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Jake Karnak
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B+ man, fun…
I loved how quickly everything got paced here. Sure the ticking clock was literal, but all the weird twists and turns the environment provided (especially Hardisson getting into the tower) made the show zippier than usual. I dug it. And, point of order, did Nate take the drink or not? We never saw it,

I always think of Remo Williams The Adventure Begins when I see/hear William Hickey. That little scene he's in as the carnival barker is hysterical, and the way it ends with Chun and Remo is even better.

Given the shout out to the film in this episode, I can never hear the line, "It's in the hole!" in quite the same way ever again.

Not for nothin', but I always thought Felton's wife was the quiet psycho type, not a sad sack. Like she'd take it, and take it, until the coping reservoir was full and then act out in some ridiculously harsh way. That's dangerous, in my eyes anyhow.

Laughs at Javert, even if it was an ironic reference. The Cera/Eisenberg feud on Conan is a hysterical thing, and now I can't mix them up ever again.

… or get you shot by crooks or the responding police officers. Either or. I sort of watched this last night (Sox game was on at the same time) and it made me both happy and sad to see people trying to do the right thing, in an odd or misguided way.

Do wah-didly-scoo-op-do? That's the type of scatting you meant, right… ew.

Aw man…
No mention of the fact that the only thing that makes Eliot vulnerable is… being hit with a roller coaster?

You should watch the show… it's fun.

Lupin Addams wins the Internets.

I…. AM DAVOS.

I'm going to go with a B.
I liked this episode, even if it really had almost nothing to do with the normal Leverage paradigm. It was a sweet story and acting-wise showcased the chops of Hodge and Reisgraf. That alone puts this above a C for me, because those two actors have more charm than the rest of the cast put

Who can't pronounce what?
Said-rick

I have read some of it…
And it's good. Readers get chapters from all 3 "missing' main characters right away. And the intros continue to be weird and off the point, but fun. I had to sit in a Borders yesterday as my preordered/lately mailed copy won't be in my hands until tomorrow/this afternoon.

Happily (in this specific case) Cattivo I have a rather advanced case of gephyrophobia and thus wouldn't buy it in any case. I was on that bridge once, the high end. Thank god someone else was driving.

Artie and Claudia are tops
I liked this episode. I didn't spoil myself in the show's absence, and didn't really know if we were getting Myka back. I liked that whole arc, and the intro of Jinx. I happily guessed the artifact after the second murder. I do agree the new big bad seems superfluous at this point. And

You know, you can't do that. Either the commercials are a separate projection set-up that the movie theater crew can't touch on a separate system (screenvision) or the commercials are pasted onto the reel with the trailers where they have their oemenwn sound levels. Were the volume turned down in the second case,

Dancing… is dumb.
Dancing just never worked for me. If you're that close to one person (and almost as close to all the other people depending on the song and venue) you should either make out or fight. Dancing is poor compromise.

And to think, I thought that big humming piece of equipment in my lab was just a copy machine! (Covers crotch with lead shield).

Former projectionist here… and while I agree that movies should be shown under optimal conditions for all concerned, the fault lies not with projectionists but with theater owners (usually big companies). The projectionists I know (and that's more than half a dozen) all report things like film scratches or dying