Leverage (TV Series) The Runway Job (2010) User Reviews

The Runway Job

[JamMovieReviews · 9/10 · 27 January 2010]

Leverage Season Two Episode 10 – The Runway Job: Air date January 13, 2010 Review by JAM

This is my first individual episode review of a show that I consider to be one of the top five shows on television. As I have mentioned in a Leverage Season One review on my site, the modern day Robin Hood feel makes this a fun show to watch and the interpersonal relationships between the team are interesting to say the least. The Runway Job is the return from their midseason break, and the show jumps into the fashion world for this trendy return.

Taking down a sweatshop run by the Triads was a little more than they bargained for when they first took the job, but the team works together in order to accomplish it. The idea of a tough gang of former crooks infiltrating and "stealing" a runway show is a very interesting plot point, and I think it gives Eliot (Christian Kane) a chance to show off a bit, both his suave lady charmer side and his acting chops as a fashion assistant.

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Something Miissing

[betanslivka · 9/10 · 9 August 2023]

I love this show. I'm still trying to figure out how I missed it when it first aired. But there was something missing from this episode - and not just Sophie. The usual tension wasn't there, not even near the end when you were supposed to think that Tara (Jeri Ryan) betrayed Eliot and the team. Maybe it wasn't as obvious during the original airing, without knowing she would be back for a few more episodes, but here, it was just a matter of seeing how it would play out.

I've always like Jeri Ryan. I still do. But I haven't warmed up to her character yet. And what was that accent? I know she was supposed to be an Italian designer, but she alternated between sounding Italian and sounding Russian. Although I won't mind seeing how the character of Tara and her relationship to the rest of the team develops, I'll be glad when Gina Bellman is back full time.

All in all, the episode was fun with a cute plot, but I thought it was missing the usual excitement.