"Leverage: The van Gogh Job"

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Yesterday night's episode of "Leverage" was especially good. Written by the series's creator, it doesn't involve a con. Instead it features Danny Glover as an old man who refuses to bow down to threats from bad guys who want to know what he did with a lost van Gogh he found while fighting in Europe during the War. Only when he sees SF/computer geek Hardison and crazygirl Parker holding hands does he decide to them. He then tells his story, which we see played out by Nathan's people, focusing on the racism of the Good Old Days, especially if one had the temerity to fall in love with a white woman who loved him just as much.

Definitely excellent.