Leverage

Leverage: Redemption – The Hustler Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Hustler Job
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When Harry‘s (Noah Wyle) mother falls victim to a Grandmother Scam, the crew looks to take down those responsible. While Harry and Sophie (Gina Bellman) attempt to distract Donovan Keyes (Michael Masini) in a pool hustle, with the help of Breanna (Aleyse Shannon), Eliot (Christian Kane) and Parker (Beth Riesgraf) break into the company in an attempt to steal back the money which is being protected both by a high-tech vault and members of an Eastern European mob.

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Leverage: Redemption – The Scared Stiff Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Scared Stiff Job
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In “The Scared Stiff Job” the crew tackles a greedy businessman (Sam Witwer) targeting dying patients offer cryonics which bankrupts the families they leave behind, and, when the bills can’t be paid, sells off the body parts for an even larger profit. The solution to their problem is a bit goofy, running a form of A Christmas Carol in attempting to make him believe he is waking up in the future to new owners of the business even less scrupulous than him. A bit of gaslighting later, and proving to his over-the-moon secretary he doesn’t care for her at all, and the team racks up another win for the little guy. The episode is similar to, although not as effective nor memorable as, “The First Contact Job.”

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Leverage: Redemption – The Digital Frankenstein Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Digital Frankenstein Job
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Trading out Hardison (Aldis Hodge) for Breanna (Aleyse Shannon), the season’s second episode starts with Harry (Noah Wyle) smelling something fishy in court as the team targets an unscrupulous ghost gun manufacturer (Andy Cohen) and the judge (Rachael Harris) he has in his pocket. Running cons on each, there’s some goofy cons including Eliot (Christian Kane) playing two different roles to each of the marks as both a survivalist and the owner of what the judge is looking for to legitimize her family business.

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Leverage: Redemption – The Weekend in Paris Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Weekend in Paris Job
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Season Three of Leverage: Redemption opens with a simple job involving the theft of a Russian gangster’s golden owl statue that leads the crew to hide out at a posh party full of criminal oligarchs auctioning off natural resources amongst each other where they find a new case worth pursuing. The host of the gathering is Arizona Mike who is stealing water from a small town and selling it to the highest bidder. He’s also got one of his victims locked up in his empty vault.

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Leverage: Redemption – The Museum Makeover Job / The Crowning Achievement Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Museum Makeover Job / The Crowning Achievement Job
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The final two episodes of Leverage: Redemption‘s Second Season offer tie-ins to Sophie‘s (Gina Bellman) past. “The Museum Makeover Job” is the better of the two episodes with the team heading overseas to investigate what went wrong with a job and uncovering Sophie’s old boss Ramey’ (Ralph Brown) involvement. It’s a family affair all around as Sophie’s step-daughter Astrid Astrid (Alexandra Park) is the agent on the ground looking into the recent break-in. The follow-up episode deals with the crew being framed for a different heist inside the museum and working to solve the mystery and clear their names before being caught.

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