When a virus disables the plane's controls, Hardison must talk the team through a manual override from 3,000 miles away.

The "villains" in this episode are named after individuals involved in the Watergate scandal.

In the Leverage episode " The Mile High Job ," the team works to expose a corporation, GenoGrow, after its toxic fertilizer causes the death of a young girl. While the rest of the team infiltrates a flight to the Cayman Islands to secure evidence, Hardison remains on the ground to hack the company's systems—a task he nearly misses after staying up all night playing World of Warcraft . Key Plot Points

Hardison provides the team with fake IDs using the names of actors who played the Doctor, including Tom Baker , Peter Davison , and Sylvester McCoy .

While the team is airborne, Hardison infiltrates GenoGrow by posing as an executive named "Dave," eventually staging a dramatic scene where he gets "fired" on his birthday to smuggle out a hard drive containing the incriminating evidence. Trivia and Continuity