Leverage
The Queen's Gambit Job
TV Flash files “The Queen's Gambit Job” as hour 54 of 77 in the TV Flash guide — Leverage (2008–2012) on TNT, season 4, episode 10, aired 2011-08-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 54 of 77 in the Leverage guide, hour 10 of 18 in season 4. It aired 2011-08-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Cross My Heart Job” (S04E09). Next is “The Experimental Job” (S04E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jim Sterling asks Nate for help taking down a researcher who has designed a calibration weight for a nuclear reactor that will allow a terrorist nation to manufacture enriched uranium. The con occurs during an international chess tournament. However, it soon becomes clear that the Interpol agent has an ulterior motive, one which isolates Nate, gets Sophie arrested, and takes Eliot out of commission.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Queen's Gambit Job sit in the Leverage guide?
S04E10 is listed hour 54 of 77 — hour 10 of 18 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.
When did Leverage S04E10 air?
The Queen's Gambit Job aired 2011-08-28 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
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- 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.…