The wife and I have been watching the TNT show “Leverage” streaming on Netflix and have been having a great time with the show. “Leverage” is not going to change the world and it is not going to be nominated for any Emmy’s but it is a fun show with amazingly likable characters.
The plot is fairly straight forward, “Nate” has a vendetta against the major insurance company he worked for in the past and he is willing to transfer his anger and sense of injustice to any big corporation, gang, or drug company that is trying to screw the little guy. Through happy coincidence he ends up working with some of the people he had chased all over the world in his past life as an insurance investigator and finds them all to be criminals with hearts of gold. Nate sums up the show perfectly when he says, “We pick up where the law leaves off”.
If you liked “Oceans 11” or “The Italian Job” the show does a fairly good job of making every episode feel like a mini version of those movies. The storylines can unfortunately be a bit shallow and feel overstretched at times but just like in “Oceans 11” the strength of the show lies in the wonderfully well realized characters.
The first season of “Leverage” is only 13 episodes and season 2 seems to be streaming on Netflix as it airs on TNT. This is a super deal for the savvy Netflix user because you can catch the episodes commercial free at your leisure.
Now I must sing the praises of Netflix because you dear reader need to know what a terrific service they provide. For only $8.99 a month Netflix provides unlimited DVD’s (one at a time) and unlimited streaming. This is in my humble opinion the personal media deal of the decade. To make this even better Netflix streams “Leverage” in high definition and it looks just as good as TNT in HD that Comcast provides when I stream it through my XBOX 360 on my HD TV.
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