I admire a lot of things about Tara, but the fact that she did not hesitate to back Eliot up on his plan for the hostage exchange in The Zanzibar Marketplace Job, not for a second, even though earlier in the same day she’d used him as muscle in a con and she’s only known him for a matter of weeks has gotta be near the top of the list.
I love this too. Tara’s the equivalent of a freelancer. She clocks in and out and only does as much as she’s paid for. But when she’s at work, she’s at work. They’re only getting out of a con with their clothes on their backs? She hates it, obviously. But she doesn’t bail.
She’s the best, she’s the best in a different way than Sophie is but she’s the best for sure. But also, Tara really, really trusts Sophie.
I’d say they’re not even friends at this point in the show (they definitely are by s4 though, which is a whole other thing I can talk about). But the trust is absolutely there. Sophie calls in a favor, says she’s going to set things up with Nate, and get Tara paid? Tara’s like okay. Sophie says that Tara can trust every single one of them but that Nate’s probably going to be the hardest to get along with? Tara’s like okay.
Tara will complain to Sophie all day and night about Nate. She’ll raise objections with Nate and to Sophie about Nate. But she doesn’t leave a job half-finished, and she trusts the team with her life on like their first job together.
Whatever the hell it is that built that trust between Sophie and Tara? I think about that all the time.
