booth after Father Paul left) allaying Tomas' fear of going to jail.

* NonActionGuy: Hardison is not the punch guy. But he gets into the fray, noticing the gang member favoring his shoulder and punching him there, prompting the gang to get them the information they need.

* MistakenForInsane: The team fake making a statue of Saint Nicholas, the man, cry in their effort to save a struggling church from a greedy developer. When Parker, who's remarkably childlike for a seasoned cat burglar, hears the name, she immediately assumes the statue is of Santa Claus and refuses to let go of the idea throughout the episode. The others keep repeating with more and more frustration, "It's NOT Santa!"

Just then, Hardison comes out and names Andrew Grant as the owner of the van. Pretending to be a bystander, Eliot shouts that he’s the guy that bought the church while Hardison calls him a monster for faking a miracle for profit. While Eliot tries to persuades everyone not to believe Grant, Grant tries to allay accusations by saying it was Paul's fault and even bring Tomas to help his claim that he plans to fix the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Tomas finally spills the beans about how Grant gained his properties through bribery, intimidation and violence, even adding he's the one who hired a group of thugs to beat up Father Paul. Turns out that during his confession after Father Paul left the booth, Nate was ''still'' inside. Tomas's fears were allied of going to jail thanks to the encouragement by Nate; Nate tells Tomas to do the right thing. As Grant is arrested, he looks at Sophie and ask her to save her but Sophie drops the act and he realizes she's part of the set-up.

* TheDogBitesBack: Grant's comeuppance eventually occurs because his long-suffering assistant Tomas, who Grant has been treating badly throughout the episode, who clearly hates everything Grant is doing, finally has enough of him and calls him out in front of the crowd at the church. The real reason was due to Nate (who was still inside the confession booth after Father Paul left) allying Tomas' fear of going to jail.

* GeniusBonus: "Forget St. Nick, we need the patron saint of lost causes!" AKA St. Jude. AKA sick children. AKA the hospital Nate donated all the money to from the pilot.
* ItsPersonal: Father Paul is a childhood friend of Nate's. Nate's son was baptized in this church.

* IronicEcho: "When you say 'controversy', all I hear is 'attention'."

* RaisedCatholic: One of the first episodes that shows insight into Nate's faith. He isn't an actively practicing Catholic, but his time spent studying to become a priest with Father Paul gives him insight into how to convincingly create a miracle.

* TheDogBitesBack: Grant's comeuppance eventually occurs because his long-suffering assistant Tomas, who Grant has been treating badly throughout the episode, finally has enough of him and calls him out in front of the crowd at the church. The real reason was due to Nate (who was still inside the confession booth after Father Paul left) allying Tomas' fear of going to jail.

* TearsFromAStone: Invoked and exploited. Hardison creates a statue that can cry so that the team can save a church from being demolished. Though with the first attempt, the statue was bleeding ears.

Eliot and Hardison go looking for the thugs but the leader of the gang they run into isn’t willing to help, until Hardison points out that one of them has a dislocated shoulder which Paul gave him. The leader isn’t happy and demands the guy answer Eliot’s question. The guy doesn’t know much, just the number he had to call. That’s all Hardison needs. He manages to figure out who paid them, a guy named Andrew Grant. He goes through publicists like crazy so Nate figures that’s their in.

Sophie is with Grant, but he’s not reacting as expected. He’s come up with a new idea, Bibletopia! “Come to pray, stay to shop.”

Nate is trying to figure out what to do, when a black SUV pulls up. Apostolic visitation, the Vatican’s team to investigate possible miracles. Paul is furious, but Nate him pulls him into the confession booth to talk (but sits at the Priest side much to Paul's displease). Paul tries to dissuade him from this course, but Nate is adamant. Grant is pleased with the situation, figuring he can’t lose now. Tomas, however, is feeling a heavy conscience and goes to confession booth while Hardison too intend to do the same.

That night they go over where they are. As soon as the forensic equipment arrives the fraud will be exposed, but if they steal the statue, Paul will be blamed for a coverup. Nate decides they won’t do either of those. Instead the statue will miraculously vanish in the middle of Mass.

Just then Hardison comes out and names Andrew Grant. Pretending to be a bystander, Eliot shouts that he’s the guy that bought the church while Hardison says he's a monster for faking a miracle for a profit. While Eliot tries to persuades everyone not to believe him, Grant tries to allay accusations by saying it was Paul's fault and even bring Tomas to help his claim that he plans to fix the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Tomas finally spills the beans about how he gain his properties by bribery, intimidation and violence even added he's the one who hired a group of thugs to beat up Father Paul. Turns out that during his confession after Father Paul left the booth, Nate was ''still'' inside the confession booth. Tomas's fears were allied of going to jail thanks to the encouragement by Nate; Nate tells Tomas to do the right thing. As Grant is arrested, he looks at Sophie and ask her to save her but Sophie drops the act and he realizes she's part of the set-up.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Grant and a standard for Leverage.

* GoneHorriblyRight: The team's attempt to scam Grant only make him ''more'' determined to purchase the land, not less (figuring that having a bonafide miracle as the centerpoint of his mall will make it a tourist magnet), plus attracts the attention of the Vatican. Hardison even lampshades it:
-->''Hardison (defensively)''': Oh, I'm sorry, was I supposed to make my fake miracle look ''bad''?