The team traces incriminating evidence about a corporation's misdeeds to two witnesses on a plane to the Cayman Islands, not knowing what the corporation has planned for the flight.The team traces incriminating evidence about a corporation's misdeeds to two witnesses on a plane to the Cayman Islands, not knowing what the corporation has planned for the flight.The team traces incriminating evidence about a corporation's misdeeds to two witnesses on a plane to the Cayman Islands, not knowing what the corporation has planned for the flight.
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- TriviaAll the fake names that Nate reads off in the airport are of actors who have previously portrayed The Doctor in the British sci-fi series Doctor Who (1963). Nate's aliases are Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Tom Baker all of whom portrayed The Doctor. Sophie's alias is Sarah Jane Baker, a reference to Sarah Jane Smith, one of The Doctor's companions (portrayed by Elisabeth Sladen). This is most likely due to the fake ID's being made by Hardison, who in an earlier episode remarks about 'torrenting' Doctor Who episodes.
- GoofsEliot pretends to be a Federal Air Marshal, but is sitting in Coach. FAMs always sit in First Class. Their mission is to prevent any threats to the cockpit, which can only effectively be accomplished from First Class. Other LEOs permitted to fly armed will sit anywhere on the place except for those with a detainee. LEOs on escort duty of a detainee always sit in the very rear of the plane, again to keep any potential threats away from the cockpit and because they sometimes will load from the tarmac.
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Parker: [pretending to be an flight attendant] Place the mask over your mouth and nose and breathe normally. In the event of a water landing your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device. But, let's face it, if this thing goes down in the water, more than likely the impact will kill you. Please take a moment to locate the nearest emergency exits because if this plane's on fire you're gonna wanna get out quick. Jet fuel burns at over 1000 degrees. That's hot, folks!
- ConnectionsFeatures The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
Nevertheless, the separation proves key to the plot, in which the team is forced once again to improvise in a hurry. During the break-in they discover the agricultural company's CEO is preparing to scramble any attempt to investigate the deaths by "bankrupting" the division involved with the fertilizer (thus creating a ticking-clock scenario, even if the details don't make any sense) and dealing with the "assets" which are on a flight shortly to leave for the Cayman Islands. After an entertaining sequence in which Nate, Sophie, Eliot, and Parker establish roles for themselves while they're in the airport (which includes a cute nod to Doctor Who) they infiltrate the flight and begin sorting through the passengers and searching their carry-on luggage.
Meanwhile Hardison is tasked with re-infiltrating Genogrow on his own in order to find the evidence that the team was looking for during their original break-in. This gives Aldis Hodge a chance to flex his acting skills Gina Bellman-style with a couple of performances that allow him to pose as a corporate drone. He's the MVP of the episode in this regard, as it gives him his best opportunity yet to demonstrate his ability to switch between an overtly comedic performance and the more standard dramedic one typically required by the show. That Hodge does it so effortlessly is an element that the show would exploit further in future seasons.
It turns out the flight is a whole set up that leaves the team in mortal danger. It's not a spoiler to say that they get out of it in the end, which they do in suitably dramatic style. And while it involves a lot more CGI than a television show in 2009 should be employing given its poor quality, it's another reflection of the show's willingness to go big in service to an entertaining tale. While another draft of the script could have smoothed out some of the bumps in the plot and the structure, even without one it's still a solidly entertaining episode that showcases why the Leverage crew is the best at what they do.
- academic-drifter
- Mar 24, 2021
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1