Leverage: Redemption

I was ecstatic to see Leverage return and loved the first couple of episodes because they had the old-school feel of the earlier seasons, but after a few episodes the reboot started to feel a little tired and repetitive. I have to say, Aldis Hodge's absence makes itself known very acutely - you really realize how important his presence was for the team dynamic that made up the magic of the earlier seasons. Still definitely worth watching though!

Good to have these guys back in my life, lol. Loving it already. Noah Wyle is a nice touch. I miss Timothy Hutton, but Noah and the rest of the cast have good chemistry. Lets hope for a Season 2.

I watched the first two episodes Thursday and they reminded me of the original series. I did not miss Nate at all.

The way they explained Nate's absence is one of the most logical and expected ways to handle it. Gina Bellman delivered a great performance.

Friday morning, I started the third episode. I love that the creators showed how important Hardison really was and still is. The team always took him for granted. In today's world, a lot of the new age tech people don't give credit to the older geeks. Big ups to Dean Devlin and team.

Alec will always be my favorite and I will miss him from the other episodes. However, I will continue watching Leverage: Redemption and am looking forward to the remaining episodes. Hopefully, Hardison will be able to join for the second half of the season.

Congrats to cast, crew and everyone who is responsible for bringing Leverage: Redemption to us!

Leverage: Redemption is the reboot of Leverage and has the entire original cast back with the exception of Timothy Hutton (because of his legal problems), they replaced him with Noah Wyle who steps in and does a fantastic job. All the heists are exactly as the original but the characters have all since grew and evolved since we last saw them. This is just a flat out fun show to watch if you can just turn your brain off because some of it is ridiculous but in a good way. As long as you don't think too deeply about what you're watching then I promise you'll have a good time watching it. If you're a fan of the original Leverage then this show is absolutely for you.

Before Leverage Redemption , while Nate was in prison , both Sophie and the rest of the team told Nate that she had revealed her real name to the others . Why , through the rest of Leverage and during Leverage Redemption does the team continue to call her by her alias ? I have seen every episode of the series both before and after Nathan's death several times , and never recall hearing "Sophie " tell the team what her name was . What's up with that ? It makes me wonder if she ever even told Nate what her name is . For that matter , I wonder if she may have been lying to Nate when he was in prison and she told him that .

There are enough holes in each episode that this one is altogether unnecessary , so why not just come out and use her real name ? Do the writers think that the audience is not capable to handle a change like this ? I like the show . Stargate SG 1 was one of my all time favorites . Both of these plus all other Devlin Dean productions are top shows/movies as far as I am concerned .