LEVERAGE follows the adventures of a highly skilled team out to settle scores against those who use power and wealth to victimize others. The gang is led by former insurance investigator Nate Ford (Hutton), who got involved in the con business after his former employer refused to pay for treatment that could have saved his son's life. His highly skilled team includes Sophie Devereaux (Bellman), a grifter who uses her acting skills to corner her marks; Eliot Spencer (Kane), a "retrieval specialist" with bone-crunching fighting skills; Alec Hardison (Hodge), a gadget and technology wizard who keeps the team informed; and Parker (Riesgraf), a slightly off-center thief adept at rappelling off buildings or squeezing into tight places.
By the end of the second season, the LEVERAGE team had scammed a hedge-fund manager who happened to be in the custody of U.S. Marshals; used Eliot's martial arts skills to corner a corrupt fight promoter; and took over a private school to recover millions of dollars lost in a Ponzi scheme. They also went head-to-head with an almost identical team of grifters to recover a painting, took down an oppressive sweatshop owner, cornered a fake psychic, freed Nate's ex-wife from a Ukrainian jail and thwarted a gunrunning scheme by a corrupt mayor.
But for Sophie, her conflicted relationship with Nate left her questioning if she wanted to continue working with the team. She took some much-needed time away, arranging for a friend and fellow grifter to take her place temporarily. But even though Sophie has now returned to the team, there are still some unresolved issues between her and Nate.
The third season of LEVERAGE opens with Nate in prison after having to make a tough choice on the most recent con. He could either allow his team to be arrested or simply give himself up to his nemesis Sterling, a former insurance investigator now working for Interpol. Nate soon discovers, however, that the prison is corrupt. The only way he can bring the crooked officials down is to get his team to help him stage his jailbreak.
But that's only the beginning of Nate's challenges. He must also contend with a shadowy intelligence agent known only as "The Italian," played by actress and model Elisabetta Canalis, who blackmails him into helping bring down a financier. Between "The Italian" trying to control Nate and Nate trying to hold both his crew and his personal life together, it's looking to be a challenging and twisted summer for the LEVERAGE team.
In honor of the new season of leverage, TBS is giving one of my readers the chance to win the Safecracker PC game. To enter, please leave a comment telling me about your favorite episode of Leverage or check iut the awesome Con Your Friend website and tell me something you liked about it. This giveaway is open to the US only and will end on 7/29/10. Prizes are supplied by the Leverage team at TNT.
17 comments:
I had never heard of Leverage. The website tells me it is something that my son would like.
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I love Leverage and my favorite episode is the one with the crooked car dealer. The team has to deal with master car theives.
My two sos watch the show, ESP my 18 yr old, I cked the website, he would sooooo love this, oh my land , the total aspects, wow!! Thx for the chance();)
I love the Con Your Friend website that you can pull a prank on your friends.
luckylady4163@yahoo.com
I don't have a favorite episode but I love the whole idea of the show. and i like that the site seems easy to use.
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
I have never heard of this show before, but I woudl be willing to check it out. :)
boswife @ gmail . com
please and thank you
I just found about this series so not fav episode, but it sure sounds interesting :) As for the Con Your Friend website, lol, well, it's good as a one-time prank
m8usi@yahoo.com
my fave episode was when they went after a serbian adoption agency that was scamming money from couples wishing to adopt
chromiumman (at) mail (dot) com
I haven't seen this before, but I liked the pranks to pull on your friends part of the website.
My favorite episode is the one with the crooked car dealer.
crazyred61 at yahoo.com
I like the one when Christian Kane sings
I Like The Episode The Two Live Crew Job Were The Leverage Team Faces Another Team Of Thieves And Tries To Retrieve Their Clients Priceless Artwork
my favorite episode is the one with the con car dealer
susansmoaks at gmail dot com
I liked the one with Eliot singing
alterna7 at hotmail dot com
My favorite episode was the one they had to deal with the master car thieves. garrettsambo@aol.com
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