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Dueling Shows: With White Collar. Skilled and rather flamboyant thief/thieves are recruited by the good guys to create some Asshole Victims.
Fan Communities: The Grifters.
Hey, It's That Guy!: Tons. In particular, it seems the casting director watches a lot of sci-fi.
- Christian Kane.
- "The Juror #6 Job" guest-stars Lauren Holly and Brent Spiner, with a cameo by Armin Shimerman. Also, that particular episode, as well as others in the show, was directed by Jonathan Frakes, who has a brief cameo in "The Twelve Step Job."
- There's also "The Snow Job," which reunites Christian Kane with fellow Angel evil lawyer alum Sam Anderson, as well as Danny Strong from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not to mention Mark Sheppard popping up all over the place.
- British viewers might recognise Gina Bellman from Coupling, and a handful of people might notice that Aldis Hodge played Voodoo Tatum in Friday Night Lights. Or recognize him as Jake, the soldier who killed Sam from Supernatural.
- How I Met Your Mother fans might recognize Beth Reisgraf as Works-With-Carlos Girl from Season 1.
- Wil Wheaton in "The Two Live Crew Job". Especially hilarious given his character's rivalry with Hardison, a known Star Trek fan.

Hardison: The CIA computer guys call him the Kobayashi Maru.
Ellis: ...who's that?
Hardison: None of you guys got that, seriously?
Parker: Star Trek
Hardison: Thank you.

- Jeri Ryan is the Special Guest of "The Lost Heir Job". The Special Guest part is subverted; she stayed through the end of Season 2.
- Lampshaded in "The 12-Step Job" when Nate refers to an old gentleman in his rehab group as Nick Nolte. Uncredited, unconfirmed, but if it's not him, then it's a subversion rather than a lampshade, as none of the other cases are recognized.
- Kevin's dad is a mob boss in "The Wedding Job."
- Matt Keeslar in "The Zanzibar Marketplace Job".
- Raiders fans undoubtably recognized their All-Pro cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha as Giancarlo Esposito's henchman in "The Scheherazade Job".
- NHL star Jeremy Roenick makes a cameo as a security guard in "The Mile High Job."
- "The Nigerian Job" has Artie as The Mark.
  - Who also appeared on Next Gen (as the guy who kidnapped Data for his museum), and had a recurring character on Frasier (as Niles' lawyer, and later, Daphne's fiance).
- D.B. Sweeney is Nate's priest friend in "The Miracle Job."
- Tess / Mindy O'Dell shows up in "The Two-Horse Job."
- Is that Anna stealing cars instead of people's blood in "The Boost Job"?
- Season 3, episode 3 has Richard Chamberlain. Don't know who that is? Ask your mom. Also, he was the original Jason Bourne.
- Season 3, "The Studio Job"—Look, it's one of the Duke boys! And he's turned out very, very bad.
  - Either that or Pa Kent has some explaining to do.
  - He's menacing Meg Manning. Either that or Jo Harvelle has taken a break from demon hunting.
- Quintessential "That Guy" Clancy Brown is the bad guy in "The Gone Fishin' Job." His appearance does raise the possibility that the entire Leverage universe is just part of Jack Shepard's purgatory.
- Dr. Phlox in "The Rashomon Job."
- Moreau, the Big Bad arms dealer the team is tracking in Season 3, turns out to be none other than Luka Kovac.
- A few from "The Ten Li'l Grifters Job" - the mark is Mr. Matthews. His daughter is Jordan. The cop is Steven Flynn, who Firefly fans will recognize as the captain who attempts to steal Serenity in "Out of Gas."
- Hey, look! Paul Kinsey is in "The 15 Minutes Job" and hasn't aged a day!
- Roger Murtaugh is Charlie Lawson in "The Van Gogh Job." There's a lot of gamesmanship with the painting, but his character is too old for that shit.
- Peter Stormare is the documentary filmmaker with the hots for Parker in "The Office Job."
- Jimmy Ford, Nate's dad, is Top Gun's Viper.
- Aunt Zelda is the target in "The Three Days of the Hunter Job."
Hey, It's That Voice!: If Jodi from the episode "The Future Job" sounds familiar to you, it's because she's portrayed by Jen Taylor.
- "The Wedding Job" has Nicole Sullivan, best known for her roles as Shego and Mira Nova.
- If one listens closely then he/she can figure out that the prison head from "The Jailhouse Job" is Spy, though his voice is the same as when he played the helicopter pilot. By extension he's also the Pyro.
Irony as She Is Cast: Timothy Hutton, Academy Award winning actor, playing the character on the team who's the worst actor.
Line to God: John Rogers has a blog.
The Wiki Rule: Leverage Wiki: One of two Leverage wikis

Xanatos has directed some episodes of Leverage, at least one of which featured Sterling. and Sterling. Never. Loses.

