Leverage – 4x09 – The Cross My Heart Job

While stuck at the airport, the team must retrieve a heart donated to a fifteen-year-old patient when a sick defense contractor intercepts it.

*Spoilers ahead!*

★★★★★

While stuck at the airport Nate notices a woman with a transplant box. When she heads for a telephone he asks her if everything is alright. She confides in him that someone kidnapped her daughter to get the heart. It doesn’t take the team long to find the girl and rescue her. This case gets pretty personal for Nate since he doesn’t want the 15 years old boy to die. Memories of his dying son come up. Sophie is there to have his back though. They even take over the tower and give out a hurricane warning to stop the heart from leaving the airport. In the end they get the heart back and over to the boy. Nate calls the defense contractor and tells him that he is watching him.

This Episode had some very beautiful scenes between Sophie and Nate. I love how she always has his back and he doesn’t really notices it. I mean, I’m sure he notices it but that the way he should. They “only” have sex… they are friends with benefits. At least that’s what they keep telling each other when they are both so much more to each other. Denial is apparently the best defense. ;)

And Hardison taking over the tower and suddenly having to get a plane down… I love how he uses a flight simulator for it. You just have to love that guy. Best scene him trying to get into the tower and ranting about sexual harassment and intolerance because on his ID was a picture of a female. Hilarious.

And Elliot being Elliot and kicking some serious butts. Always awesome. Totally love he stunt work Christian Kane is doing. He is really brilliant at what he is doing.

It’s also nice to see Parker getting more comfortable in interacting with people.

So far I loved this Season. So yeah, sorry no critic for this one. ;)

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Quotes:
Sophie: Well, that trip was a complete disaster.
Alec: It was a train wreck.
Elliot: No, it was a shipwreck, and you want to know how I know that? Because I was in the wreck.

Elliot: You carry high heels in your purse?
Sophie: I always travel with heels.
Elliot: Don't suppose you travel with handcuffs.
Sophie: No, not on this trip.

Sophie: Hey, you all right with this one?
Nate: What?
Sophie: Well, you said it yourself--a kid's life is at stake. You don't think that might get too personal?
Nate: Does it matter?

Alec: Look, man, this is like stone knives and bearskins, okay? Nobody's asking Elliot to fight a guy with a Nerf sword.
Elliot: Damascus, 2002.
Alec: Like you've been to Damascus.

Nate: I know what you're gonna say.
Sophie: I think you should have a drink.
Nate: Okay, I didn't know what you were gonna say.

Dean Chesney: I'm fighting for my life, Mr. Ford! What are you fighting for?
Nate: I am fighting for that 15-year-old boy that you're going to kill.
Dean Chesney: God helps those that help themselves.
Nate: And I help people who can't.
Dean Chesney: Well, Mr. Ford, it seems you've killed me after all.
Nate: Oh, I didn't kill you. God killed you. I just... made sure it took.