You know what’s a really great moment in “The Homecoming Job”? When Eliot, playing the waiter, tries to get the mark to say a specific phrase so Parker can have all the sounds she needs to defeat the voice lock.
Because on the one hand, it’s all just window dressing to set up the “fuck” joke. But on the other hand, this moment gives you so much Eliot character information.
Eliot is very, very smart, and he knows it.
Parker lists out the sounds she needs, and Eliot immediately says he’s on it. Because this sort of mental challenge is something Eliot considers to be well within his wheelhouse. And then, within moments, he comes up with a phrase that mostly does the trick.
Eliot knows his food.
This ends up being a defining character note, and it’s introduced here as he goes through his encyclopedic knowledge of fancy dishes and comes up with a plausible-sounding offering, again, within seconds.
Eliot loves trolling people.
The whole “greasy duck” thing, the feigned confusion to get the mark to actually say “pâté d’escargot avec beurre d’Argentine,” the anger the mark feels after he realizes it’s actually shrimp — Eliot is clearly amused as hell the entire time.
Part of what makes this show so satisfying is how hardworking every scene is. If it’s not doing three things at once, then it doesn’t make the cut. It really is a lesson in great writing.
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