{"id":1382,"date":"2008-12-15T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:53:37","slug":"television-whitenoise-leverage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=1382","title":{"rendered":"Television Whitenoise: Leverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cast: Timothy Hutton, Aldis Hodge, Alec Hardison, Christian Kane, Eliot Spencer, Beth Riesgraf, Gina Bellman.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, well, when I sat down to watch this I didn’t know it was a remake of a British show \u2013 would that have coloured my opinion? Maybe, considering that trend kind of peed me off recently, suggesting, as remakes do, a dearth of original ideas. I never watched Hustle <\/em>though; it was one of those programs I managed to miss the whole time that it was on for some reason, but I had wanted to watch it. Anyway, now that has a lot to live up to if I ever see it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the initial sighting of the trailers I was interested in this \u2013 partly to do with Timothy Hutton and Bellman, but mainly to do with the way it sold itself: slick and smart, a well-executed piece of television. I mean, there is always the danger that this was just going to be the trailer and not the whole package, but I am happy to report that this was not the case with Leverage: it didn’t disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a first episode it had a lot to do \u2013 introduce the cast, establish a dynamic, suggest a back history and point the way towards the future, all this done whilst actually telling a story, and it managed to do that well. It was an entertaining hour that had the spirit and production values to match its ambition \u2013 it reminded me in places of Ocean’s Eleven<\/em> at its best and that is pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll see how it develops but I definitely think this is one to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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