#timothy hutton tw

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Leverage S04E17 The Radio Job.

[cloysterbell]

Could you possibly trigger tag Timothy Hutton with 'tw: timothy hutton'?

I was sexually assaulted as a young teen and he's very triggering to see.

I already tag all of the gifsets I make that feature him with '#Nate Ford' so you can block that if you want

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: Four black and white gifs from Leverage of Nate, Hardison, Eliot, and Parker standing in a large tent full of radio equipment. They are all wearing heavy snow gear and have some snow on them.

1: Nate smiles while Hardison works on the radio equipment behind him. Nate says, "Okay, people. Let's go steal a mountain."

2: Nate crosses the tent, past Eliot and Parker, to get to the door. Parker says, "Again."

3: Nate turns around to face her and says, "What?"

4: Eliot looks down while Parker turns to face Nate. She says, "Again. We already stole a mountain two years ago." Then she turns to face away from the door again.

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LEVERAGE APPRECIATION WEEK

NATE - DAY 6 - FAVORITE "LET'S GO STEAL A..." STATEMENT

mountain 2.0

[unhallowedarts]

Why Sophie Devereaux Should Have Been Jewish

I’ve been sitting on this post for YEARS but was inspired by @binateford to finally write it so thank you! Let it be known though that I am not Jewish so a) this is gonna be really generic, and b) anybody can feel free to let me know if I’ve said anything Not Cool, or to add on with better or more specific ideas!

1. Gina Bellman is Jewish. Obviously characters don’t have to be the same as the actors, but the thing is Leverage specifically often does incorporate things related to the actors --  Aldis Hodge plays the violin and paints, Christian Kane has a country band and a cooking show, they even threw in that bit about Ellery Queen in The Ten Little Grifters Job cause that was Timothy Hutton’s dad’s role. My point is, this is a THING the show does, so why not do it here?

2. In every moral discussion in the show we have: One Catholic, One “Non-Denominational” but definitely Christian, and three atheists who all nonetheless have very Christian backgrounds and worldviews. Three! Every single one of these discussions would be more interesting if we had literally anybody who’s not culurally Christian to add their two cents. And that should be Sophie because Eliot’s sort of God and Guns background makes a lot of sense for his character, and because having Parker be the sole voice for any group would be, uh, maybe not such a great idea lol. Whereas Sophie’s background could literally be anything and she would be great at being the one to bring in a different viewpoint.

3. How much more interesting would Sophie and Nate’s relationship be if it was also inter-religious? On the one hand, it would be really cool to see them seriously work through that -- and man, maybe Sophie could have something way more interesting to say in The Last Dam Job than “I’ll break up with you if you kill somebody.” On the other hand, imagine how funny she would make it -- Nate would just keep making the same old Christian references and morality assumptions without thinking and so Sophie would definitely just pretend not to know anything about Christianity until he took his head out of his ass and learned a thing or two about Judaism. But also she’d probably tell him just ridiculous things that may or may not be true and he’d have to go look them up or find somebody to ask -- oh you know what he would do, he would definitely ask the mark, like, mid-con, just put everything on pause because he found out the mark was Jewish and could maybe tell him whether or not Sophie was fucking with him today.

[classicthalassic]

Ordinary People (1980) dir. Robert Redford

[midwestharpy]

i think nate’s not in the leverage reboot cause timothy hutton has rape allegations :(

....

well thats lovely/s and totally understandable, if hes going to be a trash human being then absolutely kick him to the curb

[random-bookquotes]

Sudden Death of the Love of Your Life wasn’t supposed to happen to you as a teenager. If it did, though, it was helpful if it was due to one of the Top Three Understandable Reasons for Dying as a Kid: A. Car accident. B. Cancer. C. Suicide. That way, after you selected the applicable choice, the nearest adult could promptly steer your attention to the range of movies (many starring Timothy Hutton) and self-help books to help you Deal.

Marisha Pessl, Neverworld Wake

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"You better know what you're doing."

Leverage S02E01 The Beantown Bailout Job.

[gnar-slabdash]

See, on Kidnapped H*tton’s hair is partially slicked back most of the time and it doesn’t look good exactly but it doesn’t look ANYTHING like the travesty of The Hospital Flashback Hair. So it’s like, they have to have been trying to make that as bad as it was, there’s just no other explanation, but whyyyyy?????

[thesoundofawesome]

Makes his storyline in Beautiful girls with Natalie Portman even creepier. 

[deathfound-a]

[nerteragranadensis]

assorted thoughts on my first Leverage rewatch since I binged the whole series in 2016 (spoilers for everything through s3e4 The Scheherazade Job):

it’s really cool to see just how much character relationship stuff is set up in the early seasons, before it gets stated more explicitly in s4/s5.

