#S: leverage

[harveybwabbit92]

[Akari is sick and stuck in her human form, she shakily gets up to try and get something to eat, but is surprised to see her dad in the kitchen cooking what appeared to be Porridge.]

Seven, notices the look on her face: What, you thought the only things your old man was good at is drawing up star maps and busting heads?

Akari: No!

Seven:

Akari: ...Yeah.

Seven, while cutting an onion: Look, I hold a Slugger like this, cuts through an onion. Hold it like this, *Flips the blade around.* cuts through, like, eight bad guys in four seconds. Screams and carnage.

[harveywritings92]

[Irma and Clef get kidnapped by an old acquaintance of Irma. She used to be in a gang but left before she got into anything serious. This acquaintance heard Irma was working for some big pharmaceutical company and was trying to scare her into procuring some materials for their drug operation.

And to show her they meant business they drag a very annoyed Clef (it's was his day off) into a dark room to rough him up... Boy were they in for a surprise.]

Irma: For old times sake, I'm gonna be straight with you, I don't work for a pharmaceutical company. I work for a special group of people, this group works to keep the shadows at bay so idiots like you can keep playing gangster and go on with your miserable lives.

Irma's old friend: No, I don't believe you. Your working for Spencer&Caldwell Pharmaceuticals. I saw your bio on their employee web page...*Notices Irma is watching the time* I'm trying to be serious here! Why are you staring at the clock?

Irma: Do you really think it was a good idea to give my friend 60 seconds of darkness?

Irma's old friend: What?

[Dr. Clef suddenly bursts through door throwing an unconscious guard across the room]

Alto, holding his hand out to Irma: Come with me if you want to live.

Irma, rolls her eyes takes his hand: Urg... Wrong genre, but I take it.

Irma's old friend, staring at them stunned:

Irma, to her captor: Take care of yourself, bud...

[Irma reaches out to give their right cheek to two light pats before full on backhanding them as she and Clef fled.]

[ladyluthien]

not to leveragepost in 2025 but I simply must talk about the scene where hardison plays sheherazade, because I learned an arrangement of that third movement recently and I am still so impressed

for context: I started playing violin when I was five years old. Am I great? Nah. Am I able to tell when an actor is phoning it in on violin playing? Absolutely.

aldis hodge actually played that piece. They definitely found a recording to play over him because that's what you do for TV but I rewatched that scene when I was learning that solo and got tips from his fingering. he has vibrato technique. he doesn't just pick a violin up once in a while, he's legitimately a skilled violinist who also does everything else he does

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Leverage Redemption S02E05 The Walk in the Woods Job.

[alphacrone]

the thing about nate ford is he’s unpleasant, unlikeable, and uninteresting. but his importance to the other core four, his relationships with them and the way he helps them grow, is SO GOOD.

[squireofgeekdom]

Oh no. Don't let me start plotting out a Leverage Redemption / Moon Knight crossover. I don't need more wips. Help.

[rangersoup]

Maybe I will watch Leverage…

[tuttle-did-it]

Murder She Wrote ‘An Egg to Die For’ guest stars

The amazing Andy Robinson returns 2/2 episodes. (ST: DS9, ST:LD, Hellraiser, Child’s Play 3, JAG, Dirty Harry, The X-Files, Ironside, Matlock, The Twilight Zone, dozens of other things)

And amazing David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H, Doc Hollywood, the Majestic, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Leverage, dozens of other things)

Original air date, 11 Sec 1994 S11 E11

[harveybwabbit92]

R/n, without turning around: What's got you sneaking up on me?

Jugglus: This isn't sneaking. This is lurking. A big difference.

[kerryweaverlesbian]

they REALLY shot themselves in the foot this episode by starting with that flash forward. Why did they do that???????????? Any tension at all on 'is she going to successfully do this con' and 'is Parker going to put this guy in a grinder?!?!?!' is dead on arrival because I know she won't because they already showed me he is in a later scene. They would never have done this with Nate.

They also kill the tension of 'is Harry going to be hurt by these goons' after half a second of drama with Elliot showing up just straight away. They could have stretched it. Why are they so allergic to having peril in this heist show..........

[secondbeatsongs]

aceik or rrtTT

Apparently or is actually in the correct place alphabetically in Trick or Treat

ah! this one got lost! my askbox broke and didn't show this ask, but you definitely made it before I closed the box!

thank you for the alphabetization! please have a Parker

[polyamarhousgarden]

Surprise!

Tbf, when you're on a cute little vacation in the Philippines as a couple, when your boyfriend proposes, and you also find out you're pregnant, your best bet at spreading the news is through sending this to the family group chat

Taglist under the cut!

Please tell me if you wanna be added to the taglist through the rbs or comments!!

Taglist: @tex-treasures @knightoflove

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Hey, Parker, I need you to lift his wallet. We need more info."

Leverage S01E09 The Stork Job.

[agent-mcsweetheart]

some people who follow this blog should NOT be following this blog and i don’t mean this in a gatekeeping way but in a “we’re mutuals through another blog and its been so long i simply cannot bring myself to tell you it’s me” kind of way or a “we’re mutuals-in-law” kind of way, a “i know you but there’s no way you know me” kind of way

[tinarannosaurus]

just got caught up with bob's burgers, and so far I'm enjoying season 14 much more than I expected to!

not to say I went into these new episodes assuming I wouldn't like them, but certainly the past few seasons (10–12 for sure) have fallen into a rut where like, there's a handful of episodes that are pretty solid, there's one or two that annoy me enough to skip over on any rewatch, and the majority are deeply neutral. the plots are just okay, the jokes are a little lacking, but the fundamental dynamics are still there, and I like those enough that bob's remains one of my go-to shows to have on in the background, even if I don't feel inspired or compelled enough to engage with the show the way I used to

but season 14 has been an unexpected departure (and actually, I think the back half of 13 as well) — it's funny, because I don't actually think the show is as funny as it used to be, but they're taking bigger swings with the plots in a way that's very rewarding to watch! I don't mind that there are fewer jokes, because I'm invested in the more emotional turns the show is taking

like—holy shit, "the amazing rudy"? a standout from start to finish. and I think a great example of what this season is doing in terms of its emotional arcs, and what I'm glad it's leaning into

I've felt very neutral toward bob's the past couple years, because it's felt so staid. there's an accepted level of consistency that bob's or any other animated sitcom maintains, and I get that, but I think the show really really struggled in its recent seasons with honoring that consistency, roughly maintaining the status quo, while also creating plots that were—and this sounds bad to say—but, plots that were interesting. there were a lot of low stakes, anticlimactic resolutions, unexciting premises—situations where there's not a lot of room for the writing to go, and not a lot for the characters to play off

but what I think this latest season is doing so well is leaning into its history, taking advantage of all the episodes of relationships and interactions and story they've developed to create setups that really fucking land! "the amazing rudy" is a phenomenal episode, but would it have hit as well in season 4 or 5, when we've only met rudy a handful of times? maybe, but I think it's so much more rewarding as this late series entry, when it can pay off all the previous mentions of rudy's home life, his relationship with his dad, his relationship with his—until this ep—unseen mom, his hobbies, his anxieties, his friendship with louise, the role the belchers play in his life—it's so good!!

this season is a couple eps shorter from the strike, but really hoping that the rest of the 14 and what's to come in 15 follows the trend, because it feels like the show is finally starting to figure out its voice and its footing again

[takenene]

i have one beef with leverage and it's, why in the fuck is parker wearing heels for stealing even when she's not undercover