a sexy apocalypse in a can (Posts tagged leverage)

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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gnar-slabdash

I really hope young folks just discovering Leverage understand that in 2008 a Tesla meant basically the opposite of what it means in 2025. They were so exciting. We were so hopeful.

ekjohnston

I was showing it to my roommate for the first time in 2023, and she was like "ooof, that aged badly".

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Okay here’s some more context for folks:

Yes, the Tesla Roadster Sportscar was the first Tesla car. That was the whole exciting thing about Tesla: not only were they making an electric car, they were making an electric SPORTSCAR. Meaning they were making the idea of electric cars (and by extension renewable energy in general) COOL. Cool and exclusive and something rich people would want to get in on, not something for fringe eco nerds, so that then they would eventually have the funds and support to roll out electric cars that everyone could use. That’s why Tesla was cool. That’s why the joke in the show is “well it’s an electric car” — you expect something dinky, cause other electric cars were not powerful or cool— and then he rolls up with the super cool exciting Tesla sportscar.

And while it’s fascinating that Elon took over right at this time (Edit: apparently I reblogged the wrong chain, we talked about this on a different reblog) that does not mean that that perception changed instantly. People didn’t immediately know that he was bad news, the company did not immediately go to shit. That was a very gradual thing. It’s possible the showrunners were ahead of the curve and wanted to distance themselves from it, but I always assumed the reason the car only showed up once was much simpler: They were EXPENSIVE.

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Eliot attacking Sterling for anonymous.

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THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS SCENE BESIDES THE OBVIOUS-

The whole reason this fight happens is because Mark Shepard’s son wanted to see his dad fight Christian Kane. Mark’s family was on set during this being filmed and presumably had a fantastic time.

Mark and Chris went so hard during filming that they actually broken that table and just kept fighting. I’d really like to see the footage please.

The way Tara is just baffled by the whole thing but doesn’t get involved because it’s not really her business? Eliot is punchy and presumably he has a good reason for punching this guy so? Not her problem. Love her.

The way Eliot has to rise up on his toes to get enough leverage (*finger guns*) to throw Sterling down effectively. He’s such a tiny angry man but it’s easy to overlook because he has the soul of a Doberman in the body of a Jack Russell terrier.

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The thing is about Jack Russells, is that’s the soul of a Jack Russell in a Jack Russell more or less.

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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.
leverage queuep there it is
ekjohnston
morrithal

You seat a table of three for breakfast and the woman says hmm yes I will have a loaded waffle tower please and you say ma'am that's a children's item and she says so and you say okay fine and the man who brought a whole laptop in says ah, I will have what the lady is having and an orange soda and you say for breakfast and he says of course and then the guy who is clearly a criminal says what kind of bread do you use for your French toast and you say ... White and he says can I sub brioche and you say we don't have brioche and he sighs and says I'll get the rooty tooty... Whatever the cowboy omelette and the other two start razzing him about being a cowboy and when you come to check up on them the woman is playing airplane with the loaded waffle tower trying to get the criminal to eat it and they tip $200 and your watch has been replaced with a better watch

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ekjohnston
gnar-slabdash

Consider this an apology for the previous sadpost:

AU where BEFORE it’s too late, Nate turns to crime specifically to fund Sam’s treatment. Pulls together a crew of people he knows are good because he’s chased them all before. Does a heist, gets the money, Sam gets better.

But now Nate’s discovered he likes crime and can use it to help people. So he keeps doing it, but he has to engage in wacky hijinks to keep his family (and Sterling) from finding out.

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Breaking Bad

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#on the one hand: breaking bad but everyone he recruits is too competent to get dragged into that level of danger #and nate's still a righteous crusader so he still keeps to that moral compass #so it's fine they're all fine this is just leverage but nate's got more chill #on the other hand: nate who chose to become a criminal BEFORE internalizing that you could be both a criminal and a good person #is a nate who leaves his morals at the door every time he steps into his role as mastermind #nate has always been a Good Man the same way batman doesn't kill people #it's not some innate thing it's a CHOICE #he is following his internal rulebook to the letter #and the thing is. nate is a Good Man but he is not a good man. he follows the rulebook because he's decided to intellectually #not bc he like. feels bad about it when he does something mean #it's because that's what it means to be a Good Man: you follow the rules. you do what's right. you bring about justice. #but in this au nate has deliberately decided to put the rulebook away #so he has DECIDED that he is no longer going to be a Good Man #and oh buddy. at that point all bets are off. #he would pick his morals back up and put them on again every time he went back home to his family and his regular job #and then whenever there was a new client for a con he would slip his morals off like a heavy coat and hang them up by the door #and then he'd roll up his sleeves and unleash hell #and that strict division would be unsustainable over time & would slowly drive him absolutely insane #(also. a Good Man would not cheat on his wife. but sophie is right there; and nate is not a Good Man right now.) #(sophie wouldn't go for a true committed relationship with him...but sophie wouldn't be showing her heart so truly to this version of nate) #this au edges dangerously close to the one where nate ford really is just a mob boss running the meanest crew this side of the atlantic (@aethersea)

