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It premiered on June 2. The continuation of season 4 began on Sunday, November 2. Leverage is an American television drama series, which aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012. The series was produced by Electric Entertainment, a. XNXX delivers free sex movies and fast free porn videos tube porn. Now 10 million sex vids available for free Featuring hot pussy, sexy girls in xxx rated porn clips. EST on TNT. 7On August 1. Leverage was renewed for a fifth season,8 to be both filmed and set in Portland. Season 5 premiered July 1. Leverage was canceled on December 2. The final episode, which was produced as a possible series finale, aired on December 2. On January 9, 2. 01. Nr5oh-HSH-ZGmIVmfmdT4hx5fHmHI0GRwASwWA5wwWGMozeDol7WU3n3Wo2su8wQ=h310' alt='Play Final Drive Nitro Cracker' title='Play Final Drive Nitro Cracker' />Leverage won Favorite Cable TV Drama at the 3. Peoples Choice Awards. Series overvieweditNathan Nate Ford is a former insurance investigator and the leader of a team staging elaborate cons for clients victimized by those holding wealth and influence to avoid legal reprisal. The team comes together when Victor Dubenich, a wealthy aerospace executive, persuades Ford, disgraced and an alcoholic after the death of his son, to lead a team of talented criminals to steal aeronautical plans allegedly stolen from him by a competitor. After a successful heist, Dubenich withholds their payment and attempts to have them killed, whereupon they implicate him in a bribery attempt, which leads to his arrest by the FBI. Thereafter, they practice similar deceptions to avenge civilians who cannot use the legal system to redress their grievances. Subplots include Nates struggle with alcoholism, his complicated relationship with grifter Sophie Devereaux and the budding romance between hacker Alec Hardison and thief Parker. The team operates free of scrutiny as Leverage Consulting Associates, until Nates former colleague, James Sterling, attempts their capture. In response, they steal a collection of valuable art from Nates former boss, Ian Blackpoole, returning it in exchange for Blackpoole being kicked out of his own company, and disband for six months. Season 2 begins in Boston, Nates hometown. The team reunite and resume their activities, still followed by Sterling, until Nate surrenders to the latter in exchange for the others freedom, finally admitting to Sterling and himself that he is a thief. As season 3 begins, Ford is in prison and the team attempts to free him, until a mysterious Italian woman blackmails them into bankrupting the untouchable criminal Damien Moreau. Arizona Professional Engineer License Reciprocity In New York. At the seasons end, Moreau is imprisoned in San Lorenzo, a fictional Latin American nation formerly under his control. Season 4 opens days after the teams return from San Lorenzo, when they discover that someone has been bugging their headquarters, later identified as the wealthy businessman Jack Latimer, who has been profiting by their victories and now offers information on the evildoings of other major corporations, in exchange for profit on each companys downfall. Nate refuses this offer, and his suspicions are justified when Latimer is revealed to be working with Victor Dubenich the teams first victim against the team. Season 5 opens with Nate having moved the team to Portland and setting up shop in a microbrewery Bridgeport Brew Pub, but the season premiere ends with the revelation that Nate is working with Hardison on a secret project unknown to the others. After a series of extremely intricate confidence tricks, the secret project is revealed and carried off, despite the recurrent Sterling. The seasons final episode, broadcast on Christmas Day 2. Most episodes follow a set story structure After meeting the client, the Leverage team researches the villains to find a weakness to exploit. Each con, either as originally planned or as complications develop, typically requires the specialized skills of all the members of the group. Towards the end of each episode, the villains seem to get the upper hand, only to be outwitted by the team. Because most of the narrative has seemed to follow the teams point of view, the audience is momentarily uninformed as to exactly how they have succeeded in their con. A flashback then reveals how a seeming complication was either anticipated by the Leverage team, or used in a clever improvisation. These flashbacks, which are featured in most episodes, excepting 1. Leverage teams plan. More often, the flashbacks reveal new information to which the viewer has not been privy. This formula is followed by every episode in seasons one, two, and three. With the exception of the final season, each season ends with a two part finale which involves a two part, multi stage con designed to bring down a major adversary, such as an international crime financier in season three, with an ending that advances the teams story into the new season. Cast and characterseditMain casteditTimothy Hutton as Nathan Nate Ford, called The Mastermind or, in the opening credits of later seasons, The Brains, is a former insurance fraud investigator for IYS Insurance, operated by Ian Blackpoole, and the teams mastermind. The son of South Bostonnumbers runner Jimmy Ford,1. Nate originally intended to become a Catholic priest prior to becoming an insurance investigator. While Ford was working for IYS, Blackpoole implemented a policy of denying all claims and forcing a lengthy appeals process before anyone can get paid. Blackpoole claimed the policy was implemented to cut costs, but in fact, it was so that his company would be able to turn a bigger profit. When Nates young son Sam became terminally ill, IYS refused to pay for a potentially life saving procedure, claiming it was experimental, resulting in his death. The aftermath led to Nates divorce from his wife Maggie, his subsequent dismissal from the company, and his descent into alcoholism. At this low point, Nate was hired to lead a group of thieves to retrieve stolen documents. After meeting the team for the first time and running a con against their employer, who double crossed them, Nate is asked to continue working with them and is given the privilege of leading the team and selecting what clients the team will help. A skilled planner and chess player, Nate draws on his experience as an insurance investigator to anticipate the moves of his teams marks. Nate is affable, but is unwilling to discuss his own problems with friends or others. His tendency to change objectives in the middle of a job, his alcoholism, and his often tenuous relationship with his team has, on occasion, put the client and the team at risk. Nates struggle to battle his demons is a major theme of the series, and it is not till the series finale that he is finally able to walk away and find peace. Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux, called The Grifter, is an accomplished British grifter with a taste for art theft and a desire to become a legitimate actress.