History Recap / LeverageRedemptionS1E6TheCardGameJob

** Interestingly, they also lampshade exactly why this doesn't work in real life. They give the cure's recipe to every one of his competitors and it's not patented. Further, since he was defrauding the government by collecting research grants for a cure he already had, the [=CEO=] and the company itself is facing serious legal issues.

* TheSociopath: Jim Cordozar is a textbook example. Carries himself with [[SmugSnake an unbearably smug aura]]? Check. Desperate hunger to be the best at anything he's a part of but an utter disinterest in putting in any work on his part? Check. [[LackOfEmpathy Blatant inability to give a damn about anyone]], whether they're his own employees or ''[[WouldHurtAChild children at risk of death]]'' because they can't afford the medicine he owns? ''Check''.

* TheSociopath: Jim Cordozar is a textbook example. Carries himself with [[SmugSnake an unbearably smug aura]]? Check. Desperate hunger to be the best at anything he's a part of but an utter disinterest in putting in any work on his part? Check. [[LackOfEmpathy Blatant inability to give a damn about anyone]], whether they're his own employees or ''children at risk of death'' because they can't afford the medicine he owns? ''Check''.

* TheSociopath: Cordozar is a textbook example. Carries himself with [[SmugSnake an unbearably smug aura]]? Check. Desperate hunger to be the best at anything he's a part of but an utter disinterest in putting in any work on his part? Check. [[LackOfEmpathy Blatant inability to give a damn about anyone]], whether they're his own employees or ''children at risk of death'' because they can't afford the medicine he owns? ''Check''.

** Interestingly, they also lampshade exactly why this doesn't work in real life. [[spoiler: They give the cure's recipe to every one of his competitors and it's not patented. Further, since he was defrauding the government by collecting research grants for a cure he already had, the [=CEO=] and the company itself is facing serious legal issues]].

** Interestingly, they also lampshade exactly why this doesn't work in real life. [[spoiler: They give the cure's recipe to every one of his competitors...and it's not patented]].

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!!Tropes:

* RousingSpeech: When Springer is about to reluctantly sell his company to Cordozar, who has fulfilled the letter (if not the spirit) of their agreement, Breanna talks him out of it by telling him how much ''Spirit's Ruse'' means to its fans, and how it helped them create a community where they finally fit in.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Eliot is more or less [[GotVolunteered forced]] to participate in the jousting tournament as "Glenn the Savage". Cordozar takes advantage of this to send his {{Mooks}} after Eliot; as usual, Eliot wipes the floor with them, but for once he does so in front of a cheering, enthusiastic audience who thinks it's part of the festivities.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Eliot is more or less [[GotVolunteered forced]] to participate in the jousting tournament as "Glenn the Savage". Cordozar takes advantage of this to send his {{Mooks}} after Eliot; as expected, Eliot wipes the floor with them, but for once he does so in front of a cheering, enthusiastic audience who thinks it's part of the festivities.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Eliot is more or less [[GotVolunteered forced]] to participate in the jousting tournament as "Glenn the Savage". This leads to a confrontation with Cordozar's {{Mooks}}; as expected, Eliot wipes the floor with them, but for once he does so in front of a cheering, enthusiastic audience.

* RenaissanceFair: The ''Spirit's Ruse'' con, with its medieval setting, is one in all but name, as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by curmudgeonly Eliot.

* WithholdingTheCure: Cordozar's pharmaceutical company has the cure to a potentially lethal medical condition. He suppresses it so that he can force the victims and their families to spend their whole lives paying for treatment that they need to come back for again and again while he keeps on collecting grant money from the government to finance the battle against that disease.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Corporate executive might not be the right term for him, but Deric Springer owns a successful gaming company. He's a reclusive poet who developed the game himself, cares deeply about the feelings and positive experiences of the fans, values his word, and prefers to do deals on a handshake. He ''does'' go back on his promise to sell his company to the VillainOfTheWeek, but only after it's made abundantly clear that it's the right thing to do.
* MotiveRant: During his climactic game with Breanna, Cordozar expounds on his [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] worldview. Breanna responds with a combination of ArmorPiercingQuestion and ShutUpHannibal.

!Tropes:

* MotiveRant: During his climactic game with Breanna, Cordozar expounds on his sociopathic worldview. Breanna responds with a combination of ArmorPiercingQuestion and ShutUpHannibal.

* WithholdingTheCure: Cordozar's pharmaceutical company has the cure to a potentially lethal medical condition. He suppresses it so that he can force the victims and their families to spend their whole lives paying for treatment that they need to come back for again and again while he keeps on collecting grant money from the government to finance the battle against that disease.

The Leverage team dives into the world of a high fantasy collectible card game with a devoted following to take down a pharmaceutical bad boy who is price-gouging drugs to fund his own house of cards.