We watched the season premiere tonight. It wasn't Leverage at its best. It was still good. A "merely" good episode of Leverage is still better then, oh, about 98.793% of what airs these days.
Yep, most of the premiere was simply getting the band back together, thus the con wasn't all that complex. Which is a good thing, because I was getting very sleepy during the second half of the episode.
Still, I love that such a good-natured show is on television. I loved Parker's comment that doing good got under her skin and made her want to do more.
Even though I kept the VHS tapes we made of Season One, we're still renting S1 from Netflix so we can a) see the episodes with a better picture (the VHS recordings stink!) and b) the special features.
Over the past week or so, I've been catching up with the last 2 seasons -- yeah, I know. The other night, I watched (for the 2nd time) "The Rashomon Job."
If you haven't seen this one and you get a chance, watch it. It's the single greatest (TV) use of the Rashomon conceit I have ever seen. It's funny the first time and even funnier the 2nd, as you see can see all the (tightly plotted) pieces falling into place. Not only is every regular cast member bringing his or her A game, but guest star John Billingsley -- why, oh why, don't we see more of him on TV? -- is just delightful. Without giving anything away here, he gets to reinvent his character in the last act by playing (basically) the same dialogue in two very different ways.
This may be my single favorite episode of Leverage ever. And that's saying a lot.
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Still, I love that such a good-natured show is on television. I loved Parker's comment that doing good got under her skin and made her want to do more.
Even though I kept the VHS tapes we made of Season One, we're still renting S1 from Netflix so we can a) see the episodes with a better picture (the VHS recordings stink!) and b) the special features.
Over the past week or so, I've been catching up with the last 2 seasons -- yeah, I know. The other night, I watched (for the 2nd time) "The Rashomon Job."
If you haven't seen this one and you get a chance, watch it. It's the single greatest (TV) use of the Rashomon conceit I have ever seen. It's funny the first time and even funnier the 2nd, as you see can see all the (tightly plotted) pieces falling into place. Not only is every regular cast member bringing his or her A game, but guest star John Billingsley -- why, oh why, don't we see more of him on TV? -- is just delightful. Without giving anything away here, he gets to reinvent his character in the last act by playing (basically) the same dialogue in two very different ways.
This may be my single favorite episode of Leverage ever. And that's saying a lot.
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