Hey TNT –

Following last week’s episode of Leverage, you were airing a promo for this past Tuesday’s episode, “The 12-Step Job,” which looked pretty damn impressive. Every so often the ad would run, and I’d think, “Damn! The next episode looks killer!” Maybe you’ve got nothing to do with the promo department, so here’s part of it for you again, embedded below.

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In last night’s episode of Leverage, “The 12-Step Job,” Parker, Nate and Sophie went undercover in a rehab facility as patients and psychiatrist, respectively, to get info from a guy who stole a bunch of money from a charity and has a major addiction problem. Did I mention they’re the ones who brought him to rehab to keep him safe from all the gangs he also stole money from? I thought that was pretty clever of them.

When I saw them all sitting in that therapy group, talking about their problems, I couldn’t help but be amused by the fact that in the real world, Parker and Nate really do belong in rehab. Parker’s got kleptomania, and Nate is an alcoholic. At the same time though, rehab proved a pretty scary place for both of them, for different reasons, and both were also rendered pretty much useless to the team during this episode. Parker being put on antidepressants, and the 180º personality flip that ensued, bothered me for a couple of reasons. Let me explain:

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