Now That's An Episode (Leverage 1x10 "The 12-Step Job")
Wow. Just, wow. I loved "The 12-Step Job."
First, superficially, Eliot and Hardison! I loved the little annoyed look Eliot gives him when Hardison says he knows the Thai massage place takes plastic, and then how excited they are about going to a strip club (and was I the only one who thought they were walking off awfully close to each other?), and then they get to go be all Hardy Boys all over town and Hardison holds his own in the fight, even if he doesn't know what to do with a gun. (Oh, jeez, crazy Leverage-as-Eroica AU bunny: Eliot as Klaus, Hardison as Dorian, Parker as James, Nate as the Chief [or is he the Director in the official translations?], but who would Sophie be? G, maybe? Of course, the real problem with this bunny is that Parker's totally the Dorian in terms of skills if not temperament.) And then Eliot flirting with the receptionist and Hardison telling her they're together. Ahahaha! I liked it that Eliot neither played into it or was upset by it, he was just kind of there. I've been thinking I'd like to see them do an episode where they have to pretend to be gay, because I know Nate could do it easy, and Chris could but I didn't know if Eliot could. Apparently he just has to have Hardison do it for him.
Secondly, also superficially, Parker! I liked that she was all apologetic about stealing the gun and saying she didn't mean to, it was just a reflex. And then I may have rewound to watch her running up and leaping on Eliot and hugging Hardison again, and then she wouldn't let go of them. Awwwwww.
Now, on the more serious front, what a fantastic job they did with Nate in rehab. Last week's plot was supposed to be that Nate's drinking was getting in the way of doing the job, and it didn't work for me because Nate's always drunk and they always get the job done. Sure he's an alcoholic, but he's a functional one. It was nice to see how he falls apart when he's not drinking, and having Hurley be a foil for him worked for me even though I'm sure some people found it too obvious. I also liked that it didn't take and that he walks off to get a drink at the end. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than a couple of days in a rehab center to help Nate.
First, superficially, Eliot and Hardison! I loved the little annoyed look Eliot gives him when Hardison says he knows the Thai massage place takes plastic, and then how excited they are about going to a strip club (and was I the only one who thought they were walking off awfully close to each other?), and then they get to go be all Hardy Boys all over town and Hardison holds his own in the fight, even if he doesn't know what to do with a gun. (Oh, jeez, crazy Leverage-as-Eroica AU bunny: Eliot as Klaus, Hardison as Dorian, Parker as James, Nate as the Chief [or is he the Director in the official translations?], but who would Sophie be? G, maybe? Of course, the real problem with this bunny is that Parker's totally the Dorian in terms of skills if not temperament.) And then Eliot flirting with the receptionist and Hardison telling her they're together. Ahahaha! I liked it that Eliot neither played into it or was upset by it, he was just kind of there. I've been thinking I'd like to see them do an episode where they have to pretend to be gay, because I know Nate could do it easy, and Chris could but I didn't know if Eliot could. Apparently he just has to have Hardison do it for him.
Secondly, also superficially, Parker! I liked that she was all apologetic about stealing the gun and saying she didn't mean to, it was just a reflex. And then I may have rewound to watch her running up and leaping on Eliot and hugging Hardison again, and then she wouldn't let go of them. Awwwwww.
Now, on the more serious front, what a fantastic job they did with Nate in rehab. Last week's plot was supposed to be that Nate's drinking was getting in the way of doing the job, and it didn't work for me because Nate's always drunk and they always get the job done. Sure he's an alcoholic, but he's a functional one. It was nice to see how he falls apart when he's not drinking, and having Hurley be a foil for him worked for me even though I'm sure some people found it too obvious. I also liked that it didn't take and that he walks off to get a drink at the end. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than a couple of days in a rehab center to help Nate.