While TNT’s hit series “Leverage” isn’t exactly a genre show, tonight’s episode will feature a guest star turn by friend of Farpoint Media, Wil Wheaton.
Wheaton, who is best known for his work on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” will make a guest appearance on this evening’s episode.
“Leverage” is an action series about a crew that cons and steals from corporate and government bad guys to help average citizens who can’t help themselves. Wheaton guest-stars as Chaos, a computer expert who is part of a talented crew of thieves who go head to head with the Leverage crew in Wednesday’s episode, “The Two Live Crew Job.”
“If last season is about these guys being like the Justice League, and they’re like almost superheroes in their skills, this season we’re seeing them run up against real problems, and we’re seeing jobs go wrong, and we’re seeing them have to adjust midstream to account for things they didn’t anticipate,” said Wheaton in an exclusive interview with SCI FI Wire last week.
“I love the idea of being part of a rival crew,” Wheaton said. “It was great for me to play this computer hacker character, because I’ve been using computers since 300-baud modems were standard, … so getting to play a character who kind of reminds me of some of the guys I used to know back in the old days was really a lot of fun.”
And Wheaton hints that there could be more for his character in future seasons.
“”I really, really hope that sometime in the next season our crew shows up again to make life difficult for the Leverage crew,” he tells SciFi Wire.
And before you go crazy in the comments section, pointing out how this has nothing to do with genre television, we can tell you that Wheaton does have some genre-related projects coming up, including a new book about “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
“”I’ve got a book called ‘Memories of the Future’ that will be released very soon, and it’s my humorous ‘Star Trek’ episode guide,” he said. “Because I was on ‘Next Generation’ when I was a teenager, it’s very much like my high-school yearbook. So if you ever pulled the yearbook off the shelf and cringed at some things and laughed at other things and fondly remembered other things, that’s what this book is like.”
“Leverage” airs at 9 p.m. tonight on TNT.
Never miss Leverage. Cool show that has just gotten cooler with Wil.
Wheaton is the man!
“I was such a geek that if I could go back in time, I would kick my own ass.” — Wil Wheaton
I love the show to begin with, so having Wil was the icing on the cake. He was magnificently manic and a great foil for Hardison. Hope they bring him back at some point to exact his revenge. 🙂
While watching the episode, I also noticed another “Star Trek” actor. Noa Tishby (Elliot’s counterpart) played the MACO character Amanda Cole in the “Enterprise” episode “Habringer”. Cole was the one that Trip was giving neuropressure to, without T’Pol’s permission.