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Review--Leverage: The Future Job
- By Mara Greengrass
- Published 02/17/2010
- Television
- Unrated
Mara Greengrass
I'm a 30-something work-at-home mom. I divide my time between working as a freelance writer/editor, taking care of my husband and kids, and various fannish pursuits.
In my past life, I was a writer, editor, PR flunky, administrative assistant, and archaeologist. (No, not at the same time.)
Just when I thought it couldn't get any more awesome, we had the scenes of the team working together to feed Tara the information she needed to feed Rand. From Parker's stolen wallets to Eliot in the parking lot to Hardison and Nate running down financials, they were a well-oiled machine that was beautiful to watch.
It was nice, too, to see the team being impressed by Tara's ability to put their clues together. C'mon, guys, you still think Sophie would send you an idiot? The complication of Rand being kidnapped was great fun, because now they've got to steal him back so they can bring him down!
(Nitpick #1: Tara couldn't slow a couple of guys down long enough for Eliot to help? Seriously? Seriously?)
The last part of the con moved quickly once the team figured out that Rand had been kidnapped to find lost money from a bank robbery. The team worked well with Tara to lead him where he needed to be in order to set both Rand and the bank robber up.
And the moment when the back of the storage unit blew open and Rand found himself in his own studio, with his admission playing on the screens? Comedy gold, I tell you.
(Nitpick #2: Sadly, I believe people are not easy to convince when it comes to things like being wrong about a supposed psychic. Even after finding the hidden cameras, the majority of the audience is still vastly more likely to believe Rand when he said "But he had a gun on me." People don't want to believe they're gullible or stupid...especially if all the evidence points that way.)
But with Rand out of the way, Jody the widow and her brother got their closure...and the money. And Nate's beautiful explanation of how Jody will see her lost husband again after the baby is born, well, it had me in tears.
The end of the episode contained two exciting moments. First, we had Tara's moment of revelation: "Now this is why you do it." I love the way it was murmured just barely audibly and not commented on by anyone.
Second, there was the thing that made me gasp: Parker giving money away voluntarily, but more than that, Parker showing empathy. It seems as if she took her experience in being the victim of Dalton Rand and realized how bad Jody must feel. That led her to actually give away money of her own volition. Brilliant!
The team is working together better than ever...but Nate's falling further down that rabbit hole. Things can only get worse, I suspect.
It was nice, too, to see the team being impressed by Tara's ability to put their clues together. C'mon, guys, you still think Sophie would send you an idiot? The complication of Rand being kidnapped was great fun, because now they've got to steal him back so they can bring him down!
(Nitpick #1: Tara couldn't slow a couple of guys down long enough for Eliot to help? Seriously? Seriously?)
The last part of the con moved quickly once the team figured out that Rand had been kidnapped to find lost money from a bank robbery. The team worked well with Tara to lead him where he needed to be in order to set both Rand and the bank robber up.
And the moment when the back of the storage unit blew open and Rand found himself in his own studio, with his admission playing on the screens? Comedy gold, I tell you.
(Nitpick #2: Sadly, I believe people are not easy to convince when it comes to things like being wrong about a supposed psychic. Even after finding the hidden cameras, the majority of the audience is still vastly more likely to believe Rand when he said "But he had a gun on me." People don't want to believe they're gullible or stupid...especially if all the evidence points that way.)
But with Rand out of the way, Jody the widow and her brother got their closure...and the money. And Nate's beautiful explanation of how Jody will see her lost husband again after the baby is born, well, it had me in tears.
The end of the episode contained two exciting moments. First, we had Tara's moment of revelation: "Now this is why you do it." I love the way it was murmured just barely audibly and not commented on by anyone.
Second, there was the thing that made me gasp: Parker giving money away voluntarily, but more than that, Parker showing empathy. It seems as if she took her experience in being the victim of Dalton Rand and realized how bad Jody must feel. That led her to actually give away money of her own volition. Brilliant!
The team is working together better than ever...but Nate's falling further down that rabbit hole. Things can only get worse, I suspect.