Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


-t - Aug 15, 2011 11:33:15 am PDT #8438 of 11999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, that's what I really believe, but if the show tells me different I won't squawk.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 15, 2011 11:51:29 am PDT #8439 of 11999
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

As I recall, Hardison told Parker that the pretzels would be there whenever she was ready. I had the impression that they were in limbo, and Hardison was just waiting for Parker.

Right. That was in the Double Blind Job, at the start of the season. What I was referencing above was their quick exchange before hopping off the train caboose in the Big Bang Job. It made me think they would be going off afterward and doing it.

The interaction last night, of course, proved that theory wrong.


§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 12:46:41 pm PDT #8440 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

From talking to John about the future possibilities of their relationship I'm pretty sure they're not there yet.

How many kisses have they had that had nothing to do with the case? I remember Hardison getting rattled twice (once in the basement, and once in Lucille, but those were cons).

Interesting to me that Nate said "you can't con a con artist" where in every episode of Hustle the premise is "you can't con an honest person." Leverage operates on the premise that you totally can, and in all honestly, haven't they conned some con artists?


-t - Aug 15, 2011 12:52:13 pm PDT #8441 of 11999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That jumped out at me, too (my actual thought when he said it was "I wonder what ita ! thinks about that", since we had had that discussion re: Hustle), but then I decided it was less of a basic axiom (as Hustle's seems to be) and more a jumping off point to get to "let's use this guys vigilance against him".

Eta parenthetical aside


SuziQ - Aug 15, 2011 3:16:15 pm PDT #8442 of 11999
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Isn't this the first time Hardison has kissed Parker? In the past, she has kissed him as part of a con, but I don't recall him doing the same.


le nubian - Aug 15, 2011 3:51:12 pm PDT #8443 of 11999
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

And that kiss was so awkward and lovely that I can't imagine that it's gone any further.

Yes. This.


Amy - Aug 15, 2011 3:53:04 pm PDT #8444 of 11999
Because books.

I think I assumed more solely based on them holding hands in The Van Gogh Job. Or something.

I'm fine with the idea that they haven't gone that far, though.

I was just so proud of Aldis Hodge in that episode -- he did such a fantastic job. HARDISON. And Beth Riesgraf, too! That shuddery sigh in the cemetery before she walked away ... MY HEART.


§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 4:18:12 pm PDT #8445 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Isn't this the first time Hardison has kissed Parker?

As far as my memory serves, yes.

Yeah, Amy, Aldis was on fire. Every tear... And Beth's voice breaking on "my friend!" was too adorable.


Ailleann - Aug 16, 2011 3:37:39 am PDT #8446 of 11999
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

I haven't seen a kiss on the cheek be that hot in a long time. Just saying.


erikaj - Aug 16, 2011 12:58:17 pm PDT #8447 of 11999
Always Anti-fascist!

They're cute.