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TV Show Meme! Day 2!
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Gosh, I don't know! I would probably have to say Leverage. I really love Leverage -- I love the plots and the characters and how, as one character puts it, "Incredibly, chance does seem to bend itself to [their] bizarre machinations."
I'll be honest -- I didn't start watching until... um, I think it was fall 2009. I was really skeptical of it and I thought it had a stupid premise. But I wanted something to watch and I picked Leverage because of Christian Kane, who I adore.
I watched the whole first season and the first half of the second season (at that point, the second half of the second season hadn't yet aired), and until I started my second watching of the first season, I did, in fact, not know any character's name. I referred to them as "Christian Kane," "The Hot Blonde," "The Hot Hacker," "The Brunette," and "The Alcoholic." (And, of course, "Badger"!)
But about halfway through my second watching of season one, I found that I suddenly knew all their names! It was amazing.
I love Parker, Eliot, and Hardison. Love them. Together, separately, whatever. Nate and Sophie are okay; their will they-won't they push-pull bullshit gets on my nerves -- but I do think they are really well-written and interesting, so I can't really hold it against them.
The show is really well-written, really well-acted, and really well-directed. I appreciate that they don't offend me, and that the characters all have agency. I love their silly shenanigans -- and their more serious ones. I love watching the characters evolve and grow and learn how to talk to each other! I love their great one-liners, and also the running jokes. I love that Hardison is always cracking wise about the internet and science fiction -- and his jokes make sense! I love Eliot's glare, and how Parker is always literally jumping off buildings. I love watching Nate's downward spiral and Sophie's frustration.
And I love how they always get the job done.
I do wish that more people would watch this show, and talk about how much they love it -- and write me Parker/Hardison/Eliot fanfic. Of all sorts!
(Also good: Leverage/White Collar crossover fic! There's already a few out there on the Archive of Our Own, but there should be more!)
As far as real life goes, I really appreciate that the cast and crew post a lot of behind the scenes stuff on Twitter! That is awesome.
The third season of Leverage premieres on TNT on Sunday (the 20th) at 9 PM. Here's the official website.
( Other days )
Gosh, I don't know! I would probably have to say Leverage. I really love Leverage -- I love the plots and the characters and how, as one character puts it, "Incredibly, chance does seem to bend itself to [their] bizarre machinations."
I'll be honest -- I didn't start watching until... um, I think it was fall 2009. I was really skeptical of it and I thought it had a stupid premise. But I wanted something to watch and I picked Leverage because of Christian Kane, who I adore.
I watched the whole first season and the first half of the second season (at that point, the second half of the second season hadn't yet aired), and until I started my second watching of the first season, I did, in fact, not know any character's name. I referred to them as "Christian Kane," "The Hot Blonde," "The Hot Hacker," "The Brunette," and "The Alcoholic." (And, of course, "Badger"!)
But about halfway through my second watching of season one, I found that I suddenly knew all their names! It was amazing.
I love Parker, Eliot, and Hardison. Love them. Together, separately, whatever. Nate and Sophie are okay; their will they-won't they push-pull bullshit gets on my nerves -- but I do think they are really well-written and interesting, so I can't really hold it against them.
The show is really well-written, really well-acted, and really well-directed. I appreciate that they don't offend me, and that the characters all have agency. I love their silly shenanigans -- and their more serious ones. I love watching the characters evolve and grow and learn how to talk to each other! I love their great one-liners, and also the running jokes. I love that Hardison is always cracking wise about the internet and science fiction -- and his jokes make sense! I love Eliot's glare, and how Parker is always literally jumping off buildings. I love watching Nate's downward spiral and Sophie's frustration.
And I love how they always get the job done.
I do wish that more people would watch this show, and talk about how much they love it -- and write me Parker/Hardison/Eliot fanfic. Of all sorts!
(Also good: Leverage/White Collar crossover fic! There's already a few out there on the Archive of Our Own, but there should be more!)
As far as real life goes, I really appreciate that the cast and crew post a lot of behind the scenes stuff on Twitter! That is awesome.
The third season of Leverage premieres on TNT on Sunday (the 20th) at 9 PM. Here's the official website.
( Other days )