Leverage

Leverage: Redemption – The Golf Job

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Golf Job
  • wiki: link

“The Golf Job” offers the first boys’ night episode without Nate while also giving us the return of Leverage recurring character Jack Hurley (Drew Powell) and providing an episode to integrate Harry (Noah Wyle), who witnesses something suspicious on the golf course and pushes the trio into action, further into the team. Hurley’s return provides it’s share of laughs (and references to past episodes), particularly in his interactions with Eliot (Christian Kane) on the golf course as they attempt to turn a con against a human trafficker (James Marsters) keeping his employees in a state of constant fear.

…

Leverage: Redemption – The Golf JobRead More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Golf Job Read More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Jackal Job

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Jackal Job
  • wiki: link

The team gets their newest client when Sophie (Gina Bellman) and Breanna (Aleyse Shannon) cross paths with a legendary grifter (Joanna Cassidy) fighting early-onset Alzheimer’s who a crooked guardian (Kraig Dane) and an unscrupulous judge (Bill Kelly) are taking advantage of. Somewhat similar to “The Van Gogh Job,” the episode includes a flashback story with one of the cast taking on the role of the main character as the team work with the legendary grifter to remember her biggest score and find what they need to free her from her current predicament.

…

Leverage: Redemption – The Jackal JobRead More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Jackal Job Read More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Unwellness Job

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Unwellness Job
  • wiki: link

The Leverage team takes on a former actress (Brianna Brown) selling ineffective, and sometimes dangerous, supplements under the guise of a wellness guru and her money laundering money man (David Clayton Rogers) greedy to further exploit her customer data. As far as cons go, the initial bee-themed moisturizer isn’t one of the show’s best but things do pick-up with the secondary story involving the unscrupulous partner which forces the team to change tactics in the middle of the con, pitting the pair against each other, and even revealing the truth about the con to secure another victory.

…

Leverage: Redemption – The Unwellness JobRead More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Unwellness Job Read More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Bucket Job

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Bucket Job
  • wiki: link

The second-half of the season kicks off with an unusual job for the Leverage crew who are hired not to take down a mark but use their skills to give give a small town librarian (LeVar Burton) with stage-four cancer a day as a spy and a hero. Burton’s character is named Robert Blanche for the longtime Leverage cast member who made multiple appearances on the show as Lt. Patrick Bonnano before passing away in 2020. The twist for the episode comes from pulling the thread from earlier in the season as Bligh (Lucy Taylor) and her goons are following the team and discover that the librarian is actually a missing spy with incredibly valuable information.

…

Leverage: Redemption – The Bucket JobRead More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Bucket Job Read More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Mastermind Job

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Mastermind Job
  • wiki: link

The mid-season finale for Leverage: Redemption hits close to home for the team when they discover the existence of a tell-all book that would reveal secrets about the team and their clients to the world. Worst of all, the writer of the book is pretending to be Nate Ford. While I was expecting some nefarious purpose here, possibly an old enemy bringing the team into the light to spring a trap, that’s not what writer Kate Rorick has in mind for us. Instead of finding a con man or villain, the team comes across an accountant (Joey Slotnick) and former friend to Nate.

…

Leverage: Redemption – The Mastermind JobRead More »

Leverage: Redemption – The Mastermind Job Read More »