• Timothy Hutton as Nathan Ford – former insurance fraud investigator for IYS Insurance and the team's mastermind.^ Meet Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator that spent his professional ...
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  ^ Hutton, whose last TV work was on NBC's underrated and quickly cancelled Kidnapped , gives a relaxed, almost effortless performance as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator who left the game after the giant firm he worked for denied his son life-saving experimental medical treatment.
  • 'Leverage' review: It takes a thief - From Inside the Box - Zap2it 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC blog.zap2it.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ That person is Nathan Ford (Timothy Hutton), an insurance investigator who decides to cross over to the dark side and team up with a band of attractive, high-end grifters to help pick the pocket of large, evil corporations, such as the insurance company that let Nate's little boy die of leukemia instead of allowing the experimental therapy his father demanded.
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  .The son of South Boston numbers runner Jimmy Ford,^[4] Nate originally intended to become a Catholic priest, spending a short period in seminary prior to becoming an insurance investigator.^ Meet Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator that spent his professional ...
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  ^ Meet Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator that spent his professional career dedicated to the company that he recovered millions in stolen goods for.
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  • TV Forum: Leverage - Topics 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC www.tv.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ In LEVERAGE , Hutton stars as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator determined to bring down the kind of corrupt bigwigs whose neglect led to the death of his son.
  • Televisionary: TNT Extends Summer Drama Series "Leverage" for Two Additional Episodes 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC www.televisionaryblog.com [Source type: General]
  
