The Leverage team tries to take down a diamond merchant who hires people to rob his own trucks in order to get the insurance payout. Meanwhile, the team has to cope for a missing Sophie, so Hardison takes over the grifter's part by posing as "The Ice Man".
Season 2 Episode 8 of Leverage resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The rich and powerful, they take what they want. We steal it back for you. And sometimes, bad guys make the best good guys. We provide... leverage.
Nate Ford is an insurance investigator known for his ability to recover stolen goods for his employer. However, after the firm denies insurance claims for his dying son, Ford decides to go against the corporate world taking freelance jobs. Ford is soon hired by an aeronautics executive in order to recover stolen designs.
Helping Ford are Parker, a thief; Alec Hardison, an Internet specialist; Eliot Spencer, a "retrieval specialist" and martial artist; and Sophie Devereaux, a grifter whose acting skills play an important part in setting up difficult scams. Together, this group of con artists have the ability to target the greediest and most unjust people.