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 * [[Dueling Shows]]: With [[White Collar]]. Skilled and rather flamboyant thief/thieves are recruited by the good guys to create some [[Asshole Victim|Asshole Victims.]]
 * [[Fan Communities]]: The Grifters.
-* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Tons. In particular, it seems the casting director watches a lot of sci-fi.
+* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Tons. In particular, it seems the casting director watches a lot of sci-fi.
-** [[Angel (TV)|Christian Kane]].
+** [[Angel|Christian Kane]].
-** "The Juror #6 Job" guest-stars [[NCIS (TV)|Lauren Holly]] and [[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Brent Spiner]], with a cameo by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Armin]] [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Shimerman]]. Also, that particular episode, as well as others in the show, was directed by [[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Jonathan Frakes]], who has a brief cameo in "The Twelve Step Job."
+** "The Juror #6 Job" guest-stars [[NCIS|Lauren Holly]] and [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Brent Spiner]], with a cameo by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Armin]] [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Shimerman]]. Also, that particular episode, as well as others in the show, was directed by [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Jonathan Frakes]], who has a brief cameo in "The Twelve Step Job."
-** There's also "The Snow Job," which reunites Christian Kane with fellow ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' evil lawyer alum Sam Anderson, as well as Danny Strong from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Not to mention [[Mark Sheppard]] popping up all over the place.
+** There's also "The Snow Job," which reunites Christian Kane with fellow ''[[Angel]]'' evil lawyer alum Sam Anderson, as well as Danny Strong from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Not to mention [[Mark Sheppard]] popping up all over the place.
 ** British viewers might recognise Gina Bellman from ''[[Coupling]]'', and a handful of people might notice that Aldis Hodge played Voodoo Tatum in [[Friday Night Lights]]. Or recognize him as Jake, {{spoiler|the soldier who killed Sam}} from ''[[Supernatural]]''.
 ** [[How I Met Your Mother]] fans might recognize Beth Reisgraf as Works-With-Carlos Girl from Season 1.
-** [[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Wil]] [[Creators Pet|Wheaton]] in "The Two Live Crew Job". Especially hilarious given his character's rivalry with Hardison, a known ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan.
+** [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Wil]] [[Creator's Pet|Wheaton]] in "The Two Live Crew Job". Especially hilarious given his character's rivalry with Hardison, a known ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan.
-{{quote| '''Hardison:''' The CIA computer guys call him the Kobayashi Maru.<br />
+{{quote|'''Hardison:''' The CIA computer guys call him the Kobayashi Maru.
-'''Ellis:''' ...who's that?<br />
+'''Ellis:''' ...who's that?
-'''Hardison:''' None of you guys got that, seriously?<br />
+'''Hardison:''' None of you guys got that, seriously?
-'''Parker:''' Star Trek<br />
+'''Parker:''' Star Trek
 '''Hardison:''' Thank you.  }}
-** [[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Jeri Ryan]] is the [[Special Guest]] of "The Lost Heir Job". {{spoiler|The [[Special Guest]] part is subverted; she stayed through the end of Season 2.}}
+** [[Star Trek: Voyager|Jeri Ryan]] is the [[Special Guest]] of "The Lost Heir Job". {{spoiler|The [[Special Guest]] part is subverted; she stayed through the end of Season 2.}}
 ** [[Lampshaded]] in "The 12-Step Job" when Nate refers to an old gentleman in his rehab group as Nick Nolte. Uncredited, unconfirmed, but if it's not him, then it's a subversion rather than a lampshade, as none of the other cases are recognized.
 ** [[The Wonder Years|Kevin's dad]] is a mob boss in "The Wedding Job."
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 ** NHL star Jeremy Roenick makes a cameo as a security guard in "The Mile High Job."
 ** "The Nigerian Job" has [[Warehouse 13|Artie]] as [[The Mark]].
-*** Who also appeared on ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Next Gen]]'' (as the guy who kidnapped Data for his museum), and had a recurring character on ''[[Frasier (TV)|Frasier]]'' (as Niles' lawyer, and later, Daphne's fiance).
+*** Who also appeared on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Next Gen]]'' (as the guy who kidnapped Data for his museum), and had a recurring character on ''[[Frasier]]'' (as Niles' lawyer, and later, Daphne's fiance).
 ** D.B. Sweeney is Nate's priest friend in "The Miracle Job."
 ** [[Eureka|Tess]] / [[Veronica Mars|Mindy O'Dell]] shows up in "The Two-Horse Job."
 ** Is that [[The Vampire Diaries|Anna]] stealing cars instead of people's blood in "The Boost Job"?
 ** Season 3, episode 3 has Richard Chamberlain. Don't know who that is? [[The Thorn Birds|Ask your mom.]] Also, he was [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094791/ the original] [[The Bourne Series|Jason Bourne]].
