Nate outwitted Sterling and got slapped across the face (typical histrionic brunette) and a ticket to the Rockford Private Correctional Facility. A kielbasa of peace is extended ...but the team is still angry at Nate for refusing to be part of his exfil. Nate finds them a new client inside: Billy Epping (Edwin Hodge.) Private prisons are like hotels; they live and die on occupancy. The prison owner CEO, Adam Worth IV, is stocked with low security inmates. As the team runs their con on Worth, Nate senses bribery and a fine Italian hand in the con's background. Worth is a corrupt millionaire and Nate stings corrupt millionaires---Nate wondered if the convenient pairing was an accident. The Italian hand comes with the world's worst accent ...and mustache. Since it is the return to bad accents and brunettes, it is no surprise the episode was directed by himself. Lt. Pat Bonanno, still recovering from his wounds, is the big hero. Written by LA-Lawyer

Alec feels new client, Cyrus Mahdavi, fellow hacker. Cyrus was days away from cracking Manticore, software used by Iran to hold on to power and track dissidents at home when CM was brutally attacked and his work destroyed. Eliot is not sure the Vezarat (Iranian Secret Police) was behind the attack. Larry Duberman (Arye Gross) of Dubertech has his own thugs, he wrote Manticore and Dubertech is the one administering Manticore for Iran. Alec and Parker infil Duberman's office, a 1985 'high school tribute' Roman Room. Once inside, Hardison is able to crack all but the master PW using his tech with the 1985 desk computer. Fans of Neuro-Linguistic Programming know: that which one cannot crack, one may be able to hack. Add one 25-year high school reunion and stir. Written by LA-Lawyer

The epic battle of Parker v. Steranko wages at Wakefield Industrial Co. Archie Leach calls Nate to give him the heads up. The team cannot believe Parker took a job without them, especially, against Steranko (whose personality Eliot describes as a p'oed Rottweiler). For Parker, Hardison hopes to spoof a ruthless security system that rewrites itself, but only from inside of Wakefield. Eliot is prepared to despise Parker's surrogate pop until the guys learn Archie's other family was threatened by Wakefield. Parker is nothing if not very, loyal. Sophie plays in the boardroom as Nate and Archie figure out the real agenda. Eliot has an exit ready, but Parker refuses to leave until the bad guys are exposed. Hardison makes points with Archie; Nate schedules an important press conference. Written by LA-Lawyer

Wadata, a West African country, has an honest President, Simeon Moto, about to be term-limited out of office. His brother, Alexander Moto, owns conflict diamond mines, smuggles the diamonds, and I s a CIA snitch. Naturally, he aspires to public office. Nate, Parker and Eliot rain havoc on Alexander's campaign, Sophie uses some accent to perform perception management and introduces Hardison as Temi, musical prodigy from Wadata. Alexander paid $4.5 million for a 1705 Antonio Stradivari violin (i.e. the Strad). Sophie arranges a concert, starring Temi and the Strad, to cover a noisy heist. The Italian appears with her bad accent... hurray for closed captioning. Aldis Hodge's real life violin playing is beautifully poignant, worthy of the Philharmonic. Written by LA-Lawyer

Parker is jealous when Hardison (and Eliot) literally rescue young Ashley Moore from a snatch and grab by FakeBI agents. Ashley met Dr. Roberts, who claimed to have info about the death of Ashley's sister from JRP Pharmaceuticals HT1. Caddyshack legend, Michael O'Keefe, plays Darren Hoffman, evil CEO. Hoffman ran JRP and now he runs PallaGen. He is relaunching deadly HT1 as Vioplex, cutting edge pain medication. FDA agent, Jennifer Pearson, has bona fides ripe for picking. Sophie takes up cinema. Can our best cat burglar trip a motion sensor on purpose ... even for the sake of the con? Written by LA-Lawyer

One of Christian Kane's many talents is showcased when Eliot works a musical con. This is appropriate, since Eliot is the only one who gets why the songbird client, Kaye Lynn, dealt with the thuggish country music producer, Mitchell Kirkwood (Jon Schneider) at all. Parker is sporting more skirts for her casual wear; Sophie is the one with punk blue clip-on hair weave and Terminator glasses. As she goes rock and roll, Nate goes country. Eliot is a genuine hottie, Kenneth Crane (whether one likes lite country or not.) Hardison and Parker must grab the digital masters. Will Eliot follow a new star with Kaye Lynn, to be a part of the next Johnny and June? Written by LA-Lawyer

A particularly nasty crew targets working Americans who owe back taxes to the IRS but have already worked out a payment plan. Hardison follows the money through 3 shell companies to the owner of a debt collection agency, Hugh Whitman. He was District Manager of the IRS for 20 years. Eliot really wants to go fishing; he drags Hardison outside to play IRS agent in the Boondocks (where comms do not work) at Whitman's safe bank Turner Creek. As Sophie and Nate work the con, Parker accounts and conducts. But the Nature Boys decide not to ride the rails, preferring to stop a diabolical coup against the US Government. Written by LA-Lawyer

