To then have Nate turn around and hypnotize Hardison was just too much whiplash.

It's the same Nate from the season finale. It's the same Nate that's working off the slap. Nate doesn't learn. He's going to have to, soon. But he keeps asking for shit he hasn't earned yet.

But I don't know if it was the same Nate who went after Parker.

I don't think Nate realises he has to be decent to people. But he totally feels he has to save them.

I don't think Nate realises he has to be decent to people. But he totally feels he has to save them.

This. Very much this.

Do you agree with Nate's premise? That to run your own team you have to be willing to do odious things to your team members?

And then the mumbled "went to the wrong address". I think that they were doing something else. Something porny.

IIRC, the wrong address they went to may have involved furries. So, kind of?

Yeah, they showed the address they went to - it was one of Parker's dummy addresses.

the wrong address they went to may have involved furries

Furries? Where did you see that? There was a man dressed up as Sailor Moon.

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That to run your own team you have to be willing to do odious things to your team members?

No. Many of the things he does that are noxious are optional. He could have asked Hardison about the hypnosis, for instance.

There was a man dressed up as Sailor Moon.

aka cosplay

Hardison called Parker "Mama". I had to rewind and listen to that a couple times to make sure I heard it right. I wonder if that was scripted.

He did it at least twice.