The truth of the matter is that the world needs more shows like Leverage: Redemption. However, it’s also a fact that there aren’t any. Leverage: Redemption Season 3 hit the ground running with a three-episode premiere on April 17 after over two years of hiatus, and we couldn’t be happier. Actually, we could. The 10-episode order for Season 3 is three episodes less than Season 2, which itself was three episodes less than the 16-episode Season 1. Seriously. More, please.
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It’s challenging to objectively review a show filled with characters you’ve grown to love over five plus two seasons of growth and change. While Parker might be “done with change,” change isn’t done with our team. Season 3 pushes their buttons, hones their skills, and takes them right up to the point where their good intentions nose-boop their criminal instincts.
Prime Video’s Leverage: Redemption Season 3
How does one encapsulate the joy of Leverage: Redemption? It combines the comfort of a procedural with the excitement of a heist and seasons it with the philosophy of modern-day moral justice. Then it lights it all on fire. Well, it would if Parker (Beth Riesgraf) had her way.
If Season 1 was about growing the new team under the umbrella theme of redemption, ie, using their criminal skills to mete out consequences to real bad guys, and Season 2 focused on team members facing their past, Season 3 plays with the intricacies of relationships. Season 3 carries forward plot threads established in the previous seasons and weaves them through the team’s dynamic.
The Players
Sophie (Gina Bellman) finds an invigorating challenge in her reunion with her stepdaughter Astrid (Alexandra Park), an Interpol agent with a quirky preference for being law-abiding. Hardison’s (Aldis Hodge) general on-screen absence continues, although it’s used to push Parker to draw on new skills and coping strategies.
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Breanna (Aleyse Shannon) expands her skill range. They’ve named her role “The Maker” for Season 3, but she remains more of an apprentice of all trades, following in Parker’s footsteps. She’s turning into a solid grifter with a good head for masterminding schemes.
I was concerned that Noah Wyle’s new hit show, The Pitt, would mean less Harry Wilson for us, but I can happily report without spoiling anything that Mr. Wilson is more than a guest player in Season 3. In fact, Season 3 might be his opus, with him taking on some truly phenomenal transformations in the interests of the con.
While Parker is my Leverage team soul sister, Eliot (Christian Kane) always provides the heart and hearth of the show. He’s known as “The Hitter,” but what he does is protect. He may have little patience for Breanna’s youthful energy or Parker’s chaotic vibe, but he would lay down his life and limbs to keep them from harm. In the Season 2 finale, he confesses to Sophie that he will never be able to redeem himself, but appreciates the chance to do some good with the team. Season 3 provides further insight into his character. His reconciliation in Season 2 with his father, Billy Spencer (Keith David), opens up another side to our favorite gourmet ex-merc.
The Cons
Season 3 has a lot of fun operations with current ripped-from-the-headlines wrongdoings. From defrauding seniors using deep-fake videos to online dating app swindlers to corrupt small-town big-fish oligarchs, the Leverage team is here to name, shame, and con them all.
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The highlight of the season is a standalone episode mid-season that not only plays with the procedural template, but also has the most epic, stand-up-and-cheer reveal moment. You’ll know it when you see it.
In terms of the season’s structure, there’s a solid bookend pairing in the premiere and finale, and yet, it feels unfinished. The alleged finale, “The Side Job,” is certainly no “The Harry Wilson Job” or “The Crowning Achievement Job,” but it is reminiscent of “The Mastermind Job,” which was the mid-season finale of Season 1, back when Freevee dropped the series in two blocks. It may only be wishful thinking, but I could see the real con being making us believe that’s all the Season 3 there is, then surprising us with a back six (ten?).
To reiterate, 10 episodes is simply not enough Leverage: Redemption to slake our appetite for slick cons, sudden pivots, and glorious gloats. In a world of uncertainty and a constant stream of unanswered injustices, we need shows that remind us that the good guys can win and have fun doing it. So, sincerely, let’s go steal another season.
Leverage: Redemption Season 3 streams on Prime Video with new episodes every Thursday.
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