I was really disappointed in this week's Leverage. The "bad guy" this week wasn't a bad guy. She was just a person trying to do her job. She didn't even treat people particularly badly. The looks that we get at the end when the mark realizes they've been had are really fun. This time, it just felt smug.
That's disturbing. You're emotionally scarred and will end up badly.
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Vortex - Nov 28, 2012 3:51:33 pm PST #10346 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
le nubian - Nov 28, 2012 3:54:45 pm PST #10347 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I get your point, but the abusive practices in the store was pretty terrible. She was doing her job, but she wanted to get high profits from the store by any means necessary - having workers forego their breaks, working people to death, not really caring whether the store was really built on toxic ground, etc.
if she had said: let me see your soil reports and not trumped up illegal charges against the supposed environmental researcher, I would have had a lot more sympathy. That act alone made her very unsympathetic.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2012 4:07:57 pm PST #10348 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd assumed the toxic job environment was coming from the top down. Working for free, preventing potential union gatherings, shit like that. The part with pulling the local economy and funnelling it through one enterprise (that might also result in random other US jobs being shipped abroad)--that's the "just doing business" part of it. Deliberately trying to close the stores, as started off the whole process...that's not cricket.
Vortex - Nov 28, 2012 5:04:20 pm PST #10349 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, I'm not saying that she was totally innocent, but she was just doing her job. Not a great job, but she wasn't evil. I like my antagonists a bit more antagonistic. It felt a little Pangs-y.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 28, 2012 6:49:00 pm PST #10350 of 11998
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
No one has mentioned the part about Elliot HAVING ALL THE FEELS?
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 4:37:11 am PST #10351 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't there a point where "just your job" is cruel and harmful and you can be held responsible for said job? If there had been some sort of duress, sure. But she seemed aware of the bad things she was doing, and all in.
Jon B. - Dec 01, 2012 4:54:17 pm PST #10352 of 11998
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Y'know how that weaselly manager kept telling Elliot to tuck in his shirt? FAQ wife thought the show missed a great opportunity by not having Elliot take off his shirt when he was fired. She is a true Honorary Buffista, that woman.
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2012 5:15:41 pm PST #10353 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was really disappointed in this week's Leverage. The "bad guy" this week wasn't a bad guy. She was just a person trying to do her job. She didn't even treat people particularly badly. The looks that we get at the end when the mark realizes they've been had are really fun. This time, it just felt smug.
I had the same feeling at the end, Vortex.
Isn't there a point where "just your job" is cruel and harmful and you can be held responsible for said job? If there had been some sort of duress, sure. But she seemed aware of the bad things she was doing, and all in.
But at the same time, I see this point.
No mention of the fact that it was Virginia Bryce?
Lee - Dec 01, 2012 9:27:53 pm PST #10354 of 11998
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I didn't realize that Burn Notice had started again, so now I am catching up. I am two eps in, and I kind of like the set up for the season--burning everything down to start from scratch, literally
sj - Dec 02, 2012 7:55:29 am PST #10355 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I didn't realize that Burn Notice had started again, so now I am catching up. I am two eps in, and I kind of like the set up for the season--burning everything down to start from scratch, literally
Lee, I've been liking it too. BN really did need a bit of a reboot; the formula was starting to get boring.