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You know what's awesome? Leverage. I'm at a loss as to what I like best about it: nommable Timothy Hutton, delectable Gina Bellman, the overall awesomeness of the ensemble cast, or the fact that apparently Kari Matchett is going to turn up somewhere, playing Hutton's character's ex-wife. Matchett played a variety of roles in the A&E adaptations of Nero Wolfe mysteries, including Lily Rowan, the non-exclusive and incomparable girlfriend of Archie Goodwin; Goodwin was played brilliantly by Hutton. Matchett was fantastic in all her roles, and had strong romantic and comedic chemistry with Hutton in many of her roles, particularly as Lily. If I could, I would pay for lots of movie tickets to see Hutton and Matchett paired up in romantic comedies, so just the idea of Matchett playing Nathan Ford's ex-wife makes me foam at the mouth in a good way.

Hutton is too scruffy as Ford; I liked his smartly-groomed Archie Goodwin look better. That is my only complaint so far. Oh, and also that in Netflix's Watch Instantly set-up for Leverage, it seems to be skipping around in the episodes--either it's out of chronological order or several episodes are just not available at all; I don't know which. But that's not the show's fault, it's Netflix's, so I won't hold it against them.

on 2009-07-21 05:28 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
I'm still watching Nero Wolfe (or, more accurately, Netflix hasn't sent me any new ones for about 2 weeks) and I have, sadly, already seen all of Lily Rowan's appearances. (But not, as far as I know, Kari Matchett's.) I'm amazed at how strongly developed a character she is for about 7 minutes of screen time. Though the biggest testament to her character is likely the fact that Wolfe seems to actually LIKE her. And Wolfe doesn't like anyone. Even Archie. He may like Fritz, but only because Fritz feeds him. (Actually, Wolfe's investment in Lily and Archie's relationship cracks me up.)

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