'Serenity'
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief". it stars Robert Wagner as this thief who gets paroled to a mysterious government agency called the SIA to steal for the government. it's set in the late 60s/early 70s, and he wears nehru jackets to formal events and whatnot.
Wasn't it "It Takes a Thief"? "To Catch a Thief" being the classic Hitchcock/Grant/Grace Kelley movie.
I remember watching that and The Saint around the same time.
Also, where is that airing? Or is it on DVD?
yes frank, you're right about the title. I'm watching it right now. He's wearing his formal Nehru jacket now, with the satin collar.
Frank, it's on hulu.com
I have to say, the characterization of the hedge fund douchebag was spot-on. I mean, his attitude and the technical things he said sometimes veered towards parody, but I have met that person IRL many times. It was a much more fleshed-out and subtle characterization than I would expect to see in a TV show.
I feel sorry for that actor. He always plays a douchebag. He's very good at it, but oy, the typecasting.
Seriously.
I don't think anything could have made me more gleeful about this show than adding Mark Sheppard in what looks to be a recurring role (that's my assumption, not a spoiler). Except maybe the Kane music, cheesetastic as it was for that scene.
I have to say, the characterization of the hedge fund douchebag was spot-on.
Which show are we talking about now?
Leverage.
And, yeah, that actor seems never to be sympathetic.
I think that the douchbag hedgefund guy was totally based on Michael Iavarone who is the main guy in the group that owns Big Brown.
Other than that: I kind of think that they picked the wrong horse names for the "lost heir" thing. But they did pick names recognizable to most people.