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Post by Lola m on Aug 1, 2009 23:08:48 GMT -5
"Let's go steal us a hospital." ;D Awwwwwww! Hardison and Elliot squabbling and snarking and Hardison expecting Elliot knows what Star Trek movie is what and "I don't have a TV" - "dead people have TV". Ha! Sophia. Nice job of buddy-up and then co-opt the Feds. "Did you just give a guy a nosebleed with the power of your mind?!" Ooooh, maybe he can kill people with his brain, too! Heeee! Creepy figure in biohazard suit is creepy. Lots of "improvising on their plan" in this one - that's kind of fun!
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 6, 2009 21:55:05 GMT -5
I must say, I found this week's episode much more engaging. A Sciencesical? And they actually wrote songs for it! Hee! I loved the overachieving girl with braces, too.
Sophie was rather sweet, bonding with the poor little boy.
I do hope, however, that it won't be all Ponzi schemes this season - we've already had two in a row, I think.
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Post by Karen on Aug 7, 2009 9:37:10 GMT -5
Damn! CK was just tastier than a chocolate banana muffin in this ep! I could eat him up. All tough fighty and bitterly noble and angst filled and all. He's my favorite part...of Leverage. Although I love all the characters. I feel so sorry for Sophie. She is going through her own personal hell (although I haven't watched all of the last episode, the beginning when she was having breakfast with that cute guy was especially sad). I hope they explore all the character's personal demons.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 9, 2009 17:45:18 GMT -5
“It’s OK. We don’t trust you either.” Heeeee! God, I love Parker in all her messed-up wackiness. ;D “I just don’t know who you are .. “ Ouch! “FBI’s really thorough.” “Extremely.” “So. What’d they miss?” “From which bees of wisdom feast . . . “ The President of Ghana? A new Nietzsche-esque head of school. “The body contains the failing brain and both are cast into a cruel world of darkness and despair. Or worse . . . public school” OMG! I love the horribly wonderfully cracked-out flat-out impossible stuff they claim they’re doing on this show. ;D Um. Do they honestly think this dad cares enough about the kid to go to an event of his? Or do they think he’ll just pretend to want to go? Also, they know why the kid is so psychically squished and therefore doesn’t excel at anything and thus will help the kid too, yes? OMG!!!!! The same FBI guys?! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!! 2 days to stage a musical. Pixi – are you vicariously having a nervous breakdown along with Sophie? Science projects set to music! Genius! I totally love how “Elliot had trouble adjusting”. I like when they do switch-a-roo things where different folks in the gang end up having to do stuff they are not skilled in. Also? Parker giving Hardison burglary instructions couched as relationship advice? Heeeee! Yes! The clinic is not the only victim here! And then Elliot kicks ass! (Always love that. Mmmmmm!) And this science musical thingy? Pretty damn good! And, of course, the kid ends up being a musical genius. Heeee! Yelling at Elliot to not fight on the stage so it doesn’t ruin the finale. ;D And a lovely happy ending. Well, sort of.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 9, 2009 17:46:28 GMT -5
I must say, I found this week's episode much more engaging. A Sciencesical? And they actually wrote songs for it! Hee! I loved the overachieving girl with braces, too. The science songs were very fun! Yeah, it's a way easy (and thus boring) villain.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 9, 2009 17:48:11 GMT -5
Damn! CK was just tastier than a chocolate banana muffin in this ep! I could eat him up. All tough fighty and bitterly noble and angst filled and all. He's my favorite part...of Leverage. Although I love all the characters. Mmmm, yes. Him and all his . . . parts . . . are definite faves of mine. Yes. And not telling anyone else. It's like . . . yes, they are all friends, but only so far. Which is a nice meta-commentary on work-friends, actually, now that I think of it . . .
