oh iTunes, bless your heart....

[lagilman]

So apparently iTunes made a boo-boo. When they set up the season pass for Leverage Season 5? They set up not only the teaser, but the ENTIRE EPISODE for d/l.

All totally legit, paid for, etc. Twelve hours before it aired on the East Coast.

(about two hours after I realized this, the ep is down from the site. Someone Noticed.)

Have I watched it?

You betcher sweet bippy I have.

(look, I'm going to spend the rest of the season 24 hours after the rest of you. This once? I'm squeeing ahead.)


No spoilers here, 'cause I'm not that kind of a schmuck [spoilers WILL be in comments, tho]. But oh yes, Fanservice. MASSIVE fanservice (and an Avengers call-out, because hello, have you MET Hardison?). And all the usual goodies in terms of plotting and action and acting we expect as our given right, now.

And an ending that left me going "wait, what? Oh you sonofabitch. Is it next week yet?"

Welcome back, show. We missed you.

EtA: "Portland is, ah, odd."
EtA2: "I'm only going to say this once, boys. Give me...the teddy bear."

Comments

Spoiler #1

[lagilman]

The "not yet ready for prime time" Hardison of previous seasons has been replaced by, dare I say it, Right Hand Man Hardison, for reals.

And anyone who doesn't go back over the first quarter of the episode with a hrmmmmm in their mind, after the last quarter, isn't watching the same show I did.

Adapting on the fly, or Well-Played?


EtA: rewatching... oh yes, Well-Played. Nate isn't showing any surprise, but evaluating all the responses...

Re: Spoiler #1

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

Um...totally agree on re-assessing the beginning. I think you're spot on about Nate....

Re: Spoiler #1

[lagilman]

Big Plans. And big plans require a long-view game.


Never, ever forget that the mastermind is also a bastard. Especially when he seems to be mostly-sober.


(also noting: he brought H a very nice pour of what looked to be very nice whiskey. And H drank it. Like peers. Hrm.....)

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

LOL, lucky you! }:P So cannot wait until tonight}:P

I so missed this show.

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

Ah, technology. Our cable's on-demand service once accidentally queued the following week's episode for one show in the slot for the episode that had just aired and didn't catch up to the mistake for nearly a week... The downside of which was then having to wait two weeks for a new hit, but still. :)

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

Vacation montage had me roaring.! And Avengers reference achieved! Hee!!

[lagilman]

"I'm only going to say this once, boys. Give me...the teddy bear."

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

HA!
Eliot SMASH scenes always make me geeble.

LOVING the constant running diatribe about the menu too!

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

Oh and Sophie's midstream accent shift? AWESOME.

[lagilman]

I'm about as impressed with her Australian as I am with her Boston (read: not very) but the mid-sentence shift was great, yeah.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Her Southern accent is pretty cringe-worthy, too, but the mid-sentence shift was all kinds of fun. The whole episode was all kinds of fun, bad accents notwithstanding.

Spoiler #2

[lagilman]

Okay, so here's your place to post speculation and theories (and AIIIGHHHH!) over the last scene...

(and take bets on how fast the fanfic takes it on...)

Re: Spoiler #2

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

I need to know what was said in the last scene, b/c the dialogue was so quiet and the scene was set so dark I missed the actual words. Something about they're doing something and not telling the others, but what?

I hope this gets loaded onto OnDemand so I can rewatch that scene. With Closed Captioning. Because seriously.

Also, I loved how Parker has so far stuck "juice" into every beer name. She really is a kid at heart.

Re: Spoiler #2

[lagilman]

as best I could reconstruct:

"I don't like lying to them. Especially Parker."
"It's... for the best. Everything set?
"Almost. Locking in the money right now." (pause) "You sure about this?
"All good things come to an end, Hardison. And by the way." (raises glass) "Thank you."

Re: Spoiler #2

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Aha, that's the line I missed, about "locking in the money." I was sitting there thinking, "Wait, Hardison's what?"

I wonder if, given Nate's remarks about getting his priorities straight, perhaps he's trying to end all the Robin Hood-ing and get the team to settle down. Sophie's already looking at that theatre, Eliot and Hardison could partner in the brew pub...not sure what Parker would do...maybe that'll come out in eps to come. But I could see Nate doing this, wanting everyone safe.

Re: Spoiler #2

[lagilman]

Especially with the recent first-hand experience of how badly the old man handled his "retirement..."

Maybe. Or something else they're going to pull out of left field and thwack us all into tears with.

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

Wot the WOT? on that last scene???

Something Kane said online is sounding more ominous now. He said that another season is entirely in our hands.

And Jon Rogers & the cast said the finale is gonna make us cry. A LOT.

::biting nails and wibbling::

[lagilman]

betcha they then utterly ignore it for at least two episodes. Just to fuck with us.

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

I'll bet goodly sums of cash that you are right! However, I think Eliot in hockey gear will be highly distracting....:)

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Mmm... hockey... and Eliot... I might have to watch it by myself.}:P

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

I am really looking forward to that.

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder. Grabbing season pass now. :)