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The Best Episodes of Leverage Season 1

Every episode of Leverage Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Leverage Season 1!

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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
    Leverage Season 1 Episode 13 - The Second David Job (2)
    9.0/10(1030 votes)

    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
    Writer:John Rogers

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  2. Leverage Season 1 Episode 12 - The First David Job (1)
    8.8/10(1027 votes)

    S1:E12

    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

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  3. Leverage Season 1 Episode 5 - The Bank Shot Job
    8.7/10(1160 votes)

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  4. Leverage Season 1 Episode 11 - The Juror #6 Job
    8.7/10(1038 votes)

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  5. Leverage Season 1 Episode 1 - The Nigerian Job
    8.3/10(1543 votes)

    S1:E1

    A desperate aerospace CEO asks Nate Ford - an insurance investigator who once specialized in recovering stolen goods worth millions - to lead a team of expert thieves to recover airplane designs from the rival company that took them.

    Director:Dean Devlin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Leverage Season 1 Episode 8 - The Mile High Job
    8.1/10(1027 votes)

    S1:E8

    The Leverage team attempts to expose a conglomerate’s cover-up of their toxic fertilizer, which has resulted in the death of a young girl. But the CEO has put all of the damning evidence on a plane to the Cayman Islands. The team races to catch the flight but, once airborne, they discover that the CEO’s intentions are far more sinister and that to avenge one life they’ll have to save their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Leverage Season 1 Episode 10 - The 12-Step Job
    8.1/10(968 votes)

    S1:E10

    When the team cons an addicted embezzler into entering rehab, Nate confronts some of his own issues regarding alcoholism.

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Leverage Season 1 Episode 2 - The Homecoming Job
    8.0/10(1233 votes)

    S1:E2

    Leverage Consulting & Associates opens for business as the crew reunites to help a Reservist who's been wounded in Iraq by private military contractors.

    Director:Dean Devlin
    Writers:Dean Devlin, John Rogers

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  9. Leverage Season 1 Episode 9 - The Snow Job
    8.0/10(960 votes)

    S1:E9

    While helping a National Guardsman, Nate puts his team on the line when he slips back into his alcoholic ways.

    Director:Tony Bill
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  10. Leverage Season 1 Episode 6 - The Stork Job
    7.9/10(1045 votes)

    S1:E6

    The Leverage team works to take down an adoption agency that has been stealing money from American couples.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  11. Leverage Season 1 Episode 7 - The Wedding Job
    7.9/10(1042 votes)

    S1:E7

    To pull of a heist, the team poses as wedding planners in order to get money promised to a family after they took the fall for a Mafia boss.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Leverage Season 1 Episode 3 - The Two-Horse Job
    7.8/10(1197 votes)

    S1:E3

    After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable—killing his underachieving racehorses in the process, the team visits Kentucky to help the heartsick trainer, Eliot’s high school love.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Leverage Season 1 Episode 4 - The Miracle Job
    7.7/10(1105 votes)

    S1:E4

    Nate's childhood best friend seeks the help of Leverage Consulting & Associates in preventing the demolition of his church... by stealing a miracle.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Second David Job (2)" is the best rated episode of "Leverage" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 1030 votes. Directed by Dean Devlin and written by John Rogers, it aired on 2/24/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The First David Job (1)".