I was there Gandalf...

Leverage viewership took off right after it was cancelled. TNT was a weird fit for the show and it didn't reach it's audience until after it was in reruns on other channels. I missed out on that post-cancellation fandom boom because I had no idea that it happened.

What is weird is that in Leverage fandom spaces I am often in the extreme minority of having watching it while it aired, being aware of the OG fandom dramas, saw the early promo, went to fandom events and, crucially, didn't watch the whole series with the context of The Run Down Job. A lot of current fandom was pimped in based on things from that episode. Their view of everything is different.

It's not bad, it's just weird. Most of current fandom also came in with very established metas and fanon takes. I've had some 'you know that's not canon right?' convos with people a few times.

Even with a new canon infusion the fandom has extremely low wanks levels, so I don't mean to make it all sound wanky, it's just odd. I think some people saw highly embroidered metas, watched the shows and then never went back and thought about whether the meta they read was in the same zip code as reality.