lydsmartini:

i think about the fact that eliot’s counterpart for the “anti leverage” team was a woman a lot. and by eliot’s counterpart, i mean their team’s brute. their hitter. the one who beats up and attacks anyone who threatens the team’s plan. and eliot isn’t like “oh she’s a woman” even tho hardison was like “u weren’t gonna hit a girl.” and he was like “she killed a man with a mop.” he was scared of her. he respected her. he never once thought he could get the upper hand just because she was a woman.

gingersnapwolves:

Underrated moments from my Leverage rewatch, season 3:

The Jailhouse Job

  • “He’s talking to a freakin’ sausage!”
  • “Nathan Ford is a very bad man,” says Bonnano, clearly
    trying not to bust a gut laughing
  • “I would prefer wine.” “Good for you.”

The Reunion Job

  • “Getting bullied in high school is no excuse for propping up
    dictators!”
  • “I don’t rig
    elections. I mean, I could, but …”

The Inside Job

  • “What’s my play? I’m hacking a security system that the
    Pentagon calls overkill with a laptop I found in the back of my car!”
  • “What’s sexting?” “I’m not having this conversation with
    you, Parker.”

The Scheherazade Job

  • “What do you want me to do, give him a pet tiger?” “…
    can you do that?”
  • “He has the combined powers of the Fantastic Four – one of
    whom is not Itzhak Perlman!”

The Double-Blind Job

  • “He had to change his shirt. He got some coffee on it …
    and some blood and some teeth.”
  • “See if you can be subtle.” “Yeah, yeah. *kicks door down*”
  • “I’ve got great drugs. Do you want some?”
  • “Remember, Nate. I’m the only one who actually likes you.”

The Studio Job

  • “Say something.” “I don’t speak on command, Hardison.”
    “Perfect.”

The Gone Fishin’ Job

  • “Did you see that mosquito? That thing had a beak!”
  • “Oh, I have fears. And doubts. And really serious regrets.”

The Boost Job

  • “Okay, do your thing.” “Oh, I have no idea how to steal this
    car.”
  • “Nobody’s going to kill anybody! … seriously, though,
    Nate’s gonna kill you.”

The Three-Card Monte Job

  • “They’re gonna kill Hardison!” Hardison: “They gonna kill who?!”
  • “Where I come from, this is not tolerated!” “We’re nowhere
    near where you come from so shut up.”

The Underground Job

  • “And then you can steal her …” “Soul.” “I was going to
    say confidence.”
  • “There are anomalies in the northwest quandrant.” “Speak
    English!” “Turn right, find bomb!”

The Rashomon Job

  • Let’s be real there are no underrated moments in this
    episode. We can all recite this entire episode verbatim.

The King George Job

  • “Apparently their computer system is also an antique.
    Possibly steam-powered, which would be cool.”
  • “I’ve hacked history!”
  • “Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?”

The Morning After Job

  • “Remember that time I was the carrot and I stabbed
    somebody?”
  • “I’m really starting to like tasing people. Is that a
    problem?”

The Ho, Ho, Ho Job

  • “I want flurries. Make it happen.”
  • Eliot’s expression of pain after Parker says, “Happy
    birthday, Jesus”
  • “I feel bad that I had to take down the guard, though. I
    left him a candy cane.”
  • “The plan is *dramatic pause* to figure out the plan in the
    car.”
  • “That barely applies here!”

The Big Bang Job

  • “You asked for a white male John Doe, you got a white male
    John Doe! This ain’t the Gap!”
  • Who are you?!”

