#the miracle job

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 1x4 - "The Miracle Job"

#christian kane #leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #aldis hodge #timothy hutton #nathan ford #the miracle job

[gnar-slabdash]

Sophie: You never cheated on her, Nate. Nate: I know. I know. Tempted. Sophie: No, no, you weren't. Nate: I was. Sophie: Not really. You’ve always been the good guy. That’s, uh, that's what made it fun. Well, part of what made it fun between us back then. Nate: Back then, yeah. And what about now? Sophie: I don't know. What about now? That’s what we have to figure out. By "we," um, I mean "you" of course.

OF COURSE Sophie turns it around and makes this a "Nate has to figure his shit out" moment. Which is true, but I think she's totally sliding past the huge thing she just revealed about herself. Up till now, in their whole history together, she's considered him unattainable because she cast him as the White Knight in her play. He was supposed to be the good guy, untouchable -- they could flirt, toy with each other, but he was too "Good" for her to ever be with him. Even now she can't consider that he might have been tempted, because that goes against the narrative she wrote for him.

But now she has to see him as a real person, because instead of short intense meetings over time, he's actually right there, all the time. And yeah, he's got a lot of shit to work through, but I think seeing all of his flaws is extra difficult for her because she'd kept him on this distant pedestal for so long. Now she can't write his role the way she wants it, he can't be the perfect White Knight she made up. AND now she has to deal with the possibility of being able to have a real relationship with him, which she actually never thought would be possible.

She hasn't been pining for him, she's been happily fantasizing about this unreal, unattainable idea of him. And now instead he's a real, messy (very messy) human with real, messy (very messy) feelings for her. No wonder she runs away. It's so much easier to love people from a safe distance.

[edit] whoops sorry forgot to credit as always the indispensible whendarknessfalls for the transcript

#leverage #the miracle job #sophie devereaux #nate ford

[lemissingmask]

[ID: Set of three sketches of Eliot Spencer in his original-series flashbacks. The first is his flashback of having someone load a revolver and place it to his head in a sort of Russian Roulette game from The Miracle Job (a situation that is less unpleasant than watching Sophie’s play). The second is Eliot shirtless and in chains being dragged along a corridor from The Two Horse Job. The third is Eliot under the influence of the psychotropic drug used in The White Rabbit Job. End ID]

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Day 25 cheeky bonus: Flashbacks

Just a bunch of flashbacks as practice drawing canon scenes, which always takes ages so why did I decide to do it in the midst of a month-long prompt event??? -_-

#ailesswhumptober2023 #Day 25: Flashbacks #leverage #eliot spencer #the miracle job #the two horse job #the white rabbit job

[amazzyblaze]

"The Miracle Job" doodle

#leverage #sophie devereaux #parker leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #drawings #the miracle job

[verycrackedphonescreen]

Leverage really said Respect Priests huh

#leverage #the miracle job #i for one #am here for it

[wolves-in-the-world]

okay the miracle job priest is still kinda shouty and not nearly charismatic enough to get away with the fire and brimstone stuff, in my opinion, and I cannot excuse someone who breaks the seal of the confessional because he's angry about something like this.

however? his odd and ineffective sermon about the owner of the land not having his hands in the soil and the worker having faith in god and in his own abilities, about the worker not waiting for a miracle but making one happen?

it ties into something quite nice in this episode, actually: we get to see the bad guy's underling look increasingly uncomfortable with what's going on until he very publically puts the final nail in his boss's coffin, and in doing so reveals to us that he's an actual character with free will and motives and a sense of justified betrayal, and not just background decor.

and that sermon, clumsy and emotionally ineffective as it is, coming after nate telling tomas in the confessional that he has to make things right… yeah I can see how that would push him to take a stand when shit goes properly sideways.

and it's nice, that the key to this win comes at the hands of a local, someone the church is for and has been all his life. it's nice that we don't see nate really abusing being mistaken for a priest in the confessional, as much as the ethics are very much up for debate.

