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This is a subreddit for the TV show Leverage and it's revival series Leverage: Redemption.

Leverage is an American television series which aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012. Leverage: Redemption is a streaming television revival of Leverage. The first eight episodes premiered on IMDb TV on July 9, 2021, with eight episodes to release on October 8, 2021.


This is a sub-reddit for the TV show Leverage and its newly released revival series, Leverage: Redemption.

Leverage is an American action crime drama television series, which aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012. Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to carry out heists to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.


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Actual Text I Sent My Mom

For context, I have MDD and have times where my depression doesn't let me pay attention to/enjoy things that I normally really like and so when I find something that cuts through that BS I get really excited

12 Comments
2024/05/04
22:56 UTC

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We provide...beverage

Is that anywhere on the food cart?

It should be.

8 Comments
2024/05/04
00:47 UTC

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Alright let’s get this over with. Season 5 favorite Episode pollll

Woah I thought white rabbit would be in guess I was wrong

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2024/05/03
04:36 UTC

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Leverage Christian Kane music

I went on Amazon to buy the CD that Christian Kane has out called house rules. I don’t know if he has any other music out, but I’ve heard a few songs off of it and I really liked it and wanted to buy the CD well it’s no longer available and out of production so I google where can I buy an album or a CD House rules by Christian Kane. You can buy the CD on eBay. One was $75 another one was priced at 100. WHAT THE WHAT!!!! You could’ve knocked me over with a feather. I’m going to see if I can find a record shop somewhere here in my town that may have an album, but I was in complete shock at the price of this. They say it’s rare of course it’s rare it’s not in production anymore, but my gosh who’s gonna pay $75 for it. I’m not. I’d love love love to have it, but I’m not gonna pay that money, I’d rather pay Apple Music or listen to it for free on Spotify. I wanted it to listen to as we travel to the back-and-forth to the beach a lot and I like to listen to CDs in the truck also have a CD player here but Jesus that’s just crazy and ridiculous. Anybody knows how I can get a hold of a CD or album named house rules by Christian Kane let me know but absolutely not at that price

24 Comments
2024/04/29
22:14 UTC

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The Rundown JOb

Rewatching this episode after living through a Pandemic and concerns about H1n1 hits differently.

1 Comment
2024/04/28
22:19 UTC

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Leverage Redemption S3 Predictions

What are some things you hope to see in season 3? Any characters from the original run you hope come back? Certain topics you wish to see covered?

40 Comments
2024/04/28
20:33 UTC

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Favorite Books

Hey everyone- random thought- what do we think would be all of the Leverage team's favorite books?

3 Comments
2024/04/28
19:36 UTC

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The Jackal Job

So my partner and I are rewatching Leverage: Redemption, and have just recently finished watching The Librarians. We are watching the Jackal Job at the moment. In the scene where Harry realises that the team has stolen all of his stuff because it's expensive looking and boring, like him. Harry shouts "my stuff isn't boring!". In the next scene, Parker jumps out of a box holding a sword handle and stethoscope.

My partner cracked up as soon as she saw the on the screen. Both are references to Noah Wyle's old roles in the Librarian/Librarians and ER.

Just figured I'd share these hilarious Easter eggs.

14 Comments
2024/04/28
12:57 UTC

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headcanons for sophie’s name

i just rewatched season 3 episode 1, where the team tells nate that sophie told them their real name. since it’s never mentioned, i thought it’d be fun to ask; what do you think sophie’s real name is? i know some people believe sophie’s real name is sophie, and to you i ask, what do you think her real last name is?

31 Comments
2024/04/28
06:47 UTC

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Sort of busy watching Fallout but. It's time for SS4 poll

Same deal not talking same crap for 4th time

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5 Comments
2024/04/27
14:42 UTC

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Sophie, who is a horrible actress, performed well on stage during a con. Which episode was this? Also, who streams the show?

16 Comments
2024/04/26
14:45 UTC

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Sophie (Gina Bellman) doesnt look at people in the eyes

Like the title said. I have been rewatching Leverage for the 3rd time, and everytime I find something strange. Firstly I know it might be an unpopular opinion but Gina Bellman is not a great actress. The other actors and actress were shaky at the beginning but I love how Hardison and Parker as actors have bettered their craft throughout the series. BUT Sophie.... its just terrible... everytime we get a closeup of her talking to anyone, she looks at the person's nose instead of eyes when shes talking to them. And it ruins the scene, it just looks like dead fish eyes and emotionless. Why does she do that? Is there a lore or something associated with it or just her acting skills?

