This series was one of the more pleasant surprises of 2008 and even though I didn't expect too much, Leverage has grown on me and I sure was glad to hear it got renewed for a second season. The show is quite light-hearted and has some excellent humor and action, mixing both together brilliantly.
Leverage centers around a team of "honest criminals" led by Nathan Ford (Academy Award Winner Timothy Hutton), a former insurance investigator, who quit his job after his company refused to pay for the treatment of his terminally ill son. Since then Ford has been a heavy drinker, a reoccurring element in the story lines. He always thinks 3 steps ahead of everyone to ensure the team's success, which is usually the case.
The rest of the team consists of the technology specialist Hardison, who has some brilliant one liners, Eliott, who is trained in 50,000 different kinds of martial arts (at least that's what it seems like), Parker, a thief and antisocial person, who refuses to show any kind of emotion and Sophie, an actress, who is horrible on stage, but brilliant when it comes applying her talent for the success of the team.
Now even though the team frequently uses illegal methods to achieve their goals, they do it to help the socially weak, who are abused by people higher up the hierarchy. All in all, the series is a mix of Robin Hood, Ocean's Eleven and the A-Team. The only real flaw is that some of the team's methods just work too conveniently and once in a while you think: "Yeah sure, that's gonna work!" But those are usually minor and if you want to watch a funny series, with some good action, this is the right stuff for you.
Leverage centers around a team of "honest criminals" led by Nathan Ford (Academy Award Winner Timothy Hutton), a former insurance investigator, who quit his job after his company refused to pay for the treatment of his terminally ill son. Since then Ford has been a heavy drinker, a reoccurring element in the story lines. He always thinks 3 steps ahead of everyone to ensure the team's success, which is usually the case.
The rest of the team consists of the technology specialist Hardison, who has some brilliant one liners, Eliott, who is trained in 50,000 different kinds of martial arts (at least that's what it seems like), Parker, a thief and antisocial person, who refuses to show any kind of emotion and Sophie, an actress, who is horrible on stage, but brilliant when it comes applying her talent for the success of the team.
Now even though the team frequently uses illegal methods to achieve their goals, they do it to help the socially weak, who are abused by people higher up the hierarchy. All in all, the series is a mix of Robin Hood, Ocean's Eleven and the A-Team. The only real flaw is that some of the team's methods just work too conveniently and once in a while you think: "Yeah sure, that's gonna work!" But those are usually minor and if you want to watch a funny series, with some good action, this is the right stuff for you.