The team goes up against a fellow thief, Gabe Erickson, who conned people out of their life savings but he is protected by the government. He purposely made mob connections so he could agree to testify against them in case he got in trouble. They decide to use his obsession with vintage cars against him to try and follow his money trail to where he’s hidden millions of dollars. Things take an interesting turn when the Marshall protecting him has secrets of her own. Should any of the Leverage crew think about retiring? Is Gabe more evil for stealing money or for spoiling a little girl’s favorite series? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

Agent McSweeten asks Parker to help him investigate a case that his father never managed to close: The D. B. Cooper mystery. Nate agrees to take it on and interviews McSweeten’s dying father Peter about what happened. They also meet his partner and best friend Steve Reynolds, whose wife was on the plane that day. Like the Van Gogh Job from last season, the Leverage actors play new characters as they reimagine what happened in the famous 70s crime.

The team has to get involved with the government when a young cheerleader gets injured because the competition isn’t up to safety codes. The company that owns them, Pep, is allowed to get away with sub-par safety because cheerleading is considered a recreational activity and not a sport. The team decides to try and get the government to turn cheerleading into a sport, but they find out it’s not as easy as buying a politician or two. They have to work against the clock to turn four congressmen by the time the bill goes up in front of them. Should cheerleading be a sport or an activity? How far of a drop would Parker consider scary? And what the heck is going on with Nate? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.

Toby Heath, the man who taught Eliot how to cook, comes to the team for help after he gets fired from a special culinary institute. He thinks the owner David Lampard is doing illegal business on the side, possibly drugs. Eliot and Hardison infiltrate with Eliot becoming the new teacher and Hardison one of the students. They find out it’s not drugs Lampard is dealing in but expensive and rare truffles. Would you want Eliot as a cooking instructor? Is food cooler if it’s made with a laser? And shouldn’t Hardison be better at safe cracking by now? All that and more on this episode of Leverage.