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i got to the morning after job on my leverage rewatch and watching eliot as they get closer and closer to moreau is so good.
eliot says he's watched tapes of vector fighting because "you never know if you're gonna have to fight a guy on ice." ...liar.
so. yes. to be fair it is in character for him to spend his free time watching fight videos just to be prepared. there's something there about the "very distinctive" catchphrase and how much research he must have to do to know all that. however.
in this particular case i think there's something else going on. he knows how vector fights because that was relevant back when he needed to know everyone he might be working with, or he knows how vector fights because he makes a point of knowing moreau's guys now so he knows what he'd be getting into, or both. he's deflecting.
(in my personal opinion there are a number of moments where eliot says mildly odd things that we take at face value when he could fully be lying. he sleeps for 90 minutes a night? uh huh. sure. or he's just bullshitting the team for fun.)
of course there's also "this guy definitely works for moreau. that's how he does things." i've seen this talked about before and,,, yeah. this is 100% intentional foreshadowing. it's so good. why does no one else question how exactly eliot knows this?? are they all too busy with everything else going on to pay attention? do they assume this is just common knowledge among hitters? does eliot not think before he says it? is he hoping they'll notice?
to be fair, iirc I also didn't notice this the first time I was watching so it's maybe a lot to expect of them. but if you watch sophie at the end of the episode she looks like she's Thinking Thoughts, so i wouldn't be surprised if she had a hunch and just kept it to herself.
and finally when eliot is dragging vector away and he whispers in his ear "moreau would like to speak with you." !!! god. you know he must have said that line Before. he knows how to say it convincingly because he was that guy. now he essentially has to be that guy again for a second to deliver the line right. what's going on in his head?? what's it like to deal with those memories and emotional baggage on top of everything else going on right now?? there's so much there.
i just. i love season three and i love the moreau arc and i love the foreshadowing.