Well certainly they needed to establish WHY they were back together, after the way last season ended. I really liked that it was the team that lured Nathan back, and not the other way around, and that they've all gotten addicted to doing good.
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
'Underneath'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Frankenbuddha - Jul 16, 2009 5:59:45 am PDT #2469 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2009 6:02:57 am PDT #2470 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I loved all the sly smiles around the table as Nate talked himself back in. But I'm looking forward to next week where less setup exposition will be necessary. They had an hour's worth of con to explain and less than an hour to do it in.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2009 6:08:12 am PDT #2471 of 11998
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It was pretty absurd that Nate had to explain how to launder money to a bunch of career criminals.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2009 6:13:44 am PDT #2472 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was pretty absurd that Nate had to explain how to launder money to a bunch of career criminals.
True, but I think that the audience (me included, because I got confused when their con got messed up) needed as much explanation as possible, even if I didn't need that particular bit.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 16, 2009 6:38:09 am PDT #2473 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I loved all the sly smiles around the table as Nate talked himself back in. But I'm looking forward to next week where less setup exposition will be necessary.
I agree with both these statements.
Lee - Jul 16, 2009 6:39:26 am PDT #2474 of 11998
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sophie gave her the metaphor.
It still struck me as not being very Parker like somehow.
Vortex - Jul 16, 2009 6:50:53 am PDT #2475 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't think of Parker as having enough understanding of social interactions to come up with something like that. Sophie's character seemed a little off too.
Well, it had been six months, shouldn't they have changed somehow?
And just because they're crooks, it doesn't mean that they know how to launder money. And the way that the O'Haras were doing it is new and different.
-t - Jul 16, 2009 7:27:47 am PDT #2476 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It still struck me as not being very Parker like somehow.
It seemed like something she had been thinking about while she was stealing the Hope diamond and so forth.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2009 12:24:39 pm PDT #2477 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was pretty absurd that Nate had to explain how to launder money to a bunch of career criminals.
Having rewatched the episode, I don't think he was telling them anything they didn't know--they were all smirky and smug the whole way through. I think they just wanted him to talk his way into it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2009 7:13:14 pm PDT #2478 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Leverage!!! Oh, show.
It was great to see everyone back together, and the getting-back-together scenes were adorable.
Hardison and Parker took their aliases from The Departed, heeeeee.
There was a lot of "Let's make sure a new audience can jump right in," but I will forgive it.
That girl was a good actress, I thought.
Also, the bank guy was the guy from Drive !