Leverage: Redemption - The Grand Complication Job
The return of the reboot's first villain, Alexandra Bligh (Lucy Taylor), offers the opportunity for an all-girls episode with the team stretched across the globe. The fact that the team is never stretched this thin, with everyone working separately, is simply a conceit you'll have to allow in order for events to play out. After kidnapping Sophie (Gina Bellman), Bligh pits nemeses Parker (Beth Riesgraf) and Astrid (Alexandra Park) against each other commanding one to steal a priceless treasure on display and the other to prevent the theft. The costume ball, in honor of the displays of Marie Antoinette, prevents the pair from running into each other for most of the episode until they finally do in the vault leading to the confrontation Bligh has been hoping for.
Returning from a separate mission, Breanna (Aleyse Shannon) offers Parker support and also loops in the episode's guest-star allowing for a member of the crew who Bligh never sees coming. Given the concept, the episode doesn't miss Nate as much as many of the full team missions, and there's plenty of fun hijinks at the gala (with some sequences shown multiple times revealing a bit more each time). As for Sophie, despite being handcuffed at gunpoint, she manages to stall Bligh long enough knowing eventually her team will reach her (which, of course they do). Fun times all around.
- Title: Leverage: Redemption - The Grand Complication Job
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