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Well, you may not know what you’re capable of, but we do.

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What happened to you?

Well, according to John Rogers, what happened was that “SOMEBODY went out at 1am after his weekly poker game with Tim Hutton and SOMEBODY started tossing around a football, until SOMEBODY slipped on the asphalt in his goddamn cowboy boots.”

Fuckin’ Oklahoma

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"With Parker, it was very much like, we fall into things. We fall into jobs. We fall into relationships. This was the most important set of relationships in her life, and at some point…15 years on, you've got to say, am I doing this out of habit? Have I really ever thought about this? If I'm going to do something different or something different than my spouse functionally, you know, why am I doing it? And how should I go about doing it? And her opening herself up to introspection. When you peel off that scar tissue, there's nothing but raw flesh under there, so it started to cause [Parker] a lot of pain. And so that's how we wound up with the season finale." - John Rogers on Parker in The Side Job

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one of my favourite recurring bits of Leverage is when someone mentions Parker and the other person's reaction is "Parker? THEE Parker?" never gets old

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Leverage Redemption S02E04/S03E10.

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Working my way through Leverage for the first time and given how effortlessly all of them can jump into character out of nowhere, I feel like it raises the question “Could any improv group become effective con men and, if so, how long would it take for them to realize that?”

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Also btw i've been watching The Librarians.

Watched the movies over the weekend. The third (Judas Chalice) is my favorite because vampires.

Just finished season 1 of The Librarians last night.

Some thoughts on the series below the cut!

The movies are. Bad. I liked them, mostly! But theyre bad. There are many things in the scripts of each movie that made me go "wtf" in various flavors of "thats a conspiracy theory" or "thats straight up bible blasphemy" or "those words do not make sense" or, my favorite "how is every woman down bad for Flynn after knowing him for, like, two days???????" (He's *equally* down bad for them, though, to be fair.)

The CGI and tropes used in the first two movies are atrocious. Everyone says stupid things. The third movie still has some weird shit going on but it hit it's stride and made it work.

The show adds to the chaos, but in a way that by episode 5, the hijinks and script had settled down into my brain that while i wasnt "suspending my disbelief", i was most DEFINITELY suspending my "cringe". Are there still silly things going on? You bet! This is a Rogers Devlin show!!! But has the world been solidified enough and familiarized enough that it rolls properly and barely registers as janky? Sure!

It's like if Leverage had magic. Which shouldnt really shock anyone because its a Rogers Devlin production, as i mentioned.

Christian Kane plays The Same Character He Always Does, but in a *slightly* different flavor. I really like how Jacob doesnt trust Cassie, but he's fine with working with her. He's still at ease. He's still confident. He just doesn't trust her. He's still there to help her. I really like this.

Cassandra's "I'm Doing Math" is a little silly. I really liked her episode with the house, where she saw the truth of the house and also got to have her emotional outburst of exhaustion of being underestimated and sheltered. Should she still be protected? Absolutely. She's the least physically capable in a fight, out of the crew. But that doesnt mean she should be benched. I love her love for the STEM fair. How she hates nicknames. I cant wait to watch her grow into the space she takes up. I loved seeing her as Prince Charming. The easy confidence!!!!!! The strength of mind and countenance!!! Shes so cool.

I got a few spoilers about Ezekiel but im gonna pretend i forgot abt them. I cant wait to see his walls break. He LOOOVVVESSS gloating and being cocky and alone. I loved seeing a 10-yrs-of-experience Librarian. He still is very much Ezekiel- he made being The Librarian profitable- but he hadnt given up, even when the whole planet seemed lost. He wasnt going to stop trying to help people. His moments as Jack and with Santa's talisman........... and every gentle moment of encouragement to Cassie !!!!!!!!!!! Im putting him in my pocket. Hes so amazing.

Eve :) Special girl. Oh my god. She's doing her damn best. And she's doing well!!!!! She's perfect as the Guardian. Nothing more to say.

Jenkins sexy. Sorry. Jenkins sexy. iMEAN HES. HES.UM. hes sexy. Ok!?!? Anyways. He originally struck me as "oh this is Icarus's dad. Dunno how he knows Dulaque. But he's Icarus's dad" and then hes :/ Galahad? And Dulaque is Lancelot? Its just... boring. I thought Dulaque would be Loki. Its very season one finale coded. Ok, Dulaque is all about Camelot. Because hes stuck there. But like. :/ Galahad? Ok. We'll see what s2 does with this.

Anywho. Such are some of my thoughts!

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Thinking again about my Leverage: Europe ideas. Sigh.

I know we don't even have Leverage: Redemption confirmed for a fourth season but please let us see the International teams !!!!!!!! Please!!!!! John Rogers where are you

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Nate, I’m in.

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I need a parallel path edit of Eliot and Parker to Peter Gabriel's "Darkness" please and thank you

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Oh, I just realised what Parker is doing in The Crowning Achievement by making Harry do all the work - the vents, the undercover stuff, the improv. She’s showing him how good he is at this. She’s showing him that he can do it, that’s he one of them, that he is her ‘best man’ as she calls him.

People think Parker is socially awkward and not good with people but she sees people incredibly clearly and knows what buttons to press, she just not as open and obvious about it as Sophie.

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There's something about this that I find absolutely charming and adorable.

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The Second Act Job

Summary:

He starts to notice even before they leave Portland. The distinctive snaps, clicks, clacks, booms—the distinctive sounds—aren't quite as distinctive anymore. Eliot had plans and back-up plans to make sure they would still be protected in the event of sudden disability or death. But something like hearing loss wasn't on the list of possible side effects from how he's lived his life. It clearly should have been.

Tags: Character Study, Ambiguous Relationships, Hearing Loss

I'm not completely sold on the title, but it's time to release this into the wild.

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Breanna using the team as her grifting personas can be something so personal

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"Where?" "Everywhere."

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but redemption really does have the same sauce as the original. like this is a show that is good and all but every now and again will abandon the righteous monster of the week premise to have a stupid fucking situation where they have to save christmas with a spy-turned-librarian (special guest star levar burton) all while only peppering in a tasteful amount of trek jokes. and it's still good

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