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The Best Episodes of Leverage

Every episode of Leverage ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Leverage!

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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 to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Leverage Season 5 Episode 14 - The Toy Job
    10.0/10(629 votes)

    #1 - The Toy Job

    S5:E14

    To stop a crooked CEO who is going to release a dangerous toy onto the market, the Leverage team creates a global toy craze.

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  2. Leverage Season 3 Episode 14 - The Ho, Ho, Ho Job
    9.7/10(766 votes)

    #2 - The Ho, Ho, Ho Job

    S3:E14

    The team takes over a mall on Christmas Eve and uncovers a scheme perpetrated by an old nemesis; Eliot goes undercover as Santa Claus; Parker and Hardison are Santa's helpers.

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  3. Leverage Season 4 Episode 6 - The Carnival Job
    9.7/10(792 votes)

    #3 - The Carnival Job

    S4:E6

    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.

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  4. Leverage Season 5 Episode 3 - The First Contact Job
    9.7/10(733 votes)

    #4 - The First Contact Job

    S5:E3

    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..

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  5. Leverage Season 4 Episode 8 - The Boiler Room Job
    9.5/10(715 votes)

    #5 - The Boiler Room Job

    S4:E8

    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

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  6. Leverage Season 4 Episode 11 - The Experimental Job
    9.5/10(712 votes)

    #6 - The Experimental Job

    S4:E11

    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

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  8. Leverage Season 4 Episode 13 - The Girls' Night Out Job
    9.5/10(777 votes)

    #7 - The Girls' Night Out Job

    S4:E13

    When a James-Bond-like thief targets Parker's friend Peggy, Parker recruits Sophie and Tara to help her and, together, the women of Leverage follow the thief to the Venezuelan Consulate, where they discover an international conspiracy.

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  9. Leverage Season 4 Episode 16 - The Gold Job
    9.5/10(689 votes)

    #8 - The Gold Job

    S4:E16

    The Leverage team hits the recession-driven Cash-for-Gold industry by targeting a corrupt brother-sister team and steering them through an elaborate treasure hunt.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Joe Hortua

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  10. Leverage Season 5 Episode 10 - The Frame-Up Job
    9.5/10(630 votes)

    #9 - The Frame-Up Job

    S5:E10

    When Sophie is implicated in the theft of a valuable painting, Nate must use all his skills as an investigator to find the real culprit and clear her name.

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  11. Leverage Season 5 Episode 13 - The Corkscrew Job
    9.5/10(618 votes)

    #10 - The Corkscrew Job

    S5:E13

    The team travels into Oregon wine country to steal a rare bottle of wine as part of their current con.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Jenn Kao

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  12. Leverage Season 2 Episode 13 - The Future Job
    9.3/10(797 votes)

    #11 - The Future Job

    S2:E13

    The team goes after a con man masquerading as a psychic medium in order to drain the life savings of his bereaved clients.

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  13. Leverage Season 4 Episode 12 - The Office Job
    9.3/10(882 votes)

    #12 - The Office Job

    S4:E12

    Uncovering a simple embezzlement scam becomes anything but simple when the team becomes part of a documentary shooting at the company they’re trying to save.

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  14. Leverage Season 1 Episode 13 - The Second David Job (2)
    9.2/10(1035 votes)

    #13 - The Second David Job (2)

    S1:E13

    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

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  15. Leverage Season 3 Episode 3 - The Inside Job
    9.0/10(869 votes)

    #14 - The Inside Job

    S3:E3

    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.

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  16. Leverage Season 3 Episode 5 - The Double-Blind Job
    9.0/10(757 votes)

    #15 - The Double-Blind Job

    S3:E5

    Nate and the team infiltrate the world of Big Pharma to take down a corrupt CEO before he can release a drug that will kill thousands.

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  17. Leverage Season 3 Episode 6 - The Studio Job
    9.0/10(1005 votes)

    #16 - The Studio Job

    S3:E6

    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.

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  18. Leverage Season 3 Episode 7 - The Gone Fishin' Job
    9.0/10(751 votes)

    #17 - The Gone Fishin' Job

    S3:E7

    The LEVERAGE crew aims to turn the tables on a greedy debt collector stealing from innocent taxpayers, but finds themselves in over their heads when they discover that their target is also a domestic terrorist funding an armed militia.

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  19. Leverage Season 3 Episode 8 - The Boost Job
    9.0/10(744 votes)

    #18 - The Boost Job

    S3:E8

    The LEVERAGE team dives into the high-octane world of master car thieves in order to take down a crooked car dealer.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  20. Leverage Season 3 Episode 10 - The Underground Job
    9.0/10(725 votes)

    #19 - The Underground Job

    S3:E10

    In the aftermath of a deadly mine explosion, the team infiltrates the coal mines of West Virginia to put an end to the dangerous practices of the mine’s owner. But what the team digs up will threaten the livelihood of everyone in this tight-knit community.

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  21. Leverage Season 3 Episode 11 - The Rashomon Job
    9.0/10(1151 votes)

    #20 - The Rashomon Job

    S3:E11

    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

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  22. Leverage Season 3 Episode 12 - The King George Job
    9.0/10(723 votes)

    #21 - The King George Job

    S3:E12

    When the team finds out that an antiquities trafficker working for Moreau is using refugee children as mules to smuggle artifacts, they travel to London to lure him into an Auction House scam. While there, Sophie confronts the consequences of her past. James Frain guest-stars.

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  23. Leverage Season 4 Episode 2 - The 10 Li'l Grifters Job
    9.0/10(751 votes)

    #22 - The 10 Li'l Grifters Job

    S4:E2

    When a mark is killed suddenly in the middle of a sting, the team must scramble to complete the con and find the killer…before Nate goes down for murder.

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  24. Leverage Season 4 Episode 3 - The 15 Minutes Job
    9.0/10(687 votes)

    #23 - The 15 Minutes Job

    S4:E3

    To take down a corrupt PR consultant, the LEVERAGE team must build him up as a hero, then use his own methods against him.

    Director:Marc Roskin

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  25. Leverage Season 4 Episode 5 - The Hot Potato Job
    9.0/10(727 votes)

    #24 - The Hot Potato Job

    S4:E5

    The LEVERAGE team infiltrates the corrupt world of corporate agriculture to recover a stolen object worth millions: a one-of-a-kind potato.

    Director:John Harrison
    Writer:Jenn Kao

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  26. Leverage Season 4 Episode 7 - The Grave Danger Job
    9.0/10(784 votes)

    #25 - The Grave Danger Job

    S4:E7

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Toy Job" is the best rated episode of "Leverage". It scored 10/10 based on 629 votes. Directed by Jonathan Frakes and written by Joe Hortua, it aired on 12/18/2012. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Ho, Ho, Ho Job".