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Post by Lola m on Aug 16, 2009 20:27:08 GMT -5
It is going to be fun to see Sophie and Nate struggling over who is in charge. Heh! Parker is still so wonderfully bad at playing roles and yet everyone always believes her. Also? This is an interesting new “villain” and nicely complex con. Cool! We were just whining about getting a bit tired of big evil investor guys and voila, something else! “Let’s go steal a General. It’s a rallying cry!” Monica Hunter is in the fear business. So, would her viewers like to hear that? Oooh, they’re going with the funner “give her a scarier story” idea! A pith helmeted mail man?!?!??! Heh! There’s been an “incident”. It’s always fun when there’s an incident. Heeee! Too funny to watch Eliot messing with Parker’s head about conspiracies. Also? Sophie being just as “creepy” as Nate. Also also? Hardison so indignant about not “guessing”. Destiny. Ha! Biologic threat or stripper? Six of one, half a dozen of the other. “Shoot me.” And Hardison would sooooooooo like to do so for realz, you can tell. “Glass half full. She really buys the bunker story.” Ha! And of course with her “if they deny, it’s true” thing, every sincere “I don’t know what you’re talking about” will be taken as confirming to her. Gated community. “She a freak, man.” Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! This? Is awesome! “The http thing comes before the www dot, right?” Oh Eliot is on fire tonight. Hardison all “don’t mess with me” and Parker with her perky “I like it when we switch jobs. It’s exciting.” Too fun!! Oh, commanding Hardison! Excellent!! “Did I say you could leave?” And them chasing the car just feeds into the story even more. Ha! And they get to make her look like a giant idiot. Heeee! “Don’t drink it! Don’t even look at it!” **squeeeee** “Do not adjust your sets . . “
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Post by Lola m on Aug 19, 2009 21:03:31 GMT -5
Ah, this week it’s bad food corporation! Sophie playing matchmaker, eh? Hmmmm. Heeee! Good to see Hardison and Eliot still snarking at each other. “For the last time, there is no blueprint fairy.” Whoa! Mega-bad guy response. Also? You soooooooo don’t want insult the hair, dude. Erik with a k? Evil! Everyone knows that. Oh right, right, you guys never had real jobs. “Even his assistant hates him. That’s kinda sad.” And then with the “Yay Kara, love you” and taking over the stage and stuff? Too! Funny! It was Eliot, in the vanishing box, with a bunny . . . And more disturbing Parker childhood moments. OMG, Parker’s entrance? Hardison?! Eliot attaching Parker to him?! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! (Man, it is hard to watch Nate on stage. Hits all my “being embarrassed in public” squick buttons.) “No questions! … I mean, belieeeeve in the magic.” Well, Parker, admit it. Everyone does know that you love jumping down elevator shafts. Bunny! Yay! Oh noes, choking Hardison?! No biscuit for you, bad guys. And here comes the “they got you anyway” – took the patents used bad guy’s phone to do it. Now he’s the guy the company will blame. Ha! And head guy is not happy. “They had me in a box!” Ooooh, clever Sophie. Every time he wins, he believes a little bit more that he can control life.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 26, 2009 21:12:54 GMT -5
Dueling theft crews – fun! Bomb? Not fun! Pudding? Heeeee! Boom! Whoa! Fake funeral, yes? Yes of course, why do I even ask? Love the speeches. And Sophie showing up was, of course, so incredibly obvious she might as well have worn a shroud. “It’s like you’re haunting us.” “I’m not really dead!” ;D I love how Parker keeps looking like she really does sort of think Sophie is dead. Nobody respects the van! How dare they not! **is shocked** Heh! Love them all meeting their counterparts – geek vesus geek, anticipating fight moves, dueling pick-pockets and Nate verbal sparring with the anti-Nate. Sensitive guard is sensitive. The second instance the teams meeting is awesome! But I am highly anticipating the second con within the con that will allow our team to be victorious. Ooooh! Like Sophie is stealing the painting they actually care about while they keep each other occupied with this other painting theft, perhaps? Since our guys don’t actually want this one? “We went through all this to save you.” Oh, nice! Set it up to be “beaten”, to get caught in the act so they could become the catchers. “ She was the one that everybody was always scared of. It was never you.” Ha! Oh, awesome! They did do a variation on the idea I had for their secondary con! Steal into their hideout while they were distracted so they could grab the fakes! ;D Sidenote? Wet stripped-down Eliot? Nice! Wet stripped-down woman he was fighting? Nice!! Wet stripped-down both of them in a clinch? With handcuffs? Fan. Tas. Tic!
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 26, 2009 21:57:01 GMT -5
Dueling theft crews – fun! Bomb? Not fun! Pudding? Heeeee! Boom! Whoa! Fake funeral, yes? Yes of course, why do I even ask? Love the speeches. And Sophie showing up was, of course, so incredibly obvious she might as well have worn a shroud. “It’s like you’re haunting us.” “I’m not really dead!” ;D I love how Parker keeps looking like she really does sort of think Sophie is dead. Nobody respects the van! How dare they not! **is shocked** Heh! Love them all meeting their counterparts – geek vesus geek, anticipating fight moves, dueling pick-pockets and Nate verbal sparring with the anti-Nate. Sensitive guard is sensitive. The second instance the teams meeting is awesome! But I am highly anticipating the second con within the con that will allow our team to be victorious. Ooooh! Like Sophie is stealing the painting they actually care about while they keep each other occupied with this other painting theft, perhaps? Since our guys don’t actually want this one? “We went through all this to save you.” Oh, nice! Set it up to be “beaten”, to get caught in the act so they could become the catchers. “ She was the one that everybody was always scared of. It was never you.” Ha! Oh, awesome! They did do a variation on the idea I had for their secondary con! Steal into their hideout while they were distracted so they could grab the fakes! ;D Sidenote? Wet stripped-down Eliot? Nice! Wet stripped-down woman he was fighting? Nice!! Wet stripped-down both of them in a clinch? With handcuffs? Fan. Tas. Tic!
