“James Sterling, Interpol. It just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?” – Sterling
Everything’s good when Sterling is around. When he steps onto the screen, my heart starts beating wildly, and giddy cries emit from my lips. So it’s a shame he didn’t join this episode until the very last seconds. Granted, it’s got me positively foaming at the mouth for the finale, but I was hoping for a bigger build-up.
Though this episode did have its moments, crazy Nate wasn’t working for me. I know he’s drinking again, and I know that the fact that the cop who got shot was a family man was hard for him to deal with, but he was reckless. I’m not sure what about that doesn’t sit well for me, because that’s what happened in last season’s near-perfection too. OK, that’s exactly what doesn’t work — we’ve already done this. Nate’s drinking again, but he doesn’t have to go down the exact path of last season, does he?
The best part about this episode was Eliot, who I always loved but is really stealing the end of season two for me. I loved watching him go from baseball-hater to addict to star player handing out autographs. The dude’s in the middle of a con and he manages to get a sandwich named after him. And did you love the Japanese energy drink commercial that Hardison faked? Go Eliot!
I really loved the surprise twist that got all of the “hostages” out safely. That was a throwback to last season’s cleverness, and the fact that they stole the lead FBI agent’s car was sprinkles on the ice cream. These little surprises nearly always surprise me, and that’s something I love about Leverage.
Other great moments from this episode:
What’s your prediction — is the finale going to end the season on a high note?
Either my dvr cut off the end, this was a TBC or the end was really abrupt. The last thing recorded was Sterling appearing and then nothing. The episode is not up on TNT yet for me to check it there.
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It ended with the quote I used at the top of my post, the Sterling Interpol one. It was abrupt, but such a great tease and now we know Sterling will be in the finale! :-)