Eliot has turned Hardison into a warrior; now, it is Parker's turn to teach him new skills. As a child in the foster system, Parker learned how to boost cars. This skill set is necessary to help a new client accused of stealing a used truck which, unbeknownst to the client, had been cloned. Bill Engvall plays Duke Penzer, rival of honest Art's Car Sales. Nate gets ready to make his opening gambit: to steal Penzer's baby, (racing car) Veronica. This prompts Duke to steal Nate's baby (Sophie) and the chess game begins. The fun-time car boost duo infiltrates Lefty's boost crew while Eliot introduces the Salvadorans. Parker's big heart wants to protect Lefty's mutt, the last vestige of who Parker used to be. Will the crew be able to play a few EMPs and pull off the con, while giving a young girl a new life? Written by LA-Lawyer

His entire childhood, Nate could never find the lady hiding among the 3-Card Monte dealt by the flying fingers of Jimmy Ford (Tom Skerritt). Jimmy is out of prison and directing a Russian crew who blackmails innocent people into doing their bidding. Nate forces his way in--Jimmy is all talk, thinking he can outcon his son (the altar boy) while Nate is determined to find the Queen. Sophie fears the con will dissolve into a pissing contest but Nate knows how his father thinks. At least, he is betting the con that he knows better than Father... Written by LA-Lawyer

West Virginia coal mine owner and CEO, Dan Blackwell (Bruce Davison) took US disaster relief money from a tragedy two years prior, and bought himself a pretty little Attorney General, Debra Pierce. One of the miners consults the team about the hazardous working conditions (methane gas leaks) which caused the deaths of 12 fellow miners and were never fixed with the disaster money. Pierce is standing for reelection with Blackwell's money lining her PAC account. Enter perky Kelly Beth Laughlin (of the Maysville Laughlins?) in the homestretch of the campaign. The rest of the team works to salt, sandbag and sabotage Blackwell. Will Parker excel at the grift? Or, is stealing souls too tiring for a cat burglar? Written by LA-Lawyer

Five years ago, Edgar Gladstone, owner of the Dagger of Aqu'Abi purported to place the piece for display at Boston Museum of Art and Antiquities. A news clip about the piece causes the team to bicker about which of them stole the dagger, Nate sifts through differing accounts from Sophie, Eliot, Hardison and Parker about the theft, (and the cornucopia of bad accents from Sophie). Might a former IYS insurance investigator have additional information about the night in question? Written by LA-Lawyer

John Robert Keller (James Frain) threatens immigrant children by forcing them to smuggle stolen antiquities into the US for Damien Moreau. The team wants to save an Iraqi girl Keller left to rot with ICE. Keller is bound for Claridge's, so Nate thrills Sophie with a London trip, as well. He plans to sell Keller an unexpected treasure created by a true genius. Sophie uses Charlotte Prentice, 18th Duchess of Hanover to sell it, deducing Keller wants a lost barony. The duchess claims to be related to 3 of the 10 people who can reach the Earl Marshal. Sophie's provenance is never given, but she is slick enough to fool title-hungry Keller with one well-connected aunt. The con structed by Hardison soon gets underway. Written by LA-Lawyer

Mark Vector is another part of the Moreau network. A hockey star turned investment broker, Vector swindled the team's client, and beat him to a pulp when he reported Vector to the SEC. Vector is in town to give evidence against Moreau's underlings and receive full immunity for his crimes. While McSweeten waits for Vector at the airport, Parker must find and lure Vector to McRory's Pub from under his FBI nose. Sophie steals Vector's lawyer and Parker throws Vector a party. The next day, poor Parker seems a bit blue and Vector gets really really nervous, calling lawyers and renegotiating immunity agreements. Can the crew get a guy who sees red to roll over on Damien Moreau? Written by LA-Lawyer

Parker loves Christmas and tries to spread cheer amongst her grumpy team members as she waits for snow. When Santa Claus is wrongfully terminated by Eben Dooley, Jr., Nate does not take him or the job he offers seriously. Before long, instead of two steps ahead, Nate is five steps behind the mischief afoot. There will be a lot of coal in a lot of stockings if the team fails to vanquish the Bad Santas... led by a very naughty old foe. Written by LA-Lawyer

Damien Moreau is coming to town to hold a high-stakes auction. A DOD laboratory explodes, supposedly killing Yasmin, a young scientist working on a mysterious battery. In truth, the team saved Yasmin from Moreau's hit and put her in a safe house. Her battery is being fitted for use as a component of an EMP bomb capable of leveling everything in a certain mile radius of detonation. To get Damien Moreau, the team must act ...and quickly. Otherwise, it may be a real train wreck! Written by LA-Lawyer

Hot on the trail of Moreau, the team goes to San Lorenzo, with help from the Italian spy, who mourns that Damien Moreau will never leave SL. Gen. Flores, an old friend of Eliot, was running for President against Moreau puppet, Ribera, when the General was suddenly imprisoned as an enemy of the State. In the last days of the election, UN inspectors are everywhere, and Nate is determined to find a candidate and run an American-style election. Enter innocent schoolteacher, Michael Vittori. On Nate's side: a 24 year old genius with a smart phone and a problem with authority. Do Moreau and Ribera even stand a chance? Written by LA-Lawyer