Leverage – A hint of what’s to come?
After being asked if he heard anything Hardison was saying to him, Eliot retorts: “You’re explaining how you’re still a virgin?” in response to the steady stream of geek talk Eliot was just subjected to
I’m watching this episode with an extra pair of eyes tonight — did you see Dean Devlin’s tweet? Somewhere, in the midst of this fun episode of Leverage, there was an Easter egg (I think I use that term so, so incorrectly, but I like it); a little clue as to what the summer finale has in store for us. Now that’s very cool.
What would be even cooler was if I knew what the hell he was referring to. I have some ideas, but it certainly wasn’t clear cut to me.
Leverage’s Star Trek reunion – a fun episode, but not very reunion-y
I’ve really been looking forward to Leverage’s “The Juror #6 Job,” since it’s been hyped as a big Star Trek Reunion. We were delivered a funny, entertaining episode as always, but I was a little disappointed by the reunion angle. I expected to tune in and see the jury box filled with stars from the Star Trek franchise. Wouldn’t that have been fun, to see them all interact as jurors?
Instead, we got an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes (a very, very good thing), a main guest starring role played brilliantly by Brent Spiner (Data from ST: TNG) and a small role as a witness played by Armin Shimerman (yep, Principal Snyder from Buffy) from Deep Space Nine (yep, the Ferengi) — not even the same show as Frakes and Spiner, although he made guest appearances in Voyager and TNG. Oh, and Kitty Swink, who was on a couple of episodes of Deep Space Nine and just happens to be Armin Shimerman’s wife.
Where was Michale Dorn? Marina Sirtis? Wil Wheaton? That would have been a reunion.
Dean Devlin, creator of Leverage – CliqueClack Interview
Are you loving Leverage as much as I am? For me, Leverage burst onto the scene this season and stole my TV-viewing heart. I like to be entertained, and this show is pure fun: quirky humor, clever cons, creative flashbacks. Pure fun. Haven’t seen it? No more excuses, because Leverage is available in HD in iTunes. So catch up and read the CliqueClack reviews of Leverage already!
So when I had the chance to interview Dean Devlin, Leverage’s creator, I naturally jumped on it. Dean’s got a varied background in the industry, with acting roles in Real Genius, Misfits of Science and L.A. Law, writing and producing credits on the blockbuster film Independence Day, and executive producer of the three The Librarian TV movies, just to name a few. Ahem. Impressed? I was.
After the jump, I’ll share some juicy tidbits about how the amazing cast was chosen for Leverage, a taste of what we’ve got to look forward to by the end of the season, and what part Devlin played in the Wil Wheaton hockey scandal of the early ’90s. Oh, and Christian Kane’s hair.
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