Tag: nate x sophie
“Pcat: One thing we loved about it is that it shows Sophie having a relationship with people other than Nate – and it’s a relationship that doesn’t rely on nagging and disapproval for a change. Everyone is at the top of their game, and that’s fun to see. Pcat! Anyway, yeah, if you look at the eps in the order above, you see the Sophie arc tracks a little more evenly, and it’s not so Nate-centric over the course of the season. Annnd before we get to the questions for “The First David Job”, a sidebar: We knew it wouldn’t work. The Sophie/Nate relationship. Well, not at first, but as soon as we started working with the actors (and it was really Tim and Gina who got us here), we realized: a.) If Nate’s as screwed up as we want, Sophie’s a sap for putting up with it now that she’s actually working with the guy on a regular basis, but b.) if Nate’s normal enough for the relationship to work – a relationship built on the already tenuous foundation of romanticized, idealized verisons of each other – he’s not as fucked up as we want. So we embarked on an occasionally frustrating, but to me much more creatively satisfying arc, of showing that real relationships are really, really hard. Sophie, in the arc of the season goes through: 1) this guy I’ve got a sexy, flirty relationship with, kind of a mutual crush based on our exotic lifestyle, is finally available …
2.)… but neither of us are exactly who we think we are …
3.) … he’s a drunk. A baaaad drunk …
4.) … who won’t talk about his problem, or even what we’re doing here in this weird pseuod-relationship …
5.) … who plainly really cares for me but that bit of vulnerability is almost worse because he …
6.) … won’t stop drinking and is getting worse and …
7.) … shutting us all out and self-destructing in front of us and –
8.) – now says, out loud, how much he despises the fact his ex-wife thinks he’s a criminal. Like me. Frankly – fuck that. Fuck YOU, Emotionally Unavailable Guy. I’d steal the Second David too. So basically, Nate/Sophie was always meant to stutter. We’ll see what happens now that they’re starting from a different place in Season Two. The two halves of the finale should really be seen together. The first half is Action Half, while tonight, while action-riffic, is mostly Nate closing out his emotional arc for the season. For better or worse. Whether his need for vengeance finally destroys him – well, we DID say that we closed out Season One without any idea of whether we had a Season Two …”— John Rogers, on Nate and Sophie’s relationship in S1.
Listen, I… I don’t know who I am anymore, Sophie. And, ah… When, when I was chasing you and everything and we were doing cons, I knew who I was, but not anymore. As crazy as this sounds, I need you to tell me, tell me when I’m goin’ too far. I mean, it just… It gets out of control and I just don’t know who I am and, and you’ve always been… .y compass. And, you know, I care about you more than yo-you’ll ever know, because I lo… I lo…
Sophie: I should have sent postcards.
Nate: I had Interpol warrants – just as good. “Sophie’s robbing a palace. Wish you were here.”
Sophie: Good times.
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.
Started watching Leverage over with a friend last night, and on rewatching the pilot there was one thing that really stood out for me. Rather than the usual trope of love bringing the bad guy to the side of the light you have this wonderful moment where Nate decides to try out being the black king, rather than the white knight, as they put it. And Sophie gets this look on her face and tells Nate “I always knew you had it in you.” And just, so often you have ships with different moralities, it’s the good guy luring the bad guy to their side. Loving away the bad or whatever. Leverage makes Sophie a better person, and Nate loses his white hat. Instead of one of them having to change for the relationship, over time they just settle into this wonderful grey area.
ok i love the hockey episode of Leverage because it introduces Sophie’s hockey player ex-boyfriend, who kisses Sophie in front of Nate, and Nate is just so unconcerned with this? there’s no rivalry or jealousy, Nate and the ex are friendly and the guy signs a hockey puck for Nate. there’s absolutely zero relationship drama despite the fact that Nate and Sophie have just gotten together. Nate’s more focused on the fact that Sophie once stole the Stanley cup and now she can’t remember where she put it. A+ on writing healthy relationships, Leverage
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