TV-Reviewed

It’s not so hard to imagine that I fell behind on Leverage again. It’s a busy, busy time now for me. I’ve got a lot of work to do and I haven’t had time to keep up with my TV viewing.

“The Top Hat Job” was another decent episode which involved the same old tricks we’ve all come to know and love. The episode dealt with a big food company which was acting irresponsibly by not recalling a large batch of food which was contaminated. I honestly had a very difficult time buying the setup. What do you mean the company did some analysis and determined it was cheaper to pay off lawsuits than recall the food? Are you nuts? No modern company would do this so long as the person in charge isn’t a total moron. The math just wouldn’t add up. It’s NOT cheaper to deal with lawsuits and the fact that no one would buy your food after learning of the scandal.

Beth Riesgraf; Timothy Hutton

Despite the really poor writing pertaining to the story setup, I have to give everyone credit for another episode which contained stuff I didn’t follow. I was puzzled how Hardison was going to get out safe and sound, with data in tact. Not to spoil anything, they pulled out all the magic to pull that one off.

I have an issue with something Sophie pointed out when she said Nate could go nuts when he realizes he doesn’t have total control now that he’s stopped drinking. All of this is coming out of nowhere. It came across as though the writers just came up with an idea for Nate to totally lose it towards the end of the season so they’re planting the seed for the whole thing through Sophie. I didn’t care for it. I would rather have picked up on something Nate actually said or did and not through Sophie’s suggestion.

Rating: 6.3