History Recap / LeverageS05E07TheRealFakeCarJob

* BullyingADragon: Don Brancato acknowledges this concept when discussing things with Ford. He notes he has no claim to the money Erickson stole from people and doesn't wish to try to claim some if it means going against Nathan Ford and his crew.
** This is also one of the reasons why he spares the life of Erickson, who is a snitch.

* XanatosGambit: Erickson sets up one with his mob ties. While it is minor things he did for them, it is enough of a chip to play should the feds come after him for his other financial crimes. Once played, he gets out with a new life and identity.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Erickson calls his old friend just as that friend is about to be killed by the mobsters.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Unusually, this happens to the villain. At the end of the episode his immunity deal has been ruined, he's facing jail time for both his old and more recent crimes, and the team was liberated all of his stolen money, but Nate does convince Don Brancato not to have him murdered in prison, pointing out that with his immunity deal ruined, Erickson doesn't pose a threat to him anymore.

A Wall Street financier stole millions of dollars, but also set up mob connections to guarantee himself a government sponsored parachute. The hook Team Leverage uses to get in is his love of vintage cars.

* BoringButPractical: The financier's small scams he works even under Witness Protection. They are called "Parking Lot" scams and simply are means of milking a bit of money for things which are free, like charging $5 for the internet wifi password at the bookstore he works at without his boss catching on. This scam and others around town have allowed him to amass several ''hundred thousand'' dollars in just ten months.
* BullyingADragon: The head of the mob acknowledges this concept when discussing things with Ford. He notes he has no claim to the money the financier stole from people and doesn't wish to try to claim some if it means going against Nathan Ford and his crew.
** This is also one of the reasons why he spares the life of the financier, who is a snitch.
* CallBack: Hardison, in the guise of a rival bidder, specifically references the financier's cars he lost when the feds captured him and claimed all his assets... implying that he bought and dismantled them to use their parts in his artwork, as a means of ensuring that the mark is motivated to outbid him.

* ContrivedCoincidence: The financier calls his old friend just as that friend is about to be killed by the mobsters.
* CorruptCop: The Marshall has sold out the Marshall Service for the price of $5 million.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The don of the New York mob embraces the pragmatism of this concept when going after the financier. Rather than attack him when he is captured by police, he stays back and retreats. Later when he speaks with Nate, he acquiesces to Nate's request to leave the guy alone.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The victim of the week just happened to run into the financier on the golf course. Had that not happened, the corrupt Marshall and the financier would have likely maintained their pretense and he would eventually have paid her to get him out of the system.
* StupidCrooks: Despite being reasonably clever, as noted above, Erickson the financier is remarkably oblivious to how much danger he's putting himself in for the sake of owning a car.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Unusually, this happens to the villain. At the end of the episode his immunity deal has been ruined, he's facing jail time for both his old and more recent crimes, and the team was liberated all of his stolen money, but Nate does convince the mob boss not to have him murdered in prison, pointing out that with his immunity deal ruined, Erickson doesn't pose a threat to him anymore.

** Said financier contacts his old car buddy to get information on the car, which allows the mob to track him to UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}.
** The corrupt Marshall leaves the tracking on the cellphone which allows the mob to get their exact location. She owns up to this mistake.
** The head of the mob averts this by not seeking to anger Nathan Ford when things are done. He has heard enough of Nathan and the crew (likely from their dealings with the UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} mobsters who didn't end up so well for the mob) and wants to avoid a fight.
* VillainRespect: The head of the mob mentions to Nate that the mob was originally founded to police areas and people that the police couldn’t or wouldn’t, showing that he respects what the team is doing.
* XanatosGambit: The financier sets up one with his mob ties. While it is minor things he did for them, it is enough of a chip to play should the feds come after him for his other financial crimes. Once played, he gets out with a new life and identity.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whereas Hardison's con failed for being far too complex in "The Gold Job" and Eliot had trouble finding a basic hook in "The Gimme a K Street Job", Parker finds a client and foils a kidnapping (and fixes a relationship, sets up lonely star-crossed lovers, and comforts a lonely widower) by herself while sidelined with a torn ACL. She's the one who will end up taking over the team when Nate and Sophie retire.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whereas Hardison's con failed for being far too complex in "The Gold Job" and Eliot had trouble finding a basic hook in "The Gimme a K Street Job", Parker finds a client and foils a kidnapping (and fixes a relationship, sets up lonely star-crossed lovers, and comforts a lonely widower) by herself while sidelined with a torn ACL.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whereas Hardison's con failed for being far too complex in "The Gold Job" and Eliot had trouble finding a basic hook in "The Gimme a K Street Job", Parker finds a client and foils a kidnapping (and fixes a relationship and sets up lonely star-crossed lovers) by herself while sidelined with a torn ACL.

* CallBack: Hardison, in the guise of a rival bidder, specifically references the financier's cars he lost when the feds captured him and claimed all his assets.

** Said financier contacts his old car buddy to get information on the car, which allows the mob to track him to Portland.

** The head of the mob averts this by not seeking to anger Nathan Ford when things are done. He has heard enough of Nathan and the crew (likely from their dealings with the Boston mobsters who didn't end up so well for the mob) and wants to avoid a fight.