Watching Monday

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True Blood

I'm very surprised no one died this episode. After the first three, I figured the show was going out by killing someone off each week. The Jason/Hoyt call was sweet, though, and I hope they get to spend more time together whenever Hoyt gets to Louisiana.

OMG GINGER ORIGIN STORY. OMG FANGTASIA ORIGIN STORY. This was by far the best part of the episode.

I loved Sookie having no time for anyone's drama in this episode. That said, the Lafayette scene was kind of weird, but if it was gearing up for a Lafayette/Jessica/James threesome, I am so there.

The Terry/Arlene scene was also very sweet, and worked for me, though that kind of "come to the light" scene almost never does.



Leverage

The Gimme a K Street Job: Oh my god, that title is like five puns in one.
"What do I know about teenage girls?" / "You were a teenage girl?" / "Only sort of!" HA. And oh, poor Parker.
Is that supposed to be Sophie's Ohio accent? What the hell.
Hahaha, Parker literally growled at the poor little cheerleader.
"That is a wardrobe malfunction! I can see her hoo-ha! Her HOO-HA, sir!" AHHHHHH DYING.
Aww, I love when Parker has to comfort someone. She's so bad at it, but she tries so very hard.
"I missed you guys this week!" Parker is SO CUTE in this episode.

The D.B. Cooper Job: LEVERAGE IS SOLVING THE DB COOPER CASE OF COURSE THEY ARE.
It's another AU episode! Haaaa, Nate's 70s mustache. OMG HARDISON'S AFRO AND SIDEBURNS. OMG 70s PARKER WITH HOOP EARRINGS.
Haaaaaaaaa, AU Parker/Eliot! And 70s Eliot's hair and leisure suit!
OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ELIOT'S MUSTACHE?!?! He looks like he should be on Deadwood.
This montage is like something out of Starsky & Hutch, I am dyinggggg.
Awww, I love having this deep soul-searching conversation via metaphors from the Odyssey.

The Real Fake Car Job:
"Eliot told you." Haaaaa, Eliot ships Parker/Hardison.
OMG HARDISON'S BOW TIE. OMG HE'S A HIPSTER ARTIST.
Re: Hardison's orange soda: "That is the good stuff, I get it from Mexico!" HAAA DYING.
Awww, Nate/Sophie. That was very cute, but you're still not as cute as the other three.

The Broken Wing Job:
"Baby, love, kisses, snuggles, and other romantic verbs." Hardison is ADORABLE.
Do people actually call things a "brew pub"? That's such a weird phrase.
Parker explaining how she knows things about thieves: "I... read... blogs." HAHAHAHA.

Comments

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

I love Parker so so so much. She tries so hard to be a good person and she manages better than she realises, I think.

The AU episodes are the best. This one even features a bit of dialogue I really like (from here (http://leverage.whendarknessfalls.net/transcripts/5x06-the-db-cooper-job.html)).
Todd: A bunch of kids said they needed to borrow my bike to look for a lost dog. They said they’d be right back.
Nate: When was that?
Todd: Three hours ago. Why does this keep happening to me?
Nate (sighs): Every day, I go and chase bad guys... some really bad. And pretty soon, you start to see everyone like that. It’s easier that way. You know, you could... you could be like that, too. You wouldn’t lose as many bikes.
Todd: But I won’t find any lost dogs.

HARDISON'S BOWTIE RETURNS! It was in the season 4 finale too, where Hardison made a Doctor Who joke ("Bowties are cool!").

"I... read... blogs." HAHAHAHA.
Me too, every single time! Also I feel like her French has improved since last we saw her speak it (Queen's Gambit), but it's hard to tell from such small sample sizes.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! She does a great job at comforting the cheerleader, no matter how nervous she was about it.

And yesss, I loved the lost-dog conversation, and how it becomes a metaphor over the whole episode. It was great.

Ha, that's a really cool minor character detail - her French improving. I wonder if it was on purpose?