ok my take is : Maggie would have totally been at the funeral. Sterling would have shown up but I think he would have maybe stayed at the back, or come in towards the end or something. And maybe he thought it was a con at first, but doing some preliminary surveillance he would realize it's real. Sterling has all kinds of alerts on all kinds of surveillance for Nate and when his name comes up Sterling goes checks immediately. In person, because this is the Leverage crew and if Nate's real name shows up like that then it is either real or a very elaborate con they are trying to make look real (because Hardison would never let their real names show up on hospital records othewise). If it is very elaborate , well it's something big, and Sterling could use another bump in his career. So he goes to check it out and try to catch them in some mistake he can use and he sees Maggie with Sophie and starts to think "Maggie, why did you get pulled into this again" and until he actually *sees* them all.. Eliot, Hardison. Parker. It's Parker that really gets him. She's gotten much better at grifting but she's not playing the role. He finds Maggie when she's alone (partly because he does know how to be respectful but mostly because he's afraid of Eliot's reaction). She tells him what happened, he knows what's on the medical files, he's read them. He offers his condolences and tells her how much he respected Nate. He does attend the service, in the back, quietly. Sterling assumes he's presences is noted but no one goes after him so he just is there for Nate and he pointedly ignores the criminals who are there. It's open casket and he waits until the church is empty and says a few last words, says his good bye to Nate. Reaches into the casket and pokes him.. just to be sure. Then looks around, a little guilty, mumbles a kind of apology, not so much to Nate but to Hardison, Sterling is sure if Hardison isn't watching this live he's at least recording it all just in case.

Sounds right

Audrey Hepburn *sigh*

Cary Grant (also, if I remember correctly, it was James Coburn who checked to make sure the guy was really dead)

They both do, the third guy just sneezes

Ahahahaha, Parker and (especially) Eliot learned Klingon!!!!

Yes! That filled me with glee

"Hardison bet me I couldn't learn the language. He lost."

"Did he?"

I love Breanna and her snarky ways.

Not directly related to the new series, but did everyone but me know that it's the instrumental bit from Kane's "The House Rules" playing as Parker twirls through the bar lifting phones and concert tickets in "The Studio Job"?

Breanna is terrific. I would, of course, like more Hardison on my screen but she's delightful

I did know that, Parker. But then, I would.