I don't think anybody who reads this actually watches Leverage, but I was happy to see on the Leverage creator's blog that they are actually worried about some of the things I was flipping out about with respect to Sophie.  I think the order the episodes were aired screwed up the trajectory Rogers describes below.  ( This is what he has to say: )

( Realized I missed an episode of Leverage this season, so finally caught up with “The Wedding Job”--and, boy, was it dreadful. )