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  1. The (Very) Big Bird Job: Directed by John Rogers. With Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf. Nate and the team go after the CEO of a shipping company whose cost-cutting measures were the cause of a tragic plane crash.

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    • Crime, Mystery, Thriller
    • John Rogers
    • 2012-07-15
    • The Client
    • The Mark
    • Locations
    • The Con
    • Guest Cast
    • Episode Notes
    • Major Events
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    Anne Sanders, the widow of an airline pilot who died because of shoddy maintenance on the plane he was flying. Unusually for a Leverage client, what Mrs Sanders wanted wasmoney to pay for the education of her daughter, Jenny.

    Scott Roemer, CEO of a global air shipping company. Roemer authorized cutting of corners in airplane maintenance, resulting in a fatal crash.

    Location photography took place at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon on March 8 and 9, 2012. The Museum is home to the Spruce Goose, which figures prominently in the episode.

    The Team must get evidence of Roemer's bribery which is hidden inside a teddy bear carried by Sanders' daughter-evidence which Roemer's henchmen are trying to get. Roemer's henchmen get the toy; however the team uses Roemer's fanatic interest in Howard Hughes Spruce Goose airplane to accomplish two objectives 1} Keep Roemer away from a very importa...

    Cary Elwes (Scott Roemer): Owner of Global Air Transport
    (Busey): Roemer's henchman
    Adam Baldwin (Michael Vance) Eliot's old friend
    This episode is the first shot and set in Oregon since the series relocated the team there, but not the first to be set there. Previous to this season, two episodes from season four, The Van Gogh J...
    Scott Roemer's desire to purchase the Spruce Goose grows out of his fascination with aviation mogul Howard Hughes. In the episode, Roemer wears a brown fedora, as was Hughes' habit in middle age, a...
    Due to the period, the dress, and the Leverage team's insistence that they give Roemer a "mystery," it's possible his name is a reference to Sax Rohmer, a novelist best known for his stories featur...
    As noted by writer/director John Rogers in the episode's production blog, Leverage was the first production allowed to film inside the Spruce Goose. The Aviator, a 2004 film version of the life of...
    It's shown that Nate and Sophie are dating.
    It's revealed that Nate has also gotten his hair cut.
    As a result of their original location in Boston being compromised due to the fact that various federal agencies are now keeping an eye on the area, the team are forced to set up their HQ in a brew...
    It's revealed that as a result of the last missionthe team carried out, all their original aliases and identities have been compromised, meaning that Hardison will have to create new identities for...
    The episode describes the date the Spruce Goose's engines were fired up as the 65th anniversary of its only flight. This would place the episode in November, 2012, indicating the crew had been off...
    Goof: in the episode, Roemer taxis the plane out of its hanger and takes off. Two problems: a) its location does not have a runway long enough for the plane to taxi and take off successfully and b)...
    Multiple people in the episode refer to the Spruce Goose as the world's largest airplane, which was correct at the time the episode was filmed in terms of height and wingspan, but the world's large...

    Production Gallery

    Photographs tweeted by cast and crew during production

  2. Dec 24, 2012 · When a shipping CEO's cost-cutting measures result in a plane crash, the Leverage team cons him into buying the largest plane ever built.

  3. Leverage Transcripts derived from the closed captions available online and formated by slaysvamps. Feel free to download and share, but please give credit and a link back to me here. Leverage Main | When Darkness Falls. 5x01 The Very Big Bird Job. [Exterior Courthouse] Jenny (into camera): It's not going okay, dad.

  4. "Leverage" The (Very) Big Bird Job (TV Episode 2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. Jul 16, 2012 · After an uneven fourth season, Team Leverage returned with the very enjoyable "The (Very) Big Bird Job." The show has mostly gotten away from seasonal arcs, with the tiniest pieces of...

  6. Summaries. Nate and the team go after the CEO of a shipping company whose cost-cutting measures were the cause of a tragic plane crash. Cary Elwes opens the final season as Scott Roemer, CEO of Global Transit Airlines in Portland. Global started with military drones and expanded into cargo shipping.