Can’t believe I’ve only just noticed that Elliott’s cover character is Willy Riker - and Jonathan Frakes directed this episode 🤣🙈🧡

My personal favorite was the D.B Cooper Job

Okay so I found and fell in love with Leverage around the time season 5 was airing. I watched it so much, it was my comfort show. I remember watching Girls/Boys Night out episodes sooo many times. I loved watching Hardison and Parker get closer too. I never really saw OT3 then, but thought it was sweet they would stay together.

And now. NOW. I found it on freevee and have been watching it again and found out about Redemption so I took a scroll through this sub reddit and someone mentioned OT3. All of a sudden I was seeing things with new light. It clicked, and I loved it even more. I started reading so much fanfiction (literally so much - any good recs that are more than just a chapter??). Somebody posted the tweet where one of the producers/showrunners said "your OT3 is safe" and I was really excited getting into Redemption to see it. There was nothing obvious, but some tiny hints. Looking through the thread of that tweet, however, makes me thing that's all we will ever get. My interpretation of his conversation was they support us liking it and wanting it, but they don't want to go against a lot of fans that don't. Which, I get. But is sad. I think the most we will get is Mr. Eliot "Til my dyin' day" Spencer and his long luscious locks supporting them but not outright with them.

I can't wait for LR3, I'm so excited to see where the team goes and hope to continue seeing hints of OT3, but man do I wish there was a little more to grab with it.

Tl;dr I really love Leverage and OT3 and need more

So i'm rewatching Leverage for the 12th time and i'm just watching Episode 4 in Season 1, The Miracle Job.

All throughout this episode, Parker says St Nicholas is Santa and every other character says "He's not santa!" then at the very end, Sophia adds in "He's the patron saint of thieves <3" like that's a cute little nod to him and all... Except... HE IS F**KING SANTA!!

Now granted, Santa is based on more than just good ol' saint Nick, (specifically Odin) but fact remains, HE STILL IS BASED OF SAINT NICK! The patron saint of prostitues and thieves.

I know this is minor asf, but it just bugs me how they mention it like 4-5 times, everyone is dismissing Parker for saying he's Santa... HE IS SANTA!!

Everytime I rewatch this episode, i'm shouting and the crew "PARKER IS RIGHT! HE'S SANTA!!"

At first I was wary of it. The original series had a fantastic ending, and then we lost both Nate and Hardison as main cast members, but I have to say it's really grown on me. Brianna provides a unique perspective in the ensemble being a Gen Z youth that's grown up being completely mired in how much the world sucks; and Harry is a riot, especially in season 2 so far with his Chechen accent and his barely concealed video game fanboying.

My only real complaint so far is that I think Parker may be written a bit more like a cartoon compared to how she was in the original series, but she is still Parker at the end of the day and the chemistry of the rest of the cast is phenomenal.

I had my doubts, but they have been knocking it out of the park. It's more Leverage, which is always a good thing.

I’m watching Alex Cross. I will never ever look at Alec Hardison the same way you’ll know when you see it if you watch it. It’s pretty good it’s not leverage. But he’s really good in it.

I've been falling back into Leverage more and more and I was thinking of doing a rewatch of the series and taking some notes along the way. I'm not sure where I would eventually post it, but things I was going to look out for include:

Let's go steal an ...

It's a very distinctive ...

Heist location

Sophie's acting jobs

Parker childhood flashbacks

Any invention or named object with multiple appearances (ex: Old Nate or Lucille)

Things Elliot cooks

Antagonist affiliation / motivation (corporate, organized crime or corrupt officials, etc)

Any other suggestions? I've only seen season one of Redemption, so any recommendations on that front would be greatly appreciated.

Edits based on feedback:

Any & all cons named

All character flashbacks

Elliot outrage moments

Alternate Plans

Age of the ...

When they dress up Noah Wiley to be an artist to impersonate Springer in the card game job... And they dress them as George RR Martin... Be an arrogant self-important artist!!

Hi guys,

So I am going to visit New Orleans for the very first time in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone had any specific landmarks from the show they would recommend for me to visit.

I just love Hardison and Parker, the way he helped her with the problem of the boots and their weight, the way he talks and calms her, hums in her ear so she can steal and take the pressure off her, one of the best couples ever on TV.

Rewatching this episode now and it's my favourite episode of Leverage.

Especially with how it expands on Parker's mind and the way she thinks and developing her character more.

But I so badly want to know what the hell were they doing in Tokyo. I hope they make a one of episode called the Tokyo Job to just show the madness that is that.

But then again, the mystery is what makes it fun.

The Carnival Job

This is one of my favorites also. Eliot was SOO good And let’s not forget the “safe cracking device “. Parker or Parker 2000. The best is when they put the camera in a pair of glasses and Parker dilerbratly knocks the marks off. Makes the switch. She helps him put them on. And when he looks at her. They show Hardison and he can see her through the guys camera glasses. And he looks like that’s the moments he falls completely in love with her. What is some of your favs during that episode?

I love Leverage dearly, it’s one of my comfort shows to keep returning to. When news of Leverage Redemption continuing the show came out, I was so excited. It’s a decent show, and it’s had some episodes I would even call great. I miss Harrison, but accept his absence. I miss Nate too, and that’s a little harder to swallow how that whole crappy thing went down. But I really do like Harry and Bree, so that’s been easier to take.

