Eliot and the Battle of the Masterminds.
Leverage S04E05 The Hot Potato Job.
Leverage S04E05 The Hot Potato Job.
the hot potato job is underrated because what do you mean sophie mimics eliot's voice so well that eliot literally cannot speak in his natural tone??
sophie gradually deepening her voice and even sneaking in a bit of a southern accent at some points was already funny, but then eliot comes in as her accountant and is forced to just,, change his voice. because she stole it. underrated comedy GOLD
season 4 of leverage is so. some of the most MOST episodes of all time. there is an office episode where the crew is literally filmed like an episode of the office. there’s an episode where a sociopathic white rich boy tortures homeless people for some college thesis project. hardison gets knocked out by sophie. “no one throws hardison off the roof except me.” archie comes back. chaos also comes back. chaos gets tasered (fuckign finally). parker makes everyone cry because she yells about wanting to do the right thing. nate and sophie think they’re being subtle about their funny friends with benefits relationship but the shenanigans happen. “YOU RECRUITED MY WIFE?” “EX-WIFE” parker reveals she has successfully kept a normal friend and everyone is so proud of her. hardison ate eliot’s fuckign sandwich. nate “i love foreplay” ford.
I feel like some of the kids that the OG Leverage crew interact with (mostly Shorty & the kid from the Potato Job) grow up and join Leverage International in some form or another.
Shorty does take over the landscaping business eventually and expands it, but she lets International crews use the trailers/equipment for a distraction, or recon. She might also be a part-time thief.
The Potato kid is a combo Thief/Grifter, where his type of Grift is to be as loud/cause as much chaos as possible so The Mark’s attention is on him and not whatever the crew is after.
the kid from the underground job could be the hitter if he ever feels like he wants to pursue a career outside the mines and is looking to blow off some steam (I think his name was cory???)
that OR molly from the carnival job ends up becoming the hitter for that team
sterling would HATE it but I would think it was funny if olivia ended up being the mastermind of the group
Eliot ensuring the girls know how to defend themselves. (And them proving that they can!)
Leverage S02E02/S04E05/Redemption S01E16/S02E03.
↪ LEVERAGE + TV TROPES
“You say trope, I say well-honed narrative tool.” — John Rogers [X]
Leverage + @screenshotsofdespair (1/?)
Screenshots lose something in the middle here, definitely, but I just… love this transition so much.
One of my all-time favourite Eliot moments, OP. Here’s a gif I made earlier.
Everytime I watch Sophie read Dr. Hannity with no info in the Inside Job, I'm always a little shook. Like she's honestly a little scary
that’s my girl!
4.05 The Hot Potato Job/4.08 The Boiler Room Job
Leverage: the next generation
- Molly: Following a kidnapping as a young teen, she wanted to protect herself the way someone once protected her. What started with a simple self-defence course turned into a life-long affinity for violence and a successful run as an MMA fighter. Went off the grid and turned mercenary after her father’s death at the hands of a disgruntled employee left her destitute and unable to pay for college.
- Trevor: Never forgot that time when the computer guy made him part of the team. Developed hacking and technology skills to rival his idol, along with a healthy problem with authority to match. It’s still the age of the geek, baby.
- Widmark: After his step-father went to prison, life was a series of increasing challenges, but he never forgot his ability to make people believe in him. When the only job in show business he could get was as a singing waiter, he started to use his powers of persuasion and ability to reinvent himself for more self-serving purposes. And so, a con-artist was born.
- Josie: Turns out landscaping is kind of boring when all you want to do is kick ass. Returning to a life of crime and becoming one of the world’s greatest thieves was much more her style.
- Olivia: When fingered to take the fall for a crime she didn’t commit, CIA Agent Olivia Sterling leaves behind her career in espionage and cryptography - at least, as far as the agency is concerned - and disappears. She uses her contacts to assemble a motley crew of hustlers, felons, and thugs to track down and take out the corrupt organisation that set her up. But what started as revenge, a one-time gig, becomes so much more…
Bonus:
- Amy: Art appraisal expert. Also Olivia’s ex. They met while consulting with Interpol as a favor to Director Sterling. Years and a somewhat-amicable break up later, Amy gets pulled into the crew’s schemes which, after years of friendship with a certain legendary thief, is practically old hat. She shows up every now and then to help out with jobs and to flirt with Josie, which drives Olivia mad. (Whether she is more jealous of Amy or Josie is anyone’s guess).
Leverage 4.05 — The Hot Potato Job
@leverage-ot3 asked: parker climbing through the laser grid in ‘the hot potato job’
bonus:
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I adore parker
notable moments from The Hot Potato Job
leverage 4.05
Hardison’s lines tho:
“Oh. Hey. Could use a little help, neighbor. Had myself a snafu. Or you could just stand there like bourgie city folk, coldhearted, unhelpful.”
“Excuse you? Miss city and sadiddy? Ain't you heard of the urban farming revolution? See, look here. Big business calls food a hormone sandwich with a side of pesticide fries. I'm trying to bring it back. Real chicken. You probably eat just an old butter nugget.”
I’m SCREAMING
+
his DANCING
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sophie can knock a mf out with a single punch and I love that for her
eliot being so proud of sophie “I’ve been teaching her some things”
“thaTS MY GIRL” *claps happily*
I love one badass dork
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“What’s that voice? Is she doING ME?”
“What is she...what is she pausin???”
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parker being all proud of hardison for doing a successful lift
eliot making fun of him bc they’re an old married couple
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I stan that eliot isn’t afraid to wear pink like this was the late 2000s and even now gender stereotypes are still a thing so good for him
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THEY LET THE LITTLE KID IN ON THE HEIST
HE KID COME ON JOIN THE GAME LMFAO
+ Hardison: “he’s old”
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Eliot: “Who’s calling the play”
Parker, confidently: “I am.”
Eliot, visibly happier: “Sweet.”
he loves her, your honor
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PARKER FUCKING SNEEZED ON HIM IM WHEEZING
(lmao that would NOT have held up nowadays during Quarantine Season™)
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Hardison: See what we’re doing is maxing our his focus. His brain is so overloaded with angry boss that he won’t remember our faces”
Nate: “hArDiSoN dOnT tEaCh HiM tHaT”
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parker going through that laser field raised my bisexuality by 3000%
bonus: her sliding across the floor to escape from the flames because W O W
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“Oh please, really? Your guys are so hopeless my accountant could take them.” SAVAGE BUT TRUE
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“So the diamond is in the potato?” guys she’s trying her best
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hardison and the kid at the end :’)
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hi so I would die for emily margold and her funky little potatoes