the frame-up job is such a good episode in general but from sterling's pov. its stunning. he's watching his old partner who he has an intellectual hard-on for and his new hot thief girlfriend who is also insanely intelligent flirt w each other and generally be super hot in front of him ......... rough night for ppl w a thing for competence

op: #aka sterling. and nate and sophie#also him trying to prove to nate his own competence..... just fuck!#'you ever want to do this again... i'm hiring. and you can bring the art thief' literally proposing#also no hate to maggie i love her but being w her is exactly the type of repressed bullshit i expect from a dude w like a 20 y/o crush

having a threesome is NOT about sexual attraction. it's about recreating and critiquing the nuclear family unit through a post structuralist lens

Maggie is so goddamn funny

Nate's like, don't worry, I never slept with Sophie when we were together

And she's like, it's fine, I didn't fuck your very sexy friend Sterling, either

It is pleasing to think that after Nate and Sophie retired, they still have to accept that, periodically, their house will be taken over and for a few days no shiny item is safe, there’s sci-fi on their tv, and there is no ice in the freezer.

And sometimes they will come home to find Sterling lurking in their lounge, dipping into Nate’s whiskey stash.

Sometimes the two things will coincide, and furniture ends up broken.

it is so funny that leverage was like "alright this is the last season let's split up our main characters for two episodes and do slightly different genres than we usually do. we're gonna send nate and sophie on a charming little art theft slash murder mystery and send eliot and parker and hardison on an incredibly high stakes spy thriller. both episodes are gonna be SIMMERING with polyamorous sexual tension btw."

op: #tell me WHY do nate and sophie spend the entire frame up job flirting with sterling.....#how does rundown job manage to be that horny....

Ways to resolve a love triangle:

- kill one - make two of them fall out of love with each other - turn one evil - give one a “higher destiny” - merge them iNTo onE pErsoN I’M LOOKING AT YOU RICK RIORDAN

-Poly relationship

- on le of them respects the others feelings and accept that they may not be shared in return but are happy being friends

2024 Leverage Rewatch:1x7 The Two Horse Job

Believe me, you don't want to be the target of Sterling.

every ot3 has these very important roles