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Nathan Ford


Nate and his crew take aim at a Hugh Whitman, a debt collector scamming innocent taxpayers. The team's mission turns perilous when they discover their target is also a domestic terrorist backed by a gun-toting militia with two captives: Hardison and Eliot.

The Mark[]

Hugh Whitman: A former district manager for the I.R.S., Whitman uses his collection agency to funnel illegally obtained funds into a small paramilitary group via a bank account in the name of Patriot Limited. Whitman is able to access confidential I.R.S. records in order to identify taxpayers with payment plans, then intimidates them into surrendering a credit card to settle their debt.

Clients[]

  • Mrs. Salazar
  • Lydia Salazar

Aliases[]

Guest Cast[]

  • Garland Lyons as Owens
  • Gavin Hoffman as Chester
  • Clancy Brown as Hugh Whitman

Episode Notes[]

  • The Eliot/Hardison story borrows from the 1958 film The Defiant Ones, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier. In the film, Curtis and Poitier escape from a chain gang while chained together. Initially full of hate for one another, the chains force them to work together, and gradually, they develop respect for one another.
  • According to Eliot, the team just got back from spending ten days in Juarez, Mexico. He is seen nursing a chest/shoulder injury.
  • Eliot references Hardison's "tell" for rock-paper-scissors again.
  • Eliot states he spent time in Lebanon.

Trivia[]

  • The aliases of Brody and Quint are an homage to the two main characters from Jaws (DVD Commentary from The Scheherazade Job)
  • When Parker and Nate are in an office at Hugh Whitman's debt collection company trying to pull up a map to determine Eliot & Hardison's whereabouts, the computer screensaver (which startles Parker) shows a yowling cat behind a steering wheel with the caption, "OUTTA MY WAY YOU OLD BAT!!!" In the episode following this one, The Boost Job, Parker yells, "Get out of the way, you old bat!" while driving, both in a flashback showing her childhood get-away driver days and in real episode-time.
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