Sophie vs Nate S2 & S3
Rewatching Leverage and I dont understand the teams dynamic with Nate and Sophie. Specifically how the team treats Nate in S3. In S2 E7 Theres a bomb threat against Sophie, they fake her death, think its her old partner Markus Stark but turns out to be Chaos, by the end of the episode she realizes she has more attachments to her aliases than she does with actual people. So she then abandons the team to "find herself. (In the real world the actress was on maternity leave). Next episode Hardison overplays a part and this makes Sophie think she should plant a spy into the team (Tara) without their knowledge or approval to watch them (and get paid by them while doing it). Several episodes include them calling sophie for advice while shes in exotic places enjoying her vacation. Now here's where things get weird, the team seems to think Nate is putting them at risk, the thing is, the jobs they run ALWAYS have risks associated, the first episode has them almost blowing up, the Bank job where Nate got shot, the adoption scam job with the arms dealers, and the David's job, they were all risky and at one point or another risked someone's life. During S1 you could say Nates drinking put them at risk, but S2 up until S1 E11 he was sober, the first real issue they have is S2 E14 when Bonanno gets shot and they go after the Mayor, a powerful and risky figure. Nate calls Sophie during this time because he saw Bonannos kid at the hospital and it messed with him. He then gets frustrated and lets her know she wont find herself by abandoning her team and traveling the world. They go through with the con and get into a tight spot with the corrupt FBI, Stirling, and the gun runner Tony Kadjic, and at the end of the episode Nate saves them all with his plan and by giving himself up. Which makes Sophie slap him? I've looked online and the stated reason of why slaps him is cause he was "playing with her feelings". And in S3 its revealed Sophie told the team her real name, but hes not allowed to know it because he hasn't "earned it" and later on when Nate and Sophie are kind of flirting she says she only remembers the slap, not the kiss. So Sophie cons the team, abandons them, goes on vacation, sends a spy, finally shows up after Nate already has a plan in motion that saves the team, and slaps him, then holds it against him over the next season. The team does as well, acting as if he lied, when a main part of the plan included the team in destroying evidence. I understand them not liking that he didnt tell him he was gonna give himself up, but i would think him saving them would make up for it, Sophie ESPECIALLY has nothing to hold against Nate. So thats my rant, I dont understand why Nate gets all the flack that he does?