Tag: leverage

birdsquirrel:

every ot3 has these very important roles:

  • person a, who runs headlong into crazy bullshit
  • person b, who acts like they’re too sensible to

    run headlong into crazy bullshit, but is really just as bad as person a

  • person c, who actually tries to avoid running headlong into crazy bullshit, but keeps getting dragged into it by the other two anyway

sextmen:

1.01 AUDIO COMMENTARY:
Dean Devlin: We shot Gina’s side first, and Gina’s line is, “I always knew you had it in you,” when he says that he’s working on the other side of the law now. But when I was working with Gina, I said to her, the subtext of that line is, “I always knew that you were in love with me.” So I said, this is the subtext, and then we did the scene, and she really nailed the performance. When we turned around on Tim, I-I-I… his first take was good, but it wasn’t great. So I whispered into Gina’s ear, “Don’t say the line, say the subtext.” So, off-camera, she said, “I always knew you were in love with me.”
John Rogers: There you go, right there.
Dean Devlin: There’s his reaction. And it’s so honest. It’s so real.
John Rogers: You can actually see him blush in the high-def.
Source: sextmen

lukesimon:

#favorite character meme – 2 colors – what they say about sophie devereaux

sophie is a hit.
man, sophie sure thinks fast.
i finally understand what he sees in you.

[caption: ten gifs from leverage. (1) nate says, “she’s directing now. she found her calling. (2) chaos says, “there’s no way I’m gonna try to outcon sophie devereaux. and I hate to break it to you, stark, but she was the one everyone was always scared of.” (3) sterling says, “i’ve seen sophie devereaux play a dozen people. drunk.” (4) sophie says, “they’re gonna put my face on the new 20 royal note. name a girl school after me.” (5) sophie says, “the military are breaking ground on fort devereaux.” (6) someone says, “she’s kinda scary.” nate replies, “you have no idea.” (7) nate says, “i don’t need an hour. i’ve got a sophie.” (8) hardison says, “we kinda liked the way sophie ran the last [con].” (9) hardison says, “we trust you to make sure we’re all okay.” (10) nate says, “sophie devereaux is the finest actress you’ve ever seen… when she’s breaking the law.” ]

secretallie:

fryadvocate:

secretallie:

This is the moment I truly fell in love with Sophie Devereaux. Her instinctive reaction to Parker (whom she hardly knew at this point) saying she was sick was to check on her, to offer a caring touch that Parker may not have felt in a very long time. I was surprised. I mean, femme fatales I know. Maternal figures, I know them, too.  But a femme fatale with a motherly side? I sat up and took notice.

That’s how Leverage got me. It took all these tropes, shook them all up, added a pinch of this and that, and somehow gave us complex human beings we’d want to get to know and understand. So we got a femme fatale who mothers everyone, an emotionally intelligent tough guy, a charming and outgoing geek, a mastermind whose own life is out of control, and a childlike innocent who is perhaps the most dangerous member of the crew. And by the time the show’s over, not one of them has remained the exact same person we met in the first season—they’ve all changed and grown, as a family and as individuals, they’ve let their edges melt and overlap into each other while settling more comfortably into themselves. And we saw it happen.

What a joy to have seen it happen.

Ok, ALSO.  ALSO ALSO.  Parker is just the sort of character that someone else would have saying things like, “I don’t like other girls” or “I’m different than other girls” and have Parker NOT liking the other two more feminine women (Sophie and Maggie).  

BUT NOT ON LEVERAGE.  On Leverage one of the most interesting things has been seeing Sophie and Parker become friendly and develop this deep friendship and also Parker LOVES Maggie and rather than thinking her not being a criminal makes her less than thinks that Maggie needs hugs and an emergency bag and okokok.

ALL MY PARKER FEELINGS.

Reblogging because awesome comment is awesome. And also true. Either Parker or Sophie could’ve been written as disdainful or dismissive of each other for having a different kind of femininity, but they weren’t. Instead of Parker disliking Sophie for being “too girly,” and Sophie disliking Parker for not being girly enough, we see them settle into a mutually affirming, accepting, supportive relationship.

And the Sophie and Maggie dynamic–that could’ve been a catfight, but amazingly, wonderfully, thankfully, it wasn’t. And Tara, can we talk about Tara? The team distrusted and struggled to accept her at first, because they missed Sophie too much for different reasons, but not because she was overtly sexy and assertive. And honestly it feels kinda weird to have to be thankful for portrayals of women showing basic decency towards each other, because tbh this is just how the girls I’ve known in the real world interact, but in the twisted Hollywood fantasy land shaped by white male writers who write what they imagine women are like, Leverage feels like a window into reality, something refreshingly recognizable and real.

Source: secretallie

yuri-puppies:

smokeandsong:

knitmeapony:

funny-pictures-uk:

“Would consider going back”

tag from itoldmanymanypeople: in yelp reviews as in all things eliot spencer is tough but fair

I NOW WANT A SET OF YELP REVIEWS FROM ELIOT

“Floor to ceiling windows give an open ambiance but very little cover from sniper fire. Creative appetizers and a limited but well selected wine list. Excellent prices. Four stars.”

“Production values at this theater are very high and the classic 1950s construction makes it very easy to contain hand to hand combat in a hallway.  They give back to the community and host amateur theater productions all winter long.  Five stars.”

“Unflappable staff members are friendly and ready with a book suggestion or a pressure bandage, even right before closing.  Free coffee is a nice touch.  Sorry about the armchair.  Four stars.”

#i am WEEPING at the COMPLETE ACCURACY of this post #eliot ‘if i’m not honest with you you can’t improve’ spencer #always seeking out teachable moments #a true believer in honest feedback #and real constructive criticism #i bet eliot is that person who actually fills out the comment cards in hotels #like in between accidentally trashing them during a fight and fleeing the scene #i bet there is at least one barista in the town of portland who has gone home and been like ‘so my day was weird #this hot guy with huge arms came in and ordered an americano and then brought it back #and insisted on coming behind the counter and showing me what he said was a better way to pull espresso shots #he told me he learned how to do it while waiting out an assassination attempt in italy?! #then he jumped over the counter and walked off yelling DAMN IT at his friend it was v strange’ #eliot spencer stops fights in the street and teaches both sides of the tussle how to better utilize their strengths #eliot spencer always logs online and fills out the customer surveys when the bottom of a receipt requests it #in that episode where hardison runs the con and gives them all an evaluation sheet #eliot hands it in covered in writing front and back and only 15% of it is bitchiness intended to rile hardison up #(it would have been 10% but hardison came over and started bugging him while he was finishing it) #ONCE A YEAR ELIOT SPENCER SITS DOWN AND WRITES A COMPREHENSIVE LETTER TO HIS CONGRESSMAN #a terror in the streets a sub in the sheets and TRULY HOPING TO HELP YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST the rest of the time (gyzym)

it’s been about a year since this post and i’m still not over the genius of #a terror in the streets a sub in the sheets and TRULY HOPING TO HELP YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST the rest of the time

Source: theaudacityofswope