drst

This kind of just reinforces how good the writing of the show is.

ekjohnston

Also, Eliot says in the Nigerian Job something about keeping "one of those monets", so...Nate did have the chance. But he trusted the system. And now he helps people who trusted the system.

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ekjohnston
ghostlyarchaeologist

Leverage Redemption Season 3 Trailer!

Premiering 17th April

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I'D THOUGHT THEY'D CANCELLED THIS OMG I'M HYPERVENTILATING EVERYBODY GIVE ME SPACE

ekjohnston

...i need to find S2

itsthekiks

@ekjohnston they have Levar Burton in S2. Happy watching!

ekjohnston

...wait, then I've seen S2. I should look at an episode list.

(We can only stream S1 on Prime in Canada.)

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shellygurumi

From the commentary of Leverage 4x18, The Last Dam Job.

Dean Devlin, John Rogers and Wil Wheaton:

Dean: Now, a little tidbit for fans out there. The artwork you’re seeing on the wall, actually the tiles from the very original Stargate, the movie. Which I still have.

John: AHHH! That’s awesome!

Dean: Right there. It was actually, the show had wrapped. And I was getting in my car, to drive to the airport. And I noticed that someone had dismantled the Stargate and thrown it in a big giant dumpster. And I went, “NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!” And I dove into the dumpster, pulled out all these tiles, boxed them up, and took them home.

John: I’ll tell ya’, that The Stargate, I wish you had it, ‘cause there’s a lost shot – one we could not do – when we bring the team back together at the beginning of season two. We have a little moment of when everyone said what they did during the break and Eliot’s was gonna be, “What did you do?” And we were gonna flash to the Stargate, with him in the gear, going, “Alright! But this is the LAST TIME.” And then flash back and him going. “No.” But the Stargate was BROKEN! It was thrown away!

Wil: I have this picture of you, Dean, looking in that dumpster at the Stargate pieces, going, “THEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM. ON A SHOW I HAVEN’T CREATED YET.”

Dean: Exaxtly!

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lillytalons

one of the best gags in leverage is when the crew starts naming random cons, even better when they disagree and give us just enough information to be more confused - "it's like the cherry pie, but with lifeguards" or "the roper has a glass eye. No! It's a cue ball." bafflingly perfect, 10/10.

But a close second is when they just reference a con they did, without giving us any useful information. Now we see physical bits during like the broken wing job which is great. Or the night out jobs where they show the chaos of both nights in pieces from the other side. But I had forgotten in the 'cross my heart job' they were doing crazy crazy things. They were on the emerald isle, Sophie was pretending to be french on a topless beach, Eliot was in a shipwreck fighting three ex-brazilian combat divers with harpoons underwater, and hardison apparently faked a volcano eruption??

no notes. a perfect show truly

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2nd-mushroom-circle

they really decided to circumvent the “good guys are boring” issue by making nate the most unhinged out of the group. he starts acting like a rabid dog menacing the carcass of its prey as soon as he gets a drink in him or someone mentions hospitals. he hid in a trunk for six days to make a bust at his REGULAR PERSON DAY JOB. he feels guilty for cheating on his wife with an art thief even though he literally did not do that. his go-to guy to play in a grift is Mediocre Grifter. his dad was a mob boss and so he decided to be an insurance guy. both the women he’s been in love with are so beautiful, so powerful, and so fucking tired of his self-destructive bullshit.

NATE AND HIS FFFFUCUUGKIGN GRIFT PERSONAE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF WHICH ARE JUST 'ASSHOLE WEARING AN APOSEMATICALLY TERRIBLE HAT' IS SO FUNNY leverage