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Whether you enjoyed the recent cinematic riff on the franchise or not, fans of the original A-Team series would be well served by checking out Leverage. You've got many of the same elements -- a band of criminals (although, in this case, not wrongfully accused) use their skills to help out the little people, many of whom are being pressured or placed in a corner by evil forces beyond their control. The A-Team never killed anyone, and neither do the Leverage crew -- in fact, they don't even use guns. They do, however, use their hacking, grifting and thieving skills to turn the tables on the bad guys. It results in a lot of fun role-playing, and occasionally some entertaining accents, and if it doesn't work out they send in the team's muscle to level the playing field. Who knows, maybe we'll get a so-so Leverage movie 20 years from now!
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It's the season finale of Leverage, y'all! If you've been watching this season, you've gotten to spend some time with your old friend Jeri Ryan, as Gina Bellman has been on a leave of absence, so get ready to maybe say good-bye to her, unless they decide to keep her around for another season. This episode is called "The Maltese Falcon Job," and supposedly features the crew's greatest con yet, which... is really saying something, because some of them are so complicated and contingent on a specific series of events they verge on far-fetched. But I guess it would have to be pretty good to earn the name "The Maltese Falcon Job." Otherwise, it would probably be named after one of Bogie's lesser works. ("The In a Lonely Place Job"?)
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We know why you watch Leverage. It's not for the Academy Award-winning Timothy Hutton, or dreamy Angel alum Christian Kane. It's not for the great comedic timing or the elaborate con games. No, it's for the Star Trek: The Next Generation connection. Not only does computer hacker Hardison speak entirely in Star Trek and Star Wars references, but Jonathan Frakes ("Riker") has directed a few episodes of the show, and Brent Spiner ("Data") and Armin Shimerman ("Quark") even guest-starred in one of them. Well, get ready to beam directly to heaven for tonight's episode, because one of the guest stars is none other than Ensign Wesley Crusher himself -- that's right, celebrity blogger Wil Wheaton.
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The Justice League is back! Tough Guy! Thief Girl! Con Lady! Hacker Dude! Mastermind! On their own, they're forces to be reckoned with, but together they're pretty much unstoppable. And by "unstoppable," I of course mean that they will not stop robbing you, conning you or incriminating you... provided you are a rich, powerful douchebag who has it coming. Basically, they'll do whatever they have to do to steal from the rich and give to the poor, even when they have to change their plans drastically halfway though the con, which seems to happen every episode. You may call it formulaic, but I call it reliable.
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