Leverage: The Lost Heir Job
April 22, 2020 7:52 PM - Season 2, Episode 9 - Subscribe
Nathan leads a con against a corrupt lawyer trying to swindle a client's estate.
Kung Fu Monkey - LEVERAGE #209 "The Lost Heir Job" Post-Game: "The plot itself is one of our most Rockford-y homages: the lost will, the Jimmie Joe Meeker style attorney, almost more detective show than con. As a matter of fact, in the first version of the story, the girl wasn't actually the Lost Heir. We just kind of fell in love with the idea of highlighting Nate Ford's detective skills over his con skills for an episode. (Playing with Nate's identity is a major part of this year, and the focus of the winter arc) We got ridiculously lucky with the villain. This ep really put the villain and Nate head-to-head more than most. Peter Riegert's a friend of Tim's, he dug the script -- and we got one of our best villains. The fun for us in most episodes was watching the villain unravel because of our team;s machinations. The fun for this one was having an absolutely cold-blooded, dead-eyed bastard in the driver's seat. The moment where he shoots his Busey still makes me laugh on the hundredth viewing."
posted by oh yeah! at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
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Her character is no Sophie Devereaux but I like how she "conned" her way onto the team and introduces some new conflict.
Kane/ Elliot's mane seems particularly luxuriant.
posted by porpoise at 9:13 PM on April 22, 2020