One thing I’m finally acknowledging to myself that isn’t working and completely takes me out of the story almost every time is how Beth Riesgraf is playing almost every scene more like a parody of the original series’ Parker than an actual character. I truly believe there is a way to portray an older, more seasoned, more trusting and caring Parker (than the one with all the baggage and trust issues in the original series) without playing her like a cartoon character. I don’t know if it’s more the writing or the acting that’s the problem, but it’s such an unbelievable caricature and a real bummer. It’s an easy fix, and I really hope they have her pull back a little on all of that cartoonishness in the future series.

What are everyone else’s thoughts? I’m more than willing to take some heat for this take, I know it’s a show we all really love.

Okay, so I don't understand how shows manage to get renewed and how studios can see that a show is successful but I love Leverage and Leverage Redemption with my whole heart and I would love to get as many seasons out of redemption as possible. So I was wondering, will it make an impact if I rewatch Redemption over and over on Freevee? I'm in the UK as well, will that affect anything? I hate the ads but I'm willing to put up with them if it'll make a difference. I'm sorry if this sounds dumb as hell.

EDIT: Thank you everyone! Also I love hearing how much the show helps everyone! It means so much to all of us and it makes me smile. 💜💜💜💜

After rewatching The Studio Job (fantastic episode), there are two things that I find odd.

The first is how Kirkwood stepping on Kaye Lynn's brothers hands seems so out of place compared to the tone of the rest of the episode. I know it's meant to show how ruthless he is, but it seems to never be brought up after the initial "consultation" and I feel Eliot would have done something similar in return, especially with how close he seems to be with her.

The second is the fact that her brother is also never really brought up again in the episode. I think they could have had a small scene at the end in the hospital where she shows her brother the master and they talk about the contracts with the good labels.

Anyone else think this too?

I just rewatched through both OG Leverage and Redemption recently, and one of the things I noticed is the guest stars that they had over the years. Whether they were good or bad (in universe), they had some great names. Some of my faves were of course Wil Wheaton as Chaos, Bill Engvall as the shady car salesman, and LeVar Burton as the unasuming librarian. What were some of yours?

My second thought is I feel like they dropped the ball a bit on guest stars for Redemption. I'm sure they have their reasons, but it does seem like they don't have the star power that the original run had. If you had a hand in choosing, who are some people you would love to see as guest stars - good or bad? I always thought it would be hilarious to continue the Star Trek connection and have either Will Shatner or Patrick Stewart star as an evil CEO.

Im currently watching the show for the first time, but I think I’ve seen at least one episode before but I don’t know which it was and it’s bugging the hell out of me. I (think) I remember Sophie wearing fake teeth and playing a mousy character trying to convince some man that some artifact was the real deal, and that’s about it. If anyone recognizes the episode please let me know, thanks in advance.

Nate: You're too young for a phone.

Trevor: It's for when I get abducted.

Nate: Yeah, whatever.

WHILST HIM AND PARKER KIDNAPPED THE KIDS XD I will never not love this show. When is LRS3 dropping????

Ya know how Hardison loved how good he was at being a lawyer?

Now he's truly going to be entering that world! Even if not a lawyer, He is set to star as Alex Cross !

I was looking up something for a story I'm writing and the results included a Thunderbirds page. I had forgotten that Lady Penelope's chauffeur was a reformed cat burglar and safe-cracker.

Now I'm wondering if he was who Parker was named for and, if so, is her first name Penelope...?

I have read that in 2022 or 2023 Timothy Hutton sued the show or the producers or someone or something related to the redemption show. I have tried to Google it to find out if there has been a resolution to this and I can’t find anything. Does anybody else know? I really miss the banter between him and the other characters! Especially between him and Sophie She’s doing a fantastic job on redemption however it’s like her character has changed. She’s so much more serious minded and she was always kind of mischievous, especially towards Nate. Wouldn’t it be awesome if they were on a job and they ran into Nate, who was already on the job and knew that they were there. As a surprise for all of us, diehard fans. I do know that the rape charges were dismissed due to lack of evidence

„You made it impossible for Hardison to hack us with a computer so he hacks us with a clam“ I always loved Leon Rippy‘s delivery of that line.

This is what you get when you can the QR code on Sophie's delivery sticker in The Rashomon Job.

I wonder what it means.

How do the team figure out that Nate and Sophie are “dating”? I’ve seen that episode a couple of times, where they take out an investment fraud guy. But i seem to always miss it. Anyone here willing to shed a light?

Mystery Science Theatre, but instead it’s the crew watching heist movies.

I'm rewatching Leverage and in one of the s1 eps (the one with the trial where hardison is a lawyer) nate says that hardison could be anything he wanted and he went 'i could be an astronaut' which made me giggle considering what happens in redemption s2 and then 'i could be a doctor. watch out er.' and I cackled! it's even funnier now that noah wyle is a part of leverage universe

It's so awesome that even after all this time with every single rewatch you notice something new

Jimmy had plenty of time to get out of that warehouse. That’s my only complaint with this episode.