Leverage – Season 1 – Online ENGLISH

Leverage – Intro

Leverage is an American action crime drama television series, which aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012. The series was produced by Electric Entertainment, a production company of executive producer and director Dean Devlin. Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to carry out heists to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.

 

Nathan “Nate” Ford is a former insurance investigator known for recovering millions of dollars in stolen property and chasing the most dangerous and elusive thieves in the world. Devastated after the expensive treatment and eventual loss of his son, he is approached by aerospace industrialist Victor Dubenich to recover stolen intellectual property by leading a group of thieves — all of whom he previously chased.

 

Nate initially disagrees, as the thieves all have reputations for being loners who do not cooperate with others; they include hacker Alec Hardison, ‘hitter’ Eliot Spencer, and a thief known only as “Parker”. While the job is successful, Dubenich double crosses them and attempts to have them killed. Instead of fleeing, Nate persuades the team to retaliate, and further recruits the assistance of Sophie Deveraux, a formidable grifter, to put Dubenich out of business.

 

Under Nate’s leadership, the group coalesces into a very effective unit, succeeding in ruining Dubenich’s business, clearing their names, and providing each thief enough money to retire from crime. Realizing their potential as team, they approach Nate to continue under his leadership. Forced to choose between being a “white knight” versus the “black king,” Nate accepts on one condition: they will only target the corrupt and powerful to avenge ordinary people who have no other recourse.

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Leverage – Season 1 – Summary

During season 1, the team initially struggles in adjusting to Nate’s leadership and attempts to reform them. Additional subplots include Nate’s struggle with alcoholism, his complicated relationship with Sophie, and the budding romance between Hardison and Parker. Eliot’s past in the military is also a recurring theme, involving kindred soldiers who have returned from war, old enemies from his missions encountered during their jobs, and a case set in his hometown.

 

Season 1 also establishes several running gags, including Eliot’s numerous hidden talents, Hardison and Parker receiving cover IDs as FBI agents in organized crime, and Sophie’s inability to act unless she’s breaking the law. The team operates with impunity as “Leverage Consulting & Associates”, until the season finale, in which Nate’s former colleague, James Sterling, begins pursuing them on behalf of IYS. In response, they steal a collection of valuable art from Nate’s former boss, Ian Blackpoole, returning it in exchange for Blackpoole being fired from his own company, and disband for six months.

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