#hardison leverage

It's not the absolutely INSANE way Nate catches the bad guy, no. Though, being able to give a guy a nosebleed with the power of your mind is pretty hot.

No, what I LOVE about this episode is that Eliot is surrounded by cute nurses and he doesn't care. He doesn't care about the con. He doesn't care about the job. He sees a little boy with a broken arm, showing signs of abuse, and he gets tunnel vision.

I love it when Eliot threatens the boys father, takes his actual freaking driver's license! I love when Eliot tries to empower the boy to speak up for himself, AND, when he learns that the boy can't trust ANY of the cops in town, Eliot takes the matter to the US Marshals.

He literally tells a freaking marshal that a little boy is in trouble and living with his abuser, and that his abuser is on friendly terms with the cops in town, and will he please help him out?

I love that the marshal takes the matter seriously. Instead of being like, "well, that's not my jurisdiction," he takes care of it. He personally goes to the boy's house and tells him, "let's talk. You'll be okay." He personally removes the boy from the presence of his abuser WHILE the abuser is watching!

I love that Eliot is outside the house watching them, instead of just passing the message along and letting the marshal take care of it. He goes to the house and watches, makes sure--until the very last second--that that little boy is safe. He makes sure that that little boy will never have to be afraid of his father again.

Every moment, touch, dialogue is SCREAMING about how much they love each other.

Vance calling Parker Eliot’s girlfriend, the Neck Grab™️ with Hardison’s face two inches away from Eliot’s, the dap up after Parker does her thing with the lasers - I can GO. ON.

He’s got them in quite a few episodes, but never once did I see them before! I feel like I’m going crazy!

I first noticed them in the Runway Job (maybe the Iceman one too but I could be wrong) but I’m rewatching it now with someone else and they didn’t notice them either till I pointed them out!

I can’t take screenshots on my phone but they’re in this promo shoot, and they seem to disappear behind his shoulders in a few scenes, but they’re there!

actually my previous post gave me an idea, so i'm putting this down. somebody probably already did this, sorry. there's nothing new under the sun

season 1 and 2 specific (i haven't seen anything else yet)

drink one shot if:

a hack that should be impossible to perform with a tiny ass mobile phone is performed by hardison with a tiny ass mobile phone (bonus shot for a silly digital animation)

hardison gets carried away while explaining things in front of the big screens

the team is struggling to not tell sophie that her acting sucks

nate makes a pointed statement and walks away

"let's steal us a ___"

hardison teases eliot

somebody faints/has a medical emergency/dies on screen during the first several minutes of the episode (wow this is like house md or something)

eliot gets tragically beat up

eliot is showing off his Cooking Skills™

parker misses a social cue

somebody tries to teach parker a social cue

hardison photoshops a team member's face onto a picture of a famous person

parker enjoys her Money

somebody fakes an accent

sophie flirts her way into a con

nate sips a drink dramatically

nate and sophie Unresolved Romantic Tension moment

somebody fake-befriends an fbi agent/a cop/a random company employee and it's a whole Thing

mention of sophie art stealing shenanigans

nate is playing the most obnoxious character and dresses horribly for it

drink two shots if:

nate says something clearly disturbing and/or sadistic

hardison says the guy he is trying to con is being racist

parker tragic/absurd childhood flashback

sterling gets a villain-like entrance

parker is being intense about a vent

improbable way to bypass a fingerprint scan