Ah, I thought I heard squeeing from the far north. ;D That was good. The juxtaposition of the two teams making plans, with the camera cutting back and forth between them, was especially neat. Also, Wil Wheaton looked a lot like Jonathon Frakes, with the beard. That last scene between Nate and Sophie-or-whatever-her-name-is broke my heart. Detectives Marlowe and Archer. Heh. Why not Goodwin, while you're about it?
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Post by Lola m on Sept 4, 2009 21:42:01 GMT -5
The stuff with the sofa and “I don’t want to sit next to her” and “that’s my clicker”? Heee! Awwww. Parker is still depending on Sophie. That’s kind of adorable. Kind of scary, but adorable. Mmmmm. Parker all dolled up and hard ass-fierce? Is hella sexy. Ha! Bodyguard is touchy “’coz he’s a mute”. And Eliot gives him a stink eye look. Ooooooh, Hardison you are soooo pissing off Parker, claiming credit for all her star jobs. Oh, sweet. Diamond bad guy’s hench dude is interested in making money, regardless of what the boss says. Never say you’re not gonna need to be bailed out, dude. Because that’s a sure fire guarantee that you will! Ha! They’re all calling Sophie on the sly. Oh, crap. There goes Hardison and, of course, no one around to see he got grabbed. I love them telling Hardison how to rob the vault and doing it just one step ahead of him. And watching Parker at work? Beautiful. Nice! The switch-up wasn’t planned out as ahead of time, but was improvised along the way. “I’m smiling because you said if I got in trouble you wouldn’t help me.” “Parker made me.” “No I didn’t.” Heeee! They should totally hug it out. And, um, they could do more. I’m just sayin’ . . . Too cute! ;D
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Post by Sue on Sept 10, 2009 21:44:28 GMT -5
Seven of nine did a nice job.
I'd have to rewatch to see how she inserted herself as the lawyer with neither side realizing the other didn't know her.
Nate can't have been so stupid as to not know that she was waiting for him to say I need you.
So he's clearly not ready to say it. She's got to decide whether she can live with that.
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Post by Sara on Sept 10, 2009 22:53:24 GMT -5
Seven of nine did a nice job. I'd have to rewatch to see how she inserted herself as the lawyer with neither side realizing the other didn't know her.Nate can't have been so stupid as to not know that she was waiting for him to say I need you. So he's clearly not ready to say it. She's got to decide whether she can live with that. I already knew Jeri Ryan's character was a friend of Sophie's and fellow grifter, so I got to watch the scene with that very thing in mind--enjoying how deftly she pulled off making each one think she was with the other person. Basically she just behaved as if she was supposed to be there (the note taking was an especially nice touch--made her seem more official), sat exactly between them so she could be perceived as being affiliated with either person, and let them do most of the talking.
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Post by Lola m on Sept 13, 2009 17:29:09 GMT -5
Seven of nine did a nice job. I'd have to rewatch to see how she inserted herself as the lawyer with neither side realizing the other didn't know her.Nate can't have been so stupid as to not know that she was waiting for him to say I need you. So he's clearly not ready to say it. She's got to decide whether she can live with that. I already knew Jeri Ryan's character was a friend of Sophie's and fellow grifter, so I got to watch the scene with that very thing in mind--enjoying how deftly she pulled off making each one think she was with the other person. Basically she just behaved as if she was supposed to be there (the note taking was an especially nice touch--made her seem more official), sat exactly between them so she could be perceived as being affiliated with either person, and let them do most of the talking. **nods** It was indeed done very deftly. Each time that the client looked at her in a way that was about to turn into "and tell me more about who you are/how you work with these guys again", she neatly deflected it back into more conversation.
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Post by Lola m on Jan 17, 2010 21:45:29 GMT -5
“How long did it take you to trust me? . . . You do trust me, don’t you?!” Ha! Ooooh, a fashion con! What fun! Poor Eliot, trying to be all fashion-y and he gets no respect! “Not every one can rock the scarf.” Mmmmmm, Hardison. He is, indeed, rockin’ the scarf. Nate loves to do the wacky accents, doesn’t he? “Parker showed feelings?” “ A feeling. Seemed like a human one, but it’s hard to tell.” Also? The ever-changing backdrops behind Sophie are totally cracking me up. Oh my CK is so very very pretty . . . . [/tangent] Ahem! “Reindeer. I mean, I guess they could make marks in the snow, but what kind of math would they use?” This? This is why I love Parker!! “Cleavers. Haven’t done that in a while.” I know the feeling! Also? I like her headbutt. “These clothes are totally impractical, OK? There’s no range of motion, limited concealment options, and this reflective material would set off a motion detector a mile away!” “It’s a fashion show, it’s not Thieves R Us.” And then he’s all fashion talk followed by excessive masculine posturing? Adorable! Model!Parker? I thought I’d die! “In the spirit of fashion, the show must go on!”
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