Leverage: The Boost Job (spoilers)

[sheryden]

First of all, we had lots of team interaction this week. We had our team briefing, during which we learned Parker had been a car thief--more on that later. We also ended the episode with a team dinner. &hearts This is the kind of thing I want to see more often... the team being a family and doing normal stuff together like having an after-job dinner.

Parker was amazing this episode. We learned some backstory for her. She had been a car thief, spent time in juvie after being abandoned by the guy who taught her the trade, served as a getaway driver (wee!Parker was adorable). We also got to see her mentor a little thief. Of course, she also tipped her hand to the aforementioned junior thief, which almost got everyone killed. How much did I love Hardison's "Nate is going to kill you" when he and Eliot found out what Parker had done. It was the equivalent of "just wait'll dad finds out."

Oh, Eliot. That boy took a beating this episode. Not only did he get shot at, he also got hit by a car and pitched into the water. Of course, that gave us wet!Eliot beating the crap out of the bad guys, so I'd call it a win.

The Eliot/Parker/Hardison banter was so much fun. Loved the initial worry when they couldn't find Eliot, as well as the little grins when they saw him coming up behind the bad guys. And Eliot's "I got hit by a car!" And Parker's mocking of him. Honey, it's not good to mock Eliot. But oh, were they all cute together.

Eliot wasn't the only guy who was dead sexy in this episode. Nate and his racing suit was a definite turn on. His scene toward the end with Parker was lovely.

And Bill Engvall as a bad guy was a lot of win. He was a douche in the episode, and he pulled it off well!

Next week's looks epic!