I just wish they'd gotten a better actor for a priest who's sort of meant to be the heart of the community alongside the church we want to be saved. though it's not like it doesn't make sense for an old friend of nate's to be an already angry dude who is, admittedly, kind of at the end of his tether.

(and it's really not his fault that I'm always, always holding up fictional priests against bbc's father brown.)

#the miracle job #leverage #orig #somehow I'd always assumed that paul was maggie's brother and nate's brother-in-law and it turns out that's not in the text at ALL #which is a wild realisation to have the nth time watching the episode let me tell you #also yes I'm being very critical of this dude but as someone who's sat through many dull sermons #out of a vague sense of obligation I think I'm allowed #there may be a cultural difference here in how preachers present themselves actually #though whether it's US/UK or catholic/protestant or both I don't know

[geekynightowl1997]

I appreciate how Nate is an honest man... when he's not talking to/about Sophie.

#leverage #sophie devereaux #nate ford #the miracle job #he lied through his teeth #do they trust him? #yes #because he's an honest man #except with sophie

[asphyxiatedredherring]

The Patron Saint of Thieves

#leverage #the miracle job #nathan ford #parker #alec hardison #eliot spencer #my gifs #leverage gifs #nate ford

[doolallymagpie]

the “let’s steal ourselves a miracle” episode is fun but I do think swapping a man’s anxiety meds out for meds that give you anxiety is…close to the line

though he did beat up a priest

#just feels like a scene the suits insisted on to make sure the team aren’t too ‘good guy’ #leverage #the miracle job

[renew-leverage]

It’s Sunday, Leverage  Marathon  folks, time for another episode! This week we’re watching the 6th (by DVD order) episode of season 1, The Miracle Job, in which Hardison finds his niche, Parker’s an angel, Nate is a very bad Catholic, and Eliot leaves some gentlemen to their internal affairs.  Watch the episode with us on our Sunday Leverage Marathon discord server and post all about your feelings, thoughts, comments, anything &  everything.

Come on in, say hi to your fellow fans, get comfortable.  We’ll be starting in about 15 minutes at 3:30 PM Eastern U.S. Time (sorry for the short notice!)

#Leverage marathon #The Miracle Job #s1e6 #Leverage #streaming

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 1x4 - "The Miracle Job"

#christian kane #leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #aldis hodge #the miracle job

[thiefstealsthepodcast]

Episode 6: The Miracle Job

In an episode which will hopefully not make your ears bleed (though I maintain the bleeding ears would've worked) we have a look at Nates batshit unusual career path, Sophie's Australian accent and What Beth's high school teachers would think of bibletopia.

Listen Here

#Leverage #alec hardison #eliot spencer #parker leverage #sophie devereaux #nate ford #nathan ford #leverage podcast #podcast #the miracle job

[lemissingmask]

[ID: Series of sketches from episodes 6-9 of Leverage season 1. Top is Eliot being excited at the prospect of Hardison's stigmata paintball gun. Next one down is from the flashback in the Two Horse Job, with Eliot shirtless and in chains being dragged through a hall. Next down is Parker and Hardison getting into their FBI disguises, and Eliot slightly off balance after Parker just tossed him the folder that had the FBI badges in it. Bottom one is Parker and Eliot reading Sophie's script for the 'movie' in the Stork Job, and Hardison in the background looking despairing. End ID]

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Sketches per episode continued.

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#leverage #season 1 #alec hardison #parker #eliot spencer #leverage ot3 #the bank shot job #the two horse job #the miracle job #the stork job #cw torture

[kdsantell21]

Hey y’all! 

Tomorrow I’ll be live with @alextheallycat at 9pm EST for another episode of “Films & Fandoms with Kaylee” where we’ll be talking Leverage season 1 episode 4 “The Miracle Job”! 

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Hope to see y’all there! 