The San Lorenzo Job

  • Nate saying ‘please help me’ to the team is *chef’s kiss*
    character development
  • “We got this! We – aw, hell, it’s Moreau.”
  • “We were going to the palace!” “Oh, you’re adorable.”

gingersnapwolves:

Underrated Leverage moments from my season 1 rewatch:

The Homecoming Job:

  • “He’s cool, I found him on the internet.” “Yes, because that
    never goes badly.”
  • Eliot: “I … actually hurt people, so.”
  • “Whatever you call the rich guys on telephones version of
    makeup sex”
  • “I’m sorry it was too far away for you to punch, I’m sure
    that really frustrates you”

The Wedding Job:

  • “Let’s go rob Mickey Misconey… a guy who kills people
    and lives in our city.”
  • “It’s a bit like an opera, isn’t it?” “If you mean that I
    want to run away …”
  • “What did I do? I liberated Croatia.”
  • “Did you just kill a guy with an appetizer?” “I don’t know,
    maybe.”
  • Christian Kane in a tank top *_*

The Snow Job

  • “Guten tag.” “French! Nice!”
  • “Your strip joint
    must be driving through a tunnel.”
  • “There could be different side effects. Organ failure.
    Death. Death like symptoms.”

The Mile High Job

  • “The guy in 1D wants to kill you. Ginger ale?”

The Miracle Job

  • “You gave him speed?” “He beat up a priest!”
  • “It’s the Vatican.”
    *Parker does an immediate 180*
  • Eliot and Hardison’s very first secret handshake is all the
    way back here! In the sixth episode!

The Two-Horse Job

  • “Tell us what you did with the monkey!”

The Bank Shot Job

  • “Who lives where it’s a hundred seven degrees?” oh Hardison
    I feel you on that
  • “I’m a thief!” “Okay … I’m not really sure what to do
    with that.”

The Juror #6 Job

  • One of the notecards on Sophie’s wall of ‘teach Parker how
    to interact’ is ‘people can be your friends’ and honestly I relate
  • The Indian guy having a Scottish accent
  • “I don’t have men! I wear sandals!”

The First David Job

  • “I don’t need money! I – ” “Nate!” “ – need money.”
  • Quinn’s terrible hair
  • Hardison saying “get out of my house” ie one of the sexiest
    moments of the entire show

 The Second David Job

  • “I guess you can touch this – with a SWAT team and a federal
    warrant.”
  • Maggie: “You can’t just make someone do what you want them
    to do.” Everyone else: *laughs uncomfortably*
  • Sterling: “You know your entire plan depended on me being a
    self-serving utter bastard.” Nate: “Yeah, that’s a stretch.”

queenklu:

#another day another leverage breakdown#but like let’s just be clear how important it is that at this point parker#parker who gave eliot and hardison a fake address at one point#parker whose living space is by choice a huge warehouse with lights that go on automatically#and her bed positioned at the center so that if someone were to break in while she slept#she would have plenty of notice and opportunity to spring up and attack#parker who is one of the most dangerous people on earth#parker whose trust issues are so deep-seated that her personality is in some respects literally built around them#feels so comfortable and so safe with her boys that she can fall asleep with another person – a person who at this point is a threat#holding her in the back of a police vehicle#and like yes i am aware that she is most likely just faking sleep but a) she’s still comfortable enough – trusts eliot and hardison enough#to close her eyes in front of this baldwin#and b) eliot’s ‘she bores easy’ is immediate and without artifice#she has fallen asleep during movies and monster truck rallies and that robot fight hardison took her to that time#she fell asleep at the rodeo (but woke up again when somebody got thrown)#she canonically took a nap in the back of hardison’s truck one time#and that’s SUCH A HUGE SIGN OF TRUST OKAY SHE LOVES HER BOYS SO MUCH#SHE KNOWS BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT THEY’D NEVER LEAVE HER BEHIND OR DO ANYTHING TO PUT HER AT RISK#and god that’s so huge for parker#like she grows and changes an incredible gorgeous amount over the course of the series but this to me is the most amazing thing#parker who started off with a briar patch around the spikes around the moat around the walls around her heart#parker who told them after their first job that she’d already forgotten their names#has grown to trust these men enough to let at least part of her guard down in front of a stranger because eliot and hardison are there#has grown to trust these men enough that (whether it’s what she’s doing here or not) she can fall asleep in front of them#WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SCENE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVERYTHING.#thief juice: it’s a mouth crime (via gyzym)