Last night's episode introduced Bob Odenkirk as a recurring character, and I was wondering what other viewers thought of this.

I'm not terribly familiar with Bob Odenkirk, but I like his character's addition. At once an ally and a threat.

I really like the way Walt is always one step behind, even when he thinks he's looking ahead. He sure handled that whole wrong-bench thing well, though. On the whole, I think he does better when he reacts without thinking; when he starts to plan stuff out he inevitably acts from incomplete information and doesn't really take that into account at all.

Jesse's neighbor needs to stay the hell away from him. No way sleeping with him is good for her recovery.

I think Walt doesn't always understand that the game is a different reality and that he can't always apply chemistry-teacher habits to, uh, freelance pharmaceuticals. Not that I've seen the most recent ep yet.

He knows that intellectually, I think, but he can't shake the idea that he's smarter than everyone on the street and should be able to think his way to the top, but just as he gets a handle on the last thing that he wasn't ready for, something new hits him. Which I'm finding quite plausible.

Yeah, me too. But once in a while, it's as if we don't see Walter at all...just Heisenberg, and those are times in which he's more successful.ETA: Rescue Me: They actually made me feel a bit sorry for crazyhead Sheila yesterday. But I'm sure she'll go back to screeching again, soon. I kind of hope Lou has a chance with Genevieve, though Tommy's hotter, I still feel sad about the crap Kenny took about his 9/11 poems...he deserves a hot Frenchwoman, man.

once in a while, it's as if we don't see Walter at all...just Heisenberg, and those are times in which he's more successful.

That's a good way of putting it. I was thinking about that earlier, that when he doesn't think and just does the thing he's afraid of doing, he's very effective (and scary).

Leverage returns July 15th.

Damn. I was hoping for June.

But when are we getting the DVDs???

Amazon doesn't seem to know yet, sadly.

I know. I have it set to tell me when they do know.

Leverage mini-marathon tonight.