Huh?

Alexander Lundy is the Middleman. Well, at least he's the guy that hunted Echo, who I understood was the Middleman.

I love Kane's hair. Nobody touch it. I love all the Leverage boys. And, minus Tara (who I no longer hate), I love all the girls.

But I want more Parker/Hardison.

Oh, and I love Mark Shephard. He just does everything, and so well.

I want to know who's doing his blowouts because they look fabulous. And Maggie's dress is hideous.

looks like Nate's back on the booze without much question

Eliot nailed it. "The drinking isn't the problem, it's a symptom."

Maggie's dress is hideous.

Oh, good, it's not just me.

Tara seems to enjoy verbally torturing people, just for fun. This is reprehensible, and I like it. I also enjoy that particular hobby, I'm just too nice - or cowardly - to do it.

I KNEW IT!

I didn't know it. The previews have Nate & Maggie snogging, so I figured it made perfect sense to have Lundy bad.

Speaking of Parker/Hardison, I guess I was thrown a bone or two--he did ask her on a vacation date, and they got to play a couple again. Still, I want more. She's had such good scenes with Eliot in the past couple episodes. I want to see them zing again.

I love Kane's hair. Nobody touch it. I love all the Leverage boys. And, minus Tara (who I no longer hate), I love all the girls.

Yeah, this, down to the no-longer-hate. I even liked Maggie this round, probably because of the lack of proximity of Sophie.

As I said over in Bitches, I had to laugh till I cried about the bit between Hardison & Eliot about the black light. He probably bought his at Thinkgeek. (Note how I apparently have no concept that Hardison is a fictional character without an external life beyond what I see on my teevee.) I got mine at camp, but I bet I'm the only person from that camp who still knows where it is. I carry it in my bag! It might be handy sometimes!

I always want more Parker/Hardison. But I just want more, I think. I want more OT3.

I liked the dynamic with Tara this episode. I liked how easily she stepped into her role, for Nate's sake, not for the con, when Maggie turned up with her dude. And I like the different rhythm she has with him. She doesn't have the history with Nate and booze, so her angle at him is different, and he appreciates that.

I like the struggle they're depicting, wrt the whole thing. It's not easy coming off alcohol and I'm glad they're not showing it as simple. The relationships, when everyone around you knows, and you know they know, but there aren't any more words to be said about it. The pacing, the timing. How they watch him, but don't speak.

And of course I'm always happy to have Mark Sheppard back on my screen. He wins at acting.

I also like the way Maggie called him on the secret drinking.

That's one of the signs (which I know because we took the "are you an alcoholic" quiz in college and got 8 out of 10. The only 2 I didn't check were needing a drink to get going in the morning and hiding alcohol. Although we did dither a bit on that one but decided that it didn't count if you were hiding alcohol so your friends wouldn't drink it)

Although we did dither a bit on that one but decided that it didn't count if you were hiding alcohol so your friends wouldn't drink it

I think that would be a "yes" answer for a "signs that your friends are alchoholics" quiz.

Both Maggie and Eliot said essentially the same thing: it's not the drinking itself that's the problem. Poor Nate. And props to Tim Hutton, who's breaking my heart with every little expression on Nate's face.

What's keeping Nate from total woobification? Being a sadistic bastard, maybe. Nate Ford refuses to be anybody's woobie.

I need to see that "are you an alcoholic" quiz. Anyone got a link?