If there’s one thing that Prime Video’s Leverage: Redemption has done well since its return, is reminds us that the biggest cons aren’t always pulled off with technology, fancy suits, and impossible schemes. Sometimes, the scam is emotional. Sometimes, the trap is the past. And Leverage: Redemption Season 3, in its first three episodes, takes care to show us that while the team is more coordinated than ever, its members are more human, more complex, and more vulnerable than we’ve ever seen them. Ready?
Here we go!
First Steps of Leverage: Redemption Season 3
Leverage: Redemption Season 3 starts strong with ‘The Weekend in Paris Job,’ where the plot takes us straight to the heart of Paris and one of its many museums… which the team is about to rob. Everyone, of course, jumps into action with that style we love: perfect coordination, fake identities, double twists, and poetic justice. And they barely make it out of there unscathed. However, it’s an opening that wastes no time and makes clear the tone of the season: current, daring, and unafraid to delve into the great truths of the real world. But between blows, something else is brewing: the characters aren’t just fighting the bad guys… they’re dealing with their own demons.
In ‘The Digital Frankenstein Job,’ Leverage: Redemption Season 3 gets more Black Mirror than ever. Thanks to Breanna, the team creates an artificially generated public figure to catch a corrupt judge. But like any good AI story, what begins as a tool ends up becoming a monster… that’s about to catch them. And that’s the heart of the episode: at what point do we cross the line between delivering justice and playing god? Because it’s very easy to do the latter, especially when you’re born into privilege.
That, after all, is the dilemma Hardison faces this season. Is what they’re doing worth it? Does he want to keep doing it, or does he prefer a different kind of life? We can’t help but think that the team has always played the line. They’ve always been there when justice failed. At first, it was a way to redeem themselves, and soon it became more. Much more. And that’s more necessary than ever.
Finally, comes ‘The Scared Stiff Job,’ and this is where Leverage: Redemption Season 3 begins to hit hard. A businessman preys on terminally ill people by selling them a false promise of cryonics. The next thing they know, their family members end up bankrupt. That’s not just repulsive, it’s realistic. Unfortunately, a loved one’s terminal illness is something almost all of us have had to deal with at some point. Just thinking about the possibility that there are people capable of taking advantage of your pain and vulnerability in the worst moments of your life is chilling. And not in a good way.
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Keep Trying on Leverage: Redemption Season 3
But beyond the cons—which remain clever and perfectly executed—Leverage: Redemption Season 3 takes character development very seriously. And that’s where it truly shines.
Sophie, for example, is in a moment of transition. On the one hand, she’s trying to connect with her adopted daughter. And it’s clear they both want it to work, but there’s an emotional distance they haven’t yet managed to cross. Like a wall between them that they’re slowly chipping away at. With a pickaxe. Slowly but surely. It’s tender, uncomfortable, and deeply real. Sophie, who was always the woman of a thousand masks, now finds herself in a situation where she can’t act. To get her daughter back, she has to be herself, without disguises. She has to let Astrid get to know her. And that scares her more than any con. But she’s trying.
And while she’s working on that connection, she’s also beginning to open herself up to love. Yes, Sophie is on a dating app. We never thought we’d get to this point. But there she is, swiping right (or left, as the case may be), trying to move forward. The problem? Nate is still there. Not as an obstacle, but as that presence that never goes away. Their love was real, and his loss was devastating. And now, any attempt to move forward is inevitably colored by that memory.
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Allowing Yourself to Be Vulnerable
Then we have Eliot, who is perhaps the most quietly emotional of all. In the first episodes of Leverage: Redemption Season 3, he doesn’t say much, but he says just enough. He’s always there for everyone, but who’s there for him? It’s time for him to make peace with his past. And mend his relationship with his father. Although Eliot doesn’t say it, it’s clear it’s costing him more than he wants to admit. But he deserves his father back. He deserves to reclaim his past.
Breanna, for her part, has an emotional moment in these episodes of Leverage: Redemption Season 3. The case in the second episode hit close to home for her because she was reminded of what rich, white men are capable of. The world is at their feet, and she has nothing. She had to fight for everything she got, while others had power from the start and only used it to amass more power and more money at the expense of others. At the end of the day, it’s up to her to save the job, and Breanna has to do something she rarely does: open up, and allow herself to feel vulnerable. And that, as Sophie tells her, is the hardest thing she can do. And we’re proud of her!
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The Wait Is Always Worth It
And then there’s Hardison. Our favorite techie genius is back… only to leave again. This time, there’s no secret mission or plan B. This time, he’s leaving because he needs to know if this—what they do, who they are—still makes sense to him. He says he’s lost sight of why. And that hurts. Because if anyone believed in the team’s purpose, it was him. And we understand that there comes a point where they’ll consider something else, but we think what they do is part of who they are, and not doing it would be like giving up a part of themselves.
But the most painful thing in Leverage: Redemption Season 3 isn’t his departure, it’s what we feel he’s doing to Parker. She loves him, needs him, waits for him, and accepts his every absence with a kiss. But how long will she endure him wandering in and out of her life as if he could pause their relationship without consequences? Parker has grown so much. She’s strong, determined, and more of a leader than ever. But she’s also human. And a part of us wonders if, at some point, she’ll also get tired of waiting.
With just three episodes, Leverage: Redemption Season 3 already has us completely emotionally invested. It’s not just a show about avenging the helpless. It’s a show about learning to move forward without leaving behind what marked you. About loving through open wounds. About rebuilding relationships that seemed impossible.
And yes, it’s also about stealing everything from the rich to give it to those who truly need it. But we already knew that. What we didn’t know—at least not completely—is how much these characters could make us feel after so much time. And this season is here to remind us why we love them so much.
So if you haven’t watched Season 3 yet… what are you waiting for? The team is back, emotions are running high, and the blows, both literal and emotional, are nonstop. And we’ll be here to break them down every week!
PS: It’s impossible not to love Noah Wyle as Harry.
Leverage: Redemption Season 3 will hit our screens on April 17 on Prime Video.
