Everyone's favorite crime solving committing team is back in action. After way too long, Leverage is finally back, and the crew is reunited. I'm not going into detail of the con they do, because it's kind of complex and I don't fully understand or remember each part, but I will give the gist of what goes on.
The episode starts with Nate completely sober (yay!!!!) He sees a car crash (horrible visual and special effects) and saves a man and his daughter. We get a vague idea of what is going on with the man. He uncovered a dirty secret about a bank and is now targeted, as the brakes weren't working.
Nate goes to some theater where he sees Parker, Parker sees Hardison, Hardison sees Eliot and Eliot sees Nate. It's reunion hosted by Sophie who now has a singing job (cover your ears!). They want to know what he's been up to, and apparently they are bored of what they were doing, so they try to persuade Nate into another job. Someone attacks Nate, but luckily Sophie saves him, but then bashes him in the face with a pan.
Nate wakes up to hear someone chewing very loudly. We instinctively think Parker and it is in fact her (who else would chew like that?). Oh yeah, she's also wearing a nun's outfit. The team sans Nate decides to do something and try to proceed, but Nate just can't stand to see them making so many mistakes without him so he joins in.
The next part is the con which I am not going to go in depth. A bank had being giving loans to a number of shell companies run by the mob for 30 years and just recently, they've been giving bad loans and other bad decisions, knowing the government will bail them out. The team reveals the banker as the mastermind and not the mob which are just the muscle. The banker ends up revealing himself to the state police.
If this is the first time hearing about the show, and are not interested by my summary, the con is where the magic happens. They steal, dress up, fight, impersonate, and do a bunch of fun stuff before totally screwing the offender.
In the final scene, I was reminded why I love this show so much. Nate comes to his loft and sees Hardison installing TVs. He then sees Parker with the infamous Leverage painting and asks for an explanation. Hardison is now his landlord having bought the whole building and can do whatever he wants to it. Eliot slices through a wall and kicks in down. Pure awesomeness.
The ongoing story will probably derive from the revelation that Sophie now has a boyfriend, so I'm guessing there will be lots of tension between her and Nate. Now that Nate's sober, who knows what he'll do.
Score: 9/10 (I took off a little since I didn't fully understand the plot)
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