![]() ![]() Blackmail: Madeline refuses to give Michael the information he wants until he does something for her.Alter Kocker: Laura, the client, has a definite East Coast accent and gives off the general vibe of being a prototypical Florida retired Jewish lady.Might be a heroin smuggler, a dictator, or your mom." Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: "You can't choose your intelligence sources.Actor Allusion: Sam introduces himself and Fiona to the apprentice con men as Detectives Cagney and Lacey, referring to Sharon Gless's (Madeline) former role on Cagney & Lacey.He calls and is told they'll be in touch. The episode ends with Michael being thanked by a grateful Laura, and his mother giving him a phone number given to her by the agents who were asking about him. He gets all the victims their money back, and gets Quentin sent to prison, likely with a death sentence from very angry criminals he insulted in Quentin's name. Michael uses his federal tail to scare Quentin into giving him his bank account numbers. Sam and Fi pretend to be cops and scare Greg and Bonnie into running. Michael tracks Quentin down, who went into hiding following the apparent murder attempt and promises to get him in contact with a hit man. Unfortunately, the explosion gets the feds, who were at a distance with Sam staying at the loft, to start following more closely. Instead of wiring the electrical system, she attached a blasting cap to the gas tank. Sam's paperwork isn't the only thing too effective. Then Michael gets a phone call from Quentin, who found all of Sam's paperwork and is furious. She told them he was a perfect, devoted son. Finally, she tells him about the agents that came to the house. Meanwhile, Madeline has another requirement: Michael and Fiona have to come over for dinner. Michael continues trying to get in and break up the team while Sam prepares a fake paper trail. Sam and Fi's bickering almost gets them caught. Meanwhile, Sam and Fi break into their yacht (they live on a yacht) and plant some bugs. Michael goes to a meeting with the con artists to sell them on a new scam so he can pull them apart and get at their money. It also establishes his trademark willingness to go all-in on a role, stealing Quentin's gun and using it to shoot out the tires of a cop car to prove his bona fides. In this case, he's a con artist from Brooklyn. They then launch another staple of the series that didn't show up in the pilot: when Michael goes on a job, he assumes a persona, complete with wardrobe, hairstyle, and accent. The trio each have their strengths: Sam's good at background and paperwork, Fi's good with explosives, and Michael's the face. Sam also demonstrates that he works best with his pants off. Sam demonstrates that, as a former SEAL with connections, he's the one who does research and outfits Michael with his cover for the operation (in this case, as a former cell-mate of a former partner of Quentin's). Quentin is the boss, with his two apprentices, Greg and Bonnie. They beat the bushes at the printing shops in Miami and follow an amateur teammate back to the three con men. At the loft, where Sam will be staying for a few days, having had a falling out with his sugar mama, they run into Fiona and we learn that she and Sam have an unpleasant history. They discuss the high quality of the fake prize letter and start investigating printing shops. Michael's first point of contact is with Sam. Fortunately, she's got the prize letter, which is enough to get Team Westen started. Unfortunately, she's the worst kind of witness, unable to even give a good description of the bad guys. ![]() Her neighbor Laura got scammed out of her retirement savings. When he returns, his mother sets up her blackmail scheme. All he finds is a nasty fire while the men flee. Michael runs down the street once he exposes them, hoping to get some information. In this case, she withholds information about the agents investigating him until he helps a friend of hers.įirst Michael has to search the house for a bug (Madeline left one of them alone in the house while she showed the other the garden). As some of the photographs were taken at his mother's home, this sets up the action for another staple of the series Michael's mother blackmails him into doing something for her. The second episode opens with Michael investigating the people who left photos at his apartment at the end of the previous episode. ![]()
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