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I am nothing if not a fount of strong opinions about TV!

FWIW, I think Leverage might be well served by marathon watching, which could make it easier to handwave its attempts to construct a narrative arc. I will also say that I was fond of the show pretty much any time Hardison and/or Parker and/or Eliot were onscreen -- and I say that as someone who was not especially OT3ish about them, I just *liked* them all.

S3 of Orphan Black -- that was not just you, my friend. I mean, I still liked it, but there was quite a bit of WTF even among those of us who stuck it out.

I think you will like Fringe a lot, I have to say. I understand why a lot of people were disappointed in the last couple of seasons, and I do think that Olivia -- who is the show's biggest draw, and for good reasons -- becomes somewhat less central in some ways, and that was legitimately a bummer. But what I liked about the show, all the way to the end, was that it was not afraid to GO THERE -- to do some truly batshit crazy stuff. Those risks did not all pay off equally well, but I really respect the show for NOT treading water, for not simply reprising itself, and for following through on some of its weirdest ideas. I was occasionally bewildered, but I was NEVER bored.

DS telegraphs the embarrassment humor pretty well, so if you watch the pilot and fall hard for the characters, it might be well worth watching -- possibly with your finger on the mute button. It is a very charming show, and I do not regret watching it! But for me, the charm-to-squick ratio was not high enough to get me through a rewatch with the sound on.