i found leverage to be one of the best series around, no it had not gotten lazy and
ridiculous.
it hadn't gotten ridiculous? are you kidding me? from the second they "stole a mountain" in s04e01, the
series was pretty much exclusively ridiculous. i also never said lazy, i said meandering. there was some
semblance of a plot in the first three seasons, but season four and five became, "what is the most lavish,
multi-step, and convoluted con we can pull?" i swear some of the episodes were only filmed so the
characters could say, "we're going to steal a (insert the most ridiculous thing they could ever say here)."
season five gets a pass only because this finale episode ⚠ SPOILER ALERT - (Click to reveal)
explains why they moved to portland for the fifth season. before that explanation, the fifth season was just
as inane as the fourth.
i guess they thought they were continuing since they say "season finale" and not "series
finale".
this was quite sudden news.
i don't think it was that sudden. the episode names have been on their wikipedia page since the beginning
of season five, and this last episode was called "the long goodbye job."