It took all episode to figure out where I knew her from. I kept squinting, and being all "Where...?"
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Strix - Jul 19, 2010 4:52:56 pm PDT #5979 of 12003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
amych - Jul 19, 2010 4:58:05 pm PDT #5980 of 12003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn
Early in the first season, I had to let go of the pain and decide that the accents must be deliberately awful to be so bad, and that the badness must therefore be some sort of knowing metacommentary on the grift. It was the Kentucky episode, now that I think of it.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2010 7:03:45 pm PDT #5981 of 12003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, it wasn't very FUN.
Oh dear lord though, I did love Parker as the Icelandic rock star. "I don't think I'm being weird enough!" "Somehow I doubt that."
Also, her dancing pick-pocketing bit. And the brief look she gave when she realized it was Eliot singing for reals. Actually, pretty much everything with Parker in this episode made me laugh and laugh.
The stuff behind the studio glass when Eliot was fighting was priceless as well. And I did love the Princess Bride shout-out.
Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.
Who is Alona Tal and why should I know her?
megan walker - Jul 19, 2010 7:20:37 pm PDT #5982 of 12003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
She was Meg in Veronica Mars.
I agree that I loved Parker in this episode. The rest sort of fell flat for me.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2010 7:27:57 pm PDT #5983 of 12003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I mean seriously - she has her own version of Bjork's swan dress with X-ed-out eyes and is also a squeeze toy? That alone would have made the episode for me (much as the Angel dancing scene in She was justification alone for that episode. Granted there I can just watch the teaser and skip the rest of the episode - except perhaps for the museum tour bit).
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2010 7:38:16 pm PDT #5984 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm watching it again because I was kinda exhausted the first time round. Parker and Hardison and a bit of Eliot are fun in this, but it's not big team magic this week.
Nate is rocking the hat, though. And the fangirls are cute.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2010 8:29:53 pm PDT #5985 of 12003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh dear lord though, I did love Parker as the Icelandic rock star. "I don't think I'm being weird enough!" "Somehow I doubt that."
Ack, that was too silly for me. Plus, it didn't really feel right for Parker to me.
Also, her dancing pick-pocketing bit.
That, however, was awesome.
tiggy - Jul 20, 2010 1:51:14 am PDT #5986 of 12003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Who is Alona Tal and why should I know her?
she was also Jo in Supernatural.
Zenkitty - Jul 20, 2010 11:25:08 am PDT #5987 of 12003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Dean Devlin said on Twitter that Leverage's ratings went up 27% for last Sunday's episode. He had previously said that the ratings were good and going up, so this is doubly good, or something.
Zenkitty - Jul 20, 2010 1:09:07 pm PDT #5988 of 12003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
ooh, even better:
via Turner press notes:
TNT’s new drama Rizzoli & Isles, which set an ad-supported cable record as the most-watched commercial-supported series launch of all time, ranked as the top scripted program for the week among adults 25-54 (2,722,000). The series came in a close second behind The Closer for the year-to-date among viewers (7,553,000) and households (5,674,000).
Sunday, TNT’s Leverage scored the series’ biggest audience since its December 2008 premiere and ranked as ad-supported cable’s top program for the entire day among viewers (3,932,000) and households (2,902,000). The episode also scored the series’ best deliveries of its third season among viewers, households, adults 18-49 (1,374,000) and adults 25-54 (1,823,000).
Leverage scored tremendous growth over the prior week’s episode, with viewers up 36%, households up 35%, adults 18-49 up 31% and adults 25-54 up 45%.
TNT’s Tuesday night lineup continues to perform strongly, with last week’s episode of HawthoRNe delivering 2,645,000 viewers, while Memphis Beat built on that success with 2,951,000 viewers.
TNT’s original series lifted the network to another first-place finish among ad-supported cable networks in total day delivery of adults 25-54.