So it's looking like Minearverse is for soaps, and now Cable Drama is the one stop hair shop.

Elliot's half-ponytail looked like, if it hadn't been actually curled, then at one point while still setting/drying, it had been what my friend calls "the paw" or a slipknot ponytail, and then pulled through.

So does Eliot's ponytail match Buffy's ponytail of righteousness?

Have to share - Kane and Devlin both just tweeted that while everyone else went down in the ratings because of the Olympics, Leverage went UP 12%.

My gosh, I don't know how to deal with liking a show that goes UP in the ratings.

I know, right?

Seriously. It's weird not to be constantly worried about cancellation.

I get the same disconnect watching Glee. But then I remind myself of how glad I was that Lost was so popular right off the bat, and how that turned out.

Re-watching the finale now. Damn - still getting worked up by the stuff I already know is going to come out OK.

And still love the ending something wicked. Oh my.

I am glad the ratings are good. My priorities match. My Tivo right now is literally seven different Olympic recordings and Leverage. It`s the only one of my regular shows that took precedence over the Olympics.
 
I don`t think I can do the stick because it`s so fine and straight. And I`m crap at braiding. I never mastered French braiding on myself.
 
I think CK must just have a ton of hair, like me. But with his curly, there`s just all this volume there...hmm...you know how we get writers and actors in here sometimes? I will be mortified if we ever get Leverage folks. Yeah. The Hair.

Okay, back to substantive analysis. Morgana, I agree that the drawn guns were overkill, but I liked the way the visual echoed and contrasted with the S1 final shot with them walking away from each other on axis. That was on equal footing, but expecting to be (mostly, other than "find me") done with each other. This, they were a unit, but losing themselves in a different way by losing Nate, by accepting his sacrifice. I liked that the viewpoint drawing away from Nate, alone, was like our team`s viewpoint.
 
Nate`s sacrifice was such a great juxtaposition, doing the good thing, acknowledging himself, even identifying himself as a bad guy. Life ain`t black and white, is it, Nate?
 
At what point do you think Nate decided what he was going to do? I think his fatalism gave him the freedom to do some of what he needed to do, including what Sophie was naturally upset by. And yet, they really were caught. All their skills weren`t going to let them wiggle out this time. They had to let Nate go. And he knew it.