#leverage redemption s1

[leverage-ot3]

you ever think about how harry was legitimately kidnapped by a strange group of thieves and then he just... stayed??? he was kidnapped by CRIMINALS and just sat there and decided, I think I find crime fun and I want a found family and just DECIDED TO ROLL WITH IT AND STAYED WITH THEM??? A GROUP OF STRANGERS THAT ROUTINELY BREAK THE LAW FOR FUN???

[cloysterbell]

[claudia-kishi]

Hey.

[themself]

so we can all agree that sophie has gay hate sex with some of the marks right

[thefirsthogokage]

John Rogers on Twitter: July 18th, 2022

(link to that first one)

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

sir 😳

[suddenrundown]

Parker braiding eliot's hair in season 2 please and thank you

[girlblocker]

leverage redemption season 2 omg...

[moonbittern]

i’m apparently 6 months behind on this but leverage redemption season 2??

[effervescentdragon]

Parker being extremely relatable.

Leverage: Redemption S1 EP16 - "The Harry Wilson Job"

[leverage-ot3]

Is leverage redemption worth watching? I love Leverage but idk if i could enjoy the show if hardison isn't in most episodes or if the reboot sells out in some way.

okay so I showed up to this ask like four months late with a smoothie so I'm sorry about that BUT

does redemption have it's flaws? yes, I will be the first to admit that!

however, as someone who deeply loves leverage, the characters and what the show stands for, I still can find myself enjoying redemption.

there's one post that's in my drafts talking about the differences between the og and redemption and the so-called universe physics (how logic works in both shows and how they are the same/differ) and there are definitely some differences. there are some really good posts comparing them in the tags and I'll try to tag them as watch redemption when they come up!

I'm going to be really honest right now and say that (no shade) I feel like redemption s1-2 were lacking because john rogers was not a main writer for them. devlin and the others are great and know their stuff, but redemption was missing some of the grit (balanced with everything else) that the original run had. redemption is more fun and lighthearted (where the og was still fun and had comedic elements but also had a more jaded perspective). I think part of that change is the absence of nate as a character and what he brought to the table, but the other part of that is very much the way the show is written overall

I have seen some criticism about parker being a caricature of what she was in the original run (ex: how she goes to a child's psychologist and uses puppets sometimes, is overtly weird, more loud about stuff, etc) BUT I will say that I think there's some nuance to that

I don't think the child psychiatrist thing is infantalizing- some methods of therapy work for people more than others and that is me speaking as someone who works in mental health. if play therapy and stuff like that work for you as an adult, good for you! whatever works for you is more than enough the overtly and loudly being weird thing I really do think can be taken either way. in the original run part of parker's character progression was that she was learning how to interact with people normally (or at least more efficiently), but her being more out about that now can be taken as she is more comfortable in her skin and acting like she wants because she is surrounded by people who love and support her. maybe she doesn't want to (or have to!) mask all the time and I don't see a problem with that

HOWEVER! there are certain criticisms that are related to her characterizations and overlaps with her autism and I don't want to speak over the autism community about those aspects and how they have manifested in her character in redemption so I'm leaving it there

as for the hardison being absent aspect- I was REALLY afraid of that at first BUT the loss isn't so deeply impactful when you have characters like breanna and harry added to the mix. I went in ambivalent about harry and excited to have breanna (a canon queer) joining the team, but I have come to love and cherish both of them dearly and wouldn't want to replace them or lose them as characters in this found family ensemble. I think the writers handled aldis' packed schedule really well and even though he isn't there in most episodes, his presence is still very much around. parker and eliot talk about him and reference him when he's gone. so do sophie and breanna, even harry. he isn't on the screen but the relationships he's formed with the other characters and the impact he's had on them is very evident.

there are some takes from users about whether or not the ot3 was queerbait, un-canoned, etc in redemption. I have a lot of thoughts about it and a lot of them are incomprehensible but what I can say is that I have renewed hopes for the progression and canon development of their relationship now that john rogers is back as the main writer for s3

[lemissingmask]

[ID; Sketch in dark red on grey of Hardison and Eliot’s hug from the end of s1 of Leverage Redemption, with a close up showing Hardison’s face and his happy smile. End ID]

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More Hardison and Eliot hugs in s3 of Redemption please??? They both deserve many many hugs (as does Parker so maybe some hugs with all of them? Yes?)

also a good excuse to practice drawing different fabrics, for Hardison’s knitwear versus Eliot’s leather jacket.

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unrelatedly but also Leverage, I had a dream last night where we got to see Breanna’s browsing history, and she was as on tumblr and ao3, but also looking up concussion syndrome, so I think she was worried about Eliot

[claudia-kishi]

If all we had was a hacker, then you'd be right, but we added quite the engineer.

[thefirsthogokage]

Dean Devlin's Twitter: December 7th, 2022

Just opened my app and this was just right there.

Update - Dean posted this on Instagram too:

(link to post)

[soundsfaebutokay]

Still not heroes. Still necessary.

BREANNA: Maybe we can't take on the world's bigger problems. SOPHIE: What we can do is help one person and then the next and then the next….

Okay, I know that these are soundbites with no context, but I'm just really excited by how much this trailer reveals about how self-aware Leverage: Redemption is, both the people making the show and the characters living in it.

Leverage has been yelling from the start that the system is rigged. It was designed from the very beginning to favor the rich and powerful, and it's only gotten worse. Alexandra Bligh came right out and said it in The Harry Wilson Job:

MS. BLIGH: The world has changed. We no longer manipulate the system. We are the system.

Yeah, we're all watching a silly little tv show, but that statement rang with truth you won't hear from pure fiction. It's something that's glaringly obvious from…well, everything. It's why Harry Wilson is all over the trailer still committing crime with the crew despite last his best intentions to go legit season finale. Because working within a corrupt system sometimes means that you have to cheat to win.

HARRY: My friends specialize in fixing problems that the system won't.

Yeah. They're not heroes. They're just necessary. And they will continue to be urgently, desperately necessary until true, substantial systemic change is achieved. I'm reminded of The Homecoming Job in Leverage S1 where a doctor who'd been fighting for resources to help disabled veterans stared in disbelief at a truckful of cash that the crew had just given her.

DR. LAROQUE: The world doesn't work this way. NATE: So change the world.

He didn't tell her, "We will change the world." Not even Nate Ford was that arrogant. That kind of change isn't something that can happen in the shadows. That kind of change has to take place out in the open light of day, where Leverage can't operate. It has to be led by people—like that doctor— who can withstand the glare of spotlights shining into every corner of their lives. Not thieves and conmen, redeemed or otherwise. Leverage isn't a long-term solution—they're a rescue operation. A dirty, dangerous, hands-in-the-muck kind of rescue operation. And while the heroes of the world are fighting for change, these bad guys turned good guys have work to do.