Posting more, and Leverage

[arduinna]

I'm guessing that by this point most people have seen the links to kouredios's friending meme for folks who want to talk more on DW & LJ, but if not, you should check it out. Lots of people showing up from all over, into all kinds of fandoms and non-fannish things! (And here's the LJ version, for the LJ-inclined!)

I continue to fail to post because I get bogged down by wanting to say ALL THE THINGS, so I never finish anything.

So in the spirit of just freaking posting more, dammit, I will not wait till I have a huge post about Leverage to post this bit of Leverage news:

A letter from Dean Devlin

As of the writing of this letter, we still do not know if there will be a season six of our show. Just as we didn’t know when we created the last three episodes which are about to air. Because of this uncertainty, John Rogers and I decided to end this season with the episode we had planned to make to end the series, way back when we shot the pilot. So, the episode that will air on Christmas is, in fact, the series finale we had always envisioned.

This is not to say we would not do a season six should we get the opportunity. Everyone involved with the show, from the cast, the crew, the writers and producers, would like nothing more than to continue telling these stories. But, in case we do not get that opportunity we felt that, creatively, after 77 episodes, we owed it to you, our fans, to end the show properly.

I sincerely hope you watch these last three episodes. They build to our conclusion. And the finale, I believe, is the most powerful episode we’ve ever done.

From all of us who make the show, thank you for watching, supporting and encouraging us. I’ve never experienced a fandom as intense, loyal and wonderful as you all.

Let’s go steal a series finale!

Dean Devlin

Executive Producer/Director LEVERAGE

I'm torn on the possibility of cancellation; I love Leverage a lot and want it to keep going, but I also feel like they've started to wander sort of far afield recently in some eps, and it's tough to keep a show fresh past five seasons.

But man, I'm glad that if they're going out, they're going out the way they want to.

Comments

[justhuman]

I've always enjoyed Leverage and have read some fic along the way. Over the years I've become more and more a believer in needing to do major shifts around the 5th season to keep it fresh. While I can see the need for it this season, I also like some of the fallout. Parker on her own was absolutely awesome, applying all the knowledge she's learned in her own unique way. I was in a complete squeefest when Parker, Hardison and Elliot were on their own.

I'm glad they're going to do the series end they wanted I saw the last episode of Farscape when they didn't know they were being cancelled - worst ending *ever*. But I hope they get an S6

[arduinna]

Over the years I've become more and more a believer in needing to do major shifts around the 5th season to keep it fresh.

Yeah, me too -- and fascinatingly it doesn't seem to matter much how long the seasons are. Five full seasons, five half seasons, it's the five that matters.

This has so clearly been the season of Parker! And in fact it's reshaping my view of the series; it's always felt like TPTB were trying to do the Story of Nate (the Angst-Ridden Alcoholic), but Parker really has the strongest arc all the way through, and if this week's episode was the first of the "building to the finale" eps, I think that's going to carry on through. (She said, trying not to be spoilery *g*)

I adored the ep with the three of them off on their own; they are so good together!

I saw the last episode of Farscape when they didn't know they were being cancelled - worst ending *ever*.

Oh, man, it was. But it was mitigated a bit for me; I was watching with a friend, and after it was over, another friend from the West Coast called for information so she'd know whether she'd be able to watch it. "I have just one question," she said. "Is D'Argo alive, and are John and Aeryn together?"

My friend and I looked at each other, and she very carefully said, "Yes, D'Argo is alive, and John and Aeryn are together," while we heroically kept from completely losing it.

WC friend still figured it out from her tone, though. But really, I wouldn't have thought anything could turn that ending into something I'd be laughing my head off about, and yet there it was! (Also my mental image of D'Argo going in with a fishing net to, er, salvage the situation. So to speak.)