#the belly of the beast job

[faorism]

mmmmmmm eliots high ponytail in the belly of the beast job is so delicious

[gaygentdanvrs]

someone really wants him to be flemish (plot twist, it’s me in that writers room)

[clairenan]

“My family does not support my rugged forest-oriented lifestyle”

[geeky-nightphilosopher]

Leverage knows where to hit. The Belly of the Beast Job was just a lot- especially since last November/December/January.

[feigningconvention]

I loved hearing Brianna sing this episode, but I'm also sad that there wasn't a reprisal of Eliot as Kenneth Crane from The Studio Job

[arretoskore]

Daaaamn I'd forgotten how fucking hot Breanna looks when she's conning as a blues singer 👀

[richardsphere]

Leverage Redemption log: The Belly of the Beast Job

So i didnt feel like doing the usual "stop and go" watching format i usually do. I just felt like turning on the show and watching it. I'll admit that for a second i legitimately thought i was watching the wrong show

Lovely episode, sort of a combination of Harry's Debut episode ("amateur tries crime and auditions for Leverage by accident") and the Futures Job ("Team is forced to run con by proxy"). I really like how they get to joke about some of the series conventions (every alias is a reference? Oopsie this girl watches Dr. Who.) Everyone running around in the background doing their usual stuff. Breanna has a musical number.

Parker as a Lockpicking Lawyer type "overly special-interest youtuber" makes sense on a level that is hilarious. Like this is definitly what would've become of her in an alternate timeline where her original dad was slightly less deserving of a gasleak explosion. Not much to say, If this reboot ever has a big "last dam job" type plot i look forward to seeing Jenna and Keith have an episode with Hurley and the Sleep-inducing accountant.

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

The Redemption writers weren't brave enough to fully have Jenna say "leverage" instead of "lever"

I've never heard "lever" in that context and it sounded BAD

The show is not called Lever!

[thefirsthogokage]

Melina Govich's IG Post: January 15th, 2023

(link to post)

Thought she looked familiar. Didn't realize she directs now. I remember her from Law & Order. The only time they ever had a female cop. They did the character wrong, and never tried again. I know I've seen her in other things, but I can't remember them at the moment.

[potterandpromises]

I can’t think of a plot reason for it, but after watching that one episode of Leverage: Redemption, I’m imagining Flynn pretending to be a lumberduke. (I. e. European royalty concealing his true identity while working as a lumberjack.)

[astigmaticoracle]

Y'know, the more I think about it, the more I don't like that Jenna blew the initial con in "The Belly of the Beast Job" by knowing that 'Lethbridge-Stewart' is a Doctor Who reference. I know there have been plenty of Doctor Who references used as covers, but I don't think any of them have been as obvious as Lethbridge-Stewart. It's such an odd name in comparison to something like Tom Baker or Agents Smith and Tennat and it's used in both series, so old school or new school fans could easily spot it.

The previous Who covers felt more like cute references that didn't actually have a chance of being blown in universe for whatever reason. Having this cover be blown makes the team seem reckless and like any of those covers could have been blow at any time. And for a show that relies so much on its' competence porn for it's appeal, finding out that the cover names were actually not that solid makes the crew look incompetent.

And Jenna figuring out that the cover is fake because she knows Doctor Who instead of because it actually seems fishy makes her seem less competent and more lucky herself. It would have been stronger if she actually used her skills or smarts instead of random pop culture knowledge to throw the wrench in the team's plans.

[orighami]

if it's anything like the old leverage, i better see an episode where they show the team's pov when running the belly of the beast job 😤

[clairenan]

Harry Lumber Duke Wilson.

[renew-leverage]

It’s Sunday, Leverage Marathon folks, time for another episode!  This week we’re watching the 9th episode of Redemption, The Belly Of The Beast Job.  Come and watch the episode with us on our Sunday Leverage Marathon discord server and post all about your feelings, thoughts, comments, anything & everything.  We’ll be starting in about ten minutes at 3:35 pm Eastern U.S. Time.  Come on in, say hi to your fellow fans, get comfortable.

[somestorythoughts]

Look at the baby Leverage team in the Belly of the Beast Job!

[qwanderer]

New chapter! Brought back Paul the Medic and managed to tie it into the episode despite how little of the team we see in The Belly of the Beast Job.

 “Never fought for a better cause,” he says, “but it’s rough. It’s always a rough job when women are in danger, but this kind of danger, how do you just walk in without making things worse? Had to let Parker be the one closest to her, ready to step in, and it made sense, it did, Parker can fight. Parker was the best one to make her feel safe with this. It’s just. I dunno.” Eliot rubs at his face with one hand. “Doesn’t feel nice to be hanging back while Park walks into danger.”

 “Yeah, I gotcha, I gotcha,” Hardison says. “You protect us. It’s what you do.”

 “Always,” Eliot agrees. “And it’s not just that, but I know I gotta stop with some of these ideas I got growing up, that the guy is always supposed to be the one taking the risks, that we’re the ones standing in front. ‘Cause I know that’s all wrapped up in the same kinda wrongness that leads to guys like this. Guys who think they’re owed something. That women have a specific place.”