History Recap / LeverageRedemptionS2E6TheFracturedJob

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* DoomedHometown: This episode is about averting this trope after Eliot and the team learn that a fracking rig that's been built is, among other dangers, is leaking methane into the water supply.

** This week's Mark is a CorruptCorporateExecutive [[Recap/LeverageS03E10TheUndergroundJob whose negligence is endangering others, and is protected thanks to a corrupt Attorney General that's in his pocket]]. [[Recap/LeverageS02E01TheBeantownBailoutJob This isn't the first time either the team's plan revolved someone they think is on the up-and-up only to turn to be in league with the]] VillainOfTheWeek.

** Eliot's father freed a POW camp, which should have earned a him medal, but the military gave the honor that was rightfully his to a white guy. This is the same thing that happened to Charlie Lawson in "[[Recap/LeverageS04E04TheVanGoghJob The Van Gogh Job]]".

* HandicappedBadass: Billy limps because he injured his hip during his military service, but is still able to help Eliot take out a gang of {{Mooks}}.

** Before fighting some goons, Billy utters a PreAssKickingOneLiner [[Recap/LeverageS01E08TheBankShotJob very similar to one Eliot gave back in season 1]]:
--->'''Eliot''': Hey, what smells like crank and screams like a girl? ''[Breaks a mook's arm, eliciting this response]'' Good answer.
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* KryptoniteFactor: Sophie, as Harry observes, is a master of reading people but has a crippling weakness that undermines this: self-doubt. Since Sophie has been having worries since her encounter with Arthur Wilde, she completely misreads the [=AG=]'s true colors and runs into roadblocks due to this unforeseen circumstance.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Attorney General James Hodgins comes off as an honest politician who cares for his constituents, even suspending operations of the fracking rig until an environmental survey is completed. In reality he has invested money into the company that owns the rig, is implied to have aspirations for President, and actually hates his hometown of Carson seeing them as hicks.

-->'''Eliot''': Hey, what smells like crank and screams like a girl? ''[Breaks a mook's arm, eliciting this response]'' Good answer.

-->'''Billy''': Hey, Eliot.
-->'''Eliot''': Yeah, Dad.
-->'''Billy''': What smells like a fracking rig and screams like a girl? ''[Breaks a mook's arm, eliciting this response]''
-->'''Eliot''': Classic.

Elliot returns to his hometown of Carson, Oklahoma for a much needed family reunion only to discover it in danger from a fracking rig. The team works to expose the harm the rig is causing and shut it down, with the fact that the company that owns the rig intends to build more creating even more urgency.
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** Elliot's father freed a POW camp, which should have earned a him medal, but the military gave the honor that was rightfully his to a white guy. This is the same thing that happened to Charlie Lawson in "[[Recap/LeverageS04E04TheVanGoghJob The Van Gogh Job]]".

** When Parker wonders if Elliot's SecretlyDying and that's what he needs to tell his father, she reminds him that [[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E16TheHarryWilsonJob she and Hardison have prepared robot bodies for after they die.]]
** Elliot's implied DarkAndTroubledPast as part of his time in the military is mentioned. Also it's revealed that his moments of patriotism, his sympathy for and work with veterans, and even joining the army come from wanting to be a hero like his father.

* DoomedHometown: This episode is about averting this trope after Elliot and the team learn that a fracking rig that's been built is, among other dangers, is leaking methane into the water supply.
* HappilyAdopted: Eliot's birth parents dropped off him at the hospital (i.e. abandoned him) where his adopted mother worked, she and her husband taking hm in and raising him as their own. They implied to have had a pretty good relationship up until he joined the military against their wishes; even then it was Elliot being forced to miss his mother's funeral that really drove a wedge between him and his father.

* SoProudOfYou: Billy Spencer, Elliot's father, tells his son this once everything is said and done, understanding that Elliot works to help people in ways others can't and he wouldn't be on this path if his son had obeyed his wishes to not join the military.
* UnseenNoMore: Elliot's father, played by Creator/KeithDavid, is finally seen after only getting sporadic mentions across both series.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: To Elliot, it doesn't matter that his father never got the medal he earned, he saved the men in the POW camp he freed. Elliot follows his father's example by doing good deeds that the world will never know about.

* SoProudOfYou: Billy Spencer, Elliot's father, tells his son this once everything is said and done, understanding that Elliot works to help people in ways others can't and he wouldn't be on this path if his son had obeyed his wishes to not jon the military.
* UnseenNoMore: Elliot's father, played by Creator/KeithDavid, is finally seen after only getting sparatic mentions across both series.

* KryptoniteFactor: Sophie, as Harry observes, is a master of reading people but has a crippling weakness that undermines this: self-doubt. Since Sophie has been having worries since her encounter with Arthur Wilde, she completely misreads the [=AG=]'s true colors and run into roadblocks due to this unforeseen circumstance.

** This week's Mark is a CorruptCorporateExecutive [[Recap/LeverageS03E10TheUndergroundJob whose negligence is endangering others, and is protected thanks to a corrupt Attorney General thats in his pocket]]. [[Recap/LeverageS02E01TheBeantownBailoutJob This isn't the first time either the team's plan revolved someone they think is on the up-and-up only to turn to be in league with the]] VillainOfTheWeek.

-->'''Eliot''': Hey, what smells like crank and screams like a girl? ''[Breaks a Mook's arm eliciting this response]'' Good answer.

-->'''Billy''': What smells like a fracking rig and screams like a girl? ''[Breaks a Mook's arm eliciting this response]''

** Elliot's implied DarkAndTroubledPast as part of his time in the military is mentioned. Also its revealed that his moments of patriotism, his sympathy and work with Veterans, and even joining the army comes from wanting to be a hero like his father.

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** Before fighting some goons, Billy utters a PreAssKickingOneLiner very similar to one Eliot gave in "[[Recap/LeverageS01E08TheBankShotJob The Bank Shot Job]]".

-->'''Billy''': What smells like a fracking rig and screams like a girl?

Elliot returns to his hometown of Carson, Oklahoma for a much needed family reunion only to discover it in danger from a fracking rig. The team works to expose the harm ir causes and shut it down, especially once they learnt the company that owns it intends to build more.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: James Hodgins, the Attorney General, comes off as an honest politician who cares for his constituents even suspending operations of the fracking rig until an environmental survey is completed. In reality he has invested money into the company that owns the rig, is implied to have aspirations for President, and actually hates his hometown of Carson seeing them as hicks.
* CallBack: Elliot's father freed a POW camp, which should have earned a him medal, but the military gave the honor that was rightfully his to a white guy. This is the same thing that happened to Charlie Lawson in "[[Recap/LeverageS04E04TheVanGoghJob The Van Gogh Job]]".

* WhatYouAreInTheDark:

** The reason behind Eliot's estrangement from his father is explored here after being touched on in the final season of the original series and this season's ChristmasEpisode.

** This week's Mark is a CorruptCorporateExecutive [[Recap/LeverageS03E10TheUndergroundJob whose negligence is endangering others, and is protected thanks to a corrupt Attorney General thats in his pocket.]]

* UnseenNoMore: Elliot's father, played by Creator/KeithDavid, is finally seen after only getting sparatic mentions across both series.