9 Comments
2024/04/24
17:27 UTC

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Leverage bring back Nate

Leverage return of Nate

This is my take on how they could bring Nate back since they killed him off. A Russian kingpin is after Nate. no one knows about it. The kingpin has threatened to kill Sophie and the team to get to him. So he fakes his own death in order to keep them safe. they’re on a job. Parker spots him from a distance on a roof watching a con that they’re doing. This is at the end of the episode. The next episode Parker convinces them that she saw him and they go on a hunt for Nate. What do y’all think about that? I want him to come back so bad.

30 Comments
2024/04/24
14:40 UTC

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Leverage

So what do people think of the white rabbit job. Was it kind of nerve breaking to the show or was it an amazing experience. What were peoples expectations for the episode.

29 Comments
2024/04/24
12:45 UTC

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Leverage redemption

Who’s looking forward to the third season of redemption and what do you think about it so far took me a little while to warm up. I was missing night, but I really like the show and I’m looking forward to the return.

38 Comments
2024/04/22
15:20 UTC

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I don't think this one will be even close. Let's steal the season 3 poll !

as always by my lazy ass. 6 highest scores per imdb. This is probably the best season and the score is like all 8+ hard to picked...

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8 Comments
2024/04/22
14:54 UTC

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How does one come to his this crew?

19 Comments
2024/04/22
03:08 UTC

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You're a menace, Parker

Lol, I love that line 🤣

11 Comments
2024/04/21
16:23 UTC

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I can’t do complicated stuff so I’ll do the same way. Let’s vote for your favorite episode in season 2!! (As always only 6 of highest score from imdb) and per suggestion I’ll combine finale 2 ep as one

Let’s do 2 days this time (anyone wanna do complete-complicate version of this lemme know and go ahead)

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6 Comments
2024/04/19
03:00 UTC

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Been a while since we do poll? W/e I wanna do one. Your favorite episode from season 1. Leggo

Ok Reddit poll sucks only 6 choices so I will pick according to imdb score

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18 Comments
2024/04/16
12:35 UTC

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Comparative Sins of the Past

In rewatching Redemption season one, I found myself considering the collective and comparative sins and sordid pasts of the various members of the team, and wondering how each stacks up in terms of guilt and darkness. Now, this doesn't address anything they might have done after joining up, just whatever lurks in their past histories...

  1. Elliot. There's no doubt about it. Elliot was a bad guy who served very bad people and did extremely bad things which haunt him to this day. We know that. We know he'll never feel like he's done enough to redeem himself, and can never truly be forgiven for the stuff he refuses to talk about, especially when he worked for Damien Moreau. We may never know what the worst stuff he did was, but it's above and beyond anyone else on the team.

  2. Harry. That's right, the new guy is second worst. As an evil lawyer, he was responsible for, or aided and abetted myriad crimes. He enabled rich perps to get away with heinous stuff, and so much of his tenure with the team has involved them cleaning up his messes. People who know him from his old life keep bringing up all sorts of icky incidents he was connected to. Maybe he didn't hurt anyone directly, but damn, he's got a lot of red on his ledger.

  3. Parker. The world's greatest thief... but she's got some dark moments in her past. Anger issues, abandonment issues, violent moments--there's no telling what damage she did, either directly or indirectly. We might be light on the details, but I suspect she's got more to atone for than she lets on.

3 1/2) Tara, I wasn't sure where she fit in, but given what we know of her background and her more mercenary nature, I expect she's middle of the road. And I'm sorry, but I don't consider her a -real- member of the team... just an extended cameo. A temporary fill-in.

  1. Sophie. Yeah, she manages to get off pretty lightly because her entire history has painted her as a charming grifter who preys on rich people and steals art. Maybe she got up to darker shenanigans with her earlier crews, but I just don't see her carrying around the same baggage as the others. Most of it feels self-inflicted or personal. Okay, so she did abandon her "daughter" but all in all, she's not that weighed down.

  2. Hardison. He's never been portrayed as particularly malicious, and he came to the crew pretty young. Irresponsible, mischievous, feckless--but never evil. Never a truly black hat like, say, Chaos. And whenever we get snippets of his past, we see him as young and impulsive with an utter disregard for rules and authority, and way too much curiosity. The very embodiment of "I wonder what happens if I do this..."

  3. Nate. Almost at the bottom, there's Nate. I won't say he's innocent, but he doesn't come to the crew with a checkered past--well, unless you count his upbringing under the influence of his father. But Nate has always been a white knight and a very angry crusader, but when tragedy struck, he broke rather than fought back. Heck, I'd say his darker days came -after- he joined the team and had an outlet for his wrath and people to help him strike back at the world.

