- Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Belly of the Beast Job
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In one of the more interesting setups of the relaunched series, “The Belly of the Beast Job” features our team taking on a sexual predator of a music producer (Jeffrey Vincent Parise) but keeps them mostly in the background allowing the guest-stars to take over center stage when the naive Jenna (Emily Hall) gets hired for the new assistant position that their plans relied on. Working their way around less access than they planned, Leverage gives Jenna the proper nudges at the right time to lead her to uncover the truth about her boss and expose him, and his crooked business partner (Gail Rastorfer), to the world.
With the plan constantly evolving, members of the crew are forced to play multiple roles leading to Jenna’s confusion. Also helping Jenna is a co-worker from IT (Julian Silver) who the team also gives some assistance to as well without him realizing it. The concept breathes some new life into show after a series of so-so episodes allowing Emily Hall (who is terrific) to carry the weight of the story while our core characters pop in and out at times in fun moments to lead her down the right path. It’s a completely unexpected joy. I understand the joke of her not recognizing the group at the end, which certainly works, but that also feels like it’s closing the door to a valuable potential member of the team.