  .While working for IYS, Nate's young son became seriously ill; IYS refused to pay for the experimental treatment he needed, resulting in his death.^ Hutton, whose last TV work was on NBC's underrated and quickly cancelled Kidnapped , gives a relaxed, almost effortless performance as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator who left the game after the giant firm he worked for denied his son life-saving experimental medical treatment.
  • 'Leverage' review: It takes a thief - From Inside the Box - Zap2it 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC blog.zap2it.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Leverage doesn't go too deep -- the death of Nate's son is what drives him, for instance, but it doesn't follow him like a dark cloud.
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  The aftermath leads to Nate's drinking, his divorce from his wife Maggie, and his subsequent dismissal from the company. .A skilled planner, Nate draws on his experience as an insurance investigator to anticipate the moves of his team's marks.^ Meet Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator that spent his professional career dedicated to the company that he recovered millions in stolen goods for.
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  ^ Meet Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator that spent his professional ...
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  .Nate has the privilege of selecting what clients the team helps, seeking them out usually on his own, and he often acts as their direct liaison to the team.^ Arthur's daughter teams up with the sons of the Knights of the Roundtable to lure the legendary Merlin out of exile so he can help them fight the evil wizard.
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  .He initially operates behind the scenes, but becomes an active participant in the team's cons playing a wide variety of roles from leading his own grift attempts to serving as a distraction for the others to carry out their work.^ But you know over the course of the first season some trust issues come up certainly in the show that happened last night with Sophie, the team sees that maybe she's working towards her own end and not for the team or for others.
  • Leverage Cast Interview Timothy Hutton, Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC www.popculturemadness.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Robert Vaughn as a con artist who leads a team of younger cons on major-league fleecing operations"?
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  ^ I think that the team also isn't sure whether they want to continue working with others.
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  .Nate is at first a very likable and talkative man, but is unwilling to talk about his own problems, even becoming quick to anger anytime the subject changes to his son's death.^ Some have even gone on to become stars in their own right.
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  ^ Leverage doesn't go too deep -- the death of Nate's son is what drives him, for instance, but it doesn't follow him like a dark cloud.
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  ^ This places Ida at the very root of anthropoid evolution -- when primates were first developing the features that would evolve into our own.
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  .Throughout the first season, his drinking remains problematic, even after he goes through detox during a con in a rehab center.^ Elmore Leonard character coming to FX in LAWMAN. LEVERAGE Season the first BONES panel from Comic-Con.
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  ^ That series was pretty mediocre during most of its first and second seasons, but then came together seamlessly in its third go around.
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  .For the first half of the second season, Nate is sober, having substituted coffee for alcohol, but begins drinking again after being forced to have a drink to maintain his cover during a con.^ In the season-two opener, Nate -- who previously had a fondness for the bottle -- has sobered up.
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  ^ Saw the first season in 2 days and then started watching the second season!
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  ^ That series was pretty mediocre during most of its first and second seasons, but then came together seamlessly in its third go around.
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  Nate has continuing issues with control, and the effects of his past demons and his increasingly complicated relationship with Sophie are still unresolved. .Though he always claimed he wasn't a thief throughout the series, at the very end of the second season he finally proclaimed, "My name is Nathan Ford, and I am a thief."
• Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux – British actress and accomplished grifter with a taste for art theft.^ Nate reunites with his old gang after they all turn out for a woeful performance of "The Sound of Music," starring cohort/grifter extraordinaire Sophie Devereaux (Gina Bellman), whose onstage acting skills haven't improved since last season.
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  ^ Gina Bellman is capable as Sophie, a con artist whom Ford knew during his prior career as an insurance investigator (though a running joke about Sophie’s attempt at a legitimate acting career gets old fast).
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  ^ Dean Devlin's Leverage Gets Second Season - February 2, 2009 More capers in store for Nathan Ford & Co.
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  Sophie is oddly enough a talentless actress appearing campy and over-the-top in her work on stage. .But as a grifter who is one on one with people, she effortlessly plays the role needed to draw the team's target into the con.^ Robert Vaughn as a con artist who leads a team of younger cons on major-league fleecing operations"?
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  ^ In one scene the character-who-beats-people-up takes on four hard guys.
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  ^ The summer finale, guest-starring Star Trek: Voyager ’s Jeri Ryan in a new recurring role as Tara, a grifter who helps the team out, will air Wednesday, Sept.
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  .Particularly adept at the use of accents and multi-lingual, Sophie is seen to portray, among many others, a German athlete, a Southern horse broker, an Indian business executive, an American television producer and a reporter from New Zealand.^ "Hustle" was seen here on AMC, before executives there decided to stop renting other countries' hits and develop their own.
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  Sophie also has a collection of aliases, including her identity with the team as Sophie Devereaux, but has never revealed her real name. She has a long history with Nate, dating back at least ten years to when he pursued her with IYS as an art thief. .At some point, they recognized they are attracted to one another, but have never acted on it, leaving Sophie alternately frustrated, angry and disappointed.^ A way of making the world better, and therapy for some of the wounds they all have from their own pasts, most seeming to have been victimized one way or another, and make some profit in the progress.
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  Nate's drinking is also a source of conflict between them throughout the first season. After the team disbands in Los Angeles, Sophie is instrumental in reuniting them in Boston. .Midway through Season 2, she has begun to question whether she's lost herself in the names she's used and the characters she's played, and has embarked on a journey of self-discovery, temporarily leaving the team with another well-practiced grifter, Tara Cole.^ If you use a cable lock, you might as well leave it unlocked with a sign that says "free bike".
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  .In many episodes afterward she is seen via webcam giving advice to all of the other remaining characters at separate times, showing that she still plays a vital part of the team, before finally returning in the second season finale as a backup plan for their con.
• Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer – highly skilled martial artist, weapons expert and retrieval expert.^ 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 connected and informed; and Parker (Riesgraf), a slightly off-center thief adept at rappelling off buildings or squeezing into tight places.
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  ^ Gradually, computer wiz Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge), tough guy Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) and agile thief Parker (Beth Riesgraf) convince Nate to get back in the do-gooding-con-artist game.
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  ^ They're all ex-cons, except for Hutton's character.
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  .His role in cons is often to play small roles while protecting the team, often leading him into hand-to-hand combat that draws on his martial arts skills.^ The team takes a look at a martial arts studio owner...
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  Eliot has a long history as a soldier-of-fortune, and has seen violence much of his life. While merely presumed as the muscleman, he demonstrates a subtle intelligence in conversation often taking advantage of the underestimations of others, as well as demonstrating a tactical brilliance; he is equally capable in field situations or making snap judgements to protect the team in Nate's absence. He is proficient with guns, despite his distaste for them, as well as knives and a variety of other small weapons. .Eliot appears to be adept with women, but tends to keep his romantic life private, as he does much of his background.
• Beth Riesgraf as Parker – expert thief, cat-burglar, pickpocket and safe-cracker.^ Gradually, computer wiz Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge), tough guy Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) and agile thief Parker (Beth Riesgraf) convince Nate to get back in the do-gooding-con-artist game.
  • 'Leverage' turns Portland into 'Beantown West' - OregonLive.com 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC www.oregonlive.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ You have a thief, a computer cracker, an unarmed combat expert, a 'woman of all faces', and a planner.
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  ^ As Parker, a socially inept break-in specialist, Beth Riesgraf is terrible, and, with her shameless mugging and clueless overacting, she manages to upset the equilibrium of many of the scenes she’s in.
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  Known only by her last name, Parker is a risk-taker who loves money above anything. She is impulsive, kleptomaniacal (on and off the job), and impish to a fault in her work. .Parker is a bit socially awkward and will say inappropriate things in most social settings: a product of an abusive childhood spent in more than one foster home, and as with the rest of the cast, not much is revealed about that past life.^ At least in its earlier seasons, I found Hustle much more entertaining (cleverer plans, better dialogue) than Leverage.
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  ^ I don't watch all that much TV ('cause there's so much more interesting stuff online), but this one is a keeper.
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  .She is co-dependant to the team: she needs Nate to balance her sense of greed, and depends on Sophie who attempts to help her develop social skills as the series progresses, but both appears to meet with little success.^ In the episode:  Nate Ford reluctantly reassembles the team to pit the local Irish mob against a banker who is gaming a government bailout.
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  ^ I am very happy that "Nate" has cleaned up his act, he does not need the booze to provide help.
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  ^ If they survive, Nate has to deal with four thieves who’ve decided he needs them in his life, whether he likes it or not.
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  .Parker has a complement of rappelling and infiltration equipment she is very proficient with, is very strong and athletic despite her outward appearance, and can speak fluent Spanish.
• Aldis Hodge as Alec Hardison – computer/Internet specialist and hacker.^ Gradually, computer wiz Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge), tough guy Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) and agile thief Parker (Beth Riesgraf) convince Nate to get back in the do-gooding-con-artist game.
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  ^ Aldis Hodge  ( Alec Hardison ) , Beth Riesgraf  ( Parker ) .
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  He is a self-proclaimed geek and science fiction fan, with a dry, unusual wit, easy-going manner, and a catch-phrase for every situation. Like Parker, he was raised by a foster parent, an older woman he refers to as his "Nana". Hardison can hack into most—if not all—forms of electronics and rarely is caught. Hardison designed and assembled the computer and television systems in the team's headquarters, and is responsible for the electronic applications used by the team on their cons (most noticeable of which, the inner ear piece each member of the team uses for long range communication). He also is very attached to his electronics, shown to become very depressed when the con takes a turn for the worse and requires they destroy his electronics to make their escape, as seen when they blew up the original Leverage Consulting and Assoc. HQ in Los Angeles, as well as his surveillance van, "Lucille".

