#eliot spencer in glasses!!!

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Can't work, only thought is "Eliot Spencer in glasses"

[leverage-ot3]

I need this for science

[eg515]

Leverage rewatch - episode highlights: The Nigerian Job

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

The Leverage team wearing glasses.

[leverageclips]

Leverage episode where it begins with the crew smugly walking out of a finished job and on their way out of the building they see Benoit Blanc coming in through the very same door. Cue the crew scrambling back in to stall Benoit and stop him from figuring them out.

[shitpostingkats]

The saddest part about Leverage is only a few episodes in they stopped letting Eliot wear glasses

[eldritcheden]

listen we knew Eliot & Paul were more than friends .we knew. they didn't have to add the laughably romantic candlelit terrace scene but honestly props to them for doing it anyway

[irritablegallowglass]

Eliot Spencer in Every Episode - The Lost Heir Job (S02E09)

Bonus Silly Faces:

[geekynightowl1997]

Am I rewatching Leverage? Maybe.

Is it a billion times better the second time around? Absolutely.

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Leverage 1x3 - "The Two-Horse Job"

[kermit-coded]

how much do you think it killed eliot "guard dog" spencer not to immediately jump in after hardison? cause i'm betting the answer is a whole fucking lot.

[my-beloved-lakes]

Ya'know that trope where the so called "unattractive" girl takes off her glasses and lets down her hair and is suddenly considered beautiful, Eliot is the opposite of that.

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Eliot in glasses compendium.

(Jake)

(Alex)

[lightthewaybackhome]

This my random "Christian Colored Glasses" undeveloped, may not hold water, thought:

Parker is Faith

Eliot is Hope

Hardison is love

I don't think there is an exact one-to-one correlation. They each show faith, hope, and love in different ways, but I think a case can be made as to their validity as illustrations.

Parker comes, weak, broken, alone and empty-handed, and then clings for dear life, sometimes literally, to her family, with trust (though it might be weak), and knowledge. She knows who they are and who she is and trusts them all. She has faith in each of them, and they seek to live up to that faith.

Eliot, he does everything out of a desperate need for hope. For the first time in a long time, he has hope. So he becomes hope, hope for himself, for others, and for his team. Eliot is the first one to bring a personal case to Nate. He stands up to Nate. He guards and protects others. Hope isn’t ephemeral. Hope is a hitter and a retreiver.

Hardison does not give up ever because love bears all things. He is the safety net. He's always got their back. He often leads the way, balances, and covers them. Hardison is love. He never loses heart, ever. He sticks with his choice to love these people. Hardison is what keeps them together.

They're each distinct, but you can't have one without the other.

[caseys-breanna]

Ok I just finished rewatching The Rundown Job and so far I have -

The most ridiculously peacocking display of competence porn. What do you mean "'sup Eliot." What do you mean "who needs luck". Where is your damn shame? Where is hundred more episodes of just like this? 10/10 worth every watch.

'I've got a hacker *enter bf*, and a thief *enter gf*'

Only Parker noticing 'too many cops'. It's such a cool detail throughout the show how observant she is just offhandedly, unlike Eliot who observes actively.

Parker pretending to promptly fall asleep as soon as they're in the truck, only to have the handcuffs off in seconds.

"What do they say about me? I hope they gave me a cool nickname." I'll bet all the kudos on my most popular fic that he hacks into his own pentagon file regularly to make up his own nickname.

"Hell your girlfriend's already out of the cuffs" *Parker smiling and sliding them off* AND IT'S DIRECTED NOT TO HARDISON, HER EXPLICITLY STATED BOYFRIEND, BUT AT ELIOT, THEIR BOYFRIEND.

Putting Hardison in those glasses. Those damn glasses. I need a glass of water jfc it's hot in here

'For better or worse, we change together'. Aaaaaand that's on wedding vows.

"I'll drive." "Hold on." "Exactly." "No, I mean hold on. (Our gf is a former gateway car driver)". "Oh. Oh you mean. Yeah."

The hand on the wrist and eye contact and saying 'I'm not afraid. I got the best thief and the smartest guy I know chasing this guy'

HAND ON THE BACK OF THE NECK AND PULLING CLOSER 'HEY LISTEN TO ME YOU'RE THE SMARTEST GUY I'VE EVER KNOWN HARDISON I NEED THAT BRAIN TO GET ME TO HIM. GET ME TO HIM'. Screaming crying frothing at the mouth et cetera et cetera

Figuring out the job TOGETHER

This is Hardison. Hardison likes his personal space. These are Parker and Eliot. Parker and Eliot also like Hardison's personal space.

The eyes on each other's lips during unlocking doors and saying thank you

'Kiss for luck?' the sequel: love boogaloo

HACKING THE MF CAR HORN WITH AN SOS THROUGH A MOBILE PHONE

"BOOM MY BOY THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!" first of all that's his boy so jot that down

Also side note this episode shows the fascinating way Hardison uses his brain and I wish we saw more of it because it's fascinating how he derives what he does from the few bits of data he gathers

"He's on the train!" "Yeah well so am I." "When you pick him out of the crowd-" "No. I'm ON the train! 🙄 Never mind..."

Two good ole boys behind the wheel 🎶 chasing the target and their gf in a million dollar car 🎵 two good ole boys-

*Hanging by her fingertips from a running train roof almost mashed into pulp by signage" WOOOOOO HOOOOO

The way Parker picks him out, not by using thief sense, but mastermind sense that he's immune -> got vaccinated -> pain in the arm. Brilliant way to pick someone out from a crowd while not raising panic

Keeping him talking till she takes the briefcase that he HANDCUFFED to himself right under his nose. How? Well, she's Parker.

"I kept one diamond. Sorry." I love her

Finally "kiss for luck" the trilogy comes to an end

*casually endangers self* "Fire is the only thing that kills it right?"

"Don't do that to me, I can't lose you. Do you understand? I can't lose you. Don't scare me like that. I can't-"

Eliot Spencer: *Barks 'Alright!' at the guy touching him to literally patch up his bullet wound.* Also Eliot Spencer: *ditches crutches so he can lean on his girlfriend and boyfriend*

"I work with them now." Would you like to stay for dinner? "Honor among thieves? Something like that." WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER??!!!

"I don't do hospital." "I told you, he takes getting shot very lightly." Uh huh, you know what I smell? LOVE. In the air! Might be some blood from those bullet wounds too ig.

What a show.

[wolves-in-the-world]

the thing about eliot spencer as a character, right. the thing about him.

(and as always your mileage may vary on my analyses so if we disagree that's cool actually)

is that he is in fact a somewhat emotionally constipated idiot who is occasionally sensitive about his perceived masculinity and gets defensive about emotional intimacy around other men (largely hardison, who's much more comfortable expressing affection and embracing a softer kind of masculinity), but eliot displays enough emotional awareness and sensitivity and respect for women etc etc that anyone who's been subjected to that era of television will put on rose-tinted glasses without even looking twice.

(and he is, don't get me wrong, incredibly emotionally aware for a professionally punchy guy with enough trauma to sink the titanic. it still startles me to see.)

on top of which we have the layers and the accessories and the excellent hair with the secret braids and the way he barely has an ego and he's good with kids and protective of his team without taking it too far, and some of us never stood a fucking chance.