Leverage
The French Connection Job
TV Flash files “The French Connection Job” as hour 66 of 77 in the TV Flash guide — Leverage (2008–2012) on TNT, season 5, episode 4, aired 2012-08-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E04: listed hour 66 of 77 in the Leverage guide, hour 4 of 15 in season 5. It aired 2012-08-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The First Contact Job” (S05E03). Next is “The Gimme a K Street Job” (S05E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Eliot goes undercover at a culinary arts school to take down an avaricious restaurateur.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The French Connection Job sit in the Leverage guide?
S05E04 is listed hour 66 of 77 — hour 4 of 15 in season 5, season 5 episode 4.
When did Leverage S05E04 air?
The French Connection Job aired 2012-08-12 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.…