Hardison/Parker is a perfect example- Hardison flirts with Parker in "The Nigerian Job”, and there’s explicit romantic tension btwn them in “The Wedding Job”. That’s episode seven in the broadcast order, but if you watch in the DVD/intended order, that’s episode three. it’s amazing to see how early that relationship is set up and how slow the burn is, especially considering it’s an interracial ship- and it’s great to have the writers follow through with it by the end of the show.

another example is Parker becoming the mastermind- there’s a handful of episodes in s2 where she’s clearly shadowing Nate and observing his plans (The Order 23 Job, The Top Hat Job, The Lost Heir Job, and The Runway Job come to mind), and in The Inside Job Nate and Hardison straight-up say that Parker’s plans for breaking into the steranko building were as solid as anything Nate ever came up with. In season 3.

y’all were right, Parker grifting in The Iceman Job is incredibly hot

every episode is good, I love all of them, but the two-parter of The Three Strikes Job/The Maltese Falcon back-to-back blew my fucking socks off this time around

it’s so good. it’s so good. there are so many small things that I love. Eliot having to play baseball and actually getting really into it. (”They named a sandwich after me!”) The mob stuff, which is especially funny when every other episode of s2 involves some kind of mob activity (you’ve got the Armenian mob, the Russian mob, the Irish mob, the Chinese triads... seriously). Sophie coming back at the end, a twist that I completely forgot about, which made it that much better--seriously, I probably made the same face Nate did when she showed up.

Nate and Hardison pretending to be mob guys to interrogate the mayor... ngl, I thought it was a little bit hot

I love any kind of grift/subterfuge where the characters pretend to be People They Definitely Aren’t, so it was fun on that level too

and the ending of The Maltese Falcon Job... wow. I remember being impressed even the first time I saw it, because it’s an ending that ties seasons 1 & 2 together into one big arc not only for Nate but for the team. It’s incredibly dramatic (the double cross! the self sacrifice! the kiss! Nate gets shot!) but it’s not a cliffhanger, it gives us a real ending for these characters... they truly could’ve ended the show after season 2 and it would’ve been a complete, compelling story. Obviously I’m glad they didn’t! but just the fact that they could have... the writing on this show, I swear

If I didn’t already know that Sophie’s arc in s2 was written that way to shoot around Gina Bellman’s pregnancy, I would’ve never figured it out. Sophie’s arc in s2 is so good! It actually makes sense why she would want time off to explore and maybe find herself! and the rest of the team ends up growing from it, too! so many fun episodes of s2 hinge on Sophie, even if she’s not physically there. And again, the fact that she’s gone for most of the second half of s2 makes her return in the finale that much better.

Sophie cons her own team at the end of season one and Nate cons his own team at the end of season two. it’s parallelism

Moving on to season 3- The Reunion Job is so extra. I’m not even sure if it’s a good episode, but it sure as hell is fun

The last episode I saw was The Scheherazade Job, which I remember disliking the first time I saw it. I thought the hypnosis twist was dumb, came out of nowhere, and took agency away from Hardison. On review... I think I’ve softened to it. The episode points out that the hypnosis was kind of an asshole move; Nate outright tells Hardison that being the mastermind sometimes means manipulating your own team (and that’s something Hardison won’t do, because he’s a sweetheart <3). And the episode also notes that Hardison always had the skill to play that violin solo, just not the confidence. I still think the hypnosis thing is a little out there, but what holds the episode together for me is that final heist sequence. Organizing a heist set to a musical performance? Amazing. Brilliant. Showstopping. The opera scene from mission impossible: rogue nation wants what this episode has

and then Hardison gets up to play his solo and he plays it and it’s so beautiful that literally everyone stops to listen. Everyone is moved, including me. Parker starts crying. the team almost blows the entire con, just to hear Hardison play, and it’s worth it. It’s just... a breathtaking scene.

I... really like Nate. I love the whole team, obviously, and if you asked me to pick a favorite character I’d have a really hard time, but I do like Nate. I think he’s interesting and even relatable (in a few specific ways. Nate is also an asshole and I do not want to be like him). This is kind of unfortunate in light of the recent allegations against Timothy Hutton (tw for sexual assault if you follow that link). I’m still working through my feelings w/r/t Leverage since this news broke. obviously it hasn’t stopped me from rewatching the show, but... I don’t know. I still struggle w/ how to engage with media that I love when one or more of the people who created that media (and those characters) was a sexual predator. At the very least, I am glad that Hutton won’t be returning for the Leverage reboot.

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: Five black and white gifs from Leverage of a conversation on the deck of a large ship.

FBI agent, holding his gun: Who the hell is this guy?

Sterling, shaking his head: I don't know.

Nate, handcuffed to the deck railing: My name's Nate Ford... and I am a thief.

In the last gif Nate laughs and looks at Sterling.

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LEVERAGE APPRECIATION WEEK

NATE - DAY 1 - FAVORITE QUOTE

my name is nate ford...

[unhallowedarts]

“You know, a man dies, you take responsibility, you make amends, you don’t bury your head in the sand and make payments to people so they’ll be quiet.”

- Today in “Dialogue Timothy Hutton Spoke Out Loud But Didn’t Fucking Listen To.”

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Eliot protecting his crew.

Leverage S02E09 The Lost Heir Job.

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: Five gifs of Nate Ford from Leverage.

In the first, he starts to walk across the street toward an office building, holding a collapsible baton before suddenly turning to strike an unseen target.

In the next three, he walks down the street smashing the driver windows of three different cars.

In the last, he looks around casually, then smiles and walks away.

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NATE - DAY 2 - FAVORITE SCHEME

car alarm distraction