#leverage rewatch

[inkandarsenic]

one of my favorite things about leverage is how no matter how bad you think the con is going, James Sterling will always pop up and make it worse for the crew

[shae-la-hyene]

Hey did you notice in The Van Gogh Job, the mark agrees to tell his story to Parker because he saw her being caring/loving to Hardison by giving him a tissue when he sneezed. Hey did you notice at the end of the episode Eliot giving Hardison a tissue when he sneezed ?

[theatrical-penguin]

I love when I hit the Rashomon Job in a rewatch. Just the funniest episode! The increasingly unhinged descriptions of the other characters is just perfection.

Parker and Nate are so smug through all of it too.

Also I like that Sophie and Eliot remember a corkscrew blade but Hardison and Parker remember a giant butcher knife. Cause I 💯 believe Parker would have grabbed the biggest knife available in that moment for the distraction. And apparently Nate agrees because he keeps the big knife in the “here’s what really happened” version even though he wasn’t in that room to see it.

As the only one to actually have it in her hands Parker is one who qualifies as stealing it even if fell later.

But of course Nate still wins because back then he was basically Sterling.

[the-crooked-library]

the best canon detail they've ever revealed about Parker Leverage is that she will forget your deadname the moment you tell her your actual proper name. she knew Sophie for two years and in season 3 post-name-reveal it's still "🤨who's Sophie?". Parker my beloved I would give you the moon and stars except you could probably steal them all yourself tbh.

[evilcatrat]

Forgot how great the finale of season 2 of leverage is. Man. its just that everything comes together. the fact that even when I was watching it the first time i never thought Tara was betraying them. its in the "thanks for making it interesting nate" and the fact that Sterling switched so quickly when he noticed that Nate was bleeding. its in the fact that nate from the beginning was planning to turn himself over in exchange for the others. its the "i can take them" that Eliot says. about armed FBI agents that surrounded them. its in the fact that Parker was ready to kill Tara for betraying them. its in Hardisons panic that is so so visible. its the way Eliot immediately cuts off Nate's "you can walk away". it's Sophie coming from who knows how far away just because she got called by Tara. its the way Nate finally says that he needs her. its also the "youre my family. my only family". but I think most importantly its the fact that it was stressed so many times over those 2 seasons that Nate is an honest man. That, in Sterlings words, he is not a thief.

"who the hell is this guy?" "i don't know." "my name's Nate Ford. And I am a thief."

just. because it is no longer an insult or something he perceives as worse. yeah he's a thief. the most honourable people he knows are thieves. and he looks up at the helicopter that is flying away with his family and just. man.

yeah. just. man. forgot how good this was. no joke when he said the "I am a thief" I mightve teared up a little bit. its just. this is somehow more telling than the "youre my family" because just. this is how he wants to be perceived. sigh. also the whole Eliot thing and the Sophie thing and just the everyone thing. sigh. Leverage .

[ghostditto]

I’ve watched the entirety of the show Leverage at least 6 times, and you’re telling me never once did I notice Eliot’s little rat tails in season 2???

He’s got them in quite a few episodes, but never once did I see them before! I feel like I’m going crazy!

I first noticed them in the Runway Job (maybe the Iceman one too but I could be wrong) but I’m rewatching it now with someone else and they didn’t notice them either till I pointed them out!

I can’t take screenshots on my phone but they’re in this promo shoot, and they seem to disappear behind his shoulders in a few scenes, but they’re there!

[dont-read-this-im-dead]

Eliot looking Hardison square in in eye in The Rundown Job and telling him, "I'm not scared. Because I got the world's greatest thief and the smartest guy I know helping me catch this guy" is probably the closest we'll get to a public declaration of love between those two, and I love it.

[violetdaphne]

i love the scene in episode 10 of season 2 of leverage redemption when breanna says she wants the evil professor dude like bagged and gagged, and eliot and parker are just immediately like "okay bet lets fucking go nab this guy". like no questions asked, breanna asked for it, so they're going to do it. sophie has to step in to stop it and it just has me thinking like damn. breanna really has some of the most powerful and influential criminals in her pocket and wrapped around her finger. the very power she holds, the sway she has. can you imagine just other criminals in the leverage world just knowing this. like, just understanding that you lay so much as a finger on breanna casey, slight her in any way, then they're going to have the wrath of the og leverage team of leverage international against them, the full rage of eliot spencer, alec hardison, and the parker plotting vengeance. like just ugh i love this family and i love how breanna is their (eliot hardison parker) kid, the same way they were nate and sophie's. it's just a beautiful full circle that honestly has to be some of the best media ever written.

[callsignmagnolia]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Eliot listening to Sophie when she tells him to keep the fight down to not ruin Widmark's song? Like this man takes all kinds of beatings and then keeps it quite for some poor kid to have his moment in the sun. Anyway, I love Eliot Spencer and that ain't changing.

[eg515]

obsessed with all the times Eliot smiles because of Hardison, but only when he's sure Hardison doesn't see it

s04e09 The Cross My Heart Job

[inkandarsenic]

“your girlfriend’s already out of her cuffs” he says to Eliot about Parker in the same episode as Eliot and Hardison high five handshaking over not getting tired of watching Parker hitter-hacker-thief has never been more canon

[theatrical-penguin]

When I think about Leverage by season, I usually think of Season 3 as the weakest. Mostly because the whole Italian lurking-in-shadows, blackmail thing annoys me.

But as I finish Season 3 on the latest rewatch, there are so many amazing episodes in it. I just never seem to remember they were which season they were in.

The Ho Ho Ho Job

The Double Blind Job

The Scheherazade Job

The Morning After Job

The Inside Job

And of course the masterpiece: The Rashomon Job

Mostly posting to remind myself that there is NOT a bad season of Leverage. Just the occasional weak subplot.

[inthemoodforsomepretzels]

just guys being dudes (singing about being good ol’ boys behind the wheel chasing down bad guys in lucille)

[wolves-in-the-world]

a small detail I'd never noticed before: I was on the lookout for parker picking locks in the background, because I know that's a thing she does but I rarely actually see it, and instead I found her fiddling with elastic bands (at least I'm pretty sure) that end up wound around her fingers by the end of the scene.

which, relatable.

[wild-fleurs]

My wish list for Leverage Redemption as I haven’t seen it yet (I’m up to The Toy Job so pretty soon)

Anything I don’t get in Redemption season 1 & 2 I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the new season 3

See Hurley & Peggy again (even if the show doesn’t explicitly state they’re together co raising her cats & Pedro & possibly married I will still believe it because I love them!)

Trevor from Hot Potato job as a teen con artist or running Leverage Jr hahaha

An episode in honour of the actor who played Archie - maybe the team have to help his daughter somehow

Quinn back for an episode at some point

Sterling back for an episode - each season if possible but without Nate maybe he doesn’t work as much as a character so at least once

Maggie seen (are she & Sophie BFFs? I hope so) I could have sworn she was a once a season character but she’s not so that’s surprising

Tara mention or return for an episode

Parker uses Alice White as an alias again

Zachary (Sophie’s reoccurring student) returns or possibly as he promised her wins an Oscar & thanks her & refers to his Oscar as a Devereaux

Liam the Cautious Mobster back

Agent McSweeten back & Parker as Agent Hagen can’t believe I forgot him

[cachow-it]

the urge to rewatch leverage again from the begining (I'm already in the middle of rewatching it)