Love the fact that foodies are portrayed as snobs. In his usual "over-the-top" manner Nate, once again, manages to dupe his target. Parker is once again adding to her life experiences, being a "foodie queen". Hardison is the stereotypical geek who is excited by any new techie gadget. Elliot gets to do his "Food Thing" instead of making notes and taking names. This is classic Leverage, with interactions that show what an ensemble cast looks like. I really miss this cast interaction, in the reboot, without Timothy Hutton, and less of Aldi's Hodge, but Leverage: Redemption is almost as good, (in most cases.)
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Why was there a stereotypical comment about tipping
letiamj-950881 November 2020
Usually Leverage is one of my favorite shows. However, the stereotypical scenes that the only black character refuses to tip was unnecessary for this episode. They have done this with Hardison's character often.
In The Boys Night Out Out Job, Elliot asks Hardison if he said "thank you".
The one time Hardison led a job, Nate did not even respect him and it didn't go as planned. Nate's job never go as plan, they just finally work out but everyone on the team at least always shows him respect. When the others led a job, Nate respected him. All of this was because of how the writers decided to write the show.
All of the characters have stated on more than one occasion that Hardison is the smartest person they know. There are plenty of black smart people in the world. It did very well showing casing a black male as hacker and an intelligent person.
However, it fell short by including stereotypical things like he did not tip or he was the only one on the tram that did not know how to lead (run a successful job).
I hope this stereotypical attributes are removed with the reboot for Alec Hardison and his sister.
In The Boys Night Out Out Job, Elliot asks Hardison if he said "thank you".
The one time Hardison led a job, Nate did not even respect him and it didn't go as planned. Nate's job never go as plan, they just finally work out but everyone on the team at least always shows him respect. When the others led a job, Nate respected him. All of this was because of how the writers decided to write the show.
All of the characters have stated on more than one occasion that Hardison is the smartest person they know. There are plenty of black smart people in the world. It did very well showing casing a black male as hacker and an intelligent person.
However, it fell short by including stereotypical things like he did not tip or he was the only one on the tram that did not know how to lead (run a successful job).
I hope this stereotypical attributes are removed with the reboot for Alec Hardison and his sister.
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