Leverage
The Jailhouse Job
TV Flash files “The Jailhouse Job” as a desk essential hour — Leverage (2008–2012) on TNT, season 3, episode 1, aired 2010-06-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 29 of 77 in the Leverage guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 2010-06-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Maltese Falcon Job” (S02E15). Next is “The Reunion Job” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “The Jailhouse Job”. The Jailhouse Job launches year three from lockup vocabulary: the crew's justice still for sale to people who cannot buy it, the form unshaken.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As the team works to free Nate from jail, he must take on the corrupt warden of a private prison and free and save the life of an innocent inmate.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Jailhouse Job sit in the Leverage guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 29 of 77 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Leverage S03E01 air?
The Jailhouse Job aired 2010-06-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Leverage: Redemption?
No. The TNT run (2008–2012) is the crew's original take. The revival is extra innings for people who never left the con.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A crew of specialists cons the rich on behalf of people who cannot buy justice. Leverage is TNT heist-of-the-week craft: let's-go-steal cold opens, Parker and Hardison as the slow-burn, found-family banter, and caper structure that still plays because the chemistry is the take.
So about last night in the group chat: we are not arguing about whether Leverage is comfort food. We are arguing about which Job is the one you send a newbie (I said spoiler-free. I lied a little about the let's-go-steal cold opens, because those are the branding). John Rogers and Chris Downey's TNT series (2008–2012) is modern Robin Hoods conning the rich — Timothy Hutton's Nate, Gina Bellman's Sophie, Christian Kane's Eliot, Beth Riesgraf's Parker, Aldis Hodge's Hardison — each episode a mini-heist movie, role…
Filed against
- Timothy Hutton as Nate Ford
Timothy Hutton masterminded Leverage as Nate Ford — a crew of specialists conning the rich on behalf of people who cannot buy justice, TNT heist-of-the-week craft, let's-go-steal cold opens, found-family banter. Chemistry as the take. TV…
- Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux
Gina Bellman's Sophie Devereaux cons the rich on Leverage — TNT heist-of-the-week craft, let's-go-steal cold opens, found-family banter, a grifter who treats a mark like a stage. Parker and Hardison as the slow-burn; Sophie as the accent…
- Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer
Christian Kane played Eliot Spencer on Leverage — a crew of specialists conning the rich on behalf of people who cannot buy justice. TNT heist-of-the-week craft: let's-go-steal cold opens, Parker and Hardison as the slow-burn,…
- Beth Riesgraf as Parker
Beth Riesgraf’s Parker made Leverage a heist-of-the-week with a pulse — TNT caper craft, let’s-go-steal cold opens, Hardison as the slow-burn, found-family banter, specialists conning the rich on behalf of people who cannot buy justice.…
- Aldis Hodge as Alec Hardison
Aldis Hodge’s Alec Hardison made Leverage’s let’s-go-steal cold opens a slow-burn romance with the con — TNT heist-of-the-week, Parker in the other orbit, found-family banter, specialists taking the rich for people who cannot buy justice.…