EPISODE
SEASON
Leverage - Season 1
Nate Ford is a former insurance investigator that joins force with others like him to steal from wealthy and corrupt business men.
26 January 1985, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
13 March 1970, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
December 07, 2008
It's another modest, lightweight addition to TNT's diner-style menu of comfort food for a weary nation.
December 07, 2008
The details of the double crosses are indisputably fun to watch unfold, and as a longtime fan of the genre, I'll admit the pilot concluded with a twist I didn't see coming.
December 07, 2008
The trouble with Leverage is that it isn't nearly as angry as we are.
December 07, 2008
All in all, even with an accomplished actor like Hutton, there's nothing special to set Leverage apart from other cookie-cutter dramas of this ilk.
December 07, 2008
Once TNT's new Leverage scrambles to its feet, it becomes an adept, fast-moving adventure yarn built on the familiar but serviceable premise that justice sometimes isn't best served through legitimate channels.
December 07, 2008
Despite the bungled beginning, Leverage manages the neat trick of coming to its own rescue, and in the proverbial nick of time besides.
December 07, 2008
Leverage is far from great TV and not even close to really good TV.
December 07, 2008
It's tempting to see Leverage, TNT's new drama series, as populist wish fulfillment during the recession.
December 07, 2008
The new TNT drama Leverage isn't a great show, but it may just be the exact right show at the exact right time.
December 07, 2008
It's difficult to imagine many viewers continuing to tune in when there's so little to recommend about this show that threatens to become unbearably repetitive.