Recurring cast

• Mark A. Sheppard as James Sterling – Originally Nate's co-worker and rival at IYS, now an Interpol agent. .Always second-best to Nate and with no love lost, Sterling learns of Nate's new life and begins to follow him, thinking that Nate wants his job at IYS back.^ Leverage doesn't go too deep -- the death of Nate's son is what drives him, for instance, but it doesn't follow him like a dark cloud.
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  ^ I do want to see them bring out more of the back story for Nate and his son, Sam I think.
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  Nate soon realizes Sterling is on his trail, but foils his efforts to dismantle the team's first con. .Sterling warns Nate they'll meet again and renews their rivalry when Nate and the team attempt to bring down Nate's former boss, Ian Blackpoole.^ In LEVERAGE , Hutton stars as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator determined to bring down the kind of corrupt bigwigs whose neglect led to the death of his son.
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  .At first, Sterling seems to have defeated Nate and scattered the team, but they soon regroup, and this time, it's Sterling who's defeated.^ The Leverage team infiltrates a company that sells contaminated frozen food, but their first attempt goes wrong, so they try to do it again by posing as magicians.
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  ^ Leverage: "The First David Job" Review - February 19, 2009 Team Leverage tries to heal Nate...with revenge.
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  ^ They all seem to be having a good time, and viewers likely will, too.
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  He later returns to hire the team both to save Maggie and to get back a jeweled egg that was insured by IYS when it was stolen. As a result of that con he was given a position at Interpol. His new position brings him against Nate's team at the end of the Second Season as Sterling hunts for the gunrunner partnered with the corrupt mayor Nate was conning. As in the first season, Nate usually takes advantage of Sterling's occupation to gain advantage of him.
• Jeri Ryan as Tara Cole – a self-assured grifter Sophie sends to help the team while she takes a break in Europe. Initially, she appears to be a naïve lawyer the team must work with, but reveals her real identity at the end of their first con. .The team reluctantly accepts her, but they reserve suspicion at first from her annoyance with their prior camaraderie and Nate's own idiosyncracies.^ The Leverage team infiltrates a company that sells contaminated frozen food, but their first attempt goes wrong, so they try to do it again by posing as magicians.
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  .The team is also surprised that unlike them, she is a con for profit and seeks a cut of most their jobs.^ The team's stings vary both in complexity and surprise, and the most entertaining ones tend to be where everything goes wrong, like an episode where the con is complicated by the presence of Ford's insurance company replacement.
  • Sepinwall on TV: 'Leverage' review - NJ.com 17 September 2009 11:14 UTC www.nj.com [Source type: General]
  
