#The Order 23 Job

[amazzyblaze]

"The Order 23 Job" doodle

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 2x3 - "The Order 23 Job"

[independent-fics]

Love how in “The Order 23 Job” Eliot to Hardison seems like he wasn’t listening but was like triple tasking thinking about the con, the kid he observed in the room, and listening to Hardison’s Star Trek code.

[aardvaark]

parker being the one to voice concerns that nate is getting more sadistic is so funny to me. twenty minutes ago you poisoned someone & started giggling and kicking your feet when they passed out

[tuxedosaurus]

I am NOW halfway through Leverage season 2, and I adore how a third of the cons so far have been psychologically tormenting the mark so they have a fucking breakdown.

“Let trick a germaphobe henge fund boss into thinking there’s a massive disease outbreak”

“Let’s trick a sleazy tabloid newscaster into believing a government conspiracy theory”

Love to see terrible people suffer lol.

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

I really do love how much Eliot cares about kids, and how he’ll notice something and go into protector mode

And I also really love how in the world of leverage that works. It helps. The kids get out of their situations

[theinfinitedivides]

'it's not my decision—' 'is it yours for $400,000?'

Parker:

[kcdahippie]

Eliot trying to save this poor abused little boy. 😭😭

[gnar-slabdash]

Very odd that the Order 23 Job has Nate jumping whole hog into a hospital job without any reference to how he previously freaked out when anything about hospitals was even mentioned? Like for sure he’s supposed to be doing better than in season one and it’s a neat idea to have him do a full reversal and USE his experience with hospitals to pull this off rather than be hindered by it. I just feel like that growth should have been mentioned. Not even a big thing, just a line where somebody notices the change or even just a shot where he looks doubtful but then forges ahead anyway. Just kinda weird not to have that, considering his emotional journey is not usually portrayed in a particularly SUBTLE way. 

[lehdenlaulu]

Maranjian, huh? Armenian? Looks like one, too.

Smuggling a gun into an American courtroom seems like quite a feat.

Yeah, thought so.

Ah, absurdly spacious ventilation shafts, how I've missed you.

Oh boys. 🙄 Cute that you have nurse fantasies about Parker, but come on.

Eliot, chill. 🙄

Aaand "Abused Kid Detector" superpower activate.

Oh Sophie. 😂

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that, girl. This is a little bit on the evil side.

Well, each to their own, Sophie...

Oh Eliot...

See, that's attractive.

Well, they're definitely getting creative about hiding Gina's pregnancy.

You're out of luck, mate. A smart guy would have cut his losses, really.

That's convenient.

Oh Eliot. 💔

Looks like Eliot really did teach her. Nice.

Here I thought the Armenian angle would have been more important, but okay. Eh, maybe it will resurface at some point.

Sometimes this show requires quite a lot of suspension of disbelief, ya know. But it's alright, as long as you don't think about it too much.

Oh Eliot. 💔

[my-beloved-lakes]

The first time I watched leverage I really thought Eliot's whole deal with the little kid in the order 23 job was setting up for Eliot's dad to be abusive. I'm really glad, for Eliot's sake, that that wasn't the case.

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 2x3 - "The Order 23 Job"

[damndude69]

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[aardvaark]

Ok so I watched leverage (because of you) (also hi I am the anon who sent you all the panic messages about the finale) and now I am rewatching and in no particular order dumping leverage thoughts on you

Oh my god in The Order 23 job I didn't even realize Eliot was pretending to ignore Hardison telling him what star trek movies he would reference, and then showed he was actually listening and paying attention

One of my favorite scenes has to be in The Studio Job when Parker is dancing through stealing everything hunting for tickets Hardison asked for. I just love seeing them be hyper-competent

Canine Eliot comparison's save me

I forgot how much I loved the entire end of s3. And by the end I mean the entire season.

omg?? im so glad my silly leverageposting managed to help get other people interested in this show!! and im glad you enjoyed it, i think its permanently changed my brain chemistry lmao. re each dot point:

i can’t decide if it’s funnier if eliot was lying about not having a tv/not having seen any star trek, or if hardison just talks about it so much that eliot has learnt star trek series titles via osmosis lol. i haven’t seen star trek but im sure someone who has would have good hcs about what might lead eliot to have watched it, and what parts he would like. i think he probably does at least own a tv bc some of his whole I’m A Tough Guy act is definitely put on.

yessss i love that scene!! parker being extremely impressive my beloved <3. any of the team showing off their skills, tbh. on the episode commentary, people often refer to it as "competence porn" lol, just watching the characters being ridiculously awesome at what they do. don’t even need dialogue or cuts to what the others are doing or stuff happening in the background, it’s great just watching parker stealing or eliot fighting someone (especially eliot & quinn) for a while.

also werewolf!eliot hcs and fic by @werewolfsmile is so great with this.

the middle seasons (2, 3, 4) are probs my favourite era… nate’s apartment era. season 1 is its own narrative and i love that, it’s probably my favourite individual season, and season 5 plays around with format & concepts which is cool, plus it’s getting ready for the end. but the *era* of s2-4? the development of the characters between s2-4?? incredible!! on rewatch, s3 is so interesting for eliot even in the early episodes, cause with the context of his past with moreau…. there’s an impending meeting with moreau and it’s inevitable and eliot knows that. and having that context on rewatch really makes you notice his expressions and think about what he’s emotionally/cognitively going through.

thank you very much for the thought dumping, i always love getting to think & talk about this show!!

P.S. i remember i once used that same picture that you’ve got as your pfp for like an email account or something in high school!! labracadabrador, always makes me laugh lol

[gremlinbean]

Eliot trying to help Randy, and Randy being terrified because his dad knows all the cops? It has me sobbing

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

“I don’t want to take up anymore of the court’s time.”

It’s giving “I killed him yeah”