Commando Cody

I didn't even catch The Librarian reference. It didn't occur to me. I was thinking Reading Rainbow.

Did anyone else get a little bit of a "Fried Green Tomatoes" vibe in this one? I forgot all about "Dirty Rotton Scoundrels" as I haven't seen it since the movie came out. Good connection.

I was in the middle watching this episode tonight when I had to stop. Nice synchronicity. Full episodes of Leverage are now on Youtube. They are on the Electric Now channel. I got through a few episodes today before I had to end the watch. I had never planned to watch Redemption either, but the episodes showed up in my Youtube feed. It isn't as bad as I feared it would be.

I thought the crooked windows on Elizabeth's house were a give-a-way.

The Is It Cake? Holiday edition is out. It is only 4 episodes. The final cakes were actually disappointing. You could tell which were cake. It was weird that the judges couldn't.

The fire episode was so bad. There are no words as to how badly written this episode was. One of the worst episodes of the series. They were all just sitting around on the staircase of a burning building - having a discussion - instead of, I don't know, leaving the building. The stupid kid somehow is able to get back into a burning building to a floor that was above the fire. He just happens to find the letter sticking out of a box. Nobody once bothered to say to him that Ben gave him an extra year with his father. Apart from a lot of problems with the plot and direction, the acting wasn't even very good. It was like they weren't even trying. Nothing surprising in the final. I already knew the kid turned into Gideon. I assumed things would change because they wouldn't leave Jen or whatever her name is, dead. I never thought she was much of a character. If she had stayed dead, it wouldn't have mattered. We all knew she wouldn't. They just couldn't leave the Ben and bland Addison story alone. Now they're leaping through time together? Great.

I was just thinking that it might be an interesting story if they brought Debra Pratt and Donald Bellisario's daughter back again. She was on one of the original episodes - as a small child who could see Sam. She could play the same person 30 years later - or whatever it is.

I didn't either.

I don't know what the dates are. This show is bad about telling us about what time Ben is in. When I saw the bad guy walk in at the end - the one with the stupid name - I thought it was Hannah's son all grown up. However, I don't know how old the kid would be now. Only idiots would give themselves a name that stupid. It could be made up. Hannah did comment on how smart the kid is and they built that contraption together. I agree though, it is strange that with all the information in world at their literal fingertips, no one has bothered to see what Hannah is doing now.

When Ben asked Addison to be his hologram again, I imagined myself throwing my remote control at the TV set. This was such a poorly written episode - most of which has been spelled out in earlier posts. Does anyone know why Morgan had a witch's hat in her shop? Does that mean something apart from being part of a witch's wardrobe? This show seems to be directionless. They finally got rid of Addison - which wasn't working. She is easily the weakest link in the series. Then they put her back. Which now goes back to my theory on how this show will end.

I missed that it was cancer.

This episode left me speculating that Ben would leap into a situation to save Tom's wife.

I am unhappy about Magic being an alcoholic angle. It wasn't a necessary plot point and it just sets him up to fail. Then we have to go through his recovery. I'm not interested in the lives of the people back at the base or at the very least going through their personal drama. TV shows can't seem to leave addictions alone. The characters end up relapsing and then the viewing audience suffers. This episode reminded me of when Sam had to go through the Watts riots.

I don't remember seeing a date in Hannah's episode, but wouldn't she be really old or possibly dead in the current time?

I like Tim Matheson, it was good to see him on TV. Aside from that, this episode just dragged. It was almost excruciatingly slow. Tom is the bad guy. Or will be at some point. Holy crap Tom is boring. They put the two least interesting people together on this show. Addison and Tom. The Boringsons. I was glad to see Ben dump Addison's ass. He's right. It needs to be remembered that it has been 3 years for Addison and just a couple of leaps for Ben. It's a very fresh wound. Otherwise, I don't always know who these people are talking about.