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Hey, we're thieves, man. And we're good at what we do. But this is way, way out of our league. And you expect us to go catch some psycho with a city killer? A country killer?

• 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.

• the understanding between parker and eliot
• the tiny nods, the resignation and sadness on her face
• hardison understanding too, but a second too late and not able to accept it the way they do
• how her voice shakes when she says "for luck" (she doesn't believe in luck) (it's a goodbye. they all know this.)
• after they kiss she grabs onto the side of his face and holds him to her, reminiscent of eliot doing so earlier. breathes with him a moment.
• one more look at eliot. his goodbye. (hardison still staring at her, leaning towards her, reaching to her)
• he nods again. a thank you. a goodbye. an "it makes us, us" and "we change together" and then they move at the same time, in different directions. the situation may be hopeless but they have to get it away from hardison.
• parker's crazy plan to kill it with fire. hardison's knowledge, eliot's protection making it possible, her brain making leaps to fit it all together and her taking the risk to make that happen
• (hardison running after her. he didn't know, eliot didn't know. it didn't matter really. if this didn't work they would all be infected regardless. but she still ran to take the case away from him. and he still ran after her.)
• "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..." (the last one so small and breathless) (reminiscent of eliot to hardison in grave danger job)