Friday, August 19, 2011

Leverage: The Underground Job


Another episodic stand out of the 3rd season.  It is clearly based on the Massey Mine Disaster April 5, 2010.  Considering that the air date of this episode was 15 August 2010, that means that the show's writers were extra motivated to get this done, and soon.  They could have waited until season 4, but they clearly felt the need to get this in the can and on the air sooner, rather than later.



It's a little bit of pay-back Hollywood style, with a con of a reverse salting of owners own mine and using as a way get him to put himself on the hook, for actions he'd already gotten away with.  Of course, this being Leverage, they have a VERY convoluted way of going about this!  Guest star Bruce Davison does a great job of playing a mine owner every bit as slimy and dishonest, and GREEDY as Don Blankenship, the fat (now retired) CEO of Massey Energy!



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