An agricultural company goes after a biologist’s high-protein potato, and the team tries to recover it by turning the CEO and his chief of operations against each other. Meanwhile, Nate and Sophie try to deal with their new relationship.

When Moreau flees the country, the Leverage team follow him to San Lorenzo… only to discover that that he has insinuated himself into the government as a Presidential adviser.

To stop Moreau from selling information to international terrorists, the Leverage team must infiltrate a government research laboratory.

The Leverage team comes to the aid of Santa Claus, or a reasonable facsimile therein, and take over a mall on Christmas Eve. Eliot poses as Santa while Hardison and Parker are his helpers, and they find themselves in more trouble than expected when an old enemy resurfaces.