-** Season 3, "The Studio Job"-- Look, it's one of [[The Dukes of Hazzard|the Duke boys]]! And he's turned out very, very bad.
+** Season 3, "The Studio Job"—Look, it's one of [[The Dukes of Hazzard|the Duke boys]]! And he's turned out very, very bad.
-*** Either that or [[Smallville (TV)|Pa Kent]] has some explaining to do.
+*** Either that or [[Smallville|Pa Kent]] has some explaining to do.
-*** He's menacing [[Veronica Mars|Meg Manning.]] Either that or [[Supernatural|Jo Harvelle has taken a break from demon hunting.]]
+*** He's menacing [[Veronica Mars|Meg Manning.]] Either that or [[Supernatural (TV series)|Jo Harvelle has taken a break from demon hunting.]]
-** Quintessential "That Guy" Clancy Brown is the bad guy in "The Gone Fishin' Job." His appearance does raise the possibility that the entire Leverage universe is just part of [[Lost (TV)|Jack Shepard's purgatory.]]
+** Quintessential "That Guy" Clancy Brown is the bad guy in "The Gone Fishin' Job." His appearance does raise the possibility that the entire Leverage universe is just part of [[Lost|Jack Shepard's purgatory.]]
-** [[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Dr. Phlox]] in "The Rashomon Job."
+** [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Dr. Phlox]] in "The Rashomon Job."
 ** Moreau, the [[Big Bad]] arms dealer the team is tracking in Season 3, turns out to be none other than [[ER|Luka Kovac.]]
-** A few from "The Ten Li'l Grifters Job" - the mark is [[Boy Meets World|Mr. Matthews.]] His daughter is [[Greek|Jordan.]] The cop is Steven Flynn, who [[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]] fans will recognize as the captain who attempts to steal Serenity in "Out of Gas."
+** A few from "The Ten Li'l Grifters Job" - the mark is [[Boy Meets World|Mr. Matthews.]] His daughter is [[Greek|Jordan.]] The cop is Steven Flynn, who [[Firefly]] fans will recognize as the captain who attempts to steal Serenity in "Out of Gas."
 ** Hey, look! [[Mad Men|Paul Kinsey]] is in "The 15 Minutes Job" and hasn't aged a ''day''!
-** [[Lethal Weapon (Film)|Roger Murtaugh]] is Charlie Lawson in "The Van Gogh Job." There's a lot of gamesmanship with the painting, but his character is [[Catch Phrase|too old for that shit.]]
+** [[Lethal Weapon|Roger Murtaugh]] is Charlie Lawson in "The Van Gogh Job." There's a lot of gamesmanship with the painting, but his character is [[Catch Phrase|too old for that shit.]]
 ** [[Peter Stormare]] is the documentary filmmaker with the hots for Parker in "The Office Job."
 ** Jimmy Ford, Nate's dad, is Top Gun's Viper.
-** [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Aunt Zelda]] is the target in "The Three Days of the Hunter Job."
+** [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Aunt Zelda]] is the target in "The Three Days of the Hunter Job."
-* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: If Jodi from the episode "The Future Job" sounds familiar to you, it's because she's portrayed by [[Halo|Jen]] [[Left 4 Dead|Taylor]].
+* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: If Jodi from the episode "The Future Job" sounds familiar to you, it's because she's portrayed by [[Halo|Jen]] [[Left 4 Dead|Taylor]].
 ** "The Wedding Job" has Nicole Sullivan, best known for her roles as [[Kim Possible|Shego]] and [[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command|Mira Nova]].
-** If one listens closely then he/she can figure out that the prison head from "The Jailhouse Job" is [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Spy]], though his voice is the same as when he played the [[Left 4 Dead|helicopter pilot]]. By extension he's also [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|the Pyro]].
+** If one listens closely then he/she can figure out that the prison head from "The Jailhouse Job" is [[Team Fortress 2|Spy]], though his voice is the same as when he played the [[Left 4 Dead|helicopter pilot]]. By extension he's also [[Team Fortress 2|the Pyro]].
-* [[Irony As She Is Cast]]: Timothy Hutton, Academy Award winning actor, playing the character on the team who's the worst actor.
+* [[Irony as She Is Cast]]: Timothy Hutton, Academy Award winning actor, playing the character on the team who's the worst actor.
 * [[Line to God]]: John Rogers [http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com has a blog].
-* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://leverage.wikia.com/wiki/Leverage_wiki Leverage Wiki]: One of two ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'' wikis
+* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://leverage.wikia.com/wiki/Leverage_wiki Leverage Wiki]: One of two ''[[Leverage]]'' wikis
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 * [[Gargoyles|Xanatos]] has directed some episodes of Leverage, at least one of which featured Sterling. and [[Xanatos Gambit|Sterling. Never. Loses.]]