  4. Brianna. Yes, she did some naughty hacky stuff, but she's really an idealist who grew up on stories of the team and so she never went full dark side despite living in the worst timeline. We know what drives her--the world sucks and she wants to make it better. And luckily, she made her way into the crew instead of falling under bad influences.

I'm still a little fuzzy on the Parker/Tara/Sophie ranking, to be honest. Maybe Sophie and Parker could be reversed. And it's possible that Nate's youthful indiscretions were enough to bump him ahead of Hardison. But I'm confident in the top and bottom rankings...

Thoughts?

25 Comments
2024/04/16
05:56 UTC

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On my 50 billionth rewatch

Drop your favorite quotes or episodes below (redemption included!) I just really can't with this show I love it so much but I don't have any friends to talk with about it! If you want someone to absolutely dump your love of leverage onto hit me up! Drown me!

Edit: You guys are the best! I'm having so much fun replying to these comments!!!

121 Comments
2024/04/07
16:20 UTC

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Tara Cole, unsung badass

Tara kills me in the Three Strikes Job:

Nate: you kept saying you don't think the mayor's the kind of guy to kill a cop, right?

Tara: so let's go meet the kind of of guys who would kill a cop, ON THE WATERFRONT.

I love her. I hope she shows up on Redemption next season.

38 Comments
2024/04/05
19:18 UTC

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looking for an episode of redemption with a specific Librarians reference

I'm pretty sure there was an episode of Leverage Redemption where a character (can't remember who) did the Cassandra-math-visualization thing for a brief moment. I feel like I maybe remember it was Harry? Or possible Parker calculating a jump or something?

Does anybody remember what I am talking about? Am I completely inventing a fictional memory? Please point me to the episode/scene if you know it! Thx

22 Comments
2024/04/04
19:56 UTC

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Watching with my BF

I’ve watched both the full original series and the redemption series but my boyfriend is watching it with me for the first time and it’s amazing getting to see someone else fall in love with my favorite show.

Every time he gasps at a reveal, laughs at one of the jokes or gags, and then tries to come up with theories as to what will happen next or to the characters’ personalities is just really fun and good for me because it feels like I’m watching the show for the first time all over again.

We are not very far in yet and I’ve warned him that most of the episodes follow the same formula but he enjoys that instead of getting bored with it. I’m so excited to rewatch my favorite episodes with him!!!

8 Comments
2024/04/04
03:38 UTC

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Better Call Saul (2015)

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2024/04/03
23:16 UTC

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The Hurricane job

LOVED THE INNUENDOS THEY DID IN THIS ONE ❤️❤️

While doing some fact checking ran across this, so I copied and pasted it because it’s what I wanted to say anyway. thanks you tube. This episode contains three references to Noah Wyle's long-term role on ER (1994). While his character Harry Wilson is at a hospital, someone pages a "Dr. Ross" over the intercom, possibly a reference to George Clooney's character on ER, Dr. Doug Ross. At 29:50, when he decides to pretend to be a doctor, the background music sounds similar to the original ER theme. Later, Sophie asks Harry how he managed all the medical jargon he used to pass as a doctor in that scene, and he answers, "TV!"

9 Comments
2024/04/02
08:27 UTC

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I love leverage watch it every now and then got a question

Who's a person that didn't deserve a con in your opinion?

30 Comments
2024/03/31
02:26 UTC

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Sophie's real name. Am I missing something?

So, in Leverage, it's made clear that Sophie Devereaux is not her real name. The characters talk about her real name and even claim to know it. In season 3 for example, members of the team talk about how they've started using her real name and it's weird to start calling her Sophie again when Nate comes back. Then later Nate claims to have learned her real name, though it's never said onscreen.

In Leverage Redemption, however, we meet several characters from Sophie's past like Arthur Wilde who knew her in her youth and Ramsey who mentored her, both of whom refer to her exclusively as "Sophie." What's more, she tells Astrid, in an emotional moment where she has every reason not to lie, that her real name is Sophie Devereaux.

Is this an inconsistency between original Leverage and Redemption or is there something I'm missing? I guess maybe by the time of Redemption she's been using the Sophie alias for so long that it essentially became her real name and that's how she thinks of herself now. But it still came across as a little jarring how the "real name" thing seemed to have been dropped entirely.

29 Comments
2024/03/30
04:54 UTC

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