#Leverage #leverage: redemption #Leverage Redemption #Podcasts #The Miracle Job

[wolves-in-the-world]

having thoughts about my friend julio in the miracle job, who we know best as the guy with the gun in his waistband. <3

like, okay, the "even gangsters recognise the sanctity of catholic priests" thing is…… problematic. just nodding towards that because I think it needs to be nodded towards.

but I love how little ego julio brings to the scene once the secret (that one of his people took a side job without telling him, a job he emphatically disapproves of) is out there. hardison shoves the guilty party to reveal his injury and eliot glances to julio to see if he means trouble, but julio's attention is just entirely fixed on the guy. he politely asks for the gun back and uses it to get the answers that hardison and eliot need.

it's transactional, practical. respectful of eliot as someone who's shown he's not to be messed with, who's on julio's turf, but who's behaving with respect and restraint himself - eliot's there for entirely reasonable answers on one specific issue, uses violence only in reaction to and in proportion with the threats against him, and frankly de-escalates the situation pretty damn well by grabbing the gun in julio's jeans and knocking out the next guy who threatens him. (seriously, for violence-type criminals, it was practically diplomatic.)

and it's clear that julio's underling Broke The Rules. like, I'd have preferred we had this encounter with a different underlying message than "priests are inherently good and respecting them is the obvious choice," because oof. (this show is kinda about acknowledging when people in power all too often abuse that power, after all. that and seeking justice.)

but it's an interesting little unquestioned-by-the-narrative-or-the-characters nod to honour among thieves.

and this fairly formal, mutually respectful, almost ritualised encounter ends with "gentlemen, I'll leave you to your internal affairs" which:

very cool, nice job eliot

possibly discreetly requests that julio not start in on any punitive actions until eliot and hardison are away, so they're not privy to that specific crime (the last we see of julio he's crouching and pointing the gun at the guy very close, and eliot gets them out of there pretty quickly, so there could be some implications there, and it's a very understated moral messiness if so)

gets eliot a little nod from julio like "thanks for bringing this to my attention, I appreciate your civility here, not ceding my authority though" (and eliot doesn't ask him to.)

it's a great little interaction. it's a (sigh, mostly) great little scene.

#the miracle job #leverage #I'm from an xtian background but not a catholic one so I'm guessing & hoping that this acknowledgement of the messiness is enough #my friend julio #he gets a tag now because I like him #so help me I kind of want to make him a character in fics now but I don't know how to include him without leaning into cop show type shit #I suppose they could just run into him on a job again? end up in the area in need of a place to hide from the cops? #find him tied to a chair like ''dude you need a better job'' ''tell me about it‚ last year a guy threatened me with muffins'' etc etc #never getting over that. martin's an absolute freak <3 #anyway this is probably going to be it but. I do like him. #takes a heck of a guy to react to that jeans situation with grace and composure #and he does manage that eventually. #and I feel like eliot walked a very subtle line here with making sure he was respected #but also not stepping on julio's toes? not putting him on the defensive? #he was In Julio's Territory and he was fully acknowledging that #eliot being so competent in frigging gang diplomacy is weird as hell to see so early #like I know in theory he's had dealings with those sorts of criminals before but we never really see it #and that's just fascinating #orig

[boyhood]

I have a new episode of my podcast All Miracles Are Strange. It's about hysterical weeping, Margery Kempe, EM Cioran, and two ceramics work by the artist Carolein Smit (above).

It's also about how I cry a lot.

In this episode, I referenced Tears and Saints by Emil Cioran, The Crying Book by Heather Christie, Cry Baby: Why Our Tears Matter by Benjamin Parry, Interior Castles by Teresa of Avila, the Book of Margery Kempe, Afterlives of the Saints by Colin Dickey, and the essay “Tears and Screaming: Weeping in the Spirituality of Margery Kempe” by Santha Bhattacharji, which appears in the book “Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination.” I tried very hard to put in some bits from Margery Kempe by Robert Gluck, but couldn't make it work this time around.

If you would like to support my work or read more of what I do, you can find me on Patreon and Substack. If you want to see my studio work, you can see it on instagram and on my website.

This episode, along with all the others, can be found on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts

#all miracles are strange #lizz hamilton #museum of the vanishing dog #motvd #sometimes i want to apologize for putting these out slowly but i do end up having to read about 10 books per ep and have a job so like