Once TNT's new Leverage scrambles to its feet, it becomes an adept, fast-moving adventure yarn built on the familiar but serviceable premise that justice sometimes isn't best served through legitimate channels.
The details of the double crosses are indisputably fun to watch unfold, and as a longtime fan of the genre, I'll admit the pilot concluded with a twist I didn't see coming.
It's difficult to imagine many viewers continuing to tune in when there's so little to recommend about this show that threatens to become unbearably repetitive.