  .Tara leaves the team at the end of the second season in "The Maltese Falcon Job" when her debt to Sophie is repaid.
• Kari Matchett as Maggie Collins – Nate's ex-wife, an art expert who re-enters his life while working with IYS Chair Ian Blackpoole.^ Eliot goes undercover on a date with Nate's ex-wife.
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  Although no longer in love with him, Maggie still cares for Nate, but cannot live with his drinking, which led her to divorce him. Maggie is an art expert who re-enters Nate's life when he attempts to steal a maquette of the David from Ian Blackpoole. .She is unaware of IYS's role in her son's death, but learns the whole story as she's drawn into Nate's con, allowing them to come to terms with his death and begin to rebuild their relationship.^ I do want to see them bring out more of the back story for Nate and his son, Sam I think.
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  ^ Leverage doesn't go too deep -- the death of Nate's son is what drives him, for instance, but it doesn't follow him like a dark cloud.
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  .She demonstrates a flair for Nate's new work, and ends up helping the team complete their con, and Nate to gain his revenge.^ I eat up each new episode like candy, and the elaborate cons that Hutton's character pulls together, even when he's drunk out of his mind, are hilarious.
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  .In the second season, while on a job for IYS in Kiev, she was framed for the theft of a jeweled egg, which led to Sterling hiring the team to clear her.
• Rick Overton and Gerald Downey as FBI Special Agents Taggert and McSweeten – who have (unwittingly) worked with Leverage Consulting & Associates on at least three occasions, believing Hardison and Parker to be fellow FBI agents.^ Leverage Season 1 Review - March 4, 2009 Did Team Leverage get the job done?
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  ^ Dean Devlin's Leverage Gets Second Season - February 2, 2009 More capers in store for Nathan Ford & Co.
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  ^ Leverage season one DVD: crime drama about Delta force who take down corrupt corporations .
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  Credited with catching the bad guys following two of the team's cons in small towns, they have now earned a more prestigious assignment in Boston.
• Robert Blanche as Lt. Patrick Bonanno – a Massachusetts State Police detective who arrests the culprits in two of the team's cons. Like Taggart and McSweeten, he does not realize he plays a role in the con, but is less incompetent than they are, ultimately realising Nate's role in the arrests. He is later shot when investigating a corruption scandal, leading the team to try to find his attacker. It is also revealed that he wished to buy Nate Ford a drink, as well as arrest him.

Episodes

Ratings

First Season

Second season

DVD releases

Technical

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster	Series Premiere
Australia	FOX8	January 7, 2009
Brazil	Space	March 17, 2009
Portugal	AXN	March 19, 2009
Netherlands	RTL 5	April 2, 2009
South Africa	SET	April 2, 2009
Spain	AXN	April 16, 2009
India	AXN Londen	2009
Italy	Joi La7	April 17, 2009 November 5, 2009
Israel	Yes Stars Action	April 18, 2009
Sweden	Viasat Nature/Crime	April 20, 2009
Indonesia	AXN Asia	May 18, 2009
Malaysia	AXN Asia	May 18, 2009
Philippines	AXN Asia	May 18, 2009
Poland	nScreen	May 18, 2009
Singapore	AXN Asia	May 18, 2009
Thailand	AXN Asia	May 18, 2009
Lithuania	TV3	May 27, 2009
Denmark	TV3 Puls	June 6, 2009
Hungary	Viasat3	June 9, 2009
Bulgaria	Nova Television	July 29, 2009
Poland	Canal+	September 5, 2009
Turkey	CNBC-e	September 6, 2009
Russia	TV3 Russia	September, 2009
France	TPS Star	October 5, 2009
Norway	Viasat 4	October 12, 2009
Slovenia	TV3 Slovenia	October 22, 2009
Belgium	2BE	October 25, 2009
New Zealand	Prime	November 3, 2009
Serbia	Nacionalna	November 15, 2009
United Kingdom	Bravo	January 20, 2010
Finland	TV Viisi	March 1, 2010
Germany	VOX	Fall 2010

References

External links

• Official website at Turner Network Television
• Official Leverage Wiki at Turner Network Television
• Kung Fu Monkey: Official blog of series creator John Rogers
• Leverage at Allmovie
• Leverage at the Internet Movie Database
• Leverage at TV.com