- faked being a lawyer and actually won a case that was declared open and shut by all parties involved
- managed to stop a plane crash from miles away, while posing as a long-term employee in a company (and actually had everyone believe he’d been working there for years)
- played one of the most difficult violin solos magnificently (even if you take nate’s hypnosis into account, which i don’t, he wouldn’t have been able to do it if he didn’t already have the talent required)
- forged a historical document so brilliantly it fooled an expert
- hacked the smartest and most efficient security system in the world to save his teammates, with a laptop he found in the back of his truck. in a SINGLE DAY.
- took control of an airport control tower by faking a tornado alert
there are so many more instances of hardison being an actual genius who can adapt to any situation and do seemingly impossible things quicker than anyone. i love him SO much