Finally saw an episode of Leverage
Nov. 26th, 2024 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annavereHad it pointed out as free on YouTube by teratornis, so watched the first episode in the down time around Thanksgiving housecleaning and writing. This show gets referenced a LOT by people in the spaces I wander. It feels like those classic era USA shows (Burn Notice, White Collar) in tone and subject, only with a slightly expanded ensemble and a less DIY vibe.
So there's Drunken Chessmaster guy and his atypically tragic backstory (happy lighthearted show! Dude's got a dark past, alright, that's gonna be a dead wife or... Child death?? Via withheld insurance??? Hell, this man should be way more off the rails than he is). The crew are all standard archetypes, so it might take a while before I start getting attached to any of them. For example, Eliot was fun, but I have no idea how much of that was the character as opposed to my prior attachment to Christian Kane. Hardison was fun, but he's a Hollywood Hacker, and I tend to find them amusing. I did like the way all four crooks piled on Drunken Chessmaster at the end, whether from concern for him or due to personal boredom, like strays finding a home.
The plot was standard issue "let's con the bad guy" hyper-competence, which is always entertaining to view. And I guess the huge payoff they just landed ("retirement money" as Hardison put it) will help explain how they finance their future endeavors, because these guys don't seem like the duct tape and shoe string sort.
I can definitely understand the popularity of the show, and will doubtless keep going with it in my usual lackadaisical fashion.
teratornis, so watched the first episode in the down time around Thanksgiving housecleaning and writing. This show gets referenced a LOT by people in the spaces I wander. It feels like those classic era USA shows (Burn Notice, White Collar) in tone and subject, only with a slightly expanded ensemble and a less DIY vibe.So there's Drunken Chessmaster guy and his atypically tragic backstory (happy lighthearted show! Dude's got a dark past, alright, that's gonna be a dead wife or... Child death?? Via withheld insurance??? Hell, this man should be way more off the rails than he is). The crew are all standard archetypes, so it might take a while before I start getting attached to any of them. For example, Eliot was fun, but I have no idea how much of that was the character as opposed to my prior attachment to Christian Kane. Hardison was fun, but he's a Hollywood Hacker, and I tend to find them amusing. I did like the way all four crooks piled on Drunken Chessmaster at the end, whether from concern for him or due to personal boredom, like strays finding a home.
The plot was standard issue "let's con the bad guy" hyper-competence, which is always entertaining to view. And I guess the huge payoff they just landed ("retirement money" as Hardison put it) will help explain how they finance their future endeavors, because these guys don't seem like the duct tape and shoe string sort.
I can definitely understand the popularity of the show, and will doubtless keep going with it in my usual lackadaisical fashion.
