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Leverage: “The Mile High Job”
Forty-four minutes is not enough. When you bring the always delightful Sara Rue on as a guest star – freaked out to fly and the target of a Very Bad Man – you need to give her some room to breathe. ((Or hyperventilate.)) Where was the awkward flirting scene with Eliot? Where was the confused…
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Friday Night Lights: “I Knew You When”
So much joy in Mudville tonight. FNL returned. Pushing Daisies returned. I’ve only got one more day at my job. All in all, a pretty good day. And you know what? My first day at my new/old job on Monday won’t be nearly as bad as Tami’s. For those without DirecTV (and those who are…
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Leverage: “The Wedding Job”
Oh hell, you give me Dan Lauria ((Interesting – to me and no one else – sidenote: Dan Lauria went to college and played football with my high school coach. Coach was the class advisor for my girlfriend’s class and got Kevin Arnold’s dad as their graduation speaker. He gave a fantastic speech that managed…
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Leverage: “The Stork Job”
One of the complaints some critics have laid on Leverage is its reliance on common settings for a con/scam/mission show: bank robbery, horse track, etc. Personally, I not only find those locales comforting, but believe that specifically avoiding those settings would be unrealistic. These are thieves, after all. But tonight breaks the mold in a…
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The FAIL List: 2008
Ah 2008, you sorry, piece of shit excuse of a year. So happy to see you skittering across the floor toward the door. You will NOT be missed. What, after all, did you give us? Tina Fey playing the dumbest woman in America and…nothing. Or damn close to it. But it’s not just what you…
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Leverage: “The Bank Shot Job”
Ai-ight. That’s more like it. At this point, I’m wondering whether Rogers, Downey, and Devlin have a mind probing satellite in geosynchronous orbit. A satellite tuned to my brain waves so they can put a show on the air specifically tailored to my tastes. Because this one? This one was exactly up my alley.
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Leverage: “The Miracle Job”
Look, man! You’re lucky on this deadline I didn’t give you a baking soda volcano. Remember in last week’s review, when I expressed my concern that Leverage might wear out its welcome if every episode involved helping out someone from the team’s past? That’s because I’d already seen “The Miracle Job” and knew that two…
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Pushing Daisies: “The Norwegians”
Oh Jiminy Jehoshaphat! I went out on a limb for you people. A tree limb, jutting from a cliff with my limbs dangling over certain death. So don’t leave me dangling with Dwight’s disappearance. In a break from format, tonight’s episode of Pushing Daisies eschewed the MoW and was all the stronger for it. Tying…
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Leverage: “The Two-Horse Job”
Sophie: I don’t know what comes of chasing the past, Eliot. Eliot: Well Sophie, sweetie, I don’t think you and Nate get to serve me that particular meal. If I had to highlight one concern I have about the legs on Leverage, it would be on display in tonight’s episode. Don’t get me wrong, it’s…
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Pushing Daisies: “Legend of Merle McQuoddy”
A pie is simple it’s limited. Just a bit of pastry and filling. Cake is complex, layered with treasures waiting to be discovered. Which one do you choose? Pushing Daisies is just bold enough that I believed there was a small chance Chuck would leave with her father tonight. Not forever necessarily, but at this…