Leverage – The Three Strikes Job

afraschatz:

 Some of the stuff I love about The Three Strikes Job…

… the title. Clever 🙂

… the flashback to Nate’s son’s death. Tim Hutton just slays me with this every time. And to think that he barely knew the character back then? He just kills it.

… Tara taking Nate’s drink from him and just drinking it. I love her relationship with Nate (and the rest) and how different from Sophie’s it is.

… the team during the briefing, I want to write essays about them. Nate being off-the-rails, everyone knowing it, Eliot addressing it; not just because identifying the bad guys’ weapons are his job, but because the team’s safety is his job and Nate is putting it at risk. And it’s ELIOT who makes the decision here, it’s only when HE decides (very much not agreeing with Nate’s frame of mind anyway) that Hardison gets active. I love this team’s ever-changing dynamic sososo much. – Strike one!

… and again, Eliot’s reaction to Nate instantly spotting what this is about (and Nate’s change of posture of his tone of voice – much more calm and collected)

… the actor playing Culpepper. I love him in everything he does and he so awesome here.

…Tara and Nate watching Cullpepper and Tara being so professsional and cool towards Nate

… “You spend your weekend making these things, don’t you?” – “YES, I DO.” – “I do.” ❤

… Parker being casually bored with jumping off buildings

… any episode where Eliot and Hardison play law enforcement together and are just so needlessly over the top passive-aggressive? 

… the young cop having actually made himself an ICE TEA

… Hardison talking to him like he has never watched an episode of CSI

… the young cop’s miniature crawl across the carpet

… Tara briefing Parker on the spot. And Parker not arguing with it, but just going with it, because Tara is that fucking good.

… Parker not letting go of that picture frame for that needlessly aggressive second

… “That’s not a twig, that’s a grasshopper’s leg”

… Hardison using praise to get rid off the young cop and then immediately shaking his head, like “how are people so naive?”

… Hardison’s completely mental commercial for Eliot. And Eliot’s UTTER lack of interest at first, then the random joy

… Eliot not liking baseball but of course killing it. And then – hahaha – realizing that he gets to hit stuff with a massive bat

… Dean Devlin and John Rogers as the radio show hosts hahaha

… Parker speaking Spanish (like, another “I thought everyone could do that” moment)

… I am not really sure that Eliot really gets how you are supposed to play baseball 🙂

… “I think we lost Eliot until the playoffs”

… “THEY NAMED A SANDWICH AFTER ME.”

… Hardison’s and Eliot’s handshake ❤

… the camera movements during the conversation at the table – so erratic, just like Nate. And again, the last reaction shot is that of Eliot. He is NOT amused. – Strike Two!

… Eliot and Hardison posing as cops AGAIN

… Hardison being sooooo unimpressed by Eliot’s love for Roy. Like, SERIOUSLY?

… “That’s what the inside of an easy-bake-oven looks like.”

… “These beans are made of guns.”

… Nate’s angry face and then Nate completely losing it while Parker, Hardison, and Eliot planning the escape.

… Eliot and Parker teaming up against Hardison. So much hilarity in the middle of a fucking crisis

… “Dude, grenades.” – “Dude, the van! 

… Hardison saying what needs to be said. “Kiss my ass.” I love that he is the one to call it because he absolutely is the heart of the team – Strike three!

… hi, Sterling! Now go away. I don’t want you to try and arrest the team. AGAIN. No, wait. I do. The Jailhouse Job is one of my fav episodes. So, go ahead I guess.

Leverage ❤