Comments on: Leverage: “The Bank Shot Job”

By: Summer

Summer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:18:55 +0000

This is the episode that got me fully hooked on the show. I will admit to watching it 4 times last week, when there was nothing else on at 1am-2am-4am and I was still up. Don't ask.

top moments:
Eliot breaking out the "Boss Hog" reference after Hardison broke out the "Sheriff Coltrane" reference
Hardison: "You're adorable."
Hardison running down a scary long list of demands that he couldn't possibly have been given in that short a phone call, and everyone scrambling to find something to write on when he asked "No one's writing this down? Seriously?"

By: coyotesqrl

coyotesqrl — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:01:13 +0000

LOL! Sorry about that. TWW is The West Wing. As for HITG, that's not a show, it's an acronym for "Hey! It's that guy!" Back in the day, Fametracker used to do a regular feature on character actors like O'Neill who show up all over the place and have solid careers. Some of us still fondly recall and use the acronym.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:26 +0000

Oops! Didn't see the actual first mention of The West Wing. Blame the jet lag.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:54:48 +0000

Two things:

1) I just returned from a holiday vacation and finally watched this ep. Very good stuff… even tho I was tired and probably missed a lot of the smaller bits and clever nuances. I hope they re-air it or do a Leverage marathon at some point as the show keeps improving with each episode.

2) Can we please stop with the acronyms for TV shows? What is HIGT and TWW? I get obvious (recent) ones like FNL, but I'm lost over figuring out others, especially if you’re referring to an older show.

By: Kimm Viebrock

Kimm Viebrock — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:32:22 +0000

We love TWW at our house too. Burn Notice is also a favorite, especially with the junior partner. And we all agree that Leverage is right up there in terms of being enjoyable entertainment. The Bank Job just might be the best episode yet.

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:48:39 +0000

Yeah, true, but he did get shot in a job they hadn't planned on taking place

We didn't watch the last few seasons of TWW either, mostly because Sorkin left. But I did see the final few episodes if I recall.

By: coyotesqrl

coyotesqrl — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:37:00 +0000

It wasn't you, it was the Amazon Gold Box special! We *finally* bought TWW a couple months back when it was crazy cheap. We're close to the end of season six right now and it's basically all new to us. I was vaguely aware of what was going on the last few seasons, but neither of us watched much past season four. It's pretty exciting.

As for Leverage, I think it either hits your sweet spot or misses. For me, this is like distilled The A-Team and Mission: Impossible and it's like mainlining the coolness of youth. Besides, I don't think you can say it's too easy for them to do things when Nate got shot.

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:26:01 +0000

I happened to catch this episode and it was good, but so far, the show hasn't really captured my attention…not like Burn Notice even did.

Not sure what it is, but maybe it's unrealistic with the way they can do EVERYTHING, or maybe it's the ease of which they help people. I know BN is like that, but these guys are thieves and stuff, and suddenly they are a booming business. It all seemed too nice and neat.

On a side note, interesting that you are rewatching TWW…not sure if me mentioning that got you into it or not, but I'm on the first disc of season three right now, been watching it straight through myself. It's still amazingly good to this day.