'Leverage' on TNT HD - Page 3

Originally Posted by sangs

It's dumb, predictable, has pilfered material from "The A-Team" to "McGyver" to whatever the hell the name of that show was with the old guy working solo who made things right for people and did I mention predictable?

But you know what? I love it! In fact, I enjoy it so much, the stretch-o-vision mistake didn't even bother me this week (and I did notice it). The cast is enjoyable, the women are smokin', the dialogue makes me laugh and it's an hour I can just sit back and enjoy.

I'm so glad that lighter serious fare like Leverage, Burn Notice and In Plain Sight is doing well. It's such a welcome relief from the twisted, frequently mind-numbing plotlines dominating other more "sophisticated" shows. COUGH - Lost - COUGH - BSG - COUGH - 24 - COUGH, COUGH, COUGH - Heroes. Not that I don't - or didn't - enjoy those other shows (aside from the woefully overrated BSG and the creative demise of Heroes) - just that it's nice having watchable alternatives.

Originally Posted by sangs

(...) whatever the hell the name of that show was with the old guy working solo who made things right for people and did I mention predictable?

Originally Posted by Amnesia

The Equalizer...

Originally Posted by sangs

I'm so glad that lighter serious fare like Leverage, Burn Notice and In Plain Sight is doing well. It's such a welcome relief from the twisted, frequently mind-numbing plotlines dominating other more "sophisticated" shows. COUGH - Lost - COUGH - BSG - COUGH - 24 - COUGH, COUGH, COUGH - Heroes. Not that I don't - or didn't - enjoy those other shows (aside from the woefully overrated BSG and the creative demise of Heroes) - just that it's nice having watchable alternatives.

Originally Posted by GrouchoDude

TV is chock full to the brim of the "lighter" stuff. Every crime procedural that solves that week's murder(s) nice & neatly in 42 minutes complete with red herrings leading to each act-out and the final triumphant revelation of the good guy(s) at the end. Booorrrrringgggg. I've often said that if aliens were to try to observe earth culture from American TV, they would conclude that a quarter of all our citizens were murdering serial killers, another quarter would be cops, forensics personnel, and psychics going after them, with the other half desperately trying to get on a reality show (which also contributes to the overflowing bucket of "lighter" stuff).

Me, I'm glad there are a precious few "heavier" shows out there like LOST and BSG (BSG overrated? Not hardly. Where, then, are the Emmys for Best Drama it should have won one or two of by now? Not hidden behind the richly deserved Peabody Award it did win in that category - guess the Peabody voters didn't get the "overrated" memo). 'Damages' is another well-constructed complex serialized drama that challenges the viewer instead of pandering to the lowest common denominator. We just lost 'The Shield' and 'The Wire', which also fell into the "heavy" category. In fact, LOST is the only cerebral serialzed drama left on the entire broadcast band ('Heroes' has had its "heavy" card revoked; it's not even a good cartoon anymore). T:SCC is a well done example of the genre, if anyone would bother to watch it. No sirree, we need more "heavy" and less "light", just like Oprah's weight, to balance the scales just a little.

Originally Posted by sangs

I don't consider all the CSI clones to be light - I consider them to be crap, which is why I didn't group them in this category. The difference between them and shows like "Leverage" are night and day. That's why I'm happy to have good lighter fare, instead of the crap clones.

Originally Posted by gwsat

I agree. I dumped most of the CSI shows long ago but stuck with CSI: Miami because of how beautiful it is. Nevertheless, I recently cancelled my season pass to it, too. I got tired of David Caruso's posturing and the utter lack of talent of most of the rest of the cast. In refreshing contrast, Leverage has charming performers who don't overact and actually have talent.

Originally Posted by TheKing75

Well TNT got their act together and presented Leverage back how it should be, not the stretch-O-Vision 2.35 of last week.

Originally Posted by rebkell

No comments about last night's episode, thought it was another good one. Loved the group therapy sessions, especially the guy that mumbled and everyone understood him, except Tom. We're getting a lot more Parker lately. I've been on board totally since about the 3rd or 4th ep.

I don't remember if it's been mentioned in the thread, but it's been renewed for a second season. .

Originally Posted by petesimac

There is so much to see on Mondays that I just don't have the time or DVR capability to record them all. I still haven't seen that new show on TNT, what is it called, Trust Me or something like that? And more shows that I want to see will soon be on Monday, making it even harder for me. Sheesh, how about a few more good shows on Wednesday nights, folks.

Originally Posted by gwsat

The show you are talking about is Lie to Me and it is, indeed, a good new show. As bad as Monday night's are, Wednesdays are also so crowded that I have to use 2 DVRs with 2 tuners each to get everything I want to see. For example, from 8:00 to 9:00 last night I had all 4 tuners recording separate programs.

Originally Posted by petesimac

I thought Lie to Me was the new FOX show; I'm talking about the advertising guys, the one from Will and Grace and JD's brother on Scrubs -- sorry, I can never remember names. It's on TNT.

Originally Posted by dm145

as i said earlier this show reminds me of the BBC series Hustle, i now give my sincere appoligies to the makers of hustle

this series is cheesey at best
i doubt it will be renewed

Originally Posted by rebkell

I'm gonna miss this show, the previews said it would return in the summer, so that's good news.