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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 11, 2010
st e a l a ba s e b a l l te a M ? a Ma Y o R ? se R i o u s l Y ?
le v e R a g e se a s o n 2 Fi n a l e o n tnt
by debby montague
the mayor by finessing
Entertainment Correspondent
his passion for baseball.
Richard Kind (Spin City,
Seriously. Nate Ford’s Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Leverage team has sto- is marvelous as Mayor
len - among other things Culpepper.
- a church, a school, and In part two, The Mal-
a hospital to help the tese Falcon Job, (Wed.
average guy get a bit of Feb. 17th at 10pm on
justice when he runs up TNT) on the run from the
against against the pow- FBI, Nate and the crew
erful and corrupt. So it hide in plain sight while
should be no surprise they come up with a plan
when the team’s honor- to get the mayor and the
able instincts move them gunrunner.
to steal a baseball team Written by Leverage
to help bring down a cor- co-creator John Rogers
rupt mayor and to then and directed by executive
steal the mayor so they producer Dean Devlin
can bag his gunrunning (Electric Entertainment)
partner. Leverage stars the two-part finale of
Timothy Hutton (Nero Leverage has plenty to
Wolfe) as Nate Ford, the keep you riveted to the
mastermind of the team, screen - humor, pathos,
Gina Bellman (Coupling) twists, surprises, and
as Sophie, Aldis Hodge explosions. Leverage
(Friday Night Lights) as is famous for its explo-
Alec Hardison, Beth Ries- sions. The entire cast
graf (Struck) as Parker,
Timothy Hutton (left) and Richard Kind in the season finale of the TNT series “Leverage”
is great in the finale, and
Christian Kane (Into The which will air in two-parts. you don’t want to miss
Tim Hutton’s terrific por-
West) as Eliot Spencer, trayal of the tough, ten-
and special guest star, der, brilliant and broken
Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Nate Ford. ( And if all
Voyager) as Tara Cole. that isn’t enough listen
In the two-part Season closely. Our own New
2 finale Nate convinces Hampshire is mentioned
the team to find out who in part two.)
was behind the shooting When Leverage pre-
of Lieutenant Bonanno, miered on TNT in De-
a cop Nate has helped in cember 2008 it was a hit,
the past by giving him and TNT wasted no time
tips on the bad guys. No in renewing the show for
fee for the team this time; a second season which
Nate convinces them that has been a delight to old
they should do the job to fans and new viewers
find out “why a group of alike. And no worries.
very powerful men are Season 3 of Leverage
trying to take down a begins filming in Port-
good decent cop.” Easy land, OR in March. It’s
enough for the crew of re- been quite awhile since
formed crooks and cons I enjoyed “appointment
lead by Nate. The white TV,” that one show that I
knight, you say? Main- couldn’t miss on a Sun-
tain trepidant vigilance day, or a Wednesday,
because our favorite Rob- at 8 or 10pm. Until Le-
in Hood and his merry verage I hadn’t made
band are thwarted and any dates with TV since
surrounded every time A&E made the egregious
Nate revises the plan. decision to cancel Nero
In part one, The Three Wolfe. But Leverage is
Strikes Job, (Wed. Feb. without a doubt appoint-
10th at 10pm on TNT) ment TV. It’s good to
when the Leverage team have a steady date again.
finds out that a cor- Thanks, TNT.
rupt mayor is tied to
the shooting of Bonanno
they decide to bring down
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