Leverage S1.E10 The 12-Step Job

Leverage S1.E10 The 12-Step Job:

While I really wouldn’t consider last night’s episode of one of the best Leverage episodes, it did show that once again Leverage can try something new and still succeed. What the episode lacked in humor, it made up for in some interesting character development for some of our favorite thieves.

When the gang decides to help out a local charity get their money back from a man named Jack, they are forced to enter a rehab facility in order to try and find out where Jack hid the money. Nate goes undercover as an alcoholic (even though it really isn’t much of a cover) while Parker also pretends to be a patient (as a mental patient). Sophie pretends to be their doctor.

It turns out Jack isn’t the person that the gang thought he was. He actually stole the money in order to use it to make even more money for the charity. They eventually get him out of rehab and fake his death in order to avoid all the gangs after him. The team returns the money to the charity (multiple times what the charity originally had) and give Jack a new identity.

So this week’s episode was more of a dramatic episode in my opinion. This episode started to dig into the problems both Nate and Parker are dealing with. Nate still refuses to admit that he has a problem with alcohol. I have no idea how he still doesn’t realize that he has a problem after all the withdrawal he went through in rehab. It was quite funny when he tried to break out of rehab unsuccessfully though.

Meanwhile Parker probably stole the spotlight in last night’s episode. While she didn’t have a ton to do in the episode, her scenes were classic especially when she started taking her “happy pills”. Other than Nate and Parker, this episode showed that Hardison and Eliot make a great team. Hopefully the show can have them team up more often since their scenes together are always hilarious.

Since we at the TV Legion have been lucky enough to receive the screener for the next episode, check back early next week for my thoughts on next week’s episode.

Quotes:

Hardison (about a massage parlor): “I know they take plastic.”

Hardison (about going to the strip club): “I’m going to need change for $100.”

Hardison (after shooting a car): “I was aiming for his leg.”

Eliot (about using bricks to avoid an explosion): “It only works in the movies.”

Eliot (about Parker): “When do the happy pills wear off.”

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