The Long Con

One of Nate’s former colleagues tells him that they might have tracked down a legendary lost Vincent Van Gogh painting. An old man named Charlie Lawson came back to his home town and apparently knows where it is, so the team have to protect Charlie from other treasure hunters and find the painting. Charlie takes a shine to Parker after seeing her inter-racial relationship with Hardison, and he tells her the story of his first true love. Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge play Charlie and his love Dorothy in the flashbacks, and the rest of the cast shows up in different parts of Charlie’s history. Can the team get the painting before it falls into evil hands? Did Dorothy do the right thing by staying behind? Did the show succeed in trying something completely new? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

It’s been less than two weeks since the San Lorenzo job, and Nate calls the team back together to handle a time sensitive mission. A mountain climber went missing and his wife hired Nate to look into it. Apparently he had proof that his partner, John Drexel, is corrupt and stealing money from innocent people. Nate insists they go up to the mountain together. Eliot and Parker hike up the mountain to find the missing body, Hardison runs tech from the camp, Sophie runs several different cons at once on Drexel himself, and Nate tries not to get himself killed. Almost unsuccessfully. Is Eliot getting too used to hugging Hardison? Did Sophie use four different accents in one scene? And did anyone have a dry eye during that last video? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

The Audio on this episode is a little spotty. Sorry, guys. Chelsea sounds like she's a million miles away. We'll get it corrected by the next episode.

The team works together to help out the State's Attorney Kelly, an old friend of Nate's, who has been targeted by Reed Rockwell, a media specialist who uses his skills to turn public opinion against innocents. The team turns the tables on him when they set him up for a heroic act and give him his fifteen minutes of fame. The team discovers Rockwell's dark secret - and first framing job - when he tries to pay off Emma. Is the CGI Yoda better or worse? Should Sophie care more about her baby than a pair of shoes? And how many episodes does it take for us to know that Nate has a huge ego? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

The Leverage team is onto the next bad guy as a client informs them of Morris Beck, a greedy contractor who knowingly used substandard materials which led to buildings collapsing and causing devastation. There's a seven day deadline on this job and the team approaches Beck by having Nate and Sophie pose as representatives of a foreign COMPANY. They find out that Beck has the construction plans they need to prove his neglect stored at his private home on a secluded island and decide to crash a detective themed murder mystery party. There the whole team is forced to adapt as Beck is murdered, Nate is framed for it and they must find the real murderer, the construction plans they came for, and get out without getting caught by Detective Ray Hammett. Did Nate really kill someone? Does Eliot look ridiculous in a big bow tie? And who didn't hate this guy?

The team decide to follow Moreau to San Lorenzo, an Island with no extradition laws so he can take refuge there as long as he wants. He has the President in his pocket and a reelection is coming up, but he makes a misstep by arresting General Flores, a friend of Eliot who tries to help them. They decide to take Moreau down by stealing the election and turning his president against him. Are we in the Age of the Geek? Why does Sophie have so much trouble staying dead? Aren’t we all glad that season three is over? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

The Italian informs the team that Damien Moreau is finally on his way into town, and they need to take this shot at him while they can. His cohorts try to murder a lab tech named Yasmine as she’s asking too many questions about a battery being made. The battery turns out to be an important part of an EMP bomb Moreau plans to sell for millions of dollars. They need to find a way to get in on the buyer’s auction for the bomb, and Eliot decides to use his influence with Moreau to do that. Yes, Eliot used to work for Moreau, and he was hiding that from the team all along. It’s his turn to screw things up for the team in this season finale, huzzah! Will the Italian ever leave our screen? Will this storyline with Moreau ever end? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

His reputation in shambles after being framed and fired for alcoholism, Santa Claus enlists the help of Nate and the team. They set up shop in a local mall where the owner, Eben Dooley, is on the brink of bankruptcy and has hired a group of thugs to rob his mall. But things are more complicated than they seem when the team realizes that there is someone else pulling the strings. Chaos returns and plays the team hard. Can the team stop him in time? Will Eliot ever learn to respect the suit? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

Former hockey star Mark Vector has immunity from the FBI in order to testify against a mob boss, and he uses it to get away with stealing money from clueless fans and beating them up senseless. He is one of the few people with ties to Moreau, so the Italian gets the team to kidnap and con him into giving them information. They use the “Cuban Sandwich” to convince him he’s killed Parker and needs to make a new deal with the FBI, but things go south when Moreau’s own assassin starts shooting up Nate’s apartment with them inside. What is the Italian’s true purpose? Why does Nate have so many praying mantis pictures on his wall? Didn’t Parker look great with blue lipstick? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

The team tracks down one of Moreau’s favorite smugglers, John Keller, and get more than they bargained for when they find out he’s smuggling priceless heirlooms by using children. Sophie starts reflecting on her life as a grifter and the collateral damage she left behind. She starts to run a con on Keller by offering his heart’s desire: a barony in England. She takes on an old persona of hers, a Duchess, but Keller brings in a Countess who may have a link to Sophie’s past. Who was William and why did Sophie leave him? Is she really a Duchess? Is Hardison the greatest history hacker of all time? All that and more on this episode of Leverage!

The team are all fighting after seeing an exhibit featuring a special dagger they all claim to have stolen five years ago. Nate agrees to referee the story and listen to each of them tell their part of it until they figure out who truly stole the dagger. Unfortunately for them, they’re all wrong! What does Sophie’s accent really sound like? Does Parker have butter fingers? And wasn’t Coswell absolutely adorable? All this and more on this episode of Leverage.