9.4/101,046 votesLoading...#1 - The Long Goodbye Job
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/2012
Nate puts everything on the line for himself and his team when he takes on a case that is connected to his son's death.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers, Chris Downey
9.2/101,037 votesLoading...#2 - The Rashomon Job
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/22/2010
The team discover that viewpoints differ, when they compare notes and find out that five years ago, each of them tried to steal the same rare artifact.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: John Rogers
9.2/10855 votesLoading...#3 - The Last Dam Job (2)
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/2012
The Leverage team must recruit old friends and rivals in order to take down Latimer and a foe from their past.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers
9.1/10834 votesLoading...#4 - The Rundown Job
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2012
Eliot, Hardison and Parker join Colonel Vance in a race to stop a terrorist from launching a biological attack on Washington, D.C.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: Chris Downey, Josh Schaer
9.0/10933 votesLoading...#5 - The Second David Job (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/24/2009
Nate tries to piece together his team after coming out of hiding. However, the high stakes involved in his latest con could spell disaster for him and his friends.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers
9.0/10741 votesLoading...#6 - The San Lorenzo Job (2)
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/2010
After following Moreau to San Lorenzo, the team discovers that he is chief advisor to the current President.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: John Rogers, M. Scott Veach
8.9/10751 votesLoading...#7 - The Broken Wing Job
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2012
When a broken leg leaves Parker behind on the crew’s latest job, she spies on the Brew Pub’s customers for fun and discovers a group of thieves planning a heist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rebecca Kirsch, M. Scott Veach
8.8/10937 votesLoading...#8 - The First David Job (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2009
The team puts together a plan to steal Nate's former boss's prized Michelangelo Maquette and sell it back to him.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers
8.8/10709 votesLoading...#9 - The Grave Danger Job
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2011
The LEVERAGE crew aims their sights on a charming funeral director who embezzles money from her grieving mourners, then discovers she is also selling the identities of the recently deceased to a deadly Mexican drug cartel.
Director: John Harrison
Writer: Rebecca Kirsch
8.7/101,043 votesLoading...#10 - The Bank Shot Job
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/30/2008
Sophie and Nate find themselves taken hostage during a bank robbery. They soon learn they are trapped inside with their latest target: a corrupt judge.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: N/A
8.7/10937 votesLoading...#11 - The Juror #6 Job
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/2009
When one of Parker's aliases receives jury duty, Nate forces her to go, resulting in a showdown between the team and a corporation tampering with the jury.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: N/A
8.7/10953 votesLoading...#12 - The Two Live Crew Job
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/2009
Nate and his crew square off against a band of thieves in order to retrieve priceless stolen artwork.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers, Amy Berg
8.7/10777 votesLoading...#13 - The Inside Job
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/27/2010
When Parker is trapped in an unknown location while working a theft for her mentor, the LEVERAGE team must race the clock to find her and free her.
Director: John Rogers
Writer: Geoffrey Thorne
8.7/10707 votesLoading...#14 - The Big Bang Job (1)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/2010
The team infiltrates a government research lab to stop Damien Moreau from auctioning information to international terrorists.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Chris Downey, Geoffrey Thorne
8.7/10671 votesLoading...#15 - The Radio Job (1)
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/2012
When Latimer hires Nate’s father to pull off a heist in an ultra-secure government office, the Leverage team must stage a fake hostage stand-off when they’re trapped inside and the feds lay siege to the building.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: Chris Downey, Paul Guyot
8.6/10767 votesLoading...#16 - The Bottle Job
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2010
The LEVERAGE team runs a high-tech version of a classic con on a predatory loan shark in order to save McRory’s bar.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Christine Boylan
8.6/10761 votesLoading...#17 - The Maltese Falcon Job (2)
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2010
Surrounded by FBI, the team decides to hide in plain sight, while continuing to take down the corrupt mayor and his gunrunning partner. Little do they suspect that Nate has a different endgame in mind for them all.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: John Rogers
8.6/10906 votesLoading...#18 - The Studio Job
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2010
To take down a corrupt record executive, the LEVERAGE crew infiltrates the world of country & western music, inadvertently turning Eliot into a genuine country music star.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: M. Scott Veach
8.6/10797 votesLoading...#19 - The Van Gogh Job
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2011
On the trail of a lost Van Gogh, the team learns the painting was the center of a World War II love story between a black soldier and the white heiress he was forced to leave behind.
Director: John Rogers
Writer: Chris Downey
8.6/10647 votesLoading...#20 - The Boiler Room Job
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2011
When the LEVERAGE team goes up against a conman from a long lineage of greats, they must pull off the biggest con of their careers.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Paul Guyot
8.6/10667 votesLoading...#21 - The First Contact Job
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2012
The Leverage team takes down a wealthy scientist who stole his former research partner's discovery and ruined his reputation. Their tactic is to convince him he's made first contact with aliens..
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Aaron Denius Garcia
8.5/10718 votesLoading...#22 - The Carnival Job
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2011
The LEVERAGE team infiltrates a high-tech home to steal a revolutionary computer chip, only to have the family’s child abducted from a carnival during the heist.
Director: Frank Oz
Writer: Paul Guyot, M. Scott Veach
8.5/10659 votesLoading...#23 - The Queen's Gambit Job
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/28/2011
Jim Sterling asks Nate for help taking down a researcher who has designed a nuclear weight that will allow a terrorist nation to manufacture enriched uranium. However, it soon becomes clear that the Interpol agent has an ulterior motive, one which isolates Nate, gets Sophie arrested, and takes Eliot out of commission.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Rebecca Kirsch, M. Scott Veach
8.5/10640 votesLoading...#24 - The Experimental Job
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/2011
When homeless veterans in the Boston area begin disappearing, the team must go back to college and infiltrate the world of Skull & Bones secret societies
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: M. Scott Veach
8.5/10692 votesLoading...#25 - The Boys' Night Out Job
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/2011
Nate, Eliot and Hardison are forced to intervene when Hurley returns, embroiled with the best of intentions in a three-way drug deal.
Director: John Rogers
Writer: John Rogers
The Best Episodes of Leverage
Every episode of Leverage ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Leverage!
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills...
Genres:DramaComedyAction & AdventureCrime
Network:TNT
Best Episodes Summary
"The Long Goodbye Job" is the best rated episode of "Leverage". It scored 9.4/10 based on 1046 votes. Directed by Dean Devlin and written by John Rogers, Chris Downey, it aired on 12/25/2012. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Rashomon Job".